hearing a noise, ran to the place, and as soon as she saw the bull treading mercilessly upon the rabbits with his large hoofs, seized a cudgel and showered down a volley of blows on the crupper of the devastator.  But not being accustomed to this rough treatment, the bull grew angry, and fell upon his neighbors the oxen, and what with horns and hoofs, turned the stable into a scene of terror and confusion.  The woman began to cry for help.  Her cries were heard, and with some trouble the bull was ousted from the stable, and forthwith began to butt at everything in his path.  The mayor and the adjoint of the commune were attracted to the scene of this riot, and on witnessing the animal’s violence, declared, after a short deliberation, that the bull was a sorcerer, or at any rate that he was possessed with a devil, and that he ought to be conducted to the presbytery in order to be exorcised.  The authorities were accordingly obeyed, and the bull was dragged or driven into the presence of the curate, who was requested to subject him to the formalities prescribed in the ritual.  The good priest found no little difficulty in escaping the pressing solicitations of his parishioners.  At last, however, he succeeded; but though the bull escaped exorcism, he could not elude the shambles.  Condemned to death by the mayor as a sorcerer, his sentence was immediately executed.”

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The Libraries At Cambridge.—­There are now belonging to the various libraries connected with the University, about 86,000 volumes beside pamphlets, maps and prints.  The Public Library contains over 57,000 volumes.  The Law Library, 13,000; Divinity School, 3000; Medical School, 1,200; Society Libraries for the Students, 10,000.  There have been added during the past year 1,751 volumes, and 2,219 pamphlets.

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The Birmingham Mercury thinks some of Lord Brougham’s late proceedings may be accounted for in part by natural vexation at Cottenham being made an earl.  “Cottenham is several years younger than Brougham, and was his successor in the chancellorship, and yet he gets an earldom, while Brougham, who was known all over the world before Cottenham was ever heard of out of the Equity Courts, still remains and is likely to remain a simple baron.”

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Romantic History of two English Lovers.—­In the reign of Edward III., Robert Machim, an accomplished gentleman, of the second degree of nobility, loved and was beloved by the beautiful Anna d’Arfet, the daughter of a noble of the first class.  By virtue of a royal warrant Machim was incarcerated for his presumption; and, on his release, endured the bitter mortification of learning that Anna had been forcibly married to a noble, who carried her to his castle, near Bristol.  A friend of Machim’s had the address to introduce himself to the family, and became the groom of broken-hearted Anna, who was