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it itrraturt. POETRY. THE DREAD MESSENGER. (From the Church of England Magazine.) " t saw him pass by, while the east wind blew, And the vernal bloom from the branches flew." Where art thou not, 0 Death? Byond the ocean's roar Thy p stitential breath th swept the world o'er. The 'tonne in beauty shine, Yet mint they yield to thee; E. , rtlt's faire t 11:twer's are thine, King of inort.a.ity On Bramah's golden shore Is poured thy fiercest ire: Life's last cries upward soar Amid devouring fire And o'er its mountains wild Thy fatal wings were spread; When, by his foes beguiled, The British warrior bled. Even 'neWh Italia's skies Is seen thy fearless hand; Some early sacrifice I,os in a foreign land. conid the sunlit sky 01 that fair genial clime, Relume the glassy eye When came thy blighting time The wid..w'd heat must mourn Some beauteous hope laid low; Love's ties !hy hand hath torn, Thou hArbin,Ter of woe! Ye F hail thy sceptre fall; Upon a purer shore Those sever .1 here shal all Unite, to part no more E. B. B HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND NIEDICAL: (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpool.) BY M EDICUS. (CONTINLTh:D FROM OUR LAST.) 59. Supposing that now our friends—we use the plu ral, because we wish it to be understood there must be a little knot of two, three, or four " jolly companions every one," banded together for the trip, in order that even one individual may reap the whole benefit of the tour —supposing, then, that all are in full sail now, passing along the pleasant hedgerow, the rude stone wall, or crossing some open moorland, singing and shoat 7ng as yougo along : we would commend sogoodly - an exer cise for the lungs, whose proportionate expansion calls forth, and gives new tone to, their elastic tissues, whereby the blood is more freely received from, and re mitted to, the heart ' • and, by its more than wonted con tact in these channels with the virifyiny air, it circulates with a freer bound, imparting new zest to life; and so leap forth ideas of wit, pleasant mirth, and merriment, till it becomes difficult to trace tb interfused relations of cause and effect, in our wondrously compounded union of mind and body. We have a few observations to press upon our tourist friends, in reference to -60. Thirst; as, from the ignorance of many about the real danger of inducing disease, and even death itself, by too sudden a cooling of the heated system, we desire to make ourself clearly understood on this impor tant subject. First, in order to convince any wilful or heedless reader, if there he such, who may peruse these pages, (and for none more than fur them are these hints." written,) that the subject has been one of earnest, cautious entreaty from the lips of experience and enlightened reflection: we shall open our own remarks by quoting those of other people, qualified to express that opinion front actual experience, even more than ourselves. Col. Shaw says, as referring to a grave matter wherein the temptation to transgress is never stronger, because a gratification is associated with an urgent and imperative necessity,—" To prevent thirst in hct weather, nothing is better than to take a great quantity of fresh butter with your breakfast. Avoid drinking as you would poison; in shoat, drink as little as possible of anything, and do not give way to the first sensation of thirst. I should strongly recom mend starting at daybreak, having previously taken breakfast." An old hand at walking remarks—" Be not always tempted by the crystal fountains you may meet with, being yourself warm. Should y our thi rst b e overwhelming, take a mouthful; keep it for some se conds in the mouth, so as to warm it a little before swallowing. Never take ices except in brandy or other spirit, and then only being quite cool yourself." We shall use the liberty of completing the quotation, though it passes on to correlative points ; because we have no especial head under which to reduce them precisely. Our continental friend M. M. goes on to urge —" Drink not anything cold, being hot. Pull not off your clothes when in perspiration, neither sit in draughts of air nor upon moist turf or moss ; but rather, if you must take liquid, make use of a drop of real eau de vie (brandy) or other spirit, because, when the whole body is exces sively heated, any cold beverage suddenly gulped down in the eagerness of gratifying thirst too rapidly cools down am blood, and check, dangerously the circulation ! See that the food you take be fresh, and not greasy" (that is, not had or old). I shall be excused in present ing one more additional quotation in reference to the effects of water as applied to the skin in allaying thirst, borrowed from the narrative of the gallant officer before mentioned :—" The heat was dreadful, and the enemy had cut the ropes of the different wells. I had learned, from my walking experience, that to thirsty men drinking water only gives momentary relief, but that if the legs are wetted, the relief, though not at first apparent, positively destroys the pain of thirst. Seeing a muddy pool at the bottom of one of the hills, by which we must pass to attack the convent of Bostillo, I halted for a few minutes, making the men wet themselves from the kliees downwards." Satisfied of the correctness of this easy plan, we have introduced in the frontispiece the plan as it should he carried out for a moment or two only. Against this plan an objection has been pointed out, based upon the fear of danger from plunging the legs in water, orwetting them. A party solooking at it has recom mended, the method of rinsing the mouth with cold spring water, and the use (f a soft tooth-brush, as refreshing and quenching to the thirst, without the risk of evils attend ing the swallowing part of the business. We can only say, that this rinsing is very good and unexceptionable where and when practicable—only that where the rin sing can he put in practice, the teronfation to the swal lowing presents itself ; and we think there are few minds strong enough to resist an involuntary, though intentionally moderate, pull at a glass of sparkling cold •spring water, under the exciting urgency of thirst, if raised to the lips 0n.. - ,e and oftenerin orderto accompany and second the tooth-brush. Now, with Col. Shaw's plan, undrinkable, unrinsible, muddy water will afford a relief, free from any great risk, providing the aspersion of the feet and legs he not too suddenly done or too prolonged. The rule may be safely laid down that this experiment is free from harm, if practised for a moment or two only; or, as we would prefer, plunging the legs in and out of the water two or three times, and no more; so as to anticipate that sudden and general refrigeration of the whole body, which is manifested warningly by a feeling of chill, and which is the point where all danger would be likely to set in, whereby the balance of the circula tion is destroyed, and congestion of the vascular (circu lating) system is on the eve of taking place towards some important part of the body, determined according to the comparative weakness or strength of the various organs towards the one with the least vital tone—in other words, the weakest. Whilst we have thus acknow ledged the possible danger, and even described its mode of setting in, in order to place the pedestrian on his guard, we do maintain that if he will take the rule just broached—viz., to beware of the chill (not herein only, but under all manner of cooling indulgences)—for a guide he will be ordinarily safe in the p ractice of this mode, when the nature of the water resorted to may be such as to put a stop to the rinsing attempt altogether, unless he have the limited taste of the Esquimaux. Extreme recommendations are the least likely to be carried out, except by a resolute and prudent few ; therefore, we shall conclude our remarks touching thirst by saying, that, on the whole, for those in an ordinary walking trip who desire to slack their parched throats, and have brought it along with them, or when they can obtain it, the best plan is to take about a dessert-spoon ful of some spirit—brandy or whiskey—in about six or seven times as much water. If this is to be done whilst standing at some little rill or spring on the roadside, and therefore without having occasion to wait for any thing being fetched by another person, as a waiter at an inn,—which delay, by giving the body time for a mi nute's cooling down, does a great service,---if then, all in the heat of the moment, a delicious, though limited draught must be indulged in, there is a point worthy of attention. Generally the spirit is mixed with the water too unequally, from the extemporaneous device which may be had recourse to; such as first filling the half cover of your pocket pistol with water, then adding the spirit, which is of course, from the greater lightness of the latter, just the worst way for obtaining a mixture of both elements, and which is then so drunk off. What we want to suggest, is the sailor's plan of making " grog," viz., by putting the palm of the hand over the mouth of the tumbler, or its substit ute, and shakin g , for half a minute or more, the contents well together as rapidly as you can. By this means the air gets entail, gled in the mixed fluids, and a sweetness and briskness fit is is imparted to the drink , whilst the temperature o a little raised —which latter, though an imperceptible difference to the lips, is yet less chilling t is, o the more sensitive throat and stomach ; ano ther plan to twirl a stick or spoon in it, for the same en d. This is the " swizzle," on board our navy, when rum is th e s p irit used. It is simple and easy of adoption, and we beg parties will take the trouble to do it always on Spell occasions, for their own good : it has taken perhaps long lescribe, but that is owing to the need of explaining and securing conditions. From personal expe- rieace of it, we advise the having recourse to a method which tends to distance the risk of drinking when dry. At many a mountain rill have we put it in practice, with confidence in its expediency and good service. 61. Hanger and thirst seem bound together by natu ral ties so strong, that it were unnatural to sever them by any interval of cruel divorce in writing about them • so we betake ourselves to the few remarks upon Dinner and Dinner-time, which we have to offer, in all sub inissimi to the feelings, wants, capacities, and habits of the different classes of society ; all of whom, if setting out on our pedestrian's pilgrimage, will then and thereby become obnoxious to the operation of the common laws of exhaustion, and consequent need for replenishing. The valetudinarian, the epicure, the fashionable elegant, the student, the tradesman, will here, after a few hours' good walking and cheerful conversation by the way, gradually find themselves growing hungry after the turn of the day; especially if they have, whilst making a tolerably good breakfast even on our much-commended cocoa, been still alive to the fact, that it is best to take " light food before the journey, and more substantial after ;" that is, light refers to quantity, not quality — the " qualitative and quantitive analysis" of food being a system of combined scientific research, by general con sent reserved for the hour of dining we opine. It is not well to drive dinner too late. Though cir cumstances must often be allowed to have the principal meal under their sway, rendering dinner hour elastic, yet where it is practicable the middle of the afternoon, about three or four o'clock, is best. This may generally be contrived beforehand, by so planning the day's work as that some decent " hostelry" may be holding out its in viting emblems about this period_of your performance ; in case, however, you should be a denizen of some far-off and barren waste, where the chances of obtaining re freshment at all before nightfall are down at zero, then we presume that your olfactory nerves presciently dis covering the same calamitous state of things, will adver tise you not to leave the last hospitable quarters without exercising the sagacious forethought of stowing away some sandwiches (whether plain meat, or anchovy paste between respectable folds of bread and butter, as is the fashion in the present day, deponent saith not.) The hour we name is a little in advance of our Latin pre scription lately recited ; and the old Romans who con quered this fair land might have chosen to vote for the arrival of sunset, before proceedii:g to such grave doings as dinner always supposes; but really we must desert antique, though illustrious exemplars, when our modern stomachs grow rebellious, and in hollow ventriloquial murmurs utter the scholastic adage, " Necessitas non habet legem ;" (necessity has no law:) especially when we the stomach have generously undertaken to " get up the steam" for ail the rapid locomotions of the body, and all the sparkling creations of the brain, you can do no less than, in order to these ends, duly to cater " fuel" for our gastronomic boiler ! A dinner of plain animal food ig the best, without many sauces or partaking of made up dishes. The main part of the day's excursion will have been accomplished, and only a few miles afterwards should be attempted to close the d a y' s en j o y men t. Aft er th e fir s t process of diges tion is pretty well over, usually occupying about an hour after the repast, the body, ifnot over fatigued, is usually dis posed for a little further rambling—if also the party be in tolerable health—half a dozen miles will be done at nearly, if not at quite the same smart pace as previously. Such forms a pleasant division of the day's allotted task, and is by no means prejudicial. Whilst matters of a substantial class are occupying some necessary time in preparing, comfort will be con sulted by a grateful ablution of the face and hands from the dust, &c.; and the recital of a stave out of " Croker's Legends of Killarney" will not diminish the appetite of our travellers whilst the courses are removing, though that be fast evanishing in the glancing sheen of knives and forks. Father Cuddy sang for entertainment to his assembled friends the following, with mirth in his eye and melody on his tongue . . " Quam pulchra sunt ova Cum alba et nova In stabulo scite legunter, Et a 11argery bella Quae festiva puella! Pinguis lardi cum frustis coquuntur " tit belles in prato Aprico et lato Sub sole tam Iwte renident, Ova tosta in mensa Mappa bene extensa Nitidissima lance consident." Croker furnishes very kindly a fair and elegant trans [ation—thus : " 0 'tis eggs are are a treat, When, so white and so sweet, From kinder the manger they're taken, And by fair Margery, Oeh 'tis she's full of glee, They are fried with fat rashers of bacon." Just like daisies all spread O'er a broad sunny mead, In the sunbeams so beauteously shining, Are fried eggs well displayed On a dish, when we've laid The cloth, and are thinking of dining." " The Legends of Killarney" abound with humour and wit, and very likely our readers will feel tempted, from this specimen, to hunt up therein more racy latin verses, by the celebrated Abbot of " Sweet Innisfallen." A glass of beer, ale, or porter during dinner, along with a couple or three glasses of wine alter, where the party prefers to take anything stronger than Adam's ale, will be amply sufficient in reason ; or the wine may be ren dered, according to the dictate of either custom or in validedness, into its equivalent tumbler of spirit and water. For the safe conduct of the person, and purposes of health, as well as from the dictates of good morals, we shall not mind the jeer or laugh which many accustomed to excess in revellings and wine may choose to assail our next quotation, which we shall make in favour of tem perance, from an old-fashioned writer of as-ured high name : "Drink not the third glass:—which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee ; but, before, Isilay'st rule it as thou list :—and pour the shame, Which it would pour on thee, upon the door. It is most just to throw that on the ground Which would throw me there, if I keep the round. Be not a beast in courtesy; but stay, Stay at the third cup, or forego the place, Wine above all things doth God's stamp deface." Father Matthew's modern cold alternative is the direct result of Father Cuddy's old fashioned merriment carried to excess, Leewise " extremes meet !" If you have fixed to turn out again into the air, whe ther in cold or warn weather, (though, generally, our observations refer to summer time,) we advise you to use cold water, and not hot, to dilute your spirits or wine, as the hot spirituous potation renders you more obnoxious to catching cold, on the subsidence of the glow which the heat produces. Our recommendation may be disre garded by many, but those who follow it will find them selves the best otf. Along with cold water, and in great moderation, as to the dose of spirits, we believe that such as a single glass of brandy and water is innocent of many counts of the indictment foraged up by the teetotal ad vocates ! Our readers will perceive that our plan is to avoid sanctioning either extremes, of stimulating drinks, or ab stinence unmitigated in its rigorous exaction : and the following will serve to rectify any mistaken views travel lers may take of the temperance moderation, or of our own recommendations thereof. " Nor are the denunciations," writes a first-rate me dical man and physiologist of the present day,• " some times issued against all fermented liquors, upon the plea that they are as unnatural to man as to the inferior ani mals, less canting and injudicious. It is not natural to man to abuse any - of the gifts of Providence ; but it is quite natural to him to use with temperance all the lux uries which his superior faculties at once enable him to procure and qualify him to enjoy, and this among the rest. With respect also to fermented liquors, slow in deed must those poisons be, which, used in moderation, frequently take half a century or more to produce their effects. We commonly say that a man makes a beast of himself when he gets tipsy ; but it appears that it is from not making a beast of himself that this accident is apt to overtake him. But the world is too old for this kind of trash at present. Even the good folks of the temperance societies do not restrict their proselytes to acorns and water. They know better than to cut off the arm because it may sometimes be employed in mis chief ; and their injunctions are in genera l as j u di c i ous as their object is philanthropic and praiseworthy." There is one caution about taking food we should have given, viz.,—that it is necessary, especially for the dyspeptic invalid, to wait ten or fifteen minutes be fore sitting down to a hearty meal, if fatigued w i t h ex ercise. If you infringe this rule, the stomach will not be in a fit state to digest the food wherewith your eager ness and sense of exhausted strength may greedily cram it. Flatulence, feverishness, and oppression are the fruits of such hasty work. Never walk immediately after a meal, for the same reasons interrupting digestion in its ear lier stage ; towards the close, however, on the other hand, as before remarked, a gentle exertion of the body is indicated by fidgettiness coming on ; prompting to such leisurely walking on as is grateful and healthful. Before we leave the subject of potations we must en ter our gravest protest against the habit of taking stimu lants early in the day, especially the stronger kind, as spirits : such is injurious, and a slavery of depraved habit. * Dr. Fletcher's Physiology, page 121. (TO BE CONTINUED.) A CHEAP LUXURY.—" Last Summer," says a corres pondent of the Bristol Mirror, " I, by way of experiment, when strawberries were plentiful, attached threads to their stalks, and hung up a few, which were over-ripe, to dry. I placed them inside a window facing the south, where they remained from June until March, when I tasted them and the result was most satisfactory. That sweet refresh ing acid, peculiar to the strawberry, was in full perfection; the flavour of the fruit, without any watery taste, was delicious ; it dissolves in the mouth as slowly as a losenge, and is infinitely superior to the raisin. The strawberry, thus preserved, is a stomachic." SELECTIONS. THE DEATH STRUGGLE. (From" A Flab( in the Dark," in Ainsworth's Maga. zine.) During his [the victor's] convalescence, inquiries were frequently made of him as to the mode in which the fight was managed ; and he accordingly gave the following cu rious account, as nearly as the writer can remember : " When the door eas closed," said he, " we were sur rounded by the most profound darkness. It seemed for some moments to confound the senses, and be close to my eyes. During the three minutes allowed before the battle might begin, my principal aim was to get away from my antagonist into another part of the room, with out his knowledge, and to stand there by the wall until, perhaps, he should make some movement, by the sound of which I could be directed in my attack. The crowd outside was as still as death. I held my breath, and treading so lightly that I could not hear my own footfalls, I stole away towards that side of the room on which I entered. Whether he had calculated that I should natu rally do so, and had therefore taken the same direction, nobody can now tell ; hut no sooner had I stood still to listen for him, than I found he was somewhere about me —I could hear his breathing. With the greatest caution and silence, I hastened to another part, expecting every moment either that he would run against me, or I against him. And in this kind of manoeuvring, sometimes to get away, and sometimes to approach, if I fancied, though why I know not, that an advantage might be gained, the greatest part of the silent half hoar you speak of was spent. _ _ _ " At length, having safely reached the opposite side, I stood still, resolved not to move again until he either ap proached, having perhaps fund me out, or by some means or other I could discover his position in the room. Hav ing now got beyond his reach, I felt that to be motionless on my part was the wisest step, and calculated that his passion and fury would soon lead him on to the exhibition of less caution. Nothing of the kind occurred, and yet the first hall discharged was mine. A mouse could have been heard to stir; but we were perfectly lost to each other. " Eventually, whether my eyes had become more ac commodated to the blackness, or from whatever cause, but true enough it is, I perceived a pair of eyes on the other side nearly opposite me. They shone like those of a hyena in the night. I fired instantly, and rushed for ward. The flash shewed me the colonel crouched down against the wall, and must equally have directed him to me. He fired as he advanced, but missed. We were almost close together. The empty pistols were thrown down, and the knives used. He rushed on with great ferocity, and tried to grapple with me, but I slipped out of his arms ; and for an instant, being quite separated, both stood still, listening for the place of the other. I think he must have heard me, for he fired a second time with such effect as you all have seen. Nothing but his knife now remained ' • I had knife and pistol. We were so close together, that he was upon me almost as soon as his pistol-bill. The latter staggered me a little at the moment, but I met him with the knife, and from that time we never separated again. My object was to keep him from closing upon me, until I could be as certain as darkness would permit of using my last ball to advantage. In consequence of that, 1 retreated in various ways, both still fighting, sometimes on the open floor, and sometimes knocking ourselves with violence against the wall. " I was growing faint. I found my strength failing, and then I fired my second pistol. The light instantane ously made, shewed both men redder than the Indian in the field of battle. I heard that he staggered, and rushed with all my strength upon him. He still fought a little, but suddenly dropped before me, and more than that I do not kpow." THE RULING PASSION. (From " John Manesty, !e _Liverpool Merchant," in Ainsworth' Magazine.) " Ay, my lord," said Joe; " I think 1 see the old earl now, lying upon the damask bed, with the rich green cur tains hanging over him, and your lordship's mother's fa mily arms worked in gold over the bed head, and a table by his side, with a prayer-book, a posset-cup, the Racing Calendar, and a tankard of ale, though, poor old fellow, (saving your lordship's presence,)"—and here Joe sni velled, and wiped away a tear,—" he couldn't drink it." " A bad case." remarked Sam ; " I could almost cry myself. .2\ on fail qualis"—and he took a glass of punch. "And his poor old face, God bless it! worn down like the edge of a hatchet, and his eye half-awake, half-asleep, and his long grey hair tossed over the pillow, for he was too much of a man to wear a night-cap; and says he, Who's there ? ' I says, I, my lord—it is I,' says I. And who the devil are you ? ' said he ; for he had always a pleasant way of speaking. It is Joe, the groom,' said I, my lord' ;so he woke up a bit, and he said, ' Joe,' says he, lam booked ; bet any odds against me, and you are sure. Every race must have an end, Joe ' and he strove to drink out the tankard, but could nor lift it. My heart bleeds to think of it this moment. So there were three or four nurse-tenders, and valy-di-shams, and other such low raggabrash about the room, for he had taken leave, as you know, my lord, of his relations, and would let none of them come any more near him ; he turned these cattle out at once with a word, and away the lazy vermin went. ' Now, Joe,' says he, this is a dead beat, and there's an end : I'm past the post.' So I looked astonished like, and did not know what to say. But,' says I, don't give up, my lord ; there's a great deal in second wind. You may be in for the cup yet. I wish I could do aught for your lordship.' So the old lord he once more brightened up, and says he to me, Joe,' says he, could you smu gg le a few uoettb him thls ruuar, with out the knowledge of Lady Silverstick ?'—that's your lordship's mother, his niece. ' Couldn't I,' says I; so I slipped down, and brought up in a couple of bags, by the backstairs—your lordship knows them well—they were the beautifullest cocks you ever seed, Sir Toby :—and I brought 'em into the room, as dark as night—nobody twigged me. So his lordship strove to rise in his bed. It is no go. Joe,' says he; but prop me up with the pillows, and parade the poultry.' Well, it would warm the heart of a Christian, to see the poor old lord how glad he was when he saw the cocks—Wasn't they prime! I believe you, they were, for I had picked the best out for his lordship. Joe,' says he, cocking is nothing without betting. Put your hand under my pillow, and you will find the twenty-five guineas that is meant for the doctor —have you any money, Joe?' I have fivepence-ha'- penny, in ha'pence, my lord,' says I. Quite enough,' says his lordship. ' Now, Joe, I back the ginger-pill' (and a good judge of a cock he was, almost as good as yourself, Sir Theobald) against any cock in the bag; my guinea always against your halfpenny.' So to it we went; one match he won, one match I won—one match I lost, one match he lost; and what with one bet sod another, his lordship got my fivepence-ha'penny out of me." " That was a eross, Joe," said Lord Randy. " Honour bright, my lord, it was not," replied Joe, quickly; " for I was reared by my lord, himself, and I could not, when I once was in it, and the cocks did their work. So, when his last cock was crowine over mine, says he, `Joe, you're done—cleared out!' and he took a fit of laughihg—poor old master ! it was the last laugh he had in this world! His jaw began to drop, and I got frightened, and I called in the valy-di-shams. Lord love you! how they stared when they saw the cocks dead, and the old lord dying. They ran up to him, but he took no notice of them, but beckoned as w e ll a s he could for me ; he took my coppers with his left hand, and scraped them into his bed from the table,—as why shouldn't he? for they was fairly won,—and shoved over the green silk purse, with his five-and-twenty guineas in it, to me. The guineas, my lord, are long since gone ; but the purse hangs on the wall opposite my bed-head, that I may see it when I wake every morning. I would not give that old purse for the best breed of cocks in Lancashire, and that's the best breed in the world. * * * And then he cast his eye upon the cocks, and the bird he had last backed gave one great, loud crow, and the old man's head sunk on the pillow, and he died." A WARLIKE POPE.—lmmediately before the great door, of this church (San Petronio, at Bologna) stood that fa- . mnus colossal bronze statue of Pope Julius 11, executed by Michael Angelo, after the reconciliation of their quar rel on the subject of the Moses. The Pope, at his own request, was represented with a sword in his left hand, and in the act of reprimanding the Bolognese with his right. But this great masterpiece lasted only five years. In 1511, on the return of Bentivoglio, it was broken up by the people, and the bronze, said to have weighed 17,300 pounds, was sold to the Duke of Ferrara, who converted it into a piece of ordnance, under the appropriate name of Julian. It is recorded of this statue, the loss of which will ever be deplored by the lovers of art, that when Michael Angelo asked the warlike pontiff whether he should put a book in his hand, he replied, " A book ! no; let me grasp a sword ; I know nothing of letters. —Hand book for Italy, ti-c. THE DUCHESSE DE MAZARIN AT CHELLES.—The noble Roman outline of her face was seen to great advan tage at the moment in which we have brought her under the attention of our readers. Her eyes were of that deep and peculiar blue, which in moments of emotion almost darken i n t o bl ac k , while in those of repose they possess the liquid softness in which the soul appears to swim in the atmosphere of its own purity ; large, full, and exqui sitely shaped, when they met those of the person to whom she spoke, it seemed as though the gazer could look far into th e i r depths but still there was no passion in their expression ; they were remarkable, rather for thoughtful ness and intellect than for tenderness or coquetry. Her nose was fine, and delicately chiselled, and gave a haught iness to her beauty, which was softened into a new charm by the graceful melody of her voice, the ringing joyous ness of her laugh, and the softness of the lovely mouth whence it escaped. Her complexion was of the most ex quisite fairness ; and the bloom which flushed and faded upon her cheek was so pure and delicate, that it gave an ethereal character to her whole appearance. Her hair, which was as black and bright as jet, was swept smoothly back from her forehead, and folded in a score of heavy braids, which , were collected into a mass on the summit of her small and graceful head, where they were confined by bodkins of pearl. Her shape, perfect in itself, had lost somewhat of its charm, from her distaste to all con ventional and coercive modes of dress, which had induced an habitual carelessness, and given a freedom to her figure, that bad tended to increase its size, although it had failed in injuring its symmetry, otherwise than by detracting from the appearance of height, which her really lofty figure must, under other circumstances, have conveyed. As she sat that morning in the convent-parlour, busied with her embroidery, she was enveloped in a douillette of satin damask, elaborately wrought in coloured silks upon a ground of white, and girt about her waist by a . thick gold cord and tassels, while her sleeves, in the Ori ental style, were closed only to the elbow, whence they fell back in ample folds, and revealed arms so beautiful that they would have been the worship of a statuary.— Aineteorlh's Magazine., THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AN OLD MAN WHOSE FATHER LIVED IN THE TIME OF OLIVER CROMWELL. (From the Manchester Guardian.) Having heard of the extraordinary circumstance of an old man, named James Horrocks, in his hundredth year, living in Harwood, about three miles from Bolton, whose father lived in the time of Oliver Cromwell, we took an opportunity a few days ago, of visiting this venerable descendant of a sire who was contemporary with the re nowned Protector. Here we found the old man, sur rounded with every comfort, which easy circumstances and affectionate friends can afford, and to use his own language, " neither tired of living, nor yet afraid to die." He is a remarkably good looking old man, with long sil very locks, and a countenance beaming with benevale ,, e and good nature. He has nearly lost the use of hi, eye sight, and is a little dull of hearing ; yet he is embled to walk about. On observing to him that he muse have been a tall man in his youth, he sprang up from his arm chair, with the elasticity of middle age, rather than decrepitude. A short time ago, on coming down stairs in the morning, he observed to his daughter, with his accustomed good humour and buoyancy of spirit, "I wonder what I shall dream next; I dreamt last night that I was going to be married again ; and who knows but I could find somebody that would have me yet." His son•in-law is an old grey headed man, much harder of hearing than himself ; and it frequently happens, that when any of the family are endeavouring to explain any thing to him, old James will say, " Stop, and I'll insense him ;" and his lungs seldom fail in the undertaking. From this interesting family we learn, that William Horrocks, the father of the present James, of whom we have been speaking, was born in 1657, four years after Oliver Cromwell was declared protector, and one year before his death. He would be two years old when Ri chard Cromwell, who succeeded his father, resigned ; and four years old when Charles 11. was crowned in 1661. The exact period of his first marriage we have not been able to ascertain ; but it is certain that his bride was em ployed as nurse in the well-known family of the Cheet hams, either at Turton Tower, or at Castleton Hall, near Rochdale. By this marriage he had four children, as ap pears from memorandums, written in an excellent hand in the back of an old black letter Bible, printed in 1583. At what time his wife died, we are also unable to aster tam ; but there is no doubt that he remained a widower for many years, and at length married his housekeeper, a comely, blooming young woman, whose kindness to the old man was unremitting, and he married her in 1741, at the age of 84, she being at the time only 26. This marriage evidently attracted much attention in the neighbourhood, and we find that, about two years after wards, the old man and his youthful partner were sent for to Castleton Hall, the residence of a branch of H um phry Cheetham's family, where they were treated with great kindness; and a portrait painter engaged to take their likenesses, which are now in the possession of their son, and add much to the interest of a visit to him. These portraits are well executed; and, of course, appeared ra ther like those of a grandfather and his grandchild than of husband and wife, although he appears more like! 60 than 86. In front of each painting is prominently in scribed the age of each of the parties, and the date when the portrait was taken. Upon that of the husband the inscription is, " /ETA : 86-1743." And upon that of the wife, " /ETA : 28-1743." These, it appears, were taken two years after their marriage, and preserved in the Cheetham family at Castleton Hall, as great curiosities. In the following year, the present James was born, as appears from the following entry on the back of the same old Bible :—" James, the son of William and Elizabeth Horrocks, of Bradshaw Chapel, was born Match 14th, 1744." The old man was only eleven years'old when his father died, and has no recollection of hearing him mention any remarkab'e event occurring in his life time. As an instance of the health and vigour of this remark able old man, it may be mentioned, that ten years ago, in the winter of 1832.3, he attended at Newton to vote for Lord Molyneux, then a candidate for South Lancashire. He was then in his ninetieth year. He walked from Har wood to Bolton, a distance of three miles. From thence he went to Newton by the railway ; and. having voted, he by some means missed the train, and walked to Bolton, a distance of fifteen miles. On arriving there he took some refreshment, and again sent out for Harwood, and accomplished the distance of 21 miles in the day, in the depth of winter ! ANECDOTE OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.—It is related of Sir Walter Scott, that not long before his " Lay of the Last. Minstrel" made its appearanc , while crossing the Frith or Forth in a ferry-boat with a friend, they pro posed to beguile the time by writing a number of verses on a given aubject, and at the end of an hour's poring and hard study, the product of Sir Walter (then Mr.) Scott's fertile brain, adding thereto the labour of his friend, was six lines. " It's plain," said Scott to his fellow-labourer, then unconscious of his great powers, " that you and I need not think of getting our living by writing poetry." INDIAN CUSTOMS.—These Indians have many remark able customs. Before undertaking a war, their warriors fast forty days in a solitary cabin constructed of bark. During this period, they eat barely sufficient to keep themselves alive. They also sacrifice dogs ; and having tied the dead bodies to trees about six feet above the ground, they proceed to paint the noses and stomachs of the victims with a deep red colour. They consult pro phets, who are provided with sacred utensils, denomina ted medicine bags ; and which contain the skins of " shunks," with other precious articles. When the war riors return from their fast, the people make a great feast on dogs which have been fattened for the occasion. None but men are allowed to attend. At the appointed hour, the wail - tors may be seen travelling to me renaezvous ; each carrying, with great solemnity, his wooden bowl and wooden spoon. At the house appointed for the feast, the dead dogs are in readiness, together with a profusion of boiled Indian corn and beans. My host was present on one of these occasions, and took particular notice of the ceremonies. Some of the warriors began by cutting the dogs into equal portions, which they placed in a large iron kettle over a fire, and boiled for about half an hour. The remainder of the guests reclined upon mats on both sides of the house, while the fire burned briskly at the centre, the smoke escaping through an opening in the roof. The corn and beans were placed all round the room ii. wooden dishes upon the groun d. Th e d og meat b e i ng sufficiently boiled, the pieces were taken out, and every person pre sent received his share. A distinguished " brave" now arose, and made a speech ; after which, a second stood up and repeated the monosyllable " ugh." At this signal, all iegan to eat ; holding the pieces of canine flesh in their hands without knives or forks, and devouring with all their might. This feast on dogs is considered a sort of penance. Whoever swallows the whole of his portion is called a big brave; while those who are made sick by it, are de nominated squaws. The men of this tribe enjoy them selves exceedingly at their villages during the winter, visiting one another with great sociability. All the bard work devolves upon the women, who cut down trees for firewood, make the fires, and minister like slaves to the comfort and luxury of their lords. These Indians, not withstanding their neglect of the squaws, have many courteous and gentlemanly habits. They have no profane wold in their vocabulary, and the most abusive words employed by them are liar, rascal, hog, and squaw. They, however, catch with facility the profane expressions of the whites, which they use with great readiness, and without understanding their signification. Thus, they will often employ an oath as a friendly salutation ; and, while kindly shaking bands with a friend, will curse him in cheerful and pleasant tones of voice.—The 04/ of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo. FARMING 1N VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—" What system of farming," said 1, " do they follow most in this coun try ?" " System ? Bless you, you don't suppose they follow any system here. The way they go on is quite disgusting to me ; they know no more of farming than a Londoner. They don't know how to grow anything." "No wheat?" " Yes, they do grow wheat—such as it is." " Barley ?" " Yes ; barley." " Oats ?" " Not seen much oats; however, I b e li eve th ey can grow. " " Potat oes ? " "Oh ! p l enty o f potatoes. " " Vegeta bles ?--cabbages, peas, beans, and suc h lik e ? " " Y es ; I can't sa y b ut t h ey can grow ' em ; b ut they ' re too large to please me , it stands t o reason . t h at t hi ngs can ' t grow properly with and I'm sure they grow t o o qu i c k ; b es id es, the soil just disturbed as it 's done here. A man in my country would be ashamed to call it digging. And then to see what they call a field of wheat ! I call it a field of stumps ! And where there's po stumps they don't do much better. They just put the plough once through it, and there lies the sod turned up with the grass growing on it ; and then a weaver chap, or a London pickpocket, comes with the seed in a bag, and oh, my eyes, how I laughed ! he flings it about as if he was feeding the chickens ,• and then another chap comes with a large branch of a tree, drawn by a couple of oxen, and he sweeps the grain about, and that they call harrowing and when that's done they just leave it." " And what becomes of it?" " Oh, first the cockatoos get a good bellyful, and then the parrots and magpies have a peck at it. But it comes up at last." " Well, that's some thing." " Yes, maybe ; but it oughtn't to come up done in that slovenly way. It's a shame to waste good seed so. And then, when they do get a bit of land a little— no, not in order, but—out of disorder, how they do work it, dear me ! What do you think a sort of cockney chap said to me at Pitt-water, for I've been over there? Says Ito him, ' Friend,' says I, bow often do yo u let your land lie fallow in these parts ? " Fallow,' says he,' what's that ?' ''You're a pretty chap to be a farmer,' said 1, not to know what lying fallow means. Why, lying fallow means letting the land rest a bit to recover itself for another crop.' Oh,' says he, our land in this place I never lies fallow, as you call it ' • we just put th e same crop in every year. There —that field has grown wheat for eleven years.' What! have you had the cruelty,' said I,' to put wheat on that bit of land for eleven years ?' 'To be sure I have,' said he, and shall grow wheat on it for eleven years longer, if I live.' Master, you might have knocked me down with a feather; I never before heard anything so horrid. I felt sure at once that no good was to be done in a country where creatures harrow with branches of trees, and treat their land so cruelly. But it was worse than that when I came to look more into it. I know you won't believe it; they'll never be lieve it of me when I get back to Shropshire. This very bit of land that I've told you of. that the creature grew corn on for eleven year without stopping, never had—no —not so much as a handful of manure the whole eleven year. What do you think of that ? Would any Christian farmer in England treat his land so? Why, it 's against nature!'" I now began to understand the sort of man I had to deal with ; one of those obstinate sons of the soil who cannot be made to understand that it is possible to carry on farming in any other way than the way which they have been accustomed to ; and whose prejudices against innovation are so strong, that they will not believe in the truth of what they see with their own eyes, and wring everything from its true bearing to the backing up of their 'own notions.—Tales of the Colonies ; or, the - Advent we: of an Emigrant. GENERAL MISCELLANY. GROUSt SHOOTING.-Sir w. M. SeanleY killed 108 brace with his own gun on Saturday week. On Saturday week, Mr. Menl3le, of Bristol, was killed by a fall from his carriage. - Bridport theatre was destroyed by fire on Monday night, soon after the c coclusion of the performance. On Saturday, eovil, a man named S e y mour was s o much injured a fight with another that he died next day. It stated, on what may be considered good authority, tuac the pitmen throughout the United Kingdom intend to " strike" in the course of next month. The Minster at Y ork will be completely restored by the next spring, in time for—What ?—(From the Tablet, a Roman Catholic Journal.) It is rumonred that the President of the English college at Rome, Dr. Bragg, is to be raised to the Episcopal dignity in England.—Tablet. Jupiter will appear very splendid even to common ob servers, in the evening, from the middle of August to the end of December. Twelve persons have held the office of mayor of the city of Washington since the year 1802. Of this number five were practical printers. CHEAP TRAVELLING.—In some of the steam-packets, passengers are now conveyed from London to Gravesend and back for one shillino Mr. Green, the areonaut, accompanied by Mr. Bradley made another attempt to cross the channel from Brighton on Monday, but failed. Mr. Eaton, of Little Budworth, Cheshire, has now growing in his garden, exactly fifty pods of peas on one stem, every one of which are well filled. At the Earl of Zetland's audit, held at Richmond on the 2nd inst., his Lordship ordered 15 per cent, to be re turned to his farm tenants. The estates and property of the British Iron Company, which cost them £1,644,726 15s. 4d., and which were valued in 1841 at £1,078,667, are now offered for £200.000. DONCASTER RACES, 1844.—At a quarterly meeting of the town council of Doncaster, held on Tuesday last, it was resolved, by fifteen to six, to grant a sum of £l,OOO from the corporate funds in aid of the races of 1844. The Manchester Herald, after a brief existence of six teen weeks, has disappeared from the political stage. Its final publication appeared on Saturday week, the 12th instant. CARNATION.—There is now growing in the garden of Mr. Wright, Marsh Gate, Doncaster, a clove carnation with seventy -nine stems, and producing upwards of three hundred flowers. On Tuesday morning, a fire broke out in a public-house in London, occasioned by some tobacco pipes that had not been entirely smoked out, having been incautiously put away into a drawer, with other lumber. GRACE DARLl N G.—Sufficient funds have been obtained to erect a monument to the late heroine of the Fern Islands in the church of Bamburgh, the resting-place of her mortal remains. A lady in Ayrshire has volunteered to collect 240,000 used postage-stamps in seventeen days. If she succeeds, she gains £5OOO to the Free Church, and if she loses, she forfeits £lOOO to the Established Church. EXPORTATION OF HORSES.—The Transit steamer, for Hamburgh, which left this port on Saturday last, took out upwards of 20 useful brood mares, purchased in va rious parts of the country by M. Bamburgh, of Vienna. IRISH REAPERS.—An immense number of these an nual visiters from the sister isle have arrived in Glasgow by the Belfast and Londonderry steamers during the pre sent week.—Glasgow Courier. NEW WHEAT.—The first sample of new wheat for the season was exhibited in Bristol market, on Thursday week, by Mr. Shipton, of Clevedon, and it was considered remarkably fine. Mr. A. Campbell, M.P., Nonzie Castle, Crieff, Perth shire, bagged to his own gun on the 12th of August, 1844 brace of full-grown grouse, six mountain bares, and five snipes. A FORTUNATE TAR.—William Robertson, a veteran sailor, who had braved the ocean for full half a century, unexpectedly came into a fortune last week, by the death of an uncle, amounting to £75,000. PRICE OF BREAD.—It appears, by a conversation that took place in the House of Commons on Thursday, that some enactment will be proposed next Session, to regulate the price of bread according to that of wheat and flour. The Cornish pilchard fishery promises to be very suc cessful this season. Some of the boats have brought in this week 5,000 to 20,000 each per night, which have been retailed at 14d. per 120—about 9 for a penny ! FIRE AT PAISLEY.—On Friday night an extensive fire took place in a large building of the Abercorn Foundery, Paisley, occupied by Messrs. Barr and 11 , 1`Nab, as a pattern store machine shop, &c. The loss is estimated at from £5,000 to £B,OOO. SECOND CROP OF NEW POTATOES. — Richard Hind, twine spinner, Milnthorpe, planted a second crop of po tatoes in his garden on Saturday, the 17th June, and this week they are ready for use, being only eight weeks' growth, and an excellent crop. THE LATE CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUD.—An inquiry WAS gone into on Saturday, at the Secondaries Court, London, for the purpose of ascertaining what property Messrs. Candy and Dean possessed in the city of London. The jury found for the crown altogether for £28,070. M prnni • T , rho A...a now oubt‘erlbed for educating the poor in the manufacturing districts now amounts to £58,691 19s. sd. There are 379 contributors of •X5O and upwards, and 940 contributors of sums under Mr. Macready takes his departure for America on the 4th of September, in the Caledonia steamer. He has en gaged Mr. Ryder, of Drury-Lane Theatre, to accompany him, for the purpose of playing the secondary characters with him. SECOND EDITIOIN. Standard-office, Three o'clock. COTTON MARKET—Tnis Day. The demand for Cotton to-day has somewhat abated, nevertheless the tone of the market is decidedly firm and unflinching. The rain has given speculators their quietus for the day, and the trade (with some trifling amount for export) are the chief purchasers at yesterday's prices. In some instances parcels have been sold at prices which were refused at the end of last week. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY. (From Messrs. R. Makin Sr Sons' Circular.) The arrivals of Wheat here since this day week consist of a few further parcels from Ireland, with a fair quantity coastwise, chiefly from London, and 2767 qrs. from abroad. Of other Grain and Flour the supplies are moderate, but of Oatmeal we have to note a large increase for the season The uniformly splendid harvest weather we have ex perienced since our last report, was interrupted by much rain yesterday evening, which continued daring the night, and the whole of this morning without intermission, and has been very general throughout the district around us. Influenced in some degree by the rain on the one hand, and, on the other, counteracted by the decline in London yesterday, our market this morning exhibited an irregular and uncertain aspect; the transactions in Wheat, therefore, continued to be effected with difficulty upon a very moderate scale, at an abatement, for most descriptions of English, Irish, and free Foreign, of about 2d. per 70 lbs. from the currency of this day se'nnight. Flour, notwith standing, remained in tolerable request, English and Irish manufacture on the terms last noted, and Foreign at a decline of 6d. per barrel. Barley was rather cheaper ; and Malt, Beans, and Pease, might have been purchased on somewhat easier terms. Oats, still meeting a very limited inquiry, receded ld per 451 b ; Oatmeal, likewise, was very unsaleable, at the reduced rates of Friday, and a further small lot made from t his year's produce was disposed of at 27s to 29s per 2401 b ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 15th to the 21st August, 1843, inclusive. CANADA REIGN. TOTAL. IRE- COAST- 1 FO DESCRIPTIONS. LAND. ' WISE. 1 ----- Wheat .. ... Ors. 1213 4488 2767 8468 Barley ...... Qrs. 145 194 , 339 Malt Qrs. 10 2283 2293 Oats Qrs. 1020 59u 440 2050 Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. 1262 1262 Pease Qrs. 6 6 ShelledßarleyQrs. Indian Corn. Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. Loads I 9307 22 9329 Flour. ....Sacks 1512 434 1946 Ditto Brls. 5 Into Runcorn.—lreland and Coastwise.—Oats, 118 qrs.; Oat meal, 438 lds ; flour, sacks. and Coastwise.—Oats, 118 qrs.; Oat .ks, EXPORTS.—Foreign. Beans, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Pease, 106 qrs.; Indian Corn, 35 qrs. ; Flour, 405 brls.---Ireland. Wheat, 894 qrs. ; Barley, qrs ; Indian Corn, 3S qrs. ; Flour, 25 sacks, brls.—Coastwise. Wheat, 571 qrs. ; Barley, 121 qrs. ; Malt, 40 qrs. ; Oats, 39 qrs. ; Pease, 10 qrs, ; Indian Corn, 155 qrs.; Oatmeal, 62 loads; Flour, 222 sacks 188 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aug. 12, 1843. Wheat 61s. 2d. I Barley 325.1 td. I Oats 21s. gd. I Rye 38s. 7d. Beans.. 325. Id. I Pease.. 335. 7d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat 55s gd I Barley 30s _Bd. I Oats 20s 7( . 1. Rye 353 84 Beans. :301. gd. I Pease.. 335. 3d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheatl73 Od I Barley 88 Odd I Oats .. . 6s Od I Rye.. 7s 6 Beans los 6a. Pease ,. 9s 6d Ind. Corn Os Od Flour lOs Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.. 4s. Od. I Barley.. Is. od. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.. Os. be Beans 2s. 6d I Pease Is. ed. I Indian Corn Os. Od. j Flour 28 5. Liverpool Averages, week ending Aug. 15, 1843 Wheat. Barley, Oats. Beans. I Pease Qrs... 192 Prices 575. 5d Os, Od.: Os. Od. Os. 04, Os. Od. I .----- - - - -,.notite wh ß at A s N t ic art S le T d OP: s. AG T E. h — e polll,onday the fil l ” vi P ~ SO was posted on the door of the Isle of Man Join ~,,e s t Bank, in this town, "The Bank has suspended Ra!"4o. for the present." We have long contemplated tv.::io, bability of such an event • but its suddenness bas_feas, an ill-advised plan. There is li i t ' t ° l ‘ e v d e o ve ubt a t 'lt:asttairirl',B4T7:: will be eventually paid in full, and every one slimal_luoij,bll muraikieinlgiatblinliitteiecsesosfartyhesaßcrapin.fikc:i,toirs istcalditiln, g • aul o oli pi n ' t : 7 0: misfortune by useless eeci itance. —Mona 3 ~- 'OO ~, £30,000.] b' b 4111 ' s t h in ip gh r a e m fus O'CONNOR V. THE '` TIMES.” --This case i t c he ' r /100,,, an actioa by Mr. Feargus O'Connor againstCroydan 01 e ed iec to tio newspaper for libel, came on for trial at the tici eso . ! o sizes on Friday week. The chief portion of the ar _ ed w olt plained of was that in which tbe plaintiff was ebe r l e Sot' receiving £5 from Mr. Sturge's committee, at_'.'"beoolf paid £3, putting the remainin, £2 in his Pr, r !holor i ; jury returned a verdict of twent'y shillings 0 0 ' 8 ' n ita7 j • own coats. it at 1 / 31 , 4 ' The hero of Barossa, the veteran and ga.. 8 . 6 / V Lynedoch, is presently residing at his seat in th . l _ to ds, bourhood, and has of late made frequent risgusghnof city, by which we are glad to perceive that , al rlW an jof" almost a centenarian, his lordship continues to derp olt cellent health, and retina unimpaired, we u i p f a ettiti?:, 4 the possession and exercise of all his molts' i d s olt f illustration of the virtues of moderation The wonderful degree of health which this fine ° or dhl" enjoys, at a time considerably exceeding th , e j tene t ! term of human existence, is an instructive an _erss rne'rtfiof Y r ,an the active an d tem it a l o g:it t , to wII t. f. Perth Advertiser. ' e of lbi j' On Wednesday morning, much to the surrisadlsa • people on the pier at Tarbert, a very large N e a red flit t il li. dog sprang into the sea, and in an instant aPPb,,ntoill. little boy attired in petticoats suspended from . 1 ',.., 43 tp? It appeared that the little fellow had wanderer i!'"joubEr side of his nurse had fallen into the sea, w ere , t 8 1 , 500! • he would have perished, had it not been for the . s 7 f tliie ll animal, as no one perceived the accident but Cre,7;,„cste:, nurse e ise o d n ttehrerabyfisrtmanad.e_rsGoifasgwohlact ch,oaudrioercc. noel _ . tlio , f b b ; fully placing the boy safe and sound at the te r will'bave to .- SUSPICIOUS.—A surgeon and a joiner of thi,Sirri.vrt had exerted themselves warmly in favour of 7 6 00 wr o: at the last election, were extremely busy Yes ter a 0 0 4' titiimnegstdhuosreinegletchteodrsayw.houmistlsteovuhnaudsupaeirstouacdand t....:::::„ honest John. One voter was - waited on no less L'4sete''' less er so earnestly after an election, that great curiosn7. bq ts pressed as to the cause of this great activitY:oo/56 secret was so well kept that the curious rental: l ' o e witb,, m ... • ranee. All agreed it could have nothing t" Ar - orha° i,s petition against Mr. Bright's return.-- User . p tit 5 1 : ; dor d Los ,I s '' A " GREAT KIDNAPPER."—At Bren ly ..:,. 0 , , sions, on Monday, a tall, elderly, gentleman , 1,1 1 , 0 iK. , examined, in order to be sent to the Coun'iicaiotlo Asylum, at Hanwell. He interrupted the seln a preLt, , wick Church, on the 6th instant, by prof ape cry c iol!' y sermon, and, on being arrested, he became 1 otYr`„t/ Subsequently, he declared that he had lived f,or A hod Pio tt tunes rp ; uo t us h es a ,e, t 7s h ti e ho en w io a u s ff • at ' uht E e pnporeicrubsuoeonfuoroflNdivt ri;iu'el'e,t,sittbliotnyesouro;irecreabt4toes:scooto : , appointed him as the "great kidnapper, hi w ho is leli' vei• him from the pernicious instruction of d otP_ A ts Wilberforce, whom he pronounced to be irnbueresioft" " deadly heresies of the Tractarians." He was 4 4 the Asylum. Oe ° • rad I•bOf In passing sentence upon the youth ne - n ow i v ; Penny, convicted of stealing a letter front the thefts. at the Wilts Assizes, Mr. Justice Coleridge t° . o 51 0 ,,50 soner that he had rendered himself liable to.L.redtaii, , tion for life. His lordship had no sooner debc,,`;aan.,at words, than a young woman's voice was besiTobseg cent of agony, exclaiming " Spare my brotherbe ref?' my brother ! he's my only brother !" which _ S i , t sets' several times, causing a thrill to run throuPhdr,,cs court. His lordship, with his u,ual kindness:i-seotf:ast to be composed, for he was not about to pass tr ot 0;10 ' upon him. His lordship then went on to de n sa bbiethe impressive address to the prisoner , wh° wen s eae lcii the dock. The prisoner was sentenced to eight e- ,no t ' imprisonment. an 8 9 1 Pe r 1 .e There appeared some time since in our P 8 WM 0 , , of the noble conduct of Messrs. R. 1 1 ••,.. ta tbe . 4o;6 3 Brothers, of Saddleworth, who, out of resP e '; biS n i ck '''; ddx m iisti o o: r Brc y clost bo O ;ra f dai nl l ttd h hhi e eor i eu r peglteh f ; a a hts so o e r h r e , thata od f p b a t e i : en diningtc d l r l ee e ada dti b t a ost i ori a I:e n /elli : ay ode : p l or idt::: : ::i i beiv ; :: :ef orlooidoo l. i. jox o f f a2g9p t g h oree e , rssb:eenigtneignngtslet constable,ph m e ereweoaansc cent. h t p h o ivi e n. withstanding that they inherited nothing ff olll 0 cli w el, ,, them either morally or legally. A contrnittee.table,witO, ', be entertained at a public dinner), and tne ie r ce of 10 8 , i consisting of two silver tureens, and tw?, i .- 0 the , tors. c l a p as 1 1 i ‘1 0 ,5 , THE HALIFAX MURDER.—On Mon--• ',, n e-r, .1;- , ton, he observed a man w oi a sett l ieht k 'hee i ad n aii g innali o :t n aud:nns t t:llbPl'itaesrul::Bl;':tbea'irgtlbe'rj"ll: l, : , : re lefri: murdered t n aujo d tbrtydle b eode a : r)referdfoomiol leis father, hf a w et i h t d l e t er: h ca i r s ui pd s t l i iooneshti inquirednhdeur f r l e t h i ci s eraj a v : : : of t op la hb e e_oce ty r:: : derer Dobson, suspected that this was the b e e hj a lifo' .' from. He , said from London, and was ge' l ladVsor, I know At a thisp lacen expressiona m edA t l h o e u n r: Mount o T w a b a o s r; r e .: 8 : :a rt,,0 ; 6 1: 6 0 : 0 stable, (meaning the place where the 0 18r ; a - ilyt I sbl i ; effected his escape a u n n d de h lg a o s ne n , ot th s e i y n ee and trembled exceedingly, and set off a r,..,,, 1) for,°,oite f as he could. The ciustable followed b.`" COI" pri S v O a n ti T oi S t T h A e r y F: I R , , I:SHIRE. D mile, but could not overtake him, fr° ° „.. ) ,,,. ihs'dl • route he took and the night coming on. iv - her been V I " of Leeds paper. th e p st ItiO n t r e e A te P. la fo hu r ullr,riatulgdnosretvhe,rahlasu fp them • g t • atben it °l O- 1 1:1 1 have Linn_ , a co ffo been symptoms of improvement in ". Mr., - •tiO 6 the iron and coal districts of this countY•ral s cla l o tb d la a t furnaces; but such was the debility of the la ibie Ilse 1 w ere .... ' ed t ot!, OLP ry leave. The demand for iron is, abutBl4cese 10 it was some weeks ago, very good, the i f; Cosloir e ; , ruinously low. During the last fortnight L t staft r iveg works, one of tl'e most extensive in Solt", re,,,'', e orm"; situate between Dudley and Bilston, IO C ! . V t ioat e i j , order for 7,000 tons of castings for Liverpoo,6o hos gi when executed, will amount to not less than,•saist OW NA ill' to s it The business at the works of the Alesrs. , i, to t rc i u l h a a l i T s o d nh b i ndee d ' n on," nesbury Oak, is likewise improving . ? . n the o no pearances, now the state of credit 1 an d C d 8 04 ern ° :,: e reu ip ao ef ;: t i ° :b; t :: exploded, affairs are likely to be P lace ithert°': bt,sj, fer a oosr s uc a tgi h f eh e ent r cßd a ee n : si d btpira s si tuigrhgeaeorrsvrfeoifyrrunoendmndi in Cork foundation ,r t , kioloeninrl n i wr i orer_ ierdoeolijyriss a reo , : f .e at le :raj ,3 0 1 ; :gbot; forwarded. They relate to a most serioticience 00 d.:0 had taken place a few days before the ',, g uns'or 'to tween her Majesty's ship Electra, eighteeced to e Opt French fishermen, who, having cornm en but t, re i t %ere i , . 0 6 on the British ground, were warned off, tio n eci ;lie il 'or 4 obey, were fired upon by the Electra, s- 8 ,01- -- 00 to ° ,0‘ the purpose of protecting the British gr ° This 1:0' 0 ' for' man was killed and several wounded• Sauceo .., t o • collision had excited a great sensation at i' s ' a Pre l li the governor had deemed it of such ioriP, ° oo cleP ;0 0. di ward the despatches on the day of s'''' i ,„lan Bt oe 'it, French frigate had arrived to demand e ;', Far,' of° the present state of the relations betwe s e ;oar' . . o England, this must be regarded as a very oo f P t - 0 --Cork Reporter. • t g pol ls .bie DURHAM CITY Er gcrioNs.----Tbe a at 3 er'' , two memorable contested' elections of .1 ' cl iO t t 't o, prepare the following analysis : as 0. 1; 6 , f ° 6l 4 FIRST ELECTION• 4 8 .,, C 1 i t. r110...' 5 0 Dungannon. Bright. Total...Ain ,• ~,,, „. / Freemen .... 333.... 205.... 588... • T t • . .. ~ _ ..... ,1r v. 6,-. 14 ..a Householders 174.... 201.... 375. •• • ''' 'lO r", ---4, ,. f p , —' ---- 4Sd •• • ' Total polled.. 607 406 9 13 ..• • ' ..••'<d' Freemen unpolled ............ 6 2 . • "•...• • ' • . • • 1° . ".4 .: Householders unpolled ...... 79. ••• • ' ' • ,- ' ''e 8 ' ''.. '8(11 * l it e/ Total constituency .... ...... 1054. • • • eiders ° b an i a l, l or d It thus appears that three more househo_con t 00 freemen voted for Mr. Bright in the r s ehe lciell I.Br first election ; and that six more 11° " 9 - f is th an 0 je e fewer freemen were polled for Mr. DP tas es pe Dungannon.—Gateshead Observer. _,itin,llo fof On Friday morning Mr. Charles Gre,..r oa , on_ e6 t a): ascent in his new balloon, called the AL"' ar eot!me OOP le the e d brier,l,4l imental trip to the continent, fro n ~,..c p .ol ,etis, Commercial Gas Works at the Work , ! r0 b1a%!,,, tiw o pr ney. In order to prevent the great asr:,.,drsoef 0.,10gi which such an event would have natu. !nessTeditv.v", the intended ascent was kept as secret e ef a r e pt ti,.", ;e isa,; ( oo, sons being admitted into the grounds.e.onal t i ti t , d it s of the company and a few •t their PZS w ith;ooO r c oSt customers. When the balloon a sceno t e ;in , it_ . as e% 00 0 ,,, and a Mr. Bradley who accornpanieq "' iv b l _,lf in Thames and took a direction toward:iced sitau,'ioo of and the wind blowing gently, it was _..niate ;tteille; . I° ' 0 1)1 ' 0 ' 0 " ' 1 until ultimately it was lost to view; bo lo co si 00 le, u toreGeen was to test the powers of his ..,, as o _ d ((At... ~ ross the British Channel, and 11, ! 1 _ 11 L i t ; at a ctse A tics , serve, on some part of the coot! t:l'.. - ~,,a l t-ti o ci i i - 0 9 favourable state of the weather ono I r, se d bY . t o b e so 0, nautic skill, and the confidence OOPexPr',„asos;plB,oif . to his entering the car, there is e s ve , llY si ' gri , . 7( ico: A/ 0 4 ,4 will be able to accomplish hi n o r oged ',000,0110;,/) change of wind, Mr. Green wa,,...0e1d , ' . ,,,190-,.19 •?' three o'clock the same day, at s , r oa . to 0: . Oil , MOST EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUS__ servant:ooo;o,ooy day week, two young lads, a wli g : a l; rt. ir o e n u e s_ at s i l lt i b e ; Walker, Muncraig, Borg ue,_ ri n c_ r the s en t tO__,(Piii singling out turnips in a fielg. c' , s work , I f t belY;of • l'' when they bad finished their aY„. g 0 e b /041 . . On looa' t ivIL ir 7 of the hough, or heugh• s t he 'it a considerable distance, " n it. The lads went away home , i. " O '; shout s e t, , Ige, said to the other that b s.il. , NS reta jj o t t OP iIi tIV IV I• 4ull for a pet. They afterwaad 0 ' of them, named Peter lii Rebe l ' ghes, t ° p 0 t t o l. i i me during the night, the 1 _re.,oofu°llfgrn-oneedst t ' a - fo tb r e er r o t a l, , .*: Nalked away, without putting on p, tc b e e 11 , , : w htili " : Cio ' k td e oi c t 0 : s o r , o b i : . i, ~, ' perP- B „ n its• L e o. pe, descended a fearful and the brow,. 'ho f e ll° 11 i t s perilous steps, reached r 1 w hic I b 's • SO•a ~,,, lodged the nestling in a bar tic ~.ed by.o voCepoto os , ';lualinvsbeirieesdt,alsoenizge3 doannegoerfnneuta;r re tuirds co rOOO,O . nd went away to bed unp n r e e jthat, bi s crat ch ere ° lie ti ese )n getting up be conaPl..e gi g hti3 7 ._ feet to e is , t o, 'ere sore; his fingers vrci,__ why his he a . _ g e e , 40., • ,led, and he could not Do oFTg our , that the D' re ss 1 16 ty" "ith mud. He told his nelg 1 , 1 lac ed it :of 0100 •iught the young gnll,. au being " r d th e gle .nrn, and, his imagination s_,, f o ull he belief, they went oft t. n" very place safe and unhur