The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

A YOUNG LADY'S ADVENTURE.

The following incident is related by a corre-
spondent of the Cheltenham Examiner of Wednes-
day :—" On a cold, thick foggy day last week my
bailiff and a neighbour, walking home from market
on the old turnpike road, overtook a ladylike, well-
dressed young wom +n, quite alone, silently travel-
ling the same way. They passed on, but observed
that the forlorn one kept a few paces behind them.
They continued for about two miles walking on,
but without speaking to the stranger. At length
the neighbour came to his residence and left his
friend, who walked on towards the farm. It ap-
peared extraordinary to see a young lady cents miles
from a town, on a lonely road, in a dense fog, at
seven o'clock in the evening in November, and out
of kindness he asked her where.she was going. The
poor thing answered, Ido not know.' Why,
where did you come from 1" " Oh, from —.'
" What, so far off as that 1' ' Yes, I have been
walking all day, and have had nothing to eat.
Oh, lam very unhappy P At this time they
had. '-arrived at my ledge , the bailiff, feeling
the impropriety of leaving a beautiful and lad)
like young creature in her exposed condi-
tion, and knowing there was a spare bed there,
called to the housekeeper and explained the case,
when the good Samaritan at once took the wan-
derer in, made tea for her, prepared her a bed, and
treated her like her own child. It soon became
known in the house, and other supervision was in-
stituted, and an arrangement made that in the
morning two poor but respectable women should
accompany the young lady to her home, a distance
of 12 or 14 miles. They did so, and on arriving at
the mansion of the young lady's parents, after a
four hours' walk, a piece of dry bread and cheese
and ls. to each woman was sent from the drawing-
room. The coachman had been riding about all
night in different directions in search of the young
lady ; the footman had been all over the village, the
whole neighbourhood uneasy and anxious, and the
restoration of the lost sheep was valued at 25., as a
reward for two poor women walking nearly 30
miles, and in the most affectionate manner taking
care of an interesting fellow-creature, who might,
but for that very kindness, have been lost to her
family for ever."

The Count Reverden has arrived at the Brunswick
Hotel, St. James's. The Viscount and Viscountess
Villamille have left the same establishment for Paris.

LONG'S llOTEL.—Arrivals : Count Westphosley and
and Count Arnaud de Jeanti West, from Paris ; Sir
Humphrey de Trafford, Bart., from Trafford Park ;
Mr. William Norris and Rev. Wm. Bird, from Norfolk ;
Mr. John Blundell ; Mr. Maynard Colchester, from
Glouchezter ; Count Jaroszynski, Mr. George Dew-
burst ; and Mr. J. A. Taylor and Mr. W. Taylor, from
Mousley Court.
SIR JAMES BROOKE.—Letters received in N, riolk
state that Sir James Brooke of Sarawak is about to
visit this country. Borneo was tranquil.
RELIEF TO THE HOMEWARD BOUND.—The following
is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's yesterday
morning :—" Admiralty, 19 November, 1857. Sir,—
I am commanded by my Lords' Commissionerd of the
Admiralty to acquaint you, for the information of the
Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that
the undermentioned vessels have been ordered to pro-
ceed from the ports stated against their names to cruise
in the chops of the Channel, for the purpose of assisting
the homeward-bound trade :—From Portsmouth, the
Sea Lark ; Devonport, the Nautilus; Cork, the Wizsrd ;
ditto, the Adone.—Signed B. OSBORNE. Captain G. A.
Halsterl, R.N., secretary, Lloyd's."

REDUCTION OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.—Rumours of
this event bave been current for some time, and have
been contradicted by several German papers. A Vienra
telegram, of November 18, states that the reduction has
been officially sanctioned, and a Vienna letter of Nov.
15, in the Cologne Gazette says : --" The Emperor order.id
the reduction of the army in an autograph letter, dated
October 27, addressed to the Archduke William, who is
charged with the execution of this important measure
It is certain that all the central divisions of infantry wi!l
be suppressed, and that considerable re luctioras will b,
made in the cavalry and artillery. It is not vet known
whether the depot hattsLons will be reduced."

•
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIVIL SERVICE.—The Foreign Department : The Con-
sul-Generalship of Venice has become vacant by the
death of Mr. G. Harris ; salary, 7001. Government
Emigration Commission : A vacancy has occurred in
the Permanent Extra Class by the resignation of Mr.
Fry. General Post-office : A vacancy in the Circulation
Department has occurred by the death of Mr. Wm. J.
Plant. Customs : Mr. J. S. Chase has been appointed
a clerk at London Docks ; Mr. F. Johnson has been
appointed a weigher at Liverpool ; Mr. G. Reynolds has
been promoted from second to first clerk at Weymouth.
Mr. P. lll`Dowe.ll has been promoted from assistant
tidosurveyor at Newport to be tidesurveyor at Roselare,
Wexford. Inland Revenue Department—Excise Branch:
Messrs. A. Malley, Collector of Sligo ; Wm. Knagge,
Collector of Bath ; and R. Flamank. Collector of Staf-
ford, have retired from the service. New South Wales :
Mr. R. Jones has been appointed a member of the Exe-
cutive Council, Sydney ; the lion. C. Cowper has been
appointed Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records
of New South Wales ; the Hon. James Martin has been
appointed Attorney-General of Now South Wales ; the
Hon. Richard Jones has been appointed Colonial Trea.
serer and Collector of Internal Revenue of New South
\Vales ; the Hon. Terence Aubrey Murray has been
appointed Secretary for Lands and Public Works ; the
Hon. Alfred James Peter Lutwyche has been appointed
Solicitor-General of New South Wales. Canada :—Mr.
Eleazer David David, of Montreal, has been appointed
Registrar and Treasurer of the Trieity House of Mon-
treal, in the room of Mr. James Holmes, resigned ; Mr.
Joseph Amable Hervieux,
of St. Jerotne:rrn,as been ap-
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Gurd, of the township of Moore, has been appointed a
Landing waiter and Searcher in her Majesty's Customs.—
Civil Service Gazette.

ERRATA.—A mistake occurred in our impression of
Thursday last of a gun accident to Mr. Gray, in which
Lamb's Conduit-street was mentioned instead of Cork-
street, Burlington Gardens.