The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

GAROTTE ROBBERT.—P. Irvine and George Wl:lowan
were charged, at the Police-court, on Saturday, with a garotte
robbery :—Thomas Anderson, a lamplighter, stated that he
was going along St. Andrew-street, about three o'clock in the
morning, when the prisoners suddenly seized hold of him, and
while one of them held him by the throat, the other rifled his
pockets of a tobacco-box,a knife, and sixpence worth of copper.
The prisoners, who attempted to prove an alibi, were remanded
for seven days.
LIVERPOOL SESSIONS.—At the opening of the adjourned
Court of Quarter Sessions, on Friday, the Recorder, Gilbert
Henderson, Esq., in charging the grand jury, said—" After a
short lapse of time, I find the names of fifty-nine prisoners
committed for trial. This number is moderate, and may be
considered as satisfactory, as far as it goes, as the calendar
alone is no criterion of the general state of crime in the
borough. But, for reasons which I do not intend now to
enter into, I am well aware that is not the case ; and we
cannot infer, because the calendar is light, that the amount of
crime in the borough is small." The trial of prisoners was
then proceeded with.

LADIES' SOCIETY FOR CLOTHING THE SCOTTISH POOR.—
The annual sale of clothing in connection with this admirable
society took place on Friday, in the Assembly Rooms, Great
George-street. The object of the society is to supply the poor
with work, more especially during the inclemency of the win-
ter season. Such au object deserves every support; and it is
not without regret that we add that the very unfavourable
state of the weather on Friday prevented the sale being as
successful as it has been in previous years. A number of
articles are on hand ; and those who are desirous of aiding so
deserving a society may be pleased to know that the articles
on hand will be offered for sale on each Monday, in the-Vestry
of St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myrtle-street.
THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—A meeting of delegates
from several towns was held in Derby on Wednesday, for the
purpose of forming a " Licensed Victuallers' Defence League."
Mr. Foster, of London, and Mr. Luce, of Hampton Court,
thought that as the objects of the meeting appeared to be
identical with those of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence
League recently formed in London, it was not quite clear why
that meeting had been called. Mr. Foster spoke at consider-
able length on the necessity of having the executive, and also
the central offices, in London—more particularly on account of
the parliamentary business to be -transacted. If there were
two leagues, the interest would be divided. After consider-
.able discussion, the London and Liverpool deputation left the
room ; but the resolution was carried by a majority of thir-
teen to two.

Novsi STYLE OF ROBEEIM—St the Police-court, on
Saturday., James Hammer, who sand he was a woolcomber,
from Bradford, was charged with entering the house of Mr.
J. B. Palmer, innkeeper, Waterloo-road, under the following
extraordinary circumstances Palmer said that, about
nine o'clock on Friday night, he was told by a neighbour, that
somebody had broken into the house by the bedroom windows.
'On going up stairs he found his wife and another female in
the bedroom, and the prisoner concealed behind the head of
the bed, crying out for merer. The prisoner, in his defence,
said that he had been doing'nothing for nine days, and at last
'he determined- to steal some lead from the roof of prosecnter's
=house, and to sell it. While on the roof he felt himself fall-
ing, so he caught hAI of the spout and swung himself into
Mr. Palmer's bedroom, through the window. "It was 'not;
said the prisoner, with amusing earnestness, " a question of
liberty, but of life anthdeath, and all men fear death." The
prisoner was remanded, in order that further inquiries might
be made respecting his antecedents.

NEW Cons'cis SEA. SlGNaLs.—The 'necessity for a new
set of maritime Signals has occasioned the appointment, under '
the auspices•ofgottrnnient, of a 'committee whose function it
is to investigate the comparative merits of any.pls.n that shall
be at once gulple and efficient—qualities which-ran hardly be
said to bethe 'cheracteristics of the celebrated code of Captain
Marryst, 'Which 'is not only limited in 'its 'capacities; but
unavailable When there is little, wind, or the wind drives blear'
line with the 'eye. • The use of hanging lags, which are
always more &less subject to thesevicisgtudes, is therefore a
disavantage. Mr. Alfred Wilkinson, of Lendon, has devised
a series of metallic plates or tablets by which those incon-
veniences are-got over. Painteein party distributions of red,
blue andviitte, the five plates are -capable of an almost end-
less number 6f combinations, 'the Synitolical principles M
which are <of the easiest acquirement, and the application
saitabletcany emergency. Plates tf ' this kind hoisted in a
frame'.atuny part of a ship, acid- at-any angle, appear to he a
vast ierprevement upon anything thht has yet been suggested ;
' besidesnohich, it is obvious they -can -be constructed at the
mogttilOing cost.—Morrsiny Ifee'dd.
Titt -STRIKE IS LISCASttIRE.--Sventy mechanics; each
'of erlsom acts as a
.thairman for his fellow-workmen have
published a letter, setting forth the-good effects of an resocia-
, :tion-Which has been in,existence foi 15 years in the-carpet
trade,iits operation extendkig from 'the north of Scotland to
'the Midland Comities of England.- An annual meeting is
held :in some central town, to -which the workmen -of each
•manufactory send a delegatee-so, that any grievance -existing
lin the trade may be known et once to all the masters and all
the men. Sufficient ,notim is-- given that the annual meeting
will 'take place; 'the 'whole. 'oft the masters generally attend,
and a delegate is sent ley the 'weavers of each-l'firm. The
'result of the plan Os that .fer the last `fifteen years
the delegates lave -mit -once -retired with dissatisfaction,
tend upon that occasion they prayed the masters to !reconsider
' their verdict, The waders; immediately held another meeting,
, -,.anii. arranged the disputed point to the satisfaction Of both
ig patties. 'Permit ns, therefore," exclaim the intelligent
• mechanics referred-to, -" to-urge upon the masters and work-
, men of that coney flgsucashire) at once to adopt some board
of reference simiar to -that .are have described; and-,not to lower
'themselves in the eyes otoll Christendom by-pevsevering in
a 1; ceutest in which one side 'insanely contemplates the ruin of
-their employers, and se other-side purposes the-starvation of
the employed." •
STOC KBROETIC 6- Tx- TRACTIONS.--GREATES t. NEI LSO Y.—
' in.the Court of Chancery,: last week, this • case tame before
'the lords justices. The bill.was filed against Messrs. Neilson,
-sharebroliers, at Liverpool, liwy one of their- crastomers. It
r-sought an accosmt.ef 'various -stockbroking transactions; and
iinvolved questions . ansounti, if the. plaintiff '1
-contention was
right, to £3.1,000. Me defendants had answered the bill, and,
on producing the books hadaveiled themselves of the privilege
of covering up 'various parts .of them; as not reading to the
:matters .in question. The;: plaintiff; howeverehad applied °to
the Master of the Itollslonan .aspection, on the.grounds that
the parts covered up ought to have, been disclosed. His,
tenonour having refused to make an order, the.pleintiff now ap-
pealed. Mr. It. (Palmer ands Mr. Cairns, for the pleintiff, endea-
voured to show thatehediseovery sought was necessary for the
purpose of obtaining .a decree. The Solleitor,,,General, with.
-whom was Mi. Eddis, .appeased for the .defendants. Their
loedships were otepinionthatit was not necessary to dispose
of the motion :at present,-and-that, in place of the order made
by the. Master .of the 02olls,.the application should be ordered.
. to'otand over 'uneil-the learicg /of the cause.
'Brumrivortl.24 illors..TEr .finow.—At the „great annual
show of poultry .at Birmingham, which closed on Friday, there
-,..were several esihiliitors.frosnlieterpool, including Mr. Worrell,
,of ;Knotty Ash, who.exhibited twenty pens, embracing gold
rand silver Hanibures,.game fetid; Rouen and Aylesbury ducks,
geese, &c. • Mr. Thomas Stretch, of Marsh-lane, Beetle; Mr.
Thomas Ifindsoneof Bartonthouse, Breck-road, Egerton ; Mr.
Gilbert W. Mass, of (Otter-spool. Mr. Jonathan ,Williamson,
....Whitfield-house Waltoo-4emthe.alill; Mr. A. .11-Wooll, Birk-
enhead; Mr. Ch;rles.jones,Bkkerhead, &c. Mr...Worrell' car-
ried.away prizes for golden .peneilled Hamburg* in two classes ;
and --the Cochin -Chinas, :Spenign, and bantams, <exhibited
.respectively by Mr. Thomas:Stretch, Mr. Jones, andair. G. W.
Moss, were marked -"highly.,oommended " by the jUdges.
Mr.-. W.. C. Worrall, iof Knotty-Ash, obtained £7,.2e. for the
<: gold pencilled Hom w burgs hich took the first prize. For .a
partridge-feathered Codhin China, cock and three hens, exhi-
',bited, by Mr. Joseph Ilindson, of Brack-road, Ererton, gi3. Os.
A golder. pencilled Hamhtmg and three pullets, seven ,raenths
old, - the oroperty of Mr. 'W. C.l.Worrall, fetched £4..42c. 6d.
._.:pmerouiznAegs;twata3-EthehAifogaitiilcyNasttleTonlereth.eciamndedE:yo:Doerrbysewxihi:erdwz...e.—neoonf
his celebrated Brahmin heifers, which, although not; obteining
IVednesdaY, an elderly gentleman, i
.was
respectablyialls
g.)ou ngeimoney
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false
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•,tene'lhhiarhseFe.sl.rfet.sThthefhPeit:ecourt was crowded .by many of the gentry and
inhabitants of the town, who represented themselves to have
been swindled, by the defendant. According to the statements
for -the Proseention, it appeared' hat-4,11e prisoner was formerly
.a liemish priest, but having been converted some twelve yens
liangsQtites'betebdectoaintill: eh ministerureh
of o
sf t the. England, a, nicdintrglss
- ilielanhduQricih,l3.o4f
County. He was there licensed, but -thellicense was suhse-
quentb, . withdrawn. On the wiithdllaW3l ,of the license,
the ;prisoner , game to England, .and began collecting
inaoncrfor " eplargiug and endowing his, church" in Parsons,
town, .representing; .at the same time ;that, his.eonsm, William
Crotty, acted as, hia•curate in Ireland. Lately he had come to
Preston, ,and collected a good deal of money ; :lust suspicion
having keen excited,; the rector of Birreinirelandewas written
to, who xeptied tbat;the chapel, for which -the prisoner pre-
tended to he, collectingmoney, was shut np,,and that prisoner's
wife and familyresi(led.at Birr, and receivedamsta supplies
of money from ,the prisoner. Defendant's cousin, item added,
was, a Preeleetetian<rninister in Galway, mad had,not been in
Parsonstosvn4er-twenty,years. The police werecommunicated
with, and the prisoner -was arrested at 'the railway,station,
being on the point of leaving Preston. He was remanded, and
in default of hail was removed in custody, loudly protecting
against the persecution" to.which he was subjected.
• EXTEifinOlf OP IigE'VEAPOQIi.—The Rev. W. Badnalr.,pre-
sided, .on Thursday, at a meeting of the guardians of rthe
West Derby board, 2.nd of persons officially engaged in:the
:several out-townships which ,itiis contemplated to add to the,
thorough attended. Aft43r <some iintroductory remarks from
.the Chairman, who 'said be stood ;before them not only as 'the
-representative of his own :township, but as the chairman of
the local board of health at 'Waver tree, he said as their
representative he would state that they felt it their duty eon-
aeientiously to oppose this measure. 'Aix. Ledger proposed--
" That this meeting.i.§,of opinion -that the contemplated ex-
tension ,of the borough of -Liverpool, 'in respect of which such
notice has been given, will be prejudicial to the interests- of
the several t.ownshiPs comprised in the 'West Derby Union, as
mentioned in such notice ; and that it is .desirable that the
several official bodies and persons connected, ith those town-
ships should„ as early as possible, ascertain the precise nature
of the bill to :be brought into Parliamen With reference
thereto." Mr. Ledger having argued that the proposed
scheme would saddle the township with heavy rates, without
any corresponding advantage, Mr. Edwards seconded the
resolution.—Mr. Aipas rose to move a direct negative. In
three' townships, the necessity of the measure had been
already admitted by the ratepayers themselves. The town_
ship of Wavertree wise the first to adopt the Public Health
.A.ct ; Garston followed ; and now the rural district of- Tax-
tetb-park was about to follow the example. He would admit
that they would have to pay snore if they were amalgamated,
but the advantages they would derive in many respects would
be incalealable. He concluded by snoring that the - word
"beneficial" be substituted for " prejudicial"' in Mr. Ledger's
motion.—Mr. J. Harrison seconded the amendment, and
described the want of sanitary regulations in the various out-
townships.—The amendment was ultimately put and lost,
only four hands being held up for it.—Mr. Shaw moved—
" That -a committee be - now formed, composed of a repre-
sentative from each of the twelve townships ; that such com-
mittee be•requested to obtain a copy of the intendedhill, as
soon as it is .introduced 'into Parliament ; and if they were
of opinion that such bill, if passed into law, would be preju-
dicial, they should adopt such measures to oppose the passing
of such bill as they may deem desirable."—Mr. J. Harrison
seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to.—
It was then 'moved and. seconded, "That it be recommended
that meetings be called in the townships-for the purpose of
nominating a member of the said committee ; and that a meet-
ing of such committee be held in this room on the 10th of
-January next." It was also agreed that Mr. William Cleaver,
clerk of the West Derby Union, be requested to act as hono
rary secretary to the committee, A Tote of thanks to the
chairman closed the proceedings.

GEN.ERAL INTELLIGENCE.

Two SPHINXES of white marble, of large proportions, the
first trophies of Sebastopol, have just-arrived for the Louvre.
They have been temporarily placed in the Assyrian Museuin,
facing the Rue de Rivoli.
A BOOT-CLEANING saloon, to which are attached public lava-
tories and dressing-rooms, has just been opened in Brydges-
street, Covent-garden, London. The admission to the former
is Id.

THE Madrid papers say that in some excavations _which
were recently made on the site of what was formerly the
cemetery of the Nuns of Santa Clara, in that city, a dead body
was found, which there is reason to believe was that of the
famous painter, Velasquez.
WOLVES have been showing themselves in numbers, and
with great boldness, near Troyes. A woman of Fresnoy is
reported to have been attacked by one whilst going to an out-
office. The neighbours, alarmed by her cries, attacked the
animal, and at last one of them killed it with a bayonet
thrust.

A MAN named Johnson, employed to attend to the electric
light which is burnt at the top of the Lyceum Theatre in
Wellington-street, London, fell from the top on Saturday, on
to a row of iron spikes, two of which entered his thigh and
broke off in the flesh, and from the chevaux de frise the un-
fortunate fellow came down on his head, which was cut in a
dreadful manner. He is, however, now out of danger.

BARON ANSEL3I MEYER Rornseninn, the eldest of the
brothers at the head of the renowned family of that name, died
at Frankfort on the 6th inst., of catarrhal fever. He was born
in 1783, and was consequently about seventy-three years of
age. Professors Pfeffer and Hesse, of Munich, and Chelins,
of Heidelberg, were summoned by telegraph to attend him in
his illness, but Were too late.
. ROBERT HANCOCK, the labourer who murdered his wife
Philippa, at Northam; Devonshire, by cutting her throat and
crushing her head with a hammer, and afterwards wandered
away from home, but came back and made a wild confession -
to her brother, has been acquitted as a monomaniac; the Rev.
Mr. Gossett-, clergyman of the parish, and other witnesses,
deposing.thai he had long been subject to strange delusions as
to the fidelity of his wife.
Two bankrupts obtained first-class certificates a few days
since—the first was Masters,.late of the Crystal-Palace-Hotel ;
the other, William Batley, engineer and boiler-maket, North-
ampton, whose bankruptcy was caused by the ruinous compe-
tition of other houses, the default of a firm in meeting their
bills, strikes; the negligence and dishonesty of his servants,
and the explosion of two boilers.
TUE Tagblatt of Berne was in the habit of copying tele-
-graphic despatches from the Berner Zeitung, without acknow-
ledgment. So the editors of, the Berner Zeitung took the
liberty, at the time, that the Emperor of Russia was in the
Crimea, of printing in the one copy of their paper which was
be supplied to the Tagblatt the following startling tele-
graphic intelligenco:-7" The Rmperor of Russia and Prince
Gortschalsofr have been taken prisoners by the allies all
which was religiously copied into the whole impression of the
Tagblatt, to the great amusement of its readers.
THE Commissioners of Inquiry into the, revenues, Ice., of
the Inns of Law repott -that; the Inner Temple has .a gross
income, in 'round numliers, of £21,000; the Middle Temple, of
£10,000:; Lincoln's-inn, of £18,000; and *Gray's-inn, of
£B,OOO, al exclusive of fees. But such is the system of ex-
travagant expenditure in these establishments, thdt the Inner
Temple Only shows a surplus revenue of £6,000, and the
Lincoln's-inn of a "trifle under £4,000. • The 'surplus of the
Middle Temple amounts to £1 Is. 10.1 d., while Gray's-inn
shows an actual deficit of £320.

THE SUNDAY Btrit ACT.-Mr. Whitehurit, 'late solicitor
to:the Licensed 'Victuallers' Defence Association, under whose
sperintendence 'the proceedings before Mr. Berkeley's corn-
Inittee were 'conducted, has written a:letter-to' the seerlTiry of
'the United Kingdom Alliance, in which he states that his
opinions on the 'Subject have undergone a total change ; that
be believes' the '.'Sunday Beer Act of 1861 wa a, step :in the
right direction;:: that it was an error to repeal it ; and that
he regrets deeOly the part he took in .fo'rwarding the Sunday
Beer Bill of last session.

AN inhabitant of the parish of "Bishopsteignton having for
some time been at variance with his neighbours, and rejecting
the attempt of a mutual friend to bring about a recenciiiittion,
the Exeter. Gazette relates Set ween the concluiion of
the prayers and the administrsitiai of the Holy oomniunion,
on Sundkr morning last, this gentleman rose from his •seat,
and witirtvident emotion, which extended to-the spectators,
wentand offered his hand to each of his offended neighbours,
expresgr:ng himself at the same time as became a Christian.
The tender was readily accepted, and, as soon as the excite-
ment was appeased, the reconciled friends united intim parti-
cipation of, that sacred rite 'which is a pledge of a higher and
holierreconciliation."

TEE MISSING CLER'G'S'ItA3T."— The Glottoestean'ireehro-
wick states that the explanation of this affair, which has un-
fortimately attracted so much public notice, is as follows-:—lt
is .said that some erpressionfdl from the lips of 'the intended
hide, during the last interview, which was Mistenstrued bp_
thegentleman into something like a regret nt'the step she was
.about to take, and that, without even seeking an explanation,
he pondered over the words, which preyed upon his mind, as '
bewalked into Gloucester; and got worked tip into such a 'state '
:of:distraction, that nothing could satisfy him-Short of flight.
't He . now
.writes (from 'America), in the .deepest agony of'
despair, regretting thetykn he has caused tuall parties ton- I
I,,cerned—confessing, on--"enoler reiection, that he bad put .ad
-wrong interpretationupen the words then ,utterekand taking
-itill the blame upon hims&f. .
A CABS op Drsernmes.-31r. Joseph ,Ony;iito author of the
English School Grammar, and of more than2o other school-
'.hooks, has, at the age of 72, no resource for his maintenance
,than what the sympathy of the public may,afford him. Under
the impression that helm' " done the State some service" by
'.his efforts, however,humble, tnsmooth the-path of knowledge
kto the rising generaticr, be sent in a -petaion to' the Earl-of
.Aberdeen, when -prime minister,' in 'the hope of participating
i'.:in the fund set aparthy the nation for tbeybenefit of di-silt-L.-seed
.4 authors ; but no answer was returned. He has recently pft. i. ..-
lAioned Lord Palmerston to lay his Taseisefore her majesty.
His lordship, however, gives him no hope; swing to the num-
r•ber of candidates for pensions.and the limited amount of -the
11und 'at his disposal. An answer more favourable might
lhave been anticipated, considering MT.,Guy's age, his necessi-
'4- ties, and his literary labours for the benefit of the youth of
,Ilhese kingdoms, and it may be,addediof-trar colonies-also.
[ A Humor.ars' INCIDENT.—The .hounds of his Grace the
fauke of Bucciench -Inet lately at Springwood-park,-when the
ilollowing humorous incident:- took. place. Shortly after the
t hounds had thrown. -off, a full--„grown foa broke. cover; and as
71-the view.halloo lima given, a donkey belonging to Jobn-Arm-
t,atrong, lahourer,.Sprouston; but betters known by the togno-
ilmen of "Joek-O'Boon," and which- was-engaged in.cdruwing
?filhe branches oei
f trees out of the planlavtion, pricked am her
I,ears, and beingdetenzained• to Ilea :drawer of wood no longer,
't-f'or that day at least, started off-,sans reremonie after the
I Tack, at a rattling:pace, in the *Election of Sunlaws: From
f tthence she proceeded to Crailing:lidll, and: came down by
4Wooden-hill, adistanee of nearly tenlaililes, and wouldihave
listen in at the death had not' her-owner made his appearance
4,and secured her. It said her LAdyibip was among the' fare-
',,anost in the-elasse;-:taking her fences-with as much zestand
'l.4lexterity as thefirst hunters on the-ground. In the ren-she
thad thrown two 141te€6, and appeared-as -much fatigued asler
:,sturdy owner, who had, with a serrewfild heart, pursued`-her
i forleveral ' hours. The meeting betwixt the pair was most
.affectionate. Instead of giving her A.,sound cudgelling-(as
I.ler-conduct merited),lohn entertained her to a biscuit and a
;:glass of spirits—a. :refreshment she. seemed very much -to
zelielt—and simnatirregaling himself,they afterwards einietly ."
..repaired to their humble domicile in the:barony:of Sprousbni.
--FlCelso Paper.

1- • SZSAHAN, PA.VI4; A.-NZ Co.'s BANKRITPTO7.—The adjourned
examination in the bankruptcy of Strahan, Paul, and Co. tea
placse,en Tuesday. 'Thopnsopers were in.attendance, but were
- not brought intubourt,,and the presentation of a report an
the-state of their affairs,,together with -a ihalance-sheet pre-
pared by the accountant, ,constituted the ;principal proceed-
ing. -According to this. document, which Aommeuces with
some interesting partiotilans of the origin ~of the • bank, the
respective members of the firm may be .considered to have
been perfectly solvent as recently as four yearsback. 'At that
period, namely, December, 14351, the books show an admitted
.deficiency :of £65,542, which was increased to XlO,OOO by an
advance oirfne Mostyn colliery, but unencumbered, property
Awes possessed by Mr. Strahan worth £lOO,OOO, and .by Sir
john. Paul worth £30,000. It was not until 186„2 that their
ennuexion xith the Gandas,commerred, and the . advances
made to those people to carry coat their railway and drainage
.schemes, in France and Italy undertaken for ,no other
profit than a half per cent: commission on all payments made,
and the expectation of recoveriiig a debt of £1,4300, which
bachheen considered bad. Iheywere rapidly, however, drawn
intodhe common:and fatal courseof increasing theirdoans in
orderto avoid the necessity Of faciag the loss already incurred,
until,:after their credit had been ,pledged in every possible
way,' heir private property sold, :awl their customers ,plun-
dered.,-thesy found theamount to have increased to nearlyihalf
a million.sterling. The actual deficiency of the bank is stated
at f.8,52,1506,,and of this sum 4183,0€00 is -involved in ttlie
transactions with .the ,Gandells and the Mostyn
The estimated assets are placed at 4.}.27,670, and if these
should be realized, a distaution may beihoped of nearly 4s.
in the pound. After the reading of ,report an adjourn. I
ment took place to the illth .of March.

REMEDY 'OE PRESENT RPM Parcics.—Anaidst all the
adverse views of our future, as to the price of bread, there is
one channel by which we may:lope to have it sold at a mo-
derate if not a low price, .and that is, by thetuse of Indian
corn when ground and dressed. By the blessing of Provi-
Aence this year's enop of Indian corn in Ameriea is super-
Abundant, the various estimates .putting it down at from 800
to 1,000 millions of bushels, and it must be appanent that
our present high prices and the fear of their continuance will
cause the people of Great Britain to fawn their attention to
,the ;use of this valuable article of food. More than half the
population of the United States live upon it, and the follow-
ing may be relied upon by those of our fellow-countrymen
who have never known what -Indian corn dour is. It is
ground in the same way as wheat, the stones being kept
wider apart than for wheat, and driven more slowly; and as
the stones used in- the United States are made in England,
there will be no difficulty in procuring them, It is also
ground into grits, called " hominy," by large band steel-
mills, similar In construction to those used for grinding
coffee. Hominy is eaten by the rich and the poor in America,
and the man can work more, longer, and have better health
(inasmuch as it is an 'antagonist to indigestion) than with
any other food, animal .not excepted,;, and it has one great
advantage that it can be eaten hot or cold. It is used in
water, milk, or broth, as oatmeal is with us, four pounds,
weight being enough for_ten persons ; it is also made into
stirabout ; and although American wheat is amongst the
finest in the world, Indian corn flour is more nutritious.
When broken in a steel mill; it is put to soak all night in
warm water, and with bacon or milk twelve pounds will last
one man a whole week. In another form it is called " Samp,"
the skin is scalded off, and used as peas porridge with pork.
Wheaten flour, when mixed with, one-third of Indian-corn
flour, is preferred to bread made-altogether from wheat. It
is also used as pudding, blended with milk, eggs, and treacle.
The French Canadians burn the skin off, and boil it in milk
for breakfast in -fact it can be mixed with or adapted to
anything. The non-use of it in England arises from its not
having been tried, and the .climate of tha south and east parts
of England will be found favourable for its growth, One
pound of this meal put into a quart of water, with three
parts of water added at intervals whilst boiling, will weigh

tour pounds and-a-half when served up in a dish. In PO-r-
-tugal, Spain, and Italy, it is the principal food of the people,
and it is now extensively used in Ireland. It improves on
acquaintance, as-wherever it has been introduced the sale
rapidly increases. Indian-corn flour, therefore, if adopted in
Great Britain, will tend to reduce the price of wheat flour
materially.—Mark-lane Exprese,

THE QUE2II has conferred the appointment of Military
Knight of Windsor upon Captain Loggan, late of the 7th
Fusiliers.

ALL the Austrian Army is about to be inovided with new
Minie rifles of different sizes, according to the different
branches of the service.

THE bakers at Oxford, on Thursday, reduced the price of
bread 2d. per loaf; the best bread is now selling there at 81-d.
per loaf, and seconds at Bd.
WE believe the Hon. Mr. Byng has this week been ap-
pointed the chairman of the board of directors of the South-
eastern. Railway.—Herapath's Journal.
Ma. LABOUCHERE has appointed Lord Sandon to be his
private secretary. Mr. W. F. Higgins, (of the Colonial-office),
who has acted since Sir W. Molesworth's death, will resume
his duties as private secretary to Mr. Ball.

HER MAJESTY has commissioned Mr. E. M. Ward, R.A.,
to paint a cartoon (the exact size of which is not yet fixed)
representing the installation of the Emperor Napoleon as a
knight of the order of the garter. The scene is, of course, at
Windsor Castle, and the picture will include portraits of the
Queen, the Empress, the Princess Royal, Viscountess
Canning, and other ladies of the court, besides those of the
Emperor, Prince Albert, and several knights and officers of
the order.

The Aberdeen Herald states that a few days ago a young
man, with a horse and gig, while; turning, at a part of the
road which overhangs at the height of full forty feet the
water of Catterline, slipped over the precipice, horse, gig, and
man•throwing a somersault in the air, and then falling crash
to the bottom of the gulf. The horse was killed; but, strange
to say, the young man escaped without a scratch: On being
asked what he thought of when going over, he said, " I shut
my eyes and held fast,"
RAJAH BROOKE.—The Times publishes a Foreign Office
document which, as will be seen by the following extract,
completely exonerates Sir James Brooke -from the charges
brought against him :—" The inquiry, which has ended in the
exculpation of Sir J. Brooke from the charges made against
him, has, at the same time, brought to light abundant evidence
of the beneficial results of his administration of the affairs of
Sarawrk, which are exhibited by the establishment of confi-
dence and the increase of trade, and are such as to deserve
the approbation of her Majesty's Government." •

_ .
MELANCHOLY ,OCCURRENCE.—Mrs. Buller, of Downes,
near Crediton, wife of J. W. Buller, Esq., chairman of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, was on Wednesday at the Exeter
station, about to return to. Downes by the 3.30 p.m. train, and
was awaiting the departure of the train, when she broke a
blood-vessel. Dr. Miller was immediately sent for, and on
his arrival he found Mrs. Bailer in too dangerous a condition
to be removed. She consequently remained in the waiting-
room, which was fitted up for her accommodation, until Satur-
day, when she expired. It is said that this is the second time
the same vessel haS given way,. which increased the anxiety
felt by, the numerous and distinguished relatives and friends
of this amiable lady. .

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. AND MR. STAFFORD.—The
Emperor Napoleon has addressed a letter to Mr. Augustus
Stafford, M.P., for his attention to the French soldiers sick on
board the Etna, on her voyage to the East. The Emperor
says :—" They testify the most enlightened solicitude on your
part, and I thank you for it. Bnt your incessant care for our
soldiers, attacked as they were by cholera during the whole
passage, your self-denial, your courage, the perilous forgetful=
ness of yourself in presence of the epidemic —everything in.
your conduct presents a rare example of devotedness to your
fellow.creatures. Already you have obtained the most pleasing
recompense in those letters in which the officers and soldiers
of the different corps express to you their admiration and
their gratitude. And lam happy to add to it the expression
of my own gratitude, and of my sentiments of high esteem for
y_ . _

MEMORIAt WINDOWEL—The following, on a brass tablet,
is about to be put up on the east wall of St. Michael's Church,
'Coventry :—" The three easternmost windows of this apse
have been filled with stained glass, to the
_glory of Almighty
'God and in memory of Adelaide, Queen Dowager, widow of
His Majesty King William IV. The centre window was the
gift of the Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., as a memorial of his
long connexion with the city of Coventry as one of its repre-
sentatives." A memorial window in St. Michael's Church is
also,decided on as a mark of respect to the late lamented and
much respected Colonel Hood, who fell in the cause of his
country inthe trenches before Sebastopol. Of all testiaonials,
a memorial window is known to be most in accordance with
the wishes of the family and the views of the late colonel, who
' had a great objection to disfiguring churches by ugly monu-
ments. The late Colonel Hood was a regular and devout
worshipper at St. Michael's, his parish church.— Coventry
Standard.

ISIELLIGENT SAVAGES. At the last meeting of the
Asiatic Society, the Secretary, on behalf of the council, sub-
mitted to the meeting the name of the chief king of Siam, and
that of his brother and subordinate prince, for election as
*honorary members of the-society. The claim of these royal
personages consisted in their protection of the interests of
science, and in their own personal attainments. The head
"king-was a proficient its the•Pali and Sanscrit -languages, and
had acquired a considerable acquaintance with Latin and
English. . The seeondliing_is stated by Sir John Bowring to
speak and write English with ease and correctness. 'Bath are
zastrohoiners, able 'to take in observation and work au eclipse ;
:'and the second king is also a chemist and mechanician. Both
' have written letters to the Queen in English which are credi-
table performances. The head king has entered into a treaty
of amity and commerce with this country, which gives Eng-
lishmen a right to hold land and to be governed by their own
laws in Siam, and grants other valuable privileges—thus
opening up to onr-enterprise a country which has hardly been
less shut to us than-China itself. Their majesties were unani-
mously elected.
THE PEACEMACEE..—For some time the mechanical in-
genuity of Mr. Robert Sandiford, of Woolfoid, near Bury, has
been taxed to invent a machine, possessing such power of
destructiveness that it might be used in the field of battle with
great effect. 'lt •was to be capable of firing with great pre-
cision a.cousiderible number of shots per minute, and to be so
constructed that it could be recharged in a moment and pre-
pared for another-volley. It wits .to_be_ so .portable that it
could be Movedat pleasure, and conveyed from one point of
attack to another with great celerity. He named it the
"PeaCemaker" ,from an impression that its use would be
attended with such death-producing consequences that war
would become a game which neither kings nor subjects would
like to play at. having made a model and satisfied himself
!that the machine-would answer the purpose intended, he went
to'the foundry toorder the requisite castings, but While there
began to consider whether it would be consistent with
Chriitian duty to invent a machine the object of which was to
destroy humais.iife. The result was, he left the foundry with-
out ordering the castings, and has since abandoned, from con,
scientious motives; the project altogether.
A FEMALE JACK SIIEPPARD.—A young woman has just
been committed for trial at Walsall, whose proceedings show
her to be skilled in the tricks of imposture, and manifest that
she has attained ...considerable efficiency in the " science" for
which Jack Sheppard. was notorious. Arrested-about two
months ago on a.charge of felony, she counterfeited sickness
so successfully that, under the impression that she was suffer-
ing from fits, she -was sent from the police-station to the work-
house, where, in'the sick ward, she remained for some time
attended by the unsuspecting surgeon of the Union. On the
morning, however, when she was to appear before the magis-
trates on her first :hearing, he left her bed at an early hour,
tore up one of the-sheets into shreds, and made a linen rope by
uniting the ends of each shred. One end of the rope thus
made she fastened to the baluster of the stairs, threw the other
end out of the window, and, dressed only in a blanket and a
pair of slippers, she descended by the torn sheet into the yard,
when she escaped from the premises over a refuse pit and
through a hole in the boundary wall near to it. A vigilant
search proved ineffectual to her recovery ; anti she was heard
no more of until, abouta mouth since, the superintendent of
the Walsall Police saw her at the-Stafford Iliiihray Station in
the custody of a policeman, who was conveying her to the
county gabl, for a month's imprisonment for vagrancy in the
Potteries. Upon her liberation she was again brought to
Walsall. In the lock-up there, at seven o'clock ou Sunday
evening, she was seen by the warden safe in her cell. Imme-
..diately after he left her she commenced pulling out the fire
'from the grate, and, to prevent herself from being burnt, un-
.tiressed and placed her clothing where the fire had just been.
:S.he then removed a portion of the masonry of the gate, made
another rope by tearino, her shawl to pieces, and then, uniting
the lengths together, 'she commenced ascending the chimney
,in s state of nudity. She had ascended about twelve feet when '
,she ,found her further progress prevented by an iron bar which
ran across the flue. Having at her command no instrument
with,which she could remove this obstacle, she was compelled
to return to her cell, where, in about another . hour, she was
found-sitting sullenly wrapped in a blanket. She resolutely
refused to re-dress, and by command of the superintendent
.passed.the rest of time night upon the stretcher. The offence
•for which she was committed was the common one of stealing
.wearing apparel. Before the magistrates she said nothing in
her defence.

CON.VICTION OF A CLERGYMAN FOR FORGERY.---=At the
York assizes, before Mr. Baron Martin, the Rev. Wm. Beres-
ford, aged 56,' was indicted for having, on the 4th of Novem-
Zer,lB4B, at Bradford, uttered a fOrged indorsement of a bill
,for £loo,,.vsith intent to defraud Samuel Laycock. At the
And of October, 1848, the prisoner called at the bank of the
Bradford Banking Company, at Bradford, and said he was the
lev. Mr. ;Beresford. He then tendered a bill for £lOO to be
discounted. Mr. Laycock, the manager, told the prisoner that
he aims a perfect stranger to the bank, and that before the bill
could be discounted, some name should be introduced whom
the hank knew. The prisoner mentioned Mr. Kaye, of Man-
ningliam-lodge, and Mr. J. C. Kaye, of Fairfield-hall, his son,
and Mr, Laycock replied that the introduction of Mr. Kaye,
or his iudoarsetnent, would be satisfactory. In a few days
afterwards the prisoner again called at the bank to inquire if
a letter was lying there for him, and as there was not he went
away, and called again a third time. In the meantime a letter
had arrived, oat of which the prisoner took the alleged forged
bill, and presented it to he discounted, which was done; the
prisoner had been on . a visit to Mr. Kaye's, and also at his
son's,' the latter of whom be had asked to discount the bill in
question for him for £lOO, but Mr. Kaye refused, and never
gave authority for his name to be inserted on the bill. In
April last Mr. J. C. Kaye met the prisener in Regent-street,
rmidon,-ind said, " Mr. Beresford ? " The prisoner re-
plied, `,!: Yes, " and Mr. Kaye then said,- " I am afraid I
shall have to place you in the hands of the police." ,'The
prisoner inquired Mr. Kaye's name, and on being told it
he immediately said, " Have mercy upon me," and added
that if Mr, Kaye, would go with him to a Mr. Moss that
the money should be paid to the bank, but Mr. Kaye de-
clined to accompany him. It appeared that after Mr. Kaye's
name had been mentioned at the bank, the prisoner wrote to
Mr. Kaye thanking him for his hospitality, and inquiring
whether 'he (the prisoner) bad left a letter at his house. He
required an answer by return of post, and it was suggested on
the part of the prosecution that he had done this in order to
imitate more effectually the handwriting of Mr. Kaye. When
the bill was presented to Mr. Laycock„ that gentleman was
scrutinising the signature of Mr. Kaye, when the prisoner
stated that he was ill, and had written the indorsement in
bed, which would probably account for the signature not re-
sembling very,exactly his usual handwriting. The prisoner
then received £99 6s. in cash, Mr. Laycock retaining 14s. for
discount. It was stated during the trial that the prisoner is
'brother to General Beresford, now Adjutant-general in India,
and cousin to Lord Decies and next heir to that title, and
.hOldi a living iii Cork. The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Baron. Martin, in passing sentence, said the prisoner,ha.d
been most properly convicted, on the most clear and satistic
'tory evidence that could be well adduced, of having utters
the endorsement of Mr. Kaye, knowing it to be forged. The
prisoner best knew whether or not this was the first forgery
he had uttered. ' The sentence of the court was that be be
transported for the period of his natural life. The
prisoner.
who appeared surprised at the extent of the sentence, had to
be assisted from the dock.

AN iron steam-vessel called the Florence Nightingale was
launched at Hartlepool on Tuesday.-
MDLLE. JrLIE, whose clothes caught fire during the per-
formances at the Plymouth Theatre, on the 20th ult., died on
Sunday, aged nineteen years. •• '

COINING BY AIR POWER.-It is not generally known
that the whole of the gold and silver coius of England are
struck by atmospheric pressure, or, in other words, that the
air we breathe coins our money.

lizssns. NEWILL and Co., of Gateshead, the wire-rope
manufacturers, are engaged in making a telegraphic line of
upwards of 800 miles in length, which will unite Constanti-
nople and Alexandria.
A WELL-SINKER, who had a quantity of powder in his
pocket for blasting purposes, went into a smithy at Shrews-
bury, and while there a piece of hot iron flew into his pocket
and ignited the powder. He was much:burnt, though not
seriously.
AT the Gloucester assizes, on Thursday, Elizabeth Ken-
nedy, aged 30, described as a market woman, was charged
with the wilful murder of her husband, by throwing a stone
at him which struck him on the head, and caused congussion
of the brain. She was found guilty of manslaughter, and k
sentenced to two years' hard labour.

CROWN PROPERTY.—We are informed, from good authority'-
that there is Crown property in the county of Durham worth.
£lOO,OOO, from which the government do not, and never have,
received a farthing revenue. How such a state of things
exists seems to be a fit subject for a searching inquiry.—
Durham County Advertiser.
RUSSIAN RECRUITING.—The general levy is now going
on in Poland, and the peasants are driven as is game at
a Leine. Poland is one great theatre of misery ; but the
peasants have begun to display the energy of. despair, and.
refuse to work for the proprietors gratuitously. The same-
insubordination is said to prevail in several Russian provinces
SOME English sailors encountered a party of Chinese sea-
men in Shadwell, a few days ago, and commenced pullinethem
about. One of them cut off the tail of one of the Chinese,
which
.so exasperated his messmates that they drew their
knives and attacked their assailants. The Chinese, however,
got rather.the worst of it. One was killed, and an English
sailor was severely wounded in the breast.
ANOTHER MISSING CLERGTMAN.—Considerable anxiety
has, we believe, been occasioned in certain circles in Edin-
burgh by the unaccountable disappearance of the incumbent
of an Episcopalian chapel in this city. The rev. gentleman,
who became settled here at a comparatively recent period, left
his residence about the middle of last month, and has never
since been heard of.— Scottish Press.

- AT the Court of Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, by the
consent of the parties, an action was tried and decided by the
judge alone. By a recent statute it is provided that in cases
where both the plaintiff and defendant should consent to
have the cause decided by the judge alone, the judge should
have the power to dispense with a jury and try the cause him-
self.
THE Montreal Gazette states that the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany have guaranteed to the Russian authorities the unmo-
lested possession of the Russian territory upon the American
continent while the war shall last, upon conditions that the
posts and trading operations of the former iu the neighbour-
hood of that territory shall continue during the same period
to be free from attack by the latter.
A NEW and very ingenious mode of ".sweating" sovereigns
has come into vogue. Instead of being clipped or filed, they
are put Under a stamping machine, which cuts off the edges
and leaves a new milling quite perfect. About three shillings'
worth of gold is thus taken frcm a sovereign at the first
operation. The smallness of the size is the only mode of
detecting the defaced coin.
THE LATE SIR RICHARD SUTTON, Norfolk, has left
£lO.OOO a-year to his second son, Mr. Richard Sutton, of
Skeifington-hall ; £lO,OOO to each of his younger sons, and
£30,000 to each of his surviving daughters. All the rest of
j his immense property goes to his eldest son. It is said that
the property in the parish of St. James's, Westminster, alone,
amounted to £40,000 a-year.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ICE.—Many persons ventured
upon the ice in St. James's-park on Thursday, although it was
in a dangerous condition. In the afternoon, while numbers
of persons, chiefly boys, were skating or sliding near Buck-
j ingham-gate, the ice gave way, and several persons were
im-
mersed in the water. They were, however, all recovered,
except one lad, with whom the methods used to restore life
were unsuccessful. The body was taken to St. Margaret's
workhouse.

. .
A DRUNKARD DECLARED LUNATIC. Mr. Gerard is- a
gentleman of independent fortune in Elgin. He is in the
habit 6f getting drunk. Though- perfectly rational when
sober, he is very violent when drunk, arming himself with a
gun and three pistols, and threatening to shoot those who
come near him. Besides this, he accuses his wife of wishing
to poison him, and gets up plots in order to make his servants
be suspected of theft. Upon the evidence of such facts as
these, and on a medical certificate of his state of mind, the
• sheriff-substitute of Elgin directed the committal of Gerard
to a lunatic asylum as a furious person, dangerous to the
lieges, under the 4th and sth of Victoria, chap. 60, secs. 3 and
5 ; and he is now in 3lorningtide Asylum. On this he applied
to the High Court of Justiciary to set aside the order of the
sheriff-substitute. Of the five judges present at the hearing
of the case on Saturday last, two were in favour of setting
aside the order of the sheriff-substitute, and three in favour.
of sustaining it. The order is, therefore, sustained.--ScoiSinan•
THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN MAN-Or-WAR:—On Saturday, a•
strange-craft was seen steaming rapidlS-- up Southampton-
water. She was a man-of-war screw-sloop, of a most beautiful
model. She had on board three 69-pounders, weighing 56 cwt.
each, and was pierced for eight guns. The smartness of her
officers and crew, and the order and cleanliness on board, re-
sembled what is seen on board a British man-of-war. The
uniform of the officers was precisely like that of the officers of
the Royal Navy, only the bands, butt-els, and lace were of sil-
ver, instead of gold. She proved to be a Victoria (AuStralia),
man-of-war, being the pioneer of the Victoria navy. She is
quite new, laying been built by Young, Son, and Magnay, of
London. She is mahogany built, on the diagonal principle.
Her tonnage is 580, and her engines (which were manufactured
by Rennie) are o f 150 horse-power. She is commanded by,
Captain Norman, late Commander of the Screw Company's,
steamer Queen of the South, a most efficient officer. Herspeed
is about thirteen knots. She called at Southampton on her
way to Australia, to take in two cows, for Sir Charles Hotham,
the Governor of Victoria.
MELANCHOLY COINCIDENCE.—It may be in the recollec-
tion of our readers that the wife of Dr. - Blackwell; of Cran-
brook, Kent, died in the present year, a few months after
making a claim for one of the Dunmow flitches that were
presented in July last by W. H. Ainsworth, Esq. There
seems to be a fatality attending the claim, as the secretary to,
the committee has received a communication from a claimant,
residing at Greenwich, and who, if life had been spared to
his wife, and they had received the flitch in 1856, had
promised to supply a similar prize to any other party who
might be entitled on some future occasion. The, communica-
tion is as follows :—" Greenwich, December 7, 1855. Dear
Sir, It is my painful duty to inform you of the decease of my:
beloved wife ; the claim will therefore be open to others.
How true it is the fairest flowers are first culled. She
was a beautiful creature in person, mind, and disposition.
Had she been spared till next July, Dunmow would have had
a visit from us. With best thanks for your prompt and
courteous
.replies to my letters, I am, &c., P. RICE." Thus,
in the short space of one year, death has deprived two loving
husbands of their partners, and we may fairly ask, what lady
will now be bold enough to claim the flitch, when death
stands ready to claim:the claimant ?
SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE-Snow.—This annual exhibi-
tion was opened on Tuesday, in Baker-street, London. Better
animals than those which won the principal prizes, whether in
cattle, sheep, or pigs, were never seen, but there was an almost
total absence of competition. The falling off in the exhibi-
tion numerically may in some measure be accounted for by
the fact of the Birmingham club holding its annual show this
year on the same days. Amongst the cattle the Herefords
obtained the highest commendation. Tn the department of
Devons, Prince Albert was the winner of not less than three
prizes, two of £lO for steers, and one of £2O for cows. The
first prizes for Herefords were won by Mr. Isaac Niblett, of
Filton, near Bristol; Mr. W. Heath, of Ludham-hall, near
Norwich ; Mr. Joseph Phillips, of Ardington, near \Vantage;
and Mr. J. H. Gurney, of Catton-liall, near Norwich. Here
again, however, Prince Albert was a successful exhibitor, his
three years and eleven months Hereford ox taking a prize of
£lO. An ox, the property of the Marquis of Exeter, to which
was adjudged the gold medal, a prize of £25, and a silver
medal, was a splendid animal, of symmetrical proportions.
In the Welsh class of cattle there was a decided improvement,
so much so as to give reason to suppose that this description
of stock will eventually become as useful as the Scotch. The
Leicester sheep also showed an improvement, while the South
Downs were considered as good as breeders may ever hope to
see. There were a few good pens of pigs. The Prince Con-
sort was a successful exhibitor of these animals, and carried
off two £lO prizes. The other exhibitors included the Earl
of Radnor, Sir John Cathcart, Mr. S. Druce, Mr. Stewart
Marjoribanks, Sir J. B. Mill, and Mr. George Turpin. One
characteristic of the show of pigs was, that there were fewer
instances of excessive feeding than usual. There was one fat
monster, however, the property of Mr. John Scott, of White-
wall, Malton, Yorkshire, which was computed to weigh about 66
stone, or upwards of Bcwt. The annual dinner was held on
Wednesday, when a testimonial was presented to Mr. Brand-
reth Gibbs, the honorary secretary, consisting of three pieces
of ornamental plate, weighing 536 ounces, and of £360
value.

A GOLD EXPLORING EXPEDITION IN SPA IN.—ln a letter
just received from Madrid we find the following interesting
narrative :—" An English engineer, representing a company
of English capitalists, has just returned here from an expedi-
tion to the SierCa Nevada. He has been chipping away with,
his hammer among the rocky heights of the Mulahacen, and
the diadem of snow which decks the brows of El Picacho de
la Veleta, the watch point. Both of these mountains rise
to nearly 12,000 feet above the level of the sea, and have long
been supposed to hutch in their loins mineral wealth. It was them, that the Moors extracted the iron with which they
forged those blades at Toledo which kept the Spaniards at' bay
for eight centuries ; it was, possibly, from the same sources,
that they procured the gold with which they adorned the
mosques at Granada, and the fairy-like tracery of the Court
of Lions at the Alhambra, iu which the ruffian plunderer
stabled the steeds of his remorseless dragoons, where his name
is still held in the same execration as Murat's at Madrid, and
Bonaparte's at the Kremlin. Great difficulties were expe-
rienced in traversing the inaccessible regions, which are elid
in eternal snow. The Neveros, or men who go up during the
night for snow, wherewith to cool the parched palates of the
luxurious Granada folks—as Wenham lake does for your
luxurious Londoners—these men have worn a path with their
mules as far as el Cortigo del Puche ; but after that the engi-
neer had to explore the way on foot. The report which has
been brought back is full of promise ; these mountains do
assuredly contain mineral wealth to an enormous extent,
which may be extracted at a small cost, where labour is
cheap, and capital unknown. I know of no srenery. more
noble than these Alpine regions of Spain. From the Plchaeo '
sublimity of
you look down the yawning precipice, and there you see the
blue Mediterranean coiling in crystalline folds, with Africa in
ivsioollaetted,
the background. As Mr. Ford says, ' The cold
xi:, lki iee:
felt on the pinnacle of the
these silent eternal snows is fully
)
Alps which stands out
i windblown height vegetatiOn and life
despot. On this barrel
in
t lfireiheel'illelsusl and Lpa rte,le
have ceased—even the leas
wastes its sweetness wherever a stone offers shelter from the-
Vscow. Thousands of winged insects lie shrouded on that.
iZill, each in its little cell, having thawed itself a grave
with its last warmth of life. In the scarped and soil-divided.
heights the eagle builds—she must have mountains for her
eyrie—here she remains unmolested on her stony throne.' But
the bird of Jove is now likely to be molested by the Auri
sacra:Pines, which drives those who are afflicted with it into
the bowels of the harmless earth, and to the pinnacles of
Alpine solitudes."