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JBISH SONG . THE CHIEFIAIS © F EBIS . 3 T 1 DB . CBTSTPOXD . 2 j jtoofi on Hie decijihe lone Chief tain of Erin , iM l gBsadraithebeKitifnlland of hUWrthj Vore flesrat ttuvtinprnent of Borrow appearing , ^ fff « n tbe Iro 3 tfc gezna of aw ocean and earth : £$ & thought ot the friends he had lscTbtoken-hearfced Sam dashed offa Jar , thitin iaah ^ jliasbuSaa , And sang the 'Wfldmeamre of "Urin go Bragh 1
« Dear land of my b&SB ^ -reaawiaA In story 2 So nine BhaD Su jreoaharp awaken for me ; A ^ s * ~ dimdla « swept *** the * nn of ray glory , YiATshaehatthBlate o £ * ha fa&hfuLand free . An exbel go /» he *» my ton ^ iaMspdken , Bnt mjhe ^ o ' er t&e « ve » stoifcWniany a token ; 32 KaiibaB' 2 w 3 b : ^ aS heart , ffilrfiielast diorifcas - broken , San HUTontneen , * Brin go Bragh r * 'Hy brothers ; my have ones ! what&rui recollections BringTonndmB , all freshly , the days that are pastlbs home , and theljearth , and the holy affections We shared in oorb 6 yhooa , * naioved tothehutl Oh JJeai are U »»» nes'where tt ^ etber -we sported , Toe " » ild mossy cromlech -where pilgrims resorted , AndDaislB 's deep glen , * -where my Aileen I courted , ' That gem of tty beaaiy , sweet 'Erin £ o 2 zsgb r
"But thsny oltheaea-ae'wsioiina me is breaking , Dark shado-ira have shrouded the son ' s lading fires Onelooi—ilia 2 i ^ 3 a * J ) --rfiieJandTta fers&king , ThelanS cfiDy first Jove , tbehome of my sires . Tet , yei , o ' er tty-T » 31 eym , Bo » -TCrted and gory , May the star of thy freedom ^ sine oat in 3 te glory , And thy batUe-fiaginrreTriaitne proudestin story "firl i > 3 n 3 Toaxtfgn , " * Erin go Srsgh 1 *"
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* The eniirora of Poveneonzt , in the county of TVJcUosF , ^ BJe highly ^ jictnreiqae . The ( Hen of Dargle is beantifal beyond expression , and may- ? ie "with the tfrffllnmfc jspota in Jtaly . Ihxgleaia » < leep -valley , aboot » mile long , bwmfied byateep , sylran . craggy hills j and » i ^ h « lwttxnnTnaa » aniiTls « pentiiie riTBT , gmnnnrlng over innumerable little hreaka and ialls . Many pleasant walks intersect the : browa of the hills , by which are erected tenches and summer houses , for pleasure and repose . ' ' ' - ' _ Jf ear the Sim of Darglei la another TaBey , called the
» < xlen of tbe Mountains , " the scenery of "Which is Tmcomnioiily grand andromantic ; indeed , this 3 > sxt of the country mfiyjnsUy T » termed the very garden > nd 3 £ 3 en of Ireland . J&y way of contrast , however , on the other hand , is an extensrre tract , -wholly composed ot l » rrm mMmtains and l ) ogs-r-a perfect desert . In the midst of ihe » e savage -wQa * are JhB znins of seren chnxches , and a mond towers T » hJeh proves that this Tomrrit ^ » p > t '» 2 B once habitable , the abode of ioHites » and inanslry , aDd that desolation and sterility hare orerspread iV&om » 9 pi ^ , iathet than from its own jjatare . ¦""" . "¦
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* rh K -STATR * f JKU TO . ^ The TSTugs and tins Tories—Hie ou& and the isj , - Tnlgariy speaking , are hoih /' pntjo Inear j > ins ° . ! Ebe nataonal" bellows' * the firm canno \ mend , "Which angers their tantring mnai soon have an end . IChtfts derfin'd the - "hammer to sock ** in vt } mr tain , And otet tbeir " rfos" must speedily monnL The -pincers" whereby they hiTe torn vsmost sore , yKnin anExnsh extract from Hirfr fcimrv pore . "With " Budget" quite empty , each reptile must bodge Be his cognomen Xord , Bnke , Bishop , or Judge . And true-hearted men * ach State office must flllj Men , xeaolTed to comply TriSi title peopled o"wn TrilL BnJiio thanks to the Xague , " Jl Rebecca , " or " Dan , Whose schemes wont restore the birth-right of " " , * 35 a the pacific Chartists , and they alone , ' W ton-ffaarjnm ygtTi ^ " -THj « T <^ "H ^ tyrKn ta ^ gf < np , "Wai- BrDKa . Xeeds , Aafast 901 , 1843 .
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SURY . —The € oart of Holiness , No . Hi , of the ¦ frorrant Order of Sxtyal Foresters held their 18 th Aunrrersary on Saturday , Angust Sin , when axty-Eine of its members sat donrn to ¦ & most excellent dpinBrat the hotae of Mi . Thomas Foxcroft , ihe Bridge lisa , Heap , near Bory . After the cloth iras drawii , Mr . James Heap was called to the presidental chair , and Mr . Thomas Birdsbal , senior , to the "ricechair 5 and "toe erening ms spent in the greatest iannonyand gl « e , nnul a late hour , when . the as-Bemb ] y broke up .
J ^ ONDOK . —TsETOXiiiHM . —Fa ^ ier Mathew has been worimgironders in the East End of the Metropolis . llonsandshiYe received ihe pledge admiBifltereS from a pisiform erected in an open space of gronnd in . Commercial IRoad East . Since then numerons other "districts 2 ia . Te been Titdted . On Moiiday and Tuesday thou 3 aads congrej ^ ated on SeBnington ^ Common , to reserve the pledge at the hands -of ^ tT »? i extraordinary man and renew their promises of deTotion to the principle of total abstinence .
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Tas cashtxb of the Australian Bsnk has abxani&A to Americ * Wife £ 25 , 000 . A sew da 3 y paper is about to be commenced in New "Sack , to be edited and solely conducted by ladies . - A BEAS 3 XT fellow residing in Old SoTer-road , Can * terbttry lately swallowed twelre frogB for a -wager . Tttr ffR » irn sSklaazaar of G-ranada has been destroyed Osz Sc 3 o > ssd ^ iriaends in tie Brighton Kail way were lately sold atliferpool at 2 s . 6 d . each . Oci of HO Baronets and Enigbis at the Queeti * ball , eight Hbenis only -were invited . Oxtb . "was steam-ships fora 210 less -& proportion than OEB-filth t > f fhn "RriBBh nary . TBS . fTKTXS . oi an egg is said to " be a specific tat fish 3 » nee sticking in the throat . It is to be swallowed raw , ana will tarry down a bone rery easily arid oertainly .
XisjiSBS mats , bees xecerred at Brighton io prepare thePa-nllion , . without delay , for thsarriTal of the Queen and I » r 5 ijc © Albert , i » at& their children . Sra AVGVSXCS D' £ STE His , -we hear , presented a peSoon to thB Qaeea claiming to be- entitled to the titles of his father , the late Duke of Sussex . The QtTEE ? f , iQ thename of the Prince of Wales , has appointed the 3 > nke of Northumberland Constable of Hie Castle of Xswurceston , in Cornwa ll . Psicb OP Bbead . —* Qie bakers of the metropolis hare taten advantage of the raios ef the past week t » raise the price of bread a penny the quartern leaf . A SnFEXbiisT Magistrate baa , ioi the first lime , been appointed at CharlesiUe , in the person of Sit Car . Ba . -Cabtb , of tiarn Cottage , county l > eMy , was firea at on Ida return horns a few nights since—the ball in » jured thB ^ ashbosTd of his car .
The chakckllob of the Excheqdeb sxknow lfidged last -week thareceipt of £ 70 sent him as consdeace money . OSE < i ¥ TBS . T > T » T » TET . T . n ToiTBBS , ^ 3 > ymechnTcb , Qieerectson of "vrhichcoBt £ 8 , 008 has lately been sold sa old -nj ^ firpjjfi tor the sum of il 70 . The TDrai amonntof the subscriptions in favour of fiie sufferers by the earthquake of Crnadalonpe , up to 31 st x 3 u was 3 ^ 28 414 ir . BetW ££ >* the 21 st and 273 i nit . there entered Prance from England—at Boulogne , 1314 tzaTeDers and £ ve csuia ^ es ; sad at Calais , G 34 taaTellers , two horses , and tea carnages . SEiiTSG Whiie Mejc—Two white men were sold on tbe 4 "i nit ., at Spartansbnrg , S . CX , Tmdtr a lair of that , state . ; whether Ioi debt , pauperism , or crime , we are sot informed . —American vaver .
iL de HaCKaU , thB Erench Sinister of Marine , has lost his nephew in . a melacholy manner . He waa drowned wbile bathing a-Newfoundl * cd dog , given him by tbe Admiral . The young man "was only twenty . Gb-ssd Peojeci . —It is in contemplation to bnHd an sqafednrtoTOr the Irish Channel , for the purpose ef Rrpplying England with hot voder , —Pnxsh . A report has been , current in Lincoln for the last few days , that JSdwsrd Xilbtrrn , xrho was transported at the last spring TtwnTO » for KUing Ms wife , has lost his life by drswning , having acddcntaH ; fallen overboard at a « hn ! ka , ¦ Ai 3 Xasii ^ B . 0 sWAiDJ Esg . J"wa 8 , on ! I ! hnTsdayweek , ejected Member of Parliament for the county cf Ayr , ¦ without epeosition . " Th » proceedings lasted only a TEry short tame .
^ Patrick iFarreH , azrested at the Carlow races for Jtea&a ^ a bridle , flie property of ffie "BeT . Mr- Conroy , aadesffirom the Police , but aftEt a chase of eight miles " otera jjxatiug eonntiy" ihe deBnguent trs re-csptared . Ms-BaaBa ^ DiB , Stixreyaixa tbeScotch Post-office , 18 Bentenc ed to z ^ g Mctm jnontbs * -impnoamneat ia aiera £ aB iaet las ehesfing the Post-office of « onsi oasKe-snms of money . J- H . PsEjica , of Sjb eonnty lofBoBponanon , is added to = the Jiat of superseded magistrates , to attendmga Sepesl meetinf at Boscommon on the fifteenth of Jsly . i 3 fil- ^ iEBiKosiAX . —Nine men of the S » Sh party 01 ^ fenue . p ^ olios stationed at Killaloe haTe been dl * ^^ ? 3 !?^ orjdBT " x ^ ' -cbl ' OBg 6 teton fos Jtertng jnanJed * ig > Qai parrflja ^ n . % ' . ¦" . *
_ - QH ? ifS ,, "W ] HA ± iCilf- XHB . HATTEB . BS ?"—Ho ?* m 8 e bas : occu » iit : * t ' . * 2 grad » in Kent , ( which con-^^ i ; 3 > cpBiaaca » ^ . aieajfly ^ 500 ); during the last Welta * i ' iMtnf * m- 2 i - : - ' . - AccoEDiserto » slanae in * bffl 3 o » tefine Stt ^ maa of Cemropr ^ tfa ^ nty on marriage oartificates ^^ i ^ sitd iaTepeAlfiS j mil also the stamp duty npon ^ f * ^* prgpmtTiDf-lrmitn -ratPB -nnfl py fcr ta . ^ n rfmrtn . * ^ ? s ^ : . ' 8 . ; - - " ^ AKsa ^ F oi ^ ^ rife of a man Jiamed SuHiTan , a »» j 6 r , laooingit 5 t Jphn'Mqaare , limerick , was * wwdayji a ^ iaMy , deliTBied of fbnr ebildiBn—one ?? e , and three females , -who , with tte aoflKr , are doing wea .
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Oj THB GRBAi nnmbfcT of Irish labourers ] "who annually went to England to reap the harvest , frferaging 80 . 000 ) sot more that a tenth baf e gone this season . Sib . Jakes GbaHam has refused hiB sanction t » lord Cements being appointed Tice-Kentenant of the county of Leitrim , in the absence of the Bail of Leitrim . I Tbe Cakbick-on-Sdib Poor Law Guardians are determined to turn out the paupers and close the bouse if they are pressed for . £ 1 , 200 foi building by the Commissio-oers . } Bt pvs ot thk dauBestrf the new bill for the ^ regulatton of stage eoscbes , omnibuses , * cabs , &c 4 the dxiren and conductors are forbidden to smoke while on duty . i
A Geeat IscfiEASE has taken place in the exporta ef linen yarns from Great Britain to Prance , inl 1832 they amounted to not more than jgo . 600 ^ wbeieaa in 1841 and ' 42 they had increased to at least a million sterling per anDnm . I " It is said that a small quantity of hellebore powder , dusted OTer the leaTes of gooseberry trees , in the pro * portion of about an ounce to thirty or forty trees , will prevent the ravages of caterpillars . ' . A cHiiisB ? islo tbe course of erection at 'Woolwich doefc-ysrd . ass Tent for the whole of the smote from the different flues in tbe yard ; and it is to be thirty feet higher than the Monument ' j IN the county of Cornwall there are 370 000 inhabitants , 10 . 090 of whom are miners , and 70 . 000 teeto-• tallers ; and of this large body there were but five prisoners for trial at the last assizes 1 Thus abstinence lessens crime * Bfi abates misery . !
Baroh ROTHSCHTiD baa advanced 780 . 0501 to the municipality 0 ! Tienna , at a low rate of interest , for the purpose of continuing the works on the aqueduct of the Emperor Perdinand , which had been suspended for want of funds . j At The Hertford Assizes , a Berrant girl , who bad ptit a qtnatity of oxalic acid In her mistress ' s teapot , was found " jrniliy of administering the poison , bet HOT tDUhinteni to murder ! " J The Athltme Sentinel £ ays tbe sudden rise of wheat and flour arises from orders received to proTjaien all th « garrisons in Ireland for a three year's selgt—a store is now being buUt at Atnlone large enough to hold three yeart prorMon for 300 « r 400 msn . {
iro Pbopeb . PLiCE bob . ET . —A law of "Virginia allows the lefcaamg -of apiritnoUB liquors , at " proper places '' in the difierest counties . In one of the counties , the magistrates have decided that there is no '' proper place" within their jurisdiction for that purpose . — Bo&oiipaper . \ THB death of the XftiKo of Dorset , which occurred at Harley Street , on Saturday last , creates a permanent vacancy in tbe Peerage . The Dnke-was in his 76 th year } and he succeeded his cousin Charles inl 1815 . Dying without issue , the title become * extinct . | The Edinfrttrgh WeeWy Journal records the death o ! Mr . Charles Mackintosh , of Campsie and Dunchattan , the inventor of the waterproof cloth that bean bis
name . : The < Jlasoo"w unaerwriters wfll suffer very severely by the loss of tbe Columbia steamer , which was ] principaHy insured in that city . We have beard the amount stated at upwards of £ 40 , 000 , underwritten by several isfiuentlal broken . { MAircrFACTtraz of Steel Pens—The steel ! alone employed in tb ^» country for making pens amounts to one hundred sji 3 tsreDty-flTe iocs aannally , which is equlTalent to about three buadred millions of pens . 3 \
THE "Widow 8 F Colonel Pawcett , besides paying . the expenses incurred on account of the dying man at the Cxmden A *™* , has presented to Mr . Mllea , the landlord , and his wife , a valuable gold ring each , in acknowledgement of their kindness an < 3 humanity . i A Dexeebotjs Swobdsmam . —On Thursday , the * 3 rd of July , Sergeant Corey , of the 3 rd regiment , of Dnndalk , eat & leg of mutton , suspended by a cord , throush "Frith one cut , for a wa * er of sixty guineas . Thisis , perhaps , tbe most txtraordincry feat of dexterity and swordmanship on record .
COMsrcTATIOS OF SESTBUCB—The S 8 ntenea of death recorded at our late assists against Rafferty , the soldier of tbe 36 th , for cutting the throat of James Seane , -withintent to kill , baa been commuted by the Lord Lieutenant to transportation for UI& . —Limerick ChxeitMe . ¦ Yxomasbt Cataibt . —The following eorpi , forraerlj jerring grataitooaly have bees placed on permanent paj and allowances under the estimate of the present year : —the Xymington Troop , the Andover Troop , the Long Melford Troops , the Suffolk Bordererf ,
the Taplew Troops , and the Dminster Troop- t Tbe Beyai Mid Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry is re-established . ^ Capture of a Shahk . —A singular capture was made last-week , by Bryden Robert Corbet , Esq ., of Sundome Castle , near Shrewsbury , whilst fishing at Town , Merionethshire . It is a monster of the white shark species , and measures five feet eight inches in length , and the thickest put of the body , near the bead , is -aptrards fit trtro feet In circumference j the weight is over 401 b * . Mr . Corbet also took at the same cast , and with the same lute , a grey mullet , weighing nearly lllbs . :
Lately , at Ensis , aman who gave bis name asiTbos . Sean . fromDerryqum , searTuUa , sold as bntter , a quantity of lard with a coating of bnttdr about an inch thick . He was held to bail to appear at tbe petty sessions court . Oa the preceding S » tnrd » y , a woman had concealed in some butter which « besold , a qnantity of salt , weighing at lewt two pounds , but the fraud was not discoTered until she bad left the bouse . \ Kelts . — I jsbaU be off to tbe highlands th a fall ; but they haute got no woods there ; nothin * but heather , and that's o-. ly bicb enousb to tear your clothes . That ' s thB reason the Scotch don't wear no breeches , they dont like to set em ragged up that for everLvtinly , they can't afford it ; so they let 'emscratcb and tear their &kht , for tb- * t - » U 1 tp&w again , and trousers won ' t . " — Sam Slick in England . >
At the Cocbt of Assizes for the Haute Garonne , held a few days ago at Toulouse , a man named Rogues was condemned to death , fer the third time , for poisoning bis wife . He had twice before bad the | same "PTitfTlW 'passed upon him by the Conrts of Assizes for two other departments , bnt their judgments twere gnashed by tbe Court of Cassation on grounds of irregularity in the proceedings . Swift preached as assize sermon , and in the course of it -was severe against the lawyers for pleading against their consciences . After dinner a young counsel said some severe things about tbe clergy , and did not doubt -were tbe doril to die , a parson xaicbt be found to preach bis funeral sermon . " Yes , " said 8 wift , *• I would , and would give the devil his due , as I did bis children this jnornlnr . ' !
Aitesicas Po"web . OT Descmptioh—The Charlesiovm Hercury tbns graphically describes the various stages of the weather , which cnt off tbe writer from a concert and tbe sight of the comet : —• " Yesterday afternoon it clouded up with a sour , soppy look , which towards night Regenerated into a fog , which in turn melted into a drizzle , which again rallied into a pouring rain—whereby there was neither comet nor concert . ** I FB . 0 M the AKEBICAH PAPERS—It is suggested by some of the Editors that now the Croton Works have gr ? en Xo 17 &w York zucb a command of water , there should be a man stationed at the corners of thoroughlares , -frith * small hose that would pJay at his will , and thai -whenever any one came by witb alighted cigBr in his month , be should be authorised to put it out ,- and wash the person of the smoker >
** The LEAGtrE . "— "We understand that one means adopted by the League of furthering the Anti-Corn Law agitation is this . Tbsy offer to tbe " Liberal" journalists of the district a ^ report prepared by their | own reporters , agreeing , at ihe same time , to pnrchase 1 , 000 copies of his paper , of which 500 are to he sent to tbe League , and 500 are to be left for distribution with the printer . 3 f this statement be trne—as we believe it to be—it throws considerable light on the vaunted "j success "—such as 5 t U— -wWcb "has attended Mr . Cobden ' a proceedines . —Cambriclne Chronicle . \
By thb officiai . ACcousT just pnblisbed we obaerve that on tbe 5 th instant we bad . under tbe Queen ' s locks in tbe United Kinudom . of Wheat . 279 042 qts . ; Barley , 44 . 463 qr& ; Oats , 37 , 350 qrs ; Beans , 115 . 538 qra . ; Peas , 24 042 qr » . ; Flour . 67 , 961 cwts . WJrilst on tbe 5 th -of July , 1842 , there were in bond—of Wheat , 487 770 qrs ^; Barley . 22 . 722 qr « - ; Oats , 36 726 qra . ; Beans , 59 , 246 qrs . ; Peas , 33 , 838 qrs . ; Flour , 268 , 881 ewte . - WOIICE TO A THIEF . —The following advertisement lately appeared in a . Montreal paper : —The person who by a pardonable absence ef mind , took a new light -coloured silk -velvettrimmed Macintosh from the second flat of the Ottawa Hotel , is informed that , by calling at tbe same place , be can have a vary good cape , "which belongs to the coat , and is now of no use to the owner .
TBE London Mercantile Journal says—The ^ isHlled and fennested liquors , manufactured in Great Britain and Ireland , have annually required forty millions of bushels of grain , or the produce of one million acres of fertile land . Forty thousand acres of tbe richest soil in the kingdom are devoted to the growth « f hops . This quantity alone , with one-third of the million acres alluded to , would produce one million quarters of wheat -which would be sufficient to T """ h » " one million six hundred thousand human beings , including men , women , and children . We have here a proof that the com-laws ^ are not tbe only cause of dear bread , ! The Loss op the Pegasus . — The Directors of the Louden , LeitJj , Edinburgh , and Glasgow Shipping Company have given notice , that the captains of their steam ships are instructed that on no account are they to take : their vessels through tbe inner passage at the Pern Manas , tatter in ibe day ox night Gme . f
A New Discovert . —rAway south ^ own there , in Wew Orleans , Ihe Pioayww say * it has been ^ iscovered that htehway robbery is bnt a species ' A menDerism , and that when afootpad jnti himself 1 a "« ttnnranie » fion » irttt * traveller , dappiBg : at the bus time a jd * tol to Mi breast , and telling him to "Jrtand anajd * liver" the dismayed bavellwf , in obeying the injunction , is but acting-In accordance with ; mesmeric im-• pulse , or in obedienoe to the will of ttie operator .. | A tau . JosATHAW was patrolling n )> Broadway a short time sincerwithajibTOtbrgtegerbread nnder . hi « arin , and caE&g at' the signs , when , one which was labftHea ' General PlBaingSBtoxe * ' attacked bis atibea-Hen . He « ntered , chewing at hia gingerbxeftd , and after a severe effort at swallowing , like a hen iating doogb ; he exclaimed , " swowl yon . jriust be 5 darned lncky chaps to find all these here things—I ' spoee you ha ^ nt found my umbrella , are 700 " ? ;
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A Sltppesi Character —We understand that tbe proprietors of the Giftciarium , or Artificial Ice , who advertise their exhibition as "the only one in the world /' contemplate an engagement with Lord Brougham as " the most slippery person In the universe , " to appear as a akater . —PuwA . ; M-Pieure SiMONi who , in 1834 , as King's Commissioner , sustained before the Belgian Chambers the Railroad Bill , ' and presided over its execution , died on May 14 , at sea , on beard the schooner Leuise Marie , en hl « -way to St . Tbomas de Guatemala , where he was going to found a Belgian colony .
Anoiheb Suicide at Waterloo Bridge . —on Friday morning , about ; two o ' clock , a fiua yonng woman was observe ! to walk into tbe recess of the first arch on the Middlesex side © I iWatetloo bridge , and placing her bonnet and abawl on tbe coping-atone , . leaped over into the river . On account of the early hour at which the occurrence took place , no assistance could be rendered , and the poor crehtoevsunk in a few moments . Near her bonnet was found one penny-piece , and some duplicates . Another female was only rescued by the merest chance at six o ' clock on the previous morning by some men in tbe Toamea Police galley .
Johw Bkight ' s Eeectios ExPEfiSES . —At a dinner given in Manchester on Friday last , to celebrate the triumph of this eminent Leaguer , one of the speakers —a Mr . Hibberi—remarked that be was at Eocho * ale on Monday , and in Rochdale and Manchester he succeeded in obtaining £ 350 , not to bribe , hut to pay the necessary expenses at Durham ; for at Durham , as at Nottingham , they -were just emerging from the mwhts ofi corruption to the purity of election . £ 350 for the "necessary expenses ; " pray what are the necessary expenses ? £ 350 is rather a large Bum for a pure election to cost amongst a limited constitution ; sach as that of Durham . — Liverpool Standard . 1
A Dbeadful Sdicide was committed on Saturday at tbe Croydon Infantry Barracks . The victim is Donald M'GuinnesSi a sergeant-major in the ^ Scots Pnsilier Guards , and who had been employed in the recrnitin ^ service . The deceased got up at the usual hour in tbe morning , and nothing was observed in his manner to create a suspicion that he intended committing suicide , i At seven o ' clock , his servant observed blood oozing through thB ceiling ; the girl at once called in a sergeant , who entered the bedroom , and there found the deceased , with bis head nearly severed from his body .
Lokgevity . —Old Sergeant Reid , who was in the ranks at the battle of Bunker's Hill , and an actor in many other deeds of arms , still survives , althoujzh in the 108 th year of his age ; but he is no longer able to ml at ihe door , bsiki& ^ f himself in the snn , and crooning and lilting song he learned in youth , or at mess table , when he had become a tall , athletic , powerful man . A short time ago he was struck with paralysis , which deprived him of the power of locomotion . When visited lately , we found him fast asleep ; his breathing-unimpeded his chest broad and deep , and his arms brawny and muscular as ever . — Dumfries paper . I
Shipwheck . —The Brothers yacht , Bruce , master , which had left Fort Nicholson , on the 16 th of September last , on a trading voyage , round to the southward , having on board Captain Smith , Qf ( he Royal Artillery , Tfaswreoked about the middle Of November , in attempting to make the harbour of Akaroa . Eleven persons who happened to be on the deck were saved ; but a native woman and her two children , who werej below at the time , perished . She was a fine vessel , the property of Capt . Bruce , and had a very -valuable cargo , consisting of oil , seal skins , whalebone , and a large amount of specie , which is a total loss to the owner , and , what is more painful , Captain Bruce is not insured a single farthing . The loss will exceed £ 3 , 000 , but it is believed that the New ; Zealand Company will mako the unfortunate man some compensation for his severe loss .
Liberality . — " I know this , if a feller talks very liberal in politics , put him into office , and Bee what a tyrant he'll make . If he talks very liberal in religion , it ' s because he hante got none at all . If he talks very liberal to tbe poor , talk is all the poor will ever get out of him . If he talks liberal about Corn Law , it tante to feed the hingry , bnt to lower wages , and so on in every thing a ' mo 3 t . None is bo liberal as those as hante got nothin ' . The most liberal feller I know on is 'Old Scratch' himself . If ever the Liberals come in , they should make him Prime Minister . He is very liberal in religion , and would fine them inexelodin * the Bible from common schools , i know . He is very liberal about the criminal code , for he can ' t bear to see criminals punished . He is very liberal in politics , for he don ' t approbate restraint , and likes to let everyjcritter ' go to the devil'his own way . Oh , he should be head spy and Prime Minister , that feller . " — Sam Slick in England .
Ancient Hospiiaxity . —It was once the universal custom to place ale , or some strong liquor , in the chamber of an honoured guest , to assuage his thirst , should he feel any on awakening in the night ; which , considering that the hospitality of that period often reached excess , was by no means unlikely . It is a current story in Teyiotdale , that in the house of an ancient family of distinction , much addicted to the Presbyterian cause , a Bible was always put into the sleeping apartment of the guests , along with a bottle of strong ale . On some occasion there was a meeting of clergymen in the vicinity of the castle , all of whom were invited to dinner by the werthy baronet , and several abode all night . According to
the fashion of the times , seven of the reverend guests were allotted to one large barrack-room , which was used on such occasions of extended hospitality . The butler took care that the divines were presented , according to custom , each with a Bible and a bottle of ale . But after a little consultation among themselves , they are said to have recalled the domestic as he was leaving ; the apartment . ** My friend , " said one of the venerable guests , you must know that when we mett together , the youngest minister reads aloud a portion of Scripture to the rest ; only one Bible therefore is necessary ; take away the other six , and in their place bring six more bottles of ale . " —Sir W .
Scott-Total Loss or the Tboop Ship Alert . —Mir / l-CDXOUS PfiESBSVABOlf OP THE 64 TH RlGIMKNT . — Within the last two or three days tbe authorities at the War-office have received intelligence of the total loss of tbe troop ship Alert , Captain Daley , commaader , whilst on her passage from Halifax to England , having onboard part of her Majesty's 64 th Ke * iment , whose escape is somewhat extraordinary . The 64 th Regiment , it appears , had been stationed at Nova Scotia since the year 1840 , and in the month of May last an order " was received from the War * office for their instant [ return to England , when two ships were forthwith commissioned for-that purpose , viz ., the Corsair and the Alert . The embarkation of the troops took place at Halifax , the staff officers of
the regiment leaving that port in the early part of Jnne last , in her Majesty ' s ship Volage , which has since arrived at Portsmouth . On the 4 th of July another detachment left on board the- Corsair , and the remainder of the regiment embarked on board the Alert on the 13 th of last month , both ships being bound for Portsmouth ! The Alert was quite a new ship , having been built in America last year , and was about 500 tonB burthen , barque rigged , with a crew of about twenty-five seamen . In addition to the troops on board ; they had their several families witb them , altogether ! amounting to about 200 men and 95 women and children , the ship having a very valuable cargo of mahogany ,. together with the chief portion of the regimental baggage . She sailed from
Halifax with a fair wind , and the weather very favourable for the commencement of the voyage , which continued till aightfall , when the wind freshened Up , and in the course of a few hours it blew a gale , rain at the same time descending in torrents . The master , Captain Daley , who is considered to be an experienced seaman , had tbe ship made as snug as possible , and all went on favourably until about two o ' clock , when all on board were alarmed by the ship striking on a rock , off Country Harbour , near Goose Island , about 80 miles distant from Halifax . In an instant the deck is described to have been crowded by ihe troops and their families , who were in the greatest state of alarm ; but , by the cool and determined conduct of the captain , assisted by the
officers in charge of theimen , their fears were soon quieted . The ship was shortl y got off , and apparently not having received any injury , was brought os to proceed with her passage , as the pumps were sounded and she was found to be making no water . On the pumps , however , being sounded a second time , several feet of water ware discovered . Orders were instantly given to work the pumps , which the men did vigorously , some of the soldiers taking it in tnrns . Tne vessel ' s course was instantly altered for the purpose of runningiher into the nearest place for shelter , but on the captain finding that the water was increasing in the sbipVi hold , he made known the fact to ihe officers of ; the regiment , and ateo his intention of running * the shib ashore , for the
preservation of the lives on board . Within an hour afterwards sho grounded on the shore of Goose Island , The shock bwng somewhat violent threw her on her beam endsi but she almost immediately righted . Again all was contusion on board , and the excitement amongst the troops increased to an alarming extent . Three poor oreatnres , soldier ' s wives ,- who bad bnt a few hours before been confined , were brought up on deck in their beds with their infants , a supposition being entertained juaonfst the troops that the ship was going' to pieces , and a rush was-jaade to the boats . There Is but little doubt , but for the nraistwontiv oondnctof the eabtain' ana
officers , an immenpeBacrince of life would hjave taken place . They were . addressed Tiy * the eaptai » , who begged of theia to act nader hi 8 ordert , aad all their lives wonld be saved . This they did ; ihe boats were lowered , and after several hours of toil and exertion , they were safely landed . The ship has since become a total wreck , and the whole of the ba ^ gageF ^ belonging to f the troops 3 s loss , and thb greatest distress prevails amongst tbe poor creatures , they having lost all their- clothing . Her Majesty ' s Bhin-Itose has been sent to their assistance , and a subscription has been commenced at Halifax , to relieve their sufferings . The total loss ib said to exceed £ 30 . 000 .
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r . iSJ S-re ° T atflIr ' w'olvin * the destruction o property to the value of fifty thousand pounds , and thetotai deprivation : of eniployinent to ^ yeral hundreds of workpeoplp , 4 ook ; placej lasfejr tek , at the colheryof % . J , Fitzgerald , situate inltbe kowtohip LJuSW *** £ Manchester / which supplied nearly 1000 itons of coal a day jo the Manchester Pbesskgb of Mind ;—a few days ago , a fire broke dW £ ® H * <> the ship of the Him , the ? m / rtftard at ConsUntinople , land was rapidly approaching { the powder magazine . The alartn wa 4 1 13 ^ y conuntnicatea to the crew , and the ! men . without making ! an attempt to to
, fu ve J" 1 ^? » N » n throw themselves from the decfc into the sea , or take to the boats . Namik Pjwha , who ohanced to bebear , immediateiy embarked for , the ship , and withI jus drawn sword succeeded m restoring order and Te ? trainiD « a part of * f «* ew Tiien , descending with great courage into the hold , he checked the flames which were already rapidly . advancing towards the magazine . Having extinguished the fire , witk the assistance of his own servants and a few men who followed him , bo returned upon deck and upbraided the officers for their cowardice . The presence of mind and trepidity ot JMamik Pacha , in these trying circumstances , have excited general admiration .
Affrat at . Bhiohton . —On Fridayafternoon week , as soon as theraces had - coboiuded , an affray took place ^ between a number of soldiers belonging to the 7 th DraRoonlGuards , the tbimb ^ -rig men , Ind the Bng&ton police . It appears that on the previous day a . few of the soldiers wereon the course , when one of them , a corporal , in a state of intoxication , was playing at one of the thimble-rig tables , and lost about 25 s . He then bet without the means of paying . This enraged the thimble-riggers , who mustered round [ him , some holding j hia arms whilst others cut off hia stripeB and otherwise defaced his p acket . On returning to barracksi he , of course , got into trouble , f ind was ordered intoJconfinement . His comrades determined to have ievenae . and
accordingly , on Friday afternoon , met on the course , armed with sticks , about 100 strong ; the offender beiDg fdenlified , he and his gang Were immediately knocked down , ^ ^ and their tables ibroken to pieces . The Boldierai then commenced an attack on every gambling table on the course , smashing them , and the umbrellas that covered them , to pieces . The soldiers , having completely cleared the course , were going home , when ihe police mustered fall their strength anjo ^ attacked the Boldiers . A furious con flict ensued , and ( the battle lasted till dusk , when the parties appeared to separate by ; mutual consent , each carrying off their wounded . Sergeant-Major Nutt , who was on the coarse at the time , went up to the combatants and endeavoured to stop any
oollision , butfwas . himBelf struck most violently , and fell senseless [ with a severe wound in his skull , of whioh he is still suffering . Whenjnews of this affray had reached Jthe barracks , a strong guard was despatched to the course , but did not arrive till the affray was completely finished ; the soldiers who had been taken into custody by the police were then given up to the captain of the guard ; and were taken back to the barracks . On Fridayj at the Brighton Police Court , Frank North , a private in the 7 th Dragoons , was charged before Major Allen and Major Willand , the sitting magistrates , with having assaulted Inspector Crowhurst in the mob which took place on the Irace-course . Mr . Solomon , the chief officer of polioe , deposed that he received information
that the soldiers intended a general attack on ihe tables . About sovon o ' clock ; a number of soldiers passed down ithe course armed with sticks , and completely demolished the gambling tables . He saw the prisoner strike Inspector Crowhurst with a thick stick . Crowhurst was sent to the Sussex County Hospital , but was too weak to attend the Court . The adjatantisaid he could prove , at the proper time , that if the police had not interfered , there would not have been a blow struck , or any Mot . The magistrates expressed their disapprobation of the conduct of the police j in not informing them of the riot , for they were the responsible person ? , and no disturbance would have [ taken place . The ' prisoner was remanded . '
Fatal Appbat with Poachers . —A Constable Killed . —A desperate conflict between a gamekeeper and constable ' , and a gang of poachers , took place on Friday morning week , in the grounds near Apedale Hall , the residence of R . E . Heathcote , Esq . James Beech , one of the parish constables of Audley , lost his life in the rencontre , and John Vaughan , the gamekeeper , was dreadfully , it is fearedmortally , wounded . The Bav&Kft aivvi btutal nature of the attack , and its consequent results , have caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood . The following are the leading particulars of ; this atrocious outrage . The visits of poachers ' in the locality of Apedale Hall being of frequent occurrence , it has been necessary to keep a strict watch ion their movements . On Thursday
night , a littlejafter ten , James Beech , the deceased , went to the h 6 use occupied by John Vaughan , the gamekeeper , which is situate on the estate , for th > purpose of going out with him to assist in watching the game . The men both loft the house together about half-past ten ; Vaughan armed with a loaded double-barrelled gun , and Beech with a policeman ' s sabre , or cutlass , which he had in a scabbard attached to a belt fastened round him . Nothing can at present be traced relative to their movements until near one o ' clock , when a man named James Boston , a collier , living at Alsager ' s Bank , who was returning from work up [ the carriage road , near Apedale Hall , taw two very suspicious looking pen near the hedge , and from a rustling noise which ho heard in
a field of oa ^ s , he believed they had a dog with thorn . Boston passed ; without speaking to them , and a little further np the road he saw two otfrer men , who came up to him , one of them being Vaughan , the keeper , and the other Beech , the constable . Boston told them of the men he had seen lurking in the grounds , when Vaughan immediately proposed , after inquiring how ! m ' any men he had seen , to go after them i and Beech and the keeper moved in that direction . Boston went on his way towards home , and neither heard nor saw any thing more of them . About two oMook , John Lightldot and a person named Penlington , servants at the hall , being up brewing , distinctly heard the cries of "Murder " proceeding from the direction of the carriage-road .
Having told jthe circumstance to other parties , a lantern and [ candle wen procured , and several persons proceeded up the road . They were led , by groans which they heard , to the spot in the carriageroad , where a ' man lay covered with blood . He was soon recognised as Vaughan , the keeper . The man showed no other signs of consciousness than that of a slight rolling of the eye . It was' immediately apparent from the state of the ground , that a long and severe struggle must havo taken place , in which VaQgban had received from hisantagoniats very severe injuries , particularly over the head , and had lost a considerable quantity of blood . He was carried in a chair to the hall , and subsequently to his own house . The ciscovery of the body of Beech did not
take place until about half an hour after Vaughan was found , lie lay on bis side in ; a field adjoining the carriage road , and about thirteen yards from the place where Vaughan was discovered . The poor fellow lay in ajatate of complete insensibility , having received from j his assailants the most savage treatment . It was clear from the dreadful wounds on bis head , and ; other parts of the body , that in the conflict the cutlass with which he had armed himself had been wrested from him and used by the poachers against him . With a view , no doubt , of making sure bf their victim , they had actually plunged the cutlass into his head at the side , to ( he depth of seven and a half inches ! In this position the weapon remained when the body was found , and
it actually required great force to withdraw it . The unfortunate man exhibited but little appearance of life , and he was removed witheut delay to the hall . Mr . Astle , surgeon , of Newcastle , having been sent ior , arrived shortly after three o ' clock , and rendered all the assistance in his power , but in the case of the constable Beech without avail—the unfortunate man breathed his last in about a quarter of an hour afterwarde , bavintrlremained in a state of entire unconsciousness , Vaughan , the keeper , at a late hour on Fri ' ay , was still alive , but in a jvery precarious state ., It is conjectured that the gang of poachers consisted , of three or four men . That they carried fire-arms is proved by the fact that the butt end of a gun which was' broken from the barrel , and a gun
lock lay near iho keeper , and bore evident marks of having been used and broken ; in the deadly conflict . It is somewhat extraordinary that the keeper ' s gun , loaded , was afterwards found reared against a tree , a short distance from ; the so ne of the contest . Information of the murderous affray was conveyed to the constabulary office , at Stoke , and Major Macknight , with a body of the constabulary force , went in immediate search of the offenders , and by noon had captured three men in Tunstail , who are strongly suspected . The unfortunate keeper , it is said , several jtimes during the day , in incoherent sentences , mectioned the name of au individual whom he had previousl y summoned for trespassing on the estate , and who it is also said had tbreatened to do the keeper some injury by way of revenge . This man is one of those taken into custody . The inquest on James Beech was held om Friday . Several witnesses were examined , amongst whom was
ihe wifoof the ( keeper , who ort coining : into the room where the jury were assembledi ahd where one of the prisoners was also Bitting , pointed to him in » very agitated state , and said " that ia the man who murdered inj husband ^ ' and exolaimed , wringing her hands , '" Ob , you wretch , yoii wretch P which she npeated several , tunes * The prisoner replied , that his conscience was as clear as any one ' s ia that room , and that he knew nothing at all ahout it . The Coroner cautioned him against making any state ' ment , as that was not the proper time , upon which he desisted . The leading features of the evidence of the witnesses are embodied in the " above details . Tbe investigation was continued tne whole Of the afternoon , and | the Coroner , finding it impossible satisfactorily tq conclude the case , adjourned the inquest , to allow time for ; the production of any other evidence respecting the melancholy transaction . — Stafford Advertiser *
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Mysterious Disappearance of a Respectable Farmbh—The following occurrence has excited a most painful seasation in the neighbourhood of Woodham Ferris , Essex ; Sir . John Beard , a farmer of that place , occupying 200 acres , was on Tuesday week married to Miss King , graad-daughter , of Mr . Robert F . £ . King , « f Great Leigh , at whode house the wedding party afterwards dined . They returned home late the same night , Mr . Beard being in his usual good state of health ; learly in the morning he
complained ot illness , and having dressed himself went down stairs , andwasjseen at his backdoor , by the horsekseper . He did not , however , return to Mrs . Beard , and from that timefhe has not been heard of , though the most diligent search has been nude for him . His bride is , of course , in the deepest affliction . Mr . J . Beard , when he left home early on Wednesday last , was dressed in bis brown great coat , with velvet collar , black hat , dark coloured trousers , and lace-boots . He is about twenty-seven years of age , five feet six inches high , dark complexion , and dark whiskers . J
Healthful Longevity —A long life without the accompaniment of health ( which is sometimes to be be met With ) , is not very desirable : but a healthful old age is attended with a ' thousand blessings . According to the present duration of existence , families are continually exposed toitbe most painfal separations . No sooner does a child attain the years of maturity and wisdom , then ] he begins to look for the melancholy decay and decease of hi 3 parents—and no sooner does a parent behold his family entered upon the world , than he is stung by the poignant reflection of bidding them a final ] farewell . No 60 oner does the man of science and learning become iu some way acquainted with the objeots of his pleasurable
research , than he is moved by the chilling thought that his knowledge in this world is of little or no avail , for the want of opportunity } to carry it into practice . If the term of human life , however , be extended to a period of greater length , how happily mitigated are these painful incidents of human existence ! The man of research is enabled ' to pursue practically that knowledge which has coBt him years to attain . The parent may anticipateatime when he will be surronnded not only by his immediate offspring but by his children ' s children , in one long and successive retinue . The child has not to mourn over the untimely departure of his parents , hut has j an opportunity of beholding the authors of his existence for many successive
seasons— j " Till worn by slow decay , While resignation genily slopes their way . *' Such are a few of the ! numberless blessings of u healthfnl longevity "—and such are a few of the numberless blessings which the vegetable remedy of the immortal Parr confers ' oa those wh « avail themselves of its remedial powers , Life is termed " a boon , " " a treasure , " "a pearl , " &c , and if life be deserving of these distinguished appellations , surely that whioh ensures its health , happiness and prolongation deserves to be equally valued , and honourably designated . The Life Pills | of Old Parr will confer on the community such benefits as will render this discovery the most valuable acquisition which has yet graced the discoveries ot medical research .
Extensive Bobbery o * PtAts at Jesus College , OxFOBD .- ^ On Friday week , information was received at the chief office of the Commissioners of Police , Great Scotland-yard , and was forwarded from thence to all the station-houses of the Metropolitan and City police , thatbetween the hours of nine o ' clock on the evening of Tuesday last , and half-past seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the butlery belonging to Jesus College , Oxford , was burglariously entered by jmeans of skeleton keys , and robbed of silver plate valued at nearly £ 300 . The articles chiefly consisted of silver stoups , ( witb handles and without ) for jdrinking , silver tea-pots , salts , mustard pots , silver waiters , dishes and covers , pepper and sugar castors , sauce tureens and
boats forks , gravy , tabie . jdessert , and salt spoons , sauce ladles , sugar tongs } eight dozen tea-spoons , &c . &c . The robbery isj supposed to have been effeoted by experienced London thieves , who have returned to town with their booty . Dbeadful Mubdee at Maidstone . —On Wednesday week , a murder was committed within a hundred yards of the old church , and close by the Palace at Maidstone . It appears ] that some men were in custody on a charge of stealing a hat , and that a young woman named Ann . ) Young , living at Linton , about two miles from Maidstone , was to be a principal witness against them ! The comrades of these
men having , by some means not known , brought the young woman to the place above-mentioned , stunned her by two blows on the tiead , and then filled her mouth with grass from the adjoining bank , and threw her into the river . This horrid deed Was committed by two men in the presence of a woman , who was providentially so much [ frightened that she cried out" murder . " Her cries were heard by a man residing near , and the murderers were in custody in a few minutes . They ware heard to say that they " had done for her , and she would' not appear again ; " they are workmen . The occurrence hag caused a great sensation in Maidstone . I
Another Murder in Tippebaby . —The Tipverarg Free Press of Wednesday week , contains the following : —On Sunday morning [ last , the body of an unfortunate man was discovered in a most mutilated state in the archway of Kilbreedy brid ^ noar the road leading to the avenue gate of tbe Rev . Mr . Latouche . The head was completely bsltUred , and the body presented a most appalling appearance . Two large stones were placed on the head and neck . The deceased was a stranger , and supposed to be a cattle dealer from either Cork or ( Kerry . An inquest was held on tho body before j Mr . Cormack , coroner , assisted by John Langley , Esq ., J . P ., and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against some person or persons unknown . A jobber who was in company with deceased has absconded .
Execution of Sarah ) Dazeley . —Bedpobd , Saturday , Angust 5 th .- —This day being appointed for carrying the sentence of the law into execution ou the body of Sarah Dazeley , who was convicted at the late Bedford Assizes of the murder of her husband , by administering a quantity of arsenic to him , and whioh was discovered in the most extraordinary manner , the town from an early hour presented a scene of great excitement , hundreds having come from Various parts of the j county , and made the best of their way to the county gaol , in order to obtain the best position so as to witness the death of the unhappy culprit . The wretched woman , from the enormity of her wicked deeds , has been designated throughout the county of Bedfordshire by tho
name of the "Female Blue Beard . " She was the daughter of a hairdresser j named Reynolds , and passed her early days in the village of Polton , Bedfordshire . Her father died some years ago , and her mother is still lining in the above village , and gains a living by dress making . Her prospects were then very favourable , and at the early age of eighteen she married a young man two years older than herself , named Mead , at Tadlow , who , at the time was in the service of the . plergyman of that parish . They lived happy for sometime apd were blessed with a daughter . Suddenly a disagreement took place between them , and Mead subsequently became , ill ; he was confined but a few jdays to his bed ; when he was seized with most violent pains in the
stomach , and almost as eooajdied , and the daughter a short time afterwards died under similar circumstances j this took place in j the year 1840 . Within five months after she married DazJey , the ceremony being performed at Wre&tliQgworth parish church . They led a life of extreme profligacy . In about two years after the marriage , in the month of October , last year , he was taken ill , land expired under the most acute sufferings . Although much suspicion was felt in the neighbonrbooji at the time , no judicial proceeding was adopted until the month of February in the present year , | when it was reported that she was about to marry a third husband . This was found to be correct , as the banns had been published in a neighbouring parish church . All the
other circumstances appeared at the trial . Since her condemnation she maintained , till within a few hours previous to her death , the samn fortitude as she evinced on the day of her trial . Within the last ten days of her life she was troubled with a severe sore throat , and received the greatest attention from the medical officers of the prison . She was never allowed to be alone , two female turnkeys being placed in the same cell with her . She has been every day visited by the Rev . Ordinary of the gaol , to whom it is understood she has made some confession of her guilt , but fromfthe 8 « cr < jsy maintained by the authorities at tha goal' , this fact could not be elicited . During yesterday [ the chaplaiu remained with her in deep devotion for npwards ofniDe hours ; somewhat resined
and it is believed she became g to the jast sentence which would , in a few hours , be carried into etfeofc . Before day-break this morning tbe drop had been erected o ^ er the entrance to the gaol , and at an early hour crowds were filling up every avenue leading to the spot . The unhappy woman had had a favourable night ' s rest , and ou rising this morning gave vent to some paroxysm of grief . She was soon visited ' by the chaplain , who remained with her in earnest ] prayer . At a quarter before twelve the Under-Sheriff * , attended by the Governor and javelin men , entered the cell , and her arms haying been pinioned by the executioner , who , if we mistake not , is the same functionary who officiated on Coarvoisier andlGreenacre , the
cavalcade moved to the fatal spot , Uhe prison bell tolling all the time . She appeared in a dreadful condiiion and was obliged to . besupported . At tbirmoment the crowd was immense . fuU 10 , 000 persons being assembled round the walls of the prison . As near twelve o ' cleck as possible she appeared on the scaffold ; at the same instant there was a terrific shriek from the crowd . The ] ceremony of adjusting the rope round the neck having Been quickly performed , the clergyman withdrew toit ^ mor ^ distant part , and having commenced tho Faueral Service , "In the midstof life we are . in death , " &Ci , the signal was given , and the next moment the drop fell , and the unhappy wretch , after * few convulsive struggles , ceased to exist in ihiB world . The body , after hanging the usual time , was cut down , to be interred within the precincts of the prison .
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AP Novel ' . Remedy . — A chemist not many miles from - ^— . street , Plymouth , inquired of a patient ' s wife-how her husband was . "O , sir , we'verhad a terrible night with him , poor mani" ' Why ^ did you apply the leeches as I ordered ? " ( k Yes , sir ; but oh ! my poor husband ! I thought he would have died a-taking of ' em . You see , sir , we couldn ' t get ' em down . He did try , and try , and try , but they did . stick all acroas his throat , and , made Burehe would be strangled . At last , he did manage io swallow one ; but will you believe me , sir ,, wo couldn ' t get down another . 'Twas all of no use to goon in that way ; but I knew be must take ' em , as you ordered , sir ; and so I chopped up t ' other five iuto ' mco small pieces—and then 'twas a terrible job again ; I was with him nearly all the night , and at last he got ' em all down but one ; and , so I fried that there last one , and he took that one too . Ah , sir , but he had a terrible night of it , poor man . "
Extraordinary Occurrence . —On Saturday last , Clogher market-day , a boy was leading a horse up the street , ' and just as he was a few perches above the Lord Bishop ' s-gate , the earth opened in the spot he was then standing on , and the horse was swallowed ! The opening , it is said , is S 6 feet in depth , and about six feet in breadth . By means of ropes and windlasses , the horse was got up , but was injured a little by the fall . The hole remains yet to be seen . Some people may think this is absurd ; but they may rely on it as a fact . There can be no cause assigned for the ohasm , as the street round it is hard and firm . — -A Correspondent qf the Newry Telegraph .
Will of James Wood , Es q . —After several years' litigation , the will and codicils of James Wood , Esq ., the late Wealthy hanker and draper of Gloucester , have been proved in Doctors ? Commons . He gives to the Corporation of Gloucester £ 60 . 000 ; to Mr . Phillpots , , £ 50 , 000 ; to Mr . Council , £ 10 000 ; to Mr . Helps , £ 30 , 000 ; to > lrs . ' Gppdlake , £ 20000 ; t * Mr . Smith , £ 20 , 000 ; to-Mr . Cleveland , £ 14 . 000 ; and to the family of the latter gentleman , £ 6 , 000 J and the-residue of his property , estimated at about £ 500 , 000 , to bis executors . The property has been sworn undor £ 900 . 000 , and the probate bears a stamp of £ 12 , 000 . Toe executors named are Alderman Wood , John Chadborn , Esq ., ( who committed suicide some time back under very extraordinary circumstances ) , Jacob OBborne , Esq ., and John Surnam , Esq . The charged of three proctors eagnped in the suit relative to the will , amount to £ 17 , 536 3 j . 2 d .
A Peteified Human Head . — An interesting geological discovery has recently been brought to light , viz ., a petrified human head , which shelled oat of the Lincoln stone-brash bed , which comprises from No . 2 to No . 10 , of the uppermost layers of tho rock beneath tho alJuvial soil . The layers of rock thus denominated are those used for the formation Of liine , and the petrified head was discovered and laid aside by one of tbe labourers of the quarry as he waa engaged in breaking up stones for the kiln . The petrification comprises the yrhole of the head except the face , where it is evident it has consolidated with the common rook , and being rendered incapable of shelling . Beneath , there is in a perfect state the cavity for the vertebrse of the neck , &c . The identity of the human head is beyond a doubt . The petrification is at present in the posesaion of Mr . Skill , maltster , in the Bail , Lincoln , —Stamford Mercury .
Gltphographt . —In this process , on ordinary plate of copper , prepared as usual for engravers * use , is taken , and blackened with sulphuret of potassium . It is then warmed and coated with a very thin layer of a white composition resembling wax in nature and appearance . By means of various tools , which need net be described here , this composition is cleanly cut through by the artist , who sees at once the effect he produces , in consequence of his obtaining , as in the case of a lead pencil , a black drawing upon a white ground . After careful inspection ihnmgha powerful lens , the plate is submitted to the action of a galvanic battery , by means of which , the required deposition of copper is effected , and a new electrotype plate is obtained .
Pbupsic Aew . —Death caused by prussio acid , sayB a German paper , is only apparent ; life is immediatelj restored by . pouring acetate of potash and conunoa salt , dissolved in water , on the head and spine . Some time since , Mr . Rogerson , ohemist , of this town , instituted a series of experiments on . animals for the purpose of observing the effects of prussio acid , and of discovering the means to be pursued in case of poisoning by that fluid . He then , if we mistake not , invited the attention of the medical profeasian of this town to the fact , that rabbits poisoned with prussic acid could beat once recovered from apparent death by merely pouring cold water over the head and spine . Hops . —The accounts received in town from the hop districts of Kent are favourable , and there is every prospect of a good average orop .
The Weatheb and the Crops . —In the Midland and Western counties the weather has of late been changeable , with sudden and frequent changes of temperature ; in some places heavy thunder-Btorms and deluging showers of rain , with oppressive heat , succeeded in eome places by cold blasts and heavy showers of hail . On the whole , however , the weather has not been unfavourable , for the rain proved highly beneficial to the turnips and aftermath , while it did not injure the corn , which is rapidly coming forward for the sickle . In Scotland and Ireland the elements have been less propitious . There , daring the last seven or eight days , somewhat too , much rain has fallen , accompanied by a temperature unusually low for the season of the year . All our correspondents agree in stating that they scarcely remember a season in which such frequent changes have occurred as in the present . They are equally agreed that the approaching harvest , taken as a whole , promises to be a bodntifnl one .
Tremendous Fire in Sandwich Woods . —Cape Cod has had enough of disaster by fire the present summer . We have to reoord another conflagration more destructive by far than any with which we hava yet been visited . It broke out on Sunday morning last in Sandwich woods , between the north and south Falmouth roads , and raged with fearful violence until yesterday , all efforts to stop it proving unavailing . The fire , we learn , commenced nearly abreast of " Snake Pond Village , " and about three miles distant from it , and extended in a southerly direction to within about two miles of Sandwich town . It then shifted its course to the south , and burned within a mile of Falmouth line , when it again took a northerly direction . After traversing
a distance of ten miles in a easterly direction , passing to the northward of where it had beenbefore , it crosaad the South Falmouth road and extended towards West Barnetable . Some of the woodland whioh the fire traversed was valuable , but a consideiable portion , we vinderstand , \ vas worth but little , aa Ihe wood had been cut off . to supply the Glass Factory . Nevertheless , the amount of property destroyed must bo immense for Cape Cod , and we have heard of instances where the loss has fallen hardly upon individuals who ^ e entire capital was invested . The fire originated from a stroke of lightning . Of this we believe there fe no longer any * doubt in the minds of those who have viBitedthe spot where it commenced . The fluid struck a large
pine tree , shattering it much , and entered the ground , tearing up the earth at its base . We learn that the fire was subdued yesterday about noon , by the aid of a copious shower of ram . It has extended over to Hamblin ' s Plains , West Barnstable , before its ravages were arrested , passing within half a mile of Spring Hill in its course . It is believed that much valuable , wood was destroyed in the iatter part of its progress . It . is Impossible to tell with any certainty how much property has been lost by this conflagration , bnt it must be immense . Independent ef the growing wood , there were immense quantities of cord wood burnt . —Yarmouthliegister 6 th ; CAmerican Paper . J
Terrific Explosion of Gas . —About ten o ' clock on the night of Thursday week , an explosion of g £ 3 took place in a public house , kept by a man of the name of Stevenson , in Upper DawBon-street , Liverpool , contiguous to the Theatre Royal , whicb caused the , utmost alarm and very considerable destruction to the rear of the building . The precise cause of the explosion has beea differently Btated , bafc -the mo $ t probable appears to bej that the person who extinguished the gas-light in the shop , about pipe o ' clock , accidently turned the cock backwards at the time , and thus allowed the gas to escape . All the doors and windows been fastened , an exceedingly strong smell of foul air was soon discovered mall parts of the house , but particularlys&ik the
drawing-room , whither Stevenson , the landlord , repaired with a lighted candle in his hand . aW having opened the windows , he approached : the bedroom on the same floor , and while he was in theaot of entering it , the explosion tiiok place . The report was heard all over the neighbourhood , and so loud did it appear to the inspector on duty in the adjacent square , that he compared it to the firing of a sixpounder . The roof over the bed-room was entirely blown away by the force of the explosion , and the walls were ebntjiderably shaitered , and & many places thrown down : ; almost all the windowswere more or less forced from their positioJas ^ some of them to the extent of a foot and aiialf ;> nd the woodwork * I WW »* Wf © in the ; d ^ win ^ roW were ; bI j& ^^ andcharred in the samemanner as if an extensive
fire hadrtaken iplaee withhxthe |» ujW ^^ Stevejawt was much injured ; husfa <» was very much scorched , and his hair and whiskers have unde ^ one a general Singing . He states that when the explosioni took place , and the room was in a bla 2 e , he threwhiinself on his baiik ^ and endeavoured to preserve his face , With hishandsjfrom being injured ; andthis accounts for the shocking manner in which the unfortunate man ' s hands , and particularl y ; tiie tops of hia fingers , have been burnt and otherwise much lacerated . The damage done has been roughly estimated , at £ 150 ; and by many it ia supposed that the building will have to be taken down altogether , as the walls are bo very much shattered , that to guard against further damage they are now supported with large props . The scene of this disaster has been visited by crowds of persons of all classes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct814/page/3/
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