The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-04 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Naples Gazette -of the 11th inst. contains a royal de-
cree for punishing with death any person who shall kill or
wound an adversary in a duel.
A strawberry picked from the garden of Mr. Perston, at
Cross Park, near Glasgow, a few weeks ago, was of the ex—
traordinary dimensions of 51 inches by 41.
A worthy radical churchwarden of Canterbury lately ex-
cused himself, by note, from a dinner party, by alleging that
he was engaged in taking the senses (census) of his parish.

The grand canal, running across the country from Dublin
to Limerick, is 791 miles in length. Since 1822, the tolls
ha a inrreasedfrern-224-,800 t o -240;800.
A beginning has at length been made in the railway from
Manchester to this town, at Ardwick, forming part of the
Manchester and Birmingham line, in its junction with
Crewe.—Stockport paper.
The wife of a landed proprietor at Altruitvreida, near Mit-
welds, in Saxony, was recently delivered of five daughters,
who, though perfect in their formation, died in about half an
hour after their birth.
The Queen, on the recommendation of the ecclesiastical
commissioners, by an order in council, has confirmed the
appropriation of certain revenues of the see of Durham, to
the augmentation of small benefices within that diocese.

The number of persons that viewed the state apartments
at Windsor Castle on Sunday last was upwards of six hun-
dred, and the Sunday previous considerably above that
xi um her. —Reading Mercury.
It has been determined to bring into operation in Win-
chester, an old act of parliament, which inflicts a penalty of
40s. on persons using dogs to draw carriages, &c.—Hamp-
shire Chronicle.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate and
appoint the Right Hon. Ulickjohn, Marquis of Clanricarde,
K.P., to be her Alajesty's ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to the Emperor of all the Russias.
Several fields of oats, in excellent condition, have been
cut in this neighbourhood, in the course of the week; and
next week similar operations will have commenced in the
wheat fields, with a fair prospect as to quantity and quality.
—Stockport Advertiser.
The demandt for shooting quarters in the north has been
greater, this _year than for a long period, and the greatest
bustle has prevailed among the glens, moors, and mountains.
The birds have in many parts been plentiful but generally
wild. The accounts vary unusually.
A specimen of extraordinary new wheat was exhibited at
Mark•lane market on Monday, which was entitled the
" Donna Maria's Superb." A single ear of this wheat
weighs as much as three or four of the common prolific
wheat, and it is calculated cannot produce less than 15 or 16
quarters per acre.
HIGHWAY Roney-A:v.—On Saturday evening, about nine
o'clock, as Mr. James Kershaw, of Summitt, near Roch-
dale, was returning from Manchester, and when near Mid-
dleton, two men attacked him, and robbed him of about £4
in money, with which they effected their escape.
SUDDEN DEATH.—We regret to state. that, as Colonel
Dixon, an English gentleman, from Cheshire, who had, this
year, with his brothers, taken the shooting at Glenmoriston,
by Loch Ness, was passing through Inverness, he was struck
with apoplexy, and, after a few hours of total insensibility,
expired on Friday last.— Inverness Courier.

THE EXPORTATION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS.—The
exportation of gold and silver coin, from the port of London
to foreign prts, during the week ending the 28th instant, is
as under:—Gold bars to Hamburg, 2,560 oz.; silv& coin to
Tencriffe, 10,000 oz. • ditto to British 'West Indies, 593 oz. ;
ditto to Canada, 18,000 uz. ,

The next meeting of the British Association for the advance-
ment of science will be held in Birmingham. The Rev.
W. V. Harcourt, M.A., is elected President, and the Marquis
of Northampton, the Earl of Dartmouth, Professor Robinson,
and John Corrie, Esq., Vice Presidents.
WHAT THE RADICALS WOULD DO.—At a meeting held
at the Cross Keys, Little Bolton, on Monday evening last, a
democratic association was formed, the Bolton Reform Asso-
ciation not being sufficiently radical for them, as it only goes
to the extent of annual parliaments! vote by ballot! ! and
universal suffrage ! ! !
The Marchioness of Hastings commenced shooting for the
season the week before last at Bona, N. B. At a recent
battu, her ladyship had killed twelve brace. It will be recol-
lected that her ladyship was the subject of an extract from
the works of " Nimrod," headed " The Sportman's Wife,"
from appearing at a race ball in Derbyshire in a rich dress
ornamented with the tails of foxes killed by her lord.—
Morning Post.
DEATH OF Silt JoHN Nrcnou..—lt is with much regret
that we announce the death of this learned judge, who for so
many years presided over the Arches Court, the Prerogative
Court, and subsequently over the Admiralty Court of Eng-
land. Sir John died on Sunday warning, at his seat in North
Wales, having been taken ill on the Friday previously. He
died without the least pain and in the full possession of all
ticulties, at a very advanced age.
BOLTON OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.—The
preparations for the ensuing anniversary of this loyal associa-
tion, which will be held on the 13th instant, are on an exten-
sive scale. A large pavilion, 42 yards long by 15 yards wide,
has been erected in Nelson-square, and will be fitted up in a
superb manner, so as to entertain upwards of 800 persons.
A number of distinguished gentlemen have been invited,
several of whom will no doubt be present.

A detachment, consisting of one setjeant and 30 men from
the 15th depot, is ordered to be in readiness to embark at the
shortest notice, to join the service companies in Canada; and
a detachment of one ensign, two serjeants, and 45 men, from
the'depot of the 85th regiment, is likewise under orders for a
similar purpose. .The latter detachment will be commanded
by Ensign Maunsell.—llymo,lis Journal.
In several of the states on the Ohio and Mississippi a novel
and fatal malady has appeared. It is called the " milk sick-
ness." The mystery of this disease has never yet been fa-
thomed. It is supposed to be caused by the cattle eating a
certain unknown herb which poisons the milk. The Gover-
nor of - Kentitcky has published a proclamation, offering a
reward of 1,000 dollars to any one who can discover the
origin of the disease, in order that it may be counteracted.

• We regret to learn that typhus fever, of a very maglignant
character, has appeared in the neighbourhood of Asiited,
three deaths having occurred in one family, other members
of which are deemed to be in a dangerous state. A medical
opinion has been expressed that the disease originated, or
has been promoted by the presence of stagnant pools and
ditches in that vicinity. The public authorities have been
addressed on the subject.—Birminyhant Gazette.

COOL THIEVES—GOOD Juneas.—On Monday night some
thieves broke into the shop of Mr. Avent, jeweller and
watchmaker, of Bridge-street, Exeter, and stole a large
number of watches, broochesApins, rings, and a few articles
of plate. In the shop the follows found some plated spoons
and forks; which they had the impudence to try with a file,
to see if they were really silve:, and finding that they were
not, they left them behind.—Exeter Flying Post.
PHENOMENON.—On Thursday week, the people of Jed-
burgh were astonished during the storm of rain which occur-
red on that day, by the fall of a large quantity of salmon fry
from the clouds, some of which are yet alive. It is conjec-
tured that they must have bee❑ caught up into the clouds by
a whirlwind; and this is the more probable as, about that
time, this neighbourhood experienced several very severe
storms.—Glasgow Cloonicle.
A LADY'S BEd/FELLOW IN NEW ZEALAND.—Among these
primitive natives, the pigs often share the beds of their own-
ers : and perhaps few things struck me as more unique in its
way, than when entering (by mistake) the dormitory of two
native ladies, who were locked in the embraces of the drowsy
god, I perceived the lengthened ears and snout of a sleek
black pig, who was covered to the throat by the blanket that
also served to enwrap the young ladies, who were lying upon
either side of him. This interesting brute was "sighing like
a furnace," either incommoded by tic doloureux or over-
repletion.

A BROAD HINT.—An Irish comedian was one day per-
forming in one of the Dublin theatres, and, as fortune would
have it, he had an extremely dirty pair of white duck trousers.
The audience observed the state he was in ; but no one
seemed to know how to make the actor aware, in a delicate
way, of the impropriety of which he had been guilty in ap-
pearing in such a predicament. At last a person in the gal-
lery cried out, " Och, Mister —, would your ducks not be
the better of a swim ?"

ANIMAL SAGACITY.—A singular instance of canine affec-
tion and sagacity was lately exhibited in this city. A gen-
tleman lately died, leaving one widow, two sons, and three
dogs; the wife and children, as a matter of course, vested
themselves in suits of mourning; and after making several
ineffectual attempts to get at the wardrobe in which the
crape was deposited, the parent dog on the nvirning of the
funeral deliberately poured part of the contents of a large
bottle of ink over the hides of her offspring, and finished the
dark deed by carefully dyeing herself with the remainder, in
which state they all attended the mournful ceremony.—
Bolton Express.
ADVANTAGES OF GROWING ITY.—AIIOUt London it is
raised in immense quantities in pots, and trained to the
height of from six to twelve feet on stakes, so that at any
season of the year a hedge may be formed of it by training it
over an iron railing, or wire fence, or wooden railing, or lat-
tice work, or' a naked wall coveredl with it, at an incredibly
short notice. One valuable use to which the ivy may be
applied in street houses in towns is, to form external framings
to the windows instead of architraves. In the interminable
lines of naked windows in the monotonous brick houses built
50 years ago, the ivy affords a resource which any house-
kidder of taste may turn to very good account. He has only
to form projecting architraves of wire to his windows, and
to place a put of ivy on his window-sill, or in a small balcony,
at the base of each jamb, taking care to fix the pots securely,
and to make a provision for supplying them regularly with
water. In rooms, ivy, when planted in boxes, and properly
trained, may be made to form a rustic screen, either to soften
the light or to exclude a.disagreeable view; and in very large
drawing rooms, plants in boxes or vases trained on wire pa-
rasols, or other overhanging framework, will form a rustic
canopy for small groups of parties, who may seat themselves
under its'Shade, in the same manner as parties sit under
orange trees in the public rooms of Berlin and other cities
of the Continent.

THE CONDEMNED FEMALES RESPITED.—It is with un-
feigned joy and heartfelt thankfulness to the, executive au-
thority in this land, and above all, in gratitude to our most
gracious Queen, that we announce a respite of the execution
of the two ill-fated females, Dinah Joues and Ann Byrom,
sentenced to death at our late assizes for child murder. With
respect to the latter female, she had been worthy of the good
offices and unmitigated exertions of the people of Stockport,
beaded by the respected rector; it is the locality where she
had resided and was best known. The case of Dinah Jones
excited great interest in this city. The applications to the
government was signed by about three hundred respectable
citizens; and the females of the city, to the number of seven
hundred, addressed the Queen in affectionate andloyal lan-
guage. The leading inhabitants of the city have exerted
themselves, and brought what influence they could to bear
upon the fate of both prisoners, in order to ameliorate the
sentence. On Thursday official communications were re-
ceived by J. Williamson, Esq., the city sheriff, "to signify
the Queen's commands, that the execution of the sentence of
death passed upon Dinah Jones and Ann Byrom be respited
until further signification of her majesty's pleasure.—J. Rus-
sell." Dinah Jones, since her condemnation, has exhibited
every sign of sincere repentance, and a thorough reliance on
the mediation of the Saviour for eternal life.
.Her conduct
has been represented to us as christian in the most compre-
hensive sense of the term. With respect to Ann Byrom, we
regret to accord that she has not displayed conduct so satis-
factory. She has apparently, and much to the pain of the
chaplain, shown an obduracy difficult to account for, with the
penalty of death hanging over her. She is, however, of a
different mould of mind and intellect to Dinah Jones; not,
in fact, so capable of appreciating the awfulness ()flier situa-
tion. Immediately on the receipt of the respite, Mr. Wil-
liamson, the sheriff, proceeded to the jail, accompanied by the
chaplain and Mr. Evans; and after preparing both of them
for the act of mercy in their favour, by exhorting them that
religion and the gospel were not merely for death, but also
to live by, the fact was communicated to them. It was ex-
plained to them that this was not an absolute reprieve • that
their lives were still in her hands, and within her royal pre-
rogative; that she might yet order them for execution, but
that there was .a. hope their lives would be Spared. The noti-
fication was received by Ann Byrom without much emotion
or concern. The other prisoner, Dinah Jones, burst into
tears awl exclaimed; " I will never turn my back on the Lord
again; he has not forsaken me." We congratulate the
citizens of Chester on the interposition of the royal preroga-
tive. It is a boon to the city to relieve us from the outrage
of public executions. The city thanks are due to the Queen
for the act of grace. Let our prayers. accompany those
thanks, that our city may never again-be outraged by another
public execution.--Mridod from the Chester papers.

It is stated that the appointment of an authorised Inspector
of Steam-vessels is, under the serious consideration of go-
vernment.

Neither Lord Brougham, nor Earl Grey made their ap-
pearance at the British Association meeting last week,
although, being in the neighbourhood, they vere both ex-
pected.
The 15th of September is appointed by general consent,
in the agricultural districts, for partridge shooting, on ac-
count of the backwardness of the harvest.

At Petertfield, last week, on the fall in wheat taking place,
the bakers immediately lowered the price of bread 2d. a
gallon—an example well worthy of imitation.

"—Tris-a singular circumstance. tha: of 27 children horn in-
the Belper district, from the 20th of June to the 11th of
Atigust.lB3B. there are 23 girls, and only four boys.—Stock.
port Advertiser.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel are receiving visiters at Dray-
ton Manor, their seat in Staffordshire. The Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury, Lord Fitzgerald, Lord Forester,
&c., are to be among the circle.
ABSENCE OF MIND.—An old friend of ours fell overboard,
and twice went to the bottom before he recollected he could
swim.

Last morning, about four o'clock, head constable O'Alealy
and acting constable Cronin succeeded in apprehending, at
Ballinvreena, in this county, John Connell, a deserter from
the 85th foot, who is charged with the atrocious murder of
the late Austen Cooper, Esq., of Cashel', beside ot her felonies.
He eluded the vigilance of the police for eighteen months,
and always carried about him his musket, which he cut short,
and took with him at the time of his desertion, together with
sixty rounds of ball cat tridge.— Limerick Chronicle.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FLY-BLOW IN THE HUMAN
SUBJECT.—A few (lays ago a swarm of flies (Alusca Vomi-
taria, or Sarcophaga Carnaria) deposited their young in an
open sore on the head of it man who had exposed himself
during sleep in the open fields at the outskirts of the town.
In the course of a few (lays the scalp became the head quar-
ters of an innumerable host of maggots, the least calculation
being 200,000, equal to the young of ten mother flies, each
ilk being computed by naturalists to deposit about 20,000.
The man is recovering under the care of Mr. Torbock, sur-
geon.—Hull Rockingham.
BIRD-CATCHING EXTtIAORDtNARY.—A day or two ago, a
person of the name of Swallow, who resides at Bolton, near
Barnsley, set a number of night-lines in a large sheet of
water. near to that place. In the morning, to his great sur-
prise, he found that the hook-end of one was up in a tree.
On examination he discovered that a heron had seized and
swallowed the fish which had been caught by the hook, which
had become fastened in the bird's throat. The bird had
flown into the tree, not being able to go any further, as the
line was fastened at the other end.—Hull,Times.

A SUFFICIENT REASON.—CoI. Wm. Dunlop, ofthe Huron
and St. Clair militia (in Upper Canada), has published a
letter to his fellow-soldiers, in which he complains bitterly of
certain commissariat officers with whom he has had dealings,
and whose arrogance, neglect of duty, and various other of-
fences, had induced him to resign. He exonerates them,
however, from all disrespect to himself personally. "They
have never personally insulted me," he says; " for I am six
feet high, and proportionably broad across,the shoulders!"

We have received Newfoundland papers to the 11th inst.
They mention an atrocious act of tyr•tnny committed by the
papist-radical majority (the priest party) in the Representa-
tive Assembly. A medical gentleman, named Kielty, has
been committed to the common• gaol (as for a contempt) be-
cause he resented by strong language and gestures in the
street a gross insult offered him, in his professional charac-
ter, by a ruffian who happened to he a member of the assem-
bly, the quarrel, from first to last, having no more to do with
the proceedings of the Newfoundland parliament than with
the proceedings of the parliament of the united kingdom.—
Sianilard.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex will leave South-
wick Park, Hants, on the 4th of next month, on a visit to
his friend Lord Dinorben, at Kimmell Park, St. Asapkr.
.The royal duke, attended by his host Mr. Thistelwaite, is
expected to visit for a day or two that gentleman's villa in
the Isle of Wight previous to his departure from Hampshire.
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF ABlNGnorr.—With regret
we announce the death of the Countess of Abingdon, which
took place on Tuesday last, at Eaton-square, London. Her
ladyship was youngest (laughter of the Hon. General Thos.
Gage, born April 25, 1776, married to the Earl of Abingdon,
Aug. 27, 1807. lier loss will be severely felt by those who
moved in her own circle, and most deeply deplored by the
poor of Wytham and its vicinity.—Oxford Herald.

THE LATE FATAL DUEL—Mr. Elliot, the surviving prin-
cipal in this sad event, is now staying at Taylor's Hotel,
Dieppe, with the gentleman who acted as his second. He
arrived in Brighton from the fatal scene of action on Thurs-
day se'nnight, and immediately applied for passports for
himself and companion, which having obtained and changed
a £5O note, they left the next day for France by the Brock-
elbank steamer. It is not suppoQed that the French authori;
ties will consent to give up a party whose act, however fatal
the consequence, is not regarded in a serious light in that
country.—Brighton Herald.

NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.—Mr. George Stephen-
son, the experienced engineer, who is at present laying out a
line of railway from this town to Edinburgh, has, we under-
stand, made a communication to the municipal authorities
of the city of York, in which he states that he believes that
he shall be able to get a line from Newcastle to Edinburgh,
through almost as favourable a country as the York and
North Midland, both with regard to levels and expence of
construction ; and that he has not the slightest doubt that
the thoroughfare from London to Edinburgh will pass through
York, as no other line can be found so eligible.—Newcastle
Journal.

CAUTION TO TR AVELLERS.—A labouring man, named
William M'Clen, was brought up at the New Bailey, yester-
day, charged with stealing a silver lever watch under the
following circumstances : —Mr. Flinn, of Bolton. stated that
on Tuesday evening last he slept at the Concert Tavern, in
this town; and the prisoner, in the course of the night. came
and slept in another bed in the same room. The following
morning witness got up, and went down stairs without taking
his watch, which be had left under the pillow, and had for-
gotten. In about an hoth• be went up fur it; but his watch
and the prisoner had both disappeared. A pawnbroker of
Bolton stated that the prisoner pledged the watch with him
on Wednesday; and the prisoner, mho admitted his guilt,
was committed for trial.—Manchester Guardian.
To MAKERS OF WILLS.—III the Prerbgative Court, last
week, a motion was made to grant letters of administration
to the executors of the will of the late Mr. Cornelius Began,
which bore date the 28th March, 18.38, and which accordingly
came under the provision of the new act. The deceased exe-
cuted his will and affixed his signature, which he subsequently
acknowledged separately to each attesting witness, and not,
as the 9th section of the new statute requires, to two or inure
of them at one and the same time. The court was of opinion
that, according to the act Ist Victoria 1., which requires that
every testator shall affix his signature in the presence of,- or'
subsequently acknowledge it to "two or more" attesting wit-
nesses, the present paper was invalid, and accordingly pro-
nounced against granting administration to the next kin.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BlLL—There is a material
alteration between the old and new law, of which the public
are ignorant. Under the old law, no person could be heard
within five sears, unless it was proved, to the satisfaction of
the court, that the second insolvency had arisen from misfor-
tune, or that the party had incurred no unnecessary debts.
In the new bill the clause is struck out, and persons can ap-
ply tir be relieved from their difficulties as often as they think
proper. A great number of persons are now in custody on
remands, to obtain the consents of creditors, or remain in
prison until the expiration of the stipulated period. Those
persons will not be relieved by the operation of the new law.
It is estimated that in London about 300 persons will be re-
leased after the Ist of October, on tiling common bail.—
Morning Herald.
CA UTION.—SMOK ING CIGARS oN COACHES.—A gentleman
travelling to Worcester, by the London mail, a few nights
ago, indulged himself near Broadway with a cigar, and in
the enjoyment of which he fell asleep. The guard perceiving
sparks and a light every now and then proceeding from the
gentleman, and which appeared to him to be something more
than the light of a cigar, was induced to get over the roof to
find the cause, when he discovered that the gentleman's
neckcloth was on tire. lie immediately aroused him, and
upon pulling off the neckerchief it was found that a large
hole was burned in it, and his face a little injured.

PRESTON AND WY RE RAILWAY.—A trial of the first
locomotive engine %Oriel] has been placed on the above rail-
way was made on Thursday last, by Mr. Stanton, the con-
tractor, accompanied by a number of the most respectable
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Poulton So
great was the curiosity of the natives to view the performance
of this "marvellous animal," that young and old crowded to
the scene of action, whose uplifted hands and gaping counten-
ances would have furnished fine food for the pencil of a
Cruikshank. Every precaution was taken to prevent acci-
dent to the beholders, and the speed of the engine was at no
time allowed to exceed twenty miles per hour. A number of
the gentlemen present, who have been much accustomed to
railway travelling, expressed themselves exceedingly gratified
with the surprising smoothtess with which the engine glided
along, and attributed it to the admirable manner in which the
permanent way has been laid. The distance river which the
engine can now travel will speedily be increased, as there is
a considerable length of the line now ready for the laying of
the permanent way.—Preston Pilot.
HONESTY REWARDED.—On Monday last, a gentleman
from Whitby, of the name of Watson, left Leeds, in com-
pany with a friend, in a gig to go to Manchester. They
drove to Rochdale on Monday night, and there they slept.
In the morning the journey was renewed; but they had nut
proceeded far before Mr. W. discovered that he was minus
his ocket-book. containing £lOO Bank of England' note,
and banker's bills just falling due, amounting to £7OO. The
horse's head was turned,. and an anxious search was made
after the lost treasure at their sleeping quarters; it proved
fruitless. The friends immediately hired a chaise and re-
traced their steps to Leeds; still no intelligence could they
gain of the lost talent. The owner then proceeded to Whitby
to get the particulars of the hills, iri order to stop payment,
and his friend got handbills printed, offering a reward of £2O
to whomsoever should restore it. In the meantime the pocket
book had been found by a poor woman, we believe resident
in Bradford, who having handed it over to Mr. Adamson, at
Hustler's and Seebohnes of that town. Mr. A. called at the

Sun Inn, Bradford, to say that if any inquiries were made
after such an article the parties were to be referred to him.
Mr. Watfon's friend having got the placards, returned, dis-
tributing them as he came along; and very soon after his
arrival in Bradford learnt the welcome fact that the pocket-
book had been found, and was ready to be restored on appli-
cation at the proper quarter. We have only to add that Mr.
Watson is again in possession of his money and bills, and
that the promised £2O has been paid to Hustlers and See-
bohm's for the benefit of the poor woman who pieked them
up, and restored them in so creditable a manner. We under-
stand the poor woman's name is Holmes; her place of resi-
dence Bradford Moor; she is decidedly needy, and the sum
of money now awarded her is likely to prove a great comfort.
—Leeds In telligeneer.

DEP LOH ABLE CASE. —A young and delicate female, of con-
siderable personal attractions, and very neatly attired, was
brought before Messrs. Hoskins and Shutt, at Marlborough •
street Office, London, under the following deplorable cir-
cumstances :—Serjeant Collinson, 13 E, stated,- that, about
three o'clock the same morning, he was on duty in Castle-
street, Oxford-street. when his attention was attracted to the
prisoner, who was seated on the step of a gentleman's door
weeping and sobbing. He went to her, and taking her by
the hand, inquired the spause of her sorrow, when she an-
swered him, as well as her sobs would permit, that she had
fallen a victim to a villain who, under a promise of marriage,
had decoyed her from her parent's roof in the country, and
had brought her to London, where, after living with her in
lodgings, at the.west end, for a short period, he abandoned
her to all the horrors of pecuniary and mental distress. She
who,'only only one short month since, was the object of the
gay circle of relatives and friends, was now an outcast, with-
out and destitute of a place where she might lay her
head. Having listened to her affecting story, he conveyed
her to the station-house for protection. Mr. Hoskins (to the
Young woman :) What is your name? Young Woman:
Mary Ann Cooke, sir. Mr. Hoskins: Where do your pa-
rents reside? Young Woman : At 'l'hornbury, in Glouces-
tershire. Mr. Hoskins: What is your father? Young Wo-
man: A farmer, sir, well known in the county. Mr. Hos-
kins: How long have you left his roof? Young Woman :
About a month, sir. She here repeated her narrative relative
to the cause of her present misery, and stated, that the name
of her seducer was Austen, a man of independent property,
residing near her father's dwelling, and that she met bun
while on a short visit to her uncle, the proprietor of an inn,
at Chepstow. She implored the magistrate to use his means
to send her home and reconcile her to her family. Mr. Hos-
kins observed, that it appeared to he a very affecting case,
and sent for Mr. Messer, the overseer of Marylebone parish,
who consented to receive her into the workhouse, and com-
municate with her friends in the country.