The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

A ROMAN PRIEST AND A FRENCII OFFICER'S BRANDY
A great expose took place at Albano three dal

,o, which

not a little amused the French quartered in that town, as
well as the Albanese themselves ; and I can warrant the
correctness of the anecdote, having received it from one
of the parties concerned, an officer of the 17th Regiment,
in garrison at Albano. Two officers, who lodge in the
house of M. B—, the late Pope's master of the ceremonies,
having found their provision of lump sugar and brandy
disappear far more rapidly than their own consumption,
warranted, suspected and subsequently accused their mili-
tary servant of illegally getting his fingers into the cup-
board. The orderly indignantly repelled the charge, and
resolving to clear his zeputation by the detection of the
real culprit, hid himself under the bed after his master
went out the following morning. It appears that Man-
signor had the run of the house in his quality of landlord,
and went on the principle—
If we're too scrupulously just,
What profit's in a place of trust?
Accordingly, in he stalked, to the great surprise of the
watchful orderly, and repaired at once to the cupboard,
where he stuffed his pockets with sugar, and placed one

)lution by a m
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worthy prelate return

immediately reported, was unwilling to credit it

sonal oliservation ; he therefore O'cet

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falling off, and thrones are crumbling. Faith is lost; human received the honour of knighthood, on the recommenda- general lifliattlains.
reason has outstepped its appointed limits, and civilisation falls tion of the late Lord Spencer, then Lord Althorp. Sir I.
SECOND EDITION• by its own hand. ' Brunel was Vice-president of the Royal Society, a cor- —„,...-
-, _ _ _ 'ltis a terrible prospect," said Ernest.
--responding member of the Institute of France, and a Lord Ashley proposes to change the name
"But now, can you understand, Mr. Vane," said the old
Star. raid Office, Noon. man, greatly moved, "that, apart from religious considera- Vice-president of the Institute of Civil Engineers. He Schools to that of Colonial Training Schools.
tions—from matters of faith—there may be some merit in was unaffected, simple in his habits, and benevolent, and A company offers to supply the town of
people retiring from the world. as we have done to feed others as ready to do a kind act as he was to forget an. injury, with gas at 3s. per thousand feet.
ARRIVAL OF THE CILEDOMA. by the practice of our self-denial; that in feeding thirty thou-
sand persons, we have done something towards relievins the He died in his 81st year, after a long illness, which first An Orange Lodge has been formed at Keigl
visited him soon after the completion of the tunnel. The shire, and has been joined by a number of toy
misery of which you have so forcibly complained, and obviating
its evil effects? At least, we should not be pPrsecuted or reviled care, anxiety, and constant strain of body and mind, The Bible Society acknowledges in the Time
The Royal Mail Steam-ship Caledonia, Capt. Douglas, because or faith differs trom that of the majority." brought on a slight attack of paralysis, from which he of a bank-note for £5OO for the Society.
arrived in the river this morning, soon after eleven, with "It appears to me." said Ernest, for they were returning to never thoroughly recovered. He leaves a widow, Lady It is said that the Globe newspaper has beco
advices from New York to the 4th inst, inclusive.
the convent, "that there is one word which should be written Brunel, one son, the eminent engineer, and two daugh- perty of Mr. Goldsmith, a retired solicitor.
over every portal and engraven on every heart; and that is, ters, the eldest married to Mr. Hawes, the Under-
She has not brouwill not be changed.
ht the President's message, as was Toleration."
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the youngest to It is stated that an old woman near eighty
expected. The tendency of this rhapsodical stuff is undoubtedly very the Rev. Mr. Harrison, the Vicar of New Brentford. was formerly a cook in Lord Nelson's family,
bad, and would require to be sedulously watched and corn-
The money market at New York had not undergone reduced to great distress.
bated, were we not assured that the party, of whose
any alteration. The banks discounted freely at the usual popish leanings it is a sort of index, have little hold upon GRECIAN GRAIN.—The vessel San S
Greece, has arrived in the docks from Athen
rates and the market was well stocked with coin, the the public mind. Its sentimentalism may mislead a poi- THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER. , board 1900 qrs. of wheat, comprising the ant
shipment of which had nearly ceased. Exchanges had tion of our unthinking youth, but we feel some confidence Grecian pr
that the general soundness of the convictions of the mass
not experienced much fluctuation, and bills on London The London Gazette of Tuesday may well be preserved AMERICAN HOPS.—TheAmerican packet-s
of the British people will enable them to detect thepoison
were firm at 1081 to 109, and the supply was not large.as a valuable relic; for never before were its pages so just arrived in the docks from New York, 1
which lurks amidst all this babbling about flowers, crosses,
For the better grades of Genessee and Western flour honoured. In them there appeared, for the first time, 46 bales of ho ps, as a portion of her cargo c
and retirement from the busy scenes of life to the torpid
there was a good home trade, and those brands were firm,the following touching communication : order, the produce of the United States.
monastic life.
whilst of the common and inferior sorts the supplies were condition of "WHITEHALL, DEC. 10.—The Queen has been pleased to Serjeant Adams has decided that the deed
large and the article very heavy. Wheat was in moderate The following is scarcely in better style, though con-
command that the following directions, given by her late ma- Exeter Hall does not admit of the building
supply with steady prices. Gennessee selling at 122 c. to veying forcibly the wretched fate of the abandoned. Lut- jesty the Queen Dowager for her funeral, should be made pub- for public concerts, but only for religious, p
123 c., ()lie scarce 110 c. to 115 c. Pork has advanced trell, and the tic. Her majesty has desired that these directions, which are scientific purposes. The rating has been fixes
with sales of ire at Ulf dollars to 111; prime 81 to 81., ENDTTIVING CONSTANCY OF WOMAN'S LOVE. worthy the exalted piety and the unfeigned humility of the late • • '
Orders have been sent to Woolwich to have
Lard sa- to 6;e_ in barrels. Beef no change. Freight to . The policeman directed them to carry him to her room—for.
queen, should be, as tar as possible, carried into effect, and for
it was evident that he was in a dying state, and the hospital this purpose has been pleased to sanction a departure from prise and Investigator new coppered and refitt
Livernool, Grain 40. to sd. was far distant. They took him up, and the young girl led the the usual ceremonial observed at the funerals of the kings and ately. They are to sail as soon as possible
The 31st Congress assembled at Washington on the 3rd way to her home. It looked a wretched house on the outside, queens
in humility,
realm : Horn to Behrings Straits in search of Sir Johr
inst. Of the sixty members composing the Senate, the nor did it improve as you entered. The staircase was narrow, I die humility, knowing well that we are all alike before The ship Ann Gales, of London, has been
Whigs have 24, and the Loco-Focos 34, two Senators, and half broken ; the landing-places loathsome ; but once in the throne of God ; I request, therefore, that my remains bea coast of Waterford. The mate was saved, bu
Hale of New-Hampshire, and Chase of Ohio, belonging her room, desolate as it was, there was every appearance of conveyedey to the grave without
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haanpye pomp aor
estate. They
here I reagruee t board, twelve in number, including the cal
to the Frce-Soilers, the former elected by the aid of Whig refined taste. A feweflowers, which were evidently tende.dtNyitlei 1.)
er to have as quiet stud private a funeral as possible. I particu. perished,
votes, the latter by that of Loco Foco. The House of tweerfresaotmeset
handsomely
-bound
books l l
smsacatterienc7 vaagus t : 'the larly desire not to be laid out in state, ana the funeral to take The Admiralty have ordered the Superb, a
Representatives, of which the full number is 231, has small bed-room was hung with poor but simple and rather place by daylight. No procession. The coffin to be carried by the steamer Stromboli, at Devonport, to pre
111 Whigs and 116 Loco-Focos. graceful furniture, but if the room itself gave evidence that its sailorsi. to the chapel. All those of my friends and relations, relief of the homeward-bound traders, in the
to aimited number, who wish to attend, may do so. My
Dr. George Parkman, a physician of great wealth and occupier w: sof a superior class, yon could not have mistaken
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Lords Howe and Channel.
respectability, was missed by his friends on the 23rd ult., her so soon as she removed her bonnet and shawl. Her dress, nephew,
and on the 30th ult. his remains were found dreadfully inwhai(eh; clitmfietpeigtoufhien
waisttlr escok was a:o s l neat]esyv airtisd evenee ntl Denbigh, the Hon. W. Ashley, Mr. Wood, Sir Andrew Bar- The bullion in both departments of th
and nard, and Sir David Davies, with my dressers and those of my England has increased from £16,512,414 to .:
mutilated. The affair has caused great excitement, and its beauty. Her hair was delicately braided, perfectionand when she ladies who may wish to attend. I die in peace, and I wish to being a difference of £260,384. The paper i
Dr. J. W. Webster, professor of chemistry, in Harvard took off her gloves, she had a hand which might well have be carried to the tomb in peace, and free from the pomps and culation has decreased from £19,109,292 to £
University, has been arrested on suspicion of having corn- befitted the favoured beauty of the highest rank. There was a vanitiesame. oafat.ll%xerl;l.
give
request not to be dissected. or em-
o as little trouble as possible. On the night of Friday, no less than six
mitted the murder. Officer Rice, in arranging things in delicacy in her features, and an aristocracy of birth about her, D i a „ a a
(Signed) ADELAIDE R. lost on the Gunfleet Sands : five of them
the laboratory. found, in a recess formed by the brick- which
eeide even rude men appreciated, for they involuntarily ~ November, 1841." coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and
their hats when she gave them any directions about
work of the furnace and chimney, a tea-chest, appa-
rilmttorell. While they were present in the room she gave no Nothing so beautiful as this has been seen in our day— other was a foreigner. All were on their passag
rently filled with specimens of minerals, but emitting expression to her feelings ; but when they had left it in search nothing so truly exemplary. It would be almost open to The national address to Lord Roden has a
a very strange odour. He at once upset the chest, of a doctor, she then sobbed and sighed as though her heart a false construction, to say of Queen Adelaide, that " no- signed by 30 peers, a considerable number of
and found in the bottom, bedded in hemlock bark, would break.
the left thigh and the half-roasted trunk of the body. . She knelt down first before a picture, which repiesented a thin in her life became her like the leaving it." Yet does the House of Commons, nearly 459 deputy
onse in a viley, surrounded with jagged mountains, and cold not every one feel, that, however lovely and praise-corn- and magistrates, and a numerous body of cle
The skin had been wholly burnt or stripped off from the pointed glaciers. She drew from her dress a small gold cross, pelling was her living course,—it is even exceeded by this other persons. .
trunk. The thigh was only st.:ined with the bark. All and kissed it reverently; and then she knelt by that man's exquisite close ? At the anniversary meeting of the Royal
the parts found a-e such in size that they may very well bedside, smoothed his ruffed pillow, leant over him, and
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when the awful silence is only disturbed by the thick breathing
of the sufferer; to feel that the small remnant of life before
you is growing less and less every moment ; to know that
before the minute-hand of the clock has made one circle, the

divided churches

knowledge will be of no avail—

no repentance!.

'or to him there is no return !

There on that poor truckle bed lay the heir to the house of
Luttrell. Where were all the hopes, the aspirations of his
family ? Where was the life he had so greatly loved,_ and the

pleasures wmcn ne ran so arnentiy pursuer gnat there was
little or no hope of his recovery was evident to the most
unpractised eye. At intervals the contortions of his
countenance was fearful ; then immediately it would relapse
again into the fixed look of confirmed anguish more terrible
than even the acute expression of pain. What a contrast be-
tween the apartment in which he was lying, and the silken
refinements to which from his youth he had been accustomed;
yet she to whom the room belonged had done all that the taste
of a delicate woman could effect. to render it comfortable_

The small ornaments scattered about had been evidently saved
from the wreck of former luxury ; but there was that in the
room which ennobled the owner more than its refinement;
there were the evidences of patient industry, the proofs that
her life was a life of honest labour : there were the drawings
't which '1 at from '-‘z to n: half

finished, oth
list of the en

morning
ready for sale, and on the mantle piece was a
'ements she had undertaken.

a poor girl in the floor above who had long been ill, and who

had not the same power of resisting temptation, or the same
source of profitable industry which this young girl possessed.
It was this ministering angel of comfort who used to pay the
doctor, procure food, and who acted as a servant to the poor
creature who was perishing under the same roof. The little

moult remained tor herself after the deduction of these ex-
penses was the merest trifle, but the people in the neighbour-
hood were in their turn kind to her; for the most hardened
loved virtue, and respect innocence. We little think how much
good there is in some of those wretched purlieus of London,
which we only associate with infamy ; nor do we estimate suf-
ficiently highly the sacrifices which the poor make for one ano-
ther, the charity and self-denial which they practice in their
daily intercourse.

ie deceased Queen leaves behind
any ready_money, and that her
)1e and

Weimar will be a large le.gatee under the will of her Ma-
jesty. The following pious avowal of true faith and hope
was appended to the memorandum respecting her inter-
ment, and left by Queen Adelaide in her will. It will af-
ford consolation to the many who now mourn the irrepa-
rable loss they have sustained :—" I shall die in peace with
all the world, full of gratitude for all the kindness that
was ever shewn to me, and in full reliance on the mercy
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, into whose hands I commit
my soul."

We must not forget to speak of the splendid munificence
of the late Queen. It is true she had a royal revenue.
But the persons who possess, like her, incomes of £lOO,OOO
per annum, in England, are not so few as some might sup-
pose. We believe that there are seven banking-houses in
the metropolis, every one of which could shew an equal
annual income of net profits.
Yet how few are there amone our -

—.,..s great nobility or our
merchant princes, who manifest anything at all approach-
ing to the Christian liberality of Queen Adelaide ! Her
example, however, has been felt. Instances of noble gifts,
of great sacrifices, are now far less uncommon than they

user to De ; and we may date their increase from the time
when the royal example of the consort and widow of Wi1e.,..,
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THE FUNERAL

The minutes passed by rapidly, still no doctor arrived, and
by the bed-side of the sufferer the girl remained kneeling, with
his cold, bloodless, clammy hand pressed in her own. She
prayed fo' him who never prayed for himself; the warm tears
trickled down her bosom, and moistened his arm. Was
it a new faith that possessed him, or did a love he had
never been worthy of in life, penetrate his soul when he
was dying ? No one can disclose the secrets of his heart's
prison-house; but when the cross touched his lips, with a fear-
ful gasp, a terrible death-struggle, be opened his eyes, they
were fixed passionately, earnestly, on the countenance of the
sweet Magdalene bending over him—he uttered the name of
"Marie," and with the exertion, his life passed from him.

Dr Majesty's directions, written as above, in Novem-
-18-11 (eight years • preparing for death were strictly

seven o

a guard of honour was posted at Bushy Park. 1;:t;g13e-'
fore daylight the villages of Stanmore and Bushy sent
forth crowds towards the scene of the mournful prepara-
tions, the inhabitants closing their shops as a mark of
respect to the memory of her late Majesty, and the bells of
the neighbouring churches tolled at minute time.
Shortly before eight o'clock the hearse, fully emblazoned
with escutcheons, drove up to the principal entrance of
the mansion, and soon after the mortal remains of her late
Majesty were deposited within it : the mournful pageant
proceeded by way of Ruislip, Uxbridge, and Stoke, to
Slough, en route to Windsor Castle. At all those places
the tradesmen's shops were closed, and the bells of the
several churches were tolled during the progress of the
solemn train through the villages.

Leaving Uxbridge at a tolerable pace, the funeral passed
with increased speed through Upton to Stoke and Slough,
having been joined by several vehicles in the rear of the
escort on its way. Shortly before twelve o'clock the cor-
tege halted at Slough to receive the royal carriage from
Windsor. From Slough to Windsor, it may be said that
the carriages drove through a stream of people. All the
better classes were in deep mourning.
Within the walls of the Castle the ordinary number of
sentinels were increased immediately in front of and near
St. George's Chapel. Beyond the drums being muffled,
the privates and non-commissioned officers exhibited no
signs of mourning. St. George's Chapel was sombre in.
deed. The floors of all the avenues were covered with
black cloth, and the floor of the chapel and a raised plat-
form extending almost to the door by which the body was
to be brought in, was covered with the same sable commo-
dity.

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ANECDOTE OF QUEEN ADELAIDE.—The Duke of
Clarence, in the lifetime of Mrs. Jordan, was frequently
behind the scenes in Drury-lane Theatre. Indeed, it is
said that the royal autograph is extant in the Saturday
Treasury book for Mrs. Jordan's salary. Thus, in after
times, a few of the old Drury actors always met with a
cordial reception at Bushey, and none more so than Dow-
ton. Upon a certain " benefit" occasion the actor waited
upon the sailor duke, and was received with the old kind-
ness and simplicity. In the course of the interview, the
Duke observed the actor look significantly at a portrait
over the chimney—the portrait of Mrs. Jordan. " Yes,
Dowton," said the Duke, " she was an excellent woman ;
and, by the way, I'll tell you a little story about that
picture. It always hung there ; but some time 'before I
was married to the Duchess I caused it to be removed.
Well, shortly after I brought the duchess home, I found
one morning the picture in its old place. ' This,' said
the duchess, " was done at my desire. I discovered that
the picture had long hung there ; it was the picture of
the mother of your children, and it was not fit it should
be displaced. You must gratify me and let it remain.' "
Let those who withhold their aid from the daughter of
Nelson, because the daughter of Lady Hamilton, consider
'this, and know that the best chastity is best adorned by
the largest charity.

A CHRISTIAN QUEEN.—Tn 1837, the late Queen
Dowager was made acquainted with the objects and opera-
tions of the Trish Tract Society. Her Majesty immediately
transmitted a donation of £lO. The committee, after con-
sultation, thinking that possibly her Majesty might not
wish her name publicly announced as a donor, wrote,
(says the secretary, in a letter just published), "to ascer-
tain her mind as to the manner in which she would
graciously condescend to permit her bounty to be ac-
knowledged in connection with our society. To our great
delight I received, with as much dispatch as on my former
application, the following magnanimous reply, one suited
to the dignity of a Christian Queen Windsor Castle,
March 21, 1837.—Lord Howe presents his compliments
to Mr. Scott, and begs to inform him, that the Queen
will leave it entirely to his discretion how to announce the
small donation which her Majesty was enabled to send in
aid of the Tract and Book Society of Ireland. At the
same time her Majesty wishes it to be clearly understood,
that she is neither ashamed of belonging to the society,
nor in the least afraid of her name appearing among its
members.—To the Rev. Mr. Scott.' To offer a com-
ment on the latter paragraph of this letter would be to
dilute its strength, and to mar its beauty and excellence.
It proves that the Queen of England was not ashamed of
the Gospel of Christ, for she knew 'it is the power of
God unto salvation,' and that she wished its saving efficacy
to reach the heart of every benighted inhabitant of Ire-
land."

About half-past twelve the Duke of Wellington and the
Marquis of Lansdowne made their appearance in the
choir. A little later the Duke of Norfolk, Hereditary
Earl Marshal, and the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of
the Stole to Prince Albert, also took their seats in their
stalls. Lord J. Russell, who had previously come into
the choir, having no special seat, entered into conyersa.
tion with the Marquis of Lansdowne ; and both of them
retired for a while to Cardinal Wolsey's Chapel, which
had been fitted up as a reception-room, and was well
warmed. The Duke of Wellington sat still in his place,
apparently in deep meditation. Just before one o'clock,
as the hearse approached the south door, those who were
to meet the royal corpse there and attend it into the
choir went down to the door. The Archbishop of Can-
terbury came to the entrance of the choir, arid Prince
Albert and the Duke of Cambridge were conducted to
their stalls under the organ gallery. The Duchess of
Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Anne of
Saxe-Weimar, the Princess Amelie of Saxe-Weimar, and
the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar, were ushered into the
Queen's closet, which is on the north side of the choir,
near the Communion-table. Lord. J. Russell went into
one of the vacant stalls near the end of the chapel. There
were also in the chapel the Countess Howe, the Hon.
Mrs. Ashley, Lord M. Hill, the Earl of Morley, &c., &c.
The gentlemen, whether following the body or not, were
in plain mourning dress, distinguished only by their black
scarfs ; no uniforms were worn, but the knights of the
garter had their star of silver. Every one of the ladies
had a large black veil thrown over her head, completely
shrouding the features.

Precisely at one o'clock the mournful procession arrived
at St. George's Chapel. The royal coffin was immediately
removed from the hearse, (which was of the simplest
description,) and being received at the door of the south
porch by the canons of Windsor, was slowly conveyed
thence by the'undertaker's men into the nave, and placed
on the bier, the crown and cushion being laid thereon.
The sailors were then ranged five at either side, but they
only nominally assisted in the further transit of the royal
body, by two at each end placing their hands upon the
coffin.

The coffin was taken to a spot a few feet in front of the
steps leading to the communion table, where a portion of
the floor had been removed, discovering a subteiranean
passage, which, passing under the table, leads to the iron
gates by which the royal vault is entered. Over this
aperture the bier was allowed to rest, the coffin and the
platform supporting it being prevented from sinking into
the opening until the appointed moment by some very
simple machinery below. The Lord Chamberlain took
his place at the feet of the corpse ; the chief mourner
took her seat in a chair covered with black cloth, and
placed near the head of the corpse ; the rest of the
mourners stood behind her in the order in which they had
entered. Garter and the pall bearers stood round the
body.

The burial service having been commenced as usual
with " I am the resurrection and the life," which was
chanted by the canons and choristers, accompanied by the
organ, the procession moved into the choir in order.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Canons of
Windsor, by whom the corpse was received at its entrance
into the choir, having ascended the steps of the altar,
Mr. French, one of the lay canons, gave out the psalms
of the funeral service, the 39th, " I said I will take heed
to my ways," and the 90th, "Lord, thou bast been our
refuge," which having been chanted, the Most Rev.
Prelate read in an audible and impressive voice the les-
sons of the day, Ist Corinthians, 15 ch., 20 v. These
were followed by the chanting of the first anthem by
Handel, during which the pall was removed, and the
coffin, with the crown and cushions resting on it, was
lowered into the vault. At this portion of the ceremony,
which was extremely mournful and solemn, many of the
ladies, Lord Fitzclarence, Lord J. Russell, and others,
seemed much affected, and covered their faces for a
moment with their handkerchiefs.

Garter (Sir Charles Young) standing beside the grave,
then pronounced the style of her late Majesty.
The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-chamberlain of
her late Majesty's household broke their staves of office,
and, kneeling down, deposited them in the royal vault.

Here terminated ihe.sad and solemn ceremony, which
lasted exactly an hour and a quarter. The distinguished
individuals forming the procession, or otherwise assisting,
gradually disappeared from the hapel, which was now
only filled by the deep tones of the organ in the " Dead
march in Saul."

The coffin of her late Majesty the Queen Dowager is
placed beside that of her royal husband, King William the
Fourth.

The day was observed throughout London in such a way
as to shew how much attached the citizens were to the late
Queen Dowager. Many shops were closed, and almost all
had their shutters up. In Kensington all business was sus-
pended for the day. The blinds were drawn at the club-
houses and residences of the nobility and gentry. Minute
guns were fired at the Tower, where the royal standard
was hoisted half-mast high. The National Gallery, the
British Museum, and other scientific institutions were
closed, and all the theatres were shut. The shipping in
the river and docks hoisted their colours half-mast. In
Bristol nearly all the shops were closed.

Lord Ashley proposes to change the name of Ragged
Schools to that of Colonial Training Schools.
A company offers to supply the town of Hartlepool
with gas at 3s. per thousand feet.
An Orange Lodge has been formed at Keighley, York-
shire, and has been joined by a number of loyal men.
The Bible Society acknowledges in the Times the receipt
of a bank-note for £5OO for the Society.
It is said that the Globe newspaper has become the pro-
perty of Mr. Goldsmith, a retired solicitor. Its politics
will not be changed.
It is stated that an old woman near eighty, now alive,
was formerly a cook in Lord Nelson's family, and is now
reduced to great distress.
GRECIAN GRAIN.—The vessel San Sheridian, of
Greece, has arrived in the docks from Athens, having on
board 1900 qrs. of wheat, comprising the entire cargo of
Grecian prod'uce.
AMERICAN Hops.—The American packet-ship London,
just arrived in the docks from New York, has brought
46 bales of hops, as a portion of her cargo consigned to
order, the produce of the United States.
Serjeant Adams has decided that the deed of trust for
Exeter Hall does not admit of the building being open
for public concerts, but only for religious, political, and
scientific purposes. The rating has been fixed at £2OOO.

SALE OF A WIFE.—One of these no less rare than dis-
gusting exhibitions took place in the market-place of
Goole, on Wednesday. A person named Ashton, a water-
man, residing at Thorne, has, for some time past, been an
in-patient of the Hull Infirmary. During his stay in the
Infirmary it would appear that his wife, who is a buxom
young woman, formed an acquaintance with a paramour,
and eloped with him, taking with them a great part of the
husband's effects. On Ashton's arrival at home he dis-
covered their hiding place, when matters were talked over
and a sale agreed upon. Accordingly, on the day in
question, Ashton led his wife into the market-place with
a halter round her waist, and there made her mount a
chair for public exhibition, and the " lot" was put up by
an itinerant auctioneer, the first bid being threepence;
an old man who was present afterwards bid "a shilling
for the lot," at which price she stood for some time ; a
little spirited competition then took place, and the woman
was eventually knocked down to her paramour for five
shillings and ninepence, when, snapping her fingers in her
husband's face, she exclaimed " there, good-for-nought,
that's more than thou would fetch," and departed, ap-
parently in high glee, with her new lord and master, the
husband as they were passing him holding out his hand to
her, and saying, " Give us a wag of thy hand, old lass,
afore we part."—Doncaster Chronicle.

DESECRATION OF A RELIGIOUS ORDINANCE.—At the
Mansion-house, London, last week, a woman, named
Rowland, was zemanded on a charge of harassing a re-
lieving officer without having any claim to relief as a
pauper. She stated that, some months ago, having a claim
by right of birth to support from Christ Church parish,
she was induced by the authorities there to consent
to marry a man who belonged to another parish, and that
she had received the sum of £4 for such service ; that she
had put up the banns for the man whose wife she had in-
tended to become and herself, but that her lover, at the
eleventh hour, refused to enter the church, and that con-
sequently she had been obliged to get another man to
adopt his name ; that in her anxiety to oblige her parish,
she had prevailed upon a sailor to go to church with her,
and marry her in the name of the person to whom she
had been engaged, and that she handed over, as the price
of that accommodation, the sum of £1 to the sailor, who
thereupon went about his business without having had
anything more to do with her. This statement, as far as
the parish authorities were concerned, she softened down
in cross-examination ; for it appeared that she represented
to them that, if they would give her the £4, she could
marry a young man who was doing well, could furnish a
small room, and redeem her things. The solicitor of the
parish said he had no doubt but that, at the subsequent
investigation, he would be able to bring to light the par-
ticulars of a vile conspiracy to defraud them.
The letter of Mr. Charles Dickens to Mr. Gaylord
Clarke, of New York, denouncing a Mr. Thomas Powell,
of London, now in New York, engaged upon " The Living
Authors of England," as "a forger and a thief," has led
to a prosecution, by Mr. Powell, of the parties concerued
in publishing the letter, which will require all the testi-
mony that Mr. Dickens has on hand to answer. It has
created a great excitement among the literary circles, and
a corresponding demand for Powell's book. The New
York Herald says, as the origin of this quarrel,—" About
this time the railway speculations commenced in England.
Mr. Powell's employer thought that money was to be
made in that line, and finding his clerk possessed of tact
and capacity for the business, made him his confidential
agent in the buying and selling of stocks, giving him the
use of his name in signing drafts, cheques, acceptances,
&c. For a short time everything went on swimmingly.
Hudson, the railway king, and all his agents,-rolled in
wealth. Mr. Dickens was seized with the fever. He
wished to make money a little faster than by the drudgery
of writing novels at a stated salary. He wished to flou-
rish at the west end, and to roll in his carriage among the
swells of Picadilly and Hyde-park. Powell was the very
man ; and through his advice Mr. Dickens put in for his
share in the railway profits. But the thing turned out
another South Sea bubble—it exploded, and in the revul-
sion evaporated like mist in the morning air. Ruin and
bankruptcy followed close behind it!'
A DISAPPOINTED BRIDEGROOM. On Saturday, a
jockey-looking man, between 40 and 50 years of age, who
gave the name of William Wadsworth, of Enfield, Mid-
dlesex, was charged at the Guildhall, London, with cruelly
ill-treating a horse by over-riding it in St. Paul's Church-
yard. Evidence was given that between eleven
and twelve o'clock that morning he had been seen to urge
on a horse down Cheapside, gallop it round St. Paul's
Churchyarn, and rush into Carter-lane, Doctors'-com-
mons, throwing Johnny Gilpin's ride into the shade ; the
witnesses ran after him, and found the horse in an ex-
hausted state at a proctor's door. On the rider coming
out in haste with a marriage license in his hand, an officer
took care of both him and his horse.—Sir G. Carroll:
Why did you ride at such a rate ?—Defendant in a confi-
dential tone) : Well, then, I was on express business, and
was getting a license to be married to a lady to-day, when
that man spoiled it all (laughter).—Sir G. Carroll : Well,
it was ungallant for the officer to do so.—Defendant : I
consider it very unhandsome behaviour, and I feel it
(laughter).—The officer here handed the license to the
alderman, and said it was a fact that a lady in a post-
chaise and four was in waiting in the neighbourhood.—Sir
G. Carroll said that, taking into consideration the special
business he was upon, he would look over the affair.—

Orders have been sent to Woolwich to have the Enter-
prise and Investigator new coppered and refitted immedi-
ately. They are to sail as soon as possible round Cape
Horn to Behrings Straits in search of Sir John Franklin.
The ship Ann Gales, of London, has been lost off the
coast of Waterford. The mate was saved, but the rest on
board, twelve in number, including the captain's wife,
perished,

The Admiralty have ordered the Superb, at Cork, and
the steamer Stromboli, at Devonport, to proceed to the
relief of the homeward-bound traders, in the chops of the
Channel.
The bullion in both departments of the Bank of
England has increased from £16,512,414 to £16,772,798,
being a difference of £260,384. The paper in actual cir-
culation has decreased from £19,109,292 to £19,105,196.
On the night of Friday, no less than six vessels were
lost on the Gunfleet Sands : five of them were deeply
coal-laden ships belonging to Newcastle and Shields, the
other was a foreigner. All were on their passage to London.
The national address to Lord Roden has already been
signed by 30 peers, a considerable number of members of
the House of Commons, nearly 459 deputy-lieutenants
and magistrates, and a numerous body of clergymen and
other persons.
At the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, on
St. Andrew's Day, the President, Lord Rosse, presented
the Copley gold medal to Sir Roderick I. Murchison.
This is ahe highest honour that an Englishman of science
can attain, since the prize is open to all Europe ; and Sir
Roderick is the first geologist who has had it within a
period of twenty-seven years.
On the 30th ult., a pleasure boat on the river Weaver,
in which were a young man named Lamb, and two boys,
approached too near the Weir-head, near Northwich, was
driven under the fall, and swamped. All three were
drowned. On the 7th instant, Thomas Shallcross, of Wa-
verham, fell out of a boat into the Weaver, and was
drowned.
On Tuesday news arrived at the Vice Chancellor's Court,
of the discovery of the body of the son of the Vice Chan-
cellor. On Sunday he dined with his father. After dinner
he went out, and the fog coming on, it is supposed he
missed his way, and fell into a ditch. From appearances
it would seem he had struggled hard, but was unable to
obtain a firm footing, and perished in the attempt to extri-
cate himself. Sir L. Shadwell is the Vice-chancellor.

Dec 18, 184 g.

The notorious Joseph Ady was on Tuesday ordered by
the Lord Mayor of London to pay £ll 6s. for the postage
of 1,356 letters which had been returned for being unpaid.
He " protested" against the decision, and wanted a
month to pay, but on being told that a distress warrant
would be issued forthwith, he managed to raise the money.
Such proceedings as these will tend to put an effectual
stop to this fellow's tricks.
INCENDIARISM IN BucKs.—A cow-house, in the oc-
cupation of Mr. R. Mumford, of Dorton, 'was destroyed
by fire a few nights since; and on the same night a cow-
house, on the farm of Mr. G. Fuller, of the same village,
was similarly consumed. They were the property of C.
S. Rickett, Esq., of Dorton House. There is every rea-
son to believe that both fires were the wilful acts of an
incendiary.

Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE ON AGRICTJLTuRo

DISTRESS.

(From the Zdinburgh Post.)
it is of importance, with a view to our future pr
to learn what are the sentiments and opinions enou
In the present circumstances of the agricultural ionstere_sl..:
who were directly instrumental in procuring the spa it,
of the Corn Laws. Amongst that party it will be tucLiv,
ted that no one possesses in many•respects a higher
ratter and more extensive influence than Mr. GlatO
It is, therefore, with much interest that we turn
tlgurs..
views which he entertains at this important crisis.
is
e
Right Honourable Gentleman has just come forol,'his
the Fettercairn Farmers' Club, and stated explicitly lies
opinion of the present position and prospects of the 101. L.
tish agriculturist, arid it is satisfactory at the outsett
observe that he makes no attempt to conceal, but open
admits the difficulties in which all connected with 10
are placed.—" I am," says he " engaged with those Prra
sent in that struggle—in that hard battle of adversitY,_`.s
!
which I admit the agriculturist is placed." With no
candour, he avows the responsibility of the policy ,fh
has led to this result. " I have no right to cornPl2l';#ll
he continues, " as it has been my fate to participate
Lu
those who passed the commercial measures which bole
form the subject of discussion throughout the wuteit
country." These words show that Mr. Gladstone...,
that he was placed on his defence before the farmers vr
he addressed, and accordingly he proceeded to esnl3iti big
,'_
view of the causes of the existing distress. Mr• ,
lad
stone observed :
" With regard to the cause of declining prices,
the line of argument of those who look only to importatio.
the chief cause. I consider, on the contrary, that thelatear lion
dant harvest is the chief cause. I do not pretend to speak of
accurately of Scotland, bat as to England the wheat crop of
last year was the largest ever known. Upon one single acre
land, of average quality, no less than 68 bushels of vvheat of
been taken from the crop of last year. As to the definition_.,
what is an average crop, you are aware that we have no meat!.
either in Scotland or England, of estimating this accurataell
but, nevertheless, this is done annually in such a manner s'af.".
approximate very nearly to the truth. This is not due to
puolic board, or to any official returns, but solely to a Pri'
lente°'
company, Messrs. Saunders of Liverpool. These gent
for the last thirty or forty years, have always taken an acco...
of the crops before harvest. This they. do by sending in
,Li
through all the districts of the country, Just before the when
crop is cut down. These men fix upon certain fields, and _
eel
cer-
tain
portions of the fields as being a fair average, and
measuring a yard of the field, they count the number of stray,:
OW'
cannot adopt
on the yard, and the number of ears of corn on the yard,
they afterwards carefully and accurately weigh, thus givng'for
far as they can, an average estimate to the company, which,
many years has been very accurate. No doubt such en aremi
these returns are taken in preference to any others,
cannot be absolutely correct, but in the Houses of Farhat:aerie
considered the safest and the best; and the result of the
Messrs. Saunders' estimate for this year is, that the crop is ot
fa
largest which was ever known. I must also point out the is,
to you, that although the crop is the largest, the prices area
no means the lowest we have seen. For instance, in the Y,,„it
1835, when the sliding scale was in full operation, we had w"—
1
at 355. per quarter, and this not only fora short time, but for
whole year. If it be true, therefore, that, at the resent time,
P 1835,
we have prices ss. per quarter higher than they were in
when a corn-law, prohibitory till wheat rose to 70s. per queen
existed, then I cannot see that we have such great cause for
alarm as many imagine. Let me point out also that I had t •
curiosity to obtain an account of the last month's importation_f
into this country, and, on comparing the same with those
u
1848, the decrease this year is very remarkable, and boat
with diminished importations tins year, must be taken into Is
count the fact, that from the condition of the crop this Yean.,,
compared with the last, the value of our grain is at least 55.:;-;
perior to the mere nominal price. In October, last years
his
had good prices for wheat; in this year had. I ask, was
`1
owing to the importations of wheat from abroad, or was it 110.,
I give you the result in figures, which I think will co as the) _
what is the reason of the low prices. In October, 18.,
portation of wheat to this country was no less than 506,000 cIAT.:
in 1849 it was only 154,000 qrs. How are we to account fordo
but simply from the great abundance of wheat at home t
year, while in 1848 the supply was somewhat short and, so
is ;11
as regards the English farmer, I consider that he betteL
this year with his large crop and low prices, thin he was
with his small crop and high Niel --

Mr. Gladstone. then, thinks that the abundance of M
crop is the cause of the present low prices, assuming tne.
we have had the best harvest on record. There can be
no doubt, of course, that abundance is the cause of 10;
ness of price, a fact exemplified in the year 1835, referredto by the right honourable gentleman. He was wrong'
however, in saying that wheat was at 355. a quarter /a
the whole of that year, for, in point of fact, it rose to 445.
But there is another important consideration which 31!'
Gladstone has entirely lost sight of. In 1835, the agrl-
culturist was not exposed to the competition of the foreilln
grower, for the whole quantity of wheat imported in that
year was 28,555 quarters. On the other hand, what (1°
we find to have taken place during the last ten months.
It appears that of wheat alone 3,975,485 quarters WO
been entered for home consumption, the entire importa-
tions under the head of corn being 10,321,015 quarterso;
so that the agriculturists have been exposed not only
the effect of an abundant harvest, but to an unprecedented
amount of competition on the part of producers, subject
to none of the burdens which weigh down our own agri°
culturists. Will it be maintained, then, that these
10,000,000 quarters of foreign grain in 1849 have had as
little effect upon prices as the 430,000 quarters of all sorb
of grain imported in 1835 ? The question is not whether
the English farmer is better off with a large crop and '2
prices than with a small crop and high prices ; but Woe"
ther he is able to withstand the competition of foreigners'
subject to very few taxes, and possessing cheap lab°
and a superior climate ? And, further, whether Pricl
would not be much more in his favour he were exp.ose,'.:
to no such competition as is implied in the inordinate
importation of 10,000,000 quarters of grain, equivalenttl
nearly one-fifth of the annual quantity of grain produ'w
in the United Kingdom ? io
Mr. Gladstone, fully admitting the great difficultY
which the agriculturist is placed, still entertains hopes f:
a better future. On what grounds ? The farmer, vr.
says, may not have so high prices ; but, from his improvt
ments, and greater knowledge and energy, he will certsie'A
derive some degree of compensation from the increase "t
yield which he is able to command. He repeats th.s.
" the great increase of quantity will compensate for the
reduction of price." Now, we confess that these state-
ments appear to us altogether irreconcilable with the de-
claration previously quoted, that the present low Pri
are caused by the increase of the crop ; for it is not cle
that the more you add to the supply in a glutted make
the lower and less remunerative will be the price ? The,. rs
never was a greater fallacy than that now sought to
o:u
imposed upon the agriculturists, namely, that by increj
ing the quantity of produce they will thereby countern
the loss arising from reduced prices. Let the quantity
grain in the country be doubled, and the price must So
down in a ratio of descent far greater than the mere ~,
portionate quantity thus thrown into the market, and tm--
on the simple principle of supply and demand- tbo
Another benefit which Mr. Gladstone anticipates, '9,l,ig
lowering of rents as the existing leases expire ; but
result we are far from viewing in a favourable light, !sties
merely amounts to a division of loss amongst the PaVr,
interested. The fact remains, that parties do lose. t
f.;11
Gladstone also rests a great deal upon the assunlPLlo
that the labouring classes will apply their savings ill cer
price of food, by the purchase of butcher meat and otom
articles, and that the profit from this consumption Iv;
find its way into the pocket of the agriculturist. Isrunr
this is another fallacy, based upon the delusive the?„
that the consumer actually reaps the benefit of the leTir
prices of grain, cattle, sheep, &c. Practically, as Iva to
one well knows, bread and butcher meat are now 5;4.01
the public at nearly the same prices which have obteito
for the last few years. The reduction never reaches
50
consumer at all, and particularly the labouring Clabiett
derive no advantage whatever from the low prices v!,' pot
prevail in the grain and cattle markets. We nec....' the
enter on the question how this result is brought about
Do
fact, itself, we repeat, is unquestionable, and there,i'moo
way of altering it. The idea cherished by Mr. Glos
is contradicted by all experience, and affords no grog
for h
Wope in the future.
e are satisfied, from the tone of Mr. Gladst° are
observations, that his convictions on this question ity
shaken, if not confounded by the struggle—the adverfilg,
and impending difficulties which he so feelingly belot
We cannot but think that, seeing the operation or tie
policy which he has hitherto so strenuously advocate",4cope
will, ere long, take part in enabling the country to
from its ruinous effects. Mr. Gladstone's con
cln"
words were of tbee
" My hopes are as earnest and ardent for the succesato tb-
country as yours can be, because, though I am alive AV!,
importance of the success of manufactures, I am equallylied
to the importance of agriculture; and were I conWe,ricnt
make a choice between them, I would say, give me the s,,try
is
tural classes and the agricultnral interests of the cowl( oe
preference to all others, for they are the foundation
great interests of the nation."
No man who feels in this manner, and sincerel9; eaoilf
tains such views, can long abet a system which is .10,
robbing not only the agriculturists, but every other
of the legitimate fruits of their industry and capita"•

DEATHS FROM SEA SICKNESS.—On Saturday, while
the mail steamer Camilla was on her passage from Belfast,
betwixt Ailsa Craig and the Cumbrae-head, two children
were discovered dead in the steerage. There was a very
violent gale blowing, with a rough sea, and it is supposed
the children died from severe sea sickness, their mothers,
who accompanied them, being attacked were unable to
attend to them.

ATTEMPTED REVIVAL OF THE GLOVE TRADE.—SOMe
time ago we noticed, in terms of strong commendation,
the formation, at Worcester, of an institution for teaching
children the art of glove-making, with the view of com-
peting with the foreigners and bringing back a valuable
trade to that locality. From the want of funds, how-
ever, the society is at a low ebb ; and indeed it seems as
if any projects save such as are calculated to afford em-
ployment to our industrious poor, and so enable them to
support themselves in honest independence, find ready
favour in the eyes of those blessed with the means of
serving their fellow-creatures.
Loss OF THREE INDlAMEN.—Advices' have been re-
ceived within the last three or four days at Lloyd's, com-
municating the melancholy loss of two lndiamen, namely,
the Emily, 500 tons burden, from Calcutta; and the
Hanover, 700 tons. The crow of the latter, with the
exception of one, all perished. Another ship engaged in
the East India trade is also reported to be lost—the
barque Orpheus, Captain Mann, belonging to London,
362 tons burden, laden with palm oil. It happened on
the morning of the 18th of October, outside of the har-
bour of Cochin. Her crew were saved. The aggregate
amount of the above-mentioned losses is stated to exceed
£50,000.
A HUSBAND, WIFE, AND DAUGHTER KILLED.—A
terrible catastrophe, of a singular character, involving the
loss of three lives—a father, mother, and daughter—has
occurred at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire. The father,
named Pettifer, sent his daughter, on Tuesday, out on an
errand, and not returning within a reasonable time, he
went out in search of her, but neither of them returning,
after the lapse of several hours, the mother also went out
to look for them, leaving three young children in the care
of a boy ten years old. She never returned, and the fol-
lowing morning it was discovered that all three had
perished by falling into on old coalpit, the covering of
which had given way in the middle of their path. They
must have perished instantaneously from foul air.
AWFUL FATALITY IN A FAMILY.—About two years
ago, a boy, named Jones, in the employment of Mr. Robt.
Grier, of Quatsford, near this town, was sent to lead a
horse, and it is supposed that he tied the halter round
his waist. The horse took fright and ran away, dragging
the poor fellow after him, galloping across a hop-yard,
jumping two gates, and killing the boy instantly. About
six weeks ago, a brother of this lad was killed by falling
down among a team of horses and the waggon wheel pas-
sing over his bead, leaving a wife and two children to
lament his death. Another brother was taking a lot of
turkeys home in a cart on Tuesday, when they made a
noise which startled the horse, and he gallopped off. The
boy, in endeavouring to stop him, was knocked down by
the shaft of the cart. The wheel going over his chest and
head, killed him on the spot. Thus three fatal accidents
of a similar nature have occurred to three brothers within
two years. It is but justice to say that they were all
honest and industrious young men.—Worcester Journal.
BATTLE BETWEEN WELSH AND CORNISH MINERS.—
For a number of years a kind of jealousy has existed be-
tween the native miners and the Cornishmen employed in
the works, at Goginan Mines, and which at times has been
carried to such a pitch as to lead to serious consequences,
and to call for the interference of magisterial authority.
Such a scene of violence as that exhibited on Saturday
week at Aberystwith, has 'seldom been witnessed in that
part of the country. Missiles of all descriptions were re-
sorted to, and in one or two instances guns were intro-
duced to the scene of action. The conflict was of a savage
character and lasted a long time. A number of broken
heads and other injuries were the consequence, and it was
reported that in one instance a gun shot had taken effect.
During the conflict a house near Mr. John Sayer's, the
Druid, resembled " La Belle Alliance" at the celebrated
field of Waterloo, being repeatedly taken possession of by
both parties, and the windows and some of the furniture
completely demolished.

Defendant (with a knowing wink) : Can the officer stop
me from having a supper, for he has done me out of a
dinner ?—Sir G. Carroll : No.—Defendant : Then I can
get married this afternoon (laughter).—Sir G. Carroll :
No, you can't ; it is not a special license.—The defendant
left the court, thanking the alderman for letting him off,
but looking rather disappointed at the• result of his ex-
press through the city.

STOCK EXCHANGE FRAUD.—Great excitement had
prevailed on the stock exchange, London, through the
greater part of Thursday, in consequence of the discovery
that a fraud has been committed to a serious amount by a
person who has been for some time standing in the dou-
ble capacity of an enrolled member of the house, and the
authorised clerk of a highly respectable member. It ap-
pears that the latter gentleman has, in consequence of bad
health, been for some time resident on the continent, and
the defaulter, in his absence, had entered into extensive
speculations in his name without his authority. These
speculations had led to a large loss in differences on the
consol account, that he had no resources to meet, and be-
ing aware of this, in the course of Wednesday, by various
fraudulent devices he is supposed to have got possession
of nearly £lO,OOO in cash, with which he has absconded.
The amount of the regular defalcations, supposing they
had been fairly met, has been variously stated from
£lO,OOO to upwards of £20,000; but the accounts are so
complicated that it will be a day or two before the real
deficit is ascertained. Amongst other means to get pos-
session of ready money, a large amount, approaching near
to £5OOO, was overdrawn on the employer's bankers.
The committee of the stock exchange have posted the em-
ployer as a defaulter; but, from all that has transpired of
the circumstances, it is more than probable that his liabi-
lity will become matter of dispute. Some of the schemes
had recourse to by the clerk to obtain money were very
ingenious. One of them was, that, professing to have
money to lend on stock, he made advances, leaving a mar-
gin of 4 or 5 per cent. below the market price, and imme-
diately after sold the stock for bank notes, by which
means he pocketed the difference, leaving the borrower of
the money in the lurch to that amount. Daniel Forester
has been despatched after the delinquent, who it is
presumed had previously laid his plans for a speedy exit
to the continent.

THE CHOLERA AND ITS VICTIMS.—There is an im-
pression abroad that the cholera attacked chiefly the
poorer classes. Is this impression justified by fact, and if
so, to what extent ? We happen to have the means of
answering this question as far as it relates to the metro-
polis, and its adult male inhabitants. On referring to an
analysis to which we have access, we find 135 deaths
set down as occurring among gentlemen and men of in-
dependent means, 34 among members of the learned pro-
fession, and 56 among the members of other professions
and persons above the rank of shopkeepers. The trades-
men of London have lost 558 of their number, and the
working men about 3,489. Now, at first sight, these
figures seem conclusive as to the excessive mortality from
cholera of working men, and the comparative immunity
of those who have the advantage of being in easy circum-
stances. But when we come to compare the number of
deaths in each class with the number of its living mem-
bers, the difference between one class and another proves
to be much less considerable. One person of independent
means, for instance, died out of about 288, and one mem-
ber of the learned professions out of about 300. The re-
mainder of the professional class lost about 1 in 200. The
mortality among tradesmen was about 1 in 150, and among
working men lin 120. It is true then, that the cholera
did attack the class of working men with the greatest seve-
rity ; but the difference between them and their neigh-
bours was by no means so great as was generally supposed.
The lists of deaths comprise those of three clergymen of
the Church of England, and three ministers of other per-
suasions, of thirteen lawyers, and sixteen members of the
medical profession. The clergymen and the medical pro-
fession suffered in nearly the same degree ; the lawyers
were comparatively exempt. The first two classes were
brought into contact with the sufferers ; the last was not.
An argument this in favour of contagion ; but not conclu-
sive, inasmuch as clergymen and doctors are not merely
brought into contact with the sick, but also into the places
in which the sickness originated. But there is another in-
ference which we are disposed to draw from this compara-
tively slight disparity between rich and poor. The former
lost a smaller number in proportion, because they were
placed in more favourable sanitary conditions ; not be-
cause they were of stronger frame, or less sensitive of
morbid influences. Out of the large population inhabiting
the model lodging-houses now scattered over the metro-
polis, only one death took place from cholera, and this in
the person of a very old man, at the model lodging-house
in George-street, St. Giles, within a stone's throw of that
source and centre of infection, Church-lane. We may
mention incidentally that the mortality from cholera is
greatest at the very age (between seventy and seventy-five)
which this man had attained, and least from five to fifteen.
Up to about twenty-five years of age it is also greater in
males than in females, but after that age the proportion is
reversed.

A SOMERSET SLEEPWALKER.—About five o'clock on
Saturday morning last, one of the workmen in the employ
of Mr. Evans, carver, of Little Paradise, Bedminster, and
who resides in the house, whilst in a state of somnambu-
lism, rose from his bed, and after throwing about the fur-
niture in the room, alarmed the neighbourhood by several
loud cries of " Murder !" He then jumped out of the
window, a height of twelve or fourteen feet, and, strange
to say, alighted without in the least injuring himself. He
then clambered over an outhouse, and after passing over
several gardens and enclosures, scaling several pallisades
in his way, arrived at the boundary wall of Mill-lane,
which is situate above 100 yards from Little Paradise.
On getting into the lane, however, the exertion attendant
upon his climbing over the wall awoke him, and Mr.
Evans, who had gone in search of him, met the poor fel-
low in a state of nudity on Bedminster Causeway, greatly
prostrated by cold and fatigue. Mr. Evans, however,
conveyed him home, and having administered some brandy
to him, he soon recovered. The somnambulist states that
he was under the impression that he was about to be mur-
dered, and was endeavouring to escape from the supposed
assassin.—Bristol Mercury.
On Wednesday, a Commission of Lunacy was held to
ascertain the state of mind of the Earl of Albemarle.
The jury found his lordship a lunatic since the date of
July last. He was then Lord Bury, but succeeded his
father, who died last autumn. Dr. Sutherland, in his
evidence, stated that on one occasion he found the noble
earl weeping • and upon asking the cause of his grief, he
said that he had been up to Heaven and he found a mil-
lion of persons unrepented of their sins in this world, and
that he was ordered by his Saviour to erect a guillotine
upon the spot to punish them. Shortly after this he
became very violent, and assaulted one of the keepers.
In September last, he (Dr. Sutherland) wished to break
the death of his father to him, and upon saying that his
father, the late Earl, was very ill, he did not seem
affected, but merely said that his father was fifty years of
age, and that he was but twenty-five (although his age was
fifty-five) ; and upon another occasion when he (Dr.
Sutherland) told him of his father's death, he said that
could not be, as he had been told that his tailor had
brought him to life. He then told witness that he could
make gold watches out of stones and dirt, and valuable
jewellery out 3f bits of paper. At a subsequent interview
he told witness that himself and Mr. Hope were the
richest men in England, and that he owned all Ireland,
Wales, and Lancashire, his income being £490,000 a year.
Ho also said, that he was to be proclaimed as King Char-
les the second.

Hmc VINCULA. FEREMUS ?—To classify under one
head disorders the most incongruous and even opposite—
to disturb the timid and the nervous by false alarms—to
lull the really afflicted with false hopes—and to deceive
all by promises the most extravagant and absurd—as it is
the chief characteristic of the medical adventurer of the
present day, so it forms one of the most painful subjects
of contemplation that can present itself to the eye of
those who scan over the advertisements which crowd the
columns of the newspapers of our time. Among the
many medicines obtruding themselves upon our attention,
it is some relief, however, to find one at least which
(while its proprietor avoids those gross inconsistencies
that, with but very few exceptions, disfigure all others)
is sanctioned and employed by the most distinguished
practitioners, as well as the most eminent and enlightened
individuals of the age, who have honoured with their
favour and confidence the Compound Antibilious Pills of
Jr. Cockle, the gentleman above alluded to.

SHIP PASSAGE ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF a '-
Within the last few days, a project has been lee,"„"ectie°
London, under favourable auspices, for the consgeetas
of a ship passage across the isthmus of Panama. a -0 v 70.1
,"
that there are no great engineering difficulties in 'IS-fact'
of opening this connexion between the Atlantic en odf-
fic. The rivers Atrato and Neipi form nearly aof the
made way of navigation for by far the greater par`dips to
distance, and the gigantic chain of the Cordillerssiitstiel
a pass of but a few hundred feet in height. A deP:ohler
of the promoters has had an interview upon fbiie;; lord
;
with Lord Palmerston, at the Foreign Office. '7urtb."
ship received the project favourably, requested and ef:t
ilitiev interview when the plans were more maturod,..iniP
pressed his willingness to consider how far facopei
be afforded through the Board of Admiralty taeitilict,sll,
dition sent out by the projectors to explore the a's; to
survey the line of the proposed opening from see sea
The plan is at present under the consideration el
parties of capital and influence, some of whom 111110 del;
engaged in the trade of those seas ; and should,!•_rtbiat‘e
sion prove favourable, it is intended to dispatch I,,tp
an engineer, in company with some able assistaras
spot.
nrldressg.>
DR. ACHILLI.—Sir Culling Eardley has sags
letter to a morning contemporary, in which be *;
" Dr. Achilli is wholly vindicated from the wick an, oft
sations made against his moral character. r'-'7 001
vestigation instituted at Viterbo, at the insta°ooll",6
British friends, it turns out that the story of the
rNes .r,„4
first to last is a fabrication. The Roman autso&rcep
compelled to admit this, and the words of M. dewbo P
on the 22d of November, to the gentle
st oil
visited Rome on Dr. Achilli's behalf, were eodesia,
orr
ment absoua e
The inquisitors of Rome, after prisgfels
in g in vain to calumniate the character of tb,el,4claslotai
are holding, him in confinement avowedly and sore air
for his religion alone. Sir Culling Eardley feekooviAti
the editor will see the importance of making egainloti
tinctly this withdrawal of all moral accusation.. discofoo
prisoner ; and as hig columns have during tbf„cooel the
been made the vehicle of disseminating the tvion
he will be glad of being early put into pogsfred tllpt
oieg
refutation, for the purpose of its being publif/Ped.
the civilized world in the (reek and ucßeAfg
which hie moo of wiii dictate