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was dropped, the mother betook lierself, with all possible 
haste, to the nearest habitable cottage, where she made 
known her arrival by bleating in a most piteous manner in 
front of the house, and by tapping, the best way she could, 
at one of the bed-room windows. She succeeded, ufter 
many earnest appeals, in rousing out the inmute, who wos 
at the time fondly dandled in the arms of Morpheus; and 
she communicated, by peculiar gestures and move- 
ments, that^nc required immediate assistance. Her auditor 
was prevailed upon, a'Tter'auany unmistakeuhle entreaties, to 
accompany her to her place of rrriTTrimaiif. whoro ho found 
the unexpected prizo wallowing in snow, out of Wh IWr-it was 
soon extricated, and has since been attended to with all 
possible care.— Perth Courier. 
WORK AND WAGES. 
Woolwich Dockyard. — The Lords of the Admiralty, 
having taken into consideration the present high price of 
provisions, have earned orders to be issued to the heads of 
the departments that the labourers are to receive an addition 
of 2s. each to their wages per week ; that the blacksmiths 
aro to be employed on piecework, and the shipwrights and 
others on task and jobwork ; that every man may earn as 
much as lie is capable of accomplishing in a workmanlike 
manner. 
Bricklayers Afloat! — The officers of the Fisgard, 
flagship, at Woolwich, have commenced exercising the 
newly-entered laudsmen on board that ship, and were, on 
the very first day, surprised to witness the smart way in 
which a number of them ran up the shrouds. It afterwards 
became known that a number of men who had entered for 
service in the Royal Navy had formerly been strong brick- 
layers’ labourer.', capable of great exertion, and well accus- 
tomed to run up and down ladders; and there is no doubt 
many who have been employed in the building trade will 
yet join the navy for 10 years’ continuous service, instead of 
taking their chance of uncertain employment on shore when 
trade is in any way in a depressed state.’ This reminds us of 
a Turkish udmiral who, when short of seamen, also pressed 
bricklayers und bakers, saying that the latter could not from 
lmbit sleep at night, aud were therefore the best hands to 
keep a mid-watch. 
SCOTLAND. 
Coast Defence. — Abbrdhen. — Captain Crnigie, 
who had been appointed to the command of tho Royal 
Nuvul Volunteers, about to he raised for the defence of the 
Scottish const, in case of war brouking out, bus visited our 
city, and addressed a large number of pilots und fishermen, 
who assembled by appointment to meet him ut tho Life-boat 
House, North pier. There were also present the Lord 
Provost, Mr. Gibb, Master. of Shoreworks ; the Town Clerk, 
the City Chamberlain, Major Christie, Captain Duncan 
Forbes, the Harbour Treasurer, the Captain Pilot of tho 
port, 6iC. Captain Craigio, having been introduced to tho 
meeting by the Lord Provost, stated that ho had visited the 
city to explain the conditions on which Government was to 
give protection to the seafaring population— such ns tho 
fine fellows before him— in the case of war arising. Captain 
Craigie said the force proposed to be raised would he iden- 
tically the same as the Sea Fencibles during the last war, or 
the Lund Militia. They would, in fact, just be a Iund 
militia. They ull knew that a rather critical state of mut- 
ters existed at present, in regard to whether England would 
be embroiled in a war or not. The Government wished to 
be prepared to defend our coasts. Should any outbreak 
occur, and while impressment would only be resorted to as 
the last extremity— the ballot, no doubt,’ would have to be 
put in force , for the country must be defended. To poor 
men the ballot was virtually t lie same as impressment, as 
they could not pay for substitutes; but by enrolling tliemsel’ves 
as volunteers of the forco of which he had the honour to bo 
appointed commander, they would, of course, not be subject 
either to the ballot or impressment. The fishermen of 
Scotland, he (Captain Craigie) had uo doubt, would show 
the noble spirit manifested by their forefathers, and at once 
turn out. To be of service, however, it was necessary that 
they should be disciplined ; for all the hardy fellows before 
him would have little chance with even a dozen men well 
trained. The volunteers would only be called into service 
in case of actual war breaking out. The Government could, 
no doubt, have raised the necessary number of men (1 .000) 
bad they resorted to the population generally ; but us the 
fishermen resided on the coasts, the Government thought 
they were more entitled to protection from impressment 
than any other class of persons, and had, therefore, given 
them this offer to form themselves into a militia. Captain 
Craigie, in conclusion, stated that though he had only begun 
last week, he had already enrolled 250 names, the fishermen 
wherever he had appeared, seeming most enthusiastic in the 
cause; and lie had not the least doubt but that, when he 
returned in three weeks to take names, the fine fellows 
before him would show the same ardour to defend the 
shores of old Scotland, and their sweethearts and wives 
(cheers). George Brands, an aged veteran, who seemed 
excited on the subject, and who said he had been “ out ” in 
1798, assured his comrades that, in days gone by, their fore- 
fathers had acted nobly ; and the “fouk o’ Fittie" would do so 
again. Three cheers were then given for Captain Crai-de 
and the Provost, after which the meeting separated 
Aberdeen Herald. 
Salmon Fishing. — The 6almon fishing in the Tay 
commences on Wednesday next, and from the number of 
fi'h which old and experienced fishers say are in the 
river, a prosperous beginning is expected. Iu connection 
wall the salmon fishing, we notice that tho proprietors 
on tho Tay have issued a “ Warning to Anglers and 
Fishers,” in which it is stated that, by the Act 7th and 
8lh of Victoria, “if any person not having a Icgul right, 
or permission from the proprietor of the salmou fishery’ 
shall, from and after the passing of this Act, wilfully take] 
fi-li for, or attempt to take, or aid, or assist in taking, fish- 
ing for, or attempting to take in or from any river, stream 
iak*-, water, estuary, frith, sea-loch, creek, bays, or shore of 
the sea, or iu or upon any part of the sea within one mile of 
low-water mark, in Scotland, any salmon, grilse, sea-trout 
wbitling, or other fish of the salmon kind, such person 
shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than ten shilling*, and 
not exceeding five pounds, for each and every 6uch offence; 
and shall, if the sheriff or justices shall think proper, over 
and above, forfeit each and every fish so taken, and each 
and every boat, boat-tackle, net, or other engine, used in 
ttkmj/, fishing for, or attempting to take fish as aforesaid." 
—Perthshire Courier. 
Cholera at, the Marquis ofBbeadalbank’s Slate 
THE FIELD. 
Quarries in Argyleshire. — A correspondent states 
thut Asiatic cholera of a most virulent type has broken out 
among the quarriers in the village of Eardle. The houses 
composing t his village are about as unlike model cottages 
ns can well be imagined. Almost all the cottages have now 
two families inhabiting them, while the accommodation is 
far too small for one family. Moreover, as no effort has 
been made to cleanse the village by means of drains, open 
gutters running parallol with the rows of houses are the 
only contrivances for carrying off the waste water, and, in- 
deed, all the filth of the place. These gutters ure virtually 
so many stagnant cesspools opposite every door, poisoning 
the air with the seeds of contagious infection at all seasons. 
No sooner is a member of a family attacked, than the poor, 
ignorant people set up a sort of quarantine, shunning the 
plague houses in a panic. 
Lending Dead Bodies. — Giving dead bodies in loan is a 
new form of human depravity, which lias been revealed 
among the Irish population of Dundee. It was recently 
discovered by the office-bearers of the funeral societies in 
that town, that, on the death of a child in one family, as soon 
as the dues were paid, tho body wns lent to another family, 
who instantly sot up their Celtic howl that their “ poor dead 
baby had gone to heaven.” After the vistors had satisfied 
themselves of the fact, the body was again sent on its deadly 
rounds. 
IRELAND. 
Rumoured Escafe^p Smith O’Brien.— Some doubt 
hns been thrown on tire statement which appeared some 
weeks ago in our columns on the above subject. It is 
nlleged that a letter written on the 18th of September has 
been received from Mr. Smith O’Brien ; and that at that 
date lie had not escaped. The letter we have seen an- 
nouncing the escape, and which was written by a gentleman 
of unimpeachable integrity and truth, was dated the 28th 
September, ton days later than tho letter received from Smith 
O’Brien . — Limerich Reporter. 
[Saturday, 
low- 
mid 
THE WRECK OF THE TAYLEUR. 
The inquest on the bodies of tho second mate and the son of 
the slop’s surgeon, who came by their death in the wreck of the 
Tayleur at Lambay, was held in Davis’s Hotel, Malahido, before 
Mr. Henry Davis, coroner. We have already given details of 
the wreck at pngo 86, last week. 
John Noble, Into captain of the Toyleur, wns examined at the 
inquest. I was captain of the Tuyleur; the log-book is not 
saved. I have made one as well as I could from memory. We 
left Liverpool about noon on Thursday, the 19th. The ship’s 
tonmigo wos 1.979 tons; her draught was 17 feet forward and 
IS feet 3 inches aft. The pilot left us between Point Lynas and 
tlie tkernes. The wind wns then about S.W., a fresh breeze, 
increasing fast. I do not know that there is any other ship so 
lurge in England, nnd with such a light draught of wnter. I lost 
sight of the Skerries shortly before four o’clock in the morning 
ol Saturday. The wind wns then nbout south, the ship going 
about t wo knots an hour. On .Saturday morning, up to about 
eight o clock, the winds were light, but tho weather looked rather 
wild. I never went to bed at nil, from the time we left Liver- 
pool till the vessel struck, nor had my clothes off. I wore ship 
about eleven o’clock on Friday night, and was on the port tack 
all the night after until she struck. I wns on the English const, 
and lmd the Skerries light in sight, when I wore. It was about, 
I should say, twelve or fourteen miles from me. Tiie bearing of 
the light might have been about S. and by W., or S.S.W. About 
half-past eleven o’clock the wind suddenly shifted round from 
•SE. to b.S.W. in a squall. I put up the helm, and when the 
slap was going off to the shift of wind I first snw the land. I 
wns in the act of getting in the foresail, but had not got it in at 
the time. Just before I saw the land I thought the ship wns 
further down the Channel. When I saw the land I supposed it 
to be three or four miles off. I did not know the land. I turned 
up the hands to wear ship at once. Most of the men were on 
deck at the time, and they went to work at once. Before, or as 
the skip was changing her course, the land wns broad on the lee 
bow. \\ hen we attempted to wear the ship she would notanswer 
her helm ; she went off nearly at n point, and then stopped. I 
had two bauds at the helm at the time. She took about fifteen 
minutes to go round the one point, and then 1 feared that she 
would go on shore before she could go round. She did not refuse 
to answer the helm altogether, for Bhe was under the command of 
it while she was goinground that one point, butshe was answering 
it very slowly. ° 
It would not have made any difference if I had had ten men on 
board. I do not think that, if there knd been 100 men on board, 
they could have done nny better. None of tho passengers, to my 
knowledge, assisted in working the vessel. I did not ask any of 
them. Having attempted to wear ship, and finding that we 
could not clear the land, I brought the ship to the wind again, 
and made sail as fast as possible, put on the spanker and mizen 
staysail and muintopmast Btayeail, aud I gave an order to loose 
the mainsail and jib, bat it wus blowing too hard, and I thought 
she could not bear them. ° 
To a J uror.— She was then two miles from land. I think that 
there was too heavy a sea for her to stay, but I was getting on 
this sail for the purpose of trying it; if I hud got the ship round 
on the other tack, either by wearing or staying her, I could have 
weathered the island. 
that the compasses wore adjusted immediately before rroinr 
ns is tho cu9o in the Royal navy. “ 8e °i 
Ta T feur r ’ Pitz & ibbon ’“ Thero were 22 or 23 able seamen in tk 0 
At the conclusion of the inquest, the jury returned tho foil, 
ing verdict:— Wo find that Edward Kewley, second mate 
Henry U. Cunningham, a passenger on board the ship TavlenT 
were drowned by the sinking of the said ship off Lamb/’ 
!t nj ! the 2l8t of J aa uary, 1854, and 
this deplorable accident occurred in consequence of tho hiSR 
culpable neglect of tho owners in permitting the vessel toS 
port without her compasses being properly adjusted, nr a suffi 
cent trial having taken place to learn whether She was under £ 
control of her helm or not ; and we find that Captain Noble did 
not take sufficient precaution to insure the safety of the vessel 
by sounding, after he found that his compasses were in error; b„ 
we consider, from the time the vessel ca me in sight of land h Q 
acted with coolness and courage, and used every exortion in hi« 
power to save the lives of tho passengers, not having left the shin 
till she was completely under wnter. We aro of opinion that tl.o 
authorities should insist on some precautions being adopted and 
the same number of men required in emigrant ships as are 
required in vessels chartered by tho Government for the 
purposes of emigration or the conveyance of tho Government 
stores. u 
RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPHS. 
Alexandria, Egypt, Jan. 21. — The arrival of Mr. 
Stephenson, tho engineer, has caused the Egyptian Govern- 
ment to prosecute the railway works with increased vigour 
and a great number of men have been placed on the line at 
each end for this purpose. It is the will of the Pasha that 
the end from the Delta to Cairo should be finished as soon 
as the end on this 6ide connecting Alexandria with the Nile 
while it would be preferuble if all their energies were con- 
centrated first on this side, so as to shorten the journey to 
Cairo. The canal is also shortly to be emptied of all the 
water it contains in order to clean out and deepen its bed. 
Abd Allah Bey, Mr. Rickards, who is director of the transit 
through Egypt, has also been made director of the railway 
works. Lord Falkland, ex-Governor of Bombay, arrived by 
the last steamer from Bombay, and is now at Cairo, where 
bis Lordship intends to remain for a fortnight. 
To Mr. Fitzgibbon.— The wind wos 8.8. W., and blowing a 
heavy gale. s 
To a Juror.— I did not see any other land than Lambav. 
To the Coroner.— When I found that I could do no more good 
by keeping the sails on the ship, I cleared away the port anchor, 
and let it go; I hauled the staysails down, and let go tho topsail 
sheets, fore and aft, except the mizen topsail, which remained 
fast; Jot go the foretack und sheet, nnd hauled tho foresail up. 
the cable of the port anchor ran out about 70 or 80 fathoms, and 
parted. Previous to it doing so 1 gave orders to let go the 
starboard anchor. It ran about 80 fathoms of chain which I 
had on deck, and 29 which were takon from the looker, and then 
parted. 
To a Juror.— If the cables had not parted the ship would have 
been saved. She was only going about two knots an hour. The 
ship was very sharp, and would, therefore, have ridden to the 
sea easier. It was as much as could be expected thut the cables 
should hold. 
To the Coroner.— The cubles having parted, the ship drifted 
right ashore. She grounded aft, but very easy. She wns afloat 
forward. I kept the bend yards braced full for tho purpose of 
swinging her in broadside to tho rocks, so ns to give tho pas- 
sengers a chance of getting off. Wo made no attempt to lower 
the boats. I hey could not he able to live in such a sen. We had 
eight boats, including the steamboat. They woro ready to be 
launched. From the time I left Liverpool I did not find myself 
i. a ” i °i 83 for hands. I attributed the slow answering of tho 
ship s helm to the fuct of her foremast being too far aft, nnd the 
rudder too small. I was not hurried from port. I told the 
owners myself that tho ship was ready for sen, nnd asked them to 
get mo away as quickly os possible. There were nbout 12 fo- 
reigners among the crew, all of whom, with tho exception of two 
Chinamen, understood English. 
fly a Juror. It is not the custom for ships carrying passengers 
or going long voyages to have their compasses adjusted after 
taking in their passengers and cargo by any public officer. 
A Juror observed that there ought to be a public officer to see 
fitto Intelligent*, 
LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT, Jan. 30. 
(Before Joseph Pollock, Esq., Judge.) 
A Goose Case !— Spoiling a Christmas Dinner.— James 
Leicester, whitesmith, of 14, Byrom-terrnce, Byrom-street, sued 
1 nomas 2 timer, public bakehouse keeper, of Primrose-hill, 
Fontenoy-street. “ for having." according to his summons, 
spoiled a gooso of the plaintiff’s, whereby he has sustained 
damage to the amount of 5s.” Mrs. Leicester said that tho goose, 
which was tho interesting subject of dispute, was bought for 
Christmas. She took it to the defendant's to be baked, and asked 
him when it would be done. He snid at one o'clock. She went 
for it at that time, and found that it had been converted to a 
cinder, ‘ so that it was not fit to be placed upon a table at all.” 
bhe added, that she had cautioned him on leaving not to do it too 
much. In answer to the Judge, she said she did not take it 
away. She left it there, and did not know what had become of 
it. oho had pieces of the hone, which she had broken off, to 
show that it had been roduced to a cinder. [A small package of 
calcined remains was here opened and produced.] Her husba nd 
had paid os. for the goose. She had witnesses present, one of 
whom could speak to the goose before it went to the bakehouse, 
and a second, who was a cook, that had immediately seen it after 
it came out. Witness No. 1 was called. The Judge— Was it a 
fane one . ( Laughter.) Witness — As fine a goose as ever I saw. 
I saw it afterwords ; it was burned, and not fit to go to anybody's 
table. I saw I lie journeyman at the bakehouse, and showed him 
that it was spoiled, when he said it could not be helped, that it 
was not done a bit too much for any one, and that it wns not 
spoiled. Witness No. 2 was then called. She said “she saw tho 
goose after it was cooked." The Judge-Was it well done ? 
, itness It was done too much for any one; it was as dry as a 
rr ’ u* f“ ld llm . I 8 8uc h a goose ns I never saw before. 
(Jjuughter.) He said, none of your impertinence. The gen- 
tleman who officiated (the foreman) shoved his peel at a 
woman who had a child in her arms, and he refused to apologise, 
as he said it wns Christmns time. The gooso was not fit for any 
one ; it was not worth a penny. The defendant— You were very 
tipsy when you came. Witness No. 2— No, sir; but you were. 
(Loud laughter.) The defendant snid the goose was done verv 
properly, but as a disturbance was made about it, he had offered 
to pay 4s., which lie considered its fair value. Plaintiff’s wife, 
however, hnd said that it wos not eatable; but the goose was 
in court. (Sensation.) The Judge— I shan’t eat any pnrt of it. 
Hetendant— But it is hero, properly done, and very sweet, too. 
liie Judge— Ibis wos in December; we are now at the end of 
January. I shall be very sorry to eat any of it. The foreman 
was then called, who said that the goose had been “ done ’’ tho 
same as other peoplo’s, and thnt there had never been any com- 
plaint. Ihe Judge (to Mrs. Leicester)— What did you do for 
your dmner that day ? She snid they had to do without. His 
Honour said, I think you ore entitled to a verdict for 5s. If it is 
a little above tho value of tho goose, no doubt you lost your 
dinner for some time. Verdict for plainti ff. -Liverpool Standard. 
Ifllirt fitttlligmt. 
GUILDHALL. 
Neglect at the Post-office.— Robert Kingston, a labourer 
at tne i docks when in employment, entered the court-room 
soon after tho business was over, and tho magistrate hod loft the 
bench, to ask for advice under the following circumstances:— 
He stated that Ins mother-in-law was employed in Drummond’s 
(the contractor) dust-yard, ut Greon’s-street, Twig Folly, Bethnul- 
green, and had the superintendence of the women at work there. 
Among tho dust brought from the Post-office on Friday week 
she found a letter, ond being uuable to read, she brought it to tho 
applicant, who discovered it contained an order for 20/. upon a 
bank in Old Brond-street, nnd hnd been sent by some person at 
the Ballarat diggings, in Australia, to his father in Cornwall; 
but which, through the most extraordinary neglect on tho part 
of the Post-offico authorities, had found its way into Mr. Drum- 
mond s yard, instead of arriving at its proper destination. Ho 
furthor said ho had been offored 10/. for the letter ond order, but 
that, having hitherto homo nn unsullied character, and although 
he hud a wife aud two children, and had not broken his fast for 
two clays, lie preferred tho more honourable course of restoring it 
to the party it wns intended for. Honcordingly took it to tho Post- 
omce, expecting to get rewarded with a trifle to pay him for his 
loss of time, und was introduced to the secretary and solicitor. 
From the conversation that ensued, ho soon perceived that ho 
was likely to get nothing to remunerate him either for his 
honesty or trouble, ond, finding such to be the case, ho expostu- 
lat cd with thorn, upon which they ordered him out of the office, 
and threatened to give him into custody for making any claim for 
reward. Ho felt ti hey hnd noted very cruelly towards him, ond, 
therefore, wished to know if he could take any steps in the mutter, 
for there was very little inducement for persons to be honest when 
they were threatened with being given into custody for acting 
