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W » AT SSBBK 111 " * AND jverf one has paused before the gorgeous Spital-« eld 9 trophy in the nave , and many We overheard ; ,, » candid ejaculations of admiring Prencbmen , Z&xnwt . " " mperbe " « magmfique . " But it is the south gallery that the Coventry ribbons , and % gr wondera of that genus are to be found . Let us first look at these cases 42 and 43 ( eection xxiii ) jUinntely classified and arranged , may be there beheld * s raw silk of six of the principal YarietieB tBo * n in commerce , " Fine Italian gum waste , " . ¦ Sccind Italian gam waste , " Italian and China iwne waste , "Brutia and Bengal home waste " /« t . 4 XCE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND
, f . Verona waste " ( knubbs and husks ) . Below the-e grea ? many specimens of each quality " dressed . "in the » e ? - wefind them " carded ; " below these ^ aia arethe six " slubbingV followed by the six ^" ronngs /' andthe six fine " roving . " In jn adjoinais cabinet are the 8 pnn threads of eaeh of ^ ss kinds oi silk , of every known and possible dejrse of tenuity . If we would understand these tech-^ alinas , weliave butto remember the pastime of cnr boyhood * ilk worm rearing ; for who , even fte roughest urchin , has not kept a half-dozen caterers in a , box-watched with an eagerness scarcelv t 0 be exceeded by the highest hope of manhood , their jgaesis and transformations—been perplexed to pro nde them appropriate food-hang the yellow
coup tom with delight m the sun , and dreamed of lands * bere the mulberry tree glistens with these suspended lamps of gold ? The cocoon in which the wormpoor fool . —lies geli- entombed , consists of one long continuous thread , or rather—microscopicallv speaking—ot two threads twisted into one ; for the " entire line emanates at the same time from two orifices in the bead of the worm , which by a peculiar movement of its body , brings them both at the instant of projection into p ? rmanent and inseparable contact . His teak completed , his doom U sealed ; unable to escape lie is , by the action of hot water , mercilessly deprived at the same time of all the advantages of his position , as well as of his life . The outer casing ,
Classified accordinsto its form , either as a good or pointed cocoon , a " cocalon , " a dupion or soufflan , is speedily unreeled and wound upon a hollow frame , whereby it becomes converted into hank * . Tie hanks thns produced , whether arriving from Italy , France , Bengal , China , or elsewhere , are designated raw silk . By what is called " throwing , " they are brought into a proper state for weaving and for other purposes , the silk being thereby twisted , doubled , and undergoing sundry other processes , as we have seen in the department of machinery in motion , where each progressive step can be observed and studied , and at the lame time its analogy compared with similar operations in the cotton and wool departments .
In a case numbered 1 , we find thirty compartments , all filled from the looms of one Spitalfields manufactory : the most striking object of the group B a very rich snd delicate silk , in colour pink and white , and tearing upon its surface the pattern of the ltse , thistle , and shamrock , gracefully designed . Next to this we find the novelties of Alessrs . Pugh . of Regent-street , including a remarkably fine bombazeen cloth , and a still more important article , rejoicing in the name of amphommoion , or widow ' s silk , the former of these grandiloquent appellations simply signifying that its surface is the same on both sides . Why so rich an article should be socially appropriated to widows , we are at a loss to divine , but there can ba so question that it is a most beautiful commodity .
3 Messrs . Sanderson and Head have a chair back o silk bearing a coat of arms ; it is exhibited as a specimen of weaving , but it might be easily mistaken for the work of the needle . In the next case is a handsome display of velvet Testings , velvet for pulpits , &s ., black armozines , cravats in satin and silk , figured satins , &c . But thejeye is involuntarily caught by Mr . T . Robinson ' s cabinet , where we behold velvets of great variety of hue , but chiefly of the closest texture , and of that short crisp pile that does not yield beneath the touch —the surest test , we are told , of the highest denominations of velvet . Messrs . Stillwelland Son , besides gome handsome brocateJIe fer curtains , have some fine damasks ; and a specimen of her Majesty ' s
coronation , robe , wrought by them , whereon upon an entirely golden ground the pattern stands forth in brilliant relief . A City firm have imitated very cleverly In silk a variety of / urs ; their ermine is all but perfectly deceptive , and the silvery grey of some of the feliue members of the animal creation , and the speckled surfaces of some one or two others , are fairly copied , but there are some surely not intended ijresembleihsiutegumentsof any known quadruped . JU might bave been anticipated , * Messrs . Swan and Edgar have a copious variety of the manufactures of Spitalfields , including Ducapes , Gros de Naples ; Dacapes , Grosde Touts ; satins , Grecian , Gros de Toars watered silks , velvets , striped small checks , together with coloured China silks ; amongst them ,
pretty prominently , is a black watered silk of great beauty and richness . Two fabrics of the briliiant group—ene In gold and blue , another broca'led with Bowers in sixteen tints—are surely far too splendid for wear . A Scotch firm displays divers Highland tartans in satin and velvet , remarkable alike for texture and richness of colour . Mr . Mason , of Yately , in Hampshire , ha 3 a finespeeimen of damask silk and English cloth , the peculiar interest of which lies in the fact that it is wrought in siik the produce of worms reared at Yately . A still more astonishing and gratifying contribution to this department is made by Mrs . Whiiby , also of Hampshire . It consists of a magnificent silken banner , bearing a number of emblematical figures ; and adorned along its
margin by a deep and elaborately compounded fringe —the whole of the material of which was spun by silkworms reared by the lady during a period of fourteen year ? , she contriving to maintain a sufficient plantation of the delicate Philippine mulberry-trees for her purpose ; and her experiment is considered to have been so encouraging that the system is being triedjapon an extensive scale . The material , thus laboriously and perseveringly produced , was wrought in the looms of the Messrs . Holdsworth , of Manchester ; who also display , among many beautiful fabrics , a silk brocade , and embroidery of silk , upon data grcunu , applicable to a Tariety of purposes for internal decoration , and calculated , from its peculiarly gorgeous appearance , greatly to enhance the
magnificence of an apartment ; and being the work of mechanism , its price is c ; mf arativelv low . It is impossible , however , to go on at this pace . So extensive is the display in this department , and sa much may be found to observe among articles apparently little differing , that hours are rapidly consumed- The Prench 5 ? IKS fire diVMed frODl the English only by the transept ; and are , therefore , convenient for comparison . To attempt enumeration of their characteristics is out of the question ; and the decision of comparative merits may safely be left to the juries . We cannot forbear , however , giving expression here to a feeling which we have often experienced in this survey—a feeling of regret that no mention is made of the actual
producers of these beautiful results of ingenuity and skill as well as industry . It is the nominal maker , the capitalist , who has all the credit—and while we render due honour to the spirit which prompts him to risk his means in nntried pat 63 , and acknowledge how indispensable is his pecnb ' ar element in the work of production , we cannot but think the men whose brain and fingers are their capital , should hare a share in the honorary as well as substantial reward . "We believe this is one instance in which they " manage these thinks better abroad . " Provision is made in continental manufactures for exciting the individual ambition of artists and work ffien , and with the best results . We arc sore that thsarti&cars of Spitalfieids are not content with the impersonil glory of their gorgeous trophy .
Than tha Norwich and Paisky shawls , ! and the Nottingham lace , nothing more beautiful of their Mnd cm he conceited . The Limerick display has a peculiar interest , inasmuch as it represents one of the saving elements of Irish industry . Messrs . Morley and Harris exhibit in their respective contributions , the almost human ingenuity with which the looms of Leicester seem inspired . " The glovers have some useful novelties ; aad the wool-workers show to what uses crochet work can ba put . " A state bed , " laden with needlework , is only one of several specimens in the building of costly folly . On the Walls and in the bays below , Crossley , of Halifax , " arrests the eye , in conjunction with a vast expanse of carpets and cloths . Looking into the nave , we Observe that llr . Xicolay has hung the whole front of the callery Tyjth the skins of lions , tigers , and bears , dressed to a beautiful softness , and adapted to a modern exigency by being formed into railway
wrappers . Another novel adaptation of fur is a table-cover of wild eat skins , admirably fitted , from tbeir softness , for library tables . Mr . Sicolay also exhibits specimens of almost every variety of fur adapted to every habiliment . The historical minniver figures in a great variety of mnffs and tippets , Ornamented with the paws of the Astrscan lamb , to suit the requirements of modern " taste . A ennou 3 article is a coat made from the bide of a Tartar colt , bat so carefully dressed as to be as soft as seal skin , and , from the length and density of the hair , complete !? impervious to -wet , so that the skin in ¦ which h wild Tartar colt once scampered over bis native steppes , may serve as a paletot to gome tranquil commercial gentleman travelling in an English railway carriage . The beaver is also exhibited in a great variety of ladies' articles ; for since the grea " gossamer" revolution , that beatniful material has bscn Landed over to the furrier . The collection is
conjpieied by various specimens of wolves , tigers , Ac , carefully stuffed , and adding greatly to the attrasiiveness of the stand . The Hudson Bay Company has also a number of black fox skins and Arctic wrappers .
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lather Ignatius , according to a contemporary i ? s gone to Germany , the necessity for recruiting Ijs health being the cause assignedfor hisexpatriation ; but that the real fact is , his simplicity or his e ccentricities were causing too much trouble to « ie hesds of the Popish clique in ¦ Westminster .
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THE -WRECK OF THE LARPEST THE "WRECK av vnv . Tjumvni
We copy the following details of the wreck of this vessel from the North China Herald- : " The Antelope , opium clipper , had brought to Hong Kong three men , the sole survivors of the British s&ip Larpent , which was wrecked on tbesouth-east end of Formosa , oh the 12 tk September last . The narrative given by these three survivors is a very melancholy one . It appears that the American rnque Antelope , ou her passage to Shanghae , was lying , on the night of tlio first inst ., neirly belalmed off the south point of Formosa , when a ooat was observed coming from the shore , and those in the Antelope heard the voices of Englishmen , requesting that they mi ght be taken on board . Captain Roundy accordingly received three men .
the sole survivors of the crew of ( he Lavpent , of Liverpool . It appears that the Larpent , of 611 tons , only seven years old , belonging to Mr . T . Ripley , and commanded by Mr . Gilson , left Liverpool on the ISch of May , 1 S 50 , on a voyage to Shangae ; the crew , including Mr . Bland , a passenger acting as third mate , numbering tbirty-one . The Larpent passed Anger on the 19 th of August . On the 12 th of September , in the forenoon , she passed Botel Tobago Xima , a lofty island , tearing east half north from the south cape , Formosa , from which it is distant thirteen leagues . The weather is said to have been thick and rainy . At 9 . 30 p . m . all hands were alarmed at the snip suddenly striking on a rock . By backing the head sails , however , the ship came off almost immediatel y , but on
sounding the pumps no less than seven feet of water were found in the hold ; all hands were forthwith busily kept at pumping untii 2 . 15 a . m . of the following Way , when , as there was no prospect of gaining on the leak , Captain Gilson ordered the quarter boats to be lowered , and the launch to be hoisted out . In the hurry the jolly boat stove and became useless . The captain , mate , and six men then got into the starboard quarter boat , the remaining members of the crow taking the launch , in which some provisions bad been placed . On the weather clearing up a little stdaylight they found themselves close to the shore , somewhere ia the vicinity of the place designated on the map of Formosa , Alat-faer . Hero they all landed for the purpose of getting fresh water , and with the
intention also of caulking the long boat ; but in these purposes they wero prevented , the natives coming down in great numbers , and plundering them of every movable . So situated , Captain Gilson determined on putting to sea again , to endeavour to reach Bong Kong , a distance of 400 miles and upwards . Both boats started together , but the launch still leaking considerably , was unable to keep up with the lighter boat , and parting company she was never more seen , although it was afterwards beard that Captain Gilson had landed near South Cape , and procured water . ( There indeed he might have been murdered or taken captive , and may still be iu slavery for aught we are required to believe to the contrary . ) At daylight on the 14 th , the launch having rounded the extreme point ,
the crew landed on a shelving beach , surrounded by bushes , intending , before proceeding any further , to repair the boat . About eight a . m ., almost without any previous warning , they found themselves in the midst of a deadly fire of matchlocks . Young Mr . Bland was observed to spring a great height in the air and fall flat on his facs dead ; those who could swim immediately took to the water , whence the savages were seen , with long knives , stabbing those who were wounded and immediately cutting off their heads , which to the number of nineteen , were then thro wn into a terrible heap . Blake , the joiner , says , that although wounded by a shot when in the water , he swam for several miles across a broad bigbt , and had landed under a huge sugar-loaf rock thoroughly exhausted ,
thinking that he was the only one saved , when turning his eyes seaward , ho observed the boy Hill , pursued by an enormous shark . The lad appeared nearly exhausted , and was about to sink , when , cheered by his voice , he gave a few more strokes and landed in shoal water , whence he dragged himself over the coral to the place where Blakejwas sitting . Here they had not remaiued long , when two natives with matchlocks were seen traversing a beach at some distance , apparently in pursuit of hem . But they succeeded ia hiding themselves for a time , and afterwards escaped to the mountains , where they remained until the 19 th . Exhausted nature could hold out no longer , and at a time when Blake says ths feelings of a cannibal bad arisen ia his breast , and he insanely thought of partaking of his comrade ' s blood rather than remain longer without food , they wandered into a field where some villagers were at work . From them
they obtained ameal of rice and shelter , and Tvere afterwards made to work with the village labourers from daylight till dark—sometimes in boats , diving for large shell fisb , at others with hoes about the paddy ground . The man Boris and another had landed at a different place , whence they tried to reach a junk , in which one of them , Harrison , succeeded , but was almost immediately shot and decapitated in sight of his comrade . Boris appears to have subsequently joined Blake and Hill , thelatter of of whom being unable to do so much work as the others was subjected to very severe treatment , and has been left sick at Shangae . At the expiration of five months the kind-hearted villagers sold them to some neighbours for six dollars apiece , the purchasers proving to be of a more friendly disposition than the original holders . On arriving at Shangae a voluminous narrative of the seven months and sixteen days' captivity was taken by Mr . Consul Alcock . "
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DESPERATE HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BRIS TOLAND CAPTURE OF THE ROBBER . »<»< ,-, . ^ ., ^~>~~ , ™ « . „ , «
A man named John Williams has just been apprehended at Bristol upon a charge of highway robbery , accompanied by circumstances of considerable ferocity . It would seem from the facts which have transpired upon an examination before the magistrates , taken at the bedside of the unfortunate gentleman upon whom the outrago was committed , th . it it was perpetrated in open daylight , in a thoroughfare much frequented at this season of the year , and almost beneath the walls of a gentleman ' s mansion at which a large establishment of . servants is kept . Owing to the suddenness and violence of the attack , the gentleman who was robbed , Mr . Godwin , of Auburn Villa , Cotham New-road , was unable to give anv particular
description of the offender , who , but for tfce testimony of a young man , named James CoIIacott , who is iu the service of a bootmaker at Bristol , would have , in all probability , entirely escaped detection . Mr . Godwin , ¦ who is seventy-five years of age , could merely state that he waB taking a walk for the benefit of his health , and was in the carriage road which passes heneath the pleasure grounds of Redland Court , when ho was suddenly attacked from behind by some powerful roan , who grasped him round the face with his hands , closed his eyes and bis mouth , kicked his legs from under him , threw him down , and then throw himself upon him . "When he was on the ground he was kickod in the head and stunned , and upon his , to some extent , recovering he missed his watch and appendages which had been
stolen from him . The young man CoIIacott stated that he was carrying a pair of boots to Itedland Court , the residence of Mr . Edwards , and upon entering the carriage road he saw a man , who observing him approach went to the side of the walk and began looking into the hedge as if ho was trying to Snd something . The witness passed him for a yard or two , and as he began then to follow him , CoIIacott , who had formed some suspicion in his mind that he would try to steal his boots , turned suddenly round and looked him full in the face . The mau then again went towards the hedge , and the witness went to the Court and delivered his parcel . This detained him for some little time , and upou his again leaving the place he heard a groan as of BJme person in distress . Ho looked up the road
and saw two persons struggling on the ground . As he was approaching them he saw tbe one who was on the top , and whom he recognised as the man whom he had before seen , get up from the other , kick him heavily and deliberately several times in the head , and then make off across the fields . Upon going to sec who it was that had been so savagely used , he found Mr . Godwin , whom he assisted , and from whom he subsequently learnt that he had been robbed . Calliicott at once raised an alarm , and some cavpenterB and others looked for the robber , but they could find nothing of him . The old gentleman was remove ^ to Uis residence much injured , and medical aid was promptly called in , and information of the outrage was given to the police , who captured the prisoner
under very curious circumstances . A constable Of the St . Philip ' s division was making inquiries for evidence against an utterer of base coin , for which purpose he went to a beer-houso in Lamb-street , St . Philips , called the Boar ' s Head . As he approached the house , the prisoner was in the act of leaving ifc , but seeing an officer coming towards him , his conscience alarmed him , and he ran back , got into a yard behind the house , and clambered ou to the roof of some premises in the rear . Tlio policeman at once suspected that he had committed some offence for which he expected to be apprehended , and followed him , chasing him across the roofs of several houses , and narrowly escaping being knocked off by a heavy pantile which he threw at him . At length the fugitive finding that escape in this way was hopeless , jumped into a court closely followed by the policeman . It
happened that the court did not communicate with the street , and the prisoner was driven to take refuge in a house , where in rushing towards the fireplace to arm himself with a poker stumbled over some articles of furniture , fell upon the ground , and was easily secured by the constable . . Assistance was then procured , and he was taken to the stationhouse , where an account of the robbery and a minute description of the offender given by CoIIacott had been received , and with which he was found totally . Tho witness was sent for , and at once identified him ia the most positive way , and he was detained on the cbargo of highway robbery . The magistrate , Mr . Lunell , who attended at Mr . Godwin ' s house to take his deposition , having also examined the other witnesses , fuily committed the prisoner , -who has been sont to gaol to await his trial at the next Gloucester assizes .
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Mutixy and Desertion . —The following is a report of the barque Syrian , Mason , of Sundevland , at Queenstown : — "Left the Levee , at Now Orleans , on the 21 st of June , at 0 30 p . m ., at which time six of the crew went below , and refused their duty ; also did bo on tho following day , the 22 nd ; so much so , that they would not even haul tho towrope in , The ship was towed from New Orleans to the pilot station at the S W Pass . During the course of the evening one of them came aft to the master and asked for grog , which waa refused , in consequence of tho whole of them being in a drunken , mutinous , disorderly state , from the time of their joining the ship up to that time . He said , ' We are going to leave you to-morrow ; wo are all going away in the steamer . ' Tho master said ,
' When you get the drink out of your heads you will be better men , and , I have no doubt , will act differently to what you have done to-day . ' De said , ' I speak for myself , and when I speak for myself I speak for all hands—if you don't let us go away in the steamer you will have to go into Mobile with us . ' The master , thinking this language was the result of drink , told him to go to bed , and endeavour to get them all to bed , and get themselves sober for going to sea in the morning ; and he went away forward . The master left the deck at 10 . 30 p . m ., and had not long been in bod when some one fired a pistol over his head , which they had done frequently during tho course of the afternoon . About midnight some one endeavoured to force an entrance into tbe cabin , the door of
which had been previously secured before tbe master went to bed . Hearing them , they were surprised by his calling out to know -who -was there . They also refusea their duty thG day following until three o ' clock , at which time they went to work , after a long Btrain of remonstrance from the master , and giving a certificate , saying he would take no notice of their past conduct ; but , at noon , on the 24 th , they all left their wovk again , and made those who were willing to work join them ; and onno conditions could they be prevailed upon to resume their duty , and acted in every way as they thought proper , without being under the least controul , and so remaining in a mutinous state , without rendering the master ; the least assistance in the time ol necessity . On the 4 th of July they
took the ship s boat , four oars and tiller , bread , pork , and water , by force , threatening whoever made the least resistance did so at tho risk of bis life , having loaded their pistols previously to prevent their being deterred from effecting their purpose , and left the ship about nine a . m ., leaving only the mate , carpenter , cook ( who is not a seaman , and is , therefore , useless for either steering the ship or going aloft ) , one ordinary seaman , and one boy , to assist the master to work the shipbeing six in number—say four men and two boys ( inclusive of the cook , who could only give a pull ); and who fortunately , with this short help , were enabled to bring her in safety to the harbour of Qucenstown . — Skipping Gazette , A Youthful Cobple . —There was a gay wedding
at Highweek Chapel on Sunday morning last , which excited much interest , and drew a large number of spectators . The bridegroom was Mr . John Piingle , ot Kingskerswell , a veteran boatswain , aged ninetyone , enjoying a pension for his service to his Queen and country ; and the bride , Mrs . Sally Clarke , a buxom widow , tbe other side of sixty , who keeps a general shop in Newton Bushel . There are some feminiscences connected with the warlike career of the venerable bridegroom , of stirring interest , and which , as the tale goes , would form a good story . He had the honour of " serving" with Kelson , and many " hair-bveauth ' 9 capes" attended him as well as the hero of the Kile . It is related that , on one occasion , Morpheus got such hold ot him when on duty in a boat with the admiral , tbat his involuntary breach of discipline and tbe articles of war , notwithstanding he ttas a bit of favourite and had
performed sundry gallant acts , would have prematurely sent him after " Poor Tom Bowling , " but for the intercession of Lady Hamilton , to whom be was indebted for the opportunity of wooing and wedding in a " green ottld age , " Howeyer , setting aside mishaps , which may happen to the best of US , he was a smart and daring saiior , deservedly respected on board as a warrant officer ; and for his straightforward manner and hearty good feeling , he has acquired on shore the esteem of all who knew him . "We had almost forgotten to add that the loving couple left on Monday to enjoy a few hours of their honeymoon in pleasant retirement , and that , after their return , towards the " witching hour of night , " they were greeted with the strains of music by a band . As a finale , a party of serenaders , in soft but mellifluous cadences , executed , as a lullaby , " Happy dreams and slumbers sweet . — Exeter Paver .
Femaib Heroism . —On Saturday afternoon ( saya the J ' atrie ) , as Mdlle . Judith , the actress , was bathing in the Seine , near Asnieres , with other young women , a cry of distress was suddenly heard . It proceeded from a boy , twelve years old , who had fallen , into the vrater . from a float of timber , and , being unable to swim , was in the greatest danger . Mdlle . Judith at once made a cash at the child , ar . d with great difficulty brought him safely to shore . She herself fainted the moment after ftQsa the esci'tioa and agitation .
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TESTIMONY IS LAW COURTS . MASSACHUSETTS ' LAW FOR ATHEISTS . i c « HWf ?* ° ^ e -Mw i " orh Sun . ) i , A ^ 1 1 ° son importance is being discussed M ^ achuSS ; - appears that in tbe state of S , nf j t T . 6 XiSts a law declaring tbe tes-STn R ? nf » T * ««! e in the law courts ? LiK « w , ¦ cas , recentiy occurred which has brought this singular law into notice . A Mr ^ K / ^ Of Lo ™» ' »" " "« repmed Tnwfi TWilf n ma * proffered a complaint in the Mlliv ™« Conrt against a wan named Libbey , an overseer of ono of the corporations , f , if faction of his wife . Tho circumstances of the seduction aro stated to be of « 3 Emn ! - ° haracte v . LAblwy was arrested BWiffiSS'Site ? ™™ ^ co-fc - frvcnvrw ^ ,,.. :
ThnvTand hta'Jife he Ea"sfacti <» of the court , that both lliajer ana tliS wife were Atheists-not bulieving in the ffmmtS * , Of course no reliance could be fMhVm ^ e ? KS ^ S Wnts tbe yinl 6 1 »« n ' « ' i » reference IS t '„ "' ' tUe * S . before L ™ to be d ^ clmVi 1 " ' ' ^ " ^ ^ defend : mt " S n ' ^ State of M'ssac husetts , the libertine is allowed to escape puntahmentbeeaiwe the victims Ot hlS JUSfc happen to be Atheist * Thavm- nn Wb
cross-examination , said , " I do not believe or disbeherein a God—I know not whether people will or willnothe punished hereafter for their bad aotions . " Because he was not positive in his belief in a God , and in a future state of punishment , a Massachusetts judge , ov rather tho Massachusetts law , would not receive his testimony . If tbo seducer may , with impunity , destroy the peace and happiness of Thayer , may not the robber commit the lesser offence of taking bis purse from him by violence , and escape punishment in like manner ? ' But should the robber snatch away the purse of the seducer , then the seducer ' s oath would be valid testimony , provided that he would proclaim his belief in a God , and future rewards and punishments . We pity the blindness and
infatuation of tho Atheist , and abhor Atheism , but we equally abhor a law that allows villains to escape punishment for crimes committed against Atheists . Tho Massachusetts papers , however , generally defend the law , and the Boiton Transcript argues that , "As all human law is founded on the pre > sumption of a divine law , to which men are responsible , we do not see how the obligations of the latter can be ignored without destroying all the safeguards of the former . " But this law of Massachusetts itself "ignores" the obligations of the divine law . The divine law s ; iys to men , " Thou shall not commit adultery ; " and under the Mosaic code adultery was punished with death . The Massachusetts law sayg , in effectadultery may becom «
, mitted with impunity , if the parties be Atheists . If tho Tmnscrijrfs argument is worth anything it proves that no man is entitled to the protection of human laws who does not rcspeet the obligations of tho divine law , consequently , tho oaths or testimony of believing and regenerated Christians only , are entitled to belief . The seducer , the thief , the generally profligate and dishonest , do not respect the obligations of the divine law—they are continual breakei-3 and despisers of it , yec if they kiss the leather binding of a Bible , and ignorantly pretend to believe in God and tho revelation of his will , their oaths will be good evidence , while a moral and upright man , who walks by the light of reason , respecting tho
laws , but who has not a firm faith in revelation , will be cast out of court without redress for deep wrongs inflicted upon him ! How monstrously absurd ! Men denying God in their hearts , and by their daily actions , but confessing him with their lips , are admitted to testify in all cases , whether small or great , but a state in this enlightened Republic outlaws men of good moral and private character , who may be undecided regarding the great doctrines of Christianity . It is not strictly true that " all human law is founded upon the presumption of a divine law , " though this does not come within the argument ; for thero are human laws founded upon tho " presumption " of a divine law , which are despotic ,
cruel , and bloodthirsty , and which virtually ignore the divine law . The true duty of human law is to protect the temporal and social rights of men ; and unless Atheists aro to bo entirely driven out of society , the laws should protect their social and civil rights , just as the rights of the most wicked and abandoned " believers" are protected . We do not ask that courts or juries believe implicitly tho testimony of Atheists , any more than we would insist that accomplices in a burglary or a murder should be believed . Their testimony , likq that of all witnesses , should bo thoroughly scrutinised , and just bo muoh regard paid to it as it may deserve ; but it is injustice , ana of the nature of despotism , to refuse to listen to it .
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LocK-riCKiNG .--Mrl Hobbs , an American locksmith , having publicly announced the possibility of opening , without keya , locks which had heretofore been considered as possessing the great desideratum of perfect security , a party of scientific and other gentlemen invited him to make the attempt on a patent lock , by Chubb , which secured one of the vaults of the State Paper Office . The lock Laving been examined , and found to bo fairly looked , Mr . Hobbs produced from his waistcoat pocket two or three small and simple-looking tools , and proceeded to work . Within twenty-five minutes from the time of commencing , the bolt of the lock flew hack , and the door was opened . It wa ' ffthen suggested by one of the gentlemen present that Mr . Hobbs should turn the bolt back again ,
and lock the door ; it being a " detector " lock , it was considered he would be unable to accomplish this feat . In less than ten minutes , however , the door was again locked . No injury whatever was done to tho interior of the lock , and no traces were to be seen of its having been picked . As may be imagined , this performance created a great deal of excitement in the world interested in locks and keys ; and a committee , consisting of Mr . G , Rennio , Professor Cowper , and Dr . Black , was im . mediately appointed for the purpose of making arrangements for allowing Mr . Hobbs to try his skill upon tbe mysterious lock so long exhibited in the window of Mr . Bramab , in Piccadill y , with the tempting announcement , in letters of gold , offering a reward of £ 200 to any one who should pick it .
In short , this challenge , eo long unheeded , has at length been accepted . The monster lock has been removed from its long rcsting-nlaco in Mr . Bram&h ' s window to an upper room in tho house ; where , it having been placed between two boards , which have been sealed by the committeD , Mr . Hobbs at once commenced operations upon it . Thirty days are , by agreement , to be allowed for the experiments . Mr . Hobbs , who is proprietor of Newell ' s Parautoptic Lock , in his turn , makes the following challenge : — " That a party may take any commercial lock ( of the Newell patent ) , examine ifcaB much as he pleases , without limit of time , and take the lock to pieces and put it together again in the presence of competent persous ; tbe lock to be then locked in their presence ; and if the party can _?_!_ Z L 1 ^ . _« .. itrv-irv « i Ylrl ntf ClY * *» YlW * itl W \ n /\\ % f \ ¥ ininln it in timeand after number of trials
pick any , any , a prize of £ 1000 will be given . " Her M-ajesii ' s Visit to Scotland . —We understand that her Majesty , who will leave Osborne on Wednesday , has expressed her intention to arrive at the King ' s-cross station of the Great Northern Railway at half past one o ' clock in the afternoon . Her Majesty will take luncheon at the station , and depart thence at two o ' clock . At Lincoln her Majesty wll , without leaving her carriage , receive an address from the corporation of that city . The Royal train will reach Doncaster Btation at about half-past six . Hero her Majesty will leave the Royal carriage , and proceed to tho Angel Hotel , which has been engaged for her accommodation , and where she will remain during the night . At nine o ' clock on the following morning her ' Maiesty
will journey on to Iloljrood , between which place and Doncaster the Royal train will stop only for the engine to take in water . A temporary station is to be provided at Holyrood , to enable her Majesty to cross over to Holyrood House , without going through the city . Her Majesty will sleep at Holyrood , and , on the following morning , return to the railway through , tbe temporary Btation , and proceed to Stonehaven , which has this year been selected in preference to Cupar Angus , as tao terminal po : nt of her- Majesty's railway journey , in consequence Of the routo from Stonehaven to Ualmoral being better than that from Cupar Angus to the latter place . The Royal carriage of the Great Northern Railway willrua through to Stonehaven . —Morning Herald .
Importation of COTTON Wool . —According to a return to parliament printed on Saturday the cotton wool imported into tho United Kingdom in 1848 numbered 713 , 020 , 10 lb . ; in 1849 , 755 ,-169 , 0121 b . ; and in 1850 , 663 , 570 , 86111 > . Baltimore letters report tho suspension of Messrs , Harrison and Co ., foreign and domestic merchants . Mr . Harrison has been in business more than a quarter of a century . His losses , it is said , arise from his connexion with the California trade . Ir h said that Madame Sontag has Commenced an action for £ 8 , 000 against Mr . Lunilcy , the manager of her Majesty ' s Theatre .
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WOSVEBFOL EmcACJf OF IIoMOWAl'S OINTMENT AND Uills . —Kinc months sineo a gentleman residing ir . Gla 5 lougli ) % county of Jlonaghan , had an opening made from the hip to the knee , and a great deal of diseased flesh removed . Fur Huce years ho suftvred night and day , although he consulted all the most skilful surgeons and physickms he could hear of , using haths , liniments , ic , without effect . He expected to be a cripple for lh > , jet , by the use of llollowaji ' s Ointment mid mils , lie is i : ow cured , and enabled to attend to business for the last sixmouths . aetiiQug UiKHhinghadhappenetl . Hisaudres is known to the proprietor of the ' ArroagH Gnanlian . 'soM by an druggists ana at l ' rofessor Hollowny ' s establishment , 214 , Strand . London .
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The August session of this Court commenced on Monday before the Right Honourable the Recorder , Alderman Hunter , Challis , and Carter , tho Sheriffs , Under Sheriffs , and the ordinary City officers . There aro 220 prisoners for trial at this sossion . Charge of PKHJunY .-Robert Bayley surrendered to take his trial upon a chargo of wilful and corrupt parjury . The perjury imputed to the defendant was , that he had wilfully made a false affidavit representing tliat tho prosecutor of the inin
dictment had stated in his presence tbat ho - tended to sell his property and leave tho country , and put his creditors " in the hole . " There was at the timo an action pc-nding between the prosecutor and another pevson upon the subject ol a claim by the latter for some building repairs , and the effect of the affidavit mado by tho defendant was to oause the prosecutor to be taken into custody and detained until he found bail , The case failed by reason of tho absence of tho necessary legal proof , and under his lordship ' a direction the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
Misdemeanour . —George Armstrong , 20 , William Martin , 22 , and John White , 20 , wero indicted for a misdemcauouv ia uttLvjrfuUy attempting to steal a watch from the person of John Sargent . The Prosecutor was at lYoplwich races on the 17 th . of July , and a crowd having assembled in consequence of an accident that had happened to ono of tho horses , while tho prosecutor ' s attention was directed to what was going on , the prisoner Armstrong was seen to go up to him and press against him , the other two prisoners at the samo titno covering him so aa to conceal his proceedings . Upon coming out of the crowd tho prosecutor found that his watch was hanging out of bis pocket , and an attempt had evidently been made to steal itand the
; prisoners were taken into CUStody by Carpenter , who was on duty on the spot in plain clothes . The Jury found Armstrong Guilty , and acquitted the other prisoners . He was senteuced to be imprisoned and l . ept to bard labour for ; four months , the learned iudgo telling him that if anything had been known against bia character previous to the transaction a much severer sentence would have been passed upon him , A Juvenile Tuiep . —Thomas Cliff , 14 , was indicted for stealing a silver fork and spoon , value 17 s ., tho property of Walter Muresse ; and Mary Ryan , 46 , was charged with feloniously receiving tho property , knowing it to have been stolen . The male Prisoner pleaded Guilty . It appeared
that the prosecutor was a silversmith , carrying on business in the Crescent , Jewin-street , and that Cliff was in nis service , and ho had only been so a few days when he Btole the articles in question . According to the evidence of a , boy namea Green , who \? as about the same age as tho prisoner Cliff , immediately after tlie robbery they went to the female prisoner , and he saw Cliff give her a silver fork , which she took out and sold , and brought back four or five shillings , and Cliff gave her a shilling or a sixpence for herself . Tho nest day it appeared Cliff took Ryan a spoon , which she also took out and sold , and gave the money to Cliff ; and
it was stated that when tho articles were so given to tbe prisoner they were straight , and not defaced in any manner . Tlio Jury found the prisoners Guilty . A previous conviction for felony was proved against Cliff , and an officer informed the Court that the other prisoner and her husband had formerly kept a marine store-shop , which was a notorious receptacle for stolen property , and that since her husband had left her to go to America sho was known to be in the habit of encouraging boys to plunder their employers . The Recorder said ho would respite the judgment , in order that somo further inquiries might be mado respecting the
prisoners . An Old Offender , —George Thomas , 32 , grainer , was indicted for stealing a cash-box , two banknotes value £ 15 , forty sovereigns , and other money , the property of Anton Seherzinger , in his dwellinghouse . —In this case tho prosecutor is a licensed victualler , keeping the Horse and Trumpeter in Crutched-friars , and it appeared that prisoner and three other men came into his house on the afternoon of tbo 22 ud of July , at about five o ' clock ; the prisoner having been in tho habit of coming daily for about seven or eight days before , in the morning part , and always set outside the bar facing the bar-pavlour , and had stated himself to bo a clerk . On the afternoon in question , the prisoner came in
with one man , and was shortly afterwards joined by two others , one of whom had always beea in company with prisoner when he came in the morn , ing . Prisoner and one of the party went into the public parlour , and called prosecutor in thero to order some ale and Stilton cheese . Prisoner ' s companion then went from the parlour to the bar , and asked for somo paper to write a note , and asked prosecutor's brother , who was serving at the bar , to take it for him to a gentleman named Jackson , at Page ' s public-house in the Minories . Prosecutor said ho would go himself , and did so , seeing a person who said his name was Jackson , and took the note . Prosecutor was not gone above fivo minutes ; and when he came back ho found the other three men gone and prisoner detained , and upon going to the chiffonier discovered that tne cash-box ,
containing the monies in question , had been abstracted , which it appeared had been done during hia absence by one of tho party , prosecutor ' s wife being at the time up-atairs changing her dress , and his brother , the only person then ia the bar , being called into the parlour . The prisoner protested his innocence , and said that tho persons who had been in his cora-S any were quite strangers to him . —The jury found im Guilty . —In answer to the Court as to whether the prisoner was known , John Storey , City policeconstable , said that there were seven or eight more cases against the prisoner ; but the magistrate thought tho two he had been committed upon would be enough to answer the ends of justice . Prisoner was an old associate of the swell mob , and , in 1816 ,
had heen transported from this court for ten years , for robbery from the person . During the last nine months hetween twenty and thirty cash-bos robberies had been effected in the same way as this had been done by the gang to whom tho prisonev belonged . —Brett , another City officer , said that he had known him for a great many years to be a swel-mobsman . —The Court ordered him to bo transported for ten years . A Shop Tiiiep . —Amelia Ifflnglcj , 19 , Spinster " , was indicted for stealing a ring valued at £ 5 10 s ., the property of George Philip Dodd . —James Frederick Leach , shopman to tho prosecutor , who is a jeweller in Cornhill , stated that on the 9 th of July the prisoner came into their shop and asked to look « t some rings for gentlemen , which were shown to her . She , after some time , selected several articles of jewellery , which she requested might be Bent
with her to her uncle s , who lived in Milk-street . This was done , and sho had not been gone many minutes before the ring was miased , —It further appeared that she took the porter as far as Milk-8 treet , and there got rid of him by stating that her uncle was net at home , and requested that he would come again in the [ evening . The ring was then traced by the police to have been pawned by the prisoner on tho same day in Leicester-square , and the duplicate had been offered for sale to a person who keeps a ladies' wardrobe in Queen-street , Brompton . She , however , refused to purchase it , and prisoner left it behind her , and it was subsequently given to the police . —The jury immediately found her Guilty . —It was proved that she had been before imprisoned for six ^ months for shoplifting , and had been several other times in custody for similar offences . —The Recorder sentenced her to po transported for seven years .
Sesterce , —TUomass Cliff , who was convicted of stealing a fork and . spoon , and Mary Ryan , who was alto convicted of receiving , were brought up for sentence . —The learned llecorder , addressing the prisoners , told tbo boy that , although he had been before convicted , he should not , on account of his age and other circumstances , send him out of the country , but order him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months . lJut witk regard to the woman the case was quite different ; she was a
dangerous character , for it was very evident that she must have known that the spoon and fork had been stolen , although the boy had said he had found it ; it was such persons as her that excited and offered facilities to boys like the one that stood in the dock beside her to be guilty of such crimes as that- with which ho had been convicted , and the court felt it to be their duty , when a clear ease like hers was brought before tlicm that , the person HO convicted should not longer remain in the country , —lie then oi'desed hcv to be transported for ten
years . Possession or Bad Coin . —Thomas Gardner , si , gardener , was indicted for haying in his possession a quantity Of counterfeit coin . —It appeared that on the night of the 14 th of July the prisoner went to the house of Mr . Smith , the Three Crows in the Old Jewry , and tendered a bad shilling in payment for some drink , which was bent and given back to him . Some few hours afterwards he stopped Police-constable Keeyes , 470 City , and inquired where he could obtain a lodging for the night . The officer said he did noi know , and prisoner then asked if ho might not be allowed to go to sleep on ihc step for a stiort ^ ime , The constable would not allow tliis , and the prisoner , who was drunk ,
began kicking a bundle of clothing that lie had been carrying , about the pavement , and said that tho officer jni gbt take that , and also a purse of gold that he took from his pocket . Tha officer finding that he was unable to take care of himself , intimated that he ( the officer ) should remove him to the station . Some other constable then came , and prisoner let fall a bag from the inside Of tllC leg of his trowsei's . This tho police took possession of , and found it to contain several parcels of shillings . He was then conveyed to the station , and tbe bag being inspected , was found to contain lour parcels of bad shillings , amounting in the Whole tO seventy'Onc , two bad crowns , and three bad halfcrowns . Tte prisoner being questioned at the
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station as to how he came into possession of Ike coin , said that , being about to start for Jersey , lie was waiting at Tower-hill for the boat , ami " that he met two men who had been ciutonierH of hia when he kept a public-bouse , and went with mem to a public-house and got drinking , and that one of the men asked him to give him eold for two pounds worth of silver , and that was what the ™?« niJ . 1 1 ? the b * g--Mr . Pajno , lor the prisoner , set up tho same defence , and kited a lTn wi l ™ ' \ u > » h 0 » M that for many years ho had Known tho prisoner to bo a man of good character , and had been in business as a licoW victualler , having kept the White Tion u -h * " S Vauxhall-road afd tho Sun id pSowSrt . UcS look-court , and that lately bo had been in bii « inos «» as a fruit dealer , and trailed between London S the Channel Islands : —The Jury found him GuiUy and he was sentenced to be imprisoned fcr ei «! ttean months . & "
Vitriol Throwing . —Catherine Jane lien it 23 was indicted for feloniously throwing a quantity " ot vitriol upon Sarah Young , with intent to ilo ' her grievous bodily harm . —It appeared that the prosecutrix and tho prisoner were what nre terineil " unfortunate " girls , and that there had been a ^ cod deal of rivalry and ill-feeling between theiu , * and the prisoner had repeatedly threatened the wosecutrix with violence . On the night of the Vtii of July , the prisoner accosted the prosecutri ; -: , . and asked her to drink with her , and while they wore standing together , she threw a quantity ' . of vitriol upon her , which had the effect of cntire ' ly destroying the clothes she had on at tho time . It appeared that no injury whatever was done to the person of
fhd prosecutnx , and there appeared good reason for supposing that the object of the prisoner v < m \\ j was only to destroy a satin dress worn by tho proscculrix , which appeared to have peculiarly excited her ire , aad that she divl not intend to injure her person . —The jury , under his lordship ' s direction , found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault . — Mr . llobmson said that the prosecutrix hji-i Loen repeatedly threatened with violence by the prisoner , and he suggested that some means should be tAon to compel her to conduct herself peaceably 1 W the future . —The Learned Judge said he would d-ifer passing sentence , in order that he might consider what punishment would bo best calculated to prevent any act of violence on tho pavt of the pvibuner for the future .
• Piobberx in the Docks . —John Tressis , 20 , labourer , a gentlemanly but shabbily attired young man , was indicted for stealing a watcb , iiie property of Moses Sawyer . —The prisoner , it . ap . peared , boing a sailor , had access to the London . Docks , and had stolen the watch in question from the Republic , a vessel now lying in the docks , &mi had pawned it at a pawnbroker ' s in Itedcross-street . He had also stolen another watch from another vessel , and upon his lodgings in Warwick-courfi being searched , no less than sixty-two duplicates , all providing the dreadful state of poverty Le had been in previously to the commission of this offence , they being chiefly for small article * of clothing , were found , —Mr , Ballantine s : iid ha should not deny the fact , but the historv oi' this young man was a peculiarly melancholy oiio . Tha prisoner was the son of a man who , during cis life * time , held a . high position aa a wvitev fov the press , and possessed great literary attainments , but was
unfortunately of most drunken habits . Both him and tbe prisoner's mother had died when prisoner was young , and ft gentleman , a solicitor , named Chester , had out of sympathy taken him mid apprenticed him to an engraver , but , in consequence of his Iiavingaconstitutional nervous disease , he was unablo to follow tbat trade . Mr . Chester then apprenticed him to tho sea , but his malady ia thut \ i \ staac 6 was the cause of his being compelled to relinquish it . The captain gave him an excellent character , but said he was unablo to face any danger . Since then Mr . Chester had lost sight of him until tho present time , when he wrote to him from this gaol . —Mr . Brieriy , the barrister , said that he had occupied lodgings in the saXQQ house as prisoner , and had left his door open , and had never missed any valuables , and his conduct vras uniformly gentlemanly and good . —The jury found him Guilty , but strongly recommended him to mercy . He was sentenced to four montha ' imprisonment and hard labour .
PosT-orncE Robberies . —Thomas G . Young , 22 f and William Mupivli , 25 , Posfc-ofiice clerks , were indicted for stealing a post letter containing two aSlO and one £ 5 Bank of England notes , the property of the Postmaster-General . Mr . Clarkson ia opening the case said that the prisoners had been engaged in the post-office at Gravesend , and it was from this establishment that the letter in question , was stolen on the 14 th September in last year . The learned counsel , in the course of his speech ^ ' said he "was afraid there was no doubt that at this period the business of tho Gravesend Post-office had for a considerable time been carried on in a very lax manner , and the Post-office authorities had found it necessary upon one occasion to search tha house of the postmaster . The prisoners by their
position in the post-office undoubtedly had an op » portunity of taking the letter in question , but ha thought it right to inform the jury that no information tending to fix the offence upon them waa obtained until a considerable . Uiae after it had boon committed , and the caae would now 1 ) 8 mainly supported by the evidence of a woman who had married the prisoner Aluzzall , who was the sister of the first wife , and who , it appeared was afterwards discarded by him , as he said , because she had no legal claim upon him . She was actuated , no doubt , by a feeling of resentment against Mu 2 zall fer hia treatment of her , but when the jury had heard her evidence and the other facts ot " the case , ho apprehended they would entertain not doubt that she was speaking tho truth , and that the prisoners did , in point of fact , commit the
offence with which they were charged . The jury returned a verdict , finding the prisoner Young Guilty of stealing the letter , and Muzzall Guilty of receiving it , knowing it . to have been stolen . His lordship sentenced Young to be trrnsported foe ten , and Muzzall for twelve , years . Death by Violence . —John Rogers , 3 S , wa 9 indicted for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Leafe . It appeared tbat tbo parties lived together as man and wife , at No . 1 , Luke-street , Shoreditcb , and on the night of the 2 Cth July , a quarrel took pla <» between them , during which tuOpriEOner StPUek lh& deceased a violent blow ou the head , which felled her to the ground and she became insensible almost immediately , and died an hour or two afterwards from tbe consequences of the injury inflicted by the
prisoner , vvnen no was talcen into custody he admitted that ue knocked the deceased down , and said the reason ho had done so was to protect him * self , she having attempted to use a knife to him * Tho prisoner expressed deep rcgrot after the occurrence , and earnestly entreated the people in the house to do what they could for tho deceased . A knife was picked up in the room by the policeman , and when tho prisoner saw it , he said , " That is the knife my poor dear girl used to defend herself With . " It appeared that the prisoner had heen cut upon the hand by the deceased , on a former occasion , and it appeared very probable that tho prisoner had been actuated by a desire to proteet him * self from her violence whon he 6 truck the fatal blow , The jury returned a verdict of !\ ot Guilty .
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TnE Chinese Family . —On Monday last the Chinese Family , recently arrived direct from Canton by the British ship Lady Peel , visited her Majesty , at Oaborne , by tho special request of the Queen , convcyod through Colonel Phipps . Tha party consists of a Chinese gentleman , named Chung-Atai , his two wives , his sister-in-law , and a Chinese female attendant . The three ladies possess the exceedingly small feet constituting tie peculiar characteristic of the females of tho upper ranks in the Chinese empire . Tho junior who ol Mr . Chung-Atai had the honour of singing to q Queen , whose well-known proficiency as a musiciaa . naturally rendered her Majesty desirous of heariDC the unique performance of tho celestial ladv . The
elder consort of Chung-Atai presented her Majesty with abeautifully-oxecuteddaguerreotype , by Beard , of the interesting Chinese group ; and the younger lady left with the PrinceBS lioyal a pair of very hundaoma lady ' s shoes , embroidered in gold by herself , and the exact size worn by hoi —viz ., two and a quarter inches long by one inch broad , both of which offerings were most graciously accepted . His lioyal Highness Prince Albert , with his pro * verbiftl affability , thinking the family would bein » terested in the numerous plants and flowers of Chinese origin abounding in the garden adjoiniug the drawing-room , conducted Jbis remarkable visitors round the terrace and parterres , her Maje BtJ and the Royal children nioanwhiJe being muc& amused at tho helpless , and certainly inelegant , mode of walking of the ladies , the contortion of thfiirfnet effectually Dreventincr acv nniWrisr * «_
ercise beyond a -very short ¦ wall ; . The Potato Disease . —The re-appearance of the potato disease is reported by many of our English and Irish contemporaries . But beyond the fart that this destroyer of an important edible has w * entirely disappeared ns mysteriousl y as it came we believe , that there is no ground for any serUj apprehensions . Except m cases where tbo tone of a arm is evidently derived from the temperament of the writer , all oi the accounts justify KefiSi that the disease , ve-appearing as it does eSSs autum , becomes each year less virulent Lh IP at ^ eS ^ KisEw vwfflg root . So that there is not likei " to be 6 J 2 J S 3 ; frl n 8 rain ? rOpS we receivo favourable accounts trom all quarters . But fine weather ifl much needed to gather m crops which even in tnifl neighbourhood are ripe for the sickle . — Halifaa Guardian .
The Times , analyzing tU 6 post-OffiCC returns , JDl pertinently remarks that ia the month in which the ladies talk least they write most—the month , « t February .
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— > o » The Loss of ihe Sons op Commerce . —I send you the following particulars relative to tho wreck of the Sons of Commerce , and of tbe massacre of two of her crew by the Arabs , about fifteen miles to the east of Aden : —It appears that the abovenamed vessel , laden with coals for the Hon . East India Company ' s depot at Aden , grounded on Friday afternoon , the 11 th iast . The weather-was unusually bolstered , and the steam-frigate Sesestris , which anchored in our harbour on the same day , made the port with great difficulty , so that no great blame appears to be attached to the captain for the unfortunate catastrophe . On Saturday all the crew took to the boats , the captain taking command of the cutter and the chief mate of tho launch , in which they embarked such articles of value aa were easily removed . The intention was to make Aden by sea ; bnt after baying p roceeded a Short distance against a heavy sea and strong wind the chief mate declared his intention o
landing , stating tbat unless he did so a sick man named JIurphy , who was in his boat , would probably succumb . The captain , it appears , was averse to this measure ; but not wishing to separate the crew he fell in with the proposition , and all landed at a spot not far distant from the wreck . A sort of booth was erected on the beach , aud then the captain , taking the second mate and three of the mea with , him , proceeded towards Aden to seek , assistance . On their way they were stopped by some armed Arabs , but finally succeeded in reaching the outer fortifications , called the Turkish wall , at eight p . m . on the same day . A few hours after several of the crew who had been left on the beach arrived at the same posts , and communicated the intelligence tbat they had beea attacked by a
party of Arabs , and that the chief mate bad been murdered in a most inhuman manner , wherefore all had taken to flight leaving the sick man Murphy in the tent . In the course of that night and during the succeeding day all reached Aden in safety , though in a very exhausted condition , with the exception of Murphy , who suffered the same fate as the mate . As soon as the intelligence of this outrage was made known to the authorities , 120 men of the force marched out upon the isthmus a little after midnight , aud succeeded in picking up two of the refugees ; after this the military returned to the cantonment . The sloop of war Elphinstone was also dispatched early on Sunday of
mornin " , and reached the wreck on tne evening the same day . The boat sent from her to examine the wreck was fired upon by the Arabs assembled in "reat numbers on the beach . Two surveys were made of the wreck , and finding that there was chance of rescuing her the Elphinstone returned to Aden . The -wreck was put up to auction a , few days ago and sold for 2 , 450 rupees ( cargo and all ) to one of the principal Arabs of the place . The purchaser or purehateM have already brought in a considerable part of the ship's gear and cargo . It is to be hoped that some measures will be taken to prevent such brutal outrages upon British life , which have been very common of late . Correspondent of the Horning UeralJ .
Seferstitiob's with regabd to Glastosbobt Thoes . —It is « anded down that when Joseph of Arimathea , during hi 3 mission to England , arrived at Weary-all-hill , near Glastonbury , he Struck his travelling Staff into tho earth , which immediately tookroet and ever after put forth its leaves and blossoms on Christmas Day , being converted into a miraculous thorn . This tree , which has two trunks , was preserved until the time of ( Jueen Elizabeth , when one of the trunks was destroyed by a Puritan ; and the other met with the same fate during tbe Great Rebellion . Throughout the reign of Henry Till , its blossoms wereesteemed such neat curiosities and sovereign specifies as to
become an object of gam to the merchants of Bristol , who not only disposed of them to tbe inhabitants of their own city , but exported theso blossoms to different parts of Europe . They were , ia addition to these , relics for rain , for avoiding the evil eye , for rooting out charlock and all weeds m corn , with similar specifics , which were considered at this time titebest of all properly . —Notes and Queries . A toter from Boxne of the Sth inst . states that Count Alexander Calendrelli , Minister of War durinff the Bepublic , condemned to imprisonment for a W term of years , is immediately to be released from " confinement on the intercession of K Usedom , the Minister of Prussia to the Holy See .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1640/page/7/
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