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By order of the Master-General and Board of Ordnance,
It. BYHAM, Secretary.

A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

A journeyman baker, of Birkenhead, named Thomas
Hallwick, anticipating a complete revolution in his trade
by the operation of free traffic in the bread stuffs of
America, determined to be beforehand with the age, and
go out to New York to be instructed in the Yankee
method of making maize and chopped straw palateable.
Two heads being, in Thomas's opinion, better than one
in all deeds of " high emprise," he proposed to a cenaely-
looking servant girl, of Liverpool, to link her lot with
his, and try the chances of the world of freedom for
whites and slavery for niggers beyond the Atlantic.
The fair damsel blushed consent, and straightway left
the kind mistress with whom she had been lone.b a tried
and trusty, though humble friend and servant, to better
her condition. She went to reside for three weeks with
an aunt in Birkenhead, to fulfil the requirements of the
law ; and having been duly asked, under the provisions
of the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, his reverence was
waited upon, and the "happy day" fixed. Yester-
day morning the parties were all assembled at the Roman
Catholic meeting house in Birkenhead, the ring was
ready, and a car was waiting at the door to convey them,
after the ceremony, to the beach, whence they were to
embark, at one o'clock, in " a liner," then lying in the
river, for " the land of promise."
An awkward delay now occurred, in consequence of
the non-appearance of the superintendent registrar, or
his deputy, to legalise their proceedings ; and the
patience of " his Reverence" being exhausted, the aunt
of the bride was dispatched in search of the truant
official, and she speedily returned with the heart-rending
intelligence that he was at Knutsford Sessions, on town-
ship affairs which would not brook his absence. Hav-
ing somewhat recovered from the stunning effects of
this piece of news, the bride and her aunt went to the
office of the official to try whether this difficulty could
not be surmounted : and after due inquiry, it was dis-
covered that another registrar, who was then in Liver-
pool, could give legal force to the contract, and for him
there was forthwith such " running and searching," as
had never been, seen since the lovely bride of Nether-
by was abducted by Young Lochinvar. At length
he was found, and, on reaching the meeting-house,
a new difficulty had arisen : one certificate
had been issued by the absent deputy, and a :second
could not be made until that had expired. Another

delay now took place, until at length an unobtrusive
letter, lying at the police office, was found to contain the
missive, which had been sent per post from Knutsford.
Twelve o'clock was now fast approaching, beyond which
mystic hour no hymeneal torch could be lighted, and,
with desperate haste, " his Reverence " coupled the
swain and damsel as they thought " until death did
them part ;" but, unfortunately, when the necessary
documents were to be signed, it was found that the two
parties had each resided in different parishes, and only
one certificate was forthcoming. The marriage was,
therefore, null and void. The feelings of the no longer
" happy pair," at having the cup of bliss dashed from
their lips, " may be imagined, but cannot be described;"
and we have not heard whether the baker prevailed
upon his half-wedded spouse to share his fortunes, and
trust to a more fortunate " chapter of accidents," really
to make the twain one flesh, when they arrive in Ame-
rica.—Liverpool Courier.

CoAclllNG.—Since the opening of the North British
Railway, the Iligliflyer and Quicksilver coaches, from New-
castle to Edinburgh by the western road, now run between
Berwick and Newcastle, in addition to the mail, the Magnet,
Union, and Royal William. The coaches between Edin-
burgh and Berwick are discontinued. As the greater por-
tion of the traffic between the two countries will, until the
completion of the Caledonian Railway, be brought by this
route, it is doubted whether these six coaches will be suffi-

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mut for its conveyance, and several others will, in all pro-
bability, be put upon the road. Two of them, we believe,
will run from Berwick to Newcastle, via Wooler.—Scotch

Paper.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Weincsday forenoon, at nine
o'clock, an investigation adjourned from Monday last, was
resumed and concluded before Mr. Wakley, M.P., coroner
for the western division of Middlesex, and a jury, at the
Rum Puncheon, Cross-street, Drury-lane, with respect to the
death of Martha Grogan, aged three years, the daughter of
a greengrocer, residing at 29, Charles-street, alleged to have
died from the effects of mercurial pills administered to her
by a retired officer of the East India Company, residing in
Museum-street, Bloomsbury, and who, although an amateur
medical practitioner, went by the cognomen of " Dr. Lowe."
The inquiry excited a very great sensation, and a number of
distinguished members of the faculty were present. The in-
quiry was adjourned for the production of " Dr. Lowe," who
was stated to be 94 years of age. After a lengthened inquiry
the jury ultimately came to the following verdict :—" We find
that the deceased died from natural causes, but at the same
time we strongly reprehend the practice adopted by Mr.
Lowe, cf administering medicine proved to be of an injurious
character, and the more so he being totally ignorant of me-
dical practice."
The rumour referred to in our City article on Tuesday,
relative to the intentions of the new Ministry to bring in a
Bill, before the end of the session, to prohibit any calls being
made for twelve months on any railway scheme sanctioned
this session, is, we believe, quite correct. This we know,
that its accuracy is vouched for by persons who may be sup-
posed to be in the confidence of the embryo Cabinet.—
Adrertiscr.

CIIINESE PROFESSORSHIP.--A subscription, amoun
ing to upwards of 1,0001., has been made to the Council o
King's College, for the purpose of endowing a Chinese Pro.
fessorship. Among the promoters of this praiseworthy ob-
ject are the names of the. Duke of Portland, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, Lord Bexley, Lord Ashley, and Lord Fran •
cis Egerton (now Earl Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley):
ADVENTURES or A. CAT.—Many wonderful stories
are told of the astonishing instinct displayed by cats in re-
turning to places from which they have been removed, but
we think the instance we are about to record, and which we
can vouch for as perfectly authentic in every particular, is
equal in strangeness to any anecdote of the feline race now
extant. A fine large grey tom-cat was, in November last,
brought in from Innerleithen, per carrier, packed up in a
basket, to a family residing in Leith-walk. It remained
there for about three months, and had become thoroughly
domesticated in its new abode. At the end of that time,
namely, early in February, it was transferred to a family in
Scotland-street, but with them it remained only two days,
when it found an opportunity to escape. No more was heard
of Tom till about three weeks ago, when, to the utter astonish-
ment of his original owner, he made his re-appearance at In-
, narleithen, worn and weary, but bearing unmistakeable
tokens of his idendity. How he managed to subsist through
the interval of four months, or what guide he had through
the thirty miles of country between Innerleithen, over
and streams, and cultivated fields, and barren moors, which
he had never traversed before, save in the covered basket,
must, we suppose, remain for ever among the mysteries of
natural history.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
SCIENTIFIC MISSION OF COUNT CASTELNAU TO SOUTH
AMERICA.—The Count de Castelnau, who was sent on a
scientific mission by the French Government to South
America, has just sent in the following report to the Minister
of Public Instruction :—:" Lima, Jan. 26, 181.6. Monsieur le
Ministre,—After travelling two years and a half in the in-
terior of the continent, we have reached Lima by Arequipa.
The distance we have travelled over, including our excur-
sions, is above 2,500 leagues. I already have had the honour
of informing your Excellency of our arrival at Chuquisaca ;
fromi mines,
st,haotneteowson w
ep proceeded to Potosi, famed for its silver
m
rich, now so poor. For five-and-twenty
leagues from that place our road lay through most difficult
passes of the highest sumitts of the Andes; the
gigantic condor is the only inhabitant of these barren
regions where vegetation is extinct. The road then
improves, and, once on the great Bolivian table-laud, remains
flat till you reach La Paz, though still in a barren region,
where the rarefaction of the air, owing to the great elevation,
causes the painful sensation know under the name of
sarrache. These vast tracts of table-land abound in large
herds of llamas and merinos—the latter are wild. Passing
by Oruro, we reached La Paz, where the ambulant govern-
ment of Bolivia was established. The anniversary of the
battle of Ingari was being celebrated. Oa reaching the
shores of Lake Titicaca, we perceived the celebrated ruins of
the ancient palace of the Incas of Tiaguanaco. One of the
gateways is an admirable piece of workmanship, and we
took different drawings of it. We entered Peru by the
Bridge of Desaguadero. Having reached Puno amidst vio-
lent and incessant storms of snow and hail, I deemed it
advisaVe to relinquish for the moment our intended route to
Cuzco, and to proceed along the coast to Lima, with the
intention of returning to Cuzco after the rainy season. I
therefore struck in the direction of Arequipa, and thence to
Lima. When we have taken the rest we are so much in
need of, we will turn our steps towards Cuzco, whence we
will endeavour to join the Amazon river, by embarking on
the Apurimac. This will take us across the whole length of
the Pampa del Sacramento, and presents many dangers to
be overcome. I take the liberty of sending you a list of the
different objects forwarded for the Museum of Natural His-
, tery."isa; coTamv.