The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-21 00:00:00

A TRAVELLER ON THE SUMMIT OF

EL-BRUZ.
" I mounted a heap of rocks that lay piled in
confusion along a craggy ridge jutting out of the
snow, as it. appeared to be highest point, and sur-
veyed at leisure the wonderful scene before one.
The higher summit still towered like a mass of
sparkling alabaster some three thousand feet above
the crest upon which I was standing, but even
had the day not been so tar advanced I could not
have made any attempt to reach it, as a scarped
precipice over six hundred feet in depth, an inac-
cessible glacier, and a ridge of bluff peaks divi-
ded us, although it looked almost within the
range of my rifle. Could I even have descended
and made a circuit, of the lower sunnoit, the
glacier was an obstacle that would have been
insurmountable, as in it were stupendous ice-
bergs and wave upon wave of precipitous ridges
with steep scarped sides, apparently inaccessible to
the foot of man, which gave me the idea of num-
berless rocky islands in a tempestuous ocean
suddenly frozen. In the valleys and undulations
between were innumerable blue and violet streaks,
whichovith the aid of my glass, I made out to
be deep fissures and yawning chasms so wide as
to appear perfectly impassable, although some
seemed arched over with natural bridges of ice.
Here and there, scattered over the surface, dark
masses of rock and fantastically-grouped aiguilles
and pinnacles appeared like the domes, spires,
and minarets of far-distant Eastern cities, whilst
the massive ridges of ice forcibly reminded me
of lines of defence and fortifications on the
largest scale, the effect of which was somewhat
heightened by the continual cracking and breaking
of the ice, which often resembled a well-kept-up flle-
firing, varied by rolling volleys of musketry, whilst
at intervals the roaring of avalanches sounded
like salvoes of heavy artillery. Those who have
not witnessed, cannot conceive the solemn gran-
deur of the scene then before us, and description
can convey but a very faint idea of it.. The
firmament was of that intensely deep blue pecu-
liar to the waves of the Mediterranean at certain
times, and contrasted strangely with the dazzling
whiteness of the eternal snow, which lay spread
out like the vast winding-sheet of a dead world.
-The sun, ton, shone with a peculiarly strange
unearthly light, more like that. of the moon, as if
his rays were not sufficiently powerful to penetrate
the atmosphere. For some time I was too much
bewildered and overpowered by emotion to fix my
mind attentively on the grand panorama stretched
before me, but after a time I distinguished, in
the south-east, the lofty peak of Mount Kasbec,
towering high above ranges of mountains, rising
one behind another, and diversified with the
richest colouring. To the westward, overlooking
the ranges of mountains. we had passed, lay the
blue expanse of the E-axine, glistening in the
light of the sun like a sheet of burnished silver;
and far away, in a north-easterly direction, over
fields of eternal snow, vast glaciers,. and a sea of
mountain - ranges, intersected by deep, dark,
densely-wooded ravines, were the plains of the
Kuban, veined by shining rivers. To the south-
east., on the verge of the horizon, was a dense
mist, which, notwithstanding the distance, I have
no doubt hung over the Caspian. It was a glori-
ous sight ; and I remained gazing as long as I
could endure the biting cold, notwithstanding
that I felt half blinded by the strange reflection
of the sun from the snow, for the broad peak of
hunting-cap had no effect in keeping out the
glare ; and we were each obliged to fasten a strip
of my silk handkerchief across our eyes, in order
to enable us to see the way."

WROXETER EXCAVATIONS.—The uncovering of' the
room containing the forge, &c., has been continued, and"
several new .features have laeen brought to light. The
remains of another furnace have been found, and from
some fragments of material which have been picked up
it now appears probable that it was the workshop of an
enameller. Among the objects found within the last
few days is a wellpreserved steelyard. The men are now
partly employed in preparing the ruins for the meeting
of the British Amine°logical Association at Shrewsbury,
which will begin on Monday, the 6th of August, and
will, on one of the days of the meeting, visit the buried
city of Uriconium, and be conducted over the excavations
by Mr Wright in person.
THE DISCOVERY OF HA.NAN REMAINS IN. HANWELL
ASYLLINL—Ou Tuesday afternoon Mr. Wakley, the
coroner, concluded the adjourned inquest upon the body
of the child which had been found on the 13th of June
in one of the vaults adjoining the kitchen department of
the above establishment. • It will be necessary to state
that the remains of the body of a newly-born child were
found in an underground vault adjoining the kitchen
tied up in a French merino gown. Dr. Sankey, the
surgeon of the female side, gave it as his•pipinion that
the body had been put away about two years and a half.
The inquest had been adjourned in order to see if the
eviclenhe would bear out by a verdict the moral construe-'
tion"placed upon it. The gown in which the body was
found was clearly identified with a former servant who
wore it. Since the last sitting every inquiry likely to
throw light upon the matter has been made ; but the
whole case was removed beyond the coroner's jurisdiction
by the declaration of the medical testimony to the etlect
that it was not. and could not be positively ascertained
that the child had been born alive. Under these cir-
cumstances the corona bad no alternative but to dis-
charge the jury, as it was perfectly useless for them to
pursue the matter any farther.
VESSELS AND TONNAGE.—A parliamentary return
just issued shows the number of vessels and tonnage en-
tered inwards and cleared outwards at each of the 1..1
principal ports of the United Kingdom, daring the year
1859. Entered inwards : London, tO, 769 vessels,
2,837,696 tons; Liverpool, 9904 vessels, 2,414,689 tons;
Hull, 2944 vessels, t 106,236 tons ; Bristol, 794 vessels,
203,2,50 tons; Newcastle, 4375 vessels, 731,368 tons;
Southampton, 1017 vessels, 323,361 tons; Leith, 1539
vessels, 216,3.56 tons; Glasgow, 697 vessels, 144,066, tons;
Greenock, 312 vessels, 120,257 tons; Dublin, 59d vessels,
109,694 tons ; Cork, 367 vessels, 9,1,124 tons ; Belfast,
371 vessels, 67,458 tons total, 28,685 vessels, 7,927,555
tons. Cleared outwards : London; 8010 vessels, 2,223,2,56
torts ; Liverpool, 5094 vessels, 2,508,580 tons ; Hull,
2270 vessels, 53.5,018 tons; Bristol, 264 vessels, 79,82.8
tons ; Newcastle, 8006 vessels, 1,473,418 tons ; South-
ampton, 918 vessels, 323,965 tons; Leith, 41,5 vessels,
98,877 tons ; Glasgow, 974 vessels, 256,095 tons ;
Greenock, 203 vessels, 95,713:t0ns ; Dublin, 169. vessels,
60,463 tons ; Cork, I.tv vessels, 21,732 tons Belfbst, ss
vessels, 21N45,2 tons : total, 26,52 a vessels, 7,696,387
tons. The declared value of British and Irish produce
and manufactures exported from the respective porta to
foreign countries and British possessions abroad, in the
year 1859, is: as follows :—London, £30,235,924 ; Liver-
pool, 162,414,341 ; Hull £12,980,587 ; Bristol £457,553 ;
Newcastle, £1,906,514 ; Southampton, £2,499,369 ;
Leith, £a72,673 ; Glasgow, £5,394,376 ; Greenock,
£1,106 268 ; Dublin, £48,270; Cork, £168,25,2 ; Belfast,
-£141,175: aggregate of the 12 ports, 1118,225;302,.
THE RECENT CHARGE CIEATTEKPTED, Munn AT
BETIINAL-GREEN.--AMe4 Rutland, a man about thirty-
five years of age, and formerly in the Indian army, was
charged, at the Worship-street Police Court, London,
on remand before Mr. Mansfield, with cutting and
wounding his wife on the 27th of June last, with intent
to cause her death. The additional testimony againat
the prisoner was that of the injured woman, wha since
the occurrence has been an inmate of the London Hos-
pital, and is still an out-patient. She is about twenty-
eight years of age, pretty, and gave her evidence with
jauntiness. She said, I am the wife of the prisoner,
and reside with lkim at 6, Chester-street, Bethnal-green.
11e was a soldier, and returned home about ten weeks
since. On the day. in question, I was at work at my
employer's, Mr. Stevens, a weaver, in the Alma-road-
east, Old Ford, when he came into the kitchen. It was
I
ttwelve o'ctock, noon. I was having luncheon. had
mean, my husband, shared it with me.
Afterb I He,
me
finished, sad while 1 was washing, he came
ht )" I
and asked, "Will you stay here withmet
replied, "No." He then put his band r olilnhnibgo ehindcomuuylrd not
nsn
and
and cut my throat twice with something
see. I shrieked out " Murder." The neighbours
my throat was bandaged.
Mr. Stevens then came in.
I had fallen on the ground. My throat bled very tutto,.
I was subsequently removed to the London Aospital,
and have suffered much pain. The evi.deile of
Stevens, Mr. Rutledge, the swgeOn, who first dressed
the wound. and Folice-eerieeht HYde, 47 K, having
44ed the, above, depositions been ad ihe. form they
were previously given, the prisoner, Vl° deeliped pffer-
ing anY defence, was Ordered to be forma.l4 committed
to the next sessions of. the Central Criminal Qourt for
the attempt to. inntiq.