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A POLISH HERO. The Paris correspondent o...
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THE CLIPPER YACHT "AMERICA." Fennimore C...
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life ; for a friend of his had called on Mrs ; Begg lately , and she had said that she had often seen her brother sit at the table in a morning , after a night ' s debauch , shading his face with his hand , while the bi" tears of remorse were dropping on the board before him . Mrs ; Begg seemed moved painfully . " Nothing is more false , " she replied ; " I never had such a conversation ; and never could say so , for Inever saw my brother either drunk , or showing any such feeling ; nor did I ever know him to be drunk . It is true , I saw but little of him in the latter part of his life ; but his son , who was with him almost constantly , told me that he never saw his father the
worse for liquor but once ; and then he was sick , but yet perfectly conscious . His son also said , that though his father would come home late during the latter part of his life , when they lived in Dumfries ; yet he was always able to examine bolts and bars , went to observe that the children were right in bed , and always acted like a sober man . Besides , " added the intelligent old lady , " how was it possible that my brother could be a drunkard , when he had so small an income , and yet , a few weeks before his death , owed nobody a shilling ? That speaks for itself . " Mrs . Begg furthermore confirmed what I also learned in Glasgow from persons conversant with those who had known every circumstance of the close of Burns ' s
life , that Allan Cunningham has sorely mis-stated many matters . Burns did not die in the dramatic style which Allan tells of . Allan was never in Ayrshire in his life ; but had his materials from some old fellow who went about poking into every corner and raking out every false story about Burns . A writer in Glasgow , in whose company I sat for a short time in the evening after I had delivered my oration there on Burns , contradicted Allan Cunningham ' s account of Burns ' s death , from personal knowledge—justatthe time when Allan ' s Life of Burns appeared ; but Allan never took any notice of the pamphlet , and never corrected . the mis-statement . Mrs . Begg said that she had seen the two volumes of the new life of her
brother , by Robert Chambers , and the account was fairer than any she had seen before . Thomas Cooper .
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A Polish Hero. The Paris Correspondent O...
A POLISH HERO . The Paris correspondent of the Times has sent the following account of one of the old soldiers of Kosciusko and Napoleon to that journal : — " Joseph Husiecki , one of the oldest and the most distinguished of the Polish emigrants in Prance , died a few days since in the hospital at Vierzon . He was born in 1 77 0 , and commenced his military career in 1787 . He fought against the Russians in 1794 , under the command of the immortal Kosciusko . After the
partition of Poland he entered the service of the French Republic , fondly hoping , like many others who were equally deceived , that his country ' s independence would be restored through French influence . He made the campaigns of Italy with the first consul , and formed part of the expedition to St . J ^ omingo under Rochambeau . He served subsequently in the Cuirassiers , commanded by General Hautpoul , who died ia his arms on the sanguinary field of Eylau . On the Cuirassiers , who were cut to pieces in that battle , being reorganized , it was observed to Napoleon
that . Lieutenant Rusiecki was not the height for a Cuirassier . The Emperor commanded him to alight ; and placing himself back to back with him , lie remarked to his aide-de-camp— You are mistaken , Sir ; he is not a dwarf , he is my size , ' and at the name time he promoted him to the rank of captain in that corps . He was named major in the year 1812 , during the campaign of Russia . He commanded the Twenty-second Regiment of the line during the war of Independence , in the year 1 Bit 1 . His remains were accompanied to the grave by the principal inhabitants of Vierzon , and by the National Guard . "
Halifax And Qukhkc Railway..Lord Grey'n ...
HALIFAX AND QUKHKC RAILWAY . . Lord Grey ' n offer is in a fair way of being accepted . Mr . Joseph Howe has transmitted a report of his negotiations to the Canadian Land and Railway AHsoeiation ; and from that we learn , not only that public opinion in the three provinces is highly favourable to the construction of the great trunk line , but that u preliminary arrangement has been agreed to by Canada and New itnmswick , and by Mr . Howe on the part , of Nova Scotia . That the Assembly of Novii Scotia Avill assent to the propositions there is little doubt . That body hits just been dissolved and will reassemble in September ; at which time tin ; basis for a deliuitc arrangement with the Impciial
Government , will at once be submitted ; so that , there iH every prospect of the railway being shortly commenced . The preliminary agreement between the provinces is , according to Mr . Howe , as follows : — " That the lino from Halifax ( o Quebec should he made on the joint , account and at the mutual rihk of the three provinces , ten miles of Crown land along the line being vented in a joint committee , and the proceeds appropriated towards the payment , of the principal ami interest of the Minn required . That New Hruuswiek should construct the Portland line , with the funds advanced by the Hritifh Government , «<¦ her own risk . That Canada tthould , at her own risk , complete ) the lino from Quebeo to Montreal , it being understood that any wuving wjrioh .
could be effected within the limits of the sum which the British Government are prepared to advance , should be appropriated to an extension of the line above Montreal . That , on the debt contracted on the joint account of the three provinces being repaid , each should own the line within its own territory . It was also understood that Canada would withdraw the general guarantee oft " for the construction of railways in any direction , and that her resources should be concentrated upon , the main trunk line , with a view to an early completion of a great intercolonial highway , or British territory from Halifax to Hamilton ; from whence to Windsor , opposite to Detroit , the Great "Western Company of Canada have a line already in course of construction . " Mr . Howe already contemplates the reaching of the Pacific " in our time" !
The Clipper Yacht "America." Fennimore C...
THE CLIPPER YACHT "AMERICA . " Fennimore Cooper ' s description of the ship of the Red Rover seems to have been realized in the New York yacht " America . " This pretty and astonishing vessel has excited the greatest amazement and curiosity at Ryde . We find a description of herself and one of her performances , the former in the Chronicle , the latter in the Times : — " The owner is most courteous to all visitors , and conducts them over his yacht , which , whatever may be her sailing powers , must be regarded as a model of elegant comfort inside . Her cabins , berths , & c , are fitted up in the best taste , with every attention _ to economy of space , and in a style of luxurious simplicity .
It would be difficult to describe her appearance without the aid of the pencil . She has a low black hull , two noble ' sticks of extreme rake , ' without an extra rope , and is altogether the beau ideal of what one is accustomed to read about in Cooper ' s novels . When close to her you see that her bow is as sharp as a knife blade , and is ' scooped away , ' as it were , outwards , till it swells towards the stern , the sides gradually springing outwards , as round as an apple , till a little forward of the mainmast , where she has her greatest beam , being there twenty-two feet and some inches across . Her stern is remarkably broad and wide and full , affording great accommodation on
deck as well as below . She has no bulwarks , at least , they are not above nine or ten inches high . Thus she differs most materially from our vessels , and ' if she be right ( as the Marquess of Anglesey said ) , why we must all be wrong . ' Standing at the stern and looking forward , the deck is nearly of a wedge-shape , the extreme beam being , as I have stated it , the bow as sharp as the apex of a triangle , and the stern not very much less than the extreme breadth of beam . Her crew are very fine activelooking seamen , and altogether , sail when she will , she is not to be despised by the best boat we have seen , if appearances go for anything . "
There were many yachts at Ryde on Friday week but little racing : — " And the event of the day was the appearance of the Yankee . I suppose she was tempted out by the breeze of wind , which was not , however , quite good for six knots , by the sailing of several crack schooners from Cowes , and by the desire to run past Osborne decorated for the fete , and with the Itoyal yachts lying dressed in the roads , close under the house , so that the Queen might see what a craft brother Jonathan could turn out . Whatever the reason , out she came , with the wind on her quarter ( after some three or more schooners had got well ahead of her ) , under mainsail , foresail , and the new jib . She went along very steadily and well up to Ryde , but
did not show any great superiority till she was oft the pier about 3 . 20 , when she seemed as if she had put a screw into her stern , hoisted her fore and aft foresail , and began ' to fly through the water . ' She passed schooners and cutters one after the other just as a Derby winner passes the ruck , ' and as the breeze freshened slid with the speed of an arrow out towards the Nab , standing upright as a ramrod under her canvas , while the schooners were staggering under every stitch they could set , and the cutters were heeling over under gaff topsails and balloon jibs . It was remarked by the crowd on the pier head that there was scarcely any foam at her bovvH , nor any broken water raised in a mass before them ; but that the waves appeared to fall away under her keel and sides ,
offering the minimum of resistance to her course , owing to the peculiar form of her ' entry . ' Still , the nauticalu looked knowing , and said , ' Oh ay , thin is all very well for a schooner on this wind , let ub see how she'll come back , when the wind will he a point or ho worse for her !' The America soon gave them an opportunity of judging on this point too . She went about in splendid style , a little short of the Nab , spinning round like a top , and came howling away towards (' owes aa fast if not faster than ever . As if to let our best , craft . see she did not care about them , the America went up to each in succession , ran to leeward of every one of them as clone as she could , and shot before them in succession , coining to anchor of ! Kyde , at least two miles as it seemed to me , ahead of any of the craft she had been running against .. "
Commodore Stevens , commander of the yacht , issued u challenge some time ago , to race any cutter or schooner ; and it . was thought no one ; would accept it . There was u good deal of excitement on the subject . However , tins challenge of the Americans has been accepted at the last , hour . Mr . Stephenson , 'M . I ' ., has taken up their g : i » e , and all that rcinuiriH is to sail the match as noon iih the regatta to-morrow i » over . The conditions of the race are not known , but . the sum staked on the ; event by Mr . vtftcpheiiHon ih £ 100 . The vessel which in opposed to the America iH an iron schooner of 100 tons , called the Titunia
Rkrsonal News And Gos8ip. The Chinese Pa...
rKRSONAL NEWS AND GOS 8 IP . The Chinese party visited the Queen at Oaborne . ) n Monday . Mr . s ( sic ) Chung A ttti , the younger
sang before her Majesty ; Mrs . Chung Atai , senior gave her Majesty a daguerrotype likeness of the party . Prince Albert escorted them into the garden to see the Chinese plants and flowers , and it i » said the Queen was amused at the helpless and inelegant mode of walking of the women ! The Queen and her family go to Scotland this year and on their return home call at Liverpool by the wav * visiting the Earl of Sefton , and the Earl of Ellesmere and looking in for a few hours upon Manchester . * The Queen has presented a silver teapot to Superiat undent Pearce , and gold watches to Inspectors Beckerson and Lester , as marks of appreciation , on her part , of their intelligent attendance upon her Majesty at the Crystal Palace . The Prince of Wales has also presented a " gold watch to Inspector Smith O'Brien .
The Earl of Clare , who has been in declining hea lt h for some time past , expired on Monday evening last at Brighton , whither he had retired for the benefit of his health . The Bight Honourable Colonel Fitzgibbon brother of the earl , succeeds to the title and estates . ' Mrs . Chisholm continues her earnest and enlightened efforts on behalf of , the welfare and comforts of emigrants . She is engaged in obtaining separate bertha for young people of bothTsexes in emigrant ships . , Albert Smith and three English students went up Mont Blanc on the 13 th . Sir Robert Peel arrived in the afternoon , and having assembled the villagers of Chamouni , treated them royally to potables ; and while the adventurers slept at the Grands Mulets , Sir Robert Peel and the good folks of Chamouni drank "to the health of the Englishmen who are sleeping on Mont Blanc . "
Mr . Sidney Herbert has given £ 500 towards building a new church at Fisherton , in the diocese of Salisbury . The Earl of Chichester has given an acre of land on the north-west part of Lindfield-common , as the site for a school and school-house in connection with the Established Church . The Earl of Derby resigns the patronage of the new church of St . James ' s , at- Latham , to the vicar of Ormskirk . On the 7 th instant , the foundation stone of a new church , built at the sole expense of John Naylor , Esq ., of this town ( Liverpool ) , and Leightou Hall , Montgomeryshire , was laid at Leighton .
Mr . Minter Morgan , whose graceful writings , prompted by such noble motives , and instinct with , the finest charity , are not unknown to our readers , is about to add another volume to the number already published . As some may be gratified to see the title , we append it : — " The Triumph ; or , the Coming Age of Christianity . " Selections from Authors , Chiefly Religious and Philosophical , on the Necessity of Early and Consistent Training , No less than Teaching , and on The advantages of maintaining the Principle of undivided Interests among all the Members of Society , as essential to its Continual Progress in Knowledge , Virtue , and Happiness ; and to
The Permanent Ascendancy and Universal Prevalence of Christian Love . We have a few items of personal interest by the Indian mail with news up to the 9 th of July . Sir L . Peel has no intention at all of giving up his appointment for the present . Major Herbert Edwardes , the hero of Mooltan , has hy this time entered on his duties as commissioner in the Jullundhur Doab . The friends and admirers of the gallant General Sir W . R . Gilbert , at Calcutta , have resolved to present him with a magnificent sword , in testimony of their admiration of his conduct during the last Seikh campai gn , lhe subscription is open to all , the sum of £ 1 being all that any individual will be allowed to contribute . The friends of the late Colonel Ogilvie have reuolved to erect amonument over hia remains at Poonali .
Mr . Fenner , in command of the steamer Falkland when she went down at sea , has been tried at Bombay , ana not only honourably acquitted of all blame , but he , ins officers and crew , have received the highest praise for their coolness and intrepidity on the occasion . l » fl vessel was too long by a third : in the troug h of the . sea she " broke her back , " the suppssed fate of the 1 resident . . The Rajah of Joonagbir , in Goozcrat , died on the lottt of June . JIih riches are said to be immense . H <* wn he succeeded by hia brother , unless the story of two «> t his queens being pregnant prove true : at present it is believed to be untrue .
It is reported that Haynau has become a H ungarian oppositionist . ; and that the licking he received in boutuwark did him a deal of good . This is very likely ! The celebrated Neapolitan astronomer , Signor de WaHpariH , lias discovered another planet . This is the hull * ow < : to his successful exertions . _ . Prince de Joinvillc and the Due do Nemours , havn k viwitcd the far-famed Nohh and Cradle , and also the <> i < town of Scallowiiy , in . Shetland , arrived at A . ber uce , from Wick , on Wednesday cveninjf , and left by tllt ! "' " ' , train on Thursday morning , for Glasgow , en route Ohan .
M . de Falloux paused through Lyons three days » H » on his way to Nice . During hin short stay » t J-yoi » says the Courricr do Lyon , he exhorted his frl * th 0 conciliation , as the most certain means of Having country . M . de Falloiix ' s great act of European ciliation " wan the . expedition to Rome . ;< rht « A museum of a novel kind ban been added to the H K of Versailles . A large building ban been erect * u ^ Trianon , for the , purpose of exhibiting a c ' ' \ ' a French « addl « ry and hiirmiHft from the e ™" ' " { tn * together with many specimens from Africa Levant . In thin building * xo » l « o to be plA « e <* «• »"
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_23081851/page/8/
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