The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

him - sel tare c present, his rehe. liment to the t latter we rounds o veriest however through frequent with tc termed with fe, read thei but sent have the went the with the utmost di as to his appearance ie manage . r, that he hne, and fathiliarise onal f of the committee, were -armly on the success of osity to see the son of !d the vast theatre to , fore a London audi- serious busine n for the experieneei if his powers and bac then, must it have beer ng at the sound of hi: the sight 'of his owr a awful morn ce fairly launched or and con, dismay was tern posed to but this the no time to think of d two hours, but must or swim E courag, 2ecled by that of the earing in custody the coward who forsook his were led to mistake the e, and greeted him with e hero of the evening. in_ such situations, tli He recovered himself rt with courage am with kind it audience received him rice, encouraged him by for him when the tragedy nly, but not decided sue ad passed his examination ' neither attained " high ryhat,. in theatrical parlance, is following morning he rushed to the papers, and, without pausing, mother. They were unanimous in con dimple disapproval or qualified censure, ter incapacity—stern, bitter, crushing, The hearts of both were struck with ..ept in concert; and, for a moment, he to abandon the stage in despair. H e pro- Price to relieve him from the engagement, - erately declined, and urged success cert t that althong ble credit, In for achieved On thi anxiet ) of ut ive. him to persevere, ler con si ROMANCE REAL LIFE Under this title, the Glasgow Herald tells a remarkable story. In the evening, towards the end of the year 1846, when the typhus fever was making its ravages amongst the poor in the populous districts of Glasgow, a female was often heard singing at the edge of the pavement before the Western Club House. Her dress consisted of little more than a petticoat and a shawl. With the latter she covered her face, head, breast, and shoulders. The passer-by could not distinguish whether she was well formed or crooked, good-looking or marked by the small pox, young or old, but the musical connoisseur could judge, from the melancholy strains that forced their way from within the au-protecting shawl that the sounds came from the voice of a girl of. abbut seventeen years of age. She never solicited alms, but took whatever was . given her with acurtsey, and no w an d t h en w i t h a bless ing, murmured in a low voice. Two Germans one night were struck with the great beauty of her voice; and they nobly nittde an effort to raise het from the humble posi tion she was in. After a good deal of trouble, they found out that she was a native of Edinburgh ; that, having become destitute from the death of her father, the illness of other members of her family (they were bedrid with fever), and many other circumstances, and not being able to getwork sufficient to provide for a sick motile and •ed frec te empire, and at i• P i!scellency t would a sha, nc ;tence of an intri ue betw tting C ,uilty on hildren and her husband. A f M he shor .ehcmet I .ntlernan nd tali divorce the connexic a was but of shoe n, who had just bed the conquest o ppointed to the Go • and in order the more entirely t , this distinguished personage she became a Mu a circumstance which immediately induced tl ured Pasha to take her with him to h iulman— wernnlent, and, finally .ke her his wif is seat ( Althoug hemers happiness was 3on to fear that their Jingly, he one day yen ured a kind of reproach to his wife on the subject, who mmediately replied with a smile, " Is this the cause of your dejection, my Lord ? why did you not mention it sooner ?" " How so ?" " Would you prefer a boy or a girl ?" " A boy by all means." " You shall have one." After a short interval the crafty Greek feigned to be in the condition her lord desired, while every means were employed prudently to exile him from the wife's apart ment. The blindness of his passion rendered this an easy task, nor did a doubt cross his mind as to the legi timacy of the infant presented to him, which he named Belgrade Bey, and the town showed itself duly sensible of its sponsorial honours by the most splendid rejoicings. A short time afterwards his Excellency Mehemet Pasha was recalled to Constantinople, and subsequently appointed Ambassador of the Ottoman Porte in London. But pre vious to his departure he expressed a wish that he might have another boy, a brother and companion for the be. loved Belgrade. His happiness, he said, would not be completed unless he had two fine children almost of the same age, of whose future career he had already formed the most brilliant anticipations. As she had done in the first instance, his wife replied, You shall have one.' ' Impossible !' exclaimed the husband, at first astounded. 'As truly as Mahomet is our prophet.' Well,' replied' Mehemet, God is great! and it was thus that you an nounced my first-born.' At the end of a month she again declared herself enceinte, and the Pasha was the most delighted of men, but he was soon obliged to set out for London, and left his wife at Constantinople to com plete her accouchement. This was all the Greek desired, and using the same means as before, she presented one fine morning to her assembled slaves and to a tew persons: of her husband's family a fine child of the male sex, who. received the name of Usnud Bey. After the lapse of a few days the child f e ll ser i ously ill, and was sent, by order of the physicians, to Pera, under the care of its governess. Pera, as every one k nows, is a suburb of Constantinople,: inhabited by the mercantile community and by European Ambassadors. Its air is purer than that of the city, and, accordingly, young Usnud was soon brought back in per-. fect health by his governess—the same woman who had performed the office of nurse at the birth of Belgrade. Singularly enough, however, an old black eunuch who had brought up the Pasha, possessed his entire confidence, i and managed his entire household could by no means. recognise Usnud Bey in the child which was thus brought back, and in the presence of several slaves said to his mistress, ' Well, my lady, if that child be Usnud Bey, he has become singularly altered by his sojournat Pera among the infidels.' The mother remained silent, and carried off the child, directing a fierce glance at the eunuch. Doubt had established itself, however, in the old man's mind ; moreover, he had long been enlight ened with respect to his mistress's doings ; he knew the whole history of Belgrade Bey, and the reason he had wife, 11 Charle ford on tune for in-that ci native of ble fami ments, at Strou for wh; died of 1814. possibl frequer tinguishe future pr n, and . . ,r, I shall at least tnd myself, and be Into in that he ed. In t !;tonian nest, i having heard I and the offe )ok plac Tome's trage .omplete a stripl that the authoiities of ;OYHOC 3th of ne of t I first )D OF C - ,'HARLES KEAN, ,:e for October.) as born at W His father a I to the theat res in that county Dm family emba I with Edmun m theatre, and is wife. Ti 1, born at S' mistak iter, in February nr a considerabl ace for the re. His fat They were married OS, he being under in itir d 'arcs ,fined a pursue. happy and 1 amplE ,ed to t nd him ttled u a let leclined r had it r young brother, and being possessed of a good voice—her only family inheritance—she resolved to try to make a precarious living by singing in the streets during the twilight and evening. A younger sister of hers also occa sionally changed places with her, but the sister's voice xelfare of bo►h the n private set but es r to G ir;inch of musical study than t hs, we recei -est was taken in ti I other rat Germans She was :hall two years' ii i), it was consideri to pursue a high to E fl countr ,fully abou )reover flattering aCcoun tion of ( om U she is r below t to app 1 in concerts in bi luty to direct the a lanthro and wo an ant tutors be add that u of her fi t. We m a was throu of the above lit dinburzl way of gainir ,ced beyond ti tion in young I. His then s On this, the c hat the t the cot s were o )nour.ol all the r ?pears ti 'CE OF THE e jury, ( ilow-citiz with a cr Dral Frenc of Harseilles.) inue a happy o .om the high from of the Suite 3 the ex The Pres mr's delib laughter ITE U .eer, it i as tried la young lad ad with al ; let it 1 1 I WM the cot ris to Vi 'vier, and at o mat vc ;s Dav iginall younger c n, and v will I not Several large ted £5OO to the lace by a yes 4 arrived Several Cambridgei son of the Rev. F. Close, lam, has been appointed to the -sloop, at Portsmouth. have taken :n made its appearance ut. Francis A. Close nbent of Chelt by falls Of earth, & Ls arrived in the Thames from Flensburg and which has brought from the former place seal-skins, consigned to order. cement has at length been made i n th e erec- On Saturday , er, Queen-street In three eie.teen acres will b mious fire occurred at Graves. be premises of Mr. Drasen, linen and gutted the two adjoining ing been estimated at £3,500 An attempt is being made to introduce the culture of ntils into Scotland, and it is stated that Lord Murray tends sending his crop of lentils to the great exhibition yal arch, commemorative of the Sovereign's Dundee, has been nearly finished. It is one of of which Dundee c A court of inquiry was held on board of the Fis guard, at Woolwich, on Thursday, to investigate certain Teozer, On F Mr. Button, one of her engineers. eek, Miss Dolling, daughter of the late Captain Dolling, R.N., and sister of Lieutenant Dolling, was drowned at the entrance of Plymouth Sound, whi ther she had gone to bathe e favourite dog. The Corporation of Ruthin has been sued in the County Court for . a debt of £ll 3s. for gas They pleaded y and craved Awe, anc a month's respite Was alloWed The wife of a respectable tradesman accidentally suffo cated her infant during her return from a pleasure excur sion to Hammersmith, by wrapping it too closely in her shawl. ie following► inscription has been chalked upon a wall kins' brewery : line, and coverer tember 4, 1850." e nei7, Near t cl with d ibourhood of Barclay - and Per. his spot, in the arms of the po irt, fell General Haynau, Sep. At a Court of Aldermen, held in London, on Tuesday, the Right Hon. J. A. S. Wortley, Q. C. and M. P., was elected Recorder of London. The numbers were,—for Mr. Wortley, 13; for Mr. Russell Gurney, 4; and for Mr. Bullock, 1. The Railway Journal states that the wine and spirit lers have found a great diminution in the consumption -se articles since excursion trains became so frequent, much of the money usually spent over those commodities being now spent in cheap trips. On Friday, a fire occurred on the Grove. Bristol, by which property valued at £6OOO was destroyed. The Premises were those of Messrs. Whitwell, ship chandlers, Messrs. Smith, provision merchant, Mr. Humphreys, cornfactor, end Mr. Reed, sailmaker. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of England has increased from £16,795,104 to £16,811,698, being a difference of £16,594. The paper in actual circulation has decreased from £20,506,228 to £20,102,132, being a difference of £404,096. The Times of Friday, on the state of the country, says, " Notwithstanding a more than usual allowance of diffi. culties, the country is now in a far more prosperous state than , it has been at any time since the repeal of the corn laws." The Queen's Hotel, at Cheltenham, which cost £47,000 including the land, and the original rental of which was £2,100 per annum, was offered for sale by auction on Tuesday. The highest bid was £14,900, and it was bought in at £lB,OOO. The Bishop of Gloucester, every morning after the muFical festival performances, entertained nearly two hundred of the company at luncheon at the palace, Gloucester, which appears to have been completely repaired, painted, and papered for the occasion. , -.-... DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION.—On Friday week, a brute in the shape of a man consented to ride in an open car riage, from likey to Burnley, quite naked. The feat was undertaken for drink, and the man was in liquor at the time. A Kendal paper states that, on Monday week, two of the sheds at the Sedgwick powder mills blew up with a tremendous noise, causing a shock that was distinctly felt as far as Kendal ; but fortunately the only damage caused by the explosion was the destruction of the sheds. The Maidstone Journal says that Mr. Makepeace, one of the lay clerks of Rochester Cathedral, possesses a sing. ing mouse, which utters notes not unlike those of a linnet, and which chiefly sings in the evening, though it may be heard occasionally throughout the day. • The Chain Pier, that delightful place of resort, has during the week received an accession of visitors from a novel cause. The gap in the Seaford Cliff, caused by the explosion of the immense mass of gunpowder, is distinctly visible from the pier head.—Brighton Gazette. The alteration which is being made at Exeter Hall consists in forming a coved ceiling instead of a flat one, the new ceiling being twelve feet higher in the centre than the previous one. The Duke of Rutland has given the whole of his te nantry notice to quit, not with a view of expelling them entirely from their farms, but in order that his Grace may have the whole of his estate re-valued, and new rentals made to suit the nature of the times. The Priory Park, at Chichester, concerning which the people of Chichester have long felt a desire, will shortly become the property of the citizens for a term of years. The Duke of Richmond has consented to let it on lease, and a committee has been appointed to act on behalf of the city, with power to raise subscriptions. Lord Palmerston has written to the secretary of the Netherlands holders of Spanish stock, informing them that he has ordered the British Envoy of Madrid and requested the Spanish Ambassador in London to ask the Spanish government to accept the bondholders' proposal for settle ment of the debt. s were laid befc Lt wrote C THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. not mentioned it to his master was, that at the time he had discovered the trick the Pasha had already grown fond of the little being whom he believed to be his son, and the eunuch had not the courage to undeceive him. But two supposititious children in the first place, and then the impudent substitution of another child to the one which had been received as a legitimate offspring, formed a complication of knavery which the indignant old man refused to render himself an accomplice by remaining longer inactive. He betook himself to Pera, and, pro ceeding step by step in his investigations with that cau tious prudence and insinuating artifice so peculiar to the people of the east, and especially to the inmates of the harem, he succeeded in acquiring positive evidence of the death of the veritable Usnud Bey, and of the substitution of a child of the same age, purchased of parents in the lowest grade of life. The eunuch then returned, and, pointing to the pretended Usnud Bey ; said to his mis tress, ' Madam, let me beg of you to send that child back to his father—Mossul, the fisherman. I know all.' At these words the woman became livid, and 'left him, saying, It is well.' "Shortly before the time of afternoon prayer she sent for the eunuch, and was told that he was taking a bath. No sooner did she hea r thi s th an h er p ro j ec t was imme l• 1 r rr.• - to apr diately formed. The old man, as we have said, was governor of the Pasha's household, and as such occupied a sumptuous apartment, to which a bath-room was at tached for his private use; it was here that his mistress sought him out. The eunuch was attended by two slaves; she dismissed them with an imperious gesture, and remain. ed alone with the old man. ' You were determined to find it out, then ?' she said. Yes, and I diz.! find it out!— ' To whom have you spoken about what you discovered ?' —' To no one yet, but I shall write to my master.'—‘ How much do you want to hold your tongue ?'—` Nothing, I nined to speak.'—' And to write ?'—' Yes, I mean —‘ Then take that to seal your letter with !' At e words she threw a noose round the neck of the `shed old man, and commenced strangling him. The unuch was feeble, and, taken by surprise, could offer but little resistance. He struggled in vain, his assassin con tinued to draw the fatal noose tighter and tighter still; and, as she redoubled her efforts, she exclaimed with the -age of a fury, Ah, you wanted to know all—you shall know more than you bargained for! You sought for ife, did you ? Here's eternal darkness for you! Now xrit6 to your master ! write, old fool !' At the vocitera- .0 write victim one of ti Ives r irned into the apartment:, and at the sight of the rribl -. , shed out and began crying all over the Ise Cmistress of the house) is murdering le _.......trangling the eunuch !' A scene of ge :ral confusi :n ensued. Some of the slaves rushed terror truck into the street, repeating one after the other, The khanurn is murdering ! the khanurn is murdering !' the khanum Others hastened to thebath-room, and only reached it as the old eunuch, overpowered, was stretched out senseless upon the marble• floor. Betraying no alarm at the pub licity of her deed, the khanurra loosened the noose, and lowly retired between a double row of her servants followed her to the door of her apart had been kind to the slaves, and they One of them raised him from the that he still breathed. They ician was sent for, but it was too ►n returned to life for a few rno cient strength completely to Be nd to give a detailed account of round and d rubbed him, and a r late. The wretched e the fit at he expired immediately after. s soon thrown into a state of agitation crime, which spread in spite of the khal ietermined that she should I courier was then ze Mehemet heady to London, to The cufpiit h eral times, and up to the p ent time isessed a up is that she pose death over the eunuch, whom she con- ad all further proceedings will be suspended al of_a communication from London, or of As you may imagine, t ensation in the hither circles of however, that the It is presumed, erred by the ran 1 not be-det, of the criminal, t of the crime will be s" gnal." UMW. A MONSTER PEACH.—A gentleman, residing at Bourton, Dorsetshire, this week gathered, in his garden, a peach which weighed nine ounces and a half, and was ten and a half inches in circumference SHIP BUILDING.—It is stated that the committee for Lloyd's Register Book contemplate an amendment of that part of their rules which makes the period of launching new ships the date of their build, a change which will give general satisfaction. It has been decided that ships launched in the last quarter of a year will be allowed the date of build of the succeeding year. ___ _ _ _ SUICIDE BY A CLERGYMAN.—On Thursday, the Rev. John Wilson, of London, a gentleman aged 69, who had been residing at Malvern, was found lying on the ground under the window of his bed-room. a distance of 14 feet. He died on Sunday. He suffered under depression of spirits, and had received two letters containing unwelcome intelligence.— Worcester Chronicle. . The following remarkable advertisement appeared in the Times, of Tuesday week :—" The Lost Son.—Should any family of consideration be still mourning the loss of a son not yet of age, who in his wilfulness left his father's protection some time since, they are earnestly requested lv to Mr. W. F. Ramsey's library and reading ' &c. rooms, A New London whaler has invented a mode of taking whales which pr3mises a greater safety in their capture. He fires a harpoon,_ with a line attached, out of a gun, as accurately, it is said, as a musket-ball not a the - o'retical deduction, but has bee tried with p fect success. He has also made a valuable improvement on the lance, whereby it can be fired out of the same gun hick is used for the.harpoon EXPELLED WESLEYAN 1 1 TrictsTrns.—The sub n on behalf of the R and Griffit zentlemen The title " mounted to £3,300, and each of as been presented with a cheque for £l,lOO, expelled"_isalso to be dropped, the people recognising thc Manchestc hers. At Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Bristol, nasW Exeter, a num eron: The town of Penrith was a scene of excitement on Tuesday last, that being the day appointed for the magis trates to decide, if possible, the dispute between Lord Brougham and the party of watchers who had interfered vent his lordship's fishers from fishing in the assault 17. John RobsOn, one of and fined five pounds; THE RULING PASS! ,N STR us cha Thomas Gundry ho was well known as a copper miner gave directions before his decease, which lately toot place. that his remains should be deposited on a coppe lode, which he stated ran through the churchyard o Perranuthnoe. The sexton, it appears, found the iden tical spot, and dug the grave upon the copper lode ex tending thence from Wheal Trebarvah mine. RAILWAY SITUATIONS.—A car Courier suggests that all situations o sold publicly to the highest bidder, and - the mon pondent o returned (less 5 per cent. per annum) in case of resigninl so that at the end of 20 years nothing would have to uld remain i rerurned , office that period, by which the company would Most of the Oh gain by it but would have double security for fidelity. ft Two fishermen at Portsey are in custody at Tain under 0- They were found alone in their ti suspicious have been a crew of fire and there "w all farm, near Louth, Lincolnshire, there is t three .nce a t !enily bee. that in some parts of that tr has cor i 3 reviv 1 down ust taken p and endeavor DISPATCH IN BUSINESS.—The I%-rez;.i k Dry G Repor!er the following instanc w Yot e . 4th inst, sheet flying down - on 'reeked ine shi w week ice of the Oct. Tier tbtr oct ;i ' CHILD LEFT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.-011 lady FORGERY.—Our readers will rerfle la k - „ the r',;ele and gentleman getting into a first-class carriage on the paragraph went the round of the ere"' `w• a forge'ior Greenwich Railway on Wednesday, to proceed to Lon- person named Forbes implicated don, they were astonished to find a child lying on the mitted in the Garioch , district of this "'Ay the r°,og: sear, evidently about four or five weeks old, and very cle- escaped to America, had been capture theoc9 gently dressed, The child was removed to the workhouse. New York. Forbes, who is a farmer i n banns i n certio o div o s A sailor living in London went to the Bank, on Wed- cified, has just been broueht to Aberdeethte as' otr nesday, to obtain £5OO, his hard earnings, to pay for a on Monday from Glaseow? H e will hav e ge public-house which he had purchased, and before he for the crime with which he is charge d ' iroP s lo could reach the o ffi ce to close the business, he found his fords another remarkable instance of the d e eses l Y pocket had been picked, and he was robbed of every far- we had almost said—of cr iminrls not -a . • co . en eet h ' e thing, due , et c o pursuit of justice. Great praise is In f ^". On Saturday last, a large crane, of peculiar construe- this capture, to John Scott, rural c onstali vreen tlie o ft! tion, used by convicts at Weymouth, in working the rm.} , district, who, by an arrangerrent be'Andersoso9 stone quarries for material for the breakwater at Port- rator-fiscal of the c o unty, and Capt ain Nor I' l, land, fell, and killed three of them on the spot, and rural constabulary, was dispatched to . 48 040 wounded fourteen others seriously, so that four or five letters from the Home Office to the 1 3 ri ti 0 01 ,0 are not expected to recover. SEDUCTION AND SLITCIDE.—A man named Samuel an d business. Seaton, formerly a baker in Spalding, took a quantity of of Glasgow, which sailed on the 7th; a n d the 111 ; u irg' arsenic on Thursday last, and from the largeness of the gow on Monday m • Scott brinew - d a y ere dose vomiting was produced, but the poison had taken rail to Aberdeen as or a n b ul o g y: stated, on 31cin f t to 4 such effect that death ensued on Monday morning. The Aberdeen Journal. ree ° t hesr L • o wretched man had seduced his own daughrer, a young PARIIELION, OR MOCK SUN.--An ti s who has very e b r ryopurguhdte overnt and For bseuscicne s t s h f cei u l as i tr i eriscroe a l it:01 ins girl following the business of a dressmaker. The girl rious phenomenon, which is rarely seen b ut e ' e er olor . 0 01 m being enceinte led to the discovery, and the inhuman reeions, occurred on Saturday last , father, unable to face the publicity of his atrocity, has o'clock in the afternoon. It was obs er; e :eena te efe'; added the crime of suicide t o t h e bl ac k an d f ear f u l cr i me sons travelling on the Midland RailcraY' th . e els of seduction. Seaton was th e man w h o l ate l y ma d e an southward of Normanton. At the time' w eite'boo:: attempt to perform the Herculean task of walking 1000 with white filmy vapour, showing miles in 1000 hours, which he abandoned for want of rounded with hazylight; and at a rhsta, to ilie ° e o patronage, after about a fortnight's trial.—Boston Herald. degrees towards the right, but rather nea re e ' o ry r e u eL ° , 3 p!•le nee of '10; 1 ' DEATH FROM CHOKING.—On Monday. at Camber- appeared the parhelion, or mock sun , l a ii„etsC o et well, an inquest was held on the body of William Barton, sembling the true sun, even to the 113 ? ° e licen(liv A aged 67, an inmate of Camberwe ll workhouse. On Thurs- fainter, and with som e; touches of Pr' s " - ealo• day last, whilst in the Infirm-ward. the enrqe hrnnoht ir were e omen ee-ree.. imnerfee t 095'...". portion or an IWE''.- tra m r apid motion of the railway or f from the favourable point of observatiop~ as a quantity of boiled beef and potatoes to supply 12 men. from the The deceased went to the table, and while the nurse was at the other end of the ward he took up a piece of meat in the atmosp red to swallow it, but became black in the nomenon, ;town insensible. Mr. Kin.. pi , '" &xi n vcrii, l the tue 'louse- I away and was lost in a few sec y. surgeon, was called in, and made every effort to dislodge undefined light around remai the meat, which had become firmly fixed in the windpipe. The appearance of parhena or mocit The deceased died in about fi ve m i nu t es , an d w h en t h e quent in the frosty atmosphere o f the arc medical gentleman removed th e pi ece o f mea t h e f oun d i t or threes heir' to be three inches in length and one and a half The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental I visible !0.,0: „ seellil!;0 and even sometimes four, ThE CONDITION OF. Wom ittee of " the Associate Insi • AN QIJESTIOS'-,ooi titUtiOri for if 69,01, - • of o.° • ie protecuuL , )f a bundreog o f " A Bradford manufacturer sent goods from his warehouse, advertised for the prize essay th e fialrEti via" railroad to Liverpool, on the 19th of August; they terms, in respect to the essay, are the ' i c y too were shipped on board the steamer Atlantic on the 21st, give a clear and concise view arrived in New. York on Sunday, the Ist of September, vailing in this and other countries, in th e o r iscs were sold by sample card on Monday, the 2nd, delivered earlier times, with respect to the protee t e ce• /Is' on Tuesday, the 3rd, and a sketch of the same returned the winehinatinna nr,rl 011111raMentS C" 10 °VOL: . of the P° „resel).eoo •-•5e......1.10.4/VILZ iIIIU 21.11. t/ VIC" 9 4- amer Europa, which left B os t on on W e d nes d ay , a tt empt an apprec i at i on of the different wou jd e Allowing the steame r an average run , th e o f mora l s, wh i ch i ts h i stor i c sur vey . otinll 0/1 f iler I be in possession of thr. recnlt,f 4.; the statistic will he mg line will be cross e height of 108 feet ucture will be c I admittec nsigner Wi htshire, who sells I nets, attended Barnet in the be While in the fair a letter rea s month ,ddressed, by r 1 him, stake, with hi London, )thing inor blood on their faces 'he only ac Coming through the postoffice from e marvel was how it found him in Barnet. mission made by the prisoners is, that the whole crew got The following are the facts :—The letter, at the General drunk, and then two fell overboard ; but three are sup- Postoffice had been referred to that sagacious personage posed to have perished. after a fight. One of the missing whose duty it is t') make out unreadable directions on men was a brother and another a cousin of the fishermen letters. Having glanced his eye once or twice over it. AFRICAN SQUADRON.- and, probably, notieing the Scotch dis —The Woolwich correspon- returned it with the instruction to "tr 's intended to have thirty. The letter-carrier called at Mrs. Johnson's t 'aped for the suppression frequented by cattle-dealers from the north. erica, and that one of an individual of the name, likely to attend Ba, 1 - rst of every month and sent it by a cattle-dealer going there, who duly duty on the coast. delivered it to its owner in the fair, quite A' erican station are had gone by the regular post to its deso - to replac^ net ion of dent of The s says that it two steam-v 7e, an inn She knew hese vess t on the Af s soon as if it , .... v• Luc a ccut,UL .11G Di.up- mavilig Ueell 'rum Time to rime p , ...-- -- ar to i m It twenty-seven days from the d a t e o f th e cons i gn - an d it s h ou ld set f ort h w h at may aPPF ois r e it, a shorter sp ace o f ti me th an wou ld b e l i kely to b e the true principles of legislation il n t his iv u se between the g i v i ng o f an or d er an d rece i pt o f goo d s expla i ning the actual state of the law I..,,inatii, i an American m anu f ac t urer ." t h e present time, it should seek to be ...".;,,71 EMARKABLE LETTER CONVEYANCE.—A respectable and to c ler, in Kirlccud - - - - - - ing of I sub; self a guide ractical reforms , ‘• ; -- il its v. ! la bia re- id re c o retl 'VI the prole provements in law which it Accurate erences to au The essay should conclude w!tht: lucid su nary of its author's I lered as entitling t of ti WRECK OF THEi'OLKA r ing between Jersey and St. Malo, left St. H t. Malo, on Monday week, with 50 passengers Vhen within six miles of the Minquiers rocks he captain had hardly time to a quarter of a mile of the easte'rt Matrielle, and land his crew and in deep water and er astern steamer, Capt be following in the afternoon the . loo'l number of persons on the Matriel a small boat was seen approaching .t 1 Lain Goodridge Lt the persons on the rock, and als as a signal of distress. We immed the rock and saved the whole party. of the non-arriC .ock, ev,socs uth WI CITY OF GLASGOW SCREW STELAEII7n arrived, from New York, at Greenock, yes making a run of fifteen days and two hours. 63 passengers and a valuable freight. The C within York, and lost some of her topmasts; but after dearinl the banks of Newfoundland, she had a fine run across the Atlantic, with licht winds, and averaging a speed of 20( 's per clay. The City of Glasgow left on the 7th ult. i,ns been anticipated by the Atlantic and the and he;i been engaged three ks since, in a few days two fine steamers for the PE Oriental Company, to he called respectively the Sinca insular and and the Ganges. So soon as they are off the stocks, an other fine iron steamer will be laid down, as a consort to the City of Glasgow in the New York trade—a proof that the low freights and fares (lave been found remunerative. AN AWFUL ADVENTURE.—As an honest baker in this town was a few days ago quietly plying his skill in mould ing the cottage crust and perfecting the conserves in trusted to him by the housewives around, an explosion, which spread terror through the kitchen, and made the very jellies in his window tremble, was heard within his heated workshnn A ralaw _1 a ing in, blood,' its family found him " and face besmeared and floury with t .ne same startling ingredient. Alailn, oe - course, .ead through the dwelling. The surgeon was hurried in, armed with probe and lint and bandage, to solder up the wounds if the spirit still lingered in the mangled frame, when, lo ! it was found that neither gas nor steam, nor even angry yeast, had done the awful work, but simply a bladder of preserved damsons had burst like a shell at the oven's mouth, and covered him with their i. luscious juice. The recovered man, we hear, was inclin to be a little crusty, and those who had hastened to h aid were in danger of being themselves blown up. Chelmsford Chronicle. A " GREEN" OSTLER.—A company uddv an whilst regaling thernSelves with a glass and pipe one night not 1, in the M.P. public-house, Long Preston, were speaking of our beloved Queen and her royal consort, Prince Albert, when the following colloquy took place :—Ostler at the inn—How long is it since Prince Albert was crawned ? One of the company—Who-a? Ostle Isn't Prince Albert t' Queen ? One of the comna Ostler (rather knowingly)—Yah she is, she w Queen hawiver when I was hoos'lin' ny—No. crawned .Si— T know vary weel, for we had pudding an' beef all abait Bingley,—hi begow ! we might ha' brossen wersens if weed lik'd (laughter). One of the company—Thou means Queen Victoria ? Ostler—Na I don't, they call'd her Prince Albert hawiver. One of the company—lndeed, but you'll mean Victoria was crowned Queen. Ostler— Whia er the' both 't same? One of the company—Yes, in one sense; they are man and wife. Ostler—Well, which is t' Queen ? O ne o f t h e company—Victoria. Ostler—Whia, begow 1 allos thou't t' Queen an' Prince Albert both t' same.—Leeds htelligencer. THE HABIT or SWALLOWS.—In the summer of last year. one of a small batch of enthusiastic ornithologists in Methven, after discussing the migratory habits of va rious kinds of birds, differed from his friends on the question, " Whether the swallow, on its return, after its winter absence, took up house in the same locality it bad migrated from." He maintained the negative, giving such plausible reasons as induced the coterie to devise some method in obtaining a settlement of the question. The only method, therefore, was to catch a swallow. This they ingeniously contrived to do. They captured a female as she was feeding her young. Taking great care of her, they sewed a small piece of red ribbon ebout her neck, in such a manner as it would not, in ordinary cir cumstances, get loosened, and then sent her to the broad expanse. The badged bird reared its young, and conti nued in the neighbourhood until the migrating season, when, with its fellows, it disappeared. Great was the qnxiety this spring of the naturalists to discover if it would return. Group after group appeared, but not the ribboned favourite. At length, on the 13th day of April, among the last influx of returning emigrants, appeared the identical bird ; thereby overthrowing the hypothesis that they do not revisit their former haunts. 'But what is worth still more notice is the circumstance, that it built its nest and reared its this year's brood in precisely the same spot it did the year previous. It flew again to sun nier lands only a few days ago.—Perth Courier. STRANGE CREDULITY.—A singular case of audacious imposition and ridiculous credulity occurred at Gosport last week. A woman called at a house in Chapel-street l'wnsteonovtafeneugh to to inquire if there were any umbrellas or parasols wanted s mending ? The servant girl informed her that there Shall I tell your fortune, or rule your plaeets r ; e after a f n r o o t m ; upon t h e w country,hi cilsh she said Goo "Good o l t u h e e k girl, at t who en d you,is a raw 1,,,1, import dTeabre. girl replied that she had no money. name, she that little she persuasion , would tell and her r "the promise y o on n eng t ,hinewHapa mans gave her threepence. This, bribe Fate, and so the creature saidT girl went to her hand with a piece of silver or gold. II on which she went box and fetched sixpence for her e . P away, saying she inust en stars for sixpence." see if she could "turn the s ear to have been exceed' The seven stars, however, app ed for some more money ; ingly stubborn, as she return had no more, so she asked for some he'wevr, she must cro ' s ' s sYs h bli e le r i the girl, however, articles of clothing that had credulous simpleton ; produced by the and petticoat were p go dtontohhobleost,tomFoortfhwthiethsatreet shawlto n n d o said she would bring them back neat clock . However, in bringing another woman about two hours she c h rubbish as we should scarcely with her, declaring -- such most degraded savage would believe. By the . imagine united persuasions they induced her to lend them their the woman took themmorn ingam eatb away asee back, and ano ther gown and a shawl , and went away promising all ts and, most delightful of all, telling her that she should of four children ! They then left, promising to retur n the n the 'articles of clothing the following morning. It sorts of presen ts , a l m ost useless to say that neither Fate nor the "seven s t a rs" have as yet forwarded any of the rich presents; and the sybil has entirely failed in returning any of the clothing of which she so mercilessly fleeced this silly servant-mold! , Is constantly emr ,de on the coast of with the mails, and relieve The sailing vessels at pre.% to be withdrawn A BOLD WOM A N.—Police-cons constabulary rural police in this county, station village of Llanrhystyd, having occasion to come tberystwyth on business, left his wife at home. No - ad the policeman turned his back than a robbery - tted by a tramp at a farm-house not far distant ble Harrison, of the sooner from the vii Thepolieernan's wife, having receiv mediately started off, and eame up with the tramp with the stolen property upon his person. Shf secured the thief, and detained him until her husbanc returned.—North TVales Chronicle. SHIPWRECK.—In addition to the five guineas voted b the subscribers to Lloyd's, at their h early meetin to the two boats t difficulty, in saving the crew of I was o, of NI , wcastle, when that on the B, nborough sands, on tha 31st March last, we that the committee of the Royal National itution for the Pr , nervation of Lires froio Ship had previously made an award of £ll to the eleven, bray rescue of the crew of the above vessel. n INSTINCT OF A DOG.—A certain cattle dealer in Irvine is frequently in the habit, when visitinz Ayr market, on Tuesdays, of leaving his dog behind him. On these o easions, upon missitur —t‘qter, his ma., , the animal has been known to take the next train to A"• b mark reed age et, and, not finding the object of his s in to Irvine. His conduct has often att !lards on ti been etched ; but we —Ayr Observer visit the line, and-his movement ave not heard by what c -.6 AT LANGAARNE.—An inquest was ..dy on the body of Rebecca Rephill, servant -.tr. Severn, supposed to have been poisoned by arsenic administered to her by the cook in the same family, Eliza beth Gibbs, and also on the body of Mrs. Severn, whose death took place on the 21st J u ly l as t, an d was attended by all the symptoms which usually follow on the adminis tration of arsenic. After a very long inquiry, the jury at midnight returned a verdict of wilful murder against the cor' in the - -f T and he was TiiE POISONING held on Mond case of aecca Rephin, sn,.. accordingly committed to the county gaol for trial. The inquest on Mrs. Savern was adjourned. TOWER OF LONDON IMPROVEMENTS.—On Thursday a large number of workmen were busily engaged in making extensive alterations and improvements in various parts of the Tower of London. The two lofty gun-towers of the eastern and western extremities, facing Trinity_ square, are being reconstructed on a new and patented plan, recommended by Government. The high walls near the water-side have been pulled down, and are to be rebuilt on a new principle, with gun loop-holes. The interior of this ancient fortress is also undergoing a regular repair, under the superintendence of a military officer, specially appointed for the purpose by his Grace the Duke of Wellington. CHEESE FROM MILK, AND BUTTER FROM WHEY.— The Morning Herald, of Tuesday, has in large type the following from a correspondent :—" The tenants of Sir R. Peel are most wonderful fellows. After making cheese of their milk they -make butter of their whey. At least so say the Times' Commissioners in to-day's paper. If true this is an important fact for our agriculturists, and the method should not be kept secret." If the Herald correspondent had been better informed he would have spared his sneer and kept out of print, in which he looks particularly foolish. In Cheshire, the great cheese county, the practice accounted so wonderful, is common, and the " method' of making what is called "whey butter" is known to every dairymaid. EXPLOSION.-A serious accident occurred at the Gun Barrel Proof-house, Birmingham, on Monday morning. Shortly before eight o'clock a loud noise was heard to proceed from the back part of the premises, and at the same time the inner yard was darkened by dense clouds of smoke and dust. The roof of the building was blown off, and the outer walls completely destroyed. At the moment. the accident occurred only two men were employed in the process of loading. They were both dreadfully burnt and much-hurt, one, it is feared, fatally injured : his piercing screams are described as agonizing. How the explosion was caused is as yet a matter of spec ulation. The concussion caused the destruction of many windows. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS.—On Tuesday evening last, after the usual service in the Wesleyan Chapel, at Hunslet, the leaders met in one of the vestries below to transact the ordinary business of the society. That being done, the superintendent minister discharged the painful duty of expelling the three individuals who had been found guilty on the preceding Tuesday night (by a ma jority of 2z to •2), of agitating and derisive proceedings in the Wesleyan connexion, when the two men had been expelled left the meeting in an irnpertinent and defiant manner. By a scandalous handbill, without a printer's name attached, and other means, a large mob, consisting of men, boys, and girls, were assembled outside the chapel-yard, yelling, hooting, and swearing in a most awful manner. The ministers, stewards, and leaders (some of the latter of whom were females) shortly after left the chapel, when the mob (no doubt encouraged by the so-called reformers) pelted with stones and mud the party all the way on Hunslet-lane. One gentleman was struck on the face with a stone or something like one, and afterwards was knocked down. Several others were also injured, whilst the dresses of both males and females were very much injured. All this was done in the name of " Liberty and reform." Oh liberty ! what crimes have been perpetrated in thy name ! - - SHIPWRECK AND PlRACY.—lntelligence has arrived of a distressing case of shipwreck and piracy off Cape Guard. afui, a spot memorable by the wreck of the steamer Mem non some years ago. The vessel was the Mary Florence, of Shields, Captain Short, bound to Aden with coals. On the 3d of June the vessel struck on a sand bank, and was plundered by the natives, who also took away M rs . Sh or t, wife of the captain, (who had valuable jewellery, and about one hundred sovereigns in gold on her person,) the first and second mates, the steward, and three seamen. In the course of the night shrieks were heard, but nothing more was heard of the unfortunate captives. The captain and remainder of the crew escaped in a boat, and after under going great suffering from want of food and water, ulti mately reached land on the 19th of June, about one hun dred miles south-east of Cape Guardafui, where they were fully relieved by Mr. Jeffery, supercargo of the ship Dewan. After another plunder by the Arabs, Mr. Jeffery got the people on board the schooner, and in two days sailed for Muscat. Hero the captain preferred to wait for a passage direct to Bombay, the Dewan not being fitted for such a voyage. The Bombay government will doubt less despatch a steamer to Cape Guardafui, the moment they get information of this deplorable case. Those whorri Mr. Jeffery was happy enough to rescue were received on board the Franjee Cowajee, at Muscat—the owner treating them with the utmost kindness. They also received every attention from the East India Company's agent. The son of the Imaum was also very kind, placing 120 Spanish dollars at the disposal of the shipwrecked people. Those saved by Mr. Jeffery consisted of Captain Short, the car• penter, the cook, four seamen, and five appreaticee. siortcol, 3 of a hundredtg:i rsful es! 11 0° p of Oxford, Page Nvoqz,g__The. fIYDEP. e push oposedwArPCJ-oP°;s' e d for-- ,ito ore , tion aPP!;trtic_`:#l —te of this bas ~,sry e 0 s of Mr. Paxton, s up be tb within the last few dalgdpgs to°,oo ie ie ~;.,Ps and CB_,Noel_.oll° s past, th form, t 00 ,- o.s in to t - i r ding 1 — he r fer nclosir !ption 01 ,F:'t - 0 re: he iron supports neeesol'i ti vou'll be ;Rion./ The number ot A c Z e t,_ ip height from 14 fe 2 miles water to t The quantity of Blass employed ( superficial feet, and wei g h upwards 20 acres of ground set apart, th- will be an actual eialt ° in e g e s q u u r i f v a al ce enot c l :l l ; tere 2 l4 the ranges of tables for exhibiting n t he The total cubic contents o f se cl amount to thirty-three millions of fee" ,Of ...ft ...II i)ui l 4 l ,l7bree the galleries v cost will be RAGGED D Lone lITORY " 11;;jus"Pat f rci I under til e of iv the F ur P ° „roo t ' 3l 6 l) . 7es ' c!..rv„Fcs.!',ilti of sixteen to t ged Dorn 'enty years, o or a home, or their friend r the d (although reluctar or stealing for a miserable existv — et y striction as to parish or district. E st i te goes a strict investigation of his Vaa into t to be a suitable candidate, is admi tie ol 3.ceF att room, on probation, for a fortnig ht ' , tea l school during school hours. He Os P r of bread per day du r in g the period Ot i s fr' the expiration of the fortnight' h e l d ther e , his r 'aD the benefit of the institutio s n. oeteu, diet of hA ha 0 : - ;„i io- sot o UY ba ba ti l r t i t * et i °1 - hC 05410 Fbe_k e l less ,fglife 3 is not truly tired of the mica r al / g c : - te „,, f tp . I also willing to work and mato 1 P 11) ' 0 0 0 ° t ° ply _ _, ..nd clothing The inmates are not allowed to._ o r 011 ,, t her i : 0 1 ivaintance with loose characters in by 1 tter or nth ho th., -hbourhood, nor to correspond,-, „ e , o verttrie ll ., in a 11 'it first having the sanction 01 the elP n - p er `'"er given to the inmates, it " n o iiPP r g ° fe at° r's hands, who will see than.at 5 _ e arfl e i ,n) , ' it. Quarrelling, figliting' tenT tolell9 411 they are fully employed, but there, %ties, v t oll tor education, religious exercises and u beep e ' exercise. Since the institution has , there have ben , . ' Ilicants for - is not given, bti_ ore t►ojeg ibei, money b hibited 2 o 0" co 0 t ja trol l . n O AO 3 I • 1418:1? StlP‘e4 p lo i e e e t n e andemiritpterodbfartoimon74e wsterreeetdsi,pis.ssa;:v, sons (recommended by the chaPl sconded after ccrnpletino• th restored totile' Not for want . of fund;, 2 _ ''uatioas in England, 15 eiring7n e 57 , 0 1, ited States, 30 at P r f s, F , . i see e '%s this as f!.,b, 5 to - the U fe.dost oti ra t t iree:e - ~,a. : c epmex l aßa o recnEs t srusd h ecery i Kwnes n i, lga g oeaesnvot a reFs n whsn d taareTp eleawfbfic.mOrkepgsleea:kdrsnsS: as.uopsgpenpooleEl: ekr c nhaTs n elowe ; de S i l asipi T shoia n o E ncorn i q: kurk a st i d nii i sn.t Ras/r "II I.oc c t oi joei h r e,. a s t v t tti, i : ii , I, :it tiA t° : 1 ) 0 . , r br i i :nliloet,yebt_o,?. oaoiet.gseg .. 75,_ti,c, ncino„:l co:j,pe T_ ,Eesb, „obi sololoi l eo l oici a tioltr.. ioii - e:li 'lv tivirlj,ooo . 'O O. t it daylight, very near is tae irctileerceneoci,6-vebtob,ol',,drefory t b h oad command of the same master. The SePq 111 , not take the usual course ; but, it is beheNtirse s o e 0 . to I to making a shorter passaze, took the c ° a st &ic° tif ingly fatal. She struck vielently at ba1f1,,,,d Fitt b° o f on the sunken rocks, and immediatelY t;_i!',00:10„,i fori her bows having been thrown on tho roelostarboPorder heel over, throwing the assenows on thdistell,„we of the vessel. Tho captairPh it is said, WO', to be ',," 1 the boats (of which there were only 0 1° ' o f the'lleige when with some half-dozen he got into ele._„atioo_ 00 proceeding produced the greatest const_oePat wo!ji the passengers. The fire at the same al°llosb ' f ' - ifs ", fgouristhheedobthyetrhbeowa tat;erb,utanaldl ir:iirwi en3nroteercleida s e tt t-tohaellitl:4:,9 li; grave, for there is reason to believe th , an ~, 5,t not in the boat, and they got of withea,,,•oool.rjees consequence was the boat was seen to be _.,olltel'!:rot ter, u_ i y n op g noci w n i td t h h ees o c u r j t p remonstrancespt i o o s n si b f i o l possibility y t h o eo f yf r 3 ,s e al l n i r e .k f , an d seen ~ 0 f h ,: 0 those unhappy persons presented a °,oloetf,o•l t captain returned towashtohtheweewyrreeescuwsk:,faosnbatyrtasouusaienrst,kdatiet:e,cts:epeliveteeilfarroro'ect;i•r:t!oi ladder from a point of the rock, not, ou - • lew: ii i i h t i . s boFaotrhtuandastwelaym, ptehde, btiediengwcalfindinbglaisstb,:tboi,ieel,,r; efbptlmrsei:locofaatratndyhspseettehdhoeutfeigrosptroswhethwaeahitnr dpemcecsoralurposittlgtenherersaasnindlsdi sip of :H o so n ar t od h ii ( sti r :, ifi o e e: g g iv i r s p i : olo t, I_ „ f ne l J ai : of anguish and alarm baffles descriptioe:b o f etu ce " s ,l o sufferings. surviving w vwbeT i oys a n d tocehhf e b i Cla e dslo i hr, el n :o g wrn:eik:ifx l trr i he g :e l pii‘wtttlh,liaineipetglibetosihbo:alsldeo our ot c, cr i a ou l,: i_ i ti o rb . o fi : : : : : : : : 0 : cou d l l c ti i reach, but she succeeded in ° ° ''etl t ° - 11' board i n : h o n e r d a, hm iva , l h a a t vin s g t her steam up, came og t° I 'nd tlere,t, pier excited daughter, The auhautein from alsoP on approaching St. lieliers barbou%a's.oltitvr 1 t e , c n ite b d oa t rd the cutter at about five 11/ ,, tb e 0 .., ° II uffe hrtevciotdinouenrgrocgds,hni.aembld passengers,the Oys Oyster-rock, teox the s f t u e r c i yt t ii ll e e l ee c:o o C .hrrac a .effre p dß awee t a pitai i httre n itemro se P nnce übrsbittguaytirtuevybrlheznuni nnk a td n sotr, d he at: hns s cov some ci p,cao a r o: n 3s g rizi:ep,....;e:gaffpstrsol:ol,olllo aie:oo were—Mr. on wife,recordir.. jalcl,3„solar:C6o: Belot Cook Palmer, a fireman, and r atc i t ig Citlaith fi'' survivors are about forty innumber. '-,,„vod ~t_‘„0:001; one of the crew, to raention that bo hen g iv!if i teil e htghiasellnamanmatrsetyh,aebnauddt btcooeuwgraiasvgeessa.ivgeilWdah,s;en others welti'll 1)°,,i4, despair he set to work to make a raf.,,,t, vi t :i so o sa lla t V plished in less than half an hour- t ie w e c° l : i eti;i rl' ~..,bseque ~ es v,,bil Williscasualty, that addition th a n tl and niece, s tf s ha o or fs greaterel ifmet there, O re. r t I pet s ii einuo were ne hagn, t L7thi.o„°ss't`stedo% itii,ev! yet aa seventeen nativecomparison o f persons Jersey, s f e t y h , h e an a p v a em s s b e e e ti e un g n e lost,k fum l list 5 : : 0p.f0..0:3:r o mined 0 opal: fuel : : names of those saved, it has been aseer.ia fe6#' 0(10 and et/err offel• 40 er drowned.] -..... ~....;--.:,i5...00 uviaasuv• •• and requests pecuniary aia, taken tained meet t o e 4t. 00)