ed arrival, and to prevent an escape, if any should be attempted. He then boldly entered the apartment where the factor was seated in the midst of a group of tenants, who had just emptied their purses into his, "Well, Killearn," said the fearless free-booter, "here am I; the Rob Roy McGregor, the greatest enemy your master has on this side of hell. Now I claim the proffered blood-money; produce the bag." The factor, who at first stared at M'Gregor with as much amazement as if he had seen a spectre from the grave, was quite astouned at this demand, and the more so as it came from a person whom he knew it was fruitless to refuse or resist. Accordingly he began, as well as a faultering voice would allow, to work on the feelings of his unwelcome visitor. "No whimpering for me," interrupted he, striking the table with his fist, "down with the bag." The demand was instantly complied with, and the unfortunate factor was compelled on the spot to acknowledge to the tenants the receipt of the rents. "One word more," said M'Gregor, "and our business is settled for this time. "Swear by your eternal soul that you will neither raise an alarm, nor divulge one circumstance that has passed at this interview before the expiration of two hours."Now," added he, after the ceremony was over, "I have done with you, valiant factor. If you attempt to break your oath, remember you have a soul to save, and remember too, that M'Gregor has a dirk, which has seen the light of day through a stouter man than Killearn." Hereupon Rob Roy and his gillies withdrew, and were in a much shorter time than had been prescribed, in perfect safety among their fastnesses. MISCELLANEOUS. THE MAN WHO WAS PROSECUTED BY THE BISHOP. The following particulars are taken from a pamphlet, entitled, The Thing, published by Mullen, 21, Duke-street, Dublin : "There was a report that this innocent and grievously injured man was dead. He had suffered the agonies of a thousand deaths; but he is still living. His crime was the whispering of a report, that the miscreant, who is at length detected, had attempted to perpetrate a certain atrocity in this country. About eleven years ago he lived as coachman in the service of the hon. John Jocelyn, of Dundalk, and after quitting his service, was met in Dublin by his hon. and right rev. brother, who was then bishop of Ferns, when the horrid circumstance which he disclosed came to his knowledge; but, to prevent his proceeding in the necessary prosecution, he was thrown into prison, and, although he offered respectable bail, it was rejected. He had two letters in his possession, written to him by a confidential servant of the bishop, named Leonard, and, at THE SEA SERPENTS. A few months back the American papers teemed with accounts of a sea serpent said to be off the coast. By the following extract from the New York paper of the 15th ult. it would seem this animal was not an imaginary one, but that it had actually been taken :-" Mr. John Beers, a resident of Middletown, county of Monmouth (N. J.) who arrived in the city on Wednesday night last, states, that a monstrous creature, between thirty and forty feet in length, and eighteen feet round, was captured on Monday last, in a cove at Brown's Point, near Middletown Point. The monster was dicovered for two or three days previously, having the appearance of a large log floating, with two bunches, which, afterwards proved to be fins. Two men shot balls into him the bishop's desire, requesting misery at South Cumberlandhim to conceal the fact from his street."-Dublin Morning Post. brother; these letters were taken from him by stratagem, and he, being thus deprived of the only documents by which he could support his charge against the bishop, was brought to trial for defamation, and found guilty. The sentence was two years' imprisonment, and two or three floggings. The incarceration was fully completed and ended, and under one flogging he bled and tortured until the last spark of life and feeling had become nearly extinct.-When he recovered, and was on the eve of getting a second flogging, a steward of the monster came to him and offered a remission of the impending punishment, on the condition of Byrne's signing a written acknowledgment of his having been guilty of slander and falsehood. Who, that was not prepared to die of the agonies of the rack, could refuse a signature under such circum-from muskets, which had no stances? The poor creature, it may be supposed, was not slow in putting his trembling hand to the paper-and he was mercifully spared a punishment of which it was a thousand to one he would not have survived the infliction. "Byrne is a native of Maynooth, and a man, though he had been a servant, of some education, and very decent parentage. He has, for some years back, supported a numerous family, by driving job coaches for Collins, in Denzille-street; but having lately met with an accident in that employment, he has been obliged to go into an hospital; and his unhappy wife and children, thus deprived of his support, are now languishing in effect. He continued flouncing about, but was unable, from the shallowness of the water, to get off. Five or six boats were then rigged and manned, and went in pursuit, and succeeded in putting five harpoons into him, which drove him on the shore, where they lanced and killed him. The creature has been skinned, and it required two hours and six men to drag the skin about two hundred yards, which is to be stuffed, and will be brought to this city on Tuesday next. number of old whalers and other seamen have been to view it, and they all declare that they never have seen any animal of the same kind; and, from the decription given of the sea serpent, they A consider it one of the species; that he had no entrails, no heart, but a liver, which produced four barrels of oil, and had six rows of small sharp teeth. The upper part of the tail is about seven feet, and lower about three feet; the skin is of a leadish colour, and will sharpen a knife like a stone; the throat large enough to pass a large man." A circumstance has been related by a person who was once a sergeant in the army. This individual served at one time in Gibraltar. There are a great many goats that scrabble about within the precincts of the garrison; and at one point of the huge rock, there is a goat road leading down to the water's edge. This imperceptible track however, is so excessively narrow, that only one goat can travel by it at a time, while even a single false step, or the slightest attempt to deviate to the right or the left, would infallibly precipitate the bearded traveller from the top to the bottom. It happened that one goat was going down while another happened to be ascending the path, and the two meeting in the middle, instinctively, and not without fear or trembling, made a dead stop. To attempt to turn or step aside was instant death and although the topmost goat could have easily pushed his brother out of the way, he was too generous to take such an advantage. At last, after deep cogitation and much deliberation, they hit upon a scheme which even man, with all his boasted wisdom, could not have surpassed; that is, the one goat lay quietly and cautiously down on all-fours, and allowed the other to march right ; over his body, to the great delight of the persons who witnessed this singular dilemma. The following melancholy accident happened at Preasly hall, Lincolnshire :-Mr. Greenfield, a young man of very respectable character, and who had but lately come into occupation of the farm, was leading a bull to some cows and heifers, when observing that a rope which hung from a ring in the animal's nose was trailing inconveniently on the ground, he stooped to take hold of it; instantly the bull attacked him, drove his body against the gate with great force, and afterwards gored him. Mr. G. walked to a neighbour's house at a short distance, but was speechless when he arrived there, and died in a few minutes. Virdict-Accidental death. It appeared that the bull was known to be a vicious animal, and the coroner's jury caused it to be shot.—Derby paper. A shipwreck, as inexplicable in its origin, as it was fatal in its consequences, occurred on Sunday the 21st of July near the mouth of the river Tay. Early in the morning the mast of a vessel, with all her sails set, was observed standing upright in the water, a little to the eastward of the lady bank; and shortly thereafter the crew of the smack Defiance, when off Broughty Castle, picked up the body of a man, which was ascertained to be that of J. Coupar, master of the sloop Active, of Dundee. It was now conjectured she was the unfortunate vessel; which proved to be the case. Two boats were immediately dispatched to the spot, and she was found to be sunk under only a few feet of water. How the accident occurred is unknown, and must for ever remain so; the whole crew, consisting of the master and his two sons, being drowned in the deep. The body of the captain, when found, was still warm; and his watch and the ship's papers were in his poket; but the bodies of his sons have not yet been found. He has left a widow and two children to lament this afflicting calamity.-Glasgow Chronicle. REASON IN MADNESS.-It is reported that a man in Bedlam made these observations :-" We that are locked up here, are only called mad, because our madness does not happen to agree with that of the rest of the world. Every body thinks his neighbour mad, if his pursuits happen to be opposite to his own. His neighbour thinks the same of himbut then these two kinds of madness do not interfere with each other. Now and then, there comes an eccentric man, who, taking a just view of things, thinks them all mad-him they catch and lock up here. case." That's my FIRM FOOTING IN AMERICA.-A traveller, on his return from the state of Ohio, where he had been to purchase a farm in that " land of milk and honey," gave this account of the state of promise-Sir, as I was driving my team, I observed a hat in the path I reached with my whip stick to take it up from the mud. "What are you doing with my hat?" cried a voice under it. I soon discovered under the chapeau a brother emigrant, up to the ears in the mire. "Pray let me help you out," said I— "Thank you," said the bemired : traveller, "I have a good longlegged horse under me, who has carried me through worse sloughs than this: I am only stopping to breathe my nag, as this is the firmest footing I have found in fifty miles." A worthy individual, now residing in a central parish of Bristol, has actually had more children than all the inhabitants of the parish besides.-Bristol paper. A chesnut horse, the property of Mr. Thomas Gibbie, farmer, in Newbyre, parish of Galston, had the misfortune to get a kick from another horse, in the month of February last, which broke both the bones of his hind leg under the hough. the hough. Being a favourite horse, Mr. Gibbie resolved on trying the experiment of having it set, which was accordingly done by Mr. Smith, farrier. The horse was then suspended, and in twelve weeks, from the time the leg was broken, he was able to resume his labours in the plough, and is now perfectly sound, and fit for any kind of work.-Ayr Courier. A small farmer in the vicinity of Manchester, not long since, killed a cow, and sent part of the beef and a quantity of the suet to his son, a weaver, in Blackley, who hung it up so near the window, that some one in the night broke a pane, and carried off the suet. In the morning, the weaver, missing his suet, went to the ale-house, where he posted up the following advertisement, which still remains an evidence of his right John Bull generosity and spirit: "Whereas, last night a quantity of beef suet was taken from the house of Thomas Wolstoncroft: this is to give notice, that if the person who took it away, will appear, and prove that he was forced to do so by distress, the said Thomas Wolstoncroft will give him a dozen of flour to make the suet into dumplings. But if he cannot prove that he was in distress when he stole it, the said Thomas Wolstoncroft will fight him, and give him five shillings if he beats him." PHENOMENON.-A poor man, named Whittingham, now upwards of 85 years of age, and residing at Nantwich, about five years ago lost his sight, without any other apparent cause than natural infirmity. He has been totally dark ever since until Wednesday last, when, without the slightest application of medical or other means, he was perfectly restored to his sight. Before we gave publicity to this fact, we had the most indisputable warrant for its correctness.Chester Courant. OH, MY EYE, BETTY MARTIN ! -Many of our most popular vulgarisms have their origin in some whimsical perversion of language or of fact. St. Martin is one of the worthies of the Romish calendar, and a form of prayer to him commences with the words" Oh, mihi beate Martine;" which by some desperate fellow, who was more prone to punning than praying, has furnished the plebian phrase so well known in the modern circles of horse-laughter. MANNERS IMPROVED BY THE DRAMA.-Howel, in his "Londinopsis," speaking of the tragedies, comedies, histories, and interludes that were in his day represented in the various theatres of the metropolis, says "It was a true observation that those comical and tragical histories did much improve and enrich the English language they taught young men witty compliments, and how to carry their bodies in a handsome posture: add hereunto, that they instructed them in the stories of divers things, which being so lively represented to the eye, made firmer in the memory. Lastly, they reclaimed many from vice and vanity; for, though a comedy be never so wanton, yet it ends with virtue and the punishment of vice." METHOD OF DESTROYING MOLES. -A gentleman who was troubled with these animals in his garden, adopted the following method by way of experiment: - Having opened one of the runs or trenches, he introduced a small quantity of rosin and sulphur, and when in a sufficient blaze, covered it over with the mould drawn from the trench. Whether suffocation ensued, or what is more probable the fumes were highly offensive to the finer instincts of these animals, the purpose was completely answered, as they never afterwards made their appearance.-Preston Senti- ́ nel. On the evening of the 18th ultimo, the inhabitants of Burnley, in Lancashire, were exceedingly alarmed by a violent whirlwind, which unroofed several houses, throwing down a number of chimneys, and doing other damage. By the increased velocity of the powerful element, a man was forced from off the canal bank into a timber-yard-a fall of about sixty feet, but happily without receiving any injury. In its resistless progress it tore up by the roots twenty-one oak and |