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ADDRESS OF THE OLD CO MMODORE TO HIS CHARTIST FRIENDS . 2 tfy hearties cheer np ! the political crew With their squadron's of red and their squadron ' s of Was , Tfcs Plague , and their friend , both the Tories and Whigs , Have plsyd off a ftnr of their old-fafibion'd rigs . Their triumph , the cowardly vagabonds know , Will nan their cause and their power o ' erthrow . Tis true our old skip has experienc'd a shock , By running her keel on the Corn-leaguer's rock ; And part of our crew in the bilboes are laid , The honest and true , now their victims are made . Brave Cooper and White ! and a few worthies more , Bat they must not be lost tho' thevTe on a lee shore .
My XottiDtham worthies , tho' Clark and myself Perhaps a few weeks may be laid on the shelf , ( I needed , I own it , a little repose , Bnt not in a cell , in the hands of our foes ;) Yet taiak not our glorieus cause I forsake , Tfo , my beart and my hea 3 , boys , are both wide awake . Refreshed from retirement , the Old Commodore "Will saon at his post be found fighting once more . Discretion ' s the best part of valour , they say , Aid if I am prudent , I ' m not run away . I knew in a jail I could not serTe the cause , There's no jastice in hell when the devil makes laws ; And as I am poor , and the poor ever fail To obtain right or justice , I gave them leg bail . I am snug in safe quarters , and think it as well ,
As bfcing coop'd up in an iron-bar'd cell : I can write , I can act for our cause , tho * incog , An < 3 breaths the fresh air in a sunshiae or fog . At censure , an innocent conscience can laugh I am too old a bird to ba caught in such chaff ; Tho' "Jemmie O'Brien , " and other mad fools IMay denounce and condemn , I am not of their schools Brave Feargus , who knows m » , will never believe The Old Commodore would desert or deceive Bis brave fellow patriots—0 no , my friends no i-I'll r . ever forsake you—b 9 shot if I do ! Then ehesr up , my hearties , and quit ye like men , And " rally round Fearyus , again and again , " In spite of the Statesman and heartless Bronterre , Who ' s as crczy , by Jove ! as a xery March hare ; And his paltry tool , the " Old Chartist , " Oh ! shame !
ThA a wretch like to him , shoai ^ assume s a name He a Chartist ! aye , so is " Old Hookey" one too—And bonester far , I believa rf the two ! I trust your contempt for O'Brien , like mine , Witt only to Feargas your hearts aore incline "; "The prince of all patriots , the bravest of men , "—• ' ' Let ' s rally ar * und him eyain and again . " I -write those few lines , just to let yon all see , The Old Commodore is yet what he should be- ¦ A lover of Freedom , and ne'er will he barter For msney or fame , any point of the Charter ! Then GjA bless our cause—he does bless it indeed ! And God bless you all , pra ; . s Old Commodore Mead , Safety Cove , Itlind of Snugland . Saturday , S ^ pt 10 th , lSi 2 .
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LINES , Written at Midnijfc , September the lOiA , IS 42 Tell me , ye stars that gaza upon Thi » lovely orb we call our o * n , How long shall mankind kiss the . yoke , And bow before oppression's throne ? When earth was young , and sin , and pride , Knew not tfeerr pLica cpoa her breast , Ye shone aloft , as shin- ? je now—A 3 guardians o'er the daj light ' s rest Bat oh J how change ! ho * lost . ' how hid ! Are the brigkt glories of the past ! Earth is but now the home of slaves ; Bound by the chains themselves have cast . Say , are ye worlds , as sages say ?
Have ye your kings , your lords , and slaves ? Bow ye to Mammon ' s thrcse of gore , As we poor cowardly cringing knavea ? It canaot be . ' ye art ; too pure—JFor the foul fiend to enter in , 2 fo king or parasite can dwell In habitations void of sin . Say , ye , who from the £ rst till now , H ^ ve giz'd as lovers on thi 3 beauteous world , Where are the spirits of oid day * ? Who fierce scorn to the despot fcurl ' u ? To thee ha , th Hampden turned his eye , On thee with Sydney looked and wept , Tirough ages dim , and times obscure ,
With thee the wise have vigils kept ; The patriotic crest , and good , Who vainlj strove to free the earth , Have looked to thee as harbingers Of thj world ' s fresh , and newer birth . Oh ! what dtep sighs ! what grief ! What wo » Hath been poured out in midnight hour , When the pent heart has burst its bondsi Ai : 4 all-csnfessed thy magic power . And what is there , feut tears and groans For the true lover of his race ? When mankind , as of old , bow down Bifcre an earth-born monarch ' s face ! ***? * ? # *
V , e streich » o reaeh and grasp the air ! We hope , and trust , and trusting sin , Say , oh . ' ye planets , bright and pure , When will reality begin ? When shall mankind arise in might And burst the bonds that bind them down , And banish wrong , and force , and guilt , With the vain bauMs of a uown ? * ??**** ?
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{ The following parody upon a French writer appeared in the Liverpool ilercury a week or two ago . ) Ssarc *] y had the genius uttered to himself these Hor ' . t , than an immense noise proceeded from-the vest , and turning my eye to that quarter , I perceived at the north-western extremity of the European continent , in the sea-girt station , a prodigious movement , similar to what exists in the bosom of a huge cAtj , when pervaded with sedition , an innumerable people , like waves , fl . no tuste in the streets and public places . My oar , struck with their cries , which ascended to the very heavens , disiicsruished lit intervals these phrase * : —
" What is this new prodigy ? What this cruel and mysterious scourge ? We are a numerous people , and We want strength ! Our hills are rich in coal and minerals ¦ streams flow through our valleys ; railroads intersect the country ; our art ' zins , mechanics , and mariners are more skilful than those of any other n&tion ; the oce ; . a waves wash cur sheres on every eide . ready to CODVry to on ? brethren in other cl 5 me 3 the comforts which our industry and ingenuity have so abundantly produced , and for for which they bo wdently desire to exclnrge the corn , wine , oil , and fruits , bestowed so bcTOAifa'lj by the Almighty Father upon them , his -children , in mere fertile regions : and yet we are destitute of provision ! We are active and laborious , and we live in indigence ! We pay enormous tributes , and we are told that they are not sufficient l We are at peace -without , and our parsons and property are not safe -s-ithin ! What , then , is the secret enemy that iJevenrs us ?*'
Fruai the midst of the concourse , some individual "voices replied , Erect a standard of distinctien , and let a . l those who , by useful labours , contribute to the Support and maintenance of society gather round it , and you will discover the enemy that preys on your vitals . " The standard being erected , the nati » n found itself gudcciiiy divided into two bodies of unequal magnitude and cissiniilar appearance : the one innumerable and neatly integral , exhibited in the general poverty of their cxess , and in their meagre and pallid faces , the
marks of toii and wretchedness ; the other a petty grono , a valueless fraction , presented , in their rich attire , embroidered vhh gold and silver , and in their rietk and ruddy complexions , the symptoms of leisure and ubund ^ nce . Considtrirg thes « men more attentive .: } -, I ptTC&iTcd tt . at the large boiy was constituted of labourers , artlzins , tradesmen , and professions Hs&fui to society ; and that in the lessor group there Weic cons but priests , ourtiers , public accountants , comffian- ' trs cf troops , in short , the ciyii , military , or reliei .-ns ag 6 nt 3 of covernment . front tfront assembledand
The two bodiei being » , having locked -with astonishment at each other , 1 saw the ftbings of indignation and resentmeat spring tip in the one , acd a soTt cf panic in the other ; and the large said to the small body—Wiry stand you apart ? Are you not of our number ? " No , ' replied the group ; " you are thd people ; we « re a privileged elass : we have Iaw 3 , customs , and rights pscu ^ iir to ourselves- " Ptople—And what labour do you perform in society ? Privileged C " : bb 3—None ; we are not made to labour P How then have you acquired your wealth ? P . C—By taking thfi pains to govern you . P . — -To govern us 1 and ii this what you call governing ? We toil , and yon enjoy ; we produce , and you ^ iasipatej wealth flows frem us , and you absorb it Privileged men , class' distinct from the people , form a mtion apart , and govern yourselves .
Thai , deliberating on their new situation , some imosg the group rv ^ — " Let us join the people , and partake their bmrden and c&res , for they are men like ourselva . "—Oaten replied : "To mix with the herd w > &ca be degrading- aod -rile ; they are born to serve os , who are sen of a superior race . " The civil go-Worn * sud— " The people are mild and naturally ser"vQe ; Jet us speak to them in the name of the queen and fte-iaw , ' snd they will return to their duty . People 1 the queen decrees , tb » tovereicn ordains . " People—The queen cannot decree anything which the safety of the people does not demand ; the sovereign cannot ordain bat according to law . Civil Governor *—The law cails upon you for submislion . P . —The law is the general will , and we will a new order . * C . ' H . —Yoa sn in that ease rebela , P . —A nation « anaot b « a rebel : tyrant * only are rebels .
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C- G . —The queen is on our side , and she enjoins yon to submit P—Queens cannot be separated from the nation in which they reign . Our queen cannot be on your side ; yon have only the phantom of her countenance . Then the military governors advanced , awd tbey raid , " The people are timorous ; it is proper to threaten them ; they -will yield to the influence of force . Soldiers , chastise this insolent multitude . " People—Soldiers , our blood flows in your veins ! Will you strike yeur brother ? If the people be destroyed , who will maintain the army ? And the soldiers grounded th-ir arras , satd to their chiefs— " We are a part of the people , we whom you call upon to fight agninet them . Then the ecclesiastical governor said , " There is but one resource left The people are superstitious ; it is proper to overawe them with the names of God and religion . "
Priests—Out dear brethren , our children , God has appointed us to govern yon . People—Produce the patent of his commission . Priests—You must have faith ; reason leads men Into guilt . People—And would you govern us without reason t PriBsts—God is the God of ptace ; religion enjoins you to obey . People . —No ; justice goes before peace ; obedience implies a law , and renders necessary the cogn ' zance of it Priests . —This world was intended for trial and suffering .
People . —Do you then show us the example of suffering . Priests—Would you live without gods or kings ? People—We abjure tyranny of every kind . Our God is our just arid merciful Father . Priests—You must have mediators , persons who may act in your behilf . Peopla—Mediators with God , and mediators with the Queen J Caurtiers and priests , your services are too expensive : henceforth we take our affairs into our own hanrta
Then the smaller group exclaimed— " It is all over with us ; the multitude are enlightened . " And the people replied—" You shall not be hurt ; we are enlightened , and we will commit no violence . We desire nothing but our rights ; resentment we cannot but feel , bnt we consent to pass it by ; we were slaves ; we might now command ; but we ask only to be free , and free we are . "
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LEEDS . —AssiVLT ox a Policeman . —On Monday , J . Farrar , acloihier , of Armley , was brought upat the Court-house , before Griffith Wright , E--q ., and James Holdiorth , E ? q ., on a charge of having assaulted Policeman Wilkinson . According to the statement of tb . B ^ complainant , it appeared that be was on duty iu Kukgate on Sunday evening , about twenty minutes past nine o ' clock , when he heard calls of " Watch , " and on going to the bottom of York-street , whence the calls proceeded , hefound the prisoner and Thomas Austin , of Armley , righting He took them both into custody , but as he was conveying ibem to prison , they both struck at him , and An 5 tin got awav . The Bench fined the defendant 40 a . and C 0 Et 3 , or in default of payment he was to be imprisoaed one month at Wakefield . On Tuesday , Austin was brought up by warrant , and was fined 20 j . and cost , which he paid , and he was then discharged .
Breach of a Beek-house Licfnsh . —On Monday , David Taornton , who keeps the New Inn beerhouse , Kirkstall-road , was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10 s . and costs , for having had company drinking in his house on Sunday afternoon last , during the hours of divine service . From the statement of Thornton himself , it appeared that he and his wife went out to chapel , and left the house in the care of their son , ¦ who , when a shower of rain came one , was solicited by about twenty persons to les them have shelter , aud he complied with their request , and sold them a few quarts of " nut brown , " when a policeman , at half past three o'clork , popped in upon them and saw their doing * . Hence the information .
ASSAULT . —On Monday last , a man of the name of Robert Demaine was fined by the sitting magistrates , at the Court House , in the sum of 20 s . and costs , for having assauhed Mr Coxon , of Holbcck . The defendant was a tenant of the complainant , and on Saturday before last , the laUer went and asked the former for some rent , which was due to him , and a 3 he did not pay it he proceeded to take an inventory of his goods . After he had taken an account of those in the lower part of the house , he wished to go up the stairs , but the defendant would not let him : a scuffle ensned , and thecomplainant was put out of the houe « with his left knee dislocated .
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Large Imports of grain have arrived during the pan week in upwards of twenty vessels from Constantinople , and the ports of the Black Sea . Accident on the London and Birmingham Railway . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before four o ' cioek , a boy , named John Buckley , was with several other boys walking along the parapet of ono of the stone bridges crossing tho London and Birmingham Railway , in the rear of the York and Albany Tavern , Park-street , Camden-town , when he
suddenly fell head foremost on to the line of the railway , a depth of between forty and fifty feet . After some delay ths alarm wa . 3 given at the Camden station , and some of the police proceeded to the spot , where the poor boy wa 3 fonnd wholly insensible , and was in that state conveyed down , the line io the station at Euston-grove , and from there conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where , on examination by Mr , Tnson , one of the surgeons , it was ascertained that he bad sustained a fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain .
A Brutal and MraDEitors Outrage was isflicted at Honghton , near Stockbridge , Hants , a few day . - since , on the parson of a beautiful young woman , named Elizabeth Roe , by a middle aged man , named James Sims , caused by her refusal to become his wif « . It appeared that he waited for a * opportunity , and met her in the high-road , and , after making some slight attempts to stop her , she smilingly saia , "Sims , let me pass , " when he struck her a heavy blow with a large chisel , on the back part of the head , which
levelled her to the ground ; he then fell on her , and inflicted several dangerouB wounds on her hea-J and face . After leaving her , as he supposed , dead , he repaired to the river side for the purpose of putting an end to his miserable existence , but failed in the attempt , and was immediately taken into custody , and is committed for trial at the assizes . He expressed rrgrtt his victim was Hot dead , baying , if she wa ? , he 3 hould go to the gallows happy ! The unforiEnate woman is lying in a dangerou 3 state , and should she recover , will be disfigured for life .
Painful Affliction . —Dover , Srpr . 11 . —This morning early the family of Mr . Belt , of Brunswicksquare , London , now residing at No . 1 , Guildfordterrace , was thrown into the deepest suffering . Two yonng gentlemen , sons of the above family , accompanied by ttieir footman , weie batting close by Sir Sidney Smith ' s jeity . The eldest son , who could swim well , ventured oat some distance from the shore ; the other two , not able to swim , soon got beyond their depth , and cried for assistance . The
eldest son returning to give them aid , was soon too much exhausted , and compelled to reach the shore . In this helpless state he was seen by a Preventive man , "wh ^ , with assistance , conveyed him to one of Mr . Marsh ' s warm bathB , where he was attended by Mr . Sankey , iha surgeon , and speedily restored . The other son with the servai t , was carried away by the waves , and they were not recovered for half an honr ; they also were placed in hot baths , but , though every proper means wero resort > d to by Mr . Saakey and his assistant , the vital spark had departed .
A New Mode op Raising the Wind . —The follawing humourous and extraordinary anecdote , iHus : rative of the degrad ng ester ; to which even Lord 3 and M . P . ' s will sometirres gj to achieve pecuniary end ? , is daily furnishing convc-rsxtional food for the gossips at the West-end : —Some short time sinca a scion of nobility , who recently acquired some notoriety in Paris , being desperately pa .-: hed for a " cool" couple of hundred pounds , and having ineffectually tried every probabie source : o obtain it , at last , as a dernier report , applied to hii NobJe parent ( a Gallant Marqui 3 ) for the trifling accommodation ; trifling , however , as the sum may appear , tho heroic M . P . is reported to hare met with a plump , and not very courteous negative to his application .
Disappointed and enraged at the refusal , and the peremptory tone in which it was conveyed , he , as a bravo son of Neptune , hit upon , and , Proteus-like , carried into execution , the following stratagem to effect his purpose : —It happened that at a crossing opposite the window of the room in which slept the Noble Marquis , his father , a mendicant sweeper was in the habit of taking his stand in pursuit of his daily avocation . To this " knight of the broom" the hero repaired , and for a small sum bought him off his " lifehold" or crossing for a day ? and , on the following morning , about the hour the Marquis usually rose , the distinguished scion , di 3 gnised as a beggar , with a bran-new broom , was seen industriously empiojed in sweeping olouds of dust towards the Gallant Marquis ' s window . On looking out , tke Noble beheld freBh
Marquis , to his utter astonishment , a and ill- « ondncted sweeper , and inoensed at the rude manner in which he was carrying on his operations , dispatohed a servant to know the cause . The servant havingjia the person of the mendacious sweeper , discoveredXord , returned in breathless _ haste to his master , and informed him that it was his own son who was thus occupied ia kicking up such a dust ! u , hang him , " said th « noble and brave veteran , " that is done to raise the wind , ( writing ) here , taka this to him—a cheque—tell him to be off and change his rags—Mb morals he never can . " The command was no sooner given than obeyed , and the besgar quitted his post of honour and retreated in double quick time , highly gratified , however , with hia new mode of raising the wind . "—Sunday paper .
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Bad Pr / jrrruATioN and Spelling . —A . poor woman at Shoreham , whose husband was going to sea , ha 8 ded through the clerk , to the parson , this public prayer : —•• A man going to see . his wife desires the prayers of this congregation . " The parson , pointing it in his own way , read to the ears of his flock , " A man going to see his wife , desires the prayers of this congregation , " and set them all in a titter . Origin of the W ^ rd Colony . —Colony is a body of people drawn from the mother country to inhabit some distant place . The word originally signified no more than a fans , that is , the habitation of a peasant , colonus ( hence the word clown ) , with the quantity of land sufficient for the support of his family . It is derived from the Latin word colo , I till or cultivate ; hence colonus , a husbandman , and colonia , a body of farmers Bent to cultivate the ground in a distant oountry , and by metonymy , the place itself .
At the present moment ,-when such general agitation pervades the labouring population throughout the country , it is pleasisg to have to record au instance where master and workmen are found associated together in mutual good wfll . On Saturday last , at Two Waters , Herts , Mr . Wilson , of the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sons , letter founders gave an excellent dinner to the men in his employ , to celebrate the centenary of his establishment . After the usual loyal and patriotio toasts , Mr . Wilson ' s " Health , and Prosperity to the Glasgow Letter Foundry , " were proposed and drunk with enthusiasm . Several excellent speeches were made by the workmen , and the evening was sp » nt with the greatest hiliarity . On the Monday following the boys connected with the establishment were regaled with similar hearty cheer .
The Quip Courteous . —Two ministers of the same name resided in the same town : a town whioh some of our readers will easily make out—one a Dissenter , and the other a clergyman of the Established Churoh . A parcel came into tho hands of the latter , which , on inspection , proved to be for the Dissenter . It wasforwarded with the following note : — "Sir , —If you had not assumeda title to which youhaveno right , this mistake would not have occurred , I am , sir , " &c . In the course of a few weeks a parcel came into the hands of the Dissenter , which was for his reverend namesake , and which was found to contain a case of lithographed sermons , done up to imitate manuscript . It was forwarded to the clergyman with the following retort : — "Sir , —If you had not arsumed an office for which you are not qualified , this mistake would not hare oocurred . I am , sir , " 8 iO . —Falmouth Packet .
Attempt to Murder a Tradesman ' s Son in Holbor . n . —The following daring and murderous attack was made on the son of Mr . William Howell , china and glass warehouseman , of Holbcrn Hill , a boy of eleven years old : —On Friday night , about ten o ' clock , he was minding the shop , when a young man entered with , a mug in his hand , and asked him to drink a drop of beer , which he did , a small quantity , not liking ic ; the man then left ; the shop , aud went across the road and joined another man . His sister having providentially returned ( not having loft him alone more than ten minutes ) when he fell down in the shop among the good " , but got up again and went
to the door , when he became violently sick and insensible . The polioeman on the beat carried him home to Mr . Howell ' s house in Stonecutter-atreet , when he and others thought the the boy dead . Mr . Bull ; n , the surgeon , immediately came , who considered the boy in a dangerous state , and administered remedies to bring off his stomach what he had taken , and he remained insensible tor two or three hours . He is cow out of danger , but the dootor has no doubt that laudanum was given to the boy , and had he not been sick when his sister returned , he would have been a corpse , the object of tho party no dou 6 t being to rob the shop .
Whimsical Calculations . —What a noisy creature man would be were his voice in proportion to his weight as powerful as the grasshopper , which may be heard at the ds : anco of one sixteenth of a mile . The kolibri weighs about an ounce , so that a Ban of ordinary size weighs about as muoh as 4000 kolibris One kolibri must weigh as much as four grasshoppers . Assuming , then , that a man weighs aa much as 16 , 000 grasshoppers , aud that the voice of ono of these may be heard at the distance of one sixteenth ot a mile ; that of a man , were it in
proportion to his weight , would be audible at the distance of 1000 miles ; and when ho sneezed , he would run the risk of bringing the house about his ears , like the walls of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets . Assuming , further , that a flea weighs a grain , which is something more than its own weight , and that if it is able to clear one inch and a half at a spring , a man of about 150 pounds weight , would , by the same rule , be able to make a spring over a space of 12 , 800 miles , and consequently , leap . with ease from New York to Cochin Cnina , orrouud tho world in two jumps 1
Evolution of Light in the Human Subject . — It wag teu days previous to L . A . ' s death that I ( Sir Henry Marsh ) observed a very extraordinary light , which seemed darting about tho face , and illuminating aH around ner head , flashing very much like an aurora borealis . She was in «¦ deep decline , and that day been seized with suffocation , which teased her much for an hour , and made her bo nervous that she would not suffer me to leave her for a moment , that I might raise her up quickly in case of a return of a painful sensation . After she settled for the night , I lay down beside her , and it was then tnis luminous appearance suddenly commenced . Her maid was sitting up beside the bed , and I wished her to shade the light , as it would
awaken Louisa . She told me the light was perfectly shaded . I then said , " What can this light be which is flashing on M . iss Louisa ' s face \ " The maid loosed very mysterious , and informed me she had seen that light before , and it was from no candle . I then inquired when she had perceived ii ! She said that morning , and it had dazzled her eyes , but sho bad said nothing about it , as ladies always considered servants superstitious , However , after watching it myself half an hour , I got up , and saw that the candle was in . a position from which this peculiar light could not have come , nor , indeed , was it like that sort of light ; ic was more silvery , like the reflection of moonlight on water . I watched it more than an hour , when it disappeared . It gave the face the look of being painted white and highly glazed , but it danced about , and bad a very extraordinary effect . Three nights aftor , the maid being ill , I sat up all night , and again I saw this
luminous appearance , when there was no candle nor moon , nor is fact any visible means of producing it . Her sister came into the room and saw it also . The evening before- L . A . died , I saw the light again , but it wa-i fainter , and Jasfed but about twenty minutes . Tho stat ? of tha body of the patient was lhat of extreme exhaustion . For two months sho had never « u up in the bed . Mauy of her symp toms varied much from those of other sufferers in pulmonary complaints whem I had seen , but the general outline was tho same . Her breath had a very peculiar smell , which made me suppose there might be some decomposition going forward . The young lady about iti ' icse person these luminouH appearances were manifested , 1 had seen several times before her return to the country ; her lungs were extensively diseased ; she laboured under the most hopeles 3 form of pulmonary consumption . — Medical Gazette .
Two Thousand Pounds Robbeey . —We have been informed of a serious loss Husrained by John Marquis , of Accrington , at Preston- Guill , on Monday evening last . Ic appear ? that & 5 r , Marquis some tine since sold property to Mr . Hargreaves , of Accrington , for £ 10 , 000 , a portion of which , to tho amount of £ 2 . 0 u 0 , he happened to have in his pocket on Monday labt at Preston , whither he had gone for the purpose of amusing himself at the festival of the Guild . Mr . Marquis had dined with Mr . Grundy , machine-maker , and after dinner sallied out to look about him and see the wonders of the Guild . This was about eight o ' clock in tho evening . Sauntering along the street , Mr . Marquis was accosted in an atiable manner by a respoctable-lookine parson , with
whom he entered into conversation . Tneir intimacy , although so suddenly created , and without the usual ceremonial of introduction so yeneraJly required by Jobu Bull—more particularly than by any other na ional gentleman—seemed to grow rapidly in sirenRth ; ior the stranger t :. ok Mr . Marquis by the arm , snd thus united they proceeded to admire what was going on round about them . They had not , however , made much prdgre ? s in ; heir friendly promenade , when they were met by a gentleman and lady , who ' appeared to be particularly anxious also to scrape an acquaintance with Mr . Marquis . Shortly after Mr . MatquU discovered that his pocket-book had been taken away , containing nine £ 100 notes , and two £ 500 notes , all of the Bank of England ,
together with about £ 100 in gold and silrer . Mr . Marquis naturally looked about for his friend , but he had cut- his acquaintance . No clue to the theives has as yet been diseovered . The numbers of the notes , however , are known , and , unless paid by the Bank of England previous to yesterday afternoon , will be of no use to those who stole them . —Blackburn Standard . A full description of tho person suspected of committing the above robbery wa 3 forwarded to the various police stations in the metropolis . At a late hour on Saturday night & person of the name of Stowell who resides at 4 , Bowling-greenstreet , Kennington , informed Police-constables
Murray and Winch , Nos . 119 and 140 M , that he was in Preston on the day of the robbery , and that ha had traoed the suspected person to No . 3 , Herculesbuildings , Lambeth , whitber th » two constables instantly repaired , and succeeeded in capturing a man and a woman . The former gave the name . ' of Jovel , the latter Elizabeth Bailey , The female , wb instantly identified as being the" persoa enppo ' aedto have committed the robbery ; she went to to o male prisoner to an accommodation-house a few m >' us from Preston , where she dropped one of the Bto ' ien notes . Beth prisoners were searched ; on Jovel i ms fouud a flash note for £ 50 » f the " Bank of B" agraving , " but none of the stolen notes were found r , n either , the opinion being that they have banked , them .
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Queen Anne Bulletn . —In the third report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records , Sir F . Pal-Srave gives information of the discovery of the legal records of the trial of Queen Anno Bulleyn . documents which were supposed to have been destroyed ; but which have been recently discovered among the records of the Court of Queen ' s Bensh , and the absence of whioh materially impeded the narrative of the historian of the eventful reign of Henry VIII . The list of these records is highly interesting to the literary world .- Oxford Herald .
Discovert of Engraving—The art of print engraving , like many other important inventions , was the result of accident . A poor woman having entered into the studio of tho celebrated Florentine , goldsmith , Maso Finiguerra , bearing in her hand a packet of wet linen , incautiously placed it upon a table on which lay a small silver plate that the artist had just finished engraving . In order to see the effect before it-was ' enamelled , he had filled the lines with a composition very nearly approaching our common printing ink , composed of lamp-black aud oil ; and the woman , upon taking up her parcel , tound a very neat impression of the subject upon the wet napkin in which ii was enveloped . Such is the story told by Vasari , and if not exactly true , it has the merit
of being highly probable .--2 ) uWin Review ^ Not lkss than sixteen children narrowly escaped being poisoned in Bayne-street , on Saturday last , by partaking of a sweetmf at coloured with arseniato of copper , used as a green pigment . This deleterious stuff was given to tho mother of two of the children by the servants of a gentleman residing in the locality , and had been used as a garniture at a supper party , being composed of flour and sugar , and coloured with tho poisonous stuff above-mentioned . It was divided freely amongst their little playfellows , and sixteen were more or Jess affected . Dr . Mitchell , of tho South- Eastern Lying-in Hospital , was called in to see the children , and , with judicious treatment , rescued them fr # m uutimely death . — DublinPajur .
A ma . n , twenty-two years of age , named Wattrelot , who acted as assistant to his father-in-law , a farmer named Foutry , at Carvin-Epinoy , was tried before the Court of Assizes of the Pas-do-calais , on the 26 th uit ., for the murder by poison of his father-in law , mother-in-law , and sister-in-law , the motive for his crime having been to become more spoedily in possession of the property , which at their death would belong to him in right of his wife . The father-in-law was murdered by mixing arsenic in his soup , and six days afterwards the murderer adopted tho same course with the two female victims . He was found guilty by the Jury , but ( to tho astonishment of the Court ) with extenuating circumstances . He was consequently , sentenced to impriaonment for life , with hard labour and exposure in t !* e pillory .
Warsaw , Aug . 30 . —On the 20 th of this month the town of Acchanow was destroyed by fire ; 114 houses and twenty-four of the large establishments are reduced to ashes . 300 families have lost everything ., The value of the 'furniture , &o ., destroyed is 1 , 000 , 000 of Polish florins ( 167 , 000 rix . dollars ) . The harvest is over in almost tha whole kingdom ; it is very abundant ; oats less so than other kinds of grain . We have not yet had any very extreme heat . —Prussian State Gazelle , Sept . 4 . Cost ? for the Cholera . —This painful and distressing disease , which is now exhibiting in various parts of the kingdom , has been successfully combated aud effectually cured by the following medicine ,
which cannot be too widely made known to the public . Take equal quantities of spirit of sal volatile , essence of peppermint , and liquid laudanum ( say a quarter ot an ounce of each , which pour together in a bottle . ) Of this mixture , take a small tea-spoonful in half a glass of brandy , ) to which add a little hot-wat ^ r , which swallow , and repeat the dose in two hours if necessary . This has seldom failed to afford almost immediate relief ; and a second doso mostly effects a cure . The abovo dose is for a grown person , and should be increased or diminished according to the strength and habit of thepaaent . The writer has felt immediate benefit from the uss of it , and he has also given it to persons with the same success .
A Female Suffocated dy a Plum-Stone . —A melancholy occurrenco took place at Gravesend on Sunday , the 4 th instant . Mrs . Margaretta Wella , the wife of Mr . John Wolls , a jaweller , of No . 5 , Museum street , Bloomsbury . has been for some time staying with her family in Gravesend , and on Sunday afiernoon , in the course of their customary walk , they purchased some plums , and as Mrs . Wells was in ihe act of eating-one , tho stone poi into her throat , and choked her . A coroner ' s inquest being held ou the body , returned a verdict accordingly .
On Thorsdw se'night , the houekeeper of Mr . Kerncr , the tobacconist of St . James ' -street , put an end to her existence by drowning herself iu the water-butt . It will be recollected that , an examination took place before tho Magistrates of Marlborough-streel ; , respecting the conduct of Mr . Kerner , who haa suddenly absented himself from this country , on tui account of an alleged fraud in eotno bill traiiFacions ; and it is said that the poor woman had been reduced to a state of despondency , occasioned by her master having made away with her little property .
The Postmaster-General has decided on returning to ] tho old method of paying the guards on mail coaches 10 s . 6 d . per week , and allowing them to take fees from passengers ' . The guards on railways are ctill to be paid salaries , without fees ; but such salaries are to be on a reduced scale . The cause of the contemplated alteration in the modo of paying the mail-coach guards is , the continued discoveries that they receive fees . Six of them are now suspended for taking feei , but Lord Lowther Jiias resolved not to dismiss them , because he declares it impo ^ ible to prevent persons who arc paid only £ 70 or £ 80 a year , from taking gratuities from passengers , when , as in most oases , it has happened the gratuitits hare been voluntiirily offered .
NtWFOU . 'VDL u \ p Names . —The names of Newfoundland hilld , harbourn , coves , creeks , and bay ? , are very amusing . The Blow-mc-down-Hilis , the Come-by-Chanc ( 3 Brook , the Seldom-come-by-Harbour , tho Funk Islands , imply a mode of nomenclature primitive , if not always elegant ; and highly expressive , if not attractive , are Bloody Reach , Damnable Bay , Doad-mau ' s Point , Ragged Islands , Bay Despair , Tho Frying Pan , Cape Broil , Hell Hill , Mount Misery , Wolf Bay , the Bishop ' s Falls , Lion ' s Den , Bay of Fair and FaUe , Muddy Hole , Pope ' s Harbour , Goose Cove , aud Gander Bay !
Two Children Poisoned by Drinking Flywateb . —On Tuesday , aD inquest was taken before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at tho Wheat Sheaf , Peter ' s Cross , Fulh ' airi . on tho body of Ann Backe , aged three yearn . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased ' s mo . hor ( Catherine Reardon ) lived with tho father at No . 3 , Wheajt Sheaf-place , and on Friday labt tho former sent a woman , named Quain , to a grocer ' s shop , kept by a person named Potts , for two pennyworth of " fly-water . " On being served with it , an injunction was given to keep it out of the way of chilciron , anJ this was tald the mother . The poison was brought in a tea-cup , and , during the absence of deceased and another child about two years of age , tho liquid was poured into two plates snd placed on shelves for the purpose of destroying files . The tea-cup , however , was loft on
tho table , containing about a spoonful of the poison , and , during the absence of the mother , the two children drank what remained in that vessel . On her return she found both vomiting , and took them to Mr . Rouse , a surgeon . Tho youngest recovered , but ihe deceased got worse , and died between eight and nine o'clock tho same evening . Mr . William Howard , assistant to Mr . Rouse , eaid the children were vomiting violently when brought to the surgery , aud , on being told that they had drank " flywater" he gave thorn emetics , and continued ta attend deceased until sha died . He procured some of the " fly-water , " from Mr . Potts , which he analysed , and found one of tho component parts to be arsrnic—The y . n-y returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased , was accidentally poiBoned by drinking some of Shadbolt ' s fly and bug water . "
Loss of the Moktagu , of Pebth . —Extract from a letter dated Macao , the 10 th of May : '" Accounts have just reachod us of the total loss of ths Montagu . She was coming on from Bombay , principally laden with cotton , and was classified as a fine vessel , and A fast sailer ; but week after week passed , however , after she became quite due , and no Montagu made her appearance . At longth , a few < iays ag . 0 , & teiUwc reached us from the captain , dated Manilla , at which placa he and all the crew had arrived in safety . It seems he had got through Dampier ' s Straits , and in the Jillolo Passage had very thick weather and calms , with strong currents running . On the morning of the 2 i of March , at daylight , they found themselves within three miles of a reef ; with the current setting them right down upon it . They got oat all the boats to . try and tow her off , but -without effect . About three pjn ., she struck , and at four o ' clock had entirely disapin the boats at the time
peared ; the crew being escaped , but without clothes of any kind or provision . They go * inside the reef to a small island with three coeoa-nut trees , where they remained for fifteen daya , subsisting on flab , birds , to . ; and , after repairing their boats , which had been damaged in crossing ihe reef , they set ; out to . look fox ^ easels , without eompftss , chart , or anything to guide them , by . They were picked up by a London vessel bound fot the coast of Japan , who supplied them with all their wants ; and they again set sail in their boats to reach the Dutch settlement of Farwate , if possible . After being about fifteen days at sea , they were picked np by a vessel bound for Manilla , where they arrived in safety the end of last month . She was a fine vessel , aud owned by ThomM Graham aud Sons of the fair city . The . oaptaui , I believe , has sailed for England . Helen ' s Shoal is the ^ name of the reef en whioh Bhe was lost . —Perthshire Courier .
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We understand thfc't the Government have conferred pensions of £ 8 t / a year each on the four daughters of the late Colonel Dennie . of the 13 th foot , who was killed at Jtll&labad , where he oommanded the sortie . _ There dcf , d lately , says a German paper , m the village of Felsoe Frederick , in Transylvania , a farmer named Terebesi , in the 135 th year of his ajje . He always enjoyed good health , and worked in the field until just before his death . A Good Joke . —The Millerites are prophecying that the end of tho world is to be in April , 1848 ; I and yet , at the same time , in this month of August , 1842 , they are taking subscriptions for a newspaper for one year in advauce . Not bad that . —New Fork \ Herald . :
PaupersV LuxuniES . —A gardener , who supplies a union workhouse ia Sussex with vegetables , sends in maggotty turnip ? , and cabbages abounding in caterpillars , sagely observing that the poor devils of paupers have no other means of obtaining grub . It is calculated tha' the available coal-beds in Lancashire amount in weight to the enormous sum of 84 , 000 , 000 tons : the total amount of consumption per annum is eupposod to be 3 , 400 , 120 tons : hence it is inferred that the coal-field of Lancashire , at the present rate of consumption , willlast 2 , 470 .. years . Pleasam State of things in New York . — There is not the least thing doing in any branch of business whatever , except lying and cheating in Wall-street , picking pockets promiscuously , and killing dogs all over the city .
Extraordinary R \ dish . —A radish was gathered the other day out of a garden belonging to Mr . P . Dawson , maltster , Ashborne , of the unusual length of twenty inches , nine in circumference , and weighing two pounds and three quarters . —Derby Reporter . A Modest Dun . —A tailor presented his account to a gentleman for settlement . " I'll look over your bill , " said the gentleman . " Very good , " said the tailor , " piay don't over-look it . " On opening a vase lately discovered in the ruins of Herculaneuin , the learned Abbe Facciolati found an orange preserved in vinegar . It appears the Romans pickled oranges as we do gherkins .
Arab Retort . — " Why do you not thank God , ' said Mau 3 er to an Arab , "that since I have been your ruler , you have never been afflicted with the plague V " God is too just to send two sor-urgea upon us at once , " was tho reply ; but it cost tho speaker his life . A Romantic Young Lady fell into a river , and was likely to be drownod , but a presorvar accidentally appeared , and she was conveyed to her home . When she came to herself , she declared that she would marry the person who bad saved her life . " Impossible , " said her father . "Is he already married then ? " she inquired . " No . " " Is ho the young man who lives in our neighbourhood ? " " No , it is a Newfoundland dog . "
Brick versus Skull . —An athletic black man , while carrying a hod in a building down town , was struck on his head by a brick , which fell from the Bcaffold nearly two stories high . "Look out up dare , how you frow your bricks 1 " vociferated the hod carrier : " guess you want to kill dis nigger . " What is most strange is , that the man was not even stunned , and the brick was broken in two by coming in contact with his head . —Philadelphia Gazette . Chinese Barbarity . —An unfortunate seaman of
the Cornwallis recently wandered into the hands of a party of Chinese villagers , whn immediately cut off his knee-pans , mado an incision round each wrist , and stripped the skin off the muscles , up to the elbows , and down each hand to the fi :: ger end . ? , leaviug it dangling . In this condition the poor fellow was abandoned . On his being found , the village waa destroyed by the boats of the ship . The man is alive , and slowly recovering . —Hampshire paper .
Of all the instances we have heard of persons attaining wealth by lucky accidents , none equal the following : — "A poor aged woman , who had long earned her livelihood by knitting , one day coming to theend of her worsted ball or clue , found it to be wound on a piece of an old newspaper , which she had tho curiosity to read : when , to her astonishment and delight , she discovered it to contain an advertisement respecting herself as the heiress of a large property . "
Scmb Boys , while bathing on Saturday week , neaT Findhorn , discovered a dead body on the beach , that had been washed i » by the tide . Tho face was much disfigured , and the inspection and inquiries s » t a-foot have not elicitsd anything to prove the identity of the unfortunate man . From his dress , which wa ? that of a sailor of the better class , it was conjectured that he had been master or mate of some vessel . Nothing was found in the pockets but a snuff-horn , havingthe initials "S . M'K . " cnt on the top , ihe one end shaped so as to resemble a dog ' s head , tho mouth curiously cut out , bo as to show teeth , tongue , &o . It ia hoped this may lead to a discovery of tho relations of the unfortunate deceased The body , after inspection , was decently interred by the authorities in the churchyard of Dyke . —Rosshire Adveriizer . ¦
A Widow . —A fisherman named Grizzle was drowned , aud all search for the body unavailing . At length , after the lapse of a month or bo , the dear deceased was found , floating on his " watery bier , " whea the following dialogue ensued between the disconsolate widow and the narrator of the discovery : —Mr . Smith—Well , Mrs . Grizzle , we have found Mr . Grizzle ' s body . Mrs . Grizzle—You don't say so ! Mr . S . —Yes , we have—the jury has sat on it , aud found it full of eels . Mrs . G . — You don ' t say Mr . Grizzle ' s body ia full of eels 1 Mr . S . —Yes it is , and we wish to know what you mean to have done with it . Mrs . G . —Why how many eels Bbould you think there is in him ? Mr . S . —Why , about a bushel . Mrs . G . —Why then I think you had better send the eels up to the house , and set him again .
Another Determined Suicide at Waterloobridge . —At an early hour on Thursday morning , a femaic about twenty-fire years of age , dressed in fashionable style , committed a most determined act of suicide by throwing herself into the river from the first arch on the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge . She had a few words with a gentleman immediately previous to her committing the rash act ; she had a valuable silver watch attached to her side , from a silver guard-chain , aud five gold rings on her fing » rs . A reward has been offered fot the recovery of the body .
A servant girl at the house of a gentleman at the Spa , Gloucester , who was in the habit of bestowing a profusion of oil upon her luxuriant locks' was awoke a few nights ago by a strange sensation on the top of her head ; and on putting up her hand , something whose coat was as soft as velvet , and whose step was light as that of a fairy , slipped through her fingers , and made a hasty retreat . A mouse , roaming iu search ot" his supper , had made au attack on the fair maid ' s well oiled hair , and had nibbled away with such industrious appetite that the next morning the poor wench was horror struck at beholding a bald place in the very centre of her head , as large as the palm of a man ' s hand , the hair being cropped off close to the roots . —Gloucester Journal .
Suicide at the Saracen ' s Head , Snow Hill . — On Thursday evening week Mr . Payne held an inquest at the White Hart , Giltspur-atreet , on view of the body of George Morley , aged forty-one . Andrew Satchell , landlord of the Saracen ' s Head Tap , stated that deceased had been lodging there for some time past . For many years he had been driver of the Leeds and other coaches , but had latterly been out of employment . About ten o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) deceased was found in his bedroom , suspended by a rope tied round his neck , from the head of the bedstead . lie was imtaedately cnt down , and a surgeon was sent for , when it appeared that life had been extinct at least several hours . The witness further stated that deceased was one of those unfortunate'persons who had been thrown out
of employment in consequence of steam carriages having taken the place of stago coaches . For a long time deceased had been in a Btate of destitution , aud had latterly been suffering under great depression of spirits . Deceased wanted to go down into Lincolnshire to see his relations , and endeavour to get some employment . Mr . Mountain had given tho poor fellow leave to go by one of his coaches , free of expense ; but the driver , a « ian named Gamble , refused to take deceased , telling him he did not want his company . Deceased appeared extremely hurt at this , and cried bitterly while telling ' -several persons of Gamble ' s behaviour to him . His-mind seemed to have been most dreadfully weakened by his recent misfortunes and disappointments . Tha jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Teasing an Elephant , —On Saturday evening last several gentlemen went into a wild beast show at Sheerness , some of whom begaa to tease the elephant , whioh forms part of the exhibition , and which is not confined otherwise than by a short chain round one of its legs ; the said gentlemen amused themselves for awhile by offoring the huge but docile animal apples and other things , and when he extended his probocis to receive them , putting them into their pockets again ; but not muoh relishing su « h sort of . sport , the sagacious animal , taking an opportunity when several of his tormentors were in a cluster near ' him , extended hia trunk , and with one swoop laid seven of them
sprawling o » the ftoox , who , not knowing what the next evolution of the performing elephant" might be , began to call out lustily for the keepere , but their presence was not needed , as Leviathan seemed quite satisfied watb having laid his tormentors prostrate at his feet , kicking about to get out of his reach , whilst the wives and daughters of some of the party were going into fits , and the company generally rushing towards the place of egress . All the gentlemen who were knocked down by the elephant escaped free from harm , except a good fright , which they will no doubt remember should they ever eater another wild beast show . —Kent Herald .
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Dusseldorp , Sept . 6 , 1842 . —A report having been generally spread that his Majesty the King of Hanover died here last night , I hasten to inform you that this is ' nos the fact ; but that his Majestyis lying seriously indisposed at Prince Solon ' s Palace in this town . The symptoms , I hear , ara dangerous . A Resolute Fair one !—( From La Vigie de I'Ouesl ) A yoang and fair Florentine la < iy , bearing the celebrated name of Amsrica Vespnccio , arrived at Hi . Malo , on Sunday , ia the Southampton packet . The noble Signcra having declared to the Customhouse officer that she would not submit to the ignoble search to which he wished to subject her , ho replied that he had a right to require that a female
should , by visiting her person , ascertain whether she was the bearer of contraband goods or no , asd that force should be res « rted to if ehe resisted . The Signora drew cut a pair of pistols , and repeated her declaration , adcing that she would return to England sooner than undergo such a degradation . Sho then ealleii for pen . and ink , and , in the absence of the Director of Customs , wrote to the Sub-prefet , reminding him of her historical name and of the regards which were duo to a woman . Tho magistrate consented to s > o on board , but having no power to interfere with the regulatioas of tho Customs , and
thefair Florentine persisting in her refusal , she returned to England withou' . bavins ; once quitted tha steamer . — " VVe have received ( adds La Vigxe ) frequent complaints of the indecent manner iu which females are searched iu our harbours , and have seem several , ladies quito indignant at the treatment they had experienced . ' The fiscal passions , ' says one of them , * are carried to such an extreme in France , that the revenue agents behaved towards us like real savages . ' We demand a reform , for the interest of our harbour , for that of Frauce abroad , and in the name of the respect paid to remains in all civilised countries . "
Elopement and Robbery . —During the last two > days much conversation has been occasioned about Kensington Gravel-pits in consequeace of the following occurrence : —It appears ihat on the morning of Wednesday last a person named G ? rrem , a j ; rceagrocer , rcsidiLg at No . 1 , Uxbridge-street , Kensington Gravel-pits , left his home about four o ' clock ia attend Covent Garden market , leaving Ills wife ( who , although forty-two years oF age , is still rather afifae looking woman ) asleep in bed . On hii return he was surprised to learn that Mrs . Gerrem wa 3 out . As the day advanced and she did not return , lie began to be alarmed , and from the inquiries ha made he soon ascertained that she had left tho house at five o'clock in the morning . On examining tha
house , he found that sbo had taken with her evciy article of value he possessed , as well as all his readymoney , amounting to about £ 00 . Mr . Gerrem immediately communicated his loss to tha police , and also his suspicion that sho had eloped with a journeyman carpenter , named Fruin , twenty years of age who was also missing from the neighba'Ji'hood . It has since been ascertained tha- Mrs . Genvm was on the same « iorning seen on board the British Queen steamer , which on Wednesday left Blackwall for America , and Mr . Gerrem started tha same night for Portsmouth , where the vessel will put in for coals , in the hope of recovering bis property , should h \ a wife persist ia going to the new world . —Evening paper .
Serious Accident to Mr . Carter , the Liow Tamer . —Another accident occurred-to Mr . Carter , the performer , and rival to Van Arnburg , on Tuesday evening , whioh has incapacitated him from appearing on the succeeding nights at the English Opera House , at wbbh theatre he was performing the principal character in a piece called the Lion King . In the course of the piece , Mr . Cr . rter had to encounter a lion and oth ^ r animals , n la Van Ambur&b , Confined in a . cage . The performance went off well on Tuesday night , and Mr . Carter , on entering the cage , was received . with the greatest eclat . No sooner had he set foot inside than the '' noble lord of the forest" made a sudden spring , and , before Mr . Carter had time to prevent him , seized him by tho hand with his teeth . Mr . Carter , although his hand
was being severely lacerated by the animal , commenced striking him wi ' . h all his might , with the butt end of a whip , which he held in tho oth-ir hand , between the ears . The audience applauded mosG vociferously , little dreaming th :-. t it was a combat ia reality . Mr . Carter continued to deal heavy blows on the infuriated animal , who at the end took shelter in one corner of tho catjO . Tho sceno was dropped , and Mr . Carter , having bound a handkerchief round his hand , which wa 3 much lacerated , left the cage , the animal growling at him as ha loft . He was attended to by Mr . Braino , a surgeon , and has sinca been incapacitated from appearing . This is tha second time Mr . Carter has bem bitten by the same animal within the last week . The lion has only been in Mr . Cattet ' 3 possession about three months , and is between three and four years of age .
Howden Great Horse F . \ ir . —Great preparations are making by tha innkeepers and others for the approaching fair , it being confidently anticipated that tho attendance of foreigners , . dealers , &c . will be very numerous , in consequence of the great demand for horses for the Continent . The early hou ing of the harvest will also cause agreat influx of farmers , graz'erH , &c . from all parts of the country . In the year l , 200 . King John granted to Bi 3 hop Philip a license to huld au annual horse fair at Howden , which is held on the 25 ; h of September and six-foilowing days , and is accounted one of the most celebrated hor ^ e fairs ia the kingdom , especially for first-rate colts , for which it stands unrivalled . A London dealer recently remarked tha ; th-. rc were more bores exhibited for sale at Howden fan * than at any other fair in the world .
A Cargo op Philosophers . —A capital story has just reached us from Dudiey , touching the recent aquatic excursion of certain distinguished savans , from Birmingham ' to Dudley . Having to pass through one of the canal locks , where boat 9 ar © required to register certain particulars of tho freight , &c . ( to facilitate the collection of the proper dues ) , the following entry was mace re . ' ativo to one of the learning laden barks : — " Draught , 13 inches ; weight , 3 i tons ; cargo , philosophers . " Making the Dumb Speak . —A fellow of the name of Welsh , who for two or three years has maintained himself by hawking round the country with pamphlets , and by occasional pilfering from the houses at whioh he made his calls , was brought up at tha Gorbals Police-offico on Thursday morning charged
with being drunk and disorderly . When brought to the ' ofHce , even while affected by " potations deep , ' * Welsh did not forget his assumed character , but remained stupidly dumb to all signs and interrogations . Brown , the offioer , who knew tha fellow to be an impostor , who had in a similar way excited the sympathy of the authorities in other towns and got off from tho punishment due to h ' m peccadiJlce ? , did not forget to inform the bench of Welch's capabilities ia the matter of speech , aud the Court sentenced the prisoner to thirty days in Bridewell . The effect off the announcement of his sentence was miraculous— - Welsh , to the no small surprise of the Court , lifted up his voice and spoke wonderfully well considering his infirmity , protesting in no measured terms against the severity of his sentence— Glasgow Chronicle .
Burglary and Attempted Murder . —Heroic Capture of the Burglaes . —Another most atrocious burglary was committed on the ni ght of Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morning , in the house of Mr . Thomas Lund , at Pretty-foot bridge , about fifty yards on the branch road leading from Whalley-road , just beyond the Bull ' s Head Inn , ia Ribchester , near Blackburn . Mr . Lund was awoke about one o ' clock by a loud crash of breaking glass , and immediately got out of bed and struck a light-He then unlocked his bed-room door and passed through a Iarg 3 room adjoining into a i-maller one , where he found two men—one of them wearing & black mask , and the other a light one . Ths moment they saw him they ordered him to be silent , and
successively presented each a pistol at him , and did their best to shoot him , but fortunately the pistolsmissed fire . Mr . Lund then rushed upon the villains , anu-boing , although considerably advanced in life , a most powerful man , overpowered them both , and held them for some time , until getting a little exhausted , tWy succeeded in pulling him in the strugs : le towards the window , through which they managed to makoa temporary escape . One of them , while they wero struggling , put a fresh cap to his pistol , and snapped it twice , but it missed fire each time Meanwhile Mrs . Lund alarmed the neighbours , and one of them , named Whalley , observed the robbers leap into the little strip of plantation on the right side of the road leading from
the Bull ' s Head towards Pretty-foot bridge , jaafc beajio a large culvert which passes under the Whalley * oad . Whalley , instead of attempting to molest his prey by himself , having outstripped his friend Lund in the race , went ob past the plantation to the house of a person named ' John Shorrock who lives a little beyond the Bull ' s Head . Whalley told Shorrock that there wore two men in the plantation who had broken into Thomas Lund ' s house , and bade him rouse np a yonng man who lives in the house with him , named ; Thomas Bannister , and come down to the plantation . Several other neighbours wexe got together , and the-plantation was completely surrounded . The prisoners being secured , they were conveyed' to the Bull ' s Head , and thence to the polico'Station at Blackburn . There was & not to have entered
third person , but he does appear the house , and he made off the moment he saw hia friends defeated . The burglars were Blackburn men , named Thompson and Ainsworth . One of them had been frequently obliged to the man whose house he entered at the dead of . night , jand whoso life he threatened to take without a moment ' s warning . Both were making by their respective callings an amount of wages whioh was perfectly competent to keep them in comfortable circumstances , —Thomason having been , we understand , employed in the mills of Messrs . William Eccles and Co ., as » spinner , and therefore in a position to make : on an average 253 . a week ; and Ainsworth being a journeyman tailor , who was able to make on an average £ 1 a week , —Liverpool Mail *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct905/page/3/
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