The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

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Several incendiary fires have taken place lately at
Nottingham.
Several manuscript lectures have been presented by
Lord Brougham, to the Northern Union Mechanics' In-
stitutions of Northumberland, Durham, and Cumberland.
At the Norwich Musical Festival, £lOOO was the sur-
plus devoted to the charities on behalf of which it was
held.

On Wednesday preparations commenced within the
Tower of London for the erection of a granite statue of
the Duke of Wellington.

Orders have been given to suspend the enlistment of
seamen for the royal navy, as no more are required at
present.

On Thursday the Ocean arrived in the Thames, from
Hamburgh, with 8,000 baskets of black grapes, the pro-
duce of the vineyards in the vicinity of that town.
There were no fewer than 110 candidates for the ap-
pointment of clerk to the Wellington Board of Guardians.
The salary is £lOO a year.
More than one person in Guildford has lost some
valuable pigs from giving them diseased potatoes. On
their being opened, the intestines were found to be
mortified.

On Sunday, a child fell from the gallery of Holy Trinity
Church, Paddington, on the head of a lady who sat in the
body of the church ; but luckily neither the child nor the
lany sustained any serious injury.
NOVELTY IN FIRE ARMS.—A pistol has recently been
registered uuder the act for tho pruteetlon of articles of
utility, which is so ingeniously contrived that it primes and
loads itself by the most simple and unerring operation.
It is calculated that the London pleasure-goers spend
on Sundays through the year in the adjacent villages the
enormous sum of one million three hundred thousand
pounds.
A few weeks ago, the Rev. Harry Baber, curate of St.
Mark's, Chelsea, published his own banns of marriage in
that church ; and what adds to the singularity of the
circumstance is, that his bride-elect was one of the' con-
gregation then assembled.
A young woman, named Shields, is in custody in Lon-
don, charged with killing her mother, an old woman of
sixty. The mother and daughter were drunk and fighting
together, when the former fell backwards and fractured
her skull.

Mr. Pierrepoint, of Worcester, has obtained leave to
put up, on trial, at convenient places in the city, twelve
patent lamps, which he promised should give a better
light at sixty yards distance than the common one does
at ten yards.
The new docks at Leith are progressing rapidly, and be-
fore winter sets in, Mr. Barry, the contractor, expects to
have the whole space inclosed with the outer wall, so
that operations may be carried on inside during the
winter.

Cruikshank's splendid plates on the Bottle and Drun-
kard's Children will soon be familiar as " household
words." The Sunderland Pottery Co. has purchased the
right, and has brought out copies of these plates in splen-
did style upon articles of earthenware.
On Wednesday se'nnight, as the Rev. G. F. J. Marsham
rector of Maidstone, and the Rev. J. J. Marsham, were
out shooting together, the former fired at a partridge,
which he killed. Unfortunately several of the shots also
hit his brother, and one of them entering the ball of his
eye, deprived him immediately of sight.
Clock and watchmaking, one of the principal branches
of industry in the canton of Neufchatel, in Switzerland,
is entirely paralysed. Upwards of 1,500 journeymen
watch and clock-makers have just emigrated from Neuf-
chatel to the United States, and a still greater number
are making preparations to follow them.
From a tree in the garden of Mr John Lupton, Bram-
ley, were gathered, on the 9th September, the amazing
number of 3311 apples. Upwards of 100 which were not
fit to pluck remain on the tree. Added to these there
have been, as near as can be ascertained, some 400
gathered and blown off previously.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday a boy living at
Coombe Florey, Salop, was sent home with a gun, which
on the road he used to pull down a cluster of nuts. The
gun being loaded (unknown to him) went off, and dischar-
ged its contents into his body. He left the gun hanging
to the branches, and went as far as Coombe Tower, where
he expired.

A London paper states that early next year a variety of
new regulations will be adopted in reference to the bar-
rack accommodation afforded to the troops in Ireland,
and also in parts of England. It appears that Lord Har-
dinge, during his stay in Ireland, gave it as his opinion
that sufficient accommodation was not afforded to the
troops, nor sufficient attention paid to their comforts.
On Friday, as W. Adams, Esq., of Mitchel Troy, was
in the pursuit of game, he shot a very fine hare. The
animal was picked up by Mr. Henry Stephens who, on
perceiving her to be with young, immediately cut her
open, and took therefrom five remarkably strong and
healthy-looking young ones, (thus showing that three, as
generally supposed, is not the greatest number produced
at a birth.)
The new park at Battersea, which has been for some
time in abeyance, will be commenced without delay. The
park will extend the whole distance between Battersea-
bridge and Nine-elms, and from the bank of the river to
the public road across Battersea.fields, making the length
of the Park about two miles and a quarter, and its width
a little more than a mile. A carriage-drive forty feet in
breadth will be formed along the bank of the Thames.

POPERY AGAIN.—A member of Parliament writing to
the Morning Herald, says, "I have just had put into my
hands, a letter addressed by one governess to another,
who was advertising for a situation, in which the writer
coolly proposes to her friend—both being Roman Catho-
lics—to go into a Protestant family named by her, in the
character of a Protestant; for the purpose of effecting
the conversion of the three children, whose mother was
dead, to popery !"
The money order department of the Post-office hither-
to, so far from yielding any revenue, has not even de-
frayed its own expenses. Under these circumstances one
of two courses appears absolutely necessary, viz., either
to reduce the expenses or to increase the poundage
charged to the public. The latter alternative is obviously
a very undesirable one; and it may be hoped, therefore,
it will be found possible to introduce such economy into
the department as shall obviate the necessity of adopting
it.

AN ENORMOUS BLAST. -At the quarry belonging to
T. Gill, Esq., at Millbay, Devonshire, there have of late
been several blasts of large masses of limestone rock, for
the works of the Great Western Docks. One of those
took place on Saturday, in the presence of a large con-
course of spectators. The hole for blasting was bored
with a four-inch bit, and it occupied the men four days
and four nights to make the rock fit to receive the gun-
powder. The quantity of powder used was 1351 b., and
the weight of rock separated was about 3000 tons. The
largest atone was 14 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 9 thick.

ROYAL RIVALS.—THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT.
—During the sale at Stowe, a beautiful statue of " Venus
rising from the sea," which stood in an alcove built on
purpose for its reception, was hotly bid for by two rival
agents, until it was knocked down at a considerable higher
price than its value. The report is that the agents repre-
sented the Queen and Prince Albert, who each wanted it
to present to the other. Prince Albert was the pur-
chaser.—The Builder.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Southampton
was held at the Town-hall on Thursday afternoon, for
the purpose of affording an opportunity of laying before
the public the views and plans of the London Society for
the Promotion of Colonisation. The Hon. Francis Scott,
M.P., Mark Boyd, Esq., Arthur Mills, Esq., E. Lennox
Boyd, Esq., and C. D. Logan, Esq., attended as a depu-
tation from the London committee. The meeting was
numerously attended.
Mr. Bailey, poulterer, in Mount-street, details the large
sums paid annually by London salesmen for poultry. He
states that one salesman alone sold every year £lOO,OOO
worth !—that he had himself paid £Bl,OOO in the course
of the last year, and that £15,000 was received annually
at Aylesbury for young ducklings ; but to this last item
he adds the humiliating fact, " that, in Bucks, the wives
are in the habit of driving the children from the hearth
that the ducklings might get the benefit of the fire."
A ROBBER SHOT.—Mr. Holden, a farmer, of Darton,
near Barnsley, was roused at midnight by a noise on his
premises, and, on looking from the window, he saw two
men on a roof, taking off the slates, while a third stood
below. The farmer fired at the depredators, and one of
them was wounded ; his companions, however, carried
him off. One the following morning the wounded man,
one Gledhill, was found in a stable : a bullet had entered
between his thigh and his body, and his case wss consi-
dered to be hopeless.
MUSICAL ENTHUSIASM.—As an instance of the enthu-
siasm which Jenny Lind has created amongst those who
heard her at York, we may state, that Mr. Bell, silver-
smith, of that town, has supplied a most beautiful and
unique gold tea pot, which has been forwarded express to
the Swedish Nightingale, at Newcastle, by one of her en-
raptured admirers. Other parties have also sent similar
but less costly tokens of their admiration, such as gold
and diamond bracelets, brooches, gold thimbles, &c. &e. ;
indeed, no lady ever created such a fever of delight as
Jenny Lind appears to have excited by her recent visit to
York.

DESTITUTE IRISH IN KENT,—Kent has been deluged
by Irish, who have poured into the country,. at the hop-
picking season, in numbers far beyond those required for
the work. Swarms of starving creatures have besieged
the workhouses at Coxheath Union. On Saturday night
week from 500 to 800 collected, and threatened a distur-
bance. A messenger was sent to Maidstone to desire
that troops might be in readiness. Attacks have been
made on individuals and property plundered. Special
constables were sworn in at Maidstone on Monday, to
act in the surrounding parishes.
The Rev. W. Sinclair, incumbent of St. George's
Church, Leeds, had a narrow escape from drowning, at
Redcar, a few days ago. The rev. gentleman had waded
and swam too far from his bathing machine, and in trying
to return, was overpowered by the strong reflux of the
tide. A coble was brought with all speed across the sands
from high water mark, and rapidly rowed to his assistance ;
but by the time the boat could reach him, a gallant
gentleman, Mr. Ray, of Stokesley, solicitor, having
thrown off only his coat and waistcoat, had already suc-
ceeded in swimming to Mr. Sinclair's side, and, in the
absence of other assistance, would doubtless have had all
the honour of a rescue. Mr. Sinclair was quickly brought
to shore, and soon recovered.
DEATH FROM GRIEF.—Mr. Mills, one of the metro-
politan coroners, held an inquest on Wednesday week,
upon Emma Styles, a bonnet-maker, aged 21. Deceased
was much attached to a man to whom she was to have
been married, and who was arrested last week but one
for some crime, but was subsequently discharged, there
having been no evidence adduced against him. His arrest
had such an effect upon the deceased that she became ill,
and continued so for some days, until she was found dead
in her lodgings. Mr. Poppin, surgeon, opened the body,
and found that death resulted from disease of the heart.
He had no doubt that the shock she sustained from the
imprisonment of her intended husband accelerated her
death.

A SANITARY EXPERIMENT.—On Thursday, a shaft,
six eet by three, was sunk from the centre of the Black-
friars-road, at the point of junction of the main sewer,
from the Kent-road, Friar-street, and Webber-street; at
the mouth of this opening into the sewers an iron grating
was bricked in; above it, and about three feet below the
surface, a furnace, composed of sheet iron, was erected.
A space about twenty feet square was enclosed around
the shaft, for the deposit of coal, &c., and on Monday the
furnace will be ignited to test the practicability of
thus destroying the foul air generated in the sewers,
which in this locality penetrates the dwellings of the in-
habitants, rendering them unfit to dwell in. Should the
experiment be attended with success, similar shafts are to
be sunk at stated distances, with architectural columns or
obelisks to carry off the smoke.—Morning Chronicle.
FUNERAL OF THE REV. ARTHUR TROLLOPE. On
Monday afternoon a considerable portion of Cheapside,
and the streets leading into it, presented a somewhat un-
usual appearance, With scarcely an exception the shops
were partially closed, during the funeral of the Rev.
Arthur Trollope, the late respected and much lamented
curate of St. Mary-le-Bow, and the united parishes. This
gentleman, the son of Dr. Trollope, formerly Headmastcr
of Christ's Hospital, had been for 21 years curate ; had
never flinched from his duty, was always ready to help
others in the discharge of their parochial duties, but would
never accept aid himself, except in extreme cases. He
was an upright, conscientious, and hard working man, and
not only one of the most exemplary clergymen, but also
ono of 41,0 must learned theologians In the metropolis.
He never sought preferment. He was modest, manly, and
independent. The proceeds of his curacy and lectureship,
all he ever had in the church, amounted to £l4O a year.
Neither the late Archbishop, to whose peculiar jurisdic-
tion Bow Church belonged, nor the Bishop of London, in
whose diocese and jurisdiction are the united parishes,
ever offered Mr. Trollope any preferment, or, we believe,
took the slightest notice of him.—Times. _

GENEROSITY OF JENNY LlND.—There is at Hull a
German Lutheran congregation who are endeavouring to
provide funds for erecting a place of worship. The Queen
Dowager has given £2O, and the chairman of the com-
mittee, Mr. Helmsing, merchant, addressed a letter to
Mdle. Lind, who is a Lutheran, soliciting a contribution.
This was directed to her in London, but it appears that
on its arrival there she had left, and it was forwarded to
her in Manchester. No answer being received, it was
thought by the committee that the matter had ended.
Last Thursday morning, however, at his office in High-
street, Mr. Helmsing heard a rap at the door, and in re-
ply to the loud " Come in," there stepped in a very
modest looking young lady, who asked for Mr. Helmsing.
"My name is Helmsing,' was the reply, "and mine is
Jenny Lind," was the response. I have come to apolo-
gise for not answering your letter, which followed me
down to Manchester, where I had not time to attend to
it, but I shall be most happy to promote your object, and
if to-morrow morning you will send to my hotel a list of
the subscriptions, I will tell you what I will do." On the
following morning, Mr. Helmsing waited upon Mdlle.
Lind, who at once presented to him £2O, stating that
that was as much as the nature of her contract would at
prasent permit her to do, but, she added, if she should
again have the pleasure of visiting Hull, which she hoped
she might be able to do, before her departure for the con-
tinent, it would afford her much pleasure to do something
more, and, in a most delicate manner, hinted that any
future expression of her good will towards the object
would in all probability be made through the medium of
a concert.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday week at Castle
Bents, near Bradfield, John Hawksworth and his wife,
farm servants, were busy in the field, and had left their
children, two boys, aged 12 and 11, and two girls, aged 9
and 2 years, at home. The children left the house and
went into the barn, where there was a quantity of corn in
the straw, to play. They got up a ladder, and mounted
upon a beam that ran across the building. While there,
the elder boy very foolishly lighted a lucifer match, which
he let fall among the corn. As soon as it began to burn,
the boys, instead of helping their sisters down from the
beam, ran away to the field to fetch their parents. The
elder girl called to the boys to assist her little sister and
herself down the ladder, but they disregarded her cries,
and as she could not descend the ladder with the child,
she remained with it. The fire was seen by some neigh-
bours, who ran to the spot, but though they heard the
children cry, the smoke was so dense that a considerable
time elapsed before they could find them. Two mer, at
the hazard of their lives, groped about, and one of them
felt a leg of one of the children hanging from the beam.
He pulled, and they fell together. They were got out
alive, but in a state most dreadfully burned. As the
barn adjoined the house, which it was feared would take
fire, the furniture had been turned out, and it was neces-
sary to semi tne children to the poorhouse. The elder
girl was still sensible, and stated, that when they found
themselves deserted by the boys, she clasped her little sis-
ter in her arms, and in that state they remained until they
were found. They both died on the Thursday night fol-
lowing. The fire in the barn was extinguished with great
exertions, and the farm buildings were consequently saved.
BRUTAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN.—At the Clerk-
enwell police office, on Tuesday last, a man named Wor-
rall, and a woman, C. W. Chandler, were charged with
cruelty to four little children belonging to the former
prisoner. The poor sufferers were covered with marks of
violence all over, some of which had festered. Their
heads also were covered with sores. A constable said that
on the previous day, while he was passing City Row, St.
Luke's, he saw a large crowd, and on going up was in-
formed that a woman in a house was strangling some
children. He knocked, but could not obtain admittance.
A ladder was procured, and he got up to the first floor
window, when the male prisoner, who bad a piece of
wood in his hand, threatened to kill any one who entered,
and afterwards threatened to blow out his own brains
with a pistol. Another constable came up, and they en-
tered, and found the four children in the room in a dread-
ful state, one of them appearing to be dead. They were
taken to the workhouse; and the prisoners sent to bride-
well. One of them, Henrietta, nine years old, had two
black eyes, which she said were caused by her father beat-
ing her, for stealing halfpence. They all complained of
being sometimes very hungry. There was a good bed in
the room in which the prisoners slept, but the children
had to lie on the floor without any covering, and when
taken to the workhouse they were covered with sores and
bruises, and much exhausted, from filth and want of food.
The male prisoner, it appeared, was supported by the fe-
male, who led an abandoned life. The former attempted
a defence for his beating the children, but it only aggra-
vated the matter. The magistrates remanded the pri-
soners for a week, and had the children sent hick to the
workhouse. The feeling of the people in the court was
so strong against the prisoners that they were obliged to
take refuge in the waiting room, afraid of their lives. It
was stated the prisoner Worrell was formerly a clerk in
Liverpool,

Sept. 26, 1645.

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COACH ACCIDENT AT BAWTRY.—On Friday, -10 r 1
ham, on its route for Lincoln, left the Angel Inn,l3lMi
at a quarter past six in the afternoon, with not morello
sixteen passengers. In making the second turn 011,0
Gainsborough road, one of the horses stumbled•
unfortunate circumstance caused the coach to swl6
and, bringing it in contact with the kerb-stone,
vehicle was upset. Unhappily four females were
but not seriously. The greatest injury was sustained 't,o
Mrs. Kirk and her daughter, who were on their sol.„'w,
Lincoln, for Spalding. Each had her collar bone fry'

tured. Doncaster Gazette.
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A SKILFUL AND COURAGEOUS COLLIER.--- ,o,
Burn, of Grange Pit, near Belmont, who, a monthaN
hewed 42 corves in seven hours, beating a comradelis'a
corves, has since performed a meritorious feat. A Pi, for
was wedged in by a fall of coal, and the deputy. on', bis
Burn to "hew him out." "At the imminent risk
own life," says the Durham Chronicle, " and haviego,
lie on his side while he worked, he succeeded in acc°,l.
dishing his object. Those who are acquainted wit. vtie
liery workings will best understand- the danger of
exploit, and merit of its execution." gibs IV'
OPENING OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL."
man Catholic Chapel, at Clifton, dedicated to the
Apostles, was opened with great pomp, on ThursdaY•4i,
building was filled with a large number of persons, ulibo
of the Roman Catholic persuasion and of others bps
attended to witness the ceremony, which commencerlaur'er,
procession through the chapel, headed by the cross- as
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the Rev. Mr. Henry following, supported by acholYte
each side, then 14 choristers, a number of the Roma their
tholic clergy, Bishops Ullathorne aad Hendren, ill or
robes, &c. High mass was then performed by,Dr.,„oo
thorne. Mass being sung by a select choir, Dr. Ullal'"
delivered the sermon.
THE CHARTISTS.—The government trials of the eido,
ists commenced at the Central Criminal Court on F 1 atio
before Justices Erle and Williams when nearly Wo
prisoners were placed at the bar bul the trial of onlY _as
was proceeded with. The charge against the prisoner;bo
principally maintained on the evidence of Powell 0.
joined the Chartist body "for curiosity" and whose„,inst
deuce made out clearly a conspiracy to levy war,
the Queen and establish a republic in London, vanc"dap
to be burnt. The trial was proceeded with on Saturared
but had not finished that night. Mr. Keneally aPPfeing
for the prisoner and made a very violent speech,
frequently called to order by the learned judge. , s
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torney-general stated during the trial that he had n" ee
sitation in admitting that Powell was paid
£1 per r
for his subsistence by the government. C Ina
EVENING COSTUME.—At the Westminster ,°
Court, on Wednesday, an action was brought uY
Bell, an architect, against Mr. Edward Delafied, the per,of
prietor of the Royal Italian Opera, to ncover the enbr:rej
10s. 6d., the value of an orchestra stall ticket, n un' gall
219. Plaintiff, on the 23rd of August, purchased 8.01
ticket for the orchestra, but on resenting himself vil not
he was refused admission, on the ground that be Os go
in evening costume, he being dressed in a frock coat; sed,
demanded the return of his money, but it was
The Judge said tie proprietors had a right to re n to
gulations with respect to dress, but no right to ref.usiots
return money when the party presenting one of the pc,,,evt
was not admitted. An order was made for the PP'
of the money with costs forthwith.
HONOURABLE CONDUCT IN HUMBLE LIP-s."--, Ade9'
meeting of the parochial board of this parish, 0n111,701,
day last, says the Elgin Courant, the inspector innttea
that an aged widow residing in town, who was r0w.:.,0g
on the roll of paupers on the new poor-law act colcire,
into operation, informed him last year that she hlanot
ceived a remittance from a son in America, and wen`,;ole,
therefore require farther parochial relief in the tnenl3:ole,
Her name was accordingly struck off the roll at the ilept
and she has lately applied to the inspector for a stater:oo
of what she had received from the board, This sctie
sooner furnished than the amount (£4 165.) was rstricl
thus evincing an instance of honourable feeling anu. the
integrity of rare occurrence, in consideration of wincialf al
parochial board unanimously agreed to return the b
the above sum to the widow. Of
BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the half-yearly meetilro,

the proprietors of bank stock on Thursday the directors pent.
posed a dividend at the rate of 31 per cent., or 7 P,er; tbe
per annum. To this an amendment was moved tna'balf'
dividend should continue to be 41 per cent. for the for
year. The governor alleged, as the principal reason
re,
the court of directors not having in the first instanento
posed a dividend of 4i per cent., that their profits i°'oler
half-year would not admit of a larger one. its at ble
bank meetings for the same purpose, very considers all
discussion took place as to the propriety of div,i,dpinrgeSt•
the profits beyond the three millions set apart as the rte'
wiTllnbge
EseLtEtlpedHAbNy
Afterwards the amendment, as far as regarded t"`„rrieci
priety of declaring a dividend of 4k per cent. was „;:stion
ELEPHANT
appeal
BtowtEhLeLb,sa.l—On
by a majority of the proprietors present ; but the cl—
t paersong
elephant at Wombwe ll's gave a wholesome lessol'„,-,,,acione
disposed to play tricks with this gigantic and "oter
animal. Two Fly drivers and an Omnibus conl trick/
having paid a visit to the Menagerie, began to . at
with the large elephant, offering him nut shells,,
length one of them drew the elephant's attentfor_„,
side pocket, inducing the animal to suppose that a".p "0,
tamed cakes or sweetmeats. The elephant at once
ceeded to search the pocket, but finding nothing in it,fig
enraged at being laughed at, dealt the offending par .
the beau,
tremendous blow with his trunk on the side of
feet,
which hurled him as if shot from a cannon, for several
and no doubt served him as a wholesome lesson no
opponent.—Bristu
to play tricks with so stupendous an
Journal. tat
TELEGRAPH.—SeveraI experimeo.
THE COPYING TELE
's copying
trials have recently been made of Mr. Bakewell the
electric telegraph, with a view to ascertain wlietbe.he
tini,,unt of 'feel..:.: ~,ver, transmitted by the wircshe,
t co-
Electric Telegraph Company, is sufficient to we,rl,;.tireen
pying instruments. The experiments were mane "*" in
the Electric Telegraph Company's branch station
Tharosd Y the
London and Slough, that being the only station a'
ose°'
which the wires could be spared for experimental purp_ine
The results proved most satisfactorily, that the same
ig
power which is requisite to work the needle telegraiull,
amply sufficient for the copying process. Messages W.Te'e,
ten in London were received at Slough, copied on PIT of
and in the form of the original writing, the characttis,
which might be readily recognised. Speed of transl':oo
sion was not attempted with the small model instrara's,
employed ; but the messages were, nevertheless, tr,?tilie
mitted, with a single wire, with double the rapidity 11 es.
needle telegraph. We understand that Mr. Bakeive the
pects to be able, with instruments constructed 0004
working scale, to transmit fac simile copies of more ire'
400 letters of the alphabet per minute with a single ':dilf
and, by using two wires, as now practised, the rsPl
would be doubled. gas
Two CHILDREN KILLED BY POISON.—EarIy on d
day morning last, a man named John Kent, by trBtoll
currier. living in a court in Hare-lane, Gloucester, gaol!'
and went to his work. Soon afterwards two of 11'5 nib
dren, a boy named Frederick, aged 12 years, and Di:eia
aged 10 years, also came down stairs, and the former:4
hungry, took from the cupboard a pa3er bag containl"
white powder, and carrying it upstairs to his mother' noel
remained in bed, asked her if he might make some 'tl9
with it. The mother granted his request, believing ac'
the bag contained "farinaceous food," and the bilf tbo
cordingly boiled it with a little water. The taste ° and
gruel created a burning sensation in the boy's throat; feal
was otherwise unpleasant, and therefore he eat only ref
spoonsful, and went out into the streets, leaving the '',.erf
on the table. In about half an hour the boy becan3e„tbef
sick, upon which he returned home and found his 0. " the
with two younger children, Fanny and Sarah, I°, 111
kitchen, the basin containing the gruel being just `tbad
had left it. The boy having told his mother
happened, went upstairs to bed as he was very ill;rtiei
afterwards permitted the little girls to partake of tills,
and in consequence they became vielently sick. ,aiati
died the same evening, and Sarah the following 111,°,,`an
Post-mortem examinations of the bodies were enau,'3'6'00'
the result was, that death had resulted from exhaus` boif
arising from excessive vomiting, the cause of which/A
ever, was not traceable. No mineral poison was °foie..
the bodies, but on analysing a small portion of the 0011
ceous food which had been saved, it was found to ea„oce'
arsenic. The food had been found in the street bY
the children, and the mother had put it into the hat' veered
A RAILWAY SLEEP-WALKER.—One night le' ;de te
an accident occurred here, which must be cons;bob,
extremely ludicrous, although far from being a 19uifeerol,,g
matter to the subject of it. While the night Pe'rare
on the beat in the neighbourhood of the general te, roc, of
was perambulating his round, at nearly twelve o'elenage:/d
was accosted by a rather respectably-dressed perac)aer
the masculine gender, whose appearance and nfeuce
to the belief that he was somewhat under the inalletkg
an extra glass. Whether this was the case, or
os"a fre,T,
the appearances which led to such a suspicion Off lei,
what the following colloquy will explain, or P31.4.101:0
both causes, we must leave the reader to judge' te4.
my good policeman, would you show me 5 Tr°,,'„vecnift
Castle-hill ? Sometimes my head turns, and I --don"' 'I
culty in finding my way. I get bewildered oecn.`"Ait. et
but was never so dead beat in my gen life as to'n°9 Stied
have been a mortal hour at least scrambling to d ere'f
among bricks, palings, slates, wooden houses, a ot ta,
conceivable obstruction—have peeled my legs's, clrere•
hands, and, if some of my ribs are not broken, na °Dr
the p o,og
fully bruised, and bleeding like a sheep. (Here tbere Tosf
man, with his lantern, satisfied himself that ls.
really not much exaggeration in the statementvie y 01;.,,
put me upon a street to get home, and I will g.,,oncle
hearty dram. My house is, I think, exactlY
l elan
Here the unfortunate supplicant pointed to Crt'fla
which was standing out in bold relief againe,
moonlight sky. " What was the name of t,'"'stle-DlOO
you say ? " asked the policeman. " The
_t_itittleas,oti
" That is Craigie-hill." " Craigie-hill! e="c I p
stranger (for so he turned out to be), musing,;ard
been fourteen years in Stirling, and I never lt-,ittierig
.
Craigie-hill being there or anywhere else. Ong
(br
exclaimed the policeman, in prolonged aceentiajakieg far
Perth." " Perth ! " ejaculated the former, be' 04
mayed at the announcement; " but that ca }self oriDe
saving the hour consumed in nearly impalin., v/41.1106
these bricks and tiles, it is not two since 1 wethe St" rtl"
train to Glasgow." It was some time ere.n Ivo"
citizen could credit the possibility of his he2,_ yibr., for
but it was soon too palpably demonstrateel to
for hiniocl
policeman kindly found a respectable lodging that ilesfit
the night, and from explanation it appeare a daY_Oe
that morning left Stirling for Glasgow to
spC e „
some companions, where getting a little onl bad laa to
he had left with the last return train, he cal.); the
asleep in the carriage, not to awake tin
the is site 011
next morning. of
the foregoing in ,
rriege
out f the ept
true, we have not been able to ascertain
managed ft h
Perth. He was of course, off with nrst
managed with a Stirling ticket to get .e
__are that
at Perth without being practically mad u"
The Mortality of Children of European parentscoo 1"."-
ria, taking the period from birth to fifteen, o '
greater than that of English children,
had landed there.—Perthshire Courier. in.;.tlgee;

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