Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-18

N New RAILWAY CARRIAGE.-The other day we i'm
spected new railway carriage, and what is usually
called the third-class, having neither roof
closed sides, which is destined for the Manchester
and Leeds Railway tits IL feet I0 inches in length,
and feet liz inches in width. The form of the
rage is not SO square as those hitherto used, but
the stem and stern cut off and made square
bench extends the whole length of the carriage
on each side, and down the middle is another broad
bench, Zb inches in width divided in the middle by
an open rail or back of wood rising TO height Of IA
inches from the seat, as to form two benches, on
which the passengers sit back to back Allowing
IA inches to each passenger, the carriage would seat
about sixty persons Ascent is had by two iron foot
plates at each of the carriage, that there
are four doors, aording ready ingress and egress.
An iron rail extends along the sides of the carriage,
so as to prevent anything from falling over. The
exterior Of the carriage painted an olive green, and
is formed into PANELS. The whole has neat APP
pearance and is capable Of accommodating greater
number of passengers than any carriage we have
The DARLING FuNp.-Ths following is an accu-
rate statement of the sums of money raised in the
various towns to reward Miss Grace Darling and
Others who exerted themselves SO herocally in be-
half of the survivors from the wreck of the Forfar-
shire The various committees have, with the ex-
cepton of Newcastle, 1.-THE subscriptions IN which
town are not included in the following) RENTED
their subsc riptions to Alnwck and up to last week
the contributions stood as follow ase
Total sum received for rewarding the Darlings and
the North Sunderland fishermen, r8et ESQ 10 10
Ditto by Miss Darling for her USE 254 IL
Ditto Mr.. W. Darling ditto 30
Total, f6s5 10
PoEr's Daughter MARRIED.-Miss Bertha
southey the daughter Of the poet laureate was mar
ried on Wednesday morning, at Keswick, to the
Rev. Thomas Hill, minister of the established
church. The laureate himself is expected to be
married to Miss Caroline Bowles at the end of the
present month.
[severaI poets daughters want husbands in this
country.] #Nf
HORRIBLE SuPERsrrrIoS.-The "Indicator,"
semi-oaioai jc~rn~i, published at Gotha relates the
following fact, which took place there, and would be
totally credible did il not from an eve. wit
ness, and attended with strong reprobaton the
part Of that journal" On the 18th February, i'm
mediatey after the decapitation of a criminal con-
demned to death for murder, several persons, subject
to epilepc fits, assembled the scaold, tcifh permits
sion of the authorities, and each, filling glass with
the blood Of his victim, drank il the spot"
The LAST WITCHES EXECUTED IN THESE KING
DoMs.-There is no account of witches in the sense
understand the term, before the year A. ID. l40O
The Hebrew term, translated witch, means literally
posoner and magician, primitively signifying a
wise man, so witch properly signifed skiliul wo-
man, and was applied to staples and medicines
The following brief notice of the last persons who
suffered for wtchcraft in these Kingdoms is curious
In l6S, girl nineteen years of age, in the town of
Antrim, having eaten leaf Of sorrel, which she got
from woman reputed 10 be witch, fell into convu
sions and vomiting She IL said to have vomited
horse dung, needles pins feathers bottoms Of thread
pieces Of glass; nails iron knife, above span in
length, egg-shells sc. The accused was immediate
ly committed to the county prison, aad, at the as
sizes held after, was hanged and burned! In
ZIG, Mrs. Hicks, and her daughter only years
Of age hanged at Huntingdon, for selling their
souls to the Devil, tormenting and destroying their
neighbors, by making them vomit pins, and raising a
storm! In I722, at Dornock, Sutherland, an old wo-
man was accused Of being witch. Her crime was
transforming her daughter into pony and getting
her shod BY the Devil-of which crime she was
fot ud OrtIt nd buru he art IL
craft was repealed in England and Scotland about
1850; but not in Ireland until 1921,
THE ARTS IN PARIs.-A morning lounge Of ne
slight qualification is to - found in the exhibi-
ton OF modern artists lately opened at the Louvre
So dense, however, il the crowd which the lib
crafty of the arrangements Of this country admits
gratis and uncontrolled TO this display Of national
talent that for the first week or two il almost
matter Of mpossibility 20 regard with the most
or even catch glimpse Of many Of the pictures so
az 10 form opinion ofthcir worth. Horace vernet
leads the way this year in the size and assumed i'm
portance OF the Pictares, il not in merit and his
three grand pictures Of the taking Of Constantine
destined for the museum at Versailles, which, how
ever loose and washy certainly contain much Of his
acknowledged genius, occupy almost whole side Of
the great entrance. The "Charivari'' lately pub
lished a careature Of this rapid artist which, indie
pendendent of its truth Of resemblance, gave an adj
mirable idea Of the spirit Of his historical pictures
in representing him boldly, dashing off dozen pic
tnrss at once, mounted on horseback and at full gal
lop. Delaroche, whose pictures created so much
effect last year at Somerset House, Is absent entire
ly from the this year. 10 the great regret of all
his admirers and Delacrox has but two pictures,
the jury of selection, who accused in this cir.
cumstance Of party spirit by IF tho public
prints, which take up every thing in a political
light and envy and jealousy by Others having refu-
ssd three of his productions. AIRY Scheffer, with
his varied but powerful style, richly poetical in
all he produces Decamps, so brilliant in colorinr
and so bold Gudia, in his admirable pieces and
naval combats and Biard, in his amusing and well
painted scenes from comic life, have all contributed
to enrich the salon according to their respective
style Of talent. At cursory view, perhaps, this
years exhibition may not appear gene rally good
as many which have preceded IL; but this ~ iudg-
inont so universally formed every succeeding year
aud so commonly adopted by every critic, on his
FIRST visit, that, were IL to be believed France must
be Inevitably proclaimed in rapid decline IT talent,
when there is doubt that il has not been in more
vigorous health ioi many years pastfoarishing and
likely to flourish in its culture of the arts
FnEscn SFRvANrs.--It IL strange 10 observe the
superiority of NAME which the lower classes IN
France possess over the same ciass with US Every
ne rson humble life With whom have been brought
in contact this side Of the water has that conven
tional good breeding only found with among the
upper classes, and not always with them Every
French man and woman can bow and courtesy grace
fully enter and leave room without embarrass-
uent. and turn their conversation either IN de-
ierental complimentary manner, as occasion re-
qures. Yet the servants arc far inferior "a in
that calm and regular dis charge Of their duties which
marks the conduct Of a we'll ordered establishment
The politencss Of French servant - that Of one
member Of society 10 person more elvsted than