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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Telegraphic Despatches. I THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS JAN 20-The Patrie of last evening says that I the signature of an armistice at Vicuna is censored im- minent. ihere nas a report at the Bourse that dispatches had been sent yesterday to Marshal Pdissier, orders .J ? ?' E ?'"??- ?? "?? ? ??'? ?cti?d: It 15 beheve ? '"?' ? opeuiusof the Confereu? ces, the ? Wes? tern Powers wi)I demand from Prussia that she shall adopt the propositions accepted by Russia, and guarantee for her co-operation in case peace shouU not result from the Conferences. The most strenuous efforts will be made hy Prussia to obtain a participatio.) in the renewed Conferences. Count HenkeudurQ' wii! bring the coundential communication from the Czar, consequent on the altered position of an'airs." "HAMBURGH, JAN, 20.—Advices from Berlin reprc- sect that Russia aceecdt-d to the Esterhazy propositions in consequence of the earnest representations of Prussia, who, eeeiug the freedom of her ports menaced with block- ade, threatened to close the laud frontier and shut up Russia. The Jownal de &- Pefcrsbourg on the 2st inst., has the foUowmg:— Iq consequence of the general desire of Europe the Russian Governmeut has not wished to delay the work of conciiiation by entering into negotiations of detail, trusting thet her moderation Miil he duly a"p- preciated. According to letters fro n Berlin, Dresden is to be the city where peace hegofiations are to be carried on. Other accounts state, that though nothing has been decided upon in this respect, London or Paris is the more likely spot where the discussions will takep!ace. Prussia is striving hard to he a!Jovcd a representative at the forth- coming Conferences. Advices from St. Petersburg afurm that the Amtrian protoco), omciallv signed by Count de Neasdrode, accent- ing the propositions therein cont.nncd, n-as dtspatched from that capital tj Vienna on the ISth iust. These ad- vices distinctly declare that Russia had onh- agreed te the terms offered with the view of their being discussed at the Conferences The latest accounts from the Prussian capita! commu- nicate the belief geno-aHy entertained that a pre'tminarv treaty of peace will soon he signed, and that au armistice will immediately fciiow. I Baron Seebach and the Czar. i A Fans letter in the -Belle contains the I following Although the result. JM. Scebach had iu view in his visit to St. Petersburg is now in a ood way of being rcaHzed, some debits respecting this dipjornatist's interview with the Empe'or Alexander will not perhaps be uninteresting. M. Secbach was estre'ne!y intimate with the Emperor Nicholas and the Emperor A'cxander witnessed when very vouri,, the friendship which hia f&i:her maintained with that statesman. The latter was received at the palace immediately after his arrival at St. Peters- burg, which city he hsd not visited for nianv years. On seeing him the Emperor exc].ji:ncd, What ,rave events have passed since we last saw each ollici- l' and then threw hnnself tuto his victor's arms. Itis -\]'.ijesty for some time showed much emotion, and spoke of his father, his childhood, and of the cahucr ti.neswhcn he had known M. Seebach. In speaking of hi. father tears ran do'.vn his cheeks. But, recovering h;mse!f with a dignity tru!y imperial, he observed, 'But, we have to spca'. of more senoua matters. Ah you are not come hoping to weaken me? The ErnpL-ror then expressed him.eif with I great c!earncss the reasons which ren dered the t-stablishment ofpe.tce desirabte. b<:t also upon Iiie, duties as the Sovereign of Russia, and the diScn'ties a-!d e! igeneies of the situatio-). My noh/csse,' said he, 'arc I not prepared to bow the head I do not dfc' i\-e mvsdf upou the gravity of the (-vents in the Crimea, nor m).)n the possible results of an attank in the Baltic j btit be. 1 e'e wha\Tjr may be the sitaatinn, :mJ w'mtcver may be likely to arnve, it is much )norc for me at this moment to make peace than to continue the war I en counter, in deciJi-.g for v.ar, (0:1 turns less re.:s.aac among my roblesse and my p./op!c. A Night Surprisa in the Crimea. We rexa m the i'rts,5" (z, Orio¡t of the 7th inst., un- der date Camp (if Ist —" The cu3 aeasjn prevent U3 from enggiu6 in offcnsh. movement. s out- troop who are queered nearest th. R!v;ian3, of the temperature, occasiunally signalize by some bold coup do) M.-M, in order to be dving some- thing. Thus, on the 27th nit. wj attacked a Russian post on the side of the Bai(far with conrplete success. The aifair was ofshght importance,:but these petty ad- Tar.t gua, wheu, on account of the season, it is unpos- Eib-'e to gain greater ones, produce an excellent efi'"ct on fie 1Jlomle uf the soldiers. They eonarm l':1th man In the opinion, that in our renr-ontres with the enemy we are in some measure certain of victory, and that coundence. you k:iov, ia a guarantee of the success of auy military entetprisL-. The l{l1ssi[l!ls Httle expec- ted our visit, and did not even attempt to defend tbern- sclvea. ? AssaHed in the (hsv took to their hceb abandoning their arms. '\Ve killed a fc-.v m?nand made some prisoners, without losing a single man. One of the intrepid soldiers who formed part of that in"ht expedition pieced up in the Russian post a bcautliul miniature portrait of a lady, whi<h wa.3 painted in Paiis, for it bca'-a the mme of cue of our be--t aiUsts. This portrait was evidently lost by the officer in co-ii- mand of the post. If he applies tor it, it will be re- turned to him, for we are in Uic hubit of restorin. every valuable article when the legitini-it,e o-.vnor. arc known We do not only return the objf-cts on which those who iost them set a v:due as súI£nmir8, but also the money fcLnl on tae dead, when the sum is in any way con- sid. rablc. To give you an idea of thia military probity I nee lotdy mention the instance of a soldier of the 46th Regiment of Line. who, having ibn;.d un the body of a Russian omjer kilied a sum ? of 10,000.'in gold, hastened to bring it to Marshal Pelissier, iilo:'<ler that it might be returned to the family of the d,!ceLised. These deeds are not rare in our army, and although they are mere acts of honesty, we nevertheless fc-e delight in relating them." The War in Asia. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAM. 10.—Genera! Mouravjdf aftHr having destroyed the advanced works of Kars, has hft a force la that place, and directed his march upou Goumn with the main body of his army. There were at Trebizoud 15,000 Turks and Egyptians, the greater part of whom are on their \jy to the succour of of Erz- eroum. These iroops endure a!i sorts of privations atld suner extrc.neiy fi-fnn ti.e bad state of the roalls, which are encu.nbetcd with snow. Thc JourJ/al dr: C011stanti- nople saya that in the spring, a corps of the aihfd ar.nv will operate in C-:tior,,ia, uuder ibe command of Sir Cutiu CampbdL Persia The relations b.-twpen I'o-si i and England are beHevcd to be at an end, the English Amuassrdol' at Teheran hav- ing withdrawn his fl; ,clire,,l to nenr Mosstd. The dispute between the two Powers is placed in mnch am- biguity, and liable to great misrpprescntation, as it has never been fnu-fy and i'njjy brought Lcfe'-e th<' public. France, it appears, oS'ercd her mcdi&i.Ion; but directiv the Shah heard of t te ia!i of Kara, lie declined the good offices of laiiis Napoieon. refuged to a"co nniodutc ? the di<Fereaces W:Itfl and ).hus co't.plct.cd the ruptun above referred to.
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SIIOCKTXG DEATHLY FniE.—It is our painful duty to record the death of 1 Í:35 CaroHne LuttreU, second daughter of Colonel Luttre! of Kilve Court, Somerset, from the shock and exhaustion caused hy a severe sur- f.ice burn, occasioned by accidcntitUy scttiriir ih-e to her dress while lighting the tapers on a Christmas tree. It appears that on Friday week Mrs. Luttrell, te ga- lant gentleman himself being away on duty with his regiment at Cork, entertained some friends at a family t'<'MM!'o/ and that one of the evening- was to be the distribution of little presents from a Chnatmia tree. During the evening the deceased young lady left the circle for the )u pose of lighti:lg the tapers on the tree, and desired nonH of the part? to yisit the room until she ang the belt. To ins.n-ethat no intruders would ent.r, Miss Luttrel! turned the k 'y Of the door, and commenced lighting up the tree. Un- for unatel), sue connnen.ed h.hting the lowest tapers first, and then, reacbmg upru bg¡: those on the b;gher ranches, her thm evening di C":3 caught lire anf she was im'ncd.ately cnvelope-I in fla:nG. It a,),,e-i.-a t'at the decas -d ran t. rh.b. and pnH,.d it vil;llltly and .iterwards unlock _d the door and proceeded towir(is the room where On meeting her surround'd with fhmc anI sm.\ke their horror, it may b.- was extreme. JIcr bro- ther, assisted hy other. with rti-eat diScuhy txtin- a sc- yere burn on the was imme. diately sent for. Mug eyelid" fa -c nud neck were fnund to the m :.t from the fltill("Z; hnt it Was fir,;t hóJpt'tl t,if no iat.] r<su)t would follow, the exhaustion, however, ard sho¡.k caused to the wera too great, and on Monday she died. The duceased was in her 2ath vear.— tem .F1!fiJ![/ l'ost. Additional troops fron] the Crimea arc about to rc- t"m to trance.
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The presidency of the academy of science at St. PutQr.Lur, whi, it M sai'l, b'j probably Lj fWd by a woman. Co-.mt OLivet-(,f f hm lately retired, aud, be- s:d's two male candidates—M. N'jroif, Mniister of Public Inst'ujtion, and Baron KroJÏ-thc Grand Duch- ess ilelcu is a competitor. Tha Grand Duchess Maria of the Academy of Fina Arts daya of C.tt)n;ri'ic the Second, a woman, the Princess Dashk )if, was appointed to the onice now sought by the Grand Duchess Helen. The Court of Naples lias been seized with one of Its periodical fits of modesty. The story of the ?/?.!e?? and the green, tights is fresh in the minds of most read- crs, il n'y a q'un pas," &c.; and so reversing the' apothr'gm, the Court of Naples darts at once from the flesh to the marble, and covers up in canvas breeches t Europa, Pt'oserpine, and theSabines—the three groups so well remembered in the gardens of the Villa Reale. After resting for near a century in these gardens, these "impr,)[,er" groups are to be placed under lock and key, out of the sight of B)mba's sensitive police. THE AMERICANS AS PAIXTED KY TiLz-,xsEi,vrq.- There is not much doubt that in point of murals at the north and east we arc retrogading. We build great clippera and astonishing bridges, but in arts we are bc- hind the old Greeks; In the graces we sadly need mis- sionaries a wild Indian is more polite, more generous, more civilized than m:my a New York politican; in I morals we of deformity almost as g't'osg as tho¿e of the lowest South Sea Islanders and future I hisLO"iau wi!l write that we are more superstitious and bi?otted than the most insane worshippers of Ura- I hama,Ot110 most profound devotee of Johanna South- ccte, or the most ardent disciple of witch-hanging Qua- ker-whipping, Cotton Mathcr. The cri'nin:)! e&lendar of 18Jj wiU sub:3tautlat<- a good deal of what we have said. The Mormons at Utah—the Free Lovers in New York and Wisconsin—the insane a-vlums filled with maniacs ou the subject of spiritualism—the general tendency on the part of a large portion of our infatu- ated people to run after anything that is new, however absurd it nia-, i-ea(liness of certain absurd it: may b.?, au.! the readiness of certain papers to sustain novel doctri;ies without any regard to their foundation or tendency, is further evidence that, al- though we nny bc "smat't peopie" In the In,Iliing of revolvers and patent pitchtb. ks, we arc in soinc res- pects the greatest, mass of fouls that ever lived in any of the world. There Is not so much taik now-a- (bys [¡hout tlw 81>11"1tua1 Imu;¡.Ju; but we hear of It n I hi' t ( I are j here given.) We have thrown together these facts t') show that, while \vc are boasting of our enlightenment and our greatness, Mid ou:- Icarumg, \c n.rc sdil, in some respects, Htt!e,better than 6.-1 va, s. The spiritual delusion lias spread into all ranks of soriety, from the I highest to the lowest; the free love and amni'.y }iu:n- bu: ims grown out of it, and the tone of public morale has been much lowered. The home circle has been ) dcsccra'cd—wives have left their husbands—children have disowned their parents. The victims of these i delusions have been swingh'd and humbugged aud murd: red right and left. And the end is not yet._ New York Hemld. SHOCKING !qU-ICDEii.-Gre-t sensation has been cre- ated in Bath, by the perpetration of a brutal murder, on Saturday night, when a woman named -Kliza Do- well, was kicked in he abdomeu by her husband, and her death ensued from hemorragt in a few minutes af.er. The case is the more shocking from the fact that Lho unfortnn.itc woman was very near her con- S.nemcnt, and the life of he:' child, as well as her o\vn has c' nsequently be-'n sa'. rinced by the brutality of her husband. The prifj 'ncr, Janr's Rowel), was brought up before the magistm'M at the Guildhall, on Monday mor"mg, fur exa'ul;ia::on, when a great ci'owd-ofnco- ple w&t-c asst-mblcd In the market place. Jjo\vGll, who is ah'¡ut thirty years of agc? is a co-tcrmongcr, and is weii known abcut the sheets asah?wkprofovsters, wel known t?)()Ilt tilc? S,Lp eets ,is .Iso earned about t.arrup p?.?s, &c., and was ?out ,)Iso ezirr,,f-,d al-,oixt t,rrlip g-r-,?ens,and-a Ll t tncsame age as her husband by whom she Ims been 0 as liel- huzib.ind b-,r whoin siie has Lee'' S,) br,,itally lalul (1(,l c(l. Acaordiu? t') ad?ic-?? s "frn ?'? 101*011011'.IC"It l f lie cai, of l'i*;Ucc Carl(-er of tiic pl'oI,Im1Cè'(' t he \?.)CWi'c). i, Ce)n<-e!- of r.H.)C borree.?.?t ,ttoo bu,? ,hhoo?pe! i? mcurahie. B??-ouuF?oo'.z z,unmcvprr. U'cies?tnf.sma?ncttc treatment l
MIXING INTELLIGENCE. I
MIXING INTELLIGENCE. I THE IROX TRADE. I BuniixGiiAM, Jan. 19.-The iron trade of South Staffordshire is represented by those extensively con. nected with it as healthy and steady. The demand for meichant. and bar rods continues to be good, but sheets and boiler plates are not at the present time in great request. The trade in the latter descriptions oi iron is not usually brisk during the winter months, but as s.'on as the time arrives lor shipments to the St. Law- rence, it is stated, an abundance of orders will imme- diately nnd their \vay into the market. An ironmaster says, A fair amount of business in pig iron has been done, and there is a good demand and at better rates than ruled for the greater part of last quarter. It is only for inferior makes that the demand is slack. From the requirements for pigs a judgment may be fjrmed as to tue orders in hand for malleable iron. When these are scarce any quantity of pig may be readily purchased; when they are abundant the greatest dith- culty is experienced in obtaining a supply. At the present time there are very few sellers ot forged bars, and there arc large houses who are sending out pig iron to be worked up into puddled bars whoso own make is not sulticient to supply the mills." The principal topic of discussion among the iron trade during the present week bus been the proposed increase of freigh- tages fur the conveyance of ore into South Stafford- shire by the London and North- W estern, Great Wes- tern, aud other railway companies, who, with the canals with which they are connected, have the entire pos- session of the district. It is considered that this at- tempt on the part of the great carrying establishments, if successful, will be highly injurious to the iron trade. The authority we have already quoted in reference to this subject says,—" We (the ironmasters of South Stan'01-dshhe) are at least log. per ton worse off than the Welsh masters in deliveries to the Thames, and about Gs. per ton for deliveries to the Mersey. Nor must it be forgotten that the very red ore from the port of Barlow, which is advanced in price by the raising of the freights inland, does not cost the South Wales consumers a farthing a ton extra, thus placing us in a worse condition to compete with our more fortu- nate rivals, who are so much better situated for coast deliveries." The leading ironmasters contend that this policy of the railway companies, if pursued, will prove injurious to themselves, as well as to the great manu- facture of the district, and that it is also against the spirit, if not against the letter, of the act of p.nllamjnt by virtue of which these lines were constructed. At present an answer to their representations to the direc- to:s of the London and North-W estern Company has not been received but, excepting with regard to the charge of lid. per ton for conveyance upon sidings to the works, no great hopes are cntcitaincd of in being favourable to the iron trades. So Mi'ly a combination between the London and North-Western a)i 1 Great Western Companies for the ad vancement of fi eight- ages has created s.nne degree of surprise, even amongst those who anticipated the ultimate occurrence of such an event. THE COAL TRADE. There is no falling off in the dsmand for c.)al, and the requirements of the metropolis and the southern parts of England, by the Oxford, Worcester, and 01- verhampton R dlway, continue to increase. As mIght be expected wiLh these new culls upon the resources of the disttict, and the renewed a' dvity of the iton fur- naces, prices are we!l maintained..The best (lescrip- ti' n5 ot c'jut at reldall a'ld o'fVNI-Illlil,'Li urc much SJught ai'ter, and for dOllleti(' purposes arc ictching higlI ratS t th. pit' niOLtth. Great exertions are being made In the m';ghL.ùt:rhooù of WeJncsburv to clear sume of the old mines of waist-; for it is clear that should \vc bavG a lung winter, a!id the iron trade prove as brisk as an- tieipated, the want of a sumeient supply of coal at rea- sonable prices will occasion great inconvenience to the manufacturing interesls.
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POETRY. POETRY. MORTALITY. The house is old, the house is coH, And on the roof is snow: And in and out and round about Tho bitter niglltwilldg blow: The bitter night-winds howl and blow- And darkness thickens deep- And oh, the minutes creep as stow As though they were asleep! It used to be all light and song, And mirth and spirits gay- The day could never prove too long; The niKht seem'd like the day! The uight seem'd bright and light as day Kreyct that house was old; Ere yet its aged roof was gray, Its inner chambers cold :— Old visions Iiaunt the crocking floors- Old sorrows sit and wail While still the night-winds out of doora Like burly baUinsraU' Old visions haunt the uoors abovo: The walls with wrinkies frown; And people say, who pass that way, ,v,,1I ttip hDnQp. wert3 down. CHARLES SWAINI
LITERARY I
LITERARY Man," says Machiavel, has a right to think all things, speak all things, write all things, but not to impose his opinions." SECTS.—W here there is only one church, there is despotism where there are only two, contention but where there arc thirty, there is peace and good will.— Voltaire. JUSTICE.—The pure and Impartial administration of tustiee is the nrmest bond to secure a cheerful sub- mission of the people and to engage then auctions to their rulers. Junizes. Music.—" Alusic," said Luther, "is one of the fairest and most glorious gifts of God, to which Satan is a bitter enemy; for it removes from the heart the weight of sorrows and the fascination of evil thoughts." MORALITY AND RELIGION.—If we are told a man is religious, we still ask what are his morals ? But if we hear nrst that he has honest morals, and is a man of natural justice and good temper, we seldom think of the other question whether he be religious and devout. -Sha,f tcsbeiry. Prejudice may be considered as a continual false me- dium of viewing things; for prej udiced persons not only never speak well, but also never think well, of those they dislike, and the whole character or conduct is considered with reference to that particular thing which o trends them.-Buller. SupERSTiTiox.—It is difficult to mark the limits of superstition. A Frenchman travelling in Italy thinks every thing he sees superstitious the Archbishop of Canterbury asserts that the Archbishop cf Paris is su- pcrstltioua the Presbyterian mngs the same imputa- tion at the Archbishop of Canterbury and in his turn is deemed superstitious by the Quaker, who, in the eyes of some other Christians, appears the most su- perstitious of a',I.- Voltaire. When the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.) was in his youth, he took part in a private concert at the residence of Sir W. W. ynn, grandfather to the present baronet, in St. James's-square.and spoke so highly of the violoncello on which he played, which belonged to Sir Watkin, that the worthy baronet caused it to be added to the extensive collection of valuable instruments in the possession of his Royal Highness. Crosdil and other competent judges valued it at 200 guineas. ElXD WonDS DO XOT CoST MuCH.—They never blister the tongue or lips. And we have never heard of any mental trouble arising from this quarter. Though they do not cost much—1. They help one's own good nature. Soft words soften our own soul. Angry words are fuel to the u.ime of wrath, and make it blaze more nercely. 2. Kind words make other poo- pie good natured Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, aud bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful. Is such a riiih of all r.ther kinds of words a chanfe among them. There are vain words, and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and silly wo: da, and profane words, and boisterous words, and warlike words. Kind words a]su produce t.hcu- own Image on men's souls. And & beautiful image it is. They smooth aud quint, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feel- ings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.-Tiseal. ExGmir ENERGY.—There is one habit of the Englishman which even at the present day IlÜghtiiu- duce a casual observer to fancy him an idler. Thirza Abu Taleb, a Ilindostanec Persian, who visited Eng- land some fifty years since, and published an amusing report of what he saw, declares that the English iields are singuLu'ly WL'Il cultivated, whereat he was the more astonished as he never saw any one at work in them. Any observer of the country will remark how small is the appearance of the working to the reality of the work. It is characteristic of our labourers to work in earnest while they arc about it, and it matters little if the object be to have the longer time for idleness afterwards. Who loves work for its own sake ? What thou dt)c.;t, do quickly." Such tLay be our national motto; it !uay be, as is objected to u.g, that we are pe- culiarly idle, and that the sweat of the morning only purchases the evening's lounge it matters little whence .comes the greatest feature in a nation's character— energy.—C'/tMrcA of EII:J!a!lrl Quarterly -R,,vieiv. Tir FOR TAT.—Santeuil, the Latin poet of the last century, retiring one night to St. Victor, at midnight. the porter refused to open the door. After some words the po:t slipped a half-Iouis under the door, and obtain- ed immediate idmission. As soon as he got in lie pre- tended to have left a book upon a stone on which he had been sitting at the outside. The porter, to show his gratitude for the money, ran to get the book, when the poet inst:-i<ly shut the door upon him. The por- ter. half naked, knocked in his turn,—"N o," said San- teuil, the prior will be exceedingly angry if I admit any one at this late hour." Why," said the porter, "I let you in very civilly." "And as civilly, re- turned the poet, will I admit you." The poiter not chosing to remain half-naked in the street, slipped the piece of money back again under the door, and obtain- ed admittance, declaring that "a poet's money never staid long with anybody." A--i ARABIAN CoQUKT.—Close to us sat a party of fair Meccans, apparently belonging to the higher classes, and one of these I had already several times remarked' She was a tall girl. about eighteen years old, with re- gular features, a skin somewhat citrine coloured but soft and clear, symmetrical eyebrows, the most beauti- ful eyes, and a iigure all grace. There was no head thrown back, no straightened neck, no fht shoulders l no toes turned out-in fact, no elegant barbarisms but the shape was what the Arabs love—soft, btndin0(p 7 and relaxed, as a woman'?i n gurc ought to be. Unhappily 1'e axeu, a a woman s gure oug,It to o.u. Unhappily she wore, instead of the usual veil. a yashmak of D-an. parent muslin, bound round the face; and the chane- rone, mother, or duenna, by whose side she stood, was apparently a very unsuspicious or compliant old* per- son. Flirtilla nxcd a glance of admiration upon my cashmere. I directed a reply with interest at her eyes. She then, by the usual coquettish gesture, threw back an inch or two of her veil, disclosing btod.J ÍJ:md.s of jetty hair, crowning a lovely oval My palpable ad- miration of the new charm was rewarded by a partial removal of the yasliniak; when a dimpled mouth and a rounded chin stood out from the envious muslin Seeing that my companions were safely employed, I ventuied upon the dangerous ground of raising hand to forehead. She smiled almost imperceptibly, and turn- ed aw&y. The pilgrim was in ecstacy. IIAIDlOXY or THK SciExcEs.—In the physical geo- graphy of a highland valley, one pretty irequcnt fea- ture n a long horizontal line a good way up the hill side. being the separation between the cultivable land belo- and the bare rocky hill rising out thereof: someumes it approaches the character of a terrace, or fully realises it. Au example is presented at a place calted Drumg. llavy, opposite to Kingussie. It Is 997 feet above the level of the sea, and there is pomethin"- of a dISerent aspect relative to it on the other side of the valley. Just behind Kingussie village, in a ruugh little valley called Glen Goinach, after ascendiug ra tner more than a mile, we mid the relics of a !ar-e delta sloping up beside the rivulet to a particular point which is precisely the height of the Drumgellavv li.ie or terrace. Close by this spot, a line of singular ap- pearance passes along the hill side, at the sanie level, which, on minute investigation, proves to be merel v a change tu the vegetation-much heath below, much long yellow grass above a meeting of two regions bo- tangly somewhat d?erent. When I f? ?v a careM use of the spirit-level, that this Imccomcided ? the most precise manner with the line ot cban? from soil to rock at a distant s p<.t on the opposite side of th? vaUey, IfelthowbeautituMy ail true sciences harmo! m.sc, and wh.t important light one will ow u? another. The hue in Glen Goinach is a dcmarcSon between so? the diversity of which has ?S ?m ? diircrent circumstances attending the working of ? seawhenitstood abo? and on that 1? ?her ?St?"? ?-' ? little lakc,t?ea ? ?1? ?????? ancient ?? ? 11? 1131, and 1 feet,
A. RUSSIAN VIEW OF RUSSIA'S…
A. RUSSIAN VIEW OF RUSSIA'S SUBMISSION. r The Nord publishes the following article :— Will it still be pretended that Russia is the make- bate' of Europe; that it is Russia that wished for war? It is scarcely forty-eight hours since that we said that Russia, listening to the unanimous vou'e of Europe—which, anxious, timid, and foreseeing terrible calamities in the prolongation of the war, implored peace from ber-would not turn a deaf ear to that plaintive voice of humanity, and would make sacrifices with the most noble self-,Ieniil. '\Ve said so frankly, convinced that we were right, and we have not been doeeivf-d. But we should be deceiving our readers, and showing ourselves unworthy of the eoundence with which we alwnys sought to inspire them, should we pretend that'Russia, only accepted the propositions of peace made to her to please Europe. It is not for us to devclope this argument, for it would not satisfy us, and, thank Heaven, we are inde- pendent enough to say what we think. Truly, a powcr like Russia should never lose sight of the wishes and interests of Enrope. She ought to know, at a pmcn, how to sacrifice her welfare to the happiness of others. But there is a limit to all things, even to generosity, even to seli-dcnial. Who would bulievo it, even if we state it, that Russia has just saeriS.eed her interests to those of Europe, and that she has shown herself more European than Russian ? No one. And we ourselves -we own it—we would not believe it. We shall therefore be more sincere, and we shall be the more readily believed when we say that Rus- sia only accepted the propositions made to her be- cause it was her interest to do sa, because she ought to do so; and we will say why. Every impartial, loyal, and just-minded man must own that since the commencement of the war Russia was al \va.rds desirous of peace, aad that it al ways slip- ped through her lingers because she was never allowed to conclude it. This time she found herself in more advantageous conditions to obtain her object. After the heroic defence of Sebastopol the snorts of her ad- versaries to seize upon the Crimea failed before the im- mense obstacles opposed to them by the Russians, and in Asia, where she took the offensive, she achieved a great success by the capture of Kars. In this position, and still in her full vigour, Russia could a.wah, yet desire peace. She herself ir:)de the nrst propositions, and when those of the allies reached her through the medium of Austria, she did not hesi- tate to accept them, for, with a trining difference, they were nearly the same wl,illi had received her assent at the Vienna conferences. One point only presented it- self for the first time, and seemed to have been pur- posely inserted to prevent once more the work of peace. Already, on her &rst refusal, which, however, was not a categorical refusal, Austria evinced !in inclination to bresk otf her relations with Russia and to increase the complications of the war, while at London men exulted at beholding Russia once more f.dl iHto the snare. She might, in fact, have found the v.'hole of Europe arrayed against her, which the force of circum- stances nnd a complication of insidious engagements would h:tve reduced, even against its will, so that bard extremity. It was hero that the real enemies of Rug- j sil laid wait for her it was for this result that Eng- land laboured. Russia has upset their calculations, and she has done well. But we maintain that it was her duty to do so on another ground, which refer:; to the future—a word which a great 1',)\e1' must never lose sight cf in its most grave is. in fact, the ron.1 cause of the war Whm is the motive of this general, uni- versal mistrust into which the very friends of Rusda hnvj bL'cn driven ? The cause is that which all the most solemn declarations of Russia have not been :)b!e to annul, and which would always have existed as long as no positive and, so to say, material proof had 1)-,ell brought forward t) contradict it; it is the idea that the drcuru of the ambition of Russia was the conquest of Constantinople. IIo'-vevcr absurd, ridiculous, ontrary to the most patent facts, was such a misconception, nevertheless it was so widely spread,—ithad auuck such d'ep roit in public opinion,—that it would always have been an immense and most disadvantageous ob- stacle t.) Russia. lier adversaries therefore put a syl- logism to her, which, although coming i'rom an enemy, had, nevertheless, a ceitaiu vnlue. If you arc sincere,' they said, in your protL'sta- tioni not to 'i:h to seize upon Turkey, why not at one blow demolish that terrible suppopiti m, which, right- fully 0!' wrongfully, will al'.Vitya be su'-pcndcd over you!' head, by ceding to the Forte a small tract of land which brings you in nothing, and which is of no possi- bif use to you except for t:ic invasi -n of the Ottoman onpiru ? The (hy upon which you make that material concession all Europe will bciicvc that you do not follow the dreams of aggrandisement attributed to you it will do more,—it will own that it was in error. "liussia has just given this material proof of good tdth tl Europe, and in giving it she exclaims,—' Do you bL'licvo :ne now ?' R'.t?sn. ha.s thcreforo d.'strayed at one Llov the immense distDiSt which exists on all sides against hf,r, and the sn.tre abont to be again laid for her too great by the hatred of (IO:W who ru- gar 1 the prHsent war 1e38 as a political than ss a na- ti.'nal one."
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Coi.LiE:.s.—Deep down in the bowels of the earth, many hundred feet from the light of day, yet all around us, and not more than a few hours' lide from any por- tion of these British Isles, exists a race of men un- known, p.lmost unt'eeogniaed, in the land; yet are these men the bul.varks of Engluid's greatness- Unseen themselves, the result of their labours is everywhere observed; they delve and hc\v the fuel from which is derived t!n; power whi<-h driv.s our maein'nery by day, and the gaa which lights our streets by night.: and whilst they tilU lumigh that which cheers our hojues, wliieh provides at once for our domestic comibrt and our national greatness; what, it may naturally be ask- ed, is their o\v.i condition ? They are in hourly danger j of death in :dl its most dreaded forms the explosive and devastating nre-damp may in a moment seud ihom by hundreds into eternity; the scarcely lejs terrible ch.jke-daiup may, without warning, overwhehn thcni f by its suffocating breatii; the bursting waters may suddenly rush in, and inundating their subterranean workshop, leave uot oue to tell the sad story. Falling stones, breaking ropes, and a hundred other casualties, open death's door at every turning. MiNERS' Associ-vrmNS.—Enslan'l is justly pron'l of her numerous I)cr hospitals for the sick and maimed, her asytu'ns {or ag'-d an t decayed members <if society, and her institutions tor the protection of the widow and orphan. But with shame be it spoken, a country indebted, in a great measure, ior her position to her minera.1 riches, cannot reckon amonst her nume- rous charitable institutions, one which is devoted to the maimed or aged collier or miner, nor a public fund wherewith to support the v.'idop.' and the fatherless who may be bereaved of theic natural protectors by ac e:idcnt:> in m:ncs. The only associations which have at all had for their aim the relief of the needy or disabled miner, appear to be in the form of benefit clubs, the majority of which, from various causes, it would ap- pear have failed in their object, whilst some combining arrangements for imposing or attempting to impose aJ- tiiicial checks to the freedom of labour, have proved worse than usclesss. Imsn SuprLiES or IRON.—In Great Britain, Mr. Blackwell, in a recent lecture, expresses the opinion that the most favourable localities for the iron industry are already fully occupied, but that in Ireland there exist immense deposits of clay carbonates of excellent quality, which are now entirely unworkcd, and he sug- gests it as a very important subject for inquiry whether the immense resources of vegetable fuel, in the form of peat, with which Ireland abounds, especially in ¡ eastern Connau¡.;ht, the region in which these ores exist so largely, might not be advantageously applied to the production of tust-ratc iron from them. lie en- forces this suggestion by stating that pig iron is smelt- ed with carbonized peat in Bohemia. We gather from the paper that that iron produced in France is smelted In nearly equal proportions with coke and charcoal; that a large proportion of the charcoal pig iron is sub- sequently converted into bar iron solely with charcoal; and that the charcoal pig iron in ibr the most part made in close proximity to some of the most important coalfields in France. t VAI/UE OF IMMIGKAKTS IN AMERICA.-—Wo have es- timated in a previous article the monied loss sustained by the country in this year'a decrease of immigration. \Ve drew the estimate merely from two palpable sources of profit which would be cut ofF by cessation of immi- gration, leaving others Icsa apparent, though equally real; these two, namely, the direct personal property imported by each immigrant, and the value Ot his la. hour. Ths 6rst we estimated at 13,500,000 dollars, that is, the amount which would have been imported by the 170,OoO immigrants who this yenr have stayed at homo. The second, reckoning the value of the Li- hour as at equal to the cost of living—namely 3 dolhn-s per week to each person, we made 17,000,000 dollars. The total losa, then, ibr the coming year to the country, would bo, on tfiii estimate, 30,000,000 doUfu'a. Such estimates are, of course, only approxi- mate. \Ÿ c designedly understated them. The value of labour is its proht. In a new country like Ulis there can be very littio doubt that, Nt-a,,cs would double with- out immigration—that is, the mechanic woald receive 3dol in:Lad d Idol -)0e per day for his work the farm labourer'2<J'1 instead cf Idol; the laundress idol.jOc inst< ad of 7'3c. This amouut is now in eifect gamed by the produeeis of the country who employ hired la- bour, and would be lo..t by the withdrawal of this la- bour. On a broad statement each immigrant is worth —is a proSt—to the nation of at least :!Jul per week or what he consumes, over and above the expenses of his labour sorue, of course, will be worth mure s. me less; but this w&nld be an average and moderate va- luation. It should be remembered in this are included two sources of individual profit—the giiii to the em- ployer i.i the labour, and the gain to the producer in the articles consumed. These together would swell up the proS:s of the foreign labour, n<v lost, we bcHcvc considerably above our estimate. The first cam men- tijncd, the import of person .1 propctty, is, of course, a pure gain. cvea more than the sa¡;;e amuunt drawn ftom some O,.d,-l or ",ih'Cl' mine in America. Xo labour, even is given in exchange for it. Foreign capital lent us on inL'nst is, of courac, no such permanent value. Its worth is the present profit of using it. The interest we pay for it goes to other countries, and the principal lrlu,qt eventnaUy be withdrawn. Such monied esti- mates of the v'ilue of men as these aecm low and sel- £,11, end yet there are some who can be anected by no- thing -Iso. It is desirable to show to them that in this c:!sc humanity and property lie in the same putb.17f;i.
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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. A MAX ROLLED to DEATH.—A fearful accident oc- curred at A berdare, in Glamorganshire, last week, resulting in the instantaneous death of a young man named Kobcrt Thjmas, who was employed at the Gad. lys Ironworks. The unfortunate deceased was engaged in the forge and the rollers which are used in the making of bar iron had b-ca changed for a fresh set, and were just started, when the deceased, for the pur- pose of adjusting a portion of the machinery, he was dragged between the rollers and whirled round and round through a space of but a few inches in diameter. Before the machinery could be stopped he had been carried round at least 20 times, and his remains were so fearfully mangled as to be almost undistinguishable. He uttered but one exclamation as he was drawn in, and the next instant he was dead. The poor fellow was a promising young man of about 20 years of age, and bore an excellent character. DISAPPEARANCE OF A GoVEHNMEKT OFFICIAL.— A great sensation has been created at the Omce ol Works by the disappearance of one of the principal otEcials under very distressing circumstances. It appears that the gentleman in question left the oSeo on Monday evening about 6 o'clock, and arrived at homa at 10, and left his house again at 2 o'clock in the morning, from which time to the present no trace of him has been entertained. A letter was received by his mother without date or address, merely stating that be was well, but without giving any ciue to his whereabouts or his reason for absenting himself. From the state- ments of his fricuds it appears that he has for some time been in a very excited and nervous state, and they are very apprehensive that his mind has become affec- ted. On the same day that he left, a clerk in the OiSce of Woods and Forests, there is every reason to believe, destroyed himself, and this painful occurrence may, probably, have operated prejudieially on the mind of the gentleman in question, ai.eady, perhaps, in a dis- eased state. As it is, the police throughout the king- dom are using every exertion to iind out what has be- come of hiui.-Obse)-ver. EonRYBLE MURDER I:i LiVEHroOL.—At an early hour on Monday morning a vagabond named Ferguson, aged about 22, well known to the police by the flash t' 1:' k" bl' d 1. d name of "Fake," went into a pu b l icnouse,and boasted that he "had just done the business for his wench," a girl named Drmnmond, with whom he formerly co- habited. Information was given to the police, who, after taking him into custody, subsequently found the body of the young woman in Wolfe-strect, Toxteth- park, with her throat cut in a shocking manner, the head being almost severed from the body. It has since transpired that the prisoner was connected with a des- perate gang of burglars in the town, composed prinei- palty of tickot-of-lcavc men. While living with the deceased, be had frequently charged her with giving information to the police, and had sworn that he would cut her throat. Last week three of this gang were apprehended, charged with burglary, and were com- mitted fur trial at the assizes. On Sunday night the prisoner and the deceased, together with some reckless companions, were drinking at a lowpublichousc, which they left together at an early hour on Monday morn- ing, and nothing more was heard or seen of him until °' 0 h 1 he returned to the home with the statement which led to the finding of the deceased's nody. When appre- hended, he said he did not care for the consequences, as he had said he would do it. Ferguson has been known to the police for about ten years, prowling about the docks as a thief and vagabond, and has fre- quently been in prison' He occasionally worked as a sn-iker iu a smithy. Latterly the deceased had been living with another man. T'UE EMPRESS ANO THE LiTTLE ZoUAYE.—The fol- lowing incident marked the review of Tuesday At the moment w hen the -Emperor was passing in front of the Zouaves of the Guard, the son of the cantiniere of the regiment, a boy ot about seven years, and already weeing the Zouave unifo::n, drew near the Emperor, and presented him a R'ic b tuquet of violets. His Ma- jesty bent down from his horse, and, touching the child with his hand on his cheek, he said:—"Thank you, my little hicnd; g.) and t.;ke your bouquet to the Em- press," p.'i:) :ngto the balcony vhere her Majesty was scaled wn.:i .1 tadies, and L"J. proceeJéd with his in- speeÜ,¡ how am I to get to the Empress ?" said the messenger, in great embarrassment. I will show y'uthe way, :ny little man," said a deep voice near hua an.t the b.r,' looking np, perceived that it was the d:-n:u-!n .jor of the Z )uavf;s who had volunteered t') serve him as guide. The tall man then took the boy gravciy by the hand, and in a [I:W min- utes, thanks to the ot Hy order o: the Emperor, a bouquet urthe Empress," they snon arrived near her Majesty. The Empress ac- cepted the llowers, embraced the little boy on each cheek, and asked him his name and those of his parents, and appeared delighted with his present. At l.tst the child, after having been caressed and kissed by the la. dies, returned with his tall comrade to the Cum-t be- low. It may bo imagined that he was asked a tb.msand questions when he came down, but all his seemed to be concentrated in the one fact of his inter- view, as his constant reply was:—" The Empress em- braced me." JEXXY LiXD AXD THE WoRKIXG MEN OF LiVER. rooL.—A short time ago, during her recent \isitto Liverpool, the working men of this town got up a me- morial to Mada.ne Goldsehmidt (Jenny Lind), in which niter express ing their high admiration of her great ta- lents, and the pleasure they would experience in hear- ing them e.x'ercised 'troy pointed out that, owing to the necessarily high prices charged for admission to her concerLs, none of the working classes could enjoy tho privilege of being delighted, like their richer brethren, by her wonderful vocaliam. They begged her, there. fore, to consent to give a concert for the working clas- ses solely, at prices which would not debar the most humble from participating in the rich treat of hearin- her heaveii-bot'n" voice and they respectfully sug- gcsted, in case of her approval of their request, that the entertainment should take place in the Concert-hall. Lord Nelson-street, as being the peculiar locale of the cheap and popular concerts in this t.'wn. The memo- rial was duly presented, and the fair cantatrice has, with her usual good nature, accorded the boon asked, but conditionally on measures being taken to secure the admission to the concert of the working classes only. Madame Lind also intimated an objection to sin"- at the Lord Nelson-street hall, and suggested that °St George's-hall might easily be obtained for the purpose. She also expressed a desire that the price of admission should not be lower than 2s. Gd. The arrangement it is said, is in course of beicg carried out, and the con- cert will probably take place in a week or two at St. George's-hall. It is to be hoped that those who are not really of the "working classes" will have too much good taste and proper feeling to attempt to take advantage of Madame Goldschmidt's kindness, to the exclusion of those for whom it is generously intended. -L;ve)po(.d Journal. Ltxcoj.N ELECTiON—The election of a member of Parliament for Lincoln, in the place of the late Colonel Sib'hurp, took place on Wednesday at the Guildhall in that cit>Mujor G W Sibthorp. the eldest son of the late represectattve, was proposed by Mr U Ward, and se. couded by 2\lr W C Norton (the flavor), and, no other candidate being put in nomination, the sht-rilf declared the gaUaut j\lajor duty elected. jMajor Sibthorp, in re- tutniag thanks, referred to the ruin, misery and expen. diture which weicaeceaaarily entailed by the \var ia which this country wai now cugagcd; but, while be avowed his hope that the Western f-or!d might speedily enjoy the biessing s of peace, he declared himself opposed to any patched-up, trumpery pesce/'—an announcement which was received with toud cheers. We m'ty be called upon." said the gailaut Alajor, "and we shall be called upon, to ui!tke greater sacrtuces, but 1 believe they will be eÏ1cdfn\!y endured, and that there is no other dispo- sition to yield tilt we have securbd a peace which may be honourable and lasting." (Loud cheers) In reply to questions winch were put t. him, Major Sihthorp ex- pressed hi:! desire to see the church-rate question settled, a)id the ittcontc-tax rc-at'justed; and, avowing himself "a Conservative, but no party man," ht piedgcd himsRif to assist earnest)? in removing aU proved abuses in the ad- ministrative system of .tie country. The proceeding tor- miuated with a vote of thanks to the sheriir. I LIVERPOOL GRAND POULTRY Suow.—The annual exhibition of the iancy pou'try was opened on the 16'h a j Lucas's Carriage lteio,it(iry Great Charlotte btrcet,' There is a sensibie faLJmg oiY iu the number ot birds ex- liillited, aijd a lesi attendance of visitors than on former occasions atio:ds proof that the rage for pouitry is on the decline. There are in all 417 pens, of which decidedly the best are the Spanish, coioured Dorktng game, Poiauds, aud.llamlmrgs, of the best varieties, white Codnu-Chtnas, winch two years ago n-ere more numerous 0 and had a larger number of admirers than any other Liud were at a decided discount. The silver cup and 6rat and second prizes for Spanish, (cock and two heus?, were a- wardcd to Mr. 11. D. Davies, of SI)riilz-d )-grov? House, Hounslow.aearLondoQ.who also earned oir the second prixe for Spanish cock and two I)ullets, first prize for Baamah Pootras, &c. The Rev. S. Doune, of Oswestry, .howcdaome 5]Jlt:noJid peus of coloured Dorking, for OM oi which he was awarded a silver cup and nrst prize. Se- vera) of the pens were marked at at;iiobt fabutous prices. for instance, two cocks and two pullets, coloured Dork. il,g, b<i!ongu.g to Mr. William'Wright, West Banl., near \.arr.ngton, were marked respectively ici,ooo The Earl of sefton was a euccessfu) exhtbitor of game fowls &ud turKeya.
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LOOAI. NEWS. -.r. WREXMAM PETTY SESSIONS. Monday Jan. 21st, 1856. Before H. W. Meredith, Esq., Chairman and T. Griffith, E.q. Captain M'Coy, on behalt ot the Denbigh Mditia, 1 h h appeared in courc to show cause why he retted to pay rates for the Orderly Room, in the Church.yarJ. and also for the house occupied by bamucl Bennett, ia Mount-street. Mr. R. Clarke, the Assiatant Uvers.ur, stated that the rate in the nrst instance, amounted to 6s 6d and in the second to l-5a. 6d.—Captain M'Cc.y said that he objected to the payments on two grounds, because he was not the occupier, and, also, because he had received a letter from the War Department order- in" him not to pay it. It was then agreed that the cases should be heard separately. By a reference to the Act of Parliament, it was found, that any house or room occupied by the Militia for the purpose of keep- in stores of any kind, and all appurtenant buildings adjoining the same, were exempt from the payment of rates. In answer to a question from the Bench, Capt. M'Coy stated that in the room alluded to, he kept a quantity of books and papers for safety, and that part of the house was used by the shoemaker to make shoes for the corps, which latter he maintained was in con- sequence, an "appurtenance" in the meaning of the Act. -Mr. Clarke wished to know whether the room over the Market Hall was not the general store-room be. longing to the corps. Captain M'Coy said it was, but that the one in question was an additional one for pa. pers &c. After some further conversation, the Bunch decided that rates were not to be charged ou the house in the Church-yard.—The house in Mount-street asses- sed at .ElO 10-) but Captain M'Coy denied beiug the tenant of the same.—Mr. Clarke stated that, previous to making his rate-book up, he had called on Mr. An. kers, who was the landlord, and on asking, him he said that Captain M'Coy was the tenant of it. This was denied on the part of the defendant, who said that Dr. Churchill now was the tenant. As neither Mr. Ankers nor Mr. Churchill was present, the case was adjourned to Monday next, for them to give their evidence. STREET OBSTRUCTIONS. Evan Jones, was brought up charged with being drunk. P.O. R. Morris deposed, that on Saturday night last, about 11 o'clock he found the defendant lying down in the street, incapable of takinare of himself, being drunk. He at once proceeded to take him to the lock-up, and he was so tipsy, that they had to carry him the whole distance. Jones in his de- fence said, that he hid take a little spirits, and not being used to them, they had "moideredhim." In an- swer to the Bench, he stated further that he had been working at Whitenouse Gate, near Chirk, and was on his way home to Caergwrle, where he lived.—Mr. Morris, the Relieving Uineer, observed to the Bench,' that his wife was very badly oS, and that the defend ant bad latlely threatened to kill her with a The Chairman said that the defendant was char' with being drunk, and they should dismiss the c VAGRANCY. Mary Hughes was brought up charged Rainbow Inn. No ouc was with her at the time — Mr. King stated that the defendant was brought up aome six weeks before on a similar charge, ana that she had been ordered to leave the town. She ha 1 been escorted to Adwy'r Llawddby a policeman, on her wav to Denbigh and Rutlun, but she was back in the town almost as soon as them. A bottle had been found in her possession with poison" marked on it, which battle he believed belonged to Mr. DavL.a, the druc,o-ist.- The Bench sentenced her to Rut Iiin for one mouth and observed that further cnquu-iea should bo instituted in re_t,Ird to the bottle. THE GHESFORD MAR[HAGB C!HT1 -J" Mr. Win. Mercer, who was out on bail, appeared to answer to the charge preferred against him at the previous petty sessions (held in the private room). Mr. Bretherton, of Liverpool, appeared for the de- fendant, and Mr. Edgworth acted for the prosecutor' Mr. Davis, his father-in-law. The charge was for knowingly and wittingly steLinCr) the age of his wife to be above 21 years when she was only 19, wnich constituted, under the act a misdemeanor. Mr. Lewis, the magistrates' clerk, proposed to read over the depositions of the last hearing, but Mr. Bre- therton waived it as unnecessary. The nrst witness examined was the Rev G. Cun lilfc, who thus deposed: I am vicar of Wrexham and a surrogate of the diocese of St. Asuph (Mr Eds worth here intimated that Mr. Daviea did not mean to prosecute, and he wished to know who the prosecutor was r-The clerk said that the present prosecutor was the surrogate—Mr. Cunhtfe.) Mr. L'unhnb continued An application was made to me bv Mr. M-- -ccr for a manage liccns. on the 2och of D.c. at my l'ct'i,lence at Wrexitaiii. This was about half-past 11 o'clock' He applied to me for the license to be marred it Gr-s- ford. 1 asked him was it fur that morning, and he said it was. To my question how he came so lat he told me that lie had been directed by the clerk of Grcs- ford Church to apply to Mr. Cunlitie, as the n('art surrogate. My mistake he had gone to Sir Robert Cunline, of Acton, and it was some time before he could sea him. I then put the usual questions to hmi as to residence and age, viz., in what place he rest led and how long he had resided there, and whether he couki make oath that he had resided in the parish of Grestord during the past fifteen days. I also a,k,d him in what parish the young woman raided. at:d whether she was of full age. He told me she lived in Gresford and was 22 years of age I then put the testament into his hand and swore him to this cncct You Wm. Mercer do make oath that you are a sin"Io man thatyou be ongto the parish ofGresford, in thta county of Denbigh that you are of age-21 and u'i. wards, that you wish to be married in the parish of Grestord, to Mary Davies. You make oath that Mary Davies is a spinster; that she belongs to the pansh of Gresford in tae county of Denbigh; that she is ot aeo -21 and upwards. You further make oath that you believe there is no impediment of kindred, alliance, or of such other lawful cause, nor any suit commenced -ir any L-L-, i t o-,ziliiience(i in any ecclesiastical court to bar, or hinder the pro.. I ceediligs of the rite of matrimony according to Bueh license. And yuu further make oath that you, lVm. Mercer, have made your place of abode within thes-lid pansh of Grestord, tor the space of 1.5 days last past, so help your God. He then kissed the book and sub- scribed his name to this paper, which I also sub. scribed. Mr. Cuulift then proceeded to state fiat suspicion was excited by the Archdeacon of Gresford as to the age of the young woman, and that he ap- plied, for the certificate of birth-here he was inter. ruptedby Mr. Bretherton, who ob-j' ected to this s te. ment being received by the court. The Bench agree- in, wih hi u, be then cross-examined Mr. Cunniic, who c.aid I grant licenses all the day. He w?as ?in S mv h,)uso about 20 min.tes. I was ra?- hur c?c because there was so little time to spare Ho ? standing close by my side. I wrote d?vnt? ?Xr ticulars as he gave them to me. I asked bm e .go of the young lady. JJe did not 1s?ay ? she W?h1 me she ia?. On my oath he did not. I have a -it- feet recollection of this, although I was In 1"?' ? did not remind him it was necessary for h. guardians to be present, if she was age. It was not necessary for me t) do often come on such occasions, but uj- haps in 12 cases out of 20 it is so —Hv i' ho had answered that she was under 21 yea,. "C" cu?d not have grauted the License. I uM nn ..v' that point to him, as I did notth?.n?h- ? ¡IeeCSS:lI',Y.-O\ Mr. Bretherton: Thi. doc?nnS?? y,?——? I qaestionedhim, and also the da? Mr, W. Davies the father-ir-Iiw nf ? <- was next called who deposed a: ? t? am father of the yt)un,- lady, wife of Willitin ?1?? of the young lady, wife of William Mercer, ?hew? born on the?thof August, 1836, in Buttou?r? ?i?wn?r?????? in t. 1eter's Chureh: i that town, Lut I cnnut recollect. exactly when. I S-t???? the marrIage unti. after it S??????????? had taken plaec. By .Mr. Brethertun: I have had s children, ti ve of w horn are now li Villg, Mrs. Mercer by:¡ght. I mIght have had some conversation with bC'm the eIJe, I do not know Ir. 'lerccr, cx('cpt him slJme time ago, but don't remembcr. I never con- VCrSk?d With him of m. m?y ? da?T. ? ? ?" ???"?S I t" 0 either, nor any 0 my family. hc '? not living withmewhen' the m?rr? ???t,? ??"? ?' ? 1". relatioa ot mother's ? ?'?' ?? there for the last 12 inont for?a?n'?1? ?" ??" ? ? ? ???? 0? G?- 1 S? t?m t r? T '?" ? ?"? "P??? ?'? ??- tXhe ed? was \?? days before last Christmas-Day t'na I married Lllr. Mcrccr,-cannot say 1 recollect the day exac? tly but it was that on which the license Was grantcù. I have not got the license-but I can produce it (ihe clerk-That you should do) 10 gave it to the Archdeacon, and can obtain it of him in two hours uinc—Mr. Bi-etherton, No N.) I object to this proceeding. You can, if you like, prefer a Bill ol Indictment at the Quarter Ses6ioiis, but I object to this. Tucrc hilS becn ??" ??'s ?r the father and the .?urr\oga?te T to prepare this ch?c, and to port?t the case. I wi:õh j Lltiee-the poundof ilesh -aud ¡,ù\,i.l! ,g more. At the iastigation of the Magistrates' Ck.rk, Mr CuLnlifre asked I-oi: an adjournment of the case, m order to procure the license. Mr? Urctberton appoaed the application very w?rm. IV. The ?? ?? ??'? ? ? a very unusual thin. m? dc. e? d, ? for, although it was only a preliminary tri?l, yet, it was ouc, aud if they failed t,) prove their c-s(j