The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

151 r. Henry Cooper has been appointed judge of the colony
of South Australia, in the room of the late Sir John Jeffcott.
It is rumoured in the fashionable circles, that a marriage
is on the Lapis between Lord Duncan, the eldest son of the
Earl and Countess of Camperdown, and a lady of great
wealth.

We are glad to hear that Mrs. Langton, who was thrown
from her horse some days ago in Hyde Park, and severely
injured, is now in a fair way of recovery.
Rutland must be a pleasant county to live in. At the
melees last week, there was not a single prisoner for trial,
and only one cause at the nisi Arius bar.
According to a recent: tourist, of the whole population of
Limerick, one third, at least, live during some part of the
year by begging of the residue.
Tile POLITICAL USE of ASPHAI.TE.—The English ex-
port gas tar for the French to make pavements, that the
People may have no paving-stones wherewith to defend them-
selves in case of another revolution!
The Earl of Sand's ich will shortly lead to the hymeneal
altar Lady Mary Paget, one of the- unmarried daughters of
the Marquis of Anglesey, and stslerof the Earl of Uxbridge,
Lord Alfred Paget, &c.
~ HONEST BalleeeLEY!—There has not been one single de-
lliquent for trial from Barnesley at this or the three prece-
anig auliees, although thepopulation exceeds 15,000 persons.
--Shellield Iris.
Lotin WILLIAM BENTINCK, M.P.—We understand that'
t.he noble Lord has taken the beautiful property of Ousdale,
Sutherlandshire,where he will chiefly reside during the
euturun.—Seottish Guardian.
....
LORD LIEUTENANT d_ OF RENIMEWSIIIRE.—It is now ml-
- that Mr. Speirs of Elderslie, M.P., will receive the
trl-PQintment; and that his official announcement, as Lord
eotenant of Ren'rewshire, may be daily expected.—
Scottie' Guardian.
WORCESTER ELECTION PETITION.—Each of the peti-
t. against the return of Mr. Bailey as M.P. for this
Ctilatl, "AS been served with a copy of a writ fur the amount of
ex been
incurred by the above-named gentleman in pre-
Paring his defence.—Worcester Journal.
1. Is AN ILL WIND, &c.—The gentlemen of the long
11.?„1 will not be inclined to agree with the Duke of Wel-
-„-g,,'"l, that the E lish municipal bill has produced no
"enTlessfur to theca it English municipal bill has produced no
o theni it has been,.and has not ceased to be, an
source of profitable litigation.
EopRMENT.—An elopement has taken place, within the
fee„,‘",ria,vs, from the neighbourhood of Marlborough, which
-,-eitect considerable interest. The gay Lothario has
Deevni upwards of 50 summers; the fair lady is about thirty.—
'se: Gazette.
A o
We iratagraph is going "the round," stating that 5,000
s'eYn inisters are assembled in Bristol at the confer
ence! '1
. 2eeY d 0 not amount to quite 500.—Bristol Journal.
'1 You
an - ng an, being asked if he bad ever been abroad,
ered, " No;' but I hail an uncle who once intended to
maav
skeo" 4 voyage to the Isle of Man."
.Of thejudg,es set an example of early rising and ac-
e habits which might he advantageously followed. Whilst
R Coltman
western circuit, Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice
an' With a prudent regard for their health, took usorn-
' tideson horseback, whenever the weather permitted,
returning from their equestrian excursions before 8 o'clock.
thr. PRRIIIN, OF When a new corpse ar-
tires he puts se 1:" I\lwl"B.—graceful flou-
rish enters himself at the desk, and with a
not claimed at
the
end
0, 1 the book; and when v.„
if k three days 11,, write G • t " •
nown,
Co, 11 The s German
exhibition roomext inconnu,
since its en-
largement, sufficient for the 11' ociety ,• but
On
emergencies, as nu
the,,ordinary wantS o
" aiid the
like, they are oblieed to three glorious s-ays,
elsewhere. They tiave lipe4ce"n""date a part of the corset
n seen stre we ,on these occasions,
over the garden; and Miss Perrin h sdh d to take some in
her room. Alas! that no state of life has had to take Some in
her room. Alas! that no state of life should be exempt from
its miseries ! You who think to have propitiated fortune by
the humility of your condition, come
hither andcontemplate
M. Perrin. Only a few years ago when quietly engaged ill
his official duties, his own wife Caine in with the other cus-
tomers. He was struck with horror; and he went to his
bureau and wrote down " connu."--Vie American in Paris.
DEPußciarioN OF THE GOLD COINAGE.—The subject of
the ;old coinage is beginning to attract the serious attention
of the private bankers in the
city, its depreciation in weight
n
ovr causing an immense quantity of sovereigns to be rejected,
by the Bank of England, to the extent, sonic persons assert,
Of One half of all the daily payments which are offered at that
establishment. In this course the Bank of England is justi-
fied undoubtedly, the object of the regulation being to pre-
vent the practice of "sweating" the gold coinage, as that
nefarious practice is termed, by which a number of sovereigns
are shaken in bag, which is afterwards burned, and the
gold dust collected Irons the remains. Owing principally to
this practice the depreciation in the weight of the gold coin-
age is en rapid that by experiments made at the Mint in the
rear 1833, it was found that the sovereigns of 1817 had lost
8s 10(1 in each hundred pounds; those of 1821, 9s 1(1 per
hundred; those of 1825, Gs 81; and those of 1829, Gs 2d per
hundred; whilst of the half sovereigns coined in 1817, the
loss, -according to the same experiments, woe as great as 16s
2il per two hundred; of 1821, 13s 10d; of 1825, 13s 641; and
those of 1829, Gs 2,1 per two hundred half sovereigns. At
this time the quantity of gold rejected by the Bank of Eng-
land, and by the Customs, Excise. amid Stamp-office, is so
seriously complained of by the mercantile interests, that some..
remedy for these inconveniences and losses must be found, it
is thought, before a very long time.—Morning Chronicle.
THE WEATHER IN AMERICA.—The extreme beatofihe
weather since the end of Mac has been the subject of much
remark on this side the Atlantic, and already, 1 am sorry to
several deaths from coups de soleil, or
"sun-strokes," as they are
say, there have been
here
termed. In this city (lati-
tude
)the thermometer stood, on the shady
deg. 56
sec'treet at 10 11, and for more than a fart-
s;.de of Chestnut-street,
to
from
9-1
to
96,
far beyond the
night together it has risen
heat even of the West
Indies. Streets, however, are hardly
a fair criterion for a thermometer, as the sun shining on the
back
will throw much heat as well as reflection
opposite
side
shaded. In the garden of the Penn
upon the houses that are
es pita
1 • I where time class is embowered by large trees, 1
the
mercury has risen to 05, In Boston it has been 91; New
York, 9.6; Baltimore, 100; Richmond, 99; Charleston, 97;
and New Orleans, 98. Thinking that such a table would in-
terest scientific 'men in England who study meteorology,
and throw additional light on the summer climate of North
America, 1 have procured a series of averages for the mouth
of June in Philadelphia, for nine years, from a professor of
this university. By averages 1 mean those of day and night.
The average heat in June, 1830, was 67; 18.31 65 ; 1832,
6-1; 1833, 63; 1831,6,1; 1835, 66; 1836, 60; 1837, 61; 1838,
75. The average heat at sunrise for the past month has been
66 and 1-10th, and 81 at 2 p.m. The mean average for
July, up to yesterday, is 801. I would here remark, how-
ever, that the bight of the thermometer is by no means a cor•
rect index of the effect of heat upon the human frame, nor
of the sensation of individuals. Owing to tie dryness of the
American atmosphere, it is not so oppressive or insupport-
able as you might imagine. Indeed it is my firm conviction,
that when the mercury stands at 80 or 85 in Europe, it is
quite as oppressive as at 9:i or 95 in this country. The large
cities of the union were never more healthy than at the pre-
sent time,. notwithstanding the heat.—New Fork Letter.

GREAT WESTERN RAli.w .I.Y.—On comparing the traffic
upon that portion of the. Great Western line, which is yet
opened, with the traffic of the Liverpool and Manchester,
and London and Biriningham Railways, the result is most
favourable to the former line, and must satisfy the share-
holders, that in spite of a temporary depreciation of their
Woperty, effected by the most unscrupulous means, the Great
estern Railway will shortly prove a superiorinvestment
to any other line. It will be recollected that the arrange-
ments of the company are notnftn yett sufficiently 0
lil'ur
variousltkeid to
convey kinds,
a large
which-is ready pptoroheortirioatnisferred to the railway when in full
working order. But, notwithstanding this, we are enabled
to state, that from the opening of the line to Maidenhead
(23 miles) on the 4th of June to the 10th 105 t.,. the number
of passengers conveyed on the line was upwards of 53,000,
or an average of above 1,500 per diem. The receipts during
the saine period have exceeded £8,600. During the first six
months of the Liverpool and Manchester line's working, the
total number of passengers was 135,000 i or less than 1,000
per day upon the average; and after the line had been opened
,
fifteen months the daily average was little more than 1.200,
and the receipts from passengers (upon a line of 30 miles)
abeut £B,OOO per month, which enabled them, with a corn-
paretivelv small profit on the merchandise carried, to declare
dividends of 9 per cent. per annum. From the last report
of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, it ap-
pear!, that from the 20th July, 1837, to the 14th February,
h3B, (a period of 30 weeks,) the number of passengers con-
veyed on their line to Boxrnoor and Tring (the latter being
a distance of 30 miles) was 162,216, or an average of 772
`l4°Y. This result the directors considered -as fully hearing
out their estimates of the traffic, and as most encouraging
for their future prospects; but on compating it with the traf-
' on the Great Western line, our readers will be surprised
'." 'tee that it is only in the proportion of one to two. We
have conversed this week with a gentleman well conversant
will' 14ilwAY matters (Mr. Tothill), who had just returned
front a careful exatnination and trial of the Great Western
bite, and he gives it as his decided opinion, after making a
temporary trial of the other lines, that in all those portions.
which have been properly packed, the Great Western
.is
superior fir ease and motion to either the London and Bir-
mitlehain or the Southampton line. We have little doubt
th,it in a short time the whole line from London to Maiden-
h` A 1 will he in an equally satisfactory state, and that public
contidenee in the undertaking will be stronger than ever.—
/l risrol feernol A great number of men are employed on
the line between Nlaideultead and London in repacking and
i‘ntalking more. "id the foundation on whiCh the rails are laid.
1, floprovement is already perceptible, the jolting of the
earrrag,s being considerably abated. As the repairs proceed,
the alteration will of course be more sensibly felt by passen-
gers. There is nn truth in the report, which has been so
prerlent of late, that the railway would be closed until the
rel Pairs were completed.
1 eading and Nlaidenhead
large number of work-
-I;,ht.e, formationl of the line between
men, butthe permanent rails' laP•liellna tke laid down to Twy-
ttorrd and he
for some months to. come;
affic will not be opened •next spring.—
probably the
Beris/tire chroni,,,_until late in the
"°-
The Rev. Robert Montgomery preached in St. Chad's
Church, in this town, on Thursday evening last, to a very
trunnerous cogregation, in aid of the mission he has under-
aken to raise funds for the erection of an Episcopal Church
/s 1" Glasgow, The subject he selected for the occasion was,
aunotinced in our last Journal, "the Temptation of
Christ," as recorded in the 4th chapter of St. Matthew. It
would be inadequate even by a simple analysis to detail the
arguments which the Rev. Gentleman so zealously and elo-
quently (I,velt upon, there was truly fire of '
britlin, a 'ma
his
a. conception of thought, throughout the whole of
dtscou-4 • Anatlon, a
•-e', that almost defies description, but which we are
as.sured caused the hearts of many who heard him burn
within them as he reasoned upon what wax written for the
Instruction and correction of mankind in general; while he
set forth iti glowing language the temptations of Christ, in
reference to himself, his church, his priesthood, and those
estimable 'graces of humility, resignation, fortitude, and sym-
pathy, which were peculiarly illustrative of them, and which
the Great Redeemer of the World taught and left for example
to the church in all ages to copy not.by speculation but ny
experience. Heine unable to finish his subject within the
littnits of one discourse, he took then pportunity of resuming
I again on Sunday evening
Long before the hour appointed for divine service, every part
last, at St. Julian's church.
"1 the hotly amid aisles of the building was crowded to excess
by.
a higlity respectable congregation : in fact, every approach
tit and nround it where a hearing could be obtained was occu-
pied, and hundreds returned unable to procure even that ac-
ctommodation. In propounding to his hearers the great
ruths he had to diseuss, in the exposition of the doctrine con-
tained hi the Silt and following verses of the chapter above
alluded to, he most forcibly dwelt on the necessity of a Na-
tional Education bring based upon the Scriptures and those
principles which accorded with the doctrines of the Establish-
, ttl Church of this land ; that it was the height of absurdity
to temporise with the souls of mankind ; and as a mistaken
expediency had been the rutse of this country, Religion, he
Was convinced, must be its salvation; and that sound instruc-
tion, it healer afforded on a limited or 'more extensive scale
must have a tendency to make mankind not only good citi-
zens bete, but to secure their eternal happiness. Many, he
u nd
was
er aware, might be indifferent to this view of the subject
false notions of toleration and affected liberality—a
sllP(iotts mask under which many- half-and-half Christians as
wedieti 3 Churchmen were anxious to conciliate all sects and
Pahi‘g,—and in the end to satisfy none,—and whose hearts.
if latiti open, were alike favourable to none,--since the pro-
fession of liberality often ended in tyrannical conduct towards
those who might differ even in trivial matters from their own
preconceived notions.—The collections alter the several
- services amounted to upwards of 1.:70.—Mr. 'Montgomery, on
the same day, preached two sermons in the parish church of
\Vein, in this county. —Salopean Jourael.

Mrs. Ann Highman, of Nottingham, died, recently, from
mortification of the tongue, occasioned by the prick of a
needle which she had in her mouth.

VIENNA, JULY 29.—The troops that are to be assembled
here for the review during the visit of the Russian great
prince, amount to 15,000 men.
At the Hereford assizes, there were thiny barristers and

•
three causes, only one of which came on for trial, the others
being settled by the parties!
Mr. Bunn, it
,is now definitively arranged, will be the
lessee of Drury-lane Theatre for the next season. Mr. H. B.
Bishop will be the musical director.
The author of the two admirable and quaintly unique works,
under the name of " Sam Slick," holds a high judicial situa-
tion in one of our colonies, and has been lately in this
country.
CLAY Cnoss TUNNEL—This stupendous Fork is advan-
cing with all possible dispatch. The excavation is completed
to the extent of 430 yards.—Leeds Intelligencer.
The Duke of Devonshire has been appointed Ambassador-
Extraordinary at the coronation of the King of Lombardy.---
Post.

We regret to learn the death of Sir Hesketh Fleetwood's
only surviving child, who died at the hon. baronet's house in
the Regent's Park on Wednesday; she was an interesting
gill, in her 11th year.
The Marquess of Clanricarde has been appointed Ambas-
sador to St. Petersburgb. His lordship is busily employed
in making preparations for his departure, which, we hear,
will take place in October next.—Post.
POOR-LAW COMMITTER.—The poor-law committee met
again on Thursday morning, for the purpose of agreeing to
their final report, which was made to the house that evening.
The committee have now closed their labours.

The difficulties in the way of Lord Foley selling Whitley
Court to Lord Ward have been got over, and this magnificent
property will, in the course of a few days, change owners. It
is the intention of Lord Ward to make the mansion his resi-
dence.— Worcester Herald.

We have much pleasure in stating, that the Conservative
registraticins for the present year have beet most successful.
For the first time since the passing of the Reform Act we
have enrolled a greater number of names than the combined
army of Whigs and Radicals. There is nothing wanted but
perseveranCe and diligence.—Glasgow Courier.

We learn from Falmouth, that the Admiralty have sent in-
structions to the naval superintendent at that station, to di-
rect that the packets shall not in future receive specie on
board at Vera Cruz or Tampico, on merchants' account,
during the continuance of the French blockade--London
Paper.

HEFIEFO rt n tar..--The wheat harvest will commence in
many of the forward situations in this county about the 10th
instant. The continued cold nights have made sad havoc in
the liop yards; and it is now thought, in the most favoured
spots where the tines looked well a fortnight ago, there is uo
hope of even a small produce.

SPLENDID GErtANium.—We hear . that Mr. William
Charles, of Silcoates Gardens, near Wakefield, has raised a
most splendid seedling, which for regularity of form and
finess of "pencilling," cannot at present be excelled. It bas
been valued at not less than from fifty to one hundred
guineas, by some competent judges.— Wakefield Journal.

On Monday, the members of the Stock Exchange were
startled by a visit from Lord Brougham, escorted by three
members; and it excited quite a " sensation." His lord-
ship was conducted over the building, and initiated into so
much of the mysteries of the stock exchange craft and forms
of the establishment as iu so brief a visit could be ex-
plained to him.
One of the west-end dentists has invented an ingenious and
useful method of extracting the tangs of teeth when they are
so deeply imbedded in their sockets as to be incapable of re-
moval by ordinary methods. It consists in boring a hole to
a sufficient depth in the centre of the fang, into which a screw
is inserted to take hold of the fang, and give the hand of the
operator a complete command over it, so that it may be
loosened and extracted with great ease, and comparatively
little pain.
The British whaler Gladstanes, Brown, of London, was
totally lost on a reef, supposed off Ocean Island, lat. 28 N.,
long. 178 W., in June, 1837. The captain, mate, and eight
of the crew had arrived at the Sandwich Islands in a small
vessel they built out of pieces of the wreck; and gl!schooner
had been despatched for the remainder of the crew, 23 in num-
ber.

CONVICTIONS UNDER THE BEER LAWS.—From a return
just presented to the House of Commons, it appears, that
the number of convictions in England, for adulterating beer,
against beer retailers licensed by the excise, was—in 1835,
three; in 1136, six; and in 1837, two; making a total of 11.
The number of convictions against retailers licensed by the
magistracy, during the same years, was respectively,-15,
108, and 79 ; making a total of 202.

HIGH LIVING.-7,lessrs. Crosse and Co. of the Hull Soap
Works, having finished their immense octangular chimney
on 'Wednesday night, the whole of the men employed by
them had a substantial dinner provided and set out upon the
top of it, on Thursday, of which they all heartily partook,
and afterwards enjoyed themselves by singing "God save
the Queen," &c., to the delight of hundreds of spectators,
•
who would rather dine at their own tables.
CONTEMPLATED MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The Earl of
Shelburne and Kerry, only surviving son of the Marquis of
Lansdowne, gill, ere long, lead to the altar Madlle.
lapbin-
stone Flahault, eldest d;+ •--titer of Count and Countess Fla-
hault, (Baiuness Keith in the English peerage.) The earl is
in his 23d year, and the lady is in her 18th.
Poott LAW LIBERALITY.—The Keighley Board of Guar-
dians advertise for a Relieving Officer for one of their districts,
comprising two townships, " who is to devote his whole time
to the business of the office, and not to follow any other trade
or profession," at a salary of £25 per annum ! They had
better at once select a pauper to relieve his fellows, than ap-
point a man to starve on less than ten shillings a week.
Her Majesty will give a grand entertainment at the new
palace on Friday, the 17th instant, to celebrate the natal day
of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. This will
close the court parties in town during the present season.
The o.licial Gazette of Naples, of the 14th instant, con-
tains a royal ordinance approving of the railroads from
Naples to Portici and Castellamare. The terminus of the
principalline will he at the place between the gates of Car-
mine and Notana,

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—For the last few days, several
workmen have been busily employed in making an attempt
to restore to their original brightness the splendid monuments
raised in this sacred edifice, to perpetuate the memory of the
good and brave, and as humble tributes to their praise.
Though the attempt has not had the effect of completely re-
storing them to their original whiteness, it has, nevertheless,
been productive of very great improvement, in having en-
tirely removed the quantity of flirt and stains with which
they have hitherto been covered.

The British whale ship James Colvin, Maughan, was de-
stroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean, in lat. 32 N., long. 167
W. She was set on fire by the cook, Peter Williams, who
hid himself in the coal-hole, and when discovered cut his
throat, from which death speedily ensued. She was four days
on fire, during which time the crew were vainly, but anxiously,
endeavouring to extinguish the games; but the oil with which
she was laden proved too powerful an auxiliary in the burn-
ing hold; and on the afternoon of the fourth day the crew•
were providentially saved by the American ship Catalbu, of
Nantucket.

Ti-ta MAE of WELLINGTON.—A paragraph has gone the
round of the papers, stating that the Duke of Wellington
was about to leave this country for the continent, and that he
had pail•ed off in the House of Lords with the Marquess Wel-
lesley, for the remainder of the session. The noble duke in-
formed the committee, previous to attending the meeting, on
the subject of the Nelson Testimonial on Wednesday, that
the statement was entirely without foundation.— Times.
At Hereford Assizes, Wiliiam•Cooke and Thomas Robert
Comber were indicted for forgery. The former for some
years carried on an extensive business at Hereford, as a tim-
ber merchant. The indictment charged them with uttering,
with a guilty knowledge, too forged bills of exchange, one
purporting to be of the value of 1,0001., and the other of 5001.
with intent to defraud the National and Provincial Bank.
Comber was admitted evidence for the Croon. Cooke was
found guilty on both indictments, and sentenced to tran-
sportation fur life.

LAMENTABLE EXPLOSION.—OB Tuesday last, a most
lamentable explosion of gunpowder took place in the out-'
buildings belonging to Mr. Harrison, who is a shopkeeper
and farmer, residing at Hartingdon, Derbyshire, by which
three persons, two men and a boy, were killed. The cause
of the accident has not transpired, as yet ; but no blame
appears attributable to any one, the gunpowder having been
deposited in one of those outbuildings ordinarily used for
this purpose. The premises were entirely destroyed, together
with a quantity of hay in the building.—Derby Mercury.

STEAMING ON CANALS.—The canal steam-boat of Messrs

Robins and Co. arrived in this town again, from London
laden with goods, early on Monday morning, having left
London at twelve o'clock on Wednesday night. On Wed
nesday she made a trip on the Duke's Canal, having on board
Lord Francis Egerton, James Loch, Esq., M.P., the pro-
prietors, and several other gentlemen, who expressed their
approbation of its construction and capabilities. On Thurs-
day night it left (fully laden) for London, vie Macclesfield,
where the canal committee, and several other influential
gentlemen join it, and proceed some distance, for the purpose
of seeing its powers.—Munchester Courier.
ANOVER, JULY 24.—Your readers will learn with inter-
est that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince set out for
Nordenay this morning, where he will remain under medical
direction for some weeks. Should he derive as much benefit

from his stay there as he did last year, it may then be thought
advisable to perform the operation which it is now confidently
hoped, under the blessing of Divine Providence, will restore
to him the enjoyment of sight. He carries with him the
wishes and prayers of all who have had personal opportunities
of estimating his character, and indeed of every one among
his future subjects; for never was a prince more cordially,
and, it must he added, more justly the object of popular con-
cern and affection.

It is stated, that, by-the decision in the 'House of Lords in
the great cause of " Scatisbrick and Lord Skelmersdale,"
the appellant,.Mr. Scarisbrick, recovers an estate of the value
of £20,001) a year. The point at issue between the parties
had been three times decided against Mr. Scarisbrick: of the
two last decisions, one being by the Master of the Rolls, and
the other a decision by the Lord Chancellor (on appeal), and
affirming the decree at the Mills. Mr. Scarisbrick considers
that the advice and assistance of Mr. Duval, the conveyan-

clog counsel, who is understood to have prepared the reasons
for the appeal, contributed so essentially to his ultimate suc-
cess, that he has presented that gentleman with a magnificent
service of plate of the - of £1,500.
AIiTEStAN WELL,— Cii,• which has been going on for
so long-a period near Paris, has now reached the depth of
410 metres (or about 1,315 feet;) and, the funds being ex-
hausted, M. Elie .de Beaumont has been requested to examine
the matters lately brought up by the auger; and to say
whether they afford any indication by which the thickness of
the bed to be pierced, before arriving at the sand, may be ga-
thered. M. de B. has accordingly given his opinion, that the
bore has reached the lower beds of the chalk formation, and
that the-marls and gait which still intervene between the bore
and the stratum where the water will be found will probably
be less than 1(X) metres thick (328 feet.) If M. de Beau-
mont's anticipations should prove correct, the well should
have a depth of 1,600 feet; at which depth, according to re-
cent calculations, the water should have a temperature stall,
ciently high to furnish Paris with an abundant supply of hot
water for baths, and for many other purposes.
SINGULAR WEDDING.—On Monday last, an aged couple
appeared at the hymeneal altar, at the Rochdale parish
church, to be married, when the following scene took place.
The minister had got to that part of the ceremony where it is
said, "Whom God joineth together let no Man put asunder,"
when the old man exclaimed, " Howd, howl, stop!! aw wont
to ax yo o question obewt that. Aw say, winuot this new
poor-law bill doo that ?" The minister declared that he could
not suffer himself to be interrupted in that manner. He would
answer any proper question after the ceremony was com-
pleted. The old titan, looking steadfastly at him, replied,
"Oh ! aw nobut thout I'de ax yo if it wur true."
EXTRAORDINARY RECOVERY OF NOTES. —Some time back,
a gentleman, who was on business at Braemar, :accidentally
dropped from his pocket three five-pound notes, on the pub-
lic road, near the inn at Achandrine. The day being rather
windy, they were instantly driven away, unperceived,- in dif-
ferent directions, and two of/them were carried toe considera-
bleldistance; yet, at intervals of several weeks, the whole were
found by three different individuals—one of them about half-
a-mile below Castletown, hanging on a twig, close by the
water's edge ; and, much to the credit of the honesty and
good principle of the finders, were all restored to the rightful
owner. Such an example of honour and Christian integrity
is highly commendable, and highly worthy of universal mai-
tation.—Aberdeen Journal.