The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

The folios irg singular case was h and last week
before Vice-
rhsnecilor Kimiersley t—Abeat the middle of the last century there
lived In the north of trolaad a family of the rime of Ratherfori,
consiatan, so far as is mrcrial to th 3 present cease, of a fa:lier and
two sone. Between the coos a quarrel arose, and the father, con-
ceiving that the }winger. Robert, was in 'a eit, chastised him. Robert
?lathe, ford thereupon quitted his father's hoase, and shortly after-
ward enlisted in Ligonier's trooa cf Black Horse. After a t‘The he
came to Eagland, bat he soon quitted the s-rvice and the tialted
Kingdom, and settled at the alage of Trenton, in the United Statea',
whore he opened a tavern, which he caked " The Ligonier, or Blat k
Horse." In the course of his migrations he had married, and the
year 1770 thong him settled at Trenton at tae "Black Horse," with a
family consisting of one son and four daarlitcrs. Abut that period
there drove up one day to the tavern, in a carriage anti four, an Eng-
lish c.ffcer, by name Colonel Forteecue. C ;io.-tel Fortescue dined at
the tave n and after dinner Ind a onaersation in private with one of
Rutherford's daughters. Within two hours after this conversation
Frances Mary a ertord haa,notwithataniing h-r sister's entreaties,
quitted her father's bows in cotepaay with Colonel Forte: cue. With
him she went to Paris. wifere after a few yea. s lie died, leas/Ma her it
is supposed, a considerab:c sum of money. On his death she quitted
Paris an i came to Englund; and here after a short time she married
a gentleman of cansiee,abia property, named Shari. In 1798 Mrs.
Shard h_d a.great do ire to d secret- what had become of her tattler's
family whew she had quited noolay 30 years previaus,y, and t :cough
her confidential solicitor cop r es were made of a Mr. Armstrong,
tao Presbyterian Minister at Trenton. She was, abra flu conga,
butavhaving
it was
bee been
procured, declared a
desirous of discovering aI& ati';e o steaala no a R9..theerri9rd.
Twhereetdnegalid,rieit. flop:desist° find a Ratherferd, and the Matter
dromasa. ear. hard died in the year 1800, and in 1819 Mrs. Shard
plaintiff made a claim to the props ty.
a Mrs. Davis, who was alleged to be
tied a widow, childless and intestate. No next of kin appearing, the
It turned out that Mrs. Davis was not
awin.
nay.,
however. aatsteas ;
Crown -took posse sion o f the property. In 1823 an attempt was mide
sortingfhrr rgtt
ceeclraooyiuuum.
cousin
cousin
Invit;ho
:albs
that
aatteg9ei
faataitdhn:e
cut
further
throughr. e
dar present
ttaer
is go e atthagrceaajet
clength
to set up a document as t aleeennwatt
ef
grMh
ert synh,jedc:srhnaabl
ner73ea npla alvisi,nwhswtes
oatid the wciotnhemi
icohn
mthinatutea;
however now alleged to bo second cousin of the deceased. The case
was argued- some time since. Toe Vice Chancellor ;now delivered
between the crown and the claimant the latter had made out a case.
It autaleiently proved that Mrs. Davie was the second cousin of the de-
ceased Mrs. Shard ; but as it did not follow that there might not be a
n
still nearer relative than the claimant in existence, and as the evi-
dence on this latter point was not conclusive, the matter, must go back
to the chambers for further eaqali ice. Subject however to such
enquiries, the claimant hid a prima facie title.

ROYAL SURREY GAEOENE.—The concert on Wednesday night was
of the pure Julden type. The programme censisted of several of the
moat favourite morceaux in the repertoiee of the popular conductor,
end tha band certainly did full justice to the music entrusted to them.
We were pleased again to see all the old familiar faces of the solo
players—Herr Koenig, Misers. Lavigne, Sonneuberg, Diahem, Sehreurs,
Hughes, and others—and to hear the same pleasing strains as of yore.
The vocel music was performed by Miss Vinning, who sang most
beautifully, and was encored each time she made her appearance ; and
the compliment was well bestowed. o bear her sing "• Home, sweet
home," was a full recompense for all the perils of the trenspontine
expedition. The display of fire-works, which took place after the
concert, is said to be based upon some state of society existing is
fairy land, bat which, at the present moment, we must candidly admit
we are unable to describe. It may, perhaps, suffice to say, that the
pyrotechnic effects are some of the finest which have ever been pro-
duced at the Same Gardens. Tie Difeetors have not been idle since
the close of last season. The grounds have been much improved, and
the increased accommodation, of visiters has been made a matter of
attentive consideration. The well-known predilection of Jahn Bull
far the good things of Vile life, has not been lost Blida of, and a first
rate restaurant has been proside.l for him, when) he may indulge
himself at any price he pleases, and where, it he wiehee to have a good
'glees of wizeehe can get it. Taea for children big and little, ofd and
youmr, there is Cooke's cirque imperial, where they may revel in the
sight of first rare horsemanship, and cesce their tales at the jokes of
Mr. Mereiinan. L vers of art may visit Mr. 11. Leslie's phctoeraphic
stndio at the lo 'er end of the amends, and find a genuine scource cf
gratification is that gamest'. Smokers—well, the less we say stout
them the better, hat this we will say, that, without expressing sn
opinion upon the conclusions arrived at by the Lancet on the toeacco
q leatioll, we must strongly maintain that smoking in a crowd " is
access," and that ts puff smoke down the taroets of ladies is a gross
breaca of good manners. One of the moat attractive features of the
season will be the opera recitals on Saturday afternoons, at three
o'clo k. The first of the series c :mincer:ea last Saturday, and
vie don't know thai; we could suggest a more pleasant mods of ending
Vie week than nett of attending the opera recital at three, dining
afterwards at tiro restaurant, aed finishing; up with the miscellaneous
concert in the evening.
VINES, MINES, AND VOLCANOES.—ID a letter frcm a friend in
Napes on vines, mines, fine fiery craters, we have the following
bits of gossip : —Vesuvius, which has been in a state of eruetion
daring the whole of the w.nter, last Saturday presented the follow-
ing phenomenon. An American gentleman thus describes
unciti
it to me I was standing with my guide ma the edge of a large
crater, when we heard a violent noise, and saw the ground heaving
on the side of the erater until the surface was broken and a shower of
stones was thrown np.' Seth occurrences have bean by no means
theca
years, showing great activity
course, the guides predict au immediatelymm o
within
belowthe
ex-
tensive eruption—and when do they not, it may be asked, during
Lest ? Another, and much more hopeful prediction is, that we are to
have a very productive season this year. The crops look in a most
he last.r
surface.
or
o f
ec
healthy state, and the vines have not pr sented so heelthy an appear-
ance for several years. The buds thrown oat are full and many, and
it has not escaped attention that the roses and grasses, which at this
season during several years have been afflicted with the vine di ease,
are now perfectly free. The Intendants of Provinces are, however,
sending r hind plated direction for the use of sulphur, but many
people after several trials do not mean to repeat it this year. They
grant the fruit as saved, but they add that the wine made from the sul-
phured fruit is not drinkable. finch an opirion Is expreeied by the wine
sellers of Lchia„ where a large quantity of svina was made last year
under the iefluence of eulelinr. A concession has been granted Lately
to M. d'A,gient to work the coal mines of Agoano. Who does not
know M. d'Agiont, who undertakes to make treaties or railways, or to
work coal mines, and never completes anything ? An experienced
friend writes to me as follows Mining in this country, as a rule,
will seldom answer, the frequent earthquakes break the veins, and
when you think success is certain the vein suddenly finishes, and the
labour to trace and find it again eats up all possible gain. I speak
from experience of some rich lead mines in Calabria, which a Mend
of mine attempted to work, and was obliged to abandon after an
Outlay of no small amount. That, too, which makes mining still more
uncertain is the fact that the same causes of subterranean disturbance
are constantly in act:on in the CaLebrias, and scarcely a week passes
in which some incident of the kind does not occur.'"ii