WIND-UP OF THE NIGER "MODEL FARM" SPECULATION.
THE last chapter of the history of most of the puffing establishments of London is naturally sought for in the Gazette. It is therefore with little surprise that we read in the Times of Tuesday, that the stock in trade of the Niger Model Farm speculators is to be sold by auction. The unsaleable stock of this bankrupt concern deserves the attention of country theatrical managers. There are robes, crimson and blue, all glistening with tinsel; caps, which, if bells were appended to them, might be "fitting wear" for the patrons of the expedition ; and boots and slippers—the latter of which the Times describes as of excessive length—probably because, in their anxiety to "take the measure of the feet" of certain statesmen in this country, the authors of the expedition neglected to take that of the feet of the Niger potentates. It is with regret, however, that we infer from the catalogue of articles in the Times, that the whole stock in trade of the late Niger Model Farm, Steam, and Benevo- lence Company, is not to be "sold off without reserve." The Exeter Hall enthusiasm and unction — the platform piety and pathos—the claptrap sentiment—all these valuable commodities, of which the Association possessed such a large and eligible stock, are omitted in the bill of sale. Possibly they are reserved to set up a new concern. Some strange articles have been ap- pearing of late in the daily papers ; and in the Court circular we observe the ominous announcement that the London Missionary Society have had an interview with Lord STANLEY at the Colonial Office.
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