The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-24 00:00:00

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REVOLTING EXHIBITIONS IN A SPANISH CHURCH.—It
would seem, she says. as though silent devotion did not suf-
fice the people ; as though they required pomp and cere
monies, not so much to edify them, as to procure for them
the pleasure of a physical excitement. Had I been here in
Passion-week, I should have seen a spectacle that is enacted
with all possible splendour in all the cities of Catalonia, and
draws the people together in vast numbers. The whole his-
tory of the. Passion of our Saviour, as described by the Gos-
pel, is put into verse, and performed on a public stage. This
is a remnant df the old mysteries and autos sacramentales,
but differs from them in the total absence of a burlesque cha-
racter; so that the se►ious action of the play is not inter-
rupted, nor are low and vulgar jests mingled with the sacred
words of the Bible. Au reste, the actors study their parts,
and theatrical decoration and scenic effect are as much at-
tended to as any other dramatic performance. The actors
are chosen according to their personal appearance or their
talents for the stage. For our Saviour, a handsome man
with a black beard is considered indispensable ; Judas must
have red hair, and the holy woman must be beautiful. In
Tarragona, two years ago, the part of Christ was given to a
galley-slave, distinguished for his fine person and theatrical
talents. On that occasion the town had to give security to a
large amount, that the spectators, in their admiration for
their favourite, would not afford him an opportunity to slip
away from the hands of justice. The convict, accordingly,
when the curtain had fallen on the glory of his resurrection.
had to return to his prison, accompanied by the tears and
plaudits of the public. A milliner and a laundress, on the
same occasion, performed the Virgin Mary and another of
the holy women, and they assure me there was a beautiful
tableau when the body of Christ was taken from the cross.—
Countess Hahn-Hahn's Letters (Review in Foreign Quar-
terly/).

THE IRISH Boos .—I had an opportunity on this night's
journey of observing a very remarkable phenomenon which
is occasionally seen in the bogs in this district and in those
of Connemara. We had not proceeded far on our way when
we observed the night suddenly becoming darker and foggy :
the darkness was so impenetrable that, for safety, we were
obliged to refrain from guiding, in the slightest degree, the
sagacious and enduring pony that we rode, being convinced
that, under such circumstances, his judgment was more to be
depended on than our own. Had we acted otherwise, it is
not improbable man and horse would have perished in a bog-
hole, or have seen drowned in some of the numerous lakes,
along which the unfenced road ran like a pier or quay.
Shortly after noticing the increase of darkness, we were
suddenly dazzled by immense cones of fire rising on all sides
around us. These cones varied in size : few had less than
five or six feet in diameter at the base, and many appeared to
measure twenty or thirty feet at the same part. The number
visible at any particular moment varied ; as well as I can re-
member, rarely exceeding thirty. They sprang up at irregu-
lar distances from each other : some seemed nearly a mile
distant, other a few yards only. The form of each might be
compared to that of the flame proceeding from a plate con-
taining burning alcohol. The shade of colour accompanying
the flame was not blue ; it was reddish white. The light pro-
ceeding from them was not in proportion to their size and
number. I was surprised to find, that, although they dazzled
and occasioned dizziness by their sudden appearance and dis-
appearance, they produced but little effect on the profound
darkness. These appearances continued for several miles :
the cones of flame rose from the ground apparently to a
height varying from six to thirty feet, and did not, like Will-
o'-the-wisp, move to and fro. A little after midnight it be-
gan to blow freshly from the northeast,with heavy rain; but,
during the remainder of our ride, we did not see any trace of
even the slightest flickering or flame. This luminousness
was evidently the result of chemical action in the vegetable
matter in the bog in a state of decay. Dr. M4Lynch, of
Clifden, relates a similar case, in which he observed the same
phosphorescent light while travelling through Connenirra on
a winter's evening. As may be expected, the peasantry
stand in great awe of these mysterious lights, and, as a matter
of course, they are attributed by them to supernatural agency.
By some they are called the " Dance of Death ;" and, by
others, " Messengers from Fairy Land," come to welcome
some spirit of Earth that is passing away to their Elfin
bowers.—Sporling Magazine.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—The case Daw, otherwise
Dawes, against De Feucheres, was finally disposed of, on
Monday, in the Prerogative Court, London. This was a
business of granting administration of the effects of the late
Sophy Dawes, Baroness de Feucheres, to her immediate re-
lations in England. The suit had been in the first instance
opposed by the Queen's Proctor and by the Baron de
Feucheres, her husband, from whom she had been divorced
by the law of France. Both had, however, withdrawn from
the suit. The remarkable history of the deceased lady, her
humble origin, her romantic connexion and marriage with
Baron de Feucheres, and the vast extent of her property,
(amounting, it is said, to nearly half a million.) principally
left to her by the late Duke of Bourbon, have been the subject
of endless paragraphs in the French and English newspapers.
The deceased was at the time of, and had been for some years
previous to her death, divorced from her husband, but she
still resided in, and was a domiciled subject of France. The
parties now claiming administration of her property allege
themselves to be her lawful brothers and slaters, but the
present Baron originally disputed their claim, their identity,
and relationship. He has now, however, given up all oppo-
sition. Tile proctor for the Crown, alas, in one stage of the
proceedings, (for there have been many,) put in an appearance
on the possibility of a Crown interest arising, but he, too,
had since withdrawn it. Dr. Adams was about to open
the case, when Sir H. Jenner Fust said he had read the
allegation, the evidence, and the exhibits, and he did not
see any necessity for troubling the learned counsel to
enter into the details of the case. The deceased was a
domiciled subject of France, and had been divorced from
her husband, who, by the law of France, had therefore no
controul over her property. Of the fact of her being a do-
miciled French subject, there could be no doubt ; there
could be as little doubt of the title of the parties before the
court. It was quite clear that Richard Daw and Jnne
Callaway were married in the Isle of Wight in 1775, and had
had several children, of whom the deceased was one, though
there was no baptismal register of her birth. The fact that
they had a daughter named Sophy was, however, proved by
an extract from the books of the House of Industry, into
which she was introduced at the age of six years, and where
she continued some time. Her identity was proved by the
fact, amongst others, that she placed her mother in the
Carmelite convent at Paris. Indeed, the only difficulty in
the case has been created by the deceased herself, in repre-
senting her name to be Dawes, and herself to be a widow,
when she married the Baron de Feucheres. She was evi-
dently a person of very extraordinary talents, and her history
was a romance of real life, more extraordinary than any he
(the learned judge) had ever read. She became acquainted
with the Duke of Bourbon, from whom she obtained the
large property which had now to be distributed. The facts
and documents were so strong and so clear, that he had no
doubt that the parties were the legitimate brother and sister
of the late Baroness de Feucheres ; and though she had gone
by the name of Dawes, there had been no family in the Isle
of Wight of that name. He had no hesitation in presuming
that the proctor for the brother and sister had proved their

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effects, she being a French subject legally divorced from her
husband, It was t 9 be said in favour of the deceased lady,
that she never deserted her family, whom it was her great
object to aggrandise. 'lle effect of this sentence will be to
give to the family of the deceased all the property in England
and France, amounting to about £200,000, except some pro:
perty secured to the Baron by the marriage settlement,

Mr. North, tavern-keeper, of Bath, was prosecuted at the
Newbury petty sessions on Thursday week, by the. Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for having over-
driven his horse in a match against time, which led to the
poor animal's death; the defendant was fined in the sum of
five guineas.

The average amount of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land for the four weeks preceding the 7th instant, is stated
to be £11,054,000, which is an increase of £543,000, as com-
pared with the preceding month, and an increase of
£5,425,000 as compared with the corresponding period last

EDUCATION-At the end of an important document,
dated 1583, and recorded in the sett of the burgh, the follow-
ing extraordinary clause appears after the names of Provost
and Councillors :—" With our hand at the pen led he the
the notars underwritten, at our command,because we can-
not write ourselves, id est Mr. Alexander Gurthrie, notaries
publicus, Scc."—Edinburyb paper.

THE PRESS IN EUROPE.—TheS, are published in Europe
1,720 daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly journals. The
two Americas, including the Archipelago of the Antilles, and
other colonies, produce 403. Five appear in the north and
twelve in the east of Africa. One only is known in the
Oceana, but 124 in Asia, without reckoning those in China
and other countries rarely visited.

SIGNS OF BETTER TIMES.-A mill, the property of Mr.
E. C. Lister Kave, Manningham, which is situated at Clay-
ton Heights, and which has been standing for a number of
years, is to commence running in a few weeks ; Messrs.
Jonas Wilkinson and Son, wqrsted-spinners, Clayton, hav-
ing
d ii this
district.—Leeds give employment to a large
e Intelligpneer.

A gentleman named Watson, of Manchester, who had been
charged a tax for armorial bearings, liecause he had used a
seal having a bead of Neptune upon it, stated the circum-
stance in'a letter to Sir Robert Peel, and received a prompt
answer from the Board of Stamps and Taxes, informing him
that the Surveyor at Manchester had been directed to with-
draw the charge.

On Sunday last, Thomas Mitchell, Esq., surgeon Of Bristal,
Yorkshire, committed a most determined act of self-de-
struction by stabbing himself through the heart with a
family,ba
dissecting knife. From the evidence of a connection of the
labouredit ap appeared that
a great depression of spirits, and under
the deceased had for some months
a delusion with respect to his pecuniary affairs.

HONGKONG POST-OFFICE.—A large number of letters
passed through the Falmouth post-office on the arrival of
the last overland mail bearing the Hong-kong post-office
stamp. The stamp was of an oval form with the Royal arms.
Around the edge of the stamp were the words " Hongkong
Post-office." The stamp was of a red colour and without
any date.

ECONOMY OF THE NEW POOR LAW—KINGSTON UNION.
—Statement of expenses in the relief and maintenance of the
poor, and other purposes, for the five years ending the 25th
of March, 1842 :-1838, £6,864 15s. ; 1839, £8,757 17s. ;
'lB4O, £10,339 Ils. ; 1841, £12,773 ; 1842, £14,040 9s. The
guardians arc now about to enlarge the workhouse by build-
ing an infirmary. •

The Sun publishes an account of a fracas which took place
on Thursday morning, in Belgrave-square, when Mr. John
Abel Smith, M.P., and principal partner in the firm of Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Smiths, the city bankers, was horse-
whipped by Mr. Forbes M`Neill, of 44, Finsbury Circus.
It is said that Mr. Smith had declined to accept a challenge
from Mr. M`Neill. The affair is expected to come before
the magistrates at the Queen-square Police-office.

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—About the 14th of December
last, the farming stock, upon a farm called Balshaw Out-
wood, was sold by auction. It consisted of fourteen cows
and a pony, all of which were purchased by different per-
sons, and most of them went into other stocks of cattle.
Since the sale, it has been ascertained that the pony, and no
less than eleven of the cows have died, from what causes
nobody is able to conjecture.
MAGNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—A lady of the name of
Phillips, who died lately at Boulogne, bequeathed the sum of
£45,000, in equal shares, to the four following charities :
St. George's Hospital, the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, the
Blind Asylum, and the Welsh Charity School, in Gray's lnn-
road. The latter maintains, clothes, and educates 200 chil-
dren, borne of Welsh parents, having no parochial settlement
in London.

TILE KING OF GREECE AND MR. EMERSON TENNENT,
M.P.—The Queen has granted her permission to Mr. Emer-
son Tennent to accept and wear the star and other insignia
of a Knight of the Re`deemer, of which order the King of
Greece has done him the honour to create him a Grand Com-
mander, in recognition of his early services, military and
literary, in behalf of that country. Mr. Tennent is, we be-
lieve, the only commoner on whom this high distinction has
been conferred.

THE COURT OF BANKRUPTCI.I.—IMPORTANT TO SOLICI-
TORS, &C.-It is important that every person who may have
business to transact in the Court of Bankruptcy should be
made aware that no proceedings will be filed unless they be
written upon paper of the exact size and form used by the
Court, and that, however urgent the case, any affidavits or
other papers, from whatever distance, will be rejected unless
this rule be strictly complied with. The size used is 15 1-3 d
by 91 inches.

IMPARTIALITY.—An indolent youth, being asked why be
was so shamefully fond of his pillow, to the manifest injury
of his reputation, replied--" 1 am engaged, every morning,
in bearing counsel :—lndustry and Health advise me to rise,
—Sloth andfldleness to lie still; and they give their reasons
at length, pro and con. It is my part to be strictly impartial
and to hear with patience what is said on both sides; and by
the time the cause is fairly argued, dinner is generally on the
table."

THE DREADFUL CASE AT WANDSWORTH. Daniel
Williamson, who, as we stated in our last, had been brought
up at the Wandsworth Police-office, accused of charges of an
abominable nature, the victims being his pupils at the board-
ing school at Kingston New-town, was brought up for final
,
examination on Thursday. One case, in which he was
charged with a capital offence, was proceeded with and proved,
when the sitting magistrate
Mr. Paynter, fully committed
the accused for trial at the spring assizes, refusing to take
bail to any amount.

Mt. Brodie, the liberal member for Salisbury, who is the
brother of Sir Benjamin Brodie, and relative of Lord Den-
man,
is one of the most indefatigable meteorologists of the
day. Thermometers and barometers of the most approved
construction are placed in his grounds, and the temperatura
of the earth and atmosphere daily watched and recorded by
himself or servants. It is not an uncommon occurrence for
Mr. Brodie to stay
Up the whole night, when the weather
promises to be unusual. Even the clerks in his bank at
Shaftesbury are compelled to attend to the weather, and to
communicate to him regularly its temperature. Mr. Brodie,
it is supposed, has collected the most accurate meteorological
tables of any person in this country.—Globe.

TIDE TABLE

Mrn. I Evn. I Height .1 Sunday:, Holydays,

H. M. H. H. F. 1.
Tuesday 24 5 1 528 13 11
Wednes 25 616
59' 12 10 Conversion of St. Paul.
Thursday 26 743 822 12 4
Friday.. 27 856 926 13 2 Jupiter sets 4h 13m even.
Saturday 28 954 ,10 18 14 2
Sunday.. 29 10 4U 11 0 15 6 4th Sunday after Epiphany
Monday. 30 11 1 11 37 16 3

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Mayflower, Weeks

from New 0

sud Jefferson, Mason, from Virginia.
SAlLED.—Caroline, M`Pherson. and Sarah Fleming, Walker. for
Africa—Thomas Lee, Woof, for Sincapore—Chatham, Gifford, for
Calcutta—lsabella, Thorpe, for Demerara—United, Touze, for
Valparaiso—Jemima, Thompson, for Tampico—Reliance, Dunley,
for Ceara—lnvoice, Rolling, for Buenos Ayres—Rajah, Bangs, for
Mobile—Jane Augusta, Smith, for Savannah—Cygne, Marr, for
Adra—Encore, Gtouchy, for Cadiz, &c—Douglas Pennant, Jones,
for Rouen—Europe, Barratt, for Corfu—Active, Wickland, for
Trieste —Alexander Little, Henderson, for Syra—Will o' the Wisp,
Stevens. for Naples—Swan, Holten, and Sarah, Crispey, for Lisbon
—Wiltshire, Barker, for Messina.

Calcutta, from Liverpool for Bombay, was spoken Ist Dec. in lat.
5 N, long. 23 W

Lamport. hence for New Orleans, was spoken 25th Dec. in lat
41, long. 16
British Queen, M'Kinnon, hence for Newfoundland, at Cove
Devonia, Long, hence for Algiers, at Studwell Roads
Teasdale, Sterling, hence at Venice
Catherine, Copeland, hence at Genoa

Marwood, Stott, from Smyrna for Liverpool, at Portsmouth, with
loss of bulwarks, and part of the ground tier of oil leaked out
John Dugdale, Milward, from Sincapore, at London
Barbara. Cleverly, from Moulmein, ditto
Columbine, Walsh, from Calcutta, ditto
Picolo Oscar, Zar. sailed from Trieste Ist January, and George
William, Conn, 2nd January, both for Liverpool
Lynx, Howard, from Messina, at the Cove

COVE, Jan. 18.—The Jessie Logan, Major, from Calcutta for
Liverpool, was struck by a sea 13th January, which carried away
the poop, stove in the stern, and swept away the decks. On 15th
January, in lat. 51, long. 5. she was abandoned by all except one
seaman, drowned in the forecastle. Crew and passengers arrived
here in the Lynx. Mem.—The Jessie Logan afterwards drifted to
the shore at Boscastle, and went to pieces.—(See 18th Jan.)
DARTAIOUTII, Jan. 18.—The Eliza. Follett, from Liverpool, which
put back to this port, has been surveyed, and must discharge,
having struck on a rock,

Pwansu, Jan 17.—The Dove, for Liverpool, that was on shore
in Aberloch Bay, 14th January, has been got off, and brought into
the harbour, after discharging her cargo. .
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BELFAST, Jan. l6.—The JOhn, from Donaghadee for Liverpool,
went on shore on Hollywood Bank, I3th January, and sunk ; crew
saved.

SATURDAY, JA7,'IYARY 21.—Wind S. moderate.
ARRIVED.—Amazon, Batchelor, from New Orleans—Southerner,
from New York—lsaac Newton, Spalding, from Mobile—Leonore,
Graves, and Othello, Albree, from Savannah—France, Marshall,
from Charleston—and Norfolk Hero, Holmes, from Smyrna.
SAlLED.—Universe, Ritchie, for Bombay—Nautilus, Gibson, for
China—Hopewell, Carter, and Lauriston, Church, for Jamaica—
Jane, Cuming, for Trinidad—Eliza Kincaide, Brown, for Rio Ja-
neiro—St. Lawrence, Chace, for .New Orleans—Hero of Acre,
Jones, for Savannah—Wm. Carson, Young, for Monte Video—
King Alfred, Knill, for Gibraltar—Lelean, Lelean, for Havre—and
George H. Harrison, Reed, for Lisbon.

Emily, Guillet, from Pernambuco, at this port; sailed 13th Dec.
in company with the Nightingale, for Paraiba, to fill up for Liver-
pool. The Madonna and Richard, were loading for Liverpool—
the Penelope, for Trieste, and the Sylph, for the Channel. From
the 12th to the 16th January, from lat. 48, long. 20, to lat. 49, long.
14, experienced a hurricane from N.W.; the greater part of the
time lying to under storm mizen : lost bulwarks, stanchions, &c.
Mary Ellen, Sutherland, from Nassau, N.P. at this port: sailed
14th Dec. On 10th Jan. in lat. 50, long. 20, saw the Caledonia.
(steamer) from Liverpool for Halifax; blowing a gale at the time
from N.W. the steamer making good weather of it, From the 10th
to the 17th January, it b'ew a perfect hurricane from N.W. Lost
head, galley, bulwarks, &c.

Saucy Jack, from Terceira, at this port. On 17th January, in
lat. 50, long. 10, spoke the Bengal, from Liverpool for New Or-
leans, which had on hoard the crew of the Sarah Jane, of Glas-
gow, from Havana, and transferred them to the Saucy Lass. On
18th January, fell in with the Sarah Jane, and put the mate and
four men on board, to navigate her to the nearest port
Eleanor Palmer, hence for Beirout, off Gibraltar 29th Dec.
Mary Queen of Scots, Killey, hence at Pernambuco. Would be
hove down, having struck on the Tuskar, and also at the entrance
of the port

Bonanza, Selkirk, hiece at Newfoundland, with loss of topsail
yard, jibboom, &e.

- William, Porter, hence at Workington, with trifling damage,
baying been on shore
Neptune, hence at Newfoundland
Brazilian, from Lisbon, ditto
Manchester, Smith, from Hamburg, ditto, with loss of bulwarks,
boats, stanchions, galley, &c.
John Cock, Cross, from Buenos Ayres, at London
Jupiter, Rose, from Moulmein and Mauritius, off Falmouth. On
Ist January, in lat. 21, long. 29, spoke the William Sorlie, from
Liverpool for Buenos Ayres. On 9th January, in lat. 42, long. 29,
spoke the England
Mersey, from Oporto is on shore on East Hoyle, with a steamer
lying near her.