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life ; for a friend of his had called on Mrs . Begg lateiy , and she had said that she had often seen her brother sit at the table in a morning , after a night ' s debauch , shading his face with his hand , while the bi" tears of remorse were dropping on the board before him . Mrs . Begg seemed moved painfully . << Nothing is more false , " she replied ; " I never had such a conversation ; and never could say so , for I never saw my brother either drunk , or showing any such feeling ; nor did I ever know him to be drunk . It is true , I saw but little of him in the latter part of his life ; but his son , who was with him almost constantly , told me that he never saw his father the sickbut
worse for liquor but once ; and then he was , yet perfectly conscious . His son also said , that though his father would come home late during the latter part of his life , when they lived in Dumfries ; yet he was always able to examine bolts and bars , went to observe that the children were right in bed , and always acted like a sober man . Besides , " added the intelligent old lady , " how was it possible that my brother could be a drunkard , when he had so small an income , and yet , a few weeks before his death , owed nobody a shilling ? That speaks for itself . Mrs . Begg furthermore confirmed what I also learned in Glasgo ' w from persons conversant with those who had known every circumstance of the close of Burns ' s
life , that Allan Cunningham has sorely mis-stated many matters . Burns did not die in the dramatic style which Allan tells of . Allan was never in Ayrshire in his life ; but had his materials from some old fellow who went about poking into every corner and raking out every false story about Burns . A writer in Glasgow , in whose company I sat for a short time in the evening after I had delivered my oration there on Burns , contradicted Allan Cunningham ' s account of Burns ' s death , from personal knowledge—justatthe time when Allan ' s Life of Burns appeared ; but Allan never took any notice of the pamphlet , and never corrected the mis-statement . Mrs . Begg said that she had seen the two volumes of the new life of her
brother , by Robert Chambers , and the account was fairer than any she had seen before . Thomas Cooper .
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A POLISH HERO . The Paris correspondent of the Times has sent the following account of one of the old soldiers of Kosciusko and Napoleon to that journal : — " Joseph Ilusiecki , one of the oldest and the most distinguished of the Polish emigrants in Prance , died a few days since in the hospital at Vierzon . He was born in 1770 , and commenced his military career in 1787 . He fought against the Russians in 1791 , under the command of the immortal Kosciusko . After the partition of Poland he entered the service of the French Republic , fondly hoping , like many others who were equally deceived , that his country ' s independence would be restored through French influence . lie made the campaigns of Italy with the first consul , and formed part of the expedition to St . Domingo
under Rochambeau . He served subsequently in the Cuirassiers , commanded by General Ilautpoul , who died in his arms on the sanguinary field of liylau . On the Cuirassiers , who were cut to pieces in that battle , being reorganized , it was observed to Napoleon that Lieutenant Rusiecki was not the height for a Cuirassier . The Emperor commanded him to alight ; and placing himself back to back with him , he remarked to his aide-de-camp— ' You are mistaken , Sir ; lie is not a dwarf , he is my size , ' and at the same time he promoted him to the rank of captain in that corps . He was named major in the year 1812 , during the campaign of Russia . lie commanded the Twenty-second Regiment of the line during the war of Independence , in the year 18151 . His remains were accompanied to tin ; grave by the principal inhabitants of Vierzon , and by the National Guard . "
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HALIFAX AND QUICKC RAILWAY . Lord Grey ' s offer is in a fair way of being accepted . Mr . Joseph Howe has transmitted a report of his negotiation !* to the Canadian Land and Railway Association ; and from that wo learn , not only that ; public opinion in tin ; three provinces is highly favourable to the construction of the great trunk line , but that a preliminary arrangement has been agreed to by Canada and New ISruuswiek , and by Mr . Howe on the part of Nova Scotia . That the Assembly of Nova Scotia will assent , to the propositions there is little doubt . That body has just , been dissolved and will reassemble in September ; at which time the basin for a definite arrangement , with the Impciial Government will at once be submitted ; no that , there in every prospect , of the railway bein ) . j shortly commenced . The preliminary agreement between the provinces in , according to Mr . Howe , as follows :--" That the line from Halifax to Quebec ; should be made on the joint , account , mid at the mutual ruk of the three provinceH , ton miles of ( , ' rown land along the line being vested in ' a joint committee , and the proceeds appropriated towards the payment of tho principal and interest of tho Hum required . That New Brunswick should conHtruct the Portland line , with the funds advanced by the Uritish Government , at her own risk . That Canada nh . ou . ld , » t her own risk , complete , the line from Quebec to Montreal , it being understood that uny Having which
could be effected within the limits of the sum which the British Government are prepared to advance , should be appropriated to an extension of the line above Montreal . That , on the debt contracted on the joint account of the three provinces being repaid , each should own the line within its own territory . It was also understood that Canada would withdraw the general guarantee ottered for the construction of railways in any direction , and that her resources should be concentrated upon the main trunk line , with a view to an early completion of a great intercolonial highway , or British territory from Halifax to Hamilton ; from whence to Windsor , opposite to Detroit , the Great Western Company of Canada have a line already in course of construction . " Mr . Howe already contemplates the reaching of the Pacific " in our time" !
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PMKSOINAL NEWS AND GOSSIP . Tho Chineni ! party visited tin ; Queeu at Osbome , on Monday . Mih . ( nic ) Chung Atui , tho younger
sang before her Majesty ; Mrs . Chung Atai , senior , gave her Majesty a daguerrotype likeness of the party . Prince Albert escorted them into the garden , to see the Chinese plants and flowers , and it is said the Queen was amused at the helpless and i nelegant mode of walking of the women ! The Queen and her family go to Scotland this year , and on their return home call at Liverpool by the way ' visiting the Earl of Sefton , and the Earl of EUesmefe , ' and looking in for a few hours upon Manchester . The Queen has presented a silver teapot to Superintendent Pearce , and gold watches to Inspectors Beckersoa and Lester , as marks of appreciation , on her part , of their intelligent attendance upon her Majesty at the Crystal Palace . The Prince of Wales has also presented a gold watch to Inspector Smith O'Brien .
The Earl of Clare , who has been in declining health for some time past , expired on Monday evening last at Brighton , whither he had retired for the benefit of his health . The Right Honourable Colonel Fitzgibbon , brother of the earl , succeeds to the title and estates . Mrs . Chisholm continues her earnest and enli ghtened efforts on behalf of the welfare and comforts of emi grants . She is engaged in obtaining separate berths for young people of both sexes in emigrant ships . Albert Smith and three English students went up Mont Blanc on the 13 th . Sir Robert Peel arrived in the afternoon , and having assembled the villagers of Chamouni , treated them royally to potables ; and while the adventurers slept at the Grands Mulets , Sir Robert Peel and the good folks of Chamouni drank "to the health of the Englishmen who are sleeping on Mont Blanc . "
Mr . Sidney Herbert has given £ 500 towards building anew church at Fisherton , in the diocese of Salisbury . The Earl of Chichester has given an acre of land on the north-west part of Lindfield-common , as the site for a school and school-house in connection , with the Established Church . The Earl of Derby resigns the patronage of the new church of St . James's , at Latham , to the vicar of Ormskirk . On the 7 th instant , the foundation stone of a new church , built at the sole expense of John Naylor , Esq ., of this town ( Liverpool ) , and Leighton Hall , Montgomeryshire , was laid at Leighton .
Mr . Minter Morgan , whose graceful writings , prompted by such noble motives , and instinct with the finest charity , are not unknown to our readers , is about to add another volume to the number already published . As some may be gratified to see the title , we append it : — " The Triumph ; or , the Coming Age of Christianity . " ¦ Selections from Authors , Chiefly Religious and Philosophical , on the Necessity of Early and Consistent Training , No less than Teaching , and on The advantages of maintaining the Principle of undivided
Interests among all the Members of Society , as essential to its Continual Progress in Knowledge , Virtue , and Happiness ; and to The Permanent Ascendancy and Universal Prevalence of Christian Love . We have a few items of personal interest by the Indian mail with news up to the 9 th of July . Sir L . Peel has no intention at all of giving up his appointment for the present . Major Herbert Edwardes , the hero of Mooltan , has by this time entered on his duties as commissioner in the Jullundhur Doab . . „ .
The friends and admirers of the gallant General Sir W . R . Gilbert , at Calcutta , have resolved to present him with a magnificent sword , in testimony of their admiration of his conduct during the last Seikh campaign . Ine subscription is open to all , the sum of £ 1 being all that any individual will be allowed to contribute . The friends of the late Colonel Ogilvie have resolved to erect amonument over liis remains at Poonah . Mr . Fenner , in command of the steamer Falkland when she went down at sea , has been tried at Bombay , uiiu not only honourably acquitted of all blame , but he , » 13 officers and crew , have received the highest praise tor their coolness and intrepidity on the occasion . ll 10 vessel was too long by a third : in the troug h ol the hch she " broke her back , " the Buppssed fate of the 1 resi dent . .,.. ) The Rajah of Joonaghir , in Goozerat , died on the iouj of June . ' IIin riches are said to bo iniiiiciiHC He wi be succeeded by his brother , unless the story ol two ^ his queens being pregnant prove true : at present i
believed to be untrue . It is reported that llaynau has become a U »» g nr 11 oppositionist ; and that the licking be received in hoi "' wark did him a deal of good . Thin is very likely . ^ The celebrated Neapolitan astronomer , Sign "* ' !'; " ^ paris , ban discovered another planet . This is the hitn owe to bin successful exertions . ¦ „ Prince de Joinville and the J ) uc do Nemours , » ' ^ J ] visited the far-famed Nosh and Cradle , und aim ) '"!' , ' town of Sealloway , in Shetland , arrived at Aberu * » from Wick , on Wednesday evening , and left by tl >< " '" ^ train on Thursday morning , for Glasgow , en
rouu-Oban . . M . d < - Kalloux pasKrd through Lyons three ; "" . V ""^' on his way to Nice . During bin "short . nt . uy at l <} ^ says the ( Jourrie . r ( It-, Lyon , lie exhorted his ln < . '" ' ,, „ , conciliation , a . s the ineist . certain means ol saving ¦ country . M . de FuIIoux ' h n : » t act of J'luropean ciliation " watt the expedition to Rome . \ a \ M A museum of a novel kind haw been added to I . IK ms ^ of Versailles . A largo building has been crcc" <) f Trianon , for the ; purpose of exhibiting » <' . " ! . ;„»•« , French saddlery and harness from the » -iirlicni ^ together with many specimens from Africa a . Levant . In tliia building urc also to bo p laced uw
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THE CLIPPER YACHT "AMERICA . " Fennimore Cooper ' s description of the ship of the Red Rover seems to have been realized in the New York yacht " America . " This pretty and astonishing vessel has excited the greatest amazement and curiosity at Ryde . We find a description of herself and one of her performances , the former in the Chronicle , the latter in the Times : — " The owner is most courteous to all visitors , and conducts them over his yacht , which , whatever may be her sailing powers , must be regarded as a model of elegant comfort inside . Her cabins , berths , &c , are fitted up in the best taste , with every attention to economy of space , and in a style of luxurious simplicity . It would be difficult to describe her appearance without
the aid of the pencil . She has a low black hull , two noble ' sticks of extreme rake , ' without an extra rope , and is altogether the beau ide " al of what one is accustomed to read about in Cooper ' s novels . When close to her you see that her bow is as sharp as a knife blade , and is ' scooped away , ' as it were , outwards , till it swells towards the stern , the sides gradually springing outwards , as round as an apple , till a little forward of the mainmast , -where she has her greatest beam , being there twenty-two feet and some inches across . Her stern is remarkably broad and wide and full , affording great accommodation on
deck as well as below . She has no bulwarks , at least , they are not above nine or ten inches high . Thus she differs most materially from our vessels , and ' if she be right ( as the Marquess of Anglesey said ) , why we must all be wrong . ' Stan ding at the stern and looking forward , the deck is nearly of a wedge-shape , the extreme beam being , as I have stated it , the bow as sharp as the apex of a triangle , and the stern not very much less than the extreme breadth of beam . Her crew are very fine activelooking seamen , and altogether , sail when she will , she is not to be despised by the best boat we have seen , if appearances go for anything . "
There were many yachts at Ryde on Friday week but little racing : — " And the event of the day was the appearance of the Yankee . I suppose she was tempted out by the breeze of wind , which was not , however , quite good for six knots , by the sailing of several crack schooners from Cowes , and by the desire to run past Osbome decorated for the fete , and with the lloyal yachts lying dressed in the roads , close under the house , so that the Queen might see what a craft brother Jonathan could turn out . Whatever the reason , out she came , with the wind on her quarter ( after some three or more schooners had got well ahead of her ) , under mainsail , foresail , and the new jib . She went along very steadily and well up to Ryde , but
did not show any great superiority till she was oft the pier about 3 . 20 , when she seemed as if she had put a screw into her stern , hoisted her fore and aft foresail , und began ' to fly through the water . ' She passed schooners and cutters one after the other just as a Derby winner passes the ' ruck , ' and as the breeze freshened slid with the speed of an arrow out towards the Nab , standing upright as a ramrod under her canvas , while the schooners were staggering under every stitch they could set , and the cutters were heeling over under gall ' topsails and blilloon jibs . It was remarked by the crowd on the pier head that there was scarcely any foam at her bows , nor any broken water rained in a ' mass before them ; but that the waves appeared to fall away under her keel and sides , offering the minimum of resistance to her course , owing
to the peculiar form of her ' entry . ' Still , the nauticals looked knowing , and mud , ' Oh ay , thin is all very well for a schooner on this wind , let us see how she'll come back , when the wind will be a point , or so worse for her !' The America noon gave them an opportunity of judging on this point too . She went about , in splendid style , a little . short , of the Nat ) , spinning round like a top , and came bowling away towards (' owes as fast , if not faster than ever . Ah if to let . our best craft nee ; she . did not caret about them , the America went tip to each in succession , ran to leeward of every one of them as close as she could , and shot before , them in succession , coming to anchor oil Ryde , at leant , two miles as it , seemed to me , ahead of any of the craft , she had been running against . "
Commodore Stevens , commander of the yacht , issued a challenge Home time ago , to race any cutter or . schooner ; nn « l \ i , wan thought no one would accept it . There was a good deal of excitement on the subject . However , the challenge of the Americans has been accepted at , the last , hour . Mr . Ntephenson , M . I' ., has taken up their ga ^ e , and all that remains i . s to sail the ; match as noon as the regatta to-morrow is over . The conditions of the ; race ; arc ; not known , but the sum staked on the event , by Mr . KtcphciiHon is £ 100 . Tin ; vchhoI which is opposed to the America is an iron schooner of 100 toiiH , called the Titaniii
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1851, page 796, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1897/page/8/
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