hill, in Whittingham, a portion of the glebe of Wood plumpton church and as such the property of the Rev. Isaac Mossop, incumbent of Woodplumpton having lately been undergoing some repairs, the workpeople, in removing the thatch, came to an old piece of old woollen cloth, containing a large number of silver coins, which appeared to have been concealed therein. The coins are 301 in number, and comprise crowns, halfcrowns, shillings, and sixpences, of the reigns of Philip and Mary, Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., sovereigns of England, and some Spanish coins of the reign of Philip IV. When found they were almost black from soot, having been concealed in the roof just over the soot loft. Those that have been cleaned appear to be in excellent preservation. From the circumstance of none of the coins being of later date than the reign of Charles I., it is conjectured that the hoard had been concealed by some careful housewife during the troubled times that marked the later years of the reign of the first Charles. The total weight of the "find" is more than 5lb., and its intrinsic value will be about £20, though to numismatists, of course the coins will be worth much more. AN ACCOMPLISHED IMPOSTOR.-We find the following in the law paper, the Droit:-"The Court of Appeals, Paris, some time ago, pronounced a condemnation on a person named Cavendish for a great number of acts of swindling, the greater part of which were accompanied with forgeries. Different circumstances having caused this person to be suspected of misdeeds of another kind, the prefect of police, at the solicitation of the Ambassador of England, and with a view to the general interest, caused new investigations respecting him to be made, and M. Boudrot commissary of the judicial delegations, was specially charged with them. It was soon ascertained that this adventurer was a polygamist, and that three of his wives were in England and in Italy. Speaking several languages with facility, he passed himself off as a wealthy merchant, at another as a member of the House of Lords, at another as a foreigner of distinction; in Great Britain he took the names of Gore, Leicester, Lord Howard of Effingham, Charles Howard, Horace Seymour, Horace Belmore, and others. There is reason to believe that the name of Cavendish, under which he has been condemned, is not his real name, and that this Proteus has not yet told his secret. Every day, in fact, new circumstances are brought to light against him, and publicity may yet lead to the discovery of a greater number. Cavendish lived in splendid style, and to support his pretensions to high rank, simulated a correspondence with the most eminent personages. He thus succeeded in making dupes of the best society, and in introducing himself into the most exclusive circles. The commerce of Paris is inundated with his forged bills. In short it would fill a volume to relate the acts of swindling which he has imagined and carried into execution with incredible success. In his interrogatory, Cavendish has confined himself to a system of complete denials. Placed unexpectedly in presence of the witnesses of his different marriages, and of his four wives, who were collected to be confronted with him, he promptly repressed a movement of surprise, and, impassible in presence of their recriminations, feigned not to know them. The only thing which he can be made to confess is, that he was detained in the fortress of St. Angelo, at Rome, for forgery. The unfortunate women whom this polygamist has successfully deceived and abandoned cannot imagine that he has contracted other marriages, and appear to have felt a strong affection for him. His last wife, whom he married in Italy, positively refuses to believe the facts revealed in the investigation, and vows that she shall die if her husband be not restored to her. The passion inspired by Cavendish can only be explained by a sort of fascinating influence. He is small, thin, and slightly bent: his features display cunning and trickery; his bent nose and his round and phosphorescent eyes, buried under thick brows, give him the aspect of a bird of prey. EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE.-On Monday morning a most extraordinary scene was presented at the church of St. Peter's, Walworth. In King's Row, Walworth, a small building, ordinarily used as a cooper's shop, is occasionally occupied as a sort of chapel by a congregation akin to the followers of the late Johanna Southcote. The leader of this band, an elderly woman named Vaughan, deemed it advisable to become betrothed to a young man named Peacock, said to be one of the priesthood of the above sect. Accordingly, on Monday morning, about eleven o'clock, a procession was formed and set in motion towards St. Peter's Church. Some of the men wore jackets of light material, others a species of coronet, and several singular-looking caps, while around the waist and across the shoulders of some were polished leather and other bands and belts, inscribed with, apparently, cabalistic and zodaical characters. The women, about twelve in number, were attired in white, with various singular decorations, and from the head of each depended long showy veils. In this singular procession were borne sixteen various banners, comprising the standard of England, the union jack, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel, one of the sun, and one of the moon and stars. In the midst of these was a sort of shepherd's crook, and the bridegroom, who, together with his venerable companion, headed the procession, bore on his shoulder a species of mace, surmounted by a crimson velvet cap with gold fringe. On reaching the church porch the bridal party were compelled, by order of the minister, to deposit their flags, &c. The Rev. F. F. Statham, the incumbent, performed the marriage ceremony, and the entry in the register at the vestry was "John Clearlight Peacock Peacock, aged 30 years, married to Elizabeth Fairlight Vaughan, aged 60, years." At the conclusion the bride conversed very freely with the rev. minister, whom she urgently endeavoured to convert, declaring that it had been revealed to her that she was to introduce Shiloh to the world. The procession then departed in the same order as it arrived, amid the hooting, laughter, and jeering of the assembled crowd. Orders have been given to strengthen the fortifications on the western coast of France, and the measure is said to be "an answer" to the announced addition to the British navy. An order has been issued to the authorities at the different dockyards, directing that all foreigners who may pay a visit are not to be allowed, under any pretence whatever, to enter the workshops or view the vessels at present constructing. This amounts to a total exclu sion. The Starlight Schottische. Z. T. Purday, Holborn,-A composition of unusual brilliancy, sparkling novelty and effect in every passage; and as if it was intended that it should shine out from the unmeaning accumulation of polkas, schottisches and minor luminaries of this class, every pains seems to have been taken by exterior embellishment, interior engraving, and style of attraction to win the favour of the musical public, and maintain the character of the establishment from whence so many good things are continually issuing. TOPSY'S SONG. WORDS BY C. JEFFERYS.-MUSIC BY STEPHEN GLOVER. "What does make you so bad, Topsy? Why won't you try and be good? Don't you love anybody Topsy?" "Donno nothing 'bout love; I love's candy and sich, that's all," said Topsy. But you love your father and mother?" "Never had none, ye know. I telled ye that, Miss Eva." "Oh, I know," said Eva, sadly; "but hadn't you any brother, sister, or aunt, or" "No, none on 'em.—never had nothing nor nobody." But, Topsy, if you'd only try to be good, you might—” "Couldn't never be nothin' but a nigger, if I was ever so good," said Topsy. "If I could be skinned, and come white, I'd try then." "But people can love you, if you are black, Topsy. Miss Ophelia would love you if you were good." "No, she can't bar me, 'cause I'm a nigger I-she'd as soon have a toad touch her There can't nobody love niggers, and niggers can't do nothin'. I don't care," said Topsy, beginning to whistle. "O Topsy, poor child, I love you!" said Eva. "I love you, because you haven't had any father, or mother, or friends-because you've been a poor abused child! I love you, and I want you to be good. I'm very unwell, Topsy, and I think I shan't live a great while; and it really grieves me to have you be so naughty. I wish you would try to be good, for my sake; it's only a little while I shall be with you." See "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Chap. XXV. I'm but a little nigger gal, As black as black can be, I 'spect I donno how to love, Now what's the use for sich as me If you could wash de black-a-moor She can't abear de nigger gal- I is so wicked-dat's the thing She says I is, and so And dat's de reason why. But you, Miss Evy, you so good, You're not afraid to touch my hand, You nebber turn away. You talk to me, you gib me smile, Literature. On Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia, affecting the Head and Ear, and some forms of Headache in connection with Deafness. By William Harvey, Fellow of the Royal Medical Chirurgical Society. London : Rensnaw. This book must be full of interest to all persons afflicted with deafness or any of the disorders of which it treats. It is, we believe, the first volume which has yet been written on gout, rheumatism and neuralgia, as connected with deafness, and it appears to have attracted the attention and approbation of the profession-the author takes a very comprehensive and scientific view of the whole subject, and shows us that deafness does not generally arise from incurable disease in the delicate structure of the ear itself, but that it often depends upon a gouty or rheumatic habit of body, upon a faulty condi tion of the nervous system, and upon various other ailments manifested by pain in the head, jaws, face, or other parts about the ears. Mr. Harvey shows that "where operative surgery has failed, medical surgery has quietly and unostentatiously accomplished a signal triumph," that "in a very large number of cases of deafness it is found that the structure of the ear itself is sound and uninjured, but that its functions are impaired from causes more or less remote from the organ itself, and in many instances from some affection of the general health.' The author, therefore, like a good workman, goes to the root of the matter at once, and he confesses in his preface with a simplicity and honesty which will accord with the truthful style of the work, that greatly to his surprise, he has found that many cases of deafness will recover, as it were spontaneously, when an appropriate treatment of the existing complication (as it has appeared to be, although it is in reality the constitutional cause), has been systematically adopted and perseveringly carried out." The theory which Mr. Harvey thus lucidly advances, is fully borne out by the cases described in the volume-some from his own private practice, and others from the practice of the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear. These cases are not more interesting from the happy results of very simple remedies, than from the amazing variety of causes which appear to have had their share in impairing the sense of hearing, as well as more or less deranging the general health. It is the diligence and discrimination with which these constitutional disorders have been sought out and detected, which constitutes Mr. Harvey's chief merit, and which we doubt not has also contributed to his extraordinary success. There is nothing mysterious or mystical about this volume. It is written for the instruction of the profession, and it is a plain account of plain facts. Even to general readers it is commended by its palpable good sense, and we earnestly commend it to all deaf persons of all ages for some of these complications; and, indeed, all of them are common in old age. The following sketch of the contents of the volume will give the reader some idea of the extent of the territory into which the author has carried his investigations. The first section is devoted to Rheumatism, chiefly Rheumatism of the ear, and its appendages. The author carefully points out the distinctive characters by which Rheumatism may be known, and by overlooking which it may be mistaken for nervous otalgia, neuralgia of the face, chronic headache, partial paralysis, &c. He then adds directions for treatment illustrated by cases. The second section contains a treatise on gouty affections of the head and ear. Here the author treats of the connection between gout and rheumatism, the origin and seat of both, the diagnosis and treatment of anthritic affections of the ear, the parts about the head, the brain, &c. In the third section, which is chiefly intended to illustrate neuralgic affections of the head and ear, the author shows that the rheumatic diathesis, is frequently the cause of tic doloureux, and that neuralgia is sometimes attributable to a variety of causes which require the strictest investigation. The work concludes with an essay on sympathetic headache. |