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WURD ER 0 F A roUCBMAH HYE YEARS a-turday last navlnjr been appointed for the fur-« J examination of William Crcasey , who stands wree d . apon tne testimony of Mary Ann DaTis , J { * JjsCarded paramour of the accused , with having , the night of Feb . 20 , 1846 , murdered police-^ stable James Hastie , of the It division , in a u . a called Tinder-box-aUey , New King-street , f £ 2 n « ich , the court was densely thronged , and . Sderable excitement was manifested in the fofln . —Mary Ann Davis , who was examined on a former day , deposed that she became acquainted iritb the prisoner about six years ago , having first fflgthimin flyde-park as she was taking a walk . they had cohabited before they lived together . He
tad then a wife imng , uuc roia witness tbat he had L en a widower for Bometime . "Witness left her jni stresB , and went to live with the prisoner at Qsinn-sUeet , Depttord , about a week before the mur der . Wnei » prisoner came into the room to fitness on the night of the murder , his right hand , 05 covered with blood , and his waistcoat too . He yd her that he had murdered a policeman , and Sat he would not be hone for one , but for two , jSJ upon Which he tOOk a Bible from the shelf , an < -renting a knife at witness , said that if she did J ot swear to keep it secret , he would then and jjjererunher through the body . She lored him de * rer than her life , and she did swear , and then -ashed the blood from hia clothes . The woman
yjih whom they were lod ging was a Mrs . Ward . gbe left Greenwich about three weekB after the purler , and after visiting Walthamstow they went to Jersey , where they remained for about eight jaontbs or better . While there the prisoner cut jier head open with a blow from a bellows , and he told her to say to the doctor that she had fallen do wn , and she did so . Could not tell the date of tie murder , as she was no scholar , but knew it nas about five years ago . All that she stated on tie last day , and at the present moment , was the truth , and she loved the prisoner now , but then she must tell the truth . —The Magistrate : It is very itrange you cannot givo us the dates . "Where did ton li ^ e in London , after coming from Jersey , and
jefore you returned to Greenwich ?—Witness : In Toolev-street first ; bnt we left there without payin ; the rent , and tben went to another house not fir away from there , and . prisoner left without TOT ins the rent , and took the key of the door away . .-Superintendent Hilton , who is engaged in getting up tbe case , deposed that what the last witness gated as to her having first met the prisoner was jeeorate . Be could not , however , find the woman -ffard , with whom she said they had lodged at the time of the murder , she having left Greenwich some jeiis . The woman DriseoH , with whom they lodged after coming from Jersey , was in the court , jud corroborated the statement of the woman Davis coming with the prisoner to her place about the beg inning of 1848 ; but before tbat period , owing to the sbsence of Mrs . Ward , lie could get no one to identift tlte parties with the town . —Sergeant
Carpentir , of the detective force , said that the prisoner Ion a very bad character at Walthamstow , his native place , where he had been the terror of the jeig iiboorhood , and where , about fourteen years tso , be had been charged with murdering his first nfe . Upon that charge he was tried at the Cfaelmsford Assizes , and acquitted . His second wife , who is now living , had to leave him , after her life had been several times endangered by his violence . Witness was endeavouring to find Mrs . TVard , and would require further time to complete the case . —The Prisoner : I can explain a great deal . —Mr . Traill : I should advise you to make no further statement for the present . On the last day joasaid you had never been in the town of Greenwich till about two years after the murder , and that all stated by the woman D . wis was the result of spite for your having left her . I shall remand you to this day week .
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ExrBAOHDiSAHr Cosfession . —About a month linco the ftew York Express stated that lately , at Halifax , a private of the 1 st Royal Regiment , then in garrison , about to return to England , appeared it the police-office , and voluntarily confessed to hx mg murdered a young woman , about eight years ago , at Norwich , in England . The man gave his sune as Thompson a native of Dumfriesshire , Scotland . His victim was a young woman with worn he had been on terms of intimacy , and the crime was perpetrated by drowning her in what he turned a canal . The crime had so preyed on the offender ' s mind tbat be at length determined to gire himself up to justice , and allow the law to take its course . Subsequent occurrences have confirmed the truth of ttie principal circumstances
narrated . Thompson has arrived in England , and is now in Winchester gaol , and one of the superintendents of that district . Mi . Hubbersty , late of lie Norfolk , constabulary ,-has been over to this city instituting inquiries . Thompson gives the name of Ms victim as Hannah Barber , and both he and the girl were well known to many people still living in Norwich , the crime having been perpetrated so recently as 1816 . Thompson himself states that it was in the month of August of that year , and Mr . ifabbersty has learned from several sources that Thompson was at that time a private of the regiment of Carbineers then lying at Ipswich , having ] ost left Norwich , and tbat a girl named Hannah JJiiber had shortly before been rejected by one of
the band of the same regiment , in consequence of ter intimacy with Thompson and other men ; thai Thompson got a day ' s leave of absence , and came down to Norwich ; saw the girl there again , and walked out with her in the evening . It appears , also , tbat a Mr . J . Taylor , of Pockthorpe , well remembers that between twelve and one o ' clock one sight in the same montb , while bobbing for eels in the river , near St . George ' s-bridge , he heard tome Wows struck , and immediately afterwards a splash in the water . He also distinctly heard the foot-Eteps of a person running away . He unmoored his boat as quickly as possible , and hastened to the spot , and succeeded in rescuing a young woman from a watery grave . After she recovered herself a little , be placed her on the steps leading to the house of Mr . Brooks , builder . Mr . Taylor , together with Mr . Rix , a brewer , who came up at the time , attempted to learn from her her name , but
Hie positivelj refused to tell , or to reveal any of the circumstances connected with the event which lad just occurred . She shortly afterwards left the spot , no one knowing who she was , or whither she Kent . Two or three persons now Btate tbat they live seen Hannah Barber in . Norwich within the last ttrelve months , but have no knowledge as to where fihe is to be found . She is said to be a country | irf , and her visits to Norwich were only occasional . It is very desirable that she should be found , in order tbat it may be ascertained whether she is really the girl whom Mr . Taylor rescued . Under any circumstances , however , it appears probable tbat Thompson ' s victim escaped the death to which le has till now thought that be had hurried her . Shortly after August Thompson left the Carbineers , and joined the 1 st Royals , who were lying in Canada , whither he was sent to join tbem ; and be has , doubtless , been living since that time under great mental suffering . —Lvnn Advertiser .
Iscexdukism ix Fhasck " —A strange event has 3 ost taken place at Bouloi ( Tarn-et-Garonne ) . A torn belonging to a small farmer , named Aradel , * as discovered to be on fire . A crowd of persons immediately collected to afford assistance , and buckets of water had been brought to the spot , when the report of a musket was beard , and a young man fell to the ground wounded in tne body . Almost immediately after a second report was heard , and another man in the crowd was struck With * a bullet . The greatest consternation pievailed , as no one could say whence proceeded these dreadful missiles . Some persons ran away , while Others were looking at each other with alarm and iorror , when a third shot was heard , and a third man fell wounded . The crowd then fell back to a
safe distance from the burning building , a man armed with a gun having been perceived standing it tbe window of the loft , jast ^ under the roof . Borne gendarmes soon after arrived , and they at Cnce , on hearing tbat some one was in the loft , determined to ascend and make him prisoner . Just as they had procured a ladder to get iuio the loft , a fourth report was heard above . The gendarmes imrrkd up , and there found a young man bathed in Mood , having the moment before attempted to blow Out his brains with a pistol . He had shattered his lower jaw , and wounded himself severely in the neck , tut he was not dead . It appeared that the young man was Bartbe ' eray Aradel , son of the ownpr nf tl . « Ji .-irn . Havine ruined hiraselt oy
gambling , he had determined to commit suicide , Irot first resolved to set fire to the barn , and then perish in the ruins . For that purpose he had procured three muskets , with balls and powder , to present any one extinguishing the fire . He had also Provided a pistol to kill himself . The chief actor in this strange drama died soon after , but tbe three aen who were wounded by him are likely to reco-T The barn was burnt to the ground , the loss leing about 2 OOOf . —Golignani ' s Messenger . The Austbian Despot . — " A number of our contemporaries , says the Dalit / Hens , "Englishand French , affect to be greatly shocked at the Emperor ° f Austria ' s declaring publicly that he and his Ministers govern of his absolute and imperial
autho-Wy , and by virtue of no constitution , ah tnrongn ^ 8 , 18 i 9 . 1850 , and the better half of 1851 , these fitters were the abettors , the panegyrists , the poet laureates of Austria ; and not only of Austria , but ° the King of Naples , of the ? ope , and of the Reoca generals who get up tbe Pope . Nothing seemed too harsh , too rough , too royal , too cruel , or tyrannical for them , go long as there was anything left for granny and its bayonets to crush . But now , when tjranny Is comp letely established and strengthened , and past disturbing , oh , then , forsooth , these writers tnm liberal , and protest . " . The fishermen of tbe Madras East India Fishing COttpauy are stated to have taken a sword-fish ^ asuring twenty-eight feet in length .
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, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . On Monday morning the sessions for the county of Middlesex , for September , were held by adjournment at the Guildhall , Westminster . The calendar contains a list Of sixty-one prisoners for trial , of whom fifty-six are charged with the commission of felony . EoBBERr ix ihk Cbystal Paucb . —Thomas Mack , a German , aged 13 , was indicted for having stolen eight ounces weight of chocolate , the property of Francis Germain Leopold Gerain . —The prisoner pleaded Guilty . —The evidence in the case wag briefly this : —The prisoner was in the Exhibition on the 18 th inst ., and was observed by an officer in plain clothes to take up a packet of
chocolate from one of tbe Btalls and to put it into his pocket . He was walking awaj , but tbe officer stopped him . The prisoner besought the officer to let him go , but his supplications were made in vain . On being searched about 26 s . in value was found upon him , but at his lodgings , at No . 4 , Polandstreet , there were discovered a quantity of chocolate of tbe same character as that in the act of taking which he had been caught , a dozen of pencils , a cake of soap , some wax-tapers , two memorandum-books , several leathern purses of the present fashion , containing English and foreign money to the amount of £ 20 . All the articles found at
the prisoner ' s lodgings had been stolen from the Exhibition , and so man ; of them were there that the officer stated he could have preferred no fewer than seven indictments against the prisoner . —The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for six months with hard labour . Frederick Otto Hartman , aged 21 , pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having stolen a gold watch and other articles of tbe value of £ 100 , the property of James Keen © Hawkins ( the barrister ) , in hia dwelling-house . The sentence upon him was imprisonment and hard labour lor twelve months in the House of Correction .
Charles Sturtan , aged 24 , was convicted of having stolen asllver soap basin , of the value of 13 a ., the property of . Lewis Verrey , the' restaurateur , of the Opera Colonnade . —The learned Judge sentenced him to imprisonment and hard labour for four months . UsGitiTEFtL Treatukkt op a Soldier . —Harriet Mouseley , an artless looking girl , was indicted for having stolen a bonnet , a pair of stays , a gown , and other articles , the property of 'William Austin . —The prosecutor was a private in the 3 rd battalion of Grenadier Guards , and in the month of June or July last , whilst he was on sentry at Spring-gardens , St . James ' s-park , he observed the prisoner wandering about apparently in a starving and
destitute condition . He spoke to her , and she told bun sbe was in great distress and wanledfood , when he desired her to go to his lodgings , No . 13 , Lower Crown-street , Westminster , where she would find his wife , who would give her something to eat if she told her tbat she had been sent by him . The prisoner accordingly went as direoted , and the prosecutor's wife gave ber coffee and bread and butter , and allowed her to wash herself . The prosecutor , on returning home from duty found her there , and not liking to send her into the streets he told her she mi ght sleep there if she liked , and sbe expressing thanks for such an offer , he told his wife to make up a bed for her on the floor of their own bedroom—which she did , and the prisoner slept there that nkrht . She told him that she was a
stranger in London , and had run a < vay from her father's at Chichester , and he offered to put himself in communication with her father with a view of bringing about a reconciliation , and of her returning home . On tbe following morning the prosecutor and his wife went out for a short time , leaving the prisoner in the room , and during their absence she made a quantity of Mrs . Austin ' s clothing into a bundle and went away , nothing more was heard or seen of her until the 3 rd of September , when tbe prosecutor met her in the street and gave her into custody . She tben had on Mrs . Austin ' s bonnet and shawl . —The prisoner made no defence , and the jury found her Guilty . — The prisoner , who was known to the officers of the prisons , was sentenced to six months' hard labour .
Brutal Assault . —James Reilly , 28 , was indicted for unlawfully and violently assaulting Emily Marriot . The prosecutvix lived , at 5 , Union-court , Orchard-street , Westminster , and on the evening of the 17 th inst . the prisoner went into a room on the first floor of that house , occupied by a young woman . He met the prosecutrix there . They had some gin , and afterwards he followed her up to her own room with her mother .- The mother soon left the room , and , according to the statement of the prosecutrix , the prisoner got enraged because neither she nor the young woman of tbe first floor would fetch his cap , which be had left behind ; bnt the evidence of the young woman was that the cause of the quarrel was the refusal of the prosecutrix to sleep with tbe prisoner . After
some words had passed , he pulled her from her chair , and taking her by the hair of the head , dragged her along tbe room to the door , and having beaten her with his fist as long as he could , he kicked her on the head , and then sneaked away . — Tbe police-constable described the wound caused by the kick as about an inch long and very deep , and stated that a considerable quantity of blood flowed from it . A certificate from the house surgeon of Westminster Hospital was put in . It was to the effect tbat the prosecutrix had sustained a severe injurv on the head , such as might be occasioned by a kick , besides which she had bruises on the neck and face . The prisoner was convicted , and the court sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment , witb hard labour .
Bobbebt bt a Workmas . — Charles Hancock , 25 , was indicted for stealing a carpet and other articles , value £ 3 , the property of Newby Hutchineon . —It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor , who is an upholsterer in Oxfordstreet , but not since June last , he having been discharged in the course of that month . —The principal witness in the case was a young woman , who stated her name to be Eliza May tbe wife of John May , of No . 6 , Queen-street , Golden-square , and who had been living adulterously with tbe prisoner for about two years . Her evidence was , tbat during the time the prisoner was in Mr . Hutcbmson s service he brought home a v ariety of articles , amongst them those which formed the subject of
the prosecution , and she , at his request , pawned a table-cover , which was Mr . Hutcbinson ' s property , at Chapman ' s , in London-street , Tottenham-courtroad . They quarrelled , and , in consequence , she discontinued living with him ; but when sbe wished to have ber clothes and other property which belonged to her , he refused to give them up , and it was with great difficulty tbat at length sbe succeeded in getting possession of them . On examining her clothes , she found a number of duplicates relating to property the prisoner had taken from his employers , and she deposed to Ms having sent other parties to pledge things for him , particularly a carpet , which was now produced , and identified as Mr . Hutchinson ' s . When the officer went to
take him into custody , some window-curtains were pointed out to him by the woman , who said to tbe prisoner , "You stole them from Mr . Hutchinson ;" in reply to which the prisoner remarked that if they were stolen she was as bad as be was for receiving tbem . —Tbe jury found the prisoner Guilty . —The prosecutor ' s shopman said that a great deal of projerty had been missed , but it was never suspected For a moment tbat the prisoner was the thief . —The Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour . Trial or " Brother Fbakcis" for Cruelty to a Child . —William "Weale , otherwise " Brother Francis , " a Roman Catholic schoolmaster , was charged ' on an indictment containing two counts , with having cruelly , and inhumanly , and maliciously beaten John Farrell , a child six years of him grievous
a ° e with the intent of doing some bodily harm . The second count charge him with a common assault . From the notoriety this case has obtained the court was crowded with Koman Catholic priests and others . —James Hmchley stated that he was a cab proprietor , residing ; in Duncan-place , Islington . He knew Duncan-place Chapel , adjacent to his premises . There was a school in connexion with it . His premises were near to it . On Monday afternoon , the 21 st of July , at about four o ' clock , he was in his stable , when he heard shrieks of a child coming from the direction of the school . Himself and some others went to the place and called to the persons in tbe building to desist . The stable is about twelve yards from the school . "When he arrived at the door he saw a child who was outside of the school
in a crouching position . Saw the child s legs were much scarified from the ancle to the thighs . His back was like raw beef . The child appeared exhausted , and had been so severely punished that he could not stand . There were marks on him as thick as Lis ( witness ' s ) finger . Upon seeing tbem he kicked at the school-room door .. The wounds were blue and black on the legs . "When he had kicked at tbe door the defendant came out dressed in his robes , with beads and a large cross upon lim Witness inquired how he had come to use a poor child like tbat , and he inquired in reply what msiness that waa of his . The Rev . Mr . Leyton , who was at his elbow , called him to account for bis to the child
conduct and the cruelty , and told him that if he heard any more of it he should call the attention of the magistrates to it , but witness said frM he would do so now , and immediately «« nt for a policeman . Defendant said he had chastised the child for not coming to catechism , and then said it was lying and for stealing a { mint-brush . The policeman conung np , the de-LnXnt asked permission to go and change his uJt L * contrived to make his escape at the back She JSfoS Ho- was eventually taken in Charlton-JerScf and conveyed before Mr . Combe , the ma Sate who heard tbe charge , and the defendant gistraie , w « y - ( Ttie chlid wag S ^ JSSSSto court , aWre infant in nS ^ -Charles Davis , who was at work at & ffincWey ' fl premises on the day m qneetion ,
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corroborated the evidence of the former witness . Be said he examined the person of the child , and found severe marks of violence on various parts of his body . He had no donbfc tbat they were inflicted by the gutta-percha whip now produced . He saw blood on the right thigh . Tbe whip was taken by the defendant himself to the police-court . Mr . Combe inquired what the punishment waa inflicte d with , and the defendant produced it at the second eximination . —The Rev . W . F . W . Loyton was next examined . He stated that be was ft clergyman of the Established Church . The school in question is near to bis bouse . On the 21 st of July he heard screams of children . He had beard cries before , but there was something so shocking in these that he proceeded to the school to make inquiries as to the cause . He remonstrated with Mr . Wealo for being out of temper , and he denied that he was so .
Stw the bruises on the child . —Mr . Hiiddlestone said be was a surgeon . He examined the child on the 29 th of July . He lifted his petticoats and saw tbat the posterior part of his person was black to a considerable extent . His thigh on the right side was full of cuts , Ion ? and deep , and in some in ? stances they were half an inch wide , side by side , and interlacing each other . In seven instances the skin was destroyed . There were several stripes aoross the loins . He believed that they were produced by such a whip as that produced , and that the blood had been drawn by the skin coming against the ferrule . The marks he bad seen indicated great violence . —The Jury then considered their verdict , and in a few minutes returned a verdict of Guilty of a common assault under very aggravated circumstances , The sentence ™ as that the defendant be imprisoned ia the House of Correction far three calendar months . The defendant
was then removed to the cell in custody . The Abohinations op Holiwkll-Street . —Case of Duodalb . —William Dugdale , £ 2 , was indioted for unlawfully procuring and having in his possession for the purpose of selling and disseminating divers obscene prints , books , and representations . —Mr . Clarkson shortly opened the case to the jury , and having characterised tbe prosecution'as one of considerable public importance , Btriking as it did at the root of an evil of a polluting and most abominable influence , the learned gentleman shortly stated the facts , which afterwards were given in evidence , and which may be thus generally given : —On the 2 nd of September , from information they had received , Inspector Lewis , of the Thames police , and an officer of Customs , and Sergeant
Chad wick , of tbe F division of metropolitan police , went to Holy well . street , Strand , for the purpose of making a search at a shop kept ay tbe prisoner in that street . The prisoner , in fact , kept two shops there , numbered respectively 16 and 37 , and it was to the latter tbat the attention of the officers was directed . As they were proceeding along the street , they were observed by a person of tbe name of Sharp , who was standing at the door of 37 . He , the moment he recognised them , rushed into the shop , and immediately came out again , when the shop door was at once Bhut from the inside . On reaching the shop the officers found the door fastened ; and after waiting about ten minutes , they were informed by tbe prisoner , who emerged from a side door leading from the
shop into Passing-alley , that they could then come in . They then passed into the shop , and on going to a fire-place at the back of the shop , they found evidence of Sharp having given to the prisoner the " office , " 38 it waB termed } that is , having warned him of the approach of the officers . Close by the fire-place they found a mass of burnt prints and books , some of which were only partially consumed . A search was made , and the result was that the officers took possession , from various parts of the premises , including the shop window , a large quantity of French lithographic prints , some lithographic atones ready for press , copper plates , books , coloured engravings , « fcc , the whole of which were of a most disgusting and abominable description . Ultimately they took away from the premises
882 hooks , 387 prints , 110 catalogues , 9 lithographic stones , several copper plates , and I 6 cwt . 91 b . of letter-press unsewn—altogether two heavy cartloads . A number of tbem were produced in court , and submitted to the jury . —At the close of tbe prosecution , objections were made to some of the counts in tbe indictment . —The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . —Mr . Sergeant Jones then moved in arrest of judgment on the points he had already submitted , and after some discussion , the Learned Judge said be should not respite tbe sentence , but leave the prisoner to his writ of error ; and he would consider the matters urged by the prisoner ' s coun « sel , and state before Michaelmas term whether he would grant a case for the Court of Criminal Appeal . Mr . Clarkson urged , in aggravation , tbat the prisoner bad been convicted of this offence three times
previously . He had been engaged in the disgusting traffic since 1825 , and there was no doubt that he was the prime circulator of publications of this character , and that it was he who supplied the abomination to the retail dealers in the metropolis . —Tbe learned Judge said the prisoner bad been convicted on the clearest evidence of a very serious offence and he was very , very old in this species of crime . As to Holy well-street , he would say nothing on that occasion further than this ought to have been a parish prosecution , and the parish authorities oupht not to have suffered this great abomination to exist so long as it had done , lie beard that the parish authorities had held a meeting at which he was censured for what he said from that seat , with
regard bo Newcastle Court ; but let the authorities of this grossly-misconducted parish look to themselves . If report were true , Newcastle Court had been cleared in consequence of what he said , and he hoped the same would be tbe result with regard to Holywell-Btreet , by tbe abominations of which the morality of the whole population of tbe metropolis was affected . He tben sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned in tbe House of Correction two years on each count of tbe indictment , each commencing and terminating at the same time , and to find afterwards sureties , himself in £ 50 , and two others in £ 25 each , to be of good behaviour for one year further . A great nuaiber of persons from Ilolywellstreet were present .
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What the People of the Umtbd States have dose . — The Time * one day last week presented the public with a very ably written review of the commercial condition of the United States . In an interval of little more than half a century it appears that this extraordinary people have increased 500 per cent , in numbers ; their national revenge has augmented nearly 700 per cent ., while their public expenditure has increased little more than 400 per cent . The prodigious extension of their commerce is indicated by an increase of nearly 600 per cent , in their impom and exports , and 600 per cent , in their shipping . The increased activity of their internal communications is expounded by tbe number of their post offices , which has been increased more than a hundredfold , the extent of their post roads ,
which haB been increased thirty-six fold , and the cost of their post office , which has been augmented in a seventv-two-fold ratio . The augmentation of their machinery of public instruction ia indicated by tbe extent of their public libraries , wbich , have increased in a thirty-two-fold ratio , and by the creation of school libraries , amounting to 2 , 000 , 000 volumes . They have completed a system of canai navigation , which , placed in a contiguous line , would extend from London to Calcutta , and a system of railways which , continuously extended , would stretch from London to "Van Diemen ' s Land , and have provided locomotive machinery by which that distance would be travelled over in three weeks , at the cost of l | d . per mile . They have created a system of inlaud navigation , the aggregate tonnage of which is probably not inferior in amount to the collective inland in the worldand
tonnage of all the other countries ; they possess many hundreds of river steamers , which impart to the roads of water the marvellous celerity of roads of iron . They have , in fine , constructed lines of electric telegraph which , laid continaously , would extend over a spaoe longer by 3 , 000 miles than tbe distance from the north to the south pole , and have provided apparatus of transmission by which % message of 300 vrovda despatched under such circumstances from the north pole might be delivered in writing at the south pole in one minute , and by which , consequently , an answer of equal length might be sent back to the norlb polo in an equal interval . " These , " says the Times , " are social and commercial phenomena for which it would be ia vain to seek a parallel in the past history of the human race . " invented
The FRExcugAEROKACT , M . Potin , a balloon , which he proposed to navigate by means of a steam apparatus . On terminating his preparation for an ascent from the Champs de Mara , a commission was appointed to examine the apparatus . They reported that an ascent from that locality would be attended with danger to the public . M . Fetin , in consequence intends to ais-> en 66 with the steam engine , which will reduce the weight of his machine to 5 , 000 kilogrammeB . « ? s said that he has expended a considerable fortune in the construction of his balloon . It was in connexion with this insane and perilous topic ef ballooning , that the aeronaut Tardini met his death while making hia ascent on Sunday , the 14 th , from Copenhagen , accompanied by a lady and a ehiid . M'Cobmick ' s Reaping Machine . —The A « o York Evening Post states that M'Cormick ' 8 reaping machines have been ia me upon the Western priaries for nearly ten years . The faet illustrates one of tbe many uses of the Exhibition .
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AsOTBEB P . BOOF OF TBZ SFIICACI OF IfOlSOTAT S OlSTHENT AND PlLLS JOB THE COHE OF Bad Less Ml * Mnnderrille , of Stretton , suffered for nearly three years with fearful sores on both legs . Notwithstanding the various medicines and treatment of which trial was made , the ulcerations grew worse and worse , and for some mt > n «' she was unable to stand ; at length it was decided that Holloway's Ointment and Pills should be used , and these excellent medicines soon worked wonders , for in a few weeks all the wounds were healed , and the use of her legs so perfectly restored , that she is now able to walk several miles in a fry with ease .
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.. ADELPHI THEATRE . TbO Clever , and accompiiaiied directress " of this popular nousetf entertainment , " Madame Celeste , bade , on Monday . ni ght , her . adieus to , an audience for whose entertainment she has so long and so satisfactorily catered . The pieces selected for this occasion were the historical drama of the " Queen ' s ¦ lX I ? - 5 omio drama of " Flying Colours , " with the . third act of the « Green . Bushes , " a piece which the inimitable acting of Madame Celeste haB rendered a stereotyped representation on the boards of the Adelphi , for we know not how many years It is needless to say that the house was crowded to overflowing , every place being occupied long before the risin ? of the curtain . lW . a
dame Celeste performed in all three pieces with her accustomed spirit , versatility , and talent , and was greeted with even an excess of the usual cordiality and sympathy which she invariably experiences from the audience . At the close of the performances the fair benefidare was led before the curtain , m her graceful and becoming Indian hull . tr 8 S 8 COStUme , by the lessee ( Mr . Webster ) , and dehvered a farewell address in nearly the following words :- 'Ladies and gentlemen—my good , kind , indulgent patrons , —It is with feelings of gratitude beyond my powers of expression , that I appear be fore you , to bid you , for a . time , adieu . To this country—so generous in its sympathies , for the stranger , wherever bora—I owe my present proud position ; for you gave a value by your golden opinions to that little talent my warm-hearted American friends discovered and . encouraged . My direction of this theatre , through the liberality of the manager , and the affectionate zeal of a talented
company has been a labour of love ; and if you approve , as the crowded houses nightly evidence- ' I feel I am repaid beyond my deserts . No occasion ought I to pinit , especially such a one . us this , with their flattering eulogiums newly locked in my memory , to thank the press collectively and individually ; .. without them the actors' calling would cease to be an art . Nothing , ladies and gentlemen , would take me from you but a duty of gratitude I hold sacred to those in the New World , who first took me by the hand , and I should not think that I had done tbat duty ii I did not visit them again , and take a long and lasting leave . Ladies and gentlemen , my heart is too full to say more than , with all my heart I thank you—with all my heart I bid you adieu—et dieu vous benisie . " Madame Celeste , who faltered a little . in the course of her address , was loudly and repeatedly cheered , and made her farewell curtsey amidst a shower of bouquets .
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THE 'DAILY * WS AM ) THENATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , The f ollowing letter has been sent to the ' Daily News' in reply to the attack upon the Committee of the National Association , but , with the characteristic injustice of the Free Trade Press to the Working Classes , has been refused insertion : —
TO THB EDITOR or THE DAILY HEWS . Sib , —My attention has beon drawn to a leading article in your journal of Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., which I much regret not having seen sooner , with the view of correcting some of its singular and extraordinary misttitemeiitg , and offering a general refutation to the charges which you have laboured SO zealously in tbat , and some of your previous editorial strictures upon this subject , to fix upon the asaooiation with which I have the honour to be connected , and upon the ei } . 'ht alleged conspirators recently convicted by ft Statfordbhire apeolal jury , : ind not yet sentenced by Mr . Justice Erie . In the article now before me you set out with a singular mistake . You say : — " We are induced to return to the case of the Wolvorhampton Tin Plate workmen , in consequence of a 6 tateraent that an appeal will be made to the Court of Criminal
Review , on the law as ruled by Mr . Justice Erie at Stafford ; and of a letter published by Mr . William Peel , Secretary to tiie National Association of United Trades , in thia journal , to the ettect that he bad instructed his solicitor to commenco an action for libel against Mr . Edward Perry for imputations against him of , as he deemed , a slanderous and hurtful description , contained in the lengthened communication from Mr . Perry , to . which we gave insertion . " I beg , Sir , to observe , that I never wrote any such letter as you allude to , nor ( to my knowledge ) was nny such letter with my name or authority published in youv , or any other ; journal . With respeot to the alleged instructions to my solicitor to enter an action for libel against Mr . E . Perry , I may also observe that the redress I Bball seek for that person ' s gross misrepresentations , will be of a far more prompt and decisive character than I could possibly obtain by any form of civil
notion . I have hitherto abstained from troubling you with any romarks upon the various articles which have appeared in your widely extended columns upon tuO late trials at Stafford , arid your strictures upon tbe National Association of United Trades—an Association which appears to have drawn upon itself a very flattering amount of hostility from the Daily News , and its more powerful contemporarythe Times—the very best proof , which , in my humble judgment , coulii be given of its excellence and utility to the working classes . For it is , Sir , an unfortunate fact , patent to the whole world , that any institution , which has for its object the protection of the interests of labour from the undue and unfair encroachments of capital , is not
to be tolerated iu this boasted land of individual liberty . That this antagonism is unnatural nnd injurious , is unquestionable ; but , Sir , the efforts of yourself and most of . your contemporaries , appear directed to render it perpetual . Of all the forms r . nd phases which Trades' Unions have assumed within my exptrienee , there has been none so eutiiely unobjectionable in its principles , objects , and mode of operation , as the Association of which I have the honour to be Secretary . So far , as has been falsely alleged againBt it , from seeking to promote strikes , and to foment discord between employers and their workmen , its strength consists in tbe extraordinary success which has attended its efforts during the I , i 8 i 7 year 8 , in preventing those injurious
outbreaks , strikes , and reconciling the differences between their members and their employers , by the more rational and congenial appliances of mediatorial argument and reason . It was not our fault that Mr . Edward Perry was obstinate and unconciliatory . Mr . Justice Erie , with us , regretted it , but said , « ' Tiiafc ha had a legal right to be so if ho pleased . " That the requirements of the men were moderate and reasonable , wo also have in admission from the judge , and I think also from Mr . Perry ' s own evidence , although I urn aware , und Bball shortly prove , that very little dependence ought to bu placed upon his statements , He , however , said , that the adoption of the
book of prices , proposed by the men , would have made no greater difference to him than one-half percent ,, or ten diallings ia a hundred pounds , Bufc that is not quite true , or , you may rely on it , tbe strike and its consequence would not have occurred . About one-half of the Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton wore willing to accept , and have acccepted , a reduction in their prices of an equal amount to the advance they claimed from Mr . Perry , and his con-conforming friends for the other half , with , as 1 think , neither an unjust nor unreasonable view of placing tbe employers , as regards tbe article labour , upon an equitable and satisfactory basis towards each other .
The Executive Committee , are , I assure you , not in the habit of volunteering their interference between their members and their employers : but when invited to interpose , their efforte are always direoted to heal and compromise differences , and to avoid a strike as ono of the greatest calamities which could happen . But , Sir , the laws of this country give to the working classes no protection against tbe aggressions of an oppressive and unjust employer , except through tbe medium of combination , and by tbe ngency of strikes . They arc undpubted evils ; but . they never will or can be entirely discontinued , until the Legislature provides some sort of machinery for arbitrating authoritatively and fairly in the disputes which sometimes inevitably arise between tne conflicting interests—Capital and Labour .
With reference to the part taken by the Committee of the National Association in these unhappy disputes , you appear , Sir , to entirely overlook the facts proved on the trial . You will , therefore , I hope , permit me , as un act of justice , very briefly to recapitulate exactly what tlut Committee advised and participated in . Theiradviceand interference was first called for by the men as early as October , 1840 , They found that a difference existed in the prices paid for the very same articles by the bix principal employers , ranging from twenty , to—in some cases —more than fifty per . cent . Such a state of things was the natural source of bickering and ill-feeling . The low-paying masters had undoubtedly an unfair advantage in the market . However convenient this state of affairs was to Mr . Perry and his
friends , it was manifestly unjust to Messrs . Walton and Shoolbred . Tbe Committee refused its sanction to a strike , but advised the men to attempt to obtain an equalisation of prices upon some fair and equitable basis . A book of prices was accordingly drawn up , and the Committee—at the vequeBt of the men—used their best exertions , by a temperate and conciliatory interposition , to bring the masters and men to a good understanding . To this end , they solicited Mr . Perry to convene a meeting of the employers to consult upon the matter . He did bo , bat endeavoured to convert that meeting into an eugiue of oppression against the workmen . He there proposed that a list of obnoxious men should bo made out , who were to be discharged by the masters , and driven out for ever
from the town of Wolverhampton . His proposal was rejected , and the meoting dissolved . A Conference of masters and men was then convened by Mr , Perry , at the eolicitation of Messrs . Peel and Green , and an attempt made to frame a book . This most rational proceeding also failed , because Mr . Perry , on his own admission , was predetermined it should not succeed . The Committee still refused its sanction to a strike , They coun < Belled that n modified book should be drawn up , on the basis of the average of the prices then paying by the four leading houses . This equitable offer was contemptuously rejected by Mr . E . Perry . A strike , therefore , became an inevitable necessity . Nine months had been thus expended in an ineffectual attempt to obtain what Mr . Justice Erlo
de-Biguated " a very moderate demnnd . " The Messrs . Perry had several men engaged under written contracts , which havo since beon altered in some of their provisions , at the instigation of the magistrates , on account of their inequitable character . Their legality was strongly doubted ,-two counBels opinion were taken upon them , whiuh appeared in favour of their legality . Tho committee , therefore , advised that no inducement Bhould bo held out to such men to violate their engagements ; and when it came to their knowledge that some of them were leaving thuir employment , they issued a public protest and disclaimer of any participation in the 3 e proceedings , and appealed to the mayor to support their protest by his advice and influence . This bill bears date , I bolieve , the 16 th October—about two
days after the absconding of the first man , and not as Mr . Perry falsely states , after the men had all left . There is not , Sir , iu tho whole trial , a shred of evidence to prove any connivance by the Committee of the National Association in this or any other act which can be justly charged aa illegal . It was proved , by the evidence of the Freucti witnesses , that they were enticed over by fulee promises and gross misrepresentations , and when arrived in Wolverhampton , some six of them were entrapped to sign agreements , written in a language they were entirely ignorant of , and expo « sing them to legal penalties they had no conception ot their accord
of . They left Mr . Porry own ; and the pecuniary assistance afforded them to return to their homes , was a mere-act-of kindness and charity which the Committeo feel no cause to be ashamed of .- Not a single act of violence , or the slightest breach of the peace , waB committed during the whole of these protracted proceedings , except by Mr . George Hcovy Perry , who was fined £ 5 fora brutal and unprovoked assault upon one of the men . The whole town of Wolverhampton can bear testimony to the quiotand peaceful demeanour of the men ; and the whole of these facts you will find proved by unexceptional evidence on the trial—
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a report of whiob , from the short-hand writer's notes ( especially retained ) is . now in courne of pub » lication , This unvarnished narrative of irrefutable laotB will , I hope , induce you and the publio to suspend your judgmentuntil the further proceedings , whiob Will undoubtedly be taken under the advice of our eminent Counsel , shall have tested tllO YalU 6 Of tllfl Jilrys ve * diot , and his Lordship ' s view of the law of the case . Apologising for the encroachment upon your columns , but hoping you will , as an act of justice , give insertion to this letter , I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , WllXUil PjUiL , Secretary to the National Association of United Trades . 259 , Tott enbam-oourt-road , September 10 th .
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LOSS OP THE " PACHA . " The following graphic account of the catastrophe is from the pen of a party who was on board tho " We left Singapore at noon on the 21 st of July oh our passage to Penang and Caloutta , and had got on very well until twelve o ' clock at nigiit , when wo mot the Erin , and by some means or another , at about seven minutes past twelve she ran foul of us , and in four minutes tho poor Pacha sank from under us . We have lost from on board of us Bixteen souls , and how the forty-one that were saved were so , God only knows ; the thing was bo sudden that there way not a chance to do anything to save tho people . Tbe Erin cut right into
tbe middle of the Pacba . Burn and myself were asleep at the time . I heard the captain , Miller , sing out ' Starboard , hard a starboard , ' and I knew there was something wrong directly . I jumped up , put on my trowsers , and ran on ueuk ; but before 1 could get up the companion—tbe Erin , —was right into the starboard side , and the Pacha ' s foremost went directly . Well , I ran forward , and was coming aft again , when tbe first engineer told me tho foreaold was full of water and the ship gradnally settling down , whioh she was . We ran aft to the quarter boats , and the people were lowering them down . I went to the companion for a tomahawk to CUt them ftWay . The peo h were crowding into them , so I got one of the ltfc-buoys and put it on , and just then the Paclia gave a
plunge , and went down head foremost . 1 had only time to jump and clear the rail and boats' devits . The Pacha in going down sucked me under a considerable distance . 16 was certainly an awful moment to hear and seo the waters gurgling and darkening over head ; but thank God in a short time I rose and found myself among a heap of spars and 1 cannot tell what of the wreck . The soene around was a fearful one . The Erin was a short distance off , with the forepart of her nearly gone ; and to hear the poor fellows around me cryiug out for somebody to come and save them was heartrending . The Erin immediately lowered down her boats and picked up fifteen of us that were floating about—the remainder were got up the bows of the
Erin . It is certainly miraculous How so many were saved , as it was only four minutes from the time of the Pacha's sinking , and the Erin nearly as bad . When we got on board she was going fast down by the head ; however , they got a sail round the bows of the vessel , and after being there for three hours , we went on to Singapore , where we arrived on the 22 nd , at 2 . 30 p . m ., and next morning there was seven feot of water in the engine-room , all tho opium in the forehold ruined , and a great deal in the after ono . There is not one ot ub tbat has saved a rag of clothes . I had nothing . on but a shirt and tnraBevs . " Tbe following is a portion of a letter also from a party on board the Pacha : —
" It was a beautiful night and calm , or we all should have been drowned . It was a most melancholy sight ; we all had a hard struggle for life , and to see them as they got on board the Erin , on the forecastle , and round the capstan—all bands went down on their knees to prayers , and a clergyman on board returned thanks for those whose lives were spared . Wo were all in bed when it happened except tho = e on watch . There was not a single thing Baved belonging to any one . I am happy to say theve wei 0 no females on board at tbo time . " ins engineer ' s kkpokx of the " ebin . " After giving a detailed account of the accident similar in effect to the preceding , the engineer
proceeds as follows : — " We ateamed oa to Singapore , ' . being then &t a distance of ninety miles . We ran . the ship ashore as far as we could get her on the beach ; we found at low-water two large boles , one in the port bow ( the third plate from the keel ) four fuel long , and one on the starboard bow twelve inches square . Commenced at tide-times to put patches upon them , so as to get the ship off the beach before tbe neaptides . 1 am happy to say that the two bottom plates are completed , and the ship is hauled oil ' the beach ; vte ivvo now progressing favourably with the upper patches , and expect to sail for Heng Kong in eight days "—Hants Advtrther .
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WRECK OF THE RANDOLPH AKD LOSS OF LIFE . The Bandolpb , East India trader , Mr . Dale , master ( owners , D . Dunbar and Co ., of Limehouse , ) has been cast aslioro on a reef of rocks off the north-east part of tho Mauritius . The disaster took place on the night of tho 25 th of July , a day or so after she bad taken her departure from Port Louis for Calcutta . She bad received on board at . that port 250 steerage passengers , natives , consisting of men , women , and children , for Calcutta ; also Lieut . Holland and Ensign Scott , of the 48 th llegiment , who occupied the chief cabin . All went well , however , until half-past eleven o ' clock at night , when a cry was raised forward of " Breakers ahead , " and Mr . Dale learned , for the first time , that he was close to a dangerous reefofrockB , which ran out to sea some two miles off the north
end of the island . The night was excessively dark , and there were other circumstances unfavourable to the ship ' s progress . The helm was now put hard-a-porc , and strenuous exertions made to keep the vesBel off tho laud , but sho drifted in , and struck on the reef with great force . The crew were directed to cut away the masts , wbich they did without any mishap . This kept the ship upright for a short time , but tbe heavy surging waveB soon billed llfilf , Jind She fell over on her beani-eads . As the vessel careened over the scramble for life amongst tho crew becamo desperate . Men , women , and children were seen hanging to and crawling up the sides of tho wreck . Some fell into the surf , and by clinging to floating spars preserved themselves , while others were swept
away , and met with a watery grave , Ensign Scott being among those who perished . After a night OX deep suspense ; ind suffering , daylight disclosed their aotual position . Land was observed two miles distant , the Bpace between the wreck and the beach being studded with small , steep , dangerous patches of rock . The captaiu now consulted with his o £ B > cera as to the best means to be adopted in preserving the unfortunate creatures , nearly 300 in number , who wero on tho wreck . The boats happily remained whole and safe . They were lowered , and Mr . Scott , the first officer , and Mr . Shand , the second , with some of the seamen , set out to examine the position of the rocks , and ascertain whether there was any safe passage between them by which thev could land those on board . One partly
practic&blew&StWiced to a certain distance , where the shore could be reached by spars and planks , thrown across tho rocks . Ilutuvising to tuo wreck , a difficulty presented itself as to how . the poor creatures could bo lowered from their peculiar and dangerous position , as they had clung to all parts of tho ill-fated ship , to the boats . At length two of the sailors took their stand upon the bowsprit , and so lot them down ; one by one by ropea —a tedious and hazardous task , for the vessel was fast breaking up , and the heavy surf wbich was rolling was several times nearly dashing the boats to splinters against tbe wreck . After much suffering , Mr . Dale succeeded in seeing all safely landed , and tho chief officer , Mr . Scott , was sent to Port Louisabouc thirty miles distant , with
in-, telligenco of the calamity . In the meanwhile , Mr . Dale proceeded to ascertain tho number missing of tho passengers , as also of the crew , and found that of the former between twenty and thirty had perished , and that two of his crow had been lose . Among the bodies picked up that day . was ' tU&t of Ensign Charles II . Scott , of the 48 th Regiment . He was in his twenty-first year , and waa the only son of Mr . Charles Scott , surgeon in the Bombay . The moment the news of the cata ' stropho reached Port Louis , the governor , with every ( lispatoh , forwarded a Bteamer to the spot , and on its arrival it was found that she could render little service , the ship was fast breaking up , and the cargo scattered in all directions . Lloyd's agout at Port Louis , who
had inado an investigation into the circumstances of the loBs , tbus writes : — " There . can be no doubt that the great loss of property is caused by the neglect of our government in not putting up a lighthouse on that part of the island . "We , as Lloyd ' s agwts , took advantage o ! the feeling at the moment and waited on tbe government to request them to have a lighthouse forthwith erected , without waiting to refer to the home authorities . Wo are happy to say that the governor consented to take upon liimself the responsibility , and a lighthouse is now in course of erection , although it may be twelve months before it is lighted . " The losa of the Randolph and her cargo is reported to be very heavy . Whether she is insured or otherwise is not known .
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Tub A ^ stbi an LoAN .-We lewn ( " «? . J ^ J that the united houses of Messrs . . Rolh «* iW have subscribed thirty millions of fiorm . to _ the » e ^ Austrian loan The houses of Sina aucl soiicies have aL ! S mUHous , and two Dutch hou . es to a similar amount .
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SURREY THEATRE . Decided success attended the production of an English version of " Linda of Chamouni" at this theatre on Monday night . The principal characters were represented , the " Marquis of Boisfleury , " by Mr . H . Corri ; Carlo , by Mr . Travers ; the Cure , by Herr Kuchler ; Antonio , by Mr . Borrani ; Pierotto , by Miss Poole ; and Linda , by Miss Romer . Tbe whole of the music was liBtened to with great attention ; and evidently with great delight , by a very full house ; some of the airs were warmly applauded , and the duet in the second act
between Carlo and Linda received an encore . New scenery , dresses , and appointments increased the success of the opera , but the chief praise is due to the performers , more particularly to Miss Poole , Miss Romer , Mr . Travers , and Mr . Borrani . The orchestra was efficient and the chorus respectable . At the close of the performance the principal persons engaged in it appeared before the curtain in obedience to a unanimous call , and received the applause of the audience . The opera has been adapted expressly for this theatre by Mr . George Linley .
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QUEEN'S THEATRE . The Pirate of the Gulf , or the Greek Brothers , a powerful and effective drama in two acts , by Mr . Dibdin Pitt , was produced on Monday night . Murad Bensalleh , Admiral of the Pirate Fleet , has taken prisoners Constantine and Alexius , the Greek brothers , nnd their mother Zaphira , a Greek lady of rank , Zaphira has lonf mourned the death of ber husband , who , lured by his enemies , is supposed to have fallen in a conflict with the Turks . He is , however , taken prisoner , and in order to obtain comparative liberty , embraces the Moslem faith , and becomes an officer to the admiral . He recognises Zaphira as his wife just as she is destined for her conqueror ' s harem , and by the help of his intripid sons , the good offices of Abbas Khan , and the arrival of the British fleet , he succeeds , after a variety of hair breadth escapes and recaptures , in destroying the
tyrant , and regaining their liberty . The piece , which is full of incident and adventure , was received with great approbation , and we must , injustice , add , that the company did their best to eosuro its success . The spirited acting of the Misses Rogers and C . Gibson as the Greek brothers , the excellent and hearty humour of Mr . H . Chester as Abbas Khan , the comic powers of Mr . Dean , and the pathos and genuine feeling pour * trayed by Mr . E . Green and Mrs . J . Parry as Ismael and Zaphira , justly earned and obtained the applause of a crowded house . Mr . E . Green has announced his benefit to take place on Wednesday next * October 1 st , and has provided an excellent " bill of fare" for the occasion . In his capacity as actor and stage manager he has becomo an especial favourite with the frequenters of this theatre , and we trust his patrons will award him n " housa " caniinensurate to bia talent and exertion for their instruction and amusement .
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Tub Loss of the Pacha , and the new ship for China . —Happily the Peninsula and Oriental Company have jiist equipped another new iron sorew steamer , for the China service . She is called the Shanghia , built by Miller , Ravenhill , and Salkeld , of Blackmail , and is ready to sail for Southampton , and almost immediately for the China Seas , She is reported to be one of the fastest screw-vessels yet built . An investigation into the circumstances of the catastrophe has been commenced by the authorities of Singapore . Captain Barker , of her Majesty ' s sbip Amazon , and the master-attendant have assisted at the inquiry , which had not closed at the period of the mail being dispatched . The WrfiOk liQS in tWCnty-flV © fathdu . s of water , and by the next mail we may probably hear of an attempt
being made to get up some of tbe valuable cargo . As may be known , the divers on the Malacca cost are very expert , and we doubt not they will succeed in recovering some of the valuable treasure whiob . formed part of her freight . It consisted , from China to Calcutta , of forty-two boxes of gold , forty-five boxes of dollars , eix boxes of sycee , one case of diamond rings , one case of silver ware , twenty-one pieces of silk goods , 126 chests of green tea , ninety-two boxes of vermillion , thirteen boxes of Prussian blue , one case of velvets , forty-six packages of sundry merchandise ; for Penang from China , ono box of dollars and a package of tea . Some of the cargo was insured ; but the vessel was not—the company maintaining a reserve fund , and not insuring their fleer . The value of the cargo alono is estimated at nearly 600 , 000 dollars .
How the Bushmen Obtain Ostriches . —A favourable method adopted by the wild bushman for approaching the ostrich and other varieties of game is to cloth himself in tbe skin of one of these birds , ia which , taking care of the wih < 5 , he stalks about the plain , cunningly imitating tbe gait and motions of the ostrich until within range , when , with a well-directed poisoned arrow from his tiny bow , he can generally seal the fate of any of the ordinary varieties of game . These insignificant looking arrows are about two feet six inches in length ; thuy consist of a slender reed , with a sharp bone head , thoroughly poisoned with a
composition , of which the principal ingredients are obtained sometimes from a succulent herb , having thick leaves , yielding a poisonous milky juice , and sometimes from the jaws of snakes . The bow rarely exceeds three feet in length ; its string is of twisted sinews . When a bushman finds an ostrich ' s nest he ensconces himself in it , and there awaits the return of the old birds , by which means he generally secures the pair . It is by means of these little arrows that tho majority of the fine plumes are obtained which grace the heads of the fair throughout the civilised world . —A Ifanler ' s life ia South Africa .
Discoveries asd Impbovemexts Endless . — The arts aro like plants , poliferious ; and like thorn , too , can only be improved by culture , The tranaformations wrought by horticulturists and pomologists are all but incredible . Peaches were originally poisonous almonds , and used to impregnate arrows with deadly venom . Cherries are derived from a berry of which a single one only grew on a stem ; nectarines and apricots are hybrids of the pluin and peach ; the chief of esculents , with its relatives , broccoli and cauliflower , come from a marine plant , from the common sea-kale , which
shoots up on some sandy shores . From wild sour crabs , scarcely larger than boys' marbles , have pro . ceeded all varieties of apples . The largest and richest of plums are descendants of the blackthora's bitter sloo . Sucb are mere specimens of vegetable metamorphoses brought about by transplantmpr , acclimating , crossings , and culture . Tub Bakokess Von Beck . —The maiden name of the Jady was , I believe , Koberwein . Sbe waa of a respectable , though not noble family , and her husband was M , de , and not Baron , Beck . —Times Vienna Correspondent .
Requisition for fuhtber Search for Pbasklis . —A requisition promoted by Lady Franklin , calling upou the Admiralty to give Captain . Penny tue means of proceeding this year to pursue the traces of Franklin up Wellington Channel , was numerously signed on Tuesday . Captain Penny ' s second ship , the Sophia , has arrived at Woolwich , and will be paid off at that port .
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