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a nobleman, and reserved, perhaps, a handsome
:e, either to retire upon or recommence upon a

How INSOLVENCY IS MANAGED.—It iS true, that these
nost invariably stop, not once or twice, but several
and it is also a fact, that they generally terminate in
ion and beggary. But to the uninitiated it is surpris-
they can, time after time, resume a station in society.
sby no means a very difficult matter. Upon the
?page, a composition is generally attempted. A deed,
by which a dividend is offered, is carried about by a solicitor,
li the threat of " this or none : if the dividend be not
epted, all will be swallowed up in law." And so, by
ret payments in full to a few refractory creditors, he
_ s through. By some contrivance or other he
nerally finds his way into his old works, and begins anew,
th the advantage of having his works already erected
thout expense. The same reckless course, in a few years,
generally brings on the same result: a composition is often
tried again. Some other person, in as showy a way of busi-
ness as the unfortunate, comes forward and undertakes to
guarantee the payment of the new dividend, and to give bills
stant dates. And there is not unfrequently held
additional inducement—that unless the creditor
) the arrangement, and takes the dividend, there
kruptcy, in which case probably all the old debts
' in upon the present assets, and consequently
pound.

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ADULT

.x.—This is an universal complaint, and it
e to England. There is scarcely an article sold
)t adulterated, with the exception of the raw produce
' ; nor is that always free : bread, milk, tea, coffee,
medicine, silks, cotton, clothing of every kind, hard-
's—eve. 'ng, in short, is adulterated; not only
ign, but for the home market also. If ever there
terous generation, this is one. Some years ago
published a work called " There is Death upon
which he exhibits the analysis of every article
-by no means to the satisfaction, but to
every reader—that there is no article of food
iot adulterated with some deleterious mixture. In
its results have been fearful ; and we believe, in
inces, verdicts of manslaughter, at least, ought to
-eturned against the venders of drugs, who have
cheap, though harmless, for more expensive arti.
reported that the deaths of nearly half a ship's
'-- laid at the door of such a person, who, in

ils—everyth

proves—

sumed to save a few
substitution of sulphate of barytes for calomel.*
at trader to meet this ? His customers
that they can get the same goods cheaper elsewhere.
He cannot analyze them, to show the adulteration ; and he

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(stances, he must either lobe 1

dopt the same practices. To take an example
has brought the prices of soft sugars down s
he fair retailer can make upo!

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To those readers who are interested in the condition and
prospects of our Eastern possessions, the Asiatic Journal
presents an invaluable mass of information ; and the number
before us is certainly not inferior to any of its predecessors.
In particular, its " Review of Eastern News " is an ably-
digested document, conveying in a succinct and intelligible
form the subst ince of the occurrences in India and China
up to ti e =iv it of the last mail ; and had we not already
given to our readers at sufficient length the same intelligence,
we should be glad to avail ourselves of this article entire.
The light articles are very pleasingly written, and convey in
a very attractive form admirable pictures of the state of Bri-
tish society in the East. The •` Memoirs of a Griffin " es-
pecially are equal to the best of our magazine literature.
The political articles are also ably written, and by all who
take an interest in colonial affairs ought to be attentively
perused.

Remarks on Mr. M' Cußock's " Statement" illustrative of
a Fixed Duty on Foreign Corn. By James Carmichael.
W. Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh. 1842.
The author of the pamphlet before us is a practical man
and a farmer ; and, although a little ultra in his notions of
the amount of protection required by the agricultural inte-
rest, his opinions, and the facts and reasonings by which he
supports them, are well worthy of consideration ; whilst his
mode of dealing with his subject presents a contrast with the
unreasoning, declaiming, dogmatising flippancy resorted to
by the opponents of native agriculture, which is highly com-
plimentary to the class to which he belongs. If the claims
put forward on a recent occasion by the Lincolnshire far-
mers, and supposed to be to some extent embodied in the
proposed motion of Mr. Christopher, may be considered as
those of the agricultural body in England, those put forward
in this pamphlet by Mr. Carmichael may be taken to be the
claims of the agriculturists north of the Tweed ; and on that
ground alone, if they possessed no other merit, which in fact
they do, are entitled to a share of public consideration at
this important crisis.

The protection which Mr. Carmichael appears to think
should be accorded to the British agriculturist commences
at 21s. when the average price in the market is 605., and is
decreased by a scale sliding progressively, until, at 735. and
above, the duty is reduced to ls. With a view to prove that
the home grower is entitled to this or something like this
protection, and at all events that a fixed duty of either ss.
or Bs. is at once ruinous to the farmer and unjust, he has
collected a quantity of valuable statistical data, which are well
worthy of being maturely weighed. We need scarcely state,
that our own opinions upon the question under consideration
are favourable to a lower protection than is contended for by
the pamphleteer. We think that he has underrated, on the
one hand, the increasing Productive power of British agri-
culture, and overrated, on the other hand, the ability of the
foreign grower to supply this country permanently with any
large quantity of grain at the low rates which he quotes as
those of past years. Yet still a fund of useful information,
combined with sound practical views, is embodied in his re-
marks ; and we can, therefore, with confidence recommend
the pamphlet before us to the notice of our readers.

The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland illustrated. Lon-

don : published by G. Virtue

The Ninth Part of this truly beautiful work is now pub-
lished, illustrative of some of the finest scenery and anti-
quities of the far-famed Killarney and Kilkenny. The en-
gravings (we may remind the reader) are from drawings
made expressly for the work, by W. H. Bartlett, and en-
graved by several of the most distiqguished artists of the
day—Wallis, Cousin, Willmore, Brandard, Adlard, and

others. The subjects are not only judiciously chosen, but
in point of drawing and execution, are of the first order as

works of art, each,,engraving being, in truth, a perfect gem.
Two of them in the present number, in particular, may
challenge competition with the finest productions in line en-
gravings of the age, rich and prolific as it has of late years
been in pictorial representations. " The Meeting of the
Waters," in the Vale of Avoca, by Bentley, and " The Old
Weir Bridge—" Killarney," by Richardson, are embodi-
ments of all that is delightful, varied, and romantic, in
landscape scenery ; justify all that has been said or sung in
their behalf by the bard and the historian, and cannot be

gazed upon without conjuring up the most gratifying associa-
tions, and rousing an aspiration to behold those realities of
which they present a semblance so faithful and attractive.
" The Cathedral of St. Canice," (by Carter) a splendid and
picturesque pile, on a hill crowned with noble trees ; and
" The Interior of Cashel Abbey," by Roberts, are also ad-
mirable and interesting architectural pictures. The literary
department, in which brevity is the great desideratum—the
work being more of an illustrative than a minutely descrip-

Live character—is select in matter and masterly in manner,
and the legendary, and descriptive, and antiquarian lore with
which it abounds, will be perused with both pleasure and
profitby those whose avocations deny them sufficient leisure
to avail themselves of a more detailed account of the won-
ders, beauties,
sublimities, ancient history, and character-
istics of the " sister isle."

England in the Nineteenth Century. London

How and

'arsons.
11. of Lancashire, and part 11. of Cornwall are now
.olished. The former contains descriptions of the " lions"
of Manchester, with a further history of the cotton manufac-
-c, illustrated by wood-cuts of public buildings and coun-
-csidenccs in this county, and of various portions of the
complicated machinery used in the fabric of our staple ar-
ticle. The descriptive portion of the work is evidently from
the pen of a gentleman well versed in the several branches of

he trade, from the spinning of the raw material, to the final

operations of bleaching, printing, and packing the cloth.
The number is also embellished by a view of Liverpool from
an engraving on steel; but the point from which it is taken
(Toxteth-park) is by no means well chosen. The only points
from which Liverpool—her tine, docks, her commercial
buildings, her spires, towers, and domes—can he seen to ad-
vantage, must either be in some part of the Mersey, or of the

No. 35 of this truly valuable work has appeared, containing
the county of Clackmannan complete, conclusions of the ac-
counts of Renfrew and Orkney, and a fine map of the He-
brides or Western Isles. This number (like those that have
preceded) is replete with useful and interesting information,
drawn up by gentlemen long resident in the several localities
of which they treat, and whose high scholastic attainments,
and, we must add, unwearied research, enable them not only
to supply, with accuracy, every statistical fact connected
with the geology, the soil, the antiquities, the landed proprie-
tors and inhabitants, and their pursuits and resources in hus-
bandry, fishing, manufactures, &c., but to enliven their nar-
ratives by many interesting historical details of bygone days,
feuds and forays, in which the reader will find amusement
blended with information. The present number, amongst
other pleasing passages, contains an animated account of the
village of Langside, in Renfrewshire, " rendered ever memo-
rable in Scottish history by the fatal day when the lovely,
but ill-ctarrod Marv, appuarea for the Lief times as a ritvaan
and a free woman," with a description of the field in which,
in 1568, the eventful battle was fought, " fraught with so
many real blessings to Scotland, yet even now contemplated
with mixed feelings of pleasure and of pain by every heal-
hearted Scotsman." The work is one, indeed, which should
be in the libraries of all who desire to possess themselves of
sound and practical information on the interesting, and ra-
pidly progressing, northern portion of the British empire,
emphatically denominated by the departed minstrel—

" Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,
Land of the mountain and the flood."

RECENT SCANDAL CASE IN PARIS

(From the Globe.)

The recent occurrence at the Hotel Bedford, Paris, in
which the sanctity of the bed-chamber of a young English
lady of family and fortune was violated under circumstances
so aggravated as to be almost without a parallel, has created
the most extraordinary sensation among the families of the
nobility and gentry of Devonshire, to many of whom she is

personally known.
It would appear from the facts contained in the following
"plain unvarnished" statement, which comes from one of the
Farties interested in the matter, that the scheme of obtaining
possession of this lady's person and fortune had for some time
past been in contemplation by the adventurer C., and that
he had deliberately laid his plans for accomplishing the ob-
ject which was so signally frustrated by the heroic conduct
and resolute firmness of the lady and her maid.
The heroine of this extraordinary romance of real life is
Miss 8., the heiress to extensive property, and a member of
one of the oldest and most weal!ii y families in the county of
Devon. in the autumn of last year she met Mr. and Mrs.
D., at Highfield-house, Devonshire, who, after this meeting,
paid great attention to_her, frequently calling upon her at
her residence in C-n-terrace, Exeter, and expressing the
most friendly sympathy with regard to her health, which was
at the time in a delicate state, in consequence of the recent
loss of two members of her family. They expressed them-
selves extremely anxious that she should take a trip with
them, urging that, as her spirits were depressed, it would do
her good. They on one occasion brought C. with them, and,
as it is alleged, introduced him to Miss B. as a man of for-
tune ; and a person named H. was also introduced us an old
friend of theirs.

Mrs. D. entreated Miss B. to go to London for the benefit
of her health. She subsequently did come down, and was in-
troduced to Lord and Lady W. P. Mr. and Mrs. D. several
times proposed a trip to Paris, which Miss B. at length as-
sented to, on condition that Lord and Lady W. P. should
acoompany them.
On the 15th of January the party left London for Paris,
consisting of Miss 8., Mr. and Mrs. D., Mr. C., Mr. H.,
Miss H. and Miss S. (daughter of Mrs. H. by a former mar-
riage.) On their arrival at Paris they took up their abode at
the Hotel Bedford, the scene of the late scandalous proceed-
ing, where they lived in great style, with four carriages, and
a retinue of servants, Lord and Lady W. P., with their three
sons, having joined them in the French capital. It had been
arranged that C. should be caterer, and have the ordering
and directing of matters and the payment of the accounts,
the others repaying him their respective shares. In this way
matters went on until Friday, the 28th of January, on the
evening of which day Mr. C. treated the servants of Miss D.
(namely—Charlotte, her maid, Chapman, her butler, and a
French servant named Francois) to the Opera, having ob-
tained at his own request, as a particular favour, Miss B.'s
permission to do so. He also, it appears, made arrangements
that after the performances they should go to a restaurant
and have .supper, instead of coming directly home to the
hotel. Chapman, however, a prudent young man, said to
the maid at the conclusion of the Opera, " Charlotte, I think
you had better return to your mistress ;" and she went home
to the hotel accordingly. About half-past twelve Miss B.
went to her chamber, accompanied by her maid, but did not
retire to her chamber until much later, the maid having sat
for some time at work, and Miss B. sitting up writing letters
until about half-past two. The maid always slept in the
same room with her mistress ; and on the night in question
slept in the same bed, in consequence of Miss B. having sat
up until her feet were cold. Shortly after they were in bed
Miss B. thought she heard a noise, and told her maid Char-
lotte to look and see what it was. She replied that she could
not see anything, and supposed that it was the noise of a piece
of wood falling into the grate ; for there was a light in the
room and a fire burning. Neither of them had been asleep.
Shortly afterwards Miss B. heard a noise a second time,
and on looking up, exclaimed in much alarm, " Good God !
Charlotte, there's a man in the room." Charlotte seeing at
once who it was, called out, " Mr. C., what do you do
here ?" He replied,: " Hold your tongue, no one will hear
you or come to your assistance, whatever noise you may
make." Upon this Miss 8., in a tone of extreme indigna-
tion said, " Where am I, that I am to be thus treated ?"
Both Miss B. and her maid, with great courage and pre-
sence of mind, flew to the bell and rang it, but C. immedi-
ately broke down the rope, and said, " I only wish to speak
to you, Miss B." She replied, " You can have nothing to
say to me here in such a place, and at such an hour ; you
must be a villain thus to enter a gentlewoman's chamber,
and I command you instantly to leave my presence." He
coolly added, " I will not leave, neither shall you ;" and
Miss B. said, " Then I'll throw myself out at the window,
for I will not remain in the same room with such a wretch as
you !" At this moment the maid broke a pane of glass in
the window, and both screamed " Murder !" which alarmed
the house. Upon some persons calling from the outside to
know what was the matter, he told them " that the servant
had invited him into her room, and now wanted to get rid of
him." While he was speaking to them the maid got the door
open, and Miss B. made her escape from the room, although
C. struggled with the maid and attempted again to bolt it.
Miss B. states that in her flight some person attempted to
turn her back, but she cried out, " For God's sake save me !"
and the rest of the house being now aroused, she was allowed
to pass on. Miss B. states that Mr. D., on hearing what had
occurred, said to her " The scoundrel—the vagabond) I'll
act as your brother in the morning, and shoot him like a
sparrow!" In the morning both ladies and gentlemen
requested her to grant Mr. C. an interview, saying that he
was willing to fall
see iuleron his
She resolutely and pointedly replied that she would never again
him unless it We
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adding that the man must be a villain who would endeavour

They met, however, to consider upon some communica-
tions received from their own agents in Liverpool, respecting
the introduction into that port of foreign butter, having the
brand " Cork," meaning Cork fashion ; as the word " Ber-
wick" is here used on Pork made up in a peculiar manner to
suit the London market ; but with far less chance of deceiving
the buyer, inasmuch as the butter is entered and sold in bond,
and could not possibly be mistaken for home produce by any
one whose skull was not as. thick as the heads or the hoops
now used by those who are adepts in trimming their firkins—.
and
.all other kinds of trimming.
Slso.ll I speak of the custom of branding " Prime Mess"
on measly pork and inferior beef shipped under a fictitious
name ? or of but let the rest pass. I would not draw a
precedent from the more notorious frauds, (the word is their
own) practised by those very men who stand forward, with
shameless effrontery, to discountenance even the semblance
of wrong, forgetting that at this moment Cork butter will
not be bought in Jamaica until the firkins are stripped.
But how did those honourable men act towards us? Did
they call upon me, as one of the firm of Casey Brothers, to
inquire into the circumstances. or invite me to that board of
which I was so recently a member, w afford me an opportu-
nity of explanation, and of removing their feigned appre-
hensions? No—they chose, first covertly, and afterwards
more openly, hut not less as:iduously, to fix their slander—
but they were interested parties, and did not wish to know
the truth. Not so, however, with the disinterested tribunal
before which the case was investigated in Liverpool—l mean
the Board of Customs, where we were highly complimented
for our prompt and satisfactory explanation, it appearing
quite evident to those, her Majesty's officers' who were on
the spot, who could see the butter, and learn all the circum-
stances connected with it, and who had no private end to
serve, nor feelings of jealous rivalry to gratify, that there
could be no intention of fraud, nor possibility of com-
mitting it.
Foiled in this attempt, they vote £3O to defray the ex-
penses of one of their staff, whom they sent in the capacity of
bellman to Liverpool, to assure the easy, simple folk there
that butter brought from Germany was not the produce of
the County Cork ! and to warn them that it could not, by
any means, stand a tropical climate without receiving the
mystic scratches which he could give it at Mallow-lane, and
there only; but the main and the mean object of his mission
was to write home slanders, which may appear in print—all
which he has most creditably accomplished—and it appears
from his last letter that now he has nothing to do, and when
that is done he'll come home.
In conclusion, I would advise the gentlemen, now that
their double rose is defiled by foreign contract, to adopt the
lily as the fitter emblem of the immaculate purity of the
butter trade of Cork, and assign to those in the Hamburgh
trade the thistle and its niotto—" Nemo me impune lacessit."
Sir, while I address myself to you, in your official situa-
tion of president, I beg to assure you individually of my
highest esteem ; and, with great respect, I remain, Sir, your
obedient servant, GEORGE CASEY.
To J. J. Murphy, Esq.