The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-25 00:00:00

ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

On Saturday last, a darkish cabriolet, containing a mili-
tary-looking gentleman, luxuriating in all the hirsute glory,
of imperial, moustache, and" hyacinthine locks of ebon hue,'
was observ,A making the circuit of Berkeley-square for up-
wards of thice quarters of an hour. The attention of several
persons w,,F. ratracted to the " turn out," first, from the very
frequent prltrusion of the " head piece" of the cab-(gentle-)
man, who was evidently on the look-out ; and, secondly,
from the extraordinary diminutive appearance of the tiger
attached to the vehicle, who might, had he lived in days of
yore, safely have competed with that renowned dwarf, Jeffery
Hudson, for the honour of being served up in a pie at the
royal table. As time wore on, the military-looking gent.
began to evince evident symptoms of growing impatience.
He was observed frequently to consult his watch, and then,
leaning forward in the cab, gaze anxiously in the direction of
Brook. street. Suddenly the figure of a female, closely veiled,
appeared at the corner of the street.
The quick eye of the gallant cabman detected the " fair
in an instant. A smart " flanker " awoke the spirited horse
into action, and in the twinkling of a love-glance the lady was
seated by the side of the imperialled driver, and the vehicle
dashed off at a rapid pace towards Oxford-street. The
cabriolet had barely been put in motion, ere a remarkably
stout and kursy-lookingindividual rushed to the spot. He
gesticulated with an energy truly wonderful for a man of his
exceeding bulk, and in a voice resembling the groan of a
broken-winded bagpipe, he bawled out, " Stop, stop !" As
well might he have roared " Hold hard," to an engineer on
the Great Western, who with the steam up, had just started
for his terminus. The driver of the cabriolet heeded not the
who officiated on the foot-board behind the vehicle, swung,
imp, of juvenile delinquency,
cry, but the audacious young
himself round on the heel of his top-boot, and actually tele-
graphed the " roarer with his five digits, after the most
approved style of the " fancy " when sportively inclined.
i
The pursy-looking ndividual, finding that his request was
not attended to, waxed exceedingly wroth and eccentric. He
flung his hat violently on the pavement, and commenced a
sort of pas soul on the beaver of an extraordinary and novel
description, to the infinite delight of an admiring crowd, who
began to collect around him. The reiterated shouts of
laughter from the byestanders at last, however, somewhat
restrained the exuberance of his feelings. He gathered up
the compressed beaver, buttoned up his surtout with the air
of a desperate man, and forthwith departed from the scene of
his serio-comic exhibition. It has since been ascertained
that the e military-looking ver of the cabriolet is a bona fide
son of Mars, less driver
personage than Lieut. G—s,
of the twenty----, and the fair partner of his flight is the
only daughter of an opulent wool-merchant, residing in the
vicinity of the square. The fair fugitive, who is nineteen
years of age, will, on attaining her twenty-first year, become
entitled to a fortune of £33,000. No intelligence has been
obtained of the course taken by the runaways.—Era.

THE GARDEN.—You must not find fault with my forma-
lity in gardening. I love, to my very heart, the old English
taste in horticulture—its neat square shrubberies; its wide
gravel walks crossing each other at right angles; its numer-
ous parterres, each of which is devoted to one kind of flower ;
its clipt hedges, its well-shaven lawn, its primitive time-
keeper (the sun-dial), its statues, and the sparkling gush of
its fountains. A garden is essentially a thing of art, and
should look artful. Is not every plant in its present exube-
rant beauty, the result of man's handicraft and daily-renewed
culture? Why, then, should we, according to modern ca-
price,' strive to give our gardens the appearance of the irre-
gularity of untamed nature, and place our delicate, and (so
to speak) highly-educated floral children in mimic wilder-
nesses ? Such a style is discordant in itself ; and, moreover,
is not in keeping with the sentiment of home, from which a
garden is inseparable.—Charles Oliver in Ainsworth's Ma-
gazine for October.

A curious scene occurred before the Tribunal Correctional
Police on Saturday. A man, named Claude Giniez. sixty-
five years of age, was charged with vagabondage. On being
asked by the president whether lie had no relations who
would undertake to provide for him, and thus prevent his
condemnation, he replied, " Relations! don't talk to me of
relations ! I had, when young, a cousin, who was a cabinet-
maker, and who, instead of teaching me his trade, taught me
to drink. 1 had another cousin, who was a soldier, and who,
soon after my marriage, ran away with my wife and all my
savings." The poor fellow was found guilty of the offence
charged, and sentenced to twenty-four hours' imprisonment,
at the expiration of that time to he transferred to the asylum
for the destitute at St. Denis. As he was leaving the bar,
grateful for a sentence which provides him with food and
shelter for the rest of his life, the name of Catherine Gaillard
was called, and an old woman, in rags, was brought up on a
similar charge. The eyes of Claude were instantly rivetted
on her, whom he thus addressed :—"Faites excuse, madame,
but are you the person called Catherine Gaillard ?" The
woman having replied in the affirmative, Claude exclaimed,
"It is my wife, who left me thirty-five years ago." The
following conversation then took place between the old
couple :—" What !" said the husband, " can it be you, once
fresh as an apple, and with hair as black as jet?" " And
are you, old vagabond, my husband ?" " Yes ; your hus-
band, whom you left to follow my cousin." " A heartless
wretch," replied the wife," who beat me dreadfully, and
robbed me of all I had." " And what became of the grain ?"
"He died on the field of honour." " After robbing me of
mine." The president of the tribunal here interrupted the
colloquy, and passed the same sentence upon the wife as upon
the husband, who will thus pass the remainder of their days
under the same roof, and under the same circumstances, after
a separation of thirty-five years.
STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE RRINE.—We find the fol-
lowing interesting account of the progressive increase of the
steam navigation of the Rhine in the Moniteur :—" In 1816
was started the first steam-boat on the Rhine, running be-
tween Rotterdam and Cologne. After a lapse of 23 years,
there were 39 of these conveyances between Basle and the
sea, and this number is annually increasing. The companies
rival each other in zeal and attention. The two Prusso-
Rhenish establishments, however, have made the most rapid
progress iii improvement. The Cologne company commen-
ced on 1, , May, 1827, with one boat only, between Cologne
and Mentz : on the Bth June following it bad two. and in
1837 it possessed rsine, viz., one of 118-horse power, one of
85, two of 80, one of 75, three of 70, and one of 50-horse
power. In the same year this company had three departures
from, and as many arrivals at, Cologne, and a regular com-
munication with Strasburg. In the following year
i the num-
ber of boats was increased to 11 ; in 1839, to 14 ; n 18-10, to
15; and, in 1841, to 20, passing between Cologne and Stras-
burg. In 1838, the Cologne company made an association
hadwit h t twhoa to
f running3o.hor
30-horse
betweenaptoswer each. BasleFr From
mand
this
period Strasburg,
the
which
pas-
sage between Basle and Cologne has been made in 40 hours,
29 of which only are spent on board the boats. Shortly af-
terwards another company.launched two boats, which per-
formed the same distance in much less time. The second
Prusso-Rhenish company, which had been formed by capita-
lists of Mentz and Dusseldorf, commenced running in 1838,
with five magnificent boats. Once a week one of these goes
down to Rotterdam. In 1838 they conveyed no more than
84,000 passengers, and 60,000 metrical quintals of merchan-
dise; which, in 1840, increased to 152,000 passengers, and
90,000 quintals of merchandise. This was nothing to what
was done by the Cologne company; for whereas, in 1827, its
transports amounted to 18,000 passengers, and 26,000 quin-
tals of goods, in 1833 it had 100,000 passengers, and 106,000
quintals on freight ; and in 1840 the number of passengers
exceeded 460,000, and the goods on freight 130,000 quintals;
and in 1841 these figures increased to 680,000 passengers,
and 300,000 quintals. The company which has just been
formed at Basle, and which has made a connection with the
Mentz and Dusseldorf company, will give a fresh impulse to
steam navigation on the Upper Rhine. The Netherlands
company (Maatschappy), established at Rotterdam, has tra-
versed between that city and Cologne ever since 1837, with
11 boats, of from 50 to 120-horse power. They run daily ;
but one boat a-week is exclusively employed in conveying
merchandise. The navigation of the Rhine is carried on to
London by boats from Rotterdam, and they make this pas-
sage with such regularity and rapidity, that they insure a
great number of passengers and large quantities of merchan-
dise on freight."

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, kc.
Frankland, II Christie, 316 Batav & Sourabaya, W & J Tyrer

AFRICA.

Ayrshire, W Moss, 631 Africa, C Horsfall and Son
WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.

Union, J Gill,

233 Morant Bay, Alligator Pond & Blk River,
J Gladstone & Co
Ayrshire, A M`Kay, 543 Bermuda, P M'Gee
Workington, J Douglas, 150 Kingston, Jam, Cotesworth & Wynne
Laura,
,
Satellite, B Dady, 821 Bermuda & Mobile, D Cannon, Son &Co

SOUTH AMERICA.
218 Pernambuco, Cotesworth & Wynne
UNITED STATES.