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ENGLISH GLEANINGS.
The late Sir Henry Halford told a
friend, only a few days before his death, that
he had effected more cures by sending patients
to inhale the healthy breezes of the Downs at
Brighton, than by any other means whatever.
Letters from Paris state positively
that the Emperor of Russia and the King of
the French will respectively, but not at the
same time, visit London this summer. Against
" positive" assurances nothing can, of course,
be said : we shall, however, be much surprised
if they do.— Times.
Great excitement has been produced
in Philadelphia, in consequence of an attempt
on the part of the Catholics, to prevent the in-
troduction of the Bible into the public schools.
— New York Weekly Herald.
An attempt is shortly to be made in
the House of Commons to gain the sanction
of that assembly to the practical renewal of the
Convocation of the Clergy of the Church of
England, with a view to the obtaining of its
advice and assistance in legislating upon eccle-
siastical matters — Morning Post.
His Majesty the King of Hanover is
expected to arrive at his apartments in St.
James's Palace, the third week in the ensuing
month from Germany, being the King's se-
cond visit to this country since his accession.
A project is spoken of to lay down
a wooden tramway on one-half of the turn-
pike road from London to Bristol, to run
steam-carriages on.
Guano has been found at Flambo-
rough Cliffs. It has been deposited in the
recesses of the rocks by the birds, and is seve-
ral feet deep. Great quantities are said to have
been got up and used last autumn by the
neighbouring farmers.
Mr Justice Erskine, at the Salisbury
Assizes, when sentencing a gentleman to six
months' hard labour, for a crime committed
through strong drink, declared that ninety-
nine out of every hundred criminal cases were
from the same causes. Judge Coleridge, at
the Oxford Assizes, said he never knew a
case brought before him which was not directly
or indirectly connected with intoxicating
liquors. Judge Patteson, at the Norwich As-
sizes, said in the Grand Jury, " If it were not
for this drinking, you and I should have little
to do."
We regret to learn that the Church
of St. Paul, Western Canada, was accidentally
destroyed by fire on the 21st February (Ash
Wednesday) This edifice, which was raised
entirely by the contributions of the congrega-
tion, principally the former residents of Eng-
land and Ireland, cost £1600. By the present
deplorable occurrence, they are deprived of a
place of public worship. In the hour of their
distress, they made an appeal to their fellow-
churchmen at home, in order that they may
be enabled to rebuild their sacred edifice. We
trust that their appeal will not be made in
vain.
That portion of the Indian-rubber
pavement which has been laid down in the fore-
court of the Admiralty, at Whitehall, has been
tested in a most extraordinary manner,— three
heavily loaded coal waggons, each carrying
seven tons, were driven over it, when the
pavement became considerably depressed, but
from the elasticity of its nature immediately
resumed its proper appearance as soon at the
wheels had passed.
A Gloucester paper says that a Mr
Lundie has been fortunate enough to obtain a
very congenial patient at Cheltenham. Du-
ring the lecture, a " young female patient,
while in the mysterious trance, warbled some
Iove ditties with much sweetness and senti-
mentality, stroked the lecturer under the chin,
and called him her ' deary,' descended from
the platform, and embraced a modest young
gentleman who was sitting there."
The Baron de Bonde led to the al-
tar, at the British Embassy, Paris, Lady Au-
gusta Margaret Fitzclarence, youngest daugh-
ter of the late Earl of Munster, and sister of
the present Earl.
A case of breach of promise of mar-
riage was tried at Bury St. Edmunds, which
excited much amusement. The plaintiff Col-
lins is a respectable young woman, residing at
Stowmarket, in that county. The defendant
Finlinson is a grocer, living in High Holborn.
Last year the plaintiff was upper-housemaid in
the services of a tea dealer in the borough, and
the defendant was "seventh shopman," as the
witness expressed it, in the tea establishment.
The " pretty housemaid," in due time, gained
the affections (or what appeared to be such
of the shopman seven times removed, and in
the early part of last summer a contract of
marriage was entered into between them. After
this treaty was completed, the defendant was
most anxious for its fulfilment, and advised the
lady to " cut the borough," and go and settle
matters in the country, while he quitted the
Tooley-street concern, and looked out for one
for himself. She thereupon gave her mistress
notice that she was about to quit and to " bet-
ter" herseIf, and bade adieu to her swain at the
office of the coach which conveyed her from
his admiring eyes, and carried her to her friends
at Stowmarket. In the meantime their inter-
course continued by means of letters, expres-
sed on the loveer's part, with all the ardour of a
Romeo. One of them may be given as a model
of the amorous style:— " August 22nd, 1843.
My dear Hannah—You will no doubt be very
anxious to hear of my success in business. I
think I told you in my last that I should open
on Saturday, the 12th, but I was disappointed,
and could out got open till the 14th. which, 1
am happy to say, gave me entire satisfaction on
the lir.t day, likewise all the week. Bui on
Saturday last, if you lied seen me you would
have thmight me mad with anxie.y (and other
things) from six till a quarter past twelve. The
shop was crowded, and kept fnui of us work
iDg as hard as tier could possibly he. I was
at the head of the cou.itcr ill the time!— Oh.
my de r H*no ih 1 since I last saw you I luVj
been persuaded to give the correspondence up,
ond keep company with another, but what did
I reply f ' I would give up all I possess, and,
if required, rather lay down my lilo than com
mit such a bas>? act.' They rosy introduce
into my company the wealthiest woman living,
a-id ill. u^h ] ciu'd gun her affiecioon, it woul i
be in vain—yes, and labour lust. Could you
but lie with me to reconcile me after I leave
the shop at night! I am uttetly lost! 1 goe?
into tlie parlour and tit* about half an hour,
and then retiies to my bed with my mind filled
with—butinets, and contrive* all I can to have
you with me as encm at pu.^ible, Oh '. way
God|iranl mo that blessing to he with one whom
I love mora And mure.—Sinre I have entered
into business, 1 have worked hard, anil as for
victuals, I cannot manage them scarcely. Oh I
my dear, I often think if you wcro to deceive
no in any way, I could not, it would bn hn
possiblo fur me to forget. But still I would
forgive you (though it would break my boppi
dcss in this woild), and shuuld say, fondly,
1 False one, I love thee still!"— Remember roe
kindly to all. I must now close, as 1 wjnt j
some sugar chopped before Mr Taylor comes
in, as l am going out for orders. Farewell !
From yours for ever, J. Finlinson. The de-
fendant soon afterwards took to wife one Miss
Sinclair, leaving the forsaken one to mourn
her loss. The jury found a verdict tor £50.
At Bury St. Edmunds, Robert and
James Barber and George Nunn were indicated
for assaulting Robert Bonnett, on the Queen's
highway, and stealing from his person sixpence
and some halfpence. The prosecutor is a car-
rier plxing between London anil Margrave and
i.v the'uhjhl or Aluiihy "lie 2l*t of November
last, liv wjs. witii his brother, reluming to
H.rgiave willi his waggon, which was ftmll ?.t
guoils. It was a line siarli^lit liiglit. and his
brother (Olihlkk Hwiihett) >m walking ISO
jants in advan c nf the waggon. Suddenly
(lie three piisonprs viilh whijo shirts ovrr llicir
difsfes, lu.licd from ilnir lulling place to
: wsr.ls Charles Uonnett, anil Boborl Barber in-
I stamlv Veil. J liim to the ground by a blowwMj
j hi* lilmlgei n> inflicliug 4 severe wourd on hit
luail, frum wliiih Hio blond flowid in gnat
quaiitiiy Kubeit JJarlicr and annllier of tlio
rnliherii then left Mm in <)u' custody aud \iower
«if the prisoner Nuim, nlillsl they wt-nt to at
laik ilic |>ro?«t'Uti.r, U.bcit lU.iiimlt, who was
now ap| reaching ihem with his wapgon. Ono
?f the men knocked him uff his wa^Knti hy a
lilow fru«> a gun, and liaviug tohltil him they
(rave him s tiartii'gkick, slid joined ihetf oomi
panioD Nunn, who ditriii? tho lran>ac<i?n had
krjit ovrr Charles IJoniiell, and the three
uieti (hin ran otf. Whilst Rohei t Uar'icr ?hd
(lie thinl man were robbing the |>ro«?c!H?r, \n?
brothiT was stu.ljing the face of his captor, in
whom ho recognised (he jrisonfr Nuno, but in
older lo ruake quite ccrtaU that lie was tho
tnan, C!iar:is r>.,mii-tt dipped his hand in his
■'wn blood, and smeared various po1 ti('tis of
(he dress of the man w/w ?f.iorf over him, aud
he nlso rested his 0 ceding head on the ?nan's
thigh. As soon . s the robbers had left them,
the Hmmeits got assistatxe and |.rooectl«d to
Nunn'B collage, where thty were refuied ad
! mittaiics. They broke open the door, and en?
tered Thcj found the piijoncr up and partly
ilrcssei!, and en ll'.c shirt with which he had
disenisoil I is pers.-n, and aho on his lirccehes,
they found li c maiks "f ficth blood, beiiu; tbo
stains which the presence of mind of Charles
Bonnett had suggested his making. The other
men were afterwards apprehended. An alibi
was attempted to be proved, but they were
found Guilty and sentenced to transportation
for life.
A sailor coming from Liverpool to
Preston, who has been with a vessel for guano,
states it to be a most lucrative speculation.
He said that the vessel was ten weeks on its
passage to Africa, nine weeks returning, and
seven lading— altogether a few weeks over
half a-year. The article itself, he states, cost
not a farthing. The vessel carried 500 tons,
which, at £8 per ton, would make £4,000.
The expense, he thought, would not exceed
£500 but if we call them £1,000, the im-
portation of guano is not a bad speculation.—
Lancaster Guardian.
We understand that amongst nume-
rous other bequests the will of the late Thomas
Palmer Acland, Esq., contains the following
charitable donations to be paid free of all
legacy duty and charges:— North Devon In-
firmary, BarnsUple, £400; North Devon
Dh'nisary, £400, the Blue Ccat School,
HarnHaplo, .£3OO ; Bell's School, Barnstaple,
.€•200; Ey« Infirmary, Kxcter. «fc'IOO; St.
George's Hospital. London, £100; Wislmin
t-ter Hospital, £100 ; Lunatic Asj'lhui, KxoUr,
A' 100 ; to Trustee?, to he invested, and interest
in be applied in purchasing Bibles, TVslamci.ts.
and Common Prsycr-boi ks, to be distribute,
from year to year to the poor of D'voiulure,
wii'.i preference iv favour of parishes wheiein
ihu testator had any properly, £1,000; liic
tor and Clmrcliwardouo of HigliDiay. in uc in
vested, and interest to be dUtribulL-d tv the
poor at Christmas £200; Ueetor and Church?
wantons of Bamstaple, ditto. £100.
The great annual meeting of the
Royal Agricultural Society of England, which
has been fined to take place at Southampton,
in July next, is expected to be tho most im
pi>nant iv all respects to any previ.,u< eihiui
t:on. The Council have already received ap
plications from various parts of ttio kingdom
with a view to scouring the Society's visit fur
the following year. The choice lies between
Chester and Shrewsbury ; but it is expected
that the show will take place at Chester, which
is considered the more suitable, because of its
superior facilities of railway communication.
It is usual in such cases to contribute towards
the expenses of the Society by means of a local
subscription, and in this particular, Chester
has not been deficient in liberality, upwards of
£1,000 have been already guaranteed by the
noblemen and gentry of Chester and North
Wales.
The case of Dr. Kalley, a Scotch phy-
sician, who was illegally imprisoned at Ma-
deira, on a charge of " blasphemy and heresy,"
and " abetting apostacy and heresy," has been
tried at Lisbon and Funchal. On the 24th of
February, the Judge Conservator at the latter
place passed the following sentence.— ''Sup-
posing the British subject, Dr Kalley, to have
disturbed the public order of this island by
preaching doctrines opposed to its religion, as
is sworn by the witnesses ; and, considering
this preaching an abuse which degenerates its
crime; nevertheless, the said Dr Kelley, as a
Protestant, which he is, is not punishable, see-
ing that there does not exist a law to punish
in the person of the accused the act charged.
I, therefore, declare the accusation given
against the said Dr Kalley, irrevalent, and
order him to be held clear of guilt." Baffled
on the religious question, Dr Kalley's prosecu-
tors we understand, are going to institute pro-
ceedings against him as a disturber of the
public peace. On the other hand, Dr Kalley,
at the suggestion of Lord Aberdeen, is about
to petition the Government at Lisbon, for
compensation for the loss of his professional
income during his illegal imprisonment.
At Liverpool, in the case Squires
v. Molyneux, the plaintiff sought damages
against the defendant for the seduction of her
daughter. It appears that the defendant is a
widow ; and the defendant at the time of the
occurrence was one of the firm of —— and
Co., silk manufacturers, at or in the vicinity of
Preston. About Christmas, 1841, the young
woman went to work in the silk mill of the
defendant. Soon after he began to take
notice of her, and shortly after, formally paid
his address to her. She declined them at
first, telling him that she thought the disparity
in their situations in life was such that he
would not seriously think of her as a wife. He,
however protested that he had no other inlen*
• ion Some letters «hich were road showed
that ihe K irt had re.isled his addresses, and in
a slvle of very ardent affection he repeated hi?
-v w's, and entreated her not to refuse him.
She at length agreed to accept his addresses.
Xl,; s c inueil for ahont a year and a half,
when he overcame her chastity. About a
fortnight after tho late lVobti.n guild he was
. ne evening walking with her. wheu ? woman
dn'ssed in liWk came up to him, ami address
ing him, snid, " What are you doing here ?''
upon which he left the plaintiffs daughter, and
walked dwhy with the other woman. Thii 10l
the Ctrl to enquire sbnut him, and it turned
out that (ha woman in blnck was his uifn, lo
«horn he had been married some years. In
tlic spring of the following year a child ■■••
born ; but, from the time of his detection his
visits had been discontinued. His Lordship
in summing up, remarked upon the impro-
priety of defendant. The Jury returned a
verdict for plaintiff.— Damages £40.
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