The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

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" A Group on the Mounta VARII dARRIA Duthern choice!' w'd spotif s recall ; t here, sphere, s - f6r " marble halls" hee I'd raise Betrayed." feat - in the ring goad nerve to do'it, ian troupe Which requir When one of a grand e Makes a jump at a gi MATRIMONY Reared in the Morn IATRIMONY.—Any end and nurse him. r —The following ludicrous advertisement _ _ _ for a Wife to to Mrs. Earl, Post _ ?ly under 70, unless panion the advertiser invalid; or any lady be happy to offer her CRACKED BEFORE.—Mrs. Brougham, mother of the ex-Chancellor, says an Edinburgh friend, was a most excellent and thrifty housewife. On one occasion she was much troubled with a servant who was addicted to dish-breaking, and who used to allege, in extenuation of her fault, "it was crackit before." One morning little Harry tumbled down stairs, when the fond mother, run ning after him, exclaimed, " Oh, boy, have you broke your head ? " " No, ma," said the future Chancellor, it was crackit before."—Glasgota Mail. ORIGIN OF THE TERM " BLACKGUARD."—There are frequent entries among those of deaths of persons attached to the palace of Whitehall, in the registers of St. Mar garet's, Westminster, of " —, one of the blake garde," about the year 1556, and later. In the churchwardens' accompts we find, " 1532. Pd. for licence of 4 torchis for the Black Garde, vj. d." The Royal Halberdiers carried black bills, (Grose, 2'lillt. Antiq, vol. i., p. 124.) In 1584 they behaved with great cruelty in Ireland. (Comp. Peck's Des. Curios., vol. i., p. 155.) So Stain burst, in his Description, says of bad men, "They are taken for no better than rakehells, or the Devil's blacke guarde."—Chap. 8. Perhaps, in distinction to the gaily dressed military guard, the menial attendants in a royal progress were called blackguards from their dull appear ance. I remember a story current in Dublin of a wicked wag telling a highly-respectable old lady, who was asking where were the quarters of the guards, in which corps her son was a private, to inquire at the lodge of Trinity Col lege if he was not within those learned walls, as the " blackguards were lying there."—Notes and Queries. A " DERBY" INCIDENT.—At the last settling day at Tattersall's, an officer, who had to receive largely, by ac cident let fall two £lOO notes. Another officer, a friend who was standing by, picked up the notes, and was about returning them to, as he thought, the right owner. But there was a third party, who had seen the notes upon the ground, and had watched the party who had picked them up. This gentleman, who had formerly been in the ser vice, went up to the party and said, "I have dropped two bank-notes, have you heard of any person finding them ?" " Yes," says the other, " I have just found them, but I thought they belonged to Captain —." The notes were immediately handed over to the claimant, and no thing more was heard of it for some days, when the real owner, having discovered his loss, communicates with his friend who was present, and of course, out came the secret. Application was immediately made to the gentleman to refund, to which a reply of the most offensive nature was retarned. Thereupon an explanation was demanded, but the bird, we will not say shark, had gone to Boulogne, where he was followed by the principal and his friend, and the result was,, disgorging the notes and a most ab ject apology.—United Service Gazette. MR. CHARLES KEAN'S REMUNERATION.—ShortIy after the representation of " Othello," Knowles's play of ", The Wife " was produced, and was received with success almost equal to that of " The Hunchback." Charles Kean was the original Lenardo Gonzago ; Miss Ellen Tree, .Mariana ; Knowles himself playing Julian St. Pierre. Charles Kean saw that he had as yet made little or no impression, and resolved to act no more in London until he could place himself at the " top of the tree." Although he had encountered re b u ff s and dis appointments, still the conviction of ultimate success was strong within him, and he felt satisfied that sooner or later. he should attain it. One day he met accidentally Mr. Bunn, the treasurer of Drury-lane Theatre, who said that in all probability he could readily obtain an engage ment at Drury-lane at £l5 a week. No," replied he, " I will never again set my foot on a London stage until T can command my own terms of £5O a night." " Then, Charles Kean," rejoined Mr. Bunn, with a smile, "I fear you may bid along farewell to London, for the days of such salaries are gone for ever." Time rolled on, and at the expiration of five years only, during which he had received £20,000 by acting in the country, he drove to the stage-door of Drury-lane in his own carriage, with a signed engagement at £5O a night in his pocket, and which engagement, for upwards of forty nights, was paid to him by the very man who had predicted its impossibi lity."—Dublin University Magazine. THE EARL OF PEMBROKE AND THE PROPHECY.—The successor of Earl William in the occupancy of Baynard Castle, was his son Henry, the second earl, who resided here with his countess—" Sydney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Here also resided their accomplished and high-minded son, William the third earl, who united wit and gallantry with integrity and the most refined taste — the most courtly breeding with the kindest nature. The death of Earl William took place in Baynard Castle, on the 10th of April, 1630, and was attended by some rather remarkable circumstances. It had been foretold by his tutor, Sandford, and also by the mad prophetess, Lady Davies, whose predictions caused Archbishop Laud so much discomfort, that he either would not complete, or would die on the anniversary of, his fiftieth birth-day. That these predictions were actually fulfilled, appears by the following curious passage in Lord Clarendon's His tory of the Rebellion :—" A short story may not be un fitly inserted ; it being frequently mentioned by a person of known integrity, who, at that time, being on his way to rondon, met at Maidenhead some persons of quality, of relation or dependence upon the Earl of Pembroke. At supper one of them drank a health to the Lord Stew ard ,• upon which another of them said, that he believed his lord was at that time very merry, for he had now out lived the day which his tutor Sandford had prognosticated upon his nativity that he would not outlive; but he bad done it now, for that was his birth-day, which had com pleted ,his age to fifty years. The next morning, by the time they came to Colebrook, they met with the- news of his death." It appears that, on the fatal day, the Earl was engaged to sup with the Countess of Bedford. During the meal he appeared to be in excellent health and spirits, and remarked that he would never again trust a w an3pns prophecy. A few hours afterviards he was attacked in apoplexy, and died during the night. Granger, to make the story m ore remar k a bl e , relates that when. fliel Earl's body was opened, in order to be em balmed, the first incision was no sooner made, than the corpse lifted up its hand, to the great terror of those who witnessed the phenomenon.—Jesse's London and its Celebrities, Eatraturr. POETRY TED BY A PT AT RHYBIE.) ae, ti = ne, yet 1 IT TO THE VERPOOL ACADE. ITION 0 Here land With gr How ye 11 b play a it count a's cot, tle ones to ROMISH PERSECUTION OF PROTESTANTS. Mom the Standard.) As early as in 1793, the Austrian jealousy of Prussia caused the division and ultimate defeat of the European coalition. In 1794, while pretending to urge a renewal of active operations, Austria refused to . add another soldier to her own military establishment. In this same year '1794), Austria opened, through her general, Coburg, a ~.;,r son than Robespierre, in —parate peace with France, and thereby obtain leisure to consummate her nefarious outrag )ciation with no less a T w to effect a se In 1797, Austria joined her late enemy, France, in the plunder and subjugation of her late ally, Venice. Poland rrow in 1799, a - desert ancst jealousy, Austria deprived Eu• fits won for her by the Russian hero tion of Prussia in 18° feet of Napoleon :ed herself in the number of dbytb all the I was pi Joining " the Continental Syst nd avowedl it the ruin of England ; icheries necessity is plead for All these that ti re the cau prostration of the power o: lat the necessity for submis. quently sion, wherever it existed, was merely an effect of t cause. But whatever may be said on this head, sity could be pretended in justification of the by retaining Na on by the vic- , no ne Austria in 181< the throne of I tories of En history of Austria, in French revolu the whole of th, ight supply a manual of all that is unworthy of a powerful nation: ZV Ahing dt he a this country, the waste of we are paying for at this hour. But say our old friends, Austria was our ally in the defence of established govern ment and religion when both were assailed by the Jaco bins of France. We have seen what sort of ally Austria was when she negotiated with Robespierre ; we see, too, of what kind of established governmelit Austria was the champion, when she became a vassal of Napoleon, or a member or subject of the continental system ; it only re mains to see what kind of religion is that to which she de voted the services of her sword. ng strides, Thr. \_ story of the people of the Zillerthal—an inoffen sive race of shepherds of the Tyrol, once living in the sequestered valley of the Inn—has been long since, made known to the Rritigh nnhlir tnt alp rhiivrforhi'o vgar.i.rn nr Dr. Rheinwadd's work in June, 1840 ; and by a little volume dedicated to the good Queen Adelaide, and pub lished in the same year. These poor people were refused education, were refused a legal sanction to their mar riages, were refused a Christian interment for their dead, who were actually and literally buried with the " burial of a dog," for a dog was brought to each of their graves, and finally they were stripped of their humble possessions, and banished from the country to starve, all solely because they were Protestants; and the death of famine would have been their doom, had not the King of Prussia pro vided for them a refuge in Silesia. Established govern ments and religion are good, when the government is good and the religion is pure. But Heaven preserve our country from such established government and such reli gion as those of Austria or Turkey ; and, by the way, the Porte was a much more faithful ally to us than the Aus trian Emperor in the French Revolution war, and full as sincere in the defence of established government and re ligion. But it will be said, Austria has improved in the years that have passed since the persecution and expulsion of the Zillerthallers. Let whoever thinks so read the fol lowing extract from a newspaper published at Munich " Inspruck, July 20. " During the sermon in our parish church last Sunday the peasants were invited to take their guns from the wall, in order to use them against all adversaries m the Virgin Mary. • They were exhorted to remember their ancestors, who, by way of manifesting their hatred to the heretic Huss, used to cry' Huss, Huss,' to their dogs, when hounding them upon a thief."— Neueste AVachriehten aus den Gebtete de Politik. In Hungary, Austria has for years been labouring to effect, upon a great scale, what she has succeeded in effecting upon a small scale in the Zillerthal, and pretty generally through the Tyrol, namely, the extirpation of the Protestant religion. To this end the whole scheme of her revolutionary policy has been directed. Whether the Magyars acted prudently in seizing the moment of epidemic insurrection in Europe to resist the revolutionary policy of the Austrian government may be a question, but that they had the right to resist it can be no ques tion with any Englishman who recognises our own consti tutional settlement of 1688. Mr. Herapath, the Bristol chemist, writing "as to what quantity of lead may be taken by human beings without injurious effects," states that a river in the west of England, the water of which was immemorially used by the inhabitants of a village on its banks, became im pregnated with the refuse of a lead mine, and the conse quences were indigestion, loss of appetite and flesh, and cholic. On analysis the water was found to contain only 1-500,000 th part of carbonate of lead, or ono grain in nine gallons. ANTHONY WOOD.—A story is told of him that he dressed himself Fite a thatcher, and awaited on the roof of a cottage the arrival of certain Cambridge scholars who were expected to dispute with the scholars of Oxford: The Cambridge scholars came in due time ; and, observ ina Wood staring at them, one of them called out, Rus tice, quid quaeris ?" "Ut mecum versificeris." " Versi ficator, tu?" " Non melior solis ab ortu !" The scho lars held a consultation, and thinking they should ho,,c very little chance with the scholars of Oxford if the thatchers were so learned, turned their faces homeward. RAWDON.—The Marquis of Hastings, as an English baron, has the title of " Baron Rawdon, of Rawdon, in the county of York." The illustrious family of Rawdon deduces its pedigree from Paulinus de Rawdon, to whom William the Conqueror granted considerable estates, (part of which the present marquis enjoys,) by the following deed : " I William Kyng, the thurd yere of my reign, Give to Paulyn Roy don, Hope and Hopetowne, With all the bounds both up and downe ; From heven to yerthe, from yerthe to hel, For the and thyne ther to dwel, As truly as this kingright is myn ; For a crossebow and an arrow, When I sal come to hunt on Yarrow, And in token that this thing is sooth, I bit the whyt wax with my tooth, Before get, Mawd, and Margery, And my third sonne, Henry." This Paulyn, or Paulinus, commanded a band of archers in the Norman invading army, and derived his surname of Rawdon from the lands of that denomination, near Leeds, which constituted a portion of the royal grant. RAGS.--It is like the mill of the child's story, that ground old people young. Paper! White, pure, spick and span new paper, with that fresh smell which takes us back to schools and school-books. Can it ever come from rags like these ? Is it from such bales of dusty rags, na tive and foreign, of every colour and of every kind, as now •nviron us, shutting out the summer air, and putting cot ton into our summer ears, that virgin paper, to be written on, and printed on, proceeds ? We shall see presently. Enough to consider, at present, what a grave of dress this rag-store is ; what a lesson of vanity it preaches. The coarse blouse of the Flemish labourer, and the fine cam bric of the Parisian lady, the court dress of the Austrian gaoler, and the miserable garb of the Italian peasant; the woollen petticoat of the Bavarian girl, the linen head dress of the Neapolitan woman, the priest's vestment, the player's robe, the Cardinal's hat, and the ploughman's nightcap ; all dwindle down to this'and bring their little ness or greatness in fractional portions here. As it is with the worn, it shall be with the wearers; but there shall be no dust in our eyes then, though there is plenty now. Not all the great ones of the earth will raise a grain of it, and nothing but the truth will be.—Dickens's Household Words. I A SHARP JUDGE.—A certain merchant left in his last testament 17 horses to be divided among his three sons, according to the following proportion :--The first was to receive half, the second one-third, and the youngest a ninth part of the whole. But when they came to arrange about the division, it was found that to comply with the terms of the will, without sacrificing one or more of the animals, was impossible. Puzzled in the extreme, they repaired to a Cadi, who, having read the will, observed that such a difficult question required time for delibera tion, and commanded them to return after two days. When they again made their appearance, the judge said, " I have considered carefully your case, and I find that I can make such a division of the 17 horses among you as will give each of you more than his share, and yet not one of the animals shall be injured. Are you content ? " "We are, 0 judge," was the reply. " Bring forth the 'l7 horses, and let them be placed in the court," said the Cadi. The animals were brought, and the judge ordered his groom to place his own horse with them. He bade the eldest brother count the horses. " They are 18 in number, 0 judge," he said. " I will now make the division," observed the Cadi. " You, the eldest, are entitled to half ; take then 9 of the horses. You, the second, are entitled to one-third ; take, therefore, 6. While to you, the youngest, belongs the ninth part, namely, 2. Thus the 17 horses are divided among you ; you have each more than your share, and I may now take my own steed back again." " Mashallah ! " claimed the brothers, with delight, " 0 Cadi ! your wis dom equals that of lord Suleiman Ibn Daood ! h —Notes from Nineveh. _ _ ANECDOTE OF A SlNGER.—Signora Grassini, the great Italian singer. died a few months since at Milan. She was distinguished not only for her musical talents, but also for her beauty and powers of theatrical expression. One evening in 1810, she and Signor Crescentini per formed together at the Tuileries, and sang in Romeo and Juliet. At the admirable scene in the third act, the Emperor Napoleon applauded vociferously, and Talma, the great tragedian, who was amongst the audience, wept vegth emotion. After the performance was ended, the Emperor conferred the decoration of a high order on Crescentini, and sent Grassini a scrap of paper, on which was written, " Good for 20,000 livres.—Napoleon." " Twenty thousand francs ! " said one of her friends— " the sum is a large one." "It will serve as a dowry for one of my little nieces," replied Grassini quietly. Indeed few persons were ever more generous, tender, and considerate towards their family than this great singer. Many years afterwards, when the Empire had crumbled into dust, carrying with it in its fall, among other things, the rich pension of Signor a Grassini, she happened to be at Bologna. There another of her nieces was first pre sented to her, with a request that she would do some thing for her young relative. The little girl was ex tremely pretty, but not, her friends thought, fitted for the stage, as her voice was a feeble contralto. Her aunt asked her to sing ; and when the timid voice had sounded a few notes, " Dear child," said Grassini, embracing her, " you will not want me to assist you. Those who called your voice a contralto were ignorant of music. You have one of the finest in the world, and will far excel me as a singer. Take courage, and work hard, my love; your throat will win a shower of gold." The young girl did not disappoint her aunt's prediction. She still lives, and Ler name is Giulia Grisi.—Chambers's Rdinkro' Journal, lo bland le some Omen! illiattlany. The dock-dues of Hull have been considerably reduced. The sale at Conishead Priory realized £8,500. The whole of the armour sold for £325. A Bristol music seller has invented a simple and effi cient " wrist supporter" for the piano forte. Lady Peel was last week attacked with two hysterical fits, but she is now recovering. Lord Brougham left Brougham-hall on Wednesday to make a tour in Germany. Several large importations of wine have taken place from America and Canada. Only two bankrupts appeared in the London Gazette of Tuesday, and three in that of Friday. A ship which arrived from pigs as part of her cargo. Naples has brought some . . The fire insurance offices have raised the rate of insu rance for farming stock from 3s. to 4s. per cent. On the night of Monday week, no fewer than twenty sheep were stolen from a close at Canwick, near Lincoln. A London bookseller is about to publish The Life and Travels of the Rev. George Copway, alias Kah-ge-ga gah-Bowh. Seventeen cases of starch made in the colony of Port Philip, have been shipped from Melbourne to London, in order to try the market. Some of the Jersey papers are congratulating the in habitants of that island upon the importation of thirty horses and twelve cabs, as a mark of progress. Jetty de Treffz has arrived in London from Vienna to fulfil her engagements with M. Jullien. She brings with her a new vocal repertoire. The Morning Chronicle has begun the experiment of publishing articles relating to the Great Exhibition, in English, French, and German. The Lords of the Admiralty paid a visit to the Britan nia-bridge last week, and expressed themselves extremely gratified with the stupendous works. The cloth actory of Mr. Cooper, at Leeds, was destroyed by fire on Sunday week. The loss is estimated at above £5,000, and the premises were not insured. On Wednesday a lunatic leaped out of one of the rail way carriages near to the Barnsley sration, on the Midland line, r.nd was so much injured that his life is despaired of. The estate of the late James Smith, Esq., of Deanston, the celebrated agriculturist, is now being wound up in the Scotch Bankruptcy Court. A youth, named Morris, was committed for trial, at Methiey, Yorkshire, on Monday week, for having pulled out the tongue of a horse, which he was employed to drive. A brass horn-tip, weighing about an ounce and a half, was lately found in the gizzard of a duck, which a cook was preparing for the spit, at St. Leonards, Devonshire. The Ulverston Advertiser records the appearance of a lake-serpent on Windermere, a yard long. Two sports men chased it, but so fierce was the monster's aspect that they ingloriously abandoned the quarry. The Norwich Union Insurance Company have intimated to many farmers in Cambridgeshire, that they will not re new their insurances in consequence of the rifeness of in cendiarism. A. steamer which arrived in London from Antwerp, last week, brought 3,230 packages of walnuts,—the largest quantity that has ev.ar been imported on board a single vessel. Lord Feilding met with what might have been a serious accident, in landing from a steamer at Oban. His Lord ship, it appears, fell into the water, but got on shore with the loss of his hat. The Hopetoun Royal Commemoration Prize of the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's Body Guard for Scot land, was shot for in Hope Park on Thursday week, and gained by John Phin, Esq. • A verdict of wilful murder has been returned against a man named Lambourne, living at Watlington, Oxford shire, for killing his wife. He had illused her for a long time, and often wished for her death. MELROSE.—The mansion-house and lands of Prior bank were sold last week to W. Tait, Esq., late publisher of Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, for the sum of five thou sand guineas. Time BRITANNIA.—The tubes of this great structure are to be entirely roofed in to protect them from atmos pheric influences, with galvanized tinned iron, for which purpose 66,000 square feet will be required. A grand fancy fair and horticultural exhibition took place at Newcastle-on-Tyne last week, and was eminently successful. It was originated and carried out by the Literary and Philosophical Society. The dreadful murder at Frimley has been followed by an extensive robbery of jewellery and about 40 gold watches from a shop in Wokingham, a town midway between Frimley and Reading. Lord Harry Vane presided at the annual meeting of the Durham County Agricultural Society on Wednesday, and his brother the Duke of Cleveland was present, as were Dr. Townsend and Dr. Gilly, Prebends of Durham. On Tuesday evening, at seven o'clock, as Capt. Bally, R.N., of Datchett, was passing through that frequented place Chapterhouse-court, St. Paul's, London, he was beset by three men, who threw him down and then rob bed him of eight sovereigns and some silver. REVOLT OF BRIGHTON CABMEN.—On Tuesday, owing to certain railway arrangements which give prece dence to a set of new cabs, the old hands, on the arrival of a train decamped from the station in a body, with hoots and hisses. and left the passengers in the lurch. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land has decreased from £16,811,698 to £16,707.224, being a difference of £104,474. The paper in actual cir culation has increased from £20,102,132 to £20,280,784, being a difference of .t.17b,b52. BENEFIT OF RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.-At the present time, were it not for the importation of damsons from the south of England by railway, the price of that delicious fruit would not be less than Bd. per quart in place of 4d. or 4id., at which prices they are selling. It is a singular fact that there is a house, the property of Sir W. W. Wynne, in a mountainous district of Me rionethshire, in which, for 150 years, it can be proved no death has taken place—the whole of the occupants hav ing either died suddenly in fields or in other people's houses. Lord Ossulston killed with his own gun, over two brace of pointers, forty-four brace of partridges, one snipe, and one rabbit, between the hours of twelve and five o'clock on Friday week, on a farm belonging to the Earl of Tankerville, at Doddington, near Wooler. _ Mr. Webster, the professor of oratory to the Royal Academy of Music recommends the erection of sounding boards over pulpits, to be formed of strained sheepskin, by which a great increase of reverberation would be ac quired. A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against a serjeant of the London police, who so beat a man that he died soon after. The officer, a tall stout man, dashed the deceased violently against some rails, and struck him over the arms and legs with his staff. CarToN Wooi..—A vessel arrived from Lisbon has brought 327 packages of cotton as a portion of her cargo. The vessel Rosa, of France, arrived from Algiers, has brought 269 bales of cotton wool ; and the vessel Emily, from Morocco, has brought a cargo of cotton wool in bags. All these arrivals are unusual. Parliamentary notices have been given of an intention to apply to parliament to construct a submarine telegraph from England to Ireland, either from Holyhead to Dublin, a distance of sixty-four miles, and thence to Cork and Galway, or from St. David's Head, on the Welsh coast, and on to Wexford and Waterford. At the late York archery meeting an arrow stuck in a lady's bustle as she was leaving the ground, and she was walking away without perceiving that she was decorated with so novel an ornament, when some of the bystanders informed her of what had happened, and she smilingly withdrew the shaft. A SINGULAR MONSTER,—On Wednesday, at an in quest at Newington Butts, a person summoned as a juror refused to be sworn on the ground that he did not believe in a God or in a future state, or in " anything but what he could see ;" upon which the Coroner immediately ordered him out of the room. The profession of Journalism has sustained a serious loss by the death of poor Alexander Lyons, who, for a quarter of a century, was connected with the Morning Herald; and who, although deaf in one ear, and entirely ignorant of short-hand, was yet one of the most accom plished reporters who ever entered the gallery of the House of Commons. Lortnow WELLS.—The deepest well in London is that sunk by Messrs. Coombe and Co., the brewers, which measures 522 feet. The next is at the Excise-office, MO. The well at. Meux's brewery is 425 feet deep ; that at Messrs. Elliot's, Pimlico, 398 feet. The Trafalgar-square well is 383 feet deep, and the well at the Kensington new workhouse 370 feet.—The Builder. Nine students at the Royal Military Academy, Wool-. wich, who have lately joined from the training school at Carshalton, have, been expelled for gross immoral prac tices, and 23 pupils have been peremptorily dismissed from the latter school. The principal of the school has also been dismissed for not taking prompt steps to crush the evil when it first became known to him. The new Town-hall at Durham has just been completed. t is 70 feet long, 35 feet broad, and 51 feet high, and is ghted by three windows on the north side, by a large , window on the west end, and by an oriel on the south, which commands a beautiful view of a part of the roman tic environs of the city. The large west window will be filled by stained glass. A YOUNG PLOUGHMAN.—At the annual ploughing match of the Farringdon Agricultural Society last week, the ploughing of a little boy, only eleven years of age, ex cited the admiration of every one in the field. His name is Win. Harwood. and he is in the employ of Mr. Charles Edmonds, of Lechlade. He gained the first prize in his class; and nothing could exceed the vociferous cheering when he went to receive it.—Bath Chronicle. A paragraph has been going the round of the papers to the effect that Viscount Mandeville was going out with his brother Lord Frederick Montagu. as a settler in the new colony of Canterbury. We understand that the only foundation for the statement as regards Lord Mandeville was his Lordship's intention to accompany his younger brother, who goes out with the Hon. Mr. Stuart Wortley and others to the new settlement. STRANGE DETECTION OF SMUGGLING.—On Friday as the Enterprise steamer, which plies between Rotterdam, Ipswich, and Yarmouth, was entering the latter harbour, she ran against the pier, and carried away part of the woodwork of the paddle-box, discovering to the astonished Custom-house officers about 1601 b. of manufactured to bacco dangling down among the paddle-work machinery, in such a position as no mortal would have ever dared to search. The engineer is now in custody on the charge.— Essex Standard. PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.—A correspondent of a Birmingham paper complains that the usefulness of King Edward's School in that town is materially impaired by the number and length of the holidays. He shows that the real number of school days in a year is only 151, or, in round numbers, six months and a half of holiday to five mouths and a half of school instruction ! Similar abuses are common in many public schools. Many gla , ring instances of this might be pointed out in London, (And in many other places than London.}" THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TRUTH BETTER THAN SOPHISTRY.—A Mr. Robert Cooper offered, the other Sunday, to prove in the Lec ture-room, Newt,astle, that the immortality of the soul was a delusion ; admission 2d. " Look you here, Tom, (said a quaysider on reading the placard announcing the meeting, and swearing a big oath,) here's a fellow wants us to pay 2d. a-piece to know that we're no better than a dog : be's a bonny animal, is he not ?" THE WRECK OF THE SUPERB.—The coroners jury met on Thursday, and returned the following verdict:— That Isaac Gossett and his wife were drowned in conse quence of the wreck of the Superb, on the 24th ultimo. That the wreck of the Superb was the result of culpable imprudence on the part of Captain Priauls in taking the Superb in a dangerous place, without knowledge of its ordinary course. That John Fleming, the mate, is guilty of imprudence, in attempting to take the said vessel on that course. FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—AS the afternoon train was on its way from Newark to Lincoln on the 27th inst. a child belonging to the Rev. H. R. Harrison, of Elston, from the doors not being closed fell out of the carriage : and, as no comminication could he conveyed to the engine driver, the passengers wete in a state of consternation until the train arrived at the Collingham station. Notice was then given to the officials, and they instantly de spatched a messenger on the line, who, singular to say, found the child quite unhurt, it having rolled down a bank.—Stamford Mercury. _ _ _ NINEVEH - AND BABYLON.—A vessel has arrived in the Thames from Bussorah, on the river Euphrates, hav ing on board a great quantity of Assyrian and other an tiquiti3s and marbles, consigned to the trustees of the British Museum. Among them are tlae Great Bull from Nineveh, with a man's head and dragon's wings, weigh ing twelve tons, and a lion sculptured in the same man ner, weighing nine tons. There are also several coffins containing many curious relics of the manners and usages of eastern countries regarding the ceremonies observed in bureing their dead. ORANGEISM.—This loyal order, which are very nume rous in this district, met on Sunday, at Great Horton, where they walked in procession to the Episcopal Chapel there, where an excellent sermon was preached to them by the Rev. W. Sherwood, of Leeds, after which they contributed their quota towards the support of the Sun day school. The orangemen in the Bradford district having for several months past highly approved of the procedings of brother Squire Auty, G. C., have come to the conclusion to present him with a gold watch, as a small token of regard,—Leeds Intelligencer. THE PRICE OF GAS.—The return respecting the gas companies which has just been printed is an interesting document at the present time. It relates to 120 gas com panies in England and Wales ; to nine in Scotland, and six in Ireland. In London alone there are 15 gas com panies. The largest capital paid up is in the London Im perial Company, being £655,500, and their rate per cubic feet at the latest date was 65., the price of coals being 15s. per ton. The City of London supplied gas at 4s. the 1000 fe t, and paid 15s. 9d. per ton for coals ; whilst the Equitable charged 6s. per 1000 feet, and paid only 13s. Ild. per ton. The Western Company, in London, charged Ss. per 1,000 cubic feet; the price they paid for coals is not given. The prices in the country range from 3s. per 1,000 feet to Bs. The lowest price paid for coals seems to have been ss. per ton, and the highest, at Oxford, 225. 4d. the ton—they charged, at the latest date, Bs. 4d. per 1,000 cubic feet. The return extends to 19 folio pages, and is made up to the end of 1849. FINANCIAL ROUGHS OF THE MATRIMONIAL ROADS. —Sunday week was the day appointed for the marriage of a young couple in Wisbech. The feast was prepared, the bride was dressed, the bridesmaids were in attendance, but the bridegroom came not. Being in love merely with the person of his intended wife, and "not at all with her purse," he was still sadly disappointed at hearing, on the bridal eve, that the amount of the young lady's fortune would probably fall short of the sum which he expected, or he had, perhaps, been led to expect ; and so, instead of keeping his appointment, his father came to negotiate with the young lady's relatives. We are happy to state that the pecuniary matters were arranged to the entire satisfac tion of the bridegroom and friends, and the wedding was celebrated on the day following. Several young ladies of Wisbech are very indignant at the affair, and declare that, under the circumstances, they would not have married him at all ; not they, indeed !—Leicestershire Chronicle. BLINDFOLD CHESS PLAYING.—A match was played on Thursday evening last, between Herr Harrwitz and four members of the Glasgow Chess Club. The condi tions of the match were, that Herr Harrwitz should con duct two games simultaneously, and without seeing either chessboards or chessmen, against four members of the club, two in consultation at each board. The play commenced by Mr. Harwitz writing his first two moves on a card, which was conveyed to the chairman of the meeting, who read them aloud for the information of the competing players, and in the same manner their moves, in reply, were communicated to Mr. Hurwitz. After a long and exciting contest, the players of game one re signed about half-past one o'clock on Friday morning ; the other, in which however Mr. Harrwitz had obtained a decided superiority of position, it was agreed, owing to the lateness of the hour, to postpone till the next day. We understand that Mr. Harrwitz was to give another of his marvellous exhibitions in Edinburgh on Thursday evening. • THE SCREW V. THE PADDLE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN TRADE.—There are about a dozen screw-steamers trading between this country and the Peninsula and Mediterra nean. They are powerful rivals of the paddle-box steam ers, because their consumption of coal is little more than half what the consumption of the latter is, and because also few more than half the hands are required to man them. At the beginning of this month the Propontis and Hellespont, two fine screw-steamers, and the Erin, pad dle-box steamer, were at Smyrna, eagerly seeking a freight of fruit, the first of the season. The Erin secured the bulk, nearly 200 tons; the Propontis secured 35 tons; and it was stipulated that she should forfeit £1 per ton if she landed her fruit in London after the cargo of the Erin had arrived there. The Propontis had thirty hours' start of the Erin, and she coaled at Smyrna, to avoid calling at Malta. The Erin called at Malta, and entered Gibraltar as the Propontis was leaving that port. The former over took the latter off Lisbon, and they proceeded some time in company; at length the Erin shot ahead, and arrived at Southampton last Monday. Her cargo was at once forwarded to London, and arrived there on Tuesday, just before the arrival of the Propontis was announced. The forfeit, therefore, will have to be paid. The fruit in the Levant is said to be very fine in both quantity and quality. —Daily News. _ THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—The Prince , Albert, Captain Forsyth, arrived at Aberdeen, on Tues day night, and brings some intelligence in addition to that brought by the North Star. On the 25th August, Mr. Snow, an officer of the Prince Albert, was sent to exa mine Cape Reilly, where he found five or six tents, or encampments, which, from certain peculiarities, he knew to be those of a vessel in her Majesty's service. He found that the Assistance, Captain Ommaney, had been at Cape Reilly two days before, and had left a notice to the effect that he had found traces of encampments, and col lected the remains of materials, which evidently proved that some party belonging to her Majesty's ships had been detained on the spot. Beechy 'lsland was also ex amined, where traces where found of the same party. The materials seem to have been the remains of a rope, with the Woolwich mark, evidently belonging to a vessel which had been fitted out at Woolwich, and which, in all probability, was either the Erebus or Terror. As it was perfectly obvious, from the state of the ice, that the object of the expedition—the exploration of Prince Re gent's Inlet, and the passages connecting it with the western seas—could not be carried into effect, Comman der Forsyth resolved to return to England, and the Prince Albert then bore up to the eastward. The Prince Albert has explored regions which have seldom been reached, and has had a good passage home. ELOPEMENT PREVENTED.—A tall, dark-visaged man, named George Britton, apparently between 40 and 50 years of age, was brought up at the Leeds Court-house on Saturday, on a charge of robbery. Mr. Barwick, so lic tor, appeared for the prosecution, and it appeared that the prisoner had been employed as a labourer by Mr. Jackson, of Coach-house Farm, York-road, who, how ever, had discharged him three weeks ago on account of insolent behaviour. The prisoner is a married man, and has been living about half-a-mile from Mr. Jackson's house. Between three and four o'clock on Saturday morning the prisoner was discovered in an enclosed yard on Mr. Jackson's premises, and at the same time Mr. Jackson's daughter was found in the act of leaving her parents' roof with two bundles of clothes, some portion of which belonged to herself and the remainder to her mother. Miss Jackson is 23 of age, and it was stated that she had confessed that her intention was to elope with the prisoner. Different articles had been missed from the house which were not found in the bundles, in cluding two silk dresses belonging to Mrs. Jackson ; these dresses the daughter was supposed to have given to the prisoner, and Mr. Jackson said he had reason to be lieve that they would be found at the prisoner's own home. A hammer and a pair of pincers-had been missed from the farm yard since the prisoner was discharged from his employment. The charge of felony was ulti mately abandoned. _ A KANGAROO HUNT IN WEST SURREY.—Extraordi nary as it may appear, there has been a genuine kangaroo hunt this week in the vicinity of Dorking. One of these animals some four months ago escaped from the pen in which it had been confined at Wotton, the seat of Mr. W. J. Evelyn, M.P., and has been running wild in the neighbouring woods ever since, bidding defiance to seve ral attempts to effect its capture. On Monday last, how ever, by Mr. Evelyn's direction, a regular hunting party was formed to accomplish this object. The clever pack of beagles kept at Wotton, with huntsman. whipper-in, and a train of followers, started at noon for Abinger common, where the kangaroo had been seen on the pre vious day. Not finding him ' 4 at home" there, however, the party proceeded to the Duke of Norfolk's copses in the immediate neighbourhood. Almost immediately the extraordinary animal broke cover, evidently determined to shew sport. The beagles were speedily on the scent, and off they dashed to Mr. Evelyn's wood, and then making a circle of it by returning to the copses. They then made for Abinger rectory, where a check of a few minutes threa tened to spoil sport, but " Found !" " Tally-ho t" was soon the cry, and off they went again, the kangaroo once more trying the Duke's copses. Forced to abandon this his favourite spot, however, the chase got warm ; and, dogs and men in close pursuit, he reached the foot of Leith-hill. Here the animal's peculiar mode of progres sion wa3 exhibited m a style which astonished the field— a singular succession of leaps carrying it over the ground at a rate perfectly startling. Those who were well mounted alone were enabled to go the pace, and they speedily found themselves at the top of Leith-hill, where the kangaroo took to the road, and for about a mile and a half they all dashed along, "the field" rapidly augment ing in numbers as they proceeded in their novel chase. At last, hard pressed, the animal took refuge in a pond on. High Ash Farm, Abinger, where a groom succeeded in Zapturing him, though not without receiving a fraternal embrace, from which his shoulder suffered for some days‘ MONUMENT TO COLONEL GARDINER.—A meeting was recently held at Bankton House, near Tranent, to origin ate measures for having erected a monument to the memory of our countryman, Colonel Gardiner, who fell in 1745, at the battle of Prestonpans, in the discharge of his duties against the army of the Pretender, there for the time successful. This project deserves the warm sup port of the country, and ought, indeed, to have been carried out long ago. His life, by Dr. Doddridge, gives an admirable view of the man—which Sir Walter Scott, in Waverley, fully endorses. As one of the best soldiers and christians of the last century. and as an honour to his country, Colonel Gardiner eminently merits the honour contemplated.—Edinburgh Post. A NEW DESCRIPTION OF ORGAN.—An instrument of simple construction, but of very varied power, called the " Autophon," has been patented, by which a person totally unacquainted with the mode of playing upon keys can produce all manner of tunes by the mere mechanical process of turning a handle and applying the foot to a pedal. The music is produced by perforated sheets of mill board, which are passed between rollers or cylinders. In their transit, the wind is forced through the perfora tions or notes, and, passing through small pipes or tubes, creates the sound. Each sheet produces a separate tune. The instruments are of various sizes and power, but are, comparatively, of small dimensions, being adapted to private houses, chapels, and churches where an organist, is not employed. WHITTLE DEAN WATER COMPANY.—Some attention having been lately excited respecting this company, we are enabled to state, from an official source, that the quantity of water " passed by," or run to waste during the last winter, when the reservoirs were full, was up. wards of 200,000,000 of gallons. Had this, or even half, been stored, there would have been no necessity for pumping water from the Tyne. The reservoirs of the company can store about 217,000,000 gallons. The daily consumption of Newcastle and Gateshead is 1,500,000 gallons; when the present company took possession of the works the quantity daily used was 800,000. The increase of new tenants continues satisfactory ; and the increase of revenue this year over last will be £1,200, the greatest increase that has taken place in any one year.— Prmfon Chronicle. AN AMIABLE SPOUSE.—A woman of the name of Ca therine M'Dowall, married to a carter of that name, who resides in Dempster-street, being seized with a determi nation to do something desperate to her husband, caught hold of a pan of boiling water from the fire, hurried into the apartment where the unconscious wight was sleeping, carefully removed from his side her young son, and then, without compunction, and with unerring aim, threw the whole of the scalding fluid full upon the unhappy sleeper. The poor fellow, thus suddenly and unceremoniously aroused by a feeling of intense pain, bawled out in such agony that the room was soon filled with neighbours, anxious to tender their services to the injured man. The police were soon called and the woman apprehended. The unfortunate husband is in a very dangerous state. — Glasgow Mail. TIM DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—A visitor at Dover mentions an interesting circumstance that took place there on Thursday week. His grace was walking along one of the quays, when his attention was directed to a steam-packet about to leave the harbour crowded with passengers, whom Mr. Macgregor, the chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, stated to be three hundred Frenchmen, retuning to Paris after an excursion to London. The eyes of all the passengers were soon directed to his grace, who made a halt and faced about, so as to have and give a full front view. Our polite neigh bours, who appeared gratified, raised their hats, for they don't appear to understand cheering, and the duke re turned the compliment by the peculiar touch of his brim. Those near him, following the example, took off their hats. There seemed a sympathy and reciprocal kind feeling between those afloat and those ashore. May his grace live to wear out many hats, but no more swords ! FRIGHTFUL DEATH OF A ROBBER.—A shocking ac cident occurred at the railway station, Derby, on Tues day. During the early part of the evening a man, shabbily dressed, had been observed prowling about the station yard. At half-past ten o'clock the mail train ar rived, when the stoker informed one of the policemen that he thought a slight collision had occurred when he passed a luggage train which had arrived a short time before. A search was immediately commenced, when the body of the man who had arrested the attention of the officials during the early part of the evening was dis covered shockingly mangled. The whole of the carriages had passed over his body. It is almost needless to say that life was extinct. Near to the body were three par cels, which the robber had succeeded in extricating from the luggage-carriages, and it appeared he was in the act of pilfering the carriages when, the London train came up. It has not yet transpired who the deceased was.. FARRYING CATTLE.—At the Boston County Court, recently, Mr. Dyball, of Elkington, claimed 9s. 6d. from Mr. Barton, of the same place, for farrying cattle, as stated in the plaint. Judge : " For what is the amount claimed ? Plaintiff : " For doctoring a . child's head,. sir." Judge : " Indeed, that is a very curious sort of cattle certainly." Plaintiff : " I beg to insinuate, gen tlemen, that it is a mistake of the clerk's. lam a farrier as well as a druggist, and as I did not state what it was for, the clerk (who knows I am a farrier) probably thought it was for farrying cattle." Judge : "It is only an insi , nuation, then, and does not amount to a charge." (Laughter.) Defendant said he thought 9s. 6d. was a great deal to charge for a ringworm, and he did not cure the child after all, as he said he would : Dr. Roberts said " he was not a proper person to do such like things, as he had not got a certificate." Judge : "He contracted to cure the child's head, did he ?" Defendant : " Yes, sir, and it broke out again." Judge : " Well, then, as plaintiff did not fulfil his contract, and is not a qualified person, he is nonsuited." FIVE MEN DROWNED.—About five weeks since the end of the very long wooden bridge crossing the river Wye, opposite the village of Glasbury, in Radnorshire, fell down, having been left without repairs for two or three years, while the counties of Radnor and Brecon were litigating the question of liability to its repair in the Court of Queen's Bench, which question had only just been decided against Breconshire when the bridge tell. As a temporary means of crossing the river some of the neighbouring magistrates made arrangements for ferry ing passengers over in a.large boat, which was worked by means of a rope and pullies—an arrangement which answered very well until Saturday morning last, when, at the second trip, the rope broke, and one end being still fast, it drew the boat under water, and seven men who were in it were left to the mercy of the flood, which was much swollen by heavy rains on the previous night. Out of the seven, two only (including the ferryman) were rescued. Two of those who perished were father and son, and the other three have left large families. Two bodies only were found up to Monday. There is much reason to fear that the rope had been partially cut by some evil-disposed miscreant.. _ _ _ HURDLE RACE EXTRAORDINARY.-A match for £5O a-side, between a bay mare named Miss Fanny, and Thomas, the Salopian runner, over a distance of 2 miles and 50 hurdles, 3 feet 8 inches high, came off on Mon day, at Exeter. A large quantity of rain rendered the ground damp and more than ordinarily unfavourable to the man, notwithstanding which he found many backers. Round the field at equal distances of 70 feet eight hur dles were fixed, and to complete the distance and the number of jumps required six circuits and two hurdles more. At 20 minutes to 4 the start was made, and during the first round the horse took the lead, waiting for his opponent very leisurely. At the third jump the man caught his foot, but did not fall. During the second round the man was evidently permitted to get a-head. During the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds the horse led, usually walking, except when put to the leaps. At the first leap of the sixth round the horse knocked down a hurdle, and had to return and go over clear, but it was pretty evident that the man's chance was very small in deed, and the mare came in a winner by nearly two lengths, at a pace very little above a walk at any time. The whole distance was accomplished in sixteen n.inutes and a half. The man took the leaps in a style pro nounced beautiful. He is a young man, under 30 years of age, and of spare habit. The mare iS very well, but not thoroughbred. BROUGH:IIILL FAIR, WESTMORELAND.—This, the largest and most important of all the cattle, sheep, and horse fairs in the north of England, was held on Monday and Tuesday. The supply of cattle of every description was large, especially black cattle from the Highlands. Selling was dull at reduced prices. The show of sheep was about an average one, 40,000. There was a large show of horses, but generally they were of an inferior de scription ; strong draught horses were the best samples, and the most business was done among them. There was a good display of Highland ponies, and a considerable business was done among them at good prices. The sale for sheep was very bad, Upon the whole the fair was a slow one, and prices on the decline. The following are the quotations, as near as could be ascertained at such an extensive fair.—Cattle : Milk cows and cows about to calve, from £7 and £9 to £ll and £l2 ; heifers and young bullocks, especially the latter, were very bad to sell, at prices from £3 and £3 10s., to £4 ss. and £7; black cat tle, according to description and condition, from £3 ss. to £3 155., £4 to £6 and XL—Horses : Hunters, from 30, 35, and 45 to 50 guineas; horses fit for the road and har ness. from £lO and £l2 to £25 and £35 for the best ; draught horses, first-class, from 18, 21, and 25 to 40 guineas : second-class, from 8, 10, and 15 to 18 guineas ; Highland ponies, from 3,5, 6, and 8 to ten guineas, ac cording to quality.—Sheep : Scotch wethers, from 19e. 6d. to 245. a-head ; gray-faced hogs, from Bs. 6d. to 9/6 ; black-faced ewes, from 9s. 6d. to Hs. ; Cheviot ewes, from 14s. 6d. to 18s. per head. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGS.-011 Thursday a case of this description of a novel character was tried be fore the sheriff, at the Paisley Small Debt Court, which created much amusement. The action was brought on at the instance of Mr. John Edgar, grocer, against Miss Francis Ruiger. The following is the claim of the pur suer :—" Sept. 12, 1850. To sum due to me for the in jury done to my feelings, and also for the loss, injury, oonse. and damage which I have otherwise sustained, promised to marry me, and without just cause quence of your having, on or about the 23d f or about the fulfil that promise; and haring again, onrefused ne l 85 t 0 o , on the evening of the Ist or morning o 26th of June, 1850, consented or promised without just of August, 1850, 1850, or about that time, and afterwards, the last-mentioned cause or provocation, refused to fulfil Bd. er denied the charge. After the ap peared, and the defend the case was dismissed as the 2 t d o examination of two witnesses, ' of the witnesses was car riednot proven. The examinationter From their evidence promise." Restricted to £8 6s. Miss Ruiger on amidst shouts of laugh • it appeared that rnent to her wou e ld b suitor ; but, on the con encourage comp of the annoyance caused her the young lady had never given any trary, had often he evidence of a dressmaker whom prove that the wedding gown was ordered, it appeared that the defendant had only ordered byh cbiitsedvi,sietxs.Pectifuograto that the pursuer bad sustained no pecuniary loss two mourning mourning gowns to be made. It was also proved ever, so that hie claim was for the " injury to his feelings." Act. Slt _ . . u . ea ' MURDER Or A TOLLBAR P.EEPER."- t ihm. beta', morning last it was discovered that the tourk e n ili t : Todmorden and Hebden-bridge had been o_7 so , abu t and James Smith, a man of about 50 yolie a .; his tbt York-place, f rk a . t p t i h ac e e b , bar r h t o h u e se. was the toll collector, was found in bed w i " to sscia,; andcsuu t n , db a al n yo d omd quitemorning ansi nfdgoeuaandmd. man nn T drawerssh:,eaysertaal kpartsen had in toof c b t ti1 e ,..1 s e e n t ohdi (eyfuo snoedi i. a; be picion of having committed the murder• on o, sa e: was taken before the magistrates at TodnlOr,°_% by fool manded. Smith was a single man, and resw eu t onof; getting the prisoner fined £5. The prisoner would be the ead of Smith. tlis ed i MUNIFICEN T foIIowing uses CHARITY.—£4S,uw, 1 .- 110 1 1 44 has been assigned over to trustees by Miss , 1 hoe, uses . in the form 20 on her property at Pinner, near Harrow , 1 o ther • the of ..._l O e rect i 0 1P crescent; the centre house for the trustees, , 0 a e c„. lately been th e s t a ted' houses for the sole use of 20 widows, who a re : 1 1 ,.„ oil! them free of rent and taxes, and to rece!gois'oufe year, or more if the fund will allow. The o ' l ~,,3fy men,,s men to have the preference, then these of tl ii ` t p eR • and lastly, the widows of clergymen. parties forae , of good character to be eligible the partieseiec,v: lected, or dismissed for misconduct, by th .11 et vel The deed is enrolled and confirmed in Cbaj ce tis fees "P' the approbation of the Lord Chancellor. l e A. id" c " pointed :—The Earl of Fingall, K. 8., and w• kinnon, M.P. sited o ne cl` del Collegel tier the Cheltenham Training and Proprietary , the ot, e , On Monday week, the Marquis of L3nsdow , ita the superintendence of the Rev. F. Close. v` o . t he O a it is stated that his lordship, while examinienf ~ bo th!, rent portions, commented in no measured t “n',.„itatal the beauty and admirable arrangements of the ,I r e d a ca• itself, and the almost unprecedented success in .. "o n esr,!: tional departments ; the students having obte°4ooebl,`,',„ £5OO this year in premiums "for certificates, fancy I`. vt-e establishment must still be considered in its i" -ion t e std re• local paper, in narrating the visit, takes occa , , ..,,., a re 4 that the juvenile and infant schools of Cheltene*-00 " al neni a eces. ceiving nearly £l,OOO per annum in au- , pro"' an d teachers' salaries, and for pupil teachers or 8P 4,60 0, . DARING BURGLARY IN SUSSEX.----P And this totally irrespective of the grants of .''',., c a ller: the students' gratuities of £5OO to the Trainietd haokm g entleman's w i n o t e h o e m h m o u o s n e w o a f t c t h h e e s. Rev. Oneo O. E. the grants made to these schools of fittgS B . ° , moreover, not being included in this calculationt. Dight be 10 urit ed by t op of Friday week a daring burglary was coinnil eikrh ert tel They proceeded first to the servants' bedroom, " to t ter T e be gentleman's sleeping apartment and awoke id a t j, ruffian wore a blue mask. In one hand be h h e he eke candle and the other grasped a s word, vill' e " I T l er r. felt ished backwards and forwards, threatening la a l p( , would use it if he made any disturbance. .. eeeo d . iii minutes he left the room, and immediately a '., ter ed :2 fian, of shorter stature and stouter build, et c . ! ,ligh? apartment. Like the first, he was masked , h a fanid it candle, and carried for a weapon the handie.pc'g tol He demanded where the money was, a nd b e e tlei" se et was down stairs, he insisted on the rev , ,g b oi t h e getting out of bed, and, undressed, going with him .thlreimdalw'en°::i ro b e . re i ji t : it. On their reaching the study Mr. Vid a ' s hut, "' l og the drawers where the money was deposited; an d be,,,, they were locked, they demanded the keY, te barg',l - f , forced to return up stairs, guarded by one ef r aoo l ',ith to give it him. Having reached the sleeping tilt ed ftit e Vidal gave up the key, and earnestly roans ,f bs 4 o , the ruffian with the sword, reminding in'sapllltei which must await him hereafter, even if be e pri i o ' the ish ment in this world. The burglar; boli-dy.tatig, on the rev. gentleman's returning inito et t le vs' s e be 4 study, though still undressed, and, on. his lore!) early dragged him down to the stairhead. Ha vn h g t ainlng d i filc bl the study the fellow proceeded to rifle it , °-: on h a ref' £4O. Mr. Vidal again remonstrated with hon,..ssebeeto using violent threats, he placed the sword sc i r' s ' e he s e lia dr gentleman's throat, saying, if he made a u e ,, e d is , be d , use it. One of the other men was then calle d the, o oo finally, the rev. gentleman was locked uP o at ° room, whilst the daring scoundrels qu iet/Y the stairs and took tea. •I t ro ted .. r TA 0 5. , E he THE NEPAULESE PRINCE'S VA.'" 13 c ase- t •tii - some attention in consequence of its CO Westminster County Court, on Saturday, a 40 0 ifi lo gig officers of the Nepaulese Embsssv. l' e • ea el 1. re: tort, for having unlawfully entered the p ro: l .. or e f. a of tiff, and demanded property intrusted to ili a ' nt iffis t ' s itot pair by the Nepaulese Ambassador. The,P he l w"' e d be e f damages at £lO. The plaintiff, who sal the be A ber a ctiol n iair in Windmill Street, Haymarket, stated tli a d bia h r ibeta an ca fa employed by the Nepaulese Ambassador rac eup i 4 gs to make clothes. He was in •daily attend is f rot E l e alar a for some time. The Princes, approving of Pa r f ere him a cap and belt to repair, _but raentione _ere vaincore time for them to be returned. These articlesd"were et for with diamonds and other precious geros , , se h the eA e rifer,d ° at £200,000. It took three days to 015 `, e a - e d ol ,fact. l Y,,) the belt, from its peculiarity, being com bat roa r ' t - tli J' l „i. colours, and altogether different from thtbe 2 ''tbe - t ; in this country. On the day in question ifo ciot st f ee t he went out in the evening with his wife: ta lf-11,feo dse t„ , tides locked up, and upon his return, I? t i tile,llo ll 'o, o'clock that night, he wit.'s surprised to fin ' pea r oolo with Inspector Darkin, and a person i!le, his see V' interpreter to the Nepaulese Prince , ci l bee t ahelt ba t on the second floor, where they h s on"e; 'lt• e t, ~b. ,_iol hours, demanding possession of the ~° 'di ,6 , 5 tY h ot longing tn the Prinee of the plaintid? o iii ,e t iele s to who refused to let would have them. T' e the ° a tbe g c i E n n h g ilsi Prince'ss b h u , si t ni h nt a ee t sr tiff) then said he let no one h3f i e re ceic e s i c len-4 the Prince himself,, from whom he loutior's triacl‘iteri and accordingly went to the Arabes ° brae c ! bre' - p d l a a t i t n t, ti i ff n e r a e m p where he waited with the articles until t ihe d in pe ii r e e ei the morning, when they returned, and signs til l, irie The witness next stated that be had be e ce - , `i i - iea n ' u t ley sp t i tn h raoe e .nt y tdehrT h cea a rhce d neadd g sji etu i t v :hb e yeys n af tpoi n hduo o ernhi i dconecesao.ctinrunvuir r eesy c rp t ed i ns o .jc. tte i cooro:ti o op: e l ; 3ooet lc:ip:tile: the the plaintiff's house, and he w aited 'al f for t filloge tiff, damages £5. 0 0 ili t° ,•.t 1 .1 "."1,0 01 f 0 DREADFUL MURDER C Elim.---'' . te- $ , OF A L bee• burg],Dat, of Frimley. near Guildford, Surrey, 1',.° 5 daria, nt u- ra a state of alarm by the occurrence of a , he v ioie - oso which has unfortunately terminated la ' Georg. e r oef . .. , 0 of a much respected clergyman — th e Racy of r ri- t 0- 8 Hollest,..who has held theperpetual curaa i r o nes w ife, , m r , v., b ig ig lp the last seventeen years. The Res% f ,. sI" ridgy at married man, his family consisting at .. .," If S e e n en, wereit, man servant, and two maid servants; and fifteelliteroc!°ol week his two sons, youths of fourteen an same s eir a , et home, having arrived from school the st at th u gto , i; On Friday night the family retired to r f e te r ret ir o tel6 e ' ir hour, shortly before eleven o'clock. A e t thre e t iall' e f Mr. and Mrs. Holiest were awakened abo of lie up,' they on Saturday morning by a sudden increas,e o uing r ir be d ' 00 ,e fWI 0 19 apartment and a noise of footstePs• ~,,, foot ° e at. e ,iag saw two masked figures standing at -'-`., r est. g i . e pl e o o Itis s° to bed , (0 , liv ke but so little suspicion of danger had to to we o d 4 , that his first imression was that him a trick, and lie told them to be gon , t. 3110,/ the be nigh t• ' tse t l play jokes with him at that hour of t dan ger, at i O5 e d lest, with a quicker perception of isereania c ot o n truth and screamed aloud. Th e 1 pistol s-1 10° 1 lb' seized Mr. and Mrs. Holiest, and, wit their heads, declared that if they /lodes the ' lig ! ' not'd 0 out ot_ c " be d roufith such 0 0 11e 5 ,•'d, sad ltehnegythwosuulcdcebeldoewdthineirdbiprapiinnsgout. A -1 ?;" strliggY ,Ci s tbe standing the imminent peril she was !, L ed, au _ . '"d to . .dt bell rope,..upon which her assailant ro- ~t , her ',', c`,', e r side of the bed and threw himself nPu, rtie t i to .i '; a t force as to snap the bell -rope asande.rs',..i'pi°l;be ' -:e l tinued to stand over her with fullyi t s u pec fd4 yesr( lo o face, and she states that she e o gh J- er iag o or every moment. Mr. Hollest, who aeon disco v _ ko ad t of age, was a-very strong and active man; . who s be 004 him, and at length got out of bed an'',. he 00 0, 09 stooping down to reach the poker from .t i n the., to , e st, his assailant fired at him and wounded himoppesr'llolloo, The report of the pistol at this Wine"' hies over ~--r9(;_,(oitii ~ matters stood, struggled with the v ilta , p. was t0 .,10 , . o n o , alarmed the man who was standing'. eel b ig c ° 6 :p , " to t A ll r a se` o ll° . , it to ac" rg lai l ' f liss and seizing a large hand bell, a veun g n g the bu jeg f :ie r ' times. This had the effect of alartiniew., ati d _ co ~..,il• aond findinghe left her for ar released dnt shean and rushie'-ei almost immediately left the att ar tic .. 1 the f i o jis , ~...!, the staircase, ran out of the hon e --,e_ o r e d frora teh ed t r o t Mr. Holiest, as soon as he was r le ... A a na , De a . , ment and ding ' ee' et ant, ran into an adjoining apart . p es cen „ g el jire 0 un which he inchalw ke loaded; diStiDetlY 53 , a tiy „ b oo, running across the lawn, and ea it arr e tai- to '- aim, he fired amongst the group hen orrrsv_ot toe effect. Returning to his bedroo,.. ioan se. l . 0 0 °0 that he was wounded; and ordered nis case with the gun s band, a doctor, scl_unf use for the constable, and then fetch he corteetae?! oaf 10 bWithout taiarsi:eo'otioe° formed an unfavourable opinion,.t e _,..,„ paiu . „ i ta, i ' a Dario , or e, sa . 0 , easiness Mr. Holiest suffered. _ N . ; 0 , at .1 • ued to gr y ,(, , woe t tb e t c• unfortunate gentleman conttn his ib- ife,, g i be saving Sunday, at noon, all hope of . o e rec_e eti 01 0 i‘i the fact was communicated to a hin.:"_ .. , ing tel`, et ea c t i , v o ol „, telligence with resignation, a d I):nts thatdeci 00 e 5 1 ' , was soon made manifest bv the incr as!`.:7, Satu"aa a e ed , tionate leave of his family and se e . ya ... , e d io 0 1 :og er 5 freely forgave his murderer, and he nuF desire tocrfterllsciolL forgive him. He then expressed , ~..„, an after h 5 rament, which was administered to a_if te o... f t a_'.: t li ",e , Y was ing in great suffering expired in a, b'f rigti e ,°" 0 a l4 exhaustion on Sunday evening. Tne. i rfied fo r sadj str r e ed 1 Tree men have been apprehended , and feed a r tl' e ie:" attaches to them. Government has 0 ~ f 0 ~h e r,,,.. ed f roo 0 07 1 1 £lOO, and the friends of the deceas „, o ea r Ile ne ' d g r P at' victim of the' offenders. The freq cause i b, ( commenced on Tuesday, and adio u o rg Or tr. late in this part of the country 1 18 , 9 bou rho°“;ntli s itP o t among the residents in the Deigd fop rd o f /, , scarcely be credited that, within o, lre _ rY e itlen ce r3 9 n a lo rtj d glaries have taken place at the 1 ", 31r , 'Jot,. at", Birch, of Clare-park, near Farnilltu'rifoldtidfor'tiolle Hampton-lodge ; Mr. Stovold, 0 1 ea r O ul oe Pr e el ham ; Lady Wyndham, of Sutton, 1 1 _401 . 4 ~01 13 circle of ten miles. The lodging s,° l o holq , e r glii' s lo ',,r tives have been searched, and io ,"' s foun io to r ` e 0; 0 1 Mr. Tickill, of Frimley-grove, all el 1 the ' 3 _' 0 '1,..7,i t , , a" Harwood a piece of green baize s'l is hiell ; s on h 51,..,1 stated, corresponds with the hai of which sou, 0 5 1 ,4 ° 4, formed. In consequence of thisi fact, ail, th e bo w o P e , suspicious circumstances, SaEc ue ev iden ce d th e at e le in custody. Mrs.' Hollest, in hFr believ e . l i g ht io a, on Tuesday last, stated that s lip e a ttire d /lain ietl'oil when they entered her room , Wer before CliP red te 01 lo ci and at the private examination o peo neo ce to rV on the same day, she added that the y In C0 1 : 1 1 tb ° a d:re / sed like mountebanks at ac ait:. fared t nid s bY OV 4 e ; ,I I it has been nj o ec. __, an d _ j oit ( 4 0 ~ wore their shirts over their cl . t a ar ~1 , thV,reo . `:sl l ;,l 3 is strengthened by the fact pi .. 1 , ` 0 ',, , , i gr ;:::; ha e ,.." Levi Harwood's shirt are Enaricafa,„pearseLdia 0 i ing with a place where some man A f oo t of ' and fallen down in the gard en 1 residence. .....