The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

THE OLD CHURCH PEW. Who not lcve the old church pew With its sweetly solemn air, Whether bathed in the summer's golden hue, 1)1' when Christmas holly is there <01a! some of the happiest hours I knew, Were those I have spent in the old church pew. I love to read of the days gone by, The covenant days of old Ana to think of the faith and piety, Those Tales of yore" unfold; When beneath the sky, on the daisy sod, Our brave forefathers worshipped their God The Music is not so sweet to me, As their deep rude hymn of praise, Nor the Gospel words, so bold and free As they were in those early days; Yet with all its faults, and they are not few, I love our church, and the old church pew. Tis pleasant to see each well-known face, And to feel that friends are there, Each one, in the old accustomed place, To join in the solemn prayer Alas if a vacant seat I view, How sad I shall feel in the old church pew. Yet the days may come, if my life is spared, When the friends, whom my youth has known, Who with me each Sabbath blessing shared, Will leave me to pray alone; I cannot replace old friends with new. How dreary will then be the old church pew. Oh 'tis better far to pass away, While those whom we love are near, Por the" sun to aro down while it i? J'et day, Than when shadows of night appear, To be truly mourned, by at least a few, And missed from our seat in the old church pew.

» A STRANGE STORY. The New York papers report a very extraordinary and painful affair which has lately become public there. Sometime ago a Mrs. Woodman, wife of a wealthy New Orleans merchant, while a visit to Paris became acquainted with an American adventurer, one of the New York fashionables, named Gardner Furness, and the acquaintance was assiduously prosecuted hy him both on the Continent and after the return of the parties to America. Mr. Furness, it seems, not satisfied with seducing the wife, wasdesirous of replenishing his purse at the expense of the unsuspecting husband. With infernal cruelty and perseverance he succeeded in gaining perfect mas tery over the actions and very thoughts of his unhappy victim, who found herself compelled to sacrifice her jewels and the liberal sums allowed her by her husband absent in the South, without at all satisfying the rapacious greed of her persecutor. She fled to her friends in the South, but threats of an exposure induced her to return to New York and to her paramour. Shortly after her return, however, the long-dreaded denouement occurred. The injured husband returning unexpectedly to his room in the New York Hotel dis- covered Furness with company with his wife. The heartless deceiver made a very ridiculous exit, and the matter afforded subject for the usual gossip. But Mr Woodman being called to New Orleans on business, and desirous of putting a constraint upon his misguided, weak-minded wife, placed her in a private lunatic asylum, in flushing. where she was detained until a few days ago. A petition was presented to Judge Roosevelt as the basis tor the issue of a writ of habeus corpus, requiring the proprietor of the asylum to produce the ladyin Court. This petition was promoted on behalf of Mrs. Woodman by Furness, her paramour. The counsel on the other side, who opposed the petition on behalf of the proprietor of the asylum, produced the affidavits of Drs Barstow and Meyrick, stating Mrs Woodman to have been placed in the asylum by her husband in consequence of her being in an excited and wandering state of mind, and further- more testifying to the uniform kindness with which she had been treated during her confinement in that place A communication was also read from Mrs Woodman asking a stay of proceedings in the case until the arrival of her father and brother from New Orleans. The counsel for the petitioner, in answer to the above mentioned affidavits, read letters from Mrs Woodman to Mr Furness, written during her confinement In the asylum, earnestlj imploring him to help her to get out, and complaining that she was kept there in prison by her husband as a punishment, or, as she said, 'for his revenge.' She addressed Furness in these letters in tl e most endearing terms of blandishment, and expressed a desperate affection for him, entreating 'Babie,' as she wantonly called him, to contrive the means of her release from the asylum, where she declared herself to be ut- terly miserable She said: You cannot imagine what an awful place this is: the outside is quite elegant, but that is alL Do not forsake me; at once do something for me if you can; but be careful and never let any one known I have written to you until I am out. If I cried it would give them pleasure, as all the maniacs scream and cry. I hate them so much I would not look sad to save them from where they ought to be—the d-I.' The unhappy woman, if she wrote these letters, ear- nestly protested that she was not deranged, or crazy and claimed, if she were really so, to be placed in a pub- lic institution, whese a proper medical certificate of her insanity would be required. These letters, when produced in court, excited a great deal of compassion for her The case adjourned, and at the next hearing the coun- sel for the proprietor 01 the asylum tendered in evidence an affidavit sworn to by Mrs Woodman on the first of September last, in which she gave the history of the per- secutions she had endured Irom Furness after her return to America in 1855, and down to last August. She stated that he had followed her from New York to New Orleans extorting money from her, taking away her jewels, and compelled her to sell her embroidery and dresses to sup- ply his demands, under pain of being exposed bv him an<3 being disgraced and discarded by her husband. The following is a specimenHe called on me re- peatedly for more money, and upon my refusing to give it him he threatened to show to Mr Woodman the letters which I had written him, and also a portrait of me which he had. He told me the letters which 1 had written him would cause Mr Woodman to discard me unless I let him have all the money I could get. I bad during that period an allowance from my husband of one hundred dollars per month, all of which I gave Mr Fumess he called on me to pay his board bill, which he said was about 280 dollars. I had no money, and told him so, upou 1Fh,ch he not only threatened but actually beat me with violence, broke open my wardrobe, and took away my jewellerv and valuable laces.' He frequently beat her, and on one occasion almost strangled her in her own room. During the last inter- view,' she said, 'Furness urged me to get the money by making out false bills and getting the money from Mr Woodman, or by taking jewellery. Also he insisted that he knew my father had given me 2,00 dollars to buy diamonds or silver, and he was determined to have it. When he found he could not get money he used violence, as I have Hated. He said, Your husband and your brother are coming here; there'll be a fuss: and I mean to ruin you first, and put you in the gutter, where I shall be. I hate you, and hate all your family, because you won't behave to me as you should.' He wrote to her letters of the most insolent kind, alternating, however, with high-flown professions of his love. By this sort of treatment the seducer had succeeded, for two years, in obtaining from his victim very consi- derable sums, and indulged in luxury at her expense. The case having been again adjourned, was suddenly brought to a conclusion, when the counsel for the pro- prietor of the asylum produced the two following letters from Mrs. Woodman, which he read to the court. The first was addressed to the judge, the Hon. James J. Roosevelt: 'I wish the proceedings before you com- menced by Mr Furness in relation to me to be discon- tiuued and ended. I am not in any way restrained of my liberty. Being entirely free, I intend to retire at once to the home of my parents in Mississippi, with my brother, C. L. Thomas, who is now present.—CAROLINE WOODMAN. Nov. 3, 1857.' The second was the fol- lowing 'Since being an inmate of Sanford Hall I have been treated by the general and doctor with great kind- ness, and also by every one connected with the house — CAROLINE WOODMAN. Nov. 4, 1857.' The reading of these documents produced a sensation in court which can be better imagined than described and the court and all concerned in the case seemed im- mensely relieved. The writ of habeas corpus was then discharged, and the court adjourned, the affair beintr over. »

IMPERIAL AVERAGES. FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS. Wheat 53s Od Rye 35s lid Barley 42s 2d Beans 45s 2d Oats 25s 3d Peas 44s

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAHKKT, The general quality of the foreign stock on sale here to-day was very middling, and the supply, compared with some previous weeks, was but moderate. There was a falling off in the arri- vals of Beasts from our own grazing districts, and most of the shorthorns reached us in very middling condition. The attend- ance of buyers was far from numerous; nevertheless the Beef trade ruled firm, at prices fully equal to Monday last. The primest Scots realized fully 4s Sd per 8lbs. From Lincolnshire. Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, we received 2,800 short- horns from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds; front Ireland, 450 oxen and from Scotland, 25" Scots, chiefly by railway. We had a very scanty supply of sheep in the market, and the general condition of the stock was inferior. \11 breeds were in steady request at an improvement in value, compared with Monday )ast, of 2d per 8lbs. The primest old Downs sold readily at 5s 4d per 81bs. There were only 90 Irish .Sheep on sale. The supply of Calves was only moderate, and the Ve»» trade ruled firm at an advance on Friday's rates of 2d per Slbs- We were scantily supplied with Pigs, in which a steady business was doing at very full prices Per fills, to sink the offals Coarse and inferior ?. d. s. d. Prime coarse woolled s. d. III. d. beasts 3 0 3 2 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 Prime South Down Prime large oxen 3 10 4 2 Sheep. 5 0 5 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 8 Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 Coarse and inferior Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 sheep Second quality ditto 3 10 4 0 Neat small porkers 4 8 5 ? Suckling Calves 228 to 28s and Quarter old Store Pigs 218 to 28s. each.

BUTTER AND BACON MARKET. LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30.—In the Irish Butter Market the finest descriptions met a good sale, whilst other kinds were very slow, at a decline of 2s to 3s per cwt, the d-alers working down their stocks before buying; but as shipments are small and stocks at wharves reducing, a better demand is looked fj>' ere long. Fine Dutch in demand, and advanced 2s to 4s. Bacon Market is slow, and a decline of Is to 2s per cwt. wa* submitted to; the deliveries, however, are good for the season. t The English Butter Market is anything but lively, and none bU fresh-made goods support the prices. Dorset per cwt 126s to 128s Ditto, middling 100s to 104s Devon 112s to 116s Fresh per doz. lbs 12s to 15s

POTATO MARKET. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30.— moderate supplies of home-grown Potatoes continue to reach UN coastwise and by land-carriage. From abroad, the followiOR quantities have come to hand since Monday last-72 tons froIr Hambr', 82 tons from Rotterdam, 10 bags from Scheidam, 30 ton from Bilboa, 7 barrels from Dennes, 140 tons from Dunkirk, tons frem Rouen, 20 bags from Calais, 21 baskets from St. J"' zarie, and 24 tons from Boulogne. The trade continues in sluggish state, at our quotations. York Regents 140s to 160s per ton Kent and Essex ditto. 120s to 140s „ Scotch 80s to 120s Middlings 608 to 70s Lincolns 110s to 120s „ Foreign 55s to 65s „

THE TALLOW TRADE. 11 LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30,—The amount of busine doing in our market is very moderate yet the fluctuations prices are by no means extensive. To-day, P.Y.C., on the sp° is selling at Ws per cwt. Rough Fat, 2s 8d per BIbs.

OVER THE WAY. WHEN cold-hearted poverty knocks at my door, And tobs me of blessings I gathered before, Takes a glass from my table, a coal from my fire, And robes my dear Nell in meaner attire, I envy sometimes in the heat of the day My very good friend who lives over the way. Bat when I sit down at my pleasant fireside, And oount o'er the joys I was never denied- My sweet little wife and the baht s at her knee, My health and my conscience unsullied and free— No longer I suffer my wishee to stray, Or envy my friend who lives over the way. He's wealthy, but feebte he's titled, but old; His son is a spendthrift, his wife is a scold; Saspicious of others, ill pleased with himself, His only delight is to reckon his pelf. Were he ten times as rich I'd refuse, night and day, '1'0 change with my friend who lives over the way. Though pojarty, frowning, peeps in at my door, I'll never m beaten nor vainly deplore I'll scare him away by hard work if I can, And look in his face with the heart of a man And having at home all the joys that I may Forget my poor friend who lives over the way. CHARLE8 MACKAY.

A GOOD WIFE.—The young lady gives rational secu- rity for becoming a good wife, who does not apologise when you find her at work in the kitchen, but continues her task until her work is finished. A LOWER DEPTH STILL.—W hen a Lichfield proctor criticised Irene, on the ground that the first tour acts exhausted every variety of human sorrow, Dr. John- son told him he had reserved a still greater calamity for the fifth act, for he would put his dramatis persona into the Ecclesiastical Courts. A LITTLE MISTAKE.—The Buffalo Express tells a story of a Quaker who was charged the exorbitant sum of seventeen dollars for a horse and buggy, tor a short drive, -and upon being presented with the bill, simply remarked —' Thou mistakest me. 1 do not wish to purchase thy establishment, but only to hire it.' A CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—Between Blandford and Salisbury there is a public-house, called the Woodgate's Inn,' the parlour of which is built on land situate in three counties, the table used by the guests has three legs, each leg resting on a stone, the three stones are so placed that each is a different county, so that the table is said to stand in three different counties. LovE s Reason.—' Bridget,' said a lady to her servant Budget Conley, 'who was that man yon were talking with so long at the gate last night?' 'Sure no one but ray eldest brother, mam.1 replied Bridget with a flushed echeek. 'Your brother! I didn't kuow you had a bro- ther. What is his name?' 'Barney Octoolan, mam.' Indeed how comes it that his name is not the same as yours?' 'Troth, mam,' replied Bridget, he has been married once. A SHARP RETORT.—A Justice of the Peace, seeing a parson on a very stately horse, rising between London and Hampstead. said to some gentlemen who were with him, Do you see what a beautiful horse that proud par- son has got?' I'll banter him a little.'—'Doctor,' said he, 'you don't follow the example of your Great Master, who was humbly content to ride upon an ass.'—' Why, sir,' replied the parson. The King has made so many asses justices, that an honest clergyman can hajdly find of to ride if he had a mind to it.' TRUE BENEFICENCE.— An old man, of the name of tJuyot, lived and died in the town of Marseilles, in France. He amassed a large fortune by the most labo- rious industry, and the severest habits of abstinence and privation. His neighbours considered him a miser, and thought that he was hoarding up money for mean and avaricious motives. The populace pursued him when- ever he appeared with hootings and execrations, and the troys sometimes threw stones at him. He at length died, and in his will were found the following words:—' Hav- ing observed from my infancy that the poor of Mar- seilles are ill-sapplied with water, which can only be purchased at a great price, I have cheerfully laboured the whole of my life to procure for them this great biess- ing; and I direct that the whole of my property shall be laid out in building an aqueduct for their use.' SOYER'S FRENCH ZOUAVE. My Zouave was every- where about the vessel, which did not seem large enough for him and his four horses. I at last quieted him, by requesting he would think of nothing while on board but eating and drinking moderately, as well as singing a song at night when T required it. He promised faithfully not to throw my Armenian groom overboard, nor to smash the brains of my Italian servant, Antonio, but to live like a Ch«g6ao, in good fellowship with all, and sing "when 1 pHBed. One of my cooks, named Jean, an Al- banian, while quarreling, had threatened to cut another, named Victor, into four pieces, and throw them into a pickle tub. He also gave up this professional job. They ail shook hands, and the greatest harmony appeared to reign in my culinary troop.- Soyer's Culinary Campaign. LoRD BYRON'S MAID OF ATHEN.—A gentleman, Mr. Black, who was a first-class interpreter, was then intro- I duced to me by the Purveyor-in Chief, and appointed to assist me in any way I might require his aid. He spoke French fluently; also the Turkish, Greek, and Armenian aanguages. This rendered him invaluable to me. And "what was more remarkable still, he was the husband of "the celebrated Maid of Athens, whose company 1 had the pleasure of enjoying several times; and although this in- teresting personage is now in her tenth lustre, some re- mains of the eulogy of the great Byron seem still engraved on the physiognomy of the once celebrated Greek beauty; and she informed me that when Lord Byron wrote his poem on her, she was but ten years of age, he at the time residing opposite th<*house of her parents at Athens. —Ibid. A GRATEFUL RUSSIAN LAD.—While on shore at Con- stantinople, I sent this unsightly and dirty-looking urchin to a Turkish bath, and by this simple, 'gentle,' and delightful Oriental process removed two or three coats of dirt from his skin. 1 had a suit of livery a la Jtusse made for him, which greatly improved his appear- ance. When quite recovered from the effects of his bruises and black eye, he turned out to be a very smart, clean, and extremely intelligent lad. So grateful was he for my kindness, that he came every morning at six 0 clock to fetch my clothes to brush, kissing my hands at the same time, whether awake or asleep, as a mark of his gratitude. I have him with me in London, and in- tend to educate nim, and hope he will turn out a good man of business and useful to society. It is most pro- liable that had he been left to himself in Constantinople, he would have become a great rascal or a thief; for he possesses enough intelligence to be either a clover honest man, or an arrant rogue.—Ibid. AWFUL SCENE IN SKBASTOPOL.—Perhaps one of the most awful and sickening sights possible for humanity to conjure up was witnessed by myself and many others in the Russian hospital in the interior of Sebastopol. Piled up one on the other, or lying singly on the bare flooring, were strewn hundreds of Russians, dead and dying. The view would have struck terror into the heart of the greatest stoic. These men seemed to have been placed here out of the way to suffer and die, uncared for unattended. On one side might be seen a poor creature writhing in the last throes of dissolution; on the other a fine fellow with almost divine resignation, who had just rendered himself up to his Maker, having died in dreadful agony. Men without legs or arms, and some with frightful body wounds or bayonet thrusts, lay hud- xfled in hlepless confusion. Desolation and death grimly met us at each step. Then the effluvia arising from the bodies was horrible beyond description.—Ibid. SOYER'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH MRS. SEACOLE. During our conversation, an old dame of a jovial appear- ance, but a few shades darker than the white lily, issued from the tent, bawling out. in order to make her voice heard above the noise, Who is my new son ? to which one of the officers replied, Monsieur Soyer, to be sure; don't you know him ?' God bless me, my son, are you Monsieur Soyer, of whom I heard so much in Jamaica? Well, to be snre! I have sold many and many a score of your Relish and other sauce8- Gud knows how many.' 'My dear lady,' said 1, 'don't blame me for that; I assure you I am not ac all offended with you for so doing, and shall allow you to sell as much more in the Crimea.' 'Come down, my son, and take a glass of champagne with mv old friend, Sir John Campbell.' I immediately alighted, and Sir John came towards me and shook me h"artily. by the hand, saying, 'Welcome to I he seat of war, Monsieur Soyer!' Many thanks, general, for your kind wishes. I had the pleasure of leaving iny card at Cathcart s Hill the other day.' • You did; and I was very sorry that I was out when ydfftalled; but mind, you must come and dine with me uome day Thank you, general, T shall do myself the honour. Now, Mrs. Seacole, give us another bottle of cham- i)ai?n€ 'Mrs. Seacole,' I exclaimed; 'is that lady the cele- brated Mrs. Seacole?' Of course,' said the general. She ther. came forth fro her bivouac cellar, with two bottles in her hand, exclaiming, I shall stand mine, and no mistake.' j, We all declared it would never do for a lady to stand treat in the Crimea. Lorn bless you. Monsieur Soyer,' said the lady, don t you know me? 'Yes, I do now, my dear madam. •Well ail those fine fellows you see here are my Ja- maica sons—are you not?' said she, opening the cham- pagne, and addressing the general. 'We are, Mrs. Seacole, and a very good mother you have been to us.' 41 have known you, get il, for many years. Well, here's a health t > all.' We emptied our glasses, and returned the compliment. vlbid.

WORDSWORTH ON POETRY. (From Professor Wilson's Works.) Of all poets that ever lived Wrrdsworth has been at once the most truthful and the most idealising; external nature from him has received a soul, and becomes our teacher; while he has so tilled our minds with images from her, that every mood finds some affinities there, and thus we all hang for sustenance and delight on the bosom ot our mighty mother. We believe that there are many who have an eye for nature and even a sense of the beautiful, without any very profound feeling; and to them Wordsworth's finest,descriptive passages seem often languid and diffuse, and not to present to their eves any distinct picture. Perhaps sometimes this objection may be just; but to paint to the eye is easier than to the ima- gination—and Wordsworth, taking it for granted that people can now see and hear, desires to make them feel and understand. Of his pupil it must not be said— A primrose by the river's brim A yellow promrose is to him, And it is nothing more;' the poet gives the something more till we start at the disclosure as at a lovely apparition—yet an apparition of beauty till that moment seemed to us but an ordinary bunch of leaves. In these lines is a humbler example of how recondite may be the spirit of beauty in of the most familiar things belonging to the kingdom of nature; one higher far-but of the same kind—is couched in two im- mortal verses— To me the humblest flower that blows can give Thoughts that too often lie too deep for tears.' In what would the poet. differ from the worthy man of prose if his imagination possessed not a beautifying and transmuting power over the objects of the inanimate wor!d? Nay, even the naked truth itself is seen clearly but by poetic eyes; and were a sumph all at once to become a poet, he would all at once become stark-staking mad. Yonder ass licking his lips at a thistles, s"es but water for him to drink in Windermere a glow with the golden light of setting suns. The ostler or the boots at Lowood inn takes a somewhat higher flight, and for a moment, pausing with currie-comb or blacking-brush in his suspended hand, calls on Sally chambermaid for gracious sake to look at Pull-wyke. The waiter, who has cultivated his taste tor conversation with Lakers learns their phraseology, and declares the sunset to be exceedingly handsome. The Laker who sometimes had a soul, feels it rise within him as the rim of the orb dis- appears in the glow of softened fire. The artist compli- ments nature by likening her evening glories to a picture of Claude Lorraine while the poet feels the sense sublime Of something far more deeply interfused Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man A motion and a spirit that impels All thinking things, all objects, and all thoughts And rolls through all things.'

RIOTS AT NOTTINGHAM.—Riots have occurred here in consequence of the manufactures discharging numbers of men and putting their establishments on short time Monday being a beautiful day, and what they call there ,n,t Monday," great numbers of the unemployed as- sembled, and several persons addressed the congregated masses in the Market-place. It was agreed that a (Iepu- tation should wait upon the Mayor, L. Hevman, Esq. He received the deputation very courteously and told them to bring him the names and families of those who were out of employ, together with the time they had been out of work. This well-meant hut unfortunate invitation produced a much larger gathering on Tuesday afternoon and the Mayor was actively engaged in maturing plans by which to afford immediate relief, when, at about :$.45 p.m., the number of persons having augmented to about 4,000, some ot them began to evince most malicious and mischievous feelings; and as it became dark groups of about 1.50 persons each detached themselves m various directions. The first piece of mischief was to smash a frame of photographic pictures, and then to drive a stone through the window of a chemist's shop. A stone was afterwards sent violently through a plare-glass wmdow of Mr Travell's shop, in which a number of watches jewellery and plate were suspended and the mob rushed en masse at the property exposd. Mr Travel!, who went out to protect his property, was roughly halldled. and with some difficulty extricated. The mob proceeded to pilfer small shops in the vicinity, and in one instance to steal from a bread-"tore about sixteen stones of good bread, and immediately to throw it about the streets On Wednesday night all was quiet, but on Thursday morning a Mr W. F. Wallet, clown, resolved to turn the occasion into an advertisement, and published an an- nouncement that, at ten o clock. he would give away 1.5ttt)lbs of bread to poor women from the doors of the theatre. A large crowd assembled, and became very excited. The police, however, marched to the spot, and cleared the street. Wallet was subsequently reprimanded by the magistrates for his imprudence.

MOST EXTRAORDINARY SCENE. The Concert Hall, Lord Nelson street, LiyerpQ^I^M crowded last evening in every part by a Tirillianfaucli- ence that came to hear Mr. Raymond, and Miss Kate Saxon. We have scarcely seen such an assembly in that house, and, imprimis, we must say that one of the strangest and most exciting 'interludes' we toggjjyer beheld on any stage took place in the course j^PK^tven- ing. We offt'r no comment, but simply narrate what happened, ainid the wildest excitement we ever beheld at any performance. Miss Kate Saxon, who, by the way, is a very beautiful young lady, made her dtfrnt, and was greeted with unbounded applause. which was kept up for some time, and which she acknowledged mlMt I gracefully. She then took her seat at a small table in the centre of the stage, near the foot lights, and proceeded to read from rather a pondrous looking quarto book, a melange of character of the people of thgdifferent nations. This, for some time, was listened to withGut any mark of approbation or otherwise, until her voice fell very low There was here some slight local' disapprobation in one of the boxes of the reserved seats, followed by some ap- probation. Soon after, a well dressed female in the body of the hall gave vent to her feelings by expressing loudly and unequivocally her dissatisfaction of the lady. This caused a good deal of confusion: cheers, hisses, and cries of turn her out' were-iniijgfed with uproar. Whe- ther the lady in the body of the hall was ejected vi et amis, or left of her own free will, did not appear; but certain it is she went out, amid a storm of cheers and hisses-hnt what was meant none can tell. Miss Saxon stopped for a moment, and seemed deeply affected, shed- ding tears, and appealing to the audience to hear her in her native land. This appeal brought a shower of ap- plause, mingled with some hisses. In a few minutes she resumed reading, evidently very much excited. She had not gone on for more than half a minute when a large number of most respectable looking ladies and gentle- men, who occupied places in the gallery, rose, as it were, simultaneously, and cheers and hisses followed. Here the lady rose, and advancing to the front of the stage, addressed the audience, saying she was an English woman, and trusted that on her first appearance in her native land she would be heard. This appeal was met with vociferous applause, and she resumed her seat. She had no sooner taken her position than a general movement amongst the occupants of the gallery (left from the stage) took place and a considerable number retired.— This seemed to annoy the lady dreadfully, and she rushed to the front, and cried out at the top of her tine sweet. voice—'Ifgentlemen are proverbial in England for hear- ing gentlemen. I am sure they will not be less so in hear- ing a woman—it is unfair if you refuse to hear me.' This caused another burst of applause, with cries of 'go off! go off!' Here a gentleman came from the interior, and whilst the lady was standing as described, took her gently by the hand, when she pushed him from her with utter contempt, and cried out with great energy—- No, Sir, I won't go off-l will stay here' (cheers, hisses, and much confusion followed), The gentleman retired, and Miss Saxon again sat down at the table, and appeared to cry violently. At this juncture the whole house was in a feverish state of excitement, and that under which the lady laboured was donbly increased bv her observing several other persons leave the house. At this moment there were loud cries of'go off! go off!' and immense calls 'Raymond, Raymond.' It would be quite impos- sible to depict the scene. The gentleman before alluded to came to Miss Saxon several times, hut she repeatedly slapped his offered hand away with the utmost disdain, amid shouts of laughter, cheers, hisses, and calls for 'Raymond.' After a scene of the greatest uproar, the lady ca.me forward, bowed, and obtained silence. She then. with tbe sweetest smile in the world, said—'Ladies and gentlemen, it you will only hear me for five or ten minutes, I will give you more information and insruction than ever you got before in five or ten years.' A furious uproar followed, and cries of Go off! Take her off, Raymond,' &c., mingled with hisses and cheers. The gentleman again appeared, and attempted to lead off the lady, but she spurned him with contempt. The uproar at this time was immense, and cries of Raymond! rang from all parts of the house The gentleman again tried to lead off Miss Saxon, who went with him towards the exit door, but suddenly breaking from him she returned to her seat and shoured, 'I will not go! I will not go!' A storm of hisses followed, and vociferous shouts for 'Raymond.' After a tornado of confusion Mr. Malone Raymond came forward, and was received with enormous bursts of applause. Himself and the other gentleman took the hands of the fair lady and conducted her to- wards the door, and when about the centre of the stage she broke from them, ran to the right hand of the stage, and placing her back resolutely against the brass rail, stoutly defied any one to remove her. It may be ima- gined what confusion and uproar this caused, but after some remonstrance, she finally went off amid a scene of commotion that we cannot depict. Mr. Malone Raymond then came forward, amid unbounded applause. He begged to sate that Miss Saxon was most unfortunately suffering under the result of a serious accident. She met with an accident in the head some time before leav- ing New York, and was under the best doctors there for a long period. She recovered; but the doctors said if ever she became much excited she would have a fit. The passage across the Atlantic, and the great jov of her ap- pearing, for the first time, in her native land", had caused her so much excitement, that the result was what they had witnessed. He could assure that respectable aurll- ence, on his hononr, that this, and this only, was the cause; and, if they had formed any other idea thev were quite mistaken—in fact, when she got one of these fits, he was extremely sorry to say, she was quite insane. When he concluded, a long continued burst of applause fol- lowed.—Liverpool Times.

STRANGE PREDILICTION.—Ann Oliver, a well-featured young girl, was charged at Worship Street Police Court, on Friday, with the following scandalous conduct:—A shopman in the employ of a grocer named Farrer, in Whitechapel, stated that on the previous Jevening the defendant walked up to the counter and made some in- quiry respecting the price of sugar, and while his hack was turned, she swept a hundred and twenty half-pounds of sugar, just weighed but not done up, off the counter, and before she could he restrained heaped on it a hag of rice, mustard, and other articles. Prisoner: I did it be- cause I had a fancy to go to prison. I want to see how I like it.—Magistrate: Then, unless you pay 20s. you will go for twenty-one days.—Prisoner: Thank you; I can do that like a brick,' although it's the first time. I wonder how I shall like it? Oh yes, I'll do the three weeks I may be sentenced tor Thank you.—And the claimant for a prison walked with a apparent gratifica- tion to the cell. KING GEORGE THIRD A PLAINTIFF IN THE EXCHE- QUER.—A case is set down for argument in the Court of Exchequer, for an early day, in which the late King George the Third is represented as the plaintiff. The case is that of the late King George the Third v. Dela- motte.' It appears that 55 years ago Mr. Delamotte, who was at that time post-master at Weymouth, went somewhat wrong in his accounts—in tact, some defalca- tions were discovered—and certain moneys he was known to have were attached by the Government. This money has lain dormant since that time, and it now amounts to the large sum of.E3,00". A representative of the late Mr. Delamotte has petitioned that this amount may be equi- tably apportioned, and the Crown has consented to re- ceive £1,500 (b ing one half of the amount), and to pay over the other half to the petitioner, who, as the legal representative of the deceased Delamotte, is entitled to it. The question, however, as a matter of form, must come before the Court of Exchequer. | THE WATERLOO-BRIDGE MYSTERY—During the week the police have received some important information re- specting the mutilated remains found on Waterloo- bridge, and on Saturday further communications were received of the same character, and the opinion now begins to gain ground that the victim is one of the poli. tical agents employed by the continental police to insi- nuate themselves into the society of the numerous refu- gees who flock to this country, to inveigle them into plots that will, if adopted, lead them an easy prey into the hands of the foreign police. Forrester, the well- known officer, has recently been in Paris, and some of the other experienced detectives have been instituting minute inquiries in certain directions, that at present it would be inopportune to mention. A foreign police spy, named Fouat, is missing in a most unaccountable mannet the funds he was supplied with must have been long since exhausted, and his not applying for more leads to the belief that he is the murdered man. THE PROCTORIAL DISTURBANCES AT CAMBRIDGE.— The Hon. illiain Osborne, son of Lord Godolphin, was on Wednesday brought before the mayor and borough magistrates at Cambridge, on a charge of assaulting Robert Boning, a 'bulldog,' or proctor's man, during the late disturbances in the town. A great number, both of townspeople and members of the University were pre- sent. The charge was that when Boning had, by the proctor's orders, taken into custody a girl of light charac- ter, Mr. Osborne collared him, and, being assisted by the mob, rescued the girl and went off with her on his arm. In defence, it was urged that the girl was living under Mr. Osborne's protection; that the latter stepped into a shop to make a purchase, and, on coming out found the girl in custody, whereupon he remonstratived with the proctor, and, as his remonstrance was not attended to, was provoked to the assault complained of. The Bench sentenced Mr. Osburne to pay a tine of 20s., or be im- prisoned for seven days. WESTMINSTER COUNY COURT, Nov. 26.—(Before F. Bay ley, Esq.)—Wallace v. the London and South-Western Railway Company.—Serious charge against the Company. -Important decision.—This was an action brought by Messrs. Wallace and Co., the extensive wine merchants of 87, St. James's street, against the London and South- western Railway Company, to recover the sum ofjES 2s. 6d., being the value of wine lost in transition to the officers of the 11th Hussars, stationed at Hounslow. The facts of the case are as follow;—On the 22nd of June last the plaintiff's warehouseman packed fonr dozen of port wine in a hamper and addressed it to the officers of the 11th Hussars, Barracks, Hounslow. The hamper was delivered to a waggoner from the Old White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, kept by Mr. Chaplin, one of the Company's agents, to be forwarded as directed by the goods train of the London and South-Western Railway Company, and a receipt was given by the booking-office keeper. When the hamper arrived at its destination, two bottles, value 10s, were found to have been broken, and of course the contents gone. 011 the 14th of September last plain- tiffs forwarded, through the same channel, three hampers, containing ten dozen of wine, addressed similarly to the others. When the hampers reached the barracks, one of the baskets, containing four dozen of claret, was found to be seven bottles short, the value of £2 12s 6d, the claret being 90s per dozen. And the plaintiffs, it ap- peared, had repeatedly had bottles of wine abstracted Irom the hampers thus sent. It was alleged that the system adopted by railway servants was to extend the sides of a hamper, and either extract the bottle of wine from it, or break the bottles, and thus secure the wine. The plaintiffs and others in the trade had been sufferers by this system ofptuhttrring, au" the object was now to make the Company liable for the io >s si- lained in this particular care, in the hope that they would be more vigilant in the conveyance of wines, with a view to the detectio: of the delinquents. After hearing the evidence the lear t Judge observed that there was sufficient evidenct. that the hampers contained four dozen, and there was abundant to show that the bottles had been abstracted, and the justice of the case could only be met hy giving judgment tor the plaintiffs.—Verdict for the plaintiffs, with costs.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have news from Calcutta to the 2md of October, and Bombay to the 3rd of November. The following is an extract from the letter of the Times Calcutta correspondent, dated October 22nd.— After the fall of Delhi General Wilson despatched a column under Colo iel Greathead in pursuit of the fugi- tives. Marching rapidly southward, on October .5th he came across the Gwalior mutineers, then menacing Agra. He cut them up, inflicting a loss of 5 0 men and II guns. On the ) Oth he reached Agra, and was attacked again by the mutineers, reinforced by the Delhi fugitives, but the enemy were repulsed with immense slaughter, and driven headlong as far as the Kharee. Few particulars have reached us, but it is presumed that this victory has finally relieved Agra. A second body of fugitives made for Oude, as I reported last mail, but their arrival at Bithoor was notified to the British at Cawnpore. The officer in command, Colonel Wilson, sallied out with a very small force, attacked and routed the enemy, but was unable to attempt a pursuit. In all these engage- ments the want of European cavalry is bit- terly felt. The mutineers display the poltroonery which might be expected from their cruelties, but they march fast, and in this war slaughter, not mere dispersion, is the grand object. They are as dangerous in small par- ties as in great bodies, and in this country no man for- gets that the scoundrels are murderers running from the gallows. Cawnpore itself is believed to be safe, and, strange to say, the road between that place and Luck- now seems to be open. At all events, a great convoy of provisions, guarded by only 250 men, reached the Alum- bagh in safety. Gen. Havelock, with about 1,000 men, all the women and children, is believed to be with or near (for accounts differ) General Outram, who, with 1,500 men, is in Lucknow itself. Sinister rumours of all kinds are floating about, but I believe they are wholly without foundation. General Outram ean hold Lucknow though he is fearfully outmatched, and he has reeeived provisions and amunition. I question if there is a force in Oude which will attack this party while Gen. Have- lock is alive, but an accident to him might alter the posi- tion of affairs. The Sepoys, like all other Asiatics, hold the death of a leader a signal for victory, and invent all kinds of rumours to that effect. You will very likely hear many such, but they were up to the latest accounts mere falsehoods. Even the story of General Havelock's sickness rests apparently on native talk. There is a statement circulated that General Havelock is cut off from communication with General Outram, but this ap- pears improbable. All that is certain 18, that Outram waits eagerly the advance of Colonel Greathead's column. General Wilson remains still in Delhi, but he has ap- pointed Colonel Burn Military Governor, and another officer Governor of the Palace. I can give you no news from the Punjaub, as my intelligence comes via Bombay, and your Bombay correspondent will anticipate me. Indeed, he ought to have the latest from the North-West, as the roads to Western India are open and the post still travels; our post does not, except on Government ac- count, and Government will give no detailed informa- tion to anyone. OCT. 23.—The latest intelligence received confirms the statements given above. The two divisions of the Luck- now force have, it seems certain, effected a junction, and General Outram has now therefore some flIt-n with him in the Residency. I his force is strong enough to defy any native enemy, hut it is dou btfnl ifit is sufficiently provisioned. A desperate attack on the Queen's palace, hep.ded by Outram himself, seems to have been repulsed, and the British force now remains for the moment in- active. Round them lie immense bands of armed Sepoys and peasantry, numbering in the aggregate at flas. 40,000 men. With one exception, every landholder in Southern Oude has declared against the British, not from any dis- like, for the same men saved British officers; but from a desire to share the spoils of a failing dynasty. If Gen. Outram has or can obtain provisions he may hold out for any time; if not, he must cut his way to Cawnpore sword in hand, with I fear frightful loss. Col. Greathed has gone into Agra again. Thence he proceeds to Mynpore, and so to Cawnpore. But he cannot hope to reach Luck- now much before the end of this mouth, and meanwhile men, soldiers especially, must. cat. There is no force 'o send to his aid, except this column, and the whole ques- tion turns on its arriving in time. In the Bombay Times of November the 3rd we read the following:— No further mutinies or plots have broken out or been discovered in the ranks of the Bombay army. Punish- ments, however, have during the fortnight been inflicted on many prisoners charged with complicity in those that had previously taken place or been detected and pre- vented. At Ahmedahad no fewer than 13 men of the 2d Grenadiers were executed in one day and at one moment, three being shot, five blown from guns, and ten hanged. They were all Hindostan men, and among the finest looking soldiers in the corps. The plot in which they were distinctly proved to have been concerned was of the most thorough-going and bloody character. All met their dooms without uttering a word. Such has been usually the case with the mutineers. In the executions at Kolaporeno fewer than 50 men had suffered at various times before one was found to accept the proffered boon of life on condition of telling what he knew of the mu- tiny. Near Mindia. on the Nerbuddr, the Madras troops were hanging a man when the rope broke. He himself adjusted the rope round his neck with a double turn, and was then finally turned off Here, in Bombay itself, we have had no more military executions. The jemadar to whose coming trial I alluded in my last was acquitted. Then came the trial of a souhahdar of the 11th Native Infantry, who was sentenced to death. The Brigadier commanding confirmed the sentence, and might under the provisions ot a recent Act of the Legislative Council, have carried it out at once; but, owing to what was afterwards found to be a misconception, the papers were laid before the Governor in Council Lord Elphinstoue recorded a minute on the subject, reviewing the evidence, which was weaker than that in the two former cases where capital punishment had been inflicted, and depre- cating the carrying out of the capital sentence. This interposition on the part of the Governor was afterwards, on reference to the law officers, found to be unwarranted. The Brigadier, however, after this expression of opinion declined the responsibility ol ordering the man for exe- cution, and commuted the sentence to transportation for life. Here it appears to me that he was wrong Pilling, as he did, a judicial position, and having pronounced for death as his solemn judgment, heshouid not have been induced to withdraw from his decision by an opinion, however respectable, which was irregularly brought be- fore him. And, further, I venture to think that the reso- lute and honest man at the head of the Government in this case erred. Of the Soubahdar's moral guilt—nay more, of his being the very chief offender, the very hfe of the plot, it life it can be said to have had—there can be no doubt whatever. To such a criminal, a native officer, moreover, and of influence among his men, the justest judge might be pardoned for declining to apply the nice aud technical rules of legal evidence. Certain it is that the commutation of the sentence was received with universal dissatisfaction by men of all manner of minds, and is generally ascribed, though erroneously, to a morbid feeling of pity on the part of the Governor.' DELHI. The following letter is from an officer in the 61st who commanded the party which took the Palace, and after- wards had the custody of the old King. It shows what spirit animated every soldier engaged in the siege, and what atrocities were committed by the enemy even during the final struggle, justifying every act of our oldiery which otherwised might have had the look of cruelty: Ajmere Gate, Delhi, Sept. 26. 'My dear Father,-I confess 1 have been somewhat remiss in my correspondence of late, but until the last two or three days I have, in truth, hardly had a moment to myself. At last, after having been hard at it tor nearly four months, we have taken this accursed place. I must try and give you a sketch of our operations. The wing to which I belonged left Ferozepore on the 25th of July, and arrived here on the 14th of August. You may fancy how hot it was in tents—the wonder was we didn't all die from it. We made forced marches so as to join the army as quickly as possible. Until the arrival of our siege train of heavy guns and mortars we could do nothing beyond keeping up a cannonade from such guns as we had in battery, to which the enemy replied How- ever, on the 7th instant, the long looked for train arrived in camp, and we at once commenced the offen- sive by throwing up our first battery on the right, at a distance of some 400 yards from the Moree bastion. A line of batteries was gradually established by night from the right battery towards our left, and by the 10th were all in full play, keeping up a terriffic cannonade, to which, however, the enemy replied with vigour. How- ever, such was the fire concentrated on the Cashmere bastion that the guns on it were smashed to atoms and the enemy unable to reply. One of the most unpleasant nights I ever passed was on the 9th, when I commanded a working party throwing up a sandbag battery, about 280 yards from the Cashmere and Church batteries of the enemy The blackguards kept us constantly on the qui vive with a fire of shells, round shot, and grape, and as we were on a level plain or field, and the guns so close, we were at times obliged to discontinue work and lie flat on our faces, and so let the grape pass over us; the darkness favoured us very much, but a party of our regiment who relieved us at daybreak on the I th, were driven from the place, losing five men. On the 13th it was pretty well known in camp that we were to assault the city on the following morning, and we were all anx- iety, wondering how it was to be done. True enough, at two in the morning of the 14th, we paraded, and at three marched down to the assault. There were two breaches, and went at the left one between the Cashmere and W ater bastions; the ditch was about 30 feet deep and 50 broad. As we neared the walls we caught it from grape, rockets, and musketry, the air being literally alive with bullets of all sizes. On we rushed and quickly descended the ditch, and, rearing our scaling ladders against the scarp of the wall, away we went. We soon forced an entrance into the place, and then a most ter- rific struggle ensued. We had to charge up narrow streets and lanes swept by guns firing double charges of grape. And here it was our losses for the most part oc- curred. 1 may as well at once say I hear about 65 officers and 1,200 men were put hors de combat I have been in a good deal of rough and terrible work myself, but I was never in my life under such a fire of grapes as these rascals kept up. We fought till dark, some 1.) hours, and by that time had reached the Cabul gate. From the 15th to the 19th we were at it every day. On the 16th our regiment stormed the magazine, and on the 20th I commanded the storming party which took the King's Palace. We killed about 25 inside, and some es- caped over the walls and across the river. The gate being closed, the engineer attached a bag of powder to it, and on its exploding we rushed in, polishing off every Sepoy we met. In a quarter of an hour we had possession of the place. In the meantime another party went and took the fort ot Selimghur, and the same night pickets were pushed forward in all directions, and by midnight the wholt. city was in our possession. Thus, at last, with the help of the Almighty, we have taken this blackguard place, where so many fearful deeds were committed. The King has been caught, and his two sons slain also his grandson, Aboo Bukkur. Their bodies, naked and full of bullet holes, were cast in Chandui Chouk (.he swell Regent-street ot Delhi Jefore the police-station, and were visited by hundre myself included. Two of these accursed princes violated our women, and then had them cut up in pieces. They are, I'll be bound, in a warmer place than India just now, and one too where punkas and tatties are not available. I was on guard over the King and his wives and concubines on the 24th and 25th, and was obliged to be much on the alert to prevent res- cue or attempts at escape. 1 was ordered to shoot him if things came to the last extremity. Yesterday I handed him over to a guard of the 60th Rifles; being precious glad to be relieved of so responsible a position. We daily find hidden in the houses Sepoys who were unable to escape from sickness or wounds; these are all put to death on the spot; on the 24th I caught a tine tall sowar or trooper of some light cavalry regiment, dragged him out into the street and shot him dead. No mercy can be shown to them. We don't forget, and won't forget, the massacres of women and children, and we kill every Sepoy we catch. The city is quite deserted and all the citizens have fled. It is curious to see a large place like this without a soul in it. We have plundered all the shops, and all the valuables are being collected and sold for prize. Our vengeance cannot be appeased, for we found several of our men who had been merely wounded on the 14th in the assault, and overlooked by us, lying dead minus their heads, fearfully gashed with sabre cuts; and so we spare no one. Every Sepoy we catch, Shoot him' is the word. I'm sorry to say our regiment has suffered much, and we have buried four officers and up- wards of 20ii men since it left Ferozepore. Our loss from the 14th to the 211th of Sept. was four officers woundid and 81 men killed and wounded, out of less than 350— a pretty good test of the fire we were under, our loss being one-fourth. There are also 7 or 8 men missing, and who, 1 believe, we must put down as slain. We have buried about 120 from cholera, and now the regi- ment musters about 550, of whom some 200 are in hos- pital. sick and wounded and convalescent a nice cutting up, indeed As for me, I have, by God's blessing, pre- served my health and spirits wonderfully well, taking into consideration the heat and hardships to which I have been exposed. How truly fortunate I have been again to escape death in this campaign up to the present moment, and how grateful we ought all to be to a mer- ciful Providence for having thus shielded me from all harm! A foree-8th and 75th Foot, 9th Lancers, and 2d Punjaiib Corps, and 18 light guns, have, gone to Ally- ghur to pursue the flying Sepoys. No news of our rein- forcements. When all is over the English regiments will, I suppose, make their appearance. The country is still in a (earful state, and Oude and Rohilcund will have to he overrun with troops before we can hope to trauquilize it. I believe we shall remain here for the present at least, and I am in great hopes we shall be sent back to our old quarters to rest our weary bones for a while.' PROCLAMATION IN THE NOHTH WEST PROVINCES. The following proclamation has been issued by the local Government. We would at the same time draw attention to the fact that the Supreme Government have authorised the payment of a reward of fifty rupees for every armed sepoy, and thirty rupees for every one un- armed, captured and delivered up to tlje State PROCLAMATION.—Agra Fort, 29th Sept. 1857.—The sepoys who have mutinied upon lying pretexts of inter- ferences with religion and caste, and have shown the absurdity of those pretexts hy associating themselves with gaol felons and miscreants of every description, and vain efforts to contend with the British Government at Delhi and elsewhere, are now fleeting from the punish- ment due to their crimes, through various parts of these provinces, showing by their movements only a desire to save the plunder they have obtained by violence, and theirworthless lives The government of these provinces calls on all landowners and farmers, with their tenantry, and on all well disposed subjects, to give all possible assistance to the authorities in bringing these outcasts to justice Landholders and farmers of land especially are reminded of the terms ot their engagement not to harbour or countenance criminals and evil disposed persons. The Government requires proofs of the fidelity and loyalty of all classes of its subjects, in recovering the arms, ele- phants, horses, camels, and other Government property, which have been feloniously taken by these offenders. All persons are warned against purchasing or bartering for any such property of the State, under the severest penalties, and rewards will be pmd to those who imme- diately on obtaining possession of the same bring them to the nearest civil or military authority. By order, C. B. THORNHILL, Officiating Secretary to Government, N. \V. P.' —Mofussllite, Oct. 3. THR CRY OF VENGEANCE. "At present public opinion is concentrated on the question of vengeance. The following sentences from the Friend of India are understood to represent the uni- versal idea:— "'1. That in districts under martial law, and during actual warfare, the loss of life and property should be regulated by military necessities alone. 2. That every mutineer who has taken up arms or quittedhis ranks should die. 3. That every rebel who has taken up arms should die. '4. That in every village where a European has been murdered, a telegraph cut' or a dak stolen, a swift tribunal should exercise summary justice. '5. That in every village in which a European fu- gitive has been insulted or refused aid shouid be heavily fined.' It is believed the Government measure will fall short of this as regards the villagers, but not as regards the mutineers. There is as yet no sign of Lord Canning's intentions, but I do not believe that upon this point he will be found wanting, It is, however impossible to tell as the policy of Government varies every week. The Disarming Act has not been put in force. When it is it is believed that whole classes will be exempted from its operations. If they are the measure is nugatory. If anybody can buy weapons except Europeans they will soon be as common as at present. Who is to decide how many revolvers a Bengalee Ze :.indar ought to have? WHAT SHALL BR DONE WITH THE DISARMED MUTINEERS. The greatest difficulty now pressing on Government is the disposal of the disarmed mutineers. There are more than 20,000 men in this position. One party would put them to death as mutineers; another; and a much larger one, would send them to the Andaman Isles, a third talks of disbandment; a fourth, of reorganisation, The views of Government are not known, but it is most improbable that these men will ever again be trusted, One or two regiments may, but the remainder must at least be dismissed. At present they are drawning pay for detaining European troops in inconvenient positions This, however, is not the fnult of the Administration Government cannot issue its decree until the European troops have arrived. P.S.—Sumbhulpore has been seized by a man named Sunder Shah, a realeased convict, with 1,000 ruffians not Sepoys. It is this disorganisation which is so dan- gerous, more so even than mutiny, There is a report that the troops of the Rajah of Travanc>re have shown shown symptoms of disaffection, but it requires confirma- tion. The precise number of men slain and wounded at Delhi stands as follows:—During the assault 1,170 men, 66 officers during the seige and assault, 4,000. men, 220 officers. The original force was only 3,000 men and 160 officers, and the number of officers never reached 400. This statement will enable you to perceive how necessary incessant reinforcements have at present be- come. A RARE INSTANCE OF DBVOTION AND INFLUENCE OF CHARACTER. The Rewah Rajah, it is reported, through still faith- ful, has fled from his palace to some fort. The political agent LieutenantJOsborne, is therefore left alone. His position and conduct are ar excellent illustration of the scenes taking place all over India. He is a young Mad- ras officer, and till this outbreak but little known to any one. He is now living in Rewah in a tent without a single companion, without a friend within an hundred miles. He is so ill with liver complaint that he cannot lie down, taking rest only in a chair. He has no guard n^ soldiers, sentaries, or reliable servants. Every day and night the soldiery surround his tent, threatening to put him to death by terture. He admits their power but tells them he can take at least six lives before he dies. And so, day by day, there he lives; sick almost unto death, all alone, and with murderers all round, confident only that his duty is to remain at his post, and that God is above him still. It is not such men as these that sepoys can subdue. So magical, indeed, is the influence of character, that at this moment Lieutenant Osborne, the sole European alive in Rewah, is felt by the natives to be at least a match for the regiment around him. To this hour, therefore, they are willing, when not stopped by force, to convey his messages and obey his com- mands.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE, DURING THE PAST WEEK. Though the rain of th past week has somewhat retar- ded field work, the lower temperature has been serviceable as a preparation to the young Wheat for Winter, as well a beneficial check to that which was growing too rapidly. The late panic appears to have run its course, and the idea of a French importation has lost its formidable character. A rise of Is. per sack in country Four has taken place in Mark lane, in spite of some sales of French Flour at 34s. to 38s. per sack. of second rate and'lower quality. Again, many of the country markets show diminished supplies of Wheat, and firmer or improved prices. Farmers, also, in France, seem rather to look to prospective benefits as the result of the recent decree than to be desirous to avail themselves of present prices. In Paris, as well as in London, fewer samples are seen, The effects neverthe- less, of the new measure, combined with monetary pres- sure, yet remain on the continent, where the rates have either been feebly supported or moderately lower. This is with the excepton of Spain, which, with a most favour- able seed time, shows a general andmaterial reduction in prices. As the rates in that country however still exceed those of England, it must draw supplies from its nearest neighbour, and with Piedmont, Switzerland, and Holland divert shipments from the United Kingdom. The news on its reaching New York, was viewed as discouraging, and somewhat influenced prices downwards, especially as the fine open weather that has ruled there, gave expecta- tions of considerable supplies before frost, But the present low prices cannot be met advantageously either by America or Russia—the two great sources of import; and a return to financial ease may ere long bring with it a spirit of speculation. There have been heavy arrivals on the coast; the business that has passed in floating cargoes has been active as follows: About a dozen cargoes of Wheat, O ;essa, Ghirka briaging 45s. to 47s. 6d., Taganrog Ghirka43s. 6d. Polish Odessa 36s. 6d. to 40s., Sandomirka 40s.; 3 of Egyptian* at 30s. to 32s about 8 cargoes of Maize, at 30s., 31s. 6d. and 32s. 6d.; aud 4 of Eastern Barley, at 15s. 6d. to 22s. 8d. The sales of Wheat last week were for 94,088 qrs., at 51s. 3d. per qr., against 97,973 qrs. last season, The London averages were 52s. on 3,560 qrs. The arrivals into the principal ports of Great Britain, for the week ending 18th Nov., in Wheat and Flour, were 135,903 qrs. Mondays' Wheat market in London commenced on the back of good supplies, but the near counties sent up but few samples. Though the panic had subsided, trade was very slow, and only the prices of the previous week were realized. iine samples of old foreign were rather more sought) at full values. On Wednesday there were 660 qrs, per coast, with 1,710 qrs. foreign. The market was then steady, and the few additional samples of good English went off at the previous rates; foreign being firm. On Friday, the quantity coastwise was 1,220 qrs. with 8,090 qrs. from abroad. Trade had then a firmer aspect, but any attempt to raise prices stoppedits course, so far as English samples were concerned but necessitous buyers of fine old foreign occasionally had to pay more money. A full average quantity of all sorts of Flour was pro- vided for Mondays business. Norfolks did not recover from Fridays depression, being sold at the then price of 34s, Town Samples and foreign were unaltered. On W ednesday there were 920 sacks coastwise, with 1,540 brIs. and 900 sacks from abroad. Some sales of middling northern French were to day made at 34s. Norfolks, readijy obtaining that price, while some were held for Is. per sack more. American and other descriptions were r.o dearer. By Friday the coast supply was 1,190 qrs., with 3,380 brls., 1,010 sacks foreign. Norfolks then sold at 35s., other descriptions being unaltered. Barley was in good supply on Monday, and all descrip. tions maintained the rates of the previous week, but without an active trade. On Wednesday the coast arri- val was 130 qrs., with only 3,7 40 qrs. from the continent The business of this day was moderate, at fully the previous prices, and on Friday the finest malting was somewhat against buyers, with arrivals per coast only 250 qrs., and foreign 1,510 qrs. There was a steady trade in Malt on Monday, at un- altered rates. On the week's close there was no change. The Oat trade on Monday was relieved by a much reduced foreign arrival; but dealers, being largely in stock, did not ouy freely, though retail customers had to day rather more money for good corn. On Wednesday there were only 150 qrs. per coast, with 2,140 qrs. from Ireland. Good stores being yet held in granary both by dealers and factors, trade was slow, though prices con- tinui d firm, and in this manner business closed on Friday, with supplies 180 qr?. per coast, 4,110 qrs, from Ireland, and 21,180 qrs, from the continent.. Beans and Peas were plentiful, including foreign samples, especially the latter in white boilers. For the latter, though not again quoted lower, there was scarcely any inquiry Hog Peas and Beans sold slowly, witiiont change of value. Very few additional samples appearing through the week, rates were supported With only a moderate arrival of Linseed, the trade was again heavy, at a further decline of2s. per qr.; but the activity of the demand for Cxkes maintained their value. The demand for Seed was slack up to Fri- day. In Seeds there was almost nothing doing. The few samples of Cloverseed on show were held at former prices, some American red having been placed at low terms; but nothing was passing free on board in French or Germau. White and Trefoil were equally neglected. Canatyseed hardly maintained its value. Mustardseed prices were entirely nominal. Hempseed, Tares, Rape- seed, and other descriptions remained dull. As respects Wheat in the country markets, reports come as follows; Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Sleaford, Loulh, Melton Mowbray, Gainsborough,, Newmarket, Portsmouth, Bristol, and Gloucester were all firm; New- castle, Num ich, Boston, Wakefield, Barnsley Lynn, and Newark were is. to 2s. higher; Hull and Birmingham with short supplies, found a ready placement of 2s. per qr. advance. Saturday's Markets were generally Is. to 2s. per qr. dearer. Liverpool on Tuesday, recovered from the previous Friday's depression. Oats and Meal were unaltered. Barley was 2d. per 601bs. cheaper. Peas as last quoted, but Beans 2s. per qr. lower. Indian Corn neglected, at 34s,. white 38s. On Friday there was a cheerful tone, wit • an improvement of Id. to 2d. per 701bs. on fine samples, and 3d. on inferior. Flour was held for rather more money. Oats and Meal were the turn against buyers. Barley and Peas unaltered, but Beans were aguin cheaper, Egyptian being sold at 33s. to 34s. per 4801bs. News frum London revived Indian Corn, the prices for mixed American being raised to 3Os., and Galatz at 36s. Generally the rates of Spring Corn have been scarcely altered. At Edinburgh, with large arrivals, the market was heavy, and against sellers for all grain but Oats. Glas- gow, with a good attendance, noted a decline of 6d, per boll on Wheat, with the same reduction per sack andbrl. on Flour. Barley was also 6d. 3261bs. lower, and Beans 6d. to Is. per boll reduced, and Oats 6d. per 264lbs., Meal being also in buyers favour 6d. to Is. per 2301bs. Dan- ish 611bs. Wheat was worth 44s., fine Wolgast to 49s. 3d. In Ireland there has been more doing. Wheat at Dublin maintained its value, but Oats were 3d to 6d. per brl, lower, and Indian Corn only experienced a retail inquiry, at Is. to 2s. per qr. less. The harbour at Cork had an unusual fleet of grain laden vessels, many waiting for orders. Notwithstanding this, all grain found a bet- ter sale at full p ices. At Waterford, Wheat advanced Is. to Is. 6d. per brl.; Barley 6d., and Black Oats 6d. to Nd. per brl: Maize, though in better demand, was 9d. per brl. eheaper.- Mark Lane Express.

THE CHARDON POTATO. [Translated from the French of the "Journal dAgri- culture Pratique."] For some years past a new variety of the potato, ex- traordinarily productive, has been cultivated on many farms in the environs of Mans. It is known under the name of the Chardon Potato," because it was obtained by M. Chardon, a farmer at Griez (Sarthe) in 1846, from a sowing made with soeds purchased at Mans, which had been ripened in Saxony. The Chardon potato is distinguised from the varieties cultivated either in fields ot gardens by the following characteristics; 1st. Its tubers are long, and rather flat; its skin is glossy and yellow when cultivated in light and sandy soil and rough and yellowish brown tinged with red, when grown in argillaceous earth. Its eyes are numerous and deeply sunk in cavities; its flesh is of a dear yellow. 2nd. Its stems are numerous, strong, and furnished with deep green leaves; its flowers are white, washed with rose. and succeed each other without interruption, from the 15th August to the end of September. This variety is late, and ripens its tubers towards the end of October. Up to this time (1856) the disease which has appeared every year since 1845, and commit- ted such great ravages upon the late potatoes, has not touched it. But the Chardon potato is not only an interesting variety on account of its having up to this time resisted the attacks of the disease • it deserves to be propagated because it is without contradiction tbe most productive potato of all those cultivated upon a large scale. M. Dugrip, to whom attaches the merit of having been the first to direct the attention agriculturists, committees and, societies, to this fine variety, has produced, ou an average per hectare, twenty times the quantity of tubers planted upon the same superficies"; this result is so much the more remarkable that it constitutes the mean return of the culture of 7 hectares 40 ares (about 17 acres 2 rood 9 perches) In cultures conducted on a smallei scale the returns obtained have frequently been extraordinary. Thus M. Condray, ar farmer in Saint Maixant (Sarthe), has pro- duced from eight hectolitres 220 hectolitres, or more than 27 to 1 M. Epinette, a proprieter at Ferte, Bernard, ga- thered 33 hectolitres for; and M. Velmorin has 18 hec- tolitres for 20 litres, which is more than 90 times the quantity planted. In general the weight of the tubers averages between 150 and 22.5 grammes (from 4.8 oz. to 7.2 oz). This potato will propagate itself very rapidly in France, if it continues to be so productive and remains perfectly healthy; for a great number of agricultural com- mittees and societies have expirimented upon this year (1856), and we strongly recommend the readers of the Journal d" Agriculture Pratique to follow this year its di- vers phases of existence in these attempts, and to take an account of the products they render in the autumn. We wish to believe that it will still furnish an abundant, if not an extraordinary produce, and that we will be able anew to regard it as a true conquest, a unique variety, as well on account of tbe beauty of its tubers of the large proportion of starch they contain,—Mark Lane Express. GUSTAFE HENZE.

THE LONDON MARKETS. From the I Mark Lane Express.' MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVRMBKR 30.—Last week's arrivals were good. The exports were 1,950 quarters of Wheat, 143 quarters of Oats, 3s quarters of Beans, 40 quarters of Peas, 100 barrels 80 sacks of Flour. The receipts of English Wheat were 3,767 quarters; of foreign, 16,237 quarters. Essex and Kent sent but few samples towards the morning's supply, which steadilv went off at 2s per quarter advance. Foreign found a slow improve- ment of Is to 2s per quarter. Of English Flour there were 18,878 sacks, of foreign 3,485 barrels, with 2,094 sacks, nearly all from France; Norfolks maintained Friday's advance of Is per sack, selling at 35s. American were the turn dearer, and other descriptions firm. The quantity of English Barlev was 2,44i quarters, of foreign 18,678 quarters. The trade was altogether buoyant, and Is to 2s more money obtained. In Malt, prices were firm and business steady. There was a good arrival of Russian Oats, with not many of other sorts; the supply being 42,487 quarters of foreign, 4,912 quarters of Irish, 231 quarters of Scotch, and only 31 quarters of English. Business was done at 6d im- provement on all but Russian samples, which were largely on show. Of beans there were 475 quarters of English, and 7,877 quarters of foreign (mostly from Egypt); of Peas, 736 quarters of English, and 1,716 quarters of fcneign, chiefly from Montreal. el No alteration was noted in the value of either of these grain. Of Linseed there was a good arrival, viz., 9,790 quarters all Russian. A further reduction of 2s per quarter took place in prices, though Cake readily found buyers. The Seed trade continued in a state of stagnation. Cloverseed, Trefoil, Mustard, Canary, Hempseed, and other descriptions remaining held at former rates. BRITISH. Shillings per (jr. Shillings per Qr Wheat—Essex and Kent, \Oats—English feed 20 35 white, 45 57 Ditto potato 25 31 Ditto, red 43 52 Scotch feed 20 24 Norfolk, Lincoln, and Ditto pota o 25 *1 Yorkshire, red 43 52 Irish feed, white. 20 2# Barley—Malting 34 37 Din°, black 19 23 Distilling 32 35 ,Beans—Mazagan 33 S8 Chevalier 3H 42 Ticka 35 S7 Grinding 25 30 Harrow 35 38 Af<Tifx,Norfolk,and R, a 'white boilers'8 U •Suff?.lk 61 67 Maple 42 43 Cheviiher Gr' 40 K.ngstcne.Ware.Atown •-Town,' 'household 41 47 „ma(le Household 39 40 Brown 55 57 Country 35 36 Byl" 30 351 Norfolk and SufTolk 33 34

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY TIME TABLE, CORRECTED FROM COMPANY'S TABLES FOR DECEMBER. II P A j l <B WKBK DAYS.—DOWN TRAINS. SUNDAYS.—U* TUAII(H. SUNDAYS.— D i» W N TRAINS, | 5| Stations. ^'Ii^ol1'.2' V 2 1'.2, 3' ^xpras. „ Oratnary. X g Stationt I1* 2» 3» l> 2» 3» '» 2> 3> E*P- 1 & *1 £ xP- 1 & 2 *» 2,3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 8, 1, 273, 1, 2, 3,1, 2, 3, 1 S J class, class. |1 A 2 class, class, class. 1, 2,3, 1 2 1 | 3 class, j class, j class. 1 it 3 class.jl & 2 class. class, class, class. class, class, class, claas. Uft" a'm' ^n «'jnp'm \t'mn pA'm,' 8' d* 8< d' 8* d< w' *• d* Mil* Starting from a.m. I a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m.lpm.p.m. From a.m. a.m. p.m. From a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. J. 8 10 iH & • 0 Paddington 6 0 7 80 9 15 1 0 4'50 8 10 Neyland 9 15 4 7 Pad 8 0^0 ai I « 1 a in £ 2 Ml 1 V 0 9 • 4J 77 Swindon(dep.) 9 20 12 0 il 25 4 15 I 6 50" 10 47 Jolinstn 9 35 4 22 Swin.de 1 5 5 12 ii' }? .2 1 .? 19 18 0 9 121 Cheltenham (dep 8 30 ;10 20 2 25 12 30 1,2,3 30 Mail H.West 9 45 4 32 Chel. de 8 10 Mail 21 VarbSth lJSd^ s fa q"« M in i I I I I 2 J 2 £ 114 Gloucester (dep.) 6 45 11 0 3 0 12 55 6 i 8 0 2 15 Clar. Rd 10 0 4 47 Glou. de 8 30 3 0 2 15 in< c e « 8 45 ,? 3 9 2 9 1 9 1414 Chepstow 7 46 12 15 4 20 1 45 7 20 8 52 3 12 Nar.Rdt 10 20 5 2 Chep 9 48 4 15 3 12 c on ? « « il 4 9 3 6 2 2J 1584 Newport 8 30 12 55 5 12 2 10 8 0 9 17 3 40 Whit 10 85 5 17 New. 7 38 10 37 5 0 3 40 i C li. in "In J ,A-;e f ?» 5 9 4 3 2 8 17oJ Cardiff 8 58 1 30 5 50 2 31 8 30 9 42 S 4 4 StClears 10 50 l&2Cardiff. 8 3 11 2 5 29 4 4! «n M™?|i i ? ta !n «« « O 7 8 5 6 3 4 208 tfeatMdep.) 10 43 3 8 7 32 3 30 10 43 5 25 Carinar 11 20 5 52 Neathde 9 50 7 10 5 25 j 70 in'ii 1 I ?n !? i i i"VA S f? 10 6 8 0 5 0 216 Swanaea 11 0 3 35 7 40 3 40 11 6:5 55 Llanelly 12 11 6 40 Swan.d* 10 20 I 7 45 5 55 7: Veath MPn'i 11 » on 11 II « J> I qo ,V"« in""o 12 C 6 6 0 225 LlaneiV H 41 8 34 4 23 6 25 9wan.de 1 10 7 15 Llanelly 10 55 i 8 22 I.2.3! -5 irJdeP') l| ,5 ?9 3 42 2 15 7 33 H 6 10 9 13 6 10 3 6 5 244:j Carmarthen 12 27 9 23 5 11 7 16 Neath 1 30 7 33 Carmar. 11 42 9 9 7 15 frilSt } JO 0- 8 0 3 55 8 48 22 9 16 9 20 3 15 J 9 64 253' St. Clears 12 44 9 40 i. 7 28 Cardiff. 11 15 3 3 8 48 StClears — 9 29 7 28 '-(• o ft i « li f ?o 9 15 25 6 18 6 22 3 16 9 10 6. 258.J Whitland 12 59 9 55 7 40 New. 11 49 3 28 9 15 Whit 9 16 7 40 Iff 'hepstow 2 23 1&2 1 46 6 53 4 58 9 45 29 3 21 0 25 1 19 0 11 ll| 264 Sar berth Road.. 1 13 lu 9 5 52 7 55 Chep. 12 29 4 10 9 45 Nar.Rd+ 10 0 7 55 w 1 /loucester (dep. 3 32 jl2 j0 2 42 7 53 6 10 11 40 35 3 25 3 3u 2 22 10 14 3^ 27W Clarbeston Road 10 2a 8 U r-lou. de 1 38 5 25 10 47 Clar. Rd 10 19 8 15 ,tieltenham(aiTj 4 0 I 2 0 3 0 8 15 6 30 12 35 36 {t 26 4 31 5 23 9 14 275} Haverfordwest. 1 89 10 44 6 12 8 3i • l.tl. >:r 1&2 H.West. 10 34 8 30 in « S S r !i IMS J • \l H iohMUm(MUfrd 151 11 0 6 27 8 45 .win. ie 7 20 Johnstn I.. 10 50 8 45 1 • T**e 6.0 %.m. Train froir Paddington takes Third Class Passengers for the South Wales Railway only f Narberth Road is he Station for Tenby and Cardigan. Mail Tr*i» tuhf TJurd Class Passenger* between Milfard Haven and Carmarthen on Sunday only, I

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