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the man who can read that narrative without being
moved; he can have no sympathy witk us, or we with
him. It is such passages as these about little Paul
Dombey that have made the world acknow-
ledge the pathos of " Buz " to be even more
admirable than his Wit; it is such passages
as these, delineative of our common nature under its
divinest aspect, that have rendered the name of Charles
Dickens a h.,usehold word—a name most pleasant to
our ears because of its many beautiful associations.
What a gentle and endearing tone there is about those
few syllables which follow the account of Paul's death,
when the body of the child is lying on the bed and the
living mourners are all gone ! " The golden ripple on
the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in
the room. The old, old fashion ! The fashion that
came in with our first garments, and will last un•
changed until our race has run its course, and the
wide firmament is rolled up like a scroll. The old, old
fashion—Death! Oh, thank God, all who see it, for that
older fashion yet, of Immortality ! And look upon us,
angels of young children, with regards not quite
estranged, when the swift river bears us to the ocean'!"
The book will be worthy of Charles Dickens, and an
honour to him.

MAGAZINE DAY.
BLACKWOOD.
Without derogating either flees the character of the
late John William Smith as a lawyer, or from that of
Samuel Warren as a writer, we at first conceived that
he opening article in Blackwood :or February was dis-
;e•oportionately long. On r, sling that biographical
riper, however, the industry, genius, and integrity of
rhe former was developed -before us in such beautiful
colours, and under such a fascinating aspect, that we
cordially acquitted the latter from any blame as to the
extent of his conti ibution. Mr. Warren, moreover, ha-,
more than any other of the eminent corps of the maga-
zine, with the single exception of course of its editor,
rare old Christopher North, entitled himself to the con-
sideration of its readers. His admirable notes from the
Diary of a Physician," his yet more admirable " Ten
Thousand a Year," and his miscellaneous -papers in the
pages of " Ebony," have insured to everything that ema-
nates from hislpen a very peculiar attention. The mind that
conceived the all-perfect Aubrey, the all-beautiful Kate,
and the all-wily Oily Gammon, could not fail indeed to
enlist for himself the sympathies of those who had
watched the movements of those clever creations. Mr.
Warren cannot write anything to which his name is at-
tached without arousing in a considerable degree the
interest of the public. And how much more is that
interest enhanced when the subject of his lucu-
brations is such as the character of the re-
markable man whose memoir he has just writ-
ten so gracefully and tenderly. Like Sir William
Follett, John William Smith was suddenly carried off
by diseases arising from the ardour of his professional
pursuits, and of his intellectual application, at the very
moment when the recompense of his extraordinary
capacities, and of his • yet more extraordinary
industry, was beginning to be showered upoa him.
Both were hurried into the grave when the honour of
their fellow-men for them was ripened, and when the
golden rewards of wealth and elevation were about to be
lavished on them by their contemporaries. Both had
regarded their intellects in their proper light, nam' ly, as
instruments which could only be employed efficiently
when embellished by knowledge and tempered by prac-
tice. To continue the metaphor—theyhad both embla-
zoned those instruments with erudition, and covered
them with the jewels of lore, and at the very moment
when their labour—the labour of years—was completed,
and the instruments were ready to be used—they
perished. Can anything be more melancholy than this?
Can there be any spectacle more truly affecting? There
were the tAlps before them, beyond which was the
region where they could gain fame, and do good to their
fellow-creatures, and cause their own genius and great-
ness to be recognised and acknowledged by the
world. By intense ardour, by astonishing labour,
and by wonderful perseverance they surmount
those obstacles, they climbed those Alps, and when they
stand upon the last pinnacle, and see the region of
fame lying before them—at their very feet—they die.
Such were the lives and such the deaths of 'Sir William
Follett and John William Smith. It seems a bold thing
for Mr. Warren to say that the name of John William
of fbi
iteh " g
rahp ahsy greaterthan t claimshena upon
meo f attentionstihreNviilWilliam
of readers
Follett,
b but
the observation is justified by the circumstances in the
career of the former, and particularly by the memorial
indited by Mr. Warrrn himself. An article upon
" Modern Italian History" is merely an enumeration of
facts taken from the biographical work, recently pro-
duced by General 141.6, the friend and follower of the
great soldier Murat. " French Players and Playhouses"
is a delightful, though somewhat garrulous, account of
the condition of the drama across the
.Channel—a con-
dition rather different from that in England. Talk as
we may, however, of the diminution of the passion for
dramatic representations, the cause of the decay of the
drama in this country is of a very different kind. For a
long time there has been a suspicion that one of the
chief things detrimental to the interests of dramatic art
is—the starring system. The fact is becoming plainer
and plainer every day. Mrs. Butler has done good
service to the art of which she imagines herself
to be so magnificent an ornament, by rendering the
shameful height to which this starring system has
risen apparent, and herself eminently ridiculous. In a
characteristic review of Horace Walpole's Memoirs,
there is a survey of the reign of George the Second.
The paper will repay perusal as illustrative of a very
recent period (comparatively) of our national history,
and a period but too little known by the generality.
" Mildred " is brought to a conclusion in a rather
tragical manner. It is succeeded by " A Ride to Mag-
nesia," and the whole number terminates with a tho•
rough Blackwoodite chapter on "Direct Taxation."

THE FORTUNES OF TOI?LOGH O'BRIEN.
Nos. X. and XI.

In this doubly number this historical tale of the wars
of King James is brought to a conclusion. With all the
effervescence arid exaggeration of the writing, there are
several brilliant descriptive passages, and fascinating
portraitures in the volume—instance Phoebe Tisdal.
Besides James 11. and 'William 111., Sursfield and
Schomberg are introduced in the narrative, and are de-
lineated with some skill. Indeed it is the introduction
of these personages, celebrated in our national history,
which is the redeeming feature of the story—the majo-
rity of the fictitious characters, as Garvey, and Hogan,
and Miles Garrett, and Tisdal, and Deveril, being re-
pulsive and disgusting in the last degree. From the
circumstance of " Torlogh O'Brien" being illustrated by
Phiz, and being published uniformly with the serial
novels of Lever, it will command, no doubt, a circulation
which it could not otherwise have obtained.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 31.—Her Majesty's brig Mutine sailed
yesterday morning for the Tagus, with dispatches for Vice-
Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. She took out some
officers appointed to ships of his squadron, and upwards of
100 boxes and packages for the different ships. There does
not appear to by any intention of immediately recalling the
Channel Squadron, as orders have been sent down to make •
an estimate of the tonnage which will be required to send
out the various stores which the ships are in want of—sails,
cordage, spare topmasts, boats, &c.; they amount to up
wards of 1,000 tons, and are to be got ready immediately.
The Belleisle troop-ship is fit to go to sea at twelve hours
notice, and should her services not be wanted to convey pro-
visions to Ireland, she will probably be selected to proceed
to Lisbon with the stores.
Her Majesty's ship Crocodile sailed for Cork
yesterday,
to take the flag ("tear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot,K.C.ll.
Her Majesty's steam -frigate Sidon has been moved into
the basin for the convenience of the working engineers, and
also to have her fore and mainmasts taken out, and larger
ones substituted. Captain Henderson and the officers and
men, have gone into the Retribution, and will take her to
assist in trying to get the Sphynx off the eound to-morrow
morning.
The appointment of commodore at Jamaica, with a broad
pendant in her Majesty's ship Imaum, has been offered to
Captain Lambert, of her Majesty's, ship Eudymion, on the
West India station, and, should he accept it, Captain G. W.
C. Courtnay will take the command of the Endyrnion.
Should Captain Lambert prefer keeping the frigate, Captain
Courtnay goes to Jamaica as commodore.
The Medea steamer, after landing the body of Com-
mander Hammond at Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, is to
come to this harbour to fit for the reception of Sir Hamilton
Seymour, and convey him, his suite, and baggage to
Lisbon. The Medea goes then to India, without returning
to England.
Her Majesty's screw-steamer Rattlar, Commander Moor-
man, is ordered to prepare for the reception of the Right
Honourable Lord Howden, and his private secretary, the
commissioner selected by Government to proceed to the
River Plate to settle affairs in that country. His Lordship
is expected to embark in the Rattler on the 15th instant, and
goes to Rio Janeiro first.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.—Her Majesty's sloop Albatross, 16,
Commander Arthur Farquhar, which left this port for the
coast of Africa about ten days since, put back yesterday,
having been 600 miles to the westward, and experienced
very heavy weather. She was top-heavy, rolled consi-
derably, and, during the hurricane, threw overboard 14 of her
guns. Her decks were swept, and quarterboats carried
away. Her main rigging is swifted in ; she was battened
down for a week, and 25 of her crew are sick ; during the
gale she passed a merchant-ship lying to, with all sails

furled.
The bark Silicia, Captain Boyce, from Liverpool for Ha-
vannab, put in this morning, having been in the longitude of
14 west. Her foretopmast is sprung, fore and main top-
gallant masts and crosstrees carried away, and other damage
incurred.
The brigantine Anna Sophia, Captain Stevens, of Fever
sham, from Newport, with railroad iron, for Alicante, came
in this morning damaged, having shifted her cargo. On
Monday last the ship suddenly lurched, when the captain
was in the main hold, and the iron falling on him broke his
this4h in two places. He now lies in a very dangerous state
on board the ship in the Sound.
Woormicn, JAIL 30.—The Odin steam-frigate was placed
in charge of Captain Williams, with the officers and crew of
the Amphion steam-frigate, and yesterday afternoon they
commenced rigging the vessel with the masts of the Gorgon
steamer while that vessel is refitting here. Both the masts
were put up and a considerable part of the rigging befere
two o'clock to-day, and this day week she will be ready to
proceed to Deptford, and take on board meal and rice for con-
veyance to Ireland.
The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Coles,
went up to Deptford yesterday before proceeding to Ports-
mouth and Ireland.
The Avon steam-vessel is reported ready for sea, and will
be employed in conveying meal to Ireland.
Messrs. Hobbs, Williams, and Sargent, engineers to the St.
Vincent; have been appointed for service in the Tartarus.
Mr. Hodgson, master, has been appointed additional to the
William and Mary yacht.
Mr. Norman, paymaster and purser to the Rosamond, vice
Stanley superseded.
Mr. Hobbs, acting second master to the Avon.
Mr. J. Gilling, acting master's assistant to the Avon.
Vessels in the Harbour—The William and Mary yacht;
Mastiff and Woodlark, surveying vessels; Black Eagle,
Lightning, Antelope, Teazer, Minx, Avon, and Monkey
steam-vessels; Amphion, frigate; and Fairy, tender to the
Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht.
In the Basin—Gorgon, Ariel, Rosamond, Dwarf, and Odin
steam-vessels.
In the Dock—The Terrible steam-frigate, and the Vixen
steam-vessel.

TELLIGENCE.

lONAL STEEPLE CHASE.
Sovs each, and 100 Sovs. added.
the 10th, and acceptances de-

SPORTING IN
LIVERPOOL GRAND NAT]
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20
Weights to be published on
dared on the 17th of February,
Marquis of Waterford's Firefly
Mr. Oakey's Valeria
Mr. Hall's False Heir
Plurarist
Mr. Lambden's Discount
Mr. Clayce's Tea-pot
Mr. Lo wood's Barmaid
Mr. Watts na. St. Leger
Mr. Robertson's Ballybar
Captain Barnett's Marengo
Lord Sefton na. b. g. by Glau-
cus, dam by Belzoni
Lord Craven na. Blue Pill
Mr. A. Browne's Midnight
Mr. Courteney's Matthew
Mr. T. Morris's Tamworth
Mr. Bevill's Latitat
Mr.Mangle's Sam Slick •
Mr. Smith na. Cumberland
Lassie
Mr. T. Abbott's Proceed
Air. W. Hall's Tramp.
Mr. A. Gordon's Palmerston-
Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle
Mr. Moseley's Jerry
Mr. J. P. Williams's Nimble
Hairy
Mr. Waters' Cavendish
Lord Eglinton's br b by Tom
Brown
Mr. Payne na Sparta
Sir R. Brownrigg na Ragman
Mr. Craven na Mameluke

Mr. R. J. Moore's St. Ruth
Mr. Pearce's Jack
Mr. J. Malloy's Fanny Eisler
Mr. Wesley's Gayhurst
Mr. J. Bowers's Saucepan
Mr. Vevers' Little Tommy
Mr. D'Arcy's Culverthorpe
Major Rushbrook nd Gazeley
Captain Campbell's Railroad
Mr. Dacill's Jeu d'Esprit
Mr. Elmore's Young Lottery
Mr. C. Wicksted na Gog
Mr. 0. Higgins's Pioneer
Mr. Kirkpatrick's Clinkey
Lord Strathmore's Switcher
-- Sacrifice
- Sabine
Roarer
Captain Gambier's Avoca
Mr. Preston's Brunette
--- Frederick
Mr. Campbell's Christopher
North
Mr. Anderson's Grenade
Mr. Blackburn's Indian Prince
Mr. G. Robert's The Page
Mr. Neale's Red Lancer
Mr. Liddell's Profligate
Mr. J. Townley na Teresa
Colonel Taylor na Quicksilver
Mr. L. Standish na Cure All
Mr. J. W. Hammond na Forest
Boy

CHESTER Cur.—The following horses have been scratched,
in addition to those mentioned in our last :—Hope,
Burgundy, Lady Sarah, and Roebuck.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Hardwick-11.
Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., Wyton Toll Bar.
Bedale lids., Wed., Thorp Perrow; Fri., Kiplin-10%.
Berkshire lids., Wed., Cokethorpe ; Fri., Buckland.
Cambridgeshire hds., Fri., Comberton—lOLA.
Cleveland lids., Thurs., Ormesby-10%.
Devon lids., Thurs., Ford House, Newton.
Durham County hds, Wed., Kennels; Fri., Embleton-10-i.
F. B. hds., Fri., Bishop's Wood-10j.
Earl Fitzhardinge's hds., Tues., Pewsdown-11.
Haydon hds., Wed., Woodshield ; Sat., Plankey Mill-9.
Hurworth hds., Tues., Northallerton ; Thurs., Over Dins-

tale; Sat., Kennels-10%.
Mr. S. Lowndes' hds., Sat., Beachampton Grove-11.
Oakley hds., Thurs., Cross, Alban's Wood; Sat., Bempton
Wood—lit to 11.
Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Kennel; Fri., Harpsden-10i.
Puckeridge hds., Wed. Great Hales; Sat., Great Munden
—lO%.

Sirinington hds., Tues.,-Deal Stone Inn (Hambleton

Fri., Hoiingham-10.
Mr. Trelawneys hds., Tues., Brent ; Friday, Shaugh Bridge
Mr. Watson's hds., Tues., Clifton; Thurs., Warkworth
Sat., Yilldon Park-101A.
York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Wbixley ; Thurs., Pill Moor
(Brafferton) ; Sat., Heslington-10,4.
Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Bourton Village ; Thurs., Men-
marsh Guide Post ; Sat., Warden Kennel-10i..

DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT. ' THREATENED DISTURBANCE
SIX LIVES LOST. . ABERDEEN.
'(From the Shefrid Independent.) Friday forenoon there were considerable appre-
It is our painful duty to record an accident of a most la- hensions of a.riot taking place, caused by the present
mentable nature, and attended with the loss of six lives, high price of provisions. A number of people had as-
which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Darley Main Coal.
sembled in the town aud neighbourhood, and about
Company's pits, at Worsbrough Dale, about two miles from
where-
the town of Barnsley, and ten from Sheffield. The following eleven o'clock a meeting took place on the Links, .
are briefly the facts connected with the occurrence, as far as one or two parties gave some very distressing details of
we have been able to learn. It appears that on Friday after- the state to which many have been reduced, even in our
noon, about two o'clock, some men who were employed in city, where there has been comparatively little word of
one part of the pit, fired a blast of gunpowder for the purpose suffering till now. About 200 of the crowd were rail-
of bringing down a large quantity of coal. Shortly after the way labourers, who came from the opposite side of the
explosion, an alarm of fire was given from a part of the pit Dee, bearing a black flag, which had a somewhat
200 yards from the place where the blast had been fired. ominous appearance in their hands. Another body of
The underground steward, George Gornersley, who was at in
dinner at his house, a short distance from the pit, was sent dividuals had assembled before the Town-house,
for, and as many men as could be mustered at the time, went and commenced cheering and yelling, and causing
with him immediately to the place, from whence the alarm considerable disturbance. The Provost, who, to-
-
was given, for the purpose of endeavouring to extinguish the gether with the maeistrates, had gone to the coun
flames. A large mass of coal was found on fire, and every oil-room on the first appearance of any riotous
exertion was used to stop up the driftways, or roads through disposition, addressed the crowd, pointing out the
which air was admitted, and to put out the fire by throwing uselessness and folly of their making any at-
water upon it. The men were engaged in this manner tempt to disturb the public peace. In a short
from two o'clock until four, at which time, instead of time the crowd took their departure for the meeting
having checked the flames, it was found that they were on the Links. At this assemblage, which amounted to
gaining upon them, and the pit being filled with nearly 1,000, it was agreed that a deputation should
smoke rendered it impossible for them to continue be sent to the provost, laying their melancholy case be-
longer. One of the men, named John Elstone, with fore him. This deputation waited upon the magistrates,
several others, turned to go back to the pit mouth, Elstone
and represented to them that distress at present prevails
being at the time scarcely able to stand from suffocation.
On his way to the pit mouth, he passed Gomersley and two ' ?ng a large portion of'tliat class of the inhabitants,
or three others, who had sunk from suffocation. Gomersley owing to the dearth of Provisions •• the magistrates, •
said as he passed, " I'm done for. Elstone with great diffi- while they dieply sympathised with their fellow citizens
culty reached the pit mouth. He was then unable to speak, for the cause which was mentioned, et once expressed
and was removed in a state of insensibility to his house. their desire to use all means within their power to alle-
Those who were at the pit mouth now became alarmed for viate the sufferings of the people as far as possible,
the safety of their companions, and a message was imme- trusting that every one would have the good sense not
diately dispatched to the pits of Messrs. Field and Cooper to aggravate the calamity by any disorderly conduct.
for assistance. Some of the other men succeeded in reaching And at the same time, in furtherance of the - assurance
the pit mouth in a state of exhaustion. The manager of the the gave the deputation, they lost no time in having a
works went down into thepit, which was then so full of
sheeting a ith the principal grain merchants in Aberdeen,
smoke that he was obliged to return. Joseph Beaumont, the
who expressed an earnest desire to co. operate with the
steward at Messrs. Field and Cooper's pits, arrived shortly
magistrates in the benevolent object which they
after four o'clock, and every exertion was then used to reach
the place where she men were known to be, and without had in view. and , readily agreed in the meantime
success. John Elstone, about seven o'clock, recovered so not to purchase more grain for shipment, in order.
far as to be able to state where he left his fellow-work if possible, that the high price of meal may be reduced,
men, one of whom was his brother. Renewed exertions stating, at the same time, that they could not
were made, and, in a short time, the body of Thomas avoid fulfilling contracts which they had already entered
Broadhead was discovered quite dead. At intervals of into, and which they were bound by law to fulfil. The
time after this, the bodies of John Gilberthorpe, Jelin magistrates expressed a hope that this would be satis-
Jenkinson, George Brown, Thomas Elstone, and. George factory to every well-disposed person, and trusted that
Gomersley were found. The body of Thomas Elstone
nearest the place where matters would soon take a favourable turn, and relief
was
was not until twelve o'clock the fire was burning. It
at night that the last of the be afforded to those who may at present be suffering
bodies (that of George Gomersley, the under-ground from the dearth of the necessaries of life. Throughout
steward) was found, and they were each removed the day considerable excitement prevailed. At 3
to their homes. The other men, eight in number, who •had o'clock a meeting was held iu the court house for the
escaped from suffocation, only with great difficulty, were im• purpose of swearing special constables. In the course of
mediately after being removed from the pit, attended by a the afternoon a portion of the crowd made an attempt to
surgeon, who administered such remedies as their cases re- take flour from a cart in Trinity-quay, and one of the
quired, and though suffering severely there is every reason orincioal pin leaders while in the act of cutting
to hope that they will recover. John Elstone states that - -
one of the sacks and rolling it from the cart, was taken
he did not attempt to return until he could scarcely draw
risoner by Mr. Barclay, one of the police, while his
his breath, and his strength had so far failed that he was P
unable to walk. The cause of the accident has not yet been companion s looked quietly on and saw him carried
clearly ascertained, but, from the statements made by the away and lodged in prison. , Throughout the afternoon
men who were in the pit at the time (one of them the man there was little noise, but as the evening advanced a
who fired the blast), and who escaped, there does not • crowd of boys collected, and gradually increased, re-
appear to have been any light near the place where the fire ceiving from all quarters additions of people of more-ad-
was discovered, until immediately after the blasting of the vanced years. The shops were closed in the neighbour-
coal. It is supposed that the breaking up of the coal must hood of Castle-street, and with good need, for a con-
have opened a crevice in which sulpharretted hydrogen gas, siderable number of v. indows were broken, especially in
or fire-damp, had accumulated, and this having ignited,
Mareschal-street. Between six and seven o'clock the
bad set fire to the coal. The following are the names of the
whole body of police, day and night, made a sally upon
six men who have lost their lives :—George Gomersley,
under-ground steward, Worsbro' Dale, aged 46 ; Thomas a crowd of about 500 or 600, who were pelting them
Elstone, aged 35; Thomas Broadhead, aged 50 ; John with stones, and, after a struggle, succeeded in taking a
Jenkinson, aged 50 ; John Gilberthorpe, aged 20 ; and number of persons. They had frequent encounters with
George Brown, aged 0. Several of the men were married, detached parties here and there throughout the evening,
and have left wives and children to deplore their unfortunate and before ten o'clock there were upwards of 50 men,
deaths. besides a great number of women, imprisoned. The
Mr. Badger (one of the coroners for Yorkshire) has fixed riot, however, was not such as rendered it necessary to
to open the inquest (this day) Monday, at one o'clock, at the call out the special constables. All has been quiet during
Mason's Arms Inn, in Worsbrough Dale, when the whole of
the circumstances attending this unfortunate accident will be the night.—Aberdeen Herald.
fully inquired into.

THE . SPANISH MARRIAGES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
MR. Enrron,—Your observations generally upon the
scandalous intrigues by which the Montpensier marriage
was brought about are so perfectly just and conclusive that
it might appear that scarcely anything could be added to
them. There is, however, one point that seems not to have
been touched upon by yourself or any of your contemporaries.
It is this—that even the Queen's having issue would not re-
move the objections to marriage. The treaty of Utrecht,
which expressly excludes both branches of the house of
Bourbon, was intended to guard against, not the probability,
but the possibility of the union of the crowns of France and
Spain on the same head.
Now, admitting that the Queen should have children,
might they not all die in her lifetime? and have we not bad
a notable instance of this in our own Queen Anne, who,
although she had by Prince George of Denmark not less than
thirteen children, yet she survived them all ; thus ending
the line of the Stuart family.—l remain, Mr. Editor, your
obedient servant,
Cheltenham, 31st January, 1847.

FAIR-PLAY.

THE SPEAKER'S DINNER.—The Right. Hon. the
Speaker of the House of Commons had his first Parlia-
mentary dinner this session on Saturday last, at his mansion
in Eaton-square. Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Morpeth,
the Right Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, the Right Hon. Sir
George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord Marcus
Hill, the Right. Hon. Richard L. Sheil, the Right Hon.
Thomas Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, the
Lord Advocate, Sir William Somerville, the Hon. William
Cowper, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, the
Right lion. George S. Byng, the Judge-Advocate, Admiral
Dundas, The O'Conor Don, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. H. Tuf-
nell, Mr. Parker, Mr. H. . Ward, and the Solicitor-Gene-
ral for Scotland, constituted the party. Lord John Russell,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Capt. Berkeley,
and Mr. Rich were prevented from dining with the Right

lion. Gentleman.
LONGEVITY or THE DONKEY.—A donkey belonging
to Mr. Gandey, 68, Upper Bedford•street, Brighton, died on
Monday last, at the advanced age of a hundred years! It
was a great favourite with its master, and was well provided
for up to the time of death.
PEDESTRIAN MATCH FOR FIFTY POUNDS.—On
Saturday morning the match, in which Wharton, of White-
chapel, was backed to run ten miles within one hour, came
off over two miles of road at Hackney. In betting time was
the favourite. The start was made at a rapid pace, and two

. .
miles were accomplished in twelve minutes and a half. The
pedestrian kept the equestrians in full trot, and concluded
half the distance in thirty-one minutes. Towards the
seventh mile he increased his speed, and had thirteen
minutes to finish the remaining two miles, and ultimately
won the match by performing the ten miles of road in fifty.

nine minutes in an easy manner.
PRESENT FROM THE KING OF PRUSSIA. TO HIS
ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.—WO stated
some time since that, the King of Prussia had ordered a
shield to be manufactured, - as a present to his godson, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. We learn from Berlin
that this superb cadiau is now finished and exhibited to the
public in one of the royal museums at Berlin, previous to its
being forwarded to England. The shield is of silver, and
covered with bas reliefs, from models by the renowned
Fischer. In the centre-is the Saviour's head in gold, resting
on a cross, around which are four small figures representing
Faith, Charity, Hope, and Justice. The other part is
divided in compartments inlaid with precious stones, each
containing subjects from the Old and New Testament. This
magnificent piece of workmanship bears the following inscrip-
tion :—" Fredericns Gulielmus Rex Prussorum Alberto
Eduardo Principi Wallim in Memoriam Diei Capt. XXV.,
M. Jan. A. MDCCCKLIL"
ORANGE MANUFACTORIES.—At an inquest held on
Saturday in St. Giles's, Mr. Wakley told the jury that he
had discovered a manufactory of oranges, at which bad
oranges could be made into apparently good ones. The
process pursued was the submitting of unripe and inferior
oranges to the action of steam, or par-boiling them. This
made them swell, filled out their rinds, and made them thin,
the usual external sign that the fruit was good. To give them
the last polish, and heighten their outward attraction, they
were rubbed with a greasy piece of flannel, or with something
more objectionable.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAT.—Upon inquiry on Saturday at the Red
Lion Inn, at Southall, as to the state of Mrs. Ibotson, who
was injured in the above accident, it was stated that the un-
fortunate lady still remains in a very bad state. It appears
that Mrs. Ibotson was at the time of the accident sitting in
the third compartment of the first second-class carriage of
the four o'clock down train, with her back against the par-
tition dividing that compartment from the second, in which
the deceased individuals, Halt and Bishop, were sitting face
to face. In fact, she was sitting back to back with Halt,
and the same blow which struck him and Bishop struck her
with milder force behind the left ear, and knocked her for-
ward on her knees between the two seats, in which situation
she was found by Dr. Daniels, who, on asking her if she was
much hurt, was answered, " Oh, Peen% tell. Everything is
going round with me. My reason is quite gone." She
was at the moment in a state of distraction, and was crying
fearfully. Dr. Daniel's carriage being present, she was
placed in that, and instantly taken to the Red Lion Inn,
followed by 'Mr. Cooper, surgeon, of Brentford Butts, who
found her, on examination, to be labouring under concus-
sion of the brain and injury to the spinal column. Re-
peated retchings had supervened, which there had been
great difficulty in stopping. Mrs. Meuntjoy Martyn is pro-
gressing favourably.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—REPTON,
WARWICKSHIRE, SaTunnay..-Last evening an inquest was
held at the White Lion, Tavern, on the body of Henry Peter
Taylor, aged eleven weeks, the illegitimate offspring of Jane
Taylor, aged twenty years, who had jumped into the War;
wick and Nupton Canal, with the child in her
ham
Thursday night last. Hannah Taylor, of Henning
was
that her husband was the brother of Jane Taylor._
toldbuit her
had the deceased with her. When she w
that
and witness understood she was
crying very much,
Witness wished her not
at her house on Thursday evening about
went away
aow'caloyck.
she
was
going to Leamington.
she
Persisted in going.
upinto-nigh
that she must procure
it wasMciyultehusbuannndecesshaarYd,
a fresh home, for he was unable to
e nagd
there,notice
wtohielheavneoti
eeour
Was house
to go out, as
conse-
quence(Friday%) We have but one room for myself, husband, and
.herWbe
three children, and, therefore;
support hoefr.
had no room for her and the
baby. Phineas Page said—On the previous
evening, as he
was coming from the mill, he saw something floating on the
opposite side. Having procured assistance, and got the
female out, she then ejaculated," Oh, my baby." Her
dress having been unpinned, deceased
pinned, the poor
was found
clasped
in her arms quite dead. Th ju e ry returned a verdict of
wilful murder against Jane Taylor, who was fully committed
to take her trial at the next assizes.
ROBBERY AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE BARRACILS.-011
Saturday information was forwarded to the police that some
thieves had broken into the stables of W. Beaumont, Esq.,
the Old Barrack-yard, Knightsbridge, and plundered the
place even to the bed and bedding belonging to the groom.
Tat COBDEN NATIONAL TRIBUTE FUND.—The
amount of this subscription, when last advertised, a few
weeks ago—we mean the subscriptions forwarded to the
committee for this district—amounted to 53,6241. Since
that announcement, other subscriptions have been received,
chiefly from Liverpool, together with some from Paisley,
Kendal, and Macclesfield, increasing the amount by 4,7221.,
the total, up to last evening, being 53,3461. 19s. 9d. These
subscriptions include one from Mr. Pennington, of Liver-
pool, of 300/.; Mr. J. C. Ewart, Liverpool, 2001.; Messrs.
Tennants, Crow, and Co., Liverpool, 200/.; Mr. William
Jackson, Liverpool, 1501.; the family of Crosfield, Liverpool,
1451.; and two sums of 1051., and ten others of 1001. each,
all from Liverpool contributors. We have seldom seen so
extensive and spirited a subscription emanating from Liver-
pool. We have not heard the aggtegate amount of awns-
tional tribute from all parts of the kingdom. Naneliestfr
Guardian.