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Of these are— 
454 Literary and Scientific Gleanings. 
55 Daily papers published in England 
ditto Wales 
I - ditto Scotland 
13 ditto Ireland 
I ditto British Isles 
On reference to the edition of this useful Directory for 
1857, we find the following interesting facts—viz., that in 
that year there were published in the United Kingdom 819 
journals; of these 37 papers were issued daily—viz., 26 in 
England, 6 in Scotland, and 5 in Ireland; but in 1867 thera 
are now established and circulated 1,294 papers, of which no 
less than 84 are issued daily, showing that the press of the © 
country has very greatly extended during the last ten years, 
and more especially so in daily papers, the daily issues 
standing 84 against 37 in 1857. 
PRUSSIA.—Railway construction appears to be exciting 
a good deal of interest just now in Prussia. A project has 
been brought forward for the construction of a great bridge 
over the Rhine, near Dusseldorf, by the Berg and Marche 
Company. 
The Guardian states that Dr. Cumming, whose name 
was put up at the Atheneum Club on Monday evening, 
was blackballed by a large majority. 
M. Thiers has undertaken the direction of a new journal, 
to be called ? Européen. 
A bird, very rare as far south as the Danube—-the Bom- 
bycilla garrula—Scidenschwawz—Waxwing—has visited 
Vienna in large flights during the winter, probably driven 
from more northerly regions by the unusually heavy falls 
of snow. This beautiful creature is considered a bird of 
ill-omen by the country people, who call it “pest,” or “tod- 
tentvogel”—plague or death bird, and believe its appearance 
to forebode pestilence and famine and war. 
__ There are in the kingdom of Belgium about 1,300,000 
head of horned cattle. 
This year a celestial phenomenon will occur, which has 
been only twice recorded in history. On the 21st of August 
next, the planet Jupiter will be seen completely unaccom- 
panied by satellites for nearly two hours. Three of them 
will be invisible on account of their passing simultaneously 
over Jupiter’s disc, and the fourth will be immersed in the 
shadow of the planet. 
REVENUE AND POPULATION OF IRELAND.—Last month 
a return was issued of the gross revenue of Ireland, ex- 
