The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-03 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

JUNIOR Cuun.—lt will be seen that this new undertaking
is upon the eve of being commenced. A meeting of the sub-
scribers will take place to-morrow, at the Brunswick Hotel.
Captain Nye, of the packet-ship Independence, which
arrived at this port, on Sunday week, in sixteen clays from
New York, informs us, that, though he has crossed the
Atlantic above a hundred times, the last was the only voyage
he did not see a solitary sail the whole distance from New
York to Liverpool.

STEALING A PAIR OF SHOES.—At the Police-court yes-
terday, a rather well-dressed young man, named William
H ielanson, was placed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of
stealing a pair of shoes. The prisoner had lodged at the
house of a Mr. Davies, in this town, and had taken away the
shoes, which belonged to a fellow lodger. They were found
on the prisoner's feet. His father it was stated is a preacher
in Manchester. He was committed to gaol for one inonth.
GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY AT EGREMONT FERRY.—Our
readers are, perhap.;, not generally aware, that near the
Timber Pier, at Egremont, there is a block of slate visible at
low water. It is believed by geologists, that, as this slate is
nowhere to be found nearer than Shap Fell, it has, in some
remote geological era, been transported all that distance by
some iceberg in which it had been imbedded, and which has
melted at that particular spot. Another tine specimen is to
be seen on the side of Brombro' Pool.
DEATR By BURNING.—Agnes Fayrer, aged seventy-
seven, died, on Friday morning last, from the effects of severe
burns which she received in consequence of her apparel hav-
ing taken fire. On Wednesday night she was washing her
bands, when the candle set fire to her sleeve, and she was
quickly enveloped in flames. She made her way to the
street, where she was seen by her neighbours; one of them
enfolded her in a blanket and extinguished the fire. Sur-
gical aid was procured, but it was unavailing.
WILMER AND SMITH'S EUROPEAN TIMES.—Our adver-
tising columns announce the appearance of Messrs. 14 zllmer
and Smith's European Times, the first number of which will
be published on Wednesday next, in time for the steamer,
which sails on that day. This publication is principally in-
tended for circulation in the United States and Canada, and
the commercial and general information which it will con-
tain cannot fail to possess interest, and acquire popularity
amongst our transatlantic friends.—See advertisement.

ST. ARK'S OOLS.—A sale of lan ornamental
work in behalf ofSCH
these institutions wasusefuheld on Tuesday
last, in St. James's School-rooms, St. James's-road, which
realised, we understand, after payment of all expenses, up-
wards of £360. The order and propriety which prevailed, es
well as the satisfactory result of the undertaking, must Le
extremely gratifying to all the parties concerned; more
especially to the ladies of the committee, whose indefatigable
exertions arc beyond all praise. We are given to understand
that the remaining articles will be disposed of on Thursday
next, in the Infant School-room, St. Mark's Church-yard,
at eleven o'clock, for the benefit of the Juvenile Church
Missionary Society.

THE FUNDS : SATURDAY EVENING.—ConsoIs for the
account have advanced to 941, and though not much busi-
ness has been transacted in the public stocks, they bear a
Very firm aspect. Bank Stock is quoted 171 to
.1i 3 ; Ex-
chequer-bills 60s. to 625. premium; Three per Cents. Re -
duced, 94; to 95 ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced,
141 i; Long Annuities 12 11-16; and India Bonds, 525. to
. premium ; all of' which uotations show te present
favourable condition of the market. The superabundance
of cash now prevailing continues to be the grand cause
oAerating on the value of our stocks. A further rise oc-
curred in the price of Colombian Bonds to-day ; from 221
nessthe advanced to 23, and closed 23 to 1, with a tolerably busi-
. The prospect of some steps being speedily taken to
reanimate the credit of this part of Spanish America, by a
final settlement ui 4 its creditors, and the payment of a
tent has indu, speculators to operate to a limited ex-
in security. How far anticipations of the sort may
be JOsticipated, however, yet remains to be seen. Few
bargains took place in any other stocks, and quotations
linderwent no material alteration. Spanish Actives left off,
IS/ to I; ditto, New Three per Cents., 241 to 1; Portu-
guese Flv.e per Cents., 41i; ditto, Converted, which hence-
forward it per Cents.,
will be the class of bonds more
generally quoted, 35 to 1; Mexican, 31i1 to 32; Danish, 81
!,?„,80 ; Brazilian, 71 to 72; Belgian, 101 i to 1021 ; Dutch
1..0-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 to 1 ; and ditto Five per
Cents., 101 i to a.

OCCURRENCE.—Mr. James Hallier6liant, who
bad sustained an attack of paralysis, but from which he had
partially recovered, was seized with a setend attack, on
Tuesday last, in the Exchange Newsroom. He was carried
out in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to his residence,
in Berkeley-street. He died next day.

MR. HENRY RUSSELL'S CONCERTS.—The actual over-
flow, notwithstanding the advanced charge for admi
which occurred at our Mechanics' Institution when
portunity was offered of hearing Mr. Henry Russell, s,
remembered by many who were disappointed of obtaining
access on that occasion. Since that evening, Mr. 11. has
been delighting the public in the metropolis, and gaining
honours which will soon be heard of by his friends in Ame-
rica. We are glad be has met with such a reception in the
" daar old country," and have the pleasure to announce his
re-appearance in Liverpool.—Sec advt.
MR. STUART, THE TRAGEDIAN.—We understand that

the friends and admirers of this gentleman will shortly have
an opportunity of again witnessing his performance, in some
of his favourite characters, at the Theatre-royal. Mr. Stuart,
it will be remembered, was the leading tragedian of our stock
company for some years, till the close of the last season, in
1841, when an advantageous offer from Mr. Webster, the
lessee of the Haymarket, induced Mr. Stuart to try his for-
tune on the London boards, where, as is well known, he has
been quite successful, and during the past season, has ap-
peared in several original characters. Mr. Stuart was a great
favourite in Liverpool, and his friends and admirers will, no

doubt, give him a hearty reception on his re-appearance on
those boards where he has achieved some great triumphs.
It is Mr. Stuart's intention, during his stay here, to resume
his Shaksperian lectures, as well as his lessons in elocution,
&c.—Mercury.
DEAD BODY OF A FEMALE FOUND.—On Saturday mor-
ning last, about nine o'clock, as James Harper, of Crown-
street, was passing a field near that street, he saw the body
of a female lying in some water. He went to the spot and
found a woman, about sixty years old, lying dead. The
water was about six inches deep. Mr. Harper called Mr.
Parkes, a surgeon, to her, hoping that she might be restored
to life. Mr. Parkes pronounced that she had been dead some
hours. A police-officer was called, and she was taken to the
Dead-house. She had on a cotton printed dress, a dark tip-
pet or mantle, and an old black bonnet. In her pockets were
several pawn-tickets, a needle case, a pair of spectacles, and
two-pence in copper. An inquest was held before Mr. Curry,

on Saturday, when it appeared that the deceased was seen by
Agnes Brokie, a dressmaker, on the preceding afternoon, on
some steps in Great Orford-street, and a second time going
up Brownlow-hill. She was excessively intoxicated, so ih .t
she could not walk. The inquest was adjourned till twelve
o'clock to-day, for further evidence.

ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms.--Mr. Henry Russell an-
nounces a concert at these rooms to night, and another on
Friday , when he will sing some of his most celebrated
songs.—zn:,,,ngst them the " Gambler's Wife ;" which song
is designed to represent the feelings of a young wife and mo •
tiler, under circumstances sufficiently common to warrant the
assertion, that it is founded on fact without exaggeration. It
represents the Gambler's Wife and Child, deserted by their
natural protector, in the extreme of poverty and starvation,
for the PLEASURE of play. The fire expires ; the energies of
life sink from the want of food ; and the mother vainly strives
to hope in the midst of despair, appealing to the past with the
memory of the bride, while vainly endeavouring to soothe
her child with the energy of a mother's love, until the infant
dies in her arms, and her heart is broken. The current of
her feelings is interrupted only by the peal of the clock, sand
at the third hour the scene closes ; while time strides onward
in its monotonous march, regardless as the world of the issue.
He also will sing " The ship on fire," " Woodman spare
that tree," The brave old oak," "The ivy green," "The
maniac," &c.

THE SHIP SCOTLAND.—DREADFUL DISASTER.—The
ship Scotland, a well known transient vessel, which has sailed
between this port and New York for some years, experienced
a dreadful disaster on the 21st ult., about nine o'clock in the
evening, in lat. 58, lon. 22. In a heavy gale she was struck
by a sea, which carried overboard her commander, (Captain
Robinson,) the second mate, (Mr. A. Palmer,) the steward,
J. Simpson, La boy,) and two seamen. It swept the decks
of cabin and round-house ; bulwarks, spare spars, studding
sails,- and railings ; split the covering board, stove in the fore
and after hatches, and caboose and caboose-house, partly
filled the ship with water, and shifted the cargo. The Scot-
land, which sailed hence on the Bth ult.' immediately put back,
and reached here on Thursday in this dilapidated state. Her
escape was providential, for the whole of the chests, books,
and nautical instruments were likewise carried away. The
captain's chronometer was found, about twenty-four hours
after the accident, totally unfit for use. Fortunately, it was
remembered that an old compass had been stowed away in a
chest between decks, which, being regulated, was rendered
available. She was out altogether twenty days. Poor Capt.
Robinson, who was well known in the trade, has left a wife
and, we believe, three children (sons) to deplore his loss.
He was a very amiable man, of a religious turn of mind, and
was reading his Bible when the disaster occurred. He was
part proprietor of the ship, in conjunction with Captain
Hackstaff, Mr. George Timbsell, and Messrs. Smith and
Demon, of New York, who own the remainder. His pecu-
niary circumstances, owing to recent losses, were, we are
sorry to learn, much impaired. By the recent failure of
Messrs. Dyson, of New York, he lost 3,000 dollars. The
steward, who was severely injured by the calamity, died on
Friday, on his way to the hospital.
CHRIST CHURCH : THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.--
We understand a sermon will be preached at Christ Church
to-morrow evening, by the Rev. Hugh MeNeile, especially
addressed to the young members of that numerous congrega-
tion. On this occasion it is intended that an appeal shall be
made on behalf of the nearly exhausted funds of the Pro-
testant Association. We cannot but think the association
of these two objects both judicious anti well-timed. What
can be more important, at such a crisis as the present, than
to have the minds of the rising generation amongst us
thoroughly imbued with those sound Protestant principles,
of which so many in the present day are affecting to be
ashamed, but which are in reality the decus et tutamen, at
once the glory and defence of the constitution of the church
and the institutions of the state. Would that similar pains
were taken in every congregation of our town, and through-
out the country, to teach our youth to lisp in Protestant
accents, and to learn the value and appreciate the importance
of those great religious truths, for which, in antagonism to
Popish. falsehoods, our brave and pious forefathers contended
to the death. We trust there are no symptoms, as the enemy
craftily pretends, of any diminution of the Protestant spirit
of our fellow-townsmen, because of the altered political
circumstances of the country. Whatever may be the case
as respects the higher classes of the community, we are per-
suaded that no spirit of decay has come over the ripened
freshness of the Protestant feelings of our operative classes.
These are now the main support, as they chiefly constitute
the organization of the Protestant Association, whose politi-
cal and religious value to the town will never be sufficiently
appreciated until it has ceased to exist. We hope that day
is still far distant. In the meantime, let its consistent and
true-hearted friends rally round it whenever, as now, an
opportunity presents itself of lending it a helping hand. We
understand there is a considerable deficiency in the funds,
which MUST BE SUPPLIED at an early date. We need not
say that we anticipate a crowded auditory to-morrow even-
ing, when the ablest champion of Protestant truth that his
country has produced in modern times will again exercise
his powerful eloquence in the defence of the principles of
Scriptural Protestantism, and in the application of those
principles to the hearts and consciences of the young. We
further trust, that such an amount may be collected as may
serve to relieve the committee of the Protestant Association
in its present emergency.

Mr. John Greaves, sharebroker, of this town, publishes in
the Mining Journal the following annual statement of the high-
est and lowest prices of shares in the leading railways, banks,
and other property for investment, which gives much data of an
important character; thus the greatest extreme difference in
railway shares will be found in Great North of Englands,
which have varied during the year from 521 to 88—a difference
of 351, and the present market price being 591, shows a de-
cline since April last of 281 per share. The lowest difference
during the year is in Eastern Counties, which is only 2a, the
highest price having been in April 104, and in November 8
per share, the present price being 84. London and Briming-
ham have varied 24, the highest price being 191. Great
Western 14, highest price 95. Liverpool and Manchester
26, highest price 129. South Western 7, highest 61. Man-
chester and Leeds 241, highest price 90. Midland Counties
251, highest 85. North Midland 161, highest 73 ; and York
and North Midland have only varied 9, the highest price
being 95—thus the average extreme difference in the prices
of the shares of the abovenamed ten principal railways during
the past year is 18 4-10ths. In the shares in joint-stock
banks in Liverpool, nothing like the same extent of fluctua-
tion is found, seven of them only varying from a to 24 during
the year, and the Royal Bank, with its £5OO shares at a
maximum price of 7031, has varied 695, thus being less than
one-tenth of the price of the shares. In the Bottle Water
Works the difference has been 291, on a price of 316 i, and
the Liverpool and Harrington of 93 on 613. The New Gas
have varied 27, and the Exchange Buildings 221. These
statistical data, though but of little interest to the casual
reader, are of much importance to the speculator and the
proprietor of shares in different kinds of investment, as by
them the effect of various circumstances connected with
management, finance, &c., can be traced to its true cause, and,
probably, may hereafter be the means in many cases of firmly
establishing property, which, without such investigation,
might be looked at with anything but confidence. The fol-
lowing is a comparison of the weekly average traffic taken
from the Ist of July to the 23d of December, 1842, with the
corresponding average of last year on the following lines of
railway, in each case the first named sum is for 1841, and the
second for the present year :—Eastern Counties, £Bs4
£lOl4 ; Grand Junction, £9217—X7926 ; London and
Brighton, £1786—£3934; London and South-Western,
£5929—X6387 ; Liverpool and Manchester, £5317—£4486;
North Union, £1224—£1050; York and North Midland,
£1695-11781.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF COPPER MONEY.—Last week,
during the night of Wednesday, or early on Thursday morn-
ing, the country house of Messrs. Alexander and James
Sharp, brewers, Richmond-row, was entered, and a box
forced open, from which a sum of £3O in copper money was
abstracted. A clerk in the employ left the office all safe
about eight o'clock on Wednesday night. There was a box
there in which the copper money was kept, and which was
usually covered with the gig-cushions and some books. He
had that evening put into it about £lO in copper, and there
was previously about £3O in it, also in copper. On entering
the office on the following morning, he missed about £3O
worth of the coin, and information was conveyed to the po-
lice. On the followir', morning, Inspector Anders, from
information he received, strongly suspected some parties of
bad character, in George's-court, Ford-street, and proceeded
thither with one or two officers. He there found seven
young men and women, all of whom he took into custody--
namely, William Thompson, John Fox, John Jones, John
M`Carthy, Charles Endoe, Ellen Fee and Eliza Fee. These
were brought up on Friday, but were remanded for further
evidence, until yesterday, when a chain of facts was dis-
closed which left no doubt of their all being engaged in the
robbery. Another young female, Catherine Hagan, who had
been subsequently apprehended, was also added to the num-
ber. It appeared that several of the male prisoners had en-
tered the office by means of a skeleton key, while the others,
or most of them, were outside, and afterwards assisted in
carrying away the booty. In searching the house in Ford-
street, copper money was found in several parts of it con-
cealed ; and on the roof, near the garret window, were found
two bundles of skeleton keys, one of which opened Messrs.
Sharps' office door. A crowbar had also been left in the
office, and the box had, no doubt, been forced open by
it, as there were marks upon it precisely such as would
be produced by the forcible use of the instrument.
The girl Hagan, too, after beingcautioned, made a confession
of the robbery by the party, detailing some of the facts at-
tending its perpetration. A considerable number of respect-
able witnesses, connected with various pawnshops in the
north part of the town, (where the prisoners resided,) also
deposed to several of the male prisoners having come to them
on Thursday, and procured various sums in silver in ex-
change for copper money. Some of them, too, including the
females, had made purchases at drapers' shops, spirit vaults,
&c., for which they had paid throughout in copper. The
prisoner Charles Endoe, had, it appeared, been in Messrs.
Sharp's employ, and had left it about seven weeks ago.
Some of the goods were found, and several of the brown and
blue papers in which the copper was wrapped (when in the
box) were produced by several of the witnesses, and identi-
fiad by Mr. Sharp and his clerk. The evidence did not
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whole seven to take their trials at the sessions. While
leaving the dock, the two females named Fee attacked the
woman named Hagan, who had confessid the robbery, and
they were ordered to be put in separate cells, lest some fatal
assault might ensue.

THE ConNonoN.—This newly invented and very sweet
instrument is taught by Mr. Thompson, of London-road.
When Mr. Thompson was connected with the orchestra of
the Theatre Royal, the able manner in which he executed
difficult accompaniments, and melodies was often the subject
of remark and applause. He is well able to give instruction
to the learner of this fashionable instrum-e,lit.

BY A S:

Healey said the prisoner t

vice, and that as she (Mrs. II.) hml frequeidly

of money from a drawer in which she kept it, and had season
to suspect the prisoner, she employed a friend to procure
and mark two sovereigns worth of silver, which she deposited
in the drawer, in her bedroom. On Saturday night last, the
prisoner had gone into the room, and some of the money
was soon afterwards missed. She was given into custody,
and in a purse which she had in her pocket were found two
of the marked shillings. She was committed for trial at the
sessions.

OUR NEW PACKET SHIPS.—At the ship-yard of Messrs.
Brown and Bell, foot of Houston-street, East River. the ship
of eleven hundred tons, intended for Messrs. 'Woodhull and
Minturn's new line of Liverpool and New York packets, is
in a state of great forwardness, and will be ready for launch-
ing in about three weeks, should the weather prove favour-
able for the workmen engaged on her, At Messrs. Webb
and Allen's ship-yard, at the foot of Sixth-street, another
fine vessel of about 950 tons, and intended for Goodwin and
Co. and C. H. Marshall's old line of Liverpool packets, is
also under way. We understand she is to be commanded by
our old favourite Captain Waite, favourably known to travel-
lers as the master of the packet-ship England.—New York
paper.

FIRES, AND ALARM OF FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about
five o'clock, fire was discovered to have broken out in the
upper story of the corn windmill at Croxteth, in this neigh-
bourhood, the property of the Earl of Sefton, and tenanted
by Mrs. Mullineux. The alarm was immediately brought to
the fire-police station in this town, and Mr. Hewitt instantly
proceeded to the spot, with three engines drawn by four
horses each. They reached the ground in so short a time as
tb astonish the country people in the neighbourhood ; but
happily found that their services were not required, as the
fire was got under in a very masterly manner before they
reached, by the stout and active yeomanry of the neighbour-
hood. The damage done might amount in all to about £lOO
only. the destruction being confined chiefly to a small quan-
tity of flour, &c., the top floor of the building, the break,
and part of the roof. The building was five stories in height.
No one had been in the building from Saturday night, when
the men went home until yesterday morning, at about
the hour stated, when they returned to resume work,
and found the top in a state of combustion. As the
wind was blowing in heavy gusts during the interim,
the probability is that the wood-work and other light and
dusty materials took fire from the friction of the break . Mr.
Hewitt, our superintendent of the fire police, gives great
praise to those who extinguished the fire, particularly as the
floors coated with flour dust became very slippy when the
water fell upon them. A small engine was brought from
Croxteth-hall, and was of some service, but it appears
that the flames were principally subdued by men who
carried water to the immediate side of the conflagration.—
On the morning of New-year's Day, at about one o'clock,
smoke was seen to issue in considerable clouds from
the windows of the top stories of the high warehouse at
the bottom of Chapel-street, the lower part of which is oc-
cupied by
.Mr. Sixsmith as an inn. Information was in-
stantly conveyed to the fire engine station, in Temple-street;
and while the engines were being got in readiness, a mes-
senger was despatched to the ground with all possible speed
to ascertain the probable extent of the fire—great apprehen-
sion being naturally entertained if it once gained head at the
exposed end of the range of warehouses, and the west end
of that street, it might become one of the greatest we have
for years had the misfortune to experience. Luckily it turned
out that the alarm was caused by the smoke fromthe chimneys
of the inn being driven down by a brisk westerly breeze into the
upper rooms of the warehouse, which it nearly filled, and no
ignition of any of the materials had taken place. The en-
gines were, therefore, counter-ordered.—Yesterday, about
eleven o'clock, a fire broke ont in a dwelling-house, in
Davies-street, near Stanley-street, but it was speedily ex-
tinguished with buckets of water, by some of the police,
with but trifling damage.—Last night, about eleven o'clock,
a blaze of fire was seen to issue with great, and at first, alarm-
ing brightness, from premises near the east side of Bold-
street, near the bottom. Numbers of parties rushed to the
spot, but it was found that this alarm was produced merely
by a chimney of the Palatine Club-house having taken fire.
It is stated that the chimney had but recently been swept by
a machine, but, it would appear, very imperfectly. It was
immediately got under.

There is now growing in a garden at Ulverston, a pear-
tree with a second crop of fruit.—Waterford Paper.
A mushroom, eight and a quarter inches in diameter and
two feet one inch in circumference, was found in a field at
Reddish, on Tuesday evening.— Waterford Paper.
A man of Londonderry came to his death, last week, in
consequence of having taken a quantity of oxalic acid in the
place of Epsom salts.

The Lieutenant-General commanding the forces in Ire-
land has given directions that the troops, when oa march i❑
that country during the winter months, shall practise such
movements as the nature of the road will admit,
The opponents of the league have begun to fight them with
their own weapons, the distribution of tracts, beginning with
an article from the Quarterly Review on the league, which
is attributed to Air. Croker, and has excited some attention.
We understand that, in consequence of Aden having been
declared to Lid, for the purposes of commerce, a port of the
Presidency of Bombay, coals exported thither from this
country are now exempted from the payment of duty.—
Greenock Advertiser.

A sum of 4,000 f has lately been voted in the Belgian
Chamber of Representatives, for establishing a special violin
class, at the Conservatoire of Music at Brussels, in order
to retain i'l. de Beriot in the country. The sum of 12,560 f,
required for the expenses in erecting a statue to Godefroy de
Bouillon, was also granted. Count de Merode has announ-
ced his intention of presenting 3,000 f towards this work.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY.--VAUDREUIL, DEC. 22.
Some workmen, i❑ removing a Druidical stone, two metres
and a half in length, by two metres one-fifth in breadth, and
one metre one-third in thickness, discovered twenty-five or
thirty bodies lying in a circular manner, with their feet in
the centre. The bodies were separated by stones, and placed
one above the other, with a thin layer of earth between them.
There were besides several funeral urns, enclosing ashes, and
a piece of ivory representing the axe which the lictors carried
before the consuls.—La Presse.

BLUCHER. —The 100th anniversary of the birthday of
Prince Blucher was celebrated at Dusseldorf. on the 15th
instant, by a brilliant entertainment, at which not only many
comrades of the deceased veteran, but nearly all the officers
of the garrison, were present. General Count von der Gro-
ben presided on the occasion, who is represented to have de-
livered a most impressive discourse, in illustration of the
brilliant events of 1813, 1814, and 1815. In almost every
large city in Prussia the day appears to have been celebrated
in a similar manner.

MALIBRAN'S MAUSOLEUM.—A white marble statue of
Madame Malibran has just been placed in the mausoleum
which M. de Beriot had erected in the cemetery of Laecken
to the memory of the celebrated cantatrice. The monument
itself is about 10 feet long, and nearly as many wide. The
interior is circular, and is crowned with a cupola. The door
is composed of open work, which allows the statue to be seen
towards the other end. The white marble is thrown out
from a brownish ground, so that Malibran appears quitting
the tomb, and rising towards Heauen, where she is about to
be received by angels, painted on the cupola. In the centre
of the cupola a lamp is placed, which sheds a subdued light
over the whole statue. On the front of the pedestal is to be
placed a basso relievo, representing the Genius of Music be-
wailing the loss of this celebrated singer.—Examiner.
THE CHINESE TREATY.—The great seal of England was
on Saturday affixed to the treaty recently ratified between
this country and China, at the residence of the Lord Chan-
cellor, in Great George-street, Hanover-square, after which
it was transmitted to the War-office, for the purpose of being
forwarded to the " Celestial" Empire, under the care of
Major Malcolm. The seal is enclosed in a very handsome
silver box (similar to that used for the patent of His Boyal
Highness the Prince of Wales), and, together with the im-
portant document to which it is appended, is enclosed in an
elegant case covered with crimson-velvet Of the seal itself,
it is expected that no trace of the impression of Mr. Wyon's
beautiful mould will exist when the case reaches its destina-
tion, on account of the yielding nature of the materials of
which it is composed : indeed on former occasions, it has
been discovered that, during the comparitively short journey
between Scotland and London the design has been completely
obliterated.

A GUILELESS YOUNG LADY.—Miss Pecksniff took up
her station on a low stool at her father's feet. It must not
be inferred from this position of humility that the youngest
Miss Pecksniff was so young as to be, as one may say, forced
to sit upon a stool by reason of the shortness of her legs.
Miss Pecksniff sat upon a stool because of her simplicity and
innocence which were so very great—very great. Miss
Pecksniff sat upon a stool because she was all girlishness,
and playfulness, and wildness, and kittenish buoyancy. She
was the most arch, and at ie same time the most artless
creature, was the youngest Miss Pecksniff, that you can
possibly imagine. It was her great charm. She was too
fresh and guileless, and too full of childlike vivacity, was the
youngest Miss Pecksniff, to wear combs in her hair, or to
turn it up, or to frizzle it, or to braid it--she wore it in a
crop, a loosely flowing crop, which had so many rows of curls
in it that the top row was only one curl. Moderately buxom
was her shape, and quite womanly too ; but sometimes—yes,
sometimes—she even wore a pinafore ; and how charming
that was. Oh, she was indeed " a gushing thing" (as a
young gentleman had observed in verse in the poet's corner
of a provincial newspaper), was the youngest Miss Peck-
sniff.—Bon's Martin Chuzzlewit, No. 1.
SINGULAR PRESERVATION OF Two CHILDREN.—Last
Monday two little boys, Watkin, aged eight years, and
Greatbatch, aged nine, were playing near the lifting engine
of Sneyd Green colliery, when they were induced to attemtpt
the descent of an old coal-pit, close at hand, to which a wind-
lass had been applied for a temporary purpose. The young
rogues laid hold o: the rope, and a companion, a few years
older, held it between the pit's mouth and the windlass.
Their weight, and that of the rope, overpowered him, when
they were only a few yards down the pit ; and, to avoid being
himself thrown in, he was compelled to relinquish his grasp.
The rope and its burden descended the pit with fearful ra-
pidity, and even after 98 yards (the depth of the pit) had been
uncoiled from the windlass barrel, continued to run down till
at length it snapped in two, and the entire length fell into the
pit, as was supposed, still further crushing the already man-
gled bodies of the two children. The reader may judge of
the surprise of those who hastened to the spot, on hearing one
of the youngsters call out for a rope to be let down for their
deliverance. They were brought out of the pit entirely un-
hurt, with the exception of a slight abrasure of the skin of
one of them. Their preservation is the more extraordinary,
as at the bottom of the pit was a quantity of rough rock
which had fallen from the sides. The lads do not appear to
have been much alarmed during their perilous descent; one
of them said the sensation was like that of tickling all over
his body.—North Stafford Mercury.
Several absurd paragraphs having gone the round of the
papers on the subject of Sir Robert Sale's family, the follow-
ing are authentic particulars :—Sir Robert Sale is the second
son of Colonel Sale, of the Company's service, who, after
seeing much active service in the wars of Clive, &c., died as
Governor of Vellore, at a time when that place was considered
an important frontier fortress. He was well known to the
Duke of Wellington, then Colonel Wellesley. Colonel Sale
(of Vellore) Ind four sons and one daughter:—viz., George
Sale, the eldest, who was wounded as a lieutenanl in the 19th
Dragoons, at the battle of Assay e, and who latterly corn-
marded the cantonment of Poonah, and who, when Lieut.-
Colonel of the 4th Light Dragoons, and after 36 years of
cavalry service in the East Indies, retired, and died in Lon-
don three years ago ; Robert (the second son), whose ser-
vices (upwards of 48 years' full pay, also in a tropical climate)
are now before the public; Henry (the third son), who died
some years ago at Wallagabad, as Lieutenant-Colonel, and in
command of a regiment of Madras Native Infantry, after
about. 36 years' service ; Charles (the youngest and fourth
son), who. after 25 years' service in India on full pay as a
subaltern (principally of cavalry), purchased his troop, and
died as a Captain of the 4th Light Dragoons, at Kaira, in
Bombay, about 16 years ago ; and Harriet Sale, Sir Robert's
only sister, who married Major Bladen, of the 22d Dragoons,
who also died in India many years ago. Our readers will,
we think. agree with us that this is a very fair contribution to
the publio service from a single family.—United Service
Gazette.