The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

HAMBURGH AND FLANDERS

PAPERS.

BOTS LE Duc, JAN. 17.—We learn that considerable
addition will be made this year to the fortifications,
that the plan has already been approved, and orders
given by the Minister of War to carry it into effect.
It is said that several new powder magazines will be
constructed, that a great part of the walls of the
fortress will he repaired, the moats deepened, and that
an entrenched camp will be commenced on the heath
of Croomvert, which will be defended by three half-
moons and other forts. This camp is estimated to be
capable of containing 30,000 men.
DERSCIIAN, JAN. 12.—The Vistula (now ten feet
ten inches deep), is covered with solid ice, and the
passage is for th, present interrupted. Early to •
morrow morning planks will be laid on the ice, that
people may cross on foot.
BERLIN, JAN. 13.—The festival of the orders of
knighthood, which is to take place on the 18th and
the 21st of this month, will be rendered particularly
interesting by the publication of the very detailed
statutes of the ord4r of the Seran. The public are
extremely anxious to learn their contents, because the
most conflicting reports are spread concerning them
FROM THE DANUBE, DEC. 31.—Accounts from the
Sulina mouth of the Danube, say, that in conse-
quence of the fatal effects of the late storms, of which
we have spoken, the whole of the little town of Sulina
was overflowed.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, JAN. 15.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 5B
Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent. ll's
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.......
, Three per Cent.
---- Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto
(1840) 10;N,
Loan of City, 1838, Four per:Cent 102%
—_---- 1141 103%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 6B
I sue of 1841 IOS
National Society .
Exchange on London (short) -
-Brussels Papers, Jan. 19
OU ICI kUN tI`.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 19.
Moae7 ~,s,
At:mt. i /tut, '4, per Ceti; ....... .......... ~ 5 .5,,,,
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
Aim t Syndic, 4 % per cent.....• ......... ... • 94% 95
Ditto, ditto, ay;, per cent 79% 8
Commercial Company, 41.:, per cent 131% 133
Loan 11,37, 5 percent.
Exchange on London, Onemonth l2 15
Two months ;2 10
Hamburgh, One m.nth 97 vu.i
Twomonths 1,7 1.9%
Dutch Papers, Jan. 20.
HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE. JAN. 16.
Bills. Money,
Austrian 5 per Cents. • 112%
Rank Shares 1695
Anglo-Russian Loan
Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 105%
Inscription, Ist series 1 5
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., :3(1 and 4th
Series — 994
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent. (1840)
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ~.. .....
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Polish Bonds ...... •... •••••• -
New Tickets —

112

Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cott. ... SA F 3%
Spanish, New 5 per Cents.
AUSTRIAN FU NM—VIENNA, JAN. 12.
Fiveper Cents. sletalliques
Four pzr Cents. lOO
Three per Cents . ,,„ 76
Bank Shares ..

illgemeine Zeitung; Jan. 15.
PRUSSIANYUNDS.-13saux, JAN. 16.
Bills. Money
•
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent.
Prussian English Bonds, 1630, I per cent lO3
Exchange on London — 6 25,A
Prussian Slate Gazette, Jau. 15.

A harrowing scene of cruelly took place, on Thurs-
day evening, at the north part of the town. The object of it
! was a bullock, which, about four o'clock in the afternoon, was
driven in from the Lewes-road, but, on reaching Richmond-
place, turned back and got a considerable distance before it
could be overtaken. About seven, however, It again made its
appearance in Richmond-place, in a dreadfully exhausted con-
dition, and followed by a large number of persons. About the
middle of Richmond-place it fell, and uttered groans of a most
piteous character. All the ingenuity which cruelty could de-
vise was now resorted to in order to makc the animal get up.
It was beaten, poked with sticks, its tail cut, and at length,
. these means being ineffectual, some straw procured, placed
round the animal, and set fire to! This proceeding was sue-
eessful. The beast got up and staggered along as far as the
Richmond Hotel, where it again fell ; arid again was a fire lit
• mound it. This scene of cruelty lasted fr,in between seven and
eight till ten o'clock, and during this time the whole neighbour-
hood was shocked by the. cries of the wretched animal. If there
ever was a case which required investigation, it is this. We are
informed that the bullock belonged to 11Ir. Boon.—Brighton
Gazette.
MILDNESS OF THE SEASON. —O.l Clio 11th instmilt
as a man, named Henry Williams, was at work in a field in St.
Just in Penwith, he gathered two blackberries, in a perfectly ripe
state, from a bush on which thtre were others in different stage;
of growth,--Westßriton.

GREEC-E.
THE NATIONAL, ASSE;II3I.Y.
ATIIF.NS, DEC. 22.--Tht- :,.))Ititays its
daily sittings.
. . . .

The draft of the address wa, read and distributed to the As-
sembly on the 15th, and its d:scassion adjourned to the 18th.
It appears that the Commission charged with the framing of

the address omitted indicating the trio!ives N hich Iya to—the

reform of the 3d of September; and, g ;rrady, .t the nd-

dress is not llehnnic en'l,llA.

thiS Nvya.3 by rrioi,t, dc-

putiesNY:fidered ns an iniiitTerenip to the now order of things;

;he Ministry, to remove any ii.quietud-, affecting the future,
oil the part of the officers who supported the demand for a eon-
witutionll reform, proposed to the Assembly to ensure such
offici ri the activity of service in their respective grades during
their life time. This proposition having been developed by M.
Zographos, the supposed author of the draft, was carried with
loud cheers.

The Council of Ministers made an address
to she Helle-
nians, whe; eby they assured them that they will place no faith
in the reports, artfully spread in the provinces, which give a
false idea of the spirit by which the Assembly is led. They
then exhort them to be tranquil and wise, and to confide in
the Assembly.
The Assembly, through its Vice-President, M. Mavrocor-
dato, decreed that Col. Kallergy and the garrison of Athens,
serve as the Assembly's Guards.
The Greek Observer publishes the draft of the Assembly's
address, in answer to the speech from the throne.

" Sire—The representatives of the people, from the bottom
of their hearts, thank Providence for seeing your Majesty
amongst them on this day, the Bth of November. They on
this day are fu'tilling a most pleasant duty in expressing their
most lively feelings of joy and profound acknowledgment.
" They accept your Majesty's wise words as a happy omen
for the future dtstiny of Greece. Tney do with unutterable
satisfaction acknowledge that the ties which since 1533 unite
the Greek people to their King became indissoluble the day on
which the noble wish of your Majesty's paternal heart sealed
the accomplishment of the national wishes, so unanimously ex-

pressed.
" Sire, the Greek nation, during the whole period of the
holy struggle for its independence, has consecrated, repeatedly,
in all the acts of its assemblies, the principle of the constitu-
tional 'guarantees so beneficial to the population.
" The nation entertains a sincere feeling of acknowledgment
for the liberal laws which, after the establishment of the Royal
dignity, have been enacted according to these principles. But
the acknowledgment of the Greek people became still greater
the day when your Majesty listened to the recently expressed
national wishes, and condescended to acknowledge the work
by proclaiming the system of national representation, as a
treaty between the King and the people—a treaty which is to
consecrate, irrevocably the people's riE hts and the Throne's
prerogatives.
" Yes, Sire, this treaty alone, and a Constitutional Govern-
ment give life, and insure the stability of the liberal laws
enacted since the establishment of the Royal dignity, and will
raise on a most solid basis the edifice of our political Consti-
tution.
" Embracing in one and the same thought, both the present
and the future destinies of the Greek society, the representa-
tives, under the protection of the highest, will use all their
efforts to further this edifice.

" Sharing, as they do, in your Majesty's wishes, and vows for
the wel tare of the nation, they will not be spat ing in awarding
jut and necessary concessions, to arrive at this scope; they
will on the one hand, US3 all their efforts to put the funda-
mental law of the constitution of the country in harmony with
the real wants of the people, and to render it worthy of the ex-
pectations of the civilised world ; and, on the other, they will
represent the monarchy in all its strength, and surrounded by
all due respect, reserving to the throne the requisite rights to
protect the just interests of every iadividual, and the general
prosperity of the nation.
" Rely, Sire, that on every occasion, did the Greek people
acknowledge your Majesty's attachment to them—an attach-
ment which the representatives know 1t0..v to worthily appre-
ciate.

" They do, therefore, set at work with full devotion, and
inspired by a feeling of justice and patriotism, they will occupy
themselves, in harmony with your Majesty, with the framing of
the definite Constitution of the representative kingdom of lireece,
and will endeavour to seal it with the mark of stability.
" The representatives of the people will, assisted by the Al-
mighty, fulfil the sacred duties laid upon them by the mission
with which they are entrusted, and trust to be able to guaran-
tee the perpetual welfare of Greece, inseparable from the glory
of your Majesty's throne."
After three days of discussion, the foregoing address was car-
ried by a great majority. The amendments which it under-
went are insignificant, only the filth paragraph was changed.
The answer to the address was presented to his Majesty by
Messrs. Metaxa and Londos ( Vice-Presidents of the Chamber),
and Messrs. C. Colocotroni and Ducos ( Secretaries), accom-
panied by twelve members deputed by the Assembly. The fol-
lowing is his Majesty's reply:—
" Gentlemen—l receive with pleasure the answer of the
National Assembly to the speech which I pronounced at the
opening of its labours. The harmony of my sentiments with
those of the nation has caused me the most inexpressible satis-
faction. In this manner the great work of the establishment
of the constitution of Greece will be accomplished happily and
with perfect agreement, and in this manner I do not doubt we
all understand the 3d of September."
The answer of his Majesty was received with universal en-
thusiasm, and all the journals are alike loud in their praises of it.
The Queen's birthday was celebrated on the 21st with great
solemnity. The King gave a grand banquet to the corps di-
plomattque, and to a great number of Deputies and civil and
military functionaries. In the evening the city was brilliantly
illuminated.
We find in the Secolo, the following article on the new form
of Government which is to be established in Greece :
" A dispatch, dated Nov. 29th, concerning the situation of
Greece, and the labours of the National Assembly, has been
addressed by Lord Aberdeen to the British Representative at
the Court of King Otho. The following are, in substance,
the most important contents of this note :
" The financial situation of Greece occasioned last April, the
re-union of the London Conference, from which emanated four
protocols. During the negotiations the three Powers acted in
concert and in perfect unanimity of views. The Russian re-
presentative wanting sufficient powers, so as to give his ultimate
approval of such protocols, these latter could not be published,
and were therefore forwarded to St. Petersburgh, there to re-
ceive the Emperor's sanction.
" Since the event of the 3d of September, the King of Ba-
varia has charged the Prince of Wallerstein, with a note to the
London Conference, with instructions above all to keep up a
good understanding with the French and British courts, with
respect to the interests of Greece. In consequence of this
note, the King of Bavaria seemed determined to acknowledge
the representative Government adopted in Greece, because his
Majesty King Otho wrote to his august father, under date
September 25th, stating that constitutional institutions are not
only useful, but necessary for this country. King Louis re-
quested the powers to give their consent, in order that the
rights of the throne might be respected, and the Government
now to be established, strengthened.
" The British and French Governments have decided, in
unison, to give to their representatives in Greece, special in-
structions, suitable to the actual state of the kingdom, parti-
cularly wiili regard to the workings of the National Assembly.
Sir Edmund Lyons has been charged to communicate such in-
structions in the shape of advices, so as not to be considered as
an outrage to the dignity of the throne, and that of the nation.
France will give to her representative more detailedinstruc-
tions. Lord Aberdeen adds---' You will communicate to Go-
vernment, the commanders, and the more influential members
of the National Assembly, the hereunder stated grounds, upon
which the constitutional monarchy is to be founded, that it may
have strength enough to direct the country in the paths of pro-
gress and prosperity. The King will appoint all civil and mili-
tary officers. The national representation will be formed by
two Chambers—one elected by the people, taking property as
a basis for the right of election ; the other chosen by the King
either for life, or hereditary. The Chambers hill vote the
taxes and the expenditure of the State. The King will have
toe right of proposi,g laws, and have a share in the framing
of them. The rights of proposing expenses will only belong
to the Government."

EASINGWOLD.—SINGULAR NOCTURNAL VISITA-
TION.—Wm. Farmary, an honest and industrious agricultural
labourer, residing at Ruby, near Easingw&d, states, that about
a mouth ago he retired to rest as usual, his wife remaining up
some time time longer, when he heard and felt something lik
a cat. coins upon his bed near his feet. It ascewied up his body,
he, thinking it to be the car, attempted to expel it, and in
fact thought he had done to, hut it quickly returned, and some.
times seemed to rest behind his shoulders, until his wife went
to bed, when no cat could be found. The annoyance, however,
ceased for that night. Since that time every care has been
taken of the cat, and yet the poor fellow is subject to the same
nocturnal and unwelcome visitations. The visits have been
regular (with but one exception) for a month, as soon as
he has got into bed. He states that he has had several mem-
bers of his own family, as well as others, to sleep with him,
and yet the annoyance is the same. He removed one night a
mile from home, but without any relief. The annoyance
generally continues for an hour, and different persons have
watched him while he has described the movements o'

sensation so peculiarly felt on his person ; none can, however,
detect the cause. The family are much alarmed at the circum-
stance, and the gossips and superstitious have many and various
erroneous opinions respecting it in reference to ghosts, witch-
craft, satanical agency, &c. &c. Believing, as I do, that no
effect can be produced without a cause, so I believe that there
will be found amongst the medical or scientific readers of the
York Courant, some one who will be at the trouble to explain
the above curious phenomenon. The man is, I believe, 65
years of age, in good health, and in full possession of his
reasoning powers, and I dare vouch for the truth of the fore..
going statements. From a Correspondent of the York
Courant.

The great anti-corn-law meeting; in this borough,
which are to be held on Friday next, will afford the opponents
of the sliding scale a gratifying opportunity of assisting the
League in getting rid of that most mischievous and most
cluinsy of ministerial and agricultural delusions. How the
juggle of such a scale came to be maintained so long in a com-
mercial and common-sense-boasting country like England, is
what no farmer, or farmer's friend, has ever yet been able to
explain to the world. The best defence we ever heard made
for it was, that a acrn-law could not be maintained without it ;
inasmuch as the juggle served to cover the dishonesty of taxing
the bread of the people, by complicating what would other-
wise be a question of simple fraud. The free traders, we are
happy to find, require no spurring. They are as earnest and
zealous as becomes honest and free men in a good cause.—Hull
Advertiser.

DREADFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENTS.--A poor man of
the name of Nimmo, a redsman at Clelan, near liolytown,
lost his life on the morning of the 16th inst., in the No. 10 pit,
under the following distressing circurnstance3l—Nimmo was
redding in the main coal-seam alone, and is supposed to have
lost his light, and to have made for the bottom of the pit; but
being in the dark, and a stranger to the workings, fell into the
shaft down to the splint seam, and wat smashed to pieces, his
head being nearly laid open. A wife anti six children are left
to deplore his untimely end. In the last page will be found an
account of more coal-pii accidents. Surely it is necessary for
the Government Inspector, " now appointed to see the Colliery
Act tully carried into operation in Scotland," to turn his
attention to these accidents, which appear to be on the increase
"6'Lanarkshire.— Glasgow Saturday Post.
A SiNGLTLArt RACE OF MEN. A writer in the
League newspaper says—" I have noticed that in Wiltshire,
as in some other counties west of London, the men have no
calves to their legs. All of them, young and old, wear knee-
breeches, and a sort of tight leather legging, and this exhibits
more palpably their thin shanks. Otherwise they are generally
:handsome men, mostly of a middling size, thin and wiry. I
was told by a gentleman, who seems to know the rural popul t-
tion of England well, that in the counties where bacon is eaten
as a stable article of diet, the men have small calves. I cannot
see any reason for this; but whether it he bacon, or whether it
be that a bacon eating race have invaded those countries, and
have brought a peculiar formation of legs with them, it is a
fact t. at they have calsele's legs, no matter how well fed or
how starving they may be. The jolly. faced fa. titers have the
sanio kind of legs the lean la',ourer6."
tiilm. the 1010...)1 ii L.f!-n!le, , Auvs•
burgh Gazette gives the fe :—" Accordit: to letters
fintiii the borders of the lilac!: Sea, it niTears that the check re-
ceived by the Rus•iaat troops, in the Dac,hhestan. was much more
severe than was at first repi-esented. in fact tie Government
has issued orders for increasing the army of the Caucasus to
60,00 d men ; showing a resolution of carrying on ol:erations
Into:, a much larger scale, anti with greater energj. There is,
above all, a great want of officers."

SPORTIN G IN TELLIGENCE.
T A FT! 1:,-ATA-, S-YESTERDAY.

arose out ~f the afternoon business as
:'•..girde,l die three leading Derby favourites :
7 to 1 was laid against the first to about 100/. ; the same
odds to 30/. and half a point more to about 1001. against
the second (Rattan), and 16 to 1 in fifties against. Load-
so, m , the fri!.•nds of the latter, we believe, had a little
more to hi vest at the same, price. Cockamaroo and
Leand,,r are " head and head" for the fourth place ;
22 to 1 to a pony, and 1,000 to 50 in two or three, places,
were taken about the first, And similar odds, rather
freely, about the other. 5,000 to 200, and other bets at
25 to 1 were laid against Running Rein ; 25 to I to
some forty or fifty pounds against Orlando (the layers
refusing to go on), and 30 to 1, more than the market
price, to a small sum, against lonian. In other respects
the brtting was of slight interest.. The Chester Cup was
formally introduced, and just enough done to justify a
quotation :

CHESTER. CUP.
15 to 1 agst Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert—taken, and aft off
20 to 1 agst Mr. Collett's Cattonite—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Heslington
27 to 1 agst Mr. Sherratt's The Prior—taken
27 to 1 agst Mr. W. Dawson's Merry Andrew
40 to I agst Mr. Meiklarn's Aristetle—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's Beeswax—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh—taken.
Ballinkeele was sold yesterday at Tattersall's to Mr. Far-
rance; we understand that he will be left in the Chester Cup.

DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Scott's lot-6 to 1 laid to 1501.
10 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lot.
7 to 1 agst Mr. Jno. Day's The Ugly Buck—takes
7 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan
16 to 1 agst Mr. Quin's Loadstone—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Lichtwald's Leander—taken
20 to I agst Lord Westminster's Cockamaroo—taker
25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Orlando—takers
25 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian
25 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein—taken
25 to 1 ag4 Mr. Bowes's T'Auld Squire—(take 30 to 1)
40 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campunero
40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Voltri—taken and afters. offered
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow—taken and aft. off.
50 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus—tak. and aft. off.
50 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Zenobia—taken and aft. offered
50 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Apprentice—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's King of the Gipsies—taken.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.
THE NEXT MAILS FOR INDIA, &c.

Last evening the General Post-office list had the
following announcements :
" Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Medi-
terranean, and East Indies—The next mail for India, •
&c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched hence (General
Post-office) on the sth of February.
" The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian
Islands, Egypt, and India, via Southampton, will be
dispatched hence (General Post-office), on the morn-
ing of the Ist of February.
" The Pacha sailed on the 18th instant, with all
letters for the Peninsula and the Mediterranean,
which arrived or were posted in London up to that
morning inclusive.
"Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres—From
August to anuary inclusive, the packet touches at
Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to
Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her home-
ward.

" America—Hibernia, for the mails of the 3d of
February."

DEATH or MR. ITOTILER. --We regret to state that

the venerable Mr. Hobler, who was Clerk at the Mansion.honse for
54 years, died this morning at his residence in Queen's.rr, Pen.
tonville. He was in his 80th year. He had only recentlj retired,
and his portrait had within a few weeks past been hung pp in the
justice-room at the Mansion.house, as a mark of respect for his long

services.
At the conclusion of a marriage at Holy Trinity,
on Tuesday, the venerable Dean administered the Sacrament
to the parties, and a collection was made for the Offertory.
Some of the wedding guests were embarrassed for want of cash,
not expecting Mother Church to come down ypon them in this
way. Others gave gold, not having silver to bestow ; and
many were astonished thereat. But Parson Pedlar was more
astonishing, for he was stuck there as if not entrusted by the
Church to tie a true lover's kuot, and had on his black gown
when he should have worn the white surplice. The Dean of-
ficiated.—Exeter Times.
MARCH 27, 1844.—Cabinet cogitations of a dis-
tinguishing character are manifested ; Ireland again attracts
especial notice; her position will be relieved, and favourable
changes introduced by Government—they succeed in aught
connected with our foreign relations, treaties and enactments,
matters of revenue and finance, closely connected with the
public interests. Ministers are successful in their divisions,
and the Privy Council strengthened; there appears with the
foregoing, something inimical to the popular view, or a change
in an important official appointment ; much angry excitement
and hostility prevails, and the proceedings will not reeoncile
public expectation, although the Government succeeds.--
Smith's Parliamentary Predictions.
The penny postage project is perhaps the noblest
afloat in our country and time, considering the moral interests
it involves. It is, perhaps, scarcely possible to exaggerate tha
force and extent f its civilising and humanising influences
especially in regard to its spreading the spirit of home over all
the occupations and interest of life, in defiance of the separat-
ing powers of distance and poverty; and it will be curious if
this enterprise, besides keeping the school-child at his mother's
bosom, the apprentice, the governess, and the maid-servant,
at their father s hearth—and us sick and aged people enter-
tained daily with the flowers, music, books, sentiment, and
news of the world we have left—should prove an exception to
all others in performing all its express promises. At present
I own, this appears no matter of doubt.—Essays on Life in
the Sick Room.
AMUSING FIOAX.—A young farmer, fresh from the
neighbouring hills, during a visit to Cheltenham, last week,
exhilirated by the beauties which everywhere met his eyes,
had indulged in an unusual sacrifice at the shrine of the Jon/
God. In fact his potations had been so frequent and plentiful.
that he was mooning along in a state of perfect unconscious-
ness of his whereabouts, when he was accidentally seen by an
acquaintance, who, finding the predicament he was in, took him
under his protection and conveyed him to the inn at which they
had before met. Now this said inn was frequented by a partY
of choice spirits, members of the Wide-awake Club, who never
lose an opportunity of a laugh, at whosoever's expense it maybe
enjoyed. From the " gentle violence" which the friend found
necessary to use in propelling the young farmer along, a beliet
was engendered that certain members of the corps of blue
devils ' had him in charge. The idea was not lost on the
merry guests, who, whilst he was endeavouring to recover WS
scattered senses by a snooze, fitted up a back room with all the
appurtenances and properties of the charge room of a station-
house, and accoutred themselves as representatives of the stern,
officials of justice. The court was opened, which consisted e`
the represewatives of two magistrates and their clerk, a ser-
geant, and several policemen, the latter aroused the prisoner
from his slumbers, by stating that his attendance was neces-
sary, as they were about to dismiss the night charges. Be n,st
placed before the bench, and the evidence against him brought
forward. The magistrates declared, as usual, that they b 0
lieved every word of the statement of the police, and it woe'
be useless for the prisoner to make any defence. The charge
was therefore admitted to be just, the mercy of the court Was
prayed in most moving terms, two persons present gave hiTtuni
most excellent character, and on his prom sing not to off'ise
again, he was mulcted the usual fine and dismissed. g,
was accompanied by his friends through the inn yard into
dark back street, down which they walked till by another tern,
they reached High•street. The farmer then insisted on h 2:
friends taking a glass with him, and they speedily entered 07_
the front door, the inn they so recently left, and found the room_
filled with tho e who participated in the joke, who were quaf6og..
the jovial draught at his cost. But little inducement was red
quire.l, and the farmer recapitulated the momentous eventepe-,
the evening in a similar style to " Honest Jack Falstaff' e
the robbery at Gad's-hill, and showed how he annihilated sidd
liceman by a blow under the jugular ; how the others, terrified
at his prowess, left him master of the field, until they had pro-
cured cured a reinforcement and mastered him at length solelY7.,
dint of numbers ; how he " got over" the magistrates and
tR,4,
caged with such slight punishment, to the great delight of _,
actors in the late drama, who were there in propria persos.x.
laughing in their sleeve at the marvellous gullibility of e.
Cotesw old hero.— Cheltenham Examiner.
We insert the following notice at the request 01 of
correspondent, though it is of old date :—Mr. Joseph Disen 00(
the Scottish bar, who represented the Glasgow distrietaiej
to burghs in the Parliament which passed the Reform Bill,
yr-
suddenly on Monday the 15th inst. at Helensburgh, Dum IN,
ton.hire. Mr. Dixon was a zealous friend to. Liberal prinoiP
and contributed much valuable assistance towards the prom
tion and extension of the cause in the county of Dumbarton.
rt
SCHOOL OF DESIGN, SOMERSET4IOUSE," rePis°ool
having obtained extensive circulation, to the effect that the sc"oo4
for the instruction of ladies in drawing and engraving tiP°° Lye
had been abandoned, we made inquiry, and find that the In,.—tee
was justified, in part, by a suspension of the operations 0'
school, but that such is, by order of the committee, again °jars
The temporary closing of the school is to be attributed to the uci!op
of several wood ergravers who twice memorialised the cot!
tin%
and obtained a hearing by deputation; the deputation lot' of
that the formation of a school for the education
ladies in the arts would materially interfere with the ;Po ofefol•
sion of wood engraving; reducing the income of -„,Over
lowers by an increase of qualified persons; and, ra";-„pee
withdrawing from those who have position and standing the r",- lie
of obtaining premiums with pupils, while the necessary kOw:honl
could be acquired at so small a rate as that charged by the °" g
of Design. It was urged, on the other side, that artists, dr350
masters, design draftsmen, and other professions, might with ccird,
propriety advance the same reasons, and if such were enterta.;
that every branch of instruction which is now pursued with
much good, must be altogether abandoned. The present no'"
of pupils in all branches is about 240.
THE Pooa-LAw.—Lastly, we will consider toll
overseers of the poor, who sometimes literally oversee or oveT;io,
E the cases of distress requiring assistance. The poor-law °f the
beth has been superseded by a much poorer law of Williateri
Fourth, the one great principle of which is to afford the lusii.ncee
divorce to persons in needy circumstances. It also discounte°:,,l
relief to the able-bodied, a point which is effected by disabil°llool,
far as possible, anybody who comes into the workhouse. The
. tune
law is administered by three Commissioners, who spend their vie
in diluting gruel and writing reports—trying experiMett. out
little will suffice to prevent a repeal of the union between "I'

and the body.—Punch. 110'
DISTURBANCE IN lIIE PARISII CHURGII A. C
t the
TENIIAM.—During the solemnization of divine service, goo.
parish church, on Wednesday last, just as Mr. Close ha said in
inenced reading the first lesson, a woman stood up nna,td to
a loud voice—" Frank Close, I have a message from 000
thee." This announcement produced a great een!diffi,
throughout the church, and the speaker was with so On the
nutty taken out and given in charge of a policerean.
_es an
following morning she was taken before the magig"Lystion
was dismissed, on promising not to disturb the cengr'crwind
again. She has every a;pearance of being of uns"%ics.-""
and has been at the Asylum at Glnuceiter three
Cheltenham Free Press.

BIRTHS. f Car
On the 12th inst., at Oronsay, Argylesbire, the 114,19 o
tan Mthe 'Neil.lthll,
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tolloway, of a daughter. , 0101
On ~ at Rochefort, France, tho lady of
Henry TaLqueray, Erg., of a daughter.
ED. Jame;
On the 171-1 in,t., at MARRI
St. Luke's, Norwood, the fleater
Trcvilt, of ELlntion-on-t be-Hill, Essex, to Mary, .8u "
Mr. Richard Sarup-on. Elm-grove, Norwood.

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On the 17th it:st., at Pilgrim's Cottage, 118- • end,
LadY
Elizabeth Foster, aged 61. the
Catherine
11. pa
t h inst.,
aged 2
t,.,at A. 117.
,hingto_nnear Exeter,
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