The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL NEWS.

We have received per Lieut. Parsons, R.N., from Sir
Compton Doraville, Bart., one pound for the sufferers by
the loss of the Parana.
DEPARTURE OF FANNY ELLSLER.—On Saturday
morning, Mademoiselle Fanny Ellsler left the Adelphi
Hotel for London.

On Friday last, a man, named Daniel Roderick, was
committed for trial for having stolen eight pounds of cot-
ton froth a bale belonging to Messrs. Brown, Shipley,
and Co.

PUBLIC WAcKs.—Amongst the contributors to the
public walks, &c., at Manchester, occur the proprietors
of the Illustrated News for £lO 10s. ; and the Phoenix
Fire-office Company for £2OO.
CAUTION TO PROFANERS.—OR Wednesday, Thomas
and William Dugdale were severally fined, including costs,
9s. 6d., for using profane and indecent language, on Sun-
day week, on George's pierhead.
SUDDEN DEATH.--On Friday, between five and six
o'clock, a ship-keeper, named Christopher Medealf, sud-
denly fell down on the footway in Robert street North,
and expired without speaking a word.
INCREASE OF POPERY.—The Roman Catholics have
purchased All Saints' Church (known as Bannister's
Church) in this town, for £2700; and it is said that it
will be opened on the Ist of November, under the minis.
try of the Rev. J. J. Murphy.
"EVERY LITTLE MAKES A MICKLE."—A mee:igg of
the members of the Blackburn Philanthropic Burial
Society was held on Monday evening week, when the
report was read, from which we extract the following
particulars—that from a halfpenny per week collected
from each member the society possessed a surplus capital
of upwards of £2,264, the number of members being more
than 24,000.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED ON FRIDAY.—
James Bolton, beerseller, Smithdown-lane, acquitted ;
William Jones, beerseller, Wolfe-street, ioxteth•p irk,
80s. and costs ; John Bailey, beerseller, Blair-street, 40s.
and costs Martin Buggeln, publican, Ray-street, for
harbouring a police-officer on duty, 50s. and costs;
Thomas Fisher, publican, Emma Ann-street, 50s. and
costs ; Thomas Jackson, beerseller, Clement-street,
acquitted, with a caution.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT BY A PAUPER.-ollWeChleS-
day morning last, as Thomas Leads, a pauper in the
Workhouse, was finishing his breakfast, in the day-room,
James Winters, another pauper, came behind him, and,
with the handle of a maul, three quarters of a yard long,
and three inches in circumference, struck him severe
blows on the back and head, inflicted two contused wounds
on the right temporal bone, and caused much swelling of
the parts. Leads bled much, and in consequence became
considerably enfeebled. Vomiting ensued, and:continued
for about ha;f an hour, leaving the patient much in danger.
Winters was brought before Mr. Rushton the same morn-
ing, and in his defence said that Leads had kicked_
the day before. It appeared afterwards that !there had
been a fight on Tuesday, after dinner, and that Leads had
interfered to put an end to the disturbance. Mr. Rushton
said this was a serious case, and Mr. Robinson, who
attended on behalf of the parish authorities, said " If the
assault turns out more serious." Mr. Rushton : Yes, let
him be remanded to gaol to await the result, of the as-
sault.—The prisoner has been several times in custody for
assaults and worse offences.

OPENING OF THE ALBERT BRIDGE, SALFORD.—This
bridge was opened to the'public on Thursday, a little after
one o'clock. The company were regaled with biscuits,
wine, and lemonade. W. Garnett, Esq. ; the Mayors,
and the late borough-reeves of Manchester and Salford,
and Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P., each addressed the
assembly. Mr. Garnett observed that he was glad the
Committee had had the services of so valuable an assistant
as the chairman of the Preston sessions. T. B. Addison,
Esq., who was loudly called for, said the opening of the
bridge reminded him that this was the birth day of a very
old inhabitant of Manchester—Mr. Fleming, who had
now attained his 76th year. Few improvements had taken
place in which Mr. Fleming bad taken greater interest,
than in the construction of the Albert Bridge. Mr. Ad-
dison then alluded to &contract which was entered into
on the 7th June, 1783, to the following effect :—" that we
Charles Jones and Jesse Broad, of, Manchester, masons,
Samuel Banner, of Moore, in the county of Chester, yeo-
man, and Henry Byrom, of the same place, maltster, are
held and firmly bound unto Thomas Butterworth Bayley,
Esq., of Hope, in the county of Lancaster, (formerly
chairman of Salford sessions) for the erection of the New
Bailey Bridge, in the sum of £1,500." The erection of
the Albert Bridge will cost upwards of £9,000.
COMMISSIONERS OF HIGHWAYS.—The usual weekly
meeting, of this body was held on Thursday, James Aspi-
nall, Esq., in the chair. The barricade in front of
Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish's premises in Basnett-street,
was again brought before the meeting, and the secretary
was directed to write to them to take it down on or before
Monday, (yesterday.) A letter was read, and deferred,
complaining of a nuisance in Greenland-street, proceeding
from the turpentine works belonging to Messrs. Hatt.
The Chairman stated that there was a great nuisance ex-
isting in Dawson-street, Williamson-square, in conse-
quence of there not being any sewer there to drain the
premises. All the houses were flooded' in a most dis-
graceful way, and the dirt and wat'r were carried smack
in to the cellars belonging to Mr. Ward, and the other re-
sidents in the square. Mr Gore, the landlord, was ready
to make drains, but there was no use in his doing so un-
til the sewer had been first erected. It was understood
that Mr. Weightman's attention woul d be immediately
called to the subject. The Licensed V ictuallers' Society
prayed that the lighting, paving, and sewerage rates on
their establishment in St. Anne-street, be remitted, as
the object of the Institution was one of a charitable na-
ture. The application was referred to the Commissio-
ners of the district, with the understanding that it would
be allowed ; and the board shortly after adjourned.

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SUICIDE.—On Thursday, an inquest was held on the
body of Catharine Nary, a woman 64 years of age. The
deceased formerly resided with her sister and niece in a
cellar in Mersey-street. On Wednesday night the niece
slept from home, leaving the deceased and her sister in
the cellar. In the morning she was told by the sister of
the deceased that she (deceased) was dead in her room,
the door of which was found to be locked on the inside.
On breaking open the door the deceased was found sus-
pended by the neck by a cord, from a nail in the wall,
quite lifeless, but the dody still warm. The deceased was
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intemperate hahmitms,edaniadtehlyadafbteeernthderibnokdinygwfoaar
found the sister of deceased left the cellar, and was found
awoman
esomeeo hours afterwards in Langan's public house, waiting
for the packet to proceed to Newry, and when brought
before the Coroner appeared to be labouring under the
influence of liquor. Her version of the matter was, that
the sister had hanged herself during her temporary absence
from the cellar ; and that she (deceased) had proposed, on
the previous night, that they should both hang themselves,
and said whether or not she would terminate her exist:
tance. In giving her evidence, the witness so much
equivocated, and evaded answering the questions put to
her, that the Coroner threatened to commit her to Kirk-
dale. The verdict returned was, that the deceased had
been suffocated by hanging, but how suspended, there
was no evidence to show.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. EDWARD FLOWER.—On Thurs-
day evening, a number of young men, connected with the
Association of Tradesmen s Assistants, assembled at Mr.
Ford's the King's Arms, St. John's-lane, to partake of
supper, and to present a testimonial of esteem to Mr.
Edward Flower, for his long and valuable services in the
cause of early shop-closing. About fifty gentlemen were
present, Mr. W. B. Jones, chairman; Mr. Thomas My.
rams, vice. The supper was excellent, and well served.
After the usual loyal toasts, the chairman spoke of the
progress the cause had made, and called on Mr. Jackson
to present the testimonial. Mr. Jackson referred in
glowing terms to the services of Mr. Flower, to whom
they were mainly indebted for the success they had met
with, and to whom they would still look for advice and
support. He then handed to Mr. Flower a handsome
purse containing fifty-five guineas, as a small token of the
esteem entertained for him by the assistants. Mr. Flower
replied in feeling and adequate terms. The kindness
shown him was:beyond what he deserved, or ever expected.
He had laboured to a considerable extent, but others had
done much also. They had made such progress in the
cause, that he trusted their wishes would yet be more
fully realized. He concluded by saying that he never felt
more overpowered on any occasion. He accepted the
testimonial as a pledge of their friendship and confidence,
and hoped they would long continue to act together as
they had done in their exertions for carrying out the ob-
ject they sought to acconaplizh. Mr. Flower then pro-
posed the health of the chairman, whom he complimented
in high terms for his zeal and assiduity in the cause they
had so much at heart. He (the chairman) had worked
day and night, and had also made great sacrifices ;--he
had, in fact, acted in a manner which did him infinite
credit, and had been one of the first members of the
Association. The chairman briefly replied. After some
further speeches and sentiments had been given and-se-
sponded to, the meeting separated, highly pleased with
the proceedings and enjoyments of the evening.
THE POLKA.---" What is the Polka ?" We have beard
asked a thousand times within the last few months • and
very few to whom it was addressed have been able to
answer it. All may now find an answer in Mr. C. Mitch-
ell's new edition of" The Guide to the Ball-room." To
that before popular work, the enterprising publisher hss
added an " ILLUSTRATED POLKA LESSON-
BOOK," in which we find the best account of the dance
we have met with. and a complete code of instruction for
dancing it, the different positions being shown by well ex-
ecuted engravings. So necessary an accomplishment has
dancing the Polka become, that we may anticipate every
attendant of the Ball-room will find Mr. C. Mitchell's
" Guide " indispensable. The Polka was originally a
War-dance. " Polk " or " Pulk," we are told, in a well
written account of the origin of the Polka, prefixed to the
" Lesson-book," is the name of a regiment of Cossacks,
and is an old Scythian word, originally applied to a tribe.
It therefore, included both the male and the female mem-
bers of a nomadic horde. This derivation accounts there-
fore for those remarkable features of the Polka, which
distinguish it from every other dance. The spurs, the
tapping of the ground with the heel, flourishing a battle-
axe in the air, and other gestures of a warlike nature, are
all the accompaniments of the Polka, when danced by the
Servians, among whom it was first observed : though,
u eny, inquiries have found it equally practised in
sjaubnsegqauryatnl
and Bohemia. It is also danced in Russia, and
all parts of Germany; and by its introduction in the
Ball-room, baying been divested of its ruder and more
boisterous characteristics, but retaining all its original
spirit, activity, variety, and grace, no wonder that it has
become popela-. It has every prospect of maintaining
that popularity, and we recommend " The Guide" to all
our readers who wish to learn it. The work forms a per-
tect compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing, with the
Figures of all the Quadrilles, Gallopades, Mazourkas,
Polonsises, Polkas, tke. &c.

CAUTION TO BOYS FISHING IN THE DOCKS.—On
Wednesday a boy, named Sefton, whilst amusing himself
with fishing in the Waterloo Dock, fell in, and, but for
the prompt exertions of a seaman, named Milton, must
have been drowned.—On the same day, a boy, named
O'Neil, whilst crossing from one vessel to another in the
Trafalgar Dock, fell into the dock, but was promptly res-
cued by some men who were standing on the quay.

THE "IRON DUKE."—The steamer Iron Duke,
since the collision with the Parana, has been repaired,
and resumed her usual place as a mail packet upon the
station, between Dublin and Liverpool.—We may men-
tion that the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company (to
whom the Iron Duke belongs) have contributed £59 to
the fund for the relief of the families of the unfortunate
men who were lost from the Parana. Messrs. Chapman
and Callis, owners of the vessel, have subscribed £3O ;
the Mayor £5; and several other gentlemen sums of
equal amount. The present amount of the subscriptions
is £l2O.

THE FORGERY OF POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDERS.—
On Friday, Thomas Edwards was again placed at the
bar, and further evidence was produced against him.
Mr. James Mannering Smith said be had been in part-
nership with the prisoner under the firm of " Smith and
Edwards," and upon hearing of this charge be asked the
prisoner about it. The answer he received was, " Oh,
don't ask me : I don't know what tempted me to do it,"
or words to that effect. Upon that the partnership was
dissolved. On the application of Mr. Davenport the
prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that some
evidence may be produced on his behalf.

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THE SWELL MOB AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.
—The crowded audiences at the Collegiate Institution, du-
ring the delivery of,,Mr. Kemble s lectures, have afforded
considerable facility to the members of the Swell Mob
now in Liverpool, and they have not been at all inert, as
many persons to their cost well know. In order to clieck
their proceedings, officer Bates was directed to be in at-
tendance on Tuesday evening last, in plain clothes, and as
the audience were retiring, he observed a notorious brothel
keeper, named John Yates, dressed in a superfine cloak,
strutting up and down stairs, as the officer said, "like
Napoleon.' Several in the same line of business were in
company, and they followed closely a well-known being,
the most expert thief in the town, who walked closely
after the crowd of ladies, as they descended the staircase.
When the party reached the bottom landing, their practice
was to retrace their steps, and again follow another crowd.
Yates was of course taken into custody, but the others
took the hint and made off. Mr. Rushton sent gates to
gaol for three months.
FALLING OF A WAREHOUSE IN LANCASTER.—Be-
tween one and two o'clock on the morning of Tuesday
last, the inhabitants of George's-quay, Lancaster, were
awakened and alarmed by a loud crashing sound, which
made them suppose their houses were tumbling. A police
on duty near the Custom-house, whilst making his way
to the spot whence he thought it emanated, was called to
from the window of an adjoining house by a person who
cried " There wereibleves breaking into the next ware=
house." He answered, " No! if it be from the warehouse
an explosion has taken place." The inhabitants ran out
in afright, and it was discovered that the whole of a large
beam at the south end of the bonded warehouse No. 10,
on the quay, and which is four stories high, had fallen in
from the top story, through every floor, into the cellar.
Those who lived in the cottages and houses abutting on
the warehouse were much alarmed lest the whole building
would fall and bury their dwellings in ruins. The top
stories were filled with wheat, and those beneath with
rum, sugar, wine, and other bonded articles. Luckily.
the portion that came down fell inwards, leaving the out-
ward walls uninjured. Some large stones fell upon an
outhouse and dashed in the roof. The upper floor was,
it appears, loaded with wheat in bulk ; and three puncheons
of rum were stoved in, also two pipes of wine, the con-
tents flooding the cellar. Eight loads of the wheat were
lowered during the day to the story below, and the floors
propped throughout. No lives were lost ; but a set of
brutal fellows lay down and drank the rum from the
cellar floor until a disgraceful scene of drunkenness en-
sued, several lives being only saved by great exertions
and the use of the stomach pump. The estimated loss of
property is from £3OO to £4OO.

DOCK COMMITTEE—THURSDAY.—Present, Messrs.
Moore, (in the chair,) Nicol, Holt. Holmes, Middleton,
Chilton, Smith, Trotman, Bulley, Tobin, and Bold.—
Upon the recommendation of the Marine Sub-Committee,
a representation was directed to be made to the Trinity
Board to the effect that it would be useful to place a buoy
on the north-east projection of the middle patch near
Chester-bar.—The receipts of dock and light dues upon
vessels entering the port of Runcorn for the month end-
ing for the 24th instant, was stated as follows :—Vessels
220. tons 11,091 ; receipts £57 18s., being an increase of
£8 13s. 4d. as compared with the corresponding period of
last year.—A resolution passed by the chairman cf the
county quarter sessions of Chester, the Mayor, and the
chairman of the. Dock Committee was read. It appears
that by the 106th section of the 2d of Victoria the dock
and light rates of the harbour of Liverpool must be re-
vised and settled by the parties above mentioned every
three rears. Accordingly they assembled in the 'fown-
hall On Monday last, and passed the resolution read,
which was to the effect that the full amount of the rates
specified in the schedule of the Dock Acts should be
charged for a further period of three years.—The Chair-
man, Deputy-chairman, and Mr. Middleton were ap-
pointed to confer with the Board of Ordnance, as to a
site for the new battery, a communication having been
made to the Dock Trust that the Finance Committee had
directed the Town Clerk to communicate to the Board of
Ordnance the transfer of the property at the north to the
Dock Trustees. On the application of Wood and Ritson,
the Sub• Committee of Works were authorized to cause
the shed on the south-west end of George's Dock to be
boarded up.—An application was read from Brownhill
and C requesting that, as they had received notice to
quit the yard occupied by them for the reception:of cop-
per ore, they might be provided with another suitable site
upon which they could carry on their trade. The Chair-
man said this was a most important matter to the docks
of Liverpool, for they were actually bringing Swansea to
Liverpool. and the dues for this branch of trade were al-
ready £3OO per annum, and were increasing every year.
A letter from Thomas Burton, gateman of the Brunswick
Dock, complaining of an assault by the captain of the flat
Augusta, was referred to the harbour master's sub-coco-
mittee.—The Solicitor reported that the claim of Ellen
Brew, made in her letter of last week, had no foun-
dation either in law or equity, and it was ordered that the
applicant should see the opinion if she wished it.—The
reports of the Parliamentary Sub-Committee were pro-
duced. The Chairman said it might he necessary to state
the reason why these reports were not presented earlier.
Therewas one portion still wanting of the evidence, which
it was expected they would have been able to lay before
them before that time, but as the next Council meeting
was the last for the year at which the proceedings could
be taken into consideration, it became absolutely neces-
sary to wait no longer, but let the report as it was come
before them. As soon as completed, the remainder of the
evidence would be submitted to them.—The secretary
then read a long detail of the steps taken by the commit-
tee to forward the new dock bill, the particulars of which
are already familiar to our readers, and with respect to
the opposition to the bill in the Lords, the report said it
had been carried on principally by a member of the Dock
Committee and the Council, for the purpose of getting
clauses inserted for the erection of warehouses on the
dock quays. Such opposition had caused great delay and
expense in obtaining the bill. The Secretary next read
the report of the Parliamentary Sub-committee of their
proceedings in opposition to the plan for the erection of
docks at Wallasey Pool. The Committee, in their report,
expressed an opinion that after the engineering evidence
had been perused, every candid and unprejudiced mind
would feel that they were justified in taking the steps they
had with regard to the scheme for the erection of docks
on the other side of the water.

THE COURT (5- FASHIONABLE WORLD.

HER MAJESTY IN SCOTLAND.

On Saturday week her Majesty confined her excursions
to the grounds of the Castle and Glen Tilt. In the
afternoon when the royal party arrived at a place called
Lochlass, the Queen mounted her pony and, attended by
the guide, ascended a high bill, and returned to the
Castle about seven o'clock. The rambles up the hills
seem to be the favorite amusement of the Queen. They
certainly afford an exciting relief to the monotony of the
place. Had her Majesty been bred and born a mountai-
neer, she could not enter upon them with more spirit.
Wrapped in her plain shepherd's plaid, and equipped like
a Highland gude wife on her mountain pony, she leaves
all state and ceremony behind her to breathe the pure air
of the hills, and view from a 'vantage ground the splen-
did prospects which spread themselves on every side.
Nor is it at all holiday works ascending these hills. On
some there are winding pathways, but the Queen generally
takes the more direct, and therefore the more difficult
road, and makes a way for herself, usually the more
liked for being the shortest, notwithstanding that it often
requires good horsemanship to keep the saddle at all.
Some of the hills are nearly precipitous, but a sure-
footed pony, a cautious guide, and a fearless rider, over-
come all difficulties. Her Majesty seems resolved to
" rough it" when she goes on these rambles, adopting,
without show or affectation, the manners of the country.
The exploits and proceedings of the Royal personages
seldom escape magnifying in the telling, but it is no flat-
tery to say there are very few of the ladies of the country
around who would undertake or could go through what
are the daily recreations of the Queen here.
On Sunday the royal party again attended Blair Atholl
Church which was crowded to excess. The Rev. Dr.
M'Leod officiated. On her Majesty entering the church
there was a general rising of the congregation, especially
in the gallery—not so much out of respect as from a wish
to see the Queen—a piece of indecorum which was re-
buked by the hushing of the better disposed portion of
the congregation. Her Majesty was dressed as usual in
mourning, with a white crape bonnet and tartan scarf
over her shoulders; which, on entering the church she
threw off. Soon after her Majesty's entrance, Dr.
M'Leod entered the pulpit, and after the usual devotional
exercises, he preached from Titus, chap. ii. verses 11-14.
The sermon was distinguished by eloquence and fervour,
and was an able defence of the Calvinistic doctrine of the
free grace of God in man's salvation, producing holiness
of heart and life. It was listened to throughout with
marked attention. In his concluding prayer, he offered
up fervent petitions for the long life and happiness of the
Queen, her Royal Consort, and the rest of the Royal
family, which was earnestly responded to by all present.
The English portien of the services lasted little more
than an hour and a half, after which the Royal party and
the greater part of the congregation left, while the native
portion of the congregation remained to hear the Gaelic
service. In the evening the Rev. Doctor, who, it may be
noticed, is one of her Majesty's chaplains, joined the
Royal circle at dinner.
On Monday she kept within the grounds. In the mom-

ing Prince Albert shot a stag from his bed-room window.
The poor creature was not killed by the shot, but stag-
gered on for a few seconds. Lord Glenlyon tried his
hand at finishing the murder, but three times missed his
mark, upon which the Prince sent another bullet, by
which the feat was accomplished ! In the afternoon her
Majesty again mounted her Highland pony, and, accom-
panied by Lord Glenlyon, ascended at hill at the back of
the Castle, from which she might make observations of the
grouse shooting, as carried on below by Prince Albert.
The Prince brought down several brace.
On Tuesday and the following days her Majesty took
her usual walks and drives. The weather has been get-
ting extremely cold, but her Majesty takes a quantity of
bodily exercise that astonishes the persons who are about
her.

LORD GLENLYON.—It is not perhaps generally known
that Lord Glenlyon, the heir presumptive to the Dukedom
of Athol and nephew to the Duke of Northumberland,
who has given the use of Blair Castle to her Majesty, is
the great grandson of Lieutenant-General Lord George
Murray, who commanded the rebel army under Prince
Charles Edward Stuart, during nearly the whole of the
rebellion in the year 1745, until the battle of Culloden
gave the death blow to the hopes of the unfortunate house
of Stuart. Lord George was obliged to flee to France,
and died under attainder and in exile, during the whole
of which he experienced the most unmerited malignant
hostility from Charles Edward, but he enjoyed the friend-
ship of the Chevalier St. George up to the death of his
uncle the then Duke of Athol, without issue, the son of
Lord George Murray became Duke of Athol, and from
whom is descended the present Lord Glenlyon, who has
now the honor of accommodating a Sovereign of the
House of Brunswick at the ancient feudal residence of the
Athol family, and in the very centre of a district whose
former inhabitants, the numerous clansmen of the " Mur-
rays of Athol," almost to a man, followed Lord George
Murray to the field to support the claims of the exiled
family of the Stuarts to the throne of these realms.
THE QUEEN'S CONDESCENSION.—To show the COM-
plete freedom from all Court formality which her Majes-
t' has been enabled to establish in her Highland home,
various little incidents which are almost daily occurring
might be mentioned. One morning, about seven o'clock,
a lady plainly dressed, left the Castle, who, though ob-
served by the Highland Guard on duty, was allowed to
pass unnoticed, until after she had proceeded a consider-
able distance; when some one discovered it was the
Queen, a party of the Highlanders immediately turned
out as a Royal Body Guard. Her Majesty, however,
signified her wish to dispense with their services, and they
all returned to their stations. The Queen in the mean-
while moved onwards through the Castle grounds alone,
until she reached the Lodge, the temporary residence of
Lord and Lady Glenlyon, where, upon calling, she was
informed that his lordship had not yet risen. The sur-
prise of the domestics may be conceived when her Ma-
jesty announced who was to be intimated as having called
on his Lordship. On her return, her Majesty having
taken et different route; and finding herself bewildered by
the various roads which intersect the grounds in every
direction, applied to some reapers whom she met to di-
rect her to the Castle by the nearest way. They, not
being aware to whom they spoke, immediately did so, by
directing her Majesty across one of the parks, and over a
palling which lay before her, and which she at once pas-
sed and reached the Castle, a good deal amused, no doubt,
with her morning's excursion—On another occasion, the
Queen and Lady Glenlyon having extended their walks
a considerable distance up Glen Tilt, entered one of the
gamekeeper's cottages, where the./ found no person but
the gamekeeper's wife, he being himself on the hill with
the Prince. They entered into conversation with the
woman, and were soon furnished with a full account of all
her little family arrangements, and also presented with a
draught of gnat's milk. On their leaving, she expressed
her regret, in a very homely way, that she did not happen
to have any better fare to offer the ladies. It was only in
the evening, on her husband's return, that she discovered
who had been her guests in the morning.— Glasgow

A Chapter of the Noble Order of the Garter will be
held at Windsor Castle, on Friday, the 11th of October,
for the election of two Knights. The King of the French
it is expected, will, as an European sovereign, be elected
an Honorary Knight of the Order during his sojourn i❑
this country.