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Ktteraturt. POETRY. MIDSUMMER DAY-1851. When Winter his dark cloak was spreading, He encroached on the verdure of Spring, And with his cold feet he kept treading On the flow'rets which April should bring. And Spring thus pushe4 out of his place, Did not like being made to look small, So, by gently increasing the pace, Threatened Summer with no space at all But e'en Zephyrs imprisoned may burst Their bonds in demanding fair play, So the thunder and lightning came first, And then afterwards Midsummer Day. Clear the way, then, the storm cloud is past, And though seasons at times g• astray, Sol mume s his dominion at last In the glory of Midsummer Day Midsummer Day J. H. HALL. ,__ VA RI ETI ES. A person pointed out a man who had a profusion of rings on his fingers to a cooper. " Ah, master," said the artisan, " it's a sure sign of weakness when so many hoops are used." THE PUNSTER'S FATE.—How true it is that the man who makes a pun will pick a pocket, may be ascertained from the reports cf last week's proceedings at the Old Bailey. It will be found, fom reference to those dismal records, that a man has made a pun—that he has picked a pocket—that he has been tried and found guilty. The facts are these :—An infatuated wretch of the name of Cotton, stole a handkerchief ; and, on being called upon for his defence, he declared " he thought it was his own, because it was a Cotton one." Jude and jury felt at once how much the atrocity of the pun added to the enor mity of the offence. Who, after this, will dispute the soundness of the axiom, that a man who can make a pun will pick a pocket? The thing has been logically proved; and henceforth, whenever he is known to be present in a large assembly, the cry will be. as a matter of course, " Take care of your pockets !"—Punch. A FRENCH WINDFALL.—An old man who, with his wife, had lived for many years in the Hospice des Vieil lards, at Tours, purchased, four years ago, a pair of trousers from a soldier, and wore them until within the last few days. The wife then began to unsow them, and discovered fastened in the band a piece of paper. " Ah," -said the husband, glancing at it, it is an assignat o the old republic ! It is of no use !" " Well," said the wife, " as there is a little engraving on it, I will paste it to the wall." She did so. The day after a person came in. and, on seeing the note, exclaimed, " What ! do you paste bark-notes of one thousand francs to the wall ?" " One thousand francs ! Good heavens !" cried husband and wife together, " why, isn't it an assignat ?" " No, but a note of the Batik of France for one thousand francs, which sum any banker will give for it." 't he .cote stuck too tightly to the wall to be removed, so the visitor cut out the brick and sent it to a banker in the town. That gentleman saw that the note was a perfectly good one, and he sent it, still attached to the brick, to the Bank of France. It was paid at once. The note is dated :n 1829. —Galignani's Messenger. A LAW COURT INT - CALTFORNIA.—Judgeg there sit on the bereh,• attired like other men, and taking a leaf out of Chief Baron Nicholson's book, puff their cigars While laying down the law on the enlightened principle of ex fumo dare lucem ; nor do they haughtily hesitate to ac commodate with the glowing butt any of the learned counsel or ae;dience who may require a light ; in fact, there is a degree of charming republican familiarity ex isting betwixt the bench, the bar, end the public, which rnakes a man feel as much at ease in a court as in a tavern, and must he seen to be properly appreciated. Law arguments under such a ertem are no longer dry and uninteresting, but flow smoothly along, liberally lubricated with tobacco saliva, and garnished with colloquial episodes that come with a delicious freshness upon the ear of a person before only accustomed to the oppressive profun dity of Westminster prael ice. I was being thus edified, sitting in the jury box (no jury being empannelled at the time), when I observed a row of new pine sticks, about the dimensions of a shillelah, standing in exact order in front of the seats ; and finding their number amounting precisely to twelve, it struck me they were part of the legal machinery of the place; nor was I astray, for a sort of factotum—crier, usher, tipstaff, &c.—who wore his hat ex officio, comtniaeratingly informed me that they were "desk protectors," which it was pirt of his duty as court keeper to provide as " whittling stuff for the gents," who would otherwise cut all sorts of hieroglyphics and incon gruous devices upon the desks ; an operation I afterwards saw gone through by a witness under the ordeal of a sharp cross-examination, who cut with an increasing keenness into the rail as the counsel cut into his credibility.— California. AN ADVENTURE IN A CAVERN.—An American paper, the Chattanooga Gazette, of May 16, says. "A few days ago, three of our worthy citizens paid a visit to the cave, now attracting much attention, under Lookout Mountain. With the usual amount of pine, some matches, and bread and cheese, they worked their way along the main passage until they found an aperture in some rock which let them down into a lower chamber. This they traversed for hours, when hunger and fatigue admonished them that it was time to return. But how short-sighted is man, espe cially when several miles under ground ! To the conster nation of the trio, the fearful truth groped its way to their senses that they were lost ! They were then beyond all landmarks. No stranger had left his mark upon the wall ; and, with pine fast diminishing, fears came upon them of being buried alive beneath the towering rock of the Look out. All jokes were laid aside, and the company, with measured countenances, gave rent to some very funny promises if they could just get out of these difficulties. Hope was dying within them, when a streak of good luck befell them, almost as welcome as a gleam of daylight. Away in that far recess, where no traces of men were seen, they found two bottles, one filled with water, the other with brandy ! They were old-fashioned porter bottles, and the cork in the one containing brandy was half rotted out, The brandy had the taste of great age. After taking a ' horn,' the party moved forward in better spirits. Shortly after they found the skeleton of a man, which they gathered up as a trophy and carried along. Finally, alter many vicissitudes, weary and heavy laden,' they found out their ' bearings,' and soon emerged into moonlight, a ter having travelled ten hours and a half. Although the party suffered much that visit, yet it had its interest. New regions in this subterranean cavern were discovered, and novelties and grandeurs seen seldom looked upon before. Parties are now almost daily ex ploring this interesting cave, and it is destined to be a great resort. It is about three miles from Chattanooga, fifty yards from the Tennessee river, and immediately on the line of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad." How QUAKERS PAY TAXES.—Friends annually sum up the amount of all they have lost by this suffering as they call it ; and I was then under the idea that our noble testimony against a hireling Ministry was an essential part of all true Christianity, and that our refusal to pay the unholy tax was an acceptable martyrdom in a small way. I had heard much preaching on this subject, and very much self-laudation on the faithfulness o f the society generally. indeed universally, to this our testimony, which so widely separated us from the hire lings of all other creeds. The two men who called on me for the purpose of collecting the disputed impost were exceedingly gentle and polite. Tney saw at a glance that I was an ignoramus, and kindly volunteered to inform me how other Quakers manavd, for I had told them that my profession would not allow me to pay tithes; and that if they insisted on forcibly taking away my property, though I would not resist, still I would look on it as actual robbery. " Did you ever pay tithes, ma' am ?" " Never," I replied. " Well, then," said he, " you are a stranger here, I see, and I'll just tell you how the Bristol Quakers manage ; for I am going about among them for twenty years past, and I am always glad to accommodate them, and meet their scruples. The sum you must pay is one guinea • so I will call here to morrow at eleven o'clock in the morning, and you just leave on the sideboard there some articles of plate— your teapot will do very well, or spoons, or whatever you like—then I come and take it away. You don't give it, and so your conscience is clear. You will then return to your meeting-people that your teapot, worth ten guineas, was distrained for tithe; and as soon after as you like you tan go to Mr. Jones, the silversmith, and tell him how you lost your teapot, and are obliged to buy a new one. He will condole with you; and after showing you a variety of new ones to select from, he will hand you your own identical article, and say he will sell you that cheap —say one guinea. You pay your guinea, and get your own safe back again, cleaner and brighter than ever, and, if you like, you can purchase some other trifling little article ; for Mr. Jones is a very accommodating man.— Quakerism. by a member of the society for forty years. A SPANIARD'S LOYALTY.-1 have been sometimes struck with considerable astonishment that so little flat tery is to be found among painters and sculptors. Those who are familiar with the antique must have remarked in the case of Nero, bow faithfully the sculptor or medallist bas followed the truth of nature ; the almost divine beauty of his youth gives place gradually to the fierce perplexed expression of incipient madness in his manhood ; and be forethecloseof hisreign it is the savage scowl of a wild beast that glares on us from the statues and medals of the last C,sesar. The Spanish queen fares no better than did the Roman emperor, and 1 once witnessed, growing out of this, the most remarkable instance of artistic loyalty that perhaps ever existed. During the reign of the Duque de Victoria (Espartero% I entered a print shop in Madrid to obtain a portrait of the Regent. I hal noticed that though portraits of nearly all the reigning sovereigns in Europe adorned the window, there was none of our own Queen. I asked the shopkeeper how this happened :on which he told me that he could supply me with one, for that he had quite a variety. " I did not see any in the window among the other kings and queens." " No, Senhor; we do not put the Queen of E ng l an d there. " " Why so ? England and Spain are on very good terms, and our Queen, who is fond of the sea, is very likely to pay you a visit some day." " That may be, S en h or ; we shall be happy to put our country a la dtspocision sit la majestad (at the disposal of her majesty), but I do not put her portrait in the window for all that." My Lurio sity was thoroughly piqued. " Would you object to tell me the reason ?" " I have very great objection, Senhor taio; but if you insist, just to shew you that it is out of no disrespect to your Queen (may she lire a thousand years!), I will tell you why T keep her picture out of the window. Q ueen Vi c t or i a i s rimy graciosai rnvy bontla (very pretty and very graceful); and Providence has not been peculiarly liberal in that respect to Donna Isabel (whom the saints watch over !), therefore, as I think the contrast not complimentary to our sovereign, I keep the Queen of England in a drawer." " But then," added be, suddenly remembering a new fact, " there are two pictures of the Queen of Portugal in the window! Pues hombre, there it is, if you want it." Surely the force of loyalty could no further go.—Christetaa's Shores and Wing& ri this With-rinteass. A SHORT COURTSHIP. (From Lewis Arundel, or the Railroad of Life.) Tho occupants of the seat were Miss Peyton and De Grandeville. _ _ Ar—really," remarked De Grandeville, very to—ar—touching, pathetic song— " Murdered," observed Miss Peyton, quietly finishing his sentence for him. " that is a " Ar—eh—yes, of course. 1 was going to—ar—that is, your exquisite taste har—ar—in fact—ar—beyond a doubt the woman is committing murder." " Recollect, the • woman,' as yon are pleased to call her, is nip particular friend, Mr. De Grandville," re turned his companion, with a slight degree of hauteur in her tone. " Ar—yes, of course, that speaks volumes in her fa vour," was the rejoinder; and although it is not every one who is gifted with the talent of vocalisation, yet the estimable qualities which one seeks in the—ar--endearing relation of friendship may be found—ar—that is, may exist—ar---" " What did you think of the champagne at supper ?" interrupted Miss Peyton abruptly. " Really—ar—'pon my word I did not particularly no tice it, I was—ar—so agreeably situated that I could not devote much attention to the—ar—commissariat depart ment." " Surely it was unusually strong," persisted Laura. " Ar—yes. of course you are right, it is no doubt owing to its agreeably exhilarating qualities that it is so univer sally popular with the fair sex. Were I—ar—so fortu nate as to be—ar--a married man, I should always have champagne at my table." What a temptation !" returned Miss Peyton, smiling ironically ; " your wife will be an enviable woman, if you mean to indulge her in such luxu,ies." " It delights me to hear you say so," excla 4 med De Grandeville eagerly ; " if such is your opinion, I am in deed a fortunate man ; I had not intended," he continued in a lower tone, " to speak to you at this early period of our acquaintance on the subject nearest to my heart, but the—ar—very flattering encouragement—" •' Sir I" exclaimed Miss Peyto - n in a tone of indignant Surprise " Which you have deigned to bestow upon me," con tinued De Grandeviite, not heeding the interruption, " leads me to unfold my intentions without delay. I am now arrived at an age when, in the prime of life, and with judgment so matured that I consider I may safely act in obedience to its dictates without the risk of making any great mistake, it appears to me, and to those of my highly born and influential friends whom I have consulted on the subject, that I might greatly improve my general position in society by a judicious matrimonial alliance. Now, without being in the slightest degree actuated by—ar— anything approaching to a spirit of boasting, I may ven ture to say that the selection of a partner for life I have a right to look—ar—high. My family may be traced back beyond the Norman conquest, and the immense estates in our possession—ar—my cousin Hildebrand holds them at present—but in the event of anything happening to his seven—ar—however, I need not trouble you with such family details, suffice it to say that we are of ancient de scent, enormous landed proprietors, and that. my own po sition in society is by no means an unimportant one. Now, although I am aware that by birth you are scarcely —ar—that is—that the Peyton family cannot trace back their origin —ar—l have made up my mind to waive that point in consideration of—" " Excuse me, sir," interrupted Miss Peyton. " Doubt less your mature judgment has led you to discover many, in fact some thousands of good and weighty reasons why you should overlook the humble origin of the poor Pey tons ; but there is one point which appears to have escaped even your sagacity, namely, whether this unworthy de scendant of an ignoble fatni!y desires the honour of such an alliance as you propose. That you may no longer be in doubt upon the subject, allow me to thank you for the sacrifice you propose to make in my favour, and most un equivocally to decline it." No one could be in De Grandeville's company for ten minutes without perceiving that on the one subject of his own importance he was more or less mad ; but with this exception he was a clear-headed, quick-sighted man, used to society, and accustomed to deal with the world. Laura Peyton, in her indignation at the inflated style of the preamble of his discourse, had committed the indiscretion of refusing his hand before be had distinctly offered it.. De Grandeville perceived the mistake, and hastened to avail himself of it by replying— . " Excuse me, Missßyton, but you jump rather hastily to conclusions; had you heard me to the end, you might have learned that there were equally strong reasons why in my present position I dare not yield to the impulse of my feelings—for that I greatly admire and respect you I frankly own. Should these reasons disappear under a change of circumstances, I shall hope to have the honour of again addressing you on this subject with a more fa vourable result—in the mean time, to assure you that entertain no unfriendly recollection of this interview, permit the the honour—" So saving, ere she was aware of his intention, he raised her hand to his lips—bowed respectfully, and, rising, quitted the apartment. THE POPE'S BRIEF AUTHORITY.—The Pope has con firmed more than all the decrees of the Synod of Thurles. We have it now on the better authority of his Holiness, and are therefore prepared to believe in the following ennobling dogmata :—That the earth does not move, and —under the present Pontiff—never shall. That the sun is sixty yards in diameter. That the moon is made of green cheese. That the stars are Roman candles. That the North Pole is the shape of a cardinal's crosier. That the Equinoctial Line is the fishing-line of St. Peter.—Punch. THE SPANISH Astxus.- . -Of all knights, and of all lovers, towards the close of the fifteenth century, be was the pink, the palm, the prime, the jewel, and the flower. Reverses and an opprobrious name had reduced bum, at the beginning of the next, to the level of the wodd. Granada was taken ; the Moro changed into the Morisco. —that is, insult was added to injury, and the pride of Moorish chivalry was at an end. Ballads took the place of battles, the lute supplanted the lance, and the pro scribed and unfortunate Morisco was fain to tinkle his woes to the brethren of his own sad thoughts and those of his countrymen, and to draw tears, perchance, of blood. Landing on the quay of Malaga " the royal," the chief port of Moorish Spain, we are in two worlds, the present and the past—Christian and Mahommetan. The former we will leave to its desert, that is, to its oranges and raisins, together with its olives and its cigars. its heat, roguery, mirth, intrigue, superstition, and filth. The latter overlooks us from the grim old bastions of the Gibalfaro, peering threateningly into every street, like a bad conscience. The truth is, it has ugly whispers for Spain, making it tremble as it " thinks upon her towers," and the miseries endured in that fortress and the city it overshadowed, in 1487. The Moorish empire was even then tottering to its fall. Abu Abdallah, or Boabdil, or Bobadil, as the name grew at length by repeated corrup tions, Latin, Spanish, and English, was still weakly struggling against his valiant old uncle, El Zagal, while the Castilian power was thundering at his gates. Divided against itself, the kingdom of Granada was as sure to fall as that of Lucifer before it. Nevertheless a stubborn old dog of an African whom El Zagal had placed in Malaga, was determined to nail his crescent to the sky. Hamet Zeli picked his men, and retired into the citadel. and swore by his beard, a considerable oath, from which his barber alone could absolve him, that he would eat the citizens when the other vermin failed, rather than open his gates to that dog of a Ferdinand, to say nothing of Isabella his queen, whom he roundly favoured with the corresponding epithet. In this posture of affairs, deeds of valour incredible and indescribable were done on both sides, by the aristocracy of Castile and of Granada, aun que Moros, hijosdalgo, here brought en evidence of Europe and Africa at once, like the neighbouring Gibel el-Taric, or Gibraltar. Amongst the Arab nobles, Abra hen Zenete was conspicuous ; and, indeed, sometimes shamed the Spanish chivalry by his Christian-like and orthodox courtesy. But there were men of another stamp amongst them ; and as Spain had its Torquemada, its Ojedo, and its Merle, so had Malaga ferocious rabitos of its own, comrades of their general, the Gomeres, African mercenaries, who had brought with them across the strait the ferocity of Barbary, uncooled by the admix ture of peninsular civilization. Of some of these the deeds are perpetuated in the literature of the day ; but the greater part have settled down side by side with the worthies who flourished before Agamemnon, under the pressure of three hundred fathom, or years, of oblivion. A ballad is an excellent float upon the stream of time. where the heaviest things commonly go to the bottom. Some flies have, no doubt, owed their preservation to the amber of the unctuous Peter Martyr, who used to indite his epistles in Queen Isabella's tent, while the cloth was laying; some have been bottled re spirits of the lively Pulgar ; while here and thero4l9fie has paid for his immortality in the currency of the Inquisition, in the voluminous processes in which it is found at once crushed and preserved, like a fly between the pages of the New gate Calendar. But the vast majority of them owe their fame with posterity to their native poets, whose number, if not name, is legion. We are told that ninety became famous. If we add the usual proportion of those who did not, together with those who became infamous, we shall have a tolerably abundant bloom of Blackamoor anthology. We aro wandering from the knights of Malaga ; desperate fellows, some of them, though not without a tine touch of nobility, whieli even the cadets of the houses of Gusman and Pacheco thought no scorn to take lessons from. It was, in sooth, no uncommon sight for a caballero, armed cap et (pee, to be seen pricking across the Vega, and under the horse•shoe arch of a Moorish town, during war, secure in the safe conduct of his own knightly pedigree, as set forth in a sort of ab stract upon his shield, going to put himself under the chivalrous tuition of one of the lofty followers of Islam, thereby to win his spurs, and claim unimpeached ob servance amidst the ranks of Castilian sangre x n whose honours had been already recognised. But, as we have said, some among these Arabian knights— who afforded but dubious entertainment to their foes in battle—retained a little more of the Barbary barbarism in their manners than is quite consistent with our notions of perfect re finement. They had an ugly fashion of presenting their mistresses with the heads of their enemies, instead of their own portraits, as is the present usage. But there is no accounting for tastes,—and they were their own artists, requiring but a single stroke to finish their work. The Gomeres in particular--those mercenaries from the heart of Morocco, of which the garrison of Malaga was princi pally composed, prided themselves on this grim gallantry ; and, like Dryden's Cymon, reaped the field of that grain which bears two e ars on e a c h sta lk , f or t h e espec i a l benefit of their fair —or brown—mistresses, to the envy of Ibn Brother, the botanist, himself. These fellows sallied forth sometimes by n i g h t, l i ke wild boars, with their tusk-like scimitars whetted to a desperate edge, and keen as their own appetite for Christian blood. But not un frequently they made their cavalgedas—a horse-play of rather a terrible kind, at noon day, into the enemy's country, where, especially about the frontier, they were recognised from a distance by an ominous horn-winding, and an alarming lance-blink. which heralded their ra'd.— Dublin Universily. THE LIVER,POOL STANDARD. POISONOUS LIZARDS.—A short time since, Mr. Chas. Mumford, gunsmith, of Warley, whilst dipping a pail in a pond adjoining his house, felt something prick his hand, which he found to be a lizard, (rooloca vivipara.) The wounded part swelling very much, it was cut out, and has since been cauterized, Mr. Mumford remaining unable to use it for a fortnight. Some few years since, a child at Warley was bitten by one, and died in consequence ; and the Rev. P. Salter, formerly Rector of Shenfield, was bitten by one, in consequence of which he lost the use of hie arm, and never recovered it.—Chelereford Chronicle. A CAUTION.—We lately copied from the Birmingham Journal the account of a swindler who has been defraud ing several ladies in that neighbourhood, by advertising that a situation as family governess was to be had, with a salary of £lOO a year, and all the attractions of a tour Levant.through Italy and the: The governess is to go with the family, but it is continually demanded as a preliminary that she must deposit £65 in her new employer's hands, by way of prepaying her travelling expenses. We observe the same knavery has again appeared at Worcester, so we repeat the warning—the offer is a snare. FATAL EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.—The neighbourhood of Yarmouth was visited on Saturday se'nnight by a severe tempest, which inflicted considerable damage upon the marsh hill situated at Toft Monks, near the Seven-mile- House, on Beccles river. Four young men wer eel picking in the neighbourhood, two of them resorted for shelter to the Seven-mile-House, while the other two took refuge in the mill. The former were standing with their backs to the fire-place v'hen the explosion of the cloud took place. They were forced violently against each other, but received no injury. On proceeding to the door, they beheld the mill-sails dashed to pieces, and on enter ing the mill they discovered the bodies of their compa nions apparently ss, on the floor, their faces and the greater part of their bodies blackened by the sulphurous exhalation. One of them soon recovered, but his com panion revived only for a short time, his last words being that he felt he must shortly die." He was a fine pow erful young man, by name Edmund Pettingill, about 25 years of age. He has left a young wife, to whom he had been united but five or six months. The mill, it appears, was the property of the family, and is said to be uninsured. Essex Herald. NARROW ESCAPE —The luggage on the top of a car riage of the quarter-past ten o'clock train on Saturday morning, from London to Edinburgh, took fire, from some cause unknown. In the carriage beneath were Mr. Paxton, Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. Cochrane, the active super intendent in the building of the Crystal Palace, and Mr. Crampton, the engineer of th:. Submarine Telegraph Company from Dover to Calais. These gentlemen were on their way to share in the dinner to Mr. Fox, at Derby. Mr. Crampton, guessing what was the matter, and com prehending at once the danger, with a coolness and dar ing highly praiseworthy, opened the door, and, passing from carriage to carriage by the aid of the footbridge, made his way, and was approaching the engine, when he was observed by the guard and driver, who, as soon as possible, stopped the train. In the meantime his com panions had a narrow escape of it. for the flames found their way into the compartment which he had left open, and set the clothes of the inmates on fire in several places; but beyond some singes and a blister or two no personal injury was suffered. The passengers were greatly frightened, and several had to deplore the destruct. tion of their luggage. FEMALE EMIGRATION FROM TIIE SHETLAND ISLANDS. —From the numerous accidents to which, from their sea faring habits, the male population of the Shetland Islands are exposed, there exists a considerable preponderance in numbers of single women over the men—in the ratio pro bably of three to one. To remedy this anomalous state of matters, a scheme of emigration was framed, on the benevolent suggestion of Lady Franklin, who had visited the islands while preparing an expedition in search of her gallant husband, and meausures were adopted in the spring of 1850 to enable a small party of females to pro ceed to Adelaide, South Australia. The Lerwick com mittee having selected nineteen young women and a mar ried couple, her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners granted them an assisted passage, £5 being paid for each from the Shetland lurid. Accounts have been received of their safe arrival in Australia, having, while on the voyage, conducted themselves with the strictest propriety. So great was the demand for their services (as the girls can all wash , milk, and perf o rm the other or di na ry duties re quired. in farmhouses), that d o ubl e the num b er appli capons were made beyond the means of supply ; and within twenty-four hours after their arrival in the colony, the whole were engaged at an average of ss. per week. — Edinburgh Courant. PAINFUL. CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Friday, a lady arrived at the establishment of the Sisters of Mercy, at Bristol, from Devonport, on a visit to Miss Sellon; she was con siderably fatigued by her journey, and some recent painful events had much distressed her. She retired early to rest, and Miss Scion left her in' safety to proceed on a visit of charity; cn her return Miss Sellon was astonished to find her visitor absent. Search was made but she could not be found, and Miss Sellon determined to apply for assistance to the Rev. Mr. Barrow, the clergyman of the parish, who immi diately went to the police, and by their means traced the young lady to the Artichoke Tavern, under the Bank. From what ran be gathered it would seem that the young lady, who is a foreigner, and speaks English imperfectly, must, iii a fit of somnambulism or delirium, have risen from her bed and found her way into the street. with little more on than her night-clothes; here she was accosted by a woman, and by her put into a fly, by the driver of which she was taken to the Artichoke. When Miss Sellon and Mr. Barrow got there, at two o'clock in the morning, the young lady most joyfully _ _ welcomed them, and immediately returned with Miss Sellon home. It is with regret that we add, that the shock which the nervous system has sustained is so great, that the life of the lady is considered to be in danger.— Bristol Gazette. ROMAN ANTIQUITIES IN CUMBERLAND.—A few days ago, the workmen engaged in excavating the foundations of a new house now being erected by Miss Carruthers, of Stanwix, discovered two ancient walled wells, much worn with use, about seven feet below the surface. They were filled up with rubbish, and covered over with troughs, with the view, as the workmen supposed, of concealing treasure—a Californian idea truly, but it was not realised, as the rubbish was not removed. A quantity of red and buff-coloured Roman po'tery, however, was discovered. One vessel was an amphora, a yard in diameter, which was unfortunately smashed in pieces by one of the work- men, who, it appears, not having an archaeological turn of mind, was unaware of its value. Two corn grindstones and an iron spear head were also turned up. The grind stones are formed of a black porous substance resrosabling slag, and are evidently of artificial cdmposition—probably brought by the soldiers from Italy. It is somewhat sin gu'ar that another well, in which were found some coins, and a beautiful blue cameo set in silver, was discovered when the foundation of Mr. Farrar's house was laid— making three wells within the space of 40 feet ; and wells here must be 60 feet deep to procure water. Their site, it may be explained, is close to one of the principal sta tions on the Roman wall, the ditch of which, broad and deep, may still be seen on the opposite side of the field, terminating towards the west end of it, and showing that the wall did not extend to the scaur ; that which was generally supposed to be the remains of the wall there, being the earthwork for two field-pieces thrown up by the Duke of Perth, when he bombarded the castle from this point in 1745.—Carlisle Journal. • ..••••• ••s• ••.. lf /WY", INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE.—We saw this morning a specimen of goods to be exhibited at the World's Fair. The samples recently arrived from England, and are now under the care of Messrs. F. Derby and Co.—the Stultz of America. These gentlemen have procured several yards cut from the pieces of cloth which were made by the English manufacturers for exhibition, being the same as a committee of merchants awarded a gold medal for and 100 guineas, as black cloths and doeskins which would favourably compete with those made by other manufacturers in other countries. The fabrics are of of the most beautiful texture that can be well imagined. We do not know of an adjective that will express their smoothness and softness. The cloth, we are told, cost, with expenses of importation, eighteen dollars a yard, and the doeskin more than five dollars and a half. Besides these were several pieces of kerseymere of ex- ceedingly delicate colours, ivhich, we understand, cost, with similar expenses, more than four dollars a yard ; and silk cloth, costing fourteen dollars a yard. This article has the appearance of plush, but none of its harshness. It is made upon a web similar and as elastic as that of a stocking. It is designed, we believe, for ladies' bonnets, mantillas, &c., and gentlemen's coats and coat-facings. With these were five pieces of Himalaya cloth. The Exhibition Catalogue says " that this cloth is made from the wool of the cachmire shawl goat. an animal which subsists on the Himalaya mountains, be tween Cachmire and Thibet. The wool has hitherto all been manufactured in Cachroire into shawls and scarfs. This is the first time any quantity of the raw material has been imported and manufactured in England. It was brought about 6000 miles overland, and 4000 by sea." The cloth has a wave or ripple on the surface, perfectly natural. and is not made by machinery. Much credit is due to Messrs. Derby and Co., as American mer chants, for their enterprise in obtaining these goods in advance of their competitors, and their sagacity in ex hibiting them to their customers in this country before the other portions of the goods can be seen by the public in England. We have no doubt that the gentlemen will be happy to show these cloths to any persons feeling an interest in cloth manufactures.—N. York Morn. Express. The following extraordinary cure of a swollen leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is published in the Adelaide Observer, South Australia.—George Muncton, a settler in the colony, had been suffering for many months with a swollen leg ; tbe'pain was often so intense as to deprive him of sleep. /lle was recommended to try Holloway's Oi ntment and Pills, and by using them as directed for about a fortnight, a cure was so far effected as to permit him to walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give thisrstaterrient to the editor of the above named journal, for the information and benefit of his fellow creatures. THE TEETH AND BBEATH.--How often do we find the " human face divine" disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its ornaments, and the breath made disagreeable to companions by non-attendance to the Teeth ! Though perfect in their structure and composition, to keep them in a pure and healthy state requires some little trouble; and if those who are blessed with well-formed teeth knew how soon decay steals into the mouth, making unsightly what otherwise are delightful to admire, and designating unhealthiness by the impurity of the breath, they would spare no expense to chase away these fatal blemishes. But although m os t l a di es are careful, and even particular in these delicate matters, yet few are sufficiently aware of the imperative necessity of avoiding all noxious or mineral substances of an acrid natufe, and of which the greater part of the cheap tooth-srowilers of the present day are composed. It is highly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowlands' Oclonto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements. and eminently calculated to embellish and preserve the dental structure, to impart a grateful fragrance to the breath, and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the mugtho— Court Journal. @metal iflteirtilaztp. The Washington, steam-Lip, which left New York on the 14th instant, arrived at Southampton on Friday. A destructive fire broke out in Lynn, Norfolk on Tues day last, and destroyed property to the amount of £5OOO. The flax-mill of Messrs Fletcher, at Townhead, Glas gow, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is above £3OOO. The Duke of Newcastle t 3 estate of tido& comprising about 14,000 acres, was sold on Tuesday for £105,000. During the last ten years no fewer than 182 persons have lost their lives, in consequence of explosions in the collieries within two miles of Barnsley. Three clergymen of Glasgow have begun to preach in the open air on Sundays, and are said to have had nume rous and attentive audiences. A PROLIFIC WlF2.—The wife of Win. Salisbury, la bourer, of this village, has given birtn to three girls.— Coventry Herald. The West India mail steamer Parana, 2,250 tons, building at Messrs. Wigram's yard, near Southampton, is to be launched to-morrow. By the Earl of Carlisle's bill on the Church Building Act, which has passed the Lords, churchwardens of pa rishes will be empowered to apportion pews for the accom modation of the deserving poor. It is expected that the Great Grimsby Docks will be opened in March, when it is expected that the steLmers now plying between Hull and Hamburg will be trans ferred to Grimsby. The steam-ship Amazon was launched at Blackwell on Saturday. She is intended for the West India Mail service, and is the largest wooden steamer ever built in England, being 2966 tons burden. A vessel lately strived in the Thames from St. Vin cent's, has brought thirty-one bales of cotton, and another, from Barbadoes, four bales of cotton, the growth of these Wands. The Boulogne .Advertiser announces the death of the Rev. Thomas Harvey, whose differences with the Bishop of London have occupied the public attention for some years past. On Wednesday the foundation-stone of an hospital intended for the reception of patients labouring under diseases of the chest was laid by Prince Albert, in the presence of a big lily -respectable assemblage of spectators. Letters from Odessa and Galatz, state that large ptiv chases of wheat and Indian corn, particularly the latter, have been recently made by Greek houses in anticipation of the wants of this country, which are no longer likely 'to be supplied by France. We are requested to state that every English subject will be henceforth admitted into the Prussian dominions upon showing a passport from the competent British authorities, without any visa of a Prussian Legation or Consulate, as was hitherto required. Mr. Yeates, a gentleman who has been sixty years in the United States, is now on a visit to Nunery, in Cum berland. Ile left home when fourteen years old, and finds only two of his old acquaintances alive. lie is brother to the late Major Aglionby, M.P. for East Cumberland. A preliminary meeting was held at Captain Gladstone's, R.N., in Eaton-square, on Saturday last, to take into consideration a scheme proposed by Viscota Ingestrie, for converting private houses into improved dwellings for the poor. The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng land has increased from £13.925,874 to £14,198,360, be ing a difference of £272,486. The paper in actual circu lation has increased from £19,910,349 to £19,973,872, being a difference of £33.523. A few days since W. B. Gwyn, Esq., a magistrate for Carmarthen, was trying to enter an outhouse on horse back, when he struck his head against the lintel of the door and fractured his spinal bone. He suffered dread fully for some hours, and then expired. The Bristol papers state that Mrs. Woodward, wife cf the late Incumbent of St. James's in that town, with all her children, were received into the Roman Catholic Church on Friday. The lady in question is the daughter of tip; Rev. Cunninghatre, of Harrow-on-the-Hill. GROSS IRREVERENCE.—A case has just been sent by the Bedford Petty Sessions before the Quarter Sessions, arising out of a quarrel at a Baptist Chapel, in which a secession has taken place, and both parties claiming possession, an attempt was made to administer the Lord's Supper in opposition to each other. Patrick Cane, John Hickey, and James M'Ellicott, three Irish labourers most concerned in the killing of Po llceman Chaplin in Lambeth a few weeks ago, were tried at the Central Criminal Court on Friday for the murder. Cane and Hickey were convicted of manslaughter and transported for fourteen years. M'Ellicott was acquitted. The Stamford Mercury says that a man named Mat thews, of Waltham, was fined 13s. on Tuesday week, for using a "charm" upon a woman of Scalford, for the pur pose of curing the jaundice. The woman declared that doctors could do her no good whatever, and that this man had completely cured her complaint in a very few days. Two men, Luke Blyth, engineman, and Dennis, stoker, on board a tug steamer which was off Hartlepool on Sun day, quarrelled violently about the management of the engine, and fought w.th ferocity. In the scuffle, before the only other person on board could part them, they grappled, and both rolled overboard into the sea : they sank at once, and never rose again. At Doncaster, a few days ago, Jane Pool, fourteen years of age, died very suddenly. An inquest was held on her body, and the jury, having heard medical and other evi dence relative to her death, returned a verdict, that the deceased had died by natural causes, but they believed that her death had been greatly accelerated, if not originally caused, by tight lacing. A respectable man, named Bidlake, was run over by a train near Totness, on Tuesday morning. He was lying on the rails, and was subject to fits, but whether he had fallen in one could not be ascertained. The accident oc curred at a sudden turn of the line, which prevented the driver seeing the unfortunate man in time to stop the train. A Hull journal states. that a man named Matthew Reed, residing in the borough of Scarborough, made the following curious return of his •' live stock" to the census collector :—" Matthew Reed, Sanak Reed, son Matthew Reed, thomas Reed, catren Reed, elsebeth Reed, tu poll parrots, tu cats, on Canare, (one canary,) and how many fleas (how many mice) I don't know." The Lady Godiva procession at Coventry took place on Tuesday, and was conducted with unusual splendour, a circumstance to which the favourable state of the weather very materially contributed. It was calculated that there were more than 60,000 persons present, there being, it was believed, at least 30,000 strangers in the town. The procession itself was not far short of a mile in length. The Mayor of Hull has agreed, in compliance with a requisition from 4000 working men, to call a meeting "for the purpose of urging upon the Municipal Corporation, the Corporation of the Trinity-House. and the Dock Company, the necessity of early and adequate reductions of the charges upon shipping and merchandise at that port, so as to correspond with the charges of neighbouring ports." BALLOON LOST.—On Monday last there was an ascent with Mr. Hampton. in his balloon " The Erin-go-Bragh," from Batty's Royal Hippodrome. Kensington ' • but, pre viously, Mr. Batty, to try the Effect, had a balloon made in the shape of a full grown horse with a man attached ; it ascended with a string to it, but unfortunately the string broke, and the balloon, man, and horse were lost, and have not been heard of since. The notes of the Bromsgrove Bank (Rufford, Biggs, and C 0.,) and of the Stourbridge Bank (Ruffords and Wragge,) were refused payment on Thursday, at their London agents, with the answer, "No effects." Their respective circulation is not large, the authorised issue of the former being £16,790, and of the latter £17,295. Mr. Rufford is a member for the city of Worcester, and chairman of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton railway. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—On Saturday as Mr. Edward Barley Clayton, a gentleman of fortune, was riding in Dean-street, Park-lane, Landon, a cab came suddenly driving round a corner. The shaft struck the unfortunate deceased in the groin, which it entered, and he was forced completely out of his saddle, and thrown on the kerb of the pavement. The shaft was broken with the concussion. lie was in great pain, which continued till his death. A BOY'S HEA n CUT OFF.—A little boy. named Thomas (son of David Thomas, otherwise " Dai Calchwr," of Neatb Abbey), met with a shocking death at the Aber dylais tin works, on Thursday. The lad was at work as usual, when he inadvertently came within reach of the merciless clip of the immense shears used for cutting tin, and worked by steam power. In an instant the poor boy's head was severed from his body, and rolled like a ball along the floor !—Swansea Herald. On Saturday week, Mr. Evans, druggist. of Narberth, near Pembroke, was preparing some furniture-paste. His wife, in attempting to lift it off the fire, set the whole in a blaze. Her dress coming in contact with the flames, caught fire, and she ran into the yard. Mr. Evansjumped through the window to her assistance, and in doing so dislocated his ankle, and fractured the small bone of his right leg. Mrs. Evans was much burnt, and her condi tion is precarious. A disturbance took place on Sunday at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney, in consequence of the rector, the Rev. Mr. Lee refusing to allow the Rev. S. G. I Poole, who had been elected afternoon preacher, the pulpit. After prayers had been read, and while Mr. Poole had gone into the vestry to change his surplice, the rector himself ascended the pulpit ; a great part of the congregation immediately rose and began to leave the church, and when the rector attempted to spe;:k, he was met by loud cries of " No Puseyism," " No Popery." The remainder of the congregation then broke up amid great confusion. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENTS.—WHiIiII the last three seeks, Dr. Moses, of Cockfield, Durham, and Dr. Adam thwaite, of Stanhope. in the same county. both medical men, were thrown from their horses, and so seriously injured that they were unable to speak afterwards. On Friday last, as Mr. Joseph Helmer, surgeon, was riding from Cutherstone to Romaldkirk, near Barnard Castle, his horse became restive, and plunged so violently as at last to fall back with great violence on the rider. He was not discovered for a quarter of an hour, when he was taken to an adjoining house. Ile was dreadfully bruised and shaken, but is expected, fortunately, to recover. The following is a copy of an advertisement of a painful character which appeared in the Times of Saturday last : —" John, your agonized parents entreat you to Return Home immediately • ere many days it may be too late to save your mother. :is regards the cause of your leaving, all will be well. Communicate, if but a line. Do not destroy your sister, who at present is ignorant of the cause of your absence." The following mysterious ad vertisement appeared in the Times of Saturday last:— "To B. J. C., Greenwich.—Every means have been at tempted, every chance traced ; the boldest steps taken, the greatest hopes raised. These last have appeared at intervals. but of course you could not snderstand. ..C5OO will now be given this week for an explanation by letter, and the same next week for a final explanation in words. Why ask for a letter And then not accept it ?--E. S.— . Noe - ember last, SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR NORIVICIL—OD Saturday last, as a young man, named Johnson, was passing through a lane. near Norwich, called Mts. Martineau's Lane, a dog which accompanied him, after beating through an adjoining plantation, returned with what seemed to be a piece of carrion, with which it ran off. Upon arriving home he found that the substance which the animal had carried from the plantation was a human hand. He communicated the circumstance to the police, and a minute search led to the discovery of other portions of a dead body, the remains, in the opinion of several sur geons, being those of a young female. The police are busily engaged in the investigation of the circumstance. HORRIBLE DEATH BY SUICIDE.—OR Wednesday last a stranger, who represented himself as an engineer, was onserved loitering about the blast furnaces of the Gart sherrie Ironworks, bear Glasgow. The man appesred to be somewhat eccentric in his proceedings, and stated to some of the people that he bad made an ai tempt to drown himself in the canal, but he was sorry to find that there was not enough water in it for that purpose. No one paid attention to him, as it was not believed that the man was speaking seriously. A little afterwards he appears to have ascended unperceived a stair or ladder to the " tun nel bead" of one of the immense furnaces, for beim e any effort could be made to arrest him, he was seen to I , ap into the flaming gulf. The dripper, or blast, was im mediately put down, but the action of the great body of fire which is kept up by the action of the hot blast was so instantaneous that not even the ashes of the unfortunate man could be distinguished from the burning ironstone. The stranger had stated that he was employed at Gart sherrie some years ago, when the works were in their infancy. but, beyond that, nothing is known of him. THE NUMBERS OF IRISH IN GLASGOW.—On the 31st of March Idst, we find that the total population of Glas gow and suburbs was 358.951, arranged according to country of nativity thus:— Scotch .. rish Eng , ish Foreigners Colonists Not ascertained 233,5E 1 6 64,185 8,930 Total 358,951 The per centage which the natives of these countries formed of the gross population in 1841 and 1851 was as follows : Scotch Irish.. 1841. SO'ss 15'93 2'23 o'lB 1851 78'9 18'0 2'5 o'3 o'2 o'l English .. Foreigners Colonists Unknown., 100 - 00 leo . oo We beg it to be especially borne in mind that the preced ing figures present the actual country of nativity, and that all those born of Irish parents in the Irish fabourys of Glasgow are set down as Scotch, although in feeling, in religion, in poverty, and in brogue, they are in reali'y as thoroughly Irish as if they had at first seen the light in Connemara. No data unfortunately exists from which to ascertain the number of Irish inhabitants in the wide and true sense we have indicated. During the last twenty or thirty years, however, the Irish increase from births has probably equalled that from immigration. Now, when we consider that all those born of Irish parents in Glasgow are numbered as Scotch, the fact which remains is certainly a startling one,—that, during the last ten years, the Scotch (although including Irish born in Glas gow) have decreased 1'65 per cent., while the native born Irish have actually increased 2 07 per cent. of the whole copulation.—Glasgow citizen. THE POISONING CASE IN NORTHUMBERLAND.—A coroner's inquest upon the body of Mr. Thomas Teasdale, lately a farmer at Kellah, near Haltwhistle, terminated on Thursday last, in a verdict of guilty against the widow. The coroner, in summing up, said—Much excitement has been caused by this serious inquiry, and from the un favourable reports cirzulatt-d respecting the death of airs. Teasdale's tormer husband, John Atkinson, I considered it my duty to comply with the directions given by you at the last adjournment, and have caused the body of that person to be disinterred, Dr. Glover, a gentleman of great practical skill and eminence, having then given his opinion that if arsenic had Leen taken by Atkinson, it might, even at this distant period of time, be detected by a careful analysis of the remains. The result of this gentleman's labour is, that arsenic has been discovered in a portion of the body taken away by him for analysation, which, coupled with the circumstances said to be connected with Atkinson's death, induce a strong suspicion that he died of poison. But whatever impression this may have upon your minds, it is my duty to tell you it forms no evidence of guilt against any person whomsoever ; and that the question of Atkinson's death is not before you. It is, however, a singular coincidence that arsenic should be found in the bodies of both Mrs. Teasdale's husbands. The prominent facts elicited in this inquiry are :—That Teasdale and his wife lived on the most unhappy terms; that threats of violence had been made by Mrs, Teasdale; that deceased refused to take his meals from fear of being Poisoned ; that Teasdale had not been from home since last Christmas, and therefcre could not have possessed himself of arsenic since that time ; that there was no servant in the house, and that all the meals of the family were prepared by Mrs. Teasdale; and, lastly, that on a careful post mortem examination of the body, and analysis of the stomach, arsenic was discovered. which the medical witnesses swore to have occasioned Teasdale's death. And the question arises, by whose hand was the poison given?—After an hour's deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against the accused Mrs. Teesdale. She will be tried at the next Northumberland assizes. District Reitls. Thomas Hume, Esq., and James Glover, Esq., of Southport, have been placed upon the commission of the peace for this county. A woman has been fined 5s and costs, by the Preston magistrates for leaving a clothes line stretched across a street all night, and thereby causing a gentleman to be dragged from his horse. On Monday, as John Bothwell was at work in Mr. Johnson's Colliery, near Platt-bridge, Ince, a portion of the roof of the mine fell upon his head and killed him on the spot. On Sunday week, whilst Mr. Bardsley was playing the organ in the Roman Catholic chapel, Granby-row Man chester, and the full choir was singing, he fell back from his seat, at.d was carried out. He died next day. The Manchester papers have all agreed to raise their prices from fourpence-halfpenny to fivepence. They plead the insufficiency of the present charge to reimburse them for the various heavy expenses incurred in the several de. partments of expenditure. The son of a country manufacturer, after drawing £l5O in notes from the Branch Bank of England, in Manchester, went into an auction-room opposite, where some thief, who had doubtless been watching him, contrived to ease him of his money. Saunders, the emigration agent in Man.lhester, charged with swindling a poor factory operative, who had purchased from him an imaginary fertile estate in America, and who was committed for trial by the magistrates, has absconded, leaving his bail answerable for the amount of their secu rity. On Saturday week the stage-coach crossing the Lan. caster sands heavily laden, sank in the sands. As the tide was running in, the female passengers were carried to the firm shore. By the great exertion of numerous labourers the coach was got out before the tide reached it, and the remainder of the journey was performed on the high road. DANGER OF MODELLING IN WAX.—The Manchester Courier warns its fair readers and others who are in the habit of modelling fruit, flowers, &c., in wax, of the inju rious effects which result from the poisonous nature of the subtle mineral colouring matter in the wax becoming absorbed into the system. Mr. Bally, modeller in wax, who has suffered severely himself from paralysis and ulceration of the throat, is said to have known several cases in which young ladies have been attacked with par tial paralysis of the hands and arms, after having devoted some time to the practice of modelling, while he had no suspicion of the cause. It is suggested that, as all the requisite colours can be obtained from vegetable matter, and as the use of mineral colouring seems to lead to such deplorable results, the subject should be carefully inves tigated by those working with coloured wax. A PARHELION, OR " MOCK SUN."—This interesting atmospheric phenomenon was observed by several per sons in Peel park, Salford, on Thursday evening, at about sixteen minutes before seven o'clock. When first ob served, the parhelion was vivid, and distinct in its outline, at a distance of about ten degrees from the right limb of the sun. It fluctuated much in brightness and colour, from the intervention of a few fine cirrus clouds ; yet throughout the whole time of its duration, it exhibited colours like the primary rainbow, of which a purplish red was the strongest and the last to disappear. For a few moments portions of a very light halo could be dis tinguished near the parhelion, which, possibly, under a more favourable position of the observer, might have been traced into a complete halo. The parhelion lasted about twenty minutes, and disappeared with the cirrus clouds.— MancAester Guardian . . ANNUAL COUNTY SESSIONS.—These sessiors took place on Thursday, at Preston, Mr. Addison presiding. The necessary assessments were laid, the rate upon Kirk dale being 2d., on West Derby nothing. After the trans action of some minor business, a discussion took place as to Liverpool and the county rate.—Mr. Peel said the Itnanc,e committee wished the instruction of the ceurt as to the question between the county and the r e fusi ng . boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester. Up to this time the sum of £162,834 19s. 2d. had been laid out on the three asylums ; £26,130 10s. 9d. on the asylum at Lan caster, £68,053 15s. 7d. on the asylum at Salford, and £68,647 I2s. 10d. with regard to the asylum at Rainhill.. Of that sum, Liverpool was indebted to the amount o f £20,977, and Manchester to the amount of £18,95.1. The court was well aware that this question had been long pending ; the boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester had each refused to pay the orders which had been made from time to time for the last two or three years upon them. Manchester having consented to be bound by Liverpool in the issue having agreed to act as Liverpool did—it was suggested they should formally separate themselves, as they might, he thought, under the 10th section of the act; that they might give notice of a separation from th e county, and that they should re-unite themselves under the 9th section, and then the 12th section would b e pu t i n operation, by which a joint committee of visitors could be appointed. He would therefore respectfully suggest to the court, that the matter should be brought to a final conclusion with the least possible delay ; and that instruc tions be given to Mr. Gorst to take immediate proceedings against the boroughs of Liverpool and Manchester for the recovery of the amount due, that the question might be settled by competent auth or iti es. —M r. W atts secon d e d the motion.—The motion of Mr. Peel was put, and unani mously agreed to.—An assessment of lid. in the pound was laid to meet an account of £30,000 due to one of the contractors for the asylums. The court. then 'adjourned till the 11 th of September. July 1,1851. SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR NORWICH. (From the Norwich News, of Saturday.) Scarcely has the public mind of this city and ceso t % relapsed into quietude fro m th e a l mos t un p r eceden excitement which was created by the Stanfield-hall tragedy, than a discovery has been made which threatens to revive the anxious curiosity and engross the thought and conversation of all classes of society, at the stone time that it will raise the county of Norfolk to a position_ of the most unenviable notoriety, as the scene of some er the most fearful events thaVare recorded in the history of crime, and the spot where atrocities of the most horrible character have been perpetrated. A little on the city side of the spot where the Eastern Counties Railway crosses the high road, at Trowse, is the entrance to a lane which leads to Lakenham. This lane is very quiet and secluded, and is little frequented exceps by persons whose object is to enjoy a retired walk. On Saturday morning week, a lad named Charles Johnson, the son of a Primitive Methodist preacher, residing at Trowse, was passing through the lane, with a deg, when to observed that the animal entered a plantation belong ing to Miss Martineau, a relative of Miss Martineau the well-known authoress. Indeed, the proximity cf Miss Martineau's mansion has given to this road the name of '' Miss Martineau's lane," by which term it is generally known. On the dog leaving the plantation, it was ob .erved by young Johnson to have something in its mouth, hut his attention was not particularly arreAed by the cir cumstance. Another person, however, who happened to be passing at the same moment, ordered the dog, in it peremptory tone, to "drop it," but the dog, instead of obeying this command, instantly ran off to his master's house, which was situate at no great distance. On John son's arriv'ng at home he was greatly alarmed by the dis covery that what the dog had picked up was a human hand. The young man's father instantly conveyed the hand to the city police-station, and gave intelligence of the circumstance which had placed it in his possession. On the following morning, in a plantation adjoining the same lane, but at a distance of two or three hundred yards from time spot where the hand was found, a foot was picked up by a dog which was passing with two men, named J. Bruce and T. Dent. On the same morning, Captain Money, one of the city magistrates, ordered search to be instituted in the locality by the police; end a number of officers and other persons, with dogs, were placed under the direction of Inspector Steward, and * rigid examination was at once commenced, the result of which was. that, during the day two vertebrte, or portions of a human back bone, and a female pelvis were also dis covered. The suspicion that a brutal and cold-blooded murder had been committed was more and more con firmed as each of these parts was found, and large crowds of people were attracted to the spot, many of whom joined in the search, and before night approached sus picion almost gave way to certainty by the discovery of small quantity of waste cotton, such as is used for clean- - ing machinery, smeared with blood. Near the spot where the hand was picked up there was also found a waistcoat, placed in the hedge. Everything that was found was con veyed to the station. house, where the parts were examined by Mr. Dalrymple, Mr. Nichols. Mr. Norgate, and other surgeons, who gave it as their opinion that they had very recently belonged to a living human body. doubtless a young female. The hand, which had been attached to the rieht arm, was closely clenched and much discoloured, hut the colour of the foot was scarcely changed at all, and it was very little decomposed, and a portion, of the ligature was still attached to the pelvis, and was yet elastic, thus evidencing that the fatal event had not long transpired. On Monday morning a search was commenced in the river, which runs parallel with the lane, but up to the time of our going to press nothing of any consequence has been brought out of the water. During the same morning, however, the excitement in the city was greatly increased by the discovery by a dog in a limekiln on the Hellesdon road, a distance of at least two miles from Miss Martineau's lane, of a human bone partly covered with flesh ; and near that locality there has since been discovered a number of bones and detached pieces of human flesh, which, from the quantity of fat upon them, appear to have belonged to a stout person. These portions were brought hourly, piece by piece, during the whole of Tuesday, causing an excitement in the city as they were carried through the streets, which can be more easily imagined than described. On Wednesday a shirt smeared with blood, which had been found on Mousehold, was taken to the police-station• There are no marks upon the garment which are likely to aid in the discovery of its owner. As will be seen by the statement given below, no por tion of the head, or of any part which would probably be available in the establishment of identity, has yet been discovered. his quite possible, however, that a few days longer further search may throw some light on this awful and at present mysterious tragedy. A large tract of country lying between Trowse and Hellesdon yet remains to be thoroughly examined. On Wednesday the remains were all minutely examined at the station-house by Mr. Nichols, Mr. D. Dalrymple , and Mr. Norgate, who afterwards_ gave evidence respect ing them before the magistrates at the Guildhall. The magistrates present were the mayor, (H. Wood cock, Esq.,) J. H. Barnard Esq., J. Botts, Esq., P. J. Money, Esq., and A. Trowler, Esq. M r . Wilde, th: cororer, was lso in attendance. M r . W. P. Ni c h o ls wa s first examined, and he gave the following evidence : Mr. Peter Nichols, surgeon, deposed :—On Saturday last, the 21st instant, I was shown the right hand of a human body by Police-constable Daniel. I took charge of it, and, on the Sunday following, and also on the Monday, several additional portions of a human body were brought under my notice at the station-house. then, with Mr. Norgate, made a careful examination of them, and we were of opinion that they were the-bones and other parts of an adult female. On the 25th and 26th days of June instant, additional portions were brought under my notice ; and this day I have, conjointly with Mr. Norgate and Mr. D. Dalrymple, made another careful examination of the various parts which were brought before us, namely, several portions of the dorsal and lumbar vertebrae, the right osinnominatum, th e sacrum, a portion of the left os femoris, the right tibi a and fibula, the left fibula, the right hand, the right foot , a portion of the right humerus, one patella, various portions of muscle and sptin, and or e portion of the intes tine, and I am of opinion that they are human remains, and that they are the bouts of a young adult female. From the general appearance of the flesh, it is my opinion that there is evidence of youth and health at the time of death. Some portion of the remains appears to have been immersed in some fluid. This appears to be the case with the foot, the hand. and part of the pelvis and spine. The portions found in the different localities indubitably belong to the same person, and I consider the individual of whom the remains are a part may have been dead a fortnight, or perhaps longer. Mr. Norgate and Mr. D. Dalrymple, confirmed ?ft' Nichols' evidence in every respect. _ _ We have from the first entertained a firm conviction that a brutal and cold-blooded murder has been perpe trated; but there is another view of the circumstance to which allusion may be made, although we think it can scarcely be tenable after a moment's consideration. Some persons, unwilling to believe that humanity could be so degraded as would appear to be the case, are induced to believe that the whole matter is nothing more than the freak of some young medical student, who after using the, body for dissection,* may for the purpose of a " lark' have strewed the pieces about the country in order to create some excitement. Independent of the difficulty of believing that so slight a motive could induce the com mission of an act of such consummate folly, the mauling themselves give ample evidence that they have not been detached by any professional hand, however inexperienced. Some, again, ha-,,e urged that there is no evidence at pre sent of any crime whatever having been perpetrated, and that some person, nut of mere spite against the memory of deceased, may have exhumed the body and sca ttered, abroad its remains. But, then, on the oth er h an d, bad the body been decently and regularly interred, we should doubtless ere this have heard of a grave having been dis turbed and other attendant circumstances. After all, the murder, for such it undoubtedly is, may possibly have been committed at a distance, and the remains may ha ve been brought into this neighbourhood by the p er petrator of the deed, the bett er t o secure hi s own sa f e t y . Thai the portions have been scattered by a person while riding in a vehicle seems to be rendered very probable from the circumstance that some of the parts were found lodging in the hedges, as though they had fallen in the attempt to throw them over. [lt appears, from further particulars furnished by o ur contemporary, that within the past few weeks three Y OOl .l, females have been missed from the neighbourhood. The_ friends and relatives have used every effort to discov er their whereabouts, but without success. Of course the whole of the circumstances have created extraordina ry excitement.] * In the City of London, about tweuty-two years ago, a hand &c., of a human body were found in a stable, near the Ste M tg: ern Lock, rented by one Mr. Shaw, and created great ex% a went in the neighbourhood. For several days it remainet sit mystery whether a murder had been committed or not ; .1)0 6 o f last it was discovered tbat the remains found were Porn ° its the body of a female which had been feloniously taken from grave by some medical student to practise upon. TIDE TABLE MORN. EVEN(); July; h. m. h. m. i ft. in. Conl' Tuesday.... V 022 044 ls 2 O x f . A ct 3.:Cam• Wednesday . 64129 17 10 Thursday .. 3 L 153 21717 3 Dog-days begin . mle. Friday .... 41 242 3 9 16 IS C am. N as t . T. ;Os. Saturday .. 336 4 5 15 5 Oxf. Trin. Sunday .... 6 437 511 •14 6 3d Sund. aft. Trt Monday.... 7;5 43 620 ;14 2 THE CHARITIES. LIVERPOOL Y ORT. , 1318 c 11 A RUED :—ln-p atien R tm cured2o ; relieved an at ; request, 9 ; made out-patients, 4 ; irregular, 0 ; deaut . r. ir iog A nit 1T :—ln-patients 38 out-patients, 8 ; casuals u' the last week, 13.—Remaining in the house, 180. . 64 0.; House Visitors, A. Thompson and J. Cropper,junAl; e carY , House Surgeon, Mr. F. D. Fletcher House Ap, o _,... su ier. Alr. J. Newton ; Chaplain, Rev. W. Blundell; rv" Alfred North, Esq. NORTH ERN HOSPITAL REPORT. eo poo Anal maul Accidents, 45; Medical and Surgical recommendation, 22; Total, 67.Discumwan clunuTiosl. Relieved and at own request., 2; Attending as Out-Patte Irregular, 0; Died, 3.—Remaining in the Hospital, 86 ,• in . Re i t' Consulting Surgeon, J. M. Banner, Esq. • ClinP az • Win. Hughes; House Surgeons, Mr. Wall 1 1 14,, f ociall J. Evans; Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Kul. gtobbt; and Surgeon for the week, Dr. Scot t and ' l% SW' House isitors, R. H. Blundell and Jaques Mye r s' -so LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOODS 68, 801140-!4REKT. A ce , 80da ily atten da nce' 61 • • • • Aveverage 49 Boys 5 Girls 0 Boys en the Books., Girls ditto Sick List Obtained Situations T. D. Anderson, Esq., Treasurer; Joseph fillbl i . ac .74itel l ' Hon. Secretary ; J. B. Orris Superintendeiatp T. Posttetimsite, Esq., and Dr. Nottiogbain•