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      Personal News And Gossip. The Queen Take...

      Early in the morning , the body wrapped in linen , and covered with a carpet , was borne to a grave which was dug four feet deep , under the shade of a large tree , close to the -village , followed by all the principal Sheichs and people of the district . The Sultan of Bornou has given orders that all respect and honour shall be paid to the grave of the ill-fated British traveller . — Malta Times . In the Scottish Press we find some interesting particulars on the subject of which Scotchmen never tire , Burns : — " A Glasgow contemporary records the death of one of the six ' Mauchline belles , ' oh whom Burns confers the fame of his verse . Mrs . Fmdlay , relict of Mr . Robert Findlay , of the Excise , Greenock , was one pf the very few persons , surviving to our own times , who intimately knew the peasant bard in the first flush of his genius and manhood , and by whom her name and charms

      have been wedded to immortal verse . When we consider that sixty-five years have elapsed since Burns wrote the lines in which this lady is noticed , and that the six Mauchline belles were then in the prime of opening womanhood , it is surpriring that two of them , who have often listened to the living accents of the inspired peasant , still survive . The fate in life of the six belles was as follows : —Miss Helen Miller , the first named , became the wife of Burns ' s friend , Dr . Mackenzie , a medical gentleman in Mauchline , latterly in Irvine ; Miss Markland we have already spoken of ; Miss Jean Smith , was married to Mr . Candlish , a successful teacher in Edinburgh , and became the mother of the eminent divine ; Miss Betty ( Miller ) became the wife of Mr . Templeton , in Mauchline ; and Miss Morton married Mr . Patterson , cloth merchant , in the same village . Of the fate and history of * ' Bonnie Jean ' ( Armour ) we need not speak . The survivors are Mrs . Patterson and Mrs . Candlish . "

      The Duchess de Berry and her husband , Count de Lucchesi , left Vienna , on the 11 th , for Italy . The Sardinian workmen in England on a visit to the Exposition , have been down to Manchester this week , where they hav # been hospitably entertained by the local authorities . " It is proper that the public should know , " says the North British Daily Mail , " that his Grace of Atholl exacts Is . per head upon every person entering his grounds at Dunkeld . Visitors on entering are desired to put their names down in a book , and on quitting the grounds a demand is made of Is . from each . Thus a gentleman with a * family of six or seven children , or it might be ten children , would have to pay a pretty heavy toll for liberty to take a walk through the grounds at Dunkeld . "

      Among the passengers who arrived on Sunday at Southampton from Cadiz in the Iberia mail steamer , was a Spanish Metador , or bull-fighter . He was on his way to South America , where he has an engagement for three years , to perform in the gladiatorial exhibitions in one of the South American capitals . The sum he is to receive for this service is £ 4000 . He is a stout-built man , and appears to possess great activity and strength . During the voyage he exhibited the sword with which he is armed when in conflict with the savage performers

      of the amphitheatre It is a heavy , straight , two-edged sword , about 3 i feet long , with a red hilt . The travelling dress of the Metador was rather stage-like , being varie- j gated and picturesque , and quite different from that of a Spanish gentleman . lie had a servant with him , a ! slender and effeminate looking youth , who was dressed j more fantastically and singularly than his master . The I behaviour of the Matador in the baggage warehouse of ! the Southampton customs , with his brusque manners , ¦ deep husky voice , and vehement volubility , seemed to cause much amusement amongst his fellow-voyagers .

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      The "Von Beck" Mystery. We Iind A Letter...

      THE " VON BECK" MYSTERY . We iind a letter iu the Times from Mr . John l'aget , disclaiming all knowledge of the " Baroness von Beck " : — " Dresden , * - ' pj > tt : inl > er II . " Sir , —In a letter published in the Times , from Mr . Constant Dana , he states that among other letters shown to him by the person calling herself ' Baroness von Bock , ' and on the strength of which he was induced to ( jive credit to her story , was one from ' John Paget , whom ; wife is a born Hungarian . ' Will you allow me to state how much either 1 or Mrs . Paget know of the person in question f Some months ago we received a copy of her 4

      book , and a letter signed Baroness von Beck , ' in which the writer complained of her distressed condition . I answered the letter , and inclosed the price of her book ( which I supposed was what she wanted ) , and which she received through her publisher , Mr . Ucntley . We had never heard of the ' Baroness von Beck ' before , and huve bad no communication with her since . Of course I addressed my letter to her under the only name by which I knew her ; but . I c uinot . think that , from such premisacH , Mr . Darra was justified iu concluding thrvt . we ' were cither the accomplices of her fraud or the victims of it . ' " 1 have the honour to be your obedient servant "John Paukt . "

      T 11 10 K X I' O H I T Ion. Kor The Last...

      T 11 10 K X I' O H I T ION . Kor the last fortnight , ( . he iiinnberH attending at , tin Exposition have sprung up somewhat to the old amount The " Might" of omnibuses ami cabs ranged along waiting for pusHengers , is really one of t . lie sights of London even for eoekneys . One of thin genun riding down to Kensington on Thursday , counted no lens than ninety omnibuses in a line from thi : central gate of the Kxpositiou down tin ; road westward , imd cabs three deep a great pint of the length of the lint*—quite innumerable by anybody but liaubagc or the calculating boy . It in rumoured hull officially by the Times that Home ceremony will be performed on the closing of the Exposition ; in support , of thin wo observe that the Queen will bo buck from the , North just in time to bo preiaunt ; also , thut the wale of aeason ticketa hns been stopped .

      DESPERATE TOOTH-DRAWING . An action has been brought , in the Marylebone County Court , by an enterprising dentist named Davidson , against a widow named Gale , for the sum often guineas . The action was tried before the Judge , Mr . Amos , on Tuesday . Davidson stated that he had received an order to make a set of artificial teeth for Mrs . Gale , who , on the delivery of the same , refused to receive them . Mrs . Gale , being called by her solicitor , in answer to Davidson , said : —In the month of April last I had a house in York-street , Portman-square , furnished , for the accommodation of visitors to the Great Exhibition . I had

      a card in the window announcing apartments to let , furnished . Davidson called . He said , " You have furnished apartments ? " I answered , " I have . Will you look at them ? " He did so ; and on being told that the rent was seven guineas per week , observed , " Just the thing . I live in your neighbourhood , and shall require them for a relation of mine , with a family of seven children . " Davidson was then about descending the door step , when suddenly turning round , and looking her full in the face , he said , " You are not so very old . lam a dentist by profession , and you have lost some teeth ; let me supply you with some artificials and extract your stumps . " ( Loud laughter . ) I replied , " No ; the teeth I have will last me as long as I live ; but , after the season

      is over , if I approve of your suggestion , you are the only person whom I should employ . Leave me your card . " He did so , and went away . Before doing so , however , he told me that his charge would be £ 11 , with twelve months' credit . He added , " If you take my advice , you will live many more years than you otherwise would , and , from the influx of expectant visitors , I presume , will gain another husband . " A few days afterwards he again called , asking me if I had made up my mind about the teeth , when I said no ; but when I did , I would call upon him , at the same adding , that his visit was very timely , as he might be able to relieve my niece , who was

      suffering from pain in a tooth . He filled the toothwith something he took from his coat-pocket , after which she expressed herself easy , refusing , at ray desire , to make any charge , but asking for boiling water to be fetched , for which purpose my niece left the room , and immediately afterwards said , " Now I must take a model of your mouth , but must first extract your stumps . " ( Laughter . ) He then forcibly pushed me into a chair , and with some instrument drew from the roof of my mouth one of my two remaining stumps , which made me cry for help , whereupon he desisted . I saw no more of him till two months ago , when I received a summons from the court .

      Mr . Amos : Have you the teeth ? Defendant : I have not , sir , nor would I have them at any price—( laughter )—but he once showed them to me , saying , if I did not take them , and pay him £ 10 10 s ., he would compel me to swallow them . ( Loud laughter . ) Mrs . Gale's niece spoke in corroboration of her aunt's testimony , and the jury , under the direction of the judge , immediately gave a verdict for Mrs . Gale .

      " M Ultder W I Ll O U T ." A Woman, Name...

      " M UltDER W I LL O U T . " A woman , named Davies , told a strange story before Mr . Traill on Tuesday , directly pointing out the murderer of a policeman who was killed five years ago . In the month of February , 1846 , a policeman named Hastie was barbarously assaulted at midnight , in a by-place called Tinder Box-alley , near the dockyard , Deptford , by some person or persons unknown , whilst iu the discharge of his duty , the result of which was , that he was removed in a state of insensibility to St . Thomas ' s Hospital , where lie lingered in great suffering ten days , and then expired . Yesterday , William Cressy , aged 41 , a labouring man , belonging to Bexley Heath , was brought before Mr . Traill , by Mr . G . Hilton , superintendent of the rural police at West Mailing , Kent , charged on suspicion of being the person who caused the death of Hastie . Mary Ann Davies sworn , said : —I have been cohabiting with the prisoner on and off dnring

      the last six years , lie brought me to Deptford before the policeman was killed . 1 had lived with him at Hackney alno , previously . 1 bad lived with him twelve months before the murder . We had lived iu Griffinstreet , Deptford , a week before the fatal occurrence . We lodged at Mr . Mann ' s . He went out on the night of the murder to buy some nails for hits shoes . He did not return until one o'clock in the morning—he went out between nine and ten o ' clock . On his return his right hand was full of blood . Iliti waistcoat wus much stained with blood . He was all of a tremble , and 1 thought he had been fighting . 1 asked him what was the matter , and he replied that he had done it now , and that he knew he should be hung . lie was pale , and said no one saw him do it . " I finished the p : dic < man , for my wife had hud a child by a policeman named French in his own country . " 1 did not , think it was murder he had committed . He then

      went to bed , and said that he would tell me the secret in the morning if 1 would n , t , tell any one . He then told me . tiiut he gave him the blows with the iron foot , ( used in cobbling ) which he thought hud killed him . He remurked that the policeman told him to go on ; that he then got in front of the man and struck him with the iron foot , on his forehead and none , lie brought home the iron loot ,, which I naw next morning . It was all over blood I got , u scrubbing-brush and scrubbed the stains oil . Jle made me swear that I would not . U-ll . lie rook iron loot

      the aw ,. y in the morning after , and auid that ii 1 ever t . dd <>| , t ( he would murder me ; that he would not be hung ior one but . for two . It was on . a Monday or I'ueHday , 1 think . We remained in Deptford three weeks afterwards , lie took the foot away , and when he re turned 1 asked him where he had put it ? lie unsweicd that he had thrown it into the water . I have never said anything about it . since . 1 have been hopping tt t We » , t l ' eckhuin . and a man wus there who had been in the police . 1 first mentioned the facts to Police-countable ilaker . 1 cannot tell whether wo left Deptford before

      the others were discharged or not . We then ^ t 7 Haokuey . I told them at hopping- time that twIT ! V ° could never find it out . My shawl was stolen from 1 CC there . I went to Police-constable Baker and h * ^ " Speak the truth about the murder . " I said no w ' repeated , « Now , tell the truth , " and I cried . I told th ™ what I have now sworn to . I said the prisoner had nut to my oath , and threatened to take my life away andl » afraid to tell . I could not rest afterwards until' I had A ** closed all about it . He talked of Jersey , and we went ; ov from London about three weeks or a month after fh murder . I told him that there were four men in custodv charged with murdering a policeman . I left the prisoner and he lived at a bad house . —James Baker , police con stable , East Peckham , sworn , said : —The last witness came to me and said that some one had taken her shawl I told her I would make inquiry . On Fridav T « am * u

      person working in the hop-gardens , and she said sh * knew of a murder at Deptford . I asked her if sh knew a costermonger at Deptford , and I put the question again , and she declined to answer me . I said , « ' Now voii know that you had better disclose what you are in nos session of . " She replied , " I shall be in danger if I do " and cried . She said the prisoner had several times asked her to go away with him from Deptford . She said , " No it will not be from fear . " They , however , both ' went

      away to Hackney , and from thence to Jersey . I then apprehended the prisoner , and he talked away at a great rate , declaring his innocence , and then said— " It must be that d woman that had done this . " I said nothing to him how I got the information . I took him to a magistrate at West Mailing . On Thursday laBt she told me he was at Bexley , and there I apprehended him and he said they had never been there before . —The prisoner here denied the whole of the female witness ' s

      statement . —Mr . Traill : I shall remand you until Saturday next , and in the mean time the police will be instructed to make the most searching inquiries into all the facts

      Miscellaneous. The Liberal Electors Of B...

      MISCELLANEOUS . The Liberal electors of Bradford have resolved upon supporting Mr . Milligan , a resident in Bradford . He is described as a Whig and something more . The other candidates are reported to be Mr . W . H . Wickham a Free-Trade Tory , and Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , who starts on Democratic grounds .

      Accounts From Australia By The Overland ...

      Accounts from Australia by the overland mail fully corroborate all the stories told of the gold diggings . The Globe believes there is good foundation for the rumour that the Sixth Dragoon Guards ( Carbineers ) and an infantry regiment ( the Fortieth , now at Cork ) will be immediately sent to the Cape . The latter corps will in all probability proceed by the Vulcan steamer , which is now being refitted at Portsmouth with all despatch . The news of Cuban affairs , brought by the Canada on Saturday , was mostly in the shape of additional particulars . General Enna was reported to have been killed . The fate of Lopez was doubtful ; and the rumour that new sympathizers had gone over from New Orleans contradicted .

      Steam communication with Australia will shortly be established . The conditions of tender have been published by the Admiralty for screw-steamers , to sail at least 8 £ knots per hour , and convey the mail bags to and from England and Sydney six times in a year each way . They are to deliver and receive mails at King George ' s Sound , Adelaide , and Port Philip . Tenders will be received either in continuation of the existing line between England and the Cape , or for a new line extending the whole way from England to Sidney .

      The Last Coil Of The Great Submarine Tel...

      The last coil of the great submarine telegraph cable , twenty-four miles long , waa finished about four o ' clock on Wednesday . Three colliers -were drowned off Blackfriar ' s-bridge on Wednesday morning . Their barge fouled the pier . Some large storehouses at Kennington , belonging to Messrs . Hay , Anderson , and Sangster , were discovered to be on fire on Tuesday night . They were , with their contents , consumed almost before the engines arrived . The damage done is ereat .

      A Bmart fire destroyed , on Thursday , the contents of four of the railway arches of the Eastern Counties Railway , used as timber-yards , and situate near the station . Besides , several neighbouring houses in Northstreet were seriously injured . It became a question whether the line above was safe ; it was tested , and found to be , it is said , all right . The post and wires of the telegraph were burned . The printers of the metropolis are making strenuous exertions to establish a literary institution to be called " The Printers' Athenajurn , " and have already received considerable cncourugeineut in its formation , both from compositors and the trades directly connected with the

      printing profession , at ) typefounders , bookbinders , engravers , letterpress and copperplate printers , Ac , the members of which are eligible . The object contemp lated is to combine the Hocial advantages of a club with the mental improvement of a literary and soient . ius institution , and to adapt them for the position and circumstances of the working-classes . All persons engaged iu the production of n newspaper , or book , such as editors , authors , reporters , readers , < fcc , although stiietly not . belonging to the printing profeosion , are competent to become members , and persons not so connected will be permitted to join the society upon their being proposed by a member . It is expected thatthe Athcniuum will be opened previous to the commencement of the ensuing year .

      Milburn , the butcher , aupposed tohavo been murdered near Morpeth , was found alive and well the other day m a public-house at Liverpool , reading tho instructions for proceeding to Auatralia by the Eagle , uliout to Bail . 1 J »« ahum " murder " had been well contrived , but all tlio intentions of the runaway ** were not carried out .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20091851/page/8/