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      H w A - ^ SBBfl ^ S ^^^^^^^^^ BSMH ^^ MMnWWMMMMnMfMMPMHHBPHMMPMHnHMtt ? M 4 ^ h f ^^ JfipKlB « imoBt useless to attempt to e © n = r « y to - fa * iliiaNlWlN *^* ^ any correct eonoeption of : IS / Sa ° B * WN& Mpigtt * appearance of this-plttce . fte i , jT ^ gl ^ pP ''" tti n iTtftm n trirminr « " ( jiMtirtrr o ^ 8 « . Giles's Y ^ WPliW ^ r <»«**» * *»<** *«** swept awayy J ^ : /—^*^ foiro » c > me coiiceptioa <> fth » locality . Caft--l ^ T-frr- ^ oww Txae latterly borne to Melbourne pretty near tfcue a&me r ^ atKHB-. But even then there are pottto ^ telafclbae , incapaSbte &t description h . « re , that I ^ Kra- fto Mastrl&a& yhral fax behind in / the race . It i » W sma&tojrn of tenta , situate upon the declivity o&a ti ^ ltf ; hfll , in dry weather piled over with dust , aai Sa wet embedded , ia mud . in many-of these canvas 4 w « Hiogs , -with only on * room , their roost , ahsSfe'Wete , axetwt ) ov three ^ euniliea , both sexes being bwldiieitit peomiseuTmsLy together . It has its own BtOJe ^ it ^ € ating > hon « e « i , and its boardiag-houses , eae& ^ s ^ iting ' a kiiti of noble emulation a&tothe amount o ^ Bq ^ or with which they shonld be enabled -ta 4 tagw * the ^ pas « er-by . In the morning may be £ &m fcefoite the various tents clustering swarms of 3 utf- < &es 9 «< 3 women and children busy co 9 kiDg > theu ? l * Kftk&it at their so&aJLl stoves ; while around them are-gathered all the accompanying featoares that aMBctestii ^^ oveJB of an Irish' i $ I * ge . But Dhe worst 4 &Kb 0 m < 3 t tb& locality is , that it ha » long been * be ysrfJX ^ tt iskg- ^ pilaLce fcfxthe hateMag of raven of the 4 rtifee © f Skfelbburnei Every second tent almost was - ^ i ^ f'g » eg * 8 hop , where U » Towgh . inhabitant * went ifoitfjffittfrtfofrly ? 9 ** v » W' 0 % >' S ^* M' > - ' - * tt ^ yfaff H py : criminal ' ; pl » j * sfe 8 * matOEPed tiere . Whence used' to emanate - tbotbrogBt prowlers , whose * tade it ^ w » to stop sad " Totefth&w&rJ ^ rfquietly returning to bis hotne at a £ g ! & lii £ afe * ^ yii * h ^^ n siand ^ is to be nremcnred by the 1 st of April ' , aad'i niiiqe ^ the owiieitt ^ off their > ~ &&te £ neQnseqtience of a sotic © from iifefc ^ Govern- ¦ ra » ttt ;* o . tll « fr «« bct . It is true = that there have beea a 2 * i ^ d «» 12 i ^ aJ ; js ^ ita ^' - «!«^ Bc * r iMte business * and a feTr tmfca ^ ui-. ttmM ^ ao ^ id ^^^ veiai ^ iex © - 'fi * r shelteri ^ But /^ with the iacteftsing » ecoianodatioa that the colony now oj&n ^ tte necessity ¦ & * the existence of such a ^ place bmbbeujmtt&Ay flirept away , 3 ? or some time past htnimmixave becom&plehtiM , and thos& who were : forced-b& months ? Biace to fix their residence in this * wneetcbMi gpot ~ tbe centre ef loathsome scenes and the lunatiof vile choracters ^ ioay now secure a comfortable lodgings vat * comparatively reasonable rate . —^ ffl&bovrtte ^ Argusi

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      THE AMERICANS AT THE FALKIiAIirD ISLANDS . Tm Fete York Herald conia . ina itoe following letter from a correspondent at the Falkland Islands , re-Bpdet&g'the recent collision Between the authorities cfrfbeimlmxd andan American ^ whaling captain ••;—^*^ Qn ' tibB 2 nd we arrived , and learned that th «; bng-of > war ! Expres » h < ul sailed for New Island ' , to capture the ( American ) ship . On the 3 rd the American schooner Washington , a teaaer to Ihe whaler , came ia in charge of an English lieutenant aad . six men , and was at once boarded asd ( brought t » anchor usder our gans ^ -the lieutenant , to a . void the- dis ^ agreeable necessity of saying that he surrendered , falBeijr Bta ^ mgitbat he was not in charge , but merely put on board , to . aee the vessel io—a . despicable equivocatuuK Oa the afl ^ ycnooa of the same day thebrig arrived , hawing in . company the wbate-ship Hudson , Captain Cliff , which snip was also ia charge of an English lieutenant . The ship not being able to ; enter Ihe inner harbour , was anchored outside , and oa discovering the pendant of a ship of war tfce lieutenant landed an- the nearest beach , leaving on board only a constable Bering a warrant for the arrest of Captain Cliff . Wb at oncesonfc on board , restored tho captain to liis command , and kacat the facts of the case . Nearly a year since Captain Cliff killed , some wild hogs on an uninhabited island , vhich hogs lad been p laced there bj himself and others whaling in that neighbourhood , tba * they might breed . Several months subsequent to this the Governor and Council passed an ax ) t imposing a fine of 20 L sterling upon any person who should kill any cattle upon any ot these islands *—an act which could uot extend to these hogs , first , because jjthey did not belong to the Falkland Island Company , for whose protection the act was passed , und , secondly ^ that it was ex poat facto . The desertion of a boat ' s crew brought the knowledge of the killing to the Governor , and a writ was issued on the oath of these deserters for the arrest of Captain Cliff . Armed with this , and accompaoi « d by a constable to serve the writ , the Expr « as sailed for New Island , where tho Hudson was lying moored , with sails unbent , and seized , not the captain , for whom they had a warrant , but the ship and schooner , made prisonors of the crews , and took possession of the ship's papers . Captain Cliff offered to proceed to Stanley in the scnooner or in tho man-of-var , and entreated the commander of the express not to break up his voyago by removing the ship frcm her present Beoura snahorage . I > eaf to till representations , he merely stated that his orders were to lu-ing the ship and echoouor , and ord « red the mate of the uliip , Mr . Leoda , to bend sails and prepare tho ship for sea , under the threat of putting him in irons if he refused—a most atrocious violation of personal liberty , for which Captain I 3 oy « and other officers of licr . Britannic Majesty's bug Express deserve to be branded ns pirates , lully determined not to interfere- ia any way with the judicial authority , Captain Cliff appeared before the magistrate , and waa fined & 8 QL aLerlinp ; upon tho charge of killing twenty-two lioga in August lust . No evidence was Offcrtd by tho prosecution other than die dopouitions of tho

      ! d « g « rt « i * t > ef < M » named . The captain offered to prove by his ; log that at the time naiafii he was on tiae coast or Patagonia ; but this petty despot , a Mr . Montague , refused to riear the defendant , either by hiniself or eonasel , tons conaoutting tuoder colour of the law a 4 ^ ect . ix > bb « rey and affordkig us an opportunity of seeing a specimen of Eogliah josticc . The fine' was : subsequently oedoced toi 27 , t Au the papers ia this ease will be forwarded ti ) ; the GowenunBot , that it may denmnd Batbfaetipn for * th « indignity to oar flag , aad compensation for breaking up fee ship ' s voyagfc " If all this be true , i * will he necessary : to give the authorities at the Piclklaaid . Islands some correct notions as to how they should employ British poweiu

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      IIOW TO " TAKE IN" THE ENGLISH . An illustration of the best , tho infallible mode of deluding our countrymen arid countrywomen is furnished by an occurrence at Bury . "We take tho story as we find it from the Morning Chronicle ; it seems to be authentic : — It appears that Mrs . Edmund Grundy , of Bridge-hall , being in want of n cook , waa app ] i « d to by a woman , apparently about fifty years of age , who so fur auccaeded , by nor plausible manners and conversation , in ingratiating herself in the lady ' s favour , that she was engaged without having given any references for her character ; and it seems thatulio knew no well how to improve the advantage oho IInd gained , that Mr » . Grundy placed tho most implicit confidence in her . In a fow days oho began to drop hints that she had not always filled a menial situation ; and , having fully prepared Mrn . Grundy ' s miud for a full disolosuce , sbe announced that she wus the lion . Mm . Scott Gordon ; and tJiut , although

      at that time dest } tafc » of meei » , erf » ew * 8 . heiress to very considerable estates , wMct she very arjpnjriatery located in Ayr > flaw , as vfcJlaBfoSQawfwefeefcy m Torfe « ip » , wd * wiith on the- deatk oi * relative ^ sh ^ ahonld danfafatxf&y ia her own right , tha titto of Lady ^ ordoa . 4 b . 4 ba oompl et ^ ittccaeded in uapo » 33 g » U th « ae cwrveHotut * # t »« ww » nts hmq Mrs . Gcuody for tratti , dto w » t < w » t ^ aweferrei froin the kitchen to the drawjBg- < r'Win a » carnjanicm to Mj ® . Gxoaiy , until £ be > should come into , possession , pf hecr property ^ wKioh , sle said * , might be vwj shortly esr ieccecL . In a fe-w * ays more sEe be ^ in to say that her relatives had" behaved so ill to-iear fliat ^ e Wjotthfirot leave Ber property to them : and tha * on account of t&eMndness and consideration witra which she : had been treated b y Mrs . Grundy and her family they should ; profit b y it . Shorfy after making thk ^ communication , she- stated 4 hat she : had ge ^ caivei a letter aeaooneing hba dea * h o £ tba jsHati&aryifcfr held theAyrsbJre estates , aij 4 feer mn ^^ aaoces ^ op . therefor at the same time repeating Jier pcomisfts as , tp its- fobux * dispcaal and ur ^ jig , that as the Gxmd $ family , woiiji thus become conoeated witn iihe Goxdoj ^ ft , ami as eb . e pajrticula . rly wished tlcm to accomyajiy her ^ rito . Ayrshire wisa she went to takes possession oi' her estafces it was dfesirable that they , as well as herself , shotdLU' go into moarniing . IFhis was done forthwith , and the- 'ftrtBuVwerebualy prepftriag for -thefe-rjsit , whicb'wae fixed } ^ kr take 1 place la at few iays ^ . when the jlau wa « - iaterfeted w 3 tbi by tine arjeivai of aawther letteic , ccnunanicatLatg the important feet ( that tb » poseesB ^ r . ctf the > Yorftajwue igffo |> eriy .,, iigaKCflmb F « kj wa » deacL and , that f&a was cooseqnentily .-the owner : of tbafc estate ^ as ; w , all « s the title of . Lady iGocdcob She aofasa * - aueojly . praposeS that ,, instead , of agoing , to Ayrshine , Hbpy sco ^ xld all go to ^ ewcomb Park , whTca was ajgreed ujoni and ^ ie diay feted ! for 3 iBnicr % re was one on whieh Mr . and Mrs . Grtmdy hacl -to he-present-at swedtBta ^ at Bow d onj to Wfii ^ , er ^ ourse , I » ady © wBbn ^ waa respeetzfuDy invnbea ,. and saV oondesoea < Kngl | p promised to graoeiitiwim ' her pre ^ - semte . ln < the nnarnin ^ of the day &iqae 8 tiisi they ; aHcameto ; Mancheaier | - hstt i . auteaiji of puoceectioff ftrHSn Mr . andt fifrs ^ € rcittidy to ^« w 4 « nk hfic ladjgsbi ^ sa ^« % reecftlefttei I that . ahfliad aooie itngojftanfebBsiness t ^ ^ , transact at Maudieater ^^ wni ^ wiiflld ^ eVittit ieri » na , aiteftdine the wedding ^ but arrange ^ £ & 8 ti 0 h would ifoeet jSor fifenjfe , at a cextanx honr in the kfternoori , fiu wk pjorfjase of proceeiing . to J ? Wcohtb par ^ . M the time appointed Ufr ' .. ana Jfwi GhrnndV proeeecfeff' ty the ; -place "agneett upon ; btrty > thew ;; instead" efr 5 i a * f € torS ) ti > , iiheyfttittdA note waiting : their arrivaa v Bta&ig tlttrt « Ii »^ d ^ rtceiwi' * l « legraphio-: messaga , aninona&foir < the > danseroas ^ hess « f s ^ near lebrtive at Nawcamb Pco ^ e , « nd , «« Gaitttly reqtwsting her presence ' there - that she aa , i « ns < wweotl y gons ^ off immediately , and : she requested t-Twpx jto . ' follpiw her QjtlJiB . ajext day . Tiiey . consequently retEU ^ e ^ L to Bcrj , j pdlibuad u her ladyship ^ 'had' arrived there ducing t ^ ejr abasnoe , and , in great haate ^ had packed up and csarrfeS ; dff all' her etptileSj . As . this , japjreared' -to- ' be explaiiied' b ^ "tB ' e facts' 'mentwnied In the note hroioli they 'ba < 3 reGcivetl aft' MancTnesteft " , n did not inspire ' : an . f suspicions ka the > niuid ; S ' of life , anfl Mrs . Grunfly , wH * set out . tot Newcomb Park , notoaly without any misgivrngs , 'but without anjs very clear notion whore that phee wa& j ifcoated . From some v * m « r impression that it was aot fiur from Leeds , they proceeded io that town ; but nobody could give them any precise information on the subject . At length somebody- believed there was a- place of that name not far from Halifax .. To Halifax they consequently proceeded , but found that the requisite topographical knowledge was just as scarce there as at X < eeds : Some more vague information flea * then * from : Halifax to Huddecsfield and iBxadford ^ acid , we believe ; to some other Yloxkabire towns 7 but wheeetysr they , went , Newcomb Eaok appeaced , to fljr before them , and they returned horns tnoEOugb . lyiftd . ed and , disagpo ^ ted , bafc not eutiroly . diflafcuaed of their confidence in Lady Gordon ^ , for , on reaching home , and finding a letter from her , dated Newcomb Park ^ and announcing that she had broken a Hood-vessel , and was dangerously ill , they sent a medical man to-attend her , who ,, after another wild-goose chaise in search of' that mysterious locality , returned thoroughly- convinced of its non-esifitence . The game was aow fairly uj ; it was "but too dear that Lady Gordon was » u . arrant impostor ; and the Grundy family were compelled moat rahictautry to abandon all hope of succoeding ^ to the possession of Newcoml Park and the larga estate in Ayrshire . From some information recently received , the true name of this very clevei' inopoatoc was ascertained to be Phceba Ann Hewitt ; and ber wherealbout being discovered , she was apprehended at Tiverton on Monday last , on a charge of having obtained money bj fraudulent misrepresentations . She was taken : before the magistrates , at Bury , on Tuesdaybat Mr . Grun « iy declined to press the case ^ gainst her , and she was discharged and sent out of the town in a cab on her way to Liverpool by railway- At Tiverton she was in lodgings , having introduced herself there , with a woman , acting as a servant , as a Luly going out to Turkey . She is the same woman who , some yeaca ago , imposed upon the public by a false tale respecting Lord lie-ward .

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      THE LOSS OF THE WINCHESTER . The Winchester was axi emigrant ship belonging to Boston , bound with emigrants from Liverpool . While on her way sho met with a hurricane , and her naasta went overboard , sprung leaks , and became unmanageable , Fortuno-lfcly several ships passed her ,. iLnd took off detachments of her living cargo . The lsist detachment was rescued by Captain Fitch , of ! the Americia . il steamer Washington , under these circumstances , as described by Professor liackot , anaof the ]) as 8 ei * gcrs of th-c Washington : — " On the morning of the 2 nd of JMay , whil « under a furious gal « e , tho sea . rolling mountains high , thepassengers of the Washington iwere called on deck . by the intelligence of a dismauted vessel drifting ia tlie direction of the steamer . About 10 a . m . w <* were near enough to « nable Captain Ifitch to hail

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      ^ DOINGS AT FROME . An unusual scene has t > een enacted at F xorne—the parish of the Reverend Mr . Bennett ^ late of Knigb ± » - bridge . A lafeouritog saan , Baaaed ZMajmoek , was Lawfully married' to Elizabeth Pinanomear aX an lodepenjdent ehapel , regieteised for i&& aolenmizaitioni of marriages under the act of WiUiaaai IV . A person , described , in the local press as ' * Madame Green , a Sfeter of Mercy , ~ affcerwarofe went to the wifej aiwi rejoreseoted > tfeat such a marriage waa insiiflksienfc ana imjXQper ^ &a& persusdieel her to 4 » & mawiad agaia at the chucchv Mr . Bcnw&tt's emirate aceocdaaigly are > - married th * parties . Xir appears thst ia the < duurch : liook © imnaockis described ae Daairryisg " Eliassibeth Bitaraocic , formetiy Ptattmater f * be eolamo usually flUed up " bachelor and ay / xmt&t ^ may hare been thought rather puzzling , for no uttempt is made to deserlbe tlie condition of the x ^ jbie ^ , put there is written instead , previously united : atZiouJtfeetingliouse / ' The affaor baa caused tu-uca excitetnent at Ewnae , and a very large ineetiojg was held Lset week ^ at wbich . it waa reaol ^ edi ^ r- ~ ' * That , * a the judgment of this lareetmg , the re-marriage of pereons already united : in matrirnKmy is a vibbrtion , or , at least ^ an eraeion of th « law of the Owad ^; that it forms 1 part iof » system designed to set up accflesiastical- arrogaBCe iagaiast civSl Authority , and ! , ther « f » re f that It . iSftn act de-Iserving tlie reprobatioD of every Englishman . " : yThy Bbonld not people be raairied as many tun « s ias tl ^ ey please ? . % . is not often , that , gentlemen and ladies like the knot twice tied .. ' The meeting was addressed by the Hob . Colonel 'Bojtle , M . P ., X ) r . Eacrison , aad various Dissenting ; ministers and influsatial laymeau Be 8 oluticHi& were unanimously adopted condemning the cond = uet of the cuxa , te as-a violation , or , at least , an evasaoaof ddie law of the land ; and as pact of a system designed to set up eGclesiastiaal arrogance Against eiwil authority , and therefore an act deserving the reprobation of every Englishman . A pe-txtion . embracing the sentiments of the xest > lutions -vras then adopted , and entrusted to Colonel Boyle for presentation , to Farjliftment . The Eev .. 0 . Antb-any , in tfte course of 'his address , said that Madame Green had also gone to another poor woman , watching over a sickly child , and opened her mission of " mercy" with asking whether the little sufferer liad been baptised . "No , " was the answer , th * mother beuig a Baptists " TJien , " said Madame Green , "do you know wiiere your child wiH « o . if it dies ? « Yer , to atearen . " "No , " said Madame Green , " she wilLlift up her eyes in helt fire . " Nk > r did the " sisterly" sympathy stop here . Of courae the worst might be wispected of so heathenish a mother , ami the next question of the compassionate visitant was , " Harve you ever been married ? " " Yea , " answered the woman ; " Where ?" "I was raaraied at the Baptist chapel . " " Then , " said Madame Green , " you , are not married at all ; you . are Eving in -fornication , and your children are all illegitimate . " The poor woman replied , " Mr . Middleditch can marry as well as Mr . Bennett . " But the Sister of Mercy waa not to be thus beaten . "I tell you , " said she , " you a . re deceived ; you are not married at all .. If you will be married at the church , Mr . Bennett will be a friend to you , and your children wili be well educated , and you will have ncwiny other things . " The poor woman was not to be swayed by such considerations . She ordered Madame Green out of her hous * , and told Mr . Anthony that he was at liberty to publish the facts , and that she was ready to take her oath to the truth of them before any number of persons .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 3, 1854, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2041/page/10/