New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-22


the whole Southern Circnit was finished, there was
no word Of payment and Wulrs life became quite
miserable at Geordys incessant grumbing and taant'
ing; the latter ever and anon repeating, " hat
id ioot Wul to gle the beast without the money
till man lie kennel naething about" and the other
as peTtinaciously insisting that be the genemanl
wa an houest-ooking man, there nae fear o him.
In the ofsiX weeks an order came for the pay
ment of the steed. al" says Wun, " dii ma q,
tell We he was an honest msn a. kend by the look OF
him." From that moment Wul stood eIninently high
in Geordys eyes, and, while the one chuckied az the
penetration Of cbaracter the other was no ess hum
bled at having called his superior Judgment 10 qnes-
tion. William Hall is stl alive, and there Is no'
prouder man in Britains Isle than he s, when he re-
ates the little incident Of his fe, Of which the present
Lord Chancellor Of Great Britain forms the hero.
lSehoomAster.
AR.uwar RoxAScE.-A singular affair cc1rred
on the Wear Valley Railway (DurbaR) the other day;
A gentleman from Birmingham found himself seated
in frstcisss carriage, his risars and the only 9th
er passenger in that compartment of the carriage being
blooming lady, answeTing to the antera,Ive descrip
ito Of fat fair and forty" The train had scarcely
moved hundred wards from the station before the lady
suddepjy leaned from her seat and exclaimed TO the
other passenger, How dare you, sir What do you
mean I" The gentleman, astonshed, replied that " ne
did not understapd he had done nothing TO harm her.
Again and again she sprang from her seat IN
terror and rage and declared with vehemence that
her peighbor was "vilain, and she would have HIM
taken into custody at the next station. The gentle
man protested his innocence, and asked what he had
done; but the escentrlc lsoy SIN KEPT espnS lro
her sent raving against his treatment, TIL the gen.
tlemau decided that she was mad, and resolved on
the arrival of the train at the next station to give
her into custody. As her eccentrcy did not abste,
nor her rage either, be, on the arrival OF the tram
at ore of the stations, about to carry his resO-
luton into action, when she suddenly sprang to the
door and screamed ou; =" Guard" at the top Of
her voice, and presently collected not only the
guard, but crowd OF people around her, She
then commenced her accusation in words both loud
and deep protesting that the gentleman had improperly
pinched her Iegs and the gentleman, horri6ed at the
charge protesting with equal vehemence, bis perfect
innocence. At this iuncture, when matters looked
serious for the gentleman the guard happened to reco
lec that be had placed basket under the seat of the
carriage containing live goose and pulling it out,
the mystery explained, the bird being the criminal
and having caused the adys fears and the gentemans
apprebensions. This explanation was received with
perfect good humor and satisfaction by the parties con-
cerned and the train renewed its journey amid the
conyulsive laughter and applause OF the assembled
multitude.
NOVEL DISPOSITION OF An USFMTHFUL WIFE
A circumstance has occurred near Radcliffe, about
three miles from Bury, which has excited much gos-
siping meriment during the Christmas Holidays. A
Young couple tired Of the state of single blessedness
agreed to throw their fortunes together for better
or worse." Their matrimonial bliss suffered some
interruption lately in consequence of rumor that
the beloved spouse was terms Of too afectonate
intimacy with a Young man who had been admitted
into the family as a lodger. The husband however,
being a sensible man, resolved that he would
manifest no difference in his outward depor-
ment until the supposed guilt of the parties
should be clearly established by facts of which he
would be the eyewitness. He therefore acted IN
az respects if perfectly unconscious of the nhdey
of his wife, He solicited from the foreman OF the es-
tablishment where he employed permission to
say from his work for fortnight. He represented to
his wife that he had lost his situation, and proposed
that they should go TO Australia She immediately ex
pressed her concurrence stating that the only difficulty
that presented itself to her mind was with respect to
John the lodger. The husband was prepared for this
contingency and proposed that John should accom-
pany them, TO which be ultimately consented. The
prelmnaries being arranged and the household
furniture sold the whole party proceeded to Liverpool
TO take passage TO Australia 1t was agreed that the
husband should take the berths: and, in accordance
with the plan which he had previously laid down, in
stead of taking beths for three persons, he only con-
tracted for two, but kept the matter perfect secret
from bis wife and the lodger John by an arrange
ment entered into with the captain OF the vessel he
was permitted go to along with the other pas
.eng ems; and, unperceved by his wife and her para
mour he got on board a steamtug when 1t parted from
the ship and returned to Liverpool, leaving his wife
and John to pursue their voyage to the antipodes.
Perhaps il may be supposed that this was rather ex-
pensve mode of getting quit OF al unfathtul wiie
The sequel of the story proves the contrary for John
had deposited $50 in the hands OF the husband, to
take care of until it required. The passage money
for two persons amounted to f2l, thus leaving 70 TO
be expended in small comforts for the voyage; 80 that
the hus band had no expense to bear. The wife and
John are now on their way to Melbourne, and the
husband is following his employment in Lis former stua-
ton.
NOVEL ARREST Is NAPLEs.-The correspondent Of
The Manchester Guardian furnishes the following ac
count of novel arrest made recently at Naples II
the police have been prohibited from unceremoniousy
ARE rting living flesh and blood, they appear TO be
keepipg their hands in tune by capturing its repre-
tatin in rka of art.
on has been created here within the last few days by
the arrest of the celebrated group Of the Rape of
Sabines' Ii has stood in our public gardens upwanl
of century, and as being good copy OF the weii-
and deservedy admired. Tue lounger in the villa
wss however, astonshed at finding it, one fair morn
ing, wrapped up in coarse canvas, and stu more
astonished at seeing it, two or three days after,
borne through the streets to the museum. Why IS
this was the universal inquiry. Oh, modesty was
shocked by the group the very name was suggestive
of sin; the purity Of Nespoltan morals must be pre-
served at the expense of art, and so the unhappy
couple were doomed. The Rape OF Europa and tho
: Rape of Proserpine two other beautiful groups in
the Villa are to follow; apd thus director for the
interior and bis ghosty advisers intend to purify the
moral atmosphere of the capital of the Two Sicies.
The Venus and the aad have long been under lock
and key in prohibited chamber Of the Musenm-thst
is 10 saw the finest specimens of Greek art which the
bsrbaroas invader has respected and time has spared
have been put away from human sight under the pre-
tence of regard for high morality"
A RUSSIAN LADY PREsIDEsT.-A lady is likely TO
succeed Count Ouveroff President of the Academy
of Sciences at st. Petersburg. Two male candidates
tion and Baron Modesto de Kor but the chances are
said to be in favor of the Grand Duchess Helen One
Grand Duchess, Maria, Is already President OF the
Academy of Fine Arts. Once before woman has
been appointed to the Office sought by the Grand
Duchess Helen. This was in the days of Catherine
H. when Princess Dashko sat in the chair Of learning