The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TUESDAY.

A MASQUERADE.
A merry-looking young fellow, without either coat of hat,
but who carried something under his arm which he evidently
wished to conceal, was placed at the bar.
The officer who captured the laughing youth said he was
intoxicated, and making a great noise in the street. When
he went up to him, he was disguised as a carter, but he in-
formed the officer that he was nothing so common as a driver
of horses, for he had the felicity to be a quill-driver--in other
words, a clerk. As, in addition to the disguise confessed to,
he was also disguised with liquor, the officer, who respected
not either his profession or professions, hurried him off to
Bridewell.
Mr. Rushton.—Well, sir, what have you to say for your-
self?
Prisoner, (grinning)—Why, sir, I had been at a masquer-
ade, and I got too much drink.
Mr. Rushton.—What is that which you have got under
your arm ?
Prisoner.—Oh, sir, I went in the character of a carter, and
this is my smock-frock and mask.
Mr. Rushton.—Have you any money, sir?
The prisoner scratched his head, and looked puzzled ex-
ceedingly. He could not recollect whether he had any coin
remaining when he was taken into custody. At length one
of the officers relieved his embarrassment by stating, that
when searched at Bridewell, the sum of lOid. was found in
his possession.
Mr. Rushton advised the prisoner to be more discreet in
his merrymakings in future, and discharged him.
COMPLAINT AGAINST A CARTER.
Dr. O'Donnell complained against James Blain, the owner
and driver of a lorry.
Dr. O'Donnell stated, that he was passing in his carriage,
down Tithebarne-street, on Saturday last, when the street
was obstructed by the defendant's lorry, which was on the
wrong side. He put his head out of the carriage window,
and called to the defendant to make room for him to pass ;
but as the latter was talking to some other carters, he conti-
nued his conversation, and heeded not the request. "We
continued poking," said the learned doctor, at the tail of
his cart, till we arrived at the Sessions-house, where he made
room, though he might have let us pass at any moment from
, the time when we came up to him.'
The defendant said he could not make room sooner than he
did, the street was so obstructed by other carts. He was
tined 2s. 6d. and costs.
FRAUD ON THE REVENUE..
Mr. Brooke, solicitor to the customs at this port, appeared
to substantiate a charge against a seaman, accused of smug- ,
gling.
It appeared that police-officer Searcher apprehended the
prisoner on the 20th instant, near the Brunswick Dock. He
was coming from the dock, and on his person was found six
pounds and a half of leaf tobacco. He belonged to the City
of Waterford. He stated that he had purchased the tobacco
at Quebec.
The prisoner admitted the offence. He was fined £lOO,
or, in default of payment, to be committed six mouths to
the Borough Gaol. Mr. Rushton said, he would recommend
the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the Board.
A RONV AMONGST THE NIGGERS—BRUTAL ASSAULT.
A young negro of " the deepest dye," who gave his name
as Julius Beck, appeared to complain against a female who
was only slightly tinged with the complexion of Ethiopia.
The complainant said, A was sittin in a Missa Johnson
public-house, an dat woman dare she sittin' dare too, takin a
glass o summat. Bell, a got up an a was welkin a cross a
room, ben she give a hawk an' spit an' spit an' hawk all at
me. So a look at her, an den she hawk again, more louder
nor de toder time : Oh, berry loud ! Berry bell—den she
say—lookin right at me—dirt, dirt. So I much in a great
big passion, an I strike her good knock on her high ! I
confess I did dat, because I was in a passion you see.
Mr. Rushton—Very well ; there's an end of that. Have
the goodness to change places.
The accused lady mounted the witness-box, and her dark-
skinned opponent took his place where the defendants usually
stand. This lady spoke somewhat better English than the
other, though her language was disfigured by a curious patois.
She said—" You see saw, that I always smook me peep (smoke
my pipe) at Mr. Johnson's at an evening, ovaw a glaws of
peppamint or anniseed, or clove, or gingeretta, and as I was
smooking—l was of coorse expectorating. I nevaw thought
of giving him the most small offence. Howevaw, he ran at
at me—l ran away—he followed me, and he strick me once
or twice, and at lawst knocked me down with a stick. See
my eye saw, don't you see ?''
The eye of the lady was in truth shockingly disfigured.
Mr. Rushton—How could you think of striking a woman
in that brutal manner.
Julius—Why you see, sa—a did'nt—a only just touch he
berry gentle. But den a'll tell you whor, sa—she call me a
black fellow ; said a wor notink but black fellow. Whor you
tink o dat dare sa ? She put me in passion.
A negro and an exceedingly fine looking young man, who
we conceive was an American Indian, corroborated the testi-
mony of the woman, and described the violence of Julius as
most inhuman. The negro said, that he (Julius) had felled
her with one heavy blow of his stick. " I tell him," said
he, " that him big blackguard, for fight lady. What for you
knock down de lady say I ? him not de heart of de man in him
breast that strike the weaker wessell."
Mr. Rushton said, it appeared, that though Julius had got
the summons, he alone was to blame. The assault was a very
brutal one, and should be severely punished. Julius was
fined 20s. and costs. In default of payment, he was to be
committed 14 days.

WEDNESDAY.
ROMISII MALIGNITY AND FEROCITY.
An Irishman, named Patrick Sennett, having been placed
at the bar, before Messrs. Rushton and R. V. Yates,
Police-officer No. 87 stated, that on Monday night he
found the prisoner in the streets in a state of intoxication,
and, being desirous to take him to his own home, rather than
to Bridewell, he inquired of the man where he lived. The
reply was " In Portland-street," and thither the officer was
conducting the drunken son of Erin, when Patrick turned
round, and very politely demanded, " Where the bloody h—
are you taking me ?" The officer replied, "I am taking you
home ;" and thereupon the Irishman exhibited his gratitude
by commencing an assault upon the policeman. He inflicted
a very severe wound on the head and hand of the officer, and,
being a tall, muscular man, succeeded, in the struggle which
ensued, in getting his adversary underneath. He placed
himself on the top of the prostrate policeman, and then pro-
ceeded to pull out and open a knife, which seemed to be as
large as a razor. Seeing this, and hearing the threats of the
ruffian, the officer exclaimed, " For God's sake spare my
life." " No," was the Irishman's reply, " there are too
many of you protestant b—s." Fortunately, at this instant,
policeman No. 331 was seen coming up, and the bloody-
minded fellow then threw the knife away into an adjoining
pool of water. No 87 stated that, in consequence of the hurts
he received, he was unable to attend the court and give his
evidence on the preceding day.
No. 331 said, that at the top of Portland-street he found
the prisoner on the top of the complaining officer, whom he
released, and assisted in taking Sennett to Bridewell.
The prisoner solemnly declared that he did not use a knife
of any kind. He was very drunk at the time, and did not
know what he was doing.
Mr. Rushton—Then how do you know you did not take
out a knife ?
Prisoner.—l had not one in my custody, of any description
whatever.
Mr. Rushton, after having consulted with his brother ma-
gistrate, told the prisoner that they had some doubts whe-
ther they should not send him to take his trial at the sessions ;
but, under the circumstances, they thought the ends of jus-
tice might be satisfied with a fine.
The prisoner was ordered to pay a penalty of £5 ; in de-
fault, to be committed for two months.
The prisoner said that he was not able to pay ss.
CONJUGAL FELICITY. _

A man named M`lienna, who keeps an old clothes-shop in
Patton-garden, was placed at the bar, having been given in
custody on the previous night, on a charge of assaulting his
brother-in-law and wife.
John Doyle, the brother-in-law, stated that his sister bad
been married to the prisoner about three months, and during
the whole of that time, as he had been informed by the
neighbours (for she herself refused to mention the subject to
him), the prisoner had been in the habit of ill-using his wife
whenever he got drunk, which was generally three times a
week. On the very day after their marriage he beat her,
and about a week ago he turned her out of the house and
took in a woman of ill character. He (witness) waited upon
his brother-in-law to advise him to abandon his vicious
courses and his vicious companions, who might call them-
selves his friends, but who were in reality his enemies, and
to endeavour to prevail upon him to treat his wife better,
when the prisoner said that he would do as he liked with hcr,
for she was his wife. Witness answered, " And she is my
sister, and I will protect her; and if I cannot do it, I will
appeal to the law." The prisoner then assaulted him, and
struck him two or three severe blows.
The prisoner was ordered to pay 20s and costs, for the
assault on Doyle, in default of payment, to be imprisoned
eleven days—and to find bail to keep the peace, particularly
towards his wife.

CRUELTY TO HORSES.
A. carter, named Barlow, having been placed before the
magistrates,
Mr. Robert Horsfall stated that a few days ago he was
going along Exchange-street East, when he saw the carter
leave the parapet and go to his horse, which was then pro-
ceeding very quietly and steadily, and check it so severely as
to bring it on its haunches. Of that, however, he did not
think much, as he thought it likely that the horse had not
obeyed some order which might have been given, though he
(Mr. Horsfall) did not hear it. But the man then proceeded
to kick the horse on the hind sinew of the foreleg, so as to
bring it on its knees, and when it had recovered its feet, he
struck it a blow on the nostrils with his fist—as severe a
blow as a man could well inflict.
The Carter.—Begging your pardon, sir, you are telling
false. You say you seed me leave the parapet ; but I was
picking up the horns as was falling off, and as there was a
cart coming behind me and one before me, I called out
" Way," two or three times, and she would'nt stop, so I hit
her a slight slap on the face with my hand, as I carry no
whip or stick.
The carter was ordered to pay 10: and costs.
YESTERDAY.
STEALING FROM ST. JOHN'S MARKET.
Patrick Mullen and Richard Mulleneux were charged with
stealing a barrel of red herrings. John Nugent said he was
a dealer in eggs and fish, and had a standing in St. John's
Market. The prisoner, Patrick Mullen, had been in his
service since June last, and was intrusted with the key of the
store cellar, in which there was a quantity of Scotch red her-
rings, branded " R. Smith." From information he received,
he went to the office of Mr. Graham, in St. John's Market,
and there saw one of the barrels. It was worth 245. Ile
had Mullen taken into custody. Catherine Reid said her
husband kept a herring shop in Pickup-street, and had dealt
for some months with Mr. Nugent. On Monday night last
the two prisoners came with a barrel of herrings in a cart.
Mullen offered them to her for sale ; but she declined buy-
ing them. Mulleneux said he had got them for carting, which
she said she did not believe. He then offered them for 165.,
and she said she gave 245. a barrel to Mr. Nugent, and would
not have them. The prisoner Mullen, on being apprehend-
ed, and told the charge against him, said, " unfortunately I
did take them." He afterwards confessed he had sold them
to Patrick Hussey, in Preston-street. Mulleneux, on being
apprehended, said that he only carted them. Hussey, a pub-
lican and shopkeeper, admitted that he had purchased the
herrings for 13s. They were taken to his house by Mulle-
neux. Mullen went there, and said he got them from his
brother, who was engaged in one of the Dublin steamers.
The prisoner said he could not say anything against it. Mul-
leneux said he only carted them. They were both commit-
ted for trial. Mr. Rushton strongly reprehended the con-
duct of Hussey, who bought the herrings for 135., though
he must have known they were worth 245.

EFFECTS OF DRINKING.—ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A. man
of the name of Robert, a joiner, living in the neighbourhood
of Stanley-street North, aged 63 years, attempted to hang
himself on Friday last, when he was accidentally discovered
by his daughter, who cut him down.
DISCONTINUANCE OF THE CUSTOMS' NIGHT WATCH.—
An order has just been issued by the Commissioners of her
Majesty's Customs, stating, thatfrom and after the Ist of
January next, the night watch by the Customs' day pay offi-
cers will cease on certain articles of import therein stated, and
those goods remain, whenever left on the quays or docks, en-
tirely at the risk of the importers or consignees—it being dis-
tinctly understood, that they will be held severally responsible
for the quantity recorded in the landing-waiter's blue book, as
taken at the time of first examination after landing from the
respective ships, and that no unnecessary or avoidable delay
is to occur to the parties conveying their respective goods to
the bonding warehouses on the day following, unless'special
authority to extend that period be granted by the Collector
and other officers of the Liverpool Customs.

A man, who, on Thursday, was assisting in landing a tiger
from a ship in the Pool, near the London Docks, was sud-
denly caught across the back of the neck and head by the
animal, and lacerated in a shocking manner. His name is
Archdeacon.

MUTINY ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP BUFFALO.—
OCT. 21, 1839, lat. 25. 23. N. long. 33. 30. W.—Extract
from a letter bearing the above date :—" On Friday, October
12th, the rebels, 141 in number, formed a conspiracy to mur-
der the ship's crew, but fortunately it was discovered in time.
They were secured, and the ship's company and soldiers have
been day and night under arms."

BAD NEWS FOR PRINTERS.—" Since you mention the
independent factory girls,' you ought not to forget the girls
of our independent press," observed the Bostonian. " What
sort of girls are those?" demanded my friend. " They are
employed as compositors and pressmen in our printing-offi-
ces," replied the Bostonian, reducing the wages of the
journeymen printers, and preparing themselves for house-
keeping by composing the works of our best authors. I
know two of them who became expert cooks by composing
The Frugal Housewife,' by Mrs. Child ; and a third pre-
pared herself for her approaching marriage by setting up the
Mother's Book.' The girls, you must know, are distin-
guished by a highly aristocratic feeling, and would no more
condescend to speak to one of our waiting-women, than the
wife of a president of an insurance-office would deign to
leave a card for the poor consort of a professor in one of our
colleges. They dress and act as ladies, and if you do not
believe their claims to gentility,' they will show them to
you in print."—Grund's Aristocracy in America.
ANIMALCOLA.—It may be said that the microscope has
become, in the hands of Professor Ehrenberg, a means of in-
formation not less important than the telescope has been, and
still is in those of the Herschels. And as Sir John Herschel
did not restrict his inquiry to our hemisphere, so has Profes-
sor Ehrenberg studied the minute organic productions of na-
ture in distant parts ; in Africa and Arabia (1820), and in the
North of Asia (1829), thus arriving at important conclusions
as to the geographical distribution of the animalcula. Thus
the author has succeeded in establishing two great natural
laws, which may have been anticipated by some, but which
have never been proved before. I.—That the animal organi-
zation is perfect, in all its principal systems, to the extreme
limit of vision assisted by the most powerful microscope ; and,
2.—That the microscopic animalcula exercise a very great
and direct influence on organic nature. One of the inferences
drawn from the first law is the great improbability of these
animalcula, as well as organic bodies in general, being ever
produced by spontaneous generation. Iu the infusoria them-
selves, Professor Ehrenberg has either confirmed or first es-
tablished a considerable number of very curious qualities and
relations, which are highly interesting in a physiological and
other points of view, the most important of which we briefly
enumerate. I.—Most (probably all) microscopic animalcula
are highly organised animals. 2.—They form, according to
their structure, two well-defined classes. 3.—Their geo-
graphical distribution in four of the parts of the world follows
the same laws as that of other animals. 4.—They cause ex-
tensive volumes of water to be coloured in different ways,
and occasion a peculiar phosphorescence of the sea by the
light they develope. s.—They form a peculiar sort of living
earth ; and as 41,000 millions of them are often within the
volume of one cubic inch, the absolute number of these ani-
malcula is certainly greater than that of all other living
creatures taken together ; the aggregate volume is even likely
to be in favour of the animalcula. 6.—They possess the
greatest power of generation known within the range of or-
ganic nature ; one individual being able to procreate many
millions within a few hours' time. 7.—The animalcula form
indestructible earths, stones and rocks, by means of their
siliceous testa. ; with an admixture of lime or soda they may
serve to prepare glass ; they may be used for making floating
bricks, which were previously known to the ancients ; they
serve as flints, as tripoli, as ochre, for measuring land, and
for eating, in the shape of mountain meal, which fills the
stomach with a harmless stay. They are sometimes injurious
by killing fish in ponds, in making clear water turbid, and
in creating miasma but that they give rise to the plague,
cholera morbus, and other pestilental diseases, has never
been shown in a credible manner. B.—As far as observation
goes, the animalcula never sleep. 9.—They exist as entozoa
in men and animals, the spermatozoa not being taken into
consideration here. 10.—They themselves are infested with
lice as well as entozoa; and on the former, again, other par-
rasites have been observed. 11.—They are in general, affected
by external agents, much in the same manner as the larger
organic beings. 12.—The microscopic animalcula being ex-
tremely light ; they are elevated by the weakest currents,
and often carried into the atmosphere. 13.—Those observers
who think they have seen how these minute creatures sud-

denly spring from .inert matter, have altogether overlooked
their cotnplicated structure. 14.—1 t has been found possible
to refer to certain limits or organic laws, the wonderful and
constant changes of form which some of these aninialcula
present. 15.—That the organisnkof these aninialcula is com-
paratively powerful, is evinced by the strength of their teeth
and of their apparatus for mastication ; they are also pos-
sessed of the same mental faculties as other animals. 16.
The observation of thesemicroscopic beings has led to a more
precise definition of what constitutes an animal, as distinct
from plants, in making us better acquainted with the systems
of which the latter are destitute.—Dearden's Miscellany.
THE KING OF CHESS PLAYERS.—Fifteen years have now
elapsed since M: Deschapelles, the most intricate player of
his day, retired from the lists. At the lime we write, M. de
Labourdonnais sways the- sceptre, and reigns absolute mo-
narch. He is about forty-five years of age ; everything about
him indicates superiority. The developement of his forehead
is extraordinary ; his eves, overhung by immense protube-
rances, seem constantly closed to all outward things, and
in incessant communion with the mind within. Grandson
to the illustrious governor of Iridia, immortalized by Berner-
din de St. Pierre, endowed with superior intellect and incre-
dible application, he has never been ambitious of a higher title
than that of the first chess player in the world ; and this he
has achieved. All Europe knows that M. de Labourdonnais
resides in Paris, at No.l, Rue de Millers, the splendid hotel
of the chess club, and that he there receives' challenges- and
gives lessons. Strangers every day arrive from all parts of
France and Europe ; some, fired with the noble ambition of
encountering De Labourdonnais with equal arms ; others,
with the humility of acknowledged inferiors, submitting to
receive an advantage ; all happy to make the acquaintance
of, and to cross pawns with, the renowned master. The
monarch refuses no duel, no proposition : he is ready at all
times, and for all opponents. At noon, fierce encounters
begin in the vast saloon of the Hotel de Mimars, heated to
twenty degrees in the winter, and cool as a grotto in the sum-
mer. There may be seen the staff of Made Labourdonnais,
composed of the elite of amateurs, who, unassisted by their
master, can beat all the players of the Westminster club.
As soon as M. de Labourdonnais sits dowti to.. play a game
with an unknown visitor froth Ltm-don, St Petersburg, Vicuna,
or La Haye, every other game is suspended; • all present
flock to head-quarters ; the monarch and his antagonist are
hemmed in ; and all eyes are fixed on the unerring finger and
thumb that move the victorious pawn or man. The interest
attached to these amusing scenes is intense and inexhaustible ;
and although the profane cannot well understand suchemo-
tior, it is enough, in order to justify this interest in the eyes
of those who are not organised to comprehend it, to say, that
the greatest of men have made it their favourite passion.
More successful than Napoleon, M. de Labourdonnais ef-

fected a descent in Englan-d, and conquered the island. More
fortunate in another respect, he had not to complain of his
adversaries' harsh treatment, the English chess-board having
no square of injustice. At the period of M. de Labour-
donnais's visit, much was said in France of Mr. Macdonald,
whose play was, by some, supposed to surpass that of the
great French master. All the nabobs from Pondicherry and
Calcutta, all the envoys of Lord William Bentinck, all the
explorers of the Indian peninsula, all the. English from the
East and West Indies, protested that Macdonald, of Edin-
burgh, was a more skilful player than the Bramin Fla-hi, of
Juggernaut ; and that he could easily beat M. Deschapelles,
or M. de Labourdonnais. One day, the latter quietly cros-
sed the channel, and repaired to London ; and no sooner was
his arrival at Jaunay's hotel known at the Westminster Club,
than a courteous invitation was despatched to his address,
and it was not long ere a sharp contest commenced between
the friendly adversaries. M. de Labourdonnais found, on
this occasion, an antagonist worthy of him ; the English had
not boasted without reason of their champion's skill. The
struggle that ensued was more warm and spirited than Lon-
don will probably ever witness again. Victory, however,
fell to the share of the Frenchman, being clearly established
by a seri:s of brilliant and decisive moves. To the honour
of England be it said, that the members of the Westminster
Club bore this memorable defeat with magnanimity. They
gave M. de Labourdonnais a splendid dinner at Blackwell ;
the toasts, in compliment to the guest, being drunk exclu-
ivsly in claret and champagne.—Pictures of the French
drawn by themselves.
Miss MELLON'S MARRIAGE TaMR. COUTTS.—Having
played 20 years in London, Mrs. Coutts died, and she married
her friend and benefactor. Of this event the account is
rather romantic. Mr. Coutts was so ill that his life was
endangered, and he despatched Mr. Raymond to Holly
Lodge, at Highgate, to entreat Miss Mellon to marry him.
They were several hours together; and from the angry bursts
of voice, a friend who waited for Mr. Raymond thought some
unpleasant dispute had arisen which his interference might
quell ; but, on entering the- room, he saw poor old Mr.
Raymond actually kneeling in entreaty before Miss Mellon,
and the latter standing in such a state of excitement, that
the unnoticed witness was glad to retire hastily from a scene
which seemed past his influence. Mr. Raymond skilled in
human nature, allowed this violence to exhaust itself; and,
when it changed to hysterical weeping, he taxed her with
ingratitude to the only friend she ever possessed, in caring
for the world's , opinion of a delay more than for the chance
of saving her 'benefactor's life ; and he worked on her
sympathies by every plea in the power of his eloquence to
urge. He quoted the example of Miss Farren, whom she
had admired so much ; who, fora length of time, was publicly
known to have been engaged to the Earl of Derby during
even the lifetime of his first countess; after whose decease,
Miss Farren was married to She widower within six weeks,
without a plea of his dangerous illness urged as the cause of
such promptitude; and yet no one had been more respected
or better received in society than the second Lady Derby.
Why not the second Mrs. Coutts-likewise as the first Mrs.
Coutts had been morally " dead" to' the world for years !
At last, worn out, if not convinced, Miss Mellon agreed
that, if her benefactor still continued dangerously ill, by a
given time she would obtain, by .a 'private marriage; the
privilege of going to his house to nurse nim, should an increase •
of danger require it. While coolly recording this fact, with-
out the excitement:of the. 'cirentiistancts, seems as if no
human persuasion ought to haVe extorted ecOnsent which her
better judgment made her so decidedly end Vehemently refuse.
The dispassionate impulSe of *every accord with her
first resolute refusal ; yet (while no palliation is here offered'
for her compliance) it would be arrogant in any to affirm
they could not have been so persuaded; until after they had
actually passed through a similar ordeal. Mr. Raymond,
having secured her reluctant promise through his powers of
persuasion, did not wait for his influence to cool, but pro-
duced a written consent to their marriage (previously drawn
up and signed by Mr. Coutts,) which she signed, and he
hastened to the good old gentleman in Stratton-street. Mr.
Coutts was too seriously ill to be expected to recover
permanently: but, his mind being easier at the thought of
his ability to do Miss Mellon a pecuniary kindness without
slander, he became rather better. At the expiration of a
fortnight, Mr. Raymond summoned Miss Mellon to fulfil
her promise. She insisted on the ceremony being kept
perfectly secret, as, in the event of Mr. Coutts recovering,
she would hereafter have a public and more joyful solemniza-
tion than the present, therefore she went to St. Pancras
Church with Mr. Raymond and another person. Mr.
Coutts arrived in an equally unostentatious manner,
and they were married by the curate, the Rev. Mr.
Champneys. When the names were signed, they departed.
in the same way they came, Mr. Coutts having in the vestry-
room, presented Mr. Raymond with a snuff-box containing
the promised thousand pounds; and Miss Mellon returned
alone to her own house, without mentioning the change in
her name to the nearest friends in her confidence. Every
day she drove as usual to his door, and sent up to know how
he was ; the physicians sometimes coming down with their
verbal bulletin. Nothing indicated the marriage, unless,
indeed, that Mr. Raymond called her `• the lady of Woodham
Walters," avoiding to say Miss Mellon. In about a month
from the time of the marriage, she drove one morning to the
door in Stratton-street, and one of the physicians came down
with great concern to tell her Mr. Coutts was considerably
worse. Alarmed out of all her caution, she clasped her
hands and cried, " Good heavens ! tell me all ! I am.his
wife !" The astonished physician then very forcibly des-
cribed the danger of Mr. Coutts; and it was resolved that
she must at once assume her place in the house of. her hus-
6and, the crisis of his illness requiring unremitting care.
Such was, in reality,- the " gay honeymoon" of the poor
dying old man of eighty-six, and the greatly afflicted object
Of his regard !—Mrs. Wilson's Memoirs of the Duchess
of
St. Albans. •

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