> LANDS. TOWNSTUIPS 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43. 7HEREAS many set*lers on the above Townships were . : ; ‘ A pe ; ad unable to meet their engagements in November last ; the @>tained in abundance, and most couvenient for fishinz. sex feel atall outraged at anything ip it, or re<ent its deli- V Commissioner, desirous of ayoiding expenses, and for the con- veniesce of such persons, will attend on THURSDAY, the | one of the best Harbors on the Island at which to ship pr uluce. | atitor of the Dispateh. | here are on the premises a large Two Storey LOUSE, come | pletely finished, large Bora and Stables, Coach House, Gra- | Sith day of January inst..at 9a.m.,at Me Jony Puenan's. Lot 30; on FRIDAY, the 25:h, at Wipow Kennepr s- Lot 40; and on S *TURDAY, the 26th, at Jous Surugacann,Esquire’s. Head of St. Peter's Bay CAUTION. — All sueh persons are hereby also notifie!. that onless payment iv made on their respey tive accounts, all such lands of persons so imi arrear will be Gazetted in accordance with the Act Vie. 16, cap. 18. JOHN ALDOUS, Commissioner. Office of Publie Lands January 1, 1861. CROWN LAND SALE, GEURGETOWN. \ J UEREAS several porchasers of Lots in Georg:town and Rovaley having negleeted to fulfil the conditions of sile, Hanwriv, * Payimer t of puretitse to be made hy three annual instalments; the first payment to be made at the tine itd payments inthe two following years ; and on noe-fulfilment of condition, the d posit (or payment.) to be forfeited. and the Land mak he re-sold.** Notice given that sueh Lots will sulmattted te pablic competition on Monpay the 2ist Janvany, 1561, ut 12 o'el wk, &.m., at tier ‘sidenee of W. Bb. ALPRIN, E-q Geergetown, unless the ameunts due thereon ure previuw ly paid. of sale. second and t! is hereby he again TOWN LOTS. No. 11, 4th Range, D. Nao. 14, 2d du. F. Noe; & th do. UU. Nw. 16, 33 do. F. No. 4 4th do. G. No. 11, 3d doi: . F, No 0 4th do. G Ne. 3 4th du. . &. Neo tt): 4th doe. G. No. $.4th da. F. No 12.4th do. -G as. Coe 6. CF. N» 13. 4th do. G. No. 1.21 —-— &. Ne 7.430... @ No. 2. 2) _— «6G Nu. 12, 4th do, E. Ne. 3: 3a Ga G: ATS IN ROYTALL.. Now '53 G¥ 87.112. 154, 168, 178, 211,213, 219, 278, 2381, 4 297. 20d and 299 8 Lots adjuining the Ruyalty—Nos 15 and 23. JOUN ALDOUS, Office of Crown Lands, Jan 7, 1801. Comwissioner ——.- ee Mails,----W Route, IE MALLS for New Bruwsw ck. Nova Scotia, Canada 7 and the Usited states, will, until Farther netice, be made up at the Geert Moat Office, Charl ctetuwn, every TUE DAY and Fulpay, wi 7 o'clock, p. us, and herw are d ty Cape To mentine. Mails made up for Newf,undlind every FRIDAY. Mails for E agland and Bermuda will Le made up as follows: Tuceday, Jangary Ist Taesday, Feb 12th Friday, March 15th, Feeley i ath t ridwy os ib Taesd y . 20 b, Taesiy " ivh Tuesday * 26th Fi iday hi 29:4, Friday * vib riday March 1-t Tuecttay, April Iris Tuerday o 29h Tuemiay ‘ 12th Priday - 2th Friday, February 1st % Cc. OWEN: General Post Office, Postmaster General. Ubarluttet »wu, Decembcr 22, 186. Postage Stamps. WIE PUBLAC ARE HEKEBY INFORMED THAT ‘I STAMPS for the pre-payment of Letters and Packets to be reat by the post, will, ontue i-tuf JANUARY, 1361, be ready for cir- culation Tbe design, colour and value of each class of Stamps arn as fullows: The Qicen’s Mead, profile, green, Sixpence. * _™ Lius, Three penes. e rel, Two pence The glue or red Stamps wil be received fur payment of balfthe sum it indigates, if cut iu two dis gonally Theye Stamps can be bud at the Genaral Post Office, Charlutietown, a od of afl Pustmaaters on the Isiand | L. C. OWEN, Posturaster General. General Pust Ofice, December 26, 1360. ‘* Multi So ietate Tutiorrs.’’ ALLIARCE COMPANY OF LONDON. | Capital £5,000,009 Sterling. rE IIE SUBSCRIBER, as the AGENT of the above Company still continues to take risks in the LIFE BPEPARTMUENT, ,E3 OF PRE- MIUMS for Lie Assur nee in various forms. These Tables | indicate that this Company insure life at very moderate rates and tye Subseriber would earn mtly invite all persons havens | | } and will he h ppy to fo nish Persons with TALI fixed ine wes, ising or large families, briag about to enter into busiates en gt zeaents, oF how otverwiss in muking poe vision for the future. to call at hie Ofive obtain the necessary inform stion, and eff-et un Insurance on their lives. Ovetes toves are fon WW acin entil 3 o'e vek pom. Tie Sabacrioer ern als» be consalted at bis Chambers upon e jvus Dbrancues uf lis profession, — , ' CUARLES YOUNG. Jin Crrrlottstows, Oct. 29, 1850. ~~ PEINCATAQUA €& Alavine Insurance Co. Fire OF MAINE. STOCK DEPARTMENT. 17a" a Aunthor Capital, $50,000. Capital Subscribed and Secured, $253,445-78. GOODWIN, Prest. OBED P. MILLER, Vice Prest SUIPLEY Ww. RICKER, Sccretary. DIRECTORS. dlox. Jon Goopwis, OUsep P. Minier, Pavia Fai Batks, Apnen Oakes, F. W. De Rochemost. Fire Insurance on Dwellio g4, Furniture, Warehouses, Public Buildings, Mit«, Menai sctories, 56+ Merchandise, Ships in Port, ot wile buildin s, antl otace property. Iulaal [userance on Gowls w wll arts | of tue crastry. Mecine Losurance ou Vessels, Cargo aud Freight w all puts of tae World. j Posies Issvep AND FURTUER INFORMATION OBTAINe D OF J. S. CARVELL, Agent. | Charlottetown, January 7, 1801. ly—ali papers. | MAPS FOR THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS. ~ OR SALE at I ASAARD'S Buk Depot, Cundall’s Maps : of Prince Edward Lstand, new and improved edition. ynounted on rollers, &c., prree to Scho ils, 1ds. Val. only —to be delivered, on pe meat, ts the order of Teachers or Sehwool | Trustees. ‘The Board of Education has ordered that Trustecs pf each Pablic Sehool heretofore unsupplicd wi ba M {sland, shall furthwith procure a copy o the above. : JUN MeNEILL, Seg’y. B. Education, September 4, suv. te tag ~~ ‘Acooun's, Arbitrations, &o., & Accoun‘s, Arbitrations, &c., &c. OMPLICALED Accounts arranged, Arbitration Prpers | 4 prepared, Lasylycats’ Papers organized tor appearance and presentation befure the Court, and all intricate or im- properly kept geeyants clearly and inteliigibly stated. Fees prvportionate fo time and talent required. Address Accountaut, care of SWABEY & ROBERTS. Great Geurge Street Charlottetown. June 26, 1860. isl ly. EBBEER & SON Hive been patiently waiting in expectation of RECEIV- ING a satistactury visit from several of their customers, Whose accuunts fell due some three months since. UL therto they have waited invun, They now notify those to whom it applies, that their res ective amounts mus be settled without further delay. - December 3i, 1860. Hox. JOHN N. x fnurecery W. Ricken, | Joun A. Paixe, | } } | | | } | | | | la ) Sterling per acre. Weekly “This is true Liberty, when 3 Charlottetow! VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. FHXHE well known FARM, situated at Little River, Lot 56, King's County, owned by the late Josern Dixaweut, Esq., | containing 206 acres under lease for 99 years at one shill ng There are about 170 acres under the high- est state of enultivation; the remainder is covered with a splendid growth of Hardwood ; a never failing Spring of the very best water is within a few yards of the house. Part ol the Farm fronts on Little River, where any quantity of Sea Weed and Mud can be procured ; also partly fronts on the Sea Shere and Li:tle River Uarbor, where Sea Manure can be tive Grand River Harbor is about three miles distant, being about nary, Pig Houses, Forge, Stationary Poresting Mill, and all necessary buildings required, The above Farm is in every respect so well known that a farther description is deemed un- The Farm will be or without, or with part or all ofeach, as may suit the A part of the purchases mun “y 7 interest, by Security on the property. hecessary. Crop, pureh ser. disp wed of with the Stees, or cun remain vt —_—_—_- A\LQoO- 58 ACRES. FRI LAND near the head of Rollo Bay. ronting on the Mai Post Road. and in a most convenicnt a few acreselear and a considerable portion ready = ace | Situation y te stamp: with a convenient Louse and sal] Stable on the same ° 75 ACRES LE3> OF LAND on the roal leading from Grand River Bridge to Georgetown, Kast Side, and joining Goff s K wud, chietly covered with Hard and Sots Wood. 20 ACRES OF LAND near the Head of Little River, about of F 10 acres under good eultivation ; the remainder weil covered TemMance were off, each began with ligrdwood and Feneing, and very conveniently situated. LOYs IN GEORGErTOW) Half Lot No. 3, 3rd Range, Letter G, with convenient | the more staid Llouse and Stable, Lot No. 6, Ist Range, Letter D. Lot No. 4 i Ist Range, Letter hi. A Plan of «he above Params anl Lots, and all pirticulars, given on application to the Subserther., ELIZABETH DINGWELL Little River, King’s County, October 16, 1830. 3in. _— 3K; OR SALE, a tine FARM Sf 50 acres. near Crans’s, Mal- tion, ant watted upon bh y father witha req rest that he wou'd peque Road, tronting 154 chains on the Malpeque and 27 chains on the Loyalist Ruad—eropped with about 8 or 9 acer: Potatoes, Dome large ol} “ wadbon the property, Craic. Apply to Charlottetown, July 3, 1860. BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE. v Park. Oats and and six acres Payiure. SWAREY & KOBER i>, gu the East side of the Malpeque Road, Opposite Sprain ‘sale by PUBLIC AU. ifUN, in lots to suit intending pur- lehasers, on or about the First of MAY, of which notice will) be given. 4} yey to Merch 27, lsvov. Se ORHITH PEERY Poi FREEHOLD PRIPERTY Fd: FREEUOLD FARM, consisting of 12) Acres, on the Tryon Road, Lot 27, 40 of Ww nab high state of ‘ altivation, the remainder covered with llard andsott Weed a youd Dwelling Uo ase aad Barnion tie premises, WILLIAM FORGAN., AT? i ia RLilee c @ ig » ¥ 4 “ hich are Phere are i . fiat: os reat and alsu a good well of water within a short distance from . f . . ' . the dweilins. For tartber parucalars a, po 9 to tie Subseries vn tl premises. r Me WILLIAM MeKAY. Treon Read, Lot 27, Nev. 19. 860. tf. sent mene — as For Sale, _ i \T FARM, consisting of 59 acres, lately ocenpied by | huehard Milford, Ksyr., situate on Milt Cre K, Wome River. On the Parw is an exeellent Dwelling House, as well) as new Uut-buildings, consisting of Barn, Sueep-liwuse, &e. Within a mile of the Farm are both Grist and Saw Mills, as wel cksmiths’ Forges and a Cartwright, and a short distanee from the score is a never-failing bed of muscle-uud. Por further particulars apply to Mr. William E. Dawsun, Charlottetown, or to April 13, 180¥. T= hse (tf.) JOUN MI ALMA. SOR SALE, that valuable situation lately occupied by the subseriber, contiining 100 acres of LAND, twenty acres of which are clear and mostly under hay, &c. There isa house 27 by 25 feet and stable 40 by 24 feet, sitnated on the ORD, Royalty. | Main Western Road, on Township No. 5, in Prince County, | rule. one-half an each side of said road; being one of the best stands | , tur a Llouse of Entertainment on the road, as th road frou ordering her husband to open the door to see what was jury to try ‘: whether he was mute and lunatic by the hand | He gave the obvdieut maa an egg for his trouble. of God, or wilfuily so.” Tne jury returne? ing short time : a verd:ct of * Wilful and affected dumbness Journal, 8 ates that there are th The ja ives on this. desired the prisoner 4o presents itgelf, viz: emote ash-eolsel dipitieria membrane still pretended to be insensible to all that was The law vow called for the peine forte et judges compassionately deferred awarding it day, in the hone that he might in the mean- ina f | the West Shore to Cascumpee passes through the Farm, cross- wauted mg the Western iivad at the vouse. Tie house and stable were built particularly for the basiness. For further descrip- tion of the premises apply to Mr. Benjamin McEwen, on the adjoining Farm. For terms of sale to the owner at ‘Lot 16 fue Farm is a leasehold. JOUN CAMPBELL. Lot 16. June 19, 1859. tf. ~~ ALEXAND«R McKINNON, AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL COMMISS102 MERCHANT, QUEEN sTREETP, CHARLO CLELU WN, P. Es ISLAND. pr Oerice intiussear Bailing as A. Uf. Votes, Esq. J.& T. MORRIS, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Toa, Suzar, Molasses, Fiour, Leather, &c., Import direct from Liverpool, New York and Boston. Chariottetuwn, Dec. 3, L800. our. MEDICAL NOTICE. ELZLAR D. GAUVREAL, M.D. McGitt Cotiece. Montrear. Licentiate of the Cyllege of Prysicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada. OMiee at Mr. W. MeKay’s. Dorchester Street. Ch. Town. May be consulted daily between the boursuf 9 aam.and 4pm Uetuber 2, 1860. ~ FRANKLIN HOUSE, FRA SITUATED IN EN STREET, «<2 2-02 CHARLOTTETOWN, Now complete and open toc the accommodation of TRANSIENT & PERMANENT BOARDERS. PETER MACGOWAN, Propxrirror. Ang. 7, 1800. C QUE Reduction cf Duties. ONFIDENTLY anticipating the above on the first day of May next, the Subscribers, ill then, offer their enormous stuck of West lndia RUM at 4s. 94. per gallon. ~WABEY & ROBERTS 3w Great George-strect, ¢ harlottetown November 19. 1850. CHARLES BELL, MERCHANT TAILOR, L were he is prepared ty supply EVER YTHING w the way of Gentlemen's apparel. frow WATS w SOCKS, —ALS0— A large supp'y of Fall and Winter Cloths, Voestings and Tailors’ Trimmings, just yeeeiyed per JSABEL, wd the remainder of Stock | hourly expected from Bustun and N. York, City, Uct. 23, 1860 sit if SEAL SKIN COATS. FEW, very superior. Nov. 19, Ls6u. BEER & SON. "MANTLES! MANTLES! —~ NICE ASSORTMENT. Nov. 19, 1360, Mournal of ‘* making the request, to wh ch tie la Lately in the occupation of Hl. N. O BE SOLD, by Private ~ale, several BUILDING LOTS not previously disposed of, they will be offered for AS removed to his FOSMEK STAND. Queev’s Square, | BEER & SON. | mare is the Letter horse.” 7 CS, v4 . a Lori Literature, and Treeborn Men, having to advise the Publie, may speak free. %--Ryrivides. 4, Prince Edward stand, Monday, January £4, £861. ANiscellancons. SLOG eRe OF i | | MENT. sere seem to have been two kinds of criminals who formerly refused to plead to their ind ctments; the one men i i i i ' Piso 1 ies ‘ lof property who » suffering de: , 2ssure inste f FOR THOSE WHO ARE MARRIED, OR THOSE WHO CONTEMPLATE |? property who, by suffering death by pressure instead 0 by hang ny, preserved their landed estates to their children THE STORY OF A PROVERB. CU - | MATKIMONY. ed and been found guilty by the jary. The other eases were ignorant, determined mon, who fovlishly imagined that. by ohbstinately refasing to plead, they should eveutua The Philadelphia Sundiy Dispatch gives the following as | verb, Ifthe gentle} " : i: tages: the origin ofa well-known aud popular y lig Hy Cseape cate insinuations, we turn them over for satisfaction to the | Me nunishment duc to their offences, Here is the story : | When no argument could indace a man to plead, the jalg- [na certian shire in Kogland a nobleman having a mar- Ut of the law was read over to him as he stood at the ba: riageable daughter, whose personal attractions, position, and | accommplishinents were calculated to inspire attachment, applied to for bee haud by a young gentleman of equally .yood family aud pretens ons, her own cousest having been first obtained. Tue Buther { either in the family, means, or @iiracter of the youns gentle- groun}, without any litter, stra v, or other covering, * * * * ' He shall lie upon his be-k, his héad shill by covered ant ont no @ruse for objection J . . Salt t iis feet shall be bare. ' 1 aru to the om >rerved iv the like manne-, e of the roon. and the ochee b . . o - ! ohe . Aa co a s]} man who a-pied toa usion with kis family by moreying his 3 0° d to one a 9 ' i/other sde: anl hes legs sail duagiiter; and t.e'course of true love ran snoothily unte it calmitaaved in a merry peal of wed ling bells, ‘The bappy couple s:t up an estab i-himent of their own, 3% he ean hare, and more ! unter the most auspicious cirea ustavees after the ex iration ve lp omyl of the usasl honeymoon excursions avd visitiogs, and eam. | 7H Me aceon day he shall be allowed to drivk as mack as meneed their career in the domestic rélation of Wusband aud |e a4 at three times of wife, with its actual exyvorisnces, As the novelty of thete p sition and the rose-color of to think, speak and aet ae cording to the spirit an) temper which he or she bad inherited i julgment shall be given, forteits bis goods to the king.” shil or acquired by education, leaving the character of lovers for relation. Untortunatcly it wis not long bere the younz gentleman thought he discovered a tendency on the part of the laly to ‘abridze his liberty, and fo assume Cie entire control of the hou-chold, as well as her own actions, w.thout con-ulii views or wishes, or deferring to thea: when known. his landed property to his family, remained mute when call ed upon to plead. In January, 1720, two bighwaymen, ramed Spiggatt an Phillipps, refused to plea nersous When they were apprehendad, were restored to them \ ig his : ; er i ° resolution. At first he was merely surprise | ai this assumption of au- rity tat length became indi rnast, and, tiading ex s.0s- : ok | thor ty. but a tens h became Hs ’ fading 03 Piillipps was terrified, and begzed to be taken back to plead tulation unavailing, he began serivu-ly to we litate a sepera- law he could have been dented the request. His companion take his daughter aud her dower back, g ving bis reasons for tier Jistened patiently and : ; : ; een a hundred and fifty pounds for the space of halfan hour ; bu udditiona! way. and he also begged to be allowed to plead. ’ . caluty and then replied : « My young friead, the fact of your father having died during ‘your ) faney, and your mother remaining a widow thereafte r, must ‘be your excuse for a want of knowledge ai when an va Ve ~ evid-nee on the trial was perfect! ire een ation of the married relation, which the dis- : _| the practical operat on 0 the married 1 | ation, which the diss | 1 od at Tyburn. creation of the parties interested u-ually prompts them to “ Your In my own house your bighly respectable ride from the uniuitiated, case believe me, is by vo Means slogular. : : ic reson that “the people wh» appreben led me seized a sui mother-in-law rules with indisoated, and therefore silent , ; of fine clothes which I intended to have gone to the gallow feway; avd such. | am satisfied, is the ease lu a.! the houses cae : é : fof our married acanaiuanees.” - ‘The young yen: leman wus astonished at this rev lation, and veature!d to douot the accuracy Of Ln vain was tre dreadful continued stubbornly mate, and was taken to the press-room and bore a weight of two hundred and fifty pounds sever minutes, when he cried out to be liis fatier-in-law’'s gouciusion, when the latter replied c 4 “Tn order that you may satisfy yourself that I am not taken back to the court mist cken, L will make this apyree ment with you. eoach-bor-es you know to he iiyg't’g va’ aible—the-e you tay |! hanged, A far more ‘remarkah'e and crue! eace than the preced ing eceatel at. Notiaghemas-izes.ia the gear 170d. 2 p or creature, commonly reputed to have beea deaf and dum! from inf on an uceusation of murder take, und a basket containing five dogen of egys, and com- mence a teur of inspection for yourselfPailling at every house and waking such imdqutry as shall s:tis’y you regaud ne the i: A- each uct as to which is ruler, the husban:] or the wife. ancy, Was arraigned : 2 nouse Where wife suDMits WHA Gel wi-hes. | rence and respeet to his ne of the horses; if. however, you ascertain the contrary he was therefore called upon to plead guilty or not guilty. t» de the case, leave anegg. If the h hoa'd all be « A lawyer represented his ease most feelingly to the Jule, wive,, *Way betore the eggs are exhansied, you are at liberty but the law ow the subject being supposed to be imperative, to rer. my daughter, aul £witl rece ve her aecord ng to he was taken into ana ljoining room, and actually preese | your wish ; Dut if the ergs should be first disposed of, ycu to death; * continuing,” says a register of the times, “ obsti- . j sive dias ses te >and kee cir wilt dheathht daw ‘ag il ae ca oa " ‘ wust reture ght remaluing horses to uw nat meep y me Wile. | bare'y, Came tO the last. rhe atlor fact, we think, oe t hanged 3 vith treiting her wll, Satisted that you are only Sharing tae com-!incontestlyiy proves that tae wretched being Was naturally e ° " - . won lot of near!, ali 00 who bave catered into the married damb. ; oe € Iu thar tuet oe 2 ‘ oi. 00 32 } staie.” u another instanee—and if is the Tast we shall cite on the o , favoraile that it was} subje ‘i oe ’ ee ae J his proposition see™c’t 8) highly er Vee commeuced his tour vf iavestigativs: CQa¢ lin 17490, At the first house at which he called, hg heard the wife in cuit counterfeited dambness. 4 and, without wating to explain the transaction, 10¢ k his de- and brousht in periure for the next house. Llere, upon making inqa'ty tor and lunacy.” the husband. the wife suid : | plead : baat he * T sent him to the grocery for some artic'es ; bat if you said to him, will sit down and wait a fev minutes he will be ia, for Ltoid , dere; but the him net to stay ta king with aay oue by the way, but te! until a fu ther hurry buck as fast as he could, neqeite's Tae inquirer, however, declined waiting, and left with the | had not the in > brought i, and was pres-ed to death two days subsequently e }eim juster sense of his sttuation, But this delay |astovished Woman an egy. | At the next plage he found the gentleman aboat lewing | in Kikenvy market-place, home, aud his wife iv no very duleet tones gustructing him | on the weetehet man, he carnestly supplicated to be hanged ; not to being any one home to dinner, as she expected ber but it being bey end the power ot the sheriff to deviate irom milliner to call to rece ve directions regarding ber bounét, the mode of punts ian ent pre-erthel in the sentence, even this No firther iuves- | was an indalgenee whic h could no long or be granted to him,” ligation Was taode, but an eas was laid at the dvor. and could not vive attention to company, ‘ At each seccecding house the result was the same, anti) | profuse crops of awful fruit, and the hangman had iweessant lf ef the eggs were goue, and as yet no oppor- occupation. Now-a-day-, one ¢an hardiy realize the faet ‘tunity ad occurred for leaving a hurse, when a brighter that within the memory of mary Yet living, six, ten. fifteen, and even more men, were hanged at cne time and place! | prospeet appeared about to open. ’ (un a book printed only about filty yeu "s ago, We have auen- his retura with so much affability by the lady tnat he took | gravinz, © an eXact representation,” It Is —— eats pew the liberty of stating to her that he hoped she would excuse | Scuff - at Newgate, with ten ten hang) 16 #! ong : a 'what might appear to be aa iapertinent inquiry, but that be | the 23rd of Apri, 1730, panTres nen Were “ees aa 'was desirous of uscertaining whether she or her husband ex- gether, aud not oue for murder! Most were Pe ‘ercised the prerogative of yovernment in their house and tp robberies and barg'aries, and ho less than three lor na ae their relations as bu-band and wife, assuring her that cogent om transportattus before their tine had expired. seal ye reasons alone prowpted the inquiry, and that in answering th of November, the same year, eighteen men were Bo it they might be beacfitted, but could not suffer any detrimen: ‘4 front of Newgate, aud fee one for murder 5 aod af - or injury. cember 1, nine more were-hany d, all fer robberies and bur- The la ly blushed and expressed surprise at such an ingniry, i glaries. The one of murderess, we muy remark, er hut stated that it had a ways been her pleasure to deier to almost invariably given to the surgeons for d ssection—unless : ordered to ha.g in chains—and they were publicly exposea ‘the wishes of her husband, and to give her assent aud con- ee 3 saat ai | ° » “yo : 2 au ‘ 2 { ‘currence to his acts; and she was happy to say that he never [0 te Base ul young aes Soa the dissecting table of the argeons’ Hall, Oid Bailey. ‘exac’ed any comptiances from her which she could not freely | > accord with, as she always resyected the superiority of lis 'y juigment, and was governed by it, ‘Ihe husbaed, arriving Pyburo, that the weateineters might b- pre-ented With» about the same time, fully corroborated the statement of hrs bowl of ale—their last drausht on earth, This custom pre- wile; and sueh was the apparent aiability of their senti- vatled in the couuty of York later PPA. ay wheie else; and lead the young gentleman | Curious aneclote is told cfa saddier of Dawtry, ** who lust ‘ ;more than tea Arriving at a respectab'e mansion, he was invited to await | ments regard. ng each othe’, as to into au ex Jatation of the vatare and oj et of bis visit, ep ‘ing by inviting taem cut to louk at his horses, any ene of which they were at liberty to selret asa tree gilt. After some hesiation ou their part aad sulicitation on his, they | consented to make a selection and proceed to view the sock. "The gentleman selected a black horse, and a-ked the lady's road, would have arrived time enough to have saved him. lence urose the saying that the * saddler of Bawtry was banged tor leaving his ale.” [t is startling to read of mere boys being hanged for of- 1 the | N. B.—Island made Wiil «KY, also lowered to same price. “approbarion of his choise, but she was captivated with the fences wh ch, now-a-days, would probably be pauisved by a lappearavee of a gray mare, which coasequent!y elsimed her few mouths imprisoonment or by see‘usion in a reforaatory * baat ° | ons ‘ : é “we i : | prete ence, gach see ned unwilling to ab wudou the object Perer M Co wd, aged sizfeen, was hanged at Tybarn, May | severally chosen, aud afier a protracted discussion the lady 27, 1772, for house breaking. Another boy, not six'cen, ' suid very decidedly : + Weil, my dear, you may doas you p'ease, but I am notice hs case ou account of the very exiraordiaary expe- ‘confident that the gray mare is the Letter herse.” dent ured to renter him penitent prior to bis execution. | = L cannot coucur ia your view, my dear,” said the has- | This boy bad committe! a most atrocious murder at W hit- ‘hand, © but nevertheless, in order to oblige you, L will take | lesea, by kilhag a cauild aged twelve years, in revenge for lthe chiid’s mother buving accidently thiown some water * Wermit me to say,” observed the disappointed purveyor | over hin! Tse hardened young wretch threatened 10 mur- der the clergyman who attended the jail, and any ove else of horses and eggs, ‘* that you catiwot lave either the black ' lor the gray, since you have dewonstrated that you are not who dared to approach him; nd so ferecious was hs con- lentitled to either, but must accept an egg ; watlst { shail duct that it was uecessary to chain hin down, hand wnd foot, ‘return the horses and the balance of the eggs fo My worthy in his dunseon, aud eveo then be behaved ina frightful land disereet father-in-law, aud conform to the requiremevts )manuer. We will quove what fullowed iu the words of the of my corditionsby keeping my wife, as 1 am fully satictied, uuriative befor@umes -* Acleng bh. ta.prevew trom the observations already made, that should 1 coutinue the ex stence in this depraved state, the idea was dey sed oi wy inquiries until doomsday, 1 should still find that the gray | procuring a child about the size of the one murdered, and simi- jar in feature and dress, whom two clergymen unexpectedly | ihe gray.” | alews. ' ae s ohalalsceo be Tt CRIMINAL PUNISH-— ‘led between them jor heirs, which would not have been the exse had they plead-| [t was thas worded: **Tuat the prisoner shall be seat to) treatins th : atins was) the prison weeuce he cane, an] put into a mean room, | stOnne i > larh a ° ~ baie e ae ‘ . stopped from the lizht, ana shall there be laid on the bir | to an extent .ulten xafficiest* to’ idtutieite the whole marta - One of his arms shall be drawa with | i ‘Then there shall be laid apou his body as mash iron or stone i . _ + And the fiest diy after. be shall . | sli ’ berlerchy otet, ee have three morsels of barley-breal withaat any drink ; the water that is next the prson door, exeept ranning wafer, without, any bread; and this! be his diet till he dies; and he against whom this The last time that this punishinent was inflicted was, we | ood believe, to a ship-waster charged with piracy, who, to save d untess the cffee s taken from their |; This was refused, and they, on theie part, adhered to their Tnereupon they were sentenced to be pressed to death; bat when taken into the press-room in Newgate which, asa mercy, he was permitted to do, although in strict | pogses however,was pressed, and bore the amazing weight of three ity pounds was udded, his fortitude Tre conclusive, snd the two »n—bhboth of who: Pe rery hardened bbers—were duly men—ooth of Whom were Very BaiGened rouders Were duly Tne following year another highwayman, named Tames, likewise refused. to ple.d to hs ind-ctment, allesing asa uoaless they are vetursved Lo will not plead. for no one é " Ss shall say that £ was hanged in adirty shirt and ragged coat. alternative explained to him; he My four il: them pleaded ‘* Not guilty,” bat was evnvicted and you are satisfied that the 4ustand rules and the Two witnesses—who were subsequently known to have borne eve him ill-will —swore positively tha: they bad heard him speak ; al fey ct—a man was pressed to deach, who assuredly was 89) in fayour of th at once embraced by the digsa: ‘SHed so in-law, an 1ths horses impostor, so far as his pretended duimbness was concerned. and eggs were forthwith consig. “4 to his charge, whea he | His name was Matthew Ryan, and be was tried, or should ting matrimonial | have heen tried, fur highway robbery, at the Kilkeuny assizes, Ween in prison be affected to be a lunatie; and Tue judges impanne led a, ended effeer. He refused to plead when next we» brone ie ether of [t was a'so customary for the cart to stop on its way to| j- his hile in coasequence of deciining the refreshment ; as, had | he stupped us usual, his reprieve, which was ac:ually on the! } was haved for murder at Wisheach, July 13, 1807, and we | vent the términation of a New Series.---No, 2. : ' by the hands into the cell, where he lay ) sulkily chainel to the ground; but on their approach, he siarted, and seemed so completely terrified, that he trembled 1a every limb, eold drops of sweat p:ofusely falling from him, and Was almost momentarily in sucha dreadful state of agi- tation, that he entreated the clergywen toeontinue with hia, aud from that instant became as contrite a penitent as he had been before callous and insensible.” What wou'd be the comments of the press on sach an affair az this, had is | occurred at the present day ? Tae manner in wirich prisoners, both before and after con- | viction, were allowed to condu :t themselves in prison was dis- graceful ia the extreme, Those who had money seem to have livel much the sune as thouch they were in a tavers, tir follow-priso vers and the frieads who came to visit them with dnners and sappers—drink bein s supplied We could g ve many curiois anecdotes of the actions which various dopa malefictors were permutte 1 to perfurm, Que Avershiw, ufter being senteace! to death, which he riedly merited, uo soouer got back to prison than he got some black cherries, an] divested bimseMf by using their juice to paint an the wiste walls of the room in whieh he was confined a juunber of sketches of the highway robber'es he had com- mitted, one representing him running up to the horses’ jheads efa post-ehsise, presenting a p'stol to the driver; an- other, where he was ficiug at the chaise; a third, where the parties had quitted the carriage; and another, in which he was described in the act of taking the inoney from the pas- jsenzers, and being fired at, while bes companion was shot We ave not surprised to learn. that this nian died unpenitent, * laughing and nolding” to bis acquaintances jin the crowd on his way to Tyburn. A highwaywan, some- ale Cx je resembling him in character, actually shot dead Mr. | Spurling, the heal turnkey of tne court at the Old Bailey, in the presence of the court! He did this because Spurling ‘| would notiet him speak with a woman, an acquaintance of | his, then on her trial for coining, The woman eneouraged him to do the deed, and the horror-striesen court instantly arraigned them both for the murder, of which they were ef course convicted on the spot, everybody present being Wit- of the deed. They died desperately wicked. A robber named Hartly, who was convicted, with a com- rade, of robbing, ia the open fields, a poor tailor of twopence aud his clothes—which they stripped off, and bound him to a tree—adopted a most extraordinary expedient with a view ‘to save his neck. fe procured six young women, dressed in white, to go to St. James's, and present a petition im his behalf. ‘The singularity of their appearance yained them ,ad.nission, when they told the King that if he extended the roval mercy to the offender, they would cast lots which would Le his wife ; but his mujesty said he was more desersing of the gallows than a wile, and aesordingly refused theic request, Ue was hanged at Tybarn, May 4, 1772. | One would naturally suppose that a man who had suffered jall the horrors of hanging, just short of aztual deach, would inever risk thé gallows again; but such, in one ease at least, was not the result. A hou-e-breaker named Smich was j hanged at Tyburn, Dee. 24, 1705, and when he had hung nearly fifieen minutes, the people shouted * A repr eve 1° | le was cat down, bled, and recovered! When asked what lhis feelings had been he replicd in substance, that * when he was turved off, he for some time was seusib!e of very great pain, ceeusioned hy the weight of his body, and felt his spirit in Strange commotion, violently pressing upwards; that hav- ing forced their way to his heal, he. as it were, saw a great blaze or glaring light, which seemed to go out of the eyes with a fash, aud then lust all seuse of pain. Taat after he was cat down, an} bezan to come to himself, the blood and spirits forcing thems-lres into their former channels, put him, bya sertof pricking or shoviing, to such tolerable pain. that he een!d have wished those banged who had eut Ever afterwards he went by the name of « half- .” This fellow soon returned to hrs former vil habits, and was again tried at the Oid Bailey for house- breaking; but the jary brought in a special verdict, leaving the affair to the decision of the twelve jadges, who decided e prisoner, Even this secon! wonderful es- cape did not deter him from resuming his malpractices, and a third time he was to have been brought to trial, but the pre- secntor died before the day appointed, and thus he once more got free, Nothing is kuown of bis subsequent history. . ’ i | t 1 s , ’ him down.” —— eee? Dipaturata.—Dr, T. H. Snith, in the Beitish Medical vee forms mn waich dip :theria i : \ in patches, with very -ligat coaves ion of the su Pound og partes and without fe o . : > Second. a deeper colour and more «ide y- Spread Mein diaoeous exmdarion wite foetit, and iaters+ enlarg.- weat of dark hue; turely, the menbvrane wita much tonsil itis Ww vdaes © Saiting tn qinsy: atourth an! more iormi- state of things t»comend wth is an exteasion of the the pr ceeding cages, to the larynx aud relerence t+ the more ginersl symoptous, the dable trachea. Wah * As the weights were heaped ?° miment feriuare is depres-io: of the vitsl posers. The pose 1S NOL always quick, but when so, is that of aoori able créul toa. Mo @ te qiew ly tee palee ts siow, Wav.ng, and jsery Cunoress be > tae ekru or atly cools dowa--»s when a ond ts @Xvased out of bai—s mont ant soft, a most claamy jtu toe fel. Where ever his b en observed, it i. of a rem During the whule of ihe 18th eestury, the gallows bore} tn of ime mitent type. Som ceses are us.eret in with Pslizht daches, with discharge of blog! Debiity remains ia anark d d gee, even sm milder cuses, afther the ives! ryoup- some have Visapycared, -_- CoLermes on Hoxsenack.— Coleridge was a remarkable aWkwerd horseman, so much eo 99 yenerally to attract nutice, he Was ovee riding along the turnpike road ia the county of Ditham, when a Wag, approscinng hin, noticed his peculiar ty and (quve mistalieg his sou) thought the ridera fine subject of & little sport, wien, as be drpw near, he thus accos'ed Mr. . 3 Tsay young wan. ded you meet a tailor’on the road ?”” “¢ Yes," repind Mr. C., "bo was never ata loss fut a rejonder, Edd 5 and betold meat L went a litle further 1 shoud meet avove!,’ Thearsailunt was struck dumb, while the traveller jogged on, The Home Jonrnai says that * quite irdependent of his fine prospec! ot # throu, the Prince of Wales is a very nich man— , wort £700 000 steriang. Thos vast sum has arisen from the | surplus revenues from the estates of the Duchy of Corawall, to whol ie became eutitied immediately afier he was born, and which have been accumulating with imverest from thal time, and thig tand will go on iecreasing unil he, as other subjecisof the Quven, attains the age of 21,90 that by thit tidie, tne amount of money he will siaud possessed of will be nearly £1,000,009 io hard cusn. Coxcxonoms —W hen is a physician like a bad schoo!-boy, and why ¢#—At night, because he is likely to be called up. ‘why is it that the hens cat so much cors ?—Because each one takes a peck at a time, Why is a bad physician lke am ill-tempered man ?—Be- cause he is apt to luse his patients, Why is Tommy Hide’s bad conduct like the letter U ?— Because it takes (the paternal) Hide chide. Why does an auctioneer like og!y customers at his sale ? —lIie tikes those who are most for bidding. Why are” people vho go to church without paying for their seats not likely to be much benefitted /—~ Because they get good Jor nothing. _ At what time of life may a man be said to belong to the | vegetable kingdom ?— When he becomes sage, | Whe is a atan who spoils his children tie another who builds castles in the air ?—Because be indu! ges iu famey (ime 'faney) too much, | Says the Jovely Julia to the hewitehing Fanny, “Why is a new-born baby like acow’s tail ? + Givertup.’ * Because it.wwas never seen before.’ » Panay plained. ao ee 2s What wonderful meta:norphosis is a Jaun Tress subject to? She goes to bed a laund:ess and gets up five lineu, Bul, [aw fascinated with Miss Mill sonal charms? Yes, with her ' ' -_