The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH

At four o'clock on Thursday morning the vesselsi ',boar
charge of the submarine cable arrived in Dover 1-I,il;bich
from London. On board the Blazer, the hold 0 etltic
had been gutted to make room for this gigantic obi, Sir
and gutta percha tube, were M. Foy, Professor Jacc'uteo'
James Carmichael, Bart., Mr. Campbell, Mr. Jacob "
Messrs. Barlow, Humphrey, Crampton, Wollaste°' ?Jr;
other scientific engineers, including Mr. Stathorn:gote°
Brunston Hutcheson, and others, who had ably offlP the
in carrying out the works. The vessels arrived obril'
South Foreland at half-past 6 o'clock. The sunsolsoo
liantly, and exactly at 7 the end of the cable wa ilere"
Mr. John W. Brett, Mr. Hutcheson, and other gel). core
accompanying it to watch progress and to keep 11P ,111',1
munication at regular intervals from the coast throlor,
several wires of the cable as it progressed in it! c'e 001
course to France. At 9 o'clock, when about nv eod
from land, a feu de joie was fired from the extrelectrico
25 miles of wire to the land, being a sort of e oiicitujo
cannonade, which was kept up from time to time': is,oP
vivas and huzzas of the several parties engagniporSo
useful, and, as regards its future advantages, I—ete 'to
enterprise. Several telegraphic instruments ere to
most liberally allowed to be attached, in of the Sand
those of Messrs. Brett, the original projectors, Cools lop
marine telegraph, and the needle telegraphs 0' Ifeeaod
Wheatstone, under Mr. Reid, and of 2,lessltrio to
All had an opportunity of sending communicalll3oeros_s„o-
- the two extreme points during its progress,f gcfras
Channel, in addition to the printing telegraPhrciocic'
Brett. This was kept up until the vessel, at 10, it ono. to
out of sight. Several gentlemen who witness et ll'hy 110
side crossed by the boat to Calais, at half-Pa ere "; ore
see the landing of the Cable at Sanngate, wrotionooS
connexion with the wires at Calais, commullicootin 001
expected to be forwarded direct to Paris. .11- oils' 0)8
correspondence is kept up by the different telengr withiveo
a cannonade, formed by fusees in connell4eiugg th 6
wires, is kept up at intervals, the word '1 fire when, boloiti4
from side to side by means of the telegraPb, eitig
is
points of the several wires at the terminals b
in contact, the explosion instantly takes P
P ecebe v
logreghoer
TEN O'CLOCK, .M.—The sub-marine the it
within three miles of the French coast, wills], coo
is anchored. Communication with the A 0t,,,U,
perfect. 10,4 j
FOre 0.
Intelligence was received at the South itoe iLeS'
p.m. on Sunday, by the submarine telegrapunor C'eorfl
satisfactory completion to the French coneriii, of 1%.4 $11;
Communications by the printing aPPar: Cabid,;ol/1
Brett were kept up by one of the invent with the ,
by Mr, Cheshire, at Dover, and also wiL oer•
ruld:rrito 6re
neFedulseeeinsswtreurme esnutc,cienssafumiloysfitrseadtiosnfacthtoeroy
tlO3
given from either side of the Channel. _;„,
Copies of the printed message annoulolT,l,-,r.
ing intelligence have been forwarded t
Queen, and the Duke of Wellington, 34c•

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FATAL ACCID----------ENT IN RICHMOND-PARK
accident, which has been attended with a oo , f
ft. --el'. 7 "ilng.l'ill!
1 conee4
occurred in Richmond-Park on TuesdaY 03terna fiPnod•
appears that a gentleman, who, with his wi!e aiticlani",
was sojourning at Richmond, and residing In wetool oc•
green, was taking a drive in the park in his ji sotne 0'
caog:apbaien,ierdusbhyinligisoffdaautgahtdeersapnerdattieiescpee,:dh, when "li uniticle
cident the horse took fright and becan3o entiTthe /eVe
.unti
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came in violent collision with another carriage, trot losii
gentleman and ladies to be thrown outh to to plif
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and the carriage smashed to pieces.
that the gentleman, who was far advanced 104 ttia:ote.
expired of the injuries which he received, 7000005 tif
daughter, who was greatly injured, is in a PLeads, 1',./loile,h";
The poor old gentleman broughtoke after"„-be con v"
shock to his wife en being hon3o rna,.' ogre'. "
The melancholy accident has caused greg'"
place, where they were much respected.

INTREPIDITY OP A LADY IN SCOTLAND.-OD ThUrg-

THE - LATE ACCIDENT NEAR THE BANK.—Mr. Field,
dt IT One of the principal officers at the Bank of England,
en Thursday last, from the injuries which he received
in being run over by a waggon on the previous Friday.
the Council Office for a Cabinet Council, on Tuesday, the
14th October, at which Lord John Russell and the other
Ministers will be present.
DEATH OF THE LAST OF THE GORDONS OF GLEN-
ITICEET.—The Banffshire Journal of Tuesday records the
death of an individual of some slight historical interest,
the late Charles Gordon, Esq., St. Bridget, Glenlivat, said
toCordons
be the " last representative of the ancient family of the
'erdons of Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire."
GIPSEY'S ADVOCATE.—Died at Southampton, on
the 17th instant, at the age of 77, the Rev. James Crabb,
a Pious minister of the gospel. The Rev. Mr. Crabb was
Well known among the evangelical portion of the Christian
e;_eremunity throughout England for tbe inrest he took
le reclaiming the various Gipsey tribes to Christianity
and civilisation, and which made him familiarly and ex-
tensively known as the " Gipsey's Advocate."
THE TIMBER TRADE.—The commissioners of her Ma-
jesty's customs have granted permission for all ships laden
With timber from foreign parts to discharge their cargoes
from six to six, instead of, as formerly, from eight in the
ii.lorning till four in the afternoon ; also ships laden with
deals and other wood goods, from seven in the morning
till five in the afternoon, when discharging in any of the
docks under charge of the revenue officers. This relaxa-
tion of rules will be of great benefit to the merchant and
l,eiPowner during the long days. In the winter months it
Is not required.—Standard.
Carlisle
TO WORDSWORTH.—We learn from the
"'lisle Journal that a monument to the memory of the
Poet Wordsworth has been erected in Grasmere Church,
kid that it bears the following inscription :—" To the
memory of William Wordsworth, a true philosopher and
Poet, who by the special gift and calling of Almighty God,
Whether he discoursed on man or nature, failed not to
lift 1113 the heart to holy things. Tired not of maintaining
e cause of the poor and simple ; and, so in perilous times,
Was raised up to be a chief minister, not only of noblest
Poesy, but of high and sacred truth. Theimemorial is
Placed here by his friends and neighbours, in testimony
of respect, affection, and gratitude,"
CHLOROFORM ON HORSES.—Yesterday week, an inter-
esting experiment with this agent was tried on a valuable
tare, the property of the Rev. P. H. Palmer, of Wools-
thorpe Rectory, near Grantham. In two minutes the
!ritual was under its influence, and when in that condition
,Ir. F. Talbot, veterinary surgeon, Whatton, performed
use usual painful operation of firing both fore legs, which
occupied fifteen minutes from the commencement. Had
the mare not been thus reduced to insensibility, she would
from been bathed in perspiration by violent struggling
rein intense agony ; while in this case there was not a
turned hair on her ; the operation being also much more
easily and quickly performed. On recovering she appeared
lively, and commenced eating immediately afterwards.—
Nottingham Journal.
KNOTTY POINT.—In the Shoreditch County Court,
on Saturday last, a gentleman, named Homes, brought
an action against the East and West India Docks Rail-
Thto recover a guinea, the value of a walking stick.
e plaintiff said he was travelling to Blackwall by the
tailway, and soon after the train started the door of the
carriage flew open, and, the stick falling out, was run
tl:rer by the wheel of the carriage. Mr. Huddlestone, for
There
defendents, contended that they were not liable.
4here was no negligence proved against them, and if the
Plaintiff had used ordinarycare theaccident would not have
pr
baPPened. The judge said it was evident the door had not
beenproperly fastened, as it had opened shortly after the
tr •
• 4,41 had started ; and the plaintiff was entitled to the
ZVl:lent of the court. As, however, the stick had only
L beab partially injured, he would award the sum of half-a-
".
ft &HE AFRICAN SLAVER'S DoDGE.—A correspondent of
-0 United Service Gazette, writing from the coast of
imrica, narrates the following successful trick of a slaver
slaverspi lately the British cruiser :—" It is said two
Sardinians;fu
have escaped, one from Lagos, a
rid another, a Spaniard, from Porto Legino, with 300 and
taTrespectively. The Lagos fellow escapedbya very clever
ek ; he saw the Prometheus, steam-sloop, Commander
Foote, standing in, and was then in the act of hoisting his
__water casks in. The captain, however, bolted off to a
merchant skipper who was known to be legitimately taking
ra boat load of palm oil, and for a matter of 300 dollars
duced him to exchange boats for a few hours ; the
se
teamer came in, boarded him, and seeing him busily en-
[Red taking in palm oil, stood off again; he then finished
pi! Proceeding, got the niggers on board, and bolted in
ts'!° bight. The Prometheus came in next day and found
;IP non eat inventus. If the accounts be true from Bra-
a! 't he will require as much tact to get them landed as he
misplayed in shipping them.
The
OF THE RANDOLPH, AND LOSS OF LIFE.—
E Randolph, East India trader, Mr. Dale, master, has
been cast ashore on a reef of rocks off the north-east part
Ithe 9; the Mauritius. The disaster took place on the night of
25th of July, a day or so after she had taken her
departure from Port Louis to Calcutta. She bad received
r board at that port 250 steerage passengers, natives,
insisting of men, women, and children, for Calcutta ;
also Lieut. Holland and Ensign Scott, of the 48th Regi-
ea_nt, who occupied the chief cabin. As the vessel
Lreened over, the scramble for life amongst the crew
filLftme desperate. Men, women, and children, were seen
lunging to and crawling up the sides of the wreck. Some
into the surf, and by clinging to the floating spars
Preserved themselves, while others were swept away and
met a watery grave, Ensign Scott being amongst those who
Perished. The boats happily remained whole and safe.
After much suffering, Mr. Dale succeeded in seeing all
Safely landed, and the chief officer, Mr. Scott, was de-
spatched to Port Louis, about 30 miles distant, with intel-
ligence of the calamity. The lc of the Randolph and

day (week), while Mrs. Nasmyth, of Dundonald, was
returning from Cardenden Station to her own house, she
observed a child floating in a pond which supplies the
engine with water, when she immediately threw from her
a parasol and leaped into the water, and saved the child,
although at the risk of her own life. Dr. Johnston was
immediately sent for, and used the necessary means to
restore the apparently drowned child to life, with, we are
happy to say, the desired effect.—Fifeshire Advertiser.
MILKING BY MACHINERY.—On Saturday afternoon, at
the September meeting of the Newcastle Farmers'Club, the
discussion on the subject of the day having closed, Mr. J.
E. Wilkinson amused the members by reading a letter, of
the 21st ult., from William Haigh, of Huddersfield, offer-
ing to supply machinery for milking cows. His charge
was 10s. 6d, per set of tour, one for each teat. The ope-
ration, he asserted, was performed by the machinery in
one-half the usual time, and no other superintendence
was necessary than that of a child stout enough to carry
the pail.—Sunderland Herald.
AN OLD FOOTMARK.—Last week a stonecutter at
Dumfries obtained a large block of red sandstone from
the low quarry at Lockarbriggs. While squaring the
stone a loose layer was removed, and on the face of the
block thus displayed a long indentation was formed. It
proved to be the mark of a human foot, which must have
been impressed upon the mass of clay now, in the course
of ages afterwards, petrified into hard and solid stone.
At the heel and great toe the depth of the impress was
considerable, from three quarters of an inch to an inch,
and the whole print of the foot was sharp and distinct.—
Dumfries Standard.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—It is pretty generally under-
stood thqt the result of the meeting of the Arctic officers
—Sir Edward Parry, Sir James Ross, and Capt. Beechy,
at the Admiralty last week, has been the expression of
their unanimous conviction that Sir John Franklin has
taken the passage to the north-west out of Wellington
Channel, and that he must be sought by taking the same
route. But it is the opinion of these authorities—while
fully recognising, and even insisting upon, the advantages
of immediately despatching a steamer to carry on the
abandoned search in that direction—that no vessel can be
started with any hope of reaching an advanced position
in Davis' Straits, and getting into a safe harbour, before
the winter.
NEW MOVEMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLlCS.—Ar-
rangements are in progress for calling, on as early a day
as circumstances will admit, a provincial synod of the
newly-appointed hierarchy of the Roman catholic church
in England. The synod will be held in the metropolis
under the presidency of Cardinal Wiseman, and the most
important matter which will come under consideration
will be the nature of the canon law to be adopted for the
government of the catholic church in this country. It
appears that it was in contemplation to hold the synod
some weeks since, but it was thought advisable to postpone
the proceedings vntil the arrival of Dr. Grant, the newly-
appointed bishop of Southwark. That prelate having now
entered upon his episcopal duties, it is said the twelve En-
glish bishops will be summoned by the cardinal, and that
they will be assisted by Dr. M'Hale, Archbishop of Tufty),
in drawing up such a code of canon law as shall be com-
patible with the social position of the catholics in this
country. Dr. M'Halshwill arrive in London in the course
of the present week, and will in all probability preach in
St. George's Cathedral next Sunday morning.—Morning
Herald.
POST-OFFICE RETURNS.--Sir W. Clay in the late
session required various returns from the Post-office
respecting returned letters, and on Friday a paper was
printed on the subject. It seems that in two years—
from the sth of January, 1849, to the sth of
January last, £18,870 10s. 4d., including banknotes, was
found in letters returned to the dead letter office, and
£1,226,282 18s. ld. in bills, checks, money orders. &c.,
nearly the whole of which, including the money, was de-
livered to the writers of the letters. It is stated that no
letters are forfeited. If all methods taken to effect the
delivery of letters fail, they are brought back, opened and
returned to the writers. Letters refused by the writers,
and those for which no owner can be found, are destroyed,
for the want of space to preserve them. Letters contain-
ing cash are never destroyed, but the amount, when the
writer cannot be found, is paid into the revenue at the ex-
piration of three years. A registry and index are kept of
the letters and their contents, which are restored to any
claimants proving themselves to be entitled to them. Dead
letters containing bills and property other than money are
kept three years. At the expiration of that period they
are destroyed, and the property is sent to an auctioneer
and sold by public auction. The proceeds are paid to the
account of the revenue.
LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.—
Lord Palmerston arrived on Monday at Tiverton on a
visit to his constituents. His lordship was loudly cheered
on reaching the hotel, in front of which some hundreds
of persons had been assembled for two or three hours, his
lordship having been expected by an earlier train. A few
minutes after his arrival his lordship appeared at one of
the windows, and briefly addressed the assembly. He
thanked them most cordially, and from the bottom of his
heart, for the kind and flattering reception which he had
experienced. He was happy to say that whenever he had
visited Tiverton be had always found himself in the midst
of friends ; and if he could by possibility have entertained
any doubt as to his reception on the present occasion, that
doubt had been most effectually removed. He had arrived
at a later hour than he had expected, and he was sorry to
have kept his friends waiting ; but as they had shown so
much patience he congratulated them on having been
favoured with such beautiful weather, and trusted that it
would not only be beneficial to their health, but that it
would crown the labour of the husbandman by enabling
him to harvest a good and satisfactory crop, On Wed-
nesday a public dinner was given to his lordship, when 150
of his constituents sat down. After dinner Lord Palmerston
addressed them at length on the present state of the
country.
ATROCIOUS CASE OF STABBING.—On Tuesday, James

- Morgan and John Cokum, two powerfully-built fellows,
her cargo is reported to be very heavy. were charged at the Bristol' Police-court with" feloniously
NATIONAL Picruacs.—The Atheneum states that on cutting and wounding Peter Dean and Catherine Dean,
the re-opening of the National Gallery three pictures will his wife. The case was one of a most atrocious des-
„e found to have been added to the collection. Two of
teen, oription. It appeared from the statement of the male
b fine studies of portraits by Van Eyck and Rem- complainant, who had evidently received a severe gash in
4.rrdt. bought at a sale at Christie's—the former for his head and had his arm bound up, that on the previous
165, the latter for £4OO. To the third, by Backhuysen, evening he went to fetch some beer for his wife, and on
elehrcholy interest is attached. It ;s the De Ruyter his return home met the two prisoners near his own house,
in his Officers Embarking, which was numbered 57 in one of whom made a grasp at the can. Witness resisted,
Braicatalogue of the pictures at the last exhibition of the when one of the men struck him on the head with some
sh Institution—of which at the time favourable no- sharp weapon ; the other prisoner also stabbed him with
Was made. Mr. Bredell, from whose well-known and a knife in the arm. His cries brought out his wife to his
„_4olable collection of Dutch art this specimen was then assistance, and he saw one of the prisoners stab at her. Zntributed, has since died ; and this admirable example He then fell to the ground senseless, and when he recovered
thwilich he had bequeathed to the nation—retains to us found himself all covered with blood, and his wife sense-
(lns soon. Of the 110 prizes obtained by the members less beside him, bleeding profusely. They were both
28 the Art Union, and now exhibiting in Suffolk-street, taken to the Bristol Infirmary immediately, where their
i‘vere obtained from the Royal Academy at the cost of wounds were dressed. Mrs. Dean, it appears, was even
19 'rl6o; 36 from the Society of British Artists, £1,224; more seriously injured than her husband, and a zertificate
Nretn the Portland Gallery, £660 ; 10 from the Water- from one of the surgeons at the infirmary was put in,
~911 r Society, £313 ; 13 from the New Water-Colour stating that she would be unable, without danger to her
'tetY, £195; and from the British Institution, £B5. life, to attend before the magistrates and give evidence.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—It is with great regret Under these circumstances both prisoners were remanded
11"‘ we are called upon to announce the death of Dr. to await the result of their ferocious violence.
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of Chelmsford, and that, too, under the most UNCOLOURED GREEN TEA.—The first sale by public
tketielancholy circumstances. This sad event, which has auction of tea grown by the East India Company took
ed a general feeling of regret, both for the bereaved place on the 23rd instant, at the Commercial Sale-rooms,
pat Yand for the loss of so eminent an individual, throuzh- Mincing-lane.: The whole, comprising most sorts both of
ell classes in Chelmsford, took place about one o'clock black and green kinds, went at full market rates. The Hon.
i4zilonday afternoon, The cause of this most unlooked- East India Company have for some years past cultivated
theeleeurrence is stated to be this :—On Sunday afternoon the China tea-plant (by natives of China) in India, on the
.401 deceased was afflicted with a severe attack of the tooth- slopes of the Himalayas. It is found to thrive equally well
lorte'.and it continued without intermission all the follow- at heights ranging from 2,200 feet above the level of the
vp,„llight. About four o'clock on Monday morning he sea to 6,000 feet. The company have many tea farms,
,thi:‘ down into his study for the purpose of taking some- each containing from 200 to 400 acres. The most im-
set?g to alleviate the pain, and, unfortunately, he inad- portant feature in this tea is, that the superintendent, Dr.
4%nth}, partook of some morphia, and his untimely de- Jameson, has not allowed the Chinese to coat over with
7.l_vas the result. Mr. Bransby Cooper was sent for Prussian blue, &c., the green tea, as is their custom in
a.et!e!egraphic despatch, and all the members of his China, to all they send to England. The Hon. Company
ioe79lon in the town were in attendance, but their corn- certainly show a correct taste in not having their tea
br. 7,efforts to save his valuable life proved abortive. painted. Sir John F. Davis, in his China and Chinese,
leik,:adelev was brother to the eminent barrister, and states the Chinese themselves do not use the coloured
llecr behind him a family of, we believe, ten children, green tea they prepare for our market. Mr. R. Fortune.
zues a very numerous circle of friends. who has for some seasons been in China selecting tea
et 41e AMERICAN REAPING MACHINE.—The proprietor plants for the Hon. Company, writes—" I took some
°Oll `Cormack's reaping machine having challenged the trouble to ascertain precisely the quantity of colouring
ilitietia of all other machines to meet him at Martin used in the process of dyeing green teas intended for ex-
LlVeabrough, near Stockton-upon-Tees, on the 25th port to England. To 1411 b. of tea was applied rather more
ttke iut, for trial of the comparative capabilities of than an ounce of blue colour. For every 100 lb. of green
).3,llventions ; and, the challenge having been accepted, tea which are consumed in England or America, the con-
htt,„haltreat interest has been excited, and an immense sumer eats rather more than ilb. of colour."
,eorima,ace of continental visitors, aS well as of persons TRIAL OF " BROTHER FRANCIS" FOR CRUELTY TO
7€, 'eted with the agricultural affairs of the country, A Weale, otherwise " Brother Francis,"
upa,ZPected and provided for in the surrounding neigh- a Roman Catholic schoolmaster, was charged at the Mid-
41ven cied• The following description Thee machine is dlesex sessions on Wednesday, on an indictment contain.
hietyY the Leicester Advertiser :—" machine is ing two counts, with having cruelly, and inhumanly, and
sel; ter free from what is termed complicated mechan- maliciously beaten John Farrell, a child of six years of
tioth,Lin fact, it is as simple in its construction as a age, with the intent of doing him some grievous bodily
ZeettiV The machine consists of a platform (to which a harm. The second count charged him with a common
Iledg apparatus is attached in the front), and what is assault. From the notoriety this case has obtained the
kee ieet reel (four planks about six feet in length, and court was crowded with Roman Catholic priests and others.
Itt nes in width, which are connected at their extremi- Mr. Parry conducted the prosecution on the part of the
sth, equal distances from each other by a hoop-shaped authorities of the parish of Islington. Mr. Clarkson and
"*) Th
ad e whole rests upon an axle which pierces two Mr. Ballantine were for the defence. The defendant
4„ees ,1e.°13, of small diameter ; and is drawn by two pleaded not guilty. Mr. Parry in opening the case for the
10th' "yen b a man mounted on a seat above them. prosecution, stated that although the prisoner was dressed
ti` the et, man straddles upon a perch, slightly in advance in clerical robes when seen committing the offence with
thilatform, with his backhorses, and rakes off which he was charged, he was not a priest, as had been at
12the ates of corn as they are thrown upon the platform first supposed, but a noviciate in some religious order.
hlc Of 11:ahine. The cutting is effected by means of a He then gave the following history of the case, the facts of
%her,Nes,
ior:zontal vibrating, sickle-edged, lancet-shaped which were proved by various witnesses. On the 21st of
frnalf the blade being serrated one way, and half the July last, screams and groans were heard from the school,
ea°ta which, at the distance of about two inches and there were cries of a child in distress, when a person,
k,„te 2h other, project balbert-shaped forks of iron. whose attention had been previously drawn to it, ran to
to
;;EI thTchine is drawn by the horses, the reel revolves, tbe school-door, and there saw a little boy about six years
the r'Pers descending upon the corn, force it be- of age being violently thrust out of the school by the person
snlatinforks, which serve to compress it, while the at the bar. The little boy, on being examined, was actually
tlsitilioalg knives, or rather saws, easily sever it, and the found bleeding from the violence that had been used to-
te make
motion of the flapper throws it, in a sheaf, upon wards him. A person of the size of the defendant had
tatiglalre ic,/ria, from whence it is removed with the rake clearly no right in law so to treat a child in petticoats,. and
oetaise, °nal for another. The mere progression of the he thought, even as a principle of his religion, that he
tseetion, t),'Y the aid of a few coq-wheels, set the knives in would have treated a child with mercy. When the school-
the hike Presents
a distance of about three inches. The room door was opened a whip was found—a whip that, he
at corn, a front of about five feet eight inches to would venture to say, no schoolmaster had a right to use
.laprd consequently that breadth of corn is reaped to a child of six years of age. The jury returned a verdict
ske. The horses are harnessed outside the of guilty of common assault under very aggravated circum-
e e t d
ors °P, an consequently pass along at the edge of stances. Mr. Parry said that since the occurrence of this
teerliel and Lthoeut coming in contact with it. With two case the cries of the children had been frequent from the ,
Qt!e_esaq men, from one to one and a-half acres of same school, and he thought that a man of such violent
kijere it, le cut per hour. The machine cuts everything temper was unfit to be employed in such a capacity. The
h 4 OM eaving not a single ear behind, and can be so learned. judge (Mr. Sergeant Adams) hoped that the supe.-
,eoteraisentn,c.ut as low as two inches, and consequently Tiers of the school would never sanction anything of this
b too, ing'Al of straw is got than by the sickle. The kind to take place there again. He perfectly agreed with
ete,,est pe„4thrown upon the platform by the flapper in the verdict of the jury on both the points, and was not
Ne, i!pe,..s,ible form for tying up. Whether it be deli- disposed to think that his conduct had been influenced by
e1i."1,0 ground in the same state by the man who any malicious motives; still his offence was one that would ,
t,:htrive ee'rPends very much upon his skill and care. be marked by this court with severity. The sentence was
dolt htee
‘entertain a .doubt that before long some that the defendant be imprisoned in the House of Correc-
ter the ill be added which will enable the machine ton for three calendar months. The defendant was then Wheat of itself with unerring regularity." maim& to the cell in custody.

The Glasgow Courier says that a white starling has
been observed flying among a large stock of starlings and
rooks, within a few miles of the eastern banks of Loch-
lomond.
A boy, nine years old, named Cumbarton, fell into a
tub of hot wash in a dairyman's yard, at Dublin, on
Wednesday week, and was so severely scalded that he
died four hours afterwards.
It is said that the manufactory of Colt's revolving
pistols, in the United States, employs 3,000 men and
boys, and 100,000 dollars worth of machinery ; and that
40,000 of these weavons will be turned out this year.
A vessel arrived from New York has brought twenty
barrels of cider as a portion of her cargo, the produce of
the United States of America. This is an uncommon
article of importation from the United States.
The magistrates of Prague have issued an order that
without the permission of the magistrates, no Jew shall be
allowed to reside in those parts of the town inhabited by
Christians.
Threeconvicts, named Clark, Carr, and Hobbs, succeeded
id escaping from the hulks at Woolwich, on Monday, by
seizing a boat and rowing to the opposite bank of the
Thames.
The Inverness Courier says that Lord George Thynne
lately killed, with a single rifle-ball, a fine golden eagle,
which was soaring at a height of at least 100 yards above
his head.
The Gloucester Chronicle says that 33 apples, each
seven or eight inches in circumference, are now clustered
on a single branch, not above two feet long, of an apple
tree growing at Welland.
The town of Bregenz, on the eastern side of the lake of
Constance, in Austria Tyrol, is in imminent danger from
a landslip, which has already caused considerable damage,
and further threatens the town.
The trade of Lincoln is so depressed, that in the heart
of the city no fewer than fourteen shops are to let. Three
years ago a respectable house and shop in any part of
Lincoln could scarcely be obtained.
The marketable value of every private soldier dying in
our East India possessions is £135 ; this sum being re-
quired to train, equip, and bring from Europe another
man to place in his stead.—Medical Times.
The Westminster Review has been sold to Mr. John
Chapman, the publisher. This change will make it the
organ of the party to which Theodore Parker, Francis
Newman, Froude, Foxton, and Thomas Wilson belong.—
Weekly Paper.
A communication has been received from the Solicitor-
General, by W. Brunner, Esq., his agent, stating that he
has determined not to accept the appointment of Vice-
Chancellor; preferring to retain his connexion with the
city of Oxford.—Banbury Guardian.
A little girl, about eighteen months old, named Fanny
Reville, the daughter of a labourer living at Cropwell
Burter, Notts, died a few days since, from drinking some
boiling water from the spout of a kettle which was on the
fire in her father's cottage.
The Glasgow Post says that a cream-coloured grouse
was lately wounded in the wing and caught alive, on the
estate of Brown Castle, Avon Dale, and was taken home
by the sportsman, who set its wing, and seems likely to
succeed in taming it.
While a labourer named Webster was eating a beefsteak,
at a public-house in Beverley, Yorkshire, on the sth inst.
a piece of meat became wedged in his throat, and though
a surgeon succeeded in removing it he died shortly after-
wards.

A young carrier, named Philp, went down to the Ferry
pier, at Kincardine, on Saturday, in order to wash his
horses' feet. One of the horses took fright, and was
•carried away by the tide, together with Philp, who rode
him, and whose corpse was not recovered for several hours.
The apple crop in Worcestershire is generally good, and
in some places profuse. At Welland there is a Keswick
coddling, one branch of which, but two feet long, has
clustered upon it 33 apples, each apple being from seven to
eight inches in circumference.
A gentleman residing at West Ham, shortly after his
marriage, was presented with some foreign scrip by his
wife's father, who supposed it to be of trifling value, but
the fortunate holder has since realised no less than £15,000
by its sale.
A labourer named Parker, employed on the railway now
making batween Linda! and Ulverston, has died from lock-
jaw, resulting from a wound inflicted on his heel by an ac-
cidental blow from the pickaxe with which one of his
fellow-labourers was working.
The Lords of the Treasury have recently had under
their consideration the subject of allowing foreign refined
sugar to be shipped duty free for stores, and have come to
the conclusion that there is no necessity for the granting
of such a privilege.
Begging in Norway is a profession. The streets are full
of little mendicant children. Never relieve them. Charity
is no object to them. They have most of them comfortable
homes; and beg, as in England they would play in gutters,
or make dirt pies, merely pour passer le temps.
For the gratification of people who are fond of statistics,
take the folio wing list of misery mongers :—ln one short
street in Sunderland there are seven dealers in intoxicating
drinks, one of them wholesale ; there is also a pawnbroker,
a relieving-officer, a police station, an undertaker, and,
at the top, a churchyard.
There are at present yachts belonging to no less than
three foreign nations lying in Portsmouth harbour, with
their respective national colours flying. A French cutter
yacht of 60 tons, belonging to the Due de Caylus ; a Nea-
politan schooner yacht of 220 tons; and a Russian
schooner yacht of 160 tons.

The Dumfries Courier mentions that on Saturday
evening last, a little girl timed Hornsby, residing in Dal-
beattie, entered the premises of the upper saw mill there
for the purpose of gathering saw-dust for fuel, and unfor-
tunately ventured too near a circular saw then in rapid
motion, by which her skull was cleaved in twain.

While a carrier named Bird was returning from Kendal
to Brampton, a few days since, a box of lucifer matches
ignited, and set fire to the goods in the waggon. The
carrier unharnessed his horses, and succeeded in saving
them from any injury; but the waggon and nearly all the
goods were destroyed.
On Wednesday, the great cable, twenty-four miles long,
and destined, when sunk between Dover and Calais, to
form the key for electric communication and correspond-
ence between this country and the European continent,
was completed at the works of the Submarine Telegraph
Company, Wapping.
A few days since, a full sized dark-coloured toad was
dislodged from " thecliff" beneath the hard brittle stratum,
called by the miners the " greys", at the depth of 150
fathomsin the Hayes' Wood Colliery, Timsbury, Somerset.
It was living, and crawled away vigorously. The cavity in
which it has been confined was discovered in a piece of the
cliff which had been shattered by gunpowder.
A balloon, without the aeronaut, has been found in the
sea, near the Mecklenburg coast. It has been ascertained
that it belonged to a person named Tardini, who made an
ascent at Copenhagen ; after landing a lady and a child
from the car, the machine rose rapidly from a place called
Amack, near Copenhagen ; and some time after the dead
body of the unfortunate man was found near Kallebodstrand.
An old Highland woman, who came trudging an im-
mense distance over the hills, having heard that Lord
John Russell was to be at the Kirk on Sunday last.
What, thinks the reader, was her errand ? She had
heard that Lord Johnny was the Prime " Meenister" of
all England, and she " expeckit to hear him hold forth in
a shoobleeme discourse."—lnverness Courier.

On Wednesday morning, before day-break, as an empty
coal barge was floating down the Thames with the ebbing
tide, it struck the centre pier of Blackfriars'-bridge, and
sank. Three men, who were seen on board just before,
went down with the vessel, and, although their cries were
heard from the shore, they perished before any one could
render them assistance.

A most extensive robbery has just been discovered to
have been committed on board the Earl of Cardigan's
yacht, now lying in Southampton Waters. The property
stolen consists principally of plate, jewellery, and other
valuable articles of a similar nature. One of the ablest
of the London detectives has gone down to investigate
the affair.

There has been a slight fluctuation in the demand during the
week, but yesterday and to-day there has been more inquiry,
and the market has closed firm, and without material varia-
tion from the quotations of Friday last. Exporters have taken
7,06 G American, 180 Fermin], 20 Egyptian and 2,530 Surat, and
Speculators 1620 American, 140 Egyptian, 150 West India and
1,670 Surat.

It is said that " Lord John Russell, in the most kind
and handsome manner, and wholly unsolicited by any one,
has appointed Mr. James Brotherton, barrister-at-law,
and son of Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P., to the office of
Receiver-General in the Inland Revenue Department."
Probably his Lordship knew from experience that a good
thing would not be refused by the purest of " patriots."
The son of the Turkish ambassador at Berlin, Prince
Karadja, has composed a piece of music in valse measure,
entitled " Reveries of the Tobacco-pipe," which has been
performed by the orchestra in Kroll's Summer Gardens.
The younger members of the diplomatic corps at tended to
increase the applause, and the manuscript has been put.
chased by a MUSIC publisher in Berlin.

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