The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18.52.

THE NEW BOROUGH GAOL.—This extensive building,
at Walton, will, we understand, be completed and ready
for the reception of prisoners by the close of the ensuing
summer. The shell of the building is up, and the outer
wall finished, so that the work remaining to be done is
chiefly to put in the floors and fit up the cells branching
on each side from the long corridor. When the gaol is
ready for the purpose, debtors committed from the
Borough will be sent there instead of to Lancaster Castle.
EXTRAORDINARY BIRD.—Mr. Brennan, of St. John's
Market, in this town, has a hen which appears like two
birds, according to the side from which the spectator
views it. The plumage and other peculiarities give ex-
ternal evidence of two distinct varieties. On one side she
appears to the spectator a duckwing game hen, with
small wattle and green leg : on the other she has the
plumage of the dark-spotted China fowl, with long wattle
and blue leg. On the leg last alluded to she has a large
spur, on the other merely a small bud. By poultry-
fanciers she is considered a great curiosity.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTION.—On Tuesday
evening last, Joseph Hubback, Esq., one of the Vice-
presidents, delivered the third of the private course of
lectures, addressed to the members in the rooms in Bold-
street. The subject was " Juvenile Delinquency," to
which Mr. Hubback has so energetically devoted himself
for years. The extent, the causes, and the remedies for
this great evil were stated clearly and accurately, and the
numerous attendance of members were much impressed
by the important matters brought before their notice, and
especially by the details of youthful vice as connected
with the town of Liverpool.
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.—On Thursday last, the public
examination of the children attending St. Martin's schools
took place. The answers of the children gave evidence of
the pains bestowed upon them by Mr. U. J. Davis and
Miss Tomlison. During the evening, the children sang
several concerted pieces of music with admirable taste and
precision. At the close of the examination, the Rev. C
Wray addressed the parents ; and, in spoke of the zealous
manner in which the teachers had discharged their duties.
We are informed that the pupils privately presented their
master with a valuable memento of their gratitude and
esteem upon his leaving the school.
THOMAS WRIGHT, THE PRISON PHILANTHROPIST.—
The committee of gentlemen who took upon themselves
the task of providing for Thomas Wright, of Manchester,
whose peculiar claims upon the gratitude of the public are
so widely known, have obtained, including £lOO from the
Royal Bounty Fund, £3246, the larger portion of which
has been thus disposed of :—£loo2 is. sunk in the pur-
chase of a Government annuity for Mr. Wright's life,
producing £lO2 per annum ; and £2OOO to be invested
immediately in Manchester Corporation bonds, producing
£BO per annum. After deducting a small sum for ex-
penses, a balance of £lB6 remained, which has been paid
over to Mr. 'Wright.

BURGLARIES IN LIVERPOOL.—A gang of thieves ap-
pear to have taken up their quarters in this town, and
have committed several depredations during the week.
Yesternight week, in the absence of the inmates, the
house of Mr. John Williams, No. 12, Bevington-bush,
was entered by forcing in the back window, and wearing
apparel to the value of £6 or £7 carried away.—On the
same night, the house of Mr. Richard Briscombe, St.
Paul's-terrace, Prince's-park, was entered through the
coal-grid, but the thieves must have been disturbed, as
nothing is missing.—On Monday night, also, a house in
Peel-square, Cazneau-street. was entered by false keys,
during the absence of the family, and a few articles of
trifling value stolen.
LIVERPOOL WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—Amid the
strife of contending factions, and the bitterness of party
crimination and recrimination, it is gratifying to find that
not only are the services of the late Duke of Wellington
unforgotten, but that the public, of all shades of political
opinion, willingly combine to testify their gratitude and
appreciation of his integrity, both as a warrior and a
statesman. In Liverpool, we are glad to perceive, the
subscription opened for a substantial memorial of the
duke has reached the sum of £5,250, which we hope,
however, will be liberally increased, in order that it may
be at once worthy the fame and merits of him whom it is
meant to commemorate, and of the wealth and im-
portance of Liverpool, which must be regarded as the
commercial capital of the British empire.
COCKLE GATHERING IN MORECAMBE BAY.—The
contemplated railway across the upper part of this
picturesque arm of the sea will affect, it is said, more or
less, the interest and livelihood of a numerous class of
persons who obtain their living upon the sands ; and some
idea may be formed of this feature of industry when we
state that upwards of five hundred individuals are engaged
upon the wharves and cockle skeers of Cartmel, in the
daily pursuit of treading up cockles or other things. The
sands whereon these marine shell-fish abound are only
productive of the cockle for about two years, for when
the sands have become hard, the cockles, not having
atmospheric air, remove to another locality, and the
cockle-gatherers are thus obliged to follow this law of
nature, moving up and down the bay as the sands are
indurated.—Preston Chronicle.

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.—The committee of management met at War-
rington, on the 16th instant, to decide on the puree of the
annual meeting next year, and to revise the rules and list
of prizes. R. Ledger, Esq. (agent to the Earl of Sefton)
presided.—lt was unanimously resolved, that the next
annual show of cattle and poultry, and the dinner should
be at Warrington, on Wednesday, the 7th of September.
The inspectors of farms and crops (Messrs. Rothwell and
Dixon) reported the respective weights of the turnips and
other green crops, grown this year and previously, entered
for the society's prizes; and the committee decided to
whom the prizes should be awarded, subject to the sanc-
tion of the annual meeting. The Journal of the society is
expected to be in the hands of members in February.
TRADE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND NEW YORK.—
The following is a statement of the tonnage cleared out
from the port of Liverpool to New York, from January
Ist to December 4th, 1852, with the American as com-
pared with the British tonnage :

AMERICAN. BRITISH.
Sailing vesselscleared }mom Sailinutg vessels cleared} 35,714
out
Steam ditto

1(1,597
356,221 I 39,144
Balance in favour of the American, 317,077 tons, or more
than eight times the British. The greater portion of the
British clearances are of vessels belonging to the timber
trade, which went on to the St. Lawrence, after landing
passengers at New York.

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CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The annual sale of
articles, contributed gratuitously to the Everton Church
Missionary Repository, in aid of the funds of the Society,
commenced on Tuesday, and closed on Friday last, at
the School-room, Mill-lane, Everton-road. The sale was
superintended by Mrs. Ewbank. Among the articles for
sale was a table well-stocked with clothing for the poor,
which sold readily, in order to be given away to the de-
serving. There were a large number of cushions, of anti-
macassars,' and many other kinds of knitting, netting, and
crochet work, wax flowers, dolls, drawings, screens, and
" The Children's Tree," hung with the labours of juvenile
promoters of the missionary cause. The sale occupied
two of the school-rooms, and a third apartment was ap-
propriated to the sale of refreshments. At the close
the total receipts were £lO5.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on Thurs-
day last, Mr. Turner in the chair, several tenders for felt,
sail, canvas, &c., were accepted. With respect to the
work required at the Wapping Dock, it was decided that
Mr. Hartley should furnish a schedule of prices, in order
that the weekly bills might be examined before being
signed, and the matter was left to the committee to be
carried out. Mr. H. B. Hornbv, landing clerk at the
Albert Dock warehouses, tendered his resignation on the
ground of illness, and it was accepted. A letter was read
from Messrs. T. Pearson and Co., iron-founders, asking
for an increase in their contract for work at the Stanley
Dock warehouses, on account of a large rise in the price
of iron ; but the committee declined to comply. A letter
from Mr. S. Mott, relative to a plan for forming a har-
bour of refuge between the Great and Little Ormsheads,
was referred to the marine committee.

OBSEQUIES OF THE LATE DUKE.—Under the title of
"Obsequies of the late Field Marshal the Duke of Wel-
lington," a very elegant portfolio of lithograph engravings
has just been published by Messrs. Maclure, Macdonald
and Macgregor, of this town and of London, lithographers
to her Majesty. It contains a portrait of the departed
hero from the bust by Baron Marochetti, which was
modelled from life for the equestrian statue at Glasgow,
and a series of seven views of the ceremonies at the late
funeral. The subjects depicted are as follows :—" Lying
in State at Chelsea Hospital," "Departure of the Funeral
Cortege from the Horse Guards," " Procession as seen
from the top of the Triumphal Arch at Ansley House,"
" View at Trafalgar Square," "Arrival at St. Paul's,"
and " Interior of St. Paul's." They are executed with
the fidelity of photography by Mr. Andrew Maclure, and
each of them presents a finished picture of a scene of
which it would be difficult to find a parallel. The many
who are anxious for a memento of the Duke's Funeral
cannot do better than obtain this exquisite portfolio.

LIVERPOOL RAGGED SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The sixth
annual meeting of this society was held at the Mission-
house, Bedford-street, on Wednesday evening last, at
which George Holt, Esq., presided. The report of the
committee spoke favourably of the present condition of
the schoo?s, and hopefully as to the future. It urged the
necessity of some national and systematic measure of
education, to provide for the wants of the lowest classes,
and for the safety and best interests of society at large.
The average attendance during the last three months had
been—boys' school between 60 and 70 ; girls 40 to 50.
The number of boys now actually attending is from 80 to
90. In allusion to the new building contemplated in con-
nexion with the Liverpool domestic mission, the com-
mittee expressed a hope that it would be so arranged as
that the two schools may be held under the same roof,
and be placed under more complete superintendence.
The report was approved and ordered to be printed. A
committee for the ensuing year was then appointed, and
the customary votes of thanks to the officers and the
chairmen were passed unanimously.

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. -At the
weekly meeting on Wednesday last, the Rev. W. Badnall
in the chair, Mr. Latham, relieving officer, called the
attention of the board to a frightful case of depravity in
Wright-street, Toxteth-park. A woman named Greig,
the wife of a sailmaker, by her drunken and depraved
habits, had reduced her husband and three children to the
utmost state of destitution. The woman was confined a
fortnight ago, on a bare mattress, and on Saturday last
the husband gave her £2, after which she pawned his
shirt ; and the children were naked and in a state of
absolute starvation. On the officer visiting the house on
Sunday, he did not find a single particle of meat. Several
members expressed their indignation at the conduct of
the woman, and an order was granted to take the children
into the workhouse, on the condition that the father
should pay for their board. It was subsequently ordered
that a bill of £54 for rates due to Everton be paid, and
that payment be insisted upon from the Everton overseers
of the arrears of the last call made upon them. A com-
plaint was made against Mr. M`Govern, the out-door
contractor for supplying bread to the poor, who it was
alleged had not kept up to his contract of furnishing
bread at a penny a pound. Several instances were cited
in which he had been required to deliver 6d. and Is.
loaves, when the farmer was found to weigh little rnore than
albs, and the latter about 7lbs only. The ,clerk was
Inured to write to the .Vo9.r-law Board.on the gai*ct,

TESTIMONIAL TO MRS. H. B. STOWE.—At a meeting
of ladies, held in the Institution-house, Slater-street, it
was resolved to set on foot a subscription for a testi-
monial to be presented to Mrs. Stowe, the authoress of
" Uncle Tom's Cabin," as a token of admiration for her
genius, and of high esteem for her philanthropy and
Christian feeling. The treasurers of the fund are Mrs.
M'Neile, Mrs. Adam Hodgson, Mrs. Rawdon, and Mrs.
Cropper. The trustees for its transmission, &c. are Mr.
Wm. Rathbone, Mr. Adam Hodgson, and Mr. John
Cropper. A committee of ladies has been formed, which
meets weekly to promote the object in view, at the Insti-
tution. house.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.-At the weekly meeting of this
board, on Thursday last, Mr. Langsdale in the chair, it
was reported that the mortality of the borough for the
past week was 173, of which 48 were in the extra-paro-
chial wards, being an increase of 25 on the previous week,
and of 35 as compared with the average of the four pre-
ceding years. The decrease had been chiefly in diseases
of the lungs—the deaths from which were 67 against 84 in
the previous week. One death had occurred from delirium
tremens ; and a boy of four years old had died from rheu-
matism. Plans, &c., were produced by a deputation
from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company,
who sought permission to cross Boundary-street, Black-
stock-street, and Regent-road, by a railway at the north-
ern docks,—no locomotives to be used on the crossings.
The plans were ordered to be submitted to the borough
engineer, after which the matter would go before the
committee for consideration.

SPEED OF AN IRON STEAMER.—The Countess of Elles-
mere, iron steam-vessel, performed an unprecedented feat
on Christmas day, by making two trips to Runcorn and
back in one tide. She left George's Pierhead at S 30,
a.m., (high water being at 10 45, a.m.,) and got back on
her second trip at 1 30, p.m., thus occupying only five
hours, including stoppages, in running a distance of about
seventy miles. Allowing three-quarters of an hour for the
various stoppages at Runcorn and Liverpool, and, con-
sidering that two of the trips were made with, and two
against, the tide, her actual speed through the water must
have been sixteen to seventeen miles an hour ; a great
result from a vessel only eighty horse-power, when the
strong gale of wind that blew during the greater part of
the morning is taken into account, and that she was loaded
with passengers. The Countess of Ellesmere was built by
Mr. Laird for the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater,
for improving the passenger transit between Liverpool and
Runcorn, and her performance on Saturday last proves
not only that she has accomplished that object, but that
she is the fastest steamer sailing from the Mersey.

THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPPOOL V. THE CHORLEY
Waranwonics COMPANY.—This case, which was an ap-
peal motion from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Kinders-
ley, and was argued a few days ago, stood on the paper of
the Court of Chancery for judgment on Wednesday last.
Lord Justice Cranworth delivered the judgment of the
court in the case. His lordship said that the question in
this case was the right, or the extent of the right, of the
defendants to appropriate the water of a certain stream
flowing down from the Anglesart-moor. By the Chorley
Waterworks Act, in 1846, the defendants were made a
company, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of
Chorley with water, and powers were given them for that
purpose. In the year 1847, the plaintiffs got their act,
which enabled them to supply the town of Liverpool with
water, by means of the purchase of old works and the
construction of new works. It was said that the defend-
ants were diverting the water lower down the stream than
they were entitled to do. The Vice-Chancellor Kinders-
ley, when applied to for an injunction in the terms of the
bill, refused it except as to the diversion of the water.
The plaintiffs, being dissatisfied, appealed. As to the
diversion of the water, it was clear that the defendants
were exceeding their powers, and the injunction as to that
would be made perpetual. With regard to the com-
plaint that the defendants were using a covered culvert
instead of an open one :—it was necessary that any party
applying to compel the observance of the terms of an act
of parliament should show an interest. In the present
case the plaintiffs showed no interest, and the court,
therefore, would not be justified in interfering. The
unauthorised acts of the defendants, assuming it for this
purpose, and for this purpose only, to be unauthorised,
did not injure the plaintiffs. If, however, the defendants,
in carrying on their works, did anything having this effect,
the present decision would not prejudice the plaintiffs
from coming again to the court by a fresh suit. The pre-
sent bill would be therefore dismissed, except as to the
injunction against the diversion of the water, and there
would be no costs on either side.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—On Wednesday night last a shocking accident
occurred to the express train, which left the Lime-street
station, in this town, for London, at 5. 15, p.m. The
accident took place near Harrow ; and a guard, named
John Bartholomew, was unfortunately killed. As is the
usual practice, the engine from Liverpool was changed at
Rugby, and another engine (No. 289), with the Midland
train, comprising four carriages and a van, were attached
in front o the Liverpool express train, making 16
carriages in all. A London and Birmingham guard was
in charge of the Midland train. At eleven o'clock,
having passed Rugby station about three quarters of a
mile (travelling at its ordinary rate of about 40 miles an
hour), the tire of the leading wheel of the engine suddenly
broke, and came off, by which the engine, the van, and
three of the Midland carriages were entirely disconnected
from the Liverpool train. The fourth carriage of the
Midland train, although not detached, was thrown off
the up line, and projected over upon the down line. The
engine itself was thrown upon its side, the van was
smashed to atoms, and two of the carriages were driven
upon the top of it. The guard of the train was found
lying on the line in a shockingly mutilated condition, and
life quite extinct. George Grace, the driver of the ex-
press engine, was found on his back in a field on the left-
Inked side of the line, but, owing to the softness of the
soil from the heavy rains, he was uninjured. Tits Stoker
jumped on to the line, and also fell on his back, and had
a narrow escape, as he states that the whole train of
carriages passed over him. The alarm produced amongst
the passengers (all of whom miraculously escaped unhurt)
was very great; but before they had time to recover from
the effects of the shock, and even before the passengers
were released from the damaged carriages, a down goods
train from London, consisting of 40 or 50 vans, came at
a rapid rate, and not being aware of the accident, drove
into the Midland carriage that projected on the rails,
sending it with violence across the line. There were trio
passengers in this carriage, but they sustained no injury
by the collision, being able to escape through the window.
The engine of the goods train and four waggons were,
however, ejected from the line ; but in this case, also.
the persons in charge of the train luckily escaped from
injury. The driver of the goods-train, it is believed,
jumped off, and it is stated that the only signal he had of
the express being near was one of the passengers whistling
to him with his fingers. He shut off his steam and re-
versed his lever, but was too close to stop the impetus on
so heavy a goods-train. By the accident the line was
completely blocked up, and a telegraphic message was
sent to Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent at Euston-
square, who promptly sent an engine and carriages to the
spot, for the purpose of conveying the passengers and
luggage to London. The passengers were accordingly
transferred to the fresh carriages, and they left the scene
of the accident at 3 30 on Thursday morning, and arrived
safely in London at 4 12.

LIVERPOOL WATER-WORKS.—The 36-inch Rivington
mains are already laid the whole distance from Green-
lane to the Kensington Reservoir, and an additional line
of pipes, 18 inches in diameter, are about to be extended
to the foot of Prescot-street. The tunnel, we understand,
will be so enlarged as not only to admit the laying of the
larger pipes, but afford also a passage of sufficient size for
a man to walk alongside of them and make any requisite
repairs. The levels are such that it has been necessary
to sink 40 feet on the crown of the hill. A more im-
portant work, however, is in progress—the covering in of
the present reservoir at Kensington, and the formation
of a second covered reservoir, of still larger capacity, on
the land adjoining to it, and situated between that and
the public road. The advantages of covered over open
reservoirs are manifest. The water will be kept pure and
cool ; and that vegetation which forms so rapidly in any
fresh water lake exposed to the action of a summer sun
will be entirely prevented. The two reservoirs, when
completed, will cover six acres of ground, and will have
capacity of storing not less than 18,000,000 gallons of
water. The whole of the works are being carried out ac-
cording to the plans of Mr. Duncan, the local water-
engineer. They will not be finished till about this time
next year. The sole contractors are Messrs. George
Thompson and Co. ; and the cost, we understand, will
be about £25,000. Messrs. Thompson are also the con-
tractors for the enlargement of the tunnel. It is likewise
intended to commence immediately with the construction
of another reservoir on the land at the head of High
Park-street, in Toxteth-park.

INQUESTS.—On Tuesday last seven inquests were held
before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner. On the body of John
Allen, residing in No. 5, Emma Ann-street, who was
found in the kitchen with his throat cut and a razor in his
hand, yesterday week. He had for some time been in a
very excited state.—On Thomas Haddocks, 53, Jordan-
street, who was taken suddenly ill on Friday week, and
died about 5 o'clock the following morning, from natural
causes.—On the body of a child named Ellen Donnell,
15 months old, residing with her parents in Midghall-st.,
who was taken ill with a very bad cough on Saturday
night week, and died early on Sunday morning.—On
Alice Richmond. 62 years old, a widow, residing with her
daughter in Bispham-street, who died suddenly on Friday
night. A post mortem examination was made by Mr.
Kemp. surgeon, who found that she had died from con-
gestion of the lungs.—On one woman unknown, who was
found in a state of insensibility on some waste ground
near Raymond-street, on Monday morning, by a police-
officer, who conveyed her to the Northern Hospital, where
she died soon after admission. The surgeon's opinion was
that she had died from exposure.—On the body of George
Brooks, a carter, residing in Upper Mann-street, who was
driving a cart along the east side of the Queen's Dock,
when he fell from the shafts, and the wheels passed over
his breast, inflicting injuries of which he died in a few
hours after at the Southern Hospital.—On the body of
Rosannah M`Cabe, aged 40, who was run over by a cart
in Great Howard-street, on the 15th instant. Verdicts in
accordance with the evidence were returned in each case.
On Friday an inquest was held on the body of William
Rendell, aged 78 years, residing at 101, Limekiln-lane,
corner of Oxford-street. A few hours previous to his
death, deceased possessed the average character of health
of a man of advanced years. There was little doubt that
his exit was the natural result of the decay of nature;
consequently the jury returned a verdict of " Death by
the visitation of God."—Also, on the body of an unknown
man, who was taken ont of the river, at Prince's pier-
head, on Tuesday evening. On his person was £1 is 8d ;
his apparel bespoke him as having been a rigger. There
were no papers or any little items that tended to lead to
his recognition. Verdict, " Found drowned."—Also, on
William Pritchard, 14 years of age, who met with a most
fearful accident on last Tuesday evening, about five o'clock,
at the Mersey Steel and Iron Company's Works, in Selton-
street. The poor lad was extracting some grease out of
the crank-hole of a machine, when he slipped in ; and,
becoming entangled in the " race" of the fly-wheel, was
so frightfully lacerated that his existence was almost
rendered hopeless. Verdict, " Accidental deal h." The
jury appealed to the coroner, loudly complaining of the
loss of time, sacrifice of business, and pecuniary expenses
they have to incur without receiving any remuneration.
The coroner sympathised with them, but stated, in his
official capacity, he could not move in the matter.

GENERAL NEWS.

A PONY travelled in harness from Oxford to London
and back, on Tuesday last within twenty hours.
A MORMONITE female preacher, named Hendren, is
in Nottingham gaol, for killing her illegitimate child.
LADIES' ORNAMENTS, made of fish scales, by a family
at Brussels, are offered for sale in a shop at Birmingham.
THE LADY FLORA arrived in the Thames on Tuesday,
from Port Philip, whence she sailed the 4th August, with
77,559 ounces of gold, valued at £310,000.
AT THE YORK ASSIZES, Alfred Waddington, aged 20,
who, at Sheffield murdered his illegitimate child, by
cutting its head off with a sharp knife, was convicted and
sentenced to be hanged.
EDINBURGH REVIEW.—The gentleman who is to re-
place Mr. Empson in the editorship of the Edinburgh
Review is, Mr. George Cornewall Lewis,—long the Whig
financial secretary at the Treasury.
THE LATE DUKE.—Prince Albert has given out Weimer
Castle as the prize subject of an English poem to the
under-graduates of Cambridge for next year :—the poem
to he not more than 200 lines in length.
TOBACCO.—In 1851, the total consumption of tobacco
in Great Britain was 28,062,9781b5, being on an average
more than one lb per head for each of the population. The
revenue received from this source was £4,485,768.
THE DUKE OF ATHOL, at a masonic meeting held last

week, said it never was his intention to close Glentilt to
any one ; but his rights being challenged, it became his
duty, as life renter, to ascertain and defend them.
THE ADELAIDE STEAMER..—This vessel, with the Aus-
tralian mails on board, is rapidly undergoing repair. It
was expected that she would be ready for sea yesterday,
and was to sail as early as possible afterwards.

LUNATIC WITNESSES.-At the Middlesex Sessions it
was decided that lunatics might be called in evidence, if
it were first proved by the medical officer that they were
capable of remembering facts that occurred before their
lunacy.

THE TELEGRAPHIC WIRES now being put up on the
Caledonian and other railways, are erected at a cost of less
than£s a-mile ; whereas the older telegraph on the North
British and Edinburgh and Glasgow lines cost nearly
£2OO a mile.

SHIPPING.—There are at present fitting out in Sun-
derland twenty new vessels, the aggregate tonnage of
which amounts to 8,661 tons, and upon the stocks in the
building yards nearly a similar amount of vessels of an
aggregate tonnage.
A MR. GROVES was killed about a year ago by a rail-
way accident at Arundel, resulting from negligence. His
relatives sued the Brighton and South Coast Railway for
compensation ; and on Wednesday a special jury in the
Court of Common Pleas awarded them £2,000.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. A few days since, the
daughter of a tinsmith, at St. Andrew's, threw herself
from a fourth storey, and fell at the feet of her father,
who was taking off his shop shutters. Her skull was
fractured, and she died in an hour afterwards.
THE GERMAN FLEET.--Six steamers of the late Ger-
man fleet, which have long been lying in the Weser, have
been sold to the English General Steam Navigation Com.
pany for £30,700, and have been delivered to the crews
sent from England to navigate them to England.
LARGE CABBAGES.—On Tuesday last 50 cabbages, of
the Scotch species, were cut out of a field at Nah, the
property of Mr. James Horncastle, Lane, Holmfirth,
averaging upwards of 321bs. each. Several of the num-
ber varied from 40 to 451bs. each.—Halifax Guardian.
HAYNAU AND HIS PROTECTRESS.—A very handsome
bracelet, set with diamonds, has been forwarded by a
society of Viennese to the Austrian Embassy in London.
It was intended for Mrs. Benfield, the landlady in Bank-
side, who saved General Haynau from the mob, but she
has disappeared.
COLLECTING THIS REVENUE.—By a parliamentnry re-
turn just issued, it appears that the cost of collecting the
revenue, deducted from the gross receipts, and not paid
into the Exchequer, for the year 1851, was £5,622,257,
and that the total amount expended in 1850, which never
reached the Exchequer, was £6,072,151.
LEEDS is becoming notorious for highway robberies,
committed with brutal circumstances. Many persons
have suffered from thieves adopting the " garotte" system
of overpowering them ; and now two cases are reported of
men being pounced upon by a number of ruffians,knocked
down, beaten and kicked, and then robbed.

THE POTATO DISEASE.—M. Bayard recently commu-
nicated to the French Academy of Sciences a method of
preventing the potato disease. Before planting the slices
of potato he inserts into each a pea or more, according to
the size of the piece. He then plants the slices, and the
resulting crop is altogether free from disease.
THE LATE DUKE'S speeches in Parliament are about to
be published, uniformly with the Wellington Despatches.
The collection was commenced by the late Colonel
Gurwood,—continued by the Colonel's widow,—and
actually corrected in many places by the Duke himself.
The Speeches will appear with the imprint of Albemarle-
street, and the imprimatur of the present Duke.
THE NEW SANITARY BILL.—It is stated that the
clause of this bill charging the owners of land adjoining
the proposed outlet sewers with a proportion of the cost
of sewerage, as agreed upon two years ago, has now been
withdrawn from the measure, from dread of the opposi-
tion of the great landowners. Should the bill pass in this
state, the whole burden will fall upon the ratepayers.
A HINT TO OYSTER-EATERS.—When too many oysters
have been eaten, and are felt lying cold and heavy on the
stomach, we have an infallible and immediate remedy in
hot milk, of which half a pint may be drunk, and it will
quickly dissolve the oysters into a bland, creamy jelly.
end conumptive persons should always take this
after their meats of oysters.--/Jr. Avans.
HIGHLAND EMIGRATION.—The steamer Celt has con-
veyed all the inhabitants of what was known as the
" Perth Settlement," numbering 450 in all, from the
island of Uist, to Campbelton, for the purpose of embark-
ing in a government vessel, about to sail for Australia.
The Celt has left Campbelton for 400 more emigrants from
Skye; and altogether 900 destitute Highland emigrants
will be removed to Australia.

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—The cele-
bration of the 500th anniversary of the foundation of this
Society took place on Thursday, and was characterized
by the festivities usual on similar occasions. Of these (as
far as Cambridge is concerned) I here have only been three
precedents in the present generation, namely, Pembroke,
Coins, and Trinity Hall. The next in order of precedence
is King's College, founded 1441.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday, as a carter named
Edwards was at work on the line now in the course of con-
struction from Maidenhead to Wycombe, he suddenly fell
to the bottom of a deep cutting, and was taken home in
a state which left no hopes of his recovery. He had quar-
relled and fought with a companion on the previous day,
and it is supposed that dizziness, arising from injuries then
received, caused him to fall.

How TO MAKE OLD OAK.—The appearance of old
oak may be obtained by exposing any article of new oak
to the vapours of ammonia. Every variety of tint may
be procured, according to the duration and temperature
of the volatile compounds. A new oak carved arm chair,
exposed to the vapours of ammonia, will, in about twelve
hours, have all the appearance of having been made 200
years before.—Kidd's Own Journal.
NEW LETTER RECEIVERS.—Letter receiving boxes are
now placed in the middle of the streets in Jersey. They
are in cast-iron pillars, which are hexagonal in shape, and
about four feet high. Three sides bear the royal arms ;
on two the words " Poet-office" are printed ; and on the
other side the words " Letter-box." The letter-collector
unlocks a sliding cover to take out the letters. The pil-
lars are painted red ; they are fixed in solid granite blocks
2 feet deep, and raised 4 inches from the ground.
WHO SUPPLIED ARMS FOR THE KAEFIRS ?—lt has
been often asked how the Kaffirs get supplied with arms
and ammunition. The following account may throw some
light on the matter :—A large French barque was driven
ashore at Fleet, on the Chesil Bank, near Weymouth,
on the night of Wednesday last, laden with muskets and
gunpowder ; out of fifteen souls who composed the crew
only six were saved ; upon being asked were the vessel was
bound, it was answered, " The Cape of Good Hope."
FATAL SHIPWRECK.—On Thursday the weather Was
very boisterous at Bideford, North Devon. In the after-
noon a French brig of 200 tons burden was seen in the
bay in distress. The weather was so rough that it was
impossible to render her any assistance. About two
o'clock on Friday morning aloe struck on Bideford-bar,
where she remained until daylight, when she went to
pieces. Eight persons were on board, six of whom met
with a watery grave. The captain and one of the crew
were washed ashore in a senseless state. The vessel was
laden with coals from Cardiff to the coast of Africa.

MATRIMONY.—The following advertisement appeared
in the Morning Post of Friday. " A gentleman (by birth,
education, and profession), aged 36, is desirous of uniting
himself to a lady of like age, or thereabouts, in the posses-
sion of an income of from £2OO to £3OO a-year, and of an
amiable disposition—personal beauty not so much desired
as mental endowments. The advertiser, who can offer no
other riches than the wealth of a heart's devotion, is tall,
dark, and of gentlemanly appearance and address. Un-
exceptionable references as to respectability and character
will be given, and the strictest honour and secrecy with
respect to communications will be observed.—Address
" Juvenis, &c."

LORD FRANKFORT IN GAOL.—Since the committal of
Lord Frankfort to the House of Correction, Coldbath-
fields, he has conformed himself to the rules of the
prison, and appears q uite reconciled to his punishment.
He wears the prison dress, and in every respect is placed
on the same footing as the other prisoners. His diet
consists of meat three days a-week, and soup the other
days, with cocoa for breakfast and gruel for supper. He
goes to bed every night at six o'clock, and is unlocked at
half-past six in the morning. By the payment of 5s
per week he is excused from labour, and he spends his
time principally in reading. It is supposed that a petition
will be presented for a mitigation of his sentence, as many
are of opinion that he is of unsound mind.

DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—On Wednesday, a woman
named Sandon, who resides in Pyo-street, London, passed
through the Horse Guards on her way home, accompanied
by three young children, and having reached the Parade
in the Park, the youngest, a girl four years and a half old,
left to obey a call of nature, placed herself over the hori-
zontal railings immediately beneath one of the windows
of the War-office. The poor child had scarcely been there
a moment when she gave a loud scream and ran to her
mother, who found that blood was flowing profusely from
the infant's body down her legs to the ground; upon
which she was instantly taken by her mother to Charing-
cross Hospital, where she lies with scarcely any hopes of
recovery. Mr. J. A. Adkins, the house surgeon, found
that she had been injured by a deep incised wound in-
flicted by some sharp instrument, and which had evidently
passed from the dorsal vertebrae, extending towards the
navel, and in its course cutting through the most delicate
portions of the body. Such a horrid case has never yet
come under the notice of the officers of the hospital.
Inquiries were made at the War-office, but no intelligence
could be gained as to the perpetrator of this diabolical
outrage. Since then, the most indefatigable exertions
have been used, but without effect, to elucidate that mys-
tery in which, at present, this extraordinary circumstance
is involyed.

!MR. STEWART M`GLAsHAN, sculptor, has invented
an ingenious machine for raising and transplanting trees.
I It consists of two semi-cylindrical spades, hooked and
eyed together at one part, but capable of being distended
by lever power, so as to move the plant and its earth-ball.
The larger forest-tree apparatus is just the extension of
this principle, with the addition of beams and distended
screws.
SIGNATURES OF BANK NOTES.—An Act to amend a
former act for preventing the forgery of bank notes, has
just been printed. In consequence of doubts which
have arisen, it is now enacted that the signatures of the
cashiers of the Bank of England may be impressed by
machinery instead of being written, and that the notes
shall be as good and valid as if they had been subscribed
in the handwriting of the cashiers, and shall be deemed
to be bank notes, &c., and may be so described in all
criminal proceedings.
ROYAL CHRISTMAS BEEF.—Mr. Minton, butcher to
the Queen, has slaughtered the fine Devon ox, exhibited
by Prince Albert at the Smithfield Club Show, and has
since forwarded the rump and loins to the kings of Prussia
and Belgium, while another portion of the beef was
supplied for the use of the queen, at Windsor Castle.
The intention is, that portions of the prince's ox should
grace the sideboards of the King of Prussia, the King of
the Belgians, and the Queen of England, simultaneously
on New Year's Day.

RAIN IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.—The following quan-
tities of rain fell in Keswick during the week before last:—
Dec. 11th, 1.579 in.; 12th, 3.520 in. ; 13th, .370 in. ; 14th,
.360 in. ; 15th, .497 in. ; 16th, .452 in. ; 17th, 1.680 in. ;
total, 8.458 in. There was no service at Crosthwaite
church on Sunday, the 12th inst., in consequence of the
flood, which rendered it impossible to get there, except by
going a considerable distance round, and then only on
horseback. Such a circumstance never occurred before
in the parish in the memory of the oldest person living.
THE BURGLARS ABROAD AGAIN.—A daring burglary
was committed at a farm house, near Burnley, a few days
ago, by six men, armed with bludgeons, who entered as
early as seven o'clock in the evening. A little girl, who
observed them corning, run to the nearest house and gave
the alarm. Several neighbours came, and a constable. A
desperate conflict ensued, and, ultimately, two of the
gang were secured. They were colliers from Gloucester-
shire.—Another extensive farmer (Mr. Geo. Stephenson),
near Ponteland, Northumberland, has also been pillaged
by burglars, between £6OO and £7OO in notes and about
40 sovereigns being abstracted from his house.
THE DUKE'S BENEVOLENCE.—The son of a Scotch

minister, about 21 years ago, was very anxious to obtain a

commission in the army. -He left his mother's house, on
the south side of Edinburgh, and walked to London,
resolved, if possible, to see the Duke and obtain the
object of his ambition. He was admitted to an audience,
and told his simple story—that his father had been a
minister, that his mother was a widow. The Duke said
very little, but asked the young man's address. The
youth walked back to Edinburgh, uncertain if he had
made any impression upon his Grace, and on reaching
his home, found his commission, signed and sealed, on
his mother's table.—Glasoow Constitutional.

DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY.—A very daring garotte
robbery was perpetrated in the neighbourhood of Notting-
ham on Wednesday night. Mr. Dearden, who resides in
Villa-road, about three quarters of a mile from the town,
was returning to his residence about half-past 9 o'clock,
and had proceeded up the Mansfield-road, near to his own
house, when he was suddenly seized by a man behind him,
who grasped his throat, while another ruffian, who rushed
up at the time, rifled his pockets. When the robbers
had obtained their booty, one of them exclaimed, " Give
him a punch in the guts," and they then pitched him
down, and before Mr. Dearden had recovered from the
effects of his alarm, the robbers had escaped up the New
Walk.

CHURCH STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—On Thursday night
a terrible storm of wind, rain, and hail, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, passed over Denby. About ten
o'clock, when the storm was at the wildest, a violent
peal of thunder burst over the church, the lightning strik-
ing and shattering the upper portion of the spire, and
throwing down the masonry in fragments all around.
The electric fluid appears to have, in the first instance,
struck the vane, a portion of which was completely fused.
It then descended the tower on one side, and, breaking
one of the window-sills, forced a large stone out of the
tower ; on the other side it appears to have traversed the
stone staircase, the cupola on the top of which it forced
completely off, as it did also the lock of the belfry door.—
Derby Mercury.
MURDER OF AN INFANT AT CHORLTON.—On Thursday
night week, a recently born male infant was discovered in
an ash-pit in Stott-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, still
alive, but with marks of violence upon its throat, as if
made by the thumb in attempting to strangle it. The
child was naked, and was bleeding from the mouth. It
was at once removed to the Chorlton Workhouse, where
every attention was paid to it, but it died on Wednesday
night last. An inquest was subsequently held upon the
body, when a verdict was returned of " Wilful murder
against some person cr persons unknown." The police
have been making strict inquiries to find out the mother
of the child, but their exertions hitherto have not been
attended with success.

THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.--A letter has been
received from Baron Von Klenze of Munich, who under-
took to intercede with King Louis of Bavaria for per-
mission to mould some of the chief works of sculpture
belonging to the public galleries and monuments. He
reports that the interest which his Majesty feels in the
Sydenham undertaking is so great, that he has granted in
its favour the permission which he has hitherto refused
even to the Governments of Europe. The works which
will be thus for the first time brought under the knowledge
of the English public, are •• Schwanthaler's Victories ;"
a colossal figure from the monument of Kelliain, by Hal.
o , the Aneat fintioue sculptures of the Glyptothek,
the private property or the King.

TAKE MY HORSES TAKE MY MEN.—When Messrs.
Smith, the London distillers, were requested to lend the
twelve horses from their stud to draw the funeral car of
the late Duke of Wellington, they at once consented, but
added, " You must have our men with them." " No,"
was the reply. " Well," said Messrs. Smith, " see what
you can do with the horses before you take them." Ac-
cordingly the men who were to take them away did their
utmost, but the horses knew nothing about the noises
which were expected to have effect upon them ; whereupon
their own drivers came forward, and showed that the
monstrous steeds would do just what they told them. So
the carmen received a new suit of clothes and two guineas
per man to attend the horses that day.

RECENT FALL OF RAIN AT KESWICK.—The following
quantities of rain felt here during the days enumerated :

Inches

Inches
Dec. 11
„ 12
„ 13
„ 14
/I 15
as measured in the gauge, kept at Crosthwaite's museum.
There was no service at Crosthwaite Church on Sunday,
the 12th instant, in consequence of the flood, which ren-
dered it impossible to get there, except by going a consi-
derable distance round, and then only on horseback.
Such a circumstance never occurred before in the parish,
in the memory of the oldest person living. There were
three services in St. John's Church, in consequence.
A MONSTER EEL.—On Monday, a little mudlark
named D-vid Muggeridge, while wandering around the
oozy quagmire on the Thames, known by the name of
Cuckold's Point, beheld an extraordinary commotion near
the centre of it. The mud flew up in clouds, and falling
backwards, the whole place exhibited the appearance of a
boiling cauldron, while it was shaken as if by an earth-
quake. With great courage, under the circumstances,
the little fellow approached near enough to see some
immense reptile writhing and twisting in manifold con-
tortions and sinuosities. In a short time a number of
persons assembled, armed with a variety of weapons, who,
after a sharp but short conflict, succeeding in despatching
the monster. Many of the assailants were overthrown
and terribly besplashed with mud. It proved to be a
conger-eel, 13 feet in length, and of proportionate girth.
THE SEA OF ARAL.—At a recent meeting of the Royal
Geographical Society, Mr. Shaw, the secretary, read an
interesting paper, communicated by Captain Butakof, of
the Imperial Russian navy, on his survey of the sea of
Aral. commenced in 1848. This great inland sea has
never been accurately surveyed before, and the existence
of some islands on it, which at times have been put in
and at times left out by different geographers, have by it
been definitively settled. While wintering on the coast
during the survey in 1849, Captain Butakof, accompanied
by 25 men of the garrison, sallied forth and killed a real
royal Bengal tiger, which, notwithstanding the distance
it must have strayed from its natural haunts, is reported
by him to have been very fat and a fine specimen. This
interesting animal had devoured three cows belonging to
the fishermen of the village, and then, to prove on the
shores of the Aral his right to the Indian title of " man-
eater," had devoured three of the inhabitants. Captain
Butakof reports that three or four of these animals are
killed every year in those parts.
FOREIGN SCAMPS.—Several foreigners have been
making their appearance at the police-courts, and the
Middlesex Sessions. On Monday Charles Felix Lascard,
a Frenchman, who pleaded guilty to stealing five rings be-
longing to Mary Ann Thompson, a prostitute, and a watch,
belonging to her companion, was sentenced to twelve
months' hard labour. Immediately afterwards Gustave
Julius Getti, a German, was charged with attempting to
obtail jewellery valued at £245 from a jeweller in Oxford-
street. He first went to Christie's Hotel and secured
rooms for Count Beckendorff, and then ordered the jewel-
lery to be sent. The man sent with it was on his guard,
and declined to allow the prisoner to take the articles,
consisting of bracelets, diamond rings, &c., " into the
next room for the lady to see ;" the German finding his
object defeated, put on his hat and great coat, and was
making the best of his way out, but was stopped by the
porter and given into custody. On being searched, 2id.
was found in his pocket. He was found guilty and
sentenced to eight months' hard labour. One of the ma-
gistrates observed that there were no less than twenty-five
German scamps then in the House of Correction.
AN HONOURABLE M.P.—The following amusing letter,
in reference to the Wellington Testimonial Fund, appeared
in The Times, of Tuesday :—" Sir,—Being an admirer of
the late Duke, I spell over every name in the subscription-
lists to the 'Wellington Testimonial Fund, and each name,
as I read it, receives from me a sympathetic tribute of
respect; for, as admirers of the same, we may be said to
stand in parallel relation to one another. But I have come
to one name which has disturbed all harmony of feeling
—that of a gallant colonel and M.P. who subscribes £2O.
Now, sir, this very colonel and M.P. owes me money,
some £l5O or £200; and, at the risk of being thought a
hard man, I will confess to you, although the act might
not be justified before a committee at Stafford -house, that
I endeavoured, after all other means had failed, to obtain
payment by putting an execution into the M.P.'s house.
The execution produced exactly £2 3s, 4d. ! The sofas
which he pressed, the plate he used, the horses he rode,
were all hired, and his person was of course protected ;
but the sheriff ingeniously contrived to seize a few books,
including The Whole Duty of Man, which the M.P. had
overlooked in his general arrangements. Now, sir, can
you not rectify your list by inserting my name for the
I balance of the £2O, after giving credit for £2 3s. 4d., In
stead of the name of my gallant and honourable debtor.'
and thus oblige your obedient servant,—The Execution
Creditor ?"

A CASE OF FEMALE OBESITY, of an extraordinary
nature, is reported connected with the death of Adele Le-
tournem, a French lady's-maid, aged forty-six, residing in
North-street. Lisson-grove, Loneon. Deceased, who had
a very masculine appearance, and weighed upwards of
seventeen stone, and endured for a long time such extreme
bodily pain that her groans and screams disturbed the
neighbourhood, and frequently attracted the attention of
the police, who imagined they arose from the perpetration
of some dark deed. She was found dead in her bed. On
examination, her body was found enveloped in fat, four
inches thick round her stomach. She died from disease of
the heart.

THE MURDER AT SHEFFIELD.-At the York assize, on
Tuesday, James Barbour, aged 21, was tried for the wilful
murder of Alexander Robison, at Sheffield, on the 3rd of
September last. The prisoner, who was dressed in a suit
of black, and who is a young man of respectable appear-
ance, pleaded " Not guilty." The facts, as disclosed on
the investigation before the coroner's jury and the magis-
trates, have already appeared. The jury retired to con-
sider the verdict on Wednesday, at five minutes to three,
and after an absence of a quarter of an hour they returned
into court with a verdict of " Guilty." Mr. Justice Tal-
fourd thereupon sentenced the prisoner to be hanged.
The prisoner, with great coolness, remarked, "Thank you,
my lord ; I'm innocent."

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—A terrific accident occurred on
Tuesday week, at Messrs. Creswick's grinding wheel in
Paternoster-row, London, in a room which with steam
power is sub-let to a Mrs. Rose, a silver burnisher and
buffer. The victim was Amelia Beaumont, 33 years of
age, in Mrs. Rose's employ. In an adjoining room, which
is occupied by some comb buffers, a horizontal shaft was
fitted up on Monday about a foot from the floor, and was
to be boxed off on the following day. On Tuesday morn-
ing, while the shaft was yet uncovered, and was revolving
with great rapidity, the deceased went into the room and
strode over the shaft without any misfortune, when leav-
ing, she again stepped over it, but with the most disastrous
result. The back part of her garments trailed along the
shaft and.beganto wrap round it.. In another moment

she was dragged backwards, and was carried round with
the shaft at a frightful velocity, and dashed upon the floor
with destructive violence at every evolution. After she
had been whirled round about thirty times, the shaft got
out of gear and gradually slackened speed. The mangled
form was then detached, and presented a frightful aspect,
the skull at the back part being destroyed by violent con-
tact with the floor, one of her arms being broken in several
places, and other parts of her person being dreadfully
injured. She was taken to the infirmary, and there died
on the following evening.

SUFFOCATION By CHARCOAL.—Three young men,
assistants to Mr. Elliott, of Portland-place, Edgware-road,
London, met their deaths on Sunday last week by suffoca-
tion. The family of Mr. Elliott increasing so as to re-
quire the occupation of the whole of his house, he had
recently had a small building erected at the rear of, and
detached from the premises, in which a room was appro-
priated as the sleeping apartment of the deceased persons,
there being no fireplace, but an opening in the skylight
to allow of ventilation. On taking possession, a stove
was placed there, in which charcoal was daily burnt ; but
about three weeks ago, the young men complaining of
dizziness and languor, a surgeon was sent for, who pro-
nounced them to be labouring under the effects of carbon
from the stove, and the use of it was discontinued. In its
place, however, a brazier was used to consume the char.
coal, and was removed early every evening, but this was
neglected, and the deceased did not retire to rest till
2 o'clock on Sunday morning, when, not making their ap-
pearance as usual at half-past 9 o'clock, Mrs. Elliott went
to see the cause. After knocking several times at the
room door, and receiving no answer, she opened it and
discovered the deceased lying i❑ their beds, apparently
lifeless, with the brazier in the room. Raising an alarm,
two surgeons were sent for, who pronounced Martin and
Sheen to be dead, but Burton was still living. They tried
every means to restore him till 7 o'clock on Sunday even-
ing, prior to which he occasionally rallied but was never
conscious, and then ceased to exist.

A LONG IMPRISONMENT.—In the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, a few days since, a meeting was held in the matter
of Richard Candlin, for a proof of debts, in order to
divide some money in court. The prisoner was first com-
mitted to Montgomery gaol in 1817 (now 35 years ago),
and was brought up to London by order of the Court of
Chancery, and committed to the Fleet Prison in 1831,
and on the abolition of that prison he was removed to the
Queen's Prison in 1842, where he still remains. In 1841,
a vesting order was made against him by this Court on a
creditor's petition, and au order made on him to file his
schedule, which he had refused to obey. There were
several Chancery proceedings against him, and efforts
had been made to obtain his discharge. It was stated
that the present Lord Chancellor before his elevation had
been consulted on the subject, and a difficulty arose in
the matter. The parties who had Candlin in prison were
willing to discharge him, looking to his property for pay-
ment, but it was found that as he was in execution, a
discharge would extinguish the debts, and therefore it
could not be given. A gentleman named Gray attended
for the principal creditor, and said it would be a boon to
the keeper of the Queen's Prison to get the man out of
the place; he would turn him out of the prison if the
execution could be satisfied. One execution had been
got rid of, and the others, except for contempt of the
Court of Chancery, were not large. The Chief Clerk
suggested that if the parties who had proceeded to execu-
tion could not be found, the keeper would perhaps turn
the man out, if the money was lodged in this court to
satisfy the debts. Mr. Gray said he would do anything
to get him out of prison. There is £261 in court for
creditors who could prove.

THE QUAKER TOSSED IN A BLANKET.—When the
Bromsirove scholars had tossed Mr. Dell till he was
nearly insensible, they carried him to the study where he
bad been first attacked, and explained that his offence
consisted in his having kept his shop open on the day of
wiper in his wlndow
his reasons for so doing, and ordered him o remove it.
This he firmly refused to do, and finding both threats and
persuasion vain, they unbound him, and gave him at part-
ing three cheers for being, as they said, " a Christian and
a brick to his principles." In maintenance of what Mr.
Dell deems Christian and pacific principles, he has pre-
ferred to accept the following apology to the alternative of
proceeding at law for damages :

THE OLD LINE OF PACKETS

For NEW YORK

"VP
jai Sailing on the tat and 16th o f every Month

}IONTEZUMA. W. DE COURCY
ISAAC WRIGHT. E. ABEEL ..
COLUMBIA. J. M. BIt'ER ....

066 tons.. Ist Jan.
1200 tons-16th Jan
1100 tons.. Ist Feb.