Glasgow Courier. — 1847-10-16 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DRAWING WITH PEN-AND-INK.  Mr. Dunbar, writing-master, Glasgow, has just completed a curious book, which he intends forwarding as a present to the Quillen. The first page displays a splendid drawing of Dumbarton Castle, performed entirely with the pen, and so neatly executed as to be scarcely distinguishable from copperplate engraving. The second page shows a series of views of Edinburgh and Stirling Castles, the "Land of Burns," and other Scottish scenery, all performed with the pen. The work also contains a likeness of "England's futnre King,"riding on a Highland pony, with the majestic turrets of Windsor Castle rising in the distance. The third page contains ,an ingenious representation of the Bible and the Sceptre, surrounded with the rose, the thistle, and the shamrock; also, the royal arms of Great Britain, in the centre of which, within the circumference of a sixp.nce, are written, in a small, but clearly distinct hand, the Lord's Prayer at full length, with an abridgment of the Moral Law or Ten Commandments, and the writer's signature, profession, and place of residence at the bottom. The rest of the work consists of no fewer than 125 different styles of writing, most of which are of the writer's own invention and all written by himself. —lnverses, Courier.  Liverpool, Thursday.—The Boston and Halifax royal mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain Harrison, with the North American mails, may be expected to arrive in the course of to-morrow evening. Various statements having been put forth, to the effect that the Britannia would not leave on her regular day, in consequence of the slight accident she met with on her outward passage off the coast of Newfoundland, we have made inquiries at the agents here, who, having received letters from Captain Harrison, have every reason to believe that she would leave Boston on the Ist inst., as usual. Queen Isabella of Spain, on the 10th inst., completed the 17th year of her age, and the first year of her marriage. My Mysterious Affair. A German journal states that an extraordinary sensation has been created at Darmstadt by the mysterious death of the Countess de Goerlitz, who was found sitting in her room, dead and dreadfully burnt, but without it being possible to conceive how this could have occurred by accident. It is suspected that she was strangled, and that she was then placed on a charcoal fire subsequently removed, to destroy all traces of the means employed to commit the murder. As the Count, her husband—who is a man of some note, having been ambassador to the court of Nassau, and filled a mission in Holland—was known to be on bad terms with the Countess, public rumours accuse him of the murder; and, an investigation having been entered upon, some suspicious circumstances were revealed. It appears, however, that at the date of the last accounts the affair was still involved in mystery.—Galignani's Messenger. Military Movements.—The three companies of the second battalion of the 76th regiment stationed at Aberdeen are about to leave for Berwick-on-Tweed, and will be succeeded in the northern city by the depot .of the 93d Highlanders from Dublin. One company of the 76th left Edinburgh Castle for Berwick at the end of last month, and it is 't the reserve of the second battalion will leave _ . . _