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A GLIMPSE OP PITCAIRN'S ISLAND. Pitcaien...
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A "GHOST" AT. HULL. We find in the Hull ...
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A VISION OK TIIK VIRGIN MARY. Tim age of...
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CITY CHARITIES. TTarPEtt a recent act of...
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The I-Ujham Duel. Funk It At, Of Oournkt...
was lef t in the barrel , and when the charge was rammed home , it blocked up the passage to the nipple . When the parties met on the ground , it was agreed that each party should fire two shots . Cournet fired first , and missed . Bartheleuiy then attempted to fire , but the pistol would not go oft " . A second attempt was then made to fire , but with the same , result . Barthelemy then wished to take . « fco the swords , but Cournet would not do so , and actually gave up his pistol for Barthelemy to fire , but at first he refused , on the ground that his opponent had no weapon . Cournet insisted on his doing so , as it was his right to do . Again Barthelemy wished to continue with swords , but again Cournet refused , and insisted on his firing , which he at length did , and the result is already
known . It is therefore clear , beyond all doubt , that , so far from Cournet having been unfavourably dealt by , it is positive that Barthelemy had the pistol which was not discharged . It is also beyond all doubt , that although Barthelcmy ' s pistol would not go oft ; he did not for one moment suppose that anything improper took place with reference to it . After the statement made at the inquest , with reference to the pistol being so plugged up with the rag , the countenance of Barthelemy , when this part of the evidence was given on Wednesday , was watched with the most intense interest , as it was fully expected there would he a great change in his countenance ; but so far from , such being the case , he smiled , and appeared more at ease than at any other part of the inquiry .
The Chertsey magistrates , having heard the evidence , committed the prisoners , who were assisted "b y counsel , to take their trial , and refused to take hail .
1034 The Iieade R. [Saturday
1034 THE IiEADE R . [ Saturday
A Glimpse Op Pitcairn's Island. Pitcaien...
A GLIMPSE OP PITCAIRN'S ISLAND . Pitcaien ' s island is a rock in the Pacific . Some sixty years ago t he crew of the Bounty mutinied , and eight seamen , taking up three Tahitian women , sought refuge in this desert place . The inhabitants of the island number 86 females and 88 males , who are nearly all descended of the Bounty mutineers and three Tahitian women . They are still remarkable for their moral and religious character , chiefly through the teaching and example of Adams , the chief mutineer . A President of the community is elected every year , but he has little to do . There is no penal code , for the whole
community live as one family , and having no money , and prohibiting strong drinks , there is no teinptation or inducement to crime . All the land is held in common , and no one is allowed to trade for himself . The coin in the island amounts to about eighteen dollars value . If every waste spot were cultivated , Pitcairn , which is about 4 ^ miles in circumference , would maintain about 500 persons . The climate is good . The thermometer never rises to above 8 G degrees , nor falls below 55 . The men and boys all hear arms , and they could defend the approaches to the island against a thousand fighting men . No ship can approach without a pilot . The inhabitants are not so robust as the Knglish , nor do they live so long . They subsist chiefly on yarns , potatoes , and cocoa nuts . Once a week they taste fish or flesh ,
which they obtain by fishing and killing the goats on the island . They chew and smoke tobacco , which they obtain from American whalers which visit them for supplies of fresh water , yams , and potatoes . The island would grow Indian corn and tobacco , hut neither of these is cultivated because it would impoverish the ground . Tobacco grows wild , but it is rooted up as a weed . There arc no springs , and the water obtained is rain water , which is caught in reservoirs . An Knglish ship of war calls at the island about oneo a year . A number of American whalers visit it , and Llirough them the inhabitants get supplies to satisfy Uu : ir simple wants and learn the news of the world . They seldom suller uny stranger to lives on their island . If : my are shipwrecked there they lire taken rare of until the next vessel trails , when they are sent , away .
I 5 y the Orinoco , which arrived at Southampton on Saturday , came an ambassador from these people to the Itritish government , bearing despatches from Admiral JVliiresby , who commands the Pacific squadron . He \ h not a native ; but was allowed to remain on the island , when * be has been for souk ; live-and-twenty years . He lias it wife and eleven children , and his name is Noblm . Admiral JMarcsby , who was there in August , while bo docs justice to the people , draws a melancholy picture of tlieir prospects : -
" II . in impossible to do justice to the spu-il , of order and deeeney Unit animates the whole community , whoso number aiiiounIh ! o 170 , strictly brought up in Iho I ' roteHUuit faith , according to the Kuliiblished Church <>( ' Nn ^ land , by Mr , Nohhs , their pastor mill Nur ^ eon , who linn lor ' 11 years zealously and successfully , by precept and example , raised thorn to a state of the hi ^ hotit moral conduct and feeling . " Of fruits and edihle roots they have at present abundance , which they exchange with the whalerH for clothing , oil , medicine , anil other necessaries ; hut tho crops on tho tillage ground begin to deteriorate , landtdipM occur with Wicli uucfoediiig ulurui , and tho dccliviticu of tho liilln , when
denuded , are laid bare hy the periodical rains . Their diet consists of yams , sweet potatoes , and bread-fruit ; a small quantity of ' fish is occasionally caught ; their pigs supply annually upon an average about 601 b . of meat to each individual ; and they have a few goats and fowls . Their want of clothing and other absolute necessaries is very pressing , and I am satisfied that the time has arrived when preparation , at least , must be made for the future , seven or eight years being the utmost that can be looked forward to for a continuance of their present means of support . The summary of the year 1851 gives—births ,, 12 ; deaths , 2 ; marriages , 3 . On their return from Tahiti they numbered about 60 , of whom there were married 13 couple ; tlie rest from the age of 16 to infancy . " , | i The people are Christ & ns after the pattern of the Church of England ; they are sadly in want of a minister we are told , and the rhain business of Mr . N . obbs here is to get himself ordained .
A "Ghost" At. Hull. We Find In The Hull ...
A " GHOST" AT . HULL . We find in the Hull Paclcel of Saturday one of those stories which Mrs . Crpwsft , would delight in . It is the account of a knocking ghost , who has afflicted a house at Hull with his presence , which must he anything but agreeable to the inmatwS'V"A marvellous sensation has been created in our town within the last few dajfs , by the discovery that a ghost has taken up his quarters , evidently for the winter season , in a secluded dwelling on the Anlabyroad , where it is likely to obtain as great a notoriety as
the celebrated Cock-lane ghost . Some little distance beyond the end of Walker-street and Great Thorntonstreet , on the lefthaiid side of the Anlaby-road , is a qaiet , lonely lane , known by the name of Wellingtonlane , at the bottom of which stands the ' haunted house / a respectable-looking tenement , occupied by an elderly bedridden dame , her son-in-law , and daughter , and a female domestic . It seems that about a month ago the inmates were startled in the stillness of night by a sharp , sudden knocking on the walls of the room from some invisible hand . At first no notice was taken
of this , but , to tlieir great dismay , at irregular intervals , the same strange noise was repeated , a distinct knocking upon the wall being hem-d in the very apartment where they sat , and when no visible hand was raised to strike . For four successive weeks the noise was repeated , until the inmates grew seriously apprehensive that some supernatural agency was at work . Their fears were soon communicated to the neighbours , and speedily reached the public ear . The love of the marvellous is the most powerful and easily raised passion of the mind , and on Wednesday not fewer than 1000 persons visited the spot , lingering in the neighbourhood and strahnner their ears to catch the sound of the
modest ghost , who now and then indulges them with a solitary and muffled rap , tap , tap . For our own part , we are really apprehensive for his ghostship ' s knuckles , which must suffer materially from such constant exercise . Yesterday night , although it was dull , drizzly , and cold , crowd upon crowd besieged the spot , standing , in spite of cold and wet , 100 yards from the haunted house , anxiously discussing the nature and object of the ghost ' s visit , and patiently waiting to learn from the police , or those who were fortunate enough to get near the house , ' when it had knocked lust . ' One or two policemen have been stationed in the house , with the view of detecting the cause ; and , although it is seriously affirmed that the strange ; noise is still heard at intervals , it baflles all ingenuity , even on the part of
the vigilant detectives , to discover whence it proceeds . A portion of the roof , we understand , has been removed , but without alibi-ding any clue . Tho noise is not confined to any one place , but alternately pervades different parts of the house . Sometimes it is a dull , heavy sound , and sometimes like a sort of scratch . Yesterday , 2000 or 3000 persons visited the spot , many of whom lingered until nearly midnight , u detachment of police being present to preserve order . It is impossible to describe , the sensation which has been created by the discovery of this ulliiir , and credulity could hardly be curried further . The police declare thai many would actually remain by the door of tho bouse the whole of the ni tf ht if they would only permit them . " This rivals Miss Squirrell !
A Vision Ok Tiik Virgin Mary. Tim Age Of...
A VISION OK TIIK VIRGIN MARY . Tim age of miracles Iia . s not ceased that is , if we may credit the good folks of I'Vmicc , who no frequently furnish us with visions and supernatural nppcnrunccH . Lust Sunday an old story was brought again into the light , of public : opinion by llm Reverend Mr . Northcole , formerly of the Church of l'lngland , now of the Church of ltomc . lit ; delivered a discourse , in which ho declared bis belief in a story , of which the following is un accurate abstract : — In the month of September , 1 K 4 G , a little peasant boy , about J I yearn of ajjje , and a little girl about 1 . 5 , who had been engaged in keeping cows on a spur of
the Alps , near Grenoble , came home and informed th * master that they had had a wonderful vision of fS Virgin Mary in the course of the day . The childr had fallen asleep , and on awaking perceived that th , ? cows had strayed . They soon found them but turning their eyes in the direction in which they WJ ? were dazzled by an extraordinary light . The occi rence took place at noon , or thereabouts , for only an hour had elapsed since the children had finished the humUe dinner . The light they saw « was more g \ 0 S fied than the sun , of a different colour ; something more red about it than was to be seen about the sun at noonday / ' The light must have been somewW
powerful to have produced such an effect at such a tune , and must , we should have supposed—miracles excepted—have been perceived by some one other than themselves , even in that lonely region . There is no such confirmatory testimony ; but no matter . The children were terrified , and the girl dropped tlie stick which she held in her hand ; whereupon the boy the Paladin of 11 years old—said , " Pick up your stick again , for if it offers to do you any harm , I will give it a good blow . " That is , the boy was to give the
"light" a good blow ; a famous Chasseur de Vincennes he will make one of these days . " By this time the brightness was no longer so indistinct "—]& had just been described as more glorified than the sun at noonday—and the children perceived in the midst of it a lady sitting on some stones at the head of a fountain , then dry . The very sfeme spot had been . described a few lines before as one which contained a stream of water where the cows had been made to > drink ; but no matter . The lady now came forward
and stood , one child m one hand , and one in the other , and informed them that she had an important communication to make to them . The wrath of her Sonj was heavy against France for three reasons in especial , and she could not much longer hope to stay his vengeful arm . The first of these reasons was the desecration , of the Sabbath—no very uncommon occurrence in Romaa Catholic countries for the last 1000 years , nor at the present day , as all travellers on the Continent can testify . The second reason that had caused this majestic lady to descend from her regions of celestial glory
was that the French wagoners and ploughboys were * sadly given to cursing and swearing . The third little matter which required amendment was that the days . of fasting and abstinence were not observed as they should be . Inde irce—for these reasons the Virgin Mary had descended to Grenoble to give the little cowherd and his mate the benefit of a timely hint . The consequences , if this warning were neglected , would be dreadful , —first , the pommes-de-terre were to fall a sacrifice—then the corn—finally , the grapes and walnuts . Then there was to be a pestilence , which would be especially fatal to little children .
The material consequence of this vision was the building of a church on the mountain , and of a house for tho accommodation of priests , besides the collection of si good deal of money , and the augmentation ot priestly influence among ; the poor .
City Charities. Ttarpett A Recent Act Of...
CITY CHARITIES . TTarPEtt a recent act of Parliament , the Lord Major and tho Cliiof Baron , Sir Frederick Pollock , have boon l « oki"lC iuto the charities which have , from time to time , bcoii loll for tho relief of poor prisoner *) . A sitting was held early in September , and tho accounts of the Armourers anil . Braziers' Company , tho Cutlers' Company , tho Drapers Company , and the Sal tors' Company ; also from many ob the parishes , and from Jung ' s College , were deemed sutwfactory . /| - On Tuesday , tho inquiry was resumed by the Lord Mayo elect , Alderman ChalliH ( who presided ) , tho I < ord Una Baron , and three aldermen . Mr . Wyatt , barrister , « utondorl on behalf of the Crown ; and Mr . Secondary I olin and Mr . Pearson , the City Solicitor , on behalf of !"" ' ° t ' noration . The lirat caseijone into was that of f ho .
LutitnosolltTtf' iiompam / . Mr . Vine ! , the clerk of that company , stated that the ' company administered tho alburn <>' charity , called ' Robert Rogcra ' H Charity . I "" , ' £ amounted to tiOO / ., and the interest , U ., wen ! to g <> l 0 J ^ prisoners in tho City prisons . Since 18- , no l J " J | t _ had beiiii made to mu ; h prisoners , except on special a | ip " Lion . The charity wn « in Chancery . Tho company i so administered a charity , called Ueortfo II mnble s Im iu ^ the interest of which wim Hf . a year . Thin char ay also in i . hi > Court of Chancery . Kmeo . lMfi , no par <«» interest , arising from tho charity had been paicl « "I ^ prisoners ( tho objects of tho charity ) , except in I ^ 'M )( _ ¦ At . was paid ton " freeman who had made a H \ n ' . vuil a | | ^ ( ion . He , had not been ulilo l <> examine tho »" ll <( | ia ( 1 accounlH as between the company and the charily , () they boen made up since 1 H . J 5 . Monies had l )(;( l 11 » | , li « the ' keepers of the prisons and particular 'W'P '' " "" . "' r , ] , „• could iu > l , Hay how much . Ho had not <)'" >> ° '
company with him . i i in hnvn Tho Lord Mayor eleotthoutf ht the books ou tf h J' ' , been in court , and if Hint wen . so , another ( 4 ""^ ,, (| y probably bo saved . Mr . Vino said , tho cc « n |»» ny *» R to imy upanyarrearHth . it mi tf ht bo duo to t » < ;(| Then , was a charity administered by the « ' » I » " > Hy ( huner ' H Charity ; that charity was also in Chan , j- ^ u He-homo uiiulo by tlio Muster , ono-thml oi tlio
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30101852/page/6/
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