The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-20 00:00:00

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provided by many companies ; but in all cases hitherto its
amount has been mixed up with the capital account, and
used indiscriminately for the construction of works. For
the first time a real depreciation fund was proposed by
Mr. G. Carr Glyn, the Chairman of the London and
North-Western Company, in his speech at the general
meeting, 17th August, 1849. Mr. Glyn says—

-- ine principle or me system is smmiy tars:—we are apply-
ing to the piirmanent way, that is, to the duration of the rails,
chairs, and sleepers—the same system which a Life Insurance
Office employs in carrying on its business. We have, on evi-
dence which is open to the whole world, and which, I believe,
cannot be gainsaid, arrived at certain conclusions, which

manent way will probably require replacing. We have found,
from practical results, how much it will take per annum to
produce a sum which, at the expiration of that term, will suf-
fice for the restoration of the whole line. We propose that
every half-year the necessary sum to give the annual amount

required shall be taken frOm revenue, and placed out on
security, at a rate of interest of 4 per cent. A separate and
distinct fund from every other department of your business.
And we know, also, gentlemen, from the calculations of ex-
perienced actuaries, that if that system is honestly and properly
followed out, exactly in the same way as a Life Assurance Office
follows out its system to meet the contingent liabilities on a

...
life policy, we shall, at a given time, be in a situation to have
saved for you the entire sum necessary to enable you to
replace the permanent way. Of course, the successful carry-
ing out of this system will depend entirely upon the honesty of
your performance of the duty you have undertaken. If there

be any doubt—if there be any hesitation in laying aside from
revenue the annual sum which is necessary for this purpose
—if there be, as I have said, any delay or doubt in reinvesting
. .

the interest ever

upon the y

nciple of compound interest), in such case, the
:curacy of the calculation would fall to the ground; and

therefore, in order that you should keep your eyes open t'o the
importance of this subject, we have thought it necessary to ap-
pend to the accounts of the first working of the system."

The Company, we may remark, had previously established
a.depreciation fund; but from its erroneous principle—the
amount not being set aside out of earnings, but paid out
of capital—it was inoperative. The same fund should be
large enough to provide also for the wear and tear of car-
rying stock. To shew the necessity of such a plan, we
find that, from a valuation recently made by Mr. Nicholas
Wood, of the stock of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company, the directors arrived at the conclusion that they
had divided since the opening of the line -1 per cent. per
annum, or £133,944 more than they would have been
able to do, in order to keep up the efficiency of the line,
stock, &c., had they not improperly paid this sum out of
capital. It would be one of the most important duties of
an audit-office to see that this fund was in reality reserved
and kept intact. At present the fear that dilapidation
may be taking place, and that at any moment shareholders
may be called upon to forbear the receipt of half-a-year's
or a year's dividend, for repairs, is one of the great in-
ducing causes of want of confidence in railway property.
We have already exceeded our length, and must re-
fer the reader to Mr. Scrivenor's pamphlet itself, which
contains much valuable matter for shareholders to reflect
upon.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CELEBRATED PICTURE
" THERE IS LIFE IN THE OLD DOG YET,"
PAINTED BY EDWIN LANDSEER, ESQ., R.A.

EDWIN LANDSEER is the most popular artist of the ri
English school. This is due, perhaps, in some degree, r„ i=l
to the class of subjects he frequently selects, but certainly Ft ro
in a far greater degree to his rare and peculiar powers.
His conception of his subject is ever such as to invest it 10.
with all the poetry, and the most characteristic truth, of •••=
which it is susceptible. His skill, too, in the technical 23
qualities of art, is worthy of his high mental powers : c„1
fine drawing, a singularly faithful yet facile represents- 4:g
tion of texture, brilliant and harmonious colouring, ex- 8
quisite tone, consummate chiar-oscuro, and composition, •
and, above all, a power to animate his figures, and endue
them with those subtle traits of expression and character 0
that constitute the individuality of living beings. Ea. The picture before us is a fine example of both these
kinds of excellence. The subject is an incident in that --
noblest and most exciting of sports, deer-stalking. This
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sport, in some of its many interesting phases, is Mr. ccf,;:,
Landseer's favourite resource for subject, and has fur-
F
nished the materials for his most successful and popular
productions. Lovers of nature, as well as of art, rejoice
that it is so. It affords ample scope for the display of
his great powers, as combining, in a larger proportion
than any other class of subjects, the picturesque and the
sublime. There is found that most picturesque of ani- :
mals, the Red Deer,

" Antlered monarch of the waste,
with its graceful form and noble bearing, its
instincts and strange blending of the most opposite and
Seernineiv.inenmnatihlP onstlitip, Thn

beautiful

tures, yet, at times boldly confronting the invader of its
forest-home ;—courageous in extremity as a lion, and yet
so timid that the sudden start of any animal, even of its
accustomed associates, the springing of a moor-fowl, the
complaining note of a plover, or the wail of a linnet in

:ress, sets him off in an instant

lexed and

le un se

yet coot aryl most circumspect if his adversary is in sight;
then is he wary in watching his disturber's slightest move-
ments, and decisive in his plan of frustrating them.

Danger, indeed, only serves to sharpen his instincts
which, on occasion, become, apparently, preternaturally
acute. So accurate is his perception then of surrounding
circumstances, and so decisive his resolution that a whnl
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her. ~as been known to force its way at the very point
where the drivers were most numerous, as if knowing
there were no rifles there. Or, if closely pursued by the
dogs, flying " to bay" in some easily defensible spot, and
there defending himself to the last extremity. In these
cases should a lake or a river be within his reach his un-
erring instinct leads him to it, as if conscious that his
greater length of limb gives him an advantage over his
antagonists. Firmly does he there hold his position,

whilst his pursuers swim powerless about him, howling
wildly the impotence of their baffled rage. At other times
he takes his stand on a rock in the mid-waters, and ap-
cnvenor
, proachable only on one side, that in his front, here he
and I stands

ing ent

defying his canine foes, and ready to destroy them by a
single sweep of his spreading antlers.
But, now, alas ! vain is his fleetness—vain his fine in-
stinct—vain his courage and his prowess; a foe against
whom all these are of no avail has tracked him, and now
the rifle-ball ends his proud career.

Cade, come corpo morto cad

The scenery, too, of the red deer's haunt is of the most
sublime character. The wild, storm-girdled mountain,
with its huge, splintery crags, standing like the fractured
pillars of some primeval world, and its awful abysses, in
whose depths

Darkness and silence dwell eternally

The desolate heath, with its solitary moor-lock, whose
shores are untrodden by the foot of living creature, save
the wild deer or otter; and in whose craggy rock-islets the
sea-eagle builds her eyrie. The gloomy pine wood—the
foaming cataract—the rushing torrent, and the sparkling
muir-burn. Mr. Scrope has described these scenes with
a graphic pen. Here," says he, " every thing bears the
original impress of nature, untouched by the hand of man
since its creation. That vast moor spread out below you ;
this mass of huge mountains heaving their crests around
yon, and those peaks in the distance, faint almost as the
sky itself—give the appearance of an extent br.undless and
sublime as the ocean. In such a place as this the wild
Indian might fancy himself on his own hunting grounds.
Traverse all this desolate track and you shall find no
dwelling, nor sheep, nor cow, nor horse, nor anything that
can remind you of domestic life; you shall hear no sound
but the rushing torrent, or the notes of the wild animals,
the natural inhabitants ; you shall see only the moor-fowl
and the plover flying before you from hillock to hillock,
or the eagle soaring aloft with his eye to the sun, or his
wings wet with the mist.

Nothing more shall you see, except the dun tenants of
the waste, the red deer ; and, when I show you a herd of
these magnificent animals, with their pointed and wide-
spreading antlers, ranging over this vast tract, free as the
winds of heaven, I think you will agree with me that
there does not exist a more splendid or beautiful animal ;
for whether he is pinking his scant food on the mountain
tops, or wandering in solitude through the birch groves,
or cooling himself in the streams, h

gives grace, charac-

ter, and unity to every thing around him.
The dogs, too, used in the sport furnish another source
The Scotch deer-hound with his large size,
knit, muscular limbs, and strong wiry hair, of pole

ofinteres

The old blood-hound is occasionally employed on ac-

count of his superior scent, and affords a fine contrast to
his colleague in his richer colour and dignified gravity of
aspect. _ _

The incident which forms the subject of this picture is
one_of somewhat rare occurrence. A fine stag has been

hotly pressed by the dogs, and, with two of hi;

len over a precipice it

a rocky chasm

deer and

one of the dogs, a blood-hound, are killed, and the other,
a noble deer-hound, though obviously much hurt, still
lives. One of the foresters has been lowered into the
chasm by means of a rope, and finds, to his great joy,
"LIFE IN TIIE OLD DOG YET." He is communicating the
welcome intelligence to his companions above. Such are
the simple materials of this great work of art.
No description can convey any idea of the effect pro-
duced upon the spectator. Every clement of it—the wild

scene, tee ueaurnui animal 1111111 S, ana me powerful
treatment—all conspire to excite the most profound emo-
tion. Although the artist has depicted such a catastrophe,
there is nothing offensive to the most sensitive mind.
There is no display of blood, no mangled bodies, hardly
an evidence even of physical suffering. What there is of
this is in the surviving deer. hound, and serves to call up
admiration and the tenderest sympathy. . No ! Landseer
knows too well the sources of human feeling, and has too
profound a knowledge of art, to outrage both by painting
the common horrors of such a scene. He has kept his
subject within the bounds of pleasing emotion, and yet
preserved all the energy which results from the power to
pourtray the terrible apart from the beautiful. This is
the very highest triumph of art, and is here achieved in
the highest degree.
When subsiding emotion

ill permit a scrutiny of
the means by-which it has been called forth, observe how
exquisitely every part of the work has been eliminated,
as if by some super-human creative power, rather than
elaborated by a slow process of art. And it has, indeed,
been produced by the creative power of GENIUS. Observe
first how clearly the story is told : the stag and the dead
dog have fallen on their backs by the natural operation
of gravitation, which shows the great height from which
they have fallen, and their present position shows they
have not stirred since their fall. Their death has been
instantaneous : nor do we wonder at this when we look
at the sharp splintery granite crags on which they have
fallen.

Observe next the expressionary restrained suffering of
the deer-hound : how touching is the serene, almost
human character, of his noble countenance and calm

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ttitude! he reclines against his old master with the
confiding affection of remembered kindness.
This central idea of the picture is peculiarly felicitous,
and removes every feeling of regret in the satisfaction
experienced in his safety.
Next look at the living action of the forester. You
look again and listen, as if his shout were audible. The
life-like character and full-toned colouring of this figure
remind the spectator of the power of Velasquez.
Now observe the beautiful texture of the animals.
With how masterly a hand this has been depicted ! See
the illusion of real projection in the deer's horns, and the
solid prominence of the granite rocks ! and how the rope
hangs detached in mid air, as if it might be handled !
Mark now the fine contrast of colour in the warm tones
of the figures, and the cool iron-grey and iron-hard
rocks ! In all this, we have not so much the illusion of
pictorial representation, as the kindling of strong and
I appropriate sentiment by the actual presence of living
nature.

Considered as a whole, this is perhaps Landseer's
greatest work, and the highest of its class ever painted by
the hand of man. This is high, but not exaggerated com-
mendation : a commendation in which every feeling mind
must cordially acquiesce.
Next to the good fortune of possessing such a picture
will be the pleasure of having a good engraving of it. To
diffuse the pleasure as widely as possible, Mr. Grundy
(at whoseinterestingestablishmentthepainting is on view)
proposes to place it immediately in the hands of one of
our first engravers for that purpose.

THIRD EDITION.

Slandard-office, Two o'clock, p.m

LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET.—This DAY

There is no change worth noting in the Share Market this
morning. More business would have been done had the stock
been offered ; the bears appear inclined to pause a little, and of
bona fide sellers there are none.

The quotations marked to one o'clock are—East Lancashire
pref., 7*; Leeds halves, 20i d. ; Do. fifths, si d.; London stock,
112 ; Do. quarters, 4,3 s. 9d. pm. ; Midland halves, 22* * dis . ;
North Staffords, 9* dis.; Dover No. 2, 16 dis.; Berwick Ex-
tensions, 8j dis. ; Fire and Life, la p.; Royal Assurance, p.

LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET-THIS DAY.

The arrivals of Grain into this port, coastwise and from Ire-
land, since Tuesd ,y last, are small, but of Irish Flour and Oat-
meal we have to note a further good supply. Exclusive of
12,838 qrs. of Indian Corn from the United States, the imports
thence and Canada are limited, and those from the Continent
of Europe only moderate in amount.

Altho-ugh our market was tolerably well attended by the
trade, there were very few actual buyers. New Wheat, both
English and Irish, is fully 2d. per 701 b. cheaper; and Foreign
is also depressed in value.
Prime brands of American Flour were steady at late rates,
but ordinary descriptions nominally rather lower. No change
in Irish.
Malting
In Beau
Oatmeal

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46*;MM

Mr. Crawhall, the present mayor of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, is a conservative. For many years past, the
whig?, being the majority of the corporation, elected men
of the same political opinions to be the chief magistrate.
Mr. Crawhall was elected by a majority of 25 to 23 over
his whig competitor, Mr. Armstrong.
On the thanksgiving day the London thieves reaped a
rich harvest, by robbing the houses of many parties who
had gone to church. In one case, plate of the value of
£3OO, and nearly £lOO in cash, were stolen, in another
the the thieves got safely off with £2OO worth of silver
elate.

At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Pancras last
week, Mr. Brettingham stated that the books of the St.
Giles's cemetery proved the astounding fact that within
the list three years and a-half, no less a number than
10,000 bodies had been interred there, and that during
the last six months there had been 3,000 bodies interred
there.

IRISH CHURCH MISSIONS.—A special meeting will be
held, in London, on Friday, at Exeter Hall, the Duke of
Manchester in the chair, to receive the report of the
Society's deputation who accompanied the Bishop of
Tuam during his recent tour of confirmation. The Rev.
Dr. M'Neile, the Rev. A. R. C. Dallas, and the Rev. E.
Bickersteth will take part in the proceedings.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—At a late hour on Sunday
night, a poor man was admitted into the hospital, Glas-
gow, in one of the worst stages of madness, caused by his
working at his trade in quicksilver for glasses, and the
quicksilver having entered his nerves he lost his reason ;
it took not less than seven police-officers to take
him to the hospital, where he remains in a very hopeless
state.

A NEW VOICE IN PARLIAMENT.—Mr. Barry has sent
in a demand for something like £30,000 over and above
the large sum that was voted to him for the houses of Par-
liament. We do not know what echo this note, which is
certainly pitched a little high, will produce in the new
house, but if it is responded to, the House of Commons
will unquestionably be the finest building of its kind for
any singer that has a tremendous Barry-tone.
The infant child of a labouring couple, living at Whit-
tington, near Worcester, died on Tuesday, in consequence
of its mother having administered to it four drops of
laudanum, to keep it (quiet. The laudanum was taken
from a large bottle of the drug, which had been sent as a
medicine for the father; and though the bottle was
labelled poison, the mother declared she was ignorant that
laudanum was a poisonous or even a dangerous drug.
The wholesale stationery house of Mr. George Magnay
has been compelled to suspend payment. It is said,
however, that the circumstance has arisen from tempo
rary causes, and that on investigation Mr. Magnay's
accounts and business management were found s) satis-
factory as to induce the creditors to grant a year's exten-
sion, under the conviction that in that time a payment
may be realized of 203. in the pound.

A deserter from the 10th Hussars, named Fitzgibbon,
was convicted at the Middlesex session?, on Thursday, on
a charge of having assaulted a labourer, by biting off his
lip, in a public-house, at Colney Hatch. The ruffian at-
tacked the prosecutor without any provocation, threw
him on the floor, case himself upon him, and immediately
arose, with his face besmeared with blood, and spat upon
the table the prosecutor's under lip, which was preserved
in spirits, and produced in court at the trial.

Captain Sir James Ross has issued an official report to
the Admiralty of the proceedings of her Majesty's ship
Enterprise, commanded by himself, and of the Investi-
gator, commanded by Captain Bird, between the 13th
July, 1848, and their arrival at Scarborough, Nov. 8, 1849.
Its value is more on account of its official character than
from any additional information it affords of the expedi-
tion to that which we published in our last and in to-
day's paper.

. . .
THE TRAVELS OF A NEWSPAPER.—We have now be-
fore us a copy of the Weekly Register, an Edinburgh
newspaper of the 9th August, 1848, which had been ad-
dressed to a gentleman in Smitliyhaugh, and been mis-
sent to New Zealand. It appears from the post-marks
upon the paper, that it has been in Australia, Van
Dieman's Land, and New South Wales; yet, strange, it
arrived through the post-office the other day at Auchter-
arder, and was put into the hands of the gentleman for
whom it was intended sixteen months ago.—Perthshire
Advertiser.

A SHIP DESTROYED BY FlRE.—About ten o'clock, on
f,-; Tuesday morning, a large vessel was seen on fire off the
g Isle of Wight, abreast of Shanklin Bay. She was making
a for that place of shelter with all speed, and eventually
g the crew ran the vessel on to the sands at Shanklin,
where they immediately abandoned her, as it was disco-
vered the whole of her cargo, consisting of upwards of 80
barrels of turpentine. were on fire. She was soon burnt
63 to the water's edge. It appears the vessel was bound to
y Bremen from Wilmington, North Carolina, and was called
the Gazelle. Her loss is reported at £2.soo.—London
to
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of Bris-

The Royal College of Physicians have pronounced an
opinion against the fungoid theory of cholera.

Two fishing smacks came into collision on Tuesday off
Dungarvon, by which one was sunk and four lives were
lost.

Count D'Orsay is building a handsome mausoleum to
the memory of the Countess of Blessington.
A cow was recently killed at Wakefield, and in the
stomach were found a couple of shoe soles.
Three hundred tons of potatoes and two tons of alum
are said to be sold weekly to the London bakers.
Fifty fallow deer have been purchased in Worcestershire
for Louis Napoleon.
Amongst the persons lately proclaimed outlaws in the
Sheriff's Court, London, appears the name of the Prince
of Canna, brother of the King of Naples.
The Queen has issued a royal letter on behalf of the
National Society for Promoting the Education of the
Poor.

GALVANISM.—The application of Galvanism as a medi-
cal agent appears to be all the rage in the metropolis. Its
professors have played the very deuce with the Cold-
water Doctors, for the Medical Galvanists pretend to
accomplish fully as much as the Hydropathists ; and as
the cold water treatment is, without doubt, a very disa-
greeable one, whilst the galvanic treatment has nothing
disagreeable about it, patients now generally resort to the
latter. Mr. W. H. liaise may be considered the leader
in this new branch of medical science, for who ever heard
of galvanic rings. galvanic bracelets, garters, bands, &c.,
before he made galvanism so popular ? If galvanism be
as powerful a remedial agent as it is pretended to be, the
thanks of the invalid public are due to Mr. Halse, and to
him alone, for it ; for without his extraordinary improve
ments in the galvanic apparatus, the applications of gal-
vanism would be worse than useless. That Mr. Halse
ranks high as a Medical Galvanist is evident from the
fact that the most eminent physicians of the metropolis
invariably recommend their patients to him, where they
think galvanism will be of service.—Morning Chronicle.
MORAL COURAGE.—A correspondent of the Morning
Herald closes his letter on Mr. Rowland Hill's scheme
and was killed on the spot. by relating the following facts :—" My honoured deceased
The Cumberland Pacquet designates the inspector sent parent held a situation in Southampton-buildings, and
round to the various towns in its district " the Govern- his employer told him to come on Sunday. He, without
ment nuisance hunter !" making any reply, went to his usual place of worship. on
The Hungarian committee in London have received Sunday, and returned to business on Monday as usual.
£1,119. A residence has. been provided in Hyde-park for On the following Saturday, he was again told to come on
the reception of the refugees. Sunday. Again he acted as before. A short time after
Mr. Charles Dickens has another long letter in yester- he was told lie must leave. He politely inquired the rea-
day's Times, against the public infliction of capital son. With some hesitancy his masters"' You b.

KNox's HOUSE AT EDINBURGII.—At the weekly
meeting of the ladies—promoters of the fund for reviving
Knox's house—it was reported that the donations since
last meeting amounted to about £7O, in which were in-
cluded contributions from various parts of the country,
from £lO downwards ; and, at the same time, notice was
received of contributions coming from several congrega-
tions. The committee were given at the same time to
understand that Mr. J. Smith had been strengthening
and repairing. the house, so as to make it not only free from
danger, but certain to remain standing for centuries.
The tenants had been temporarily removed, and while
nothing of an expensive or decorative kind had been done,
seeing that he had been limited to a precise and very
moderate sum, yet the building had been made quite safe.
This puts an end to all law proceedings, either in superior
or inferior courts.—Caledonian Mercury.
CURIOUS CASE OF HORSESTEALING.—A boy, about
fourteen years of age, named Johnston, from the Muir of
Culloden, was in the town of Nairn on the fair day, about
a fortnight ago. He saw, standing masterless at the door,
a steel, not quite Arabian in its appearance, but the de-
sire "

to possess it seems to have struck him ; and whilst
the owner was enjoying his glass, the boy quietly mounted
the bare-backed charger, and grasping the stable collar it
wore, at once rode off homewards. From that time till
last week, ho fed the horse by leading it at night from
field to field ; and at intervals stole, from different quar-
ters, a pair of spurs, a bridle, a whip, an ostler's jacket
and trousers, and some oats—all to make his "turn out"
more genteel. His ambition has led him a step too far—
that is, to the jail, for he was apprehended a day or two
ago.
___

A WOMAN WITH THREE HUSBANDS.—At the Thames-
street police-court, a few days ago, an elderly man named
Daley was charged by the parish-officers with deserting
his wife, and leaving her chargeable to the parish. The
prisoner was defended by Mr. Pelham. Evidence of the
marriage, in April, 1839, of the defendant with the wo-
man (who then represented herself as a widow) was given.
Mr. Pelham then proceeded to produce a certificate of the
marriage, 26 years ago, of the same female to one Wm.
Wilkins, who had been seen in Jamaica in July last. The
defendant stated that it could also be shewn that she bad
married a second husband, Havens, before marrying bim.
The Magistrate said, " Then Daley gets rid of his wife."
(Laughter.) " And," said Mrs. Daley, "lof my hus-
band !" The magistrate said that the first husband had
been so long abroad, that she was not responsible in this
marriage. Wilkins, it appeared, too,, had married again
in Jamaica.• The ease was dismissed ; and the female
(now called Mrs. 'Wilkins) said, " I suppose I am at li-
berty to marry again !" The magistrate said " No," and
the woman left the court much mortified that she could
not marry again.

The Midland counties papers chronicle several full-
blown roses and carnations, which are growing in the open

The Gateshead Observer says that snow fell in that
neighbourhood on Tuesday and Wednesday last week in
considerable quantities, accompanied by a sharp frost.
Lady Franklin returned to London on Thursday, from
the north, to see Sir James Ross and Sir John Richard-
son, on their return from their respective expeditions.
The effigy of the ex-mayor of Wakefield was burnt in
that town on Friday night last, by an infuriated mob, who
displayed blue lights, and gave_three groans for the effigy.

A prostitute his been committed fo-r trial at Birming-
ham, on a charge of stealing notes from a gentleman at a
brothel, to the value of £ll3O.

The Carlisle Journal announces that a poacher, being
pursued by one of Sir James Graham's watchers,
attempted to cross the river Lyne, and was drowned.
The large spinning and weaving mill of Mr. Shepley,
near Glossop, Derbyshire, took fire on Wednesday week.
Property to the amount of £3OOO was destroyed.
s, aged fifteen years, fell into a new coal-
eady fifty-one yards deep,

Raid, _ . nave
not enough of the Devil in you for me.' A banker's clerk
happened to call who told him of a vacancy in Fuller's,
Lombard-street. He went, they required £l,OOO security;
he, poor fellow, long an orphan, could only muster about
£l5O security. Mr. Fuller inquired his reason for leaving
—he told the words of his employer. The banker then
inquired where he went on Sunday ? `To Rowland llill's'
was the reply. (Ghost of the dead, arise !) ' Tell your
master I will call upon him,' was the Lombard-street
banker's last words. He called. Fuller took him with-
out a penny security ; sent Lim to the bank next day for
£20,000. He became beloved and honoured by the firm,
and after some years, on his marriage, they got him a
superior appointment."
AN INGENIOUS DEVICE.—The following extract from
the report of Sir J. Ross's expedition to the Polar Seas,
in search of Sir John Franklin and his companions, de-
scribes an ingenious device adopted for conveying infor-
mation as to the locality of provisions, stores, &c., left
for the support of the unfortunate voyagers :—" During
the whole of that dreary winter the only other living ani-
mals seen were the white foxes. These were not allowed
to be shot, but as many were taken alive as could be
trapped, and about forty were then sent away with clpper
collars round their necks, upon which was stamped the
name of the ships. and the localities of the depots of pro-
visions, Bce

Her Majesty's ship Pandora arrived at Portsmouth'from
the Pacific on Friday, with gold dust valued at 100,000
dollars.

From the Ist of January next all ships duly owned by
British subjeccs will be admitted to registry without in-
quiry as to the place of their build.
The Blenheim palace and stables near Oxford narrowly
escaped destruction by fire on Friday, through the spon-
taneous combustion of a quantity of green grass.
The Swedish government has reciprocated our repeal of
the navigation laws, and hereafter all British vess2ls enter-
ing the ports of Sweden are to be treated like vessels of
the latter country.
A female, 33 years of age, has died, in Paris, from the
administration of chloroform. She had previously been
etherized, without ill effects, and on this occasion she
inhaled the chloroform prior to the extraction of a tooth.
RATHER ENCOURAGING.—The Tablet (Romish paper)
will cease to be published in London after this year, for
want of support. It will then be issued in Dublin as an
Irish paper.
Proceedings have beon commenced against a strolling
manager, named Campbell, for performing at Stockton,
in defiance of the magistrates, a trashy drama, entitled
Rush ; or, the Stanfield hall murder.
The number of ships on the stocks ready for launching
and in course of being built at Sunderland, is 87. Many
of them are of the burthen of 400, 500, 600, and 700 tons,
and classed A 1 8 years, 10 years, 12 years, and 13 years.
A ball took place at the Assembly Rooms, Maccles-
field, on Thursday week, in aid of the recently-erected
baths and wash-houses. It was very successful, and
£l5O was realised for the object contemplated.
Sir T. B. Martin, G.C.8., has been appointed Admiral
of the Fleet, consequent on the death of Sir J. H.
Wilshed, Bart., and a number of admirals and rear-ad-
mirals hays been advanced a step.
G. Linnaeus Banks, Esq., of Harrogate, has been lec-
turing this last week in the Mechanics' Lecture Room, on
" Gossip and Slander.', " the Signs of a New Era," and
the best means of advancing Mechanics' Institutes.

As it was well known that these.foxes travel
an immense distance, this measure was resorted to with
the view of making them the possible medium of acquaint-
ing the missing 'parties with the means taken for their
relief and succour. The foxes were caught in a barrel
converted into a door-trap ; and, to show the intensity of
the cold, it may be stated that the poor little animals, in
endeavouring to escape, often attempted to gnaw the iron
bars, when in many cases their tongues adhered to the
iron, and were frozen off, when they were killed from
motives of humanity. The foxes were facetiously deno-
minated ' Twopenny Postmen.' The thermometer at
this time was about 15 below zero ; but the Sylvester
stove apparatus, which answered admirably well, always
kept the lower decks at a temperature of between 55 and
60 degrees."

In the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Court of Bankruptcy, the
certificate of Mr. Cuthbert Rippon, formerly M.P., for
Gateshead, was suspended for twelve months, —the Jueg.3
observing that the bankrupt was open to the charge of
culpable extravagance and reckless proceedings. The debts
are £156,000, and the assets will barely cover the
expenses.

THE PRIZE ENIGMA.—The prize of £5 offered by the
editor of the Family Friend for the solution of an enigma,
has been awarded to Mrs. A. F. Donoghue, London.
The solution which is gutla percha, was attempted by
1,500 persons, 200 of whom were correct; but the most
complete answer was furnished by the lady to whom the
prize was awarded.

- APPLES FOR THE QUEEN.—TIe Nottingham Guar-
dian states, that Mr. Samuel Voce, lacemaker, well known
at Cotgrave for his knowledge of the natural history of the
bee, has a young apple tree growing in his yard, near to
his cottage door, which bears a remarkably fine fruit, and
this year the fruit, being finer than usual, he made a pre-
sent of a peck of these beautiful apples to her Majesty the
Queen. The present was kindly and graciously received,
and, after inquiries as to the character and circumstances
of Voce, a postoffice order for two sovereigns was remitted
to him.

Nov 20, iSt

AN EAGLE CAPTURED.—A full-grown eagle was cap-
tured in Glenmarkie, Laggan, on Saturday week, by a
gamekeeper. On the day preceding he had seen the eagle,
and he immediately set to work with his traps to catch
her. Early on the following morning he was lucky enough
to meet with the noble bird within three miles of the
place where the trans had been set. She sat down to rest,
and before she was able to rise again he had hold of her,
and rfter a sharp struggle, secured her in good condition,
without a bone being broken. The bird is said to be full-
grown, and of a very large size.—Ross-shire Advertiser.

°Me°
STAGE ACCIDENT.—During the performance of Rro
and Juliet at the Sheffield theatre, on Fr:daf,,'
!.)
Romeo had to disarm and kill Tybalt, Mrs. J. '
who enacted the part of Romeo, attacked Mr. R:° nrall!
halt) under such stage excitement, that she aeclue:ben,
stabbed him in the side. A surgeon was called in, :ore,
challenge/ Cl/0 D A AQUATICS.—The U
oars,A T I
withc .
at first, it was feared that the wound was internallY.s"
but by proper treatment Mr. Rolfe is fast recovering._ for
the°plirheesenatanntuioanl
medals for the second crew, given by the Oxford Vtlelrecl,
sity Boat Club, and for which seven boats were eri,ben
terminated on Friday, after some interesting beet2') who
Messrs. Chitty (of Balliol) and Clissold (of Exeter'lndea
had on the previous day won every heat they con. co,
for, wrested the prize from the winners of last
Messrs. Stuart and Bengough, of Oriel College. for
The month of November has been characterisr‘i'soa
three years past, by the appearance of very large sP°l., or
the sun. At present there is a very extensive clastteo the
series of connected spots, which appear as one sP;)t. 001
naked eye. The smallest telescope or opera s' fon
discern them as an oblong mark on the sun not far•
the centre. The entire length measures, in round 01.'4
its breadth varies from 15,000 to 30 000. About Way.
hers, upwards of 100,000 miles of the solar surface, °,41-
intv
spots may be counted, the several penumbra running
each other with irregular outlines. ,
NEW CHURCH AT AMBLESIDE.—Tt IS in contempt, es.
to erect a new church at this beautiful spot.
przaoibrieotasr,eda
nrda, ce.ll
ecru:
ae
pense of the building is estimated at £4OOO, exeluslc'east
believe, of what might be required for a handsome the
the
window, an organ, and a few other accessories for
bee'
fitting completion of the design. About £2500 haref rbe
promptly subscribed by inhabitants of the place of
immediate neighbourhood. Mr. Benson Harrl'°"' the
Green Bank, who, as there was no residence for
at
clergyman, had already built an excellent parsonar3,,
1
his sole expense, heads the list with the munificent dotin.o
tion of £lOOO ; Lady Le Fleming gives £5OO ; C 3,11300;
and Mrs. Lutwidge, £5O; their niece, Miss Toylor,
and
Mr. Luther Watson, Rev. James Hornby, Dr. Dol.
111rs...Trenchley, £lOO each ; Rev. E. Loder, f.-5° ; -

SILLY HOAX.—Ahoa; quite as stale as that of indit-
ing false accounts of marriages, was played off in this
city on Saturday. Some persons forwarded notes to dif-
ferent respectable tailors, requesting them to attend at
the residence of Mr. Lloyd, of. Hinton Cottage, the
the newly-elected Mayor of Hereford, in order to mea-
sure him for a new scarlet gown, the honourable badge of
that office. Accordingly they proceed to the place on the
morning named, but only to learn that they had been
duped by some one who, it is to be regretted, had no
useful employment. A piece of public wit has arisen out
of the affair in the apolication of the term " scarlet run-
ners" to the deceived tradesmen. who have more reason
to complain than the mayor.—Hereford Journal.

and Miss Riddway, £5O.
FORTIINE-TELLlNG.—Elizabeth Newton, a marked

PROPOSED REMOVAL OF MR. HUDSON'S PORTRAIT.
At the annual meeting of the town council of York, on
Friday, Mr. Alderman Matterson moved, " That the
portrait of Mr. George Hudson be removed from the man-
sion house." Mr. E. Calvert seconded the motion. Mr.
Woollons moved that on the vote the names be taken.
Mr. Sotheran seconded this motion. The lord mayor
elect would be sorry for such a proceeding to take place
during his mayoralty. He had no reason to speak favour-
ably hf Mr. Hudson, yet he should be sorry to have this
done. (Applause.) The lord mayor declared the motion
to be lost by 13 to 11.
THE " SISTERS OF MERCY" AT PLYMOUTH.—MISS
Sellon and the other ladies forming what is known as the
Sisterhood of Mercy, and who at present occupy a large
house at Eldad, Plymouth, and who, under the patronage
of the Bishop of Exeter, have raised funds for the purpose
of building an establishment, to be called the " Orphans'
Home," in which the sisters will take charge of a number
of orphans—have made arrangements for the purchase of
a field adjoining St. Peters's church at Eldad. The pur-
chase money will be about £l5OO, and the fund already
collected amounts to about £3OOO.

Two PERSONS SUFFOCATED.—On Saturday week,
information was conveyed to the police of a fire in the
house of C. Leadbetter, shoemaker, Hull. On going to
the premises, the lower room was found full of smoke,
so much so that the policeman could scarcely see any=
thing, but perceived that there was a little fire near the
window. He got it quenched, and when the smoke
cleared off, he saw the bodies of Leadbetter and hip son.
Christopher's body was lying on the floor, and the child
was lying near the man's head. He had a pair of shoe-
maker's pincers in his right hand. His left hand was in
a boot, upon which he appeared to have been at work.
His stirrup was on his left leg. He seemed as though he
had fallen in a fit. The clothes of both the deceased were
very much burned.

woman. about 44 years of age, living in CrOmpton'iter
Macclesfield, has been apprehended on this charge._ the
mode of proceeding is, by showing the person vrb° t t
parties wish to find out in a looking-glass ! L em;6l,
Nantwich, a club had been robbed of a Or
sum frui
, t-
and all inquiries as to the delinquent having proved of
less, Thomas Shenton, of Nantwich, being a meraber
the dub, and consequently one of the parties aggr!eveto
came over to Macclesfield, and it is said that, according
the approved system of fortune-tellers, she told hinl y
business he had come about, without having receivedr_
information from him. After some talk she showed Du:
the looking-glass, in which he saw a face that he recta
nised as a party living at Nantwich. The conseque7o,
was that Shenton, on his return, spread the supPwed d
formation that be had received respecting the thief, 011—,
series of quarrels and assaults have been the consequeauf,
in which the authorities have found it necessary to bre
parties to bail ; but the excitement still continuine,, it
magistrates could discover no better method to al'', Zef,
than by having the woman, as the cause of nli'can'u.
taken up to answer for her conduct.—Macclesfield C°

DISCOVERY OF A ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE AT RICH-
BOROUGH, KENT.-Mr. Rolfe, of Sandwich, well known
for his antiquarian pursuits, has discovered the site and
part of the walls of a Roman amphitheatre. The circular
depression on the hill at a little distance had been con-
jectured by Stukely to be the site of an amphitheatre, and
by the excavations now made this is proved beyond doubt.
The diameter of this fine amphitheatre is nearly 200 feet.
At the last meeting of the British Archaeological Associ-
ation, Mr. Rolfe announced his discovery at Richborough,
described above, upon the hill on the left of the road from
Sandwich to the Roman castrum. Mr. Rolfe, by the
leave of Mr. Solly, the tenant, has tested the truth of
preceding opinions by excavating the ground, and the re-
sult proves that the hollow was correctly called an amphi-
theatre. The work is still in active progress, and further
discoveries are daily expected.—Kent Herald.
THE CHARTIST LAND BUBBLE AND THE PEOPLE'S
BAILIFF.—SO far as we can gather, from the latest infor-
mation on the subject, the affairs of the land scheme are
now in a somewhat critical position. The " people's
bailiff," it appears, has come to the conclusion that a
wholesale system of eviction will be necessary, in order to
gain possession of the various plots occupied by the
Chartists at O'Connorville, Lowlands, Minster Lovell,
and Snig's End ; and such, therefore, is the course he
means to take. His own paper, The Northern Star, of
Saturday, contains a public notice, in which he calls upon
all the tenants (tenants upon their own farms !) to pay
up all their rents by a certain time, or he will eject them.
This sounds very much like a breaking up of the land
scheme. The holders of these allotments are not in a
condition to pay such an amount of arrears as that which
stands against them. The natural consequence will be,
that a general ejectment must take place. Mr. O'Connor
will then take possession of the whole of the estates, as
the " people's bailiff," and will, no doubt, furnish a most
satisfactory account of his proceedings to the members of
the National Land Society, at their next great meeting,
which ought to take place soon, in order that they may
decide upon what the future policy of the society ought
to be.—Manchester Examiner.

LAWLESS PROCEEDINGS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.—
For some weeks Upper Boddington, and its neighbour-
hood, have been- in a lawless state, and serious offences
have been rife. Last week a stack of oats; valued at £25,
the property of Mr. John Paine, of Upper Boddington,
was destroyed by fire. Tt is believed to have been the
wilful act of an incendiary. On the night of Saturday
last Mr. John Boneham, of %field. a shopkeeper and
carrier, was, when between Boddington and the above
village, attacked by two men, who beat him with blud-
geons, and robbed him of about £4. Ho is, from the
injuries, in a precarious state. Within a few weeks nearly
20 cases of sheep-stealing, besides other robberies, have
occurred. Clarke, the police-officer, and Mr. Paine, the
constable of Boddington, were recently shot at, and since
then two guns were fired at the policeman. In neither
case was injury done, but in the first one the shot hit
Clarke. The district is in a state of terrorism and dis-
quietude. _ _

rier.
AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS.—The farmers of 1181;
shire, like those in Wiltshire, finding it impossible to 013,..
ends meet, had lately reduced their wages from gs. to
On this, the men resisted the attempted reduction to ot
a week, and left their work, saying they could belt°
less
keep body and soul together with Bs., and it Was u'e„cis
to attempt it with 7s. They then appealed to Sir rra-, of
Baring, who recommended them to apply to the boar°27
guardians for relief. Accordingly, on Saturday last' a
of them presented themselves at the union-house, 8.°_,5
claimed relief. Upon an investigation of their respectifyr
cases, it appeared that one man had worked 33 narlifil
his master, that he had four children and a sick wife, -ibe
303. a year to pay for rent, (in most of the other cases .ea
men had £2 a year to pay for rent.) Of the other martl3o
men with families one had worked for the same master 0)
years, one 25 years, one 23 years, two 22 years, two c,
years, and others 18, 17, 16, 10, 8, and 7 years resPielie
tively ; the remaining four or five were young men.
`rho
board ordered out-door relief immediately to those into
had sick wives, and the others were ordered to come
the union-house an Monday. Assuredly this story ..„t
badly for Sir Francis Baring. The price of agricultuLt;
produce has been lowered, by the acts of himself and hi
colleagues, naore than one-fourth.
,indaf
FALL OF SEVEN RAILWAY ARCHES.—OnC Sunda
morning, about half-past sevens. the inhabitants of car;
den and Kentish Towns were alarmed by a noise 0
of
most extraordinary character, the result of the falling
no less than seven of the newly constructed stupend,(B°.
arches of the East and West India Dock and Birming,Bl
Junction Railway. The spot where the occurrence ,
place is situate on the western side of the Kentish.tovr:
road, and but a short distance from the junction of re
line with the London and North-Western Railway 8t
Camden-town station. About the time above-mentionee
the seventh arch from the bridge which crosses o'3
Kentish-town road gave way, and the six others folloce
in rapid suceession, and with a fearful crash. I,b
wreatest fears were entertained that the stupendous are
hich crosses the Kentish-town road wculd follow, r,
the-solidity of the structure, with the exception o!,b,
slight cracking of the brickwork on the western side, 81'
of
stood the shock. The arches which have fallen are n.,0
from twenty to thirty feet span, and the first symPte—
.l walls.
of cracking observed was in the face of the spandrel ,00
it was rumoured that the accident had resulted fro
it :he
speedy striking of the centres of the arches. gad a
fall taken place the day bofore, the loss of life would 118 r,
been immense. The damage snstained by the oat°
rence is estimated at about £2OOO. and
DESTRUCTIVE Fenu.—On Thursday the beautiful ase,
extensive range of premises, known as Cleveland 11°',,„9
tot,.
situate at the top of Cookham I-Ell, about three ~f
from Maidenhead, the property of his Grace the Duke.cll
Sutherland, were destroyed by fire. The premises, wl'!„0
were upwards of 60 feet high, extended in one direler
nearly 100'feet, and were joined at each end by 08°t 'f.
i
clump of buildings, forming a couple of wings, and g'oo
.- in a splendid finish to the whole structure. A Klls
of contents of the library have been preserveuniar,
likewise all the paintings that were on the lower, floor,
valued, it is said, at £30,000. The original manse,_°. of.
Cliefden was erected by George Villiers, second DlB,,vere
Buckingham, in the reign of Charles the Second, w'bis
this nobleman resided, and where he carried on
amour with the notorious Countess of Shrew to
From the Duke of Buckingham the mansion passed .11,',1
the possession of Frederick Prince of Wales, who rest
Oft
there many years, and greatly improved the place. out
the 25th of May, 1795, the house was burned dowo,lToot
the mansion now destroyed was built upon its site, B,ho
25 years since, by the late Sir George Warrender,
made it the receptacle of his valuable collection of weur..
of art and vertu. Many of these treasures were P of
chased with the mansion by the Duke of SutherlantA
Sir George Warrender's executors, and it is to be fer,;(l
a large portion of them is destroyed. It is undersw"

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—OR Tues-
day evening the Rev. Hugh Stowell delivered the first of
a series of lectures to the members of the above associa-
tion in the large room at Exeter-hall. The subject
selected by the rev. gentleman was, according to the bills,
" the Bible self-evidential," a phrase, which means, we
apprehend', that the holy volume authenticates itself. For
upwards of an hour and a half Mr. Stowell, in his usual
animated' and energetic style, enlarged on the principal
doctrines of Christianity, arguing that from their nature
man never could have imagined or devised them. In the
more forcible passages of the lecture his audience fre-
quently paid him the tribute of loud cheering and applause,
which alone secularised the character of the meeting.
The room was crowded to excess—floor, platform, and
galleries—by a highly respectable body of men and women,
who heard Mr. Stowell with great attention throughout
his long and eloquent address.
PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION OF LOYAX ORANGEMEN.—
On Monday, the sth November, a tea party, on a large
and splendid scale, took place in the Temperance Hall,
Bradford. Upwards of 500 sat down to tea, and, after
enjoying themselves with the cup which cheers but not
inebriates, the business of the evening commenced. We
noticed on the platform, Dr. Burnet, vicar ; Rev. Well.
bury Mitton, incumbent of Manningham ; Rev. Francis
Randall, incumbent of Eccleshill ; Rev. J. T. Brien,
minister of Daisy Hill ; Rev. J. Blakeney, curate of
Felle ; Rev. Mr. Colton, curate of Bowling ; Rev. Mr.
Clementson, of Nottingham ; brother Sylvester, P.G.M.,
of Bolton ; brother Gibson, G.S., of Chowbent ; brother
Bailey, of Leeds : and Councillor Squire Auty, of Brad-
ford. The choir of Bowling church offered their services
gratuitously on the occasion, and after tea sang Non nobis
Domine. Brother Sylvester, P.G.M., was appointed to
the chair, from whence he gave the usual loyal toasts, and

the building was insured. , „7;narf
SCENE IN A PARISH CHURCH.—An exmor.--iast
scene was witnessed in Westerfield Church, Ipswiehteier.
Sunday afternoon, in which the Rev. C. Drage, the the
gyman, and Oxborrow, the parish clerk, figured 85,
principal actors. It appears that a feeling of ill wili.,ifig
for a long time past prevailed between the parties, arileli,
out of matters altogether of a secular nature, and whtie;
after occasionally manifesting itself in "scorn niett to
scorn, and will preventing will," was at length brougu the
a crisis on the afternoon in question. The time for ers
afternoon service came round, and the village worshiPtfteir
were reverentially awaiting its commencement, yawn' trf
pastor, befittingly robed, made his entry from the °—"the
door. At that moment, Oxburrow, it seems, wasact of putting a valedictory question to one f his
hours. Supposing him to be engaged in conversaiQ
Mr. Drage rebuked him in the hearing of all presentt'ot
words to this effect, " You, parish clerk, you Inns" eat,
talk to the congregation r " You're very
Mr. Drage !" was the prompt rejoinder of that fnectit of
ary. One can scarcely comprehend the astonishnielloi,
the simple-minded rustics gathered within the sanctuublic
at so unseemly and unexpected a preparation for I've!)
prayer ; nor how much wider their eyes must have
red-
opened at beholding Mr. Drage, after mounting the book
ing-desk and turning over the leaves of the praYer:tiont
for a moment or two, suddenly descend from his ele'r,efice
advance to the front of the clerk's desk, and eom—of the
a regular altercation with that individual. Several goo
congregation, disgusted with the squabble, aroser'oge
their seats and quitted the church. At length Mr•,eser
re-ascended the reading-desk and proceeded with !''being
vice, but not without the perturbation of his Winuejos
occasionally observable in his voice and manner.--'''
Chronicle huperti".oo,

A DUDLEY WEDDING.—One day last wet--
couple visited Dudley intending to buy a cloci‘

an,eldeftrel
,10:19 ,the

called upon Brother Auty, Who advanced to the front of the
platform, delegated to him by the members of Queen
Elizabeth Lodge, held at the Commercial Inn, of which
lodge their worthy Brother and Grand Chaplain, Dr.
Burnet was a member. He was deputed by them to
present to Brother Burnet an orange and purple scarf,
ornamented with gold and silver lace ; and he was sure if
that scarf had cost ten times more than its present value,
it would have been given with the same generous feeling
of thankfulness and gratitude.
A THREE-SHILLING COAT.—Dennis Donovan was in-
dicted in London, on Friday, for stealing a coat, which
was shown by the evidence to have been sold to a Jew in
Petticoat-lane. Moses Jacobs, on producing the coat,
was asked by the learned judge who sold it to him ?
Jacobs : They say, my lord, as how a Jew can never be
done ; but upon my word and honour I was taken in here.
I gave 3s. for this here coat, and it's only worth half-a-
crown upon my oath. (A laugh.)—The Court : Who did
you buy it of, I ask you ?—Jacobs (holding up the gar-
ment) : Look at it, your vorship, examine it, and you'll
see that it was a regular do. I'll forfeit £5O if any old-
clothesman would give half-a-crown for it. My lord,
upon my solemn oath I lost full sixpence by the transac-
tion. (Loud laughter.) Yes ; T was let in for it this
time—the first in all my life, as I am a living man. Look
at the article, your vorship—now do, and be convinced ?
(Renewed laughter.)—The Court : Whom did you pur-
chase it of, sir ? That 's the question you are asked, and
answer it.—Jacobs : Your lordship, I ' been in the old-
clothes line in Petticoat-lane full three-and-thirty years,
and never was done in this way afore. If you'll only in-
spect the article, you'll see it aint worth the money.
(Laughter.)—The Court : Do you intend to say of whom
you bought it ?—Jacobs : Why a coat like this, I'd be
ashamed to ask eighteenpence for it from any one, in the
line or out of it. I never was sold so neatly in all my
life. (Laughter.)—The Court : Answer the question, sir.
—Jacobs : Well, you see, it was neither light nor dark
when the gentlemag brought it, so I couldn't very well
see; and, as I'm a very careful man, I won't swear to the
prisoner. (A laugh.)—The prisoner was acquitted because
I he was not identified by the witness.

direction of the Upper Church : on arriving in ,911:6
the sacred edifice the old man suddenly exclaimea,,
was the third axing yesterday ?" To which Bet leirtlyi
" Why, ave. mon." Upon this announcement thee
date tOr matrimony replied, "Well, Bet, we mun fli1;e•
go in and get the job over at wunst, and save tittle i-eo
As the lady seemed to acquiesce in the practical "ieest
the case, the parties immediately proceeded to hu.s,with
Bet, looking round, claimed a personal acquaintan-c 04E13
several women who were lounging about, watching.',olv
jealous eyes, the arrival of sundry matrimonial 51;25
tors; by some of these women she was attendec! ti nd
sort of body guard, into the vestry, while the
(as she endearingly termed the bridegroom in Pers%isler:
entered the church, and walking un to themly coo
ejaculated, " Well, zur, oi bin cum to be marreiar d /Of
plaze." " Oh, indeed", said the minister, ',811W1301';
where is the woman ?" "The woman, star'
that's Bet—her's behind the vestry door, sur, oeb
On
stOantesmeenndtin,
dressed. I just peeped in, sur, and its all right' troer
of this
body-guard, one of whom was busily engaged niogly
her face, another sat with a cap on her knee, o.",stefu.el
Betin two
stsh e v
discoverede stto
ians ctehretahi
ntabLosfbb.i
borders, when a third lent her a scarf, and Was "-aiple,,Let
arranging its folds upon her shoulders ; having c°,o
these essentials, "bobbed up her hair," and, iste
" toidy loike," she was led forth triumpbant;‘,Y„o"l
church, on entering which she greeted then °jug': bers,eo
a very affectionate nod, and exclaimed, e`far sTa-cl
comes." The minister, after surveying theta:, they ~a''
time, turned to the clerk and made inquiry "gr ald —fet
been properly asked in church, to which the be obe
took upon himself to reply—" Whoy, ees, 104.,11ge. near
yesterday, and I asked Bet mare nor a tnonthaned,
all right, sur." The pair were then legallYunAe a sae
after this " interesting ceremony" was elided, csbe to
ter inquired if the woman could write, to villicb
"ea ei e to
answer, " Noo, schools warn't so popilous robed
young ; feyther and mother couldn't afford,,t° heS Per
lam. Int I repose the old un don't iceer•_, Jad
left the church, attended by the body-guard, Or
I thusiastio circle of achuirers..-Birmingigns