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      anything to her brother , who with his family was nearly starving . She died the other day , and on searching her house , gold , " yellow , glittering gold" turned up in odd corners . One bag had 500 sovereigns ; at the bottom of a chest were 150 sovereigns ; in a butter-pot 500 sovereigns , and in notes arid other documents more than 2000 Z .. In all 4 . 250 ? . was found in the house of the wretched old ¦

      woman , ' . , <„ . Young Mr . Keene bought a cottage in Meere , Somersetshire , and having a taste for lowers , built a wall round the ground in front , and made a pretty flower-bed in the place . Mr . Keene is a staunch Free-trader , and therefore was not liked in Meere , where the inhabitants are a simple and primitive race of the Protectionist creed . They looked with horror on Free-trade principles and Free-trade flowers , and so knocked down Mr . Keene ' s flower-garden wall . They said he encroached upon the highway . Mr . Keene went to law . The judge dedided that he had illegally encroached upon the highway , and so the Freetrade in flowers was nipped in the bud .

      A strange discovery—as strange as that of Ginevra in the old chest—was made lately , in New York . In the unloading of the ship Columbus , from Liverpool , the dead body of a soldier , with the name of "E . Russell , 33 rd JRegiment , " marked on his clothes , was found among the bales . It is supposed that the deceased secreted himself among the cargo for the purpose of desertion , and that a number of bales had been stowed away after he had hidden himself / As the hatch was secured and caulked , and the ship crowded with emigrant passengers , his cries could not be heard on deck . The body was much decomposed , and appeared to retain none of its original features .

      At Dover , the town porters claim as a right to carry every passenger ' s bag to the Custom-house , and even if the traveller perforce carries it himself , they charge him sixpence . Mr . Downing Bruce resisted this imposition on lately landing from France . The porters assaulted him , and were prevented from further outrage by the display of a life-preserver . The incident led to a trial at the Dover Petty Sessions last Monday , when the magistrates decided that the demand of the porters was illegal . The corporation , under whose authority the porters act , had to pay 51 . costs , they having , through their town clerk , defended the imposition . This is remarkable , for the people of Dover should notejfchat they are obliged to pay because the town porters are extortionate .

      A manufacturer at Leicester , a Mr . William Harris , got into difficulties , and , in consequence , was much distressed in mind . He left the town suddenly , and in a few days his brother received from him an incoherent letter , saying , ¦— - " I now feel that I have offended every friend , and also my God . What is to become of me ? For a year and a half I have thought of nothing but death . Oh ! dear brother , there is no hope of me . I cannot face my creditors . I am mad , and have been for a long time . I shall be found at Carmarthen . " Thither went the brother , and in a hotel-room found his brother in bed , the bed-clothes quite smooth , drawn up to his chin , his clenched hand leaning on his chest , his legs straight , his face very pallid—quite dead . A bottle marked " poison" was on the table ; it had contained prussic acid .

      A private soldier of the Grenadier Guards , named Lancaster , spoke disrespectfully to one of the lance corporals . Lancaster was subsequently tried by a court-martial , and was sentenced to a term of punishment which ho considered greater in proportion than the offence he had committed . He was just being removed from the court when he encountered his prosecutor , struck him a blow , and felled him to the ground . For this offence , he was farther sentenced to receive fifty lashes on . his back , and , in addition , to bo imprisoned in the House of Correction for four months . The first pr . rt of the sentenco was carried into effect on Saturday , in the mess-kitchon of the barracks , where the halberds wcro fixed , and on Lancaster being firmly tied thereto , ho received tho first forty lashes from two drummers , each giving him twenty . A third drummer was then called in , and administered tho final number . On being released , Lancaster called out as loud as he could , ' Bravo ! I have stood it like a man . "

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      Tho Weekly Railway Traflic Of This Year ...

      Tho weekly railway traflic of this year on . English railways is 51 , 503 ? . greater than that of last year . Tho amount received for seven months of this year was over 9 , 000 , 000 ? . Wux vomica is a most bitter and poisonous drug , In 1840 there wore 540 pounds of it imported into England , while last year there wcro 540 tons of it imported . What is tho cauoo of tho increase P Tho exports of Ilussin . aro 13 J millions , so that tho 62 millions of ltussians havo less trndo than tho 28 million Englishmen . Tho valuo of our exports to Russia has boon stationary for tho last ten years , and tho Russian whipping ontorcd inwards 10 , 255 in 1840 , was but 10 , 598 in 1848 . A very novel plan for a Central Railway Terminus in

      London has boon published by Mr . IIondorRon , of the famoua firm of Fox , Henderson , and Co . Tho building ' is to bo erected over tho Thames , upon a kind of island in tho air , supported by columns . Mr . Hondorson states that tho lovol of tho structuro proposed would bo such as not , i , o interfere with tho traffic on tho river niul on tho bridges , Its supports would not injuro tho views , from Whilo-hall-gardons , Northumberland * ; -house , tlio Adolphi , tho Tomplo-gardons , & e . ; and far from being opon to any reasonable objection , tho Rtrueturo erected would form an ornament ; to tho metropolis , and tho London central

      terminus station would thu » , without ; any unnecessary interference with existing property , satisfy in tho highoot degree tho great and urgont renuiromontB of tho public service . Tho station ho constructed would divide ( ho nvor into threo parts , viz . —one central portion , covered by tho railway citation , and Huppnrtod on columns ( ho arranged an to form distinct channels for traffic-, without offering any serious impediment to tho piiHsago of barges and small omit ) ; and two amplo waterways , one on each fiido of tho river , for tho pnaeago of the Btoamors , without interfering with tho lie-C'omnaodution , lor pusuengoru at tho vftrious piors und jetties .

      Notices To Correspondents. A Tiw-Piate-W...

      NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . A Tiw-piate-woekbe ' s remarks on " State and Church Morality , " will receive constant illustration at our hands . Qp-aESXOB . —The position taken is useful , but is not pointedly enough put . , J . B . H . ( Birkenhead ) . — We are unable to satisfy the inquiries of our correspondent . _ A LiGECT-DsAOboir . — ^ ke shall not lose sight of the eubject of your letter ; ' '

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      There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...

      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to . keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Abnolb . '

      America Versus Russia. We Appear To Be O...

      AMERICA VERSUS RUSSIA . We appear to be on the verge of a war with Russia . There is in Europe a large portion of Governments half inclined to trim , and certainly to side with the victorious state . England has recentlysuffered her show of influence and strength to decline in Europe ; Russia is the power that has gained a signal victory the most recently . In determining the part taken by the waverers , the degree of strength , resolution , and effective alliance likely to be possessed by either side will be a grand consideration . In Austria it has been remarked that the only power which has shown vigour In the East is the United States . Russia has employed the time allowed by the Allied Powers forpacific negotiations , in measures to strengthen her position and increase the start which she has been permitted to take ; her arrogant pretensions have outrun the indulgence even of her fastest friends in this country ; and the influential paper which has most conspicuously furthered Russian interests , has felt itself compelled by national feeling to point out the impolicy of permitting further time to the arch enemy of Europe .

      It is under these circumstances that we are astounded to perceive in the columns of the Times a studied attack on the President , the people , and the institutions of the United States . The occasion is the opening of the Crystal Palace in New York . We take a few specimens in order to show that we do not put any forced construction when we describe the article as offensive ; our abridgement of the whole being only made to save space .

      "In tho first place , the smartest nation in the world has failed in tho prime condition of success—it has riot kept time . Having prudently postponed tho Exhibition from 1852 to 1853 , it h » s been obliged , after all , to defer the opening from May 1 to July 15 , and , meanwhile , had acquired bo much credit for procrastination that tho opening at last has really taken people by surpr ise . ' It will bo impossible to complete the whole work , ' wo aro told , ' including tho machinery department , in less than three or four weeks . ' In fact , tho additional structure required for it will not be finished till then . England has kept time , ns usual , having sent Lord Ellesmore in a frigate so early as to give his Lordship rather too much time , for , as often happens

      when people have time to spare , bo only nrrived from Quebec on tho day of the opening , and had caught a fit of his old enemy , tho gout , which , after all , provented his being present at tho ceremony . Perhaps , like the rest of the world , ho thought tlio conductors of the affair had been crying ' Wolf bo often that the Exhibition would novcr open . Tho national vessel of Franco is still ' oh'hcr way , and that of Holland , wo aro told encouragingly , will almost immediately follow . So far , all is behindhand , and tlio Npcakors on tho occasion make it up with promises As for the proceedings of tho day , wo can only say that Roynl pageants are much more punctual , convenient , and creditablo than Republican : and that Queen Victoria understands her

      business , and does it with much less fuss , and much more to the satisfaction of tho public , than ' Mr . Pierce . ' Her Miyosty , uh everybody known , entered our Crystal Palace punctually nn tho clock struck , after bowing without inienniHuion to half a million of her loyal «

      ubjects filling the two parks . She then stood about an hour , and passed through various ceremonies and mad e numerous recognitions . She then walked in procession through all the principal gangways of the building —being almost exactly a mile , and then returned home . with much the same ceremony . Had OHer Majesty not appeared for three-quarters of an hotrr after time her subjects would iave thought something

      seriously amiss . " Mr . Pierce had made bis own punctuality dependent on that of a train from Washington He entered * worn down with fatigue / and had f to take a chair and enjoy a few moments' rest ; ' though why he should be in this state after a railway journ ey we cannot divine . After a speech , which might have taken two minutes , and the substance of which was far from exhaustive of the matter or the man , Mr . Pierce had then to encounter some real hard work . It was

      stated some months since that the worthy President was literally chased from city to city by a detei ' mined body of ten thousand place hunters , who followed him in full cry the instant he showed in public . It would appear that the unsatisfied portion of the pack took tickets for the opening , for the instant Mr . Pierce had closed his speech a rush was made for the platform , all anxious to take the opportunity to shake him by the hand . Those near him in vain entreated the crowd to

      desist from pressing upon him , and it was for some time feared that in the immense throng he might sustain bodily injury . After great exertion , however , he was rescued from his friends without sustaining any harm , but excessively fatigued by the zealous attentions bestowed upon him . He was carried to Astor-house , where ' he sought the repose necessary for his health / as he was evidently labouring under severe physical debility . . .... We cannot help asking , why twenty millions of the cleverest people in the world cannot choose a President at least sound in wind and limb , able to travel from Washington to New York without knocking up , and able , also , to make a better speech than an average common councilman in this city . "

      There is something ludicrous in the care with which even the short-comings of foreign nations are pressed into service , for the purpose of getting up a show of disparagement against the Americans . But the writer appears to be in ignorance of some facts that destroy the force of his diatribe . In the first place , " the nation " had not staked its repute ; for the Crystal Palace at New York is a private and not a national speculation , although it may be said to have national approbation , sympathy , and patronage .

      The cut at the Americans for unpunctuality falls on a callous place—the Americans will own their fault—nay , they proclaim that it is their vice to be never m time , because their impatience makes them antedate practicabilities . Lord Ellesmere ' s punctuality is a joke , when he was absent ; and if Prance is behind her time in crossing the Atlantic , do we forget that she was so in crossing the Pas de Calais , to meet Queen Victoria in Hyde ParkP But at once the most offensive and the most unfounded attack is that on " Mr .

      Pierce / ' It is presumed that the man elected by an enormous body of free citizens can bo surrounded only by " place-hunters "— yes , that is tho word ; and the thousands of independent patriots who were there , and at whom the word is levelled , will not readily forget it . Was it intended to alienate them from England ? The man who commenced his Presidential career with tho most masterly rSsume' of public policy , heard for many a day , is tho object of a sneer for a plain and unpretending speech . Queen Victoria is hold up with flattery for her physical vigour , in contrast with the man who volunteered to shoulder a brown musket in tho cause of his

      country , and who returned , after a brilliant campaign , as a general , to receive the thanks of Congress , for his share in a great conquest . And tho citizens aro taunted for not choosing a President " sound in wind and limb" — meaning thai / man ! The man , too , whoso energetic foreign policy is making his countrymen feol the protecting power of the star-girt caglo , is compelling even Austria to acknowledge the power of the United States in Europe , and is redoubling tho anxiety of truo Englishmen to retain tho alliance of that powerful young republic , tho real unfaltering champion of / reedom .

      Two days later , tlio Times makoe some amends by a paper , acknowledging the ability , decision , and practical euro of tho American Government , in issuing tho instructions to its consuls abroad , to inculcate republican plainness of costume , diligenco , and proper attention to tho claims of Americans , whether for employment at the Consulate in proforenco to foreigners , or for

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 6, 1853, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06081853/page/12/