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E tte r ature. POETRY LORD JOHN AND THE GREAT LORD CARDINAL A. SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS I should think and for the Nyelfa! at if he TstCOUrse he caii tak s assumed in this .dinal Wiseman) has an} s any regard MI is country—if the Roman Catholic communit to renounce the title which and rather do that which I 1 to do, and which he assured 'aide at Rome. —Lord John in! inter tion to d nder the sernan was presen 'ech on Friday night sill's S, The Great Lord Cardina In his cloak, red stock To hear the threatened • From Lord John Russ, and the Grea Whilst an a or two, he pattered; And as John Went on With his terrible tale of Ron And threatened to put the PC And buttoned his coat, and The Cardinal's teethl At leng Lord And, tugging aw Pulled out— The Great Lor And, puttinf " Don't thi says he, John turned at this, NI place where the Cardin I a Centur vdoin al mtlar pe Within th at ions e a race, v; e ever been wrougl found d of results work, the f of ti upon which hether the Miss M z daring, a ntury are—l offence—manly and tiro .nticipate that eked amongst the most Farlei,;ll er-row red hat Igoqu By the R, I, Deig sages of S Of Peter, and of t ;et connexion Empire a History oj - 0_ BV {night al period from the iry to the close of the e public will be most fisher, Mr. Charles world has witnessed tonal and social, in and int s ; and al ; vaster pro- urprising are, than in any atever quarter of the )f the untiring energy of I to the task of t is in our owt good or evil, by any country in a single a opinions, deservi TIME FOR SLEEP.—When the Jesuits settled the plan of education in the College of Clermont, the pbysicians were consulted on the portion of time which the students should be allowed for sleep. They declared that five hours were sufficient, six an abundant allowance, and seven as much as a youthful constitution could bear without injury. —Butler's Reminiscences. THE WAR OF THE CHAIRS.—A correspondent of the Chronicle has the following note on Lady Morgan's learned disquisition on St. Peter's chair :—Having mentioned to a learned orientalist the supposed . Mahometan inscription on St. Peter's chair, he observed that, if true, the story of Lady Morgan's French informants would be extremely curious 7 as the Mahometans never usedany chairs at all !" Lady Morgan replies in a long letter, full'of learning and wit, to prove that the Turks did use chairs. AN Ireisu WAKE.—A few days since we were shown a curious document : it was a record of the " funeral exr enses of Ned Walsh, of Kilmontane, near Cork," and was as follows :—Coffin, £1 103. ; eleven gallons of whisky, £3 6s. ; three yards of linen, 4s. 6d. ; cravat, Is. 3d. ; pair of gloves, Is. ; four lbs. of mould candles, 2s. ; four lbs. of small candles, 2s. ; two pounds of tobacco, 6s. Bd. ; two hundred and eighty-eight tobacco pipes, 2s. 6d. ; one half lb. of snuff, Is. 100. ; bread, SLS, 9s. 6d. ; tea, 2s. 6d.; sugar, 10s. Bd. ; cash to the priest, 83. Total, £7 83. 50. A MOUNTAIN MOVED INTO THE SEE.—Doctor Moun tain, whose wit pleased on all occaaions, being at Court with George 11. who liked his company on that account. news was brought the King of a vacant bishopric. " I know not," said his majesty, " at present, to whom I shall give it" Dr. Mountain instantly rose, and putting his hand on his breast, said—" If thou had'st faith as a grain of mustard seed, thou would'st say to this mountain—` be thou removed, and be thou cast into the see, and it would obey you !' " His Majesty gave the ready doctor the bishopric. Tiin SILENT LOVERS.—An eminent clergyman one evening became the subject of conversation, and a wonder was expressed that he had never married. " That won der," said Miss Porter, " was once expressed to the reve- gentleman in my searing, and e told me a s answer, which I will tell you ; and, perhaps. slight as it may seem, it is the history of other hearts as sensitive and delicate as his own. Soon after his ordination, he preached once every Sabbath for a clergyman in a small village not 20 miles from London. Among his auditors, from Sunday to Sunday, he observed a young lady, who always occupied a certain seat, and whose clos began insensibly to grow to h an object of th Pleasure. She left the church as soon as ser' attention ught and ce was over, year without r name Tmon was n without many a thought how she would approve it, nor preached with satisfaction unless he read approbation in her face. Gradually he came to think of her at other times than when writing sermons, and to wish to see her pped on, i thinner, he .esolution either to ask her on other days than Sufic - lays; but the wee! and though he fancied that she grew paler never brought himself to t 1 name, or to speak with her. By these silent steps, how ever, love had worked into his heart, and he had made up his mind to seek her acquaintance and marry her, if pos sible, when one day he was sent for to minister at a fune ral. The face of the corpse was the same that looked up to him Sunday after Sunday, till he had learned to make it a part of his religion and his life. He was unable to perform the service, and another clergyman present offi ciated ; and, after she was buried, her father took him aside, and begged his pardon for giving him pain, but he enuld not rPgiSt the imnnbip to tell him that his daughter had mentioned his name with her last breath, and he was afraid that a concealed affection for him had hurried her to the grave. Since that, said the clergyman in question, my heart. has been dead within me, and I look forward only. I shall speak to her in Heaven." THE DEAD SEA.—The appearance of Bahr Lut (the Sea of Lot) lying between the lofty and precipitous mountains of Ammon and Moab on the east, and the broken range of Judah on the west, was not unpleasing to the eye, as it lay unruffled by the slightest breath of wind, spread over a broad expanse, and reaching as far as the eye could see down the deep and desolate valley towards the promontory of GhOr el Mezraah. There is nothing sad or deathlike, beyond the associations, in the Dead Sea ; the waters are bright, and sparkle in the sun's rays, and reflect all manner -t •matic coy 'ours when a covered with an incrust of iris surface . I felt none of the aoken of by Eastern Are it was ress as a o g the agencies productive use s nation ry of the h a portion of whic ight have called fo: -and we cannot of the present, and the po if the latter. of very man Martineau as the writ are familiar ; of com- ration with the v of the former ti of such a employment of a ng ragefemale lisses Strickland's t forget she is. ar memory though ur ed of vi nz the e canna Lbtedly .eimen of the I. II( of history, oc- m ark ec g Part 1 of the work ion without English ; and we fully a work which may be 3 efforts of our historical It is to be published in 24 parts, two of which ssued every Irundel : or th London Railroad of Life. By Frani d Co., Pater Virtue, This serial continues 1 of fun, and promises to be one of the best of the author's productions. The scene at Lady Lombard's is rich in the extreme. The DaltonS in a situation of pain tural Aggre; vs, writte of Life. by Cbarles Lever and Hall. Piccadilly. and absolu to the ❑. whose Corti The latter is. left n the occasion of the late Papal John Macnaught, B.A. an elucidation of the various in support of the alleged pri ,oinish practices of confession the passa bearing imme umber Leanan LL.D Chur public against t .munities, that names in science, in nhilosopl except amelior aver us. 3f Liverpool se )fey-gettin„ )f oer-centages and profits, and choked, as it were cotton fuz, tallow, and sugar samples Yet it is not a fact that w immersed on an ill-at lv cultivat unintellectual people ; that hig.,.., _ ,d tastes are "An odd epistle ; written in a good, strong, steady hand not to be found amongst our mercantile community, or for a dying man."—Ershine'sßesting Places of the Great. that literary and scientific talent is altogether wanting ALL THE WORLD HAVING GONE TO THE GREAT EXHl amongst us. Our few institutions, established with a BITION, MR. SANDBOYS HAS TO DRIVE HIS OWN PIG TO view to mental and intellectual improvement contain BE KlLLED. — Scarcely had Elcy petitioned her brother for members of whom any commu n ity m i g h t b e prou d • and, th e g entle treatment of her pet " piggy," than, crack: amongst these, not the least worthy is th e rev . author of Jobby, who held the whip at the gate, while his father ad the pamphlet before us, who has traced the course of our justed the reins, sent a flanker on the animal's hind guar deficiency in this respect—and we think correctly—to the ters. Away went " piggy," and we regret to say, away want of educational and other facilities for enabling our went the innocent Sandboys, not after, but with him— enquiring and studious youth to avail themselves, at a and precisely in the opposite direction to what he had in reasonable cost, of the accumulated stores of knowledge tended. " Cwoley," the dog, who had been dancing compiled for us by preceding generations, or of those round the pig at the gate, no sooner saw the animal start prepared for us, from time to time, by the present. 'We off at score, than entering into the spirit of the scene, he have no great public schools, which can afford to hold out gave full chase, yelping, and jumping, and snapping at adequate rewards to the diligent ; no great public library him, so that the terrified porker fetched sharp round upon of reference, in which the student can gain access to the Sandboys, and bolted straight up the mountain side. costly volumes of our elder writers in history, antiqui- Now, to the stranger it should be made known, that ties, philosophy, or science. One excellent collection of climbing the fells of Cumberland is no slight task—even works we have at the Atheneum Library ; but its doors when the traveller is allowed to pick his steps ; but, with are closed to all but the shareholders and subscribers, and a pig to lead, no choice but to follow, and a dog behind to its tomes are rarely disturbed upon their shelves. The urge the porker on, the operation becomes one of consi- Liverpool Library, at the Lyceum, contains also many dcrable hardship, if not peril. Moreover, the mountain, valuable and costly works; but that p ortion of it which over which Mr. Sandboys' pig had chosen to make his course, was called "the Moss," or ' Morass " from its consists of novels and light literature engrosses the great portion of the attention of the subscribers. Thethrough peculiar ' swampy character. U ) went the pig, , Museum of Natural History, too, Contains books of great i and furze, and holly-bush, and up by the stunted oracken, value ; but these are exclusively confined to those bran- oaks, and short-cut stumps, and straight on, up through ches of learning appropriate for the Institution itself. the larches, over the rugged clump aboY h e Hassness ; f and Dr. Hume suggests that probable the pro p r i e tors of the i u p went Mr. Sandboys, over freshand througeT s 7oneo the Atheneum and the Liverpool Libraries might be induced 1 making a rent in I !_. trousers at to permit their collections of standard literature and every " whin-bush"—scratched, torn, same obstacles, panting, slipping, books of reference to be placed together in a central and—if we must confess it —swearin g; now, tumbling, situation to form the nucleus of a rea di ng lib rar y, to be tile pig open to all, with proper restri c ti ons • and contends that h o lding on to him, for grim death. But if it were difficult in such an Institution they would be almost equally ac- t o ascend a Cumberland fell with a pig in front, how cessible as now to their present proprietors. Some valuable suggestions a re th rown out as to i m - trying pi g a t t the descent t thanl N o s s a o n o d n b e o r ys ,had.a as he Cwoley turnedthe looked prove ments capable of being effect e d i n our pu bli c sc h ools ; much more do the Collegiate, the Royal Institution, and the Mechanics. dra w g n ue t d h i e lim p , reel ,ysiatowushismicoteinrktaibnefuep whichreh porker him." It required l p t er had We cannot however enter into these in such a noti ce as but a' slight momentum to start him ; then, away they all the present ; but must refer the reader to the pamphlet three went together—in racing technology " you might itself, which he will find worthy of attentive perusal. have covered them with a sheet"—the dog barking, and the pig squeaking, and dragging Mr. Sandboys down the hill, at a rate that promised to bring him to the bottom with more celerity than safety. Unfortunately, too, the pig took his course towards the beck formed by the tor rent at the " Goat's Gills ;" and no sooner did it reach the ravine, than, worried by the dog, it precipitated itself and Mr. Sandboys right down into the foaming, but luckily not very deep, waters. But, if it were not deep, the bottom of the beck was at least stony; and there, on his back, without breath to cry out, lay the wretched Sandboys, a victim to his theory, his coat skirtless, his pantaloons torn to shreds, and the waters curling white about him, with the driving string in his hand, cut by the sharp eraigs in his fall—while the legs, the loin, the gris kin, and the chine—that were to have consoled , the family for weeks, were running off upon the pettitoes which he had privately set aside for his own supper on some quiet evening. -1851; or the Adventures of Mr, and Mrs. S'andboys. We are compelled to postpone notices of Blackwood and the Dublin University magazines, and several pamphlets, &c. Frazer s, for February, has not come to hand ; and we may state here that we shall not in future notice any serial which is not sent us regularly. VARIETIES CURING AN INTERNAL DISURDER. — Croker told me that some of his countrymen brought a man before the magistrate for murder, because one with whom be had quarrelled and fought died the same evening. It appeare d upon inquiry the dec ease d h a d complained of a pain in his bowels, and that they t o re li eve hi m had determined upon spreading the gripe. The wa y this was effected was by laying the patient on his b ac k, an d th en putting a plank on his belly upon which all the company stood and jumped. —Southey's Commonplace Book. gentle ripple steals over the heaviness or depre on so often sp travellers, near the shores of the Dead Sea ; neither was there an overpowering smell of sulphur or bitumen, riutwithstanding the intense heat and sultriness of the day. The shores are lined with the trunks of trees that have been brought down the wadies by the winter torrents and washed ashore; they ere mostly h the Bodouins ation of salt come and collect at certain periods of the year. The colocynthus, or apple of Sodom, grows, but in no great quantities, in the plain to the north of the sea. As I have already stated, it is pleasant to look upon, and resembles a fine large orange, but burst on the least pressure, and presents a mere kernel, the rind being inflated with air. The water is exceedingly hitter and nauseous, and leaves by far the most disagreeable taste in the mouth of any I have ever met with. I did not test its buoyant properties, after having bathed in the Jordan, beyond dipping in my hand and arm, by which I satisfied myself sufficiently on Jlete more o salting (I might almost say pickling) ; for, as scon as the moisture was dry, I found the parts immersed covered with grains of salt, and experienced a painful feeling. accompanied with considerable irritation of the skin, which lasted for some time. I filled a bottle protected with wicker work, which I had brought for the express purpose. about tw•o miles from t Jordan.-- 3lonk's Sketches QUEEN DOWAGER'S CORRESPONDENTS.—The pile of letters which each day's post brought to the widowed Queen was cf no common bulk. Letters from all parts of England, on all charitable projects—from parties in every grade of societ filed ht;r benev sympathies. Every county and almost every town in England furnished her with a correspondent. Not one sustained a harsh or contemptuous rejec ion. The Queen read all her letters. Patiently, perseveringly, and system. atically, would she sit down, morning after morning, and, despite of bad writing, wretched grammar, interminable _ periods, and endless repetitions, master their meaning. Her own impression was recorded in her own hand on the back of each application ; this done, the letter passed into the hands of Lieut. Bedford, her secretary for chari ties, for the purpose of further investigation ; or, if this was deemed needless, to be replied to in the affirmative forthwith. Some of her annotations ran thus :—" This appears incredible." " Plausible; but has too much the air of an imposture." "An extraordinary and, it is to be feared, exaggerated statement." " This case deserves )00l : De immediate investigation." "To be relieved at once." 1 " Needs no confirmation." And then followed the sum, , lateria £5, £lO, £2O, which, in the Queen's judgment, would our f meet the necessities of the case, and which was at once to ha _.., great be forwarded to the petitioner. Her discrimination was .)r in literature, or added, rarely at fault ; so rarely that when equivocal cases were great work of humanising and inquired into by members of her household, by the Queen's ,ndition of the human race. Liverpool, command, the results of such inquiry bore out, with .ar, has been peculiarly wanting. A few scarcely an exception, the view which their royal mistress Lary note are all of whom our town can had originally taken. Her tact in sifting truth from false 'ese not one has adorned the present gene- hood, and a case of real suffering from amidst a mass of , t the talented lady of Mr. It R. Sand- plausible representations, was remarkable. One of these *--. are very far above medic).- applications, with the Queen's autograph comment on the , claims superiority back, I have seen. A curious document it is. The writer, its Swain •n poetry, its Dalton in from his own admissions, had previously participated in ~s Crossley in philosophy, with a few the Queen's bounty. Now he addresses her in dying not undistinguished writers. Sheffield has circumstances; he alleges that his physician had recom „-u a James Montgomery and an Ebenezer Elliott. mended to him " jellies" and other " expensive articles tol is associated with the fame of a Chatterton, a of nutriment," which his own means would not admit of v, and other emineet literati. Newcastle, Dur- procuring ; and very adroitly suggests to the Queen the a few other large towns, have added each their propriety of her supplying this pecuniary deficiency. But ` -, ck of our standard literature ; but the mind I e writes in articulo mortis—he is dying—absolutely -9 to be destined to remain utterly inert, dying--he has but a few hours to live—and still his --,- dreaming thoughts run on no other subject but the Queen Dowager . w" and " jellies." The letter is long; written in large cha racters, with a profusion of flourishes. The Queen's au d or an tograph comment, endorsed on the fourth side, runs thus ; übject under discussion, by our author, to illustrate his Macnaught displays throughout sintance with Scripture, a reve rity, and a modest diffidence of ig of the highest praise. nations for the Advancement of Literature and in Liverpool. By the Rev. Abraham Hume, ‘;.A. -hton and Laughton, ally in the mind of the -t mercantile com roduced an cal effu! fl, who but this respect, NOTICE f the Brit d thp Ppan eau. Pa: , in looking at our own country, it :ult to decide whether the first or the period has been the more productive can congratulate ourselves as a ntic struggle, out of which we Id, or ou] Our success In and mechanical arts to we been the most calculated to secure :reatness and happiness. A complete e most icteresting us at one view events, most of us THE-, LIVERPOOL STANDARD. A NEW WAY OF RAISING THE WIND. At the New Court, London, on Tuesday, Joseph Arm strong was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, for the following shameful deception and robbery :—The prosecutor, a Mr. Walter JuStice, is a solicitor, living at No. 6, Bernard-street, Russell-square, and has a client named Rowe, a blind gentleman, whom he (prosecutor) had never seen, but transacted whatever business had passed between them by correspondence. On the 18th of last Nbvember a cab drew up to his office, and a blind man, assisted by a boy, got out and came in, and the man introduced himself as a. Mr. Charles Rowe, and then requested his (prosecutor's) opinion about some business, and he, thinking him to be his client, at once entered into details without asking him any further questions, the circumstance of the man being blind quite throwing him off his guard. The soi disant Mr. Rowe then stated that a person named James Armstrong occupied a house of his at Nine-elms-road, and that he owed him (Rowe) the sum of £6B, moneys lent, and besides the recovery of that sum, he wanted to consult him about another mat ter, which was, that Armstrong, having received notice to quit the house at Nine-elms at Michaelmas. had re quested the favour of staying a few days until be was suited, but that he had not gone out. The prosecutor told him that his remedy would be to apply for the whole quarter, upon which the self-styled Mr. Rowe instructed him to write for it and also for the £6B. He further added that he had found a tenant for the house that the man Armstrong occupied, and that he should want a pair of leases drawn up, and would get prosecutor to do it. He then left, and in pursuance of these directions prose cutor wrote as directed, but before the blind man left, he having heard that his client had moved from where he had been accustomed to correspond with him, asked for the new address. The blind man pulled from his pccket a letter, the envelope of which had been through the post, and bore the address, " Chas. Rowe, 3, Warwick street, Vauxhall-road," and this further tended to throw prosecutor off his guard, as he understood it was some where in that locality his client, Mr. Rowe, had moved to. The letter having beep sent through the post to Mr. Armstrong, on the 20th prisoner came to prosecutor's office, shortly after ten o'clock, and seeing prosecutor expressed his surprise that Mr. Rowe should have written to him about the £6B, as he had no other intention than to pay it, and that with regard to the rent he would pay a half-quarter, and that he would he round that day at 4 o'clock with the whole amount, the money lent and the half. quarter, making in the whole between £BO and £9O, and further desired that prosecutor should get from his client, Mr. Rowe, some deeds, the property of his (Armstrong's) wife, which had been deposited when the loan was made. Shortly after he was gone the blind man came as before, and expressed his gratification at the manner in which the matter had been settled. Prose cutor then mentioned to him about the deeds, and Rowe said that he had deposited them with a friend, and required some money to redeem them ; and eventually borrowed £6B from prosecutor, by check, promising to be back by 3 o'clock with the deeds, when the prosecutor could' re pay himself out of the money Armstrong brought. Neither Rowe nor Armstrong coming at the appointed time, prosecutor sent to the bankers' and found that the check had been paid. He then discovered that Rowe did not live at Vauxhall, nor Armstrong at Nine-elms ; and the following artful method had been adopted :—Arm strong had got a lad/ keeping a cigar-shop, Warwick street, Vauxhall, from whom he had bought some trifling article, to allow a letter, addressed to him as " Mr. Chas. Rowe," to be left there ; and in the same manner did he get the letter addressed to him from the prosecutor, re questing some one at Nine-elms to ask the postman for the district if a letter for him had been sent, and if so, to take it. A reward of £lO was then offered for their apprehension - and a bill falling into the hands of the cabman who (lad driven prisoner and the blind man to prosecutor's cffices, led to the apprehension of Armstrong ; but the other has not been found. It further appeared that the blind man and prisoner were well known to each other, and had been for years, and had passed by a variety of names. MYSTERIES OF THE NUNNERIES, (From the Dublin Correspondent of the Times.) I have seen an extract of a letter from a town in the west of Ireland, which makes some curious revelations in connexion with the entrance into a convent of a young lady, the daughter of a highly respectable gentleman, who although himself a Roman Catholic, most stronglyobjects to the undue influence which has been exercised to induce his child to take a step contrary not only to his wishes, but in a great measure opposed to the inclination of the " devotee" herself. Although the names are mentioned without reservation, it would perhaps be premature to give them publicly at this early stage, as the whole affair cannot much longer be concealed from public scrutiny. The facts are briefly these :—The lady, who is in her 19th year, was prevailed upon to forsake the parental roof under the belief, duly impressed upon her by certain of the sisterhood, that, like Joan of Arc, she had received a call from Heaven, and, without as much as bidding her family farewell, or apprising them previously of her in tentions, she took shelter in the convent. Here she was persuaded to write to her father, imploring forgiveness for the step she had taken " in answering the call of God," upon receipt of which the distracted parents demanded an interview with their child. This was refused ; where upon her father intimated to the superioress of the con vent that he would never give a penny of his money to wards the support of the establishment. The answer to this threat was a hint that they would receive her as a " lay nun" (that is, a servant), in which capacity they would send her to America, or some foreign station. The bewildered parent next appealed to the diocesan, who refused to interpose his authority, but told him he might obtain an interview with his daughter, provided it should be in the presence of a priest ; but, this gracious conces sion being declined, all hope of justice in that high quar ter was abandoned, and the matter rests for the present — hut only for the present. The young lady was to have had the sum of £5OO as her portion. • On making further inquiry into this nefarious case, I learn that the unhappy father had determined upon bringing the whole case before the Court of Queen's Bench ; but on 'aking the advice of counsel he was dis suaded from taking this step, as, no matter how fay oura ble the decision of that tribunal might be to his claim, the young lady would be left at full liberty to return to the convent, if she were so minded—an event by no means improbable, considering the strange circumstances connected with her flight from home. The sisterhood, I have further learned, have decided upon sending their protege'e to New Zealand in the capacity of a " lay nun"; but, notwithstanding this determination, Mr. (the father) continues obdurate, and is resolved, come what will, that the fruits of his industry shall never be spent among the pious ladies who have taken so deep an inte rest in the spiritual welfare of his child. COURT AND FASHION. 4 The Rev. Professor Sedgwick arrived at Windsor Cas tle on Thursday, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The royal dinner party at the Castle in the evening in cluded his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Jocelyn, Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Professor Sedgwick. The Rajah of Travancore (Madras presidency) has sent a splendid present to her Majesty Queen Victoria. It is a throne, or chair of state, colt posed of polished ivory, and inlaid or set with abundance of precious stones. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone is detained at Naples by the illness of Mrs. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone is ex pected to return to England before the close of the pre sent month. THE CHASE The Cheshire Hounds will meet to-morrow at Dunham Massey, Thursday at Dutton-hall, Saturday at Abbey Arms, Monday next at Mere-hall, Wednesday (19th) at Wrenbury, Thursday (20th) at Cholmondeley, and Satur day (22d) at Ravensmoor Windmill, at half-past ten. Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds will meet to-morrow at Hawkstone, Thursday at Lea-bridge, and Saturday at Os westry, at half-past ten. Central liflisrellanv. A speckled diver or loon was shot on Saturday week, on Windermere, near Fell Foot. Some benevolent individual has contributed £3,000 to the London Fistula Infirmary. The shipwrights of Shields have struck in consequence of a dispute with their employers. In the great exhibition the Bible Society will exhibit Bibles in 150 languages. Six sailors were drowned off Cape Clear on the 23d ult. by the capsizing of a boat in which they were fishing. On Saturday last, was gathered on Heaton Common, near Dewsbury, a splendid mushroom measuring in cir cumference 14 inches. _ _ The annual soiree of the Darlington Mechanics' Insti tute was held on Thursday week, under the presidency of the renowned George Cruikshank. Measures are in progress for the establishment of a Female Penitentiary for the whole of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. The autograph (signature only) of Oliver Cromwell was sold in London a few days ago for £2. Queen Elizabeth'a signature brought £2 103. A servant lad in the employ of Mr. Ashley, of Stam ford, set fire to his master's premises last week, by burn ing a candle from the bunch, instead of cutting the wick. A London magistrate has decided that there is no law to prevent persons selling oranges in the street on a Sunday, and crying out " three a penny," provided they cause no obstruction. Lately, a poor woman near Sheffield, who had small sums invested in two savings -banks having heard a re port, which was false, that the banks had stopped pay ment, hung herself, and was found dead. On Wednesday, the boiler of the steam-boat Plover, at Glasgow, exploded, and killed the engineer, dangero usly sca lded two firemen, and slightly hurt two other men . The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained. A concert of vocal music was given at Ripon. a few days s ince, by four blind singers, whose performances were ap plauded by a numerous audience, and are praised by a local critic. The Carnarvon Herald says that a cow belonging to H. Coole, Esq., of Penrhyn, near St. Asaph, has been taught, on being told to " beg pardon," to kneel down and moan in the most piteous and contrite manner. The Carlisle Journal relates that when a grocer, living at Aspatria, went to feed one of his hives of bees on Wed nesday last, he found that a swarm of mice had occupied the hive, and had destroyed all the bees. While Mr. W. Green. an auctioneer, at Barnsley, was amusing himself with pigeon shooting, on Friday week, his gun barrel burst and shattered his hand so severely as to render amputation necessary on the following day. It is stated that 500 guineas have been offered for the privilege of advertising, on , the last page of the catalogue of the approaching Great Exhibition. ' The father of the late Marquis of Hastings had his life insured,for £119,000, which cleared off the incumbrances on his estate. POTASH FARM ESTATE, NORFOLK. This property, made so notorious by its having been owned by Rush, has lately been purchased by Sir John Peter * Boileau, Bart., of Ketteringharn Hall. Several burglaries have been committed in Gloucester shire within the past fortnight, and generally under very daring circumstances. In some cases the thieves have been captured, but in others they have hitherto escaped. The parishioners 'of Cliesterfield 'are going to found an exhibition in connection , with Chesterfield grammar school, as a token of their affection'and gratitude for their vicar, the Rev. Thos. Hill. The Patriot states that Mr. John Burnet, the Dissent ing Minister, sustained no injury from his recent fall sufficient to interrupt the regular performance of his ministerial duties. A guard was killed on Monday, on the Whitehaven and Furness Railway, in consequence of his head coming in contact with the brick-work of a bridge; he being on the top of a carriage while the train was going at full speed. Accounts from Glasgow state that the failure of a firm extensively engaged in the gingham manufacturing line was announced in that city on Thursday. The liabilities are understood to be from £15,000 to £20,000. The preparations for printing the official catalogue for the great exhibition, have already commenced. The outline list of Tunisian productions, which, with some others, have been sent to press, occupies upwards of 24 foolscap pages of the catalogue. WHAT A STEMER DOES WHEN IT HAS NO COAL.— The steam-frigate Queen, which made such a splendid run from Aden with the last mail, having run out of coals, was obliged_ to burn her launch, spars, lower deck, and many other articles to keep her steam up ! The Londonderry steamer Thistle, which left Glasgow on Tuesday, came into collision off Lamlash, on the Clyde, on Tuesday night, with the brig Laurel, from Demerara for Glasgow, which went down, and all her crew perished, about 14 in number. A young woman named Bickerdike, who had been on board a vessel lying near a jetty at Selby, on Thursday week, turned the wrong way when she came ashore, walked off thejetty into .the water, and was drowned before assistance could be rendered her. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land has decreased from £14,430,566 to £14,347,457, being a difference of £83,109. The paper in actual circu lation has increased from £20,657,072 to £20,812,657, being a difference of £155,585. Thomas Bates, a labourer living at St. Alban's, Herts, has constructed a rustic 100 table, composed of 3,400 pieces of wood, exclusive of the frame. The pieces are set, without the aid of glue or any kind of cement, so as to form various designs. While a man who had drawn £lO out of the savings' bank at Edinburgh, a few days back, was counting his notes in the Lawnmarket, a gust of wind blew them out of his hands to a considerable height in the air;. and he only succeeded in recovering two of them. Nearly 200 model life-boats have been forwarded from all parts of the country, including Ireland, to compete for the prize of 100 guineas generously offered by Rear-Ad miral the Duke of Northumberland for the best model life-boat; and an additional sum of 100 guineas for a life boat that should be built according to the prize model. The bed in which a young lady named Ryall and her nurse slept, at Louth, Lincolnshire, was set on fire, a few nights since, by the ignition of a bag of hot bran, which had been applied to Miss Ryall's stomach for the purpose of relieving pain. Miss Ryall and her nurse were awa kened from their sleep by a sense of suffocation. A boy, ten years old, named Hutchinson, was found quite dead, and hanging from a beam in a shed at Beilby, Yorkshire, on Tuesday week ' and it is supposed that he must have accidentally hung, himself, as he was in the habit of amusing himself by swinging on a rope attached to the beam from which he was suspended. A fortnight ago a farmer of Widecombe, named Ham lyn, was taken into custody on a charge of stealing six sheep. Hamlyn has since been committed. When his brother-in-law, Mr. Petheridge, heard of the accusation, he became distracted, and rushed from the house and did not again return. On Friday last his body was found in the Stover Canal. • AN ENTERPRISING ELGIN LOON.—We understand Mr. J. Grant (son of the deceased Sergeant Grant, and apprentice to Baillie Scott, late hairdresser) has recently been elected an alderman of San Francisco, California. Mr. Grant has been foi some time prosecuting his busi ness very successfully:at New York. and was among the first who left that city for the diggins.'--/yin Courant. EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The standard believes it may state with some degree of certainty that the commissioners have resolved upon appointing the following scale, should not unforseen circumstances arise to induce them to modify their arrangements :—First day, one guinea ; the next six days, 55.: and after that period, Is. No open days whatever are to be granted. ABOMINABLE CONDUCT.—On Friday week two men and a boy lost their lives at Wednesbury Colliery, near Birmingham, by the snapping of the rope by which they were being let down into the pit. On the rope being exa mined, it was apparent, beyond the least doubt, that the rope had been cut nearly through. The coal from the pit had been sold cheaper than from other collieries. Two years ago, some Brussels lace collars, belonging to two ladies residing in Friargate, Derby, were laid to dry upon a grass plot, whence they disappeared, and they were supposed to have been stolen. Yesterday week, however, a man employed in pruning a tree in a neighbour ing garden found an old bird's nest completely lined with the lost lace. A farthing of King Edward the First, struck at Ber wick-upon-Tweed, and supposed to be unique, was sold a few days ago in London for £7 2s. 6d. The obverse exhibits the King's head as usual, and the reverse has a bear's head (instead of the customary pellets) in two of the quarters of the cross—the legend being " VILLA BARVICI." One of the churchwardens of Wallsend, Mr. Cook, who, with his man-servant, entered the church of that parish under cover of the night, two or three weeks ago, and sacrilegiously carried off the candlesticks from the altar, and placed them in an auction-room in Newcastle for sale, has received a letter from the Bishop of Durham commanding him to replace them. Distress prevails to a great extent among the working population of Carlisle, and a public subscription has been opened for the relief of the sufferers.' The number of un employed is, it is stated, 531 ; partially employed, 1300 ; fully employed, 2 ! This is a painful picture. But it is not the whole of the evil. Dependent upon these unem ployed and partially employed, there are hundreds of women and children. A CASE OF ELECTRO-BSOLOGY !—At the Police -court, South Shields, a few days ago, Mr. Mackay, after several legal manoeuvres to test the credibility of a witness, said, " I will put a simple question to you, Madam :—Can you tell me w hat day of the week Good Friday falls on ? Wit ness hesitated some time—then replied she could not. At last it was elicited from her that it must fall some time in the latter part of the week ; but she could not tell. Numberless tricks are practised to reduce the ad valo rem import duty on foreign manufactured articles. The value of a clock, for instance, is reduced by taking a wheel out. A parcel of gloves, all for the right hand, is sent to one port, and the left-hand gloves landed at another port. If boxes are seized, nobody will buy them of the Custom house, for people know of these tricks, and will expect to find the tops off. THE SEAMEN'S STRlKE.—Captain Beechy, from the Board of Trade, has been visiting the seamen of Shields and Sunderland this week, explaining the provisions of the Mercantile Marine Aot, and listening to the state ments of the deputations from the seamen who have waited upon him. The seamen, as yet, adhere to their opposition to the shipping offices and the register ticket. At Hull. the strike still continues. PEDESTRIANISM AT LEICESTER.—On Monday last, Manks, the celebrated pedestrian, undertook to run ten miles within the hour, the last half-mile in a sack. He commenced his task about three o'clock, running in first rate style round the cricket-ground, at a pace which never varied from first to last, and proved not only his speed but his power of endurance to be unrivalled. He completed the undertaking with three minutes to spare. On Monday night last, Mr. Macready terminated his farewell engagement at the Haymarket, playing, for his last night, the character of King Lear. Every nook of the house was crowded, and the applause was tumultuous. Mr. Macready, when called before the curtain, only said a few words, stated that he reseryed the full expression of his feeling till his benefit, which is to take place on the 26th instant. The royal box was occupied by her Majesty and Prince Albert. A FAMILY MAN.—" There is," says the Macclesfield Courier," at this time residing in this town an Irishman, whose grandfather died some twelve years ago, at the age of 99. During his life he :lad been the husband of five women, by whom he became the father of 37 children ; 32 were sons, and of these 32 sons, 31 enlisted in the army. The 32nd, who did not enlist, oocupies a situation in an iron foundry in Rotherham, and is the father of a large family. One of the daughters, aged 46, lives in London, and is the mother of 21 children." The Londonderry Sentinel had a special messenger waiting at Glasgow, on Tuesday, to convey the Queen's speech by steamer, on board of which several hundred copies were printed. Unfortunately the steamer came into collision with a vessel on the Clyde, or the speech would have been in Londonderry fifteen hours after it was delivered. The same night the Vanguard, from Glasgow to Dublin, ran down a schooner named the Eleanor, three of the crew of which scrambled on board the steamer; but the schooner went down almost immediately with the three remaining persons of the crew. SHIPWRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—On Thurs day last a small coasting vessel, the William of Sydney, belonging to Messrs. Trotter and Co. of Gloucester, was on her voyage from that city to Chepstow, and had arrived about half way between Sharpness Point and Beachey, when she encountered a sudden squall which caused the vessel to capsize, and she immediately went down in deep water. The crew—consisting of George Goulding (master), John Browne, and John Edwards—were all drowned ; each man leaves a wife and family behind him. The vessel is irrecoverable, as even at low tide she lies in twelve feet of water. RESCUE OF Pour MEN.—As Mr. Charles Cooke, tide waiter of her Majesty's Customs at Newhaven (Sussex), was on duty on Thursday night at a quarter to eight, he heard a cry of several persons down the river for help. He immediately took a boat, notwithstanding the violence of the gale, and proceeded opposite the bridge at Sleepers'- hole, where he discavered a barge called the " Integrity," belonging to Messrs. Catt and Sons, sunk in the river, and four men hanging on her by the gunwale and planks, in a very exhausted state. In all ,probability, bad assist ance been del a y e d b u t a ver y short time longer, each of the poor men would have found a watery grave. The cries of the poor fellows were heard at a distance of 600 Tart% They had been half an hour in the water. SIGNS iOle VIE TIMES.—A meeting of the united pa rishes,of ,Great and Little Everden was held on W:ednes day, to ttike into , consideration the necessity of- reducing the wages of the tradesmen of the above parishes, when it, was proppsed to reduce the _carpenters to 2s. per day in stead of 2s. 6d., and the blacksmiths, to 4d. per shoe in stead 0f16d., as heretofore. But this not meeting the views of the worthy son of Vulcan, the matter was finally settled by his agreeing 'to shoe all the horses sent to him at 10s. per head per annum. These steps have been taken by the farmers from sheer necessity, arising from the fatal andldisastrous effects of recent legislation, the evils of which] if not speedily arrested, will most assuredly be still more deeply felt.—Cambridge Chronicle. MUNIFICENT OFFERS.—It being found necessary to found a new hospital at Bristol, Mr. Joseph Eaton, an influential member of the Society of Friends, has offered, as soon as £lO,OOO has been subscribed for that purpose, to give himself £5,000. A meeting on the subject has been held at the Guildhall, the Mayor, J. K. Haberfield, Esq., in the chair, and a subscription set on foot. Mr. George Thomas, another member of the Friends' Society, has given a £l,OOO, and handed in a similar sum from two anonymous contributors, and it is thought a very short time will suffice to raise the sum named. It was stated at the meeting that a gentleman, who did not wish his name to be known, had given an endowment of £5O a year, and had promised if any one of the districts into which the city is to be divided, succeeds in raising £2,000, to add another £l.OOO to it. MURDER.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning, a very deliberate murder was committed in the small town of Worksop. A stonemason named Jonathan Brett had been qaarrelling with a man of bad character called Edward Jeffries, and had turned him out of his house. This was before , one o'clock, and Jeffries was shortly afterwards met in the street, endeavouring to procure a " mate" to join him in an attack upon Brett. About two o'clock, Brett, who was in bed, was called by some one out of doors. On putting forth his head, a gun was instantly discharged at him, the contents of which lodged in his forehead. He lingered in great pain until Tuesday night, when death ensued, but not until he had frequently said, in the hearing of his wife and the officers, that Jeffries had shot him. Many other corroborative facts were deposed to against Jeffries, and he has been com mitted for trial on a charge of wilful murder. A court-martial has been held at Plymouth on Lieut. Hutchinson, of the Royal Marines, for publicly kicking and abusing his superior officer, Capt. Brittain. The affair arose at the Royal Western Yacht Club Grand. Fancy Ball. Both parties were friends of very old stand ing ; and on the night of the ball, in consequence of some conversation that the prisoner had with some other friends, he, "out of a lark," called the prosecutor to him, and said, " Here, here's that wife of yours flirting away with Pakenham." In the excitement of the moment, Captain Brittain replied, " It is like your impertinence, and it is a —lie." The prisoner, in a threatening manner, re quested the prosecutor to leave the room, which he did, and on his descending the stairs, whilst prosecutor's back was against him, the prisoner kicked him, exclaiming with an oath, " Take that," adding something which was inaudible to Captain Brittain. The decision has not yet been made known. ------- THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—CoIoneI Sibthorpe, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday last, spoke as follows : "'That' fraud upon the public called a " Glass House— the " Crystal Palace"—that accursed building, erected to encourage the foreigner at the expense of the already grievously distressed English artizan. Would to God—he had often wished it—that a heavy hail storm or a visita tion of lightning would put a stop to the further progress of that work ! Their property, their wives and families would be at the mercy of pickpockets and whoremongers from every part of the earth. Oh, it would be a beautiful sight F There was a charming building, and there would be the most entertaining recreation provided. This was another specimen of the encouragement of free trade. How much money had already been fooled away upon this experiment he did not know ; but he apprehended that his right hon. relation the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not feel very comfortable upon the subject at present. HEAVY FLOODS IN SOUTH WALES.—The long con tinuance of wet weather, joined with the late very heavy rains, has had the effect of completely flooding the low lands in the Aberdare Valley. The river Cynon spread over its banks, and completely inundated the country to such an extent that it was feared, at one time, that the traffic on the line of railway would be interrupted, and damage to the line itself ensue. Fortunately however, no injury was sustained. In tie neighbourhood of Dowlais there has been an immense fall of rain, which, with the torrents from the mountains, has completely flooded the country, rendering the roads perfectly impassable. The river Towy, in Carmarthenshire, has covered the land to a great extent. The town and neighbourhood of Cardigan have been visited by terrific falls of rain, accompanied with thunder and lightning, which have laid under water the lower parts of the town, floating chairs, tables, beds,. &c. in the houses ; the torrents carrying everything before them. Much damage has, in consequence, been sustained in various parts. A JEREMY DIDDLER.—Many of our readers will re member that, some time since, at Wray, in this county, Miss Sellars, daughter of an innkeeper, was left in the lurch, on the morning fixed for her marriage, by the non appearance of the bridegroom. The affair was duly chro nicled at the time ; the bride and her sisters, delicately attired, sat at a sumptuous wedding breakfast ; the bells were rung ; the horses harnessed to the coaches, but the bridegroom, who called himself Edward Henry Jackson, and pretended to have wealthy relations, failed to appear, and the day passed aver without any tidings of him, nor did he again visit the locality. The young lady was greatly commiserated, and extreme indignation was ex pressed against the dastard bridegroom. We recollect to have declared our opinion, that, so far from grieving over the loss of such a person, Miss Sellars ought to be exceedingly gratified at her escape. The escape turns out to be more fortunate than was imagined. Recently, a needy fellow, who has been swindling at Lincoln, under the name of Johnson, who paid his addresses to a young lady, and at length ran off with a valuable silk cloak which was ordered for her, has been identified as the Mr. Edward Henry Jackson, who formerly, under false pretences, made love to, and was accepted, by Miss Sellars. He has several aliases, and has been doing a very industrious business all over the country. A long list of his frauds appear in the Hue and Cry of the 29th ult. ROMANTIC MARRlAGE.—Considerable excitement was occasioned in Rannock last week by the sudden disappear ance of Eliza —, a servant at Kinlock Ran nock ; and rumour, with its hundred tongues, was busy endeavouring in vain to solve the mystery of her whereabouts. All that was really known about the missing damsel was, that a female had called at her master's door on Thursday even ing and desired to speak to Eliza ; shortly after which the latter, haying gone to an outhouse to milk some cows, was nowhere to be found, while the milk-pail was found on the door. Eliza was a buxom lass, between thirty and forty, and was known to possess some money, the results of her own earnings. Now, at Drumcoy, a small village romantically situated in Glenorchy, and about eight miles from Kiloch, lived a widower, named J. R—, a wight, who, having lost his helpmate a few months back, had recently announced to his acquaintances his intention of becoming again a candidate for matrimonial bliss. But as seventy winters had rolled over the head of our gallant hero, this announcement was listened to by his incredulous neighbours with derisive laughter. Somewhat nettled at their want of faith, John declared that he would get one of the finest lasses in the country, nay, that he had actu ally a fair one lodged in the glen, that their nuptials would be celebrated in a few days, and he defied any one to take her from him. The mysterious disappearance of Eliza, taken in connection with John's significant words, began to be regarded as a suspicious coincidence ; and some of the neighbouring youths really endeavoured to discover where the fair one was ensconced,: but in vain. At length the mystery was solved, to the astonishment of all unbe lievers, by the " proclamation" of the couple at the parish church the other Sunday. It turned out that John, having employed as blackfoot a young man dressed in female attire, cleverly conveyed his fair Eliza to a shepherd's boothy in the glen, a place inaccessible to all intruders, and where a dog was kept, who, if any pursuers dared to break upon their solitude, would give timeous and effectual warning. The marriage ceremony of the happy couple came off on Monday, last week, with the pomp of pibroch and the usual accompaniments of a Highland wedding.— Perthshire Advertiser. TRIAL OF THE SLOANES.—At the Central Criminal Court, on Wednesday, the first case tried was that of George Sloane and Theresa his wife. The public interest had been so strongly excited by the details of the evi dence upon which the charge against them was founded that the court was shortly after nine o'clock thronged with spectators. When the prisoners appeared in the dock they seemed much affected by the position in which they stood. Sloane came first with a hurried agitated step, and, having stood for a moment and looked around him, stooped forward over the front as if to ascertain whether his solicitor was at band. His wife followed him, her head enveloped in a thick black veil, holding to her face a white handkerchief, and evidently in a state of great mental excitement. She could, hardly walk, and after leaning against the dock for some time was accom modated with a seat. When asked to plead she partly raised her veil and looked forward, but with that excep tion remained covered, and did not once raise her head. She appears to be a sallow-complexioned, plain looking little woman—from 30 to 40 years of age, with nothing either strikingly prepossessing or repulsive in her ex pression. Sloane himself is tall, and like a gentleman in dress and manner. His features are regular, his hair and complexion dark, his cheeks sunken, and the face gener ally rather careworn in character. He wears spectacles, and appears to be from 36 to 38 years of age. He turned several times to his wife as if for the purpose of en couraging her, and it appeared to be at his request that a chair was brought to her. When asked to plead to the indictment he did so without hesitation, but in a tone which betrayed the full consciousness of his degraded position. He then leant forward. and appeared to tell his wife what to say—for in a broken voice she immedi ately repeated the words which he h ad us e d, `•Not Guilty as to the first two counts, but guilty as to the rest.' The two former counts were for cruelty , and the nthdeer girl y (being sixteen) cou ld e .'' The prisoners .years.'.' latter for having starved, the girl. The Court was o f ' opinion that the indictment could not be sustained as wregardedere scarcelyb sentenced t . the e e starving, called to twofoyears for ay,e a imprisonment. The tender e prose cutor now looks healthy and strong. AN ASTOUNDING CURE OF THIRTY-FIVE WOUNDS BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Jeremiah Reed, of Molong, near ney, dated 25th September, 1848 :---" To Prof olloway. Sir, — I owe a debt of gratitude to for almost miraculous cure by the use of your went and Pills, after seven years intense sufferi caused by exposure to wet and cold. When I c encecl using your remedies, I had already expen upwards of X2OO in other medicines and advice, will t any benefit, and had thirty-Ave ulcers on vario s sof my body, and pains all over me; but your intment and Pills' have pm' 'c, and I aul now enjoying excellent health." F~►;lt,`i HAWIttNG - IN SUPPOLK.—Mr. RIM the =SCOtCh-fals coner, for the last week has been residing at Mr. Carew's (16th Lancers), Carlton Hall, Thursday week was the day appolnted to view this ancient sport, on the manor of Leiston-4a spot well adapted for the oocasion, though, perhaps, ;somewhat too wooded for real good hawking. The day vas cloudy in the morning, but turned out most propitiouS : and the view of the sea from Leiston Downs gave a delightful finish to the scene. The sport cow.. menced by a flight after a French partridge, the hawk singling out its prey and darting after it with . great rapi dity, the bird, after a short chase, barely escaping by tak ing refuge in a hedge. After this, as the ground was adapted for the many ladies to see the sport, pigeons were let loose, when several were killed after exciting chases. In the latter part of the day the birds behaved admirably, showing great care and skill Mr. Barr had bestowed upon them. A pheasant also was given chase to by two falcons, end after a long flight was struck to the ground and pounced on by these birds. Mr.. Barr afterwards pro ceeded to Leiston with his hawks. ADULTERATING Foon.—The Lancet is following up the service it rendered to the public in exposing the retail practices with regard to coffee by a series of similar papers in relation to other articles of food. In a microscopical analysis of 50 samples of arrowroot, purchased indiscri minately of various London tradesmen, 22 were found to be adulterated. In 16 cases this adulteration consisted in the addition of a single inferior product much cheaper in price, such as potato flour, sago meal, or tapioca starch, while in other instances there was a combination of these articles, potato flour being usually preponderant. Ten of the mixtures contained scarcely a particle of the genuine iMaranta or West Indian arrowroot, for which they were sold. One consisted Almost wholly of sago meal; two of potato flour and sago meal ; two of potato flour, sago meal, and tapioca starch ; one of tapioca starch; and four of potato arrowroot or starch entirely: The worst specimens were those which were done up in canisters, especially marked as " genuine West India arrowroot," or as being " warranted free 'from adultera tion ; " and one, which contained a considerable quantity of potato flour, was particularly recommended to invalids, and certified as the finest quality ever imported into this country. In cases of this sort the Lancet very properly gives the address of the shop where the purchase was made. CHILD STEALING BY A. FOREIGN COUNT.—About three weeks agd, a noble lady, a native of, and residing in, France, lost her child, a remarkably handsome girl, about five years and a half old, and heiress to a large fortune, under circumstances which left no doubt on her mind that Count --, a German, had got the child in his possession and had departed with her for London. In a state of great distraction, the mother made the matter known to the prefect of police, through whose instrumentality the particulars, with a description of the parties, were trans mitted to the authorities in London, who directed Inspec tor Field,, of the " detectives," to endeavour to trace out the count, and after about ten days indefatigable exertion, that diligent officer succeeded in ascertaining that the count was living, with the girl still in his possession, in a street near the Strand, and that the sum of 30,000 francs was demanded for the restoration of the child. Mr. Field, was not disposed to listen to any proposal of this kind, and adopted a plan to get possession of the child, It was arranged that he, in an assumed name, should have an interview with the count in reference to a bill of exchange at an attorney's office, and both parties kept the appoint ment. The inspector at once disclosed who he was, and that his real object in obtaining the interview was to ob tain possession of the child, and within an hour after wards she was in his care, the count having at once volun teered to deliver her up rather than compromise his friends with whom he was living. Mr. Field subsequently received instructions to proceed to France and deliver up the child to the authorities, with which instructions he complied. A CAPITAL RUN WITH SIR:, W. W WYNN'S HOUNDS. —The hounds of the worthy baronet of Wynnstay, met on Tuesday, the 28th ult., at lscoyd Park ; they then went to Black Park, near Whitchurch, Salop, to draw a covert on Lord Alford's property, which has never been drawn by any hounds blank. They then proceeded to a rough ozier bed, by the side of . Osmere, where a gallant fox was soon found, and had great difficulty in threading his way through the numerous norsernen, who completely surrounded the covert. His first point seemed Marbury, but, being headed in a lane, he turned hick again to Os mere. and then through the Black Park at a great pace to the plantations skirting Combermere Park, by the Home Farm, where he was headed again, and made for Bunley Dam ; headed a third time, and went for Court's. Gorse, which he left on his left, and made for the Walk Milt House, Covert, which, however, he disdained, and made his way for Hankelow, and went like a pigeon to the canal, where he was again headed, and then ran along the bank for nearly a,mile. The pace was terrific, so much so, that the hounds raced ' • he then crossed the canal and made for his old point (Hankelow), which he reached, but did not stay ; he then went as straight as a line for Dod dington Park, the seat of Sir , H. Brougham, but was run into in the middle of a great field about a mile and a half from the park fence, after one of the fastest runs ever witnessed in this county, of one hour and ten minutes, with only one slight check, the distance, from point to point, being at least thirteen miles; and, to the credit of `Mr. Walker be it said, every hound was up at the end except one, which was hung , in the palings in Comber mere Park. SWINDLING EXTRAORDINART.—The very extensive family of " monthly nurses," bid fair to require another ".Samuel Warren" for the exemplification of their expe riences. It appears that an organised gang, or fraternity of elderly ladies, mothers probably, of latent Jack Sheppards and others of the Newgate school, are now most extensively alert throughout the metropolis. The adopted system, as stated at the Clerkenwell Police-court, appears to be among this class of " Corinian" swindlers, first to possess themselves of the Medical Guide, and from thence the gradations are easy. A very demure lady waits upon the bona fide monthly nurse, very plausibly stating the name of a medical gentleman of eminence, or forwarding the surreptitiously-obtained card of address. The assumed housekeeper to the " mysterious lady" states she wished for her attendance, if disengaged, upon her mistress, the poor lady being in an interesting situa tion. Dinner, tea, and the usual quantity of gossip, of course, follow. The soi-disant housekeeper suddenly finds, that in changing her dress, in the hurry of coming out, that she has forgotten her purse, borrows a trifle of silver, hopes to see the nurse on the morrow, and, adjust ing her bonnet, decamps with the most sisterly affection, taking with her any trifling article that may not happen to be out of the reach of observance. The system of " mouthing" at coffee-houses and dining-rooms, by " Dando,' was bad enough,. but this is much worse. During the past week, an industrious woman, residing in Mint-street, and well known to Mr. John Day, the vestry-clerk of St. George's, Southwark, was swindled in this manner. Another case occurred in James-street, Bedford-square, and a third to a highly respectable monthly nurse of the name of Vale, residing in St. Andrew's, Holborn. EXPULSION OF A MINISTER IN FULL CANONICALS.—• hßea claimsnk sStan hope On Sunday week the village of Revesby, Lincolnshire, was thrown into commotion by the forcible expulsion of t a he is minister n ow whilethe lordreading o f the th e and Mr. church as his own private chapel, and asserts that the parishioners are admitted only by his permission, and that the curate is merely his chaplain. The Rev. A. Veitch was appointed (16 or 17' years ago) to the curacy. In con sequence of a misunderstanding between Mr. Stanhope and Mr. Veitch, the former, some time ago, gave notice to the latter that he should appoint another gentleman in his place. Mr. Veitch disputed the right to do so, and kept on his ministrations ; but last week a new curate (Rev. C. Bowan) was introduced, and on Saturday week, in order that he should get possession of the church on Sun day, a guard was placed around the edifice, and all in truders were kept at a distance. On Sunday morning, some time before the service hour, Mr. Veitch presented himself at the doors, but was refused admittance. He waited till the bells rang for the service, when he entered with the congregation, (he being dressed in fullcanonicals,) and proceeded towards the reading-desk. That and the pulpit were guarded, as was also the communion-table. Mr. Veitch then took his place on the steps of the 'table, and when the bells had ceased ringing he commenced the service. At the same time Mr. Bowan began to read the service from the reading-desk, and each was reading at the same time. One of the churchwardens approached Mr. Veitch, and told him to desist, but he continued the service, upon which the churchwarden told him that, if lie proceeded to disturb the congregation, he should remove him by force. Mr. Veitch still continued his reading, whereupon he was pushed off the stepsand forced along the aisle to the church doors, he continuing to read the service until he was ejected from the edifice. This odis graceful scene, as may be supposed, caused the utmost e th x e cit a e ff m ai e r n w t iallmloeandgttohelitznatgiroeng,ataiosn;ellltasis interferenceexpected that on ' the part .of the bishop. THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.—We have recently (says the Gateshead Observer) received a lock of lady's hair. Gentle reader, do not smile tco soon. For merly it was raven black ; it is now snow white—bleached by one hundred and nineteen winters. Mary Benton, from whose tresses it was shorn, was born at Keverston, near Raby Castle, in the county of Durham, on the 12th of February, 1731 • and on the 3d of December, 1849, she sent her old friend, Mr. Hinchliffe, the respected parish clerk of Cockfield, where she was christened, a lock of her lily hair, in tender acknowledgement of her continued remembrance and regard. Mr. Hinchliffe, on presenting a portion of the keepsake to a friend, raised himself up to his full height and said " She is as fresh as I an] (his own age is 72)—walks right up an end—feeds her hens and chickens —wears no spectacles—can hear well—and was helping at haymaking at Elton in 1848." He might have added, " and gleaning in the autumn of the following year," What follows we derive from the information of a lady who lately visited Mary Benton, and found her en gaged in washing her clothes. Her father's name was Ralph Lodge, who lived to the venerable age of 105, and her mother died an " old woman." Mary began life as a shepherdess, " tending her fatheeti flock:" She after wards became " the maid of the inn" kept by her grand mother at:Piersbridge, where she well remembers soldiers being quartered in the rebellion of '45. She afterwards lived in service at various places ; among the' rest, Rehr Castle, to which the noble owner, the Duke of Cleveland, invited her—an honour she prudently declined. The Duke of Northumberland has also been to see her. When young she bad " lovers plenty," and " took the worst at last ! • "as," said she to our informant, ".sometimes happens." •On being asked if she enjoyed unvarying health, she replied, • , never had the doctor but once, and was so frightened that' I swooned away when be came into the room. Amusing enough, to bear of the nerves that had stood the rebels giving way before the doctOr ! in the course of last year Mr. Bewick painted striking likeness of the venerable matriarch—if we may use such' a word—who at present resides with her grandson at Elton. Shquld she live to be incladed in the approadling census, and be entered as 120 years of age, she will doubt!.. less be the oldsat person in that record, if she be not, es we have awned, the oldest womati iu the world.