American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-01
From the Liverpool Courier, January IL.

| The first experiment OF stage coaches travelling
upon railways has been made with great success
between Darlington and Stockton. The railway
from Wilton to Stockton distance oftwenty five
miles. was formed for the conveyance Of Goals and
so great is the advantage Of this kind Of road in
lowering the expense OF carriage, that Goals which
formerly sold at IS. per tom In Stockton, are now
sold there for IS. Cd. The railway passes through
Darlington, which is at distance Of IL miles from
| stockton, and two coaches now travel the road
daily conveying great number of passen
gers at the rate Of penny per mile each. The
vehicles are the bodies of old six inside coaches,
paced upon new and lower wheels, fitted for the
railway. They are drawn by single horse, which
often draws from 90 to so passengers, at the rate
of 10 miles an hour, with quite as much ease as
horse moves in gig, the trace. being generally
loose, and his principal effort being to maintain his
speed.
A late London paper relates an instance Of
wicketlpess, arising from the g aecursed thirst Of
sold,'' which perhaps has never been surpassed. 1t
was the case OF girl who was about to be married.
and resolved on destroying her father and mother
with their five chdren in order to possess herself
Of their property. Accordingly she infused into
their drink at dinner buttermilk) the deadly mix
ture, Of which her parents and their children par.
took. The account states that the children uckl-
" escaped, but the wretched mother. having drunk
largely OF the milk, was lingering in dreadful agony
Even when she was writhing under the effects Of
the poison, and parched with a deadly thirst, her
guilty offspring gave her, TO guench her thirst
whey made with the poisoned buttermilk The
girl subsequently confessed her guilt
Society Of .fntiquarians.-At the last meeting
OF the Learned Society Of Antiquarians, in Lon.
don, Mr.. MARYLAND, one of the members, present.
ed an account Of MS. containing the expenses of
the Pryy Purse Of King Henry viii. from 1899,
to 1853, in the possession Of Mr. Pickering,
Ihancery Lane, and containing some very curious
interesting particulars illustrative Of the manners.
customs, and amusements, of the times, and dia.
ry OF the expenses to which the amusements Of his
Majesty and the household amounted. II appears
that the King lived in the greatest macnifcence
and splendor, having not less, at the same time.
than twelve palaces. lie lost much at games. and
was also very charitable. Some singular items
occur, such as sending an express to Calais for a
bottle OF salad oil for the Kings table, reward
70 the servant that made the Kings buildings, and
several similar charges. In this work every month
iy account is signed as examined by the KIM.
bRuss ELS. JAN. ll.-Singular Cure-Dr An.
are, OF this city, whose fortunate cures of three
children, born deaf and dumb, we have already
mentioned, has just operated with the same succes
on the son OF Nj. Maurus, baker, at Burgess, AIRED
a years. We find in the Gazette Of West Han
d'rs the details Of this operation, which took place
on the goth Of December, and for which the lad
came to Brussels with his father The perforatiun
OF the lett ear was effected in less than five minutes
ana at the same moment the boy heard the tckino
OF watch and the barking Of little dog; the Oh,
Grafton OF the other ear took nearly half an hour.
because the lad, too deeply affected by his new
sensation, could scarcely contain himself
MIR. Gosselin. bookseller of Paris, has realized
about ten or twelve thousand pounds by bad trans.
, 0n o. me Scotch novels He is now bringing
out splendid edition Of the whole Of the novel; q
steventy.two volumes; and he addressed a ,uny #
I'M ms publication to Sir Walter Scott, apolop2ina
Tor having printed the Barones name ON tie t,tlae
page. These works are mine" replied Sir Nal,
! avowal." a"e ''i's
.omm9n Iarrsers 1T stated in the Cearesnd fN.w
hork Herald that Mr. Holmes has recovered ases,
9ne Lake Enc Steam Boat Company Sass in tho "h"
courts, Tor the loss Of trunk originate i.waS oi''