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MORE ZEAL THAN DISCRETION,
MORE ZEAL THAN DISCRETION, Not a bad jcke is told of one of the New York Nigh Inspectors. It happened a f-w evenings since, shortly after the wharf watch was set, that a plain looking countryman was seen to leave a brig lying at Pier No. 6, with a suspicious looking bundle in his bands. It was a large package and a heavy one, and the stranger tugged along slowly up the pier with it, and turned the corner, sweating uDder bis load. Aha! my fine fellow," ejaculated the lynx-eyed in- spector—a sharp-set official, by the way—" aha! I have got you this time." And approaching the countryman, be said- Good evening. Let me relieve you of that load, my friend." Eh ? responded the man, uneasily. I'll take that bundle, if you please." "Thank you." It's heavy, isn't it ? said the inspector. "Yes. Which way are you going, nabur ? "Come along-it's all right; I'll take care of this— come on." Exactly. Much obliged. It's 'tarnal heavy, and I've got to get it up to the Howard House." Come along," continued the officer knowingly— we'll see about that," and in a few minutes they reached the Howard, when the stranger observed that the inspector had no idea of stopping. Hallo! which way, friend ? I'm stopping here," said the countryman. It's no matter. I've seized this property, and yen can explain matters at the Custom House to-morrow," continued the inspector. Look here, friend! Not tew fast, if you please. I'va paid my dooties on that 'ere lot of goods. Just you look at this, neow," and he drew forth a bit of paper from his vest pocket, signed by the collector. "Why, you scamp," said the inspector, "this is a permit for your goods. Why didn't you show this before?" 11 Why, in the fast place, you didn't ask me tew; and in the next place, 6f I had, you'd seed me break my neck afore you'd a brought that bundle clear up here for mo, I know." The inspector blew his nose, and cursing the country- man for a fool, turned down Pine-street instanter, to resume his lonely round. The stranger put his parcel in the charge of the servant, and grinned a ghastly grin, as the over-zealous watchman departed.
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laarItetø. --+-- LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 4. Only a moderate demand for Money, and rates of discount are rather under those of last week, there being extensive arrivals of Precious Metals. There is firmness in the market for Public Securities: Consols for money and account are to §, and India Stock 220. Demand is on the decrease for Colonial Pro- duce, supplies will again be large this week, and rates generally havo a lowering tendency. Hut flan Produce has been more readily dealt in, and less desire is evinced to sell. A more plentiful supply of DyestniTs, at present not many purchaser", and prices sustained with difficulty; Textile aiticles, however, are much In request, and tho currency fully as high, there being only a slight increase of supply. For Breadstuff's and Provisions the markets have a firmer appearance.
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LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. „ Minif.T lW)!. o ■< Supply of English WnBAT moderate to-day, but trade dull. Best sorts bring last Monday's rates; for common, however, the prices accepted were rather lower. The currency for white ruled from 42s to 49s, and red at 38s,to 45s per quarter, a clear- ance not being made. Of foreign many parcel, on offer; and only small transactions at 43s to 50s, and Russian at 38sto 41s. There was little disposition to purchase floating cargoes, and several on offer. The FLOUR market ruled quiet, and supply large: prices for town-made 42s t) 43s; ditto household 35s to 38s; country- made 30s to 33s; French 323 to 35s per sack, and American 22s to 26s per barrel. A fair bu-irtess was transacted in BARLEY, and not much offering: English malting brought 34s to <lIs; distilling and grinding 29s to 3 is, and foreign 24s to 37s per quarter. Demand for MALT on the increase rates for pale 66s to 72s, and brown 60s to 61s. In the valuo of OATS scarcely any change, although supply plentiful, but purchases were more readily made: English brought 22s to ;8s Scotch 25s to 31s; Irish 21s to 28s; aud Foreign 23s to 30a. Only a small business in RfE at 32s to 35s, and more on offer. BEANS a more ready sale: small English 46s to 48s; middling size 43s to 45s; large 37s to 42s; and Egyptian 348 to 37s. A fair trade in PEAS: white 40s to 45s; and grey 40s to 42s. MAize dull of sale at 34s to 35s per quarter. ARRIVAIA— Wheat, English, 6,857 qrs.; Scotch, 20 qrs. Foreign, 17,770 qrs. Barley, English, 1,882 qrs.; Scotch. StS qrs.; Irish, 400 qrs.; Foreign, 14,770 qrs. Malt, English, 11,417 qrs.; Scotch, 50 qrs. Oats, English, 1,366 qrs.; Scotch, 324 qrs.; Irish, 2,878 qrs.; Foreign, 71,828 qrs. flour, English, 14,828 sacks; Foreign, 190 tacks. MAP.K.LANE, WzDxzsDLY, OCT. 6. The Wheat trade at Mark-lane this morning was dull at AIon- day's quotations. Flour unaltered in value. Choice malting Barley fully as dear. Other descriptions ne. glected. Oats could not be purchased cheaper than in the beginning of the week. Beans and Peas unchanged. ARRIVALS.—Wheat, English and Scotch, 640 qrs.; Foreign, 2,910 qrs. Barley, English and Scotch, 160 Foreign. 22,410 qrs. Oats, English and Scotch 70 qrs.; Irish, a,<5o qrs.; Foreign, 34,780 qrs. Malt, English and SCotrl', 30 qrs. Flour, English, 320 sacks; Foreign, 200 sacks.
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LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. MINCING-LANE, MONDAV, Oor. 4. ? SUGAR.—Purchases were cautiously made to-day; stock is 13.000 tons larger than II\,t year, and rather lower rates are ticoepted Havannah of brown quality can be bought at 31}s to 39.1 6d; yellow 40,3 to 463 (Jd; floretts 481 to 51s 61; Maaritlna brown His to 38s; yellow 38s 6d to 45s; native Madras 25s to 37s; and grocery 42s to 49J. For REFINED SUGIK a quiet market, and stoved goods can be bought at 52s 6d to 59s. MOLASSES and TKEACLB a ready sale at previous rates. COFFBIS in good demand, and prices very firm: ruling for clean native Ceylon at 48s to 52s Gd plantation 63s to 86s; and Mocha 70s to 100s. COCOA is rather cheaper: small sales of Trinidad at 48s to 70s; and of Grenada at 4Bs to 52s. In TEA many transactions, and sound common Congou usual terms-not to be bought underload. RICE is not much in request; low to fine white Bengal can be bought at 7s 0(1 to 12s; Patna, 91 to 20s; and American cleaned, 13fJ to 25s. In; SpiCES rather more business done. Cassia Lignea brings 95s to lOGs; Jamaica Ginger, f3 10s to £9; and Pimento, 31d to 3,id. In DRIED FRUIT, larger purchases. New Currants realise 42s to 50a Valencia Raisins, 37s to 38s and Turkey Figs, 50s to 70a. SALTPETRE is wanted. Low to fino Calcutta- realises 40s to 47s; and English Refined, 45a to 46s.. For PROVISIONS there is an advance, Irish Butter selling at 82s to 108s; Dutch, 86s to 118s; French, 96s to 100s; Irish Bacon, 40s to 58s; Lard, 52s to 76s: and Hams, 70s to 8!is. In Wool, many transactions, and Is to I8,6d paid for English. In SILK larger transactions rates for Tsatlee 178 to 20s 6d Taysam 12s to 17s; and Bengal 12s to 23s. In TALMw a. tail-business: P.Y. Candle on the spot brings 49s 3d to 49s 6d, and January to March 49s 6d to 49s 9d. OILS a more ready sale: pale Seal X37 10s to £38; Cod jK33 10s to £31; fine Sperm £88; Linseed 32s 6d to 32s 3d: and Rapeseed, Foreign refined 47s; brown ditto 43s.
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ffFmtotwe of jftetos. M. Meyerbeer has just passed through Paris from Baden on his way to Nice. The Duchess of Montmorency, recently deceased, has bequeathed upwards of half a million of francs to chari- table institutions. The Archduke Charles Louis, governor of the Tyrol, and youngest brother of the Emperor of Austria, has been so much affected by the death of his wife, the Archduchess Marguerite, that he intend?, a Vienna letter states, to enter a monasterv. Letters from Verona mention the death, by suicide, of the Italian poet Bettelloni, who, it appears, shot himself through the heart with a pistol, discharging two barrels. It appears that the entire number of English and Scotch capitalists who have been purchasers under the Irish En- cumbered Estates Act of 1849, is 324; the Irish pur- chasers number 8,258. The amount of purchase money of the former was £3,160,224, while of native capital something over £20,000,000 has been invested. During the month of September the number of wrecks reported was 105 in the month of January the number was 154. in February 162, in March 179, in April 142, in May 128, in June 102, in July 101, and in August 112, making a total during the past nine months of 1,185. It is currently reported that the Home Secretary (Mr. Walpole) is about to pay a visit to Ireland. Mr. Wilson, M.P., ex-secretary of the Treasury, has arrived in Paris. The Emperor of Russia has just granted permission to the students ef the University of Moscow to publish a collection of translations of the b°st German, Frer ch. and other foreign works, to be printed at the cost of the Uni- versity. The Earl of Derby is laid up with the gout. The Chevalier de Negrelli, who is known to the British public as the opponent of Mr. Stephenson in the Suez Canal question, died at Vienna on the night of Thursday last. In a speech which brought the proceedings of the Literary and Artistic Congress at Brussels to a close on Thursday, the President stated that Belgium would pro- ceed at once to introduce all the principles adopted by the Congress into her legislation. The Diana, the first steamer ever sent to the northern fisheries. has just arrived at Hull from Davis's Straits. The superiority of steamers for engaging in this trade is fully demonstrated. The Manchester letter-carriers have petitioned the Postmaster-General for an increase of wage?, and for partial relief from Sunday labour. A small yac^t called the Christopher Columbus has just arrived at Southampton from New York. She is only 45 tons burden, and is scarcely bigger than an Isle of Wight wherry. She has been brought across the Atlantic by a man and two boys. The number of railway bills which came before Parlia- ment in the session of 1857 amounted to 130, and the length of new line proposed to be authorised amounted to 1,470 miles. The new minister for Foreign Affairs in Persia is Ferukh Khan, whose visit to France and England will be fresh in the recollection of our readers Mr. Longfellow's new song, entitled "Daybreak," printed in the volume containing the Courtship of Miles Standish," has been set to music by Mr. W. Balfe. Several arrests have taken place among the Neapolitan aristocracy, and among the officers of the army and navy. Duke Proto is alleged to have escaped. Br order of the Berlin authorities, the discussion in the journals of the question of the regency, within IQgal limits, is declared freely allowable. Within less than a fortnight six seizures had been carried out against Berlin newspapers. Eighty million francs are said to be required to finish the works at Cherbourg. Vincennes is to have the finest park of artillery in Europe, and the fortress is to be enlarged. A retired sea captain, named Janion, residing at Run- corn, and his daughter by his first marriage, are in custody, on suspicion of having murdered his second wife. The case is now under investigation by the coroner. A Washington despatch says: —" The case of the captured slaver Echo begins to loom up in all its bearings in the minds of members of the government, Cabinet officers do not hesitate to say that we have not yet by a long way seen the end of it." A Charleston telegram says:—" Twenty-five of the Africans on board the Echo, and two of the crew, have died since her arrival." The United States frigate Niagara has sailed, with the captured negroes from Charleston for Africa. M. Mirea, it is said in the Paris journals, has bought of M. Paulin, the Paris publisher, 20,000 copies of the History of the Consulate and the Empire," by M. Thiers, in order to distribute the same as prizes to the subscribers of the Constitfttlonn4l and the Pays. The Times says:—The state of the Indian telegraph question is still a reproach to the government. It is said that Miss Florence Nightingale will shortly visit Liverpool, and take part in the proceedings of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science. The chief minister of Persia and his two sons have been dismissed and are under surveillance. The West Indian Islands are healthy, and full average crops have been gathered. The weather throughout the colonies has been dry. The fisherman of Granville have entered into contracts for the supply of 43,800.000 oysters, 14,600,000 to the dealers of the place and 29,200,000 to those at a distance. The fishery is now in full activity. Robert Montgomery, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, has been appointed Provisional Member of the Council o tbe Governor-General of India. jm In 1856 there were produced in the United Kijjj at 66,445,450 tons of coal, valued at the pit's at £ 16,668.862; 24,257 tons of fine copper, ^a]U6(i at £ 2,983,611; 3,586,377 tons cf pig iror vaiu.d at £ 13,345,508 73,129 tons of metallic .1 a't £ q21 w ■ ^Y5^6'177 t0BS °/ W-iite fVD' Vkad, valued \t and 614,180 ounces of silver frc e D „ d,)t as to demise of W<? hear from Berlin that alj, now at an end. He the naturalist, M. Bonplair died on the 11th of May. n Navigation Company took The great Russian ii"t: of the establishment at Villa- possession on the 20^ by the Sardinian government, franca granted to l'mail to California left the St. Louis The first overj 16th September. It goes by railroad post-office on and thence by coaches and spring wagons to Tipton, to San Efjiie papers mention the arrival of Lord Car- Th% that city. His lordship Vyacbt, the beauty and digg's up of which seem to have much pleased the ^lic, is minutely described in the local papers. A letter from Rome, in the Brussels Independance, states that the opening of China to the Christian mission- aries is the absorbing theme in Rome; and the Pope, it is added, is about to organise a grand collection throughout Catholic Europe, on behalf of special missions. The Earl of Shaftesbury addressed a speech to about 400 of his tenantry and their labourers on Saturday last, in which he censured the working people of the country for expending the enormous sum of £65,000,000 every year in spirits, beer, and tobacco. His lordship then lectured the women among his audience upon their do- mestic duties, and referred to the Queen as a bright ex- ample to all her subjects. The papers mention the death of Mr. James Eddy, late superintendent of the American Telegraph Company's lines, and honorary director of the Atlantic Telegraph Company. Mr. Eddy was indefatigable in the perform- ance of his office, and wore himself out in the service of the company. When the last passengers came up from the Mauritius to Aden, the one hotel at the latter place was shut up, end the passengers were obliged to live on board tbe col- liers in the harbour until the Bombay steamer arrived. Through the agent, Colonel Kelly, the ladies of New York intend presenting to Captain Waters, commander of the Galway and New York steam-ship Prince Albert, an Irish Commercial flag, on the occasion of his next depar- ture from that port. It appears," says the Steele, that the works under- taken at Cherbourg and Brest are not the only ones which have been decided on by the French Government, and that others are to be executed simultaneously in all the other Atlantic ports. Plans have been drawn out, and credits fixed, for putting all of them in a respectable state of defence." The great Derby Day," by Frith, having received the finishing touches since the closing of the Royal Academy Exhibition, is now on public view in London, and again exciting considerable interest. The indefatigable traveller Mme. Ida Pfeiffer has ar- rived at Vienna in a very delicate state of health. She intends henceforward to live a very retired life with her brother, who resides at Neustadt. The director of police at Berlin lately published a series of regulations relative to game-laws, which established a. distinction between the noble and non-noble owners of land. These regulations produced such a bad impression on the public that the government has thought it advis- able to order the director of police to withdraw them. Lewis Aria, Esq., late of Kingston, Jamaica, who died a few weeks since at Scarboro', has bequeathed the sum of £20,000 Consols in trust, for building end maintain- ing a Jewish College in the town of Portses, the place of his birth. The will also provides for a further sum after the death of his wife, which it is calculated will give an additional sum of £ 23,000. A banker's clerk, named Pickford, who has been thirty years in the service of Messrs Smith, Payne, and Smith, of London, is in custody on a charge of embezzling £450. Mr. David Hughes, the bankrupt solicitor, of London, who absconded to Australia, has been declared an out- law, for riot having surrendered to his fiat. The Post calls upon the Government, to produce Lord Canning's answer to the Earl of Efltnborough'a famous despatch. Father Ventura, the well-known preacher, is on the point of leaving Paris and returning to Sicily, his native country.
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%ML"b_e Court, &c, -+- THE Qaeen and the Prince Consort visited their. romantic hut at Alt na Gusach on Thursday, and passed the night there. This hut or lolige is situated among the hills, and commands most beautiful views of the sur- rounding scenery. Its accommodations are very limited, and her Majesty is on these occasions attended by the smallest possible suite consistent with her personal comfort. It is rather more than an hour's ride or drive from the Castle, and is generallv visited twice or thrice during the stav of the Court at Balmoral. HER MAJESTY IN THE NORTH.-Rer Majesty is con- stantly driving about in a light phaeton, without any attendant, visiting high and low, rich and poor. We were told, and bad pointed out to us. the residence of her Majesty's weaver, where all her Balmoral talons are made—a small cottage on the road side, with a but and a ben," multum inparvo. At the weaver's, her Ma- jesty makes repeated calls, being great favourites, and whose tartans, all gifted away in London, are highly prized, as the only true Balmoral tartan. We had also a snuff out of John Blair's—"the Queen's fiddler"— box, as the coach stopped at Crafhie. John is really not at all like a fiddler; nevertheless, John. must always assist at the Balmoral rejoicings. Having left Ed;n- bursh bv the twelve o'clock noon train on a Friday, we got to Balla'er easily on Sunday morning by ten o'clock. Crathie being rine miles off, we drove to church, and, having got a hint to enter by the east end, we did so, and got seats without eiffic-Ltlly, opposite her Maies'y's seat. Her Majesty, Prince Albert. the Prince of Wales, and two ladies came in, and took their seats without any ceremony, observing closely the Presbyterian form of worship during Divine service; and but for the know- ledge that the Queen was present, we could Fee no d:ffer- ence. Her Majesty bad no attendant with her but the postilion when she came, or on leavinsr the church; and not a red coat" was to be seen. Great improve- ments are making on the road from Ballater to Braemar. The road on the south side of Balmoral is to be shut up, and that on the north side of the ride improved for the public. Prince Albert is building a handsome bridge of granite, on the Dee, opposite or near InvercauM House, at, his own expense, preparatory to these operations.- Glasgow Dally Mail.
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personal. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH FORETOLD.—About the year 1816, a party of country gentlemen were dining at Alfoxton-park, in the western part of Somersetshire. A casual expression from one of the company aroused the hitherto most silent person of the party, a shy, but intellectual-looking man, who appeared even younger than he was and rising into enthusiasm, he proceeded to describe the power of electricity, and the range of its influence. At length their startled attention was fixed by his solemnly pronouncing the following remarkable words:—"I prophecy that by means of the electric agency we shall be enabled to communicate our thoughts instantaneously with the uttermost parts of the earth This announcement was received as a wild chimera. Yet, absurd as the idea was then deemed, the most of the party have lived to witness the fulfilment of those pro- phetic words, uttered 42 years ago. The person who thus foretold the electric telegraph was Andrew Crosse, then unknown to the scientific world.—JAMES ELMES, C.E., in Notes and Queries. THE DOORKEEPER'S CRITICTSM.-At one of the towns visited by Mr. Charles Dickens in the north, a doorkeeper's opinion was invited by a gentleman who was entering the room to hear the second" reading" of the course. Very fair, sir." was the reply; "very fair; be does not read amiss; but his attitudes are poor, sir; I think nothing of his attitudes." BON MOTS OF CHANCELLOR ERSKINE,—Mr. Espinasse was conversing in court with Erskine and a Mr. Lamb, when Erskina remarked how much habit and the practice of speaking gave a man confidence in ad- dressing the court. I protest I don't find it so," said Mr. Lamb, for though I've been a good many year?, at the bar, and have had my share of business, I don't find my confidence increase; indeed, the contrary is rather my case." "Why," replied Erskine, it's nothing won- derful that a Lamb should grow sheepish."—One nip £ Erskine was coming out of the House of Commons, Ulm. he was stopped by a member going in, who accos,, ly. "Who's up, Erskine?" "Windham," was tv lonpi "What's he on?" His legs."—Erskine rinHmT» Isocia ion. of the volunteer corps called "The Laluat his corps Son* on. wiebtog to quiz Mm, told was much inferior to the Excise Voir > llf t h » riously the worst in London. "So Sf Iw °-b' good-humouredly observed Ersld a tDfU 100 excise people are alt Casaars (set AT „ T„TVR„TW,, TXR XR„. XORK.—One day last v t "-t-1 i ..aid arrived in this city on bis week, a fugitive slave, whe hancja 0f som8 scamp near way to Canada, fell mt^-j^ doubtless to earn a the steam-boat landing jjef0r9 Marshal Rynders, think- reward thereby, tooonaTy jjad authority to detain him ingthat that be found and induced to send on until the mas Iers too secure the return of his stray Capt. Eynders, however, knew very ii fh td *ia(* no suc^ authority, and he is said to have well tha^ he wouid not interfere with a slave unless declared t0 do so by the issue of a legal warrant. The £ onJve. was kept over night somewhere—he could not If exactly where, but it was probably at one of the olice-stations-wben his captors concluded to dismiss im. They are liable, of course, to an action for false im- prisonment. The fugitive is supposed to be safe in Canada now.—New York Anti-Slavery Standard. SPARE THAT GIRL." Youngster, spare that girl! Kiss not those lips so meek f Unruffled let the fair locks curl Upon the maiden's cheek I Believe her quite a saint! Her locks are all divine, Her rosy hue is paint! Her form is crinoline! THE BEST REASON.—Many a speculation has failed for the same good reason that the eld Texan ranger gave when he was asked why he didn't buy land when it was dog cheap. A ccrrfspondent tells the story: Well, I did come nigh into taking eight thousand acres onest," said old Joe, mournfully. You see, two of the boys came in one day from an Indian hunt, without any shoes, and offered their titles to the two leagues just below here for a pair of boots." For a pair of boots!" I cried out. Yes, for a pair cf boots for each league." But why 011 earth didn't you take it ? They'd be worth a thousand dollars to-day. Why didn't you give them the boots?" "Jest 'cause I didn't have the boots to give," said old Joe, as he took another chew of tobacco, quite as contented as if he owned two leagues of land. LA TRAVIATA."—A striking example of the insidious and dangers character of this degraded morality is witnessed at the present time among the highest classes of society in the patronage and support which has been given to the opera of La Traviata," the Street Walker." In this opera is represented an episode in the life of a common prostitute, in which an overween- ing attachment, less noble in character than that of a dog to;its master, is upheld to admiration and'sympathy; and Christianity is parodied in a fashion little short of being blasphemous, by this attachment being exhibited as a sufficient justification for sin and preparation for heaven '—JbMrHaJ of Psychological Medicine, for October. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON AT CHALONS.—The Moniteur announces the arriyal of the Emperor at the Camp of Chalons, at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Tne troops were under arms and formed a double line from the rail- way station to the imperial quarters. His Majesty was received by Marshal Canrobert and staff, amid loud acclamations. He mounted on horseback on quitting his carriage. The generals and superior officers were after- wards entertained at dinner by the Emperor. The bands of all the regiments played the rctraite, and were accom- panied by soldiers bearing torches. The camp was illuminated, and the words "Vive l'Empereur," "Vive l'ImpératHce!" "Vive le Prince Imperial!" were traced PI in light. The Moniteur adds:—"It may be said that at this moment a new life circulated in our troops. The Camp of CbtUons is animated by that spirit which the presence of the Emperor develops over all the points of France. Yesterday it. was a military school, attentive and serious; to-day it is an assemblage of men animated by that enthusiasm which gives to our army on the field of matceavres, as on the field of battle, the last degree of its perfection." In describing the effect or the Emperor's preseuee at Chalons the official journal is more temperate than the Messager de Bayonne, which, when recounting the ceremony or blessing trie works at the mouth of the Adour, a month or six weeks ago, hinted that the waves of the ocean grew hushed as the imperial eye was turned on them. A "WRONG GUESS.—A physician, going down State-street with a friend of his, said to him, Let us avoid that pretty little woman you see there on the left; she knows, and casts on me looks of indignation. I at- tended her husband a Ah! I understand you had the misfortune to dispatch him." On the con- trary," replied the doctor, i saved him." CHRISTIAN HUMILITY.-An old woman was praising, in rather enthusiastic terms, the sermon of a Scotch minister, who had acquired a great name for depth and sublimity. Her auditor ventured to propose a question to her—"Well, Jenny, do you understand him?" Understand hira holding up bar hands in astonish- ment at the question, me understand him! would I have the presumption? How MR. JOHNSTON WENT TO PRISON.—After Mr. Johnston was locked-up in a cell at the Mansion- house, on Saturday afternoon, when he bad been sentenced to a month's hard labour by the Lord Mayor, he bore his reverse of fortune for some time with great calmness shd equanimity, the only thing that at all disturbed him being a doubt as to how he would be provided with his meals, during his term of imprisonment and oakum-pieking. After sitting quietly enough for some little time, he inquired of one of the officers who went near his cell, whether he would be allowed to provide himself. Being told "No, he would have to submit to the ordinary prison fare," he observed quietly, Ob, very well, it's all the same," and then relapsed into silence. Subsequently he got up a little scene of gaiety, whistling and singing, his favourite airs being Pretty Polly Hopkins," and the more appropriate one to his position, waiting as he was for the prison van, of "Wait for the Wagon," and when the prison van ?arrived_to convey him to Holloway, be quitted his cell with a brisk and jaunty air, and stepped blithely into the vehicle; which he quitted in the same manner upon arriving at Holloway, Since he has been there he has displayed a remarkable aptitude for accommodating himself to circumstances, not seeming to care at all for his altered position. There can be no doubt that his fit" in the justice-room of the Mansion-house was simulated, as it is now known that he can exhibit such symptoms when he pleases, and that it has often pleased him to do so. It may be mentioned that Johnston is 73 years old, although in appearance he does not exceed 65. MR. CHISHOLM ANSTET.—The China Mail, of August 10, mentions the suspension, from the office of Attorney-General, of Mr. Chisholm Anstey, "who," it says, "has acted towards, the governor and other officials in a manner which necessitated the step. Mr. Anstey's character and failings are so well known in England that his suspension will not cause any surprise, however the necessity of it may be regretted there, as it certainly is here by all who have observed his honesty of purpose and his skill in dealing with Chinese witnesses. Mr. Day, the senior counsel in the colony after Dr. Bridges, who still acts as Colonial Secretary, will take his place in the interim as Attorney-General." THE ENGLISH IN PARIS.—The Daily News cor- respondent complains of the way in which the English dress in Paris. He says:—"Now to bring the matter home to English ideas, let me ask this question:—What would be thought by Londoners if daily there were to be seen in London -parties of French men and women, the former wearing shooting jackets, with waistcoats and continuations of a remarkable tweed pattern, thick shoot- ing boots, and wide-awakes, or travelling caps, carrying an inevitable red book in one hand, and having a black leather bag suspended from a black leather belt saltier- wise across the breast; and the women disguised, rather than dressed, in hats which are a cross between a mush- room and a parasol, and dresses which, consisting as they do of a long cape and a gown of the same material, give the wearer the appsarance of a masquerader en veloped in a domino ? Yet such is literally the cos- tume in which the majority of our countrymen and women parade the streets of Paris about this time of the year, some of them commencing, others terminating their holiday tour; and I leave it to any call did reader to decide whether such Is a fitting style of costume in which to appear in such a capital. Thy eccentricity is a subject of common remark, not amonot Parisians alone, but amongst all resident English, and it is the more striking to the latter, because they^pow how much less rigorous is the adherence to a ^'scribed costume in Paris than it is in London. There;, perhaps, no capital in the world where there is a liberty in this respect, particularly as regards 410 m.e se2^- Fashion, in the strict sense of the wor > prevails much less here than in London. Everybo^ "wears what best suits his figure or most pleases h: fancy: it follows, therefore, that in order to havejecome proverbial for an exaggerated eccentricity (/appearance, our English travellers must, as a body, '3hlJ"fed "ry widely from all accepted notions-3 t0 t1lQ decoration of the ^HONOUR IN "We have with us s^s.the Jonrnal, « a nrnrkino- man wb"a attainments in natural history en- tiMo him to tak *an^ sorne the most learned in nnr rorrntrv Apartments cf gcience Mr> T{ F(1.srd has, ever since he was able to work, f i-i 'A calling of an operative shoemaker. He may I ay 'j bo fully master of all that is known in orni- ,)|0]r/ and zoology, while in concoology and botany l^v.nowledge is also profound. In this vicinity and for ,<?ide circle around, he is the standing authority on these md kindred subjects; and his name as an explorer of these branches of knowledge and a contributor to journals on natural science is familiar to the leading naturalists in England, with many of whom he carries on a frequent correspondence, sending them rare specimens, and assist- ing their labours by communications of his own experi- ence. Tn connection with one of these correspondents Mr. Edward has just had conferred on him an honour which, so far as we are aware, is unique, as falling to an indi- vidual in his position in life. One of his correspondents, Mr. Spence Bate, of Plymouth, F.L.S., has been for some time engaged in researches with respect to the smaller crustacea; and Mr. Edward, who, says Mr. Bate,'has been a valued correspondent for many years,'having sent Mm two specimens of a different species from any he had yet met, Mr. Bate, who is quite an Authority on these matters, says he names the species after its finder, Mr. Edward. The name so designated is the Praniz i Ed- wardsil,' and this name it will continue to bear in perpe- tuity among naturalists." PREACHING BEFORE GENERAL JACKSON.—After singing and praying, brother Mac took his seat in the pulpit. I then read my text: "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? After reading my text I paused. At that moment I saw General Jackson walking up the aisle; he came to the middle post, and very gracefully leaned against it, and stood, as there were no vacant seats. Just then I felt some one pull my coat in the stand, and turning my head, my fastidious preacher, whispering a little loud, said, It General Jackson has come in; General Jackson has come in." I felt a flash of indignation run all over me like an electric shock, and facing about to my con- gregation, and purposely speaking out audibly, I said, "Who is General Jackson ? If he don't get his soul con- verted, God will damn him as quick as he would a Guinea negro!" The teacher tucked his head down, and squatted low, and would, no doubt, have been thankful for leave of absence. The congregation, General Jackson and all, smiled, or laughed right out, all at the preacher's ex- pense. When the congregation was dismissed, my city- stationed minister stepped up to me, and very sternly said to me, You are the strangest man I ever saw, and General Jackson will chastise you for your insolence before you leave the citv." "Very clear of it," said I; for General Jackson, I have no doubt, will applaud my course; and if he should undertake to chastise me, as Paddy said, There is two as can play at that game." The Backwoods Preacher: an Autobiography of peter Cariwright. THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS WHICH COLERID0B PRESENTED TO His FRIENDS.—I may as well state here that the writer, possessing confessedly great and extra- ordinary powers, has been wholly and entirely miscon- ceived, and by none mora so than those who fondly deemed him of their belief. His belief was so capacious that it contained not only theirs and a hundred others, but also their opposites, and existed in. the equipoise or equilibrium. Thus, in speaking as was his wont, of Peter, to whom he felt an especial distaste, he was accus- tomed to refer to the passage in Matthew ch..xix. v. 27, where the Janitor asks, "Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee; what shall we have therefore ? and in a humorous strain of contemptuous remark, exhibit the selfishness of the (in mind) vulgar fisherman, "Wbo having left a wretched and precarious calling, seeks to make of this a merit, and to demand a reward for that which could only be a merit, so far as it did not seek to obtain any earthly reward or advantage. It ought to be known that many men in these latter days, many even from the especial land of cant and notions, used to seek to pick up the crumbs from his mental banquets; and as these were chiefly weak-minded and superstitious men, with a few men of strong heads and minim hearts, which latter class are not, however, self-deceived, he was led, being then in feeble health, to assent to their conclusions, seeing that between minds like theirs and his giant intellect an impassable chasm existed; in short, for peace sake, he humoured them, and for sympathy, as be used to say of Cromwell, spoke in the language, but not in the sense of the canters.-Allsopp's Letters, Conversations, (J'c; DEATH OF THE CHISHOLM." — A general feeling of regret has been experienced in the north bv intelligence of the premature decease of The Chisholm," or Duncan-Macdonnell Chisholm, Esq., 0f" Chisholm, Strathglass, in this county. He died in London, on the Hth inst., aged 47. For many years past the deceased bad fixed his residence in London; but he occasionally visited his estate, and appeared at our country meetings, where he distinguished himself as an acute and active man of business, and a fluent and accomplished public speaker. His talents and pleasing manners rendered him a great favourite in society. The deceased was the second son of William Chisholm, Esq. The eldest, Alexander William, his heir, represented this county for a shore time in parliament, and died much lamented in 1838, at the age of 28. The second son, Duncan-Macdonnell, now deceased, was born on the <5th of August, 1811- The Chisholm has died unmarried. His property, the rental of which is upwards of £ 6,000 per annum, was en- tailed by his grandfather, Alexander Chisholm, in 1777, in favour of his five sons in succession, and failing them and their heirs male, to his two brothers, Major James Chisholm, of Carrie, and Dr. William Chisholm, of Buntait, who was for eome time Provost of Inverness. Failing the five sons and two brothers and their heirs male, the property was to descend to Archibald Chisholm, eldest son of Chisholm of Muckrath. The descendants of this Archibald Chisholm now take up the succession; and the gentleman, who fortunately obtains a valuable inheritance, which neither he nor his fathers could have ever dreamed of possessing, is resident in America. Up to the last century, the Chisholms of Stratbglass and their clan were Roman Catholics; and it is said that the present heir of the estate, resident in America, is of the same persuasion. A tiner Highland estate can hardly be imagined.—Inverness Courier,
HORTICULTURE. ,
HORTICULTURE. (From Bell's Weekly Messenger). The varied and beautiful hues of the foliage, as we look abroad oh the face of the country, indicate too surely the speedy fall of the leaf, and with the fall of the leaf comes the season for the transplantation of aU kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs. Experienced gardeners always endeavour to effect as much of this kind of work as possible before Christmas, for experience has taught them that to plant deciduous trees and shrubs in October or November is pretty well to gain a year as compared with spring planting. This being so, those who propose to form plantations, whether of fruit trees, or of orna- mental trees and shrubs, or of forest trees, will do well to lose no time in maturing their plans, and in taking the necessary steps for their early execution. Another advantage incidental to early planting is, that the supply of trees is obtained before the nursery stocks have been thoroughly picked over, and none but the weak and ill- thriving plants left. THE GREENHOUSE.—The weather continues remark- ably favourable for the plants still located out of doors, neither morning frosts nor heavy rains having occurred so as to render it advisable to remove them to the green* house. Everything, however, should be held in readiness for a speedy move in the event of the weather assuming either of these phases. In the meantime, now that the days are fast shortening in, and the dews are heavy, the supply of water to plants out of doors especially, should be much diminished, and the plants kept rather a little dry than too moist. THE FLOWER; GARDEN.-Any of the bedded-out plants in this department, which it is deemed advisable to keep through the winter, should now be taken up and potted, and placed in a cool shaded pit till established in the pots. THE KITCHEN- GABDEN.—Plant out young cabbage plants raised to stand the winter, and water them well two or three times to give them a start, as the surface of the land is very dry.
A STUDENT OF NATURE IN HUMBLE…
A STUDENT OF NATURE IN HUMBLE LIFE. The following interesting statement was made by Sir E. Murchison, at a soiree by the Leeds Mechanic Insti- tute and Literary Society:— As a Scotsman and Highlander, he felt proud of his country in having produced fich a man as Hugh Miller, and he rejoiced to be ¡>Jle to state that there was very shortly to be erectflt in Cromarty, near to where that distinguished ma* was born, a monument to his memory, and a mo^ment constructed of true old red sandstone (hear, b'ar). But in pursuing his observa- tions in the Hkhlands, and going beyond Sutherland and Caithness it was his (Sir Robert's) gratification a second tine to meet with a remarkable man in the town of Timrse, named Robert Dick, a baker by trade, whom nO was proud to call his distinguished frieriWhen he went to see him he spread out beÿre him a map of Caithness, and pointed out its ^perfections. He (Dick) had travelled over the country m his leisure hours, and was thoroughly acquainted with its features, and delineated to him, with flour on a board, not simply its geographical features, but certain geolo- gical phenomena which he desired to impress upon his attention. Here was a man who was earning his daily bread by his hard work, who was obliged to read and study by night, and who yet was able to instruct the Director General of the Geographical Society (applause). But this was not half of what he had to tell them of Robert Dick. When he became better acquainted with this distinguished man, and was admitted into his sanctum, be found the busts of Byron, of Sir Walter Scott, and other poets, and he found also books carefully and beautifully bound, and which this man had been able to purchase out of the savings of his single bakery. He also found that Robert Dick was a profound botanist. He found, to his infinite humiliation, that this baker knew more of botanical science- ay, ten times more, than he did; and that there were only some twenty or thirty species of flowers which he had not collected. Some he had obtained as presents, some he had purchased; but the greater portion had been accumulated by his own industry in his native country of Caithness (applause). These specimens were alt arranged in most beautiful order, with their respective names, and be was so excel- lent a. botanist that he might well have been a professed ornament of Section D. .,A: '!P_
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LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, lutsDAX. OCT ti. Grain market quiet. Wheat and flour difficult to sell. Prices nominally the same as on Tuesday. Indian corn easy. Beans offered at lower prices. Egyptian selling at 35s ffd. Oats and oatmeal neglected. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET, TUESDAY, OCT. 5. A good Supply at last day 's prices. Prime meadow bay, 65s to 72s; superior do., 7IJs to 80s; inferior do., 65* to 65,4 roweu, 55s to '65a;* clover, old, 90s to 100. second cut, 70s to 904; straw, 'it* to 26s. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. 4. CATCLK.—Beasts, 5,6616; Sheep, 33,500; Calves, 157; Piga, 350.-Bcof, 33 lOd to 4s lOd; Mtltton, 43 to 53; Veal 4s to 5s 4d; Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 4d.
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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—A letter, just re- ceived by Sir John Barrow from Captain M'Ciintoek, R.N., commanding Lady Franklin's yacht, conveys the gratifying intelligence that lie has safely crossed the middle ice of Baffia Sea, and is in a fair way of success- fully accomplishing the object of hu enterprise. Letters from Dr. David Walker, the surgeon and naturalist of the expedition, give the most cheering account of the health and happiness of all on board, notwithstanding their winter's campaign in the middle ice.
AN INFAMOUS PARENT.
AN INFAMOUS PARENT. Robert Johnston, a citizen of London, competently established as a cutler in Gracechurch-street, appeared before the Lord Mayor on Saturday, to answer a charge of refusing lawful support to his daughter Frances. The investigation which ensued brought to light the following narrative :—Many years ago Johnston married, and his Wife bore him swen children, of whom we learn that the eldest but one i1 now twenty-seven, and the youngest but o ie eighteen years of age. The husband and wifu lived on bad terms with each other for some tinop, insomuch that, t'lough they resided in the same house, they occupied different parts of it; and it appears that the mother, assisted by her sister aud partially aided by allowances fr,)m Johnston, maintained and educated tha children. In October, 1856, while things were in this position, Mr?. Johnston died, leaving Amelia, Frances, and Arthur Johnston living in the house, and the other children settled elsewhere,, in charge, as we collect, of the business which had hitherto supported them. After this event, the father not only left the two girls without proper main- tenance, but demanded a weekly rent for the room they occupied in the house, and Eerved them with a formal notice to quit iu default of thtir acceding to his terms. Accordingly, in February, 1857, they left their father's roof, and Frances, after being sustained for a time by her brothers and sisters, at length found a situation as shop- woman in the establishment, of a dressmaker. The sense of her position, however, of her father's inhumanity, and of her dependence upon her scarcely less helpless relatives drove her beside herself, and in the month of March last she jumped off London-bridge, to end her miseries in the river. As it happened, she was preserved, though not without shocking injury. The captain of a steamboat rescued her from self-destruction, but in her fall she had struck with such violence against the stonework of the bridge as to dislocate her hip, and for six months she was an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital. Last week, restored to convalescence, but disabled for life, she was transferred from the hospital to the City of London Union, and, as the guardians of that establishment naturally objected to relieve the father of a duty which he was perfectly able to discharge, applications were made which brought the whole transaction before the notice of the Court. It was then that the incredible incidents of the story were first disclosed. When the poor cripple was questioned as to the causes of her despondency, and the feelings which could have driven her to the dreadful resource of suicice, it trans- pired, as the investigation proceeded, that the father had actually recommended his daughter, and not her alone of the family, to ivilti the streets for bread. So incon- ceivable did such a fact appear that it was not until the adjourned inquiry that it could be really credited, but on Saturday last the examination left the original statement beyond reach of doubt. It would have been some slight relief to the enormity of the imputation if we could imagine the words to have been used in the madness of passion, as related by one of those actually addressed. "You girls bad better go on the streets, and your brothers had better go and steal—that's what you will all come to." But there is no such escape frum the con- clusion advanced. Tho speech was made more than once; it was repeated over and over again, and addressed not only to Ifraucep, the youngest, but to Henrietta, the eldest daughter. it is to be noticed, indeed, that Frances, the original witness, abstained from revealing this most shocking circumstance, and confined herself to a general description of her father's unkindness. The communication itself came from the lips of one < f her sisters, who accompanied and supported her on her appearance before the Lord Mayor. We pass by the other incidents of the case, revolting as they are, because they are really overwhelmed by tbh unparalleled feature of depravity. Under ordinary circumstances it would almost transcend belief that a father, when informed of his child's rescue from death, should ask the person bringing the message what authcrity he had for communicating such information or that, when the poor girl was hanging between life and death in the hospital for months, he should never once have gone to see her. But this sinks into insignificance by the side of the rest; nor was it, perhaps, to be expected that a man who had advised his child to take up the trade of a prostitute should be recalled to any sense of his duty by her sickness or peril. Better, indeed, according to liis view, that she should die than live. Yet it does happen that, so far as such a case can admit of aggrava- tion at all, this aggravation may be found in the various particulars detailed. The man was not struggling against penury himself, nor plunged into any miseries by which his feelings might be deadened. For all ttiat appeared to the contrary he was tolerably well) to do; he lived in a house rented at £ 96 a year, and the allowance which at one time he contributed to his wife and children was X150 a year. That his conduct towards his family originated in some aversion taken to the mother geems indeed probable; but we learn nothing of the cir- cumstances in which such aversion could have arisen. He must needs have lived with his wife, on some terms or other, nearly thirty years, and, as he had seven children by her, some period of their union, at any rate, must have been happy. Nor was the behaviour of the children themselves in any way calculated to provoke anger or severity. We do not know that the mother was in fault at all; but even if she had: been, thare was certainly no misconduct on the part of the family. The Lord Mayor described their pursuits, from accounts which bad come to his own knowledge, as respectable and praisfiwortby in the extreme, and announced in open couit that they had laboured most patiently and honourably for a mainte- nance ever since their mother died. We are left, therefore, with the spectacle of the father, such as he has appeared, in absolute and u a relieved deformity, and this perhaps is so far unfortunate that it will permit us to suppose him as not indeed, unaccountable for bis actions, but possessed by some species of mania overruling his mind.
DREADFUL CALAMITY NEAR DURHAM.
DREADFUL CALAMITY NEAR DURHAM. (From the Durham Advertiser of Friday). It is our painful duty to record one of those fearful calamities which are of such painful frequency in this county and Northumberland, by which the lives of thou- sands of men have, from time to time, been sacrificed, and sorrow and misery carried Into hundreds of previously happy homes. The catastrophe which we are about to chronicle, took place at Page Bank," one of the Byers' Green Colleries, of which, we beHeve, R. W. Jackson, Eoq., of West Hartlepool, is the principal owner. Page Bank is about four miles from this city, and about half-a-mile from the village of Brmcepatb. The colliery, which has only been worked for about three years, is within a short distance of the river Wear. Yesterday morning, about twelve o'clock, messengers arrived in this city with the alarming intelligence that an explosion had occurred at Page Bank Colliery, and that the shaft of the pit was on fire. Knowing too well the nature of these dreadful events, the intelligence spread through the city like wild-fire. The city fire- engine, as well as the College engine, was at once de- spatched, and numbers of the inhabitants rapidly hurried to the spot. On arriving at the colliery we found the news, although perhaps not perfectly correct in detail, was sufficiently appalling, and that no less than between forty and fifty lives were, if not already sacrificed,.hang- ing by a thread. A large crowd was assembled round the mouth of the pit, and up the shaft was issuing a dense volume of smoke. Water drawn from the river by the two Durham enginell, and one from Auckland Castle, was being poured dowa the shaft, and the whole of the gear- ing and woodwork at the mouth of the pit was either burnt to cinders or had been exposed to the action of the fire. From what we could learn from the men employed above ground at the colliery, it appears that about nine o'clock injthemorning they were alarmedathearicgaroport like an explosion, and instantly seeing flames leap out from the mouth of the pit, the whole of the woodwork being speedily one mass of fire. So soon as the alarm and consternation had in some degree subsided, the mouth of the pit was covered over, and the flames above ground were soon exhausted or extinguished. This done, the great question arose how to secure the safety of those below. It was soon ascertained that no less than between 40 and 50 men and boys were underground, and the smoke was so dense that no attempt could be made to descend the shaft; therefore, the best, and, in fact, only course that could be adopted was to pour water down the shaft, and by this means endeavour to extinguish the flames, which were then evidently raging below. The water, as we have said, was pumped from the river by the fire engines as well as by a variety of carts employed for the purpose but this furnished by no means so large a quantity as could have been wished. Brattice cloth was nailed up to the height of about fifteen to twenty feet above the mouth of the pit to try to create a current of air down the shaft. About two o'clock, the smoke having in some degree, subsided, a man attempted to descend the shaft, in order to see if he could ascet tain the locality of the fire; but, after descending three or four fathoms, he was compelled, in consequence of the density of the smoke, to return without being able to discover anything. A similar step was attempted two or three times in the course of the afternoon, but with like want of success; and the only course left was to await the abatement of the fire, which was evidently still smouldering in the shaft. The pit makes on an average, 450 gallons of water per minute, and, as the pumping apparatus has been destroyed by the fire, there is this large quantity of water accumulating in addition to what has been thrown down the shaft for the purpose of extinguishing the fire. The extent of the working is about eighty aeres, and for the water to fill the colliery and stop all ventilation Mr. Johnson calculates will require about five days; so that should the unhappy men even linger until that time without assistance being rendered, there is the certainty of their being drowned out. The number of men and boys ascertained to be below is not less than forty, but bad the accident happened' about an hour later not less than 100 persons would have been at work on the back shift." The anguish of the relatives and friends of the unfor- tunate men left in the mine may be more easily imagined than described. In one cottsga which we chanced to enter there were four of the family—a fa!her and three sons—amongst the hapless number confined in the mine. telegraphic messages were sent to West Hartlepool, Dar- lington, Stockton, and other towns for fire-engines during the course of the afternoon; and one from Darlington arrived by rail about four o'clock. Mr. Nicholas Wood, and several other coal owners in.the north, were also tele- graphed for. Up to seven o'clock, when our account left, there had been little alteration in the appearance of affairs; but the smoke ascending the shaft was visibly decreasing. DURHAM, FRIDAY EVENING. The number of men in the Page Bauk Pit was Jarger than stated yesterday. They have all been got out to- day. The last was got out at 6 o'clock this evening, after having been in forty hours. Seventy-one are alive, and ten dead. The pit is still on fire at a blower in the shaft. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. The following additional particulars of the dreadful calamity at Brancepetb, near Hartlepool, are furnished by a reporter to the Newcastle Chronicle:— The work of extracting the men from the mine was continued during the whole of the afternoon till half- past four, when the last two alive were brought to the surface. It is impossible to describe the cries of agony raised by widows, mothers, and sisters, as their relatives were brought up dead, and recognised. The cage being des- troyed, the men had to be drawn up by means of a rope, to which they were slung, almost every one of them being utterly unable to help himself, or to guard against being filled by the scaffolding as they came up. For the purpose of protecting them, a sbaftsman came rip with each. Usually a man and boy were brought up together. The men have been most energetic and even daring in risking their lives to rescue their fellow-workmen. There has been an absolute eagerness to rush into the mine in order to render assistance. About a dozen were sent down in the morning, and they brought the sufferers as they were found through the water to the rope, and fastened them to it to be drawn up. In a very few minutes after the first men went down this morning between ten and eleven, the signal bell rang, and Thomas, Hall, ths viewer, heard the voices of the men at the foot of the shaft. In about another hour, Mr. Nicholson, of Cassop, had the credit of bringing the first living sufferer to the bank. He was a boy, John Egglestoue, and was safe and sound, and in good spirits. At a few minutes after eleven it was found that additional assistance was required below, and from among the volunteers, Mr. Cooke, under-viewer, Whitwortb, and Mr. Wilson, two men of great experience, were selected, and descended the shaft. Immediately afterwards, another man and boy were sent to the bank, the boy ex- claiming with great vivacity, as he reached the top, "I'm all right!" Shortly afterwards another man and boy were brought up, and the boy, as the men were undoing the ropes by which he was lashed to the draw-rope, exclaimed Oh, I can do well enough by myself." About three o'clock Mr. Cooke was obliged to relinquish his endea- vours, and was brought up exhausted. Restoratives were applied, and he became convalescent, About the same time Mr. Hall had to be brought to bank, ho having fallen from the bunting and sprained his ancle. The shattsman brought up the intelligence that the remainder of the sufferers below were in a very much exhausted state. Fresh stimulants were sent below, and the remainder brought up alive were in a most enfeebled condition, as may well be supposed, judging from the length of time they had remained in the cold. Indeed, independently of the water now in the workings, so large a quantity fell on the men from the pipes, as they ascended the shaft, that they might well be benumbed with cold. At half-past four, when the last of the living had been brought to daylight, a fearful signal was observed to be given by Mackay, the fltaithesman. It was well under- stood; and the hopes which had up to that time been kept alive in the relatives of those still in the pit, that those dear to them might be saved, were destroyed. A chain and sheets were given to the staithesman. With these hQ descended into the dark abyss on his fearful errand. The excitement and anxiety were now painfully intensified. After a longer interval than usual, the signal was given; one dead body had been fastened to the staithesman, breast to breast; the rope was raised a yard or two; another corpse was slung to the rope; and now the dreadful load is being drawn up. The women cluster to the pit iroufch, and the bodies arrive. The first is that of a fine boy, about 13 years of age. There is a beautiful ex- pression upon his countenance, and nothing to indicate that his young life had been ruthlessly taken by a violent death. The body is unstrung, and a stalwart miner carnes it, with the tenderness and gentleness of a mother nursing her child, to the anxious crowd. The child is recognised by its parents and sisters, and cxies of agony, shrill and loud, rend the air. The other brought up is enveloped in a shroud; it is taken from the ropes, and the announcement that it is poor Kellett is made; Re- newed wailings startle and horrify the spectators as he is borne to his home. This fearful scene is five times re- peated. Each time the rope ascends it brings with it two corpses, one cf a boy another of a man. They are placed on stretchers and taken to the crowd to be recog- nised and claimed; and the repetition of the same fright- ful scene produces the deepest feeling of awe and horror.
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L The partnership between Messrs. Rarey and Good- enough has been severed; I' and while the htter," says the Illustrated London News, has returned to Canada, laden with a cool ten thousand, as bis moiety after de- ducting expenses, the master spirit has taken a journey to Sweden, and purposes seeing Lipland before he re- I turns. It is surprising how the system takea every- | where."
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FROM THE LONDON QAZETTE; BANKRUPTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. S. S. WILsa N, Burton-street, Eaton square, builder. W. DONCASTER, Wandsworth, Surrey, statuary mason. D. WIDDOWSON and H. F. CLABSE, Nottirgham, lace manu- facturer. GL DAWSON, Grantham, Lincolnshire, gun maker. G. MOSJLE and W. and A. HUNTER, Nottingham, glove iranu- lacturars. J EDWAKDS, Bath, Somersetshire, linen draper. T. ELLItI, Tymawr, near Pontypridd, Glamorganshire, brick maker. J. ELWORTHY, Crediton, Devonshire, dealer in coal. W. DARBY, liar) ogitto and Bradford, Yorkshire. travelling comedian. R. JUKES, Liversedge Iron Works, Yorkshire, iron master. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. H. M. ADDBY, Henrietta-street, Covent-gardea, Gloucester. ten-ace, Hyde-park, bookseller. BANKRUPTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5. J. Goocn, jnn., 1-iJeham, Cambridgeshire, corn merchant. A. MABTIBS, Mark-lane-chambers, City, merchant. C. W. PRATT, Cambridge, draper, J. BLUNT, Austin Friars, City, money scrivener. V. BnTrEisis, Dartmouth, Devonshire, bookseller. S. LOKGDBN, Chestorfield, Del byshire, grocer. J. CARMiOKAEi., Liverpool, merchant. N. BULLIVAKT, Altrincham, Cheshire, victualler. J. WIUGBT and S. STRINGER, Bank Mill, Longsight, and Manchester, woollen cloth merchants.