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      THE QUEEN DOWAGER AT LEEDS . At tkfi Great Reform Masting held in tie Cloth Hall Yard , Leeds , on the Uth of May , 1832 , small effigies were exhibited of the Xing in Pettiooata , and the Queen in breeches . " It is true th * t in the year 1832 , Mr . Ed-ward Baines yu foolish enough to groan publicly at the name of the Queen . Mr . Edward Baines proposed three groans for the Queen . "—Leeds Mercury , 27 th May , 1837 . " The Mayor and authorities of this town are , -we tinderstand , making arrangements to receive her Majesty in a manner due to her exalted station . "—Leeds lleratry , 18 th July , 1840 .

      In eighteen thirty-two , ray Neddy , Thou groanedfit thrice . In eighteen forty , oh ! already , Thou art so precise . But "why this straufe , this ¦ wondrous ch&nge , Coma , Neddy , tell ns plain ; Or groan again , my bonny Neddy , Groan , groan again . Queen Adelaide no longer weareth Breeches , as of yore ; The Dowager no longer beareth Patronage in store . Bnt -what of that ? come tell us flat , My Nedfly , dont disdain ; Or groan again , my bonny Neddy , Groan , groan anin .

      Thy father ntsin Parliament ,. Thy brother on the Bench ; Could Tory power , on mischief bent , Their glory from them wrench ? Is this thy fear ? oh , Neddy dear , Come ease us of our pain -, Or groan again , my bonny Neddy , Groan , groan again . Thyself , oh , Neddy ! what can harm thee ? Art not Bung and ¦ warm ? " Ya ! Ta ! " then , Neddy , what cm charm thee Or fill thee with alarm ? Cheer up , my boy , thy throat employ , Henceforward ne ' er jefr iin ; But groan again , myb < imj Neddy , Groan , groan again .

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      The above simple rhymes were already in type , when the following dose and clever Parody , upon the original popular song , " Smile again , my Bonnie Lassie , " was publiied : —

      " GROAN AGAIN , MY BONNY NEDDY , " A PARODY BT THE QUEEN DOWAGER . To be svvg by the intiy loyal on her visit to Leeds Gmas again , my bourne Jfeddy , T ^ etld y , groan again ; Prithee do not smile , meek Ntddy , For it gives me pain . If to hate thee most sincerely Be a fault in me , To groan , meek Neddy , so severely , Was not kind in tbee ! Then , groan again , my bonnie Neddy , Neddy , groan again ; Oh , groan again , my bonnie Neddy , Prithie groan again .

      "Tis true , thy cautious father , Neddy , Never groan'd at me ; No , no , he was not snch a Neddy , Such an ass as thee , To invofce a nation ' s hate , To ask for three times three . To urge a mob to groan their Queen , Was base , indeed , from thee . Then , groan again , ic To own thy baseness does not make Thy fault to me the less , Twas because it did not take , Thou didst that fault confess . Thee a judge ef what is due To icy exalted state ! "Us sheer hypocrisy—nntrne ; I leave thee to thy fate .

      Then , gre&n again , &c Pare thee well , meek , groaning "Neddy Neddy , fare thee well ; Time will show thee , groaning Neddy , More than I can tell . Why we're doom'd by fate to sever , ' . And j » pain to part . ) Why thy groaning shall not ever Grieve thy Queen ' s firm heart . Then , eroan vain . &c

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      THE LAMENT OF OTJR BELOVED CAPTIVE , JOHN FROST , ESQ . Green Tiflln of my childhood , and land of my birth , Long months have roll'd by since I bade ye farewell , Tet loveliest spot on this beautiful earth ! How deep in my breast doth yonr memory dwelL I hare wandered is dimes where the heart is a stranger , And liiten'd to vftees tbot woke not its glee ; I have mingled in turmoil , and conflict , and danger , But ne ' er in affection have wandered from thee ! And oft , in the solitude tyrants have doonVd me , My sorrowing spirit to calmness is hush'd , When I think of the prayers my friends will breathe for me , To Him who is merciful , gracious , and just !

      Oh ! lands of my fathers , your name and your st-oiy , Havereach'd thaw lone isles without liberty ' s aid , And dear U > my sonl are yonr fame and your glory , Though the anguish I bear you be all unrepaid . O ! how have I long"d for the wings of a dove , To bear me in gladness o ' er ocean ' s broad breast ; To the home of my kindred , the land that I love 1 The land of the brave ! which was o > "ce free and blest ! But vein is my longing , and hopeless my prayer ; The hand of oppression is bowing my frame ; And the darkness of death will soon hide my despair , And blot cut the halo that circled my name . But , no : the fond record the people nave borne me

      Shall survive the frail form that must moulder in dust , And a thousand brave spirits shall live but to mourn me , When the voice that hsth cheer"d them for ever is hush'd . Farewell ! then my country!—my beautiful home r Beep , deep in this breast doth your memory dwell ; Though ne ' er o ' er its green hills my footsteps may roam , My heart is my country ' s—Farewell > oh , farewell !!

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      THE CAPTIVE'S DREAM . The captive is gone to his lonely rest , With folded aims o ' er his aching breast ; And his spirit is bound in a transient spell ; A dream of the land that he lovtd so welL Bright was the vision that past time by ; "Twa « the home of his father ' s that hover'd nigh . He dream'd that his footsteps were found , once more , On the distant hills of his native shore . And he dream'd that he saw , from their sunny height , The smiling scenes of his youth ' s delight And his ht-art was glad , as he bounded o ' er , The land he daem ' d he should tread no more , One moment the captive pansert to gaae

      O'e ? the hillow'd spot of his brightest days ; And a gush of remembrance thrill'd him through As he dt « m'dthe fleeting vision true ; Then hasted he on in his freedom ' s pride To dwell in peace by his own fire side ; And he thought that there came from a noble hall The sounds of mirth and of festival ; And the echo borne by the ¦ winds along Was the echo of laughter , the voice of song ; And he thought that he Boon might join the free In the giddy maze of their revelry . - Onwarus and onwards he glided past On tbe -wings at gbvdnpws far and fast ; And he rush'd to the spot in his spirit ' s glee , Whence came the tones of their revelry . " Give way , " he exclaimed , "to my heart ' s

      delight ; Tis swimming in rapture ' s fresh and bright . I am lighted np with iU burning sway ; Tis the heart ' s rapture , —Give way , give way . " Ah ! little he thought , in his joyous sleep , ' That wake he must soon—too soon ! to weep . Yes ! the slumbering spirit is waking now ; The frown of madness is on his brow ; And his eye is rolling in wildness there . " I but dream , " he critd , in his fierce despair , But the dream had fled and , and the charm was gone ; The spell was broken—the captive alone ; And there was the dungeon , and there was the chain , And there was the prisoner in bondage again , The wide world of gladness for ever clos'd oe >

      Friends ! make him to feel their power no more ; Rest not ! till his pardon you hand >* irn o'er ; Make him happy , as he in his fancy seem'd . Blest I as he in his slumbers fondly dream'd , Send Ml pardon ; oh , send him that cordial balm , Of our Queen , get his freedom , come ; bear off the palm ; Bring him back te your ranks , the Charter hell aid For your troubleand pains you will well be repaid ; Our captive will then raise his languid head ; Then will bondage , and pha . ™ . and despair be fled ; Thai hell haste to the clime he so long has loved

      Witli dearly lov"d friends of hi * childhood to dwell ; And then we can shout he ' s free ! Oh ! he ' s free ! And his name will be then a reality !!!

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      SUPPER IN COLLEGE .

      We were joined at length by the other officers of tne I 4 tn , and , to the number of twelve , sat down to supper . , f *? . ** ? I ** night in Old Trinity , and we raolved that the farewell should be a solemn one . Mansfield , one of the wildest young fellows in the regiment , had vowed that the leave-taking should be commemorated by some very decisive and open expression of our feelings , and had already made some progress in arrangements for blowing up the gre * t bell , which had more than once obtruded upon oar morning convivialities , but he was overruled by his more discreet associates , and we at length resumed our places at the table , in tho midst of whica stood a hecatomb of all my college equipments , cap , gown , bands , < fcc . A funeral pile of classics was arrayed upon the hearth , surmounted by my " Book on theCellar , " and a punishment roll waved its length , like a banner , over the doomed heroes of Greece and Rome . We were joined at lencth hvtho n ih * ftffi ««« i « f

      It is seldom that any very determined attempt to 08 g » y > par excellence , has a perfect success ; bnt , certainly , upon this evening ours had . Son ^ s , good stones , speeches , toasts , bright visions of the campaign before us , the wild excitement which such a meeting cannot be fr « e from , gradually , as the wine passed from hand to hand , seized upon all ; and about four in the morning , such was the uproar we caused , and bo terrific the noiEe of our proceedings , that the accumulated force of porters , sent one by one to demand admission , was now a formidable body at the door ; and Mike , at last , came in to assure us that the bursar , the most dread official of all collegians , was without , and insisted , with a threat of his heaviest displeasure in case of refusal , that the door should be opened .

      A committee of the whole house immediately sat upon the question , and it was at length resolved , memine contradecente , that the request should be complied with . A fresh bowl of punch , in honour of our expected guest , was immediately concocted , a new broil put on the gridiron , and , having seated ourselves with as great a semblance of decorum as four bottles a man admits of , Curtis , the junior captain , being most drunk , vras deputed to receive tne bursar a ; the door , and to introduce him to our august presence . Mike ' s instructions were , that immediately on Dr . btone , the bursar ' s entering the door was to be slammed to , and none of his followers admitted . This done , the doctor was to b # ushered in , and left to our own polite attentions . A fresh thundering from without scarcely left time for further deliberation , and at last Curtis moved towards the door , in execution of hia

      . " Is there any one there ! " said Mike , in a tone of most unsophisticated innocence , to a rapping that , having lasted three quarters of an hour , threatened to break in ihe panel . " Is there any one there ?" "Open the door this instant—the senior bursar desires you—this instant . " " Sure it ' s night , and we ' re all in bed" said Mike . "Mr . Webber—Mr . O'Malley , " said the bursar , now boiling with indignation , " I summon you , in the name of the board , to admit me . " u Let the gemmen in , " hiccuped Curtis , and , at the same instant , the heavy bars were withdrawn , and the door opened , but so sparingly as with difficulty to permit the passage of the burly figure of the bursar .

      Forcing his way through , and regardless of what became of the rest , he pushed on vigorously through the antechamber , and , before Curtis could perform his functions of usher , stood iu the midst of U 3 . "What were his feelings at the soene before him , heaven knows . The number of figures in uniform at once betrayed how little his jurisdiction extended to the great nlass of the company , and he immediately turned towardg me . " " Mr . Webber . " " O'Malley , if you please , Mr . Bursar , " said I , bowing with most ceremonious politeness . " No matter , sir ; arcades amlo , I believe . " " Both Archdeacons , " said Melville , translating , with a look of withering contempt upon the speaker . The doctor continued , addressing

      me—** May I ask , sir , if you believe yourself possessed of any privilege for converting Ihia university into a common tavern ! , ' " I wish to heaven he did , " said Curtis ; capital tap your old commons would make . " ' Really , Mr . Bursar , " replied I , modestly , " I had be < : im to flatter myself that our little innocent gaiety had inspired you with the idea of joining our party . " ' '' I humbly move that the old cove in the gown do take the chair , " sang out one . " All who are of this opinion say * Ay , ' "—a perfect yell of ayes followed \ h \ s . " All who are of the contrary say * No , '—the ayes have it . " Before the lnckless doctor had a moment for thought , his legs were lifted from under him , and he was jerked rather than placed upon a chair and put silting upon the table . " Mr . O'Malley , your expulsion within twentyfour honrs "

      " Hip , hip , hurra , hurra , hurra , " drowned the rest , while Power , taking off the doctor ' s cap , replaced it by a foraging cap , very much to the amusement of the pirty . *• There is no plenty the law permits of , that I shall not " " Help the doctor , " said Melville , placing a glass of punch in his unconscious hand . '' Now for a ' Vive la Compagnie , ' " said Telford , s « ating himself at the piano , and playing the first bars of that well known air , to which , in our meetings , we were accustomed to improvise a doggrel in turn : —

      I drink to the graces , law , physic , divinity , Viva la Compagnie . And here ' s to the worthy old bursar of Trinity , Viva la Compagnie . '' "Viva , viva , " & . c , were chomssed with a Bhout that shook the old walls , while Power took up the strain : — " Though with lace caps and gowns they look so like asses , Viva la Compagnie . They'd rather have punch than the springs of Parnassus , Viva la Compagnie . What a nose the old gentleman has , by the way , Viva la Compagnie . Since he smelt out the devil from Botany Bay , * Viva la Compagni « . "

      Words cannot even give the faintest idea of the poor bursar ' s feelings while these demoniacal orgies were enacting around him . Held fast in his chair by Lechemere and another , he glowered on the riotous mob like a maniac , and astonishment that such liberties could be taken with one in his situation seemed to have surpassed even his rage and resentment ; and every now and then a stray thought would fiash across bis mind that we were mad , a sentiment which , uniortunately , our conduct was but too well calculated to inspire . " So you ' re the morning lecturer , old gentleman , and have just dropped in here in the way of business ; pleasant life you must have of it , " said Casey , now by far the most tipsy man present . " If yon think , Mr . O ' Malley , that the events of thia evening are to ^ nd her e . "

      " Very far from it , Doctor , " said Power ; u 111 draw up a little account of the affair for " Saunders . " They shall hear of it in every corner and nook of the kingdom . " " The bursar of Trinity shall be a proverb for a « ood fellow that loveth hiB lush , " hiccuped out Fajtan . " And if you believe that such conduct is academical , " said the Doctor , with a withering sneer fc % Perhaps not , " lisped Melville , tightening his belt , " but it ' s devilish convivial—eh , Doctor 1 " " Is that like him V said Moreton , producing a caricature , which he had jast sketched . " Capital—very good—perfect . M'Cleary shall have it in his window by noon to-day , " said Power .

      At th : 3 instant some of the combustibles disposed among the rejected habiliments of my late vocation caught fire , and squibs , crackers , and detonating shots went off on all sides . The bursar , who had not been deaf to several hints and friendly suggestions , about setting fire to him , blowing him up , &c , with one vigorous Bpring burst from his antagonists , aud clearing the table at a bound , reached the floor ; before he could be seized he had gained the door opened it , and was away . We gave chase , yelling like so many devilg ; but wine and punch , songs and speeches had done their work , and more than one among the pursuers measured his length upon the pavement , while the terrified bursar , with the speed of terror , held on his wayand gained

      , his chambers , by about twenty yards in advance of Power and Melville , whose pursuit only ended when the oaken panel of the door shut them out from their victim . One lond cheer beneath his window served for our farewell to ourfriend , and we returned to our rooms . By this time , a regiment of those classic functionaries , y-cleped porters , had assembled round the door , and seemed bent upon giving battle in honour of the maltreated ruler ; but rower explained to them , in a neat speech , replete with Latin quotations , that their cause was a weak onethat we were mere than their match—and , finallv .

      proposed to them to finish the punch bowl , to which we were really incompetent , a motion that met immediate acceptance ; and old Duncan , with his helmet in one hand , and a goblet in the other , wished me many happy days , and every luck in this life , as I stepped from the massive archway , and took my last farewell of old Trinity . Should any kind reader feel interested as to the ulterior course assumed by the bursar , I have to say that the terrors of the " Board" were never fulminated against me , harmless and innocent as I should have esteemed them . The threat of giving publicity to the entire proceedings by the papers , and the

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      * Botany Bay Is the slang name given by college men to a new square rather remotely situated from the remainder of the college .

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      dread of figuring In a sixpenny caricature in a u 7 s Wln < * » were * ° o nmoa for the Doctor , and he took- the wiser course , under the circumstances , and held his peace about the matter . I , too , have done so many a year ; aud only now recal the scene among the wild transactions of early days and boyish follies— Charles O'Malley . M'Cleary ' s window , were ton mm * far th « tw ^ .

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      Deportment . —There is no one thing in the world that makeB a man more enemies or disobliges more than a proud and haughty carriage ; it is a thing that gives a general distaste to all mankind and to all dispositions ; to poor and to rich , to great and to small , to them that are humble and to them that are proud as they ; aud , as it makes a man many enemies , so it gives his enemies a great advantage against him ; it makes a man ridiculous , and exposes him not only to hazard , but also to contempt and scorn .

      Requisite fob happiness . —How often , says an excellent writer , do we err in our estimate of happiness ! When I hear of a man who has noble parks splendid palaces , and every luxury in life , I alwaVs enquire whom he has to love ; and if I find he has nobody , or does not love those he has—in the midst of all his grandeur I pronounce him a being in deeD adversity . v Value op War . —Dr . Johnson laughed at Lord Kaimes s opinion , that war was a good thing occasionally , as so much valour and virtue were exhibited in it . " A fire , " said he , " might as well be thought a good thing ; there is the bravery and address of the firemen in extinguishing it : there is much humanity exerted in saving the lives and properties of the poor sufferers . Yet , after all this , who can say that a fire is a good thing V

      Books . —In the best books , great men talk to us , give ua their most precious thoughts , and pour their souls into ours . God be thanked for books ! They are the voicea of the distant and the dead , and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages . Books are the true levellers . No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling ; it * the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof—if Milton will cross my threshold to bing to me of Paradise—and Shakspeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart—and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom—I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship , and I may become a cultivated man , though excludedfrom whatis called " the best society" in the place where I live . —Dr . Channing .

      Privileges of the Women in Upper Egypt — In the neighbourhood of the White Nile , the married women have the singular privilege of being kissed by any man they like . The moment a stranger arrives at a village , the women crowd around him ; one offers to wash his feet—another drives the flies from him—a third wipes the sweat off his face , or gives him Baza to drink ; in short , each of them has to perform some kind office or other towards him . The husbands take no notice of this ; indeed ' jealousy is a thing unknown in this country . — Athenaeum .

      If country gentlemen , and , still more , if the wives of country gentlemen , knew the degree of good which they would do merely by a little personal inquiry and relief , we are very sure that no selfish or falsely sensitive feelings would withhold them from visiting the sick-beds of the poor . We have often seen the different estimation in which the poor held those who were equally charitable to them in strict essentials , because the one visited them and the others did not . When a person of rank speaks soothingly , and with the expression of interest , to one in poverty and sickness , he knowB that all around ia not destitution and abandonment ; he sees

      that those whom he is used to look up to with reverence and respect have gome sympathy with what he feels—some compassion for what he suffers ; and his eye rekindles and his heart again grows warm with the gratification of one of the first wants which nature has implanted within us—that of fellow feeling and condolence As one of our greatest masters of the heart has said , it is not " the bit and the sup" alone , but the giving them with " the look and kindness , which gars them digest sae weel , " that is among the foremost of the good deeds by which the rich have it in their power to succour and comfort the poor .

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      Roval Maternal Language . —Many persons are a good deal amused at the Queen speaking of " my people , which forms a glowing antithesis to the people speaking , as they aometimes do , of Weir y , ueen . M Alp people" sounds too much like a farmer speaking of his sheep , his oxen his swine , to be relished by the thinking portion of mankind ; and when we speak of " our Queen , " we do so in the feeling and spirit of a child who has a costly plaything , about which it cares for a time , but eventually grows tired of . Royalty may break hearts , but in . these times it can never win them . —Satirist .

      The Corn Law Wife . — " Listen awee , Kate , til I read ye a bit about amaist as guid ' s gospel , out o ' this Corn-Law Cirkler , " said a patriarchal out-andout foe of the tax on bread , to hi 3 ancient partner m F , 2 ' - " Hoat » awa to yer bed , ye auld fule , " replied Kate , " deave , deavin' folk wi " yer corns and yer laws ; just e parcel o' blethers . Cirkler here , or Cirkler there , I hae had a vicious big corn on ane o' my taes for twunty year , but ye ne er thocht o' taken ' t it aff , tho '! My conscience , every body for themsels ; tell me o' yer Cirkler "

      Women . —Women make their advances as Time makes his . At twenty , when the swain approaches to pay his devoirs , they exclaim with an air of languid indifference— " Who is he 1 " At thirty , with a prudent look towards the ways and means tho question is " What is he ! " At forty , much anxiety manifests itself to make the honeymoon selection , and the query changes itself into " Which is he V But at the ultima thule of fifty , the anxious expectant prepares to seize upon the prey , and exclaims " Where is he ?" A Modern Alexander the Great . —It is a -

      say ing that parsons soap each other , but military men butter themselves . We had a proof of thU at the dinner given the other day to Lord Keane by the Directors of the East India Company , on which occasion his Lordship took the opportunity to state that " in the march to Ghuznee , he did think the army he had commanded had overcome difficulties as great as Alexander the Great had ever encountered . " The celebrated Major Sturgeon thought the Bame in the march of his distinguished regiment from Ealing to Acton !

      A Prize . — " Two days ago , " says the Audience . a country girl , who had spent all her money at a lottery of handkerchiefs , collaTB , and other articles , on a public promenade at Versailles , offered her umbrella to the keeper of the stall , as security for some more tickets . The man refused to comply with her request , but told her that , if she would allow him to cut off her hair he would give her in exchange for it twenty tickets . The poor girl , in the hope of redeeming her fortune consented , and in a minute the scissors of the despoiler had deprived her of this ornament of her sex . The girl played , on until nineteen of her tickets came up blanks-The twentieth was a prize—a comb !

      A Patriarch . —A short time ago , says a proving cial journal , an inhabitant of the village of St . Daunet , in the Creure , desired one of bis sons , who is 79 years of age , to have the horses put to the plough , and went into a field with it , accompanied by his family . He then held the plough , and when he had worked for some time , said , taking off his bat , " My children , let us return thanks to God . Tell your friends that your ancestor , after his hundredth year , ploughed the field which gives you subsistence . I yesterday reached my hundredth year . "

      Booking at the Paislei Coach Office . — " Well , what name shall I enter in the way bill V u I wonder what ye hae to do wi' my name , gin I gie you the siller ; my name wasna paid for to be ge ' en awa in a coach office . " " Just as you please , but your seat cannot otherwise be secured . " " Gin that be the case , ye may ha't . John Tamson o ' Butter Braes ; an' ye may pit esquire til ' s gin ye like ! at least I reside on my ain farm !"—Laird of Logan . TheRe-hearsal — A Parispaper says , "The hearse which is to transport the ashes of the heroes of July to the column of July is just finished . It is twenty feet high , sixty feet broad , on six wheels , weighing 60 , 0001 ba , and is to be drawn by twenty horses . This seemB to be a farcical re-hearsal of a vile tragedy . "

      Melbourne ' s Sovereign Plate . —When Melbourne was told that the piece of plate to be presented to him by command of the Queen was to cost a thousand sovereigns , he replied , So long as it did not cost one , lam satisfied . " " Practical" Economy . —It is said that the Master of the Royal Honeshold has set the example of the use of yellow soap among the domestics of the Palace by giving it his countenance . The New Relation . —The Walsh people , who are very tenacious of having consanguinity thruat npon them , w ill , it is said , look upon the future Prince of Wales in the light of a cousin-oeraan .

      A late Parliament . —Among the members of a late House of Commons were—a Baker , two Butlers , a Porter , a Cooper , a Farmer , a Shepherd , a Falconer , a Forrester , eleven Smiths , and four Taylors ; four Woods , a Birch , a Beach , a Brooke , a Marsh , a Flood , a Longfield , three Hills , and a Greenhill ; Cole and Coke ; two Pitts , two Poles , and two Fellowes ; a Rose and a Lemon ; a Bruin a Lamb * a Hart , a Hare , a Talbot , and a Crickett a Swao , a Heron , two Drakes , two Cocks , a Finch two . Martins , and & Crokerj Long and Rcandl Snaxpe and Keene .

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      BUSCE&LAMBOUS NEWS . A . National Cockade . —Poucne , who till a few days ago was Minister of Police , and was supposed to have the confidence of Buonaparte , was at Nantes one ot the most violent revolutionists , in the very spirit , it is said , of Carrier . It is reported of him , he used atone time to wear in hia hat the ear of an aristocrat , m the manner of a national cockade . — Homilly ' s Memoirs . Making up k Swag-H is stated that Cabrera lias made a declaration to the French Custom-house ? j nme nundred thousand franca in cash . It is besides reportedthat when his portfolio was searched securities ot different kinds were found to the amount of twenty or twenty-one millions . « USCEUiAltBOUS NEWS .

      Value of Parliament . —Parliament is about to rise , and nobody is sorry for that ; as our representatives have done little else than make Peers and vote new burthens . —The World . Clever Rogue . —Lett , a man of infamous notoriety , had been sentenced at Oswego to seven years ' imprisonment , for setting fire to the steamer , Great Britain ; but as the Sheriff was conducting him on the railway by night to the prison at Auburn , he contrived , though in fetters , to leap off the carriage and make his escape . Stabbing —A man was committed , on Thursday week , to the House of Correction for two months , from the Marylebone Police Cjurt , for having stabbed his wife with a table-fork , in consequence of his supper not having pleased him .

      ' ? Repeal . '—Mr . O'Connell is again in Dublin ' agitating for "Repeal . " The title of the National Association has been changed to " The Loyal National Association for Repeal of the Union , " the alternative of "Justice to Ireland" having been discarded . A Fine Crop . —There is now growing in the garden of Mr . Wheaton , of the Golden Lion Inn , Honiton , a stalk of wheat bearing the enormous quantity of 69 cars of corn , the produce of one single grain . Prospect of Harvest . —With the exception of i % r i 1 la a , ^ cr o P » « ry crop in the oounties of Wicklow and Wexford promises to be most abundant .

      Clearing Off . —More than one hundred families were ejected at the sessions of Loiighroa , off the property ^ of Rahara , which , on the demise of Mr . Blake , tell into the hands of Mr . Knox . The Persecuted Jews . —A vestry meeting was held m St . Mary ' s , Whitechapel . on Thursday , when resolutions were unanimously passed , condoling with the persecuted Jews of Damascus , declaring the charges against them unfounded , and thanking Lord Palmerston for his interference on behalf of the sufferers . Greenwich Railway . —We understand that this Company having lowered the fares of the second class to 6 ixpenoe , it has already increased their receipts nearly ten pounds a day .

      Advantage of the Penny Post . —On Friday last j a gentleman of this town ( Kelso ) received from a friend in the South of England a box containing a number of glow worms . These beautiful insects did not appear to have suffered from the close confinement they had undergone , for ere they had been many minutes released they emitted their peculiar phosphorescent light . So far as we have heard , this is the first instance of the transmission of living creatures through the post-ofiice . —Kelso Mail . Fires in New York . —( From an American paper . ) —Between the 23 d of May , 1839 , and the same date 1840 , one hundred and ninety-two fires occurred in New York , being an average of one for every fortyeight houses . Of this number ninety-six were caused , in the opinion of the Commissioners , by incendiaries , ninety were the result of carelessness , or aocudent , and seven of causes not ascertained .

      Tremendous Fire at Exmouth . —Just as we were going to press an express arrived from Exmouth , with the information that an extensive fire had been raging there all the morning . It was stated that the Globe Hotel and several nouses were down . The engines of the various companies of Exeter immediately started with post horses . The fire is visible from the ramparts of the castle ; the whole town of Exmouth appearing enveloped in smoke and flames , and hundreds of persons are assembled to witness it . —Exeter Times of Friday night . Sudden Death . —Mr . William England Carter druggist , of Chesterfield , was found dead in bed on Sunday , morning , the 12 th instant . He had retired the previous night in good health . His father was found dead in bad on a Sunday morning a short time ago . —Derby Reporter .

      Thb Great Western . —In tho recent voyage Of the Great Western steamer to New York , a sailor in shipping the jib , lost his hold and fell overboard ' the vessel went over him , the engine was stopped ' the crew mustered and stationed at their posts , a boat manned and let down , the man half-a-mi ! e astern was rescued , brought on board , and the vessel put under weigh , and all within the wonderfuly short space of eight minutes . The cool and admirable conduct of Captain Hoskin obtained him the highest compliments from his delighted passengers . Accident to Colonel Buckley . —On Friday , as Colonel Buckley , the Equerry in Waiting upon her Majesty , was leaving the Palace for a ride before dinner , he was violently thrown from his horse , and his leg broken in two places . He was to have attended the royal party to the Prince ' s Theatre , bnt iu consequence of the accident his place was supplied by Colonel Cavendish .

      The Nassau Balloon , so called on account of its being the machine in which Mr . Green voyaged through the air to Germany , was oa Fr iday brought to the hammer at the Auction Mart , by Mr . Hoggart in consequence of the bankruptcy of the proprietors of Vauxhall Gardens , and after a spirited competition , was knocked down at £ 500 to a gentleman who purchased it on account of Mr . Green , the scientific teronaut , under whose pilotage it has made so many successful excursions . Longevity . —We are requested by a correspondent io

      piace upon record tne following remarkable instance of longevity : —On Friday last there were present at the same time , and by themselves , in a barber ' s shop ia this town , four venerable patriarchs , whose united ages amounted to 342 years ] Their ages were respectively 89 , 87 , 86 , and 80 . It was not a little edifying , we understand , to listen to the conversation of those living ohronicles of bygone times as they related " the wonders which were done in their days , and in the old times before them . "—Cumberland Pacquet .

      Consumption of Ardent Spirits . —The quantity of ardent spirits consumed in Great Britain last year , was twenty-nine millions of gallons , which is more than a gallon per head , including man , woman , and child , of both sexes , the population , it is thought , not being 27 millions . * ^ Trumpery Law Suits . —Lord Denman ' s bill for the prosecution of trumpery actions , has become a law ; and prevents a plaintiff , who recovers less than forty shillings damage , from getting his costs of defendant , jinless the Judge certifies for him to have costs . Bad work this for those of the legal profession denominated Land Sharks , but a blessed thing for the honest part of the community

      Prison Roles and Regulations . —A law has just been passed relative to the rules and regulations of Gaols , Houses of Correction , and the Penitentiary , regulating the classification of debtors and persona convicted of misdemeanour who are not sentenced to hard labour . Thanks to Mr . O'Connor for this . —Weekly Dispatch . FiRES-Saturday morning , at a quarter past eight o clock j a fire broke out in an extensive timberyard belonging to Mr . Stevenson , Princes-street , Soho , which the firemen were unsuccessful in extinguishing before considerable damage had been sustained . —Sunday morning , at three , two hay neks , containing upwards of two hundred loads of hay , were destroyed by fire , on the farms ot Mr . Gweltsam , near Llstree , by the overheating of the

      ELOPEHENT .-On Monday morning week , ' the inhabitants of Ludlowwere thrown intoaetateof surprise by the announcement that the daughter of a yeoman , resident in the nei ghbourhood of the town , had eloped with a jolly young Irishman well known on the turf This gay lovemonger waB an entire stranger in this part of the country , and kad not been m the company of the lady nJany times before he struck the bargain with her for elopement . In the evening of Sunday last , the Irishman went in a chaise , about a mile out of the town , and , on the wmga of love , the fair one sprang , almost as quick jurhehtmng , into the vehicle containing her new and fond lover . °

      Lamentable AFFAiR . -On Sunday night , a man named David Leo , residing on a part of the estate of S J ? ° J £ L f ' near Lou « 8 «*» in a fit of delinum , from fever , rose out of bed , and turned his wife and family out of doors . He then bolted the fe" 2 rWA t J ff - u £ 0 U 8 e was ^ eloped in flames , which , together with the adjoining one ( where he Poor suffered family took shelter ) , was burnt to the ground . The unhappy maniac was literally burnt to a cinder in his own cabin , before any assistance could be Vtocuied . —Limerick Reporter . t ^ lT P " GB" CA 3 B .-It will be recollected & ** Mr- . Howwd i of Norfolk-street , the solicitor of tkdaleb

      Soc , rought an action of trespass against CaptaurGoaeett , son of the sergeant-at-wms of the House of Commons , and four of the messengers , the F S ¦ ^ 1 , ?¦ ¦ * & * the defendants had temed-within the plaintiff ' s house for four hours . Without wishing to utter a word as to the merits of ™ J . ** % >> Y ul ° . merely to mention , that the plaintiff , who h aj L m the first instance , laid his damages at £ 1 . 000 took out , some days since , a sammonB for the defendants t © appear before a judge * nd show cause why he Bhould not be at libertyto raise the damages to £ 10 , 000 ! The judge granted an order to that effect . The trial eannot come on before November . —Observer .

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      Robberies in CHURCHES .--There have been for some time past numerous robberies in the city cnurobe 9 , awdin particular at St . Anne ' s , Blaekfriara where , within a few months eight different oases have come to our knowledge . On Sunday last Mrs . Adlard , of Wardrobe-place , was robbed of a purse containing between £ 3 and £ i ; information has been given to the police on the subject , and we think a vigilant watch should be kept on several suspiciouslooking characters . Suicide . —On Tuesday morning Mrs . Sarah Boucher , aged 67 , a widow , who had formerly been in respectable circumstances , expired at Middlesex Hospital from the effects' of having cut her throat with a table-knife . The rash act was perpetrated on the preceding night at her lodgings . She had been in a desponding state of mind for some time , arising , as it is supposed , from her impoverished circumstances . The deceased has several children living . Robberies in Churches . —There hava h « fln f . L

      Extraordinary Birth . —On Wednesday last , Mrs . Bird , the wife of Mr . Bird , labourer , of Silentstreet , Ipswich , gave birth to three children—one boy and two girls . This extraordinary accouchement was attended by Mr . ElliBton , surgeon , St . Peter ' s . Tne children havo eiuce been named after the three leading members of the Royal Family—viz ., Victoria , Albert , and Adelaide . A great number of ladies have visited this little family , who with their mother are going on well . —Ipswich Express . Shocking Accident . —On Thursday morning an appalling accident occurred on board a vessel in the Pool , to a young man named Henry Walsh , who was engaged in landing , from on board a vessel , two leopards and a tiger . The unfortunate man got his arm between the bars of the the tiger ' s den , when the animal seiaed him with his claws and teeth tearing the flesh to the bone in so shocking a manner that amputation close to the shoulder was immediately necessary .

      Elderly Ladies . —At Callonach , in the parish of Drumoak . Kincardineshire , there now live two sisters , whose united ages amount to 194 years ; aud these old women , having been toothless for several ytars , were recently supplied with new sets of enamel ivory , which enable them to eat tho hardest oatmeal cakes with perfect facility . They are still able to knit a stocking , but are , in many respects , as helpless as children . —Aberdeen Herald .

      Destruction op a Vessel by Fire . —The following is an extract of a letter from Brest , dated July 10 : — " A bottle was picked up at Audierue on the 8 th instant , containing a pieco of paper with the following written in pencil on it : — ' This bottle was thrown out nineieagues outside the ( name illegiblo ) S . W ., when we were obliged to take the email boat ! when our vessel , the Sylph , bound from Halifax for Liverpool , was in flames . —Feb . 20 , 1840 . ( Sigued ) John Doman , captain . ' Part of the bows of a vessel , with 'St . Patrick' painted thereon , have been washed on shore at Roscoff "

      Horrible Murder at Liverpool . — A horrible murder was committed early on Saturday morning upon the body of John Bibby , Esq ., one of the most respectable merchants of Liverpool , and late conservative member of Pitt-street ward . This gentleman had been dining with some friends at Ererton , and was returning home , when it is supposed that he was attacked , robbed , and murdered by some ruffians on the road . His body was found on Saturday afternoon in a pit , about three miles from his residence , at Booth , near Liverpool .

      Monmouth . —Subscription books are open at J . Butlery ' s , watchmaker , in aid of the families of all persons that are suffering imprisonment for political offences . Trusting that that feeling of humanity which Monmouth is so proverbial for , will come forward with their mites for so laudable an object inrescuing from the jaws of death by starvation , thewives and little innocent children that are deprived of their natural protectors . Diabolical Outrage . —Elizabeth Cleveland , who has been in custody several days , was put at the bar at Hatton Garden office , on Saturday , for further examination , on the following fiendish charge : —Mr . George Pago , a cab proprietor , residing in Eaglestreet , Holborn , said that a few days ago he was in

      Lucas-place , Brunswick-square , and when opposite the house numbered 2 b ' , a female from the first , tloor beckoned to him , and supposing that she wanted to hire a cab he stopped at the door , which she cpaned , and requested him to walk up stairs . He complied ; but immediately discovering that it was a house of ill-fame , he hastened down stairs , when he was me in the passage by the accused , who demanded money for drink , and on objecting to give her any , she threw into his face a quantity of vitriol . The pain this occasioned him was beyond his power to convey an idea of , and it had neax driven him out of ili 8 senses ; he had already wholly lost the Bight of one eye , and he was in danger of losing the other ; his sufferings were most excruciating . The prisoner was fully committed for trial .

      St . Swithin in Englanp and Scotland . —Wednesday was a critical day in the estimation of those who attend to the progress and prospects of the season . It waB Saint Swithin ' s Day ; and though we can by no means allow the rule to be an infallible one , that tho weather with which St . Swithin is treated will be the same for forty days , yet there'is experience on the side of the opinion that the weather which sots in about the middle of July is likely to be lasting . A finer day than Wednesday , or one of better promise , no one could wish to see . —Morning Post . Alas ! for the prospects of the country .

      it at . avvithin be a true prophet . Wo must own , however , that our faith in all the saints of the Romish Calendar exists not ; but , unfortunately , experience has so often corroborated the ancient rhyme attributed to the watery saint , that it is with no very comfortable feeling we contemplate the probability , in the present precarious state of the crops , of six weeks of wet weather ; but we sincerely trust that , in the present instance , those who take either a pride or a pleasure in the realisation of the prediction , will be signally disappointed . - ^ Glasgow Chronicle .

      Dreadful Death . —On Friday , a man named John Field expired in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital under the following circumstances : —It appears that the unfortunate man , who was in the employ of Mr . Adams , a builder , of Church-street , Albion-road , was on Thursday week last employed with another man digging gravel in that locality , and when about twelve feet deep the earth and gravel suddenly gave way , and he was buried underneath upwards of two tons thereof . His more fortunate companion with much difficulty extricated himself , and hastily procured proper assistance . After great labour the earth was removed , and the poor fellow was discovered lying on his side quite insensible . Medical aid

      was promptly procured , when it was discovered that his right thigh was dreadfully fractured , and that he had also sustained some severe internal injuries . He was afterwards conveyed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where he lingered until yesterday morning , when death terminated his sufferings . A post mortem examination of the body was subsequently made by Mr . Lawrence , the head Burgeon of the institution , and his assistants , who discovered that the liver was completely rent asunder , audit was a matter of great astonishment that he survived it so loug . The deceased , who was a fine athletic man , twentysix years of age has left a wife and two children j who were dependent upon him for support .

      Unnatural Curiosity . —A creature , more degraded than the brute creation , in the shape and form of man , is now living and may be Been at Shilderslord , in the parish of Siddleworth : it professeth to be a a Tory in politics ; it fortunately got married to the daughter of a respectable cotton master in the neighbourhood , and has now for a long time been living in a constant state of idleness , going up and down the country living by skulking and lounging in public-houses , getting money under various pretences , and , in fact , has at last become the pest of society . This thing , a short time ago , went into a public-house in the neighbourhood of Waterhe admill , and having some flesh in its pocket which it

      had that day taken from the dead carcase of a horse , ordered the landlady to fry it for some poor men who were in the house at the time . The flesh was of course eaten , no one knowing but itself but that it was good meat . This reptile then crawled to Auatenlands . and repeated the same disgusting and shameful conduct to two poor men , brothers , who happened to be in a baer-house , one of whom had a wife and six children , and told this reptile that he and his family had not tasted animal food for six months , and he would sot have been in the beerhouse had not his brother taken him in to pay for a gill of beer for him . On the following day this mean and nasty thing went from place to place boasting of what it had done the day before .

      France . —Cabrera left Paris on Thursday for the Castle of Ham , which is to be his residence for some time . The French Government exercised the strictest surveillance over him during his brief residence in the French capital , and very few of his friends were enabled to see him . The police excuse this strictness by saying that attempts were planned against his life by Spaniards whose relations had suffered at his hands . The health of Cabrera is much impaired , evidently from the effects of poison ; ana it is doubted if ever he will recover his former strength .

      SCOTLAND . The Christian Chartist Church . —This Congregation have taken the large and commodious building , known by the name of the " Noddy Church . " The Mechanics' Hall was too small lor the largctand respectable audiences who thronged the Tontine Closs on Sundays . The Noddy Church is calculated to accommodate fourteen hnnderd persons ^— ScottishPatriot . Thk Movement . —Matters never wore a more pleasant aspect for the people ' s cause in this quarter A determined spirit for union and organisation seems to saperseda every minor consideiation . Ail . the Districts appear to act as if the movement depended upon themselves alone . The motto , Peace , Law , Order , with Union and Organisation , is their guidjiag principle .

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      Thk Duke op Wellington . —The Duke of Wrf "ilgton . Wag BO far recovered on Friday as to be enabled to write letters and devote to business , within nis own house , that diligent and punctual attention which long habit has rendered familiar and natural to his grace . T «» n . ™ _ m _ - _ _ -.. ~ .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR . ^ The statement which Mr . Feargus O'Connor has i > nbliahed with respect to the treatment of him in York Castle Is sumevent to stamp the Whig Government with , thorough infamy . Mr . Fox Maule is a modern specimen of Cnstlereaghism , and of Suimouthisra . Neither Caatlereagh or Sidinouth every carried jail tyranny to the extent to which it is carried by Mr . Fox Maule . This man has not the slightest idea of any noble principle , and he u only a wretched Castlereaghite , working oufc a system of tyranny under the fiction of belonging to m . Liberal Administration . In the inquiry into the treatment of Mr . O'Connor in jail , alt the questions onlyshow the disgraceful stato of jail management . The Magistrates exposed themselves . For instance—a witness is asked the following question : — " Repeat tbtt

      number of tunes you have seen Mr . O'Connor take bis chamber-pot up and down stairs . " What a degraded state does this show with respect to the Magistracy and our jail system . The case does not turn upon the number of times , but npen the point of why a person under such a political sentence should bo subjected to snea duties at all . Other menial offices are imposed on Mr O'Connor , and it appears that he was at last " exempt from the menial duties complained of whilst in bad fcealth . " This is a miserable plea . Prisoners in jail should be classified , and a man under Mr . O ' Connor * sentence should not be subject to any such duties at alL In such a cose all the law contemplates is tho confinement of the person , and as to locking the individual op in a stone cell , ' and treating him generally aa the worst

      of felons , it is absurd in principle , ami detesUible in practice . We have no hesitation in saying that nothing in this country , since the days of Henry VIII ., ha » equalled the tyranny of the Home-office under Mr . Fox . Maule We are sorry to eay this , because his father , Loril Panmure , was a staunch aud really spirited supporter of the noble principles of Charles James Fox , bnt the son , in assuming the Christian name of tbai great political philosopher , would cast a stigma npon his memory , if , at least , tho meanest of the human raeo had the pswer to villify the noblest of God ' s workfc . The infamy of the Home-ofiice at this moment is beyond conception . Mr . O'Connor in gaol is told that he may bo allowed to see books and newspapers , to be visited by his friends at all reasonable hours , to be looked np

      at nine instead of seven , and to shave himself . For these things we see the detectable stupidity and badness of heart of Mr . Fox Maule . These indulgences , If th'jy ore to be so called , ought not to have been the results or consequences of Air . Feargus O'Connor ' s spirited and intelligent remonstrances . They ought to have been a part and parcel of a general system of gaol treatment . One Magistrate tells him that he is a shareholder in the gaol library , and that he may have what works he likes by using his name . Is this a proper public system ? Are we reduced to such a state as this ? Government supplies libraries to barracks and ships of war , and the books are pretty fairly chosen ; but in the gaols the 'Squirearchy , tha most prejudiced , servile , aristocratic , and most ignorant portion of tha

      community , are to have a sort of joint-stock corupanyship ia supplying books . We should like to see a catalogue of the York Castle library . We think Mr . F . O'Connor has been most scandalously used . It appears to us tbafc it is impossible that the Government can confine him for anything like the time of his Bent en ce . This would outrage the decencies of life , and the moral senae of tho country ; but this is not exactly the point , for , much * we wish for the liberation of this extremely ill-used individual , we are by for more anxious for a purification of . what we cannot refrain from calling that sink of pollution , the Home Office . The jail system in this country is now infinitely worse than it was in the days of those remorseless men , Castlereagb , Sidniouth , Liverpool , and Eldon , and the most vile of heartless tyrants that ever carried a cruel system to extremes , is oiie of the present Under Secretaries of State . Mr .

      Fox Maule is returned for a district which contains only 728 voters . These are £ 10 householders , and in that district ten pounds of rent is at least equal to £ * O franchise in the southern parts of England . This is an aristocratic selection , depending upon bis father ' s property . The getting rid of hia predecessor , Sir A . L . Hay , by giving him the Governorship of Bermuda , was a cunning trick of the Whigs , but cunning folks often over-reach themselves , and we have no hesitation in paying that one of the greatest mistakes that the Whigs ever made was that of appointing Mr . Fox Maule ta to the Home Department It ia at present tha won * branch of government Lord Normanby , and his d » - puty , Maule , have not the energy t « make their system . beneficial to their party , and in attempting a scheme < . tyranny they may inflict injuries upon an Individual like Mr . O'Connor , but they do Infinitely moje harm to themselves and their own faction . —Weekly Dispatch .

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      CORONERS' INQUESTS . Supposed Suicide op T . T . Clabkb , Esq ., m . Magistrate op Middlesex . Anotheb Suicids while the Just webe considering their Vkbdict . —On Saturday morning a Jury of the parish of iukenham ( about two miles from Uxbridge ) were empanelled before Mr . Wakley , at Swakeleys in the parish of Ickenham , to enquire into the circumstances attendant upon the death of Thomas Trues Dale Clark , Esq . James Kingsnorth was butler in the establishment of the deceased . Saw deceased alive on the afternoon of Wednesday last , about five o ' clock . He was sitting and reading on a sofa ia the library . Ho Wfl 3 not dressed , having on only his dressing-gown

      Did not hear deceased speak . Deceased was 66 or 67 years of age , and had been unwell . Mra . Clarke , his lady , was sitting by him . Deceased was under the medical treatment of Mr . Bullock , surgeon , of Uxbridge , who had seen him last on the same morning after breakfast . About half-past six o ' clock the same afternoon Miss Clarke , the daughter of tbo deceased , told me her father was missing from the house , and she went towards Homes farm ia search of him . Hearing from Mr . Ball , the steward , that deceased had gone into the Brook Meadow , weak there , and found deceased lying in the brook . By the Coroner—No person was within agbi when deceased was found but those who were is search of him . The deceased was often in the kabi * of walking in that direction . He was lying on his

      back in the water , which at that spot was not more than twenty inches deep . His bod y was not covered by the water , but only his face . He was quite dead . By Mr . Gell—Deceased had been very low-spirited for the last week or ten days , and had been rather unwell for the last bix weeks or two months . His family during that time were continually watching him . Had observed a marked differencein deceased ^ habits of late . He would walk out by h imse l f , without noticing anything or any body . Mr . Gell then proposed to his brother jurors tbai they should find a verdict "that the deceased had been found dead in the waters of a certain brook in the parish of Hillingdon , but how he came there , there was no evidence before them to show , " which , being acquiesced in , was recorded accordingly .

      Just as the Coroner had left the house , and the Jury were proceeding across the park towards that homes , they were met by a messenger with ths > intelligence that James Winch , stud-groom to George Hawkins , Esq ., brother of Mrs . Clark , the widow of the lamented gentleman on whom the inquest had been held , and son-in-law of Mr ( Sell , the foreman of the Jury , had just committed suicide by hanging himself in an outhouse attached to his cottage ic the village near the church . Larkins the constable , with most of the Jury , instantly hastened

      to the spot , when they found the statement too correct . It appears the deceased , who was about 36 years of age , and has left a wife and three children , complained on the previous evening of being poorly , and yesterday morning he kepi his bed . While theinqneat was proceeding at Swakelej Hall , his wife went out on some business , aud on her return , after an absence of an hour , Bhe found him . hanging from one of the beams of the outhouse . The sensation produced in the village and neighbourhood by this second lamentable occurrence » beyond description .

      Suicide of a Young Woman on Claphahcommon . —Friday evening an inquest was held at tha Windmill Inn , Clapham-common , before Mr . Higga , upon the body of Marian Hopkins , a remarkably fine grown youpg woman , aged 14 { whose body was found floating in the Windmill-pond , Claphaoft * common . After hearing evidence , the Jury returned a verdict u That the deceased was found drowned , but how or by what means she came into the water there was no evidence to show . " Suicide through Want . —On Wednesday aa inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Dolphin , Long-alley , Shoreditch , on the body of William Harrison , aged forty-nine , a confectioner out of employment . It appeared from the evidence of deceased ' s wife that he had been oat of work ones Christmas last , and daring that time , but partkalarly latterly , was much depressed in mind , and of strange manner . On Tuesday morning last he left home for the purpose of seeking employment , remarkine as he went that he was tired of coin *

      about . She went out to work in * short time alter , and on returning to her room at nine o ' clock in the evening , she found him on the floor weltering in Mi blood , with his throat cut form ear to « ar , anda > razor beside him . He was quite dead . On Friday last , it appeared , he applied to Shoreditch workhouse for relief , but , as it was not his parish , he got none , and was told if he came next day thai he would get work and food . He did come , and , after hreafcing stones all day , received a two-pound loaf in the evening . Some of the Jury , on thia account , wished to fasten a charge on the parochial authorities , and inveighed against the new Poor-law Amendment Act ; others , on the contrary , contended thai the affair did not involve a charge against either , and the Coroner expressing himself of the latter opinion , and thinking that it was wani that deranged the poor man ' s mind , the Jury at last returned a verdict of Temporary insanity . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2694/page/3/