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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . BO . XXXIX . " JUKFBEB . " We now come to Byron ' s dramatic poems . ' v «_» . tmtheiistbeingthatstrange , wild , wop ^ . ' . I * " * fifal ereation-Mmfred . This poV ^ as . beaulavish praise of such princes of << -.. - **? 1 &as 7 0 n the Professor Wnaos , and Go- ^ bcism as Jeffrey , Milton , if not match-, - ** v Siuksfkikb and pKach ^ d in many- . T ^ J ? at le *«?!* a » - » ra"Manfred «* artsoftkiscomposition . Goethe anil < mn « i- ' »* as - wnder&l phenomenon , ™ Tnfr v * Wr touclied me" Jeffbs * ^ - . J ? l ^ etoneand pitcliofthecomposition , aswellas ^ t&edismtertrfthe dietioa in the more solemn parts , Jtanpta reminds as much , more of the ' Pro-Sfctheos' of JSschylns than of any modern perform tace . Ttos chief differences are that the subject of the Greek poet was sanctified and exalted by the estabhshed belief of Ms country , and that his terrors
MB iwwhere tempered with the sweetness which taeawes from so many passages of his English rival . " Professor Wasos says " There is in the character tSMxnfred more of the self-might of Byron than in an his previous prodactions . Heha 3 therein broa&ht , with wonderful power , metaphysical ^ conceptions into forms—and we know of no poem in which the aspect of external nature is throughout lighted up with an expression at once so beautiful , solemn and majestic . It is the poem next to CfiiWe SanM , which vie should give to a foreigner to read , that he might know something of Byron . " Our extracts must necessarily be ' few , brief and imperfect- We commence with the " Voice' * of the Spirit of the zaoqatains : —
Mount BIibc is the monarch of mountains , They crowa'd Mm long ago , On * throne t > f rocks , in a robe of clouds , With a diadem of show . AKwndkis waists are forests braced , The Arjtlanche in bis hand , Bst e ' re It fell , that thundering ball Jfust pause for my command , Tfee'Glflder ' e cold and restless mass Moves onward day by day ; Bat I kb he who bids it pass , Or frith its ice delay ; I am the spirit of the place , Could make the mountain bow , And quiver to bis carerned base—And-what with me wouldst ThottS Tfeeopenias of the following lines willsesund the reader of Samlet ' 3 soliloquy , with which they are not amrarthy of being classed : —
We are the fools of time asd terror ; Says Steal on as and steal from ns ; yet we fee , Loathing our life , and dreading still to die , In all-the days of this detested joic ; This tttal weight upon the straggling heart , "Which sinks with sorrow , or beats-quick with pain , -Or ^ oy that ends in agony or faintnessj ~ In all the days of past end future , for In life there is no present , we can number Howfew—how ltss than few—therein the sonl Forbear * to pant for-death , and jet draws back , Asrfrom a stream in winter , though the chill -Be but a moment ' s , i have one resource , Still in my science—I can call the dead , And ask them what it is we dread to be . She sternest answer caa bat bs the grave , And that is nothing .
Is-there anything more ^ beautiful English language than the following thrilling appeal by Manured to the spirit of Astarte ? Hear me , hear me—Astarte ! ny beloved ! speak to me ; 1 have so much endured—so much endureiiook on me ! tbe glare hath not changed thee more Than . I am changed for thee . Thoulovedst me Too much , as I loved thee : we were not made To torture thns each other , though it were The deadliest sin to love as we hare loved . Say that thouloath'stae not—that I do bear This punishment for -both—that than wilt $ e ¦ One of theblessed ^ -and that I shall die ; for hitherto all hateful things conspire To bind me in existenee—in a life " Which makes me shrink from immortality—A future like thepast . I cannot rest . I know not what I ask , « or what I seek : 1 feel but what thou art , and what I am ;
And I would hear yet once before I perish The Toieewhich was my music . Speak tome ! for I bare caU'd en thee la the still night , Startled the slumbering birds from the faush'd boughs , And woke the mountain wolves , and made the caves Acquainted with thy vainly-echoed name , "Which anstverM me—many things answer ed mei Spirits and men ; tratthou vert silent alL Yet speak to me 1 I have ontwatehed the stars And gazed cfer heaven in Tain in search of thee . Speak to me ! I have wandered o ' er tbe earth , And never found thy likeness—Speak to me ! I » ook on the fiends around—they feel for me : I fear them not , and feel for thee alone—Speak to me 2 though it be in wrath;—but say—I reck not what—but let me hear thee once
This once—once more 1 Beautiful as is MuifreaCs speech to the Sun we are compelled to omit it , with many other beautiful things in the poem . We conclude our extracts with the last soliloquy ofMmfred ; — The stars are fertb , the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains—Beautiful ! I linger yet with Nature , for the night Hath bees to Hie z more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness , I learn'd the language of another world . I do remember me that in my youth , "When I was wandering , —upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum ' s wall
Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches "Wared dark in the blue midnight , and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay * d beyond the Tiber ; and More near from ont the Casars * palace came The owl ' s long cries and interruptedly , Of distant centinels the fitful song Begun and died upon the gentle wind , Some cypresses beyond the timt-worn breach . Appear , d to skirt the horizon , yet they stoed "Within a . bow-shot—where the Cssars dwelt , And dwell the tuneless birds of night , amidst A grove which springs . through levell'd battlements , And twines its roots with the imperial hearths ,
Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands , A noble wreck in ruinous perfection 2 " While Cesar ' s chambers , and the Augustan halls , Grovel on earthin indistinct decay . And thon didstshine there , rolling moon , upon All this , and cast a wide and tender light , "Which softened dowh the hoar austerity Of ragged desolation , and fill'd up / - ! As ' twere anew , the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so , And maldug that which was not , till the place Became religion , and the heart ran o'tr , With silent worship of tbe great of old—The dead , but spectered sovereigns , who still rule Our spirits from their urns .
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SONGS FOR . THE PEOPLE . xo . xvin . A CHABTIST 3 IAKCH . Here ' s to that gallant band , Throughout our English land , That calls each freeman , brother true ! and joins him heart fa hand . Confusion to each knave "Who loves to meet a slave , Sat / ears io&ce anhonest man , or battle with a brave . "We are the same race still , "Who at the loom and mill , Outmatched the marts of Europe with the mastery of onr skill .
"Who trimmed the " victory ' s sail , And cast upon the gale The sounds that made Trafalgar great , and turned old Egypt pale ! "Who dashed our bayonets true The cloven column through , And drove the electric charge along Poitiers and "Waterloo .
Tvho made old ifarston ring , The ruin of a lung , When faith and truth were trodden down beneath a sceptred tbing . Ana would ye make us slaves f Ye miserable knaves 1 Who sink in silken revelries what starving labour eraves ! Is this the fruit to yield , For each red harvest field , Tyhere we threw round our tyrants' hearts the people ' s living shield ! Oars were your factor ies , — Not oars your enemies , — And ours ihaH be—a nation free—our chartered liberties .
Then — ruin to each knave , Who loves to mett a slave , Bit fears to face an honest man , or battle with a brave .
And — here ' s that gallant band , Throughout our English land , . Tiat calls each freeman , brother true ! and helps him heart in hand . Es ^ mpiUad , JJay 30 ft , 1816 . Emresi Jokes
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THE 'CONNOISSEUR . —l ^ on don : E . Mackenzie , lia , Fleet Street . —June . This nnmW opens with an excellent article on 11 Patronage of Art and Art-Unions ; " wiSi the views expressed therein we heartily agree . Most of this namber is occupied with critical notices of " The Royal Academy Exhibition , " " and the exhibitions of the "Old" and "Sfow" Water Colour Societies . A-r fhort bat smart critique on Mr . Mar-ready's Macbeth , has much interested us . The critic says , " We have always considered the Macbeth of Macreadyto be-not only the rery ¦ best of his own personations , but the finest embodymeat of that character-within stage
memory , " The critic complains , and justly , of tbe •'^ getting up" of the play at the Psincess's , the scenery and machinery , was in some parts most wretched ; but this was not the worst , a greater drawback to Macready ' s excellence , was Mrs . Ternan ' s incompetence to play the part of LadgMubeth . We experienced the pain of witnessing this lady's performance , and we agree with the critican the " Connoisseur" that Mrs . Ternan not only-stripped the iLady Macbeth of all dramatic attraction , 'but operated as a wet blanket en Mr . MacreadyV best efforts . -When depending upon himself alone , hb performance -wEs magnificent . We agree with everj word of the following : —
The wnoletumultuousaceneofDuuEinanewas sustained with ^ continuous energy . Study had been applied till study was masked from observation . "When the soldier shook Ms confidence i&fate with the tjdisg 3 of the moving waod" As I did stand my watch npon the hill , I look towards Birnham , and anon , mathought The wood began tesnove !" " Sosfetft . — Liar and slave V was . given with snch intense exactness of itrnth in attitnds and expression , as created for the time an example of high art which would immortalise the painter who cotdds-eproduce it faithfully on canvas . It was one ef those-bits of perfectiom that are seldom to bewitnessed . To . the fight at the end we have some objections to offer . If actors were occasionally to set-to , . even with the stioki , for a bellyrulL -they would be more alive to the
absurdity of two tinen about commencing a mortal conflict , . excited by hatred . and received wrong , standing in such a position , that either may at once , without risk to himself , put the other Jtorede combat , This is called stage attitude , and get applause sometimes from the ignorant . ; but it is absurd . Zhere is no attitude good thai is notlrne ; and tbe true attitude for commencing a fight isihat in which the party is as little exposed as possible to his enemy . Itmay be urged in reply that Macbeth bears a charmed life and is consequently careless . This would not push aside tbe hsbitudes ' ef a soldierhe would be instinctively on his guard . But although Macbeth is aware of this , it can have no effect on Hacduff ; that he , with all his motives for revenge , " should not strike at once when he could strike with advantage , plaees him in an nnaccountable position , that is a blemish in the scene of which Macbeth has a share , and he cannot escape his portion of the mischief .
This number is embellished with a portrait of Madame Castellan . After the noble portrait-gallery of illustrious paintersgiren in the preceding numbers , it is only fair that nature ' s gentlewomen should be cared for ; we hail this , therefore , as the first of ( we hope ) a long list of the portraits of distinguished women of our own , and past times . We shall be grateful to Mr . Maguire , if in some future number he will favour the readers of the " Connoisseur , " with a portrait of the angelic Malibran .
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THE FAMILY HERALD . Part XXXVII . London : G . Biggs , 421 . Strand . This part forms an excellent commencement of tbe fourth volume . The several writers appear as fresh and racy as if they had but just started , andjthe editor is even more than usually happy in his choice of subjects , and his truly unique and pleasing method of treating them . There are two articles on the"Titles of both sexes . Different modes of address in writing and conversation , " which are not only entertaining and instructive , but which also will be found exceedingly useful to many who , having occasion to address public and other personages , may be not quite sure as to tbe proper terms to be adopted to steer clear of rudeness on the one hand , and servility on the other . The first of these articles is on the titles , &C-, of men ; the second , on those of women . From the first we give the following
extract—The two words , sir and madam , are the standard terms ofcorupellation in England ; and etymologieally or synonomically speaking , in Christendom also . The Frenchman says " MoH-sieur , " that is , my lord , to every man of respectable appearance . This sieur , in France , ia even more universal tban sir in England ; for if it is given to all classes , nobles , and burgesses , and is only varied when addressed to majesty , by being nsed in the more simple form of sire . Sire is the term of compellation to the king : in England also , and is precisely tne same word sir , or slew , in- its etymological meaning . Seigneur is another form of tbe word , and monseigneur is addressed to the hen-apparent , archbishops , bishops , marshals , 'tic ., in France , In France , therefore , all men are lords . from the king on the throne down to the humblest operative of
respectable appearance or character . In speech , at least , the sovereignty of the people is tliere established . ' Tis the same in Italy , signor ( pronounced seenyore ) is precisely the same word as the French seigneur . It is Lord , and it is addressed to the humblest burgess or tenant farmer . So that all the Italians are lords . They call each other lords ; and we call them lords , when we stjle them Signor Sivori , Signor Dragonetti , or Signor Fornasari . This lordly style of address also prevails in Spain and Portugal . In spain , the word takes tke form of senor ( pronounced senynior ) and by this word all the Spaniards are ennobled . Nay , they even address one another by the form of " your majesty , " if " vuestra merced , " a 8 some affirm , is originally synonimous with this . Even the grave Germans have followed the
ambitious and aspiring custom . Jlerr is lord in German ; the very Lord of prayer and of praise to God ; and every man is ten-in Germany , and is addressed mein fterr , or my lord . There is no higher title than this , even for the Saviour himself . Thus in translating the 110 th Psalm , " The lard saHnnlo my Lord sit thouat my right hand , &c , " Martin LutUet ' s Bible renders it , " Der Herr spracli zu ineinem herrn , &c . " You would say nothing less to a farmer or a vinedresser on tlie banks of the Khine^—• ' Guten morgen mein herr , ' — " Good morning my lord . The grave and lowlier Dutch , who not only speak the low German , but inhabit the low or JJether lands , even they have adopted the same ambitious style of address" Goeden morgen mjn heer , "— "Good morning my lord , " says one simple Burgher of Amsterdam or Itotterdam to another .
For the multitude of good things contained in this sixpennywortb of eighty pages , we must refer the reader to the publication itself , which is truly the Herald of useful information and amusement for the million .
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TflE MUSICAL niiRALD—Part I , London ; G . Bipgs , 421 , Strand . The sight of the first nnmber was sufficient to enable us to predict the- jivorth and success of this publication . The MusicalHerald proclaims the downfall of tlie musical monopolists ; for , when twontvfour pages of music , - together with sixteen pages ol letter press , can be bad for tenpence , of course only those who have more money titan wit will give half , a-crown for a solitary piece of music—the olu charge of the monopolists . Without speaking of the merits of the music , we may say * that in this part we have music " wedded" to the " immortal verse" of such poets as Bex Joxson , Burks , and Byron . A musi cal and literary curiosity is contained in tliis part—
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.....-..-. > - . ; :-.. - " 7 . * . ¦¦ " " " '<• 'V' -t- AtfflHv 0110 tte famftns' ? Song of Roland , " 01 wnwu » , v . ^ has heard , but wbM few , comparitively , have been hitherto acquainted with . " Theeurlos ^ y . ot »« " »»? . now be gratified ; f « here it is ' in iue or ; gi na French , with an English translation by U ; . , Burnet , accompanied by the music . I ? . * ' literary portion , we hate Biographical notices of Stradrlla , Maubraw , and Dr . J . Ci , 4 bke . We give the following brief extracts :-
MALIBrAN ' s BBNEVOtKNCE . The year before her death , an Italian musician had a benefit concert in London . He had engaged her to sing for him on her nsual terms of twenty guineasi The concert failed , and was attended with loss to the poor artist . He called to pay her , or rather to offer her , half of the stipulated sum , which she refused to accept , saying she must have the whole . The Italian ruefully counted out twenty sovereigns . " No—another sovereign—my terms were guineas , not pounds . " He put down tbe sovereign , ejaculating to himg If , "My ' poor wife and children !" Malibran took up the money , and saving , " I insisted on the whole that the sum might be the larger for your acceptance , " put the gold into the hands of the astonished musician , and , with tears in her eyes , hurrried out of the room . The following is quoted ( by the Editor of the J /« - neal Herald ) from . Hogarth ' s " Memoirs of the Mttsica Drama " : —
CHARACTER OP MALIBRAN . "Madame Malibran , " says one of her biographers , * "possessed in an uncommon degree the affection and esteem of those who knew her ; and we speak from our own knowledge , as well as in accordance with the general voice , when we say , that few women have beffli more richly endowed with the Highest virtues of the female character . Plnngedat a tender age into circumstances of deep adversity , her sacrifice to integrity was heroic ; and she remained nncorrupted by the prosperity of her latter days . Her feelings retained their primitive warmth —her tastes their primitive simplicity . Notwithstanding the seductions of her profession , her pleasures lay in the occupations of domestic life , and in acts « f generosity . Large as w *» the revenue ^ Siich she derived from the
exerciwof her transcendairt talents , it was as worthily employed ss -well deserved . Perhaps there'never was an incomeearnedbythoeierfionBof a public performerexertions which hroke her < constitution ant brought her to an early grave—of which so large a ^ portion ' wandered , heaven-directed , to the poor . ' She was devoid of ostentatJen , and her beneficent dseds ware known to few ; but they were of daily -occurrence , for'they constituted the greatest happiness -of her life . living among the sons and daughters of pleasure , her onlyiuxury was the luxury of doing good ; -and , in the mi 8 st of wealth her only profusion consisted in beneficence . The regret felt by « ie world for the log's of an admirta end eherisbefl ; artist-was unquestionably feeble , compared with the ! pief-wifh which manya humble family lamented the uw- ; timely death of their benefactress . " A Bight of the Mescal Himld mQbe its heat Bfri commendation .
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THE UEASONER . No . I . LonSon : J . Watson , -3 ,-Queen s Head Passage , Paternoster-row . This ds a new weekly twopenny f ublication , Communistic in Social Economy—Utilitarian in Morate —Republican in Politics- ^ and Anti-theological 5 c Religion . When , inaddition , we-state that the editor is Mr . G . J . Houtoakb , we have said sufficient to explain the principles of the Reasoner . " Fr om an article on "Theological Controversy , " we give the following extracts—From aiguring false date we shall = proceed to adjure false diction . What we mean we hope to write down in unmistakable language . The grand-effort of our public
writers and teachers (« re speak of those no longer shackled by -the popular superstition . mor superstition of « wy kind )—their grand effort in the majority of cases is ,: sand'longhasbeen , to produce tbat-literary 'fit which sballfit everybody . ' They have reached the summit of their glory when they hare clothed -toe discoveries « f science , the teachings of philosophy aud the brilliant conceptions of-poetry in the rags and tatters of worn-out creeds . This they call making truth wepeetaWe—while , in fact , such is their poverty-or parsimony that they caunotafford new garmentB for their new thoughts . Yet these are Progression ' s sons' ! If Freedom had " Ragged Schools" the ^ teachers of this age would be found in crowds there .
Weifcave rasd ( we think inSpence ' s anecdotes ) of a clergyman whose duty it was is repeat-prayers to Queen Elizabeth . HerJtcjesty wishing to loseas little tune as possible with affairs of heaven , used tolorder the reading to take place while-she was dresaag—theigood chaplain kneeling in an adjoining room . But the Queen , during some changes " of her -attire , would direct her maids to close the 4 aor . The Chaplain on first perceiving this , at once stopped reading . Her Majesty , indignant at the immediate cessation of prayers , demanded the reason of it , when the chaplain , to bis eternal honour , had the dig . nity and spirit to reply , that "he could never-consent to whistle tbe words of God through a keyhole . " We would that the teachers of this age had half the spirit of this court pastor , and ai much respect for the revelations of nature as he ' . had for his litany—we would that they would refuse to stoop to proclaim the mandates of truth through the ignoble media of an obsolete and parasitic diction .
Endless is the uncertainty thus generated . We have thought enough among us , was it but plain spoken and courageous , to annihilate error and put sophistry to everlasting confusion . As it is , many of our new thinkers only increase our perplexity—raising only to disappoint expectation—and , hastening to comply with the fashion , put their new light of reason | in tbe dark lanthorn of theology . Was it otherwise , who can doubt that we should soon put cant , wrong , and ignorance out of countenance , out of power , and almost out of existence . We recommend the " Reasoner" to all who dare to reason , who proving all things , will hold only to tbat which is good .
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Dbshtotios and Suicide . — On Saturday , Mr . Baker , Deputy Coroner , held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Beech , aged 64 , a poulterer , who committed suicide at his residence , in Eizabeth-street , Hackney-road . It appeared from the evidence that he was formerly in good circumstances . Since Christmas last , in consequence of an asthma , he was unable to obtain a livelihood , and depended upon t ; he assistance he derived from liis friends , and during tbe last fortnight he had relief from the parish . That morning , about five o ' clock , lie asked his wife to go out for some gin , as he was very faint . On her return , she found him sitting in a chair and covered with blood , which was gushing from a wound in his throat . He bad razor in Ms hand . lie died about eight o'clock . Verdict " Temporary Insanity . "
Attempt to Murder . —At the Tunbridge Wells petty sessions , on Monday , Thomas Cbeesman , a waiter at the Camden Hotel , in that town , was charged with cutting the throat of Frances Saunders , a servant in the same hotel , with intent to destroy ber life . It appeared tbat the prisener was desirous of paying his addresses to the young woman , but as she refused to receive them , he frequently vowed that if she did not , he would either cut her throat or use some other means to destroy her life . On Sunday aiternoon he saw her walking with a young man through some fields , and followed her , and pulling a clasp knife out of his pocket began to sharpen it upon a stone , declaring that if she did not leave go the arm of her lover and go with him he would kill her . She , However , as well as the young man she was with , thought that he only aaid this to intimidate her , but after repeatedly following them about , he at length made a rush , at her , and cut her throat .
l ) r . R . H . Powell , surgeon , was immediately sent for , and succeeded in dressing the wound . He stated tbat the cut was about five inches in length , on the leftside of her throat . It was a ragged incision , and extended from below upwards . And from behind forwards . It nearly severed tbe jugular vein , but the carotid artery was not touched by about a line . It appeared to him that the incision was made with a booked or hollow-bladed instrument , for if it had been a straight one , the carotid artery must have been cut , and then death would have taken place in a very few minutes . The knife shewn him by the police constable , a hook-billed knife , he thought was such a knife as would inflict such a wound . It would be extremely dangerous to remove the young woman at present to come and give evidence , but she would be in a fit state , ho thought , in the course of eight or ten days . Tbe prisoner was then remanded for a week .
Metropolitan Improvements . —A government bill has just been brought into the House of Commons to enable the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to construct a new street from Spitallields to Shoreditch , and for that purpose , to raise a sum of £ 120 , 000 on the "MetropolisImprovement Fund" account . B y an act of last year ( 8 and 9 Victoria , c . 101 ) for regulating the vend and delivery of coals in the port of London , it was provided that the duty of Id . per ton from the 31 st of December last , should be invested in government stock , to create a fund to effect improvements" for the opening of poor and densely populated districts in the metropolis , and for keeping open spaces in the immediate vicinity of the same . " Money ha- ; been invested under the act , and
Parliament is now called upon to sanction its application , and to charge the fund to £ 120 * 000 to construct the new street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch . It is to commence at tbe north end and in continuation of Commercial-street , crossing the west end of Fashionstreet , and the east end of White's-row , and to pass north wards , in or . nearly in a line with and along Red Lion-street , crossing the ends of Union-street and Church-street , and the ends of Lamb-street , and Brown ' s-lane , and thence to run in a north-west direction across Vine-street , Vine-place , Wheelerstreet , Fleur-de-Lis-strcet . Maidenhead-court , Elderstreet , aad Blossom-street , to Shoreditch , south of and adjoining the present terminus of the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway .
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ALLEGED MUEDER IN SHADWELL . __ : _ . A- v " ¦ ¦ ' - >• ' ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' " 7 ¦ " un Monday Hr . Baker , Jun ., deputy-coroner , and a jury met for a third time at the Half Moon , Lower Shadwell , and proceeded further to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Ann Sloman , who met with her death at a house in Labour-in-Vain-street , Shadwell , where a private still bad been in operation , A man named Gibbins is in custody charged with the wilful murder of the deceased . William Barlow , of Jamaica-place , Limehouse , scumboiler , stated that the deceased had worked for him in that trade for two months up to her death . On the morning of Monday , the Mof Jun 8 , witness proceeded to the house inLabour-in-Vain-street , with hit cart , and Gibbins
assisted him in removing some coke and treacle from tbe cavt into the house . The witness admitted the still was his , and that his wife generally worked it . The treacle was brought into the house for the purpose of illicit distillation . He knew very well he was liable to a penalty of £ 60 under the Excise laws . On the afternoon of Monday , the 1 st of June , witness again culled at the house in Labour-iii-vain-street . The deceased and her mother , the wife of witness , and his child were there * Gibbins had previously left , to fulfil an engagement , to tura a swing up-and-down in Stepney Fair . When he last saw the deceased he gave her , at her own request , 2 s ., and she handed one of them to her mother . The deceased said she would-go to' Stapney Fair , and see if her husband
( Gibbins ) had anything to eat . The deceased wa » allowed 5 s . per week , to keep the house clean and keep inquisitive people out of the house . He removed his wife and child from the house on Monday evening , and the deceased was then from borne . He returned in his cart to High-street , Shadwell , at about nine o ' clock , and sent his wife tothehousuin Labpur-in-Vain-atteet . Sheveturned in . about ten miirates , and said the deceased hud not returned , He then went home , On Tuesday morning about seven o ' clock , Gibbins came baCk to his house and said "My wife is dead ; I sent her home atone o ' clock in the morning , and I came home at three o'clock myself , and found sbs had fallen down ¦ stores and broken herineck . " X Juror . —Are you certain as to the toe «
Witness .- ^^ es , Sam . I then askediiim if he had told ai ^ hody ofhis wife's death , and he said only one party , ana that he was going to make his wife ' s mother acquainted with the'affair directly . Justus he was going out at the door he said , ' Bear a hand , get the things out ; I ¦ do n'twish to do you any harm . " I immediately proceeded ¦ with my horse and cart , accompaniedby my wife , to the ¦ house in LaDoupiin-Vain-atreet , and : a woman who was « tandin ir there admitted us througfoiher dwelling , No . 7 . ![ The witness Lewis , who was examined last week , was 'here called up and identified by the witness . ] He proceeded as follows : —I got over the palings into the yard of the house No . 6 , and a voice eaid , " Make haste , meke 'haste , the police are breaking open the door . " I then got in at the window , and handed the still out to - -my wife . " A Juror . —Bid yo get it out easyf The witness . —Yes , very easy .
A Juror . —Are you aware cf a 'waterbutt king wider the window ? ¦ Witness . —! can't swear whether there was a wtrtevbutt there or not , there was a small ladder raised against the wall . I forgot to state that when Gibbins catae to my houie he said he had left tbe door unfastened . When I heard a noi'e at the front door I made my escape through an eir . pty house . My wife-cams to me haK-anbour afterwards , and I went to ( Fooley-street , and left my child . , . The witness was interrogated by the Jury at great length . He said ho came to speak the truth and would doit . The Still was at work on 3 £ onday afternoon-at 3 o'clock , undenthe direction of bis wife . Gibbius appeared like a mad person when he came 'to him on Tuesday morning . He did not see the body in the passage , Jle was in too much of a hurry to remove the still .
Martha jDariow , the wife of the 'last witness , confirmed the evidence of her husband . She contradicted Mrs . Lewis in one material point . That person swore that Mrs . Darlow ran up the stairs af the bouse . No . 7 , with the copper in her hand . Mr . Darlow -swore she gave ( the toiler to Mrs . lewis , and that person assisted in thereimoval of tb * still and apparatus * At the conclusion of Mrs . Darlow ' s evidence tfce in . ¦ quiry was again-adjourned until to-morrow ( Wednesday . ) : St ten o'clock . „ The Jury desited the Coroner to-forward a requisition ? t « Sir James Gninani , the Home Seoeetary , to have 4 he : ppi € oner Gibbins brought before the 'Court on the nest laqoiry . The Coroner said he would comply with the request of the ^ ury . It was wery desirable the . prisoner should be wesent to hear the >« vidence .
On Wednesday , an inquest was ( held by adjournment , before Mr . W . Baker , Deputy Coroner , and a Jury , on the bod-y-of Ann Slowman , who was found dead in a house , 6 , Labeur-in-Vain-stwet , Shfldwell , under auspicious circumstances , on the morning of Tuesday , theidinst ; A piiwate still , removed hastily while the . police were breaking into the house after the alarm had ibeen given , had been in full operation only the day before , and aanan named Barlow admitted « pon the lnsfc iiWetHgatlott that he was the owner of it , aud allowed the deceased 5 s . per weefc tokaep the house' clean . The Deputy Coroner informed the Jury that agreeably to their request he had written to the Home Secretary relating to the prisoner Gibbins , and had received a letter from the Home Office stating that Sir James Graham considered that it would he improper to interfere in sending the prisoner Gibbins before the Jury .
The Jury regretted the prisoner was not sent before them . If Gibbins had been present the witnesses would have expressly identified him , aHd facilitated the inquiry . The inquiry then proceeded .. Evidence of the same character as that already published was given . The Jury having beea sitting from ten o ' clock until two , and the Deputy Ceroner having other cases to attend to , it was agreed that they 6 hould adjourn until half-past seven in the evening .
At eight o ' clock the inquiry was resumed , and several witnesses were called , who added ' no few facts to those already stated , with the important exception that tke key of the tenement , No . 6 , Labour-in-Vain-street , was found in the pockets of the deceased , together with a number of dup'icates . The production of the key by Parramore , a police constable , was in « orroboration of the evidence given by two women , that when the prisoner Gibbins knocked at the door and asked the deceased for the key of the street-door , sho refuted to throw it out of the window .
Mr . Robinson , a surgeon , agreed with Mr . Boss that it would not be possible for the injuries to the back part of the head , and the " marks on the face of the deceased , to be produced by a fall down stairs . The injuries might lie inflicted by a blow from a blunt instrument , by a fall against a projecting surface , or by a blow from such apiece of iron as ivas produced to him , provided that the blow was struck upwards , in such a position as to be powerfully acted upon . ( The witness alluded to a piece of iron found by the police in the yarn of the house . )
The Deputy-Coroner summed up , and the inquest room was cleared . The jury deliberated , and at one o ' clock returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown .
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Melancholy Occurrence at Mr . Wauburton ' s Lunatic Asylum . —On Saturday night a jury was empanelled before Mr . Win , Baker , deputy coroner , at Mr . Warburton ' s Lunatic Asylum , Bethnal-green , to investigate tbe circumstances attending the death of Robert East , aged fifty-two , a lunatic , which took place at the above institution , in consequence of injuries inflicted on him by another unfortunate lunatic , named George Pearson . Thomas Jones , one of the keepers , said that deceased was a pauper lunatic from the parish of Great Mariow . lie had a delusion that he was a saint . lie was at times troublesome , but was never under restraint . He used to sieep in a ward called the " Long Civil Room , " of which witness has the management , and where there were thirty-seven other patients . On Friday morning , about five o'clock , witness was in bed , when he heard a noise at the end of the room . On ratting up
he found deceased on the floor , and a lunatic named George Pearson kicking him about the head with great violence . Pearson was dressed , and had on a pair of thick shoes . Witness pulled him away and and was struck by him . Deceased was taken to the infirmary , where he was immediately attended b y Mr . Miller , the surgeon of the establishment . Pearson never before behaved violent to any other patient . He used occasionally to knock himself about , and has been under restraint . He has been at work lately , at his trade as a painter , in the ward , accompanied by another man . Witness asked him why he struck the deceased . lie replied that he did it for his own ( Pearson ' s ) good . He did not seem to be aware that he had done wrong . Verdict . — " That George Pearson , not being of sound mind , did kick tbe deceased about the head , but not feloniously not of malice aforethought , giving him a mortal wound , of which he died . "
Murder and Attempted Suicide . —Huli ,. — A wretched mother is now under the surveillance of the police ( being too ill to be brought before the Magistrates ) against whom the double charge of wilfully taking the life of her offspring , and attempting to terminate her own , will , upon her own confession , supported by other evidence , shortly be made . The facts were brought to light early this morning , when a man named Green , and a constable , who were near the watchkouse , at the harbour side , saw something like a bundle of ctotho 3 floating down the river . They took it out , and found it to be the body of a
woman , insensible , but not quite dead , which was supported on the surface of the water by the air that inflated her dress . On being taken to a neighbouring liousc , and medical men called in , she recovered her speech , and said her name was Jeffries , and that she laid thrown herself and her child , aged three weeks into the river . This fact was confirmed by the finding of the hody of the infant , an extremely wellproportioned one , about four hours afterwards , ot course quite dead . The mother is unmarried ; tho father stated to be "highly respectable , " and residing in this town . The inquest will be held as soon as the lcmalc is able to attend .
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The League . —Letters from Manchester state that the principal members of the Anti-Corn-law League held-a meeting on the 3 rd , and decided ontne . ojU for the importation of corn beini passed by the legislature , their staff should be disbanded , a statement of their funds should be rendered , the League should be abandoned , their number should be reduced to six , and a subscription by the general public should beset on foot to raise £ 100 , 000 fpr . Mn Cobden . , An American Witness .- —WKen / I-l . entered the Court , the principal witness was undor examination , in the course of which the counsel observed , that in the earlier part of his evidence , he , the witness , had stated that such and such was a fact . " No , I guess not , stranger , " Baid the witness . The counsel ,
however , persisted that he had , and referr ed the matter to the Judge , who , after looking at his notes ,-told the witness that in the earlier portion of his evidence he certainly had said such and such was theiact . " Did I aay so , Judge , " replied the witness , with the most imperturbable coolness ; " then IU stick to it ; cU—d'irl don't . " \ ¦ , v Murder of a French : T"vbu « b . — A letor from the Isle of Bourbon gives details of the death ot . M . Maizan , a young midshipman , who towards the end of 1844 , set out to explore central Africa . He left Zanzibar on April 21 , 1845 and amved . safely at Grande-Terre . He was provided with a hrman from Sultan Said for the principal chiefs of tribes in the country . Having learned that one of them , named Pazzy had hostile intentions respecting him , he the of this chief
made a circuit to avoid territory . He arrived after twenty days' march at the village of Da- 'uelamahor , which is only three days' journey from the coast , and determined to remain there and wait for his luggage , which he had confided to an Arab servant . This man , it appears , was acting in concert with , Pauy , and bad . iuformed him of the route which his master had taken . The chief and some of his men came up with the unfortunate traveller at Daguelamahor , and there tying his hands and feet , cut his throat . These details were given to the French Consul at Zanzibar by another servant of M . Maraan , who had been forced , after his master ' s death , to enter the service of Pazzy , and had afterwards been purchased from that chief by the Sultan for 1 ' 88 piastres ( 500 fr . ) A part of M . Maizan ' s luggage , and particularly the instruments placed at his disposal by the Government , have been collected
fey the French Consul . iFiffiu . Effects op Hot Weather . —On Monday evening Mr . Joseph Payne held an inquest at the Swan and Sugar Loaf , Fetter Lane , on the body of Martha Ann Valentine , aged forty-three , wife of a cutler , residing at Ne . 6 , Plough Court . The deceased , her husband , and six children , the eldest being a lad of sixteen , had but one room to live in , and-ehe was a delicate woman , subject to dizziness and pain in the head , which hot weather aggravated . 'Laetwek , in consequence of the mrcomiuon auKrineasof tbe weather , -she continually complained of her head , and particularly on Saturday last . She attended to her business , however , and was cheerful up-toieleven o ' clock at night of that day . She was then seized with a ( violent pain in the head , and whilst undressing to go to bed , she fell down upon it , and-almost immediately expired . Verdict—Natural death . .
Bbbperatb Case op Stabbing ok Towbr-Hill . — On Sunday morning , at an early hour , considerable alarm was created on Tower-hill inconsequence « f a man named Thomas Stead , aged thirty years , of No . 3 Q , King-street , Cheapside , being stabbed by two foreign sailow . It appears that he jwas oh his way home . with a companion , and while . passing through Postern-row , Tower-hill , they met two drunken sailors , who began abusing them . A fight at length ensued , ; and in the struggle one ef the sailors inflicted two deep stabs on the person of Stead , one on the breast and the other in the left groin . An alaraa was raised , but the twe . ruffians esc&ged before the arrival'Of the police .
Destrwstion by Fire . of the Floabiiig Dock at Havre . —About midnight on the 3 rd instant , the floating dock at Havre was perceived to ie in flames ; the alarm was immediately given . In less than half an hour the flames were put out by sinking the dock . Happily , but one small sehoaner was in ihe dock at ihe time , which escaped without injury . The fire originated in the carelessness of a workman . _ Mammoth aN Switzerlahsd . — In the excavations for ¦ t&e new road . at Kaiserstuhl (( Aargen ) the jawbone of « mammoth , an excellent preservation , was found in ; tb £ chalk stratum .
Points of Honour . —Colonel Montgomery was shot in a duel about a dog ; Captain Ramsey in one about a servant i Mr . Petberstone in one about a reflruit ; Sterne ' s father in one about a goose , _ and another gentleman about " an acre of anchovies . " Onetofficer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to enjoy a second goblet , and another was compelled to fight about a pinch of snuff ; General Barry was challenged by & Captain Smith , for declining a glass of trine with him in a steam-boat , although tlie General bad pleaded as an excuse that wine invariably made his stomach sick at sea ; and Lieutenant Crowthevlost his life in a duel because . he was refused admittance to a club of pigeon-hunters . Public-Souse Piety . —On Sunday last a printed
notification might have been , and was read by thousands of her Majesty's loyal subjects , in passing along toe Lower-road , Islington . It was pasted on the outside of the house of a licensed victualler , and stated in effect that in future the said house would not be open for business at any hour on the Sabbath-day . As tbe Bishop of Calcutta is at present on a visit from India , and residing at his own house in Islington , his presence may have exercised some spiritual influence on the mind of the good woman by whom the public-house in question ib kept , so as to induce her to forego her Sunday profits , for the sake of improving morality . Shakspeare in America . —We were just in time to visit the theatre ; which was well attended , but I
can't say much in favour of the performance . The play-bills { called it a tragedy , but I laughed more heartily than I have done at many a comedy ; and well I might , for the ghos ^ of Hamlet's father had its left cheek so full of Virginia , that it could scarcely speak for expectoration . It is only those who have seen a ghost in such a fix , that can formany adequate idea how very ridiculous it looks , Corporal Punishment . —The system of corporal punishment , which has been practised to a great extent in the French Colonies , is about to be partially abolished . It is stated that on the report of the Minister of Marine and Colonies , a royal ordonance will shortly be promulgated abolishing corporal punishment as regards women , and restricting its application to very few cases with regard to men . It
is also stated , but with what truth we cannot say , that while the French are attempting to do away with the disgusting practice of personal chastisement among slaves , the local legislature of British Guiana are submitting to the English government a measure for the re-establishment of that punishment amongst the recently emancipated population of that colony . Outrage . —Tlie Neivry Examiner relates the following outrage : —At Laragh , county Monaghan , about twelve o ' clock at noon on the 29 th ult ., two men dressed in women ' s clothes with , false faces , entered the house of Mr . M'lunley ( manager of a spinning mill ) and , in his absence broke his furniture and beat Mrs . M'Kinley , his vrife , who was alone , in a most cruel and brutal manner . She is confined to her bed
from the injuries she received . Mrs . M'Kinley called on several persons to arrest or pursue these monsters in human shape , but not one would interfere . The Oregon . —The Crocodile troop ship . Commander Gower Lowe , was to be taken out of dock at Devonport on Monday , and as soon as re-equiped will embark a detachment of artillery under the command of Captain Blackwood , for service at Hudson ' s Bay , where also a wing of the 6 th regiment of 300 men , under the command of Major Croftpn , is to be sent . The latter are to embark at Cork in the Menheim transport . These detachments are destined fur Fort Guerder , a settlement of the Hudson Bay Company , to the Westward of the Rocky Mountains ,
near and around which there is a population of 5 , 000 to G O 0 O hunters and trappers , "trained from chihih / iiHi to use the rifle ¦ and which ' the military nucleus now under orders for Oregon will soon bring into a highly efficient state of tactical organization . A large force of excavators , for the purpose of cutting round the portages which impede tho navigation of the river , are forthwith to be sent out to the territory of the company . These , in case of need , will be also rendered subservient to military purposes . Thus Fort Gurrier will form an advanced base from which , in the event of hostilities , a point with a numerous and highly efficient force will be made on the American territory .
Statue of Sir Walter Scott . —This beautiful white marble colossal statue , from \_ tlie chisel of our eminent sculptor , Mr . Steel ) , is now in such a state of forwardness , that we understand it will be ready to be placed on its pedestal , in the monument in Prince ' s-street , on tlie 15 th August , the anniversary of the natal day of the great novelist and poet , oil which day tliere will he a grand procession and inauguration of the statue , at which the public bodies here , and the masonic lodges here and from many parts of Scotland will give their attendance and assistance . The procession altogether is expected to exceed in numbers and external show tbat which took place at laying the foundation of the monument six years ago . —Caledonian Mercum ( Edinburgh ) ,
Warlike Preparations . —The guns at the top of the keep at the castle are to be dismounted , and others of a larger calibre mounted in their place ; and the fortifications round Dover and the line of coast are to be placed in the best possible state of defence . We hear the Royal Artillery are to be greatly augmented . The detachments round the coast are to be reinforced , and companies to be sent to Sheerness , Pembroke , &c , those ports not having had any of the Artillery stationed at them for a considerable period , . Free Ciiuncn Assemma-. —It is admitted by the leaders of the Free Church of Scothud . that , she has received some £ 3 , 000 . from individuals er Churches in the United States implicated in slave-holding . Mr . George Thompson says , she shall send bapk the
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money ; Dr . Campbell says she will ; forourotftt part , we can only say she ihould ; and we have already assigned what even the Banner of Ul $ t « r , an avowed and distinguished ally of the Free Church , seems to regard as weighty reasons for that opinion . —Patriot . A Wow Shot at Battle-Bridge . —For several days past some considerable alarm has been occasioned amongst the residents in the vicinity of Maiden Lane , Camden Town , by the knowledge that a wolf had been observed prowling about that neighbourhood . The animal , winch-had-no doubt escaped from some travelling menagerie , had been observedl to have its lair in a large field , about 74 nerea , belonging to Mr . Rhodes , and about midnight , on Sunday saveral workmen belonging to the latter
gentleman , armed with bludgeons , &c , as also several gentlemen with firearms , repaired to the spot , and after waiting tor a considerable time , the short quick bark and growl of the animal was heard , attended at the same time by the squalling ot a cat ; a view of the dreaded wolf having been almost instantly obtained , one of the party levelled his pieafl and fortunately hit the animal , but without causing immediate death , as it-was found necessary to strike it several blows on the head before it could be finally destroyed ; it was . then discovered that it had made a prey of a large black and white cat , and which the ferocious creature had held with such tenacity as not even .. to relinquish it in death , the cat actually ' remaining in the mouth of the animal when the
body was conveyed to the White Swan , Maiden Lane , King s Cross . It is a female , not of a very large size , but in excellent condition , weighing upwards of 461 bs . Ibrahim Pacha ' s Diamonds . —The diamonds that Ibrahim Pacha has brought over with him are « f enormous value , some of them are as large as the halfofahazelnut . The state robes of scarlet and gold are gorgeous , and the hilt of the scymitar is ornamented with jewels of great value . The trumpets , drums , and other military emblems with which it is ornamented , being brilliants of the-finest ; water , and in the centre of the hilt is a diamond ot very large size . His pipe is of great size , and studded with diamonds .
Captain Sturt ' s Exploring Partt . —Intelligence has been received at Adelaide , South A ustralia , from Mr . Piesse's party , which was on its return to Captain Sturt with supplies . The letters are dated Nov . 14 , and they were then at a distance of 350 miles from Adelaide , and had not been visited with a shower from the day of their departure . They had fallen in with an overland party , twenty-one ia number , so much distressed from the exhaustion of their provisions , that they had killed some of their own beasts for subsistence . This party had lost between 200 and 300 head of cattle , out of about double the number with which they started from the pasturage of New South Wales . The number of wild cattle in the interior of New South Wales , the descendants of estrays from the herds of settlers ,
would appear to be countless . Mr . Piesse ' s party kad met with innumerable herds , in the highest possible condition . The writer of one letter says that millions , rather than thousands , would most adequately convey an idea of the vast numbers of these cattle , who must have had the advantage of some extensive ,, rich , and uninterrupted pasture . Tumult in a Church . —A letter from Jerusalem says : — " A deplorable scene occurred in the church , of the Holy Sepulchre , at Jerusalem , on Good Friday . The Latin priests were engaged in the ceremonies of the day , and a procession was passing through the church of the Holy Sepulchre , when a carpet happening te be placed in the part of the church set aside for the use of the Greek schismatics ,
gave rise to an extraordinary tumult . The Greeks insisted tbat the carpet should be taken away , the Latins insisting upon its remaining . An exchange of abusive words ensued , which were speedily followed by blows . A tremendous battle was the consonsequence , in which the wax candles were upset , the candelabra destroyed , the banners pulled down , and their poles turned into pikes for the use of the combatants . A great number of persons were seriously hurt , and some were killed ; but at length the Pacha came with a body of troops , and cleared the church , of both parties . It was then found that not only had a great deal of damage been done to the church , but that some of tbe most valuable and portable objects had beer' stolen by the pious andpugna .
eious pilgrims . " The Polish Bali ,. —Jn Monday evening the ' grand Polish Fancy or Full-dress Ball , in aid of the funds of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , took place at Willis ' s Rooms , under peculiarly favourable auspices . It was very difficult to ascertain anything approaching the truth as to the numbers present , but those who had the best means of judging , stated they could not be fewer than 1 , 000 . Among the company were Lord Dudley Stuart , the son 9 f Dwarkanauth Tagore , Sir William Molesworth , the Earl Fortescue , the Lord Mayor , Lord Fitzgerald , Earl Pomfret , Lord Portarlington , &c . Tbe dresses of the ladies were remarkably splendid and elegant ; and , indeed , the whole scene was at once mosb gratifying ( as to its sure results ) and most brilliant in itself . Political Rumours . —We may state , on good authority , we believe , that the Duke of Wellington will
send m his resignation very shortly , even should the present Government not be broken up in a few days , as js confidently expected . It is said that the Marquis of Normanby will be sent to Paris to replace Lord Cowley , when the Wliigg come into office .-. Evening paper . Supposed Infanticide . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening , at the Vestry Hall , Horselydown , on the body of a newly-born male child , found under the following circumstances : —On the afternoon o £ Sunday , as a police-constable of the M division was on duty at Duckhead , he saw a parcel lying in a place called St .- Saviour ' s Dock . On opening it , the body of a child presented itself . The covering consisted of black cotton velvet . A surgeon made a post mortem examination of the body , and he was of opinion that the child had been born alive . There were several marks of violence on the body , and the Jury , in the absence of more decisive evidence , returned a verdict of " Pound dead . "
An Attempt was made at Manchester on Friday to shoot a Police Officer , by a young man about eighteen years of age . Police-officer Russell stated before the magistrate that he saw the prisoner a little before twelve o ' clock at night in Barlow-lane , putting a shirt on over his clothes , and asked him where he had come from , and he ^ aid from Somerset , and was on his way to Liverpool . The officer observed that it was very strange that he should be putting the shirt over his clothes in that . manner , and having a suspicion that all was not right , from , seeing his person rather bulky , said he would feel in his pockets . He ( the officer ) was about to seareli , when the prisoner drew forth a pistol , saying , if he uttered another word he would blow out his brains , at
the same time pointing the deadly weapon towards him . The officer , with great promptitude , knocked him down with his staff , and afterwards succeeded in taking him into custody , and lodginghim in Bridewell . On a search being made , a quantity of powder was found in his pockets ; the pistol was loaded , bub contained no ball . He had also upon him lucifer matches , some pawn tickets , dated at Bristol , and a small book with the significant title ot "A History of a Highwayman , " The Cobonation of Oscar the First , and his consort Eugenia , daughter of Prince Eugene do Beauharnais , as King and Queen of Norway , is fixed to be held on the 15 th of October next , on which occasion the Storthing ; will be convoked .
Serious Accident to a Poor Woman nearly Onb Hundred Years Old . — On Tuesday morning , its a poor woman , named Ann Perry , upwards of ninetyeight years of age , residing in North-street , Whitechapel , was in the act of crossing the road of the High-street , at the moment a cab was coming along , at a moderatepace , and hearing the noise of which , and her vision beiug indistinct , instead of avoiding the course of the vehicle , she became so confused , tbat before the driver could stop his horse , she ran against it , and was knocked down , by which she sustained a severe scalp wound , from which the blood flowed profusely besides other internal injuries . She was ultimately conveyed to the hos . pital , where , from her advanced ago , her recovery is
pre . Expulsion of a Repealer . —At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association in Conciliation Hall , on Monday last , the Secretary read a correspondence between a Mr . Archdeacon , of Liverpool , and Mr . O Connell , touching certain seditious languagemada use of by the i ' ormer at sonic public meeting . Mr . Archdeacon refused to cry out peecavi , and Mr . O'Council recommended that Mr . Archdeacon should be expelled from so peaceable , loyal , and anti-physical force a body , as the " Loyal National Repeal Association" of Ireland . The dictum of the "Liberator" was immediately actod upon , and the expulsion of Mr . Archdeacon carried into effect . Messrs . Stecleand Barry enlarged upon the enormity and
danger of the members of the association indulging in physical force language . A Destructive Fikb occurred in Birmingham on Saturday morning , between one and two o ' clock , on premises occupied as a manufactory by Mr . William . Elliott . ' pnpier tray and button-maker , situate in the Regent Parade . The premises on which the fire took place , were used for the papier manufacture , and it is supposed that some sparks falling from the furnace or chimney of a steam-engine caused the conflagration ; for two hours the flames r . &ged so violently , aud spread so rapidly , that property to the extent of many thousands of pounds was placed in jeopardy ;
the fire having , however , reached a room which had been recently plastered , this served to check its progress , anil a plentiful supply of water being at litind , & the fire was got under at four o'clock . The damage j ^ is cstimatedjat £ TOO , which the proprietor is insured , h ¦ Fatal Accident o . vthk Eastern' Cocjtties Rail- ^ »< way . —On Saturday afternoon a fine robust young v man , named Thomas Turner , aged 35 years , a plate- , -, layer , was engaged with several men in laying down £ a turn-table , weighing about J 2 cwt ., when by some £ * moans it . slipped , and the ponderous weight fell uponl . * him . He was extricated as speedily as possible , and - ^ conveyed to the London Hospital , where in a few minutes lie expired .
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D AS T 3 B * f&i ®* SHILLING MAGAZINE . Jtoe . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street
. ' We cannot ssaj much for this number , we miss several talented contributors , including the author of tlie "History for Toupg Englaad , " and excepting the editor ' s contributions , always excellent , the articles generally are of an inferior character . From the editor ' s story of "St . Giles and St . James '" we extract the following picture of—THE WURBR ' a IBHPIATJOKfl . When Snipeton turned his horse ' s head from Dovesness—he resolved , as he rode , upon closing his accounts with the world , that freed from the cares of money , he might cherish and protect his youthful , blooming partner . Arrived in London , seated at his books in St . Mary Axe , the resolution teas strengthened hy the contemplation of
his balance against men . He had more than enough , and would enjoy life in good earnest . Why should he ton like a slave for gold-dost , and never know the blessings of the boon t No : he would close his accounts , and open wide his heart . And Snipeton was sincere in this his high resolve . For a whole night , waking and dreaming , he was fixed on it ; and the next mornisg the uxorious apostate fell back to his first creed of money-bags . Fortune is a woman , and therefore where she blindly loves—( and what Bottoms and Calibans she does embrace and fondle !)—is not to be put aside by slight or illtrexge . All his life had Fortune doted upon Snipeton , bagging him the closer as she carried him up—no Infant spemore tenderly clutched in ticklish places , —and he donld not leave ber . And to this end did Fortune bribe
tack her renegade with a lumping bargain . A young gentleman—a veiy young gentleman—desired for so mncli ready metal , to put his land upon parchment , and tfeat joung gentleman did Fortune take by the hand , aad , smiling ruin , iead him to St . Mary Axe . In a few nrimftes was Snipeton wooed and won agani ; for to say the truth his weakness was a mortgage . The written parchment , like charmed characters , conjured him ; put imagination into that-dry husk of a man . Be would look open the deed as trpon a land of promise . He would see in the smallest ^ en-marks giant oaks , with the might of navies waiting in'them ; andfrom < £ he sheepskin would feel the nimble air of Arcady . There it lay , ' a be&utiSal bit of God's earth—a sweat morsel of creation—coBjured and conveyed into a few black syllables . Thasraumber concludes the third volume of this deservedly popular and successful publication .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 13, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1370/page/3/
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