~ JAN. 9] 
TE te Re ee a a eek ram 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
31 
nature of the wound, must have been instantaneous. The 
dau ughte F WAS, by surgical aid, eens to consciousness, 
rs +} _ 
5 
charged with | 
OTLAND 
The Presbyter y A pein ie met at Keith on Wed- 
e 
— the 30th w 
meeswert and competent =e eps 
ead; it ¥ imously resol 
Presb ytery, finding that no other course remained 
them than to y this er orer of the greta 
Cc to incu se uilt, and subject themselves to tes 
pains and penalties of d sediaueas 2 lve to meet 
Marnoch on Thursday, the pr day of January next, - 
the purpose of receivi d admitting the said Mr. a 
Edwards e minister parish of Mar 
noch, accordir les of the church.”” The motion 
’ ord 
was unanimou arte 
The Fy vesdalnte of ontuie met on the same day 
Mr. Cu oningham sa aid, the members would be aware of 
that he intended t 
bring before them a motion to 
short time afterwards were seen 
o be who 
procured Meret aI bhavle ican prs a mercantile clerk | bes tapping” their respective i as pes as stony. a no 
and d lac: the -kno of 
n London, filled them na from time to time, 
0 
ntleme en at the addr ress given, | the anks were satis fied, 
| doing ; whatev any be - age and his pos 
plac — 
* poor blind” ig & a lac ” 
An Amateur Gardener. I 
,* 
sition, ee must 
whether physical or 
man, M. Le namic go 
€ had w hitened his 
have an occu of some sort, 
epee An ecole and worthy 
of whom mot be d that a 
erable ‘cke } 
the drawers _taking care to sone funds to London te 
ven 
ha ad cast - that ornament as a superfluity which 
became due, th 
on for a considerable | time, One or two cr the bills, how- 
gery an 
have since fo adm ba 
The greseeet, it is sd deny that ehey 
representation of the acceptor to the bar 
Miscellancous. 
AT 
y gave a false 
i. i End 
has a parrot in his possession almost as highly accom 
plished as th ts ha goin his a Albert. This 
bi 
Hance, of Ludlo 
rd can whistle sever n sing 
ance, ‘* Jum 
f the Court of Session in the cries *¢ Wi ck, oh! fat duck, oh!” spells several 
Marnoch case. From his he was | words e ete —- age ple by their names, an 
not able to send en the intimation till the end of last | imitates almost eve 
week; andit has since been represented that this notice mometer. carey ingenious machine, called b 
was too brief, considering ce of question. = sa ag Mr. Osler, of Sonehae. the nt Pg 
er thesi to y the ques- en some time in preparation at the Polytechnic In- 
tion; and be had now to. propose that the Presbytery stitatio bs a as yesterday put into operation at t 
should meet again that day week, when he would move | establishment. Its object is to indicate the direction 
that the Presbytery should adopt a mem force of the wind, which is accomplished by means of 
ment ; t, which uld st oa n of the recent decision 0 of the | a vane of peculiar cays on pla e the roof o 
C Q rd of | the building, and mai ade communicate bd ehpd ofa 
God, t i i f the land vasion | or tube f the ents belo 
of the rights and liberties of the Ch i rch i Scotland as ve a4 fone extremity of tu ih is pone pinion, 
this as n 
rack, which slides er a and forwards as 
d 
hair- 
ear’s grease had rendered too expensive, 
not tong reve exercised the profession of haberdasher, in 
A 2 His sen ere we ept 
with s rupu exa de 
these deioat para were ¢ exclusively consigned. From 
ewy eve his sho; 
kept a apprentices, whos: 
rae won cre mee Wc ty 
CANE from nthe counter to the shop, Simlating with « a 
ord o a 
me to ti does her fren the honour to exchange 
remarks on ; e state of <i gaa or dg demand 
for night-caps, does not remem stance, 
uring the Inet rny years, of h bed 
ithout ex so Wn a a weary life! When shall I 
e able = reti se from and re deel 
But this is the rotiraraady pepaita on o| who yond 
and the moment 
o gain a living or save a ges cy 5 
thie retirement bas arri ved, t L 
long the object of their as 
M. Fromage ot. That foearitPar _personage ph ‘bis 
house where all the com forts of existence are to be found 
in the following manner; from the first day of the year to 
the last :—At four i at seven in 
secured to her by the vos © he country- ing in a ra econ he throws himself foams. a bee a thrice- en 
undee, Jan. 3.— alarmi ning “conflagration happened ae wind moves the v van e- To! this ack a yet is atta ie dow , steps i 
here this morning, churches of ae whi ch hay of ‘shoes, defends his head with a abel ead “teipped blue 
establishment. The fre is “said to have originated fr dinal ¢ and white, heaps upon his. shoulder a spade, a axe, 
the stoves in the North o t the rate of half an inch per wie oe means of | a clock. rake, a pitchfork, and a dibber, takes up pay jw 
heated, and igniting the woo! Ab fittings ; this chur reh s The ind i ie ad, and 
became a Prey . the flames, as well as the South thant | rst oak wings a square, mes at right angles to the vane, strawbe er, plants : an nd away he tcl ges t sg iby a 
and the Eas r Old C hurch. A great public loss has supported by two Path bars, _Tunning on friction ni There he sticks for twelve or fifteen hours, cig a con- 
valuable Church ary compose tinuall rheey making holes in the ground, tracing ‘jonmons 
of many rare old books and manuscripts in black lette a | planting endive and lettuce, weeding beans, digging 
having been prey destroyed, These churches bo mal itty acting en this spring, a and communicati ing the | | potatoes, with all the ardour of the most inveterate mar~ 
besides, intimately c o with | historical associations mount of its wget by alight copper wire passing down | ket-garde ag Think ae that he allows himself the least 
of the ‘‘ Second Rinasa? e centre * the tube to another vacak bial ee thus | cessation is lal Yesterday he was picking 
religious — of its say aa the Reformation; prior to gisters its degr a “pe ra The ae ich a elt-n catery aoe from his plum tees to-day he is renewing a 
which, the old church formed the chancel of the abbey | falls is phn accurately dete unt ih of thyme which is more 600 in 
ppg = i visi and was an pat ting memento | and mod i orrow he will aes to drive 2,000 nails to 
whe en Ge neral 
The tapaetanet ot self- registering 
a 
instruments ‘for. obtaining suffici ently extensive — ac 
su! Church, built in the 
with the abbev, by David, Earl of Huntingdon, on his 
return from the famed crusade commanded by Richard 
Coeur bey waa 
‘rade.— 
It appears from the Bro | appe 
Cheats shat "the fe umption of pats in a tory for 
a ¥ eng a nd 
s 
the year just ended, reer: nor “i ‘oe — bales, 
25 bales 
98,4 in 1839, showing a e of co 
last year of 24,521 ake e ‘ om io: ae: r wee for 
1840 amounted to , while in 1839 it on 
2,364 bales 
1,893, rows § an increase per week of a 
amounted to 
bales, being very nearly one-fourth more than the con- 
umption of ms arson’ year. 
rofils o ‘rade—A case was last week | 
tried in Changow, which ye contidinabhe | Tight on "the 
de. The trustees of the Clyde Naviga 
a 
they ‘on sed to works of Messrs. 
pec ae pra at  Springgeld. an Gare the witnesses were 
The Battle of the wee rs—A couple of thabe 
mendicants who perambulate the streets secrpenind by 
he jogs holding little ca caps in on a for 2 
of th table geeks to 
be pursuing their ‘calling,’ Tha ursda ay, in the New 
Road, but with this Paani ‘that while the one endea- 
rocure a livelihood 
with their iron-shod Fo Rees nd varying t the monotony of 
their ‘*taps’’ with the alternate cries of ‘‘ poor blin 
“ stay-lace.” It a rs that a sort of rivalship exists 
gH a a pat pals ja 
6 fo one aco of his spade ; and if, pe 
ot satisfying his renity pg lead 
1% s work in display 
forgets 
thing mould happen patsy his dinner, were it no 
called him two or bon tim 
that the ‘* tapping’ re energetic, and the 
tone of their voices ack Toner or less Capplicato ory. 
The v u take in the excitement of 
their masters, te their ng ricked u 
their ears, and com ugging away at ier ——_ 
Their ig ap quickly ethan their owners 
o 
As 
nm 
oO 
*e 
iy 
Re 
Bo 
J a 
_dbonig in many respects, hrm. My 
e returns of the trade, when judi- 
e works contained 16,000 spindles; 
Fare. 
couly managed, 
the manufacture was eet for the home market ; $ the 
total number of hands employed was 889; the ~—e 
and dye s 
stuffs. from 1835 to 
1840 inclusive, was 29,2062. verage annual amount of 
furnishings for the same period was 4,556/. The ave 
produce in rinting and dyeing department w 
264,666 pieces, of 25 yards each. Sal ;252, Leav- 
ing a difference of only 414. Th” ey the average 
annual sales amounted to 151,264%. In estimating 
capital employed, 5 per cent. interest a 
deducted before the net re 2; an 
year 1840 that interest amounted to 5,400/. representing a 
capital of 108,000/ hi terest, and being 
deducted, the average annual net profits for the siz years 
from 1835 1840 were 11,689/. The ph Sey: 
The jury found for 
tendered by the trustees was 6,250/. 
Hi iggen botham 43,733/. ; for * Todds executors, 8, 1192, 
d th ced ” the animals das fied me 
othe first the efforts dea ars were pong to 
aeaitiie their four-h mpanions, and which, after 
ower rable bays was efcted, and, each dog be a 
ecured under - 
re pe Bower of yerself, ye ty Scotch the a to b 
the bread out of the month of — ae i chil- 
dren, by coming with you - mongrel e baste | 
. An’ its bamboozling the lad radies ye are, | 
as 
Och! 
for the likes of you, _~ me spalpeen of a 
ee | 
adn * Whist, bag ss torted the other, “ ye’r re | 
downright daft, man, or - — be just exposing yer- | 
self in rhe a hion. nna ust one tly gan yore | 
=, eg me gang abe eahest abies yersel abo 
ee bits o’ laces? Beggar, too! na, na, Tm 
boot wi’ a Bs yf and a 
Pind ar. % Py gang al 
whine like you Irish lunzies (beggars), with Dan O’Con 
at the head o’ ye.’ This was enough. The 
had an electric effect upon the nerves of 
home omer by the speaker’s voice, dealt him 
that sent his hat w 
rds and left a mar 
tick the race of! 
several yards e Sec 2. aca | 
The blow was. immediately returned ; the two blind men | PsP 
merchants of that city were aeons last week upon 
the charge 
of forgery and fraud, “Fhe particulars are stated 
struck repeatemny st gach tebe; mat Oe Se was veer \ 
on 5 ates operations poet h, and condemns M. 
Fromageot to keep w — ee the poor 
looks like a perturbed spiri w 
one room to another, ay veel nds into 0 
into ~ garret, "uae = his wife, scolds his servant, 
until a oe k, as = ga with the | brillia nt idea 
Bhit-. 
[Fr romageat amassed frase 
realized a 
of ate wood, or ma 
hutch. For such repose weap 
on franc for the last twenty years 
peer of 200. ag and he reckons on enjoying this a 
e for the n t thi irty years less it OF ren 
emmatn ‘J saul cue arry him { 
ture ely. _ Thus M. Fro agin ty ae 
works all the while he fancies 
he is reposing. pare eat 
: Jan.6,-—The Court was occupied the greater 
part ofthe day in the na. Ce Webs, for stealing a con- 
able su of money ing to the members of a benefit 
sopleny @ east Hotseley— Mr. Chambcrs, for the prasecution, 
said at | t was n cansiderable importance to arriea 
o had formed a society on the principle of the 
for c { saving a portion of their earn- 
= iety, and received a re- 
cash lodged in the ba 
amongst the members. | 
at which the prisoner was present, em a 
his hands to be deposited in the savings- bank at Guildfort. In- 
stead, however, of his having meee oe deposit, he appropriated 
that sum to his own purposes, as other sums belonging to 
pe —— seaor him, a he bad also drawn from the 
ened 452. it belncging tothe society and converted 
we The members of 
, aid ec the mamoer in which they bad 
a id no acoso distribution of the 
ya a 
ings. cw saci 
ines, for @ eponiti 
Guildford; and it was Sone of - wat agp bree be 
nk by 
ee 
