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THE FEW AGE.
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ADDRESS OF THE OLD COMMODORE TO HIS CHARTIST FRIENDS . jtfy hearties cheer np ! the political crew ffiih their squadron's of red aad their squadron ' s of blue , ¦ 3 & 9 Plague , and their friends , both the Tories and Whlgi , Bare pl&yd off i > fffw of theii old-f asbion'd rigs , jaeir triumph , the cowardly vagabonds know , "Will rain their cause and their power o'erthrow . Tis bus our old akip has experienc'd a ahock , 3 y running hex keel on the Cora-leafuert rock ; jLnd part of oia crew in the bilboes are laid , The honest aad true , now their victims are made . 3 rare Cooper and White ! and a few worthies more , Bat they must not be lost tho' they ' re on a lee Bhore . My STottintham worthies , tho' dark and myself
perhaps a few weeks may be laid on the shelf , ( I needed , I own it , a little repose , £ nt sot in a cell , in the bands of our foe 3 ;) Tet think not our glorieus cause I forsake , If o , my heart and my head , boys , are both wide awake Refreshed from retirement , the Old Commodore Wiil se >« n at Ms post be found fighting once more . Discretion ' s the best part of Taloor , they say , And if I an prudent , I ' m not run away . I knew in a jail I could not Berre the cause . There ' s no justice in hell when the devil makes laws ; And as I am poor , and the poor ever fail To obtain right or justice , I gave them leg bail . I am snug in safe quarters , and thick it as well , As being- eoop'd up in an iron-bar"d eell :
1 ean write , I can act for our eause , tho' incog , And breaths the fresh air in a sunshine or fog . At censure , an innocent conscience can Laugfelam too old a bird to ba caught in such chaff ; Tho' "Jemmie O'Brien , " and other mad fools Maf denounce and condemn , I am not of their schools Bra-re Faargus , who knows ma , will never believe The Old Commodore would desert or deceive His brave fellow patriots—O no , my friends no ! I'll rever forsake you—b » shot if I do ! Then cheer up , ay hearties , and quit ye like men , And " rally round Feargns , again and asain , " In spita of the Statesman aad heartless Broaterre , Who's as crazy ; by Jove . ' as a very ilarch hare ;
And his paltry tool , the ' Old Chartist , " Oh ! shame J That a wretcn'like to" him , should assume such a name Ha a Chartist ! aye , so is " Old Hookey" one too—And honeiter far , I believe of the tiro ! I trust yoar contempt for O Brien , like mine , Will aaly to Feargas your hearts more incline" ; " The prince of all patriots , the bravest of men , "" Let's rally ar » oad him ajain . and again . " I -write those few lines , jlst to let you all see , The Old Commodore is yet -what he should be—A lover of Freedom , and na ' er will he barter For maaej or fame , any point of the Charter ! Then G : > d bless our caasa—be does bless it indeed ! Aad God bless you all , pra > s Old Commodore Mead , Safety Cove , Island of Snugland . Saturday , Sept . 10 th , 1842 .
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LTXES , Written at Midnight , September ihe lo . ' / j , 18 * 2 Tell me , ye" stars that gsss upon This lovely cab w » call our own , How long shall mankind kie the yoke , And bow before oppression's throne ? "When earth was young , and sin , and pride , Knew not their place upon her breast , Te shone aloft , as shine ye now—As guardians o ' er the daylight ' s rest Bat ok ! how changed ! how lost ! how hid . '
Are the bright glories of the past ! Earth is bat now the home of slaves ; Bound by the chains themselves have cast . Sst , are ye worlds , as sages ray » Have ye your kings , your lords , and slaves ? Bow ye to Mammon ' s throne ef gore , A 3 we poor cowardly cringing knaves ? It cannot be ! ye ara too pure—For the foul fiend to eater in , ? s o king or parasite can dwell In habitations void of sin .
Say , ye , wbo from ihe first till now . Have grzd as lovers on this beauteous world , Where are the spirits of old days ? "Who fierce Boom to the despot hurl'd ? To thee hath Hampden turned his eye , On thee with Sydney looked and wept , Through ages dim , and times obscure , "With thee the wise have vigils kept ; The patriotic great , and good , Who vainly strove to free the earth .
Have looked to thae as harbingers Of the world * fresh , and newer birth . Oh I what deep sighs . ' what grief ! What woe . ' Hath been poured out in midnight hour , When th « pent heart has burst its Bonds , An 4 all-c « nfessed thy magic power . And what is there , tent tears and groans For the true lov » of his race ? When mankind , as of old , bow down Before an earth-born monarch ' s face ! **** *** *
We stre . ch to reach and grasp the air I We hope , and tnut , and trusting sin , Say . , oh . ' ye plsnets , bright and pure , When will reality begin ? When shall mankind arise in might And burst the bonds that bind them down , And banish wrong , and force , and guilt , With the vain baubla of a crown ? * ??*???? v
The Few Age.
THE FEW AGE .
( The following parody npon a French writer appeared in the Liverpxk Mercury a week or two ago . ) Sarcely had the genius uttered to himself these woris , than an immense noise proceeded from the west , and turning ay eye to that quarter , I perceived at ine nortn-western extremity of the European continent , in the sea-girt station , a prodigious movement , similar to Whii exists in the besom of & bxge city , when pervaded vhih . sedition , an innumerable peopls , like waves , flaetnata in tha streets and peblic places . My ear , struck with their cries , which ascended to the very heavens , distinguished at intervals these phrases : —
" What is this n&w prodigy ? What this cruel and mysterious scourge ? We are a numerous people , and Ve want fctrength ! Oar hills are rich in coal and minerals : streams flow through our valleys ; railroads intersect the country ; our art ' sins , mechanics , and mariners are more skilful than tboie of any other nation ; the ocean waves wash cur sberes on every side , ready to convey to our brethren in other climes the comfens ¦ which our industry aid ingenuity have so abundantly
produced , and for for which they so ardently desire to exchange the corn , wine , oil , and fruits , bestowed so boustifuHy by the Almighty Father npon them , his children , in more fertile regions : and yet we are destitute of provision ! We are active and laborious , and we liTe in indigence ! We pay enormcus tributes , and We are told that they are not sufficient ! We are at peace without , and our persons and property are not * z ! e within J What , then , ia the secret enemy that devours us , ?*
From the midst of the concourse , some individual Toiccs replied , " Erect a standard of distincti « n , and let all those who , by nsifol labours , contribute to the support and maintenance of society gather round it , and vou will discover the enemy that preys on your Titals . " The standard being erected , the natitn found itself * u 3 denly divided into two bodies of unequal magnitude tod dissimilar appearance : the one JTinnnTwihTA and Dearly integral , exhibited in tee general poverty of their dress , aad ia th * ir meagre and pallid faces , the
marks of toil and wretchedness ; the other a petty group , a valueless fraction , presented , in their rich ittire , embroidered witf » gold and silver , and in their sleek and ruddy complexions , the symptoms of leisure and abundance . Cor-sidcricg these men more attentively , I perceived that ihe large body was constituted of labourers , artizuts , tradesmen , and professions useful to society ; and that in the lesser group there Were nose bat priests , c * urtiers , public accountants , commanders cf troops , in short , the civil , military , oi religions agents of ; oTErnnienk
The two bodies being front te front assembled , and having looked with astonishment at each other , I saw the fee " : ings of indignation and resentment spring op in the one , and a sort cf panic in the other ; and the large aid to the small body—Why stand you apart ? Are you not of our number ? " No , replied the group ; " you are the people ; we « s a privileged class : we have laws , customs , and tights peculiar to ourselves . " People—And wiat labour do you perform in society ? Privileged C' . as 3—rtone ; we ara not made to labour . P—How then kava you acquired your wealth ? P . C . —By taking the pains to govern yon , P . —To govern us J and is this what you call governiag ? We too , acd yon enjoy ; we produce , and you dissipite ; wealth flow * frem us , and you absorb it Privilfigsd men , class distinct from the people , form a aation apart , and govern yourselves .
Tjvn ^ deliberating on their sew situation , some among the group said—" Let ns join the people , and partake their linden and csres , for they are men like ocsdves . —OUtera replied : "To mix with the bad Woald be degrading aad vile ; they are born to serve ba , who are men of a superior nee . " The civil gov « cors at&— - * 'TbB people are t" * m and naturally « er-* & £ > let us speak to them in the mat of the queen and t&e law , and they -rill return to thmi doty . People . ' the queen decrees , the sovereign ordains- " People—The queen caanot decree anything which the ¦** ety of the people does not demand ; the ¦ overelgn csnnoi ordain but according to law . CivS Governors—The law calls npon you for nlmiz ¦ km . P . —TLs law is the general will , and we will a new Otdfr . C- Q—Toa an in that caae rebela . P—A nation cannot be a rebel : tyrants only are retell
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C . Q . —The queen is on our aide , and she enjoins yon tOEubinit P . —Queens cannot be separated from tha nation in which they reign . Our que « n cannot ba on your side ; you have only the phantom of her countenance . Then the military governors advanced , and they said , " The people are timorous ; It is proper to threaten them ; they will yield to the influence of force . Soldiers , chastise this insolent multitude . " People—Soldiers , our blood flowi in your veins . ' Will you strike your brother ? If the people be destroyed , who will maintain the army ? - And the soldiers grounded th-ir arms , said to their chiefs— " We are a part of the people , we whom you call upon to fight agiinst them . Then the ecclesiastical governor said , " There ia but one resource left The people are superstitious ; it is proper to overawe them with the names of God and reMgion . "
Priests—Our dear brethren , our children , God has appointed us to govern yon . People—Produce the patent of his commission . Priests—Yon must have faith ; reason leads men into guilt . People—And wonld you govern us without reason 1 Priasts—God is the God of ptace ; religion enjoins you to obey . People . —Xo ; justice goes before peace ; obedience implies a law , and renders necessary the cognizinca of Priests . —This world was intended for trial and suffering .
People . —Do you then show us the example of suffering . Priests—Would you live without gods or kings ? People—We abjure tyranny of every kind . Our God is our just and merciful Father . Priests—You must have mediators , persons who may act in your bthslf . Peo ' pla—Medistora with God , and mediators with the Queen ! Courtiers and priests , your services are too expensiva : henceforth we take our affairs into our own handB .
Then the smaller group exclaimed— " It is all over with ub j the multitude are enlightened . " And the people replied— " Yru shall not be hurt ; we are enlightened , and we will commit no violence . We desire nothing but our rights ; resentment we cannot but feel , bnt we consent to pass it by ; wa were slaves ; we might now comm » "d ; but we ask only to be free , and free we are . "
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JiBEDS . —Assault os a Policeman . —On Monday , J . Farrar , a clothier , of Armley . 'was brought spat the Court-house , before Griffith Wright , E ? q-, and James Holdtorth , E ? q ., on a charge of having asssnlted Policeman Wilkinson . According to the statement of the complainant , it appeared that he was on duty in Kirkgate on Sunday evening , about twenty minutes past nine o ' clock , when he heard calls of " Watch , " and on going ; to the bottom of York-street , whence the calla proceeded , hefound the prisoner and Thomas Austin , of Annley , fighting . He took them both into custody , but as he was conveying them to prison , they both struck at him , and Austin got away . The Bench fined the defendant 40 : 3 . and costs , or in default of payment he was to be imprisoned one month at Wake ' fisld . On Tuesday , Auaua was brought np by warrant , and was fined 20 i . and cost , which he paid , and he was then discharged .
Breach of a Beeb-housk Licenss . —On Monday , David Tboraton , who keeps the New Inn beerhouse , Kirkstall-road , was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10 s . and ccs ' . s , for having had compacy drinking in h : s house on Sunday afternoon last , daring tho hours of divine service . From the statement of Thornton him > eJf , it appeared that he and his wife went out to chapel , and lef t the house in the care of their son , who , when a shower of rain came one , was solicited by about twenty persona to let them have shelter , and he complied with their request , and sold them a few quarts of " not brown , " when a policeman , at half past three o ' clock , popped in npou them and saw iheir doings . Hence the information .
Assattlt . —On Monday last , a man of the name of Robert Damaine was fined by the sitting magistrates , at tiie Court House , in the sum of 20 s . and costs , for having assaul ; ed ilr Coxoa , of Hoibeck . The defendant was a tenant of the complainant , and on Saturday before last , the latter went and asked the former for Borne renv which wa 3 due to him , and as he did not pay it be proceeded to take &n inventory of hi * goods . After he bad taken an account of those in tha lower part of the house , he wished to go up the stairs , but tb $ defendant wou ] d not let him : a scuffle ensued , and the complainant was put out of the house with his left knee dislocated .
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Large Imports of grain have arrived during the pa-tweek in upwards of twenty vessels from Constantinople , and the ports of the Black Sia . AcciDE > T 0 ^ THE LOSDOU Ai ? D BlBMISGHAM B . AILwat . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before four o'clock , a boj , named John BDckley , was with several other boys walking aloDg the parapet of one of the stone bridges crossing the London and Birmingham Railway , in the rear of the York and Albany Tavern , Park-street , Camden-town , when be
suddenly fell mad foremost on to the line of the railway , a depth of between forty and fifty feet . After some delay ths alarm was given at the Camden station , and some of the police proceeded to the spot , where the poor boy was found wholly insensible , and was in that stat « conveyed down , tae line to the stauon at Euston-grove , and from there conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where , on examination by Mr , Tuson , one of the surgeons , it was ascertained that he bad sustained a fractare of the skull and coucus-Eion of the brain .
A Brctal and Murdeeocs Octbage was inflicted at HoDghton , near Stockbridge , Hants , a few dayi since , on the parson of a beautiful young womau , named Elizabeth Roe , by a middle aged man , named James Sims , caused by her refnsal to become his wife . It appeared that be waited for am opportunity , and met her in the high-roadtand , after making some slight attempts to stop her , she smilingly saia , "Sims , let me pass , when he struck her a heavy blow with a large chisel , on the back part of the head , which
levelled her to the ground ; he then fell on her , an ; i inflicted several dangerous wounds on her he » -J and face . After leaving her , as he supposed , dead , he repaired to tiie river side for the purpose of putting an end to bis miserable existence , bur failed in the attempt , and was immediately taken into custody , and ia committed for trial at the assizas . He expressid regret his victim was BOt dead , sayins , if sho wa « , he should go to the gallows h . 3 ppy ! The unfortunate woman is lying in a dangerous slate , and should she recover , will be diifigared for life .
Paisttl Affliction . —Dover , Sept . 11 . —T ' rrs morning early the family of Mr . Belt , of Brapswicksqaare , London , now residing at No . 1 , Guildfordterrace , was thrown into the deepest suffering . Two young gentlemen , son 3 of the above family , accompanied by their footman , were bathing close by Sir Sidney Smith ' s je-. ty . The eldest Eon , who conld swim well , ventured out some distance from the shore ; the other two , not able to sivim , goon got Devond their depth , and cried for assistance . The
eldest son returning to give them aid , was soon too much exhausted , and compelled to reach the shore . In this helpless state he was seen by a Preventive man , wb * , with assistance , conveyed him to one of Mr . Marsh's warm baths , where he was attended by Mr . Sankey , tho surgeon , and Bpeedily restored . The other son with the servaT t , was carried away by the waves , and they were not recovered for half an hour ; they also were placed in hot baths , but , though every proper means were resorUd to bj Mr . Saakey and his assistant , the vital spark had departed .
-A New Mode op Raising the Wi . vd . —The following humourous and extraordinary anecdoip , illustrative of the degrad ' ng extent to which even Lcrd 3 and JkLP . ' s will someriiresgo to achieve pecuniary eftdz , is daily furnishing conventional food for the gossips at the West-end : —Some short time since a scion of nobility , who recently acquired some notoriety in Paris , being desperately psihed for a " cool" conple oi' hundred pounds , aud having ineffectually tried every probable source * . o obtain it , at last , as a dernier report , applied to his Noble paretit ( a Gallant Marquis ) for the trifling accommodation ; trifling , however , as the sum may appear , the heroic M . P . is reported to have met wilh a plump , and not very courteous negative to his appli . ^ ation .
Disappointed and enraged at the refusal , and the peremptory tone in which it was conveyed , he , as a brave son of Neptune , hit npon , and , Proteus-like , carried into . execntion , tbe following stratagem to effect his purpose : —It happened that at a crossing opposite the window of the room in which slept the Noble Marquis , his father , a mendicant sweeper was in the habit of taking his stand in pursuit of bis daily avocation . To this " knight of the broom" the hero repaired , and fsr a small sum bought him off his u iifehold" or crossing for a day ? and , on the following morning , abont the honr the Marquis usually rose , the distinguished seion , disguised as a beggar , with a bran-new broom , was seen industriously employed in sweeping clouds of dust towards the Galknt Maranis ' s window . On looking out , the Noble
Marquis , tobisatter astonishment , beheld afresh and ill-condocted sweeper , and incensed at the rude manner in which be was carrying on hiB operations , dispatched a servant to know the cause . The servant having , in the person of the mendacious sweeper , discovered Lord , returned in breaihlees ^ haste to his master , and informed him that it was hisoxn son who was tb . ua occupied is kicking ap sucb a duet ! ** Oh , hang him , " said the noble and brave veteran , " that is done 10 raise the wind , ( writing ) here , take this to him—a cheque—tell him to be off and change his rags—his morals he never can . " Tne command , was no socner given than obeyed , and the beggar quitted hi 8 post of honour and retreated in double quick time , highly gratified , however , with his new -mode of " raising the wind . "—Sunday paper .
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Bad Punctuation xnt > Speixing . —A poor woman at Shoreham , whose husband was goibg to sea , handed through the clerk , to tbe parson , this public prayer : — A man goin / j to see . his wife desires tho prayers of this congregation . " The parson , pointing it in his own way , read to tho ears of hia flock , " A . man going to see his wife , desires the prayers of this congregation , " and set them all in a titter . Obigin op the Wobd Coloht . —Colony ia a body of people drawn from the mother country to inhabit some distant place . The word originally signified no more than a farm , that is , the habitation of a peasant , colonm ( henoe the word clown ) , with the quantity of laud sufficient for the support of bis family . It is derived from the Latin word colo , I till or cultivate ; hence cobnus , a husbandman , and cohnia , a body of farmers sent to cultivate the ground in a distant country , and by metonymy , the place itself .
_ At the present moment , when such general agitation pervadea the labouring population throughout the country , it is pleasing to have to record an instance where master and workmen are found associated together in mutual good will . On Saturday last , at Two Waters , Herts , Mr . Wilson , © f the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sons , letter . founders gave an excellent dinner to the men in his employ , to celebrate the centenary of his establishment . After the usual loyal and patriotio toasts , Mr . Wilson ' s " Health , and Prosperity to the Glasgow Letter Foundry , " were proposed and drm-k with enthusiasm . Several excellent speeches were made by the workmen , and the evening was spent with tho greatest hiliarity . On the Monday following the boys connected with the establishment were regaled with similar hearty cheer .
The Quip Courteous . —Two ministers of the same name resided in the same town : a town which some of our readers will easily make out—one a Dissenter , and the other a clergyman of the Established Church . A . parcel came into the hands of the latter , which , on inspection , proved to be for the Dissenter . It was forwarded with the followingnote : — "Sir , —If you had not assumedatitle to which youhavenoright , this mistake would not have occurred , lam , sir , " &c . In tbe course of a few weeks a parcel came into tbe hands of the Digeemer , which was for his reverend namesake , and which waB found to contain a case of lithographed permonB , done up to imitate manuscript . It was forwarded to the clergyman with the following retort .- — "Sir , —If you had not assumed an office for which you are not qualified , this mistake would net have occurred . I am , sir , " & . c . — Falmouth Packet .
Attempt to Murder a Tiudefman ' s Son in Holbor . w—The following daring and murderous attack was made on the son of Mr Wjliiam Howell , china and glass warehouseman , of Ilolbcrn Hill , a boy of eleven years old : —On Friday night , about ten o ' clock , he was minding the shop , when a young man entered with a mug in his hand , and asked him to drink a drop of beer , which he did , a small quantity , not liking it ; the man then left the shop , and went across the road and joined another man . His sister having providentially returned ( not having left him alone more than ten miHUtes ) when he fell down in the Bbop among the good " , but got up again and went
to the door , when he became tiolently sick and insensible . The policeman on the beat carried him home to Mr . Howell ' s kouse in Stonecutter-street , when he and others thought the tbe boy dead . Mr . Bullin , the surgeon , immediately came , who considered the boy in a dangerous stale , aud administered remedies to bring off his . stomach what ho had taken , and he ri-nanned insensib ' e ior two or throe hours . He is now out of dan ^ r , but the doctor has no doubt that laudanum wr . s given to Ihe boy , and had he not been Eick when his sister returned , he would have been a corpse , the object of tho party no doubt being to rob the shop .
Whimsical Calculations . —What a noisy creature man would be were his voice in proportion to his weight as powerful as tbe grasshopper , which may bs heard at the d s'anco of one sixteenth of a mile . Thekolibri weighs about an ounce , so that a man of ordinary size weighs about aa muoh as 4000 kohbris One feolibri must weigh as much as four grasshoppers . Assuming , then , that a man weighs as much as 16 , 000 prasshopners , and that the voice of one of these niay be heard ai the distance of one sixteenth ol a mile ; that of a man , were it in
proportion to his weight , v / ould bo audible at the distance of 1000 miles ; c : ; d when he sneezed , he would run the risk of bringing the house about his ears , like the walls of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets . Assuming , further , tbat a flea weighs a grain , which is something m « re than its own weight , and that if it is able to clear one inch and a half at a spring , a man of about 150 pounds weight , would , by the same rule , be able to make a spring over a space of 12 . 800 miles , and consequently , leap with ease from New York to Cochin Caina , or round tbe world intwojumpsl
Evolution of Light in the Human Subject . — It was ten days previous to L . A . ' s death that I ( Sir Henry Marsb ) observed a very extraordinary light , which seemed darting abou : the face , aud illuminating a'l around tier head , flashing very much like an aurora boreali ? . She was in * deep decline , and that day been seized with suffocation , which teased her much for an hour , and made her so nervous that she would not suffer me to leave her for a moment , that I might raise htr up quickly in case of a return of a painful sensation . After she settled for ihe night , I lay down beside her , and it was then this luminous appearance suddenly commenced . Ilsr maid was sutiug up btside ihe bed , and I wished her to shade tbo light , a 3 it would
awaken Louisa . She told me tbe light was perfectly shaded . I then said , " What ean this light be which is fla * bin ^ on Miss Louisa ' s face J" The maid looked very mysterious , and informed me she had seen tbat light before , and it was from no candle . I then inquired when she had perceived it ! She said tbat morning , and it bad dazz ' . ed her eyes , but she had said nothing about it , as ladies always considered servants superstitious . However , after watching it myself bait an hour , I got up , and saw that the candle was in a position from which this peculiar light could not have come , nor , inueed , was it like that sort of light ; it was more silvery , like the reflection of moonlight on water . I vr-atcbed it more than an hour , when it disappeared . It ga 7 e the face the look of being painted white and highly glszed , but it danced about , and had a very extraoroinary effect . Three nights after , the maid being ill , I sat up all night , and again I saw . this
luminous appearance , when there was no candle nor moon , nor ia fac ; any visible means of producing it . Her sister cams into thy room and saw it also . The evening before L . A . died , I saw the light again , but it was fainter , »; nd iasied but about twenty minmes . The stat ' .: of tho body of the patient wai ihat of extreme exliauation . For two months sho had never eac up in the bed . Maay of her symp tom 3 varied much from those of other saff-rers in puimonary complaints whem I had seen , but the general outJine was the same . H « r breath had a very peculiar saell , vrhich made me suppose there mi ^ 'ht be som « decomposition Moing forward . The young lady about . •» -. - ;¦ » ? a person these luminous appearances w ^ re manifested , I had seen several times before her return to the country ; her luBga wore ex ensively d . sca-cd ; she laboured under tne most hopeless lorm ot" pulmonary consumption . — Medical Gazette .
Two Thousa . nd Pounds Robbedy . —We have been informed of a serious loss sustained by Jolin Marquis , of AccriDgfon . ai Preston Caild , on Monday ev . ninglast . It appears that Mr , Marquis some tiae since sold property to Mr . Hargreavc-f , of j \ c crington , for £ 10 , 000 , a portion of which , to tbe am-. unt of £ 2 . 000 , he happened to have in his pocket on Moud . iy last at Preston , whither he had gone for the purpose of ainuMn ^ l . imsvlfat the fe ^ ival of the Guild . Mr . Marquis had oined with Mr . Grundy , machine-maker , and aficr dinner sallied out to look abuat him and geo the wonders of the Guild . This was about ei ^ ht o ' clock iu tho evening . Sauntering along tho strett , Mr . Ma ' . q-iis was acoss' . ed in au aiiaoie nnaner by a respectable-looking person , with
whom he enterea into couver-ation . Tc . cir intimacy , although so suddenly created , snd without the nsuai ceremonial of iniro * jact J . on so uenera'ly required by John Buil—more particularly than by any other ni ional gentleman—sceaud to grow rapidly in s ; renMth ; tor the strangcr t ik Mr . Marquis by the arm , and thus united they proceeded to admire what was going on round about them . They had not , bowerer , mad ? much pro ^ rets in ih eir friendly promenade , whe-n they wrre mot by a gentleman and lidy , who appeared to be particularly anxious also to scrapo an acquaintance with Mr . Marquis . Shortly af-er Mr . Ma : qua discovered that his pocket-book bad boen taken away , containing nine £ 100 notes , aad two £ 500 notes , all of the Bank of England
together with about £ 100 in gold andBUter . Mr . Marquis naturally looked about for his friend , but he had cut his acquaintance . No clue to the theives has as yet been discovered . The numbers of the notes , however , are known , and , unless paid by tbe Bank of England previous to yesterday afternoon , will be of no use to those who stole them . —Black burn Standard ... A full description of the person suspected of committing the above robbery was forwarded to the varions police stations in the metropolis . At a late hour on Saturday night a person of the name of Stowell who resides at 4 , Bowltng-greenstxeet , Kenningtop , informed Police-constables Murray and Winch , Nos . 119 and 140 M . that he was
in Preston on the day of the robbery , and that he had traced tho suspected person to Ho . 3 , Hercnlesbuildings , Lambeth , whitber tbe two constables instantly repaired , and sucoeeedod in capturing a man and a woman . The formor gave the Dame of JoveL , the latter Elizabeth Bailey . Tho female w s instantly identified as being tbo pcrsoa supposed to have committed the robbery ; she went to the male prisoner toanaccomtaodation-honeoafewmiks from Preston , where she dropped one of the stolen notes . Both prisoners were searched ; on Jovel was found a flxsh note for £ 50 of the " Bank of Engraving , " bnt none of the stolen notes were found on either , tbe opinion being that they have bwked them .
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Queen Anne Bulletn . —In the third report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records , Sir F . Pal-3 rave Rives information of the discovery pfthe'legal records of the trial of Queen Anne Bulieyn : documents which were supposed to hare been destroyed j but which have been recently discovered among the records of the Court of Queen ' s Benoh , andfthe absence of which materially impeded the narrative of the historian of the eventful reign of Henry VIII . The JJ 8 fc of these records is highly interesting to the literary world . —Oxford Herald . .
Discovert op Engraving — The art of print engraving , like many other important inventions , was the result of accident . A poor woman having entered into the studio of the celebrated Florentine , goldsmith , Maso Finiguerra , bearing in her hand a packet oi wet linen , incautiously placed it upon a table on which lay a small siiver plate that tbe artist had just finished engraving . In order to see the effect before it was enamelled , he had filled the lines with a composition very nearly approaching our common printing ink , composed of lamp-black aud oil ; and the woman , upon tsking up her parcel , found a very neat impression of the subject upon the wet napkin in which il was enveloped . Such is the story told by Vasari , and if not exactly true , it has the merit of being highly probab ! e .--Z > K 6 # n Review
Not less than sixteen children narrowly escaped baing poisoned iu B » 5 ne-Btreet , on Saturday last , by partaking of a sweetmeat coloured with arseniato of crpper , used as a green pigment . This doleterious stuff was given to the mother of two of the children by the servants of a gentleman residing in the locality , and had been used as a garniture at a supper party , being composed of flour and sugar , and coloured with the poisonous stuff above-mentioned . It was divided freely amongst their little playfellows , and sixteen were more or less affected . Dr . Mitchell , of the South-Eastern Lying-in Hospital , was called in to sea the children , and , with judicious treatment , rescued them fr « m untimely death . — Dublin Paper . ¦
A man , twenty-two years of age , named Wattrelot , who acted as assistant to his fatber-in-law , a farmer named Foutry , at Carvin-Epinoy , was tried before tbe Coart of Assizes of tho Pas-de-ca ! ais , on the 26 th ult ., for the murder by poison of his father-in law , mother-in-law , and sister-in-law , the motive for his crime having been to become more speedily in possession of the property , which at their death would belong to him in right of his wife . The father-in-law was murdered by mixing arsenic in his soup , and six days afterwards the murderer adopted the same course with the two female victims He was found guilty by the Jury , but ( to the astonishment of the Court ) with extenuating circumstances . He was consequently , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour and exposure in tue pillory .
Warsaw , Aug . 30 . —On the 20 th of this month the town of Acchanow was destroyed by fire ; 114 houses and twenty-four of the 'large- establishments are reduced to ashes . 300 families have lost everything . The valuo of the furniture , &o ., destroyed ia 1 , 000 , 000 of Polish florins U 67 , 000 rix dollars ) . The harvest is over in almost the wholo kingdom ; it is very abundant ; oats less so than other kind ? of grain . We have not yet had any very extreme heat . —Prussian State Gazette , Sept . 4 . Curb for the Cholera . —This painful and distressing disease , which is now exhibiting in various parts of the kingdom , has been successfully combated and effectually cured by the following medicine
which cannot be too widely made known to the public . Take equal quantities of spirit of sal volatile , essence of peppermint , and liquid laudanum ( say a quarter of an ounce of each , which pour together in a bottlo . ) Of this mixture , take a small tea-spoonful in half a glass of brandy , ) to which add a little hot-water , which swallow , and repeat the dose in two hours if necessary . This has seldom failed to afford almost immediate relief ; and a second dose mostly effects a cure . The above dose is for a grown person , and sh « uld be increased or diminished according to the strength' and * habit of the pauent . The writer has felt immediate benefit from the uso of it , and he has also given it to persons with the same success .
A Female Suffocated by a Plum-Stone . —A melancholy occurrence took place at Gravesend on Sunday , the 4 th instant . Mrs . iMargaretta Wells , the wife of Mr . John Wells , a jeweller , of No . 5 , Museum-street , Bloomsbury . has been for some time Btaying with her family in Gravesend , and on Sunday afternoon , in the course of their customary walk , they purchased some plums , and as Mrs . Wells was in the act of eating one , the stone gob into her throat , and choked her . A coroner ' s inquest being held on . tho body , returned a verdict accordingly .
On Thursday se ' night , the houskeepor of Mr . Kerner , tho tobacconist of St . JameS ' -street , put an end to her existence by drowning herself in the water-butt . It will be recollected that an exarnination took place before the Magistrates of Marlborough-street , respecting the conduct of Mr . Kerner , who has suddenly absented himself from this country , on an account of an alleged fraud in some bill transaodon 8 ; and it is said tbat the poor woman had been reduced to a state of despondency , occasioned by her master having made away with her little property .
The Postmaster-Geneejl has decided on returning to the old method of paying the guards on mail coaches 103 . 6 d . per week , and allowing them to take fees from passengers . The guards on railways are still to be paid salaries , without fees ; but such salaries are to be on a reduced scale . The cause of the contemplated alteration in the mode of paying tbo mail-coach guards is , the continued discoveries that they receive fees . Six of them are now euspended for taking feea , but Lord Lowther has resolved not to dismiss them , because he declares it impossible to prevent persons who arc paid ouly £ 70 or £ 80 a year , from taking gratuities from passengers , when , as in most cases , it has happened the gravities hare been voluntarily offered .
Newfoundland Names . —The names of Newfoundland hills , harbours , coves , creek 3 , and bay ? , are very amusing . The Blow-me-down-Hi ! is , the Come-bjf-Chanca- Brook , the Soldom-come-by-Harbour , the Funk Islands , imply a mode of nomenclature primitive , if not always elegant ; and highly expressive , if not attractive , are Bloody Reach , Damnable Bay , Dead-man ' s Point , Ragged Islands , Bay Despair , The Frying Pan , Cape Broil , Hell Hill , Mount Misery , Wolf Bay . the Bishop ' s Falls , Lion ' s Den , Bay of Fair and Fal > e , Muddy Hole , Pope ' s Harbour , Goose Cove , and Gander Bay !
Two Children Poisoned by Drinking Flywater . —Oa Tuesday , &o inquest was taken before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at tho Wheat Sheaf , Peter ' s Cross , Fulliam . on the body of Ann Backe , aRed three years . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased ' s mother ( Catherine Reardon ) lived with the father at No , 3 , Wheat Sheaf-place , ond on Friday last the former sent a woman , named Quain , to a grocer ' s ehop , kept by a person named Fotts , for two pennyworth of " fly-water . " On being strved with it , an injunction was given to keep it out of the way of children , and this was told the mother . The poison was brought in a tea-cup , and , during the absence of deceased and another child abuut two years of age , the liquid was poured into two plates and placed on shelves for the purpose of destroying il . es . The tea-cup , however , was left on
the table , containing about a spoonful of the poison , and , during the absence of tlw mother , the two children drank what remained in that vessel . On her return she found both vomiting , and took them to Mr . Rouse , a surgeon . The youngest recovered , but the deceased got worse , and died between eight and nine o ' clock the same evening . Mr . William Howard , assistant to Mr . Rouse , said the children were vomiting violently when brought to the surgery , and , on being told that they had drank "flywater" he gave them emetics , and continued to attend deceased until sh 3 died . He procured some of the " fly-water , " from Mr . Potts , which he analysed , and found one of the component parts to ba arsenic—The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased was accidentally poisoned by drinking some of Shadbolt's fly and bug water . "
Loss of the Montaou , of Perth . —Extract from a letter dated Macao , tne 10 th of May : — " Accounts have jufit reached us of the total loss of tbo Montagu , bhe was coming on from Bombay , principally laden with cotton , and was classified as a fine vessel , and a fast sailer ; but week after week passed , however , after she became quite due , and no Montagu made her appearance . At length , a few Gay 3 ago , a lotter reached us from the captain , dated Manilla , at which place he and ail the crew had arrived in safety . It seems he had got through Dampier ' s Straits , and ia the Jillolo Passage had very thick weather and calms , with strong currents Tanning . Oa the morning of the 2 i of March , at daylight , they fouud themselves within three miles of a reef , with the current setting them right down upon it . They got out all the boats to try and tow her off , but without effect . About three p . m ., she struck , and at four o ' clock had entirely
disappeared ; the crew being in the boats at tha time escaped , but without clothes of any kind or provision . They got inside the reef to a small island with three cocoa-nut trees , where they remained for fifteen daya , subsisting on fish , birds , fcc . ; and , after repairing their boats , which bad been damaged m crossing the reef , they set out to look for vessels , without compass , chart , or anything to guide them by . They were picked up by a London vessel bonnd for the coast of Japan , who supplied town with all their wants ; and they again set sail in their boats to reach the Dutch settlement of Farwate , if possible . After being about fifteen days at ee » , they were picked np by a vessel bouud for Manilla , wnere they arrived in Bafety the end of last month . She was a fine vessel , aud owned by Thomas Graham and Sons of the fair city . The captain . I believe , has sailed for England . Helen ' s Shoal is the name of the reef on which Bbe was lost . —Perthshire Courier ,
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Wb undebstand that the Government have conferred pensions of £ 80 a year each on the four daughters of the late Colonel Dannie , of the 13 th foot , who was killed at Jellalabad , where be commanded the sortie . There dird lately , says a German paper , in the village of Felsoe Frederick , in Transylvania , a farmer named Terebesi , in the 135 th year of his a « e . He always enjoyed good health , aud worked in the field until just before his death . A Good Joke . ^—The Millerites are prophecying that the end of the world is to be in April , 1843 ; and yet , at tho same time , in this mouth of August , 1842 , they are taking subscriDtions for a newspaper for one year in advauce . Not bad that . —New York Herald .
Paupers' Luxuries . —A gardener , who supplies a union workhou 36 in Sussex with vegetables , sends in maggotty turnips , and cabbages abounding in caterpillars , sagely observing tbat the poor devils of paupers have no other means of obtaining grub . It is calculated thac the available coal-beds in Lancashire amount in weight to the enormous sum of 84 , 000 , 000 tons : the total amount of consumption per annum ia supposed to ba 3 , 400 , 120 tons : hence it is inferred that the coal-field of Lancashire , at the present rate of consumption , will last 2 , 470 years . Pleasant State of things in New York .. — There is not the least thing doing in any branch of business whatevor , except lying and cheating in Wall-street , picking pockets promiscuously , and killing dogs all over the city .
Extraordinary Radish . —A radish was gathered the other day out of a garden belonging to Mr . P . Dawson , maltster , Ashborne , of the unusual length of tweuty inches , nine in circumference , and weighing two pounds and three quarters . —Derby Reporter . A Modest Dun . —A tailor presented his account to a gentleman for settlement . " I'll look over your bill , " said the gentleman . " Very good , " Bald the tailor , " pray don't over-look it . " On opening a vase lately discovered in the ruins of Herculaneum , the learned Abbe Facciolati found an orange preserved in vinegar . It appears the Romans pickled oranges as we do gherkins . Arab Retort . — " Why do you not thank God , '' said Mau 3 er to an Arab , " that since I have been your ruler , you have never been afflicted with the plague ! " " God istoo just to send two sonurge 3 upon us at once , " was the reply ; but it cost the Bpeaker his life .
A Romantic Young Lady fell into a river , and was likely to be drowned , but a preserver accidentally appeared , and she was convoyed to her home . When she came to herself , she declared that she would marry the person who had saved her life . " Impossible , " -said her father . "Is be already married then ? " she inquired . " No . " " Is he tho young manwno livos in our neighbourhood V " No , it is a Newfoundland dog . " Brick versus Skull . —An athletic black man , while carrying a hod in a building down town , was struck on his head by a brick , which fell from the scaffold nearly two stories high . " Look out up d&re , how you frow your bricks 1 " vociferated the hod carrier : " guess you want to kill dis nigger . " What is most strange is , that the man was not even stunned , and the brick was broken in two by coming in contact with his head . —Philadelphia Gazette .
Chinese Barbarity . —An unfortunate seaman of the Cornwallis recently wandered into tho- hands of a party of Chinese villager ? , who immediately cut off bis knee-pans , made an incision round eaoh wrist , and stripped the skin off the muscles , up to the elbows , and down each hand to tho finger ends , leaving it dangling . In this condition the poor fellow was abandoned . On his being found , the village was destroyed by the boats of the ship . The man is alive , and slowly recovering . —Hampshire paper .
Of all the instances we have heard of persons attaining wealth by lucky accidents , nono equal the following : — " A poor sfeed woman , who had long earned her livelihood by knitting , one day coming to the end of her worsted ball or clue , found it to be wound on apiece of an old newspaper , Which she had the curiosity to read : when , to her astonishment and delight , she discovered it to contain an advertisement respecting herself as the heiress of a large property . " Scme Boys , while bathing on Saturday week , near Findhorn , discovered adead body on the beach , that had been washed ia by tbe tide . The face was
much disfigured , and the inspection and inquiries s * t a-foot have not elicited anything to prove the identity of the unfortunate man . From his dress , which wac that of a sailor of the better class , it was conjectured that he had been master or mate of some vessel . Nothing was found in the pookefcs but a snuff-horn , havingtho initials "S . M'K . " cut on the top , the ono end shaped so as to resemble a dog's head , tho mouth curiously cut out , so as to show teeth , tongue , & . o . It is hoped this may load to a discovery of the relations ofthe unfortunato deceased . The b » dy , after inspection , was decently interred by the authorities in the churchyard of Dyke- —Rosshire Adverlizer .
A Widow . —A fisherman named Grizzle was drowned , and all search for the body unavailing . At length , after the lapse of a month or so , the dear deceased was found , floating on his " watery bier , " whea the following dialogue ensued between the disconsolate widow and the narrator of the discovery : —Mr . Smith—Well , Mrs . Grizz ^ , we have found Mr . Grizzle's body . Mrs . Grizzle—You don ' t say so ? Mr . S . — Yes , we have—the jury baa sat on it , aud found it full of eols . Mrs . G . — You don ' t say Mr . Grizzle ' s body is full of eels ? Mr . S . —Yes it is , and we wish to know what you mean to have done with it . Mrs . G . —Why bow many eels should you think there is in him ? Mr . S . —Why , about a bushel . Mrs . G . —Why then I think you had better send the eels up to the house , aud set him again .
Another Determined Suicide at Waterloobridge . —At an early hour ou Thursday morning , a female about twenty-fire years of age , dressed in fashionable Btyle , committed a most determined act of suicide by throwing herself into the river from the first arch on the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge . She bad a few words with a gentleman immediately previous to her committing the rash act ; she had a valuable silver watch attached to her side , from a silver guard-chain , and five gold rings on her fing « rs . A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body .
A servant girl at the house of a gentleman at the Spa , Gloucester , who was in tho habit of bestowing a profusion of oil upon her luxuriant locks was awoke a few nights ago by a strange sensation on the top of her head ; and on putting up her hand , something whose coat was as soft as velvet , and whose step was light as that of a fairy , slipped through her fingers , and mado a hasty retrtat . A mouse , roaming in search of his supper , had made an attack on the f : vir maid ' s well oiled hair , and had nibbled away with such industrious app ^ iite that tbe next morning the poor wench waa lioTroT struck at beholding a bald place in the very centre of her head , as large as the palm of a man's hand , the hair being cropped off close to the roots . —Gloucester Journal .
Suicide at the Saracen's Head , Snow Hill . — On Thursday evening week Mr . Payno held an inquest at the White Hart , Giltspur-streefc , on view of the body of George Morley , aged forty-one . Andrew Satchell , landlord of the Siraocn ' s Head Tap , stated that deceased had been lodging there for some time past . For many years he had been driver of the Leeds and other coaches , but bad latterly been out of employment . About tea o ' clock this mowing ( Thursday ) deceased was found ia his bedroom , suspended by a ropa tiad round his neck , from the bead of the bedstead . He was immedately cut down , and a surgeon was sent for , when it appeared that life had been extinct at least several hours . Tne witness further Btated that deceased was one of those unfortunate persons who bad been thrown out
of employment in consequence of steam carriages having taken the place of stage coaches . Fora long time deceased had been in a state of destitution , and had latterly been suffering under great depression of spirits . Deceased wanted to go down into Lincolnshire to see his relations , and endeavour to get eomo employment . Mr . Mountain had given the poor fellow leave to go by one of hi 3 coaches , free of expense ; but the driver , a man named Gamble , refusad to take deceased , telling him he did uot want his company . Deceased appeared extremely hurt at this , and cried bitterly while telling several persons of Gamble ' s behaviour to-bim . His mind seemed to have been most dreadfull ^ weakened by his recen t misfortunes and disappointments . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Teasing an Elephant . —On Saturday evening last several gentlemen went into a wild beast show at Sheerness , some of whom began to tease the elephant , which forms part of the exhibition , and which ia not confined otherwise than by a short chain round one of its legs ; the said gentlemen amused themselves for awhile by offering the huge but docile animal apples and other things , and when he extended his proboeis to receive them , putting them into their pockets again ; but not muoh relishing each sort of sport , the sagacious animal , taking an opportunity when several of his tormentors were in a cluster near him , extended his trunk , and With one swoop laid seven of them
sprawling » a ihe floor , who , not knowing what the next evolution of the " performing elephant" might be , began to call out lustily for the keepers , but their presence was not needed , as Leviathan seemed quite satisfied with having laid his tormentors prostrate at his feet , kicking about to get out of his reach , whilst the wives and daughters of some of the party were going into fits , and the company generally rushing towards the place of egress . All the gentlemen who were knocked down by the elephant escaped free from harm , except a good fright , which they will no doubt remember should they ever enter another wild beast show . —Kent Herald .
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Dusseldorf , Sept . 6 , 1842 . —K report bavin * been generally f proad that his Majesty the King of Hanover died here Jast night * I fcasten to inform yon that this is no / this fact j but that his Majesty is lying seriously indisposed at Prince Solna '» Palace in this town . The symptoms , I hear , ara dangerous . " A Resolute Fair o . ve !—( From Za Vigie de VQuest' ) A young and fair Florentine lady , beamz the celebrated name of America Vespuccio , arrived at St . Malo , on Sunday , in the Southampton packet . The uobls Signora having declared to the Customhouse officer that she would not submit , to the f ' gnobie searoh to which he wished to subject her , he replied that he had a right to require that a female should , by visiting her person , ascertain whether she was the bearer of contraband goods or no , and that force should bo reserted ioJFshe resisted . Tbo Signora . drew oat a pair of pistols , and repeated her declaration , adcing that she would Temrn to
England sooner than undergo such a degradation . She then called for pen and ink , and , in tho absence of the Director of Customs , wrote to the Siib-prefeir , reminding him of her historical name aud'of the regards , which were duo to a woman . Tho magistrate consented to go on board , but having no power to interfere with tho -regulations of tbe Customs , and thefair Florentine pfir .-isti .- ;^ in her refusil , shs returned to England without , having once qirtted the steamer . — " Wo have received ( adds La Vigie ) frequent complaints of tho indecent manner ia which females are searched in our harbours , and have sfeu ( several ladies quito indignant at the treatment they had experienced . ' The fiscal passions , ' eays one of them , ' are carried to such an extreme in France , that the revonufl agents behaved towards us lika real savages . ' We demand a reform , for the iriteresfc of our harbour , for that of Franco abroad , and in the name of the respect paid to females iu all civilised countries . "
Elopement and Robbery . —During the last two > days much conversation has been occasioned about Kensington Gravel-pits ia oonsequoECo of the . following occurrence : —It appears that on the morning of Wednesday last a person named Gerrec , a greengrocer , residing at No . 1 , ¦ Uxbridge-strdetjKunaiflKton Gravel-pits , left his homo about four o ' clock to attend Covent Garden market , leaving his wife ( who , although forty-two yews of age , is still ' . rather a fine looking womau ) asleep ia bed . On hid return he was surprised to learn tbat Mrs . Gerrem was out . AsthVday advanced and she did not return , . ' je began to be alarmed , and fioza the inquiries he made he soon ascertained that she had left tho house at five o ' clock in the morning . On examining the
hous « , he found that sho had taken with h « r evtry article of value he possessed , a 3 weii as all his ready money , amountiug to about £ 90 . Mr . Gerrem immediately communicated hid loss to the police , and also his suspicion that sho had eloped with a journeyman carpenter , named Fruin , twenty yeara of age who was also missing from the neighbourhood . ' It has pincebeen ascertained tba * ; Mr 3 . Gerrem wasoa the same morning seen on board the British Queen steamer , which on Wednesday Jefs Biackwall for America , and Mr . Gerr ^ in started tha same night for Portsmouth , where the vessel will put in for coale , in the hope of recovering bis proporty , should his wife persist in going to the new world —Evening paper .
Sehious Accidsnt to Mr . Carter , thb Lioit Tamer . —Another accident occurred to Mr . Garter , the performer , and rival to Van Atnburg , on Tuesday evening , which has incapacitated him from appearing on the succeeding nifiuts at the English Opera House , at which theatre'he was performing the principal character in a piece called the Lioa King . In the coarse of the piece , Mr . Carter bad to encountrr a lion and etbf-r animals , a la Van Ambur ^ h , confined in 8- cage . The performance went off well on Tuesday nigh Van d' Mr . Carter , oa entering the cage , was received with the greatest eclat . Nosooner had he set foot inside . than the '' noble lord of the forest" made a sudden spring , and , before Mr . Carter had time to prevail him , seized him by the hand with his teeth . Mr . Carter , although his hand
was being severely lacerated by the animal , commenced striking him with all bi 3 migbt , with the butt end of a whip , which he held in the other band , between the " ears . Tho au ^ ienpo applauded rao 3 t vociferously , little dreaming that it was a combat in reality . Mr , Carter continued to deal heavy blows on the infuriated animal , who -t the enrl took shelter in one corner of the cage . The scene was dropped , and Mr . Carter , having bound a hinc ? k ? fchief round his hand , which was much laceratod , left the cage , the animal growling at him aa he left . He was attonded to by Mr . Braine , a surgeon , and has since boen incapacitated from appearing . Thi 3 is the second time Mr . Carter has b ? m bitten by the same animal within tho last week . The lion has only been in Mr . Carter ' s possession about three months , and IB between three and four years of aga .
Howden Great Horse Fair . —Great preparations are making by the inukoepers and others for the approaching fair , it being confidently anticipated that the attendance of foreigners , dealers , &o . will be very numerous , in consequence of the great demand for hoTscsfor the Continent . The early hou ing of the harvest will also cause agreat influx of farmers , graz ' , &c . from all parts of the country . In the year 1 . 200 . King John granted to Bishop Philip a license to hold an annual horse fair at Howdeii , which is held oa the 25 ' rh of September , and six following days , and is accouuted one of the niost celebrated horde fairs ia the kingdom , especially for first-rato colts , for which it stands unrivalled . A London dealer rec-mly remarked thai th ' . rcwere morebores exhibited for sale at Howden fai ? than at any other fair ia the world .
A Cab go of Philosophers . —A capital story has just reached us fioov- 'Dudley , touching the recent aquatic excursion of certain distinguished savans , from Birmingham to Dudley . HaviDg to pass through one of the canal locks , where boat 3 are required to register certain particulars of the freight , &o . Uo facilitate the collection of the proper dues ) , the following entry was mane relative to one ot the learniug laden barks : — " Draugnt , 13 inches ; weight , Sh tons ; cargo , philosophers . " Making tiie Dumb Sp 2 ak . —A fellow of the name of Welsh , who for two or three years has maintained himself by hawking round the country with pamphlets , and by occasional pilferings from the houses at which he made his calls , was brought up at the Gorbals Police-office on Thursday morning charaed
with being drunk and disorderly . When brought to the office , even while affected by " potations deep , ' * Welsh did not forget his assumed character , but remained stupidly dumb to all signs and interrogations . Brown , the ofiicer , who knew tho fellow to be aa impostor , who had in a similar way excited the sympathy ofthe authorities in other towns and got off from the punishment due to hia peccadilloes , did not forget to inform tho bench of Welch ' s capabilities in the matter of epeech , and the Court sentenced the prisoner to thirty days in Bridewell . The effect ot the announcement ol bi 3 sentence , was miraculous—Welsh , to the no small surprise of the Court , lifted up his voice and spoke wonderfully well considering his infirmity , protesting in no measured terms against the severity of his sentence —Glasgow Chronicle .
Burglary , and Attempted Murder . —Heroic Captbre of the Burglars . —Another most atrocious burglary was committed on the night of Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morning , in the house of Mr . Thomas Lund , at Pretty-foot bridge , about fifty yards on the branch road leading from Whalley-ro « d , just beyond the Bull ' s Head Inn , in Ribchester , near Blackburn . Mr . Land was awoke about one o ' clock by a loud crash of breaking glass , and immediately got out of bed and struck a liftht . He then unlocked his bed-room door and passed through a large room adjoining into a smaller one , where he found two men—one or them wearing & black mask , and the other a light one . The moment they saw him they ordered him to be silent , and
successively presented each a pistol at him , and did their best to shoot him , but fortunately the pistola missed fire . Mr . Lund then rushed upon the villains , and being , although considerably advanced in life , a most powerful man , overpowered them both , and held them for some time , until getting a little exhausted , they succeeded in pulling him in the struggle towards the window , through which they managed to make * temporary escape . One of them , while they were struggling , , put a fresh cap to his pistol , and snapped it twice , but it missed fire each time . Meanwhile Mrs . Lund alarmed the neighbours , and one of them , named Whalley , observed the robbers leap into the little strip of plantation on the right side of the road leading from
the Bull ' s Head towards Pretty-foot bridge , just beside a large culvert which passes under the Whal ley * oad . Whalley , instead of attempting to molest his prey by himsolf , having outstripped bis friend Land in the race , went on past the plantation to tho house of a person named John Shorrock who lives a little beyond the Bull ' s Head . Whalley told Shorrock that there were two men ia the plantation who had broken into Thomas Lund's boose * and bade him rouse up a yonoe man who lives in tbe house with him , named Thomas Bannister , and come down to the plantation . Several other neighbours were got together , and the plantation was completely surrounded . The prisoners being secured * they were conveyed to the Bull ' s Head , and thence to the police-station at Blackburn . There was &
third person , but he does not appear to have entered the house , and he made off the moment he saw hia friends defeated . The burglars were Blackburn men , named Thompson and Ainswortb . One of them had been frequently obliged to the man whose house he entered at the dead of night , and whose life he threatened to take without a moment ' s warning . Both were making by their respective callings an amount of wages whiehtwaB perfectly competent to keep them in comfortable circumstances , —Thomason having been , we understand , employed in tbe mills of Messrs . William Eooles and Co ., as % spinner , and therefore in a position to make on an average 253 . a week ; and Ainsworth being a journeyman tailor , who was able to make on ftn average £ 1 zyiMk , ~ LiverpoQl Mail *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1179/page/3/
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