The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-30 00:00:00

CLERKEiiWELL.(THIS DAY.)

An old soldier,.natned Daniel, a native of the Emerald
Isle, was this morning- place at the bar before Mr.
Twyrwhitt, charged' with begging.
The policeman who took him into custody said, he
saw him accost several ladies and gentlemen yesterday,
in the neighbourhood 'of Holloway, and beg for alms
in a very piteeus tone, saying he was Obeying, and had
no money to buy any food •with., -On being searched at
the station-house, a Peninsular medal and several docu-
ments, showing he had been in the army, and ls. 6d. in
money, and enough bread and meat for two hungry men
were found upon him. ,
The account he gave of himself was that ho had been
a soldier, but had been discharged since 1816.
The MAGIsTnATE—What have you to say to the
charge? Defendant—lt is (pile correct, your Worship;
but this is the first time I have ever been before a ma-
gistrate, and I assure your Worship I'll never be found
bogging in this part,of the country again. I am going to
leave my medal and papers with the Duke of Wel-
lington, and I hope he'll give' me some assistance, for I
can't get any work, and I have received no pension from
the Government since my discharge in 1816. -
The medal; 'Which the defendant prominently exhi-
bited on his breast, and the documents were examined by
the officers of the court and found to be genuine.
The defendant, in answer to inquiries, said the . regi-
ment to which be belonged was the 39th Font, which
returned from India in 1847, after a long service in that
' country. Since 1816 lie bad obtained his livelihood by
gardener in nurseries,
working. as a and serving as a
bricklayer's labourer, and doing other odd jobs.
MAGISTaATS--W here were you enlisted? Defendant
—At Enniskillen. I hope, kind gentleman, you will not
punish me this time?
AGISTRATE.--1 am efraid you have been making use
of' the medal and documents to swindle people. None
but a practi,ed beggar, who knew,skhoiwud gentleman,"toexite people'sb u t
sympathies would use the word
401 you have not been seen here before, I shall discharge
you. I'll do more honour to the modal than you appear
to have done. I think if you go about disgracing it by
begging in the streets, it ought to be taken from you.
I be dr feDdan t then 1.. ft the court, evidently gratified
at his release, but mumbling to himself, that he would
rather part w.th anything than his medal.

WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
MURDER OP AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER, AND
ATTEMPTED 6uICIDE BY TUR LATTER.-'this day
Emma sanderson, a married woman, wita charged be-
fore. Mr. klamm►ll, with having wiltullq murdered her
male want child, at No: 25, Napier-street, Shoreditch.

A solicitor attended for the prisoner.
Mary Fuller, servant to the prisoner, said, that she
had been in the prisoner's service several weeks. Her
husband is shopman to a statiouer in the City. Ihe
prisoner, the previous afternoon, was in the kitchen,
When she told witness to go and buy some tea. She had
her baby in her lap—a male child about six weeks old.
Witness lest her there. The prisoner has also three
other children. Witness went out, and was absent about
11 quarter of an hour. On her return she found the
children in the street. Witness opened the door, and
proceeded to the kitchen. She then went into the back
room of the first floor, which is the children's bed-
room. She there saw the tahy on the bed,
Gld In Ooking behind the door she obserred the pri•

soner there with a piece of cord round her neck. Wit-
ness ran down stair; and called Mr. Brown, a butcher
living opposite, and they both went into the room wle re
etre bed left the prisoner.- On seeing witness, she ex
claimed "The baby is dead." Witness was then seut by
Mr. Brown for a sergeJn; she also got a nurse, and
went for the prisoner's husband►
Mr. FIAMPIMti —What state of mind has the prisoner
exhibited latterly? Witness—During the lest fortnight
she has been very low in spirits. When I left on
Thursday afternoon she was much depressed.
John Browr, 27, Wirnbern-street, Hoxton, said that
on entering the back room of the first floor, he observed
the deccaied infant on the bed. The prisoner was rest-
ing against the edge of the bed. On seeing witness the
prisoner remarked, "You have come too soon, or me
and my baby would have been happy together." Wit-
ness then saw a piece cf cord tight round the prisoner's
neck, and there was another piece round the bedstead,
the end of which she bad in her band. She was in much
mental excitement. He removed her to the front room,
where she said, " Of course I shall now be hung." Wit-
ness observed, "It is a dreadful thing." She replied,
"It is a pity we did not die together, as I am sure
I shall be hung." The child was nearly cold.
Mr. lissimlLL—Have you lately observed her state
of mind ? Witness—Yes, Sir. On the Wednes►'ay
previous, I, my wife and sister, remarked that there ap-
peared a vacancy in her eye, indicative of great melan-
choly, and of insanity.
Mr. G. J. Amden, No. 1, Critchill•place, surgeon,
stated, that he had examined the deceased child, and
observed a mark on its throat, as if a cord had passed
tightly round it, which was about a sixth of an inch
in width. The child died of strangulation. There
were marks of a cord round the prisoner's throat.
He attended her at her confinement. During the last
few days she has been in a low state. The child had a
mark on his forehead and nose, which the prisoner con-
sidered was a disfiguration, anal which preyed upon her
mind. She was told by some persons that it was through
her fault the deceased had the mark. He endeavoured
occasionally to reason with her.
Policeman Collard, N 53, produced the cords.
The prisoner, who was much depressed during the in-
quiry, and who had attempted suicide at the workhouse
of Shoreditch, where she had been removed, was re
minded.

FALL OF THE STRUCTURE FOR.
THE CHINESE JUNK.—(THIS DAY.)
An accident of a very serious character, but fortu•
nately unattended with say loss of life, happened this
morning to a large wooden structure which has lately
been in the course of; erection at the Essex-pier,: at the
bottom of Essex•street, Strand, for the purpose of ex-
hibiting the Chinese Junk. This building was erected
on piles driven down into the river, and was about 400
feet long, 60 feet high, and about 50 broad; and one
side, the ends, and a portion of the roof, had already
been enclosed in with boards.
Throughout the night the whole shook and
trembled under the influence of the wind, which was
very high, and about ten this morning, while half
dozen workmen were engaged in securing the wood-
work, the structure fell down with a loud crash. A
strong gust of wind was blowing at the time from the
east, and the piles were not strong enough to resist the
pressure occasioned by the wind acting on the whole
length of the side. Fortunately all the men escaped
unhurt, except ose, who was precipitated from a con-
siderable height on the mud below, into which he sank
several feet, and another, who we regret to say received
such injuries on his arm as to render it neces-
sary to remove him to the hospital. We un-
derstand that men have been employed on
this building nearly a month, and that the cost
of it will be about 500/. It is clearly apparent that the
piles were by no means 'vow or numerous enough to
bear the superincumbent weight, and, as we presume,
the wood work must have been raised either under the
supervision of the district surveyor, or with the consent
of the City corporation, there must have been consider-
able neglect on the part of the authorities. If the acci-
dent had happened at some future time, when the place
was full of visitors, a serious loss of life might have
ensued.

EASTER RECREATIONS.—Few capitals offer greater
opportunities to the intellectual holidaymaker than this vast
metropolis. The following is a list of the different edifices
and places open gratis or on payment of a small sum for ad-
mission:—Museums.—Asiatic, Gratton-street ; Antiquarian,
Guildhall; British, Great Russell-street ; College of Surgeons',
Lincoln'e-mn-fields; East India Company'!, Leadenhall-
street ; Geological, Somerset-house; Hunterran College of
Surgeons', and Linnman, Soho-square ; 'London Missionary's,
Blomeeld-street, Finsbury; Missionaries'; Saul s, Alders.
gate-street ; Economic Geology, Craig's-court, Charing-
cross; Royal Institntion, Albermarle-street ; Royal Society's,
Somerset-bouse ; Royal Society of Antiquaries'; Soane s.
Lincoln's-inn-fields; United Service, Scotland-yard. Bank
of England, Custom-house, Guildhall, Gresham College,
Dulwich Gallery of Paintings, Royal Mint, National Gallery,
Royal Exchange, School of Design, Somerset-house; Trinity-
house, Tower-hill; University College, Westminster Abbey
(to some parts only ) ; Westminster-hall, Woolwich Arsenal,
Greenwich Hospital, House of Commons, House of Lords,
St. James's Palace, sic. ; the above are all open free to the
public, or by tickets, which may be easily, obtained on ap-
plication. Admission to the following-is by payment of Is.
to 2s. : Cosmorama, Regent-street; Royal Colosseum, Cy-
clorama and Diorama, Regent's-park. (Is.)—MadameTus-
saud's Exhibition, Baker-street; Burford's Panorama, and
Panorama of New Zealand, Leicester-square ; Overland Route
to India, Waterloo-place; the Nile, the Mississippi, and
Missouri, Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly; Arctic Regions, Hyde
Park-corner; Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street;
Society of Arts, Adelphi. Monument and Tower of London,
6cl. St. Paul's Cathedral, free during Divine service, 2d. any
ether time. Thames Tunnel Id., Sic. Besides the above are
the St. Katharine, London, West India and East India Docks ;
the Soho, the Pantheon, Oxford-street, and other bazaars,
and numerous other places well deserving a visit—the courts
of law, &c.
FATAL CONFLICT.—We have to record an occur-
rence which has stained this hitherto peaceable county with
crime, and stamped the brand of disgrace on the townland
wherein it took place. The particulars of this fatal outrage,
which hurried a human being into eternity, took place on
Tuesday last, at Gortnaghy, within one mile of Dungiven,
cn the road leading from that town to Newtownlimavady.
On the morning of Tuesday Mr. Williams Stevenson, a col.
lector of county cess and poor rates in that district, pro-
ceeded to the townland in question, accompanied by some
five or six assistants, for the purpose of seizing upon the
goods of defaulters who had not paid their county cees. After
'calling at the houses of several peasons, who, although they
exhibited symptoms of hostility, nevertheless did not pro-
ceed to open violence, he at last seized upon and was
driving off the ground three cows belonging to a man named
Rotten Guinn but before he had proceeded with them
above two hundred yards, the people rose indiscriminateoth ly,
rushed forward, armed with stones, spades, and et
deadly weapons, and closed in upon the party who were
taking away the cattle, attacking them with as much fury as
it' they had been beasts of prey whom they had met to sur-
round and destroy. Mr. Stevenson himself, and some ot
ids assistants, narrowly escaped, after being pelted with
stones; but one of them, named Thomas Andrews, who
happened to be nearest to the cows, was struck with a spade
and severely injured, and, in addition, was cut in the back
of the head with a stone, and received another heavy blow
from a missile in the back. His assailants, having thus mal-
treated their unhappy victim, quietly withdrew, and his
own party returned, and succeeded in conveying him to Dun-
given. Doctor Moore was promptly in attendance, for the
purpose of examining and dressing his wounds. but before
the operation was performed he had breathed his last,
having only survived about an hour from the time the at-
tack was made. A warrant has been issued by Mr. Ogilby
for the apprehension of Robert Guinn' his wife, Margaret,
and his son, Robert, who have all absconded.—Derry
Standard.
We ask advice, but we mean approbation.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.
THE FIRE AT NAPLES.—A very curious coincidence
has happened here; the King's enormous stock of English
coals, upwards of 75,000 tons, and which is stowed in sub-
terranean caverns near the Arsenal, having shown signs of
spontaneous combustion on the very night of the outbreak
of Vesuvius. Against the advice of the chief contractor, the
King had these coals stowed here close to his palace, in-
stead of at some caverns that had been recently dis-
covered near the grotto of Possillippos where atmospheric
air would hoe obtained free access to them, and ob-
viated this catastrophe. Shortly after the French revolu-
tion, when affairs in Europe were so utterly deranged, the
King feared communication with England would be cut off,
in which case his war-steamers would lie in harbour use-
le.s, an easy prey; because here, as all over the Medi-
terranean ports,
the steam communication is entirely de-
pendent on perfde Albion, for the means of locomotion.
The quantities of smoke that burst out from these
caverns, and from under the pavement and road near
the arsenal, prevented all traffic of foot passengers;
and as the whole is near the dockyard, and quite
in front of Vesuvius itself, the curious spectacle was pre-
sented of a mimic volcano belching forth volumes of smoke,
accompanied by a sulphurous overpowering stench, that
quite rivalled ,( the big concern over the way." Gangs of
fireats and dockyard men work night and day bringing out
this immense stock of coals, the greater part of which ap-
pears charred, seeembling coke; and soldiers patrol the road
to prevent the iippreach of the public, as there is danger from
the flames, several of the labourers having fallen down insen-
etble while exposed to them.
DIORAMA or THB OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA.
—Some portions of this beautiful exhibition, which is to be
opened to the public on Easter Monday, at the Gallery of
y's Gallery) Regent-street, were exhi-
Illustration (late Rain
bited to private view on Thursday, and from what we saw on
that occasion, we have no ,hesitation in affirming that, as a
work of art, the Diorama of the Overland Route is infinitely
superior to any moving diorama that has yet been presented
to public notice.
The portions exhibited on Thursday con-
sisted of views of Gibraltar and of Malta, of a moving
Diorama of the transit across the Desert from Cairo to Suez,
of a view of the Island of Ceylon, and another of Calcutta.
The views were most effective, and as we understood from
several gentlemen present, who had performed the journey,
that they are as accurate as they are beautiful. Mr.
Stocqualer explained and commented on the exhibition as
the different views were exhibited, and his intimate know-
ledge of Oriental hie, manners, and scenery renders his re-
marks exceedingly valuable, as well as interesting. Several
of the most eminent artists of the day were present, and
there was but one opinion expressed as to the merits of this
most interesting exhibition.
ASTLEY'II AMPHITHEATRE.—We understand that
the forthcoming Easter spectacle at Astley's will transcend
anything that •has hitherto been attempted even at this, the
theatre, par
excellence, of spectacle. It is
entitled Time Four
Sons of Aymon ; or the Days of Churleniagne, and the writer
has availed himself of the incidents of the legend to produce
one, perhaps, of the most splendid hippodrannatic spectacles
ever presented to the public. Several most interesting effects
have been introduced, which are perfectly new to the stage.
and during the course of the spectacle the whole of Mr.
.Batty'a unrivalled stud (including camels, &c.) will be intro-
duced. After the spectacle young Hernsndez, who has been
re-engaged, will appear every evening.
THE CARNIVAL.---NAPLES, Fin. 24.—Yesterday
was the last day of as stupid a carnival as could be con-
ceived. The tact is, the " the times are out of joint."
'niece is universal gloom, depression, and uncertainty all
over Italy, and, I may say, Europe. Every day here sinis-
ter reports are spread as to outbreaks at Paris, Berlin, or
Vienna. The
weather,
too, has been most rascally. Gales
of wind, torrents of rain; with intermittents of a tramontana
that penetrates to the marrow, and the thermometer (Fah-

renheit) down to twenty-eight degrees. The suffering and
misery among the poor are inconceivable. They seem
aneantis by the cold ; and walk about with charcoal pots
in their hands, or sit howling over one and calling on
the eternal San Gennaro. The paucity of visitors, on
whom they in fact live, has reduced the beggars to the
*eft! of deepelr. Englishmen, who' only know Nap:es from
iteists and romancists, would discover no recognisable fea-
ture of their beau-ideal. Clouds, gloom, dirt, cold, wind,
rain,beggars out of doors ; paltry wood fires, doors and windows
made to let in the air arid draughts, no carpets, no society
(or little), nothing stirring; no magazines, no newspapers, or
old ones, no friends and relatives, no good English cheer,
with English coals, and an English grate, and the dear poker,
tongs, and shovel, to bang and knock the tire about with, and
thus afford a safety-valve for the escape of concentrated
ennui; no clubs few dinner and no nice tea parties, with
the hissing urn and dtavrn window• curtains, and cosy round
game or hand at wist. None, none of these in-doors. Only
the stiff formal academy balls, with here and there a dull
ambassador's ball •, much parade 'and ceremony, little or no
cordiality or friendly feeling.--Chronicle.
EXTRAORDINARY LAMB —An ewe, belonging to
Mr. W. Roebuck, farmer, Woodside, llonley, dropped a lamb
on Tuesday morning weighing 13ths.—Leeds Mercury.
"RIGHT HAND TO TIIE WALL."—The Glasgow
magistrates have placarded the walls of that city with in-
structions to pedestrians to keep "the right hand to the
wall." In this district people walk in a "through other,"
higgledy-piggledy fashion.
STATE or TRADE AT NOTTINGIIAM.—Lace—We
do not notice any improvement in our business; indeed there
is generally more doing the week or two preceding Easter
than is the case this year—this festival failing earlier than
usual, and the extremely cold weather are, perhaps, sufficient
reasons to account for some diminution in sales. Doubled
yarn is still as high in price as ever. Hosiery -We have not
any change to note in this trade. The hosiers are acting on
the defensive, by making only such goods as they can im-
mediately sell. The price of yarn is a mere trifle more in
favour of buyers.—.Nottinghani Journal.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.-011 Tuesday, the 12th
inst., Master Emrys Eyton, youngest son of John Prys
Eyton, Esq., of Kinsale-house, Flintshire, met with an un-
timely death. He had been amusing himself with another
boy at the smaller of two dams, near his father's lead works
of Llanerch-y-mor. They both got into a boat which had
been left there, and Master Eyton began sculling. He missed
one stroke and fell into the water. Though there was help
within a few yards. the other boy fled through fear and con-
fusion, and retired to bed at his usual hour. About nine
o'clock his companion was missed, the water of the dam was
drawn off, and the body was found after it had been in the
water between four and five hours. This melancholy occur-
rence has plunged an amiable family into the deepest afflic-
tion, and has produced a deep sensation among a wide circle
of friends, by whom the young gentleman was much beloved.
—Liverpool Mercury.
ANECDOTE or A CAT.—A merchant residing at
Balloch, on the banks of Lochlomond, has a cat which has
had three litters of from four to live kittens annually for the
last eight years. On the 15th instant she produced her first
for the season, of five, when three of the kittens were
drowned and two left. The cat seemed to feel deeply the loss
of her young, and on the second day after they had been
taken from her she left her nest for a short time, and re•
turned carrying gently in her mouth a young hare, which
she placed snugly beside her own offspring. Since that period
she has regularly suckled the stranger, and the three have
thriven famously. They are now strong enough to play
about, and the hare seems to be the favourite of the family,
both with the old pass and its own playmates of the nest.,
Inverness Courier.

LONDON AND NLACKWALL RAILWAY.—This com-
pany have petitioned, under their common seal, in favour of
Mr. Ricardo's Bill for the better regulation of railway traffic,
on the ground that the evils it seeks to remedy are of consi-
derable magnitude, and call for the intervention of the Le-
gislature. In cases where, by means of branch lines, pas-
sengers might be conveyed to their destination by a shorter
road, at less expense and time, they are now, by the man-
ner in which traffic is conducted on the main lines, compelled
to travel by a longer and more expensive route; and there-
fore, practically, the main lines obtain a complete monopoly
of the traffic to the exclusion of the branch lines. Peti-
tioners state that they have reason to complain of such con-
duct on the part of the directors of certain railways with
which they are cofinected by a branch line, made at the ex-
pense of the London and Blackwall Company.
• Tsai WEATHEL—The weather in March is gene-
rally fitful and capricious, but this year it has been more
than ordinarily changeable. About three weeks ago we had
several most delightful and balmy spring days, which gave a
great impetus to vegetation; but this was succeedd by
biting • winds from the north and east, having occasionally
some of the March bluster about them. On Monday after-
noon snow began to fall; before midnight a thin coat of It
covered the whole town, and by the dawn of the following
morning the depth of snow on the ground had increased to
about five inches. On Tuesday night there was a severe
frost, which added still further to tire wintry aspect of the
scene. On Wednesday night there was again a severe frost,
but yesterday was bright, dear' and sunny. We learn that
this supplemental winter has been general in the United
Kingdom, and the weather has been very cold in France and
other parts on the continent. Snow fell in Rome on the
morning of the 17th instant. We have been favoured with
the following note from Croxteth Hall, the seat of our dis-
tinguished neighbour, the Earl of Sefton :—‘' Three thermo-
meters here on Wednesday night stood at the following
points—one at ten, one at haS-past eight, one at seven o'clock,
indicating 22, 23k, and 25 degrees of Fahrenheit.—Livegsool
Mercury.

THE GREEK GIRL.—I accepted his invitation, and
when we were comfortably seated on a divan, iu a back
room, overlooking a little moonlit groVe, and had our pipes
tilled and lighted, my young frind clapped his hands, upon
which a lady made her appearance, beautiful as Artemis,
and with much of her character of mind and features. It
was his sister. "Aglaia," said he to her, in a most gentle
and affectionate tone," bring us some coffee; this is an Eng-
lish gentleman, so you need not fear." Aglaia soon vanished,
and returned with the coffee, which in such houses is always
kept in readiness. While she was pouring it out for us I
made several attempts to address her iu Ilomaic, which I
spoke so abominably that, it quite upset her gravity, and she
laughed outright. She was a girl of about seventeen, tall,
tair for a Greek, with large 'liquid black eyes,
and a profusion of black hair. Her brother seemed
intensely pleased at the admiration she excited
in me. He said in Italian, of which she did
not understand a word, " Confess that beauty
has not yet vanished from Greece." " No," I replied, " nor
will it ever disappear from the country, so long as you and
your sister remain .in it." At this he laughed, and sai
Aglaia, sit down and sing a' ong; mother will hear you,
and be delighted." Without further
.ceremony the Greek
girl seated herself and sang. Of the words I could not judge,
for through her pronunciation, I could attach no meaning to
them. Btu: her voice was rich and melodious, and she
seemed to sing with all her soul. I fear I shall scarcely be
atble to express in what consisted the diff,rence in her
manner and that of the Italian women. if 1 say she was
austere it will convey a wrong idea. She seemed like an ir-
ilocent child with a woman's form. A veil of extreme
modesty enveloped her. She expected no admiration, and
courted none, but talked with the most natural simpl city.
I was often reminded of her afterwards by the young Bedouin
women I saw in the desert, beneath their fathers' tents,
though no Arab ever possessed features like hers; so deli-
cately proportioned, so soft, so fair, so radient with intellect.
J. A. St. John (in Tait).

THE FIRE AT PORT DUNDAS.—A. computation
has been made, with as close an approximation to accuracy
as the circumstances will allow, of the loss occasioned by the
,estructive tire to which the mill and grain store of the
Messrs. Currie, at Port Dundas, last night fell a prey.
'According to the estimate formed, the value of the property
destroyed was at least 12,0001, the whole of the building,
carryingear ic e s ,
which is seven stories in height and was filled with ma-
chinery and goods, having been completely gutted. Both
the proprietary (the Port Dundas Distillery Company) and
the occupants, are, however, covered by insurance. The
origin of the fire which has produced such disastrous
results has not yet been ascertained. It seems, indeed,
quite inexplicable, as in neither of the upper flats, from
which the flames burst forth, are there any gas cemniunica-
tione—the pipes having been removed some time since, on
the occasion of a trivial fire which occurred in the premises
—and no one had visited them after five o'clock in the even-
ing, at which hour, of course, there was no necessity for
eight o'clock, when the place was
shut u
anya lantern. At
llseemed quite safe, and in order. In these cir-
cumstances, tup,
it is conjectured that the cause of the conflagra-
tion must be sought for either in the overheating, through
friction, of a portion of the machinery, or the casual commu-
nication of some stray spark through an open window. Much
credit has been deservedly bestowed on the firemen, for the
perseverance and energy which they displayed. But for
these, it is certain that the store contiguous to the
mill, and which was erected about a year since, would alio
have been consumed. Fortunately this was avoided, and
the only damage done there was the wetting a portion of the
stock. Baillie breghorn, and others connected with the
committee on watching and lighting, were present, and took
an active part in directing the proceedings 'of the men.
Captains Smart and Mackay were also present, and, by the
admirable regulation which they enforced, effectually pre-
served order, and succeded in facilitating the operations of
those engaged about the building. The crowd was immense,
and as usual at such gatherings there were intermingled with
those composing it not a few sharpers and pickpockets, who
norsued their avocation most industriously.—Glasyout Lai y

MINING IN AUSTRALIA.—The following is an ex-
tract from a letter written by .a gentleman in the commission
of the peace, who is resident in the neighbourhood of the
Burrs Burrs Copper Mines, and addressed to a friend in this
'country :—" Our mining interests here are getting on capi-
tally. At the Burra Burrs they have now about bOO people
at work; and in a conversation I had a few days since with
their secretary, who is a townsman of mine, I learnt that
they could now employ from 100 to 200 more miners if they
could get them. Let this be known in Devon and Cornwall.
You may entirely depend on it. We want also blacksmiths
and carpenters, stonemasons, &c. Good men, with a ready
hand and a clever head, if steady and industrious, are sure
to do well. We have too many of the serail' and scrubs—
there are chaps out here who would be dear at sixpence a
day."

AN EXTRAORDINARY COURSING MERTING.—On
Wednesday last Mr. Walsh, surgeon at the Lincolnshire Lu-
natic A ylum, gave a treat to a great number of the patients,
by taking them to the estate of Sir E. H. Bromhead, Bart.,
at Thurlby, in order to enjoy the sport of coursing hares.
Mr. Walsh has several good dogs, and the day was spent in
a very pleasant manner. Such recreations as these are likely
to end very beneficially for the unfortunate patients in the
asylum; their minds are divarted, and their health much im-
proved. During the day several persona resident in the
ueighbourhood of Thurlby met the party, and so well con-
ducted were the patients that it was difficult to tell which
were the
,itAane amongst the company. —Nottingham Journal.

I litsTAim.-7,A. day or two since a corporal of the
Royal Artillery, whose name is saidto be the very common
one of Smith, was tried by a court. martial, and seetenced to
be reduced to the ranks. The prisoner was tried as belong-
ing to a certain battalion, and, after having had his "stripes"
taken ff, and being otherwise degraded, he turned round
and coolly asked his commanding officer whether it was.
Smith of the ; nd battalion, or the 4th, that it was intended
t' degrade. On further inquiry it turned out that the man
had been brought to trial under a wrong (.esignation, as far
as the number of his battalion was concerned; and as the
error was deemed fatal to the conviction, the lucky rascal was
set at liberty, and restored to his former rank.
The Commissioners of Inland Revenue haVe issued
directions to her Majesty's officers, directing them not to
allow any drawback on bricks "shippel tor exportation of er
the 27th instant.

FuEE CHURCH AT GOUROCK.—We understand that
the Rev. Wm. Fraser; Free Church Missionary, son of Pro-
vost Fraser of Canada, has received and accepted a call.to the
Free Church at Gourock.—lnverness Courier.

The snow on some parts of the Lincolnshire wolds
is a foot deep.

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GERMANY.

In the sitting of the 2Gth inst. the Administrative
Council informed the committees of the two Houses
that the acceptation en bloc of the Charte of the Con-
stitution would be sanctioned by the Administrative•
Council, provided always that the fundamental laws
are allowed to stand over, and that a simple majority
of votes shall be decisive in the revision.

M. Hassenpflug, from Kassel, has taken his seat
in the Administrative Council.

GREECE.

The Oesterrechische Correspondenz has (by way
of Trieste) a telegraphic despatch from the Piraeus,
of the 19th inst., stating that the state of uncer-
tainty continues, that Admiral Parker has liberated
11 Hellenic vessels, and that a British courier arrived
at Athens on the 18th istst.