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 mented as to almost induce the visitor to swallow them. We hear that it is to be cut up and distributed on the last day of the exhibition; but let the League beware how they previously admit a school to their Bazaar, for to resist the combined temptation of this cake and its free-trade inscriptions is, we think, beyond the possibility of schoolboy nature. In this room is also the 'post office,' an ingenious device for (among other purposes) raising money, and disseminating free-trade doctrines. It is suggested to the visitor to knock and inquire if they have a letter for him, and upon his supplying them with his name and address, he is himself, in due time, supplied with a packet (not pre-paid), which, on receiving, he finds filled with League tracts and other free-trade publications. The scheme was so successful that the arrival of a 'foreign mail' was soon notified, and of course it brought with it a despatch for every applicant, and at the foreign rate of postage.

"Leaving the refreshment room, but not before examining at the book stall an ancient mass-book, printed at Madrid, with the music on the old system of notation, we return to the stage, and see before us on the right centre the stalls of Gloucester, Norwich, Exeter, Dudley, War rington, Preston, and Lancaster. At the Dudley stall were some interesting fossils and mineral specimens from that place. The Lancaster stall, among other articles of interest, exhibited a miniature bedstead in mahogany, of very elegant construction; and the chief object of interest at the Preston stall was a model carriage made for the Preston Guild, which was certainly a pleasing exhibition of the taste and ingenuity of our countrymen. It was complete in all its appointments, and was offered for £35. Near to these was the Liverpool stall, at which was exhibited, together with miscellaneous fancy articles, as baskets, lace collars, book-markers, &c., 'a lock of Sir Walter Scott's hair,' price £3. 3s.; and a wax medallion 'Portrait of R. R. Moore, Esq., with autograph,' price 15s. Of the latter