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MEMOIR OF JOHN HENRY BltAMWICJJ, THE CIU...
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A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SIKHS. The followi...
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April 4, 1846. The Northern Star, 3
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~ BEAUTIES OF BYRON . so . SXXIV . ^ " fakislva . " As we have not room to state the subject ef this "exuuisitelv versified" poem in full , we . orbear speaking of " it at all The following are tho opening lines : — It is the hour When from the boughs The nig htingale ' s high note is heard ; It is the hour when lover ' s vows Seem sweet in every whispered word ; And gentle winds and waters near Make music to the lonely ear . Each flower the dews have lightly wet , And in the sky the stars are met , And on the wave is deeper bine , And on the leaf a browner hue , And in the heaven that dear obscure , So softly dark and darkly pure , Which fellows the decline of day , As twilig ht melts beneath the moon away .
But it is not to list to the waterfall The Parisian leaves her hall , And it is not to gaze on the heavenly light That the lady walks iu the shadow of night ; And if she sits in Este ' s boner , lis not for the sake of its full-blown flower-She listens—but not for the nightingale—Though her ear expects as soft a tale . There glides a step through the foliage thick , And her check grows pale—and her heart beats quick
There whispers a voice through the rustling leaves , And her blush returns and her besom heaves : A moment more—and they shaH meet 'lis past—her lover ' s at her feet . And what unto them is the world beside , With all its change of time and tide f Its living things—its earth and sky-Are nothing to their mind and eye . And heedless as the dead are they , Of aught around , above , beneath ; As if all else had passed away ,
They only for each other breathe ; Their very sighs are fall of joy , So deep , that did it not decay , Their happy madness would destroy The hearts which feel its fiery sway : Of guilt , of peril do they deem In that tumultuous tender dream ? Who that have felt that passion ' s power , Or paused , or fear'd in such an hour ? Or thought how brief such moments last 1 Bat yet—they are already past ! Alas ! we must awake before We know such vision comes no more .
For the tragical story of the guilty , unhappy lovers , * more sinn'd against than sinning , " we must refer the reader to the poet ' s works . Speaking- of this poem , the great critic Jeffsbt has said— "The writing is beautiful throughout , and the whole wrapped in a rich and redundant veil ef poetry , where everything breathes the pure essence of genius and sensibility . "
Songs For The People. So. Iu I. Cheek Wi...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . IU i . CHEEK WIS 60 KC . The footsteps of freedom are red , And bloody and deep on the field ; The eagle's plume waves on her bead , The Bon ' s mane flows on her shield . Set banner , defiance to slaves , Dark vengeance her long rusted spear , She points to Thermoprla ' s graves ; And in sounds that their tenants might hear , She cries to the Greek , let your battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph ! or fall of the Free ! From the slumber of ages awake , Arouse from the torpor of death ! The shackles of tyranny break , To the flame give the scimitar ' s sheath ! At morning and night let my breath On the breeze of your mountains be borne , And twined in an undying wreath
Let my name by your warriors be worm ! Throughout all their ranks let the battle-note be—* The triumph 3 the triumph ! or fall of the Free ! Defeat and disaster may come ; Let danger your energy raise , For clouds may o ' ershadow the sun That ' s destined at noontide to blaze . Then hasten and on to the fray , The Turk and the Argire are met ; Oh ! let not posterity say Your hand could its cunning forget ;—On hill and on vale let your battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph ! or fall of the Free ! — Ttfitfs Magazine . J . A ,
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TAIFS EDINBURGH MAGAZINE , for Apkii . — Edinburgh : \ V . Tait . Loudon ; Simpkiu and Marshall . This number contains the conclusion of the review of Bcktos ' s " Life and Correspondence of David llume . " Tbuslis De Qciscei ( the " English Opium Eater" ) contributes an article " On Christianity as an organ of political movement . " The subject is not finished in the present number , and we wait for the csnclusion before we offer any comment . We must , however , remark that as far as the " English Opium Eater" has proceeded with his subject , he has mystiried rather than enlightened us ; so much so that we must say with the
poet—We wish he'd illustrate his illustration . An interesting review of M . Migjtet ' s new work , "Antonio Perez and Philip the Second , " forms a feature in this number . The " Autobiography and Justification of Johannes Ronge , " gives some interesting particulars of the modern Lcther . Johannes Roxge ( pronounced Rrongfe ) , is described as a handsome man , with a fins clear voice , piercing eyes , and flowing locks of black hair . " Notes on Gilfillan ' s Gallery of Literary Portraits , " by Thomas De Qcixcev , introduces us to Jons Keats , who was , according to Biros—Killed off by one critique , Just as he really promised something great , If not intelligible , —without Greek ,
Contrived to talk about the gods of late , 2 £ uch as they might have been supposed to speak . Poor fellow ! his was an untoward fate , 'lis strange the mind , that very fiery particle , Should let itself be snufPd out by an Article . But Mr . De Qr ; ixc £ T denies all this , and defends the Quarterly Revieiu—or rather Ghtobd , the writer of the article—from the charge of " culpable homicide . " " Keats died , " says Mr . DeQctxcet , " of pulmonary consumption , and would have died of it , probably , under any circumstances of prosperity as a poet . Doubtless , in a condition of languishing decay , slight causes of irritation act powerfully . But it is hardly conceivable th-. it one exhibition of splenetic bad feeling , in a case so proverbially open to revision as the pretensions of a poet , would have overthrown any masculine life , unless where that life had already been irrecovemb ' y undermined by sickness . " A specimen of the poetical contents of this number of Tait will be found in the Greek War Song given above .
The Political Works Of Thomas Paine—Part...
THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE—Part I . London : T . M . Wheeler , Office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , Ko . 83 , Dean-strett , Soho . This is the cheapest edition of the works of the great political teacher yet published . The entire ¦ work ( to be completed in five sixpenny parts ) will comprise ' * The Rights of Man , " " Common Sense , " ** American Crisis , " " Dissertation on the First Principles of Government , " "Decline and Fall of the
En « lish Svstem of Finance , " " Letters to the People of America , " and " Agrarian Justice . " It is intended , wc perceive , to give a portrait of the immortal author , and also a copy of " The People ' s Charter . " The firit part contains the whole of the "Dissertation on the First Principles of Government , "" Agrarian Justice , " " Common Sense , " and the commencement of the " American Crisis . " A well-written preface , by the Chartist Executive , precedes the " works , " Irom which we give the following extracts : —
Jatelfijjence is the parent of * H the virtues indispensable to a nation ' s greatness ; the only foundation upon which can be reared that superstructure of human happiness , the maintenance of which should be the design , end , and object of all governments . As tie operative in all departments of labour should he qualified by skill and experience for the execution of Lis duty , so the people should be prepared by knowledge to work » ut their political asd social redemption . In all national struggles where this requisite has been wanting ,
failure has been the consequence . France , during the list half century , has been convulsed with ttro sanguinary tevolutions . Kingly dynasties have been hurled to destruction , but the harvest nourished by the blood of patriotism has been leaped by ambitious , crafty , and desi ^ iiin ? knaves . France still writhes under the lash of a-uespotisin as flagrant as any upon the face of the globe ! Ertu Paris , tile scene of so rauny brave struggles for liberiv . is now environed with a wa ! J of fortification , mi to roast assaults from without , but to maintain , uninterrupted , Uie stillness of slavery within .
Dei-ocratic Auierica , too , evidences her lack of intelligence by the abuses which she tolerates . The American citizm ' j i" ti . e fraiichis ; , possesses thei > oxver of redressing eveiy grievance ; Ire has the balloting-box , which can be rtniiwrd available as the corrective of every abuse ; notwithstanding , evils vet afflict the United States , which , let us hope , for tho honour of democracy , will ere long vanish before the progress of reason and the illuuiinatiou Of mind . The evil { . -cuius of the earth is ignorance ; it is the lsu . fc of iiumLu a < . sth . . v , the fostering cause of tyranny , the jjaiewtiiii' asuit of thai delude of wrongs with which
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mankind are overwhelmed . Let us contemplate the anomalous spectacles to be witnessed in our heaven-blest empire , under the sway of a government which , we are assured bv our own political Mentors , is the verjacme of human wisdom ! What is it that in-England holds millions of men in base subserviency to the grinding domination of a few thousands * Whit is it that tolerates among us the devouring monstrosities which class misrule has let loose upon man ' s best interests 1 What is it that holds thatunhappy inonopolistofmisforUne , Ireland , in a state of lethargic passivity , while she is mercilessly
scourged by the ruthless hands of forei gn and domestic tyrants ' . What is it that causes four millions of the people of that country , although surrounded by a superabundance of wealth , created by their own industry , to tke out life on a miserable kind of food , which is considered unfit for the dogs of their heartless oppressors ? What makes many of them look forward with anxiety to the grave as an asylum from t ' : ie woes which man ' s inhumanity inflicts upon man ? The obvious answer to these interrogatories is—the want of knowledge among the people .
\\ e reserve , for another occasion , any commentary on the works of Paixb , which shall have oar attention at the earliest opportunity .
2s~ Several" Reviews" Are In Hand, Which...
2 S ~ Several" reviews" are in hand , which press of matter compels us to withhold .
Memoir Of John Henry Bltamwicjj, The Ciu...
MEMOIR OF JOHN HENRY BltAMWICJJ , THE CIURTIST POET ( OF LEICESTER . ) nr raoxus coopes , auih , > h of " the pcboaiort Cffi SUICIDES . " The death of such a man as the author of the immortalhymn "Britannia ' s sons , though slaves ye be , " should not go unregistered in the journal which the suffering working classes most peculiarly regard as their own . The great ones of the earth knew nothing of him , and thev will desire to hear nothing of him . For his own class he thought , wrote , and struggled ; with his own class he starved and suffered ; and among his own class , and cleaving to their cause to the last , he died : —a victim to the system of murder which is at present being enacted , by wholesale , in the manufacturing districts of once "Aferrie England .
John Henry Braniwich was born in Shorediich , London in the year 1801 . Ilis father was a soldier ul the Tower Hamlets , deserted , and left his wife and two children , at the time John was but three months old . The mother made her way to Bcdworth , in Warwickshire , and there supported herself and little ones by ribbon-weaving . John was bound apprentice , at the early age of nine years , in Rangard . tnd Geary ' s factory , at Leicester . He was thus , from his very cradle days , inured to witness the wants . -in 1 sufferings of , perhaps , the most ill-paid classes of working men and women in England—the ribbonweavers and stockingars .
Disgusted with the monotony of his existence , as well as discontented with his privations , and having a soul that thirsted to see something of the world and of his fellow-man , bat lacking a judicious guide and counsellor , he enlisted , at the age of seventeen , in the 19 th regiment of foot . He served sixteen years in the army , and passed ten years in the West Indies . He married the present Mrs . Bramwich at Dc-meiara . She was the widow of a comrade , by by whom she had one son ; and the fruit of this , her second marriage , was a daughter . Both the children are living , and are now the only comfort ot their sorrowing mother , who has remained in a dangerous state of affliction since her husband ' s dentil .
Tired of the service , Bramwich got his discharge , came "home "—as he esteemed Leicester to be , in spite of his early suffering iu it—and worked at his former trade , as a stockingcr , until it killed him . Sore eyes , weakness , sickness , want , pain , were his lot , in common with thousands , until he sank into a consumption of the lungs , and after thirty-three weeks continued illness , seventeen of which he kept his bed , he expired on the 12 ch of March , at the ago of forty-two . He was interred in the church-yard of St . Martin , Leicester , and I am pleased to record , on the testimony of a friend who followed him to the grave , that " though he had a pauper ' s funeral it was a decent one : no ' gentleman' could be put into the ground with greater ceremony , nor into a neater-made grave : it was not a Me , such as they niak * in some other parishes in Leicester , but there was everything in order . "
What a bitter consolation that , after starving and working him to death , the pauper-poet—a noble by nature—is interred in a decent grave I Such is your lot , my brothers 1—but do not despair : we will strive together yet to mend the world . Poor B ram with has not Lived in vain . The thousands with whom I was accustomed to sing his noble hymns in Leicester market-place , on Nottingham forest , and in the Staffordshire Potteries , will not forget such thrilling poetry : it will live in their hearts , and they will teach it to their children . It was not until the " Extinguisher" ( one o f onr little periodicals ) was
commenced in Leicester , in 1 S 41 , that I discovered the / act of Bramwich being a poet . His very first contribution to it , if I remember aright , was the grand hvmn I have already mentioned . From the fact of its being openly read before Judge Erskinc , on my second trial at Stafford , as well as from its great excellence , I think it desirable to insert ithere , in order that every Chartist in Britain may learn it by heart . 1 only premise that all who possess the Shaksperean Chartist Hymn-book ( sold by Cleave ) may find it at the seventh page . It is a long-metre hymn , and may lie sung to the Old Hundredth , Arnold ' s Job , or any other long-metre tune .
Britannia ' s sons , though slaves ye be , God your Creator made you free ; He , life to all , and being , gave—But never , never made a slave ! His works are wonderful to see-All , all proclaim the Deity;—lie made the earth , and formed the wave-But never , never made a slave . ' He mads the sky , with spangles bright—The moon to shine by silent night—The sun , —and spread the vast concave—But never , never made a slave I The verdant earth on which we tread Was , by Ilis hand , all carpeted ; Enough for all he freely gave—But never , never made the slave !
All men are equal in His sight , — The bond , the free , tha black , the white ;—He made them all , —them freedom gave—Be made the man , —Man made the Slave ! I think every Chartist will agree with me when I say that poetry like that was not written to be forgotten ; it has the true principle of life in it , and will only perish with our language . I forbear to quote any other of the fourteen hymns by Bramwich . which mil be found in the little threepenny volume I have just mentioned : they are all beautiful and
forcible . From a regard to space ( which I know the Star can iU spare ) , I shall curtail any remarks of my own , and proceed to give to my brother Chartists some oi the contents of the letters I received from poor Bramwich while on his death-bed . I f eel it right to lay these before the world , that it may be seen , from the dying testimony of a working-man , what is his own conviction of the wrongs he has endured . The first letter from which I shall quote is dated November 16 th , 1815 : —
Mr deab Fbisnd , —You wish me "not to die yet , if I can help it . " If I could muster a wish to live , it would be to sea you now triuinpn over your adversities and adversaries » * * * Ah ! my dear friend , could you but see my skeleton-like carcase , my emaciated and pale visage ( except when flushed with fever ) , my flcshless limb . ' , long , lank , thin , and weak , and almost sinewless , and then hear my harsh sepulchral voice , with my almost incessant and phlegm-freighted cough ( almost as hollow as the heart of a Whig !) , you would say that I had suffered enough , and would wiUingly let me go . Besides , you know , a lungltss slave is good for nothing nowadays in tiie British slave-mart . I can assure you , it requires Samsons and Goliabs to work the stocking-frames they are making at this time . / look upon myself as being
a system-murdered man . I stand not alone—thousands are sharing the same fate , and millions hare quitted life without making the wofol fact known ; and others , alas ! have died for want of bread , and have thought that it was pleasisg to Cod that it should be so—wh # n nature gives the lie to such a Deity-libelling idea . My constitution is completely broken , and worn thread-bare . The doctor said , four months ago , that part of my lungs was gone . He [ sounded me fourteen days ago , shook his head , and signified that I had very little left . His only surprise is , that I was so tough . * * * * ¥ on need not be afraid of my "letting down my pluck , " as jou say , while I have a bit left . * * * * I have bad none of those charity-mongers to visit me , who only administer
relief ou condition that you will acknowledge , as truth , all they say . They know that their money would not buy meov « r from principle ; so they keep away . * * As regards my death , it does not fill me with dread or alarm . In fact , I feat it not . But the idea of travelling the ground over again , that has caused me so mueh weariness and pain , I think would quite unman me . I have suffered a great deal ; but , thank God . although I fsel my body weaken daily , my faculties remain as strong as evir . My love of right , and abhorrence of wrong , death itself will not be able to destroy . And I shall be able to say to the whole tyrannic band— " Though you Uave laid my body low , my spirit shall ming le with happy intelllgencies in the eternal world . With OUT love to voursi-lf and Mrs . Cooper
, I remain , your obliged and affectionate friend , J . H . BaiMfficn ( To be concluded next tceek . J
Usemploved L'Oou At Bludfokd. — Oug Of T...
USEMPLOVED l ' OOU AT BlUDFOKD . — OuG Of the working' committee informs us that the sum of nearly £ 2 , 000 has been collected in aid of the suffering poor of Bradford , and a very active canvass is still going on . The committee have issued p lacards inviting all who have streets to pave , drain , or cleanse , or other improvements of a like nature to make , to meet them for the purpose of entering into contracts .
A Captivity Among The Sikhs. The Followi...
A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SIKHS . The following is an extract from a letter from an officer in the Indian army : — " English Camp on the river Sutlej , near terozepore , January 1 , 1810 . " My dear M , —I have now to relate the most romantic and dangerous iueideats of my life , and will do so in as few hues as possible . On the 5 h of last month I left Uniballah , having come from the north , and through Delhi to join my new appointment as second in command ot the 3 d Irregular Cavalry ( oi
Captain Tail ' s regiment ) . I passed through Mythul , marching with my servants and camp equipage and a corporal and four sepoys . Wc had readied within oue march , or sixteen miles of the station of Ferozepore . Many parties of plundering horsemen were scouring this part of the country , taking all they could master ; and a great Sikh army of CO , 000 men , and 150 cannon , had just invaded our territories , and on the 17 th ot December encamped between me and Fcrozeporc , where my new regiment lay . I heard reports of this great invading army , but could not believe they had actually crossed the Sutlej to attack
us . Early on the morning of the 18 th of December mv little tent and baggage was being packed on the camels , when wc suddenl y found ourselves surrounded by armed men , and numbers more crowding from the village . An altercation took place between us , they rushed upon me , hurled me down , and struck me on the head and face ; my people were seized or dispersed , and I , covered with blood , was carried off intoasmall fort , where 1 momentarily expected to he put to death . Three or four hours after this a party of cavalry arrived from the Sikh camp . I was taken out of the fort , placed behind one of their troopers on a horse , and galloped off under a strong escort to the enemy ' s army , ten miles distant . 1 now
considered my fate as certain , and that I should be made the sport of an infuriated and ferocious multitude , and be cruelly put to death . On this horse I was carried up and down the great Sikh camp , and shown to crowds and crowds of their army , as the first prisoner they had taken ; many of them abused and struck mens I sat behind the trooper , but he defended my life . At last 1 was brought to the tent ot Rajah Lall Singh , who commanded the Sikh army ; I knew who he was from his splendid dress , and spoke to him , but he gave me no answer . Chiefs going in and out of his durbar shook their swords at me , and I saw that my life hung by a very slender thread . The Rajah ordered me to be put in chains , and made over to the keeping « 1
General Bekane Allie Khan , commandant of artilleiy ; I was then taken to him , and after some questioning placed in irons , under one of the guns , with a guard of artillery over me . Crowds of angry Sikhs came to see me from all quarters of their camp , and almost hourly threatened to kill me ; I expostulated with them on the bad character they would get by killing a defenceless prisoner , and some of them pitied and defended me . Night at last came , and thecroirds retired to sleep ; no sleep came to me ; bitter cold , and the anxiety of my situation prevented that . I prayed to die with calmness , and , if it might bo , without torture , and God was indeed most gracious to me . Bread and water now became my food , and the conversation of the artillerymen my only means of passing the weary day ; but we soon became great friends , and during three days and sleepless nights I had , notwithstanding my hopeless situation , mauv a cheerful hour , and saw many a strange sight .
Surrounded by crowds and crowds all day , now abused and threatened , now pitied and cheered , each night brought with it a quiet and cessation from persecution which almost amounted to happiness . Thousands of questions were asked me , and put iu all sorts of ways , to catch me telling a lie ; but I always spoke the truth , or remained silent , and many a time drew from my enemies the exclamation that 1 was a true Englishman ; they also greatly admired my tail figure , and I never felt so much iluttered in all my life as by this rude people . Each hour also brought some new and exciting report : the English anny was close at hand , and an engagement with the leading divisions expected every moment . Even the bitter cold of a December night on this northern frontier , where we had ice every morning , brought a distinct pleasure to the poor prisoner , for the artillerymen pitied me , made a wood fire , gave me tobacco to smoks , and we chatted the long winter nights away .
"December ISth . —This evening half the Silth army went out of camp to encounter our advanced divisions ; the cannon roared , musketry began to peal ; nearer and nearer came the tight ; the artillerymen in camp lighted their matches , stood to their guns , and placed me on a board behind a cannon . Each minute I expected my head to be rolling on the ground , and in breathless anxiety hoped to hear the hurrah of our dragoons , and the clang of their charge into the Sikh camp ; the 3 rd Dragoons did actually charge not very far from me , but darkness came on , the guns ceased roaring , the hum of the enemy ' s troops retiring to their quarters gradually subsided , aud I was left to hope tor ai . other . day .
' « 19 th ot December . — The enemy ' s tone this morning told me that the battle of last evening had been against them , but darkness put an end to the action ere a decisive victory could be gained . I experienced less abuse to-day , and many tempting offers of employment in their army were offered me , all of which I steadily rejected , nor could they help respecting me for doing so . This night the Sikh army again turned out to fall upon our troops , with the sword alone , hoping to kill many by a sudden attack in the darkness . Their counsels , however , wavered , and they returned to camp without accomplishing anything . Crowds gazed at me all day , as before .
" December 20 . —This morning I was taken early to the General of Artillery , who received me kindly ; he ordered my chains to be knocked off , and said , ' I will get you released . ' He gave me water to wash and some clean clothes , and then mounted his horse and rode to the Rajah ' s tent . I was again taken back to the guns , but not chained . It got abroad in the Sikh camp that I was going to be set free ; a crowd collected , and some one on horseback endeavoured to excite the people to kill me ; my friends , the artillerymen , stood to their guns , declaring they would fight for me if any attempt on . my life was made ; then the multitude dispersed , and after some time , a messenger came from the general , telling roe to be oil' as soon as possible , the general ' s brother
going with me beyond their outposts . Gladly , and with it , I trust , a grateful heart , I left the great Sikh camp ; many straggling parties of the enemy galloped up and questioned me , but the general ' s brother satisfied tiiem all that I had been released by the council of their army , and we passed safely over to the British army about three o ' clock of this day . I went at once to the Governor-General ' s tent , and reported myself . My conductor received a handsome reward on the spot , and I received from my friends and from the whole army a reception I shall never forget . All r . joiced and congratulated me , and my own old regiment received mo with great joy . The Governor-General will not allow me to join my corps and light against the Sikhs , yet I gave them no pledge , and distinctly told them 1 would not , even
to save my life . I dined with the Governor-General the night of my release , everybody wondering how 1 had escaped death . The fact perhaps was , the Sikhs did not wish utterly to outrage us , and by cramming me with false reports of their great strength , they hoped I should advise the Governor-General to negotiate . Ail their reports I , appeared to believe , and always talked of making peace rather than war . Since what I have related , above two actions have been fought , and after the most severe fighting our troops have yet had in India we gained a great victory , taking upwards of 100 great guns , and the whole Sikh camp . Great was the plunder ; horses , camels , bullocks , tents , armour , rich dresses , guns ,
swords , pistols , gold , silver , scarfs , silk , shot , shells , powder , canister , grape—everything was there , and to be had for picking up ; but amidst all these riches fearful powdcr-niiues , previously prepared by the enemy , were hourly exploding and blowing to atoms many and many a poor fellow . For five days these awful mines continued to explode , and the cavalry division of the army to which I now belong was encamped hard by , to the endacgerment of life and limb . The Sikhs retreated across the Sutlej into their own country , and what may now be donel cannot say . I have only to be thankful for my own wonderful escape , and trust in Providence , who has guarded me thus far , to guard me still . "
Fire And Loss Of Life.—On Saturday Night...
Fire and Loss of Life . —On Saturday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , the brigade were called to attend a fire in Marshall-street , Golden-square , within a door or so of Craven chapel . It appears that an elderly lady had been left in a room reading a book , when it is supposed that a spark must have fallen from the candle and set fire to her dress . In her anxiety to get from the room the bedding also became ignited . The cries of the unfortunate female having brought assistance , the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before she was so frightfully burned about the body that death speedily terminated her sufferings .
Accident at Eckixotox Station , Midland Itmwav . —Dkiiby , Tuesday . —Tcsterday morning , as the mail train , which leaves Leeds at thirty minutes past three , for London , and is due in Derby at seven a . m ., was passing Eckiugton station , it so happened that a heavily laden luggage train had been shunted oil the line until the mail train had passed , so as to prevent the possibility of an accident ; but just as the mail train came up to it , the axle-tree of one of the lugragc waggons gave way , and caused the vehicle so to incline as to come into contact with the iirst
of the moving carriages . Happily the extraordinary speed at which the mail train was travelling did not allow the broken carriage to make any impression upon those with which it came into contact , and the only consequence attending the accident was , that all the handles and steps on that side the train , from first to last , were stripped completely off ; for as soon as the mail train had passed , the broken carriage and its contents fell upon the centre of the line down which the mail train had travelled 1 Not the least delay resulted , ftow this accident .
Melancholy Shipwreck Of The Schooner Bal...
MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK OF THE SCHOONER BALIUS . LivenrooL , March 26 . —For the last three weeks tiiero has been great solicitude for the fate of the baling , the property of Messrs . Stockdale and Sons . w waa known that she left Kingston . Jamaica , in January , and twenty-three days Having elapsed be-) omi the time iu which she had commonly made the voyage , she was given over for lost . The appearance « t the master , Captain Per . dlcbury , who has just arrived in tlio ship Clyde , from Fayal , oneot the Azores , has revealed her melancholy fate . .. ' t » l'cars 'hat the Balius left Kingston on the iVlh of January , deeply laden with rice , spices , hides , and dye-woods . She had a full crew , consisting oi fourteen persons , and one passenger , a voung female , named Hazleden , daughter of Mr . ilaziedon , the manager of the Woodside Ferry across the iVlorsey , from Liverpool to Birkenhead .
Almost immediate / v after leaving port they experienced an unceasing succession of strong westerly gales with heavy rains . On the 6 th the wind blew more southerly , and , with such violence , that at times it was a complete hurricane , with rain , and thunder and lightning of the most tremendous description . The continual rush of water on deck , the labouring of the vessel , and the violence of the gale , kept the crew constantly at work . On the 13 tk , they shipped a heavy sea while lying to , which carried away partot the bulwarks , three stanchions , and the house used for steering . They lost at the same time tile bowsprit , shrouds , spritsuil-yurd , lore-utay-sail , and the foresail was split . On the 14 th the weather moderated , and temporary bulwarks were fitted ; and the vessel bore up , under the fore-topsailclose reefed .
, It continued blowing very hard , and in the evening the tempest returned with the most fearful fury , accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning awfully vivid ; the topsail and main-staysail were blown out of the bolt-ropes , aud the sea carried away the temporary bulwark , and made a complete breach over her . The next morning the wind moderated a little , and the crew succeeded in bending a new mainsail , which , however , they were obliged to keep close-reefed , and repaired iilie topsail . From this date to the 25 th they were compelled to run almost helpless before the gale , and ou that day the carpenter , cook , and Thomas Vale , a seaman , became unable ,. * from sickness , to pei'torm any duty ; and the rest of the crew were nearly
exhausted from constant labour and watching . On the 26 th , a tremendous seastruck heron the starboard side , and swept the decks of all the bulwarks , stanchions , boats , spars , provisions , water , and galley , aud split the covering hoard ou the larboard side , the wind at the same time completely blowing the belly out of the mainsail . Captain Pendlebury and four of his hands were washed overboard . Two of the men succeeded in catching hold o something , and were hauled in by the mate and carpenter ever the quarter ; a third was washed into the jolly boat , whicli was towing astern , and was saved . The fourth , TJiojiias Vale , was not seen again . Captain IVntliebury caught hold of the main sheet , and he was hauled on board again at the moment his strength was failing .
Five feel of water was now discovered in the hold , and two men were kept constantly at the pumps . They rigged a drag to ko . p the ship ' s head on to tho sea , and tried to fill the holes on deck occasioned hy the carrying away of the stanchions . Part of the cargo was also heaved overboard , as it had shifted . The night was thick and foggy ; but at three , a . m ., en the 28 th of February , it cleared a little , and they discovered a piece of land , which turned out to be Castello Bianco , a reef on the south side of the island of Fayal , the chief of the Azores . Distant abtfut a miie , the surf broke violently on the cli / ls 3011 feet , high ; and they were then sailing straight for them . The vessel was in the midst of a sort ol bight , one arm of which was formed by the Castello
liranco , and the other by a high ridge of rocks called Varadouro , a point which , if they could huvc weathered , they would have driven safely into the port of Fayal . They had , however , no sail to set except a foresail , every other rag of canvas having been lost or carried away ; aud each tack brought them nearer their destruction . The energies of the captain and his crew , however , did not desert them ; and they tried to get up a flying jib for a main staysail , in order , if possible , to keep oft' till daylight ; and they hove round three times . The wind , however , with the exception of a brief lull , which did them more harm than good , blew fast and furious towards the dreadful cliffs , and the still more fearful surf , and at about five o ' clock the unfortunate vessel struck with
great violence , stern foremost ; she then turned , and uer side came against the rock , beating so fearfully that it was evident she must be broken up almost instantly . The condition of Miss Hazleden during this violent aud long-continued hurricane was truly deplorable , but the unfortunate girl behaved with great fortitude and resignation . She was very anxious to keep the deck , but as that was impossible in its unprotected state , she spent the dreadful hours below , From the time that the crew found ihey could not escape she was frequently on her knees making her peace with heaven . When the shipstruck , she rushed up to the
deck , but she had hardly set a foot upon it when a tremendous sea washed her overboard . The sailors , with the exception of Samuel Scott , all reached the rocks in safety , but in a most deplorable state , the waves having stripped every particle of clothing from several , and half denuded the others . They then had to scramble a mile ovor the most precipitous and dangerous cliffs before they reached tins country . The body o f Miss lhz cden was observed in the surf , and rescued at great risk by tho captain and one of his seamen . The poor girl ' s heatl was fractured in a dreadful manner , and every particle of clothing had been torn off her by the fury of the waves .
Smuggling Extiuoiwisary.—A Kw Days Since...
Smuggling Extiuoiwisary . —A kw days since a seizure of twenty violins was made by a revenue officer , named lleyward , under the following circumstances : —It appears , on the arrival of the James Watt steamer , from Havre , at the St . Kathcrino Dock Steam-packet Wharf , a foreigner named Beranto was amongst the passengers , and amongst his baggage was twenty old violins , which he valued at twenty shillings each , and expressed his readiness to pay the duty of 15 per cent , on his declared value . The officer , however , suspected the violins , though
unsightly in appearance , to be more valuable than the passenger represented them to be , and refused to pass them . The foreigner protested he had put the extreme value on his fiddles , hut he was not believed , aud the affair was represented to the Board of Customs , who appointed a competent judge to ascertain the value of the violins . They turned out to be Cremona s , worth , on the average , £ 25 each . They were condemned as contraband , on the ground that they had been imported as passenger ' s luggage , instead of being inserted in the ship ' s umiil ' esl , and lauded as carg * .
Confession of a Murderer . —In September , 1 S 42 , a farmer was found dead by the side of a public road , in Oxfordshire , and up to the present time the cause of death has remained a mystery , but now it appears , from a confession which has been made , that he was murdered . A travelling tinker , of the name of Isaac Skerry , who has been confined in Banbury gaol , has confessed that he was a party to the murder of the above individual , Mr . George Mobbs , of Dean-hiil Farm , North Aston , who on the 29 th of September , 1812 , was found dead by the side of the road leading from the Fox at North Aston to Dunstew . Skerry says that Isaac Sherriffand James BiddJe assisted in
the murder , and the police have succeeded in apprehending them . On the 28 th of September , Mr . Mobbs went to a sale at Staple Aston ; a friend went with him part of the way homo , and left him at about eleven o clock at night , at a lane near to the Fox Inn , The friend's road then lay in a somewhat different direction , and he heard Mr . Mobbs' horse go steadily along the lane , towards deceased ' s home . On the following morning Mr . Mobbs was found dead , and lying on a heap of stones in Dunstew-lane , in a contrary direction to his house . His coilar-botie w < u broken , he had received severe injuries on the heatl , and a great quantity of blood had flown from him . The horse was found in one of deceasud ' s fields .
Tub London Italian Society . —A meeting of the friends of the above society , which has for its object the welfare of Italians resident in England , by pruviding an asylum where Italian " organ boys" mayreceive a Christian education , and inculcating the doctrines of the gospel into the minds of Italian refugees , took place on Thursday , in the llnnoversquare ltooms . Lord Ashley presided , and among the gentlemen on the platform were noticed the lion . W . Cowper , M . P . ; W . Guilders , Esq ., M . P . ; the Hon . and Iter . Baptist Noel ; theliev . > V . Chalmers ; the Rev . W . Currey , & c , all of whom addressed the meeting in very excellent speeches , in which the misery and privation endured by the poor Italian boys and tho tyranny exercised towards them by their masters were most clearly depicted .
Oldham Election . —On Wednesday evening last ' a very respectable and spirited meeting of the electors and non-electors , the friends of Mr . James llolliday , took p lace at the Grapes Inn , Yorkshire-street , for the purpose of carrying out the wishes and feelings expressed at a public meeting held iu tiie Town Hall , ou thefth hat . ; Mv . William Knott , hat manufacturer , in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That , as Mr . llolliday was carried by a triumphant and alm ost unanimous shew of hiuuls at the previous public meeting , as the fittest and most proper person
of the three submitted to its consideration , to represent this borough in the Commuus House ol * Parliament , in tho place ot" our highly honoured and respected representative General Johnson , this committee pledges itsell to v . se every legitimato means in its power co secure the return of that gentleman to Parliament for the borough at the next election . " "That a subscription ho entered into to defray the incidental expenses . " Upwards of £ 27 was immediately subscribed . The meeting then adjourned .
The Potatoe Disease . —Sir George Mackenzie states that the potatoe disease has , at length , fairly broken out in the uurti ) ,
Enteral Jittellicrenre*
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CorrEh Coins . —The Stamford Mercury states , that so cxt'e' - 'dinjily scarce is copper money in Lincoln , that !» oh ' of the tradesmen have been actually compelled to h , change in postnjjc-siamps ! Sharks . —The . difference between the value of share property at the present prices and at those of September last , is a reduction in value of from fifty to sixty millions . Latter End . —A pb'rsnn . asked Chapman if the tolling of a bell did not p . uthim in mind of his latter end ? lie replied , " No sir ; but the rope puts we in mind of yours . " A Discoksoutb Widow . — . A . Yankee editor , noticing the decease of a rich subscriber , observes lliat , he has died regretted by a numerous circle os friends , and leaving a widow , as disconsolate as any widow need bu who has obtained the uncontrollable possession of 20 , O 00 dollars . "
Smuggled Goods . —It will he in the recollection ol our readers that some months since large seizures- ol cameos , mosaics , and other forei gn goods were made by officers _ of the Customs for having been introduced into this country without pavment of duty . We understand that the foreign smugglers from whom tlio goods were seized have since consented to pay penalties , in addition to the condemnation of their goods , which are to be sold in a tew days by the Custom-house authorities in such lots as to be available for retail jewellers and private parties who wish for such articles .
Panorama of Constantinople , —Mr . Burford has openeda panorama of Constantinople , at his establishment in Leicester-square . The view is taken from the Seraskicr ' s Tower , a lofty building crowning the highest of a ridge of hills on the most commanding situation in or around tho city , and giving on every side a visual control over the entire scene , and the whole internal economy and distribution of the most beautiful city inthoviorld . Fanc y Fair under the Thames . —Tho fancy fair in the Thames-tunnel has proved highly attractive , having lasted since Monday week , and has been attended , on the average hy 9 , 000 persons daily . The amount received at the usual charge of one penny only , was £ 185 up tt Friday evening .
YYau in Ikdia . —There has just been opened at the Cosmorama , in Regent-street , a series of four pictorial views , illustrative of the late military conflicts on the banks of the Sutlej , embracing the battle of Mootlkee on the ISth December , the battle of Ferozeshah on the 21 st , the night attack on the Governor-General and his staff , and the final victory after the capture of the village of Ferozeshah . Sheriff Lauhie . —A public meeting was held at the London Tavern on Saturday last , for the purpose of taking into consideration the laudable exertions which have been made by Mr . Sheriff hnuiio to establish houses of occupation for discharged prisoners , with a view to presenting that gentleman with a substantial mark of the approvaF of his fellowcitizens , A subscri ption was commenced .
Polish Ball . —The Annual Grand Polish Fancv and Full Dress Ball is appointed to take place a ' t Willis ' s Rooms ( Al'mack ' s ) , in the first week of June , under a numerous and distinguished patronage , and on its usual scale of splendour . Postabe Stamps . —A correspondent complains that at present , and for some time past , none of the blue stamps issued for franking letters will adhere . The Proposed Monument to Gknkral Nott . — We have seen a model of the intended monument to be erected to the memory of the lamented General . It represents him standing , his cloak thrown carelessly over his shoulders , his right hand resting on his sword , which is unsheathed , and his left hand extended . It is intended that the figure sdiali he placed on a pedestal eighteen feet high , the figure being ten feet long . The design is by Mr . Davies , of London . —Carmarthen Journal .
The Nebui . au IIvpotiiesis . —Professor Nichol has written to the editor of the Glasgow Argus , that the Nebular Hypothesis is no longer tenable . 'Hie ground of Sir William Ilerschei ' s opinion , he says , was this , that many dim spots existed in the sky whose irtesolvibiUty could not be accounted fw , without a supposed break in a lino of induction that otherwise seemed continuous . The chief of these test spots was the nebula in Orion . Lord Ito-sc writes me : — "I think 1 may safely say that there can belittle , if any , doubt as to the rcsolvibility of the nebula . "
Murder of the Banker Kaputas at Athens . — On the night of the 3 rd of March a horrible crime caused universal horror at Athens . The banker ivaputas , formerly chief dragoman of Mondial Maisin , was stabbed in his own house . His yvil ' e was wounded in the hand , and a nurse was stabbed mortally in the breast . The house-dog yvas found strangled in the yard . _ The brother of M . Kaputas fired a pistol from the window , which brought assistance and caused the murderers to retreat . M . Kaputas yvas the intimate friend aud banker of til . Coletti , who immediately proceeded to the spot . The funeral of M . Kaputas took place on the 5 th , ai , d was attended by t ! : c Ministers , all the authorities , and nearly the yvlio ' e of the population . The murderers were seized on the same day . One of them was formerly a servant in the family , and yvas excited by revenge for having been dismissed .
Lonoevitv of tub IIoRSB . —On Thursday , a hf . rse in the pussession of Mr . Bearding , farmer , at Farnham , died at the age of thirty-seven years . It had worked twenty-six years on the farm . IIoiumiilb Rxyssok . — On the Dtli uitiitio , a man of the name of Marouse , residing at Pataragac , in Belgium , blew up the house of his mother-in-law , by sotting lire to a barrel of gunpowder , in order to revenge himself for some imagined insult from his wife and family . He succeeded iu destroying himself , his mother-in-law , and one of his children , but his wife and a younger child , aged three or four years , who were sleeping in a small closet , icccived no injury . The house yvas reduced to a heap of ruins .
Art Unions . —The bill to legalise Art Unions yvas read a second time on Monday night in the House of Commons , and stands for the Sth of the present month to be committed . It provides that a chaster shall be granted , or tho rales and regulations sanctioned , by the Privy Council . It exempts persons from any penalties impesed by existing statutes . LiNN . aus . —The Frankfort Gazette des Pastes states that an unpublished work of Linnaeus has been discovered in Sweden , after having been long sought in vain . It is entitled the Nemesis Diuina . Tub Potatoe Diskask in Madbika . —The potatoe disease has duns so much mischief in the beautif . d island of Madeira , that the usual cxport-uions of the article had ceased , and it will even be necessary t » obtain supplies from abroad .
France and Italy . —It is said that the King of Sardinia has consented to the re-opening of the ancient route between France and Italy across Mount Genevre , which will shorten the passage across the Mui-atime Alps three davs . Turkish Advance . —The Sultan , at the request df llesehid Pacha , has authorised strangers to visit the Royal Library at Constantinople , in which there are a great number of Turkish , Arabic , IVsian , and American manuscripts . Ilis Majesty has also ordered the establishment of a Museum , which will lie open to all persons interested in the arts and sciences . A Grksdy Bkute . —A prairie snake was lately shot , itt whose stomach wctv found eighteen swallows half digested . The reptile yvas found over a nest » i young birds , which it yvas devouring , while the ^ old ones were living and screaming violently around it .
Shipwrecked and Destitute Mariners . — In Liverpool a large " home" is being built by public subscription as a lodgiiig-h- 'usc for sailors , annexed to which will be a " refuge" for tho destitute of that meritorious class . In addition to which an Act of Parliament , will he soon in force by which a homoward passage will be seentvd to all seamen wrecked on foreign coasts , who will he also furnished with the means of buying clothes . Typographical Errors . —A Nottingham paper regrets , " that by a typographical error last week , in noticing a burglary at Sir . Clarke ' s , Dutch's Yard , Newcastle-street , he was described as 'brother to Mr . Clarke , the well-known Acwse-breaker , ' instead o f horse-breaker . "
Inma Corn Bread . —Mr . Gibbons has been en- ] gaged for some time past in making numerous cxpe- ! riments , for the purpose of ascertaining in what ' proportions , and with what qualities , of English Hour , the Indian meal may bo mixed with most advantage ; and he has succeeded in producing a very wholesome and palatable description of bread . The mixture of one pound of Indian flower with four pounds of English , and of one pound with three pounds , givos very satisfactory results , the bread being sweeter than that usually sold by bakers . Sijijaiuno the Circle . —A party is said to have died , leaving tho sum of . £ 100 , 000 in trust , to the then Lord Chancellor , for the benefit of the individual who should clearly demonstrate the square of the circle ; the interest , until the condition of the will is complied with , « o be paid to one of the colleges at Cambridge , it is believed St .. John ' s College .
Extraordinary . Despatch of Leters and Newspavers . —On Saturday night there was so great a despatch of letters and newspapers from the General Post Office , that the mails were detained full half an hour beyond the usual time . The glut arose principally from the immense number of Sunday papers sent from the metropolitan offices to their country subscriber—the papers containing complete particulars relative to tne progress of the war in India . It is a singularly interesting fact , that such has been the influence of railways upon the mode ol
sending away the bags from the Post OSlice , that , at the presoni time , not a single mail coach leaves the yard , tho mails being conveyed from the office in seventeen large-sized omnibuses or accelerators , and two mail carts . Not less than 150 , 000 newspapers were despatched from the office on Saturday evening , exclusive of the district post , besides an extraordinary number of letters , both inland , ship , and foreign . Buidpout Election . —The return of Mr . Baillic Cochrane for tho borough of Bridport has been pctioned against on the ground of bribery . Fiuscu and England arc now within an Uouv and a half ' s sail oi' each . otLer—tlio Onyx steamer
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having made the voyage from Calais to Dover , on the 10 th instant , in that time , in a trial of s ^ ced ivith the rival steamer , the Princess Alice . It is believed that if the Onyx had started so as to get the lull advantage of the tide she would have performed the voyage in even a shorter time . Joseph Pease , the Quaker . —The remains of Joseph Pease , sen ., Esq ., yvho died on the 10 th ult ., were interred in the Friends' burying ground , Darlington , on the 21 st ult-., injhe presence of a numerous and highly respectable company . Tub Irish Curfew . —The inhabitants of Lambeth contemplate calling a parish meeting to petition Parliament against the new Cmi ' ew liilj , - and tile - church wardens have signified their willingness to call such a meeting , on a requisition being prtsenud to them .
Emigration to America —Within the last few days 300 persons have arrived from Hamburg , Rotterdam , and various parts id' Germany , for the purpose of emigrating to the United States . Forty emigrants arrived at the St . Katlieriue Dock Steam Packet Wharf , in the Rainbow steamer from Hamburp , for the purpose of embarking in ( he New York packet-ship Switzerland , which sails this day from the St . Katherine ' s Dock . Every berth in the vessel was , however , already engaged , and the poor emigrants will have to wait until the 10 th instant , when the Quebec will leave the dock for the > ame destination . Gross Intolerance . —A Tumi ' s Curse . —On Wednesday a case was tried at the Antrim assizes whieh , excited considerable interest in that part of Ulster yvhere the Roman Catholics have imbibed
someofthenotir . nsof liberty of conscience of thnir Protestant neighbours . The plaintiff , Charles M'Louglilin , was denounced with all tiie form of " bell , book , and candlelight , " for teaching the Irish Bible . The effect of this proceeding was , that hewas avoided as a leper , abused , insulted ,, and hisbusiness ruined . The jury gave him a verdict of . iEVO , With COatS . Port Philip . —This colony is improving . Demolition of Ancient Houses . —Un Tuesday , the White Hart Inn , situate in Whitechauci \ w \ ve
, Somerset-street , the property of the Mereera' Company , was Kold by auction by Mr . Puiien , fir the purpose of being taken down , to havusome extensive building erected on its site . This inn is recorded tohave existed before the reign of Henry Vlll . It was condemned forty years ago , on the occasion of the flooring havinggiven way to the weight of a c > ih '» in which was the corpse of the lant'lady . There are many remains showing the antiquity of it . There still exists the wide portico at the entrance of the inn , with set t * on each sirK '
0 Lord!—A tenant of Lord Frederick Campbe' ) , being out hunting with him , piiud him so thick with "My Lord , " and "Your Lordship , " that , in order to get rid of him , Lord Frederick leaped over art immense lichgate ; but the man followed him nt : dT exclaimed , " 0 Lord , 0 Lord , my lord , your lord ? hiptook a desperate leap I " Tub Docile Comet . —This comet is about a degree under , and a little to the north nf mi ( v ) Andrumedf » , with a ri ght ascension this evening of 0 h . _ 31 m . 45 s ., and decl ' matin ' i 30 deg . 30 min . north . It is now nearest the sun , and it is still visible to the naked eye in the absence of the moon , but faint . Horbiklk Dkatii . —Mr . V . Matt hews , who fell into a vat of boiling liquor in the MarsfiehlJ Distiller . ' , a few d « ys ago , and was actually bmieil to death , lest his lather , in 1 S 2 C , by a simihr accident , in the same distillery .
Statue of Sopiioci . es . —The Corstituiiomiel announces th-. it a statue of Sophocles is on its way to Paris , from Athens , whence ic has been sent by the Fiench ambassador , A ' . 1 'iseatcry . It is saitl to be one of the most remarkable antique works of art which have yet been deposited in the Sculpture Gallery of the Louvre , for which it is destined . Mktim'I'Ojjtax Association- foii hiriwnxG tins UwKi . i . isos or tub lNni . sTiiioLs Classes . —A r-pccial general meeting 0 ! directors and shareholders in this chartered association was held on Tuesday , at their ofiiees , 10 , Coleman-strcet , for the purpose of confirming the resolutions come to at the meeting held on the Sth ult . at the London Tavern , for passing bye lsiyvs , and also to elect five directors , according to the charter of incorporatim ) , and to make a call upon the shareholders for the payment of an instalment on their respective shares .
1 ' noop . s for India . —The K « st India Company liaar ndvettUed for tenders of hh ' tps nf 500 " . ot-is burden Mid upwards , to be taken on Friday next , for the conveyance of 2000 tru'T-s for Calcutta , toc-mhmk at Cork , between tho 27 th April and Otii M .-iy ; and also I ' m- ships to convey i 000 troops , to embark at Portsmouth helwcei 15 th and 2 ; jth Aj ril . A f ei-siax Cax . vo . v . — TJm following inscription , in the Persian language , v . as on one of the guns taken at Ferezeihnli . " Professor Shakespear , the h-arntd author of the Hindustani Dictionary , translates it thus : — " Like : : drnfron I hear in mind and on body many : m oldbum lovscur ) , O foe , l > a tin thy guat-d from me ; I h . ivu fne in my mouth .
0 straight-tV . eeil ( perhaps intending , O // tendlji tthposed ) , the gun ( is ) from the Xahob renowned , I' * the lei'titudu .-. nd fulness of heart ( vulour ) oi'hiinsolf ( unvi ] u » lleil ) : X tlrsgoh in hrealh , a V . oa in disposition , one delightful ?
: A serpent , and ; i gem-possession ( serpent ) , and the ( lord ) of a treasure . " * Uelow the above wise ' , in prose , is the foUnwii ,,- ; — 'The property of the Nabob Muhammad Sh ' . . ; a ; v Ilahadur Sflf-daipng ( rank-breaker in battle ) , tiie year 1182 of the Prophetical llijra . Naiv . c , !\< .-k ~ xAi & tm ( mountain breaker ) . Ju weipht H / a ( jii .- > ; the hull of the sum of tho month ( .-f the gin . }; and the powder half the weight of the bail . " Shooting with Intknt , < fci . \—Red Rice , n ^ v Andover , March 30 th , 14-1 G —Final examinaiiwi and committ-W ( if . Shurmur , Winchester , intake v .- trial on the capital charge , took place to day . Jjivnrly attended and gave evidence . Mr . Mcssi ' iik , S- nurmur ' scounsrl . applied to have him isdmitted to bail , which thennv'Htrntes instantly refused .
Can this bh Tuue?—James Jams , a man 75 years old , an inmate of the Uarroyv-upim-Soar UnioniiQusc , was charcod with refuMng to work at pumping yvtitcr . ifco ., tor which the medical nllicer had certified that he was able . He had been put on " icl ' ractory diet' for refusirg to pump , but . still refused , and the board had , therefore , instructed the present process to be taken . Tim old man vaiti tiie work had done him harm—Cemmitied t" the lluiwe < -f Correction to hitrd labour for twenty-one days . —JLieivicr Mercury .
Eap . lv Olosim ; Movi-. mest . —A meeting ot the Metropolitan Drapers' Association , established to > effect a general early closing of shops in all trades , was UeM on iMonday evening , at tiie Park GhapeF Infant $ e ! ieo ! -room , Chelaea . A Mistake . —On Tuesday afternoon a detachment ; of the provisional battalion left Chatham Barracks for ball practice firing at Upnor . While practising . Sergeant James M'Callion , of the ISth Royal Irish , one nf the sergeants in charge , advanced a few paces for the purpose of examining the penetration . of the > bullets that had passed through , when one of the privates in the line , whose musket was loaded , fired off his piece , and the ball striking the sergeant ,, he instantly fell as if dead . On being raised , it was found that tho ball had passed through , the fleshy part of the left arm , and entered the side ,, and came out under the shoulder blade , and passed through the pouch-belt . It appears that the private aimed at the target , but shot the sergeant .
A Lamestaulb Acci » k . vt happened a fow evenings ago on the road between Valongesand PonUVIa-Veille ( Manclie ) . The wife of the brother of Lieut .-General Meslin was going home to Brix in a onehorse carriage with her husband , when he -xnt w' \ and she yvaited for him . The animal , ium-voi-,.. wanted to go on , and , on her pulling him in , bee-.-nw restive , swerved to the edge of the road „ nv . i ' • . . ¦ .. threw the carriage into a field , several yards below , and , as she fell underneath , shewas-crushed U . < i- - -3 tfi instantaneously .
Funeral of the late Ms-.. John LisWfl . — -On Monday morning , at a quarter before ten , the remains of this celebrated coraadian yverc consigned w earth in the Cemetery at Kensal-grecn . The funeral was private , and consisted of a hearse and thrco mourning coaches . In tio first carriage were — Durrant , Esq ., Charles Taylor , Esq ,, Charles Kcmble , Esq ., R . Plaache , Esq ., and Captain Listen , only son of the deceased artist ; the other carriages were occupied by private and other professional friends . Mr , Listen ' s age wa & seventy last
August ; and it is not umvorthy of remark , that he expired on the anniversary , of his wedding-day , the the , 22 nd March . The last dramatic exhibition ha ever witnessed yvas the representation of " ltoraeo and Juliet" at the Hay-market Theatre some weeks since , by the Miss Cushman \ and the day following he seni to Mr . Buskstone his manuscript sermon , as delivered by him in tho character of Maivworm , ia the comedy of " -The Hypocrite , " before tho late George IV ., yvith the shoe-buckles he was accustomed to wear in the part . The executors , it is understood , arc —• Durrant and Charles Taylor , Esqrs .
Supposed Mukder at Biumixoham . — 1 ' iuday iy Evexing . — -At the public office , this morning , three se men , named Sanders , Freeth , and Ilceley , were ra brought before the sitting magistrates , on suspicion , m . of being connected with the death of a man named , ed . Edwards , a lock-keeper , living in Caroline-street , 3 t , supposed to have been murdered . Mr . Stevens , sit- -ttperintendent of police , saitl , on Thursday morning ng last the body of a man was found near a lock in the he Fazclcy Canal , about a mile from Birmingham , with tth a deep ' gash across his face , and a number ol bruises sea on his body . In consequence of information which , wh ite received he caused the above parties to be appro- rebended , they being seen in company with deceased , ed , and quarrelling with him the night before 'the . he magistrates ordered the prisoners to be kept in in custody . . _ * . V sevneut is believed to bear a most valuable gem ia 1 ia his bead , ana t 9 be the uanlUa « rf treasure ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 4, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04041846/page/3/
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