The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser from Bristol, Bristol, England • 6

THE BRISTOL MERCURY, AND WESTERN COUNTIES ADVERTISER SATURDAY, JANUARYjgggl ti 1ta lain Prtnfta VinoM 6 GENERAL NEWS. MISCELLANEOUS. lhmmt.v invipu. in Tnv. PflPF Stand not upon the The Book of Dap: a Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in connexion with the Calendar.

W. and B. Chambers, 47, Baternoster-row, London. This iB the commencement of work to be issued in weekly sheets and monthly parts, which promises, when completed, to i be a book of Btandard character, and to add to the reputation, tho MeBsrs. Chambers have fairly earned by their popular and.

publications. The various days of the calendar, SONNET. I ask no pity for the vanished years Wherein my crown of youth passed away I ask no pity for these sweet sad tears Wept not o'er burled hopes or joy's decay. i I only feel he loved mcl that he chose Me from amongst all for his own; That thro' the long years, e'en to luo's last clOBe, Into his very being I had grown A vital and Inalienable part -u. Of his own spirit so that oaoh rare thought Each inspiration of his noble heart.

E'er by his genius to perfection wrought, WaB linked with one whose highest boast and prido he loved her, and so fc. H. "'TIS furo since last we met, trad yet I dream that at my side jsne stauas, as ueiuiuiiu v.aavaa I dream I clasp.her hand again, and feel her loving kisB, "Which seem'd Heaven's benediction upon my hopes of buss. rk ai i Tinw little dreamt I. In those nnoDv davs of yore.

The darling hopes of Joy then mine, would soon be mine no more. I ask'd of Heaven a happy home I sought to win a name, I knew not then the vanity of fortune and of fame :) I loved her, and I yearn'd for her Life's battle to begin, Determined in the lists at laBt a laurel-crown to win. But little dreamt I clouds so dark would steal so swiftly cr The darling hopes of bliss once mine, wh ich can be mine no more, mmrai. fait, purpart, in hmlrfl nf toil nr nnin I thought not Death could envy me the flower I long to gain Hy bosom's bird sang sweetly and free was then my soul From secrets of those blistering tears that stain Life's blotted hum little t.hniirrht, T. in those hamiv davs of yore.

The darling hopes that then wore mine, would soon be mine no more. I felt whilst wearying hand and brain, how dear she was to me, And decra'd tho light of loving eyes my rich reward would be And braving adverse wluds and waves, sought to act ray part, Content to win that priceless pearl-the jewel of my heart: nil i hi Kt.t.in dreamt. I. in those haDnv davs of yore, The darling hopes that then were mine, would soon be mine no more 'TIS over for the bird is flown for evermore from me The fadeless blossom lives alone a joy in memory From all the blight and bitterness of earth 'tis pass'd away. And the pearl is now a dewdrop on flowers that ne'er decay And thus how vain it is on earth an idol to adore, When nil we love so soon departs departs for evermore.

The Romance of the Forum or Narratives, Scenes, and Anecdotes Jrom VOUVIS fij tflisnce. ny rvwr imme, gcasvp.au-.k.-aj.... KlnnkAfi, 12. (treat Marlborousb-street. LondOD.

If anything were required to provo the aocepted axiom that truth is Btranger than fiction, and that the most vivid pro ductions of the romanclst are oiten dm laint iimnings cam-Dared with the startling occurrences of real life, it would be thn nf pmopc fnljihrns in thiB and only necessary ulwu uu.ip.o -other countries. The only difficulty, indeed, in plunging into the countless narratives which are thus presented of human passion, courage, contrivance, and depravity, is that the explorer is lost in. the abundanceof the material that surrounds him on a portion of which the dust of oblivion is constantly tin. ionB nf time is ever oroduciuirncw incidents to challenge attention. The theme oilers an inexhaustible field for selection, and stolid must be the rcaderwho can fail to lie fascinated with such a book as that before us, which rescues from the past some of the old and "over true" stories which i.i,n..,i in former p-pnerations similar feelings to those evoked by the Hoad Mystery in our own time.

In compiling the work which Messrs. Hurst and Blackett have added to their Standard Library Mr. Sergeant Burke's main object has been to present a scries of those instances occurring in the administration of justice which, from some marvellous or romantic circumstance connected with them, have created great public sensation iu their doy, but which have since lapsed into entire or semi-oblivion." One of the most recent histories included In the book that of the mournful Fraslin tragedy, which threw a lurid glare around the declining days of Louis Philippe's reign. The reader, will find a true version also oi that most foul and troacherouB murder which is identified with Griffin's story of The CollegtaiiB," and the notable drama of The Colleen Bawn," in both of which, however, the incidents fall far short of the revolting brutality of which the ill-fated Miion Hnnlev was the victim. In lookine throusrh tho many sources oi interest in the volume, we are tempted to trausfcr to our columns an account of the murder of Maria Marten it has a wide traditional reputation, but probably few of our leaders are acquainted wim tne aetaus.

THE MURDER IN TIIE BED BARN DISCOVERED BY A DREAM The assassination of Maria Marten, generally known as The Murder in the Red Barn" a case of modern and common no toriety is one of the most singular instances on undoubted record of the revelation oi a crime through the mcanB or a dream. A man named William Corder, the Bon of an opulent at Polstead In Suffolk, had become acquainted with a girl in that village named maria marten, tue cnim or very humble people, nor lamer earning nis Dreaa in cue country oc-Minntinn of a mole-catcher. Maria Marten was aruBtio beauty, nf Ann face and form, and of attractive manners, and had been beset with adrairerB. To two of those, proviouB to her fixing her affections on William corder, she naa successively yieiaea the first of them was no other than an elder brother of Corder's the other was a gentleman of fortune, who had behaved subsequently to her with kindness and consideration. In 1826 she IOrmOU a lUiru UIlAUltuimbv; mvium nibu iuja iiaioaaa wauga.

He was, about that time, managing the family farm for his mother, then a widow. It seems tho girl had contrived to pro-Am, a nrnmiap from William Corder that he would make her his wife. Her continually urging him to the performance of his word led the villain to resolve upon ridding himself of her and her importunities by an act of murder. Ho concocted a deep BOncraC, IIUU LUUB put i uiui uiu wwi liajvy awg Corder called at the cottage of Old Marten, the father, and expressed his willingness that the wedding ceremony should be performed, and he said that in order thatnotimeshouldbelost, and that the marriage might be as.private as possible, he had made up his mind to have it celebrated by license instead of banns. The next day Was appointed for the nuptials, and ho Induced tho unhappy girl to disguise herself as a boy in a suit of his clothes, for the sake of greater secrecy, and to accompany him to an outhouse on his mother's farm called the Ked Bam.

Here Maria was to change the male habiliments, according to arrangement, for her own dress, and then to proceed in a gig which Corder was to have in readiness, to a church at Ipswich. But poor Maria went no urthor than the Ked Barn for on their coming there, Corder shot her to death, just as she had partially put on her woman's clothes and going fora pick-axe he buried the bddy beneath the floor of the Darn. He returned himself to the village, and accounted for her absence by Btatiug that he had placed her comfortably in lodgings at some distance, lest his friends might discover the fact of his marriage and injure him by their displeasure. With this, and other stories like it, he rranquillised for months the anxiety and uneasiness of the "irl's father and familv, who loved her dearly and felt wretched at her mysterious departure. As time rolled on their excitement and alarm increased, especially when it became known that Corder himself had quitted Polatead.

Before he went he had the barn filled with grain. Day after day and month after month passed in this state of suspense without any intelligence beiug received, which was deemed tho more extraordinary as Maria could write a good hand, and was known to have a great respeot for her father, and, indeed, herwhole family. Towards ChriBtmaB, the Martens grew exceedingly troubled, in consequence of the absence of Corder, and of their ascer-tatniii" that he had given them false representations respecting Maria. He hart always assured them, in answer totheir iu-quiries, that she was well and happy, and on one occasion he said that Maria was living for a short time with a Miss Bow-land, near Yarmouth, which, upon inquiry, turned out to be a barefaced lalsehood. The poor old afflicted father, half sceptical and half believing statements 60 plausibly made, would ask Corder before his departure, Why does she not write to us Sometimes Corder deliberately replied, thatherrlghthand was lame, which rendered her incapable of dolug so, and Bometimes lio main nt.lipr excuses eouallv vasue.

In fact. Corder had a subterfuge at hand whenever a close question was put to him for. on his being asked the necessity of Maria's going to Tar-, Tnnlith at nil. immediately after she left home on the 16th ofcj take place onJp28ticvnAiexander Watsonof Harston, Cam-- The name tlJfiMteroi St. John's church, Cheltenham, -els a meat was tried afeW day mCectol MeBsrs.

G. L. Calvert The stopPe rDee0nfhue Bail way Foundry, at York. TheiP and wnfounders, oi Uabilities arejtatod to exc apprebended at Bally. htTheofK charged is supposed tobeillegii toofey, Ig'j lt rumoured that an approver is Llfford gaol atprcsent.

Jnccof Wales, who is cxpectedto leave It is stated that tne rriu February, will be aecora- England for the East on competent a guide for pan ed by Canon, sis as ould well be found. iiis Royal Highness It suoh WCre fighting at Tw6of theavalCoauuaf lnfuriated ruman kD0k MWtaB nSe' 8nd, 8WaUWed it. ninpr Somerset, in tho patronage of the The rectory ol der, Xe fl92 per annum, has become valS by of the Rev. Prebendary Armstrong, instituted 1840. nttpmDt to upset the bankruptcy of Peter A very impft attempt to Morrison, Ou Bankruptcy Court on Saturday.

The reSoweffl SafVexposare wffl, it is hoped, be yet made. tRtc9 tat (foe. acceptances of AcFnrumbreUa nlanufacturer of that town, were Mr. JohnRubery, and that since that time other dishonoured last Tliursaay nuu. to 8how $SSSJSw.

The Abilities are estimated at 30,000. wrtten to some of the London The Dear otStVmle amaeaCB 0f the wealthy papers pomplainingbitteuyoi flnes(. community rn hLture" Only about 2000 is required to 40 SX? Ihetrtw-Mv tomd for North America hasbeen ef; Ft The Victoria, which left Queenstown TOmfepfh.lanlwithaoortW sdav bavins' encountered a terrible storm, to that of damage. No lives appear which caused tteggSr it is stated tfiat a number of the to have been lost, bruises during the Btorm. mBt SA Vptfia near Langport, on Thursday weeK, a i the mKchinery, by which one wfs cmsherin a rightful manner.

A medieal was sent for, but refused to Sv? "ie slgbte Sauce unless his fees were paid or gua-Snteedto flm previouBly, and the sufferer lay in great agony un til a more Mimane attendant could be procured. tV. a nm rrAL Attempt to Buhn a whole Househoi.d.-Aflfewas'dised on Saturday on the premises be onging Mr Walker, the proprietor of the Oxford Arras. Islington London Some diabolical miscreant, after the family had retired bed? had succeeded in pulliug out the gas piping, Itll putting and after igniting the vapour, had passed it aain IntoSthe buUdingf VtuWely, owing to tAe timely SoverTthe f. was won extinguished.

Only the window ftMBs Scotsman states that Mrs. Rnnth esT condemning his conduct in receiving fte PuSr at Ws houBe" Mrs. YeTverton is described the letter at this most degraded woman." and her visit to Whit-land is declared to be a Stan upon the family. The feudal fee ing came out curiously enough in the Court nf Common Pleas on Saturday. The Duke of Beauf ort and Lord AshCton have a dispu about the right of shooting on i one of the Welsh hiUB in "he county of Brecon.

The Duke family, we not say. have been recognised for ecnturies as the lords rfthf district Lord Ashburton is but the creation of yester-dav feelB the disadvantage under which this phfees him ainong the Welsh farmers, and he therefore applied to the Common fleas for a change of the venue into Herefordshire, where he would have a better chance of obtaining a fair iurv The court granted a rulejvm. 3 Te Moveb and Seconder of the Address. The Hon. William Henry Berkeley Portman, who is to move the address to the Queen in the House of Commons in reply to her Maeatys Speech, is the eldest son of Lord Portman, andhefa- to the barony: He was born in 1829 and was cduted at Mon whence he removed to Mcrton College, Oxford.

In 1852 he was elected member for Shaftesbury, but was subsequently chosen ono of the members for the county of Dorset. Mr. Western Wood, who is to second the address, Ib a son of Alderman Sir Matthew Wood, who was M.P. the city of London from 1812 to 1843, and Lord Mayor in 1815-16 and 181C-17. He is a younger brother of the Rev.

Sir John Page Wood, rector of St. Peter's. Cornhill, and of ice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood. He was elected towards the close of last Bession member for the city of London, iu the room of Lord John Russell, who was elevated to the peerage. Resignation of Another Clergyman of the CnuF.cn of England.

We (rPesfern Morning Xews) have to announce the resignation of the Rev. Richard Bering Cornish, perpetual curate of Ivybridge. Mr. Cornish has been induced to take this step by a motive which, while it epeakB most highly in favour of his conscientiousness and keen sen6e of honour, is in itself an additional source of regret. Mr.

Cornish has recently come to the conviction that he cannot accept the articles and rubrics of the Church in the literal and unqualified sense which is required of all her ministers. The conviction has, we believe, been strengthened by the perusal of Essays and Reviews. Mr. Cornish was one of the. most popular clergymen in the diocese.

His liberality was unbounded nor did he only win the love of his poorer neighbours by discriminating alms. He was the foremost in every work, whether clerical or secular, which could forward the interests of the happiness of all classes. Englishmen on the Continent. The Stuttgart correspondent of the TIamburgher Nachrichicn tells how a young J5ngli6hman has lately embroiled himself with the authorities Three days ago a midshipman came to skate on one of the lakes belonging to the Royal Park without the preBeribed card of entrance, and began to quarrel'with several of the young people already there, aud knocked them down. Upon the keeper begging the midshipman to be quiet, the latter struck him also in the face, and that with such force as to cause the -TA AA t.nn.nl.r r.nn thp 4 PP H'llP TilrtO-Hchm 3 was then arrested by the military guard.

His Bisters hastened several Englishmen, a Pole who had settled in Great Britain for several years, and a Canadian, flocked the next day to the royal lake, and insulted in tho grossest manner the guardians of public order appointed for that purpose by the magistrates. The King, exasperated by such impertinent behaviour, has, it is said, given orders that not a single Englishman shall be allowed to appear on the park lakes." Is it any wonder that Englishmen are detested all over the continent for their vul garity and impertinence The Devices of Unfair Competition. Persons who arc inexDerienced in commercial rivalry and trade competition have little conception ef the astute and unscrupulous devices resorted to by unprincipled dealers for the purpose of preventing the introduction, injuring the repute, or checking the sale of a really good ana valuable commodity. This remark hag been made with great truth by eminent members of the medical prof ession and their patients, as well aB by many respectable chemists and druggists, with reference to the undisguised hos tility ana insidious aisparagemeno resorted to Dy some interested dealers for the purpose of imnedinc the sale of Dr. de Jongh's celebrated Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil.

Notwithstanding these mercenary machinations, Dr. de Jonah's Oil haB, solely by its intrinsic value and by the remarkably successful results which have attended its administration, gradually and firmly attained the highCBt professional repute a world-wide celebrity, and an unprecedented demand on the part of the public. The following is a recent commendatory opinion of Dr. De Jongh's Oil, from one of the most experienced and distinguished physicians of the empire. Sir Henry Marsh, Physician iu Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland, tnus writes: "i nave irequentiy presenoea ur.

ae jongns Lisrht-Brown Cod Liver Oil. I consider it to be a verv Dure oil, not likely to create disguBt, and a therapeutic agent of great value." The Railways of the World. Laborious and interesting- statistics show that the actual extent of railway now open throught the whole world is probably about 70,000 miles and the capital expenditure about one billion one hundred and Beventy millions Bterling. ThiB vast sum has almost wholly been raised and expended within twenty-five years. The share of this immense capital which this country and its colonies have expended appears to be upwards of four hundred and seventeen millions Bterling-; and the miles of open railway on which it has been expended amount to 14,277.

On the Continental railways, fou hundred and seventy-six millions and a half sterling have been expended on 22,092 miles of open railwaV. On t.hp "Mnrrh anrl Knnlh Amprlpnn pnntinpntn. exclusive of British possessions, about two hundred and fifty-seven millions and a quarter sterling have been laid out on 32,102 miles of open railway. India is included, of course, with the British possessions. Thirty-four millions and nearly a half sterling have been expended in India on 104S miles of open railway; and upwards of twenty millions and a half in Canada, on 8126 miles of open railway.

Nearly ten millions have been already expended in Victoria, on 183 miles of open railway but in such iS j19 t'lcae of VktOTht and India, works in progress are included in the exnenditurp nomp TlVunpphna pvnpnriprl nnwf.rna of one hundred andeighty-fourmillionsand a half on 6147 miles Prussia, lorty-tour millions and upwards on 3162 miles Of Onen railway? Anafrin.fnrtv.flvn millions and a quarter on 3165 miles; Spain, twenly-six millions on 1450 les Italy, twenty-five millions on 1350 miles Russia, forty-three millions and upwards on 1289 rudes Uelgium, eighteen Egypt, four millions on 204 miles. SB Bhiem and Justice to Ireland. Mr. Smith Bnen has been srmnrilv mtpH fnippi u( n'Rpillr one of the numerous dupes of 1818, whose eyes have been since opened, to the folly of the ridiculous "national" movement tvo--n persons are seeking to revive. Colonel Keilly, who ib now in the Turkish service, strongly denounces-his former chief's lnftpp tn nr- iS pro-American demonstration recently made at the Rotunda by the lllimiliatpri uuvguu uuu u.

nuraoer or men wuu artr merciful character of the Government under which they live. He asks Mr. O'Brien how ho dares" to assert that our Irish soldiers would desert to the American Udeintheeventof a war between England and the Federal otateB. While t.hnvr aonra thplH i i. y.L-ani,ts honourilt8 fortune, itsweal.and its woe is their proveu tms on a hundred nelds of battle, ana Will yet Dl'Ove It Ofl-ain anil an-nin nlpncprcpJ nnlrt! rwT7plll avows himself a convert to what he calls the universal faith of the German philosopher and student, and the Polish, Hungarian, and Italian patriot soldier," that "ISnglandistheark of ni7n, a similar strain writes "Jr.

a "captain" in the rebel army of i to change Ms name, but now a Prosperous pentlpmnn nf itVnn ir.ti a bn.l!.W 1 1 AAA AA ttUU AUUlUvJUl JUT. tl-eati Athe Satemisation of "nationalista" nVH aciiSwW11? Uf ted StateB with: thorough contempt; and asserts that Ireland has no wrongs to right. He adds" I in nr i a can- jk ia juiurveiious. xnen, mi fere wretched mud cabins, ragged unemnlnveri npnnio micnnnhip a i Ain-rf t--j-a'-i cauau jAuouituuiv, uuii-Htarvea eows and sheep, hordes of elnmnrni.a rvitti, mlA tte wMtewashed neat c'ottllTots the rugged or smile5 at you in the etea- wlrmly-dressed will-employcd men and women meet you in the highways and rlnSaiV. aMep rUed haJd hina of Industry has Sd tt" mountain side and opened up the rocky lonely valley cows and lirourl to callhiB.

hrnwnpfnri or crop the sweet graTs-oVthrhifira" juunri vr Aa ill jl ATIO UOUGH BT JRl tOOOK'ff ziC IZi naviug mr some time Deen troubled with asthma and cough, and not being able toget ny meSa that would relieve me, Lwas recommended tolrySck'tf -Pulmonic -Wafers, and before I had flnlshM 6n? bbx mi? wWchmveme immediafe.reUef.' Ifeflil to let yon know, hoping; it may mdnce menrwto, moTu i nus usea lem with BilTlllsl am; gentlemen, yours, T. singersand nnblfo nwi tL BtrengtheniSo- tte clearing ana porrvfn" troops mmtd ludameiifc uint bv the, at-Ttnnet oeeom? XSrhA was tn Tt iri 1836. It is worth oniyaov ofl appoinwu iu nui -t jrisis. was lk Una Liverpool ship, named In and Arklowonthenightoftneiommp, ten the crew were arow from maw It appears-from the indigence reeei ve tely JZaSSu 7 tn have netted rapidly sold in Baris jo i'ITn nne dav about a week ago William Carter, a well-known london Saturday, to hytheMarlborpugh-street P''Sihe pocket of Sfr B. three months' hard labour Polioe antiquaries; ttlSSS MS SyfflfS Seen given as M.P., who tfl near Dudley, by which three men were t0 jjj.

valuable horses destroyea. lac W. H. Dawes; is on are. rnmtnlsaloners of Customs "it is stated on authority that th Co mml of have been instructed to permit the articles that were P010 tions of the 30th of November nd th those proclamations shollhae been iormaiiy objeets We hear that a company is! being for tne one tn Ss have anew collar tor ia.

the Parana, which Sown from the pertinacious applications for his release by his wire oeiore tne juugeo. winn-dom traffic returns of the railways of the United inga om for the week ending the 11th instant show an nciease of 6190 or nearly 1J per cent, over tne correspunuiug last year The increase of mileage in the same period has been ratlier more man inatwppk SXhew of Joo SmithV-The numbers in the three counties of Warwick, Salo TH6 insn mission was repu tplpyrarhlp Tho Pas-de-Calais says "The telegrapnic communication between Calais and Eng and has been interrupted for some days, the cable having been broken in in d-channel by the anchor, it is supposed, of some vessel. A buoy has been placed at one of the extremities of the cable, and an active search is being made to get up the other end. It may be remembered that the Vicar of Battersea reused to baptise a child on the ground that it wbb Ulegitimate, but that formedtheccremony. Lastweek an action was broughtagainst him by the father and mother of the cnim, ior wrap for damages, and the jury returned a verdict for 6, the lull amount claimed.

have been received at the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich for the manufacture of 2,000,000 Mlnie bullets per week, to be continued until farther orders. The testing oi the 100-ponnder Armstrong guns is-conducted with great activity, in order to supply the whole of our colonial possessions and the shipping with that formidable weapon as eany as may ue. H.TTimv oMTt-rttt a Wnrkmpti have been busily en gaged for some days past in erecting a scaffolding between the four lofty and massive columns which support the tower and noble spire of Salisbury Cathedral, for the purpose of enabling Mr. Scott, the eminent architect, to thoroughly examine the several parts of the structure, in order to ascertain the beat means oi repairing ana Birenguiemuj; iu All the French railway companies have decided on reducing the daily duty of their pointsmen from thirteen houi-B to eight, and at the same time, on raising their wages from 21 sOc. to 5P Hhp noruipp intnistpd tO these HIGH Will be more efficient under these new regulations.

railway companies may take the hint. Eight persons are reported to have been drowned while skating on the lakes near Paris, a fate which, but for the admirable precautions taken, would certainly have befallen many persons who ventured on to the ornamental waters inour own metropolis on Sunday. No fewer than 123 persons were immersed in the various ponds and Btreams, but not one was drowned. Steps have at length been taken for erecting in St. Paul Cathedral the votive statue to Turner, the painter.

The pediment of the statue is already fixed iu the south aisle. The 1... A.lnn.n .1, wflmpw nf Rlv PhorlpH NaTiier. stands close to the north door of the church. It bears the terse but eloquent inscription Sir Charles James Napier, a pres- plant, n-pnornl ft hpnpfippnt O-nVPrnni.

fl. ills man." Titf. Phtkpi! CnvsonT's ToMn Mr. Humbert, thearchitect ol the late Duchess of Kent's mausoleum, has inspected the ground in Frogmore Gargens whicii nas Deen seicctea oy ner Majesty for the Prince Consort's tomb. The position will probably be near the road leading from the residence of the late Sir.

George Couper to Shaw Farm. The design is at present unsettled. Builder. The London and North-Western Cempany are about to avail themselves of the invention for lighting, by gag, some of their fast trains. By means of compression, by hydraulio power, the quantity of gas required for one of those trains is contained in a box of small size in the guard's van, and the advantage anacomrorc aenvea irom mese iignts oy was iiaoaeugeie annlrpn nf in hip-h i.prmR.

The insolvency petition of Madame Rachel," the enameller of ladies' faces, has been dismissed, by Mr. Commissioner Nichols, of the metropolitan court. une.oi tne legal genucmen engaged iu the caBe said the petitioner had oraerea sumcienc said the learned counsel, there is a perfume sufficient for three parishes, and enough bismuth to destroy the faces of half a minion young laaies (ioua laugnieri. A brutal assault was committed on. the night of the.

14th instant upon a farmer named John Washington, or luigarry, Inland. 1hv thrpe tiersona. who were all armed with stones. Thev smashed in the bone of his nose, and inflicted a desperate wound on his head, from the effects of which hiB life is in great danger. Having got possession of a farm from his landlord iu preference to one of.

the accused party is the motive assigned ior this attacK. NEIGHBOURLY: EXEMPTING DISSENTERS. At HlghWO.rth, Wilts, before making a church-rate, the vestry the majority resent being Churchmen resolved, "That no inhabitant who ad been admitted and continues to be a member of any Dis senting congregation, having a place of worship in the town of juiguwortn, BHan ocassessea to acnurcn-raie lor.um uwemug-Iioubc arid premises or, if assessed, shall beappliedtofor pay. ment of the amount of his or her respective rate." curious affair, a man namea uuicner, on ooara tne Grananoaue. arrived at Auckland on the 18th of October, from ni rlrrt tit no nlinfi-rnfl urltVi 4- lirvi 11 orvi iiryn! a avma onrl gunpow'der and tfieCuBtoms' authorities, on further searching Mr.

Butcher's boxes, discovered that he bad an immense stock of gold watches, diamond rings, and other articles of jewellery of great value, we have heard, at between and 12,000. There have been several extensive robberies of jewellery in England recently, and itis just possible that this win prove tue means oi recovering tne stolen property. Australian and New Zealand Gazette. Curious Fraud on a Railway Company by an Artist. Thomas Hunter, an artist of Guildford, is in eaol await ing his trial, on a charge of defrauding the London and South-Western Railway Company, by forging railway tickets.

The prisoner -whose avocations as an artist and drawing-master required his constant attendance at places within a few miles of Guildford having purchased a ticket oh one day, managed to avoid giving it up oy loitering about the premises until after all the tickets were collected, and he then altered and used the Bame ticket for auother journey. His alterations of the numberB and dates were bo clever aa to deceive the most nrne tiaedeye. It ia well known that the leaves of Dlants are imbued with their richest juices in the early Spring; Tea gathered at that juncture 1b therefore more valuable as it yields incomparably more strength than the last or Autumn crop but the Chinese, with the concurrence of Merchants, have, to increase the profits, long passed off inferior Autumn leaves at high rates, by covering an tne various growins witn tne same powaerea colour as all this operates to the buyer's loss, and is an injury to tne article, consumers greariy uesire tnat ltsnouia oe aiBcon-tinucd, especially as the mineral powder is always washed off anu consumed wnen mexeaisiniusca. iireeuTea.Kot"iaced" with the usual bluish powder, is a dark olive hue; whon this and the Black are of theSpringgrowtbsftetoourjsdeii'eioHs, as found by using Ifornimaris PUBE TEA, which is sold in 1'aanetB ana atiyertisea wim ubi, oi uwjiu jivum j.h in tms naner. The Forbes Mackenzie Act.

The advocates of the Maine Liquor Law in this country have pointed for some time past to the important Improvement" which has taken place in Scotland since the public-houses in that country were prevented irom oponing on aunaays. xno scmsmaw says tne improvement, if an V. lias nothinir to do with the Forbes Mackenzie Act. and our contemporary shows that although there has been a decreased consumption of spirits iu England within the last year or two to the extent of 1GJ per and in Ireland to the extent of 16J per the decrease in Scotland haB only been per cent. the smallest diminution having occurred in the country wnicn, according to Teetotalers, nas Deen "miraculously reformed." Breach of Promise Case, at Hull.

At the Hull County Court, on Saturday, an old pensioner, named Galyln, brought an action against Mrs. a widow, 70 years of age, keepinc lodging-houBe in Hull, for value of some love tokens ft appeared that the plaintiff had been led to think that the defendant would marry him, and, therefore, he presented her with gloveB, bookB, handkerchiefs, and other articles, of the value of lis. and upon her refusing to enter the matrimonial Btato, he wanted his presents back, but she refused to restore them. It wns stated that the banns were published in oW nf CT1T ut VUO VUUIUW, i.UU AAlt.U, HIISU fcilU lJ Lll'lBI 1 1U WHS DrOkCll off, defendant said she would not have plaintiff at anvDrice His Honour ordered the monoy to be paid or the articles restored. A Cough of 55 Years' Standing Cured by Williams's Incomparable Pectoral Mr.

Wniinmc Brood-street. Sir I am truly thankful tn happened to try your Pectoral Cough Lozenges, and mind vni! may send any one to me who would like to ask me the truth nf as i snail put my name ana address in full at tho bottom fni-that purpose. When I first commenced taking the Lozenrtpa I could hardly find breath to enable me to reimh was anxiouB to go myself, so as to make sure of the rlsht onpa and, strange to Bay, and incredible as it may annear alW taking only one lozenge, I went home quite a different creature. could breathe clearly, and felt a buoyancy and youthful an? mation which I had not experienced for years, verv rnonV years; as I must tell you I amlietween 70 and 80 years old have had mv consh as loner as I can remember must be at least 55 years, winter and hi the winter, of late years, I was completely stifled lip with, phlegm ana aare not Dieatne tne least preatn oi cold air without belnir nearly choked or stifled, neither could, I get upstairs at all whereas now, after taking the contents of hut one box lean walk about as well and breathe as freely as anyone, and go upstairs as oiten as Hike without stopping; and as I am; for my age. unusually active and energetic, with thatexcnnHnn was a continual source of sorrow and annoyance to I am' uuw auie uuuutauu ureaiuemeiresn auas weJi.as uuii uiuu, a um, unu piiYuurn very yrtttexuny, AtUBjfclFH ttARKES.

7. Prlnces-Btreet. Bath. Acrentn for Bristol. Fprriu and Union-street, Cuff, College-green Clifton, Giles and Son, Hogg, Triangle; Chepstow, F.

Dunn Newport, Jones Cardiff, James and Williams Swansea, Wilson Hereford, 0. Hook Ross, J. E. Brecon, T. Bridgwater all chemists through any chemists, from J.

Sanger, 160, Oxford-street Also, direct from Proprietor, Q. Wluknis, 16, Brondrstreet, Bath, i f4S94 with his olstol as he was leaving the Red Barn. He was found suiltv. and exeouted. While in the condemned cell he made a Be no doubt that the murder wbb tho result of deliberate ana ae- Thfl wua in t.llPRA formfl initnnwipdfffl belnir crulltv of the 'death of poor Maria Marten, by shooting her with a pistol.

The particulars are as ing about the burial of child, apprehending that the place wherein it was deposited would be tound Tne quarrel continued for about three quartet of an hour, upon this and other eubjeots. A scuffle ensued, and during the Bouflle, and at tho time I think she had hold of me, I took the pistol from the Bldo pocket of my velveteen jacket and fired. She fell and. died in au instant. .1 never, saw even a struggle.

I was overwneimoa witn agitation ana uimy- uj iuu near the front door on the floor of the barn. A vast quantity of blood issued from the wound, ana ran on 10 me uut through the crevices. Having determined to bury the body in the barn (about two hours after she was dead), I went and borrowed the spade of Stow; but before I went there, 1 dragged the body from the barn into the ohaffl-house, and locited up the barn. I returned again to the barn and began to dig tne noie DUt tne spaae uuinga uau uue, and hard, I was obliged to go home for a pickaxe and a better Bpade, with which I dug the hole and then buried the body. 1 think I dragged the body by the handkerchief that was tied round her neck it waB dark when I finished covering up tne body.

I went next day ana wasnea tne uioou irom uu. barn floor. 1 declare to Almighty God I hart no sharp instru ment about me, and that no otner wouna out cue uue luaucuy. the pistol was inflicted by me. I have been guilty of great idleness, and at times led a diBBolute life, but 1 hope through the mercy of God to be Corder.

Condemned Cell, TUnnrtoTT mnrninw Anor. 11. IMS." "The aOOVe confession was read over carefully to the prisoner in our presence, who stated most solemnly it wub true; uuu he hart nothing to add or retract from It. W. Stocking, Chaplain; Timothy K.

Holmes, Uhder-SherUf." liXtraT ordinary as were tho many incidents of thiB foul murder, the most strange thing about it was the supernatural agency which led to its detection. Lbng prior to the finding of the body, the visions ol Mrs. Marten had been made kuown to other parties as well as her husband she always persisted in the Bame statement about them; she told the story without variation at tho coroner's inquest. The substance of her account waB this She admitted that Corder, Maria, and the Red Barn, occupied many of her waking thoughts, and became a topic of daily con -vomnHnn hut. aait that, nlthniip-h she conBidered the cir- mmatnnniuAnnnfpfori with the.

dpnarture and lone: absence of Maria very mysterious, the idea of murder never crossed her mind until she dreamed of it one night a little before Christmas but she did not tell her husoandot it, Decause ncwsBjmiii faithless in regard to matters of that sort. In the month of February, Bhe dreamed again that she saw Corder murdering Maria, and that ho afterwards buried. her in the Red Barn. She now felt very uneasy, audtold her husband of the presenti ment wulcn occupied ner mina, auu uit; ryusuuvi Old Thomas Marten remained sceptical, but he certainly to several respectable per sons in the village, long before he went to the barn to make searoh and to this search he was almoBt goaded by the daily importunity of Mb wife. When we know that, according to the practice of the English law, where the evidence is circumstantial only, the murderer will not be convicted unless tlie boay be found and identified, and when we are told that in alittle more time the mouldering remains of Maria Marten would have left no trace for recognition, wecanhpt but admit that these dreams of the poor woman were a wonaeriui insrcince ui wkj mw tlon of Providence, and an awful proof of tho certainty of God i judgment against murder.

77ic fnterviaos of Great Men. By the Author of Heroines of our Time." Darton and 58, Holborn-hilL TnE idea of this book that of presenting an account of interviews between celebrated men- which have proved, bo to speak, thp turnino. nnintfl nf imnortant events in the Di6tory of man kindstrikes ns as being novel, and It is carried oat in a graceful and interesting nianHer. Commencing with one Incident of the classic period, the famous meeting between the Macedonian conqueror and the Athenian cynic, the rest of the volume is devoted tomediaiTat and modern times, narrating the interviews of Petrarch and Charles IVY, Columbus and King Ferdinand, Luther and the Jimperor uuaries ooua irnnv nmi tiip T.nrdo Milton andfiallleo. Penn and the Indians, Lord Grey and Mr.

Brougham, Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel, In theBO the interviews" are made the vehicle for rapid biographical sketches of the principal parties introduced. The attractiveness of the volume is enhanced by Borne good illustrations. We take the loiiowing extract TENN'S INTERVIEW WITH THE INDIANS, fine nf tho tirct. flp.td nf Ppnti.on his arrivalin the new colony, was to convene an assembly of the Indians for the purpose of treating with them for the land, which was legally held by him, but morally owned by them. The meeting took place nn nlm y.nn nanv thp cltA nf PllilfH Plnhlft.

uuircj vuutwvun cmh i.v -r Penn appeared at the meeting in his usual clothes. He had no crown, sceptre, mace, sword, halberd, or any insignia ot eminence. He was distinguished only by wearing a Bky-blue sash round his waist, which was made of silk net-work, and which was of no larger dimensions than an officer's military sash, and much like it except in colour. On his right hand was Colonel Maricnam, ins relation ana secretary, auu ou uu ivu "io Pearson, and a train of Quakers. Before him were carried various articles of merchandise, which, when they came near the Indians, were spread upon the ground.

He neia a rou oi parchment, containing the confirmation of the treaty of purchase and amity, in his hand. One of the Indian chiefs then put on his head a kind of chaplet, in which appeared a small horn. This, 89 among the primitive eastern nations, and according to Scripture language, was an emblem of kingly power and whenever the chief who had a rteht to wear it put it on, It was understood that the place was made sacred, and the persons of all present inviolable. Upon putting on this horn, the Indians threw down their bows and arrows, and seated themselves round their chiefs in the form of a half -moon, upon the ground. Tho chief then announced to Penn, by means of the interpreter, that the nationB were ready to hear him.

Having thim hppn pullpd iinnn. Penn said, the Great Snirit. who made him and them, who ruled the heaven and the earth, and who knew the innermost thoughts of man, knew that he and his friends had a hearty desire to live in peace and friendship with them, and to serve them to the utmost of their power. -It was not. their oustom to use hostile weapons against their fellow creatures, lor which reason they had oome unarmed.

Their object was not to do injury, and thiis provoke the great Spirit, but to do good. Thoy were then met on the broud pathway -of-good faith and good will, so that.no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love. After these and other words, he unrolled the parchment, and, hv mopnw nf thp anmp intppnrptpr. pnnveved to them, article by nrtiplp flip p.nnriitfnnn nf the linrehaae. and the words of the compact then made for their eternal union.

ArnoDg other things, they were not to be molested in their lawful pursuits, even in the territory they had alienated, for it was to he common to them and the English. They wore to have the same liberty to do all things therein relating to the improvements of their ground and providing Biistenanee for their families, which the English had. If any disputes should arise between the two, they should be settled by twelve persons, half of whom should be English and half IndianB. He then paid them for the land, aud made them many presentB besides, from the merchandise which had been. spread before them.

Having done this, lie laid the roll of parohment on the ground, observing again, that the ground should be common to both people. He then added, that he would not do as the Marylanders did, that is, call them children or brothers only; for often parents were apt to whip their children too severely, and brothers snmptimpa wnulil rtifltar he conmare the friend ship between him and them to a chain, for the mm might rometitnes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it but he should consider them the Bame flesh and blood with, the Christians, and tho Bame as if one man's poay were to ue divided into two parts. He then took up the parchment, and presented it to the chief Indian who wore the horn in the chaplet, and desired him and the other chiefs to preserve it carefully for three generations, that their children might know what had passed" betwceiMbem, just as if he had remained himself with them to, repeat it. Thus ended the most famous treaty ou record. A treaty, "the only one," Bays Voltaire, between the Indians and the Christians that was not ratified by an oath, and that was never broken." "He occupied his domains," BayB Noble, "by an aotnal bargain and sale with the Indians.

This fact does him infinite honour, as no blood was shed, and the Christian aud the barbarian met as brothers. Penn thus taught us to respect the lives and properties of the most unenlightened nations." "It was at this time," says Proud, when he first entered into that friendship with them (the IndianB) which ever afterwards continued between them, ana wnicu, ior tne Bpuce oi murt: uiim uuvuui-y juiuo, never interrupted, or bo long as tho Quakers retained power in the Government. Penn's conduct to these people was bo cn- Easing, his justice in particular so conspicuous, and the counsel gave advantage, that ho became thereby very much endeared to tham nmi t.lm RpnRp thereof made Ruch deeD impression on their understandings, that his name and memory will scarcely ever be effaced while they continue a people." It is notable that the great elm tree, under which the treaty was made, became almost sacred. When, in the American war, the British Geueral Siiueoe was quartered at Kensington, he bo reBpected it, that when his soldiers were cutting down every tree for firewood, he placed a sentinel under it, that not a branch of it might be touched. Some time ago it was blown down, when the whole of it-was fabricated into cups and other articles, to be kept as mementoes.

The roll of parchment containing the treaty was carefully preserved by the Indians, and was shown by them to Governor Keith at a conference in 1722. Title-Deeds of the Church of Enyland to her Parochial En-ilmnmentji. Rv Kdward Miall. Loairmau London. Mr.

Miall, the foremost champion ot the Liberation Society, hnnin thin volume iriven a careful exposition of the vIowb re garding Church Endowments which were ventilated in the memorable lectures delivered by him some time ago in this citv. The following passage from his preface explains the object or tne puoucaiioii Men anxious, above all things, to see in these realms a free Church, BClf-governea ana sen-sustaining, ana rasing suou practical stepB towards the realisation of their desire as might best commend themselves to their judgment, have been charged, almost as a matter of course, with wishing to wrest from the Church of England meaning by the term tho prelates, clergy, and professed members of that Church -endowments whioh are aB much her or their property as the best titled estates of any landowner in the kingdom. These endowments are always assumed to rest upon the same foundation aB those in the poB-scBBion of the various denominations of Dissenters, and all proposals to deal with them with the Bame freedom as other national property may be dealt with are eagerly denounced as confiscation. The immediate purpose of the writer of the following treatise haa been to remove the misconception upon which this demurrer to all calm and fair discusBion of the great quoBtion at issue is based. Those who urge the dissolution ot the union between Church and State may have embraced erroneous principles, or may be utterly mistaken in their anticipation of the religiouB effect that would result from their nniverBiU adoption and if so, the more dispassionate the controversy, the sooner and the more completely will their error be exposed.

But as long as they are treated as would-be spoliators, greedy of what belongs to others, and tenacious of what they Saim as their own, the contest will remain' simply one of power, not of reason nor of faith. It is hoped that the following pages, by giving a clear view both of the facts and of the law relating to parochial tithe endowments, may help to shift the argument Between the supporters and opponents of the State Church to a much higher ground and that, at no very remote period from the present, the question will be, not as to who maybe the rightful owner the property, but as to how it may -be best applied to the service of man and the glory, of God." The book will, no doubt, be regarded as a text-hook on its subject by the members of tho Liberation Society, and, as it com-, A ol.piiln nnt. fail tn menas hscu. louiBpaHsiou.uLe duv -y; receive tho attention of thoso who, being opposed to the Sooiety views, would wish to unaerswnu uu. uiu lugiuucuio on whioh those views are baBed.

A Latin Grammar. By the Rev. Lewis Marcus, M. A lnoum- bent of St. Paul's, FinBbury.

Loekwooa fit stauuuers Hall Court, London. This 1b a creditably complied elementary Latin Grammar. in the etymological part, a number of paradlgraa, fully illustrate the Btractliral conipbsition of the language, while in the syntactical portion the rides are enforced by copious examples. The book has the stamp of practical value, and pupils who master its contents, will find theniKelveH "a sood way on the road" In this department of learning. Amos Clark The Poor Dependent.

A Storu of Country Zyetn the Seventeenth Century. By Watts Phillips. Canary Birds a Story of Town LffeintheSeventeenth Century. A Sequel to "Amos Clark." By Watts PhUlips. Ward, Look, 1J8, Fleet-street, A feature of the light reading of the present day is the cheapness whioh is combined with teeming abundance.

Here are two' volumes original Action, weaving an interesting; Btory witli graphic sketches of the Town and Country Life of lutlon of 1683, each containing aB much as the whilom orthodox three volujne novel, and publtehed at a couple ol shillings. I order of your going, but go at once. v'Punch. iS.T hih si thoncht her Eve- TT HQ WTC Ulgu angelical. wants to Known uerwewuu wijr bulls to the cattle-Bhow? 1, The Keading-koom of the bbitibj 1 AxtWafFh "-l'U11CL.

Why is a cock sparrow, like a culprit called up for trial? Because he is brought up by the beak. mn.An..hp.-uh,p nf -nmtnrl trw tn ViMTOW OUC WfieU V0U pTC .1 Who is supposed to be the moat light-hearten or inanuen "They pass beat over the woria, saiu ueeii who trip over it quickly for it is but a bog if we stop we Bint 1 i Buppose that an old hunter may be said to be stone-blind when the poor beast has got what is called "a wall-eye. "Punch. To Students in Natural History. Did ypn ever see a oat playing with her kittens in a pie shop, or a dog asleep at the door of a sausage maker 7 Styles of Consolation.

A Man'B Well, IU tell yon what you must do. A Woman's: Ah I I told you how it would be. Punch. A court fool, when asked why he did not go to hear sermons, irreverently replied, Because I do not like noise, and because I cannot follow reasoning." An old chronicler says that, In 1114, There was bo great an ebb everywhere in one day that men went riding and walking over the Thames to the east of the bridge at London. The Stamp of Imprudence.

The Imprudent man carries postage stumps in Mb pocket-book, the Prudent man never Soes-for he knows well enough that he can always borrow of the man who has them. Punch. Free Will." No man can do anything against his will, said a metaphysician to an Irishman. jabers, I had a brother," safi Pat, "that wint to Botney Bay, an' faiih I know it was greatly against his will." TiruJibi.nS, Vtuura at DIFFERENT TlMEB. Much OS W6 may have hated a man before, it is very strange what a very diiferent view wo take of him the moment we are going to ask afavourof him.

Punch. jtt.hi Court Dress in tiie Last Century. Lord Villlers, on a January morning of 1773. appeared at Court In a pale purple velvet coat turned up with lemon colour, and embroidered all over with SS's of pearl as big, as peas, nnd in all the spaces little medallionsln beaten gold, real solid, In various figures of Enough to Buin any 'Place. We read that Torre del iirecco is, in consequence oi esnviuo nuuy cuuicbwub wv nothing better thau a mass of ruins.

It would seem that In Italy, as in England, whenever there is a rotten borough, there Is sure to be a at the bottom of It. Punch. A gentleman relating one night in a coffee-room in Oxford that Dr. had put out his leg in crossing a kennel, five surgeons immediately Bet out for the apartment of the doctor, but returned dismayed, saying that no such thing had happened. "Why," replied the gentleman, "how could a man cross a kennel without putting out his leg A complete Bell.

Ax lilnTwnn Tlip man whn in p.vnpetpd to know everything tell all he knows, guesa tho rest; to make known his good character, establish the reputation of. his neighbour, and elect candidates to office; to blowup everybody, suit everyone, and reform the world to live for the benefit of others, and have the epitaph on his tombstone, Here he lies at American ibVv nnwnt.rrHrnNn. Thp Vienna journals relate the fol lowing story: gentleman belonging to a wealthy family of thiB city gave as a New Year's present to hia wife a dozen pair of gloves. The lady, indignant at what she considered the meanness of her lord and master, took the first opportunity, when Bhe was alone, of throwing the packet into the fire. When at dinner an explanation took place, and the irascible lady was not a little annoyea at uearing.

Mimi-mai yiuvo knnVnnnf 1 Art tlnrlnd flV Drnun, tn Pntto fBnlemnlv "I'm BOt OUt Of lUClf for I W88 never in it, but I'd back myself for a thousand to be the most uniucKy ieuow in me wunu, uuij a i Vh me, said l'otts, my uearieuuw, juu tc wmcww wo Rtflv the allotted time. "Time," responded Brown (grimly grinning), "you talk of time were I to Beize Time by, the forelock, I do believe that it would just come right out ana leave nun as oaiu aa a mtuicr tit.t, rqowpd Palmetto, a Southerner sat, a-twisting the band of his Panama hat, and trying to lighten 1 nnnlonf thpfnllnwinn-niln Oh, for a darkey 1 oh, for a whip oh, for a cocktail and oh, for a nip oh, for a shot at old Greeley and Beecher 1 oh, for a crack at a Yankee Bchool-teacher I oh, for a captain and oh, for a ship I oh, for a cargo of darkieB each trip 1 And so he kept on ohing for what he had not, not content with owing for an mat ue gou sivwrtwib a upa a i.tow KninHnn mjiv not he fcitmed. vet its be verv different to what lookers-on imagine. A gaol chaplain strove, day after day, to awaken a culprit condemned to the gallows to some sense of his miserable condition. All seemed in vain.

One night, however, on taking leave, the prisoner's manner changed. There was Borne Blight pvhiwtinn of feellne-: the elorirvman's hopes revived. He annbp fciniw tn thp man. and asked him what was on his mind The man burst into tears, and, grasping the other's hand, exclaimed in broken accents, "Sir, I should like to have a good bellyful of victuals arore i aie samruay ueview. What are you digging there?" said an idling fellow to a steady labourer who was at work on a piece of waste land.

I am digging for money." Tho news flew-the idlers collected. "We are told you are digging; for money." "Well, I ain't diggingfor anything Have you had any First-rate luck pays well you had better take held. All doited their coats and laid on most vigorously for a while. After throwing out some cart loads, the question arose, When did you get any money last Saturday night." "Why, how much did you get?" shillings." "Why, that's rather small." It's pretty well three shillings a day is the regular price for digging all over this 'ere district." Electro Silver-plate "sets off" a table as perfectly as real sliver, and you have all the beauty of the more costly material without that anxiety and risk whioh often attend Its possession. Mappin Brothers, of London-bridge, for flftyyoars have been gaining confidence for the superior quality and excellence of their manufactures: Manufactory, Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield.

Illustrated priced catalogue sent post-free appli cation to taeir Jonaon Fiddle. Threaded. KiBEr's. Per Doz, Table spoons 8. s.

d. 36' 0 48 9. SCO 48 0 s. d. s.

d. 54 0 70 0 64 0 70 0 a. d. s. a- 60 0 7S 0 60 78 0 xaDie IOTKB VlpQHprt Snnnvia nnrl FnrVs.

Tprinnnnnfl. proportionate nrippfi Hftinnin Rrnthpra. established in Sheffield 1810. Slappin Brothers will commence business at the West-end of London in'March next, at 222, Kegent-street, Advt. 133 Sir Emerson Tenhent, in his Natural History of Ceylon, Bays the elephant occasionally feigns death in order to regain Its freedom.

Of a recent captive he writes" It was led from the eorral.as usual between two tame ones, and had already proceeded far toward its destination, when, night closing in, and the torches being lighted, it refused to go on, and finally sank to the ground, apparently lifeless. Mr. Cripps ordered the fastenings to be rembvedfrom his legs, and when all attempts to raise it had failed, so convinced was he that it was dead, that he ordered the ropeB to be taken off and the carcase to be abandoned. While this was being done, he and a gentleman by whom he was accompanied leaned againBt the body to rest. They had scarcely taken their departure and proceeded a few yards, when, to their astonishment, the elephant rose with the utmost alacrity and fled towards the jungle, screaming at the top of hia voice, its cries being audible long after it had disappeared in the Bhades of the forest.

A Candid Confession. Extraordinary ns it may appear, one of the writers in the Saturday Beview eonf esses to having once made a mistake Hesays Travelling once on the West Anglian line, we had for bur fellow-passragers' an interesting young couple, probably newly married. Night was closing in, and wo were roused from a casual nap by a sudden query from the husband, Pray, sir, is this naming a pleasant watering-place, famed for a first-rate hotel. Somewhat confused, yet anxious to be useful, we hastily consulted our watch, Bawthat the train was due at and politely answered Yes," Up sprang the young couple, collected a multitude of wraps, parcels, and carpet-bags, bade us a cordial good night, and disappeared. The train immediately proceeded, and five minutes afterwards, with a shock of the deepest dismay, we discovered that the station at which our young friends had descended was not but Sty-on-the-Wold, a locality notorious for its objectionable public-house and scanty supply of vehicles 1 From henceforth, we have made it a rule never to open our lips when asked a question by a fellow-traveller, but courteously to wave the hand towards the guard or porter, or, aB a laat resource, to some other passenger in the carriage, whether man, woman, or email child.

France, and the Last Days of Louis XIV. The people all over the provinces died like flies the rivers were frozen, the mills were stopped; no corn could be ground, no bread made, bo that even from this caiisenumbers perished of hunger. In Paris, the sufferings the populace were extreme, as one example selected out of thousands will suffice to show. A poor woman, maddened by want, rushed into a baker's shop and stole a loaf when arrested for the theft she exclaimed, that if the commissary of the police only knew the circumstances which had urged her to the act, he would forgive her. lhave at home," she said, three children who are dying of hunger, and It is for them that I have become a thief." To ascertain the truth, the commissary, who appears to have had a man's heart in his breast, went to her lodgings, where he found the three children, gaunt and shivering under a heap of rags.

"Have you no father?" inquired the gendarme. "Yes," replied the eldest. "Where is he?" "Behind tho door." The commissary lookedi and started back with horror the father, in an excess of despair and frenzy, had hung himself, and' his emaciated body was dangling from a null Letters of the DucJi68s of Thf. SfoTr.H Clehgv Fifty Years fortv or fifty years ago many Btrange things were said even from the pulpit, During the war with France the minister of a large and populous parish UBed, at the conclusion of hiB sermon, to tell his hearers how the war was being carried on in something like the following terms: "My friends, many of you can't read the newspapers, and more of you can't understand what you read. Newspapers are also dear and scarce, but I read them, and the last intelligence from the seat ol war will, I am sure, gratiry an true liigninnaers.

My irienus, a tremenaous. hatt.lB was fousrht between the British nnd French armies ill Spain, but I am happy to be able to inform you that the French army was routed with fearful loss of life." In the interval between this and the following Sunday it often bc- curroa tnat cue iniormation iuus given was premature, ana, whpii' this hannenod to be tho case, the worthv elercvman an nounced himaclf thus: My Mends, don't believe a word of what I told you last aunaay. it. now appears-tnat ir jonn Moore was obllsed to retreat to Corunna. where it was ex pected a battle would be fought.

Let us all p'ray that our army may be victorious, and that the disturber of Europe may soon know, to his coBt, tho valonr of British arm's. Anything of importance which happens before we meet again here shall ue tola on BttDoatu The Newebt Thing in Ghosts. An old-fashioned ghost on the tramp would come out with the stars, clothed in his habit as he lived," and would station himself in a draughty oorridor, or pace sentinel-likedn a windy terrace or he would spend the night In walking up and down all the stairs in the house, going into all the uninhabited rooms, and moving the furniture or if hehad had any particular mission, which was by no means the case always, he would accoBt hiB victim and command him to take up the front door step, or to prepare for death, or what not. At other times he would wail like a child, or groan like a dying man, or shriek like a woman but however hewas engaged, no sooner did the cdk that is the trumpet to the mom awake the god'of day," than the spirit folded his mantle round him, and vanished, leaving the bird literally cock of the walk. Does our modern ghoBt do so 1 Not he-orshe.

To save trouble about the sex, not.it. Itdrives to a railway station in broad daylight, takes a ticket (first-class ticket no ghost has yet been known to travel second), gets into a carriage, arranges, if a female, its crinoline (Oh I shade of Hamlet's father I a ghost in crinoline 1), borrows your Brad-shaw, begs you to tell it how it can get to IB sorry to trouble you, but it cannot understand Bradshaw (another evidence of the Inscrutable nature of that book even the ghosts, who are generally supposed to understand things far beyond the comprehension of the living, even ghosts, cannot make out with yon. fluently on various sub jeote; and shakes hands with.you affectionately at parting. Now that is a ghost of the very newest style. What a consolation it is to think that if we are haunted in these dayB, we shall have nothing more dreadful to than a good-looking spectre of the female sex, who will not pain our ears polite with any reference to its own 'peculiar position, but, on the contrary, will entertain us with a flow of conversation, so flattering to at the same time bo creditable to its own intel-leotual powers (or course creditable to flattering to hb), that whenit vaniBheslfar'fromhavinjynnv terrible rennllpp.Hpti of the interview, wo shall think of our fate coropanion wilh tt.nt'tinn'l'...

--J- I. 7 1-- .1 Pfifs tnat have much moreoflove than horror in them, (HIPP il Wfi.P.J.' 12 a 16, it, I it or it IB 0DV1OUB, open lip a ueiu ui ui.uuuuiibuu auupu, for the days einbrace'the sum and substance of human life, and the1 aggregate of them since time'begah is parallel, of course, withthe history of our In fact, if any unthinking person who heeds not theflightof one day after another, wcreBOught to be impressed with the value of time, we would direct him to the work which is here commenced, whence he would not only gatuer entertainment and Instruction, but also be impressed with the fact of how pregnant with associations is each recur-, rin" dawn. The "MiBcellany" is meant to include anecdote, biography and history, curiosities of literature, and oddities of human life and character," and the editors mention that it is their design, while not discouraging the progreBBive spirit of the age to temper it with affectionate feclingB towardB what, is poetical and elevated, honest and of good report, in the old national life. It is their wish that these volumes should be a repertory of old fireside ideas in general, as well aB a meanB of improving the flresidewiadom of the present day." Judging from the manner in which itpromiseB to be carried out, the work will be hailed with satisfaction by a large number of readers. The present part la taken up with some introductory pages on "Time and its Measures," and an account of the seporate days as far as Twelfth Day." We should add that a number of well-executed wood-cuts, which are real illustrations the text, accompany the work.

Francatelli'sCooltery Book for the Working Classes. Bosworth and Harrison, 210, London, Want of culinary knowledge, and the absence of domestic thrift and are charges commonly alleged against the working man'B home, and there is no doubt that in a great many instances temptations to Intemperance abroad would be removed if housewives of this class had the skill to render the fireside more attractive. It is'to supply, so far as his department is coacerned, this desideratum, that Francatelll, chief eook to the Queen, publishes thiB neat little volume, intended to show you how you may prepare and cook your daily food so as to obtain from it the greatest amount of nourishment at the least possible expense, and skill and economy, add, at the same time, to your comfort and your comparatively slender means." The recipes range from humble broth to tho festive baked goose," and the price of the little booU.places it within reach of every working-man. The Midland Counties Almanac and Rural Handbook, 1SG2. W.

K. Newcomb, High-street, Stamford. This is a well got-upand amazingly cheap almanac, worthy the attention of our country readers for the multifarious information it supplies on every department of rural management, sportB, agricultural statistics, CasselVs Popular Educator. New Edition. Illustrated.

Part I. Cnssell, Petter, and Galpin, La Belle SauvageYard, Ludgate- htll. T.nnrinn. Mr. Cabbell'b valuable and undoubted Berytes to popular literature are, perhaps, more identified with this than with any otner wont, inaeea, on hb nrBt appearauue some yui'H uhu i was looked upon as a marvel of its kind, nor has it siibBe, quently, so far as we are aware, been In any way superseded Very justly do its publishers claim for it the title of an Illustrated Educational Cyclopoedia," for its systematic serieBof lessons in grammar, history, languages, arithmetic and mathematics, geography, natural history, and science, and numerouB other branches not included in what a few years ago was wont to be considered "a polite education." makeup a complete and comprehensive curriculum, which certainly studiously-inclined young men of the present day who have not had the advantages of those in a higher station, but wish to improve themselves, 'Should be grateful for having placed within, their reach at bo low a figure as the cost of this work.

ItB re-issue in weekly numbers and monthly narts will cive artizans and others a convenient opportunity of possessing themselves of the publication and progressively mastering its contents. The new edition is to present improvements aB regards the engravings, and the text will be revised. A Bit of Heart and Fancy. By William Ormond. J.

Bonner, Bristol Wb: Wim.tam OnMONti. letter-carrier of this oitv. has already made an appearance before the public as the author of pntltliH pf T.pftpra whipll 1H nnw. WP. find, incornoratcd in the lareer but still very unpretending little work before us.

We have looked through the number of short pieces in poetry and prose wmcn it contains witn considerable interest, for they are characterised, in a creditable degree, by fancy, feeling, and cultivation, and add another to thp mnnv p.xiathip- Tiroofs that a humble-nosition is by no means incompatible with cheerful contentment and elevating aspirations, a woru, Jiir. urmunu creaua wui tuny iu tuc footsteps of hi3 friend Edward Capera, the Devonshire "Postman Poet." London Art Union Engraving. We have had forwarded to us an early copy of the engraving which is to be supplied to every subscriber to the London Art Union for the present year. Since its institution, that society haB been the means of distributing over the kingdom many prints of Bterling value, but we doubt whether there is ono amongst, them which lias equalled in interest and in excellence that for 18C2. The subject iB "Raising the Maypole," from Frank Goodall's, A.R.A., well-known picture, and itis engraved by C.

W. Sharpe, in line mezzo, and stipple, with a spirit that does the fullest justice to the limner. We thought, when we first saw the painting, that it was one of the ablest delineations of rural English life since the days-and the best days, too of Wilkie and in the engraving the marvellous character of the original well preserved, and the figures seem to live and move nnd have their being. What can be finer than the partially-draped figures of the stalwart men who raise the pole, what more full of jovial reality than the group to the left of the centre The engraving is well worth thrice the amount of the subscription, and we Bhould think it will bring the society extended support. NEW MUSIC.

77ie Light of Yon Bright Star a ballad. WordB by Howard Paul Mnsic by W. E. Cockram. Hopwood and Crew, 42, New Bond-street, London.

This song, which is sung by Mrs. Howard Paul, in the composition oi a young fellow-citizen, and we must say that it reflects upon him very great credit. It is in the serenade style, and is not only lively and tuneful, but it smaeks less of common-plaecness than nine out of ten of the ballad compositions of the day. The accompaniment is simple, and aids without overlaying the melody. For Ever andfor Ever.

Words by Alfred TennyBon Music by Vf. E. Cockram. Williams, Paternoster-row, London. This, although not quite up to the standard of the song last noticed, iB a pleasing and singable composition, and being within the powers of ordinary amateur vocalists, will probably attain considerable drawing-room favour.

Home they brought her Warrior. Words by Alfred Tennyson Music by A. Dauce. R. W.

Ollivier, 19, Old Bond-street, London. No one who hears this fine lyrical romance will wonder that in the hands of Miss Dolby it lips won a.popu-laritynot even second to that of "The Skipper and his Boy." Although written for a contralto voice, it does not go below the reach of a mezzo soprano, and.its dramatie qualities will commend it wherever it is sung. Quadrille: Un Ballo in Maschera. Eor the pianoforte, by P. Buoalossl.

R. W. Ollivier, 19, Old Bond-street, London. This set of quadrilles, which embraces the leading features of the new opera, is written to the capacity of moderate players. The lost figure, which Is founded on the famous quintette, is full of spirit.

Mr. Ollivier also publishes a set of waltzes from the same opera and by the same composer, and the newness of the music, and the easy way in which they are arranged, will doubtleBB lead to their adoption at family parties. Frederick the Great asked an Englishman whether one hundred of English guardsmen conld beat the some number of Prussian Upon my word I don't know," sold the Englishman, but I am sure fifty would try." Turner, by way of joke, once sent a picture to the Exhibition so cunningly executed as to occasion some doubt which side Bhould be hung uppermost. The manager hung the paintiug upside down, but, baying a doubt about it, wrote to Turner, Btating what he had done, requesting an immediate reply. In due time it came to hand, ana consisted merely of two words, "Tarn her." At the wedding of 'the Count d'Artois, the city of Paris agreed to distribute marriage portions.

Asmartgirlof Bixtcen, named Louise Nolsin, having presented herself to inscribe her name on'the list, was asked who was her lover. "Oh," Baid she, with great simplicity, was to furnish every thing The answer created greatmirth, and a husband waB soon found for her. Five years- of luxury, at the rate of one penny a week. A man can sic in his easy chair an hour every day for five years, at the coBt of one penny a week, by purchasing one of Trapnell'B Easy Chairs, at 2, St. James's Barton, Bristol, This enterprising firm, by means of their steam power, now produpe for a guinea a capital and thoroughly Easy Cliair, in all respects worthy of the name, such sa a few years ago must have cost at least four or five.

Who would not have an Easy Chair 5289 "A Bull's Ron in Sutherland. A company of volunteers, when at drill the other day, were taken aback, while in the act of skirmishing, by the threatened attitude of a large Highland bull which had been grazing near, and no doubt conBidered his province unfairly invaded. Be this as it may, ho soon showed his determination, to give battle, and proceeded at once to drive in the skirmishers, which he succeeded in doinc The volunteers retired rather nrecinitately, but with eonsiderahle res-nlaritv but when about to form a rallying square round the officer in command for the time being, the latter was seen "panting and breathless," and in a rather undignified position, in the act of getting over a dyke. Fortunately some one present had a dog with him, and "Collie soon put the enraged bull to the right about and the double. Northern Ensign.

Sir John Rawdon a Peaceful Subject. He hardly ever opened hia mouth but to say "What you please, air; At your service Your humble servant or some gentle expression to the same effect. It is scarcely credible that with this unlimited complaisance he should draw a blow upon himself yet it so happened that one of his own countrymen waB brute enough to strike him. As it was done before many witnesses, Lord ManBell heard of it, and thinking that If poor Sir John, took no notice of it, he would suffer daily insults of the Ramp kind, nut of nuro ffood nature resolved 'to Bnirit him un. at least to some show of resentment, intending to make up their matter afterwardsin as honourable araanner as he could for the poor patient.

He represented Ip him very warmly that nq gentleman could take a boxon the ear. Sir John ar.Bwered with great calmness, "I know that, but this was not a box on the ear, it was only a slap on Memoirs, Mary Montagu. The Post-office Window. A Milesian female approaches. She is short and-angular, with a hatchet-shaped' and a hatchet-udged voice.

"Where's me letter?" is her abrupt question. What letter asks the clerk. "Niver mind now; 1 wants me three oints." What three cents "The throo cints IgaveyetoBendaletthertoNew Yorrlck." "Whatdo you want the three cents for, then?" "Because-the'lotther nivor went." "And how do you know it never went?" "Because when me siBter answered she said sbenivergot it." "How could she answer it'if she never got it?" Arrah, hould your headl Will yer give me three cints, or won't ye 'Ho, ma'am, must be crazy to ask It." "Is it me crazy?" "Certainly; crazy as "Bad luck to ye, an' is it the likes of you that dares to call me a bed-bug? Is there. any otherway of gettin' at ye except through this little windy?" asked the now furiouB woman. "No, ma'am, no other way.

it's lucky for you thin, Av there, was I'd come and welt ye like an ouldBhoe. Nivor mind," continued the lady aashe went away, "I'll tell me husband tonight, and he'll dot tho two eyes of ye, so he Paper. 'Inducements to Marry. The Times, in its Belgravian contrpversy, has told us why tho aristocracy of the great metropolis do. not We can tell the Times one or the reasons why so many of the middle classes in the country do marry.

A houee of his own is an esBentlal thing for a young mau to possess before ho marries. There was a time when the possession of a furnished house was a very greatthing. Indeed, in these days the law recognises a respectable householder ns a responsible and trustworthy member of. society, Of late years the expenBe of furnishing, a iouse has materially, decreased. The demand for.furniture has increased, the mode of production has changed, competition has gone hand in hand with progress, and bedsteads and tables are more comeatable" than they were when, our fathers courted and married.

The consequence iB that more young men and women enter that state which old Jeremy Taylor says "is the mother of the world, and preserves kingdoms, and filla cities and churches," Cowper's Chooso not alone a proper mate, But proper.thne to. marry, iB scarcely more important than the advice of a modern When you are' about to marry be disoreet in the selection of your furnisher." Poufids are undoubtedly saved Lavertonand.Co., 86 and 37, Marfleoort-street, Bristol, where .1.. rnntn I ay patronising tne extensive fumiBhing house ol Messrs, Tjovprtnn nnrl tin QJT nA a iMtatnl mn. illuetrated catalogues of theirgoods may fee had gratis, 3258 1 jnfonMnn tnhitTmhppn nvim whl'ph hp tfflVP t.llPm WPPP Ml P.ViflfintlV CO tUeir an3 advice which he them were so evidently to their lied the next day, but he had discovered that tho license which heiad provided was imperfect, and must, therefore, of necessity be sent to London to be Bigned, which would delay the nuptials for three weekB. At the expiration of thiB term, he always held out to Marten that lie hud married hiB daughter.

The mysterious absence of Maria having continued for about ten mouths, and Corder himself having also been absent for the greater part of the time, she became the constant theme of conversation In the cirole her little family: the manner of her departure, and tho Red Barn, and nil the circumBtanccs, were reviewed, and the more were considered the more mysterious they appeared. At length, Mrs. Marten, the stepmother of Maria, said to her husband, "I think, were I in your place, I would go and examine the Ked Barn." He inquired the reason why this suggestion was held out by her. To which she replied" I have very frequently thought of Maria in my sleep and twice I have dreamed that Bhe was murdered, and hurled in tho Ked Barn." "Why," said the husband, "didyou not tell me this before Mrs. Marten replied that sho did not like, because she thought he would consider her superstitious." This passed off, and no steps were taken for a considerable timo, as her husband did not appe ar to attach much importance to the remarks she had maae out sne irequenuy lmportunea him, and at length he went with a person of tho name of JBowtell, and asearch was commenced, Thediseovery that ensued proved the veracity of.

the dreams. Tho party having removed the litter from the floor of the barn, then again empty of stock, thought that one part of tho earth did not appear bo solid as the rest and, upon examination, they found that it was loose and capable of being removed with comparatively greater ease. After taking up tne mould, to the depth of about afootand a half, they found something like a human body wrapped in a sack, and a green Bilk handkerchief protruding through. Thisgreen silkhaudkevchief belonged to Corder, nnd was that in whioh Maria loft her father's house. Upon this, TP.toirnefl without onenine the srrave anv further, and his first inquiry of his wife was ub to the kind ot handkerchief Marin woro round her neck on tho day she left home.

Tho reply was "a green one the old man then observed that. If that were tne oase, poor jxiaria was murueruu, auu tue uream which his wife had related to him flashed across his mind in dread reality. He returned with hiB companion to the barn, and on digging deeper, they brought out a dead body in an advanced state of decomposition the dress, which was perfect, and certain marks on the teeth, told them beyond doubt that this was the corpse of Maria Marten. The village and neighbourhood of Polstoad, this county of Suffolk, and, indeed, the whole kingdom, were in exoitement at this horrible discovery. The medical evidence before the coroner, from the still visible cut in the neck, from the wound in the orbit of the eye, and from the fractured small bones near thereto, proved the violent ucath of the deceased.

The public finger at onco pointed at Corder as the assassin, and his arrest was forthwith to be made. The officers ot justice went upon the search, and traced the wretch from one place of resort to another, until they found him at. length llvlngin respectability at Grove House, JEaling-lanc, Brentford. He had, during tho period of his mysterious absence from home, and in tho course of his sending the delusive letters about Maria Marten, formed, through the means of an advertisement he put in the papers, a real matrimonial conuexion. His wife was a MisB Moore, a governess of Sbility and repute, bhortly alter their union, they purchased and continued to carry on an eminent seminary for young ladles established at Grove House.

Here, his true history unknown to his wife and her family, Corder lived in fancied security from justice, and in the midst of domestic comfort. Leo, the London police-officer who took him, got quietly into tho houBe on pretense of having come about a daughter ho wished to put at school. Ho found the object of his search sitting enugly at breakfast with his wife aud three other ladies. Hewaslnhis dreBSlng-gown, and he had his watch before him observing the boiling.oiT8oraeeggs. When Lea had secured htai, he searched the house, and found a brace of pistols and a powder flask and some balls in a velvet bag, which bag had belonged to Maria Marten, and also a sharp-pointed dagger which bad been ground Jor thefjrisQner a few days before the murder.

Hardly was he' Jodgedin gaol than a charged forgery upon the Manningtreo Bank was laid against him but this, though he afterwards ad-, mittetfne waVguUty ot'lt, was proceeded with. He was tried for the wilful murder of Maria Marten, on the 7th August, 162S, at the assize held at Bury St. Edmund's. The Lord Chief Baron Alexandor presided, i Mr. BiggB.

Andrews, and that eminent counsel, Mr. Kelly, now Sir Fltzroy Kelly, and lately Attorney-General, conducted was counsel for the prisoner, but of course, pursuant to the then rale, without the power of addressing the jury. Corder hlmeetf made a speech in hiB own defence, based upon the in credible; statcaent tbilt Maria Mnrta had committed suicide.