The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)
PROMOTIONS.
Rev. John Ashley, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus College,
Cambridge, Chaplain and brother-in-law to the Lord Bishop
of Ely, to the Prebendal Stall in that Cathedral vacant by the
death of the Rev. G. 0. Cambridge.
Rev. John Edwards, Head Master of the Grammar School,
Bury St. Edmund's, to be Greek Professor in the University
of Durham, to which a Canonry in the Cathedral of Durham
has recently been attached by the Ecclesiastical Commission-
ers ; patron, the Bishop of Durham.
Rev. Sutcliffe Sowden, 8.A., of Magdalen College, Cam-
bridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of Mytholin, in the parish of
Halifax, Yorkshire.
Rev. J. N. H. Thomas, 8.A., Dublin, to the Perpetual
Curacy of Milbrook, Devon ; patron, the Earl of Mount

Edgecumbe. .
Rev. R. Thompson, Curate of West Wittering, near Chi-
chester, to be Chaplain of H. M. S. Impregnable.
Rev. J. Thornton, 8.A., of Catharine Hall, Cambridge,
to the United Chaplaincies of the Infirmary and Lunatic
Asylum, Northampton.
Rev. Robert Baker, to the Vicarage of Friston with Snape.
Suffolk ; patron, Richard Wm. Howard Howard, Vyse, Esq.
Rev. F. Upjohn, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Gorleston, Suffolk, on his own petition.
Rev. Mr. Snelgar, to the Vicarage of Royston, Hertz, va-
cant by the death of the Rev. Samuel Cantherley ; patron,
Lord Dacre.
Rev. Jas. Mules, to be the Curate of Binegar, near Wells.
Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Paul's
Church, Bury.

THEATRE ROYAL.-A very amusing, original, and bustling
pantomime was brought out here last night. We may say it
as one of the best ever produced. The Boleno family
astonished every one by their agility. Miss Webster's
dancing was really exquisite. We cannot notice the pan-
tomime at length in our present number.
Mats. BLAND.—Mrs. Bland has accepted an engagement
at Covent Garden. She leaves this company at the close of
the season, and will bear with her the hearty good wishes of
every true lover of the drama.

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.—We perceive that M. Jullien is
about to delight the inhabitants of Woodside and its vicinity
with another concert. His band of fine players ought to be
heard. It is a treat, indeed, to listen to M. Jullien s music.

Yesterday her Majesty entered upon the 23d year of her
age, when the usual demonstrations of loyalty and respect
were observed in this ancient town. His worship the Mayor
entertained a select company of friends to dinner in the
evening, including several distinguished officers of the army
and navy.

A serious accident happened to Miss Davys, daughter of
le Lord Bishop of Peterborough, on Saturday last. As
ie was returning from an airing, on horseback with her
ther, on the North Bank, her steed became unmanageable,

and sl;e was in consequence precipitated backwards with con-
siderable violence to the ground. ,Her riding-habit being
very long caught the pommel of the saddle, and she was
drawn for a distance of upwards of 40 yards befoie she could
be extricated from her perilous situation. Miss Davys was
at length removed home in a carriage, and, although she was
much bruised, we are happy to state that she is in a fair way

f recovery.—Lincoln .211Weury.
On Sunday morning the following desperate and determined
uicide was committed at the residence of Mr. Minikin, pro-
,rietor of the Cambrian Hotel and Coffee-house, Great Rus-
ell-street, Covent-garden, by a gentleman unknown. It ap-
,ears from the statement of Mr. Minikin that the gentleman

ntered the coffee-room on Saturday night, and_ requested
o know if he could be accommodated with a bed, and, being

answered in the affirmative, he sat some time, and afterwards
retired to bed. At half-past two o'clock, yesterday morn-
ing, Mr. Minikin, in passing the gentleman's bed-room door,
heard dreadful moaning, and on entering the room he found
him lying with his head over the side of the bed bleeding co-
piously from an extensive wound in the throat, which he had
inflicted with a razor. Surgical assistance was instantly sent
for, when Messrs. Ackland and Smith promptly attended.
and used every means to restore him, but without effect ; he
expired shortly afterwards. There were no papers nor any
articles found on his person to lead to a discovery of his
identity.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT WATERLOO-1111.IDGE.—Between
six and seven o'cicck on Saturday morning another of those
accidents which so repeatedly occur by boys playing on the
floating timber near shore, happened on the Surrey side of
Waterloo-bridge to a fine little fellow of the name of Wilden,
aged six years. The deceased and several other boys were
running across the timbers, when, from an unknown cause,
the timbers opened, and the deceased fell into the water. An
alarm was instantly given, when several watermen, and In-
spector Ives, of the Thames police, with his men, used their
utmost exertions to recover the body, but without effect.
After a considerable lapse of time the body was discovered
under the timber, having been drawn there by the water. A
shell was obtained from Mr. Nott, the undertaker, who
caused the body to be conveyed to the vault of St. John's
Church, Waterloo-road, to await a coroner's inquest. It
has often been a matter of astonishment that some measures

lave not been adopted by the parties to whom the timber be-

• .
longs to prevent the boys from playing on them. As many
as 20 or 30 at times may be seen running about, while the
weight of those on the timber causes the logs to open from
each other, and by which means these fatal accidents occur.
MURDER. OF THE ITALIAN ORGAN-PLAYER AT RATH -
FARNHAM.—An investigation took place on Tuesday in the
jury-room, Rathfarnham, relative to the abrive murder'. An
Italian organ-player, named Giovanni Vernasi, who was ar-
rested in Cork on suspicion of being concerned in the mur-
der, and brought up to Dublin under a warrant, was brought
up in custody before the magistrates. It appeared that Ver-
nasi was the man who purchased the leather for the unfortu-
nate Garlibarbo to make the belt in which he used to carry
his money. This coupled with the fact of his being absent
from the company of Italians about the time of the murder,
and not being heard of since until a few days ago, led to his
arrest in Cork. A man named Eustace and other persons
were examined, and stated that they had seen two Italians
walking together on the Rathfarnham-road the day before
the murder of the unfortunate man ; but noneuf them could
identify the prisoner Vernasi as one of the party. Master
Robert Whiteford deposed that he saw two Italians walking
together on the evening of the murder, about half-past five
o'clock, between Sir Robert Shaw's Gate and Rathfarnham ;
he heard them speaking Italian ; thinks that Vernasi was one
of the men, but could not swear he was. The magistrates
were of opinion that there was no evidence to warrant them
in detaining Vernasi in custody. He was accordingly dis-
charged. Two of the Italians, named Stillo and Fraco, who
were arrested on suspicion at the time of the murder but
were discharged, attended the investigation.—Dublin Paper.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.—It may be interesting
to our readers to state, on the eve of the forthcoming general
election, the number of dissolutions of parliament which have
occurred during the last 15 years. A dissolution took_ place
in December, 1826, in the reign of his late Majesty George
Fourth ; another occurred in July, 1830, in conseaqsuresenocleveodf
the death of George Fourth ; a third dissolu_toionw
consequence of
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1826 to 1837 inclusive was not more than about two years
and four months (under two years and a half). The present
Parliament, if dissolved, as is expected in a week or two will
not have lasted four years ; it has sat during four sessions
including the present one.

THE SOUTH STACK, AND ITS LIGHTHOUSE.
Being a fine day I determined on inspecting the South Stack,
an insulated rock, situated about four miles from Holyhead,
on which a conspicuous lighthouse has been erected, through
the zeal and ability of Captain Evans. Our little pinnace,
with its white sail, and manned by four stout seamen, was
soon waiting to convey us on our cruize. The atmosphere
was clear, and the weather calm, but accompanied by those
sudden fresh breezes which are so frequent in our island
home. The boat bore off the coast to the distance required,
drawing nearer the rocks,' or receding at pleasure, to gain as
full and varied a view of the *scene as possible. In wildness
and stern grandeur of aspect, no place, assuredly, can surpass
this portion of the Anglesey coast. About midway of the
voyage we proceeded with great difficulty ; calm as it appeared,
owing to the strong currents, we were soon obliged to lower
sail. and take to the oars with long and strong pulls.
As we advanced, the grand promontory with its towering
precipitous cliffs—its magnificent caverned rocks, and bleak
indented sides, appeared to the utmost advantage. The
effect, as we drew nearer and nearer within the verge of these
tremendous caverns was appalling. At least, when we came
under the black shadows of the superambient rocks, and ap-
proached the dismal chasms, and heard the wild plaintive cry
of the sea-birds, wheeling above our heads, it was impossible
not to feel sensations equally unexpected and solemn.
Grand receding arches of different shapes, supported by pillars
of rock, formed by the incessant action of the waves, which,
in stormy weather, roll with terrific violence against this
high and rocky coast, exhibit a strange magnificence—a wild
and savage beauty, mingled with a dread repose which con-
tinues to haunt the imagination even after quitting the scene.
Seated among the rocks, cr whirling in airy circles above
and around us I saw the various birds which seek these soli-
tary abodes. I could not look upon them without an interest
seldom inspired by the tamer species : whether curlews, gulls,
razorbills, guillemots, cormorants, or herons, there is some-
thing wild and eccentric in their habits and appearance,
which produce ideas of solitude and freedom ; for we feel
that they are not our slaves, but commoners of nature. On
one of the loftiest crags, I observed what I took to be a pere-
grine falcon,—one of those feudal warriors who has survived
his fame, no longer the companion of courts and courtly halls.
There are few objects more interesting than the appearance
of the • South Stack, when approaching it from the water.
Its wild site and deserted air,—the lighthouse towering
seventy feet in height,—the heat, comfortable bbildings close
under its guardian wing,—the sounds of life and industry
mingled with the lashing of the sea, and the cry of innumer-
able birds, circling above and around, were altogether of so
unwonted a character, that had I been suddenly transported
to the antipodes I could not have felt more unfeigned sur-
prise : and when, after ascending its steep and rocky stairs,
I gazed from the summit of the lighthouse on the wilderness
of waters far around, and, descending, entered the quiet
pleasant retreat which the master has established here, and
saw the neatness and comfort of every thing, I began to think
I was perhaps only reading too abstractedly some old fairy
.tale. But Captain Evans soon convinced me to the contrary
by introducing me to an excellent dinner, in which there was
nothing dreamy or unsubstantial, though it appeared, indeed,
conjured from the vasty deep ! During the afternoon I amused
myself in scrambling down the South Stack to the water's
edge—in observing the myriads of gulls standing on the ledges
of the rock, or flying about in all directions—in examining
the suspension bridge—and scaling the towering acclivity
above, from which the island and lighthouse appear but di-
minutive objects ; while the ever-varying ocean was enlivened
by numerous vessels passing up or down the channel.
The suspension bridge which connects the South Stack
Rock with the Head was formed in 1827, at the suggestion
and under the superintendence of Captain Evans. It is over
a chasm nearly one hundred feet in width, and built on the
same principles as the Menai—two chain cables passing
across, firmly fixed in the rocks on each side. It is five feet
wide, and seventy feet above high-water mark. Before its
erection, to see the lighthouse, persons were wafted over the
abyss in a kind of basket, which was also used for the purpose
of conveying the necessaries of life in stormy weather.

Ireland, its Scenery, Character, kc. By Mr. and Mrs. E

Hall. How and Parsons, London

Part VII. of this work has appeared, and presents (as, in-
deed, we anticipated) attractions not inferior to the numbers
that have preceded it. Mrs. Hall—for hers is the " master"
pen from which emanate these pleasing delineations of
scenery and character—is possessed of that enthusiasm which
is inseparable from genius, and continues the arduous task
she has marked out for herself with increasing ardour as she
proceeds. With a perfect knowledge of the localities, the
customs, habits, virtues, vices, and superstitions of her coun-
trymen, she goes to work con amore, and without exhibiting
fatigue to herself, maintains an undiminished interest in her
narrations, and leads her readers to enjoy the beauties, and
to sympathize with miseries of her native land. It is per-
haps the greatest praise that we can bestow to say, without
reference to that gallantry which courtesy awards to the sex,
that we wander with her through the varied scenes she so
graphically describes ; that we behold with her, and converse,
too with the charactilTs whose portraitures she so feelingly
and accurately describes,—for there is that vrais-semblance
in her delineations that leaves no doubt of their fidelity. The
present part is chiefly devoted to the continuation and con-
clusion of her sketches of Waterford. The illustrations are
exceedingly beautiful In this point there is no falling off,
which is more than can be said of some similar works of
equal pretension. The engravings are delicately fine and
minute,—being executed in the first style. The view of Lis-
mors Castle, the•seat of the Duke of Devonshire, one of the
most princely private edifices in Ireland, and embosomed in
scenery not exceeded by the richness of the Italian landscape
is a very gem, and that of the quay at Waterford is scarcely,
if at all, of inferior merit, whether in drawing or execution.
The numerous wood-cuts are also admirably executed, and
possess a degree of interest and effect not surpased, perhaps
not equalled, by any previous productions in an art peculiarly
adapted to iilustration from its typographic adaptation. We
would instance " Tossing the Pancake," of which there is
a description that reminds us of Burns's Hallowe'en; the
Castle on the Cliff overhanging the river Blackwater ; and
another View of Lismore Castle, chiefly celebrated as the
birth-place of the famous Robert Boyle. The descriptive
portioni of the work are relieved by historical reminiscences,
as well as by a variety of anecdotes, traditions, and touches
of native character, amongst which those of " The Irish
Waiters," will provdke much amusement. We submit the
following brief, and, consequently, inadequate extracts :

sm CASTLE.
" The approach to L'isinao°reßigs picturesque and beautiful ; the
river ceases to be navigable a short distance to Cappoquin,
and a canal to facilitate intercoursef with the town has been
cut, at the expense of the Duke Devonshire. ; one of the
few absentee landlords, (if. indeed his name is to be entered
on the list,) who is continually lalc: l
ouin i gto benefit and im-
prove a country from which he derives an considerable pro-
portion of his income. The canal roue for
through a finely-planted pleasure-ground • and nearly all the
some miles
way, the noble castle, high above the level of is
the wter,
kept in view, crowning a landscape at once magnificent andgraceful.
" The district surrounding. Lismore was part of the grantes
to Sir Walter Raleigh, and was included in the estate s
quently sold by him to the Earl of Cork. The castle sus--
tained many sieges during the several Irish wars; and in
1641, was gallantly defended by the young Lord
.Broghill ; it
derives greater fame, however, from being the birth-place of
Robert Boyle, the philosopher, who was born in the castle
on the 25th January, 1626-7 ; he was the seventh son, and
and fourteenth child of the first Earl of Cork. It is situated
on a steep rock, rising perpendicularly from the river; to
look down from one of its chamber windows would make the
clearest head dizzy. From this point, however, the prospect
is sublime to a degree; the Blackwater winding through a
verdant plain ; the mighty mountains on either side ; and
immediately beneath, the thick foliage of gigantic trees, over-

THE 'SUGAR DUTIES

The CHANCELLOR •of the EXCHEQUER rose amidst the
most profound silence. The right hon. gentleman said,—l
rise, sir, to give notice that on Monday next
.I shall move
that the house resolve itself into a'committee of ways and
means, and in that committee I shall move the usual annual
resolution for the renewal of the sugar duties. (Hear, hear,
hear, from both sides of the house, and great laughter.)

ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE

Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house at its rising do
adjourn until Monday next. (Loud cries of " Hear, hear,"
and cheering from the Treasury benches.)—Agreed to.

THE CORN-LAWS

The Earl of DARLINGTON then rose and said, the noble
lord had not made any statement to the house in consequence
of his extraordinary defeat the other night. (Hear.) After
that remarkable division against him the noble lord and his
colleagues still continued in office with a 'temerity unparal-
leled in the history of the country. (Loud cries of " Hear,
hear," and " Order.") The noble earl continued : I rose
for the purpose of asking the noble lord opposite on what
day he intended to bring forward the question of the corn-
laws. (Hear, hear.) • ' •
Lord J. RussELL.—On 'Friday, the 4th of June. (Loud
cries of Hear, hear.) •
The house, which had been crowded to excess up to this
time, was in a few minutes nearly deserted. A general ex-
pectation prevailed that there would have been a ministerial
statement as to the future intentions' of the Cabinet, but not
a word more than is above reported occurred.

ROYAL

MARINES

Lord G. LENNox moved for a committee of the whole
house, to take into consideration so much of the report of the
naval and military commission as relates to the recommen-
dations relative to the royal marines.

Sir H. VIVIAN opposed the motion, which, after some dis-
cussion, was withdraNtn.

Mr. MACLEAN moved for some returns, calculated to show
the operation of the Anatomy Act.

Mi. Fox MAVLE objected-to some of the returns, and said
that to the others he haclno objection. He would, probably,
on a future evening, move for a committee on the subject.
Mr. WAICLEY said that the act vas working in a most sa-
tisfactory manner, and without the recurrence of those
scenes of violation of th'e'egrave, which were formerly as nu-
merous as disgusting.
The returns, to which no objection was made, were then
ordered.

The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned until Monday next.

A COURAGEOUS WOMAN.—Schweighause Forest, near
Rotisbon, has, for a considerable time past, been infested by
a band of robbers, headed by a daring fellow, named Leopold
Hansel, a native of Steinsberg, and notwithstanding the most
active researches on the part of the Bavarian authorities, he
and his followers always escape. The reason is, that many
of the inhabitants of the surrounding country, from fear or
participation, favour him, and render every pursuit of the
police abortive. On Sunday, the 2d instant, during the time
of divine service, two of his followers came to the solitary
farm of Stegweis, in the district of the Regenstauf. All the
family were absent, except the farmer's daughter. The rob-
bers knocked at the door and demanded victuals and leave to
rest themselves within. Their suspicious appearance and
behaviour made her cautious, and instead of opening the
door she handed out a good large luncheon through the win-
dow. This did not satisfy her visitors ; they called for more,
and insisted on being admitted. As the woman firmly re-
fused to open the door, they threatened to break in and to
put her instantly to death. The brave girl was not dismayed,
but taking an old musket which was at hand, she pointed it
at one of the robbers, who had already smashed the window.
The gun, however, was not loaded, and the robber did not
move from the window ; then, gathering up her strength, she
made a run at his head in the manner of a bayonet charge.
The muzzle of the musket struck him with great force on
the temple, and he fell bleeding and apparently lifeless to
the ground. The other ruffian did not think it advisable to
continue the contest with such an Amazon, and carried off
his wounded companion to the wood.—Ratiabon Journal.

FEMALE BEAUTY PREVALENT IN AMERICA.—The wo-
men, moreover, are much handsomer than the men. They
are almost uniformly good-looking : the greater number are
what would be called in England pretty women,'! which is
something between good-looking and handsome, in the nice
distinctions of beauty. This uniformity extends also to their
figures, which are almost universally slender, and of good
symmetry. Very few large or stout women are seen, and
none that Are should call masculine. A. more than usual de-
gree of feminine delicacy, enhanced by the general paleness
of complexion and slightness of figure, is particularly cha-
racteristic of American females ; and the extreme respect
and deference shown to them everywhere by men, has a ten-
dency to increase that delicacy, by making them more de-
pendent on the attention and assistance of others, than
English ladies of the same class usually are.—Buckingham's
America.

SINGULAR HABIT OF A DOG.-It had been observed
that a dog belonging to Mrs. Sharp, butcher, of Warwick,
had been very regular .of late, in his attendance upon a cow
belonging to her,and that he would daily steal away from
home to visit his horned friend while she was grazing on the
Race Common. This exciting curiosity, the gentleman of
Barks was watched in his visits to his favourite, and it was
discovered, about ten days ago, that he was in the habit of
sucking milk from the cow with all the ease and relish of an
infant calf, to which her cowship yields with the affection of
a mother nourishing her own offspring! While the nurse is
standing, he raises himself on his hind-legs to suck, but when
she is lying down he " takes it easy." She fondles and licks
him as if he were but a little one of her own produce ; and if
another cow ventures even to look frowningly at her adopted,
she "looks daggers" in return, and threatens fighting iu his
defence. The cow is of the Alderney breed, and the dog is
spaniel.

The steam-boats of America differ very much from those
of England, both in external appearance, and in internal ar-
rangement. Instead of having, as with us, the engines be-
low, and the cabins for passengers beneath the main eek, it is
the custom here to devote the lower part of the vessel to the
stowage of the cargo ; and on the main deck are placed the
engines, one on each side, with a large chimney rising from
each, so that the operations of the machinery are visible above
the deck. The after-part is laid out in sleeping-cabins for
passengers ; and above this, on another deck, is generally the
dining-room in the centre; besides this, there is usually a
separate saloon for ladies, and one for gentlemen, as drawing-
rooms. In some of the larger steam-boats, there is yet
another deck placed above this, called the hurricane deck,
because of the wind being more felt there than below. This
makes the fourth deck from the keel, and is generally a mere
elevated platform, supported by stanchions or wooden pil-
lars, from the deck below ; being perfectly unobstructed
above, and out of the way of all the operations of the crew,
so that passengers seated along its sides, or walking in its
centre, may enjoy undisturbed the most extensive prospects
on all sides around, and the fulness of the sea and river
breez3.—Buckingham's America.
THE CHEAP-BREAD CRIC.—At Derby, the attempt to get
up a little agitation on behalf of ministers has failed. The
effort is confined to hole-and-corner work.—The notorious
Arland has undertaken the mission into Buckinghamshire,
and miserably failed. All he has done has been to earn his
wages. Yet the lying papers on the other side say the fellow
has carried " dismay into the tory camp." " Very like a
whale."—Arland has also been in Bedfordshire, and his suc-
cess may be judged from the following :—On Saturday a
large meeting of gentry was held on the subject, and there
were present Lord C. Russell, Lord Alford, Lord St. John,
and other influential persons. A resolution in favour of the
corn laws was moved. Mr. S. Whitbread moved an amend-
ment in favour of the ministers, and Mr. W. Whitbread
seconded. On a show of hands ten were held up for the
amendment! It was then unanimously resolved to send to
send to both houses an expression of alarm at the government
proposition.—At St. George's, Southwark, a meeting in
public vestry was called to favour the cheap bread cry, but
out of 5000 rate-payers only 40 attended. These agreed to
petition, but they could only raise 16s to pay an expense of
245, incurred in sending out the notices ! The chairman ex-
pressed his entire dissent from the whole proceeding.—ln
the Tower Hamlets great exertions are being made, and
children are invited to sign petitions.—ln Finsbury the allure
was ludicrous. The London Standard of Tuesday gives the
following account :—" In the great radical borough of Fins-
bury we naturally expected to find commercial agitation at
fever height. We arrived at eight o'clock precisely, and
found the room in which the meeting was to be held in com-
parative darkness, and two reformers sitting in one corner,
who were vigourously discussing the cheering prospects of
the anti-corn-law agitation. At half past eight o'clock 20
persons were present, and Mr. Nicholls having been moved
to the chair, Mr. Hewitt proposed a series of resolutions
favourable to the ministerial plan, expressing " the indigna-
tion" of the 20 reformers at " the attempt made by the to-
ries," &c. Various members talked an infinite deal of no-
thing," and the resolutions were put and carried."
The following romantic story is related by the Sentinelle,
of Bayonne :—`, Marie, an orphan girl, was returning one
evening with a flock of sheep beloaging to her aunt, who
lived in the village of Lice, in the Pyrennees, and had
brought her up from her infancy, when she heard cries of
d!stress from the summit of Montjaurat, down which she had
herself descended a considerable way, Yielding to her good
feelings, she left her charge and re ascended, until on a nar-
row plateau near the top, she saw a man in mortal struggle
with an enormous bear. With undaunted courage she as-
sailed the ferocious animal with her iron shod crook, and soon
turned its rage upon herself. The man thus freed from the
grasp of his redoubtable enemy, became again the assailant,
and, with the effective aid of the girl, at length succeeded in
destroying the animal. Meanwhile a violent storm came on,
and dispersed the flock of Marie. The ways were steep and
dangerous, and Manech, the young Basque whom she had
helped, was grateful, collected her sheep, and drove them
home. An intimacy naturally ensued. Marie was pretty
and confiding, as well as brave. The consequences were,
that she became in a likely state to make herself a mother
and Manech a father. He had true love as well as passion,
and, representing the beauty, courage, and affection of
Marie to his father, requested his consent to their marriage.
The father, however, not only disapproved of it, but com-
manded his son, under pain of disinheritance and maledic-
tion, to prepare to wed a bride whose fortune would increase
his own already ample store. Overwhelmed with despair,
the lovers made a mutual vow to die together. A false sense
of duty, however, induced the youth to comply so far with
his father's commands as to go to church and plight his faith
to the wife chosen for him by his inexorable parent. The
moment the ceremony was concluded, he turned from his,
bride, and, pushirber his father aside with marks of indigna-
tion, forced his way through the assembledcrowd, and rushed
with all his velocity to the well-known summit of Montjau-
rat, where the poor deserted Marie had arrived before him,
faithful to the fatal assignation previously made. He called
to her. She heard his voice ; but, fearing his presence might
shake her resolution, she did not wait for his approach, but
plunged down a tremendous precipice. The next moment
Manech followed her down the gulph, and some days after
their mangled bodies were found lying close together on the
rock below."

DEATH OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF SIERRA LEONE.—We
learn by a private letter just received from Bathurst, on the
river Gambia (west coast of Africa), that on the 12th of March
last, a most melancholy accident' happened to Mr. Flintorf,
who had just arrived from England as Chief Justice of Sierra
Leone, whither he was going to hold the assizes on the 16th.
He went to visit the convalescent house (a government build-
ing), about six miles from BathurSt, 'in company with the
Clerk of the Crown and his lady, Mr. and Mrs. Mantel'.
They travelled part of the way on horseback, and the re-
mainder by water ; on their return it was previously agreed
that all parties should ride, but when they came to the beach,
which is the only road, it was proposed by the Chief Justice
that Mrs. Mantell and he should return in the boat, and Mr.
Mantell ride along the beach in company with them. After
some demur on the part of Mrs. Mantel!, the proposal of the
Chief Justice was agreed to, when, melancholy to say, they
had not rowed 100 yards before the boat upset, and both par-
ties and one boatman were drowned in the presence of Mr.
Mantell, who, from his inability to swim, could not offer the
slightest assistance. The body of Mrs. Mantel' was driven
on shore by the waves in six hours after, but that of the Chief
Justice was not found till the following morning. What
makes the occurrence more distressing is, that the Chief Ju-
stice left his lady and four children in England to proceed
after him direct to Sierra Leone, and the first news which
must reach her after her arrival at her destination is the death
of her husband.—Westmeath Guardian.

INGENIOUS ESCAPE.—During the last two days considera-
ble sensation has been occasioned amongst the sheriff's offi-
cers of the metropolis, particularly those of Surrey, in con-
sequence of an escape being effected by a young female of the
name of Rosa Grady, late landlady of the Griffin public
house, White-street, Borough, from the custody of Coxe,
the sheriff, George-street, Blackfriars-road, which was ef-
fected in the following ingenious manner. It appears that
Miss Grady became indebted to Mr. Henry John Nicholson,
of Vine-street, Westminster, who having been informed that
his debtor was about leaving the kingdom sued out a writ in
the Court of Common Pleas, which being intrusted to Coxe,
he at once made his caption. The defendant immediately
requested to be conveyed to his house, as she intended to
bail the action and bring it into court. The arrest took place
on Tuesday week, and upon the Thursday following Mr.
Nicholson had to attend upon a judge's order before Mr.
Justice Erskine to show cause why the defendant should not
be bailed, upon the ground that she had no intention of
leaving the kingdom. The order was quashed, and Miss
Grady returned back to her old quarters. Coxe allowed the
friends of the defendant to visit her at all hours. On Wed-
nesday or Thursday morning two females called, one of whom
had an infant in her arms, and were, as a matter of course,
admitted ; after being upstairs a short time they descended,
when the child, which one of the females had, suddenly burst
out into a violent fit of crying, upon which the mother put
her face to that of the infant, and in that position they went
out. By some of the neighbours it was observed that the
female who had the infant handed her charge over to her
companion and jumped into a cab, which was standing by the
door, and drove off at a rapid rate. It ought here to be
stated that Mrs. Coxe, the mother of the proprietor, was
what is termed upon the key. After the lapse of some time,
an old woman came down stairs, apparently from the room
occupied by the debtor, and with a great deal of apparent
simplicity asked Mrs. Coxe if she could tell her where she
could get a gown washed for Miss Grady. A reply was given
in the negative, when the old woman was let out. Immedi-
ately after Mrs. Coxe thought that she had only let in two
females, while three had gone out. She went up stairs, and
found to her great discomfiture that their prisoner had es-
caped. Coxe immediately took a cab, and proceeded to
Euston-square, anticipating that his late prisoner had gone
by the Birmingham railway, but upon his arrival there no
tidings could be obtained. It has since been ascertained that
Miss Grady acted the part of the mother to the child, and
had disguised her head by a wig; and to perfect the decep-
tion, on reaching the bottom of the stairs pinched the
causing it to cry, and in the act of apparently pacifying it she
hid her face. The worst part of the joke is, that Coxe is
liable for the debt and expenses, the plaintiff having expressed
his determination to come on the sheriff for them.

AN OLD HOAX REVIVED.—One of those stale tricks which
have so frequently been fully exposed through the medium
of the press, took place on Thursday, and the dupe on this
occasion, although a respectable man, declared, to the asto-
nishment of the officer on' duty at the Greenwich station-
house, that he had never read or heard of any similar case
before. Richard Smith, captain of the brig Express, of
Whitby, now lying at the platform, London-bridge, was go-
ing over the bridge about half-past twelve o'clock on Thurs-
day, when he was 'rnet by a thin, sickly, sallow-complexioned
man, who asked him if he was not a north country captain ;
and on replying that he was, and from Whitby, the stranger
said that would just suit him, as he wished to forward his
son to his home there, finding that a press of business in
London would not permit of his departure for several days.
In answer to other inquiries, Captain Smith said he would
take the stranger's son to Whitby for £l, and agreed to ac-
company the sharper to a public-house, to make arrange-
ments. While there, a tall, stout, sandy-whiskered man
came in, who knew the first sharper, and they entered into
general conversation about politics. The corn laws being a
prominent feature, it gave him an opportunity of enlarging
on the benefit he had recently derived from an accession of
good fortune, he having just bad left him a landed estate in
Cornwall, and £lOOO in the funds. He further appeared to
be so enamoured with the conversation of the captain, that,
in a most generous manner, he offered to purchase him a new
brig : however, this was refused, the captain saying he already
had a very good one. The thin man considered the captain
was extremely foolish in not availing himself of so fine an
opportunity of making his fortune, inasmuch as he could
trade with her as he pleased, and pay such interest to his
friend as he might think proper, after handsomely remune-
rating himself. The confederates then said they were per-
fect strangers in London, and wished to see all they could,
and asked the captain if he knew any one at Greenwich. The
captain having replied in the affirmative, a trip to see the
Royal Hospital was then proposed, and as the captain was
not particularly engaged, he agreed to accompany them. The
stout man refusing to go by coach for fear it might turn over,
the three ultimately went down by the railway, and went to
the King's Arms public-house, in King-street, where, after
having something to drink, the stout man pulled out a roll
of what the captain took to be Bank of England notes, and
placed them in his fob, saying it was the most secure thing
countrymen could do. The captain said he had only five £5
notes in his pocket-book, and thought them safe there ; but
was ultimately persuaded to let the stout man put them into
his fob. The captairi said he was quite sober, and saw the
man roll them up on the table, and felt him put them into
his pocket. They then left the house, and proceeded to the
hospital ; but just as they were going in, the stout man ex-
claimed, " By God, I've left my handkerchief at the King's
Arms, and requested, as a particular favour, that Captain
Smith would return for it, as he did not wish to leave his
sick friend, and he was afraid the distance back again would
distress him. Captain Smith returned to the King's Arms,
and asked the landlord if he or his servant had seen a silk
handkerchief. He replied in the negative, and asked the
captain if he had lost anything, as he bad some distant recol-
lection of seeing his stout friend in company with suspicious
characters on a former occasion. The captain's suspicions
for the first time were aroused, and on searching his fob he
discovered that, instead of having five £5 Bank of England
notes, he had a piece of brown paper, wrapped in which were
(oh, cruel joke !) three pieces of Tom Spring's Life in Lon-
don. Upon proceeding to the Royal Hospital, the captain
found, to his dismay, that his generous patron and his sick
friend had been so suddenly recovered by the salubrious air
of Greenwich, as to proceed farther without waiting for the
captain's return.

Valiant, Sewell; Rapid, Smith, and Leonora, Harrison, hence at
Demerara
Charles, Rickmers, hence at Ostend
Letitia, -, from Batavia, at Demerara
Wanderer. Hines, from St. Lucia, at Dublin