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KING, OCTOBER 13, 1827

MORE AMUSING VIIAN CREDIBLE.

Two months ago, there came to Marseilles a
adventurer named V . He introduce

himself to the family of Mr. X , who re-
ceived him with entire confidence, arid for whom
lie said he had had several letters of recommen-
dation, which he had lost on his journey. En-
dowcd with a ready elocution, and possessing
fascinating manners, he succeeded in engaging
the affections of Mr. X s youngest daughter.
When'he was assured of the confidence of the
rest of the members of the family, he thought
proper to put his project into execution. One
day when Mr. X- and his children .were at

table, the,door opened, and Mr. V made
his appearance in the coLtume of a savage ; white
feathers waved over his head and around his body;
his arms were naked, his legs -covered with rings,
and a bow in his hand. He saluted his host
profoundly : and in the midst of the general
astonishment, he spoke as follows :—" -You will
take-me . a madman—undeceive yourselves ;
I am a King, and King of Timhuctoo, a large
and powerful kingdom situated in the centre of
Africa. You shall learn how I came from a

midshipman, whish I was, to attain' my present
exalted rank. Listen. I was on board the Me-
dusa when she was cast away on the coast of

Africa, on the banks of Arguin ; my companions
were drowned: stronger than they were, I saved
myself by swimming, and landed on the coast
which borders on the great desert of Sahara. For
several months I walked on without discovering
a single habitation. Not to weary you with the
recital of my sufferings, I shall 'merely say that I
was met by some Moors, who captured me,
carried me to Timbuctoo, and sold me to the

King, who was delighted to possess me when he
kneW that I understood a little of medicine. He
fell ill, and my cares restored him to health.
This cure obtained me very great honour. At
the end of threi months he again fell ill; but
whether it was Wit nature did not second my
efforts, or that my skill was defective, the King
died. The people, who in that country choose
the sovereign, seated me on the throne of Tim-
buctoo. Possessor of a kingdom, where no
foreigner except me had ever put his foot, I caused
myself to be admired by the wisdom of my
laws. Always thinking of the future, I amassed

mtnense treasures, and time has shewn me tha

this precaution was not useless. An ambitious
man spread among the people a report, that I
had not submitted to that operation which was
indispensible for those who reigned ; this was to
have my nose cut off. My enemies united them-
selves to this ambitious man, and it was resolved
to cut off this prominent part of my counte-
nance, or make me give up the title of King.
In this situation I had no person in whom I could
place confidence, and I took a desperate part.
One night, when all my subjects were asleep, I
carried off my treasure, and left the city of Tim-
buctoo without knowing on what side to direct
my steps. I proceeded straight forward, and
after a forced march of 40 days, I found myself
on the borders of the ocean, where an English
vessel, which was there to prevent the slave trade,
received me on board, and carried nie to Eng-
land, whence I am soon to return, to place myself
at the head of fifteen hundred men, who Will re-
store me to the throne of Timbuctoo. _But my
wishes are not limited by that. I wish to become
the husband of your daughter; and although she
has only 100,000 francs for her portion, it will
be delightful for me to select her for my Queen."
Here V- was silent, and the whole family
cried out, " He is a King, we should never have
believed it." The father did not make me wait

long for his answer; and with a voice agitated
by vanity and surprise, he said—" Sirc, since you
haves deigned to condescend to love my daughter,
I give her to you fora wife. But how can you
forget the little attention we have shewn towards
you ? How—" " Let us speak no more of
that," replied V—; " permit me only to make
a little present to the Queen, my future wife," and
he, at the same time, drew forth a large collar of
false precious stones, with which he surrounded
the neck of Mademoiselle X—, and every one
was in ecstacy at the generosity of the King. At
the desert the health of V— was drank, and cries
of "Long live the King!" made the glasses jingle.
The next day V— requested of his future
father-in-law ten thousand francs to procure a
crown ; not that he wanted money, but he was
anxious to become the debtor of Mr. X. The
latter immediately counted him out the sum. He
then left the house, and never appeared there
again. The family was desirous of keeping the
whole affair secret ; and had it not been for a
mere accident, the public would not have known
the history of the pseudo King of Tinibuctoo.

One day last week, a poor woman, ac-
companied by her husband, both in a state of
wretched destitution, came into Stamford, and
as is usual with persons of their class, the woman
walked to Burghley House, to solicit alms, either
in the shape of money or broken victuals. Per-
haps since the tender . Sarah Noggins first
adorned the splendour of Burghley by becoming
its mistress, a greater surprisehas not been ex-
perienced within its precincts. The wretched
supplicantiahsoine.ioruonkg g fellow,hebell, aanpdp
ethareepdo, hrteor,t becameaportly,
id
e didbl
that she
agitated by the object before him. She craved
charity : he answered by interrogatories: and
come
lvfiaosmsh?e
h?ow came
what was she
she therecondition ? to all which, answers were given
truly and tremblingly. She had married against
the wish of her parents, whose care she had de-
serted for that of her husband ; lie had been a
soldier nine years; but now embittered poverty
was their IoL The honest fellow had known
the applicant from the moment she that day met
his vision, though he had notseeeb
four-
teennalieerlfooorgerto
refrain, the tears ye arsm previously, ho
r fromand now, u
his
eyes,
and, taking
the poor creature by the hand, he exclaimed,
You are—you are—my sister !" The asto-
nislnnent of the woman may be conceived; an
explanation followed; her brother was. the
younger, arebcoelrleecetoigolsoefdlibeyr
features,ou n ger
whilshadt
hi
his
retainedw were
r e
not
t to
her,' for he had advanced from youth to man-
hood since she last saw him. It is needless to
add, that prompt relief was given to her who had
thus found a . brother in a stranger far from her
native vales, and that that brother, with com-
mendable generosity afforded to his sister and
her husband the pecuniary assistance becoming his
and their respedtive stations.—Stamford News.

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 12.—0 n Wednesday tile 10th
inst, (the first day of term) the following gentlemen
were elected University Officers for the year cn-

PROCTORS.
The Rev. Adam Sedgwick, M.A. Triuity. College.
The Rev. Thomas Smith Turnbull, M.A. Caius College.

TAXORfi.
The Rev. John Hind, M.A. Sidney College.
The Rev. W. Heard Shelford, M.A. Emmanuel College.

MODERATORS.
The Rev. William Whewell, M.A. Trinity College.
Joshua King, M.A. Queen's College.

SCRUT_4TORS.
The Rev. Joseph Jee, B.D. Queeli'm College.
The Rev. W. L. P. Garnons, B.D. Sidney College.
On the same day the undermentioned degrees
were conferred:—

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Rev. Frederick Vernon Lockwood, Trinity College.
Rev. John Henry Bright, St. John's College.
Rev. Thomas Ferris, St. John's College.
Rev. William Henry Green, St. John's College.
Rey. John Penny, Emiiimuel College. .
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

George William Scott, Trinity College.
Charles Tayleur, Trinity College.
Bryan Edward Duppa, St. John's College.
William Wales, Catherine Hall.
Christopher Mends Gibson, Jesus College.
Thomas Marriott, Christ College.
Charles Delete Radcliffe, Magdalene College.
Robert Broughton Clay, Sidney Sussex College.
Charles Lillingaton, Emmanuel College.
There will be congregations on the following da.:,
of the present term :
Friday Oct. 12, at eleven.
Wednesday Oct. 24, at eleven.
Wednesday Nov. 14, at eleven.
Wednesday Dec. 5, at eleven.
Sunday -Dec. 16! (eud of term) at ten.
_ _ _ _ -

Lord Arthur Hervey, son of the Marquis of Bris•
tol,—Lord Dalmeuy, son of the Earl of Roseberry,
—the Hon. William Charles Wentworth Fitzwil-
liam, son of Lord Milton,—and the Hon. A. F.
Phipps, son of Lord Mulgrave,—are admitted of
Trinity College.
On Saturday last the Rev. Charles Ingle, M.A.
was instituted to the livings of Strensall and Os-
baldwick, in the county of York, vacant by the re-
signation of the Rev. C. F. Clinton ; patron, the
Rev. J. Webber, prebendary of York.
The following gentlemen of this University were
ordained by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, on the
23d ult.:—

DEACONS.--Jehn Noble, B.A. Sidney Sussex College ;
John Clarke Russel, B.A. St. Peter's College; Joseph
Medlieott, B.A. Queen's College; Thomas Pope, B.A.
Trinity College.
PRIESTS. =-..Edward Sneyd, B.A. Christ College ; Wil-
liam Start, M.A. Trinity College.

OXFORD, OCT. 13.—0 n Monday last, in full
Convocation, a letter from the Chancellor of the
University was read, re-appointing the Rev. Richard
Jenkyns, D. D. Master of Balliol, to be Vice-Chan-
cellor for the ensuing year. This appoiktment being
unanimously approved, the Vice-Chancellor took the
usual oaths, and nominated the following Pro-Vice-
Chancellors :--
The Rev. Dr. Hall, Master of Pembroke.
The Rev. Dr. Jones, Rector of Exeter.
The Rev. Dr, Rowley, Master of University.
The Rev. Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brasennose.

In the same Convocation it was agreed that, till
the alterations in St. Mary's Church shall have been
completed, the Vice-Chancellor be authorised to
transfer the sermons and other religious services re-
quired of the University, in St. Mary's, to any other
Church in Oxford.

Congregations will be holden for the purpose of
granting Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the
following days during Michaelmas Term, viz.—
Thursday, October 25; Wednesday, Oct. 31 ;
Thursday, Nov. 15 ; Thursday, Nov. 22; Thursday,
Nov. 29 ; Thursday, Dec. 6 ; Monday, Dec. 17.
On Wednesday last, being the first day of Term,
the Rev. Thos. Farley, M.A. Demy of Magdalen
College, was admitted in Congregation a Pro-Proctor
of the University, in the room of the Rev. W. S.
Cole, of Worcester College, resigned.
At the same time the following Degrees were,
conferred :

MASTERS 01 ARTS.
Rev. Thomas Moseley, St: Edmund Hall.
Richard Latham, Fellow of Brasennose.
Rev. Robert Hussey, Student of Christ Church.
Rev. Charles Langton, Trinity.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Hugh Seymour Tremenheere, Fellow of New College,
Rich. John Lockwood Maydwell, Wadham. .
The Earl of Craven, the Earl of Selkirk, an(
Viscount Grimston, have entered at Christ Church,
in this University.

The Rev. Jos. Dornford, M.A. to the Perpetual
Curacy of Moreton Pinkney, Northamptonshire;
patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Oriel College,
in this University.
The Rev. E. J. Shepherd, B.A. Scholar of
Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of
Trostcliffe, Kent, vacant by the death of the Rev.
Archdeacon Crawford; patron, the Lord Chancellor.
The Rev. Bartley Lee, Curate of All Saints'
Parish, Huntingdon, has been elected, by the
Mercers' Company, to the Lectureship, vacant by
the death of the Rev. W. Panchen.
The Rev. James Lowther Senhouse, M.A. of
Trinity College, Cambridge, Curate of Sawley,
Derby, and "Ponsonby, Cumberland, has been in-
stituted, by the Bishop of Chester, to the Rectory
of Gosforth, Cumberland, on the presentation of
Mrs. W. Senhouse.

DIED.—At Fancy Hall, in this town, on the
Bth instant, Mrs. Harriet Sitwell, aged 22, wife of Hurt
Sitwell, Esq. of Ferney, Salop, deeply regretted by her
family for her endearing and amiable manners, and the vir-
tues which adorned her character.— Cheltenham Chronide.

, DEATH CAN D ta:s.—ln many parts of Wales,
the most extraordinary superstitions still previiil, and seem
to defy the power of civilization. • Athong these, the moll
curious, perhaps, are those which relate to the presages atui
signs of death. When an individdel is about to quit this
world, at a certain period previous to his departure, anti
always in the night-time, a phantom exactly resembling
the devoted person, is thought to issue from the sick chatn-
ber, with a small pale taper in its hand, and to proceed
through the road over which the funeral is to pass, to thi.
church-yard. After entering the sacred edifice, the phan-
tom issues out again, the candle still burning, and proceed►
to the spot where the grave is to be opened ; and there this
fearful apparition of phantom and candle descends into tin
and earth disappears.

TANNING AND WEA VlNG.—There were tic
two trades that suffered more severely during the late com-
mercial distress than tanning and weaving. The weaving
is very brisk at present, every hand is employed, and goods
are on the advance, but the wages are still so low, that
very few are able to liquidate any portion of the debt they
contracted during the dullness. Since the middle of April,
the tanning has bees in a state of slow but progressive im-
provement, and at present most of the old and establishes'
concerns are so throng that they find it difficult to get their
orders completed in due time. The unique toast, " cheat
meal and dear leather," is a favourite with this body, awl
hence the intelligence of the breaking off of the treaty be.
tween Buenos Ayres and Brazil was heard with pleasure.
as it had the effect of raising coarse hides a penny a pound,
and increasing the previous vivacity of the business. The
society in Edinburgh have not been called on by a single
tramp for upwards of a month—a circumstance which indi-
cates that the country tan-works have their share of th,
prosperity of the business.—Scotsman.

The annexed account of the method of print-
publication, the
derived
.great
print-
jeoting figures on ware, is froamudandissaAy
rot:..t,_he
isittifi
. of Earthen Ware and Porcelain, by Park,
an English writer, the whole of which essay may
" Bostor
be found in that useful
Journal of Philosophy
./Egis.
Press. The use of this valuable 'machinef which
advTathiteagle)otftreorrns otfheEinngtrloailducthioant7of t:Ze Printing
is comparatively of late date, has enabled the..,
manufacturers to produce*
greater variety of pat..
terns, and of neater execution, than could pos-
sibly be acquired at a small expense by the pencil.
As this is a curious branch of the business, it
will be proper to describe .itie little more parti-
cularly. It consists in first piinting the intended
pattern with some metallic eolour, chiefly the
oxide of. cobalt,. on what is called silver paper,_
and then in transferring the colour bout the paper
to the surface of the porcelain. This style of
Colouring ea. them ware is a very successful unite-
don of the old' blue porcelain of China, and of .
late years has been the means of extending' the
consumption of British pottery. throughout
Europe more than any other improvement in the
manufactory ; for the potters of China are totally
unacquainted with the printing press, and conse-
quently all their designs are produced by the
pencil alone.
of
thel This i s
earthenm o anode ofw airme paorrtlocrlceesliagntii s,
taundthewlsiuicrlf.iacie
known in the trade by the appellation of " blue
printing," is managed somewhat in the following
manner :--

One man constantly attends the press, which
is very similar to our common copper-plate print-
ing press ; and as soon as he has applied the
colour, which is laid on the copper in the same
manner as the copper-plate printers apply the
ink, he lays it upon At hot iron, to thin the oil
with. which .the colour *always mixed for this
purpose. .The oil which is used is a peculiar
preparation of boiled linseed oil. When the
colour upon the copper-plate is thus reduced to a
proper consistence, a sheet of silverpaper is laid
over it, and the workman passes it, with the
paper, through the press.
For blue printing, the oxide of cobalt is the
only mineral which is employed. This is largely
prepared in
dshtio t6ho.
esStthaffe
pound,ordshie
apeoctotredriiensg, andto i
tss sells
from
in-
tensity and goodness. Indeed, such improve-
ments have been made- in the manufacture of
this colour, that the. Chinese potters are now
supplied from England. with all the cobalt -they
consume.
When the paper comes from the printing press,
it is of course found to be stamped with the in-
tended pattern. It is theu delivered, while wet
with the colour, to a girl, who cuts off' the super-
fluous paper with a pair of scissors, and passes it
to another girl, who immediately applies it to a
piece of biscuit wafer and then delivers it to a
third, who fixes it more firmly by rubbing it
very hard with a piece of flannel tightly rolled up
in the form of a short cylinder.
The design of this hard rubbing is toloree
the colours into the pores of the ware.. When
the papers which, have been thus applied„hare
lain for about an hour, the colour is generally
found to be sufficiently fixed to admit of their
being detached. This is effected by putting the
articles into a tub of water, where the paper
soon becomes soft and pulpy enough to allow
of its being', peeled off by gentle friction, leaving
the full impression of the pattern upon the biscuit.
The papers having been removed, the ware
is suffered to stand a sufficient time to become
dry, and then it is put into an oven at alow
heat, for the purpose of dissipating the oil, and
preparing it fer receiving the glaze.
It must be obvious that it is necessary to
employ a glaze which is transparent, in order to
give full effect, to the brilliancy of the cobalt
colour. A little of this blue oxide is also ge
nerally mixed with the glaze, for the same pur-
pose as laundresses employ., smalt with then
starch, viz. to increase the ehiteness; by subdu-
ing any yellow tint that might otherwise impair
its lustre.
Here I cannot avoid observing, that it would
be an important acquisition if some suitable
article, instead of oil, . could be discovered for
mixing with the colours which are employed for
printing on earthen ware, and which could be of.
such a nature as not to require to be burnt ofr
previously to the application of the glaze. It
appears tome to be worth while to institute a
series of eiperimencs,.forthis particular object ;
because, if it could be
.attained, what immense
quantities of printed goods, besides those which
are ornamented by the pencil, might be com-
pletely finished with two firings instead of three,
which, on the, present plan, such goods always
require ! Were it on no other account than the
expense of this, vehicle,. it is desirable to find a
substitute. Some of the first enamel painters
think it necessary to use even the best rectified
oil of amber, and this of lite years has been very
costly.
pkrnrcei9en t
thein g
Lan..tw o
will, war , which,dored uifffbe
rte rnhteoono
twt is,
sec ovotemlhor
eeuf fanciful
possibility
mc
ai
etf uol
oerhi
cot
oenir.
Another idea occurs to me respecting printed
coWarshltihairtree calico printers. This, I presume, would
be a discovery of great importance to every ma-
nufacturer of fine earthen warje
now appear
:olapefylr be realised.

PREMATURE n Monday
INTErtmEN
night last, as the prisoners in the County Gaol
of Mayo w.ere about to be locked up for the
night, the Governor, who took Charge of the
convict class, found' a man leis than. he should
have had; a search was immediately commenced,
when strange tosay,the prisoner:was round buried
in a grave which h adbeen prepared for him by his
fellow eonvicts, over the mouth of which a deal
board was laid, in order to prevent the living in-
mate of a premature grays, from being injured
by a large quantity of broken stones which had
been strewn over this .mock cemetery—of course
he was immediately disinterred, and under addi-
tional restraints they were 'all committed to their
different cells.—Waterford Chronicle.
little
clay a
fi
r circlee-p a
c of
mud .
If any person of an inferior caste should happ
HINDOO SUPERSTITION.—When.—When a Hindoo
is about to boil his simple meal of rice, he first
profusely waters the earth, and after smoothing it
with
m of
his
himself, and hand,
hiB he forms
to touch the interior of this circle, even withena
aroundt he pal
stick or a stone, every thing would be tt
u utterlyde-
filed. The fire-place, the CHI.
Mary utensils, and
the food, would be instant
sueous y destroyed and
thrown away. The 4indoo then rushes to the
Ganges, purifies himself, in the sacred stream,
and seeks the advice and consolation of his Priest.
If all thie were not immediately attended to, he
would' suffer .the ' of greatest all possible nus-
fortunes—the loss of caste.—London !freckly
Review.