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Mr . COOK , moved the previous question , and a long discussion ensued , the result being that the resolution was negatived . Mr . FINDEN then moved that the animal subscriptions of the country members be doubled—from 10 s . 6 d . to £ 1 Is ., the amount paid by town members . Mr . FI'I ' DERIC TJEDGKR seconded the motion .

Mr . J . DOYLE , Mr . C OOPER , and several other gentlemen , having strongly opposed the resolution , it was lost on a show of hands . Mr . FIND EN then moved that the life subscription be from the 1 st of January next , £ 10 10 . ? ., instead of £ 5 5 s ., as at present . This was unanimously carried , as was also a series of

resolutions expunging the word Honorary from tho rules wherever it occurred in connection with the word Secretary , to pave the way for the appointment of a paid officer . The proceedings then terminated in the usual manner .

Literary Extracts.

LITERARY EXTRACTS .

THE COMMISSARIAT AT OXFORD . —The commissariat arrangements in college consist of a kitchen and buttery , where eatables are served out at fixed hours . There is a very absurd punishment termed " crossing a man at the buttery , " which means that a cross is set against this name to prohibit the bjtler from serving him .

The effect of this is merely to put bis acquaintance , or very often those who are not his acquaintance , to the expense of feeding him , as what he requires is procured in their names . There was a story of a man being crossed by a very innocent old Don , and the culprit ( who experienced no sort of inconvenience from the supposed

disability ) neglecting for several days to beg that the cross might be removed . This , however , he at last took occasion to do , after having concluded a very substantial luncheon . The old Don no sooner heard the petition than , persuaded that the man must bo starving , he rushed towards him , exclaiming , " Unfortunate young man ! sit down here this instant—not- a wordnot a

, word , " ( as the unhappy undergraduate endeavoured to excuse himself from tbe cold mutton . ) "Eat , eat at once ! ' '—and to eat lie was compelled . Some "Dans " are hospitably inclined to undergraduates , and entertain very agreably . Of course there is at times a

considerable degree of awe infused into these hospitalities . We think it was at ( he late Dr . Gaisford ' s that some shy youth , when the ladies rose , rushed to open the door , and standing well behind it , did not discover it was tho door of a cupboard until ho heard himself summoned by the dean ' s awful voice when the ladies had disappeared . —Comhill Magazine .

HAMPSTEAD TIURTT-FIVE YEA lis AGO . —The health , the groves , the fields , the gardens of Hampslead ; its quaint red-brick mansions of Stuart or Nassau date , its later brown and yellow edifices of Hanoverian respectability , its still more modern stone or plaster villas , with their well-liept lawns and dainty flower-beds ! tho variety of hill and valley , the broad breezy terrace , tho outlook to

tho vast city , and St . Paul ' s dome rising mysteriousl y through its everlasting smoke on the one side and to Harrow-on-the-Hill , with its conspicuous steeple , on the other ; these , though not untouched by mutability ' s " cruel sport , " may still , in their gensral features remain as in the days when Miss Ailrin tried to tempt Dr . Channing to its heights . But where is the free village

life ! where are the retired haunts—and above all , where are the familiar social gathering , equal in variety or in intellectual quality to those which certain Hampstead homes could muster five-and-thirty years ago ! Memory

tempts us ; but we must not allow ourselves to dally at the banquets where wits and authors of ; every type and degree of celebrity were wont to cluster round the head of the greatest publishing house in London ; nor in the trim gardens , where noble and learned chiefs of the law would lounge in rustic ease under the hospitable auspices of their brother of the bench ; nor in the modest retreat ,

where sons of science loved to assemble and hear lessons from the greatest surgeon of the day . Before one quiet home only we would linger for a moment , one unpretending red brick house of ancient date , on the summit of the steep hill which lifts the visitor to the breezy table-land of the heath , and where Campbell , Rogers , Crabbe , Sotheby , Bryou ' s wife and bis daughter " Ada , "

Lord Jeffrey , John Richardson , nay , the Great Magician himself , wero frequent guests ; for Joanna Baillie , . the inmate of that house , was one who stands out conspicuously in Miss Aikin ' s pages as an object of her love and reverence . —North British Review . ' ¦ AN ANECDOTE or KAFFIRLAND—I heard an anecdote of Kaffirland to-day , which , though perfectly irrelevant to

our adventures here , is so amusing that I must record it , particularly as my informant vouched for its truth . At an outpost , far up the country , resided an officer and his wife . The latter was warned by her husband not to venture alone far from the house ; but one day , imprudently going beyond her usual limits , she encountered a wild-looking Kaffir , who took her by the hand , and would

be moved by no entreaties to suffer her to depart . He made her sit down , and , untying her bonnet , let down her long fair hair , at which he expressed rapturous admiration . He next took off her gloves , and appeared enchanted with her white hands , aud then proceeded to divest her of shoes and stockings , and wondered at her little white feet . How much further he would have carried his investigations , it is impossible to say , had not the poor lady been rescued by a party of squaws , who , with jealousy in their looks and gestures , rushed upon

the Kaffir , thus giving her the opportunity of escaping to her home . The next morning the lady and her husband were awakened at an early hour by a great chattering under their window ; and on enquiring the cause of the disturbance , the gentleman was accosted by the hero of tho previous day , who had been so impressed by tho charms of our fair countrywoman , that he had come

with twelve squaws , to make the liberal offer of exchanging them for the gentleman ' s wife , and was not a little surprised when his generous terms were refused !—¦ Gamp and Cantonment . THE "WANDERING JEW . —Tho legend of the Jew ever wandering and never" dying , even from the crucifixion of Jesus to the present day , is spread over many European

countries . The accounts , however , as in all fables , do not agree . One version is this : —When Jesus was led to death , oppressed by the weight of the cross , he wished to rest himself near the gate at the houso of Ahasucras . This man , however , sallied forth and thrust him away . Jesus turned towards him , saying , " I shall rest , but thou shalt move on till I return . " And from that time

ho has had no rest , and is obliged incessantly to wander about . Another version is that given by Matthew of Paris , a monk of the thirteenth century : —When Jesus was led from the tribunal of Pilate to death , the doorkeeper , named Cartafflious , pushed him from behind with his foot , saying , " Walk on , Jesus , quickly ; why dost thou tarry ? " Jesus looked at him gravely , and said , "I

walk on , but thou shalt tarry till I come . " And this man , still alive , wanders from place to place , in constant dread of the wrath to come . A third legend adds that this wandering Jew falls sick every hundred years , but recovers and renews his strength ; hence it is that after so many centuries ho does not look much older than a septuagenarian . Thus much for the legends . Not one of the ancient authors alludes to this wanderer . The first who reports such a thing is a monk of the thirteenth , century . — Jewish Chronicle .