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"Such is the pathological romance of 'liver-rot'; and nohat is its connection with this mysterious discovery? It is this After the outbreak of 'liver-rot,' above referred to, the ground landlord, a Mr John Bellingham, instructed his solicitor to insert a clause in the lease of the beds directing that the latter should be periodically cleared and examined by an expert to make sure that they were free from the noxious water-snails The last lease expired about two years ago, and since then the beds have been out of cultivation; but, for the safety of the adjacent pastures, it was considered necessary to make the customary periodical inspection, and it was in the course of cleaning the beds for this purpose that the present discovery wasof three rub up the plants and collect the ht be examined by the expert to see if any of the obnoxious species were present They had cleared nearly half the beds when, yesterday afternoon, one of thein the deepest part came upon some bones, the appearance of which excited his suspicion Thereupon he called his mates, and they carefully picked away the plants piecemeal, a process that soon laid bare an unst the roots Fortunately they had the wisdoe to the police Very soon, an inspector and a sergeant, accoeon, arrived on the scene, and were able to view the re as they had been found And now another very strange fact ca on the arded by the police as a very i on the question of identification, seeing that the nuer of the left hand h examination on the spot, the bones were carefully collected and conveyed to thefurther inquiries

"The divisional surgeon, Dr Brandon, in an intervieith our representative,statements: "'The bones found are those of the left arht inches in height All the bones of the ar the scapula, or shoulder-blade, and the clavicle, or collar-bone, but the three bones of the third finger are er been cut off?' our correspondent asked