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THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

the suhject ROMISH WORSHIP IN PADUA.—T never saw anyth;ng
I tvod to young chilarco, the following so singular as the manner of conducting the trrvice in San
idtke, Physician in ordinary to the Queen, Antonio. Not for a single moment did any one in the
ws of mnst of the celebrated physicians church, except ourselves appear to be quiet: the effect

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—" Thers is no greater error in the management of chit- was more like a promenade Concert than a religious cere-
dren than that of giving them animal diet very early. By many. S :veral priests continued, without pause, to walk
persevering in the use of an over stimulating diet, the briskly round and round the aisles and choir, hearing some
digestive organs become irritated, and t'ae various secre- precious casket, covered by embroidered silk, and pre-
tions, immediately connected vai h, and necessary to diges- ceded by a boy in white robes, carrying a book, which did
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tion, are diminished, especially the biliary aecretiring ; not, however, seem to be used each of these priests
and constipation of the bowels, and congestion of the ab- walked alone, and was succeeded, at an interval, by the
dominal circulatiin succeed. Childron so fed become, next, and each had a triin behind him of fishermen and
moreover very liable to attacks from fiver and lull:mina- peasants, male and female, dirty, ragged and unseemly in
tion affecting particularly the mucous membranes ; and aspect. No one appeared to be littering prayers, either
measles, and the other diseases incident to childhood, are priest or peril:oe, and all hurried alonvat a rapid pace.
generally severe in their attack." In reference to this last Women in slovenly gowns and coarse shoes, or a sort of

us, that in families where children lived on a simple diet,

sabots without heels, with dirty white stockings, their
heads covered with a flabby yellow-white veil, promenaded
with the utmost indifference, some holding the arms of
their husbands or friends, some their children by the hand.
the little girls occasionally looking pretty in their white
veils. A few decently dressed citizens and their wives in
embroidered clean veils, and silk dresses, tripp-d along,
and occasionally a lady and gentleman dressed with great
assumption of Viennese fashion swept past ; none kept their
seats long, and all bowed and crossed themselves as they
passed the shrine of San Antonio, but I could not perceive
that they were occupied in prayer. Some dirty Franciscans
in coarse brown dresses, lounged after the rest, and several
large dogs roamed about amongst the dense crowd, much
to my surprise ; bat I understand these animals are of a
race privileged to remain in the sanctuary. All the time
of this parading the organ played vehemently, and the
singers exerted themselves to the utmost, and when the
priest addressed the congregation from the pulpit, there
was no cessation in the promenade nor in perambulating
of the priests. I could not understand the meaning of all
this, for though I had heard that at Padua the priests are
accustomed to address the people in different parts of the
church, I was not prepared for this continuous roaming of
every person within the walls. St. Anthony is grid by
tradition to have compelled the evil One to follow him for
ever, in the form of a pig. but whether this movement has
any reference to the legend I have not ascertained.—Cos-
telln's Tour. _ _

without tea and colf,e, if they were seized with measles,
!looping cough, and s milar diseases, he never called but
once, as he knew there was no danger; but that in fami-
lies where an opposite course was pursued, he always
expected trouble.—The Enulish Wife.

MURDER OF VAZIR FATAII KHAN.—NO tragedy of
modern days can be compared with that barbar.us one
that endrd the lice of Vazir. He was conducted blind, and
pinioned, into the presence of Mahmud Shah, whom he
had elevated to the throne. The Shah asked him to write
to his rebellious brothers to submit, to which he replied
with fortitude, that he was a poor blind prisoner, and had
no influence over his brothers. Mahmud Shah was in.
censed at his obstinacy, and ordered him to be put to the
sword, and the Vazir was cruelly and deliberately butch-
ered by the courtiers, cutting him limb from limb and
joint from joint, as was reported, after his nose, ears, and

fingers had been chopped off. His fortitude was so extra-
ordinary that he neither showed a sign of the t ain he suf-
fered, nor asked the perpetrators to diminish their cruel-

body. Such was the shocking result of the misconduct of
his brother the Sardar Dost Mohammed Khan towards
the royal female in Hirst. However, the end of the Vazir
Fatah Khan was the end of the Sadozei realm, and an
omen for the accession of the new dynasty of the Barak-
zais, or his brothers. in Affghanistan.—Mohan Lars Life
of Dost Mohammed Khan.
SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.—PeopIe and cattle in an
open and level part of the country are very liable to be
struck down, injured, or killed, during thunder storms.
A few simple precautions may be the means of saving
lives. A person leading an animal with a metal chain, no
part of which is touching the ground, is in the most dan-
gerous circumstances. If one be struck, the other will
rarely, perhaps ❑ever, escape. This was exemplified, near
the Bridge of Dee, in the case of an old woman and her
cow, some year or two ago. If part of the chain, the more
the better, be touching the ground, both person arid ani-
mal may be struck and escape in The chain being
the better conductor, the discharge would pass through the
metal to the earth. In such circumstances, the best ar-

A GENUINE YANKEE.—" Hallo, my good friend, can
you inform me how far it is to the next house ?" Jona-
than started up—leaned on his hoe handle—rested one
foot on the gambril of his sinister leg. and replied—
" Hullo, yourself! cloyed dew ?—wall, I guess I can,
Taint near as fur as it used to be afore they cut the
woods away—then 't was generally reckoned four mite,
but now the sun shrivels up the road: and don't take
more'n fem. The fuss house von come to, though. is a
barn, and the next is a haystack ; but old Hoskin's house
is on beyant. You'll be sure to meet his gals long before
you get there; tarnal romping critters, they plague our
folks more'n a little. His sheep git into our orchards.
Dad sets the dog arter the sheep, and me arter the gals—
and the way he makes the wool, and I the petticoats, fly,
is a sin to snakes." " I see you are inclined to be face-
tious, young man; pray tell me how it happens that one
of your legs is shorter than the other ?" " I never 'lows
any body to meddle with my grass tanglers, mister, but
seem' it's you I'll tell you. I was born so at my tick-
erler request, so that when I hold a plough, I can go with
one foot in the furrer, and t'ther on land, and not lop
over : besides it is convenient when I mow round a side
hill." Very good, indeed—how do your potatoes come
on this year?" " They don't come at all ; I digs 'em
out—and t here's an everlastin' snarl of 'em in each hill."
" But they are small, I perceive." "Yee, I know it.
You see, we planted some whoppin' blue. noses over in
that 'ere patch there, and they flourished so all-fixedly
that these here stopt growing just out of spite, 'cause
they knowed they couldn't keep up." " You appear to
be pretty smart, and I should think you could afford a
better hat than the one you wear." " The looks aint
nothin'—it's all in the behaviour. This here hat was
my relisious Sunday-go-to•meetin' hat, and it's chock
full of piety now. I've got a better one to to hum ; but
I don't dig taters in it, no how." " You have been
in these parts some time, I should guess ?" " I
guess so, tew. I was born'd end got my brot'n up in
that 'ere house ; but my native place is Porduock "
Then ylu say it is about three and a half miles to the
next house ?" " Yes, sir ; 'twas a spell ago, and I don't
believe it's groomed much shorter since." " Much
obliged—good bye."

rangement, when danger is apprehended, would be to pass
the chain over the head of the person and the hack of the
animal, and drive the iron pin at the end into the ground.
A person leading an animal with a rope is tolerably safe,
especially if the animal be large and horned, and the rope
quite dry. The chances of safety to the person would be
increased by wrapping a bit of cloth of any kind (a nan•
kin, for example, and silk is the best) round the part of
the rope which is held in the person's hand. The two
persons who were leading the bull which was killed near
Rtiynie lately, must have been isol :led by a rope of some
non-conducting substance. Had they been connected to
the animal by any conducting metal, no part of which was

struction would have been as certain as that of the old
woman and the cow.—North of Scotland Gazelle.
AN ENTHUSIAST.—We read in a Belgian journal,—
"The sale of thi: galery of paintings of M. Van N.. of

-Brussels, who died in the course of the last month, is .a,l-

vertised. Th's celebrated amateur not only devoted his
life, but sacrificed the whole of his fortune, which origin-
ally produced him a revenue of 40,000 f. a year, to his pas-
sion for possessingthenytsterpieces of the great Flemish
artists

Reduced by this to the want of even the neces-
saries of life, he entail not be induced to part with even
one of his cherished treasures. At last an old servant,
who continued to serve him without wages, converted the
gallery into a source for the nnain'enance of his master
and himself, by applying the gratuities given him for
showing the splendid collection to visitors in purchasing
food for them both. A few years ago the faithful and af-
fectionate old servant died, and M. Van N., hopeless of
finding another upon the same terms, took the office up-
on himself. When visitors came to view the gallery, he
put on the old livery, and attended them through it, dis-
playing a critical acquaintance with tbe merits of each
picture, that delighted all and astonished those who were
able to appreciate his erudition. Sometimes the visitors,
supposing him to be really the servant, would make the
master the subject of sarcastic observations, some calling
him an eccentric fool, and others a madman, and wonder-
inz that his friends did not have him declared a lunatic.
All this lie listened to either with perfect indifference, or
making palliating excuses as his old servant used to do,
and when their curiosity was satisfied, holding out his
hand for the accustomed fee."
BEAUTY AND VAN FT Y.—Angelina Luamore was born
and bred a beauty ! Every one understands what it is to
be born a beauty ; although some weeks (nay, months)
must elapse before even to the fondest eve and most san-
guine heart tbe little wizen " wee thing," ted-faced. bald-
headed, flat-nosed, and old-looking, can give any great
promise of the charms which are to enchant the world,
still, undiseerned and undiscernible, the germ is there.
The most fatal and fascinating of gifts is enclosed in that
ittle bud. It will hat' a flower, if ti

expano .o a matchless .. Dorn
a beauty ; if not, it may to outward view be an unsightly
weed ; but whatever its outward form, to it belong a
hsasv, s. ; and therefore, nowever nurses
may triumph parents rejoice, and friends congratulate, we
pronounce it to be a fearful thing to be born a beauty, if,
as is too generally the case, that circumstance leads to tt e
being bred a beauty too! What is ir, then. to be bred a
beauty ? Is it pot to be set apart from the cradle as a
priestess of vanity ? To be taught betimes to dwell and
ponc'er on those charms all female education Aould induce
their possessor to forget ? Are not the advantages of a
face and form of surraising loveliness frequently, by the
folly of those around, ruined by those sad and repelling

s. frivolity, egotism, and self-wortlip?

alas! among the boat of single women whom the coarse
world so harzl.ly terms "old maids," how many owe their
joyless fate to that great but unsuspected enemy, their
beauty ! " She must have been a great beauty—what a
wonder she never got a husband !" In that common re-
mark cause and effect go hand in hand. She was a
beauty—she knew it—how could she but know what she
had heard from her cradle—what was repeated before she
knew the meaning of the words—repeated, with many a
hug and exu►ting caress, by the proud and silly mother,
re-echoed by the sillier father, broadly asserted by the
nurse-maid with every new bit of finery, insinuated into
the little head with the first plume stuck into the white

beaver hat, and conveyed to the little heart with the first
gaudy sash and glittering necklace. Yes, that sad. sub-
dued, and disappointed "old maid," with what the French

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features, such an air of command, and yet such a look of
desolation, but for her once brilliant beauty, she might
now be a fond and cherished wife, living her own youth
over again in that of her children, glorifying in her daugh-
ter's modest charms and her son's manly virtues and at•
tainments. There is nothing so unlovely as selfishne!:o,

nerally speaki

,g, so selfiTh as a woman

Mr. C. Green, and his broth-A-, Mr. H. Green, who
ascended from Cremorne Gardens, on Monday last, bath
made safe descents—the former at Thames Ditton, and
the latter a, Kingston. Mr. C. Green was ably assisted
by the inhabitants. Mr. F. Green unfortunately, met
Sri h a different reception, as bis machine was very roughly
handled by the townspeople of Kingston, and suffered
very serious damage.

A few days since, a young girl, named Sarah Wenlock,
went to a dance in the village of Colemore, S ilop, where
some of her companions began to joke her about her sweet-
heart, who was gone to sea. She became greatly affected,
and suddenly fill from her chair. Medical aid was called
in ; but she told the doctor he " never could cure a bro-
ken heart," and died shortly afterwards, ejaculating to the
last the name of " Edward !"

Or, Pusey, whose health is very indifferent, has been
with his family sojourning for some weeks at Tenby.
Owing to extreme weakness he does not appear at church,
or at all in public. Mr. Newman, hearing of his indispo-
sition, came to see him about a fortnight ago; and Dr.
Pusey was so affected by the visit (it
,being the first time
the two gentlemen bad met since Mr. Newman's secession)
that a relapse has been the consequence. He is now
somewhat b tter.

A GROOM MISTAKEN FOR REBRCCA.—Edward Mach,
groom to Thomas Morgan, Esq., solicitor, of Carmar-
then, was on Tuesday week breaking in a pony for the
use of a lady. He used a side-saddle, and was attired in
a habit, shawl and bonnet. He was stopped by police-
constable Lyon, who forced him to undress in High-
street, shocking the delicacy of the bystanders. The
policeman stated there was an act of parliament that man
must not wear woman's atiirc.

The Earl of Shrewsbury, accompanied by his agent,
Thos. Hogging, Esq , visited the township of Oxton, on
Thursday week, to: the purpose of inspecting the nu-
merous buildings erected, and in course of erection, upon
his estate in this rapidly improving place. His lordship
appeared much pleased with the great and rapid improve-
ments there. His lordship has granted a site in the town-
ship for a Roman Catholic chapel, and it is expected will
also give land for the erection of a church.
On Monday afternoon a sanguinary conflict took place
at the Camden Town station of the London and South-
Western Railway Company, between the English and
Irish labourers employed on the line. One party came
down to the staion and made a most violent attack upon
the other, many of whom were dreadfully cut by working
tools, brickbats and stones • one or two of them, owing
to the injuries inflicted, will probably not survive. From
fifteen to twenty of the ringleaders are in custody.
MAN versus ELEPHANT.—A sporting bet came off at
Mr. Tuting's, Valiant Soldier, Beverley, on Wednesday.
Mr. John 'fitting matched himself for two sovereigns to
carry Mr. Stephenson, of liootb, farmer, weighing 12
stone 71b.., one hundred yards, sooner than an elephant
could walk the same distance. The elephant was started
by his keeper, Mr. Stamford, but turned sulky as soon as
he had gone 20 yards, consequently Mr. Tilting came off
an easy winner:by five yards.

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On Pt iday, a public meeting was held at the Hanover-
squsre Rooms, London, when the celebrated reformer,
Czerski, attended and delivered an address with refer-
ence to the German reformation movement. The chair-
man, the Hon. W. Cowper, retired strongly impressed
with the fact that the communion to which Mr. Czerski
belong.: is to he distinguished from the German Catholics,
or M. Rouge's party, the former being decidedly ortho-
dox, while the latter ate degenerating into rationalism.

SALE OF CELEBRATED GREYHOUNDS.—On Wednes-
day a large number of sporting gentlemen attended the
at:cam] sale at Aldridge Repository, St. Martin's lane,
where a portion of the celebrated stud of greyhounds, the
property of Captain Baintree, a well-known coursing gen-
tleman, was put up for competition, and which realised
high prices. Among the lots were a fawn dog (Probity)
which sold for 50 guineas ; a bitch (Certainty) fetched 28
guineas; two puppies by the celebrated greyhound King
Cob fetched 49 guineas ; a red dog 18 guineas, and the
other lots made t quailv high prices.
HURRICANE AT RUGBY —On Thursday the neigh-
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bourhood of Rugby was visited with the most tremen-
dous hurricane ever known in that locality. Upwards of
one hundred trees, many of them exceeding two yards
in cireumferenc- were snapped in two, while others
were torn up by the roots, to the extent, in one line of
country alone, of nearly two miles and a-half. The da-
mage io the neighbourhood is estimated at between
£2,000 and £3,000. After lasting about three hours, the
hurricane abated, apparently going in the direction of
Kettering.
The murder at Dagenham, in which a policeman was
found killed in a most savage and cruel manner, has as-
sumed a new feature. Hennessey, Flynn, and Ellen Ran-
kin, accused by the boy Welch. have disproved the suspi-
cions against them. On the other band, five of the police,
including Sergeant Parsons, have been suspended, from
the false evidence given at the inquest. The four men ad-
mit they acceded to a request of Parsons to say, they saw

itoa at Certain periods or the night of the murder, when

they did not. They are all consistent in this, but Parsons
siys they state what is not true. It is beyond a doubt
that gross perjury bas been committed._

MISERABLE LODGINGS OF THE POOR.—III conse-
quence of the demolition of the Rookery' in St. Giles's,
the close back avenues in Drury-lane, Saffe on-hill, old
Westminster, and Whi echapel, are crowded to repletion
by emigrants from the fallen fastnesses of Bloomsbury.
It is stated by a clergyman, who is constantly amongst
the poor, that, on entering houses in those neighbour-
hoods in the course of his sick calls. be has found a num-
ber amounting to seventy human beings crammed toge-
ther in a narrow and dilapidated tenement. The arrange-
ments by which miserable creatures are thus packed, are
almost revolting for lodgings have become so valuable
in these dens, that the poorer inmates pay for permission
to, iderin nn the landing- takes and
THE GREY'S•7NN ADMINISTRATION.—The late Earl
Grey was caricatured with his tail of 70, having provided
for that number of his family. The present administra-
tion under Lord John Russell, has a strong tendency to
turn grey, which is a very bad sign in a Whig. One of
his private secretaries is a Grey. Sir George Grey is
Colonel Secretary. Mr. C. Wood, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, is Lord Grey's brctber-in-law. There is also
Lord Grey, and his private secretary, Hon. Captain Grey.
In fact, there are so many Greys that we wish Mr. Hume,
when parliament returns from grouse shooting, would
move for a list of all the Greys who are at present em-
ployed in pumping the engine of state. Should they
ever resign in a body, they will certainly be able in apply-
ing for the Chiltern Hundreds, to take a Chiltern a-piece.
A horrible story was circulated on Friday in the neigh-
bourhood of Middlesex Hospital. On Sunday week a re-
spectably-attired young man stepped into the shop of Mr.
Just, baker, of No. 1, Nassau-street, with a large pie to
be baked, bating deposized the dish on the counter, the
fellow remarked that " care should be taken with that pie
in baking it, as it contained a good deal of meat." He
then departed. The pie was baked, but the owner omit-
ting to send for it, some suspicion was excited, which con-
tinued to increase day after day until Thursday afternoon,
when Mrs. Just suggested to her husband to keep the
" dish" no longer, there being a strong and cffensive
efflu-
vium arising from its contents. Toe crust having been
raised the parties were horior-s'ruck at finding the c, n-
tents to consist of a newly-born child. Information was
immediate'y despatched to the Marylebone Court House,
and the district officer has since communicated with Mr.
Wakley, the coroner. The refined brutality of the affair
renders it d.fficult of belief.
EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—FRENCII MEETING IN
LONDON.—On Friday, a meeting of French Protestants
resident in London and favourable to the objects of the
above alliance, was held in the Hanover-square Rooms.
It was of more than ordinary interest, since it was the
first public reunion in the metropolis conducted exclusively
in the French language. Attracted by the novelty of the
proceeding=, several English !adies and gentlemen attended.
M. le Pasteur Martin, minister of the French Protestant
Church, St. Martin's-le-grand, having taken the chair,
players were read, anti several foreign ministers addressed
the meeting in support of the principles of the alliance,
which were explained in previous mee ings reported in this
paper. Much stress was laid on the fact of Protestants
being so dispersed over France that the pastors of the
various congregations rarely met. The differences existing
between Calvinists, Lutherans, and the o'her numerous
sects into which the reformed religion was diiided were so
slight. and the duty of union and support was so incum-
bent that the Evangelical alliance could not fail to call
forth the good wishes of Protestants of all countries.
FLIGHT OF INSECTS.—A singular phenomenon occurred
at Lewes, on Sunday week. During the entire day a

heavy murky atm thphere prevailed, hardly a brew h of, air
being perceptible, while the close dull warmth wal trin.t
oppressive. About 2 o'clock a small but thick and dark
cloud was discernible, hanging, as it were, ar.,und the lion

at the top of the old castle tower,—so dark, indeed, as
almost to obscure the figure. On ascending the c;,stle. and
going out on the leads, it was found that this thick cloud
was composed of myriads of insects, which we ate not
entomologists enough to describe by name, but which ap-
peared like large-winged ants. These insects settled on
the iron rods which support the figure of the lion, while
thousands clung to the walls and floor of the town r. Many
thousands of them fell on the leads, where they gradually
died. In an hour or two the great bulk of them had taken
their departure, but large numbers were left behind them
in a dying state. We picked up a handful of them. dead
and dying, and when placed on a paper those which still
retained Ile showed no disposition to moion. They have
expansive wings, their bodies being dark and shining.
Their heads are somewhat large. and they are apparently
armed with powerful forceps.—Susses• Advertiser.
A Hoax.—A hoax was played off on Friday last, the
day of the Queen's arrival at Plymouth. A person en-
tered the town of Totness in great haste, made instant
inquiries for the Mayor's residence, and proceeded thi-
ther with a letter, purporting to be a communication from
one of her Majesty's atteneants, stating that it was the
Queen's intention, upon going down Channel from Tor-
bay, to proceed up t!:, -:er Dart, and view the town of
Totness and neighbourhood. Immediately upon the re-
ceipt of this communication, his worship proceeded to
summon the town council, to adopt the necessary preli-
minaries for the royal reception. and to show the loyalty
of the good folks of the place. The bells sent forth their
merry peals; all the townspeople were soon in active
bustle, and all the artillery that could be mustered soon
sent forth their reports ; flags were suspended from vari-
ous parts, and every one emulated his neighbour to put
forth their best display for the occasion. After being
thus engaged for several hours, and some time being al-
lowed for reflection. many began to think the steamer
was a very long time in coming from so shot t a distance
as Torbay to the River Dart ; and upon maturer reflec-
tion and inquiry, it was ascertained that her Majesty's
flotilla had proceeded down Channel for Plymouth, and
that his worship, with the other aukhorities of Totness,
had been hoaxed.
Prime Boiled English Beef, preserves' in canisters of
41bs. and upwards, is advertised in our paper of to-day by
Messrs. Ingleby and Cooke, at 7d. per lb., a price, consi-
dering its excellence, surprisingly low, for meat of a similar
quality could not now be purchased uncooked at a lower
rate.

COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN GORDON.—AI Ports-
mouth, on Wednesday, a court-martial assenab!ed on
board the Victory, 101, to try Capt. the lion. Joi) Por-
don, R.N.; of the America, 50-gun frigate, upon the fol-
lowing charge:—" For that he, the said John Gordon,
did, on the 26th day of April, 1816, sail with her Mrdes-
ty's said ship America, from Valparaiso for England,
era of Rear-A,' 1 Sir G'

die,obedience of the or,z,
Francis Seymour, then his superior officer. After a
long trial the court found that the charge had been fully
proved, and adjudged Captain Gordon to be severely re-
primanded. The court consisted of two flag officers and
four post captains.

INGENIOUS FRAUD.—A singular fraud committed upon
Messrs. Coutts and Co., the bankers, was the subject of
conversation in the city on Wednesday. It appears that
a person having a check for £5, increased the amount to
£5,009, by an obvious alteration. and succeeded in getting
bank notes. This operation having been accomplished,-
he lost no time in going to the bank of England, and
changing a part at least of his newly-acquired notes for
gold. As yet, we believe, there is no trace of the culprit.
—Times. [Such was the impression on the first exami-
nation of the check. It now appears, however, that the
forgery was committed, not by an addition of cyphers to
the small amount originally added to the check, but by
the obliteration of the writing through a chymical process,
and the substitution of a larger amount. Had there been
a coloured surface on the check, it would have been next
to impossible to obliterate the ink without raising suspi-
cion by discolouring the surface also, but the checks in
this particular house are unifornaly white, with the excep-
tion, of course, of the words in print.]
_

ARTIFICIAL HATCHING.—The hatching of eggs by
artificial means is now carried out on a large scale as a
commercial speculation, at Heathfield, between Tunbridge
Wells and Lewes. The hatching machine is described as
ingenious and simple. It is carried on by means of a
small fire of charcoal, by which a large tank of water is
heated, which is dispersed by means of a fan over a large
space, covering the eggs, which are contained in a water-
proof cloth. The cloth containing the hot water rests on
the top of the eggs, and answers all the purposes of the
breast of the hen, or, as the patent states, is " top con-
tact heat". " During my visit," says a correspondent of
the Daily News, " I saw upwards of one hundred chickens
leave their shells, and a more interesting sight can scarcely
be conceived than seeing the hole pecked through the
shell, and afterwards the efforts made by the chicken to
liberate itself, which it does without assistance. Many
of them could be distinctly heard chirping whilst within
the shell. There were also half-a-dozen detached build-
ings, surrounded by hundreds of lively chickens. These
buildings, and the ` top contact heat' of the hatching
machine, form the great feature of the invention, being
the places of shelter for the chickens, or artificial mothers,
and consist of ingeniously-contrived means, by which a
series of pipes are heated, and under which the chickens
seek the warmth they r. quire. Upwards of two thousand
chickens, all lively and healthy, were running about.
THE BERWICK BANK ROBBERY.—RECOVERY OF THE
STOLEN PROPERTY.—The magistrates of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, aided by the superintendent of police from New-
castle, continued their inquiry on Monday into the cir-
cumstances attendant upon the robbery of the North of
England Joint Stock Bank, in the former town. The
house and premises had previously been searched by the
Berwick police, with no other discovery than four parcels
of silver in the yard. It was evident, however, from va-
rious circumstanc s, that the robbery had been effected by
a party or parties well acquainted with the bank. On
Monday, accordingly, the authorities procured the assist-
ance of a blacksmith and joiner, in order thoroughly to
gut the house. This, fortunately, was not necessary, as
£3OO in gold and the remaining portion of the silver were
found in the kitchen, secreted under the stairs. Mean-
while, the other parties were examining the bed-rooms,
and in that occupied by Mrs. Tnompson, the wife of the
manager of the bank, the whole of the notes were re-
cover d. There we►e £lOOO Bank of England notes,
£B3O in notes of Scotch banks of various denominatiot.s
above £1; and 613 in ditto of £1 each ; and all these were
discovered sewed in the bolsters and bedding of Mrs.
Thompson's bed. Every farthing, therefore, amounting
to very nearly £3OOO, has thus been recovered in a sur-
prisingly short period. Mrs. Thompson, on being ap-
prised of the discovery, was taken ill; she was, however,
taken into custody, though allowed to remain'in the house,
under the care of one of the matrons of the Berwick gaol.
It is not considered probable that the proceedings will be
carried further, though on this point the intentions of the
bank directors remain a secret.

EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—A public meeting of the
friends of the Evangelical Alliance was held on Tuesday
morning, in the large room, Exeter Hall, every portion of
which was completely filled. The Chevalier Bunsen, the
Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, Professor Tholoch, (of the
College of Ilalls,) Rev. Dr. Beecher, (of Cincinati, Uni-
ted States,) and numerous ministers of all denominations
of Protestantism, and from various parts of Europe and
the United States of America, were present. Sir Culling
Eardley Smith took the chair, and opened the proceedings
with a brief speech. The Rev. Mr. Bickerstetb, Rev.
Dr. Beecher, and Pt ofessor Thuloch supported the prin-
ciple, which set forth that sight differences on minor
points ought not to prevent nations from joining in the
great union. Addressee to a similar purport were deli-
vered by the Rev. Dr. Robson, the Hon. and Rev. Bap-
tist Noel, and others, when the assemblage separated
A second public meeting was held on Wednesday evening,
at Exeter Hall, when the large room was again crowded.
Mr. Justice Crampton was in the chair, and arouni him
were Sir C. E. Smith, Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the
Rev. J. Jordan. (vicar of Enston, Oxfordshire.) the Rev.
Professor La Harpe, and the Rev. Adolphe Monod, (from
FranceXand the Rev. Dr. Peck and the Rev. Dr. Schu-
ker, (from the United States ;) there were, besdes
a very large nutntter of the clergy of all the sects of Pro-
testantiom. It was stated. in the speeches of the chair-
man and others, that the alliance was not to be considered
an alliance of different branches of the church, but of in-
dividual Christians, each acting upon his own responsibi-
lity, and that ne compromise of the views of any member,
or sanction of those of others on points of difference, was
expected, all being free to advocate and maintain their
religious convictions with due forbearance.

DAY TICKET.--A romantic young lady, re;iding not
100 miles from Bourn, contrived, a few days ago, with
the as,ietance of a little absence of mind, to make more
of one of these railway indulgences, and to enjoy a greater
amount of locomotion on one day's fare, than commcnly
falls to any one's lot. With no luggage (hear this,
liclies!) and little more cash th,,n was just needful for
" the day ticket," our heroine left Peterborough, and in
due time arrived in London, where ices. and something
quite new from Madame T—'s, in Regent-street, con-
tributed to exhaust the small resources of her purse; but
" the day ticket" is all right—" I shall get comfortably
to Peterborough to a late tea." The train leaves Euston-
square, and our heroine, charmed with the day, composes
herself with a novel and a first-class carriage for Peter-
borough. Qn they go, and night arrives; the train, too,
arrives at a station. "Is this Peterborough ?" " This
is Rugby, ma'am." Alas, 'twits too true! the virtuous
hero of the novel was about to commit suicide when the

train divided at Wolverton, and our heroine was at
Rugby ! Here, front the state of her exchequer, she was
obliged to repose on the sof. in the " waiting-
room" till the morning. With promises from the guard
that she should really be conveyed to Peterborough forth-
with, and that " the day ticket" should, owing to the
mistake, still be the passport, our heroine starts once
more ; and now, in place of the novrl hero, she meets
with a must agreeable gentleman fellow-traveller—a real
hero—who soon becomes more interesting than even the
martyr at Wolverton the preceding day. Conversation
progresses—so does the train ; till during a pause caused
perhaps by the introduction of some vulgar porter's head
into the carriage, the lady "fears they must be near
Peterborough by this time." " Peterborough. my d

madam ! I am afraid you have made a mistake," said
her comoanio,. ; and in the fulness of his top4raphical
information he tells her that she is tit Watford, only some
18 or 20 miles from 1 ondon, again ! Such was verily the
case, and serious misgivings aro' e as t t the remaininz
and oft-tried virtues of " the day ticket ;" but it still
held good. and, with one more effort. Peterborough is at
last reached in safety, and our heroine lives to tell the
tale.—Stamford Mercury.

NT VELLS "Et IJAti."—The Times givesthe fol-
loionm account ot the reception ot t his extraordinary com-
position at the Birmingham Festival on Wednesday last :
"The crowds of strangers and visitors, which were great
the day before, were still more numerous, the whole
length of New-street being lined on each side witn a
dense mass of human beings. eager to behold the visitors
'a they made their way to the budding. The tops of the
every window, from garret to ground floor,
crowded with spectators. In the ball

houses,

every corner was alive ; not a vacant spot was to be seen.
suet' being the intense anxiety to hear the new oratorio of
" Elijah," for the first time, under the direction of its
author. The orchestra was quite filled with the elect).
tants, and the immense orgen, with its thirty-two feet
pipes, looking like gigantic rolls of oil-cloth, rose from be-
hind till its head touelictl the roof, like come .ast animal

of mysterious Urtin. When Nlemieissohn, the master s:.L
rit rhht was to direct this multitude, stepped into the COT)...
ductor's rostrum. and gave one rapid glance at the brilliant
compaov who had come to listen to his favourite work—fur
" is the child of his adoption, the composition he

is written—l

'or tn s of etiquette were

Unanimously laid , and one loud and. universal cheer
acknowledged the presence of the greatest composer of the
age. But X.endelsolin, aho set ms to hold app'ause in
small account, after a hrief salutation, waved his Idion to
begin. lierr Stawligil, accompanied by the low, myste-
rious tones of the oboes and bassoons, deliver, d in a voice
of thunder, the awful prediction of the prophet Eltja!),
that " no rain or dew should refresh the earth for years."
happily de-
The
tingoverture,tled a masterpiece
espofti,e orfeolupglea!
was writing, happily
played ; the band seemed animated with one magnetic
sympathy, and it was as though one instrument. in-

stead of one hundren I!.u.
tpoanrftwieatsogtihveennnwuis:le, otif,ethre inspired
,auepr:ceisoinionpoasreidr.
elff'eticetE.ecTonhct
last note of " Elijah" was drowne I in a long-conti•
need and unanimous volley of n!andir.

five, w

efirnnstasni, long checked
had soddenly burst Ira 111.11 filled the air with bliout
of exaltation. Mendelcsohn, evidently overpowered
/lowed his neknowletlpmpnt.

arm quickly descended from
his prattion to the conductor's rostrutn ; but he was com-
pelled to am ear again, amidst renewed cheers and huzzas.
Never was there a more complete triumph—never a more
thorough and speedy
recognition of agreat work of art.
" Elijah" i 3 110 t only the chef-d g
ceuvre of Mendelssohn,
but altogether one of the most extraordinary achievements
of human intelligence. The urenteat e, edit is due to the

band and choru.7lln,p-p;o-at,h4;b7e;sisMendelssohn as
a conductor, unrivalled es is his exrerience of the orch,s-
tra and its resources, his woi k could never have won such
.instantaneous appreciation but for the zealous and artist-
like unanimity of his forces. Mendelssohn, after thanking
them, exuressed his particular obligations to Mr. Simi,_
son, the B:rmingham professor, who had, for two months
previously, so well and effectively trained the local choir.

Sept. 1, 1846.

SALE OF A CIIIIIICHYARD !—CIFORCIIILL'S REMAINS.
—At the SbakspeAre Hotel, Dover, on Thursday last,
among other lots, the old churchyard. St. Mary's parish,
Wherein Churchill, the poet, lies buried, was sold by
auction, by Mr. Charles Lamb. for £145! We hear that
the purchaser of this precious piece of eart
especially
brats

—precious,
the cele-

poet—is a respectable brickmaker, so that there is
no telling to what purpose it may come at last. In this
churchyard, over the grave of Churchill. there is a rude
headstone, bearing the following inscription :—" 1764.
Here lies the remains of the celebrated C. Churchill. Life
to the last enjoyed, here Churchill lies."—Canterbury
Journal.

1 HE GOVERNMENT AND THE COLONIES.—The apt+
tem upon which the present government is acting in its
colonial appointments is eminently satisfactory. Instead
of being given, as has hitherto been almost uniformly the
practice, to the partisans of the minister, they have in
every recent instance been made the rewards of efficient
Public service, and in this respect partake rather the cha-
racter of promotions than appointments. Thus, Lord
Elgin, after acting with much ability as governor of Ja-
maica, has been appointed to the more important post of
Governor-General of Canada; Sir C. E. Grey, late Go-
vernor of Barbadoes, will succeed Lord Elgin in Jamaica ;
while Lieutenant-Governor Colonel Reid, from B'rmnda,
will replace Sir C. E. Grey ; and he himself succeeded at
Bermuda by Captain Elliott. The only fresh appoint-
ment is, therefore, to the least important post, and the
principle is established that a colonial governor, by as
able and diligent discharge of his duty may rise through
regular gradations to the highest honours and emolu-
ments of the department.—Times.

THE WESTMORLAND RAPE CASE.--The four young
men convicted at the recent Westmorland assizes for the
atrocious rape committed upon the two unfortunate women
at Knife Scar, near Shap, were removed on Tuesday last
from Appleby, to the penitentiary near Milbank. Intelli-
gence of their approach having reached Barnard Castle,
Darlington, and the intervening villages, numbers of men,
women, and children, who had collected together to show
their disgust at the heinous conduct of the prisoners, met
them at each place and it was feared from the strung feel-
ing evinced against them that an attempt would be made
to do them some personal injury. At Barnard Castle,
says our correspondent, the yells. hisses, groans, and exe-
crations of the assembled crowd were so violent as to
render it necessary to obtain the assistance of the police-
to protect the men during the stay of the coach. Another
large mob had assembled about a mile north of Darlington,.
and it was evident from the ferocity displayed here-on the'
coach coming up that an attack on the prisoners had been
meditated. The governor of the gaol, however, and his
assistants were fortunately successful in resisting their
efforts until they reached Darlington, when the police
were immediately called to their aid. The prisoners were
taken to an inn for a short time to enable the police to
disperse the mob, and they were afterwards conveyed pri-
vately in a coach to the railway trans, happily without
any fresh outbreak. No doubt whatever was entertained
but that some personal violence would have been used to-
wards the prisoners had not effective protection been
afforded t hem.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—On Friday Colonel Chas.
Walter Thornton, aged 39, of the Honourable East India
Company's service, was apprehended in London, on a
charge of having uttered a forged £5 note to a watch_
maker in Oxford-street. Inquiries were at the same time
made, and Mrs. Harding, jeweller, of Holies-street,
Cavendish-square, and Mr. Bishop. bootmaker, of Con-
naught-terrace, identified the prisoner as having passed
£lO and £5 forged notes upon them. Two other similar
ct.arges were established, and these were found to form
portions of an extensive system of fraud which has been
for some time in practice. On the prisoner being searched
at the time be was taken into custody, a forged £5 note
and two genuine £5 Bank of England notes were found
upon him, and £9 in gold. At his lodgings a quantity of
valuable jewellery was discovered. The notes were very
bad imitations, being apparently lithographed. lie was
taken to the Marylebone Station. and loc ed up. On
Saturday he was found dead in his cell, having hanged
himself by his silk handkerchief, which be had passed
through the small bars of his cell door. On Saturday
an inquest was held on the case when the widow of the
deceased was examined. She said that she had been mar-
ried to him six years, and always understood him to be
an independent, respectable gentleman. He had no rela-
tives living, was a very temperate man, and was always
in good health and spirits. She knew nothing of his•
affairs. He had recently returned from Egipt where
witness had always been with him. He was at home all
the preceding day up to five o'clock, when be went out,
saying that he was going to play at billiards. The Jury
returned a verdict " That the deceased hung him-elf, but
in what state of mind there was no evidence to show."