The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

Standar, LIVERPOOL SI The Share large, in Cox telegraph fn o'clock are— pm; lierwicl Bths, Market 1-office, T 1 0 o'cb LIVER MARKET.-1 We ha ing rathc of busi ; London s' only part mitted to Americ little van The membl THIRD E ITI ON. rock, p.n . i IS DAY t to rilt the lat4P-Igm an founder: he could r ature is a s y requ mouth or he'd stop a li s ting-hole.' ,ON FOR EMIGRATION.—An Trish grant, of a delicate constitution, ney, consoles himself with the id will have very little effort nn hi bout to embark for a that_night-work antipodes is contemporaneous with FISHING IN CHINA.—One of ti fish is most low wai I. in purls 7turaiibus : tor a moment. then the noiSe, swi be or she down to the botto nabbed by the fishern until the fisherman has around his body, or until he is Wia and the C7.' Rice has not much more nutritioi and yet the millions of India and ( but they nevereat it alone— ....L ung- together a population o f d here. nignu in tne 500 or 600,but also to supe rse d e the old chapel of Har e methods of catchin g wood, which had f a ll en i nto a state of great decay. It ierman coos into ahnl_ _as been found i nexpe di ent. howpvc, F ' "" I". " uuwever, to give up the o ld chapel, and divine service is no w ma i nta i ne d at b oth strikes the water with It is now pro T of the r , good repair, making alarmed by.uns as may b e necessary i n ; when i character. I I order to rend er it somewhat more ecclesi as ti ca l i n it s Phis is repeated t, which is aell a ltera stream 'y of his task.—Chin'e; MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, a in it than potatoes, hina feed on little else: The amount spent in 1848 was predsely X 73,600 ls. 2d With regard to the twopence, or even the shilling, we are ua IZI e of curries, or highly seasone d with pepper caaGU and other bnape hot spices, which answer the purpose of whiskey. Before the progress of whiskey, leper-houses, which, as Dr Ledwich observes, were everywhere to be found in Ireland, rapidly disappeared, and hence this healing spirit was termed the water of life, or aqua vitce, which words rendered into Irish are usquebaugh, emphatically called uisge, or, to use the expression of Sir Walter Scott, " by way of eminence termed water," and from uisge is our common word whiskey derived. not unwilling to repeat Mr. Mantilini's expressionof lofty disregard, but the expenditure of the pounds sterling is a more serious consideration. Lord Mintu, during his fa mous tour in Italy, cost us £2,C00. Colonel Wylde, for his special excursion to Portugal, is credited, as a final payment, with £595 9s. ld. About £l,lOO went in mat ters connected with the treaty of Washington. We for warded the following diplomatists to their several desti nations for the following sums :—Lord Cowley, to Swit zerland, £BOO. ; Mr. Southern, to Buenos Ayres, £l,lOO. ; Mr. Ashburnham, as Secretary to Constantinople, £2OO. ; Mr. H. Elliott, ditto to the Hague, £lBO. ; Mr. Howard, ditto to Lisbon, £9O. These items are manageable enough ; but when we turn over leaf to the persons of distinction, and consider the cost of entertaining and con veying these illustrious personages, one's head gets fairly lost. We take items at random. We entertained the King of Mosquito and his suite, during a passage from Blewfields to Jamaica and back, on board H.M.S. Alarm, at the cost of £173 17s. Our knowledge of Mosquito po litics is limited ; we will not, therefore, express any opi nion upon the charge ; but Lord Minto, on a little inci dental trip from Genoa to Leghorn, is set down for £39 so Colonel W - ' 0- MYSTERIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS.—It may be taken as a general rule that where there is mystery there is some thing wrong. This feeling arose in• our mind from ob serving the curious announcements in the second column of the Times, of which the following are specimens :-1. " Stop that Piano. J. P." 2. " Louise.—D. E. Mai. 10, —Geduld and flofFnung," (patience and hope). What can these intimations mean ? Are they genuine ? We suppose so, for they appear to be paid for, and yet it is possible that they may be inserted merely for the purpose of attracting notice to the paper. The probability is that they originate either with persons carrying on an improper intercourse, or with thieves availing themselves of this row .e of giving information to their ace° Arne RICHES HAVIS WINGS. -,ung the thousand victims of the South Sea bubble, there was scarcely one more to be pitied than a native of Leeds, of the name of Thomas Hudson. In the early part of his life, he filled a respect able situation as a Government clerk in London. While in this situation he came into possession of a large fortune by the death of an aunt, which he unfortunately invested in the South Sea Scheme. On the failure of this, his darling scheme, he left his residence in a sta`e of distrac• tion, and went to London. From this moment he becamt insane, and "Tom of Ten Thousand," as he called him self, wandered through the streets, wrapped in a rug, an leaning on a crutch, without either shoes or stocking craving assistance from th•- ' vele, on passage from iporto to Lisbon and back, for £l5 15s. These charges are, of course, quite independent of the large sums mentioned above. Consul Christie got from Jamaica to Blewfields for £5 ss. as per return ; how, then, is it that the Majesty of Mosquito, for the same voyage and his return passage, cost us £173 17s. ? Surely what was good for a white diplomatist was good enough for a negro king. The Lord of the Mosquitos, directly and indirectly, figures up and down the returns on several other occasions, and on the whole appears to have availed himself largeiy of the services of our ships of war. We cannot but applaud, however, the item of £lBB 10s. for the entertainment of Commander Genouille, and 15 other French officers, who had been ..hurl nn thu coast of Korra, on board her majesty's AO humane, until death reletted him from his troubles.—Percy Anecdotes. Chloroform has been used with success as a motive power in several steam-engines now working in Paris— the vapour acts exactly like steam, and while it exerts its power on one side of the piston, is condensed on the other. The alternate vaporisation and condensation can be continued with very little waste of the chloroform, and a much less quantity of fuel is necessary than in an ordi nary engine. Marine engines on this principle are now being constructed in Paris, and should it su ccee d on a large scale, there can be no doubt it could be extended to locomotives, in which case a great saving would result, not only in coke, but in wear and tear, as locomotives on this principle would be less bulky, and consequently of a less weight, while it would not P• load hips Daedalus and E spieglo We come next to another head, which is divided from the little account from which we have been extracting by the words, " Expenses defrayed by officers of the house hold, &c., not being part of the Civil List." We cannot refrain from laying this little bill bodily before the public, who have to pay it mount expended for furniture for Whit s. d 20 0 0 tendance of w•atermen at the House of Ditto robes, collars, badges, for knights of se ral orders 266 14 0 Ditto collar of SS fir Sergeant-at-Arms, and for repairs to Sword of State, Lord Chancellor's mace, &c. the tender to half tt e necessary to e extent, to take fuel for the same )itto, cOrranutation in lieu of insi distance of-Arms, Heralds, &c. Ditto, triennial and other allowances to the Se THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.—Louis Napoleon, the Pre sident of the French Republic, is the survivor of the three sons of Louis Bonaparte, once King of Holland, and was considered the most honourable member of the Bonaparte family. Louis Napoleon is not th e h ea d o f th e f am il y. . . geant-Trumpeter. and the other trumpeters, and for new silver trumpets, and kettle drums 445 6 6 Surely, the last silver trumpets were not quite blown Lt. Either our memory fails us, or we remember some .ch item in the lost year's estimates. These instruments ____....., By right of primogeniture, all the descendants of Lucien are not called very frequently into use, and might, one would take precedence of the h e i r o f L ou i s ; b ut N apo - would suppose, with care b e ma d e t o l ast a cons i derable leon quarrelled with Lucien, and excluded him and his time. Be this, however, as it may, the next item reads descendants from the Empire. By th e l aws 28 Fl orea l, strangely enough , despite th eex pl ana ti on g i ven on T hursday an. xii., and 5 Frimaire, an. xiii., L ou i s N a p o l eon i s t h e by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It s t an d s as follows.: only remaining male member of the family entitled to the The amount expended for travelling expenses of R. 5* d the King and Queen of tie B e l g i ans, t h e Duke * succession. The Prince of Canino (Lucien's elde s t son ) of Saxe Coburg. and the Pri nce o f P russ i a, is the real head of the house. He has rendered hi mse lf during their visits to this country very conspicuous at Rome as one of the heads of the re- Colonel Sibthorp took fire at this charge. He presumed publican party opposed to Pius IX. Pierre (brother to these visits were made for the private gratification of th e Canino), Napoleon (son of Jerome), and Lu c ie n Murat personages concerned, and demand e d exp l anat i on. Sir (son of Murat, who married Caroline B ona p ar t e ), are now taking a prominent part in F r e nc h p o liti cs . Charles Wood drily enough replied, that th ese c h arges of ESCAPE OF A SHEPHERD FROM D ROWNING .—A singe- old were formerly paid out of the Civil List, b ut s i nce the revision of that list have been paid by the p u bli c i n ano lar instance of prese rva ti on f rom a s i m il ar d anger happened ther shape. This reply does not seem t o go to t h e root during this same fl oo d, b u t on a diff erent r i ver. On per- of the gallant colonel's objection. ceiving that the wate r was r i s i ng , a young man hurried The " Various Public Services " are huddled t oge th er across a shallow part t o an i s l an d , on which were a few in a very disjointed list. Under the head of comm i ss i ons sheep grazing, intendin g t o recross w i th them to the main the public suffer severely. The commission for inquirinc , land before the flood had attained any serious height. into the management of the' mint cost us X 2,500 1757 He was, however, out in his reckoning ; for he had scarcely This is a heavy charge, and, as will be seen, underwent a set foot on the island, when the river became so swollen good deal of discussion. The Master of the Mint is surely that it was quite impossible for him to return. The flood competent to conduct the inquiry which took place. The soon covered the island, and the man had great difficulty office is a mere sinecure, and at any rate it would have to keep his footing, being up to his waist in water. To given Mr. Shell something to do in return for his large add to his danger, great pieces of timber and floating trees salary. The commission for inquiring into the claims of came sweeping past, any one of which, had it struck him, British subjects who served in the Portuguese army cos t would have at once dashed him off the isl an d. Several us £5OO. Another, for reporting on the conditions to people who were on the shore, although so near, could do be observed in the application of iron to railway struc nothing to assist him. Presently, the flood brought down, tures, is set down at £2,500. The amount of the bills of right upon the island, a gigantic tree, with all its roots Messrs. Gurney, the short-hand writers, for their attend and branches, and it seemed certain that he must be swept ance at the National Chartist Convention, John-street, away at once. He was given up by all the spectators, and and at other meetings, was £986 6s. 3d. We presently they turned away their eyes, not daring to look a t thi s meet with the Mosquitos again. There is a charge o f last act of the scene. However, the very moment when the danger seemed the greatest, was that of his deli ver -£ 250 for re-payment to army services of amount advan ce d ante; for the tree, in consequence of its great size an d to Honduras in 1846-47, on account of presents to Mos weight, grounded when within a yard of the man. H e quito Indians. In conclusion, we will add that we parti managed to scramble on to its bran c hes, and to maintain hecte a te in Mr. B. Osborne's confession of ignorance whe n stated last night in the house that lie was ignorant o f his position until the wa t ers su b s id e d.—St. J o h n ' s Fi e ld Notes and To ur i n S u th er l an d sh i re , the haoitat of the Sultan of Johanna. We find ourselves, mass fou )hio leg own as t ISH REA however, debited with £6O 4s. sd. for repayment to ord nance services of the value of arms, ammunition, &c., presented by the British nation to that illustrious person. PRICES OF NEWSPAPERS The Liverpool Courier of Wednl on the reduced price of newspapers first published was not one-fourth 'sday last, thus remarks :—" The Courier when were enabled to state at that period that it was printed on a larger sheet than any newspaper in London. That its quality was appreciated in the metropolis may be proved by the fact that one of the most influential journals regu rarly copied our leading articles, and passed them off as their own. The price of the paper, like most of its con temporaries, was sixpence ; but in 1809, on a motion of Mr. Canning's, the sixpenny papers were permitted by the imperial legislation to advance the price one penny. Subsequently it was sevenpence, and when the stamp du ties were raduced, the public had the benefit 1:y a reduc- Lion to nvepence. In the policy of the last reduction in the price of the Liverpool newspapers we never coincided. We foresaw that it could not be carried into effect con- THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR& nas oven taken up for beating his c years old) to death, on Saturday last guilty of some with FORBIDDING THE BANNS.—This sc m 2what unisual oc currence took place last Sunday, at Sr. Nicholas' Church. Colchester. The objector was a female, whom it is said the intended bridegroom (while stationed here as a re cruiting seijeant) had al 3o wooed and won ; but on ex plaining this to the clergyman in the vestry, he informed her that was not a ground upon which he could stop the ceremony. DEATH OF A THIEF.--On Friday morning a man en• tered the first floor of the house occupied by Mr. Jenkins. Nassau-street, Soho, Loudon, by climbing up the water. spout. Mr. Jenkins, who was in bed, hearing the thie: packing up some silver plate, entered where the thiel was ; the latter jumped from the window over the door, and fell on the area railings, where he wes completely im paled. He extricated himself, and ran as far as Hayes court, where he was, taken by a constable, but he died in about an hour. BEATING A CHILD TO DEATH . .—A labouring man hoy about ter hoer The boy ban rifling offence, awl his father beat him Qtrap, and Vicired him until he OL C nce upon e side of mar Roman helm ther he .v 1 for politeness aordinary I HARWOOD AND HARWOOD CHAPEL Harwo)d is the name of a small district in the upper most part of the parish of Middleton-in-Teesdale, and lying at the south-western extremity of the county of Durham. It is not, strictly speaking, a part M Teesdale, but is rather a dale by itself, having its own stream or -4 4 - which is a tributary of th e r- \t into tha, :en I river about midway between its two great falls, Caldron ate Snout and High Force. The country around is by nn 3 7 , means without attractions of its own. The twc falls just 1/3 mentioned are among th e fi nes t i n E ng l an d . T eesdsle is ;d_ well known as a most excellent field for botanists, while Id the Tee. itself and its tributary streams abound with fish. Only a few years ago it was almost entirely shut out from clog no roads passahle by carriages of any It is now, however, intersected by a most 1 - constructed fourteen or fifteen years ago, ly done much to change the character of The population may be, about 300, all of them world, 1 Tiption excellent roa h has alrea the pia nd. They are a kind-hearted )1e and prirnitiv,e in their man- L C:1 90 a _ . ~,, rue int erests of either the proprietors or the died. W '•` _ a ckle apri,isi ~,.., Jow I hen the poo r c hild was d ea d , t he 4,1 ...- public ; an opinion whi c h h as h een j us tifi e d b y events. In ' body to the bad: of the house and poured water on it, in deference to what appeared to be the wishes of the public ten tr the hope of bringin i• it to life again. The man is a drun we were willing to try the experiment, but an experience till t ken bad character, 6 and has been in the habit of using his of two years has convinced us that the former price must at difficulty and wife and child very cruelly. be returned to, and that at an early period. The first of their occupation, body - of a young woman named Ann Kelly, number of the Courier contained 152,720 letters, whilst The dead4ll that they had to was last week taken out of the Grand Junction Canal, that of the present week contains 642,313 ; more than -ace till within .• times North Wharf Road. It appeared that her lover, a per- Tour the number in the first paper." _ iast 40 year 3, was a very small chapei, a;i3ut 26 feet ' son named Barton, had appointed to meet her on Sunday long, and little more than half the breadth. A small We entirely concur with our contemporary in his de- night, ite keep his appointment, and she after pulpit stood by the door, which was in the middle of the ductions. We ourselves were also induced to adopt the wards found him in a beer-shop. Some words ensued, south wall, and the seats were placed around the pulpit. and on leaving him she gave her umbrella to a boy, cheap system •; and the result has equally proved to us In this humble edifice the inhabitants of the Dale assem desiring him to tell her father that she wished to be buried bled for worship. They had no minister, for there was . that it is impossible to pursue it, consistently with either Iby the side of her brother, and threw herself off the rail no endowment, and they were quite unable to support the vigorous prosecution of our editorial duties, as re- way bridge into the canal. Verdict, Temporary I9sa- Yet it did not occur to them to leave gards the public, our own interests as tradesmen, or a Barton has since been affected by fits of a A schoolmaster was sup- proper re g arde to those of i n di v id ua l s connec t e d w i t h t h e nicl, and on S un d ay h e —. 1.„ literary and other departments of our establishment. Th Punted at a dist ance o f f rom e i ght to ten miles fromey ' , h church, their resort to which, till the forma- as a work of gr 1, from the natu were hut ill qualified to y this defi , iency of the !Leans of one themsel the church of their nay. ported among them by their land! , read the prayers of the rhu , eh a ndine Asquith, an accomplished foreign rogue ach was t een forty and fifty years ago At this tim 1 very singular man was the schoolmaster. A l ts name wa. George Carpendale, a person of a very respectable family, a brother of his being a clergyman at Armagh, connected, it is believed, with the Cathedral there.. In his early life, however, George had led a dissolute life, and had been —..sed as a sailor. After being- at sea for some years as unfit for service, on account of his Calera! I+lfsrillanv. Lord Gough is t o receive a step in the peerage, and will be immediately created a viscount of the United Kingdom. On Whit Monday, 17,370 persons visited the British IMprE he was disc wounds. I Museum The early potatoes about Do Ridinz,where he r N years I school .nd by 11 teaching a school of his own. By fell vacant, and he was appointed master. It appears tt even at this period his follies had not entirely ceased. foi A child, fiGen months old, died last week in London, after an illness of two days, caused by swallowing 44 per- cussion caps On Thursday, a drunken fellow leaped over London have very snort time after his appointment he colfected toie - il;e " r as much money as he could, and suddenly decamped, leaving a wife whom he had married in Baldersdale and an infant daughter to the care of the parish. Strangely enough, one of the tenants in the highest part of the dale had occasion soon after to go to London, and there one day to their mutual surprise met Carpendale in the street. On being reproached for his unfaithfulness, he enquired whether the situation was still vacant, and if so, whether he might return. He was told that no suc cessor bad been appointed, and was advised to try whe ther he could be reinstated. He consented to do so, and being restored to his place, continued ever after to con duct himself with great steadiness and Propriety. This continued for some years, till Bishop Barrington being informed o f th e d est i tut i on of Harwood, ancithe steady attention of the schoolmaster to his duties, was induced to ordain him. The Earl of Darlington, to whom the whole of the little vale belonged, and who bad a small shooting box there, allowed him £4O a year as school master and curate. Now, when it woo tn hn ne could swim, out, .. been drowned bad he not been assisted by a Waterman. Three hundred houses of ill-fame have been suppressed in the metropolis by the exertions of the Society for the Protection of Young Women. On Sunday week an elderly gentleman was struck dead, whilst crossing the fields from Bromley to Lewis ham, by a " coup de soleil" or sun stroke. A gentleman, named Edward Gilbert, of Peterborough, cut his throat at Stockton-on-Tees, on Wednesday night. It is supposed that some unfortunate railway speculations induced the unfortunate gentleman to destroy himself. The registrar-general of deaths calculates that during the prevalence of influenza in the year 1847 no fewer than 500,000 persons were attacked by the complaint in Lon don alone. Among the deaths enumerated in the Lor don regis trar's report is that of a woman, thirty-four years of age, who is stated to have died of " exhaustion from grief" after an illness of five months. .• u minister, the littl e c h ape l - and Everything, enlarged and Everything, as may he Stionnqpri .Jowager, with the munificence worthy of uow of a Sailor King, has intimated her intention to contribute the sum of £420 now wanting to complete the dormitory of the London Sailors' Home. On Thursday, a jockey, after " sweating," returned to his home at Horndean, Hants. He was so completely exhausted as to render it necessary that he should be placed in bed. He never rallied, and was soon after a corpse. THE COAST GUARD.—The Commissioners of the Cus toms have given directions for the discontinuance of the mounted coat guard, and the sale of a large number of horses, which have been used in the service on the part of the Crown, is announced to tako place. Some parties hawked ducks about London last week, which on being plucked were found to have a pound and a half of sand each artfully stuffed in both sides of the breasts, under the ' • • • - kin, giving them the appearance of s and weight. FREE TRADE NEWS FOR HOOP MAKERS.—An exten sive trade is now opened out in Dutch hoops, which are delivered in England at little more than one half the price of London hoops, and are found to answer the pur pose equally as well. Upwards of 15,000 bundles were landed at Newcastle in one week from Dutch vessels. AVOIDING A PARISH.—At Huddersfield, 75 members of a society have taken an eighty-acre field for spade cul tivation. Whenever any members are out of work they receive a ticket for six or twelve days' work, and are thu3 prevented going on the parish. There are three such societies in the town. Monday morning, as John and William Tamplin, bro thers, were proceeding in a sailing boat down the in order to pursue their daily avocation o Severn when near a dangerous reef called the Lloyd, off Beachley, the boat struck on a rock, and immediately capsized, when both the unfortunate men were drowned. he Birmingham Journal relat s that a short time on the playing vy cztUll/11.1 1, stumbled and fell upon a large nail, which inflicted nd on the child's forehead that he died on so deep a wc. Saturday week. A girl nine years old was playing a few clays since in a field, used as a cricket ground at Ilkesten, Derbyshire, while the ground was being rolled with a heavy stone rol ler, drawn by horses. In some way which cannot be explained, the child got under the roller, which passed over her body, and killed her on the spot. The cholera has broken out again with increased vio lence in the village of Keynsham. Since Saturday, five individuals have died, and on Wednesday last there were eleven cases of confirmed cholera under treatment, besides a great many patients suffering from diarrhoea and affec tions of the bowels. There are no cases in the workhouse now. RELIC OF POPERY.-Til the course of the recent resto ration of the Norman Church of Stoke Charity, near Winchester, an antique sculpture, representing a bishop celebrating mass, holding the host in one hand and the chalice in the other, and above him the Deity, attended by angels, was found concealed in a niche in the chancel, which had been bricked up. ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING.—A man, named Thos. Bell, lately died at Nuneaton, under suspicious circum stances, which led to a post mortem examination of the body, when it was found the deceased had been poisoned. It has since been discovered that a few days previous to his death his wife purchased a quantity of arsenic, and she is now in custody charged with the murder of her husband. THE LATE Mn. NrcnoLsoN.—ft is said that when this unfortunate gentleman, who was Mr. Hudson's brother in-law, went out and committed the melancholy act which terminated his life, he left on his desk a note containing the following singular passage, Jeremiah, chap. xvii. v. 11.: " As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." Mn. JOHN FIELDEN.—Mr. Charles Hindley announces in the public papers the death of Mr. John Fielden. Addressing the working men of Great Britain, and the manufacturing districts particularly, Mr. Hindley says : "My friends, you have sustained a great loss. Your friend, John Fielden, is no more. He died on Monday, May 28. While we lament his loss, let us improve by his example. In everything for your real welfare, believe me truly yours, CHARLES lIINDLEY, LOTRIOH, May 31,1849. 9 ' The effects of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, which furnished his house in St. James's-square before he was elected President of France, were sold by auction on Monday and Tuesday. There were 208 lots. Lot 43 was a piece of Cobelin tapestry. said to have been the pro perty of the Emperor Napoleon ; it sold for 200 guineas. A grand chimney-piece of Egyptian granite sold for 300 guineas. There were several paintings by Venetian and French artists—one by David, which brought 100 guineas. At the cottage residence of Mr. Browning, Underwood, near Idle, there is a private letter-box affixed to the outer door, which, during the temporary absence of the family, has been taken possession of by a little bird of the wag tail species, which has found its way through the aper ture, and built its nest there, and in which it has depo sited its egg daily for nearly a fortnight past, although it has suffered repeated annoyance by the insertion of let ters and papers. The last returns of corn and flour imported show that we are now importing more than 500,000 qrs. per month,' or above 6,000,000 in the year. And this influx is wholly irrespective of the country's wants. Let the next harvest be as abundant as possible,—let there be no need what ever for a single bushel of corn to be imported, still these 6,000,000, or probably an increasing quantity. will still flow in, and, by inevitable consequence, will glut and depress the markets, and produce an unnatural reduction of prices. THE EX-KING OF THE FRENCH.—Louis Philippe has not been talked of much, lately. You have heard of his poverty and his debts. I have now in my possession the most indisputable evidence that he is still the richest pri vate individual in the known world. His agent in New York, M. Lafarg, has bought for him in houses, stocks, shares, &c., property producing an annual income of above ten millions of francs. It is perfectly useless for any of his friends to deny this fact, perfectly well known on the New York Exchange.—Paris Correspondent of the Glasgow Mail. PRESENTATION TO ELIZA CHESTNEY.—At the anni versary meeting of the " Female Servants' Home Society, for the Encouragement of Faithful Female Servants," held at Exeter-hall, afew days since, it was unanimously resolved that a Bible be presented to Eliza Chestney, in testimony of their approbation of her conduct in connex ion with the late tragic events at Stanfield-ball, and that the sum of one pound be given to the fund now raising in her behalf, with an expression of regret that the funds of the society would not allow them to contribute a larger amount. HIDDEN TREASURE.—Some time since, a brig, now called the Carleton, was purchased at a public sale in the London Dock, by Mr. Scott, a lighterman, for £750. After undergoing some repairs at the New Crane Wharf, Wapping, the vessel put to sea under Captain Bacon, who became part owner. She had to put in at Hartlepool, and whilst undergoing some repairs to the interior part of the bulk head, 16,000 Spanish dollars were found secreted in a place purposely hollowed out for the precious ceposit. How or by whom it was placed there it is impossible to tell. Captain Bacon's first voyage in the Carleton proved a very successful one. The vessel is said to have been en. gaol as a slaver off the coast of Guinea. obtainec a vesse: vanms on foreign nuu ins n•auas been opportunely discovered, be wold have been married on Thursday to the daughter of a wine-tnerchant at Hol beach, though he has a wife and children at Stettin. The fellow behaved with most impudent but amusinc , sang • e was, committed for trial PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM PACKET; dividend declared at the meeting of this Co the rate of 8 , any was at •acc Vl muume-tax, ana the report, with little discussion, was carried unanimously. Abbas Paella, who received Sir John Pirie with much dis tinetinn nnri I.:- 1-4.- . r .. vu uia late mission ro tnat function ary respecting his accession to power is Lielined, it ap pears, to improve the route through that country for passengers and traffice as far as lies in his power, an faci"'• ' • lities which the authorities, with his sanction, will be enabled to offer, will much increase the comforts of tra vellers, when going through Egypt. The Company have not as yet received a reply from government on the con tract proposed for the communication with Australia via Singapore, but it was intimated that their former compe titors had withdrawn from the field, not only by cancelling the terms they submitted, but also by abandoning the Company, through the instrumentality of which they hoped to carry out their plan WANT OF EMPLOYMENT memory of the oldest —We believe that, within the zrieulturist. there nevcr wfignnwn .sual ut employment, au finis aavanced season of the year. The union-houses are filled with able-bodied labourers to a number far above the usual average—in one instance at least six times as many as usual. But this is not the worst feature of the case. The farmers, except those who have spare capital to fall back upon, are unable to find money to pay weekly wages, and thus the labourers are thrown upon the parish. We know of illustrations which would startle the public where the pressing labours of the field are neglected, owing to the exhaustion of the farmers' capital in competition with the foreigner. And we are certain, from all we see and hear, that another year without improvement will throw thousands out of employ, and lead to a dire collision between the suffering classes and those above them. Nor are a- - ' tural labourers the only victims, but every rural industry is paralysed.—Berkshire Chronicle. FRESH WATER AND SALT WATER.—On Monday last the ilvent( n of the new mode of instantaneously pro ducing ice-cold fresh water from salt, exhibited his patent apparatus to Prince Albert, at Osborne House, in the pre sence of the officers of the royal household and a numerous assemblage of naval officers. After the prkeipl• of the intention had been explained by Mr. M'Bride, his royal highness examined minutely each part of the apparatus, and particularly the refrigerator and aerator, as to the action of which he inquired in a manner which displayed his thorough acquaintance with the chemistry of the sub ject. After a patient investigation, his royal highness ex pressed to Mr. 141`Bride his entire satisfaction with the results, and with th, cul department of ance of t Previous inventions of the kind have merely distilled sea water, thus driving off the air and excess of oxygen—the components which render pure water agreeable, and the better the distillery process is performed, the more vapid, flat, and tasteless is!'the product. Mr. M`Bride's patent aeration claims to produce brisk, refreshing, and natural• fresh water, containing the usual complement of air and oxygen and leaving no deposit of salt. DEATH FROM BTARVITION.—An inquest was held, on Wednesday, in Fleet-lane, Farringdon-street, London, on the body of John Sellers, aged 50, who died from want and destitution. It appeared from the evidence of Robt Barton, servant at a lodging-house for vagrants am; tramps, at No. 7, Field-lane, that the deceased came tc that house last Saturday night, and engaged a bed. 1 ness observed that he was very ill ; but he had no f for his life. The next morning, in bed in an insensible state, an. ~,,, g tV leL nin die there, he got some men to assist in carrying him out, and leaving him on the pavement at the corner of West street. The Coroner said he had never heard of such cruelty as to carry a helpless man out into the streets, and leave him there to die. The witness said he thought he had done the best; it was better for him to die in the streets than in the house, where the lodgers would be put to inconvenience ! Two witnesses gave evidence as to finding the deceased in West-street, and carrying him to the workhouse, where he died the next day. The surgeon of the workhouse said that the deceased was suffering from low fever. 'Verdict, "D fever, induced by extreme destitution." Fiowever, SALE AT STANFIELD- HALL.-The London correspon dent of the Birmingham Journal has the following:— " There is to-day in London a souvenir of Rush, the murderer, to wit, a catalogue of the contents of Stanfield hall, to be sold by auction, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday next. That nothing might be wanting to keep up the tragic interest of the locale, the name of the auctioneer is Butcher, and the name of the printer is Musket. The solicitor's name is Bracey, a corruption, no doubt, of Brassy, for the man actually charges one and sixpence for each copy of the catalogue, without which no one will be admitted to the view. These catalogues would be dearat 2d. a piece, and the sight of one would give the ghost of George Robins the yellow jaun dice with envy at the art of bookmaAing and item display ing therein disclosed. Every trifle of domestic „fluty nr y is ay ut umuy or do arnementi n ; described with wearisome minuteness, and a dozen separate lots made of a bundle of articles that would be disposed of together at any other sale. The contents of the hall are the ordinary requirements of a respectable country gentleman's mansion, nothing more nor less. Yet the enumeration of these is spun over forty-six octavo pages—` rivulets of type meandering through meadows of margin'—at a rate that altogether eclipses Mr. Disraeli's Wondrous Tale ofAlroy, written for the purpose (among other enigmatical ones) of ascertaining how far the public would •tolerate the minimum of matter for the maximum on money. Recorder Jermy appears to have had a tolerably good stock of plate, namely 2,100 ounces; but there is nothing else whatever that warrants the flourish even of a rhetorician of the rostrum. The description of the few trumpery pictures in the place is not a little ludicrous." The facetious writer proceeds to give some specimens of the auctioneer's iimorance in de scribing the subjects of the pictures and classifying Humeri llias, 2 vols., and Journal of the Count de Las vols., amongst the law bool THE Poi es ALLOCUTION.—We are not among the pitiers of the Pope. We have neither felt nor affected commiseration for his fallen fortunes, and we read with out sympathy or emotion the lumbering Allocution in which he attempts to vindicate himself and to criminate those who are struggling to wrest from an ecclesiastical despotism the rights of freemen. Undoubtedly he is a brave abuser. What he wanted in couragecus deed when among his people, he makes up for in courageous words when he writes from his asylum at Gaeta. Nothing gives confidence to a coward like the conviction that he is safe. Now he is ready to lay down his life for the Church— the2z he fled with the haste of a hunted hare, though no-. thing harmed him. A more amusing specimen of com placency we have rarely read. Commending his patience, humility, &c., Pius announces himself as " the Vicar of Him who, even when belied and spoken ill of, spoke ill of nobody, and even when badly treated, threatened no body." The intent of this is to induce the belief that he is following the sublime example of the Saviour, and that he is the most " injured innocent " on whom, for 1800 years, the clouds of undeserved disaster have burst in storm. But where is the proof ?—where " the living illustration " ?—where the slightest particle of evidence by which any but a partial and prepossessed observer could recognise a resemblance ? We turn to the docu- meat, and what do we find ? From beginning to end a querulous complaint—a gratuitous calumny. " Apos tates," " artificers of lies," " adorers of perverse doc trines," and a long string of kindred epithets, are the terms that pervade this " apostolical" Allocution. But the cardinal offence of the Roman refractories is, " walk- ing in the footsteps of heretics." " His Holiness" hates a heretic with " orthodox" devoutness. Almost his first public act was an anathema on the Bible Society—(if we mistake not, it was contained in the very Encylical Letter of November 1846, to which he alludes near the close of this Allocution); and because some of the Romans, tired of the trumpery about relics and images and other vestiges of Paganism, have evinced an appetite for healthier food, and turned from purgatory and penances, and purchasa ble prayers for departed souls, to the teaching of the True Teacher, and desired to read in his own words, and in the words of prophets and apostles and evangelists inspired by his spirit, the wonderful words and works which he spoke and wrought for their redemption, and because the Popeslom can no longer withhold " the key of know ledge," and mete out salvation at its own pleasure and its i own price, its representative waxes wrotii, and hurls his, happily ineffectual, thunders at the heads of " here tics." As to the allegation that they have " gone so far with their audacious sacrilege as to abuse the name of Christ," all we can say is, that no pretext for it is afford. ed by any of the documents issued in the name of tb Roman pecple. have -b altered during the 1! from the London Lead Co his flock were employed. iok place about ten years 'ent ror a r( uilt three miles lower d chapel in the diitrh Forest of Teesdal iy; of the pr Earl of Darlington abo parsonage beside the ne ;ent Duk mentioned is Grace built a !ly at his own ex Ise, and agreed to )w . a sufficient sum annually to The new chapel was intended not only district of Forest, and the little adioinins. to serve for t valley of Ea( mpFuocU, was on a ve small scale, for e ven now t h e chapel would only contain,ry when closely packed, about eighty grown up persons. Mr. Carpendale was very anxious to have it consecrated, and once believed himself to be very near attaining his wish, and it is said he expended nearly £2O in making preparations to receive the Bishop and lodge him for the night, for he never supposed that Lis lordship could come and return the same day. There were serious obstacles, however, in the way, the chief of which was the want of a permanent endowment, and the scheme was dropped. Besides the stipend mentioned above, he had occasional assistance from his brother in Ireland, who after his ----- -nted him with a gown. He had also ipany, in whose mines most of &t the time of his death, which -50, he was a widower, an had lived fo r some years alone in the school. H e h a d d con trived to save £2OO, and this sum he left in the 1-ands of three trustees, the Bishop, the Rector of Middleton, and the Churchwarden of Harwood, as the beginning of an A few years ago, a June 5,11 POPISH LOYALTY.—A correspondent of the Tablet, in reference to the precedence claimed for the Pope's health Over that of the Queen, on public occasions, thus expounds the Remish view of the question :—" The Queen's tem poral power is not as divine and supreme as the Pope's spiritual power ; for the Pope's power is immediately from God, and it is not in the power of man to deprive him of it : the Queen's power is only mediately from God, inas • much as `all power is from God,' and is subject to various limitations." i f AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. —The S•ani,,or d I ~0 0 , states that, in spite of the agricultural distress, Vilei, live stock and farming implements fetch full c f o e' sales, and there is strong competition for every _„•,.: is to be let. [We are sorry to say that the refeV in this district. Farming implements , lo lfel • e ito° of the very best description, can scarcely bedFning/ sold at all in the late sales, the prices realise :lii ,d I better than the value of the articles as firoV 2 iron.—E. Bereford Times (free -trade paPer• ) n og . HERESY.—A serious division has occurred atioti members of the Lodge-street Chapel, (L' fl Y, 010 don's,) Bristol. The Rev. J. P. Ham, a n ui4 i i t lar minister there, has advanced the doctrine t , th of f t e e a a c i s nt e e 1 dy i n , showedwtl which i i s e h c owu was s t punishments will not be eternal, contendinz", d li w ans o et i p • i d ntg ` i ' n e ha % i •e lfil r sg l . a u, s ,r t a in tiT g v ' he ' iss i 7 s no f s r pe e? n u iao e tin n d tl et v hli v aot se .te i t n oar t in h p i e:o3 , ;t i i ,,tr e h r ree lp ii ysnioi slight h ni tth oe improvement—salesem asaerkaettrte'ocrensttoinckarakt ecotousurros, d from 27 2 c 7 an m n er o * mo rs re o b f e th re e nd c e o r n e g d ro l g it a e t r io a o ll . y a t n h a a n ta a4 oo; pointed out 4 Mlllr. Hem chat this • t r : •tati ( n l , 1 I,'"ltL__,;.l4o!'l THE EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE AT TIVERTON. —Much excitement prevailed in Tiverton, on Friday, from the assem bling`in the street of a large number of men, agri culturists and manufacturers, whowere not able to obtain employment. They marched to the union -house, where the guardians were sitting, and their cases were severally heard, which occupied much time. The result was, that the young men were taken into the house, and the re: granted out-door relief. The poor fellows a their de • .• • .oud rade, the effect of which ha so grievously disapp fed them COMMITTAL OF A COACH PROPRIETOR FOR HORST Mr. John Wilmot, a coach proprictm ---- near Noling.hani, has:been oo s at Ci 'EALING ~.entry, on The horse, it seems, which was found on the premises of the accused, had been stolen fro Mr. Masters, living near Rugby, on the "-_ W" iot insists that he purchased man who had a cart with Ashbourne, Derbyshire," to take charge It tilt of stealing a ho variance witli ihe tenets held by Lady Auu" — i D er ont e fh o or n wteh s e e pe q rd i e i dea e jac n och e ioe e nns , i ns l ig i n e rcet l oh i t uaiersne,Atdi Albert-rooms. :m. a r b ot o oli u me t 400 sc. a chapel 1 a l l t e a r; e ' t be, Wino tif EFFECT OF LITIGATION.—The village o. of near Rugby, presents one of the strongest the evils of litigation that, we believe, either thr its ovine 24th May, 184i_ the animal at L9nton fair o_ the name of " William Smitl , T , l 1. Dvery v ...Ls made through the commu .y conv of horse-stealing. EXECUTION AT PE RTll.—On ted Tuesday John ICellocher, railway labourer, was executed at Perth, for the murder of Janet Anderson. A large crowd, amounting in num ber to 5,000 persons, was collected. On coming forward on the platform, the prisonerand his spiritual guides knelt down and engaged in a brief prayer. The service for the Some Y possessed chari7iesioll; amount of X5OO e,er, a 3 7 l ;ilt , no such bein g as a pauper was k now n. ul l ' A i l ittA objects of the t es t a t ors b ecame a ma tter of u tto ds tween those who h a d th e manageme nt of th e o isbr some litigious i n di v id ua l s w h o - re sided in the P o o the result was that the case was thrown Intl it remained s ome y ears , an d when tt, pool (airing wnicn tne prisoner, who re tained his firmness, repeatedly lifted his hands earnest devotion. On being left alone, however, he t r e r —A :a. as if in decided, not only were the funds of the cha rgY ; hut the trustees were reduc e d f r om a state o f c° d, indeed, we uhi !C to COD the sig After a few convul that one or in_ (if them ave actuay bee o f take refuge in w the union-ho h use, and ask repel me board of gu ar di ans o f w hi c h they w ere once We reland, from QUALIFICATIONS OF A GAOLKEEPER.—The Plymouth Town-Council met a few days since to consider the appli cations for the offices of governor and matron of the pri son. Some of the statements of the applicants were very laughable. One of them said_ in n The village now, instead of being one of the P t — de sot (L T on ti d l most wealthy in the country, is one of the 10 5 king and poorest. o c n v ) Es p ' oli S ee T - R o A ffi T c A e G , E o M n S. F7id A ny t , t a lie diminutic - c oshit ) " 11 Or . o named Robert Ltoyr) -4 with havin". humble servant ought to add, that he is about six feet high, and can defend himself if required; and, from the nature of the office specified, I presume it to I to have something of the appearance ( a, was charged silver wat c h by means of the f o llowing artfu l s rolt —Elizabeth Parker, the keeer of a rhandlerlOtt fonc.„.. who vira , stated,ts chat.,,iz s; noon,bnout.- :it the .on Satutirndiaei, abru loccasioned some amusement by the excellent character they gave to their wives. It was said, too, that one of the candidates had no wife, but was ready to minneu -;,, yin N ,terly - to re entered her shop, an d reques t e d h er to re ,00 cap, which some mischievous lads had Ju` t `hack o acoLay I, gummy m that respect, if it were necessary. At Guildhall, London, on Monday, Joseph Carter, a respectably-dressed person, carpenter by trade, residing of 1. ',eau ana thrown over the wall into n" ter! She directed th e p r i soner t o go roun d to the ° hu t ill the wall, and she wou ld h an d i t over t o him ; u r to she had done so th e or i sonor i mn l or ed ke_.,ll) xJ.../ /ICI 1/111J1l/L ,,- au oz, iNortn-street, Paddington, was charged with eaus- about for a halfpenny which had been taken ing an obstruction in Fleet-street by creating a crowd, as the same wicked boys, and thrown over the w_t ie to he carried an Effigy as large as life, intended to represent I closely searellinr, net ,- -- --- - E, it, ,Ultle rime wunotii, u--p_ bn 1 , •• either the Bishop of Exeter or Mr. Shore," fixed on a the coin, she was returning into the house , ' n f the pole about eight feet high, and bearing in the front two tention was attracted by the violent slaraming or T er t , ' wooden keys, on one of which was painted, in large cha- door, and upon looking cut she saw the Prj u ' spe ctill racters, the words " Free Trade." When taken into down the street as fast as he could run. °,, bees s J custody, some letters of a Chartist tendency were found consequence, that the whole proceeding hau siv ine: upon him. He declined, however, to give any explana- matieally planned to effect a robbery, she el diala tion of his motives, and was fined 205., upon payment of place to see if anything was missing, a nd imm e A ,(o sl which he was immediately liberated. covered that her watch had disappeared from& pri' THE VALUE OF A STREET CROSSING.—At an inquest piece, where she had seen it safe iust before -' ti° hPla in Lonrinrs ... A—, a...,. ago, on rue 000 y or a crossing had entered the shop. She therefore gave ini °l.l ;io o sweeper who had died su dd en l y, M r. W a k ley, the cor the robbery to th e po li ce , w hi c h resulte d i n Wl' fed ncr, said, that a few days ago the sweeper of a crossing apprehension. sold his interest in it for £4O. A juror observed that A FEMALE STOCK JOBBER.—A woman of bo tl crossings were very valuable freeholds, by which many like appearance, attired in black, ap arentlY "1, 9 0 proprietors amassed in former days sums of £5OO, £lOOO, 37 years of age, was brought up at thePbuiltihalic' s tel and £4OOO. Another juror alluded to the sweeper of the on Wednesday. She gave her name as 'firs' bet crossing at Bridge-street, Blackfriars, who bequeathed a Stulz, of Blackfriars-road. The charge large sum to Miss Waitham, in gratitude for her benevo- that of commissioning Mr. William Barton, asl d i:We" lence in giving him his di nner every d ay ; and another to purchase £lOOO worth of London and Nor t gentleman said that the swe e p er o f a cross i ng near H yde- R ailway stock, which stock was purchased, an „yell 6 park, bequeathed £lOOO to a gentlema n w h o was i n t h e re f use d to pay for, or the loss thereon, 3057-OPI habit of giving hi m 6d. w h enever h e passe d hi s crossing. £37 18s. Mr. Barton stated, that on the 20r,ringi° EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—The firemen having I la s t th e p r i soner, w h o i ntroduced herself bq e d to, eventually succeeded in exti ngu i s hi ng the fire which broke card f r o m a f r i en d o f hi s. came and cnid she w'' Mr. Ge ,--.....,.., ....v.a.61•16 LE., v cab borne money, and requested him wlv rge Freeman (lat e Ald erson an d C o. ) , i n Bl enheim- for her £lOOO worth of stock in the London and 01 street, Oxford street, an appalling discovery was made. Western Railway. Concluding she had the On the men entering a kind of lumber-room, parallel with paying for it, he purchased at £133 per sh" the first-floor leads, their attention was directed to the she would call and pay for it in a few remains of two or three persons who had been burned to so_ snd +l-.,. ----,- • days, bilL; i. The heads of each p ar ty were off; posed that the bodies had been used for anatomical pur made re h when inquiries we: showed that ata uCCLI I• • D C• poses, from toe tact ot many of the bones having been Places in the city, which she left without paYiula ci * sawed through. Although every e nqu i ry h as b een ma d e, On Wednesday the prisoner called on Mr. Bar "o for the purpose of learning how the disaster occurred, with some difficulty he detained her at his offi ce ' t bef ° , nothing satisfactory could he g l eane d.—D a il y N ews. her into custody. She said she would make uP sow, AGRICULTURAL PRDSPF.CTS.—TITE RFQUISITION TO missions. In reply to a question, Mr. 1 33 r t° ,,,,64 1 THE HIGH SHERIFF OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE.— The should lo se £37 18 s. b y t h e contract. I f "" length of this " monster" requisition is 112 feet, and as tho prisoner had conferred similar' emr" I.- 1 c.l her 0 wours on ?r,„, a notic ttini aTa act rect. The Stock Exchange, cautioning brokers sp..-- .),963, and the list o f acres entered I said in her defence th a t she expected to rec ei, A considerable number of signatures, including I sum of money under a will of a Mr. Hamilton, At of Mr. Hale, M.P. for the western division, were chester, who was, as she described hia :ceived yesterday, too late, unfortunately, for use.. The hers : he was uncle to her grandfather, an crerefo:dshire requ;sition was only, we believe,.signed Ly the Bridgewater Canal besides £60,000 inr'` 1,350 persons, and th a t f or W orces t ers hi re was not much funds. She thought by bringing herself int ° " t of more numerously signed. The acreage entered in the necessity it would sooner bring about a setticol,l,l Oxfordshire rt quisition was only about 25,000 ; so that claims. Her " legal adviser and friend" was 3 3 tlitiA Gloucestershire has evidently ininitely more spirit than of Manchester. Letters were produced, sho%cing, e l . o her neighbours.—Gloucester Paper. prisoner had extended her favours to several of ° b p t il l ) Tit E MURDER AT BANBURY.—The unfortunate woman, chester sharebrokers, and it was considered PO IS Mrs. Layton, expired on Tuesday after three weeks' suf- her business had not been limited to the cases broe'l,s3.ste fering. The prisoner Layton will doubtless be committed fore the court. The magistrate intimated that ° oo t ? to Oxford Castle for the wilful mur d er o f hi s w if e. M rs. which the prisoner had practised was no other.tb Layton having ;nature an an h d b pate jO~ hopes were entertained I of a whol thnnerb t:it r. i• "-• sale swindler, an d h e wou ld not • part w it for ways consid red that uenceimight suddenly er inquiries were mad order that She was le pistol wound, which had produced compound fracture of the skull. It is supposed effusion on the brain had gradually come on, as for three or four days before her death she appeared irra drowsy and le thargic state, and unwilling to answer questions. The deceased frequently expressed herself as very thankful for the kindness and attention she received during her afflic tion. 111:1141CD, ••- duped by her, might y have time to come forwart b ilanil DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.—The emigrant shiP 0 0 ' with a crew o f t we l ve men and two hundred emlg r OP board, bound t o Qa e b ec f rom Newry, on the 291 o f about four in the morning, struck on a reef of ice C O' r magnitude as to carry away her bottom. She, c' fir . i t speedily filled with water, a n d th e master and a :3 10 second mates immediately go t th e lif e -b oat out 9„"ost doned the ship and passen g ers t o h er f ate. A rl'ibe nizing scene succeeded. Screams for help rent and it was with difficulty th a t th e rema i n d er O f o i could induce the frantic nrentnr.. tn NEW ZEALAND COMPANY.—At the meeting, last week, of the proprietors in the New Zealand Company, the report and accounts were carried. A lengthened state ment of affairs was entered into, showing the progrew mar) , . ' c during the year, which appeared to - give tie great majority satisfaction. The questions of the settlement of land claims, the mediation of the governor on this subject, the system of "nominee" government_ and it. inrnrniana chance left of saving their lives. FortunateiY , c on i was firm under the ship's bows, and the seame n s olt cing them as to its security many got on it. ItS o lc being then apparent, a desperate struggle, t° i co° l o among the emigrants to leave the wreck. bre d and criildren, many being infants suckling at T, be- A with nothing on but their night attire, were t o or cj ''' scrambling over the mass of ice. Many of the P°..„ amelioration in the course Of a few pears,, &c., were for cibly dwelt upon, and not without eliciting some discus sion. As all accounts (it is asserted) concur in represent ing the several• settlements to be gradually but surel• recovering from the depressing effects of ' • the impedii • under which they have so long laboured, successful nization is shortly anticipated. ments I coin- Six persons were amusing themselves in a boat on the river running through Norwich on Sunday week. They went up to the head of the river to the mill pool, and rowed the boat in sport into one of the flushes, then run trong. They tried this a second time, when fling very Luca& all WIG uua,, lettllCU over to enaeavour to catch hold of his companion, and the other parties likewise leaned over the same side with the same intention, when the flush filled the boat and she immediately sank. Four of the parties sank and were drowned,—their names, Thomas Lane, 16; Robert Browne, 28 ; Henry Lane, 23 ; and Frances Breeze, a very fine young woman, aged 19. The two latter were to have been married on the following day. tures slipPed between the huge masses, and weTl i e t , crushed to death or met with a watery grave• mi t t to leave the wreck were some of the crew, wil ° b lan to save a small portion of spirits and a few s e, r Soon after they had go t c l ear , th e s hi p ' s ster n i l l i or eal were, above water, an d s h e went down .11011.0 just forty minutes after the collision with the l o sufferings of the wretche - amid towering masses of POISONING.—On Tuesday, at the London police-cou-t, Eliza Schulenberger, was charged with having adminis tered repeated doses of poison t o her husband, with intent to poison him. The prosecutor stated that about six months ago, his health, which had been previously good. became suddenly and seriously impaired, and he experi enced the most excruciating internal pains, accompanied by frequent sickness and a scorching sensation in his throat and chest. These symptoms became eradually L.., with a raging trom the S.S.E., wer e mos t h ar rowl u p ' c e y c s o ea v m er e in n g w t h h o ey w i e la re d amongst fe t rn h a er es h , uwmhaonehlayd gave beep 0 7 , the 0 lve ingly wounded and brui s ed i n th e i r course over tiligna Thus were they exposed the whole of that do:46tof o'clock in the afternoon, when a vessel hove b s tr eo bore down to the edge of the field of ice. '7 di' 4 , t o S , Nicarague, Captain Marshal, observing a flag ° ',(l o ,"goii made for the ice, and, to his astonishment, coif/ P':•• • of living people upon it. With great diffic?'" them on board. They were all but naked , bruised, and frost-bitten. There were parent s lost their children—children with loss of parent s ' ;., . 10 4 it ll l,o l t d os . ,Ari were insensibl ue were 129 p more aggravated, parti cu l ar l y after having partaken of the meals prepared by the prisoner, until at length the whole of his hair fell off 'his head. Witness at length suspected poison, and coming one day sooner than he was expected to tea, found that the cup set for him contained a white powder, partially dissolved in a little tea. This he had analysed, and it was found to be arsenic. She was remanded for the completion of the evidence, and was on Thursday committed for trial. A DISAPPOINTMENT.--At the Middlesex sessions, last week, Ann Natswell, a woman of resoectable appearance, unmarried, and advanced in pregnancy, was convicted, upon her own confession, of having stolen a quantity of ribbon. The learned judge said that it was perfectly clear what had been the prisoner's motive in committing this offence; it was to get into prison, in order that her con finement might take place secretly in the prison infirmary, under proper medical treatment, and without the least annoyance or expense to her friends. It was astonishing the number of women that resorted to this expedient, for scarcely a session passed but two or three such eases came before the court, but it was not to be tolerated that fe males should commit felony for the purpose of getting their illegitimate offspring foisted upon the country. He would take a course that no doubt would cause the bit terest disappointment to the prisoner, for she would see that she had failed in attaining that for which she made herself a felon ; and if she ever appeared there again, this would be seriously remembered against her. She would be well known, and he would take care that she was most severely punished. The sentence was, that she be hn prisoned one hour and discharged. TICKETED JEWELLERY.—On Tuesday, a lady attended at the Westminster Office, to solicit the magistrate's ad vice under the following circumstances :—She stated, that being struck by the apparent cheapness of the arti cles in a jeweller's window in the neighbourhood of Knightsbridge, she became, two or three evenings ago the purchaser of what the shopkeeper termed a pure solid gold seal, for 7s. 6d. She purchased it upon the faith of his assurance, hut subsequently, on taking it to a refiner's, she found that there was no gold in it, but that it was merely plated or washed. She repaired to the shop on the following day, and asked for her money back, at the same time informing the shopkeeper that he had deceived her; he at first maintained that the seal was what he repre sented it to be, but ultimately shifted his ground by ob serving that shei could not expect it to be so at the price. Mr. Burrell, on looking at the article, which was a small seal very well got up, and to which was attached a label with the words " solid pure gold," observed that a person could not expect to buy a genuine article, as desceibed, at such a price • but said that, as the purchase r h a d b een de ceived by the ticket (the lady having declared that the ticket produced was attached to it at the time she pur chased it), her best course would be to make application again to the shopkeeper, and if he refused to return the money to summon him to the County Court.—The lady thanked the magistrate aux' withdrew, Ihe number got on he , t gr''.lo; _sengers and seamen 3). ,e were frO s t-bitt en . A s f ar as CO"' pe, tbv ~ c ertain from the su rv i vors , th e nu mber e i c e, by being c rus h e d t o d- ' ‘—.en tb part of could a _ttl bet.. frozen to death were from fifty to sixty. - 1- "„;:iste were convoyed to Q ue b ec , b u t t h e f ate o f the mates is not known Tia LADY auLESSINGTON's AFFAIRS.—Lady r o• i d • say, wife of the count, and with whom she br i e f for several years, (nor there the least trace 131e 0 "0"' „ , Gore-house,) was daughter of the late Earl u f fo tto k tr ton, and step-daughter of the countess, the cording to long -current s can d a l) b e i ng on ter s Tify, count which their relationship would not .i°'• t b ce o p Blessington estates in Ireland were charged (£-'pr, payments to Lady Harriet and the countesst,„i s bf ro lu, year to the latter, it is understood,) but extra -"„ ( VP leP in Chancery, in the first instance, and then thu m s' o s e r of getting any money at all in Ireland of 10 1 0 c e ,4 these fair nominal possessors of large income s the,,A ratively exceedingly straitened circumstances , . oa 9 sure whereof was not lightened by the Insta l $ t and costly tastes of the impoverished aristocrs t lis , 0 0, 6 events have helped to bring matters to a e i - o f countess was accustomed to make a good de 3 ` o - 1 1111tiP from literary sources, no longer open. For e 5 ,4 e had £1,500 a-year from Heath, the engraver, 'tlyweio the annuals that so long bore his well-known is dead, and the consequences are obvious. t of s rl I n t and James were themselves the most indulgej° 0 0 ( tors, and would take an order for more g oo ",, s r ev er ;od payment of an old debt, at any time and s et s ipy then came that terrible catastrophe of tu e es pl°4l 1847, which placed the affairs of so roan)" P litt'' id hands of assignees ; and we all know how, tt gsS e : l 4 . ) assignees pay to sentiment and delicate w s o pall i r e9 those agonies that look so picturesquely 3 '110 5 3 09 fashionable novels. Then, again, came theexceiteiort good fortune of the count and countess's 4 ( 10 3 ! 1 41 ; long-approved friend, his Highness the P re- o les'dit e o French Republic, suggestive alike of a ogl e i t cre e d wards on the part of the noble debtors and t" - eos t o cle. t y Here were grounds whereupon the latter ts cci orr e r dl i el parties might amicably meet. The count e : s ol ost , c olo o l' everything unconditionally ; and it is a fact r,ot,eatit ble to her sense of honour, that she might 'o,it'!ii" almost any amount of jewellery, bijouterte , acts of p‘ without impediment but without inquiry, °1 . ,. did I l e asly the cognisance of interested parties • but s ro be, : ; f f turb the value of a hair beyond her war d held 3 cas:ba behind her the most sacred items of hous A 7 o P r igll,3l o mestic regard. 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