The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

Central liflisrellanv.

A speckled diver or loon was shot on Saturday week,
on Windermere, near Fell Foot.
Some benevolent individual has contributed £3,000 to
the London Fistula Infirmary.
The shipwrights of Shields have struck in consequence
of a dispute with their employers.
In the great exhibition the Bible Society will exhibit
Bibles in 150 languages.
Six sailors were drowned off Cape Clear on the 23d ult.
by the capsizing of a boat in which they were fishing.
On Saturday last, was gathered on Heaton Common,
near Dewsbury, a splendid mushroom measuring in cir-
cumference 14 inches. _ _

The annual soiree of the Darlington Mechanics' Insti-
tute was held on Thursday week, under the presidency of
the renowned George Cruikshank.
Measures are in progress for the establishment of a
Female Penitentiary for the whole of the West-Riding of
Yorkshire.

The autograph (signature only) of Oliver Cromwell was
sold in London a few days ago for £2. Queen Elizabeth'a
signature brought £2 103.
A servant lad in the employ of Mr. Ashley, of Stam-
ford, set fire to his master's premises last week, by burn-
ing a candle from the bunch, instead of cutting the wick.
A London magistrate has decided that there is no law
to prevent persons selling oranges in the street on a
Sunday, and crying out " three a penny," provided they
cause no obstruction.

Lately, a poor woman near Sheffield, who had small
sums invested in two savings-banks having heard a re-
port, which was false, that the banks had stopped pay-
ment, hung herself, and was found dead.

On Wednesday, the boiler of the steam-boat Plover, at
Glasgow, exploded, and killed the engineer, dangerously
scalded two firemen, and slightly hurt two other men.
The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained.
A concert of vocal music was given at Ripon. a few days
since, by four blind singers, whose performances were ap-
plauded by a numerous audience, and are praised by a
local critic.
The Carnarvon Herald says that a cow belonging to
H. Coole, Esq., of Penrhyn, near St. Asaph, has been
taught, on being told to " beg pardon," to kneel down
and moan in the most piteous and contrite manner.
The Carlisle Journal relates that when a grocer, living
at Aspatria, went to feed one of his hives of bees on Wed-
nesday last, he found that a swarm of mice had occupied
the hive, and had destroyed all the bees.
While Mr. W. Green. an auctioneer, at Barnsley, was
amusing himself with pigeon shooting, on Friday week,
his gun barrel burst and shattered his hand so severely
as to render amputation necessary on the following day.

It is stated that 500 guineas have been offered for the
privilege of advertising, on , the last page of the catalogue
of the approaching Great Exhibition. '
The father of the late Marquis of Hastings had his life
insured,for £119,000, which cleared off the incumbrances
on his estate.

POTASH FARM ESTATE, NORFOLK. This property,
made so notorious by its having been owned by Rush,
has lately been purchased by Sir John Peter *Boileau,
Bart., of Ketteringharn Hall.
Several burglaries have been committed in Gloucester-
shire within the past fortnight, and generally under very
daring circumstances. In some cases the thieves have
been captured, but in others they have hitherto escaped.
The parishioners 'of Cliesterfield 'are going to found an
exhibition in connection, with Chesterfield grammar school,
as a token of their affection'and gratitude for their vicar,
the Rev. Thos. Hill.

The Patriot states that Mr. John Burnet, the Dissent-
ing Minister, sustained no injury from his recent fall
sufficient to interrupt the regular performance of his
ministerial duties.

A guard was killed on Monday, on the Whitehaven and
Furness Railway, in consequence of his head coming in
contact with the brick-work of a bridge; he being on the
top of a carriage while the train was going at full speed.
Accounts from Glasgow state that the failure of a firm
extensively engaged in the gingham manufacturing line
was announced in that city on Thursday. The liabilities
are understood to be from £15,000 to £20,000.
The preparations for printing the official catalogue for
the great exhibition, have already commenced. The
outline list of Tunisian productions, which, with some
others, have been sent to press, occupies upwards of 24
foolscap pages of the catalogue.

WHAT A STEMER DOES WHEN IT HAS NO COAL.—
The steam-frigate Queen, which made such a splendid
run from Aden with the last mail, having run out of coals,
was obliged_ to burn her launch, spars, lower deck, and
many other articles to keep her steam up !
The Londonderry steamer Thistle, which left Glasgow
on Tuesday, came into collision off Lamlash, on the
Clyde, on Tuesday night, with the brig Laurel, from
Demerara for Glasgow, which went down, and all her
crew perished, about 14 in number.
A young woman named Bickerdike, who had been on
board a vessel lying near a jetty at Selby, on Thursday
week, turned the wrong way when she came ashore,

walked off thejetty into .the water, and was drowned before
assistance could be rendered her.

The bullion in both departments of the Bank of Eng-
land has decreased from £14,430,566 to £14,347,457,
being a difference of £83,109. The paper in actual circu-
lation has increased from £20,657,072 to £20,812,657,
being a difference of £155,585.
Thomas Bates, a labourer living at St. Alban's, Herts,
has constructed a rustic 100 table, composed of 3,400
pieces of wood, exclusive of the frame. The pieces are
set, without the aid of glue or any kind of cement, so as
to form various designs.
While a man who had drawn £lO out of the savings'
bank at Edinburgh, a few days back, was counting his
notes in the Lawnmarket, a gust of wind blew them out
of his hands to a considerable height in the air;. and he
only succeeded in recovering two of them.
Nearly 200 model life-boats have been forwarded from
all parts of the country, including Ireland, to compete for
the prize of 100 guineas generously offered by Rear-Ad-
miral the Duke of Northumberland for the best model
life-boat; and an additional sum of 100 guineas for a life-
boat that should be built according to the prize model.
The bed in which a young lady named Ryall and her
nurse slept, at Louth, Lincolnshire, was set on fire, a few
nights since, by the ignition of a bag of hot bran, which
had been applied to Miss Ryall's stomach for the purpose
of relieving pain. Miss Ryall and her nurse were awa-
kened from their sleep by a sense of suffocation.
A boy, ten years old, named Hutchinson, was found
quite dead, and hanging from a beam in a shed at Beilby,
Yorkshire, on Tuesday week' and it is supposed that he
must have accidentally hung, himself, as he was in the
habit of amusing himself by swinging on a rope attached
to the beam from which he was suspended.
A fortnight ago a farmer of Widecombe, named Ham-
lyn, was taken into custody on a charge of stealing six
sheep. Hamlyn has since been committed. When his
brother-in-law, Mr. Petheridge, heard of the accusation,
he became distracted, and rushed from the house and did
not again return. On Friday last his body was found in
the Stover Canal. •
AN ENTERPRISING ELGIN LOON.—We understand
Mr. J. Grant (son of the deceased Sergeant Grant, and
apprentice to Baillie Scott, late hairdresser) has recently
been elected an alderman of San Francisco, California.
Mr. Grant has been foi some time prosecuting his busi-
ness very successfully:at New York. and was among the
first who left that city for the diggins.'--/yin Courant.

EXHIBITION OF 1851.—The standard believes it may
state with some degree of certainty that the commissioners
have resolved upon appointing the following scale, should
not unforseen circumstances arise to induce them to
modify their arrangements :—First day, one guinea ; the
next six days, 55.: and after that period, Is. No open
days whatever are to be granted.
ABOMINABLE CONDUCT.—On Friday week two men
and a boy lost their lives at Wednesbury Colliery, near
Birmingham, by the snapping of the rope by which they
were being let down into the pit. On the rope being exa-
mined, it was apparent, beyond the least doubt, that the
rope had been cut nearly through. The coal from the
pit had been sold cheaper than from other collieries.

Two years ago, some Brussels lace collars, belonging
to two ladies residing in Friargate, Derby, were laid to
dry upon a grass plot, whence they disappeared, and they
were supposed to have been stolen. Yesterday week,
however, a man employed in pruning a tree in a neighbour-
ing garden found an old bird's nest completely lined with
the lost lace.

A farthing of King Edward the First, struck at Ber-
wick-upon-Tweed, and supposed to be unique, was sold a
few days ago in London for £7 2s. 6d. The obverse
exhibits the King's head as usual, and the reverse has a
bear's head (instead of the customary pellets) in two of
the quarters of the cross—the legend being " VILLA

BARVICI."
One of the churchwardens of Wallsend, Mr. Cook,
who, with his man-servant, entered the church of that
parish under cover of the night, two or three weeks ago,
and sacrilegiously carried off the candlesticks from the
altar, and placed them in an auction-room in Newcastle
for sale, has received a letter from the Bishop of Durham
commanding him to replace them.
Distress prevails to a great extent among the working
population of Carlisle, and a public subscription has been
opened for the relief of the sufferers.' The number of un-
employed is, it is stated, 531 ; partially employed, 1300 ;
fully employed, 2 ! This is a painful picture. But it is
not the whole of the evil. Dependent upon these unem-
ployed and partially employed, there are hundreds of
women and children.

A CASE OF ELECTRO-BSOLOGY !—At the Police-court,
South Shields, a few days ago, Mr. Mackay, after several
legal manoeuvres to test the credibility of a witness, said,
" I will put a simple question to you, Madam :—Can you
tell me w hat day of the week Good Friday falls on ? Wit-
ness hesitated some time—then replied she could not.
At last it was elicited from her that it must fall some time
in the latter part of the week ; but she could not tell.
Numberless tricks are practised to reduce the ad valo-
rem import duty on foreign manufactured articles. The
value of a clock, for instance, is reduced by taking a wheel
out. A parcel of gloves, all for the right hand, is sent to
one port, and the left-hand gloves landed at another port.
If boxes are seized, nobody will buy them of the Custom-
house, for people know of these tricks, and will expect to
find the tops off.
THE SEAMEN'S STRlKE.—Captain Beechy, from the
Board of Trade, has been visiting the seamen of Shields
and Sunderland this week, explaining the provisions of
the Mercantile Marine Aot, and listening to the state-
ments of the deputations from the seamen who have
waited upon him. The seamen, as yet, adhere to their
opposition to the shipping offices and the register ticket.
At Hull. the strike still continues.
PEDESTRIANISM AT LEICESTER.—On Monday last,
Manks, the celebrated pedestrian, undertook to run ten
miles within the hour, the last half-mile in a sack. He
commenced his task about three o'clock, running in first-
rate style round the cricket-ground, at a pace which never
varied from first to last, and proved not only his speed but
his power of endurance to be unrivalled. He completed
the undertaking with three minutes to spare.
On Monday night last, Mr. Macready terminated his
farewell engagement at the Haymarket, playing, for his
last night, the character of King Lear. Every nook of
the house was crowded, and the applause was tumultuous.
Mr. Macready, when called before the curtain, only said a
few words, stated that he reseryed the full expression of
his feeling till his benefit, which is to take place on the
26th instant. The royal box was occupied by her Majesty
and Prince Albert.

A FAMILY MAN.—" There is," says the Macclesfield
Courier," at this time residing in this town an Irishman,
whose grandfather died some twelve years ago, at the age
of 99. During his life he :lad been the husband of five
women, by whom he became the father of 37 children ;
32 were sons, and of these 32 sons, 31 enlisted in the
army. The 32nd, who did not enlist, oocupies a situation
in an iron foundry in Rotherham, and is the father of a
large family. One of the daughters, aged 46, lives in
London, and is the mother of 21 children."

The Londonderry Sentinel had a special messenger
waiting at Glasgow, on Tuesday, to convey the Queen's
speech by steamer, on board of which several hundred
copies were printed. Unfortunately the steamer came
into collision with a vessel on the Clyde, or the speech
would have been in Londonderry fifteen hours after it was
delivered. The same night the Vanguard, from Glasgow
to Dublin, ran down a schooner named the Eleanor, three
of the crew of which scrambled on board the steamer;
but the schooner went down almost immediately with the
three remaining persons of the crew.
SHIPWRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—On Thurs-
day last a small coasting vessel, the William of Sydney,
belonging to Messrs. Trotter and Co. of Gloucester, was
on her voyage from that city to Chepstow, and had arrived
about half way between Sharpness Point and Beachey,
when she encountered a sudden squall which caused the
vessel to capsize, and she immediately went down in deep
water. The crew—consisting of George Goulding (master),
John Browne, and John Edwards—were all drowned ;
each man leaves a wife and family behind him. The
vessel is irrecoverable, as even at low tide she lies in
twelve feet of water.
RESCUE OF Pour MEN.—As Mr. Charles Cooke, tide-
waiter of her Majesty's Customs at Newhaven (Sussex),
was on duty on Thursday night at a quarter to eight, he
heard a cry of several persons down the river for help.
He immediately took a boat, notwithstanding the violence
of the gale, and proceeded opposite the bridge at Sleepers'-
hole, where he discavered a barge called the " Integrity,"
belonging to Messrs. Catt and Sons, sunk in the river,
and four men hanging on her by the gunwale and planks,
in a very exhausted state. In all
,probability, bad assist-
ance been delayed but a very short time longer, each of
the poor men would have found a watery grave. The
cries of the poor fellows were heard at a distance of 600
Tart% They had been half an hour in the water.

SIGNS iOle VIE TIMES.—A meeting of the united pa-
rishes,of ,Great and Little Everden was held on W:ednes-
day, to ttike into, consideration the necessity of- reducing
the wages of the tradesmen of the above parishes, when it,
was proppsed to reduce the _carpenters to 2s. per day in
stead of 2s. 6d., and the blacksmiths, to 4d. per shoe in-
stead 0f16d., as heretofore. But this not meeting the
views of the worthy son of Vulcan, the matter was finally
settled by his agreeing 'to shoe all the horses sent to him
at 10s. per head per annum. These steps have been taken
by the farmers from sheer necessity, arising from the
fatal andldisastrous effects of recent legislation, the evils
of which] if not speedily arrested, will most assuredly be
still more deeply felt.—Cambridge Chronicle.
MUNIFICENT OFFERS.—It being found necessary to
found a new hospital at Bristol, Mr. Joseph Eaton, an
influential member of the Society of Friends, has offered,
as soon as £lO,OOO has been subscribed for that purpose,
to give himself £5,000. A meeting on the subject has
been held at the Guildhall, the Mayor, J. K. Haberfield,
Esq., in the chair, and a subscription set on foot. Mr.
George Thomas, another member of the Friends' Society,
has given a £l,OOO, and handed in a similar sum from two
anonymous contributors, and it is thought a very short
time will suffice to raise the sum named. It was stated
at the meeting that a gentleman, who did not wish his
name to be known, had given an endowment of £5O a
year, and had promised if any one of the districts into
which the city is to be divided, succeeds in raising
£2,000, to add another £l.OOO to it.
MURDER.—About two o'clock on Sunday morning, a
very deliberate murder was committed in the small town
of Worksop. A stonemason named Jonathan Brett had
been qaarrelling with a man of bad character called
Edward Jeffries, and had turned him out of his house.
This was before , one o'clock, and Jeffries was shortly
afterwards met in the street, endeavouring to procure a
" mate" to join him in an attack upon Brett. About two
o'clock, Brett, who was in bed, was called by some one
out of doors. On putting forth his head, a gun was
instantly discharged at him, the contents of which lodged
in his forehead. He lingered in great pain until Tuesday
night, when death ensued, but not until he had frequently
said, in the hearing of his wife and the officers, that
Jeffries had shot him. Many other corroborative facts
were deposed to against Jeffries, and he has been com-
mitted for trial on a charge of wilful murder.
A court-martial has been held at Plymouth on Lieut.
Hutchinson, of the Royal Marines, for publicly kicking
and abusing his superior officer, Capt. Brittain. The
affair arose at the Royal Western Yacht Club Grand.
Fancy Ball. Both parties were friends of very old stand-
ing ; and on the night of the ball, in consequence of some
conversation that the prisoner had with some other friends,
he, "out of a lark," called the prosecutor to him, and
said, " Here, here's that wife of yours flirting away with
Pakenham." In the excitement of the moment, Captain
Brittain replied, " It is like your impertinence, and it is a
—lie." The prisoner, in a threatening manner, re-
quested the prosecutor to leave the room, which he did,
and on his descending the stairs, whilst prosecutor's back
was against him, the prisoner kicked him, exclaiming
with an oath, " Take that," adding something which was
inaudible to Captain Brittain. The decision has not yet
been made known.

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THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—CoIoneI Sibthorpe, in the
House of Commons, on Tuesday last, spoke as follows :
"'That' fraud upon the public called a " Glass House—
the " Crystal Palace"—that accursed building, erected to
encourage the foreigner at the expense of the already
grievously distressed English artizan. Would to God—he
had often wished it—that a heavy hail storm or a visita-
tion of lightning would put a stop to the further progress
of that work ! Their property, their wives and families
would be at the mercy of pickpockets and whoremongers
from every part of the earth. Oh, it would be a beautiful
sight F There was a charming building, and there would
be the most entertaining recreation provided. This was
another specimen of the encouragement of free trade.
How much money had already been fooled away upon this
experiment he did not know ; but he apprehended that his
right hon. relation the Chancellor of the Exchequer did
not feel very comfortable upon the subject at present.
HEAVY FLOODS IN SOUTH WALES.—The long con-
tinuance of wet weather, joined with the late very heavy
rains, has had the effect of completely flooding the low-
lands in the Aberdare Valley. The river Cynon spread
over its banks, and completely inundated the country to
such an extent that it was feared, at one time, that the
traffic on the line of railway would be interrupted, and
damage to the line itself ensue. Fortunately however, no
injury was sustained. In tie neighbourhood of Dowlais
there has been an immense fall of rain, which, with the
torrents from the mountains, has completely flooded the
country, rendering the roads perfectly impassable. The
river Towy, in Carmarthenshire, has covered the land to
a great extent. The town and neighbourhood of Cardigan
have been visited by terrific falls of rain, accompanied
with thunder and lightning, which have laid under water
the lower parts of the town, floating chairs, tables, beds,.
&c. in the houses ; the torrents carrying everything before
them. Much damage has, in consequence, been sustained
in various parts.

A JEREMY DIDDLER.—Many of our readers will re-
member that, some time since, at Wray, in this county,
Miss Sellars, daughter of an innkeeper, was left in the
lurch, on the morning fixed for her marriage, by the non-
appearance of the bridegroom. The affair was duly chro-
nicled at the time ; the bride and her sisters, delicately
attired, sat at a sumptuous wedding breakfast ; the bells
were rung ; the horses harnessed to the coaches, but the
bridegroom, who called himself Edward Henry Jackson,
and pretended to have wealthy relations, failed to appear,
and the day passed aver without any tidings of him, nor
did he again visit the locality. The young lady was
greatly commiserated, and extreme indignation was ex-
pressed against the dastard bridegroom. We recollect to
have declared our opinion, that, so far from grieving over
the loss of such a person, Miss Sellars ought to be
exceedingly gratified at her escape. The escape turns out
to be more fortunate than was imagined. Recently, a
needy fellow, who has been swindling at Lincoln, under
the name of Johnson, who paid his addresses to a young
lady, and at length ran off with a valuable silk cloak which
was ordered for her, has been identified as the Mr. Edward
Henry Jackson, who formerly, under false pretences, made
love to, and was accepted, by Miss Sellars. He has several
aliases, and has been doing a very industrious business all
over the country. A long list of his frauds appear in the
Hue and Cry of the 29th ult.
ROMANTIC MARRlAGE.—Considerable excitement was
occasioned in Rannock last week by the sudden disappear-
ance of Eliza —, a servant at Kinlock Ran nock ; and
rumour, with its hundred tongues, was busy endeavouring
in vain to solve the mystery of her whereabouts. All that
was really known about the missing damsel was, that a
female had called at her master's door on Thursday even-
ing and desired to speak to Eliza ; shortly after which the
latter, haying gone to an outhouse to milk some cows,
was nowhere to be found, while the milk-pail was found
on the door. Eliza was a buxom lass, between thirty and
forty, and was known to possess some money, the results
of her own earnings. Now, at Drumcoy, a small village
romantically situated in Glenorchy, and about eight miles
from Kiloch, lived a widower, named J. R—, a wight,
who, having lost his helpmate a few months back, had
recently announced to his acquaintances his intention of
becoming again a candidate for matrimonial bliss. But
as seventy winters had rolled over the head of our gallant
hero, this announcement was listened to by his incredulous
neighbours with derisive laughter. Somewhat nettled at
their want of faith, John declared that he would get one
of the finest lasses in the country, nay, that he had actu-
ally a fair one lodged in the glen, that their nuptials would
be celebrated in a few days, and he defied any one to take
her from him. The mysterious disappearance of Eliza,
taken in connection with John's significant words, began
to be regarded as a suspicious coincidence ; and some of
the neighbouring youths really endeavoured to discover
where the fair one was ensconced,: but in vain. At length
the mystery was solved, to the astonishment of all unbe-
lievers, by the " proclamation" of the couple at the parish
church the other Sunday. It turned out that John, having
employed as blackfoot a young man dressed in female
attire, cleverly conveyed his fair Eliza to a shepherd's
boothy in the glen, a place inaccessible to all intruders,
and where a dog was kept, who, if any pursuers dared to
break upon their solitude, would give timeous and effectual
warning. The marriage ceremony of the happy couple
came off on Monday, last week, with the pomp of pibroch
and the usual accompaniments of a Highland wedding.—
Perthshire Advertiser.
TRIAL OF THE SLOANES.—At the Central Criminal
Court, on Wednesday, the first case tried was that of
George Sloane and Theresa his wife. The public interest
had been so strongly excited by the details of the evi-
dence upon which the charge against them was founded
that the court was shortly after nine o'clock thronged
with spectators. When the prisoners appeared in the
dock they seemed much affected by the position in which
they stood. Sloane came first with a hurried agitated
step, and, having stood for a moment and looked around
him, stooped forward over the front as if to ascertain
whether his solicitor was at band. His wife followed him,
her head enveloped in a thick black veil, holding to her
face a white handkerchief, and evidently in a state of
great mental excitement. She could, hardly walk, and
after leaning against the dock for some time was accom-
modated with a seat. When asked to plead she partly
raised her veil and looked forward, but with that excep-
tion remained covered, and did not once raise her head.
She appears to be a sallow-complexioned, plain looking
little woman—from 30 to 40 years of age, with nothing
either strikingly prepossessing or repulsive in her ex-
pression. Sloane himself is tall, and like a gentleman in
dress and manner. His features are regular, his hair and
complexion dark, his cheeks sunken, and the face gener-
ally rather careworn in character. He wears spectacles,
and appears to be from 36 to 38 years of age. He turned
several times to his wife as if for the purpose of en-
couraging her, and it appeared to be at his request that
a chair was brought to her. When asked to plead to the
indictment he did so without hesitation, but in a tone
which betrayed the full consciousness of his degraded
position. He then leant forward. and appeared to tell
his wife what to say—for in a broken voice she immedi-
ately repeated the words which he had used, `•Not
Guilty as to the first two counts, but guilty as to the
rest.' The two former counts were for cruelty, and the
nthdeer girly (being sixteen) could
e .'' The prisoners
.years.'.' latter for having starved, the girl. The Court was of
'
opinion that the indictment could not be sustained as
wregardedere scarcelyb
sentenced t .the
ee starving,
called
to
twofoyears foray,e
a imprisonment. The
tender
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prose-
cutor now looks healthy and strong.
AN ASTOUNDING CURE OF THIRTY-FIVE WOUNDS BY
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Extract of a letter
from Mr. Jeremiah Reed, of Molong, near ney, dated
25th September, 1848 :---" To Prof olloway. Sir,—
I owe a debt of gratitude to for almost miraculous
cure by the use of your went and Pills, after seven
years intense sufferi caused by exposure to wet and
cold. When I c encecl using your remedies, I had
already expen upwards of X2OO in other medicines and
advice, will t any benefit, and had thirty-Ave ulcers on
vario s sof my body, and pains all over me; but
your intment and Pills' have pm' 'c, and I aul now
enjoying excellent health."

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HAWIttNG-IN SUPPOLK.—Mr. RIM the =SCOtCh-fals-
coner, for the last week has been residing at Mr. Carew's
(16th Lancers), Carlton Hall, Thursday week was the
day appolnted to view this ancient sport, on the manor of
Leiston-4a spot well adapted for the oocasion, though,
perhaps, ;somewhat too wooded for real good hawking.
The day vas cloudy in the morning, but turned out most
propitiouS : and the view of the sea from Leiston Downs
gave a delightful finish to the scene. The sport cow..
menced by a flight after a French partridge, the hawk
singling out its prey and darting after it with
.great rapi-
dity, the bird, after a short chase, barely escaping by tak-
ing refuge in a hedge. After this, as the ground was
adapted for the many ladies to see the sport, pigeons were
let loose, when several were killed after exciting chases.
In the latter part of the day the birds behaved admirably,
showing great care and skill Mr. Barr had bestowed
upon them. A pheasant also was given chase to by two
falcons, end after a long flight was struck to the ground
and pounced on by these birds. Mr.. Barr afterwards pro-
ceeded to Leiston with his hawks.
ADULTERATING Foon.—The Lancet is following up
the service it rendered to the public in exposing the retail
practices with regard to coffee by a series of similar papers
in relation to other articles of food. In a microscopical
analysis of 50 samples of arrowroot, purchased indiscri-
minately of various London tradesmen, 22 were found to
be adulterated. In 16 cases this adulteration consisted in
the addition of a single inferior product much cheaper in
price, such as potato flour, sago meal, or tapioca starch,
while in other instances there was a combination
of these articles, potato flour being usually preponderant.
Ten of the mixtures contained scarcely a particle of the
genuine iMaranta or West Indian arrowroot, for which
they were sold. One consisted Almost wholly of sago
meal; two of potato flour and sago meal ; two of potato
flour, sago meal, and tapioca starch ; one of tapioca
starch; and four of potato arrowroot or starch entirely:
The worst specimens were those which were done up in
canisters, especially marked as " genuine West India
arrowroot," or as being " warranted free 'from adultera-
tion ;" and one, which contained a considerable quantity
of potato flour, was particularly recommended to invalids,
and certified as the finest quality ever imported into this
country. In cases of this sort the Lancet very properly
gives the address of the shop where the purchase was made.
CHILD STEALING BY A. FOREIGN COUNT.—About
three weeks agd, a noble lady, a native of, and residing in,
France, lost her child, a remarkably handsome girl, about
five years and a half old, and heiress to a large fortune,
under circumstances which left no doubt on her mind that
Count --, a German, had got the child in his possession
and had departed with her for London. In a state of
great distraction, the mother made the matter known to
the prefect of police, through whose instrumentality the
particulars, with a description of the parties, were trans-
mitted to the authorities in London, who directed Inspec-
tor Field,, of the " detectives," to endeavour to trace out
the count, and after about ten days indefatigable exertion,
that diligent officer succeeded in ascertaining that the
count was living, with the girl still in his possession, in a
street near the Strand, and that the sum of 30,000 francs
was demanded for the restoration of the child. Mr. Field,
was not disposed to listen to any proposal of this kind,
and adopted a plan to get possession of the child, It was
arranged that he, in an assumed name, should have an-
interview with the count in reference to a bill of exchange-
at an attorney's office, and both parties kept the appoint-
ment. The inspector at once disclosed who he was, and
that his real object in obtaining the interview was to ob-
tain possession of the child, and within an hour after-
wards she was in his care, the count having at once volun-
teered to deliver her up rather than compromise his
friends with whom he was living. Mr. Field subsequently
received instructions to proceed to France and deliver up
the child to the authorities, with which instructions he
complied.
A CAPITAL RUN WITH SIR:, W. W WYNN'S HOUNDS.
—The hounds of the worthy baronet of Wynnstay, met
on Tuesday, the 28th ult., at lscoyd Park ; they then
went to Black Park, near Whitchurch, Salop, to draw a
covert on Lord Alford's property, which has never been
drawn by any hounds blank. They then proceeded to a
rough ozier bed, by the side of. Osmere, where a gallant
fox was soon found, and had great difficulty in threading
his way through the numerous norsernen, who completely
surrounded the covert. His first point seemed Marbury,
but, being headed in a lane, he turned hick again to Os-
mere. and then through the Black Park at a great pace to
the plantations skirting Combermere Park, by the Home
Farm, where he was headed again, and made for Bunley
Dam ; headed a third time, and went for Court's. Gorse,
which he left on his left, and made for the Walk Milt
House, Covert, which, however, he disdained, and made
his way for Hankelow, and went like a pigeon to the canal,
where he was again headed, and then ran along the bank
for nearly a,mile. The pace was terrific, so much so,
that the hounds raced ' • he then crossed the canal and
made for his old point (Hankelow), which he reached, but
did not stay ; he then went as straight as a line for Dod-
dington Park, the seat of Sir, H. Brougham, but was run
into in the middle of a great field about a mile and a half
from the park fence, after one of the fastest runs ever
witnessed in this county, of one hour and ten minutes,
with only one slight check, the distance, from point to
point, being at least thirteen miles; and, to the credit of
`Mr. Walker be it said, every hound was up at the end
except one, which was hung, in the palings in Comber-
mere Park.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINART.—The very extensive
family of " monthly nurses," bid fair to require another
".Samuel Warren" for the exemplification of their expe-
riences. It appears that an organised gang, or fraternity
of elderly ladies, mothers probably, of latent Jack
Sheppards and others of the Newgate school, are now
most extensively alert throughout the metropolis. The
adopted system, as stated at the Clerkenwell Police-court,
appears to be among this class of " Corinian" swindlers,
first to possess themselves of the Medical Guide, and from
thence the gradations are easy. A very demure lady
waits upon the bona fide monthly nurse, very plausibly
stating the name of a medical gentleman of eminence, or
forwarding the surreptitiously-obtained card of address.
The assumed housekeeper to the " mysterious lady"
states she wished for her attendance, if disengaged, upon
her mistress, the poor lady being in an interesting situa-
tion. Dinner, tea, and the usual quantity of gossip, of
course, follow. The soi-disant housekeeper suddenly
finds, that in changing her dress, in the hurry of coming
out, that she has forgotten her purse, borrows a trifle of
silver, hopes to see the nurse on the morrow, and, adjust-
ing her bonnet, decamps with the most sisterly affection,
taking with her any trifling article that may not happen
to be out of the reach of observance. The system of
" mouthing" at coffee-houses and dining-rooms, by
" Dando,' was bad enough,. but this is much worse.
During the past week, an industrious woman, residing in
Mint-street, and well known to Mr. John Day, the
vestry-clerk of St. George's, Southwark, was swindled in
this manner. Another case occurred in James-street,
Bedford-square, and a third to a highly respectable
monthly nurse of the name of Vale, residing in St.
Andrew's, Holborn.
EXPULSION OF A MINISTER IN FULL CANONICALS.—•
hßea claimsnk sStan-
hope On Sunday week the village of Revesby, Lincolnshire,
was thrown into commotion by the forcible expulsion of
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and Mr.
church as his own private chapel, and asserts that the
parishioners are admitted only by his permission, and that
the curate is merely his chaplain. The Rev. A. Veitch
was appointed (16 or 17' years ago) to the curacy. In con-
sequence of a misunderstanding between Mr. Stanhope
and Mr. Veitch, the former, some time ago, gave notice to
the latter that he should appoint another gentleman in his
place. Mr. Veitch disputed the right to do so, and kept
on his ministrations ; but last week a new curate (Rev.
C. Bowan) was introduced, and on Saturday week, in
order that he should get possession of the church on Sun-
day, a guard was placed around the edifice, and all in-
truders were kept at a distance. On Sunday morning,
some time before the service hour, Mr. Veitch presented
himself at the doors, but was refused admittance. He
waited till the bells rang for the service, when he entered
with the congregation, (he being dressed in fullcanonicals,)
and proceeded towards the reading-desk. That and the
pulpit were guarded, as was also the communion-table.
Mr. Veitch then took his place on the steps of the 'table,
and when the bells had ceased ringing he commenced the
service. At the same time Mr. Bowan began to read the
service from the reading-desk, and each was reading at the
same time. One of the churchwardens approached Mr.
Veitch, and told him to desist, but he continued the
service, upon which the churchwarden told him that, if
lie proceeded to disturb the congregation, he should
remove him by force. Mr. Veitch still continued his
reading, whereupon he was pushed off the stepsand forced
along the aisle to the church doors, he continuing to read
the service until he was ejected from the edifice. This
odis-
graceful scene, as may be supposed, caused the utmost
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THE OLDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.—We have
recently (says the Gateshead Observer) received a lock of
lady's hair. Gentle reader, do not smile tco soon. For-
merly it was raven black ; it is now snow white—bleached
by one hundred and nineteen winters. Mary Benton,
from whose tresses it was shorn, was born at Keverston,
near Raby Castle, in the county of Durham, on the 12th
of February, 1731 • and on the 3d of December, 1849, she
sent her old friend, Mr. Hinchliffe, the respected parish
clerk of Cockfield, where she was christened, a lock of
her lily hair, in tender acknowledgement of her continued
remembrance and regard. Mr. Hinchliffe, on presenting
a portion of the keepsake to a friend, raised himself up to
his full height and said " She is as fresh as I an] (his own
age is 72)—walks right up an end—feeds her hens and
chickens—wears no spectacles—can hear well—and was
helping at haymaking at Elton in 1848." He might have
added, " and gleaning in the autumn of the following
year," What follows we derive from the information of
a lady who lately visited Mary Benton, and found her en-
gaged in washing her clothes. Her father's name was
Ralph Lodge, who lived to the venerable age of 105, and
her mother died an " old woman." Mary began life as
a shepherdess, " tending her fatheeti flock:" She after-
wards became " the maid of the inn" kept by her grand-
mother at:Piersbridge, where she well remembers soldiers
being quartered in the rebellion of '45. She afterwards
lived in service at various places ; among the' rest, Rehr
Castle, to which the noble owner, the Duke of Cleveland,
invited her—an honour she prudently declined. The
Duke of Northumberland has also been to see her. When
young she bad " lovers plenty," and " took the worst at
last ! • "as," said she to our informant, ".sometimes
happens." •On being asked if she enjoyed unvarying
health, she replied, • ,never had the doctor but once,
and was so frightened that' I swooned away when be
came into the room. Amusing enough, to bear of the
nerves that had stood the rebels giving way before the
doctOr ! in the course of last year Mr. Bewick painted
striking likeness of the venerable matriarch—if we may use
such' a word—who at present resides with her grandson at
Elton. Shquld she live to be incladed in the approadling
census, and be entered as 120 years of age, she will doubt!..
less be the oldsat person in that record, if she be not, es
we have awned, the oldest womati iu the world.