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" For vermicelli, your Maj m;,,an; T9QIP t" " Charming." si for very fine ver- iewhat disturb - ed. fTRANGE PATENTS An invention ?, bridges, sh ) the la. fell anion moon is not kno RELUCT. )rd Cl Ireland The Duke and Duct folk have s ) to the ption for the purcha illows letters of weight to go by p cranes, ha tliet of leg of mutton. and me through the Darlington Post-office The sentence of death passed on John Connor, a seaman on board the Victory, for striking a midshipman, has been commuted to two years' imprisonment. ,t to Wi . compelled to lower their pric Last week, an Irishman v plant, cleared it of the tubers and ti 'ner from sequently field near a planted the stem ays that at the end of .ti h . , on Thursday week_ Prini lVg• • .v•- , •• • • KI himself with much dexterity respectable farmer of Somers( , s to Bristol fair on Wednesda, sold for ed from um, with other money, was ext 'en of All I latter won with 17 MARRIAGE OF JENNY Lattu.—The " Swedish N gale" has, it is reported, taken unto herself a mate. envied man is said to be a banker, of Stockholm, an E, Tishman, and related by marriage to a gentleman in wh the characterist: The - Rion banker and a historian. The ceremony took place, we arc told, tester.—Daily News. _ _ _ instance of the extrer mentioned that the 1' mity of t to be found one of a very cur drought of th I as mill Jr making paper for the build- I ,ips, boats, and all sorts of wheel tables, and book-- .ely of paper, or wood and iron covered with pa) e same list, there is mentioned a patent for streat number of joints of meat, fowls, on a math A. handsom, •oasting tical principle young lady, horizontally aged twenty, , the daughter of a wealthy gentleman residing at Acton, near London, eloped on Friday, it is supposed with a Mr. Hart, aged about thirty-five, the proprietor and driver of a stage coach, by which the fair one frequently proceeded to town. The lady was seen entering a post-chaise with the gentleman, and it is said that they were married in London, but where they had gone to spend their honey- CE OF TAE IRISH POOR TO BE REMOVED. —On Monday, three Irishmen, two of them brothers, who had become chargeable to the township of I were committed to prison, the presiding magistrate at the Leeds Court-house, for refusing to sign their " passes," in order that they might be sent to their settlements in They had been in England only w months turning to (heir native land. EATING BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—Two privates of the Royal Marines, just paid off at 'Woolwich, for a trifling wager commenced eating several £5 Bank of England notes, with " bread, cheese, and onions," but were stopped by some of their more sensible comrades. Fortunately the numbers of the notes remained unmu tilated. The Prometheus and the Phoenix have just been paid off, and the seamen have been playing similar absurd tricks. Most of the sailors have received nearly £lOO —lt is saic hose parents have hitherto prevented ier giving triple murder. She says that she saw the crockman M'Cabe, who was admitted Queen's evidence at the recent trial, come out of the house by a back door on the day the atrocious deed was committed, and that she after wards saw the nephew of the deceased, Wraith, enter the garden, go round and look through the wins sequently leave the premises for assistance. STEAM TO AUSTRALIA.—Sir George Larpent, Bart., as _.,, e Chairman of the Committee for extending Steam Com the stone," and ac- munication between Australia, India. and England, has re [ow, anc ceived information from Sydney, by the last mail, that the Legislative Council of New South Wales has voted £5OO per month out of the colonial revenues towards carrying out this great object, thus incontestably proving the anxiety of the southern colonies on the subject, which is not surprising, as they are the only portion of the empire excluded from the benefit of steam intercourse with Eng- land. Two CHILDREN FOUND MURDERED.-011 Sunda morning, about six o'clock, the police-constable on duty on Walworth-common, discovered a wicker basket hidden in a ditch on the common, and on opening it found the body of a female infant, about fourteen days old, wrapped in a blue cotton handkerchief, death having been caused . `v a bandage tied over the mouth. About the same hour F—Pnt's• the same morning some boys bathing in the negei... canal at Mile-end, found the body of a male infant,.about three weeks old, that had been strangled with a piece of cord and then thrown into the water. _ _ „„ MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—As some reapers were a to commence reaping in a corn field near Sr about five miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyr covered the body of a man lying near the hi corner of the field, covered with blood an adfully cut, ti nstrument of death, a tightly grasped. in the rig tained that the deceased SVi )wn firm of Locke. B ily culti .1 been 1 da rangement for enabling the put they d postage on forei completed. Or icket was played at Sheffield between ele land and eighteen of Sheffield when th ,ts to go down Lord Milton and C. Fitzwilliam were the Sheffield players ‘lorecambi man in attempting to ford tl below the regular place where tl lded by the tide, and before a )weed. les Denham, R.N., F.R.S., having aide attends, was sun. ce could be sent to him he was d itain Henry nd buoying of the Firth of Tay, has led to Dundee for that purpose. Morning Chronicle states that the mansion of a satisfa the present, and the Post-offices be only those in some of the pri will be green. They will b( paying letters to India, China, raltar, Malta, lonian Islands, Bermuda, Halifax, Newfoundland, P Venezuela, western c, Holland, Java, New S Honduras, 1 Ali Wales, and N WHAT SEASONING CAN DO in this town last week, a saveloy manu for the price of a quantity of beef which in at ls. Bd. per stone. The plaintiff depos the manufacturers of the dainties know name pay any higher Price than the one he for the meat of which they are composed. Raines expressed the utmost disgust at the d his whole fraternity. 'They deserved to be p. poisoning the public. The cause excited s, amongst the spectator's, excepting those who had reple- nishea their pockets with food - of the description to. The question was asked, what state the meat tion was in. A butcher deposed that the beast h hat the "me Ihided could in any way be made paiamme, an, received was, " Oh, its seasoning that does it. paper. CONSUMPTION OF SUGAR.—There has been an aston ishing increase in the consumption of sugar during the last four years ; the consumption iu each of the years as follows- Cw*- Local 'ear ending Aug 1844 1845 1846 1847 4,037,921 4,879,780 year is the first in which all foreign used rates, showi ceding year,and of about 100,000 tons when comp the year 1844, the last year of the old duties. Thi; creased consumption of not less than 50 per cent. the duty on British plantation sugar was 245. and 5 per cwt., ; and that on foreign sugar, 635. and 5 In 1844 5 per cent £5,087,830 and the total revenue yielded by the article wi In the year ending August 5, 1847, the duty oe British plantation sugar was 14s. per cwt. ' • and that on foreign, of various kinds, 21s. 245. 6d., and (on refined) 285.; and upwards of £2,00006 was sacrificed, is now not than £335,692, or less than the fifth part of the c sacrifice! SWALLOWING HALF.CROWNS.—At the Worship police-office, London, on Monday, C. Thompson Townley, was charged with having in his posses large quantity of counterfeit coin, and aiso with as! ,y a serjeant of police, who took him into custody esslon turdiy ( of the G. division, was reconnoitering in Plain clothes, with a constable, in the neighbourhood of Old-street, he saw the prisoner, in the company of two other men, whom he at once recog- nised as'not'orious " smashers!' On observing tl were watched, the whole of them made off, but tl geant overtook and seized the prisoner, who drev his pocket a handful of half-crown pieces, which tl geant endeavoured to wrest from him, when he was grap pled by the prisoner and flung heavily on the pavement. and did fell wa t bruise Yorkshi however, mustered i ardener, who ai'n;i the windo and several voices I I 1:: i Oats, 4 teal, is. r I I I CUMBERLAND.—Thanks to a wise and gracious Provi dence, we have been favoured with one of the most abun dantly glorious harvests that ever adorned the smiling_ _, • • , , • s, either - Allollmisameorms EtTEAORDINARY Fox CHASE AT BATH.—On Friday irprised by the ap the inhabita pearance of , f-men that the m of 1 r, and ( OUTRAGE IBOMINABI was collared, thrust conservative, begged that he might be thrown out, cursing and swearing going on at the same time, and the Vicar being chased about the place. An old man falling over some stones, was trampled upon by the anti-churchmen, and was only rescued by the efforts of a humane individual. The Vicar f their fel the banks of the Sutledj with the n iad the meanness to expect country editors to circu heir absurd false, and unscriptural tracts gratuitously. V. STEAM.—A few days ago a rather humourous t occurred on the Newca;tle - artd Berwick Railway ir which the comparative powers of the horse and the , comotive engine were fairly tested. As the engine No. 17 was coming to Newcastle, and when near Chatbill (a art of the line on which Mr. M'Kay, the contractors, The driver of the engitie, being I ?.voured, by_freqiient shrill whistle to drive the imal off the line, but in vain ; for a full mile or more e horse held on his way with unabating speed. At Igth the engine coming rather close upon him, the . . to be beaten, still proceeded, and rushed once more L front of the enginel At this point the horse had run early three miles, and the driver, finding himself de yed. resolved to pass his opponent at all risks, and, in- , asing tne speea or tile engine, soon came CLUSC upon quarters, when the animal bounded aside, and kicked its heels as the train passed, to the great amusement the driver, stoker, and several of the passengers. The atire distance which the ho: ran with the train NV 1. On pr Sept...l4, 184 " 1 0ND EDITION. ice, Two o'cloc, rills DAY, I little have to ;several HAN( race t supposed to be alluded to RICKETING. — Un Nunday wee! d 13,. met his death b 3 SIINDAN Mort blow - from a aying ♦ail D Dn. CIIA :We were Middlesex 3, to track his ACCIDENT AT THE PEEBLES HUSTINGS 4' J 1 tbra Pagallicbal-mafinma 1 the parlour of the .uthor of " Sartus ' whom but not unwe ted, had met twenty years before, and had tractor is to be tried at the ensuing Jedburgh Circuit. Mr. Constable, publisher, of Edinburgh, has given the large sum of £lO,OOO for the manuscripts left by the late d mutually e .41.. " They met Dr: Cl Amongst them is commentary on the mutually that of their me ,ing, like !ar, and Bible as far as the book of Jeremiah. At the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, last week, Mr. Joseph Garner, spinner and manufacturer, of Brad- two river &minting ther own sor . „ -the one a loud yet irregular ford, on appearing to pa, his final examination, stated £4 7s. Bd. and his bad debts mystic melod two me al points at on minds of tl L i nd two—more influential over the e—did not breathe. They met— to £2OOO. Mr. Massey, of Altrincham, found, last week, a chicken coming chirping from the horse midden. An egg is sup posed to have been laid there by some hen, and to have been hatched by the heat of the manure. The chicken is alive and doing well. A NOVEL PAUPER.—In the stomach of a cod caught at Kishorn, the other day, was found part of one of the go vernment meal bags, containing an order attached to 141 b. of meal. The inspector was a good deal nonplussed at such a claim.—Rossshire Advertiser. they interchanged thoughts, like the shields of Diomede and Glaucus—they parted, to meet no more on earth, for the one was bound for eternity, and had only time to look in and make his peace with a kindred spirit, ere he went his way. We need not to remind our waders that Dr Chalmers had, in an article on " Morell's Philosophy," taken occasion to pass a glowing panegyric on Thomas Carlyle, and that this suitably paved the way for their last meeting.—George Gilflin in Tait's Magazine. A TE MUM. , - —Sir Walter - Scott's advice to may be very decline to The Kendal Mercury says that last week a shepherd's dog furiously attacked a locomotive engine which was proceeding along the Furness Railway, and was so maimed ,uld see f , nlicable to ruined abbey it in regard t not ye fecay's I few days since, no fewer than 25 vessels . .is" if we a „„uG .Lart,tet.t oy such a vision - 131,1 b 1 ..'• -1- ppearedto certain individuals by the bright moonlight arrived at this pore in one day, from foreign parts. This the 26th ult. A party of boys crossing the Palace is a very unusual number, and it was caused chiefly by .Breen about half-past nine in the evening of that day several arrivals of vessels with grain, and other articles were startled by one of their companions, who declared he of food, both from Europe and America. saw a man walking to and fro on the top of the lantern THE RIBBON TRADE.—A document, declaring the de tower. He was deceived by the reflection of a part of the termination of the ribbon manufacturers of Coventry not battlement, and, having at length become persuaded of to depart from the imperial standard measure of thirty this, the happy thought struck one of the party to turn six inches to the yard, has been signed by all the principal their compamon's alarm into a practical joke. The con- ribbon-manufacturers in Coventry. spirators forthwith proceeded to the house of one of the On Thursday last, Mary Johnson, a maid-servant in cathedral functionaries, who lives in a remote part of the the employ of Mrs. Ellis, at Harrogate, went to an old town, and in his company sought one of the vergers, with brick-pond for the purpose of fetching water for some whom they proceeded to the Cathedral. Here a council domestic use, when she accidentally slipped in and was was held to determine what was next to be done. All the drowned. newly-arrived were persuaded they saw what their worst it is understood that a commission to inquire into the Sears had anticipated—one bent either on self-destruction special means requisite for the sanitary improvement ior on destroying the church. After various opinions, it of the metropolis is about to be issued, consisting of Lord was at length determined to scale the tower, notwith- R. Grosvenor, Mr. Chadwick, Dr. S. Smith, Professor standing its three hundred and odd steps and stairs— Owen, F.R.S., and Mr. L. Jones. gloomy, winding, and steep. On arriving at what is WINDOW DUTY.—We believe it is now pretty certain called the Cat's Bridge, a noise was heard as of some one that from the 6th of April next, when the current taxes moving. All believed that they were in the presence of year ends, the window duty will either be entirely repealed the mysterious stranger, and were not a little anxious as or the present number (eight) now chargeable altered. — to the way he might receive their untimely intrusion. Sun. However, it turned out to be a On Monday night, a carrier, residing at Bath. dropped ” Boding owl, that to the night complains," a spark from a candle in a drawer, containing £3OO in bank which they had disturbed. After having recover ed from notes. He shut the drawer without perceiving the mis the effects of this unwelcome contretemps, our heroes chief, and on opening it the next mor nin g , f ou nd all the prosecuted their journey with renewed vigour, and at notes destroyed. length reached the top, when, not without sundry palpita- The Edinburgh Courant says that such was the vio tions, the door was opened, and they found—that they lence of the waves at - Bell Rock, on the night of Saturday hail been gulled.—Durham Advertiser. the 21st ult. that, at the lighthouse mussels were thrown Noporizo,N ON CHRISTIANITY.—The following state- up from the bed of the sea into the windows of the sleep ment is said to have been made to General Bertrand by ing apartments of the lighthouse-keepers, a height of no Napoleon Buonaparte, when on his death-bed. It stands less than seventy feet. opposed to Gibbon's weak anti futile attempt to account LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.—Two of the largest of these for the progress of Christianity from Sec6;:clary causes : establishments in the metropolis, the Western Literary " I know men, and I'll tell you that Jesus was not a non. lnstitution, Leicester-square, and the Eastern, in the His religion is a self-existent mystery, and it proceeded tiacl"y the past week, -road, have been broken up during from a mind not human. There is in it a deep peculiarity and their exten;il 7 ,9 libraries, museums, and collections of of character, which has produced a succession of doe- philosophical apparatus, a zt, to be sold by auction. trines and maxims till then unknown. Jesus borrowed On Saturday, the occupants of of fifty bolises nothing from human knowledge ; neither was he a philo- inWheeler-street,Patmin-street,Bell-alley,aad Garthipg sopher, for his proofs were miracles, and his disciples street, Spitalfields, received notice to quit their preii;:ff's from the very first adored him. In fact, science and forthwith, the ground they occupy being required for the philosophy are powerless to salvation, and the sole object extension of the Eastern Counties Railway to Guildford of Jesus in coming into the world was to unveil the mys- street, Brunswick-square, London. teries of heaven and the Jaws of mind. Alexander, CHEAP TRAVELLING.—The Irish reapers are returning Ceesar, Charlemagne, and I, have founded empires ; but home from this neighbourhood ; all go by railway in large on what have we rested the creations of our genius? bodies ; from Lincoln to Liverpool they are carried in the Upon force. Only Jesus has founded an empire upon cattle carriages for 6s. a-head. Independent of the saving love; and, at this moment, millions of men would die of time, this is a less sum than it would cost each for food for' him. It was not a day, nor a battle, that won the and refreshment in walking from Lincoln to Liverpool.- victory over the world for the christian religion. No ; it Stamford Mercury. The Times of Monday has a sharp attack on Lord gountcashel, who had talked about the Irish landlords not paying their debt contracted with England,—because they " coy 'd not do it ;" the thunderer stating that sue' was a long war, a fight of three centuries, begun by the Apostles, and continued by their successors and the christian genrations that followed. In that war, all the kings and powers of the earth were on one sae ; ana on the other side I see no army, but a mysterious force, and and a few men scattered here and there through all parts of the world, and who had no rallying point, but their faith in the mysteries of the cross. I die before my time, and my body will he put into the ground to become the food of worms. Such is the fate of the great Napoleon ! What an abyss between my deep wretchedness and Christ's eternal kingdom, proclaimed, loved, adored, and spreading through the world. Was that dying ? Was it not rather to live ?" With these words Napoleon ceased ; but General Bertrand making no reply, he added, " If you do not know that Jesus Christ is God, I have been wrong in call' - 'u General." an example would lead to the denial o? the na tional debt ; and endanger all the hereditary broad acres of the aristocracy : an argument held up in terroreni. Mary Ann Hunt, convicted at the Central Criminal Court, of the murder of the poor old lady, Mrs. Stowell, with whom she lodged in Marylebone, has made a full confession of her guilt, of which, indeed, there could be no doubt. She is enciente, and will not be delivered for four months, till which time the sentence must remain in abeyance. ROYAL MUNIFICENCE.—Her Majesty having been in formed that John Maclean, of Inverness, known was as " the Highland Historian," was in great distress, and at .mg you ANECDOTES OF THE LATE KING AND QUEEN OP PRUSSIA.—The bosom friend of the King, during his life, was the Gen. von Kirickeritz ; he was consequently a daily guest at the Royal table, and treated as a member of the family. The Queen had remarked for some time past that the good old man retired earlier than formerly, and sooner than was agreeable to the King, who liked to have his society for some time after the dinner was re moved. The Queen asked the reason, but the King •merely said, `!Let the brave old man do as he likes ; the advanced age of one hundred years and eight months, sent the centenarian a check for £lO, in a letter written by Colonel Anson. On receiving the amount the High land patriarch was overwhelmed with joy and astonish- ment. A monster banquet, at which 700 journeymen carpenters partook of a substantial dinner and its accompaniments, took place on Tuesday last, in the large room of Cremorne gardens, London, to celebrate the compact just entered into between the master builders in London and the vicinity and the journeymen or operatives, by which the men are discharged from labour at four o'clock on Saturdays, and enabled to enjoy a sort of half holiday. What is called " The National Alliance for promoting the Union of all Reformers," and for effecting " the real representation of the people in Parliament," is now forming. A few of its promoters had a meeting, for talk and adopting resolutions, in .London, on Wednesday. Mr. G. Thompson was in the chair, and amongst the speakers were Dr. Epps, Colonel Thompson, Mr. Miall, and Mr. }I. Vincent. A lad, aged sixteen, employed at the London-bridge Tavern, was committed Tor trial at the Southwark Police court, on Monday, for haVing attempted to fire a loaded pistol at another youth in the same employment, to whom he had taken a dislike. The mother of the culprit said her son had" got romantic notions into his head," by attend -kits, perhaps after dinner he prefers repose in private." The Queen, however, with her restless activity, soon found out the reason of ins early dearture. It had become necess ary to the good old sold ier, from long habit, to pipe immediately after diner, n and h e re ti re d, smoke his +his (to hphysical necessity. en he was as usual excusing the Queen hastened for t face full of merriment, placed tches to light it, in the hand s v good old friend,. to-day you ou must smoke vourimpe with US " The King cast , rnmence at e" therefore, to On the following da longer himself from remaining ward, and, with her swo a well-filled pipe, with m of Kiickeritz, sayin don't escape us mere. a glance of affectionate approbation at the Queen, saying, " Dear Louisa, you have done that admirably." The faithful subject accepted the permission to smoke his nine with gratitude, and , he ever after conti- nued to avail himself of this privilege.—The Royal tape ing a ...... ur illeatre, where he otten wii....—__ was served like that of any private gentleman ; no article and that he tried to emulate the deeds of the stage heroes. of expensive luxury appeared, becausethe Sovereign cared MORE PERVER S IONS TO ROME.—It is rumoured that little for the pleasures of the table ; it was, therefore, the Rev. S. S. Wilson, . F.A.S., l a t e pas t or o f th e Inde something uncommon for the King to ask a guest who p ende n t congregation in this town, has joined the Roman was s itti ng a t th e t a bl e o ne day, " How do you find the Catholic Church.—Hants Telegraph. The Rev. J. Bell, s ,Puil ? " The guest replied, " I find it now as I always a mi nister of the , Presbyterian Church, a nd o f the late ti , o when I ha ve th e h onour o f dining here—very good." Rev. Mr. Irving s v iews, has b een received into the Do you not , find anything remarkable in it " "No ; (R om ish) Church. Mr. and Miss Richards, of South ' "'lv hot du) vli t4LC t1195c NI ‘bi 91 . tIiAVA guiptoil, hitVe als9 beCli ITcclVC(l.—Taliict, yqur iSittjelay he de'il I to the-I es of two I OIN Li ULAK - came to his death in a strange manner, o n Sunday week, at East Grimstead, Sussex. He had been drinking a day or two before, rnd from the position in wh ich he ', named don the findin v y uvi e sue grain crops con, cerning which so many fears were entertained, a few months ago, are most abundant, and the potato is found, on the whole, to be as healthy and sweet as in any year preceding the late infection. The grain harvest is fast drawing to a close : there are only patches left her" nd there and few stooks standing in the fields, All , k omoil. (,Nell 1.0 .1 us ~....., coin, four of which he had got rid of, and had transferred the last two to his mouth, when the sergeant struck him sharp blow under the jaw, which compelled him to drop ,—,e them into the road. With the assistance of the other offi dead, it appears that he had endeavoured to find the cer, the prisoner was then handcuffed and conveyed to the gate, which opened into a little court in front of his cot- station-house, when, upon being searched, nine other 1 tage, but without success ; by some means his head drop : spurious half-crawns and five-shilling pieces were found I ped over the pailings, and became fixed between two in his possession.—The prisoner was remanded for the at- r , upright pieces, and from this situation he was unable to tenclance of the Mint authorities. B extricate himself. DRAINAGE OF LAND.—The first and grand object in Po _ THE LOTHIANS.—Harvest in the Lothians may be said th e pursu it o f agr i cu lt ure is th e efficient drainage of the cape was lying about 406 yards from them, as if the wind the husbandman have been to be finished. There is, indeed, grain still uncut in the l an d, w hi c h h a d f or y ears been to a great extent neg- had blown it there. The night was very stormy—very Whiteliaven Herald. higher grounds, but in extent it is comparatively trivial; lected, an d i s b u t y e t beginning to be duly appreciated. much so--wind and rain in great abundance, probably the DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—On Thursday, broke a fire bk e out and the general account of the yield is hi g hl y favourable. Mr. Si mon H u t c hi nson , o f Mant.horpe Lodge, Grantham, most stormy night we have had this year. A medical cer - at midnight at Cottenham, the place so celebrated for its Wheat is truly an abundant crop, and fine in quality. has done the country great service by the publication of tificate expressed the opinion that death was caused by ex- cheese, being the largest dairy in the kingdom. The fire Most of it has been secured in the barn yard without a his experiences in the art in a pamphlet entitled " Prac- haustion and cold, from the deceased having fallen asleep spread rapidly, consuming a number of farm-houses and drop of rain. Barley is also In excellent crop, and finer tical Instructions on the Drainage of Land," has alrealy on the mountain on that boisterous night. The two gen- homestalls, which were stored with grain of all sorts. To qua lity h as no t been grown in this part of the island for reached a fourth edition. The author recommended air tlemen were strangers to each other, and had journeyed give an idea of the extent of the fire it may b e as we ll to man y years ; an d even oats turn out in many instances drains, in addition to the usual parallel drains — a system together accidentally . E ac h had left his home for the pur- observe that the village of Cottenham i s one m il e i n l eng th, muc h b e tt er than was at one time anticipated. Beans then new to the public • and experience has fully proved pose of enjoying a pleasure excursion through the romantic and the fire extended full one-third of that distance. We and peas stook well, and promise a good return . Th e the accuracy of his deductions. The experiment has scenery of Scotland, and they had been seen on the pre - understood the damage done amounts to between £15,00 grea t er portion of this crop is yet in the field.—Scotsman. been tried on a large scale, at Marnham, this year, and ceding night laughing with a milk girl, at no great distance and £20,000, but m b o el s o t n o g f in i g t t i os A i nfsru je. d iv i T HE B RIT ISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. —At a has fully succeeded, the air-drained portion of a large field from the spot on which their corpses were found. Mr. Union, Royal Farmers', and R o y a l Exchange meeting of the shareholders on Monday last, the accounts of turnips, having produced a finer crop of turnips than Stericker had written home on the 31st of August, to in- The following is the property destroyed -12 dwellings -hF r ei h re i N ch eoffir9l o f this un successful concern were audited, when it ap- the other portions of the land, from, it appears the form his friends that he felt perfect happiness in the en- houses, 26 barns, nearly 50 stocks o f corn, hay, &c., an, peared that there remained a small balance (between draught of air constantly passing underground, and es- joyment of the most romantic country in the world. more than a dozen cottages. It is a singular fact,t ,b, , 8 " £2OO and .£300) due to the shareholders, after meeting taping by the outlets, added to a " steamy evaporation," THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—We are glad to find. an ad- the old farmhouse, all liabilities. But the spirited and indefatigable secre- frequently visible, arising from the drains. He has con- vocate for the maintenance of the much-reviled Navigation stood a large fire that happened i n the same t ea ee ao'.' ll , tary, Mr. Buckingham, has, in the course of the five sequently arrived at the conclusion, " that drains two Laws, in a quarter where we little expected such Anti- twen t y years ago , was again proof against years during which the institute existed, relinquished or feet deep, with air-drains to facilitate evaporation, &c., Free-Trade opinions, Douglas Jerrold's Magazine. The e l em ent, althou g h, as it were, nearly in the e mid s t dev ouring 1 ; 1 e xpended from his own private resources the sum of are equal to drains two feet six inches deep, without such passage to which we allude occurs in a notice of Coin- This house, which is a very large One , stood a ab l' rri l e £1350, besides having given his services without salary or auxiliaries. The plan is simple and cheap, and we re- mander Smith's Treatise on the "Navigation Laws, and between the flames and the produce of nearly 1,000 acres, remuneration, beyond the occupation of apartments on commend Mr. Hutchinson's little, but valuable work, to runs thus :—"The author of this pamphlet has brought which must inevitably have been destroyed if the house the society's premises. A testimonial is to be presented all practical agriculturists. much practical knowledge to his task. As might be ex- had caught fire. to him, for which £7OO have been contributed, satisfac- NOVEL MODE OF SWINDLING.—Perhaps one of the petted from the noble profession to which he belongs, he PNEUMATIC PROCESS FOR SINKING PILES, SO.—This tory as a compliment, but inadequate as a recompense. most singular cases of swindling ever heard of was perpe- firmly insists on all measures that tend to uphold the ma- process, for which Dr. Potts some time back obtained pa- SAGACITY OF THE CROW.—A few days ago, the atten- trated at. Birmingham a day or two ago. A fellow, calling ritime ascendancy of Great Britain; and, in support of his tents and also the patronage of the L or d s o f th e Ad m i ra lty tion of several persons was excited at St. Ives by the un- himself M. Halbert, took apartments at Mrs. Anderson's general views, he cites the authority of Mr. Huskisson, and the Trinity Board, is of such i m p or t ance i n a ll ca ses usual noise made by a crow which had built her nest and in New street, in that town, a short time since ; having where that statesman remarked, `Whenever the interests where submarine foundations are t o b e f orme d, th a t ev ery h a t c hed her young in the chimney of an uninhabited fairly installed himself, he paid a visit to Mr. Perkins, a of commerce and navigation cannot be reconciled, the in- body interested in scientific pursuits, an d th e success of house near the Wesleyan Chapel, in that town. On ex- jeweller, in Caroline-street, and after representing himself terests of commerce ought to give way, and those of navi- those who have devoted their talents an d l a b ours t o us eful amination, it appeared that a cat had discovered the young as the agent of a Hamburg house, made selections of gation to have the preference.' Commander Smith has improvements, will be desirous o f k now i ng some thi ng of birds, and was trying to dislodge them • but every time jewels to the value of £4O ; Mr. Perkins himself shortly not a pp roached this sub j ect without p re p aration: he has the principle and manner of the in ven ti on . It i s s imply p us s put her head into the chimney the crow pounced afterwards conveyed the jewels to his customer's apart- consulted the evidence given before the Committee of the the application of the pneumatic p rocess to th e s i n ki ng of upon her hinder parts, and then flew off to a neighbouring ments, and after a little chat, Halbert begged the jeweller House of Commons , a nd q uoted from the testimon y of tubular iron piles. A hollow iron pil e i s pl ace d u p o n the c hi mn ey. The crow perceiving that she was unabl to make out a duplicate invoice of the goods, at the same those who are favourable to a repeal of our Navigation surface through which it is requi re d t o be sunk ;by means singly to put the enemy to flight, flew to the tower of a time he deposited the jewels in a closet within the apart- Laws; ce rtainl y the abolitionists, so far as the extracts of an air- p um p it is rendered a vacuum. This being ef church, and brought seven others, which proceeded to meat in which tney were Sitting ; after this he begged g i ve us a notion of their ideas, lie little above the mental fected, the sand, shingle, soil, wa t er , & c ., rus h i n to it assa il th e ca t i n the way before described, until she was that Mr. Perkins would stay and take a glass of wine with standard of pedlars and bagmen: they appear to dwell on from the bottom, and as they rush i n th e p il e d escen d s by so severely wounded as to be obliged to retreat, minus him, and he left the wine in order to procure it ; not re- nothing but mon i e d c h eapness , an d th a t i n the spirit of its own weight into the cavity left by their ascent. The pretty much of her fur, and bleeding profusely.—West turning within a reasonable time, the jeweller rang the ver y minor huckstering. F or i ns t ance , th ey thi n k a p enn y san d, s hi ng l e , so il , an d water are then discharged from the Briton. bell , a nd made inquiry after his host ; the answer was a p ound, for frei g ht of wool, stowin g included, is too hi g h p ile b y an a pparatus for pumping ; a fresh vacuum is It i s s t a t e d i n the St. James' Chronicle, the Church and that he had left the house some time. This gave rise to a figure for conveying the article fifteen thousand miles ; formed, and the pile sinks further an d f urt h er . A ser ies State G aze tt e , and several other papers, that the authoress suspicions which were soon discovered to be too well how much would be reduced to the consumer if they VW- of these piles are sunk, whi c h ma y b e fill e d w i t h c h a lk, o f ~ o x f or d t o Rome" is a Miss Harris, of Wallingford, grounded ; the closet which Halbert had deposited the ceeded in taking off the eighth of a penny ? However, wood, or concrete, as the c a s e ma y b e , an d t i e d toget her sister to Dr. Harris, author of " Mammon" and other jewels had also a door which opened from without the the subject of the Navigation Laws cannot be discussed in by bolts and nuts and some similar contrivance, and the p r i ze essa ys, a n d now theological tutor of Lady Hunting- apartment in which they had been sitting ; of this cur- this department of our journal; but those interested in it fboeuenndtartiieodn in n f t a b s e ea G w o a o l d l, wi or n t s b a e n f ydosau,pnap d nlaidea ti ohbnasleobto f eeaf i no i guf h notud h anotduio s ton e, s don's college at Cheshunt, Herts. She is stated to have cumstance the swindler had taken advantage. After will not find an hour mis-spent in looking over the facts pier, or breakwater, effectually formed. The process has been formerly a member of Mr. Oakley's congregation; leaving the room, he by this means possessed himself of and arguments of Commander Smith." and the latter gentleman is accused of having drawn up the jewels and quietly decamped. He has not since been AN INTELLIGENT ELECTOR.—At the late election for a ll ii rei s v 7 g a ?r d i7e mi o ra iond b ve l e y nn . troi T lne h .w e i r t a h pi tl ity w w ei i g th ht w ea hi ll e e h d th th e e p , il , esare the northern division of this county, an old man present- sunk is very surprising. More is done in an hour by the her recantation, which was addressed to the Guardian, heard of. a nd appeared in a late number. A correspondent of the DEATH FROM STARVATION AT NOTTINGHAM.—On ed himself at No. 2 polling-booth, Dunchurch, Warwick ,e - e, a fo ir i - ra p . u i m lw p ay a s nd an a d b h ri ol d lo g w eiss, i e r ag o nu n d, tu i b n e de t e h d a , n in ea a n li b pela p eeers f owrmhe e r d e above papers, under the initials "H. W. L.," states that Tuesday last an inquest, which disclosed circumstances of shire, to record his vote. Returning Officer : For whom in a day, or even in a week, by the co mmon method o f he has proofs that the act on the part of the ady was com- a very distressing nature, was held by the coroner, Mr. do you poll ? Elector : For t myse e l r f. to, ( l l s a m uthte m r v .) in t- . ersisted a most cold-blooded murder was committed at the DOn mon pulsory, and that, if necessary, he is ready to give his Brown. Harriet Atkins, aged 52 (the deceased), the wife turning Officer n ; Ao Y m u nn do ve n t o e , und s name. This he ought to have done at first—and till he of James Atkins, of Coalpit-lane, had been separated I ask you fo , r c, d oured in vain to exlain the meaning of the ques- MURDER NEAR DONC 0 S in the union-workhouse. During the last 11 months she en eav does, his statement is worth only so much waste paper— from her husband six years, five of which had been passed for myself. Increased laughter.) The returning officer w w o a o s den t u h i e le e s m a p r l e oy re o q f ui m red r. . although appearances may warrant his conclusions. I fand independent' Ele ' tion. The ree cetloeret:orWsetillll, ASTER.— nSaturday evening, Bark lf d M O P i n gentleman,A Derbyshire. e s re s d in w ce it , h wa d s iffi b e i n tt l e t n y. l . :y n a e vize is r_, h , o a a d o_h lived o w r i , t Brook-street, r o C o h k a r s l t o r t e t e e t , S w im he s ;e w sl i i f e e tried to he S r im liv s : that he came to vote for himse ;an r. ver, who Pottery, at 'of the Hon. W. H H. Swinton station, Mexborough, between Doncaster and the a He few rec d o a v y had s 6d. a-week and a quartern loaf from the Leigh, insisted that the vote should be recorded as stated.unfortunate • on the North Midland Railway. The sloughed, is frequently, as in do. She. . victim is the skin has been recently took the viper for the harmless snake. The viper, when ing by sewing,but latterly she had not anything at all to attended as scrutineer on the part He looked in Caleb a man named Barker, w h o the case above related, mistaken for the common . snake, parish, which is all she had to live upon for the last two This put the returning officer to a nonplus.• of the distinguishing mark which is infallible, months. - She paid ls. . 6d. a week for a furnished room, in vain for a column to enter Barker the proprietor under . a vote given in so honest a Don Pottery, but there is one that the harmless reptile invariably a broad, so that the quartern loaf constituted her whole support. spirit. The act made no provision for such an emergency as warehouseman. The circumstances namely, ' which the unfortunate very d y ellow or orange-coloured ring round the She has been confined to her bed three weeks. No ap- as a candidate presenting himself upon " free and ind - mysterious. man has met his death are well-defined throat, and in the viper this is wanting. The latter plication was made to the parish for extra relief; and on pendent principles "at the polling -booth, e On Saturday night, the deceased went from and the officer his home, which is very near the public h US B named reptile is seldom seen more than eighteen or twenty her husband being asked to do something for her, he said, was, consequently, about to reject the vote, when a soli- pottery, to a o • '- -.. long, while the common snake will attain the "he could not do anything, but when she died he would tutor who attended the ince-- .as representative of Messrs. New- he asked his wife for a shilling, whichshe him, and feet, and is of a beautifully bury length of tout al even five her." Last week she bought a half-quartern loaf degate and Spooner suggested that the names of the re- the time ' - 4- It may beadded during he was at the public house he drank two tapering form througnoe.: , that the for 4c1., a halfpennyworth of butter, a halfpennyworth of spective candidates should be called over, and then leave pints of ale. He left the public house half -past between . viper is most commonly met wit. ..._, in elevated and dry , tea, a halfpennyworth of sugar, a halfpennyworth , of rai- it to the elector to decide for whom he would record his nine and ten o'clock in the • evening, and was not seen again situations, while the snake generally chooses ~..7 marshy sins, and a penny farthingworth of tobacco, towards which vote. The returning officer accordingly proceeded to act by any of his friends until hewas discovered (lying n partly 0 ground sear the water. Mrs. Sims gave her halfpenny. This was all she had upon his suggestion, but he had no sooner called over the the footpath with his head in a ditch) b an • y a fellow-workman BEES.—Mr. George Sanderson, of Richmond, who is during - the week. She objected to go into the workhouse. names of Messrs. Newdegate and Spooner, than the old named Gower. This man was going from Swinton in the a bee fancier, took a hive last week, which was placed in Mr. Hugoe, s m: , - ;eon to the union, went to see her on man, raising his stick, cried out with considerable energy, direction of the deceased's house when he found him in a garden about 200 yards from his house. In order to Saturday ; he fon - nd her i;:— , dying_ s state ; and in about " Them are the men as I've come to vote for ; why didn't that condition ; he lifted up deceased, and, finding hire Mrs. Sims going up ye tell me their names afore, and not give me all this preserve his bees a fumigation from dried fungus was an hour after she fell out of bed. u;.. __insensible, Gower called to two other men who were fol used, which threw the whole of the inhabitants of the stairs she found her on the floor, quite dean. verdict,— bother ? " After which he retired amidst the renewed lowing him, and, with their assistance, the deceased WaS laugh i ter of the spectators, the vote being recorded for hive into a state of insensibility, and when in that state " Died for the want of the common necessaries of life.' taken to his own home, which is within a 100 yards of „ mete and Spooner, in opposition to an objection the hive, which weighed nearly six stones, was removed, COMMERCIAL FAILURES, &c.—The London Times New.the place where he was found. On searching the spot 9 and a new one was placed over them. The bees when gives, amongst the recent failures, that of Sanders, We- made by Mr. e.7r, who contended that it ought to have great quantity of blood was found where the deceased's -^n.—Warwick impel . restored to animation, finding their treasure gone, took therill and Co., of Stockton-on-Tees. The liabilities of been recorded as first gm._ M G AOL. head had lain, and a little way off his hat and a pitcher, flight in search of it : they were seen to visit many places the firm are stated to be between £20,000 and £40,000. ESCAPE OF FOUR PRISONERS 1,..,2M ONMOUTH in which he was carrying home some ale from the public in the neighbourhood, and at last, to the great surprise of The default of Thomas Burnill and Co., previously re- —On Wednesday morning a desparate att,l'.."t was made house, were found. Medical aid was procured as soon as their owner, the whole swarm entered his shop. They ported , did not apply to their ge neral transactions, but to b y four prisoners to escape from Monmouth gaol. T h e Barker was taken home, he being alive, but quite insensi were supplied during the night with part of their lost certain acceptances of foreign draughts, which, it is stated, names of the prisoners were Mayow, Albert, Hayes, and Me, aid everything was done to save his life, but he died treasure, and in the morning, being found bound together, are covered by securities. The ordinary obligations of Murphy. The three first named were convicted at the the following morning about five o'clock. At present the they were placed in their new habitation, and now seem the firm will, it is stated, continue to be duly met.—On late Monmouth assizes of extensive burglaries at Usk, whole affair is enveiuped in mystery. Information has content to settle there. the opening of business in the Corn Market, London, and were sentenced to long periods of transportation. been sent to the Secretary of State, in the hope that ti A MAN WORRIED BY A BEAR.—On Friday week, aon Wednesday, the failure of an old and respectable firm Murphy was also under sentence of transportation. He reward will be offered. man, named Rawson, was attending a tea-garden at New- ' (Richard Harris and Son) was reported ; but it was after- had been convicted of a burglary with violence, and sen- THE PRASLIN MURDER.—We should not have tr ans town, near Carlisle, where a North American bear was wards ascertained that arrangements made would enable tence of death was recorded against him, which was, how- ferred to our columns—even had the great length o f the kept chained to a tree in an unenclosed space- Rawson them to meet all their obligations.—The failure of D. and ever, commuted to 20 years transportation. Mayow papers not interposed a barrier—the voluminous doCW held out some crumbs of bread to the bear, which it took A. D enn y, corn-merchants, of Glasgow, was also an- would appear to have been the ringleader in the matter. merits on this history with which the daily journals hale quietly from his hand. He then offered his hand without flounced. The liabilities are about £400,000, and the He had broken one of the legs from the iron bedstead on ,been crowded. They, especially the letters of the unfor bread, when the bear, with both its fore -Paws , suddenly assets will not realize mor e th an 6s. 9d. i n the pound. A which he slept, with which he worked out the panel of the t una te Duchess de Praslin, overflow with inflated theorY; seized him by the arm, and dragged him within its circle, hear-y- p or tion o f the l o s s w ill f a ll on the Scotch banks door of his cell. In order to prevent the light from ap- mischievous sentimentalism. and that exaggerated an d throwing him down, and instantly commencing to wo rr y an d L on d on di scoun t h ou se s .—ocele and and Co., steam- peering through the aperture which lie had made, he rom antic tone of feeling and expression by which Frenee . him. An old man courageously seized the infuriat e d m ill propr i e t ors , o f V en i ce , h ave f a il e d, with liabilities to hung his bedcloths in front of it. He then wrenched off n ovels and plays are too generally pervaded, and w hich , animal byte collar, and Mrs. Cowen (Mr. C. being the amount of £30,000, and A. and C. Custo, of Genoa, the locks from the doors of the other Prisoners' cells, and we grieve to say, have been, t o an a l arm i ng ex t en t, intro from home) of hold of its chain ; but both their efforts w h ose li a biliti es are £Bo,ooo.—The Bank of England re- they secreted themselves in a vacant 'cell, and aw t a r ite tn d the duced into the " light literature" of our own country' proved ineffectual to relieve the unfortunate sufferer. ceived a government remittance on Wednesday, from appearance of the turnkeys. At about a_ quarter e to ix both by the cheap issues of translations of some of thS Two men speedily arrived with pitch-forks, and succeeded Russia', of £60,000, and a further sum of £30,000 is ex- o'clock a turnkey, named Alpass, whose,dut it was y obtained in-the most demoralising of the French works of fiction, an in forcing off the bear, and dragging the man from within pected.—On Saturday week the public in Glasgow were spect the prisoners in the morning, having obtained the original productions of English authors imbued %m a the cell of its reach. It made no attempt to turn upon its assailants, surprised by a rumour of the failure of the highly respect- keys from the governor (Mr. Barrett), entered the same spirit, and seeking popularity by the sat, Rawson was found to be dreadfully lacerated. He lin- aisle firm of Gemmell, Brothers and Co., and of William a prisoner. He had scarcely unlockedthedoor himwhen andstruck a which we could name, and of many of the most succes s ;; shot. Kong. One cause of the failure was the non-arrival of deadly blow on the side of thehead, which knocked him, ful dramatic pieces, is to familiarise with crime ;to bre" . EDUCATION WITHOUT RELIGION.—There is one as- t h e china ma il ; b u t it is hoped that ultimately the loss 1 senseless and bleeding, to , thr . groued Mayow , then se- down the land-marks which separate truth from erroq. p ec t p re sented to us in the recent horrible murder in Paris may not be great to any party. The house of Gemmell I cured the keys, and lecke' J"P ass il l e n wi t fl the prisoner, vice from virtue ;—and to i nves t th e f ou l es t cr i m inals vc.r i l, which Englishmen ought not, at the present time, to pass and Co., of Valparaiso and Lima, a branch of the same 1 telling the latter to finish him. unnoticed. We have in the Duke de P raslin th e best house, with separate partners, are not affected by the to the other prisoners whominie he lobby had escaped near the front door. novel-readers and play-goers, exalt culprits into herti until the pion. The mournfully interesting letters of the D uc h ess, ness as formerly. Th e Gl asgow courier also states that I.Here they again waited . turnkey came to open and heroines, who are rather to be sympathised with for which have been published by the French government, a rumour h a d obtained of another eminent house having 1 the door. They armedwer . e . with the large padlocks and their misfortunes than condemned and denounced i s how th a t here lies the foundation of her domestic discom- failed, with liabilities to the amount of from £400,000 to 1 ponderous kel , n a t nitne y rushed upon him and struck their wickedness. The Praslin p a p ers are d e thdedlY, I s fort, and ultimately of her dreadful death. "Alas," she £500,000.—0n Friday the failure of Messrs. T. Usborne I him several violent blows, from which he bled profusely. our judgment, of this character ; and, therefore, althollt4 exclaims in one of her impassioned letters, written f our or and on an d o f M essrs . H as ti e a nd Hutchinson was an- They then unlocked the outer door, and escaped. They we have felt ourselves laid under a necessity, as chronic Svc five years ago, " Alas ! why are you "longer religious ?" flounced. The liabilities of the former firm are under i threw, the t k e eg away, and ran towards Backholt-wood. o f p as sing occurrences, to insert more than we could in i t' s And though this question would appear to imply rather a £lOO,OOO, and the assets will nearly pay 20s. in the pound. 1 By this t nly relmcovered rs to t turnkey who was attacked had suffi- d es i re d on th e revolting subject, we have felt it both declension from religious feeling than an original want of The suspension is caused by the stoppage of Lesley, Alex- ' cie for into tte to alarm the governor, and help was duty and a privilege to exclude from our columns a l e it ; she seems afterwards to have awaked to a true know- ander and Co. The liabilities of Messrs. Hastie and sent sallied forthand town. A large body of the inhabitants share of details published by our contemporaries. .00, ledge of the fact, and she records that " his want of firm Hutchinson are supposed to be about £50,000. The , scoured the country in the direction the hope that now the case will be suffered to fall into oblol - of morality and religion, and his idleness of house has only been in the corn trade about eighteen pris o o , n e r c s k were se en t o t a k e . Th e y were all taken before except in so far as the lessons which it is fitted to io it) ,, mind, have caused him to succumb to sensual passions." months, the senior partner having previously realized a 1 10 1 road too' and again safely lodged in the gaol. On the sate, respecting the depth to which human depra/ha- It is this, we are persuaded, and this only which is mak- good fortune as a Scotch factor. It is now said that the them that th e gaol they confessed to the parties who secured unrestrained by heavenly grace, may sink, and the ion s i ng F r ench s oc iety a reproach to itselt e and a byword firm of Lesley, Alexander and Co., who at first vcS s re .at it was their intention to rob several houses in , p or tance o f s t r i v i n g to "elevate the moral and relig,,o amongst nations. And in the absence of an y general or stated to be able to pay 20s. in the pound, and then 8., the neighbourhood. The injuries which the turnkeys state of so-called r •.,hristian society, throughout F-a,fP. national inculcation of the principles of religion . , good will not now pay even a third of the latter sum. The have received are very great, but they are sufficiently well generally, and es- eciall in France, may be renaernov'- must ever be a difficulty, and often en unPes , entire circumstances connected with this failure form ct I to attend to their duties. The magistrates met at the or salutary k w , t" . Y government 1 a practical purposes.—TlTatchm an. sibility.—Halfax Guai:dian, , subject of most unfavourable cerngleilt , i gaol at z.n early hour, to make inquiries into the inMter. I '' ' . i men, William Sterick reet, London, and William Henry Whitburn, r, of Esher, Surrey, who had been found dead by the de, two miles from Kinlochbez. There was not the ?a - ranee gave the impresSion that, having sat down to ;st, they became benumbed with the cold, and expired. oth were dressed as if travellers, each with a small whisky be grail that has hitherto been housed has been placed Uncle. cover in exellent condition, for the harvest has by no means (as was at one time prognosticated) been a late one, ours of so abundantly rewarded.-- Y o i fro, tie, b et i Ara