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SECOND EDITION. Standard Ogce, Ten o'clock, a.m. ARRIVAL AND PROGRESS OF lIEB MAJESTY AND ITINCE ALBERT IN DUBLIN. From two o'clock on Sunday afternoon the heights above Kingstown harbour were thronged with eager crowds, to witness her Majesty's arrival at this portion of her dominions. Shortly after six the royal squadron was discovered rounding the land at Dalkey ; and in a few minutes more the booming of cannon atinounced the pre sence of the Sovereign. The harbour of Kingstown pre sented at this time a splendour of marine array which might have challenged the ideal grandeur of an Eastern festival. The royal yacht was brought to her moorings, and her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, appeared on the quarter deck, and acknowledged the rapturous cheerings with which she was received. At ten o'clock yesterday morning the royal party pro ceeded to land ; and on her Majesty setting her foot for the first time on Irish ground, the Harbour-master of Kingstown hoisted the royal standard amidst deafening cheers, followed by a salute from the cannon of the war ships in the harbour. Altogether, her Majesty's reception in Kingstown was magnificent and 'cordial. The party were embarked in the railway train, and proceeded to Sandymcunt Avenue, the houses on the whole line of railway being decorated and filled with anxious spectators. At this place her Majesty had to proceed to her carriage, over a platform, covered with crimson cloth and tastefully decorated : and the scene—the cortege and attendants, military, &c.—was most splendid. The state carriage having been drawn up to the platform, Her Majesty, Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal entered, Lady Jocelyn following with the other Royal children. Her Majesty's carriage was an open one; and the repeatedly acknowledged the cheering with which she Etas received here, and along the road to Dublin. At about 20 minutes to eleven the royal cortege arrived at the city gates (erected for the cccasion), when an equerry demanded atmittance and received the keys, the city mace and sword, which were presented by the Lord Mayor, on a magnificent silver salver. His lordship addressed her Majesty, congratulating her on her safe arrival, and re questing to be permitted to accompany her on her progress through the city. Her Majesty having redelivered the keys, and expressed her pleasure at her reception, proceeded through Herbert-street, Merrion-square, Nassau-street, Grafton -street, Westmoreland-street, and Sackvil le-street, to the Vice-regent-lodge. As the procession passed under a triumphal arch in Eccles-street, a dove was lowered from a window into the royal carriage, which her Majesty placed beside her, amid loud cheers from the vast multitude assembled at this point. _ _ . Her Majesty entered the Vice-regal Lodge at a quarter past twelve o'clock. The decorations in the streets through which her Ma jesty passed were splendid, and her reception throughout most enthusiastic. ittraturr. NOTICES. The Epochs. A poem, in ten books. By Robert W. Thom. Second edition. This poem, although not aspiring from its construction to the character of an epic, is the most Miltonic of any thing that we have met with in its style of thought. There is sterling genius throughout its pages, great beauty of thought and feeling, and occasionally sublimity. The first four books especially, in which Adam speaks to the angels, of his career and feelings whilst upon earth, par take of the latter character, as do No. 10, and a few others. We shall quote, however, as a specimen of the author's style, the following exquisite picture, from book 9, which reminds us of Shelley's "An orphan with my parents lived," &c. " ' She was our mother, we were four in all, Three children and our mother. Twins were two, My sister and my brother; it did fall That I was youngest by some years, and grew A beauty and a joy to both, and drew Upon their fonts of love to that excess That they without me nought of pleasure knew; And I nor tasted joy nor rest, unless The m•rnmg and the eve beheld their dear caress. " 'As when the spring walked o'er the cultured lawn, And flowers awoke where'er she press'd her feet, So in our household where my sister's hand Touched, beauty rose, in modest haste to greet • The spirit of the place. There was a sweet Rest in her soul, that in the hour of pain, Of thought, or work, or weariness, could cheat All spirit into rest ; or from the vain, The wandering soul recal to noblest work again. " To see her pass amid her house employ Was a delight which dwells in memory long. To hear her voice was a perpetual joy; And in the mellow gushing of her song Was power to raise the weak, to bow the strong, Or thaw the icy soul; therefrom there grew A most rare pleasure, which did fall among Life's motions, cooling as the crystal dew, Which the still lake all night upon its margin threw. " 'She was our mother in her youth renewed : The same light form, dark hair, and liquid eye, And the same tenderness her soul imbued, The same full hope which ever could arise Above the present. Love that sanctifies All natures, and to noblest deeds inure. And mild religion, which most beautifies, Making the purest spirit ev'n more pure; Patience that lacketh speech but can all things endure. xitr. " Amid our brother's labours, 'mid the calm Tasks of our mother, 'mid my joyous game, Like to a summer gale that breatheth balm And forest incense, still she went and came, And a delight was ever. Lo, the tame Thrush and the dove, the lamb and gentle doe Loved to be near her. When she called their name, On fluttering wing, or with stayed step and slow, Hovered they round her path, or moved where she did go. The whole of this book is beautifully conceived. We believe that Mr. Thom is at present a resident in this neighbourhood ; and trust that his poem, which appears to have been printed for private circulation, and has been spoken of in the highest terms by no less eminent a critic than Lord Jeffrey, will be made as remunerative by its sale as its great merit deserves. VARIETIES. The Jews abstain from trading during 66 days of the year, as follows:—viz., 52 Saturdays; two days, new years ; four days, Passover ; one day, Black Fast ; two days, Penticost ; four days, Tabernacle; one day, White Fast. There is nothing more annoying in places of business or public reading-rooms, than two persons continually conversing in an under-tone. If the example were ge nerally followed, a perfect Babel would be the result • and those parties practising such troublesome improprieties inevitably become unpopular. ORIGIN OF LESS CONSEQUENCE THAN DESTINY.— When Philip Henry, the father of the celebrated com mentator, sought the hand of the only daughter and heiress of Mr. Mathew in marriage, an objection was made by her father, who admitted he was a gentleman, a scholar, and an excellent preacher, but he was a stranger, and " they did not even know where he came from." " True (said the daughter, who had well weighed the excellent qualities and graces of the stranger) ; but I know where he is going, and I should like to go with him," and they walked life's pilgrimage together. EPIDEMIC AND OTHER DISEASES—PREVENTIVE MEDICINES. — AIthough there exist numerous instances, in most of our towns, of the advantages conferred on the public health by the partial and limiteditmprovements which have resulted from the application of the principles of preventive medicine, through the indefatigable agency of philanthropic medical men, yet it is impossible to point in England to any locality where preventive medicine has been applied, as an art, in an efficient manner. Adven titious circumstances, altogether irrespective of the public good, have generally determined any great improve ment in the physical condition of townsmen ; and public bodies, especially public companies seeking after gain, are found quite as ready to sacrifice the public health for their private benefit, when such a course can be adopted in a private manner, as they are prompt to manifest regard for the public welfare in striking and readily observable works or operations which they expect to return large profits. In the army and navy alone are to be found fair examples of what can he done by an efficient health officer to preserve the health and lives of men even when exposed to what are ordinarily considered certain causes of disease. The experienced army and navy surgeons are found to a man declaring in every variety of expression the one great truth, that preventive medicine will effect infinitely more for mankind than all the drugs which have yet been discovered, and all the curative skill which has ever been exerted for the alleviation of disease. And wherever interfering and disturbing circumstances have not operated, the results which they can exhibit show how completely their principle is borne out. They also demonstrate to us how surely grand results for human life and human happiness will yet be worked out, when the means which have been indicated are applied with energy and perseverance. Look but to the chances of life afforded to the sailor now, as compared with former times. Seventy years ago, the deaths were lin 8 annually ; thirty-eight years ago, they were 1 in 32 ; twelve years ago, they were lin 72. That is to say, in a quarter of a century, by efficient management, the general mortality in the navy was reduced from 3.12 to 1.39 annually in every 1 00 men, being a reduction of 56 per cent. in the absolute amount of deaths. In the army, the mortality has been reduced to about 2 per cent. at home, and 4 per cent. in our foreign possessions. If one cogent fact be desired to show the saving of life which can be effected through health officers, it is found in this, that Robert Jackson—to whom sufficient honour cannot be given as a great disciple of preventive medicine— reduced the mortality of the troops in Jamaica from 120 per thousand to 20 per thousand. The same average is obtainable for the population of our towns ; but its speedy attainment depends on the services of those educated in the school of preventive medicine—on men who will Imitate the untiring zeal, and who, in viewing the reme diable cause of disease, will take that large grasp of the subject which eminently di s ti ngu i s hed their prototype in military 1110.—Jo urnal of Public Health. MY UNCLE NICK'S DUEL WITH MAJOR SABRETASCH, OF THE BUFFS. (From the Dublin University Magazine.) Dinner was over, the tables were cleared, and Colonel Horseman, a retired dragoon, got upon his legs to make a speech. " He wished," he said, " to ask the company to drink the health of the officers of the Buffs, not only for their own presence upon this festive occasion, stut for their goodnature in providing the band, which had contributed so much to the harmony of the evening." Having expressed himself to the above effect, the ex dragoon sat down, and Mr. Augustus Sucklethumbkin, who was evidently labouring under that nervous trepida tion incidental to gentlemen, who, unused to public ora tory, will make after-dinner speeches, was relieved from his anxiety by Major Sabretasch, who, with his usual pomp, having adjusted each of his moustaches, quite to his ptisfaction, thus began " Ladies and Gentlemen,—Although it has pleased her Majesty to dispense with my humble services, as I am no longer a member of that distinguished regiment, to which I shall ever feel it an honour to have belonged, I feel myself called upon to return you thanks for the—" " Why can't you put a tune to it, Major? lam sure you sing like a nightingale," interrupted at this juncture a voice from the lower end of the room, which those who were acquainted with it had no difficulty in recognising as belonging to my uncle Nick. " Silence! bravo ! " sung out Mr. Augustus Suckle thumbkin ; by the way of encouragement to his former major, who attempted to resume the thread of his dis• course, so cruelly interrupted. He had scarcely, how ever, uttered more than a few words, when his eye was attracted by my uncle Nick, who was making one of the most hideous faces at him it is possible to conceive—a feat which he had a very dexterous mode of performing, by making his hair and eyebrows approximate. It - was a curious knack my uncle had of being able to make one of the very ugliest faces I ever saw ; ant I am very sorry to say he put it in practice upon this festive occasion, for the purpose of confusing the major —an end which it an swered completely ; for after a few broken sentences, uttered amid a suppressed titter, that warrior resumed his seat, his moustaches actually curling themselves with suppressed indignation. This little scene did not, however, contribute in the least to mar the harmony of the evening ; for on the ta bles being shortly afterwards stowed away, the band struck up a lively air, and the dancing commenced with great spirit, the Hon. Augustus Sucklethumbkin, whose russia-ducks were now completely dry, and whose spirits were much elated by the champagne lie had swallowed, opening the ball with Mrs. Guy Spicer. The next dance was a polka, for which that lady had engaged herself to the major; but when the music commenced the gentle man was nowhere to be found. " Allow me to offer myself as a substitute," said Mr. Augustus Sucklethumbkin, whose awe cf thc widow had, under the combined influence of dancing and champagne, by this time completely disappeared. " Take compassion on me rather," said the ex-colonel of dragoons ; " a lieutenant can never supply the place of a major." " Have pity upon me !" excliimed my uncle, going down upon one knee, and looking as imploringly as he possibly could. " I will, you droll creature," said Mrs. Guy Spicer. " provided you cor duct yourself with propriety, and make no ugly faces." My uncle promised, seized the lady's hand, and was just about poising himself upon the light fantastic toe, when in came Major Sabretasch. " I think Mrs. Guy Spicer engaged herself to me for the dance," said he, with as much impetuosity as it would be consistent with his dignity to betray. " You are too late, old boy," replied my uncle. The major, his indignation roused by an appellation so familiar, said— " I am sure Mrs. Guy Spicer would rather not dance with you, sir." " Choose between us," said my uncle; your will is my pleasure." " • I shall dance with you you droll creature, of course," said the pretty widow, with a toss of her head. You shall not, madam ! " replied the major, in a towering passion. _ _ _ " PheW . !" said my uncle, " won't she ?" and off went that gentleman and off Mrs. Guy Spicer. The measure of the major's wrath was now full to over flowing. It was aggravating in the highest degree, not only to see Mrs. Guy Spicer thus carried off, but to be hold at a distance his own wife evidently enjoying his discomfiture extremely. " I'll call that fellow out," said Major Sabretasch, half aloud. " 1 think you should," said Mr. Augustus Suckle thumbkin, who, being close behind, had heard the half muttered exclamation. " He's an impudent puppy ; he insulted me at dinner," said the major. " Yeth, tho he did," responded Mr. Augustus Suckle thumbkin. " Take him a message to-morrow morning, like a good fellow," said the major. " Certainly, by all means," replied Mr. Sucklethumb. kin, who had not the smallest objection to have his major shot at. Meantime the dance had concluded, and having con ducted Mrs. Guy Spicer to her seat, my uncle was stroll inu about the room, when he met his friend, Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan, a sporting gentleman in a green cut-away coat and corduroy smallclothes. " Jerry," said he, " I hate that Major Sabretasch." " So do I, by jingo," said Mr. O'Callaghan. " I think I'll have a shot at him," said my uncle Nick. " Da so, by all means," said Mr. O'Callaghan. " Has be given me enough of provocation, I wonder ?" inquired my uncle. " You've given him plenty, anyhow," said Mr. O'Cal laghan. " Do you think so ?" inquired my uncle. " Indeed I do," said Mr. O'Callaghan, who was a bit of a fire-eater in his way. " He is such a - puppy," said my uncle. " So he is," responded Mr. O'Crllaghan. " Well, we'll sleep over it, at all events," said my uncle; " and if the morning be fine, why we may as well amuse ourselves in that way as in any other," said my uncle. "So you can come home with me, and sleep at Badger Hall, and we will talk the matter over when we have more time." Day had scarcely more than dawned upon the following morning when a light dogcart, drawn by a grey horse with a very short tail, might have been descried proceed ing leisurely along the road which led from the village of Drizzlewell towards the Lodge. The driver of that equi page, clad in his accustomed dress of green cut-away coat, with sporting buttons, and corduroy smallclothes, seemed to enjoy, not only the morning air, but his cigar very much, as, perched upon a seat so high that he seemed to be standing, he let the " ribbons" lie carelessly upon the neck of the short-tailed grey horse, and looked about him as if greatly delighted by his contemplation of the beau ties of nature. A sudden turn in the road disclosed an object which flashed and glittered in the morning sun, which Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan had no great difficulty, even at that distance, in recognising as the very spruce and highly-varnished gig of Major Sabretasch. " What can this mean ?" thought he, as, gathering up the rein in one hand, he seized the whip in the other, and bestowed a dexterous flip upon the off ear of the grey horse, who shook his head, as if to resent the indignity, and forthwith set off at a canter. The conjecture of Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan did not prove erroneous. A few moments, and up came a bright bay mare at a slapping pace; behind her was the varnished gig, and in that vehicle sat the Hon. Augustus Suckle thumbkin, looking very grim indeed. Pulling up the mare with a sudden jerk, which threw her upon her haunches, he saluted Mr. O'Callaghan...... " Why: bleth my soul !" said he, " this is an unex pected pleasure : I was just on my way to call upon your friend." "And I was just upon mine to pay my respects to Major Sabretasch, said Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan, with a pleasant smile. " I presume we are both upon the same errand ?" said Mr. Sucklt thumkin. " Very likely," responded Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan, drily. " Perhaps you are come to make an apology," said the lieutenant, as a sudden thought seemed to strike him. " Are you ?" responded Mr. O'Callaghan. " I am coming to ask for one," replied the lieutenant, drawing himself up with much dignity. " So am I," said Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan. "We can't do anything of the kin - d," responded the Hon. Augustus Sucklethumbkin ;" it's quite out of the question." " Neither can we," said Jerry, throwing away the end of his cigar and extracting a fresh one. "So I suppose neither of us need go any further; we can settle the pre liminaries here." " What's to be done !" inquired the lieutenant. " We must burn powder, of course," replied Mr. O'Callaghan. " Name your time and place, then," said the lieuten ant; " and let it be as soon as possible, else the affair will get wind, and we shall all be put in quod." " I don't know a nicer or quieter spot than the Deer's Meadow, and, I suppose, in another hour you can have your. man on the ground—it's not very far off." " Certainly : we shall be there by half-past six at furthest," said Mr. Sucklethumbkin, consulting his watch. " Very well : you'll find us ready." And each of the gentlemen having turned his respec tive horse, they parted. " Is your master up, Owen ?" inquired Mr. O'Callag han of that domestic, as he pulled up the grey horse, co vered with foam, at the door of Badger Hall. "Not stirring yet, sir," replied the servant, glancing uneasily at the querist, as it he thought there was some thing uneasy in the wind. Mr. O'Callaghan forthwith proceeded to my uncle's chamber, which having entered, he flung open the shut ters, threw up the window, and gave the somnolent tenant thereof, who was snoring heartily, a shake that might have awakened the seven sleepers. " By jingo, they'll fight !" cried Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan. " Fight ? Who ? What ?" inquired my uncle, only half awake, raising himself in bed. `• 'Why, Sabretasch, of course. Did'nt you tell me to take a message to him ?" " I had forgotten all about it, but I remember it now," said my uncle, plunging his head into a basin of cold water, the tonic effects of which soon restored him to the perfect use of his faculties. While he was making his toilette, Mr. O'Callaghan proceeded to inform him of what had taken place, interspersed with certain shrewd com ments of his own Amon the conduct of the Hon. Augustus Sucklefhumbkin, to whom, it appeared, Mr. O'Callaghan had made a present of his extreme aversion. The grey dawn had melted away into as beautiful a summer a morning as ever was seen : the tops of the Car lingford mountains were tinted with red light, and the waters of the bay sparkled in the sunshine, as my Uncle Nick and Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan entered the field known by the name of the Deer's Meadow, about five minutes before the appointed time. My uncle, enveloped in a huge blue cloak, the folds of which were wrapped closely around his stalwart form, strode hastily along, with a " mild havanna" between his lips. Mr. O' Callaghan walked beside him, while in the rear followed the faithful Owen, with a very rueful expression of countenance, car rying a small mahogany case, the brazen clasps of which flashed and glittered in the sun. " I think this ought to be about the ground," said Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan, receiving from the hands of Owen the brass-bound mahogany case, the contents of which he proceeded to investigate. " And as sweet a spot for a gentleman to be stretched on a quilt of daisies as ever my eyes lighted upon" replied my uncle ; " but what o'clock is it, Owen ?" " Twenty minutes to seven," replied the domestic, ex tracting from his pocket a watch of about the dimensions of a turnip. " We must give them half-an-hour's law," said my un cle ; " they had farther to come than we had." " Here's some one, anyhow," replied Mr: O'Callaghan, and a shout in the distance broke upon his ear. " 'Tis the peelers, maybe, your honour, suggested Owen, touching his hat. He had scarcely spoken, when two figures on horse back—one rather in front of the other, were descried ra pidly crossing the country in the direction of the Deer's Meadow. On they came at a slapping pace, clearing everything that came in their way. They drew rapidly near. A stiff fence—a regular rasper, that would have made many a bold Galway rider crane—bounded the nor thern extremity of the field. The foremost rider went slap at it, his horse well in hand, in a swinging canter ; another instant, and clearing the rasper gallantly, his whip in his mouth, in came Major Sabretasch, of the Buffs, ,followed by the lieutenant, who did not make his entree in a manner nearly so graceful, but seemed to sit uneasily in his saddle. " This looks well, at all events," said my uncle. " No funking," replied Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan; " al. though riding a thoroughbred hack across the country has by no means a tendency to steady a man's hand for anything of this sort." As soon as the lieutenant had descended from his charger, he ,nodded in recognition of Mr. Jerry O'Calla- - ghan, an act of courtesy which that gentleman returned by a profound obeisance, remarking at the same time that the morning was uncommonly favourable for the work. " Charming !" lisped the Hon. Augustus Suckle thnmbkin. " I suppose the sooner we go to work the better," re plied Jerry ; " but where are your tools ?" " We've got none," responded the lieutenant ; " and there was no time to send to look for such articles ; but I suppose we can have the use of yours ?" " With all the pleasure in life !" said Mr. O'Callaghan. " Beautiful tools they are, and have done work in their time." " Saw handles, I perceive ?" said the Hon. Augustus Sucklethumbkin. _ _ " The more handy on that account," replied my uncle's second. " I suppose we may as well load now." " By all means." " Come here, Owen," shouted Mr. O'Callaghan. And that worthy functionary, advancing, Produced a huge bundle, wrapped in a checquer handkerchief, which, having deposited on the grass, he proceeded carefully to untie. It was worth any money, my uncle used to say, to wit ness the English officer's face of astonishment as the con tents of the bundle became revealed to the eye. There was first of all a big canvass bag, chuck full of bullets, newly melted, a huge flask, rudely constructed of cow's horn, amply supplied with Pigou and Wilks' best pow der, a box of percussion caps, and another full of leather wadding. In short, there was ammunition almost suffi cient for a whole platoon of grenadiers. " Why, bless my thoul, said the Hon. Augustus, " what can you be going to do with all that ?" " We may want the most of it before we're done," re plied Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan. " Ridiculous !" said the lieutenant, shrugging his shoulders. " You and I may have to take a turn," responded Mr. O'Callaghan, with a grim smile, proceeding to load. The lieutenant said nothing, but did not look quite at his ease. All necessary preliminaries having been ar ranged, my uncle Nick and Major Sabretasch were placed " within that gentlemanly distance," twelve paces ; and it was agreed upon that after the words, " gentlemen, are you ready—fire !" were uttered, each of them was to blaze away. The pistols were placed in their hands, and the seconds withdrew to a short distance. " Gentlemen, are you ready ?" said Mr. Jerry O'Cal laghan. He had scarcely spoken, when a new actor made his appearance upon the scene, whose appearance was so extraordinary that the words which were trembling on the lips of the lieutenant were arrested ; he was an elderly gentleman, in a broad-brimmed hat and coat, the tails of which streaming in the wind as be rushed in, unmistake ably proclaimed his profession. He screamed as he drew near, with hands uplifted— _ _ . "lam a man of peace. I forbid this unholy and mor tal encounter. I forbid it in the name of"-- " Out of the way, or you'll be shot," interrupted my uncle, in a voice of thunder. " Fire !" shouted Mr. O'Callaghan. " Fire! fire !" responded the Hon. Augustus Suale thumbkin, as if he was greatly afraid there should be no duel after all. " Crack ! crack " went the pistols, off flew the broad brimmed hat, down went the Quaker, and down also,with a bullet in the calf of his leg, went Major Sabretasch, of the Buffs. " Good heavens ! he's hit, I fear," said my uncle. " By jingo ! he has shot the Quaker !" shouted Mr. Jerry O'Callaghan. " Bleth my thoul ! how extraordinary !" said the Hon. Augustus Sucklethumbkin, with a face of great dismay. Both surmises were in some degree correct. Major Sabretasch was found, upon examination, to have received the injury already mentioned, which for some time spoiled his dancing ; while the man of peace was stunned by a graze from the bullet of the major's pistol, who, whether designedly, or whether in the distraction caused by this unexpected apparition, had in his hurry fired at the wrong man, and had very nearly terminated the useful existence of the man of peace, whose residence being close adjoin ing had given him the opportunity of observing what was about to take place. " Verily, I thought I was shot," said the Quaker, who had now somewhat revived, and was sitting on the grass, rubbing his head, and looking eagerly at his broad-brim, which had a great hole in the crown. " Friend, thou hadst no business here," said my uncle Nick. " I remember," said Mr. Jeri y O'Callaghan, " some thing like this before. We had got into a field, in the de mesne of the Lord Bishop of Kildare, the ground was measured, the men placed, and we were just going to fire, when the bishop's servant appeared, with his master's compliments, to say that his lordship had a great objection to gentlemen shooting each other in his grounds, and one of us, I forget which, shot away the flunkey's coat tail by accident." I have nothing to add, except that Major Sabretasch, of the Buffs, did not dance the polka for a considerable time after his accident, and that my uncle Nick proposed, in due course, to Mrs. Guy Spicer, and was—rejected, for which I take this opportunity to thank that lady, as I am now his heir, and reside in Badger Hall. THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR& etneral Altsrellanv. Throughout England and Ws there have been 3,616 cases, and 1,661 deaths from cholera in the past week. On Monday next the Queen Dowager will complete her fifty-seventh year. On Saturday last no fewer than six fires—three of them very disastrous—broke out in various parts of the metro polis. At Warwick assizes, Mary Ball, aged 31, was sentenced to death for the wilful murder, on the 18th of May last, at Nuneaton, of her husband. A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against a man named Tomkinsnn Granger, for murdering Mr. W. Taylor, a respectable tradesman of Belper, Derbyshire. The wheat harvest has commenced in the neighbour hood of West Ham, Leyton, Woodford, Ilford, &c., and the accounts relative to the state of the crops are of a most favourable description. An engine driver, named Wilson, has been committed at Walsall for trial for running an engine on the South Staffordshire line without authority, and whilst in a state of intoxication. Reports from the moors continue favourable. In the south of Scotland grouse are plentiful, as are also par tridges and hares. The season altogether bids fair to be a superior one for sports of the field. The first church which the Jesuits have ever possessed in London was opened on Tuesday by Dr. Wiseman, assisted by Dr. Browne, Dr. Gillis, and a numerous body of the Roman Catholic clergy. At the York assizes, Mr. Hudson, M.P., obtained a verdict for £1,030 against an engineer, named Brunton, Lloyd's surveyor at Sunderland, to whom he had lent £l,OOO. Meetings to sympathise with the Hungarians have been, or are about to be, held at Edinburgh, Manchester, Bir mingham, London, Plymouth, and most of the principal towns in the kingdom. This year is the thousandth anniversary of the birth of King Alfred at Wantage, in Berkshire. It is said that a committee of English and American gentlemen is about to meet to organise a" grand national Jubilee," at Wan tage, in honour of the Anglo-Saxon hero. The father of a young man who was struck dead by lightning, in London, last week, exhibited the blacKened corpse of his son to the populace at a penny a head, and it is said that he realised upwards of £7 by the indecent exhibition. Some serious disturbances have occurred at North Uist, one of the islands of the Hebrides, in consequence of Lord Macdonald, the sole proprietor, endeavouring to compel some 500 of the inhabitants, numbering altoge ther nearly 5,000, to emigrate. LIEUTENANT WAGHORN, R.N.—We hear from good authority that Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn, the cele brated overland voyager to India, has been granted a pension of £2OO per annum from the Royal Bounty Fund.—United Service Gazette. On Saturday week an infant child named Reason died at Breden's Norton, Hereford, in consequence of a small ear of wheat, which another girl had given her to play with having passed into the upper part of the windpipe, which caused instant death. Thomas Blighton, a youth of eighteen, labourer in the parish of Feeing, Essex, who had been bathing, quarrelled with his companions about a bean-book, when he com menced swearing in a fearful manner ; in the midst of which, with an oath literally in his mouth, he fell dead. On Wednesday, nine married ladies beat nine single ladies at a match of cricket at Picket Post, in the New Forest, by one run only, the married scoring fifty, the single forty-nine. The ladies were dressed in white, the former with blue trimmings, the latter with pink. ' A waterspout burst over the little river of Inverglen. in Scotland, on Wednesday week, and quickly caused an ex traordinary flood, which - carried away two bridges, and did some other trifling damage. While the Inverglen was thus flooded, the neighbouring streams were almost dry. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—On Friday, Captain Smith, of Holdernss House, rode his horse on the Essex road 11 miles in 49 minutes 46 seconds (time allowed 50 minutes) for a wager of 200 guineas. The animal stands 16 hands high, and appeared the least fatigued of the two. A cow belonging to Mr. France, farmer, Henley, gave in seven days, on an average, twenty-four quarts of milk per day : total for seven days, 168 quarts, out of which has been sold five gills new milk daily, and from the other has been churned 21ilbs. of batter, averaging upwards of 3ibs. per day. THE CHOLERA.—From Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester, Monmouth, and Worcester, we have accounts that this direful visitation had either been mitigated or had disap peared altogether. At Monmouth no case has occurred for some weeks. Fourteen deaths from cholera took place at Dowlais on Wednesday. On Thursday, a young man, named Edmunds, page to Mr. Bransby Cooper, the eminent surgeon, committed suicide by swallowing leudanum, and afterwards throwing himself into the Regent's Canal. On the previous Sun day evening, he returned home intoxicated, with his coat torn, but refused to say how it happened. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday week, as the Rev. Steyning Johnson was out in his pleasure yacht, near the mouth of Chichester-harbour, a sudden squall capsized the boat. His assistant, named Henry Taylor, was drowned ; but the accident having been observed, the rev. gentleman was picked up in a state of great exhaustion. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.—At Shrewsbury assizes, on Wednesday, Charles Colley, labourer, aged 40, was in dicted for the wilful murder of John Micklewright, a po lice-officer, during an affray at Acton Burnell, on the 2d of January last. He was convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten years' transportation. RARE OCCURRENCE.—From three stocks of bees, com monly called hives, standing in the garden of Mr. Durham, at the Manor Cottage, near Worksop, there have been, since the 15th of May, 1849, ten swarms of fine, strong, and healthy bees !—an occurrence perhaps unparalleled in apiarian history. THE EFFECTS OF CHOLERA UPON THE BRANDY MAR KET.—By reference to the Customs' bills of entry for the month of July, it will be found that the increased quan tity of foreign brandy, upon which the duty has been paid, amounts to the large quantity of 25,000 gallons, or nearly 1,000 per diem beyond the average of former years. FORGERY.—CAUTION TJ THE PUBLIC.—A forgery has been committed of £5 notes of the Worcester Old Bank. The forged notes are dated Ist of August, 1848, which date corresponds with notes issued by Messrs. Berwick and Co. The numbers and signatures of the forged notes are lithographed, and it is easy to discover that they are not in handwriting. i itefirai The Carlisle Journal mentions the arrival of a happy couple, apparently farm servants, on their way to Gretna, on a matrimonial expedition, and adds, that before they could proceed to the shrine of Hymen, the bride was sud denly taken ill, and in less than ten minutes, to the great dismay and astonishment of the bridegroom, was delivered of a fine boy. tioV4M4.O APPALLING DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.—On Friday the Rev. George Hickes, of Clifton, fell from the summit of St. Vincent Rocks, at Bristol, and was killed. He had a severe wound at the back of his head, and his right leg was dreadfully shattered. The unfortunate gentle man was in a declining state of health, and had probably become giddy. A female named Sanderson, living at Marylebone, afflicted with asthma, died on Monday from having taken twopennyworth of paregoric to relieve her cough. The surgeon examined at the inquest said that any narcotic given to a person in the ill state of health deceased was in would have the effect of causing suffocation by stopping the cough. NOVEL FISHING.—On Friday week a gentleman from Yorkshire had a day's fishing with the aid of cormorants at the foot of Windermere Lake. The birds captured a salmon moort, weighing three pounds, and several eels of various sizes. It appears that the cormorant has a strong predilection for eels, and will not take any other fish while they are to be had. The Prince di Canino arrived at Brighton on Saturday week from Havre. On his arrival he exclaimed with much heartiness, " Thank God, I am in a country of real liberty, where passports are not wanted." He afterwards exclaimed, in the course of conversation, that " the pre sent French government was the most execrable that could be conceived. PERJURY.—Last week, at Shrewsbury assizes. Samuel Adams, 25, bookseller, was convicted of wilful and cor rupt perjury, in denying, on oath,' in Wellington County Court, his own signature as attesting witness to a promis sory note for £l9, made by his brother-in-law in favour of one Sarah Sankey. The prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, with hard labour, and seven years' transportation. ORANGEMEN.—On Sunday week, nearly 500 members of the Loyal Orange Institution of the surrounding dis tricts went •in procession to the church at Idle. The brethren were headed by the Rev. R. P. Blakeney, 8.A., incumbent of Iron Green, Notts, who had come ex pressly to preach to them and the Rev. J. Blakeney, curate of Idle, both members of the institution, in their canonicals. TIIE MOOLTAN PRIZE MONEY.—The total amount of this booty is estimated at 18 lacs of rupees, or £lBO,OOO sterling. Lord Gough, as Commander-in-Chief on the field, will receive £20,000 ; deducting the large shares of General Whish, Brigadier Dundas, and the rest of the officers, a contemptible trifle will fall to the junior offi cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, and even that modicum will not be distributed for some years. SHOE BUSINESS IN LYNN.—The number of pairs of shoes made during the last 'year was 3,190,000; the num ber purchased from other towns was 330,000 ; making in all 3,540,000 pairs. The cost of the material of these was 1,435,545 dollars; that of making them, 957,030 dollars; making the cost of the 3,450,000 pairs of shoes to have been 2,382,575 dollars. The cost of making shoes now is about one-sixth less than it was a dozen years ago.—Lynn, Pioneer. THH IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.—The advance of 10s. per ton upon the iron of this district has been fully maintained, and circulars, fully announcing the advance, have been issued by most of the respectable houses. Although there can be no doubt the trade has sustained, during the last few months, a considerable shock, it is now evidently rather on the improvement, and hopes are entertained that throughout the present quarter it will continue to progress. CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—At Bridgewater assizes, on Friday, Charlotte Harris, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, Henry Marchant, by giving him poison. The prisoner, a few days after the deceased's death, married an old man, named Harris, who was worth some property; and she had been previously heard to say, that it would be a good thing if she was a widow, in order to marry Harris. As the prisoner was declared to be pregnant, by a jury of matrons, execution was respited. CONVICTION FOR ROBBERY.—At Mold assizes, on Friday, Henry Maevan and John Laikin were indicted for stealing, at Holywell, twenty gold wedding rings, the property of William Wood Winstanley. The case was clear, and the prisoners were found guilty. M`Kevan was sentenced to be transported for seven, and Laikin for ten years. At the conclusion the prisoners made a most des perate resistance on being removed from the dock. We understand the swell mob in Liverpool had organized a rescue, but the good arrangements in court frustrated it. IRON FROM NORTH AMERICA.—About 150 tons of iron, wood manufactured, has been received here from America, It is described as being of a very superior Quality. The mines whence the sample has been received are described as extensive, rich, and ,abundant in ore of a quality superior to that dug in North Staffoidshire, and the parties interested 'are now engaged, or about to en gage, in more minute experiments touching the qualities of the ore. For this purpose machinery is to be exported, and, it is said, that not only do the specimens received promise a special adaptation to conversion into steel, but that the product in a state of iron will compete power fully, if not triumphantly, in the United States with that exported from this country. CAUTION FROM THE BENCH IN THE USE OF FIRE ARMS.-At the Warwick Assizes, on Wednesday, John Bayliss, a native of Warwick, was indicted for having stolen a flower-pot and tree from the garden of a man named Wilkins at Wasperton. The robbery was effected very early in the morning, and the prosecutor, who heard a man in the garden, called upon him to stop, otherwise he would fire on him. The prisoner continued his course and Wilkins fired his gun at him and wounded the man in the back. Mr. O'Brien defended the accused; and Mr. Justice Coleridge, in summing up the case, remarked that the prosecutor had done very wrong in firing upon the man under such circumstances. A case had occurred during the time of Lord Mansfield, where a man persisted in trespassing upon the land of a private gentleman, who, after expostulating with him time after time, told him if he again committed the offence, he would shoot him. The man again trespassed ; he was shot by the gentleman, who was hanged for the offence, having been found guilty of " wilful murder."—The prisoner was acquitted. A CRUEL TRICK.—On Wednesday, a well-clad but simple-looking youth, from the emerald isle, found his way to the Gorbals Police-office, Glasgow, in order to lodge information of a trick that had been played upon him by one of his own countrymen. His narrative is as follows :—While residing in Queen's County, Ireland, he had received a letter offering him employment with a sur veying party at present in the south of Golloway. He was directed to proceed to Dublin, in the first place, and from thence to Liverpool, where he would get a steamer to put him on shore within a few miles of his ultimate destina tion. The youth followed the directions, and arrived safely in Liverpool ; but when there, from utter ignorance of the country, took a passage in a vessel that brought him direct to the Bromielaw, where he was landed on Wednesday with only a few shillings in his pocket, and nearly one hundred miles from his anticipated place of work. While the poor fellow was wandering along the quay, he was accosted by a countryman, who inquired if he wanted work. This proposal was eagerly embraced by the youth, who saw in it a solution of his difficulty, and he expressed as much to the stranger. The latter offered to procure him immediate employment, but stated that he had to get some articles from a shop, to which he pointed, and would require in the first place to return home for the money to purchase them. As if a sudden thought had struck him, however, he inquired, with an air of seeming carelessness, if the youth had got any money, for if he had, it would save him a walk of nearly half a mile. The unsuspecting countryman thought all was right, and unhesitatingly gave his knavish acquaintance the whole of his cash. The sequel may be imagined. The disinterested gentleman never returned, and poor Pat. after waiting two long hours for him at the foot of the stair up which he had gone, felt at last that he had been duped. The officers of the Gorbals police establishment immediately set on foot a subscription for the poor fellow, to carry him to his place of destina tion.—North British Mail. There was a private meeting under the fiat issue.' against E. T. Delafield, on Monday week. The following extracts from the books may not be uninteresting to our readers :—Madaine Alboni received £4,000 ; the artists' engagements for the season amounted to £26,000; the the rent, £6,000; band, £7,000; weekly expenses, gas, chorus, &c., £13,800; incidental expenses, £3 , 000; being an expenditure of £55,800 for 66 nights, or £845 per night, Among the victims to the cholera has been the Rev. C. Broughton St. George, the chaplain of the Tower. Mr. Broughton was seized while in the act of preaching, on Sunday last. His voice, which at all times was perfectly clear and loud, suddenly fell towards the conclusion of his sermon, and became quite inaudible. After the sermon was over he went home to his parsonage-house, adjoining the church, and was immediately attacked with the symp toms o! cholera. He died early on Monday morning. DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN CHURCH.—Last week, four men, charged with having, on the previous Sunday, dis turbed the congregation in the parish church of North leigh, were, on the prosecution of the churchwarden, called upon to find sureties in the sum of £5O, and, in de fault fully committed to the Quarter Sessions for trial, under the Act of William and Mary, c. 18. At the Dorset Quarter Sessions, in April last, a trial and conviction took place for a similar offence under the Ist Mary, c. 3. MANSLAUGHTER BY A CHILD.—At Huntingdon As sizes, James Lee, aged ten years, was sentenced to two days' imprisonment for killing Robert Newman, at Ely, twelve years of age, with whom he had been playing at the water-side, until they quarrelled and fought, and at last the prisoner ran away some little distance from the deceased, who pursued him. Lee picked up a stone, threw it, and struck Newman over the right ear, from which homeblood immediately flowed. He was taken and put to bed, and never rose again. POPISH IMPUDENCE—The following pertinent observa tions are made by a correspondent of the Record ;—"How is it that Dr. Wiseman, a Roman Catholic Bishop, has access frequently to that plaice in the House of Lords during its sitting which is only appropriated to Peers not in Parliament, and Peers' eldest sons ? But, Sir, Dr. Wiseman is not content with sitting or standing near the Woolsack or at the foot of the Throne on the side at which the Peers enter, but he must needs place himself in front of the Bishops' bench." MELANCHOLY DEATH BY LIGHTNING.—On Tuesd,,y, Mr. Martin William Ffolkes, eldest son of Sir William Ffolkes; Bart., of Hillington, Norfolk, was fishing in the neighbourhood of Fakenham with a friend ; and the latter having left him for some time, was told that his companion was lying fast asleep by the road-side. He returned, and found that his young friend had been struck dead by light ning. He was in his 31st year, and married in March, 1843, Henrietta, second daughter of the late General Sir C, Wale. A DARING ROBBERY.—One day last week, as a trades man of Bath, with his wife and family, had just sat down to dinner, they were unexpectedly interrupted in the re past by the intrusion of a large Newfoundland dog, which, to their consternation, im sudently commenced devouring the viands, in doing which he made no scruple in mount ing the table, where, in spite of the discomfited lookers on, he continued his voracious operations till he had cleared the whole, and then walked quietly out from the parlour through the shop, the way by which he entered ! SANGUINARY ENGAGEMENT WITH A SLAVER.—The Blazer, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Smith, ar rived at Lisbon, from fhe coast of Africa, has brought re ports of an affair, on the let of May last, between the boats of the Alert, 8, Commander Dunlop, and a felucca slaver, in which the boats were beaten off, and Lieutenant Shaw ' and Mr. H. D. Sanders, mate, an d f our o th ers , were killed, and seven men were wounded. Mr. Saun ders, who commanded the first gig, was twenty years of age, and is the sixth son of G. W. Saunders, Esq., of the Rolls, and of Barnes, Surrey.—Morning Herald. On Thursday, a man and his wife, named Hopping, lodging at Lambeth, were found dead in bed. There was such a bad smell in the room, when it was entered, that it was fumigated. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from Asiatic cholera. The man was sitting upright, but the woman was lying on her back. The countenances of both were distorted, and the nails on the feet quite black. It was evident that no act of violence had been committed. The coroner remarked that it was strange that no one in the house heard a noise from the deceased, unless the latter immediately fell into a state of collapse. A STRANGE APPEAL.—The following appeared as an advertisement in the supplement to the Times of Wed nesday last :—" Work, not alms.—A barrister, who can show testimonials to character and attainments from the cream of the bar, and of both universities, will be glad, for bread, to copy deeds, or settle accounts, to teach classics and modern languages, elocution and oratory, to correct pamphlets or essays, with a view to secure or enhance literary fame, and pulpit oratory. He has been successful in drilling. No honest task will be unwelcome. Terms—what you deem him worthy of. Address or apply to R. Birnie, Esq., &c." ALLEGED BIGAMY.—A recent marriage, which Las occasioned much comment, between a young gentleman of reputed large fortune and a lady who has distinguished herself in many ways, and now bears a foreign title, is likely to place the lady in a situation of still further no toriety. The relatives of the young military Benedict, who are said to be much incensed at the alliance, have received information that the lady has been previously married in India, and that her first husband is yet alive. The lady and her alleged husband have been separated for three or four years, but it is asserted that no legal proceedings have taken place to annul the marriage, so a 3 to leave either party at liberty to marry again. EFFECTS OF FRlGHT.—Writing from Bristol, a cor respondent of the Times states—" When the cholera first appeared in this city, two ladies residing in one of its parishes (Clifton) were so alarmed that they—one a Berkshire lady, and the other from Glamorganshire—left Clifton in great haste ; the one was attacked with cholera near Reading, and the other near Cardiff, and they both died. It may be supposed that they carried the disease from this place ; but this cannot be, for in a population of about 16,000 persons, not a single individual, as far as I can learn from the authorities, has in this or several other parishes of the city been at all affected with cholera." THE GUESTLING POISONINGS.—At the Lewes assizes, on Wednesday last, before the Chief Baron, vlary Ann Geering, 49, widow, pleaded not guilty to four indict ments, three of which charged her with the crime of wilful murder, alleged to have been committed upon the persons of her husband and two sons, by poison, and the fourth imputing to her the attempt to commit the same crime upon another of her sons. She was put on her trial for the murder of her husband, Richard Geering, and on very clear evidence found guilty. The Chief Baron then put on the black cap, and passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, who was removed from the bar appa rently very little affected at her awful position. A CANINE PATRON OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—A terrier dog, belonginc , to Mr. Hodgkinson, spirit mer chant, of Matlock, Bath, having been accustomed to tra vel with his owner by rail from the latter named place to Matlock Bridge station, took it into his head to start rail way traveller on his own account. Now, master " Spot" had a little acquaintance of his own species near the bridge —a sweetheart, if the truth must be confessed—to whom he was accustomed to pay frequent visits, and, finding walking, or rather running, somewhat fatiguing, he adopted rail travelling by preference, and has gone by himself, sometimes once a day, from one station to the other, invariably coming back by the return train, and never once making a mistake by taking the express train, which does not stop at Matlock Bridge station.—Derby Mercury. THE NEW TWO-SHILLING PIECE OR "FLORIN." — Friday's Gazelle contains a proclamation, dated Osborne house, July 30, directing that the new two-shilling piece " shall be current and lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland." This new coin is to be called a florin. The proclamation recites that " every such florin, or one-tenth of a pound, has for the obverse Our effigy, crowned, with the inscription Victoria Regina,' and the date of the year; and for the reverse, the ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom contained in four shields, crosswise, each shield surmounted by the Royal crown, with the rose in the centre, and in the compartments between the shields the national emblems of the rose, thistle, and shamrock, surrounded by the words ' One Florin one Tenth of a Pound,' and with a milled graining round the edge." A very violent storm burst over the metropolis onThurs day week, about two o'clock, and lasted a considerable time. The rain descended in torrents, and there was a brief shower of hail ; the lightning was vivid, and the peals of thunder astounding. During the tempest the wind rapidly shifted. From the accounts since pub. lished, it appears that some damage was done by the lightning in most parts of London. At Whitechapel, many buildings suffered ; and a young man was killed, in the act of talking with another at his own door. A man, who received a shock, was rendered motionless for a time, and was found to have lost his reason. The clock-tower of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was struck, and a stone knocked out and shivered to pieces ; the fragments breaking in the roof where they fell. There was a meeting in the vestry-room at the time—the alarm may be easily conceived. On Wednesday afternoon, the mili tary band was preparing to play at Woolwich, on the parade ; to keep a clear space amid the crowd, a number of soldiers were being told off, when the lightning struck the group. Gunner Queeny was killed on the spot ; Gunner Millstead was rendered insensible for some time ; and several others were stthined. The electric fluid passed through Quecny's head, and thence down his body. ATTEMPT TO MURDER THREE CHILDREN.—The neigh bourhood of the Hampstead-road, London, has been thrown into a state of painful excitement in consequence of a woman, named Chapman, having committed suicide after having attempted the lives of her children. She had been married about six years to a stonemason, and lived at No. 19, Henry -street. She had three children, of the respective ages of 41 years, 21 years, and 1 year. For the last fortnight she had been in want of almost the common necessaries of life, in consequence of her husband having been out of work for some months, and had asked her landlady to procure for her a letter for the hospital. On Saturday last a letter was procured, and a lady called at the house with it. Upon knocking at the door of the room inhabited by the wretched woman no answer was given, but a low groan was heard within. The door was then forced open and the lifeless body discovered stretched upon a bed ; the face was black and the eyes almost forced out of the head from strangulation, caused by two pocket handkerchiefs tied tightly round the throat. The youngest child was hanging at the breast of the mother, and on the bed were the other two chiidren, almost dead, each of them having a pocket tied round their necks. The pockets were immediately removed, medical aid was procured, and the eldest of the children conveyed to the University Hospital. The mother was quite dead ; a wet towel had been tied round the throat of the youngest child, but pro videntially the knot had slipped, and no injury was inflicted upon the infant. The husband, on the morning of the day in which his wife had destroyed herself,' had left home for work. Her age was only 25 years. Aug. 7, 1141, ea t": MR. HUDSON.—We hear the honourable g ot o , bears his misfortunes bravely. As to any legal fe e ,o o him to refund he laughs at them. He saYs s' ' 051 ( none. One observation attributed to him cents' h i haps, more truth than wit, namely, that "if there .- ret ri railway men better than he is, there are Ens° 100 Ni little dreams. by him worse." Another is, that if he were called on t° t e e ], pi had worldprofited good authority, that the York and Berwick f e f tt offered Mr. Hudson to accept £lOO,O OO in ' 1 0 00" 't claims on him, which he would not give, butn,__toi much less sum. If this be true, we cannot n."'"offer: on what authority the committee could make thocapetn to say the least of, it, it was imprudent.---01 Journal. There es isw oaulrdepaoprpt,easair oict‘oolchtvreeinottli l a te bu d ' At the Durham assizes, Joseph Harrison, , „o.' to the Rev. David Melville, the principal of 13,,,ir_ a cet tiO: field's Hall, one of the colleges of Durham ut tsi was sentenced to be transported for seven c l u e' eug tbe having forged a receipt for £2B. It transpired co llege trial of the prisoner that he had defrauded the 49, £227. At the same assizes, John Nesham, age d t he!: indicted for the wilful murder of George M a y' .4:0 rish of St. Andrew's, Auckland, on the 21st of w ol last. The deceased was a game watcher i n the eteciPacte!. the Duke of Cleveland, and the prisoner wa s a Pther' A man of the name of Peverell, who was with d ote! saner poaching when they saw the deceased was a eo rtiA approver ; but it not being quite certain, eve,n t e t he ;I e : to Peverell's statement, that the prisoner sOs tur neo ceased purposely, but accidentally, the jut) re verdict of not guilty. '4l l SUICIDES.—On Tuesday week, Patrick 31all'ood found dead hanging from a tree in the nciahh°l" gingeri Carlin ford.—On Monday last, James Davidsonfouo beerbrewer, residingin Highland-close, Dundee, ,'foot hanging from his bed. He had been dead t we o / d l g iag'" hours.—A man, named Hoppey, and his wife, I t s ioc,e a house in Lambeth, who hod not been seen aba e a s .be t Monday, were found, on Wednesday morning,,, uppo - being forced open, both dead in bed. it P ti s ,,,ece, i i ; that they committed self-destruction.—On 1,.(0t ing last, William Marshall, a chimney-swe e P;D:vca years of age, who bad been drinking all JO' , r et toloi rr , Dean-bridge into the bed of the water of Leitu'n; glob ing, as he made the desperate leap, " Here gi' o ,o o l heighto h r r eth einf murder." itthsi hh A er hisd removedg m e i h e t nd be t fhr expected,rockyspot t o re m ee of h :n & ced b i r o i t the river, the body was dreadfully mangled' l ,lll it 115 f es a fo l ß l ma e n Eesv . ethli v e A oel .e. ef ogOroF teaching w T lleE d escribed ENGLISH cildrt eh n G e . ftol o ire v rn E aert i: i 1 00 A nf s , to l e i e ' c o llo :e l : i t crc g t er which, as every one knows, has very greatly n t these parts, and we have now to state that th,eoefu'Pteerel( has been most successful. The Chamber of t'.„„ s ittee that city thus report on the subject :—The e°'"; the Gloving Institution set forth that the averag: .e 3 1 14 ance of pupils was 22. The conduct of the ini,s t i m ` t 'he given great satisfaction. The expenditure durt °s „d oa th ;,4 year had been £72 ls. 5d., and the balance in a a o o - t . ",AI 30th of June was £l7 Bs. 4d. The cornmitte e ,YtonP,A,' their belief that the institution was well calcalar. ens: the object for which it was intended, namely , 01° a source of employment for young females of olir j a d i e tort s ; instead of sending for gloves to other towns a nti bsti V„, Since the opening of the school 200 person s „fsar; taught, and 70 had left the school with certificaferoal riot ability. The greater portion of the who le sch °° ' had since obtained employment. While in tu e too, they had been well supplied with work, for tbe 4 0 06 facturers were pleased with the way in which it leas there.—Hereford Journal.g THE AGAPEMONE.—At the magistrates s itu tb Tuesday, an application was made in referee icebelod. notorious establishment. Thomas Hilton sai d spo"', d sister, Margaret Hilton, who was a laundress sl a d,fr" fr e street. She was about forty years of age. She P: a d bef o a child, been exceedingly religious, and of late led away by the machinations of those about lAtoost induced her to leave her home and flee to th e ee sha e r of Love" in Somersetshire. She left for that Pia ee pett; three weeks ago. She had no money and n° ‘ , 11 ,, except the furniture of the house, and that was n i sold under the surveillance of a cobbler, ne m- pa l l smith, living at 28, Spring-street, and who accola,uree.' Miss Hilton to Somersetshire, but had since relot o l only, as he said, "to remain here a season. i t iss io o ,4 prevent the Benin-- of the goods, and the trans in ., o pe e the money to the'Agapemone, that the applicant "„., 1 5 0,,,," to the bench. As the brother of the deluded w°":,, s tr A . felt it his duty to do so. Mr. Carpenter, the 01 !",: 3 11 ,' regretted that he had no power to act in the tnati c „„'pett Hilton might do as she ;pleased with her own = and her brother had no right to interfere.- -- P' Guardian. agi be 6 A BUFFALO HUNT IN LONDON.-011 ry„,s buffaloes—a grown bull and two calves —one ° i,ens about the size of a small donkey, and the the kfor sheep, landed at the docks, were being driven 81040' born to Euston-square terminus, for transit to ham, when, frightened by the strange noise a nd • l a at the foot of Holborn-hill, the bull darted asca:t:ferf, lowed by the calves. The animals proceeded lAA. r e a ro p s. id s rat H e e a r l e on th g e F h le u e ll t- g s o tr re e d et s a o n m d e th h e or S se tr s atA c t iol ° o s o3g waggon, dashed across Trafalgar-square, °''..• tbrat , square, along Jermyn-street, up Bond-street, t o O a gushG r r r o k s v . a e e n dH o rah- Having isqnughaerarecs,ceoi,umtapotl accomplished Park-lane, r hh ee k d - m l t aheni moment , he upsetting coming eg e h a :l :l b :f o h di of hay being driven up Park-lane. The keePef - sp 0 .04 followed in a chaise cart, attended by an imme tle i e tns , ,, P i t now came up, and ropes being passed over hs,, a ; Aea was secured to the tail of the cart. He 1 ",. - p a to': plunged furiously, and from his great strength tehon'''',' to upset both horse and cart, and broke one of to which bled profusely. He was at length drav'"ofetf' a neighbouring stable, an d d e p os it e d there f°l;ttglel,' The bull and calves are v er y handsome animals, in t' ish slate colour. No serious accident occurr e ,,„nec l ' ' long chase, though numbers were excessively frig'' . Globe. 6 3 t; . TRIAL FOR MATRICIDE.—At Shrewsbury', ° ll , i taP a A ' day, Mercy Catherine Newton, aged thirty, " a POg',l' her trial, for the second time, charged with fig- 311," the sth of December. 1848, at the parish of tZ:hooregsi Magdalene, in the borough of Bridgnorth, of Mr. Dyer, whose servant she was, killed an",2 - 4 11 of Anne Newton, her mother. The circurnstan'seceket horrid affair have been repeatedly stated. Th e "f t etP,, A , had the interest of £5OO settled on her for life; a oas -, death, the prisoner was to have £2OO absolutely s 1 tepeati,;., and the interest of the remainder for life. Sb e t hot,,lt edly expressed a wish for her mother's death, ,s c 'best;4 might get the £2OO. A twelvemonth ago su e of mother with a whip so shockingly that Pe ep ren: were completely cut out of her arms. wn a :,,ssee,‘ strated with for beating the poor woman, she:A - 1 V" " I am sure I shall kill her someday or other ! a l isii n I shall come to be hanged for it." On the we" I))"e' t ei tion, the deceased called to see the prisoner at gr , ,. te b edf , and slept in the kitchen. The mother an d „,:to 'b o si quarrelled, and one of the servantswho had h e ...„d ~et hearing the former scream, ran down stairs, us" o of'' them talking. Shortly afterwards, she heard th: ho tbsi r i say, " Don't, Kitty, don't !" but hearing noth in ° the ° ,4 she went to bed and fell asleep. Next n oornil i , e , i fr o woman was found dead on the sofa in the kite" - Jose d• to the question was, whether she had been burn. t i r e, a f accidentally, by her pipe setting her clothes ° l ,.. l rs t, a 1 . 14 jury, after being locked up for a - night, strangled. The evidence was not clear on thisl%l. 'to they e i y t a w ff e e r c e t e d d i s c p h r i a s r o g n e e d r, wet l 'yet i ; agree, and, in consequence of the illness of o r ,n e 31o0", s as un e d n a ti y re m ly e c rn ir i c n u g m . sta t i j i n t; :r h i le r ' on w on the application of the prisoner's counsel, trial was postponed till the spring assizes. i n tati ti „ A LEAP FOR LIFE.—As the su p erv isor 0. ' he se, -f o l o venue at Aberystwith, Mr. J. Miller, his neri n gs a d two gentlemen, geologists, were last week exarns n „,'"dl ,l '; strata of rock in the cliffs between Aberystwithletai;to rhystid, they proceeded along a narrow ledge f!'I;or e ;ot ~ ing stone on the face of the cliff, about 120 fee" a to beck level of the sea, which providentially haPPe n , e " s'r t be full flow. In passing round a projecting angs e ,,',. s at,,,o l for ages has frowned on all below," the profes a ' n ' revenue officer had rounded the point, and the Yl c brer,, c e was in the act of doing so, when the rock sudde n ,:his' e e ing from under his feet he was whirled round w,i t t ,''ttb towards the sea, and as he descended be seize ° , l . - t be „"ed hand the ledge beneath his uncle's feet, wh'," clq,ll tended the other hand to him, and it was firm' for s - t i ded /he l by the revenue officer, who held him suspen di 5 0 fire minutes, during which time he with great ths l/ 00, maintained his position, there not being " inches to stand upon. At length a breatble:c t ioei roJe c oa r " ensued, whilst Mr. Miller gazed on a rugged P Le a. rock about 90 feet below them, and on which he C ' t lasn the unfortunate youth was inevitabl doomed to be r d") But the uncle, who calls himself "an awful rl sca .`'lLtli length said, with all the calmness imagina b f there is but one way for it, I'll sc save you, or ~t e n , perish together," and, with a firm voice, he hick le ' the young man to loose his hold of the rock Y +e urito mechanically obeyed, with a faint reply, At this awful moment Mr. Miller horizontallylPsob the airocarrying the young man with him ; en' eel: cachet e hec h ot the force with which he leaped, that the them to perform several summersets over ea u c pidi t cof as they descended linked together. With the l r le foal a , t of a flash of lightning they disappeared beneath', p roi''',o4, billows, having cleared the craggy ledge, will ( ' t he Pi os more than six feet from the perpendicular of ,_,t g b over which the youth was suspended. To theroore,.sttees„ff their companions, who were momentarily bor e hod they rose about twenty yards apart, buffeting leng th fe a ' swells of the flowing and returning waves • atin tbethel struck out for a rock that lay about 70 yards te a on which they were shortly seated, and from which to gave three hearty cheers. Their companions „ o in4 t o to procure their rescue by obtaining a boat, bo s 2' d he he i the breach in the ledge, found it impossible, ti!eufere proceed onwards for more than three hours " i• g ht , • de , were able to extricate themselves. To their t i e p lee e, geologists then found that their brave and nia li t n o them o d, panions had once more committed themselves e ta et had swum to an accessible part of the cliff, 5 c . 0 .1 0 10s a f irot to Llanrhystid, where, with the exception or on Ages hats, the officers boots (which he had taken s" d WO , starting on the ledge), and a few slight cuts Ilardona they appeared not a whit the worse for their P to , venture.— W COM P elsman. CUR ED ' 9 ! BOWEL h lO'''.LAINTS MAN BE C hoy- ' dtarr , LOWAY'S PlLLS.—Persons suffering from re cons - r toin any affection of the bowels, should ba y m ost c. e tit ting Holloway's Pill's, as they are the safest and and ;6. to o remedy to obviate or remove the morbid!'!„geerl,;o9l causes of the disorder, by which means the tf o rtoor?l it 0, of the stomach becomes perfectly restored. riistiptiutodea secretion of bile is frequently the Prima* ? l a be rim' these troublesome' complaints, and shon a ble ef e against by taking timely doses of these ineatinieto We" which are acknowledged to be the best _ known for disorders of the bowels, liver , gestion.