The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

TIC LIYIIP•SL STANDARD.

The "Times" of Friday, expresses its " belief," which
is little short of certainty in so high an authority, that on
the recommendation of the recently constituted Board of
Health, an Order in Council may be shortly expected,
enabling that Board to issue regulations for the enforce-
ment of the provisions of the act 11th and 12th Victoria,
chap. 123; secs. 9 and 10, for the prevention of epidemic
diseases.
ILLNESS OF THE RAILWAY KING.—Mr. Hudson who
arrived at Whitehaven Castle from Carlisle, a few days
ago, in rather delicate health, is now very ill ; though
report says, somewhat better. It is said that his majesty
has had a severe attack of bile, but that having sent for
his own surgeon from Newcastle, who well understands
the nature of his complaint, whatever it is, hopes are en-
tertained of his speedy recovery.
A TRANCE OF FIFTEEN YEARS.—One of the most re-
markable evidences of human suffering and credibility
exists in Farrington, Devonshire. A young woman, named
Ann Corner, daughter of James Corner, mason, has re-
mained in a decided state of unconsciousness for the past
fifteen years.. It is thought by many that she is in a
" trance." Her mother assured the writer that for eleven
years she had not partaken of the least particle of food.
She is certainly in bed, has a placid sniile, and though
possessing vitality. has no consciousness of the approach
of any party, neither can she distinguish any object. She
has been visited by some of the most eminent in the medi-
cal profession ; and others, since her case has been made
known, have called to witness what might be justly termed
this phenomenon in nature.—Swansea Herald.

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MURDER AND ATTEMPTED, SUICIDE.—On the morning
of Sunday last, Mr. James Bateman, farmer and miner, of
Winster, got up early, for the purpose of going milking.
taking with him his eldest boy, a lad of about 12 years of
age, and leaving his wife, Lydia Bateman, in bed with the
youngest child, about two years of age, three other child-
ren being also left in bed in the house. Shortly after Mr.
Bateman left the bedroom, his wife destroyed the life of
the youngest child by cutting its throat with a razor, and
afterwards attempted the life of another child, which,
however, escaped with two or three wounds about the
breast. The woman next-attempted to destroy herself, by
cutting a severe gash in her own throat, but not sufficient
to produce immediate death. She has been committed
for trial.

POOR LAW RELIEF.—On Saturday, two provisions in
an act of Parliament, passed on the 4th ult., came into
operation respecting relief to paupers, throwing the ex-
pense on the common fund of unions, and not on parishes.
By the Erst section of the 11th and 12th Victoria, chap.
110, it is provided that after the 30th of September, to the
30th of September, 1849, the cost of the relief to be given
to any:poor person chargeable to any union, being a des-
titute wayfarer, or wanderer, or foundling, as well as the
cost of the burial of the body of any such poor person
within such union, shall be chargeable to the common
fund of such union. In virtue of the third section of the
same statute, paupers rendered irremovable are made
chargeable from the 30th of September to the 30th of Sep-
tember, 1849, to the common fund of unions.

THE eIIAIiANTEE SOCIETY.—We understand that one of
the largest railway companies have determined that all
their officers shall provide security for their fidelity, in or-
der to prevent the risk of loss ; and that the directors
have determined on accepting the policies of the Guaran-
tee Society in all cases in preference to private securities.
As the society offers the security of a large paid-up capi-
tal, and the undoubted responsibility of its proprietors,
the directors consider that its policies are preferable to
the bonds of private parties. The resolution of the com-
pany to require security from all its officers is a new fea-
ture in railway management ; but the facilities offered by
the guarantee society for assuring the fidelity of all per-
sons of good character for a trifling premium, removes the
difficulty which would otherwise present itself.—. Atlas,
September 23.
MARY OF GIIELDRES.—The skeleton which was found
a few days ago under the site-of the Old Trinity College
Church, and which was by some supposed to be that of
Mary of Gueldres, has been examined by Professor Good-
sir and another professional gentleman. It now appears
that the remains are those of a young female, who must
have been of a weak intellect, or at all events the possessor
of a mind far inferior to that of the royal foundress. From
these and other circumstances, it is conjectured, with a
degree of probability, that the skeleton is that of the
daughter of Queen Mary; but the identity has not been,
and perhaps never can be satisfactorily ascertained. All
who take an interest in the matter incline to the belief that
the body which was found some months since, and which
was afterwards re-interred in the royal vault at Holyrood,
was the real Mary of Gueldres, and there speculation rests
at present.—Edinburgh paper.
YIELD OF THE WHEAT.—There seems to be a general
opinion that the wheat of this year will not yield well, and
if we speak of the acreable yield, no doubt that opinion is
correct ; but on land in fair condition, we believe that the
yield in proportion to the straw will not be much amiss.
On the badly-farmed lands the ear is small, and there of
course the produce will be deficient. On this point the
" Review" of the Mark-lane Express says—" The crops
having, in the early districts, to some extent been put to
the test of thrashing, an opinion may be formed as to the
yield. The accounts which have hitherto reached us on
this point are certainly very far from encouraging, and
there can no longer be a doubt that the produce of grain,
taking one kind with the other, is decidedly below the
quantity grown in moderately good average seasons."
The Norwich Mercury says:— Before reaping com-
menced the crop was generally spoken of as approaching
to but below an average, and it does not appear that either
in eating or carting, and, it may now be added, thrash-
ing, has increased the previous estimate. But one con-
clusion only can therefore be arrived at, that the crop in
this district is below an average. To what extent it
..eld hardly be sm.. v,t to venture an opinion, but our
idea comma.. with our hope,
be very extensive." We learn, however, that the quality
of this year's wheat, where dry, is super for making flour
to that of last year.
At the exhibition of the Darlington Horticultural So-
ciety, on Thursday, Lord Hardinge made a speech, in
which he passed an eulogium on " the native army of ln.
dia, led and conducted by British officers—men not ex-
ceeded by any in the world. Of this they had recently
had an instance which must be known to every one in
that room—that of Lieutenant Edwardes, on account of
his services in the Punjaub. It was a subject of satisfac-
tion to him that he had appointed that officer to the situ-
ation which he now so ably filled. It was impossible to
speak too highly of his services; and he was confident
that if that young hero had the opportunity he would
make great additions to his fame. The maintenance of
peace was not only necessary on the score of Christianity,
but also on the score of economy. They were all skilful
and enterprising, whether as merchants or traders. but he
would venture to say that there was not one of them, how-
ever glad they were to acknowledge the services of the
military, but would wish for peace, though at the same
time they could not but recognise the necessity of keep-
ing up such an army and navy as would enable them to
place enemies at defiance. Beyond that he would not
wish to raise an arm. He wished peace to be established
on a firm and most honourable basis; and whilst the
maintenance of our forces caused a pressure on our finan-
ces, still he hoped, though they might exercise the se-
verest economy, they would keep up the navy and army
on such a basis as would not endanger the security of the
nation."
A FINISHED CHARACTER.—At the Middlesex sessions,
on Wednesday, a notorious character, named James Fra-
ser, who, although but twenty years of age, has for years,
as will be seen by the subjoined history of his career, been
long a frequent inmate of our prisons, was convicted of
picking the pocket of Mrs. Ann Lewis of a small sum of
money. After his conviction, an officer of the West-
minster House of Correction gave the following history of
the prisoner :—" On the 30th September, 1846, he was
committed for six weeks under the name of Thomas
Hartley. On the 18th July, 1847, he was convicted at
the Middlesex sessions for felony, and sentenced to six
months' imprisonment in the Westminster House of Cor-
rection. In this instance he appears as one John Wells.
Shortly after his release, he was summarily convicted of
an assault, and imprisoned for six weeks. On the 18th of
April, in the present year, he was tried and convicted
under the name of John Collins, and sentenced to two
months' imprisonment for another felony. This term of
confinement expired on the 18th of June, and three days
afterwards, the 22d of that month, he was again convicted
and sentenced at these sessions for felony, in the name of
James Fraser. He has also been several times previously
sent to the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, for vari-
ous terms of imprisonment."—For his present offence the
Judge sentenced him to ten years' transportation.
THE NEW TOWN-HALL AT DONCASTER.—INSCRIP-
TION EXTRAORDINARY.—The new Town-hall at Don-
caster is now nearly completed, and has called forth some
pungent remarks from editors and others of the town, in
consequence of the vanity of the present mayor, who has
some how or other contrived to procure his own name to
be inscribed in characters ten inches long, and spread
over the ample frieze of a Corinthian facade, as follows
" FREDERICK FISHER, ESQ., MAYOR, A.D. 1848."

This occupies so prominent a position on the building— I
disfiguring the frieze—that it has become the subject of
derision amongst the literati and men of taste in the
town. It appears that the authorities of Doncaster, or
part of them, are vastly desirous of present and posthu-
mous fame, the inscriptions being set up at their own
expense on public places. One of the market thorough-
fares bears the startl►ng announcement in large letters,—
"This street widened Miles Morley Mayor." A liale
attention to typography, and accuracy of punctuation
would be desirable ; but these great men have a contempt
of the trammels of grammatical economy.
FATAL AFFRAY.—It is our painful duty to record a
most distressing case of manslaughter, that was perpe-
trated on Thursday last, on the farm of Viscount Dillon,
at Ditchley. Three lads, of the several names of Hannis,
Simmonds, and Harris, have been accustomed to work
together on the farm alluded to, and were that day em-
ployed with others at the bean cart, with which ended the
labours of the harvest ; and the shout of "Harvest home"
resounded through the woods, which was shortly followed
by an affray that proved fatal to one, and nearly so to a
second. From what we can learn, the parties engaged in
the fray were somewhat under the influence of beer, and
the feelings of animosity which had existed in the breast
of the former for some time previous, were on this occa-
sion aroused to an undue excitement. From the evidence
taken, it appeared that Simmonds was the first to com-
mence the hostilities, which to him proved fatal. The
affray took place in a building where a sheep was being
dressed at the time, and it was nearly dark, so that Sim-
monds was dead before the other parties standing by were
aware that he was at all hurt, or knew that the other had
made use of any weapon ; he, Hannis, striking at Sim-
monds when down, caused Harris to go to his assistance,
when he received two blows from Hannis, each causing a
wound on the head : afterwards a knife was found on
Hannis stained with blood. An inquest was held on the
body of Simmonds, and a verdict -)f "manslaughter" was
returned against Hannis, who was removed to olford
prison to await his trial at the ensuing assizes. The boy
Harris is considered nearly out of danger, though. still in
a very precarious state.—Oxford Herald.

It is very singular that so many of our Princes have died
on the Saturday. It would almost seem as though the
Revolutiyn had set the example,. the throne having been
declared vacant on Saturday, February 16.1688. Willliam
the Third died on Saturday, March 8, 1702 ; Queen Anne
died on Saturday, August 1, 17141; George the First at
two o'clock on Sunday morning, June 11, 1727. (what in
common parlance-is called Saturday night) ; George the
Second died on Saturday, October 35, 1760; George the
Third died on Saturday, January 19, 1820 ; George the
Fourth on Saturday, June 6, 1830.
CROWN RENTS.—A return has just been made to an
order of the House of Commons, showing that there are
31 places in Middlesex and Westminster leased by the
Woods and Forests. The places are principally club-
houses. The Haymarket Theatre is leased to Mr. Morris
for 99 years, from 1821, at £356 9s. 6d., and £32 19s. in
lieu of land-tax; and the Opera-house and premises ad-
joining on various terms, ending October, 1892, at £6OO
a-year. Exeter-hall is leased to Sir Thomas Baring and
others, at £4BB a-year for 99 years from 1829. At Lady-
day last twelve of the places were in arrears. At haring-
cross Hospital owed upwards of £4,000 owing to inade-
quacy of the funds.

James Collins, a miner at St. Blayey, has made a re-
markable escape from death. Whilst nutting amongst
some trees at the mouth of a deserted mine-shaft, he
overreached himself, and fall to the bottom of the shafts
great many fathoms deep. By chance he was compara-
tively uninjured. The shaft was in a lone spot, and all
hope of aid was quite vain, so he set about climbing to the
top by the small projections in the rock of the shaft side.
The nature of his task and his resolution in performing it
may be judged from the time it took ; he fell into the
shaft at eight, A.M., and reached the summit only at six
P.M. He crawled home nearly dead with fatigue.
A LION ASCENDING IN A BALLOON.-011 Monday
evening, the " Royal Cremorne Balloon " ascended from
Cremorne Gardens. In it were Mrs. G. Batty, the " Lion
Queen," Lieut. Gale, and a lion. Attached to the bal-
loon, in place of the car, was a den, on the the top of
which stood Lieutenant Gale, and inside which sat the
" Lion Queen "on the back of her subject. After a trial,
during which an assent as high as the top of the trees only
was effected, it was found that the power of the balloon
was not sufficient to carry up the weight attached to it,
and this fact having been explained to the company,
Lieut. Gale and the lion ascended, leaving the lady behind.
A safe descent was effected at Mortlake.

A WINTER GARDEN AT VAUXHALL.—It is proposed
to transform Vauxhall into a winter garden. It is said
that the four long avenues which form the large quad-
rangle at present, are to be increased about 20 feet, that
is, 10 feet on either side. The roof of this pathway is to
be raised a considerable height, and the whole of it is to
be enclosed by means of a panorama of the overland route
to India. This is to commence with Marseilles, then are
to follow Malta, Alexandria, and all the principal points
in the journey. These walks will lead directly to the
Waterloo ground, which is to be covered in and converted
into a hippodrome, where are to appear all the splendours
of the chariot race, and other performances. To the
right of the Hippodrome there will be constructed a large
conservatory, to form a very agreeable promenade, and
gas is to simulate the sun.—The Builder.
EXTRAORDINARY FALL OF RAIN AND FLOODS.
WORCESTER, Sunday Morning.-1 he whole of this dis-
trict has been visited by a very extraordinary fall of rain,
followed, of course, by heavy floods. After some gentle
rain during the early part of the week (Wednesday was a
thoroughly wet day) rain began to fall at nine o'clock on
Friday morning, and continued without a moment's inter-
mission during the whole of that day and night and yester-
day, up to this moment (Sunday.) During the latter part
of yesterday the rains began to overflow the banks, and
this morning the Severn and all the main streams have
flooded the adjacent lands to a very considerable extent
with the water still rising. Some very destructive results
are apprehended. The rain began with the wind calm at
N.E., and it gradually veered round by north to west. It
is very unusual to have so much rain here with the wind
northerly.

AMUSEMENTS v. CRIME.—The Thirteenth Report of
the Inspectors of Prisons (just published), contains, in the
midst of much that is tedious and of little general interest,
some information of value. Here is one bit of practical
common sense. The inspector observes that in the Wake-
field House of Correction " the chief kinds of offences for
which persons are committed are thefts, assaults, and va-
grancy ;" and respecting the chief causes of offences, the
governor stated as follows :—" Few of the offences for
which persons are sent to this prison are, in my opinion,
caused by want. The chief cause of crime amongst adult
prisoners is drunkenness, and amongst juvenile prisoners
the desire to obtain the means of indulging in such amuse-
ments as cheap theatres. If there were a provision for le-
gitimate and rational amusements for young and old, I
think it would be a means of preventing much crime."
SOMNAMBULISM.—On Tuesday night, about half-past
ten o'clock, a very serious accident occurred to a little boy,
seven years old, named James Brown, son of Mr. Alex.
Brown, piano-forte, at Braintree, by jumping from a
three-story window into the street. It appeared that he
had been in the habit of walking in his sleep during the
last three years, and on several occasions had been known
to light a candle and take down part of the bedding, and
also pull the bed-clothes off his parents whilst asleep. On
the night in question he succeeded in opening the upper
window, and precipitated himself into the street, a distance
of about 20 feet, his head coming into fearful contact with
the kerb of the pavement; his parents hearing him fall,
hastened 'to his assistance, and carried him in-doors, where
he lay in a state of insensibility, the blood oozing from his
ears. No hopes are entertained of his recovery, his head
being severely injured internally.—Essex Standard.
THE CHOLERA.—According to the return of the Regis-
trar-General for last week, the disease would appear to
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cases are described as follow :—" In Stamford-hill (sub-
district,) Hackney, a boy 4 years, cholera (26 hours du-
ration).' In St. Clement Danes, Strand, M. 61 years,
cholera morbus (5 or 6 days' duration).' In St. Anne,
Westminster, F.). 29 years, diarrhoea (7 hours' dura-
tion) ;' English cholera (12 hours). In Anwell, Clerken-
well, a boy, 1 year, cholera.' In St. Leonard's (sub-
district), Shoreditch, M. 4 months, English cholera (3
days' duration),' In Bow and Bromley, Poplar, M. (age
not stated), natural death, English cholera.' In St.
John (sub-district), St. Olave's, M. 52 years, Asiatic
cholera, (11k hours' duration).' " An announcement of
this kind need create no panic, for time and research have
robbed the cholera of much of that mysterious awe which
surrounded it when it was a new disease amongst us.
FUNERAL OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.—The funeral
of this lamented nobleman took place on Friday, at the
old parish-church of Marylebone, London, in which the
family vault of the noble house of Portland is situated.
The remains of the deceased were brought by railway
from Welbeck Abbey to the Euston-square station, and
conveyed thence to Harcourt House. The funeral was
conducted as privately as possible. The Marquis of
Titchfield, Lord Henry Bentinck, and Mr. J. E. Denison
were present, but others connected with the family were
absent, by desire of the Duke of Portland, that the solem-
nity should be as private as possible. At half-past nine
the procession left Cavendish-square, the hearse drawn
by four horses. There were but two coaches, the first
containing the parties named, and the other the personal
attendants of the late lord. The private carriage of the
Duke of Portland closed the cortege. The remains were
placed in the interior of Marylebone church, under the
organ gallery.
SAD CIRCUMSTANCE.—One of those peculiar and un-
frequent dispensations of an inscrutable Providence—the
death of a husband and wife on the same day, occurred in
Sheffield on Sunday week. The family which has sus-
tained this bereavement is that of a man named John
Taylor, shoemaker, residing in Bank-street, in that town.
His wife had recently been confined of her eighth child,
all now living ; and on Sunday week she died in child-bed.
Upon her husband, who had been some time in a de-
clining state of health, his wife's death, leaving him with
such a family, had an overpowering effect, When the cir-
cumstance was made known the same day, he seemed to be
bewildered and to disregard the matter. After a while,
he went up stairs for the purpose, as it was supposed, of
looking at his wife ; but he wandered into the garret,
where he was found some time afterwards quite dead ;
and thus in one day were eight helpless children (one of
whom but newly-born), left without father or mother.

APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA ON BOARD A VESSEL AT
HuLL.—The Hull Advertiser furnishes a report of the
death of three persons in one week from Asiatic Cholera,
which circumstance had excited great alarm in the town,
rumours gaining ground that the disease had become
epidemic in the town. The editor, however. states that
such alarm was groundless, as regards Hull, or the shores
near it ; but that three Prussian sailors, on board the
barque Pallas, from Hamburg, had died of the disease.
These men had on their voyage eaten largely of fruit,
especially plums. They were taken ill successively, and
sunk under the affliction, after a few hours illness. Others
of the crew were slightly affected, but all of them are
now restored to health. The Advertiser states :—We
apprize the public that the health of the town is excel-
lent, and that there is not the least danger of the spread
of the disease, which is now known to be neither infec-
tious nor contagious. There is no real ground for the
least alarm.

TnE CHARTIST TRIALS.—The adjourned proceedings
were resumed on Monday morning, when Mr. Justice
Earle summed up the evidence, and the jury retired,
Other prisoners were then brought up, and Mr. Ballantine
applied for a postponement, on the plea that material
witnesses for the defence were absent. The court declined
to accede to the application, with an exception in favour
of one prisoner who had but just been arrested. The pri-
soners were then called upon to plead, and " Not guilty"
was returned by all; the celebrated Cuffey saying, in a
loud tone, " I demand a fair trial by my peers according
to the principles of Magna Charts." (Laughter.) The
jury-list was then challenged. Cuffey, however, exclaimed,
" I wish it to be understood that I do object to this jury.
They are not my equals. I am only a journeyman me-
chanic." Mr Ballantine : " You must be quiet, and leave
it to us." Evidence was adduced proving the case of
the Crown. One of the witnesses deposed that he
had been very anxious to be under such a redoubtable
leader as Cuffey, because he expected, if he obeyed his
orders, to become a general, and perhaps eventually pre-
sident of the commonwealth.—(A. laugh.) On Tuesday
Powell, the approver, gave evidence ; and concurrent tes-
timony was also received throughout Wednesday, Thurs-
day, and Friday, in reference to the designs and prepara-
tions by the prisoners. Powell, it appears, bore among
his comrades the title of " Lying Tom ;" one of the wit-
nesses for the defence affirmed that even were Powell on
his dying bed he would not believe his oath ; and he was
proved to have declared that the Apostles were " the
biggest scoundrels he had ever heard of," while " Judas
was the best fellow of the lot." On Saturday Baron
Platt charged the jury, and at ten minutes to five o'clock
a verdict of guilty was returned against the prisoners.
The judge then sentenced Cuffey, Darling, Lacey, and
Fay to transportation for life. The severity of the sen-
tences caused much surprise in court it is stated. It is
expected that the Chartists who yet remain to be tried
will now plead guilty.

SHIPWRECKS AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Wednesday,
intelligence reached Lloyd's that the brig Agnes, Mar-
shall, bound from Sunderland to Hull, had been totally
lost off Scarborough, every soul on board perishing; tint
the ship Greenlaw, Captain Ower, bound from Londcn
to Calcutta, had been totally lost off Cominga, the entire
passengers and crew, except three individuals, being
drowned. On the night of the 25th instant, a collision
took place off Newhaven, between the Cannel, of Fowey,
and the William Pitt, of London ; the vessels remained
locked for twenty minutes; on separating, a great outcry
was heard on board the Pitt. The Cannel lay to all night,
but neither saw nor heard more of the vessel, and it is
supposed she went down with all on board.
The Cumberland Pacquet has the following :—" A very
crowded congregationattended Divineservice at Brougham
Chapel on Sunday afternoon week, on which occasion a
new organ, built by Robson and Co., of London, was
opened, the delightful task of bringing forth the first
fresh and full strains of the instrument in choral worship
being undertaken by Mrs. William Brougham, the lady of
Lord Brougham's brother. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Ed-
wards, the Vicar, read prayers. The congregation in-
cluded Lady Brougham, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Douro, Sir C. Taylor, &c. A contemporary states, ' that
about the middle of the service, Lord Brougham walked
within the chapel door, where his lordship stood a short
time gazing around, as if amazed at the crowded congre-
gation ; he then turned about and walked out again."'
ADJOURNED INQUEST ON ELIZA WILSON.—Ort
Thursday the inquiry into the extraordinary circumstances
connected with the death of Eliza Wilson was resumed
before Mr. Carter. the Coroner for East Surrey. Mr.
Chapman, the surgeon, who made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body, deposed that he was quite satisfied
that death was caused by the use of some instrument or
instruments used for the purpose of indueini, a miscar-
riage. Mr. Kay, a surgeon, corroborated the evidence
of Mr. Chapman. A great deal of evidence was then re-
ceived, the larger proportion of which is unfit for publica-
tion, but all of it tending to strengthen the' case against
the accused. The room was then cleared, and the jury
left to deliberate upon their verdict. After a lapse of up-
wards of an hour and a half, the Court was re-opened,
and the jury returned a verdict against the woman Spen-
cer Lindfield, of wilful murder ; and against Richard Orpin
and Mary Ann Dryden, of being accessories to the mur-
der before the fact. No verdict was returned in reference
to William Lindfield, the reputed son of the woman
Spencer Lindfield.

MELANCHOLY DEATH.—On Sunday, a great degree of
excitement was created in this city by a report that Major
Wemyss, the Chief Constable of the County Constabu-
lary, had been found in an apparently dying state lying in
a plantation near:to Langley Bridge, about two miles from
this city, at an early hour that morning. On inquiry,
this report was fully verified. As soon as the fact became
known, information was immediately sent to W. Green,
Esq., surgeon, who, together with Major Wemyss's ser-
vant, proceeded to the spot, had him placed in a carriage,
and conveyed to his house in the North Bailey, where
every effort that medical skill could devise was put into
requisition to restore him, but without effect. He
breathed his last about ten minutes after having been
placed in bed. The deceased left his house on the morn-
ing of Saturday, and at one o'clock on that day was seen
sitting on the battlement of Langley Bridge by a farmer
named Jonathan Hopper. About two o'clock on the same
afternoon, he was observed by some boys who were gath-
ering brambles, lying near to the place where he was
found at four o'clock the following morning by J. Shaw,
who, on crossing the bridge, had his attention attracted
to the plantation by hearing some one moaning, and on
proceeding to the spot, Major Wemyss was found lying on
his side in a state almost entirely insensible.—Durham
Advertiser.

REVENGE IN SWALLOWS.—Not long since, some work-
men who were employed in repairing the farm-house at
Seeside, Dumfries-shire, noticed a swallow's nest, the
opening of which was closed up with clay, or some other
adhesive substance. After it was removed, a dead spar-
row was discovered in the interior, and so much wasted as
to lead to the belief. that it must have died of hunger.
The circumstance is explained by a statement made to us
to the following effect :—A pair of swallows built the
above nest, and straightway settled in their cosy domicile,
in the belief, no doubt, that they would get leave to bring
up their forthcoming family in peace and comfort. But
in a few days a pugnacious sparrow made its appearance,
when the rightful owners were absent, entered their nest,
and, on their appearance, pecked them fiercely, till they
had again to make off. The fight between the parties was
often renewed, but always with the same result. The
sparrow kept the castle, and the swallows had to sleep,
like vagrants of the feathered race, wherever they could
find shelter. Having failed to dispossess the sparrow by
force, they at last hit upon a method of blockading hint
in his retreat, and accordingly, to use a familiar phrase,
" daubed up his daylights " with clay. The scheme suc-
ceeded, and the poor sparrow was buried alive, and disin-
terred by the workmen in the manner we have stated.—
Dumfries Standard.
EMIGRATION TO CASADA.—A meeting was held on
Wednesday, at Simmonds's Colonial Rooms, Bucklers-
bury, with the object of forming a society, to be called,
" The Canadian Freehold Farm Investment Society, for
the purposes of Emigration."—Mr. Loyd, on taking the
chair, said that it was proposed to found the society on the
principle of building societies, which had succeeded so
well, and the district contemplated for settlement was
that part of Canada which was bounded by the three great
lakes—Erie, Huron, and Ontario. It might be called the
garden of the world, being covered with vegetable mould
to the depth of three or four feet, growing every sort of
garden tree naturally ; and, in fact, containing every re-
quisite for prosperity except labour. He had lately made
a tour through the country, and the impressions left on
ciety to be found there was quite English in its character,
free from those peculiarities which were generally imputed
to the inhabitants of the United States, and also distin-
guished by a warmth of hospitality which would make the
emigrant almost forget that he was so far from home.
Land was cheap, so cheap, as to be almost within the
reach of every one, and the modes of preparing it for cul-
tivation were of the simplest description. There was
plenty of it to be had in all states, from wild nature to per-
fect cultivation, and in all sorts of plots, from eighty or
a hundred acres to as many thousands, and its transfer
was quite free from those legal technicalities which were
found to be so embarrassing in England. He had only
further to say, that the object of the present meeting was
to open up the advantages he had recapitulated to the
working classes of this country, by means of an associa-
tion framed on the principle of the building societies.
Resolutions were then passed pledging those present to
the formation of such a society, after which the meeting
separated.
AFFRAY BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND POLICE AT
SUNDERLAND.—On Friday one of the privates of the
63d Regiment was taken into custody in Sunderland, for
being drunk, and obstructing and insulting the passers-by
on the foot pavement, in a very unbecoming manner.
On his way to the station, another private interfered, and
attempted a rescue ; he was also taken into custody.
Other soldiers joined, and it was a matter of considerable
difficulty that they were at length safely secured. On the
following morning, they were fined each £1 and costs, or
14 days' imprisonment. It may be mentioned, that in
the scuffle several of the police were hurt by the violence
and pressure of the military. On Saturday evening,
many of the privates left the barracks, and meeting with
police officers, vowed they would be revenged, for what
they had done to their comrades on the previous day.
They shouted and yelled at the constables, and, other
soldiers joining a generol tumult ensued. The police
were quite outnumbered by the military, and several of
the officers were seriously cut by the soldiers, striking
them with their belts, breast plaths, &c. At length they
retired to the barracks ; and on Monday morning, the
mayor, attended by his clerk, the officers who were inju-
red, with witnesses who witnessed the affray, proceeded
to the barracks, to identify, if possible, the offenders.
An investigation was entered into, when the soldiers broke
out, and effectually closed the examination as far as re-
gards that day. An indiscriminate attack was made upon
the authorities and witnesses. The mayor and his atten-
dants were escorted by an officer of the regiment, with
drawn sword, to the barrack gate, and they escaped unin-
jured. Others, however, who retreated the best way they
could by scaling the walls, received several bayonet
wounds. It is expected that the authorities will now
leave it to the colonel of the regiment to hand over the
ringleaders to justice. Considerable fear has been occa-
sioned by the affair.