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" cftWETS 05 THE HEATH OF ALLEN S * DAVEXrOBT . BT A BSOTHEB BAUD AXD SHOiMAKEIl . rlorv ! 0 glory tothe trulj great , " ' ^ yjl 0 w ] i Cn death comes , can -he as al ! should di- ; A conscienc e pure—their crownin ? victory ! & none who kmw be ^ owing Maine or hate : " These aretlsey who deserve our homage high , T j „ «_ ! l « 'W lo ! r--oeVr have been ihrir statennwhom the hestrnromiums should await , Su noble '«» s to
quite—While tho fine finish all the past .-xceeds , for nothing yet appt-ars to cause the leas ! affright . Yfr , he of whom I speak , my humble friend , A P * ' » P » '"S ° P '' er—and more ; thus to the last courascoasl y him bo : e ^ ndinade the honest always he his end . V . 1 iat he had thought , snd taught of , heretofore , Was now his turn to practise—to commend gr ' so wn example "See ! ifyou'ilattend , " * So might he say , " I so th- road before !" And now they'll tafce him where he wished to be * Even by io-niorrow ' s nil J-day , -where the flowers TVill S " ^ eomes the Spring time , lovingly , An ! charming all , who wandering near , may know The dust imprisoned there , had onee the power—\ hnv as it is—the boldest truths to sh ,. w
it The reader will remember some verses of the now fl ^ rtf ;! Davenport , which were printed in the Star a ^ vsoh sago , expressive of . hh TCUh to be burieJ in Joisal Green Ccmetry ; in Vrhich he speaks ( as ekscrip-£ « of the scene } of Y « ' The group * « f flowers that sweet , vet gaudy , wave , And breathing rich perfume from every grave . " Pa-haps it is needless to say , that the allusion here m » 3 e is to this c ' : rcumstance .
Allen Davenport. Jjkn D'Tvenport Is Dead...
ALLEN DAVENPORT . jjkn D'tvenport is dead . Hi * death for some time expeitcd by himself and friends took place on Sunday last , November 29 th . As the great mass of our readers can only have known Allen Davenport by name , or rather bv his poetical and prose writings in the democraticjournals , some account of his life will be interesting . Fortunately the materials are at hand , Mr . Davenport having about eighteen months a «; o published an autobiography , from which we extract the following narrative
;—I was born Hay 1 st , 1775 , in the small and obsenre village of Ewen , which is on the boundary line which separates the county of Wilts from that of Glo'ster ; about three milvs from Cirencester , and somewhat more than a mile from the sourceof the Thames , on the banks of which stream stands tlie eoltage in which 1 was born . That famous river , which is only a mill stream from its source to Cricklade , in Wiltshire , is called the Terns , from CrickUrde , to Oxford the Isis , and from Oxford to Loudon ihe Thames , where it becomes a mighty and majastic river , bearing the wealth of all he nations of the earth , on its proud and ample hoiOi » - Consequently ! cameimo existence , while the revolutionary war of America was raging-in all its maldening fury , and which ftrminated , after seven years glorious struggle , in the independency azt . \ final se .-vr .. . tioa from the mothi-r Country ; and would now be , if not for that plague spot , inr black slaves , the envy of Europe aud the admiration rftheworl *! * * *
I ntver « -as in any school , for tlie purpose of instruction , in all iny life . I had to get the veiv alphabet by catching a letter at a ti ne as I best could from other children , who had learnt them at school of some old Tillage dame , although my father , with the exception of the pars .-a and the squire , was allowed to be the best scholar iu : fae tillage : hut his whole tim ^ was occupied in one continued sirugsie , having had nothing but the products of his d ^ ily ljjbour to providefor himself and his numerous family , six boys and four girls ; and who instead efd -voting what little time he had , after his daily labour was d ^ ne , to the education <> f his chil-lren , » YaS obliged to mend their shoes , or card wool for my mother to spin on the following dav , tor at that time the
spinning jrnsies had mad ..- hu : little progress ; but as they advanced every vestige of that benxfieial domestic manufacture which had been a little mine of wealth to the poor cottager , was for ever annihilated ; the loss of which he has never ceased to deplore . Thus has ths iaventioa of machinery sunk both the agricultural , and inanufactural labourer to a state of abject si > very and hopeless misery . But let me not here be misunderstood ; I do not consider machinery itself an evil , it is like water , a supreme good , if rightly 'lirected , out in its present state it is a life destroying sto ^ r ^ e 5 Whe reas , were 5 . 11 the manufacturing machinery made public property , and made to work for , instead of onanist the working classes , itwoullneoncofthe greatest blessings that genius ever bestowed 1
In uiy ^ a rly childhood I . took £ rs . ar dthghtin making little implements of husbandry ; such as ploughs , harrows , * pi 4 e 5 , rakes , wind jniltr , water-mills , Ac , & c all capable of i'eing put into action , and performing tiieir fiinercirt --perations ; so much so that the wheel-vr-ght of the village sto- > d ny and saw with sstonishineut my little p lourh ram over the mould as completely as those which h » himself ixtri made . But as I jnviv older , my greatr ? t ambition was toac quire the art of reading and Tiiititg ; and the method which I employed to attain that favourite object is hardly worth relating , only that it shows what ingenious devices an active mind , endowed with some sparks of n-iture s £ r-, will have recourse to , in ordtr : o facilitate its prorress in the pursuit of knowledge , when instruction of every kind is so denied . The plan pnriucd in the first in-tane ^ . -was this ; i learnt , as most children do , a number of songs by heart , and having acquired , as best 1
could , a knowledge wall the litters in the alphabet , I saved all my halfpence and bought up al ! the printed scc . gsihat I csnld sing , and began wish those that ap-D ? areJ the most easy ; my new process « . f education . 1 irocee'itd to match all the works in my printed songs , Visa those I had previously stored in my mind , and by Timemli-ring the words tlnfc learnt , by comparing notes , 1 S ; ce « them again -. vhenrverthay met mycye . By this me ' . hud ' . ht eye bec-tme the pupil of the ear , aud with botii fccuities eowiiB ^ u , I mad ? such rapid progress , that I o < ten surprised and astonished my youn , ; companions , who could not comprehend haw I obtained knowledge . He acquired the art of penmanship b y similar means , lie next attempted the composition of a sc-ng . Having succeeded and annexed to it the raise of a popular tune , ho stuck it up against a tree i « the middle of th- village , and in a day or two had the supreme delight to hear it sung by many a iad asd lass . ...
When about twelve rears eld he went to live with a " s . ml- - man farmer , " in the character of a groom , an ;] in that occupiwn achieved considerable skill In k-rrema : « saip . Subsequently he was employed by a x . ! r . l ^ iwrtuce , a veterinary surgeon , of Cirencester , and . while in thai cmplouaent , Ue acquired a good deal . f h-cal fsme as a clever " rough rider " and breaker-in ofvoung horses . U-je Aik-n Kantrd to see the world , and sii'heil for Hiieriy ; one nwrnin ? , therefore , ha sti . k away from h : « I'lhph . yer ' s house and betook himself t < j tiro road , towar . ls Bristol , with th < i intention of becoming a sailor and helping to fight '"the batiks of his fcua ; .- «• ' ' , , n the i > cean . Xiea was , at tliatiime , a
" patriot" of the " old school , " " and ihought , at that tini ? , that everything that wa . -i undertaken by Inland was right , just , and p : oper ; and that , every Oilur ttaU ' -iu that opposed her was wrong and dcs = rved ch : ssti « emc-nt . And that France who had just killed her king , exiled her nobles , and reviled and desecrated the Christian religion , was very wkked indeed ; and 1 shouted " Church and King as loud and as long as any priest or lord in tue kingdom And believed that England was not onlyjustified , but that it . was her Loumien duty to put- down , gnd ' if passible to esteriainate such a nesr cnite nation ol liTdlera , blas- . dicmars , anJ r ^ . ic ! d « a ! And that was the feeling of nii . e tenths ot the people ot Enslaitii » t the period of ITOi . "
Faie , however , would not permit Allen to be a sailor , lie wasacsosied bv a recruiting party who exjiiitiatt-don the delightful life cf a iidit d-agooii , at the same time proffering the significant shilling . Alien accepted and became one of a regiment of liiht cavalry called " Windsor Forresters , " a sort of poetical name which had its due weight wi th our hero . He did not , however , find things quite so poetical as he had expected , aud he narrates several aiinovcuices which caused Lim ho small amount of aiserv . JJcsnenta winter with his regiment in Stamford . In the spring of 1795 the re-riment was
removed to Edinburgh , a place which afforded him abuu . iai-ce of materials for poetry . In the spring of 170 G the regiment was encamped in tents by the seashore , near ^ Dunbar , and here the soldi * rs spent a most wretched existence—literally starving . In the autumn the regiment marched to Perth and remained there till the Spring of 1797 , when Stirling became the place of location , the assistance of the solJierv being required to overawe ihe people of that part win w « e disposed to resist the drawings for the militia . Subsequently the regiment marched to Aberdeen . In the spring of 1709 .
1 » as one of a party appointed to escort a number oi stat ; prisoners , wiohad been tried for high treafou , h-vmg bem concerned in th * Irish rebellion of 1798 . Tier ,- wtre fifteen in all , and occupied fire coaches . Akm .: > whom were die celebrated Arthur O'Connor ana OeR . n . 1 Holt . The former , uncle to Mr . Feargus O'Cuil . nor , tLe Chartist leader and prop rietor of the-tformeni ¦ Star . The destination of these prisoners was fort George , a «' - « . n fortress in the very heart of the Highlands , firing our march we had an extensive view of the cele-*> ni - td CulUmen hills . And when we arrived at the for-*« 3 S , 1 think we ctmld family discern the city of Inverstis . The fortress , as we approached it , had somewnM ^^ PKarancecf a green hill , and setmed quite harm-***; but when the drawbridge was drawn up , and we entered the ponderous gates , the int « rior presented a
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, formidable fortification , nUP prisoners were conducted along the rarrparts till thev caino opposite their place of confineme nt wh „ , * porary bridge wus , u . pe „ d cd from th " r ^ Zt to * second floorof the building over ubickfheyTre 2 rJ ? where we Jos ' - sigl . t „ f them for ever . ' tl ^ i < £ teS 5 ^! f l ' - -oM 1 ^ - ,, he learned himself tuc trade ot Sdoeuuking , with snue assUtane * from downtoTi , , "T - \ . Hesu ,, se V « tlysetti ! S , h a * J " Cl A « M \ '' OT « 1 'o work at it until "i . iii . i a short time ol his decease Ww'l ^ i !? 00 * c ™ fi in" » t was marched to VVa wickand there disbanded , peace having been made with the French government , tn ™ hV ? " ° f Upou ti , e worW » h » "hole fortune but live pounds , at a time when the qua , ton loaf was one siuiling and ( enpenee halfpennv , TTnd every olher neceaary o . ' life in like proportion . Atar some time Allen got job work f . om a master hoemaher at Cirencester , but at starvation prices in 1 !; 04 he came to London , and got work of a Mr . uardmg , m the E- ;» ewar . e-road . Allen tell ' s a sad .
8 ory ot tue misfortunes of this worthy man ami his family , whose afflictions , though undeserved , appear t > be of the most poignant character . For one of "is sub-cquent employers , Mr . Bainbridge , he worked for the term of eighteen years . In 1805 Alien was converted to the democratic «! > th , as expounded in the "Sjieueean Sij . 'Um . " riiis w .- . s the title of * work by ihe honest and indomitable Thomas Spence , containing a new adminlstraiion of the landed property ol the kingdom ; bis trial in Westminster Hall for sedition , and a s - ' at number of letters o . i various subjects , all calculated to improve ihe condition of mankind , and if reduced
to practice would comparativel y make the world a paradise ! 1 read the book , and immediately became auoutandoutSpcni-enn . 1 preached the " doctrine lo my > hop-: iates , aud to everybody else , wherever , and whenever 1 could find an opportunity . 1 had In-en a sort of Whi g reformer before ; but 1 now saw clearl y , that all Whig , Tory , or even Radical Reformers , were as rushlights to the meridian sun , in comparis-. m with that proposed by the clear headed , and honest hearted Thomas Spence . And I told a * l the reformers that I met with , that no other reform was worth fighting for , but the ; jjenerally laughed ai me , and called me a visionary . '•'
At the annual meeting of the Polish Democrats on Sunday last , November 29 th , tlie following rcsolu-: Ln < were unanimously adopted : — "It was not till she 14 th of August , 1814 , that 1 made niy debut in the character of a pout , I then wrote a poem on thc ^ rand fete in the parks , in cceb' . ttion of the general peace ; aud sent it to the Sunday Paper , the iVeua . And on the following Sunday , 1 had the extreme gratilication to behold tic poor little bantling—my first burn , clad in a robe of typographical splendour , 1 immediately sent another poem , entitled the " Congress" but that was rejected . This asaiu cooled down a Utile o ! ' my pouiic cnti ) uia . sn ); and it was twi till 1518 , tlmt 1 made another attempt t *> figure in print . 1 had now
become a desperate politician , ami in the January of that iear 1 sent a little poem entitled the " Topic " " :-o SiK-rwin ' a Register , a very fiery p-ditical publication ; it was imuiciiateiy inserted , aud a succession of other articles followed ; bat it was gently hinted thar pieces in prose would be preferred . I took the hint , an-: tried my hand in that department , ; and if the promptness with which ail my articles were printed , be any proof of success , 1 was eminently successlul . Somi-tiuics I occupied half the space of the Register ; and the signature of ** A . D . " became very pi-pular . I attended ail the great political meetings in Spa-fields , in Suiitiifield ,
l aud wherever and tviieueteraiiy surli meetings took place , whether within doors or in the open air . During the perilous years o ! ISIS ami 1819 . 1 strained every nerve , and ca : led every faculty n . to action , lo inspire the people with the spirit of Reform ; ami lo expire the deceit , the treachery , and the base doings of the hkher poircis , with ihe Lords and Commons , under tlw siisi-ensjiiH of the Jt > beo $ corpus . 1 w : i ~ not content with writs ! g t « periodicals a ; o :. e , 1 piim-- « and published in 13 : 1 ) , a . s-ni of dramatic poem , entitled , * lv . iajs ;'< -r ' L-.-jiiiiuacy Unmasked , ' at my own expense . Th : bookse lers lhou « ht it too strdiig , aittl rt-Aiscd To sdl it in their shops ; and whenever it was exposed it was su ; -pressvd by the police . "
In 1819 ae made the acquaintance of Mr . Hunt , Dr . W ^ t-ou . TLitilcwood , Preston , aud all the outand-out radicals of that radical period ; but the Speiitviiiis were hi ^ favourite party . This party , undci the guidance t > i the two Evans ' s ( who were imr risoiied in llorseni « n « er Lane jj . aol for preaehinu the ductrines now proclaimed on every Chartist platform ) , held tiieir meetings in Arthur-street , Princes-street ; Allen joined their society and became viii ; of its regular speakers , Allen also toak an interest in trade matters , and speedily acquireu the coniUence and respect of hi-s " shopmate ? , " a portion of whom he . for a long tiiurepresented as their delegate in tbe Trades' organizaii'tn . In 1820 Allen warmly espou-cd the causa of the pe-s ^ cutcd Queen Caroline , and somesm : g 8 he wrote in her behall were extremely poiiular .
He continued writing on subjects interoti : g to tlie working classes in several popular periodical . In 1827 he published a s ::: aU voiume or poems under the titieof the " Muses "W reath , " This is nsw outoi print . In 1830—31—32 , when co-operative project * were largely engagins p- puiar attention , he was cngased in some of these , and . took a warm interest in Mr . Owen ' s celebrated labour exchange scheme , which was a ' , the outset attet . dcd whhsuchseemina prospects of success . As is well known , however , the scheme tailed , aud Al ' en's hopes were withered . Subsequently he occupied his leisure time in writing asseteh ot the " L fc of Thomas Spence , " and various perns . In 1836 he completed his " Lile ol Shence , " which he subsequently published . A few
copies of this work are , we bulieve , stiil to be hud ; the reader will h ' nd therein an outline of the Spenccau system ; * ' which" say ' s Allen in Lis autobiography , "is that all the land , rivers , mines , coul-phs , iSw ., be made public property , and be administer . don the principle of Agrarian equality I To abolish all sorts of taxes , whether imposed by the church or the state ; to p-iy al ! c-huch and state ex ; eusts out of the rental otaie land , & c , and to return the surplus , whatever it may be , in equal scares , to every man , woman , and child , in tlie kingdom . This plan of holdin" and a-iiniuisterhisr the landed property of this country , is not now thought near so wild ami visionary as it w . is forty years ago , when poor , bit honest Th ' .-mas Spence , " was sentence l to a year ' s impriioumeut , and * to pay aliue of twenty pounds to our lord the King 1 " .
, Ahmt this time , Allen Davenport was elected a member of the " Tower-street Mutual Instruction S : cicty . " In 18-38 , he commenced p ublishing a volume of his poems iu two- ; cnny numbers under the title of Urania , ; not . vithst-mding many disctmraging difficulties this publication extended to ten numbers , when the author was compelled to cease from his labours , not for the want of matter , out through tlie want of : neans io ; . rocced . lie stibsequm-ly published a-little poem , called the "Xnylish Institutions . "
Tlie Ciiartist Agitation found Allen D . ivenport too far advanced in the v « le of yi ars to take a very active part therein , nevertheless there was scar-. ely anv meeting of imporrance that he did not attend ; one of the : a- > i of sucii meetings was the celebration by the UiCi-nwieh , JJept . ' M'd , " and Lowisham Chartists of Thomas Paine ' s birth-day , when at ihe pub--ic supper ii ^ hi on that occasion at Blackhcath , Allen JJavciiiiori presided , Une of t ' ae last of Ms poetical compositions was a ballad , entitled " OConnorville" ' . in praise «> f the Chartist Co-opeiative Land Plan , which was published in the Star of the 29 th of August last . Within a week or two » f Lis death , ha published a little work , entitled the * ' Origin of Man , and the 1 ' rogress of Societu , " which we have not seen .
We should have stated in an other part of this sketch that Allen Davenport like most other men , had in his youth-time his lovc-lits ; his passion , however , appears to have been always under the guidance of his stronger reason , the philosophy of which is unquestionable , hut but no matter . In the year 1800 , he married an industrious and amiab : e " woman . His . wife died in 1 S 16 , she does not appear to have borne him any children . The illness which brought him to the grave wis occasioned by an internal disease of a very painful nature , although wasted to a mere i-keleton numy weeks before he died , and utterly prostrate in body , his mind was strong and unclouded by doubt or fear to the last moment of his existence . 1 I » peace of mind in his Jast hours signally refuted the Judge so ¦ iften manufactured concerning the "death-beds - .. f those who have had the seiibe and courage to cast off the influences of priestcraft . " The mind ' s calm sunshine , and the heart ' s felt
} "Yi Is virtues ' prize ;" And was Allen Davenport ' s stay in the hour of dilution . From the time he took to his bed a numW of friends rallied round him , and by their kind assistance and appeals to the public , the means were procured by which subsistence was enured to him duril the remainder of his career . Like the great me " of oW Al'en ^ veaport has departed so poor a ^ roLuk .. t to leave sufficient ol the ghttcrin £ 7 Ji " meet his funeral expenses ; should thu . prove to beso , doubtless the democratic public will immediate * furnish the means to liqu idate the
tinavoidable cost of his obsequies . , ... If , in the list of poets , we cannot rank Aleu Davenport very high , we may at least award to him the hi | h praise that his simple strains were always devoted to the advance of virtue , intellect , and needom , As a man aud a patriot , he well earned the esteem of his contemporaries , and his name deserves to be gratefully and proudly remembered by the people , as the name of another of the great nobles pi nature , who , with Shakespeare and Burns , lame and Spence , have sprung irom the ranks ot labour . j ^ - Since the above was in type , we hare received the Retttontr , from which we extract the following : —
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DEATH OF MB . DiVESrORT . Mr . Bendall obserred «* ehaage in Mr . Davenport on Saturday , and on Sunday morning , about nine oclock . he died He preserved his serenity to the last . Dr . \ lettinshoff . Mr . Macdon nell , and other medical gentlemen , frequently saw him— and he continued to receive the attention of his friends . The recent Ball for Mr . D . ' s benefit was unsuccessful , and the expenses ef the burial will have to be horn by friends . m ii re ! , lcase r ? tbrward t ( > "io Returner Office , llall oj Science , City-road , Finsbnrv Hall , Runhillrow . Gould Square Mechanics' Institute , such contributions as they can afford—as besides the burial of s-me mark of esteem is due to Mr . Davenport ' s constant attendant . Received—W . D . Saull , 10 s ; W . B .-nd . ill , 10 s . ; ' collection on Mr . Ilolvoako ' s announcement on Sunday evening , Hall of Science , City-road , Us . 3 d .
At the same time that the Reasoner came to hand we received the following ( FROM A COnBESPOSDENT ) . On last Sunday morning , about nine oYIoelc , the Ions expected death of Allen Davenport took place under as little suffering as p « ssiblv could be supposed . The writer . f this saw him about the same hour on the Saturday evening previous , and then he expressed himself as if conscious that life could not remain with him long—his appetite was fast failinghe could not allow himself to be held up in bed even to take any nourishment , and death , lie said , would be welcome . His mind was still as clear ns ever ;
and speaking of the small work of his " On tbe Origin of Man . and Progress of Society ; " which had just been printed for him , he seemed much gratified it had thus been cot before the world . He also spoke with marked satisfaction of the friendly notice of the same which had then , also , just appeared iu the . Rwoiicr , and said Mr . Ilolyoake had b ? rn very kind altogether . Mr . Harney had called on him many times ; indeed , it may be said , to the credit of the London Lib erals , and likewise those in the c untry , much timely assistance had been afforded him , and wonting winch he must have closed his old eyes in some dreary receptacle for the pauper !
The Funeral of Allen Davenport will take place on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Ken ? al-sreen . Tho funeral procession will start from the " Hall of Science , City-road , at one o ' clock precisely . Mr . Devonshire Saull , as was his last request , will speak over his grave and Mr . Iloiyoafce will deliver a discourse upon his death , at the Hall of Science , in the evening .
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XTicnELEr . —Michelcfc is no more : the stubborn foe of the Jesuits , the eloquent and erudite , though somewhat mystic liis'orian , the revered professor of the-Colldge de France . In his recent work , Le 1 ' eupJe , Michelet recmintcd tho circumstances of hi * early ' ife . lie was born in 1798 , in the choir of a Parisian nunnery , which , he t . IU n .-s , '' was occupied , not profaned ^ ' by the types and workmen of his father ' s printing es ablishment . The printers , however , met the same fite as the nuns ; if the revolution routed the one , N i : oleon proscribed the other . And at last the Emper-jr limited tho nvmber of printers to sixty , = I ) lLiiiK them toobtiin the authorisation of the t ; overament in the shape of a brevet This mingled tyranny and monopoly of the press still continues .
MieheletV father , unable to employ workmen , set the whole family to compose , and the boy thus learned to put words tgettier before he had ideas . Sufficient time was still found amidst the labour of a printing office , for those of jhv- nilc education . If may be here'cmaiked . that several of the eminent French writers of thu time were originally composi tors in a printing office . Leroux . cdi'orof Le Globe , 'ind celebrated as a Saint Simoninn , was one . Y > un . s Miebelet , though pinched by hunger , and scarcely clad , was able to -. nter the College of Charlemagne , and partake of the advantases « f a Parisian univers :: v education . Such were t . l .-e facilities <> f
cilncaii ' -n , from which poverty wn- * not excluded . Tn 1821 , Michelet ' -ccamc professor himself . Tn 1 S 27 t e publis-.- his P * -e ueye . ir , showed how ardently his studies were turned towar ' s philosophy : and this procured him the post of prcf .-ssor of the Eeole JVormaJc . In 1837 he quitted this school , when the " eclectic spirit became dominant 'here . " He then obtained a place in th ? Archives , and in 1 SS 8 was elected Professor of History in the College of France . This position he preserved til ! his death , which took place a few days back . —Ikdlv News .
Thk Effkcts op Shot ox Ikon 'Vessels . —A very alarmim : ace 'tint h ; is been brought by the officers cf t ! e Gordon steam vessel of the effect produced on the hulls of the Harpy ami L ' z-ml iron . -team-vw-c ^ by the * hot from the batteries of Ro ? as , in the River l . a Plata , the r-.-su't being quite dif f < -rent from that expected . Instead cf a clean ' fracture , larpe splinters of iron flsw about in all direct ' ons on the hull beimr struck , rendered the danger f-om this cause tenfold more imminent than that produced by the shot itself . Several polluters of this kind struck from the hull of the Harpy , have been brought home by the officers of the Gorgon , and , amoncst the rest , the splinter from the an ^ le iron , which caused the death of Mr . Ramon , tlio clerk in charec . Tlie results constitute a drawback against Ihe use of iron for ves-els of war .
PnoFEsson . SenoxBEis ' s Gu . v-Cottos . — The legal representative of | Professor Sehoiihein ha * wivten a letter to state that the Messrs . Ila'Uof Lombardstreet , and Faversham , Ken * , a k-. nlimr house in the ' powder trade , lia « e arranged with Dr Schonbein for manufacture of this invention under th " patents he has secured . The firm in question , which carries on extensive operations for the public and foreign countries as also contracts with Gov . rnment , have tried and tested the new substance severely .
and they have been induced to undertake the manufacture of it conjointly with gunpowder . In order t " carry out the agreement , extensive arrangements arc being rapidly matured fur the manufacture of the cotton by the firm ; and to meet the objections . ' * that the substance maybe mistaken for unprepared cotton , " it has been di-termined , in compliance wit * . Dr . Schonbein ' s suggestio n , it shall be issued to the public in a dyed state , variety in the colours serving to indicate the different uses for which it will be intended .
Yankee Notions of I ueb Trade with hscuro . —The New York Journal of Commerce calculates on the United States driving the British out of their own provision market . It says : — "An Knglisb merchant , who is hero buying hrc-id stuffs , says that American flour barrels arc effecting a great , revolution in the trade there . The practice from time immemorial , has been to sell flour in very large and inconvenient bags , and the trade has been c aiiincd to the millers and the mealmen . But the great beauty { and eorvenience of the American ftaur barrels has brought grocers to bay up the business : and he says that How he has orders for fifty barrels a week from dealers who never before s > dd flour at all . The English cannot counteract this ; for they have no free splitting ash or other timber from which to make these beautiful barrels . So we think tlie repeal of the English Corn Laws will be some-thing to us—yes . everything to us—a lwme market for the supply of IS , 000 , ' 000 mouths .
Tun Repeal Rent- — Throughout Ireland the collection of tho repeal rent has been suspended . The wards of of Dublin send only a few shillings each . The London wards do not contribute en . iii ^ ii to pay the salary of Ml ' . W . J . O'Coilllcll . tllG In <<| H' (!< for of Wardens ; and in Cork , Limerick , and the great to wnVtbroughout the country there is a distinct determination to contribute no more till the repeal agitation be resumed , and p lace-hunting abandoned . I 7 ic Nation . Americas Tragedy . —The late high life tragedy at Richmond i * drawing down plentiful comment on the " Lynch law , of which it issuch astrikinj ; exemplification . The young and pretty wife of a very wealthy young man ( Mr . Myers ) was detected by her own father in a culpable correspondence with a gentleman by the name of Iloyt . The husband was
informed of it , the lady remonstrated with , and the lover warned ; but the intimacy was persisted in ; and though no proof of positive guilt had come to light , tho injured man resolved to take retribution in his own hands . Accompanied by his brother and another gentleman , all armed , Mr . Myers entered the bed-rO' = m of Mr . Iloyt early in the morning , and . with pistol in hand , demanded of him that he should shin a bond to leave the town never to return . This Mr . Hoyt ( though abed and unarmed ) refused , and Mr . Myers then shot him through the head , as he lay on his pillow . The three delivered themselves up to justice , and the trial came off , resulting in their acquittal 1 The Richmond Times concludes its report of the trial with a declaration that "tho result was an irresistible impulse ot public opinion , " and that , " when it was ascertained , such a burst of applause took place as we never heard in a court of justice . "
Daring Kobuert at Gateshead . —On Saturday las * , two persons having the appearance and address of gentlemen , went into the Half Moon Inn , Gateshead , and ordered dinner , but being told that the usual ordinary would be ready at two . ' they consented to wait , and after drinking a gla « s of whiskey went out . In half an hour they returned , each bringing with him a top coat , whicli they left down stairs to drv . They afterwards joined the regular customers at ' the ordinary , seemed quito at home , and drank and talked with all around . In a short time one of them went to Miss Murray , and with great
politeness requested that lady to oblige him with twenty pounds in notes in exolianKC for that amount in gold , Miss Murray consented , and proceeded to her room for that purpose . On her return she said she conld only favour him with two five-pound notes , which were accepted . Both almost immediately afterwards left the house , and in about a quarter of an hour Miss Murray , having occasion to go to her room , discovered one of her drawers open , and that it hud been robbttd of upwards of thirty-five pounds in gold Information of the robbery was given to the police , and on Monday morning the men , who are named Shaw and Wood , were apprehended .
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WELTHE , IIELTHE , AND HAPPINESSE A KVOI 1 TE MEBEIE CONCEITTB . ( Frmn the Comic Almanack . ) In fnglaiide ' s faui'd Metropolis There dwelte lime duyes « . f yore , A u-ondrous grcate Philosopher , Uppu iiinc a sccDink' flore . His lerninge wa » prodigious , And cite myghte he be sene , Wasting ye mydiiyghte ruslilygbte , o ' er Yu Penny Magazene . Eftsoons hjg fame came to ye cares Ofoncsteepttohyscbinue , lime sickuefso aud inue mi < erie , And shuckinge short of tinne . He had been jiltod b y jo mayde Who sholde have been . hys spouse , He'd ye Lumbapoe inne hys loynes , Ye Sheriffe in his house .
So he soughte out ye sage ' s cello , lUselred to tike advise , And didde for ye Philosopher Ye myddel belle ringe twyce . Ye sage came down immediatelie Ye soundus felle onne hyi . eare , Inne trotbe ya great Philosopher Didde th yhke it wa » hys bei-re . But wlienne he saw je Iuvalede , ^ And lcrnt whatte lie didde lacke , Ye sage be kiurllie asked hym Uppe to his two paire bucke . l \ . r , like a nutte , ye sage wna kinde Atte heurte tho' rouglie inne liuske , And to aftlixion kepte hys earns Open from tcnue title duske . So he ye sorrio Iuvalede
\ t lib everie kindnusse tretcd , He drewc a trunke from neaihe hys bedde , And begg'd he wolde be sea ted . " Now lette me lieare from thee , " he sedde , " Thy sorrowfulle reporte : 'Iho ' jnVtis lonjje , " observed tlie sage , " lie plees'd io cutte ittu sborte . " Tlienne bric / lie spoke ye In vnlede , " Ye ffretclie who to thee chines Is suffering ;* bytterliefrom Lt > vc , Luiubagoe , cud ycBumnus . " " Uutte , " said ye great Philosopher , " Wliatte seeke ^ t thou of mec ? Tliou arte n mnr . nu withe whom I feare , Ill ' s nearlie alle U—V . "
" 0 ! i no ! " cxclaim'd ye Iuvalede , " You'll cli re me from this messe , Yft ' o you'll t .. ll .:. e ye Way to Welthe , And llelthe . aud ilappinessu . " " I feare , " sedde ye Phiiosophar , " Tiiatt ' s more thanne I cauuc doo ; To ?•>! % ¦« so deep a problcinme , boye , ltcquires a pypo or two . " II * fiilM hys bowle , tbenne putft ! ind thought ,
And mutter d " flo ! thnt's nuttcittv . Y ' . j wave io Welthe !—Yes ! letw mee sec ! I'feekins ! boye , I . vegol itte !" " lliirlce wtdlu ma wordes ; " then sedde ye sage , "Yft ' etliou dostlonge for rytches , A quack Lyt ' e Pille withe guide wiile fille Ye t ' ni-kct'cs of your hritcbes . " "Mostesm- e ' ie , " cried ye Iuvalede , 'Tbatte is ; . e way- to Welthe ; Butte oh ! ttiougreitte Pliilosopher ! Wliiehe is ye way « to Ilelthe . "
" TliulU- ' i qu ! eklle tolde , " relumed y'S ftftgiS , " Ye Q-iaeiie Pille , whenne you make itte , Lette others swallowe !—butte bo sure , * sevei'i * e yourselfe to take itte . " " Ult lenietl sage I" yo ypurtie fxclniia'd , "Thy words I'll live to Hess ! Butte one more question stille remunes , Ye vraic to Happino ? se . "
" life that you'd know , " ri-phed the sage , ' Withe thee this mnximine carrie ; A * j-o « « ... ! -Ji : le . le a lutpjjy lj'lo , Take my advise—Do ' m marrie !" Ye luvaletlc returned home , An ! liv'd to be four score , Amavst lie oiide of golde , and died A huppie batchelure . A New Tiiapk —A mill is doing a smashing business by leitinu p-sst coaches run over him , and then i-. ommeiioirm suits for damages , lie has cleared 1 , 172 doilars in the last nine months . —American Paper . *
Congress < -t Equksriajj Ahomikations . —As the Wellington Statue is to come down , and to take its stand on tlie parade of the Horse Guards , it strikes us that it woiiiM be a good arrangement £ 0 collect 011 the same s ; . ot all the equestrian statues now disfiguriiii ; different parts of the metropolis , and to put the . Wellin . ton Grenadier at the head of the awkward squad . They would make a rare troop , " some in rags , some in bags , and some in velvet gowns ;" some bareheaded with flowing curls , some in cocked hats , sonic coated and bunted , some in toga ami sandals , looking in their dingy drapery like some vagamufiin riding a gentleman ' s horse in default oi a groom . —Examiner . Nkw YocmuMRY . —When a Yankee meets a Mexican on the borders of Urn two countries , and blows the Mexican ' s brains out , it is called signalising himself . If he chances to got his own brains blown out lie then immortalizes himself .
It ' s all the same . — " 1 want a ticket for William Rica , " bawled out an honest son of Erin , as he presented himself at the ticket office of the Lowell ditpot . ** Well , William Rica , '' responded the ticket vender , " w ' . icre do you wish a ticket for ?" " Oah , " replied Pat , "that ' s not my name , sure ; it ' s to William liica I want to go . " He was tolc ! there was no such place on the like . Pat gazed with a look ol surprise for one moment and drew his greasy bundle still closer under his arm . AfcUhis critical moment one of his countrymen , who had listened to this dialogue at a distance , pushed his way up to his contused brother , and whispered in his e-ir that the place was LVZerica . ' Och , " says Pat , discovering his blunder , and again addressing tho ticket , master , " It ' s all the same , Dili llica I am for , bad luck to your nick names . " Mather Douutful . —An old woman was asked
what she thought ot one of her neighbours ot the lpimc of Jones , ami with ft knowing look , rep lied : — " Why , I don ' t like to say anything about my neighboms , but , as to Mr . Jones , sometimes I think , and then again I don't know—but after all I rather guess he'll turn out to be a good deal such a sort of a man as I take him to be I " The Rect .: k and ma Stick . —The llcv . Willinm Albermarle Cator , Rector of Carshaltou , have been fined £ 1 for cruelly bea-. ing a boy of fourteen , whoso crime was this—he played nt " hockey" ¦ before the good man ' s door 1 " The boy ' s clothes , " says the papers , " were taken olFin Court , and his back exhibited several large bruises , evidently caused by violent beating . " In the linli'cn day tho vraml of the priest burst into sweet smelling blossoms , but the stick of Parson Gator bears , as gardeners would say , a very different sort of •* blow . "—Punch .
I he Railway Ki . vo on IIoisskmcic —A correspondent of a conservative contemporary narrates an amusing anecdote , in which Mr . Hudson , M . P ., figures in a new character—to wit , as a second John Gilpin . The world k-is no doubt heard that the honourable member has been on a visit to the Duke of Cleveland , at Ruby Castle . During his stay there , he accompanied his grace ' s puck of hounds , mounted on a full-bred hunter . In the midst of the chase an " outcry wild" was raised , and the writer of the paragraph , on looking round , discovered Mr . Hudson , mounted on kin steed , which was going at a
breakneck pneo . He was " tvitlwtt his hat —" evidently very uncomfortable "—with loo much steam up , " but " apparently on very affectionate terms with his horse , " in plain language , we suppose , clasping its neck most lovingly to save him from a fall ! John Gilpin acted to perfection ! How long could Mr . Hudson have sustained the character , fcind with what safety to his bones , is unfortunately still undetermined , as 0110 of the gentlemen present " rushed forward , and with some difficulty succeeded in stopping him in his fight , " and , we may add , saved the monarch the humiliation of an overthrow ,
- ~ Ncivoastw Advcrtmcr , Impudent Ri . kbkky . —When England sees Austria running « . ffwith Cracow , aud will not trouble itself to run alter the offender , we think the least it could do would be to cry " S ' p thief !" Carroll , Mayor . —Whereas it is thought expedient , for the more commodious passing and repas .-ing of passengers within the boundaries of theuity , to institute a more rigorous watchfulness on the part of the Police ; they—the Police—are directed to take up all parties who shall bo found TOSSING in the public streets . But—the Police are to understandthat this Ordernppliesonly toragrantmen and boys , aad not in any way to Bullocks . ( Signed ) MerewctUer , Clerk . Guildhall . December 2 , 1816 .
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G > ckmbs for thb Miu . ioN . _ An association has b ^ en formed in Boston to snpplv groceries at wholes ,- ^ price . It is styled " J he Working Men ' i Protective Union . " " 35 :-A " Temper " lias written to the Times to state that the reao ^ r of the Lessons for the day in tb e Temple Chnroh omits all inch passages as ' aeem to him indelicate . Most iMronmr .- - The Queen and Prince Albert continue to take their accustomed early walks in the gardens and pleasure-grounds attached to tho palace . —Court Gazette , Thk Camimsiatob op Tire Chartists . —Mr . T . B . Macauiay , M . P ., is said to be employed in writing a new History of England . . W J " 1 » ° » Skize tiik Lawyers . —No less than 40 , 000 leeches have been seized in Paris as unfit for medical use . I
Honet . —The supply of hoj , ev is unprfcedentpdlv abundant . In . Woodlands , Shropshire , fifeen hive s produced 1 , 630 lbs . # Shocking Death . —A young man and a boy reaidine ; at Llangrigg , Cumberland , died a few days ago , from the bite of a mad cat . Miss Hawks , the celebrated contralto singer , is about to be married to a gentleman of fortune , who holds the position of one of the Tithe Cnmmisionerfl . Dangers of Gun-cotton . —On the 0 th . at Koenigsberg , six ounces of explosive cotton having brcome heated to sixty degrees ci'nt : grade ( 140 Paluvn-Imit ) , spontaneously exploded in the laboratory of Dr . Keicli , and blew out the whole of the window-frame and glass . Mn . Rowland Hill . —Mr . Rowland Hill lias been appointed Secretary to-the Postmaster General at a salary of £ 1 , 200 a-ycar . The appointment is a permanent one . but Colonel Mnberley still continues to be Secretary to the Post-office .
A New Infernal Machine . —As Mr . ? . , ofWem , in thisreounty / was hieing her stays on Wednesday mornine last , the lace broke , when a severe shock w experienced by th ... ladv bruising her back and sides as th-mgh gunmiwder had expb-ded near her On examination , it was found the lace wa ,-madc from tho material now so much the subject of conversation , " pun cotton , " and had been sent bv some friend , in an envelope , to the lady in question , as a new invention for which a patent had been obtained . Great Running ^ Match for £ 20— On Mondav the quarter of a mile race between Johnson of Holloway , and Milk of London , caireoffin iheNorlhroad . Islington . At the start , Mills got tbe lead , which he kept for 100 yards . His opponent , then came up , and both men made a strtmcle for the gaol , which Johnson reached first , and won the match .
An Extraordinary Offencf .. —Some time ago , a denixenofthc good town of Kendal who wus rather addicted to Bacchanalian revch'ie' * , on returning late to his home f . tind- his wife seated by the fire , anxiously awaitinsr his arrival . As is too often the case under such circumstances , the intemperate hnv . hand at first assailed bis wife with hard words and then proceeded to harder blows . On the tvod woman mildly remonstrating with him , and alU » ptin < r that she had said nothing to provoke his anger , h * retorted . ' N ? a . . I knaw thou ' s sed nowt , but thou ' s a thinkin' devil !" Kersall Moon . —This spot , which for nearly 100 years , has beenusedas a racecourse , is about to be adapted to other u-es . Stopfagk of Factories at Pnr . STojj . —Dnrin » lastweek no less than 13 cotton mills have been c ' osed at Pres'on . in consequenco'flf water having boon let . of ] from the canal , from whicli several mills are supplied with water .
Ihe Game ' Laws . —During the past work no less than thirteen prisoners wereGominittedtothe House of Correction in this town by the Buckinghamshire magistrates , charged with poaching and trespassiii ; . ' in search of srame , viz .. two for one month , five for two months , two for three months , and four for sixweeks . Cuiiious Rklic . —A" old quern has been fmin- ! at Beverley ? opposed to have been one of the d' -mestiv utensils used by the ancient Rritions ' orftrinding , or rather powdering their corn to som rate it from the husks or chaff . It is of rude and simple construction , tho centre beintr hollowed out . of a circular shape , andsomewhatvesembl ng aninverM punch bowl . It ^ is conjectured to be nearly 2 , 000 years old . § 8 A Crack Shot . —on Friday la t , while Mr . Gun . sod , of Penrith , was outshootintr , nine birds ro ? e all atone time , and out of the nine be brought six to the ground with a single barrel .
Lead Mixing in Dki , bvshii { i :. —Some doubts arc entert'iined that this branch of our national wealth and resennrcs is , in this district , on . the decline . Most of the mines are flooded with water , and others are to a great degree exhausted . RisritRSBNTATiox ( if MAXoiiRSTEit—A iTqtiisitinn to Lord Lincoln to allow him « clffo be put in tvminatinn aR a candidate w : is put forth on Monday , which received in a few hours the signatures of . 1 Inri-e number of the most respectable individual * nnd firms in the town . Thk Benou and tub Bah . —At Hie Station ! Sessions Mr . Noale , tho barrister , imvins lost , a cause . and ivitli the cause , his temper , induced in a violent attack upon the Bench , during which he denounced its decision as absurd ,, unjast , monstrous , and outraccou ? .
I he Great Britain . —Bristol , Nov . 28 . — Tlicrr srems to be now no hope , from the intelligence , which reached this city last night , of the Great Bitain be ing « ot off from her present position on the sands in Dundruni Bay . Important to Railway Gkxts . —Mr . Coimni ^ sinnc !' Burgo has suspended foreishte n months the certificate of Mr . W . II . Tempest , late of Leeds , Sharebroker-, who had engaged in railway transaction ;) without adequate capital . Smitih-islb Club Cattle Show . —Thspvcpnrnticr . p are now completed for the ensuing .-how . which takes place next week . The last day for receiving stork will be next Monday ; the award of the . indues will be made on Tuesday , and the show will be open for the remainderof the week .
Russian' Soldikrs . —The Gcrmm Journal of Frank fort states that thesoldicrs of the uarrison of Warsaw nrc in the habit of assisting organised hands of robbers in plundering travellers on the high road from Warsaw to St , Petersburg ]] . Some lime back , gar ? this journal , some Cossacks cntitretl ti ; c home o f nn agfd ifentleman near Warsaw , and , after binding the servants , robbed him of all his money and jewel" . The Weatiikkin Scotland . —So far as the season has advanced , neither storm of wind nor rain , worthy of remark , has visited this part of the country , although other portions of the kingdom have . Leen Iorr fortunate . The Weather is Cumbkrlami . —During the week the weather has been unusually stormy , and the fall of rain has been such as to suspend most of the Aorieultural'operations .
Labour kkquiked ron Railwats . — At the mooting of tho . Manchester and Leeds Railway Company , on Wednesday lust , Mr . [ loulilsworlh , ill :-chairman , calculated that the railways for which hg i lativo sanction has already been granted , at-ii which are not formed , will requireJhe employment of 500 . 000 men for ten years . A Woven Mouse . —A few days aw a weaver , named Peat , in the employ of Messrs- D iver Ydunuhusbavul , and Co ., wollcn manufacturers , MiUbcek . near Keswick , actually wove a live nwisc into his cloth ; but whether the . unfortunate little , animal had dropped from the ceiling or h » il made it- «« -, up from the floor is altogether a mystery . The little captive , however , was taken ; . ut alive from its w oily net , and restored to lib-riy . Cinini-Aivs . —Place your hands or !" cot , in warm w . iierfor five minutes , ami then plunge them in cahl water . The application not only cures but prevents chilblains .
I uiiTiimi Rimi'CTinx is the Price op Bread . —On Monday , nearly all the bakers at the west end of the metropolis reduced the price of their bread from Sd and 7 id . to 7 d . and Did . the 41 b . loaf . Many of them in tlie neighbourhood of 5 t . Giles ' s are charging as low as Gd . Shaking Out . —In a letter to the Nation , the Rev . John Kenyon , a Catholic priest , talks of " desperate infamy lowering over the close ot ' O'Connell ' s career , " and contends that it is time for Ireland to seek another leader . " Plenty to Do . "—We understand that a meeting of spinners and manufacmrers was held last night at Ashton , at whicli it was agreed to try short time for a limited period—that period to be extended should the market continue to exhibit the same depression as at present . —Manchester Examiner , November 28 .
AnothkrNkw Bridob across the Thames . —Application is intended to be made to Parliament next session , for leave to construct a bridge from the church at Lambeth , to the opposite shore at Westminster . Wisdom i . v Yorkshire . —It is pleasant to learn there is much less litigation in Bradford than formerly . In tho attorney ' s offices it is well known that common law practice is greatly on the decline . The business at the Court-house , Bradford , is also much on the decrease . Public Baking Company at Worcester . —Another very numerous meeting wis held at Worcester on Monday , for the purpose of establishing a public baking companv in that city .
Tub Unicorn Found . —A few days ago , while the workmen on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway were excavating a portion of the line near to Bothel Castle , they found a skeleton of nn animal having a single horn growing from thecentreol ' the forehead . The workmen made a present of it to Mr . John Cragg , watchmaker , Morpeth , a well-km . wn na-i turalist . ¦ Tub Convict Barber , we understand , is about to receive a free pardon , on condition of not returning to England . Important to Bonn Collkctors . —An adverti ? _>• ment has been presented at the ofllce ot the Con . nitutionnel—announcing the wile , by public auctie n , at St , Denis , of furniture , paintings , engraving , aud
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bones of the ancient lungs of France , collected at the period of the violation of the tombs at St . Denis . Amon ; st the latter article * arc the bones of P . p ' n ; e-Bref ; Philippe III ., suinamed the Hardy ; and John Tristan , the son of . Saint Louis j a fmridof Louis XII . ; hair of Margaret of Provence ; a portion of tho rnhe of Madame Louis of France , the daughter of L « uis XV . ; and the skull of the Abbe > Siiger . Terms , cash . The Latest NoyuLTY at the Victdrw Theatre , — we are credibl y informed , fays the / Sunday Times , tbat Messrs . Pickford have taken the Victoria Theatre which is to be speedily converted into a gem-ial goods and parcels depot .
Iiib Scott Monumknt—We understand thai the ? corners of moulding * and pieces of corbel heads la several of the- galleries of this splendid work of art have been chipped off , while letters have been rud . dy carved into the stone in different parts of the building . We can scarcely find words snifieientlv strong to denounce the conduct of the individuals who have been guilty of ' such Vandalism . — Caledonian Mercury . Auotic ExPumTios . —The Trnelove , Captain Parker , the last of the whalers from Davis' Straits . arrived at Hull on Monday night , the 23 d instant , with two fish , about 20 tuns of oil , and reports that no intelligence whatever had been heard during the season of the Terror , commanded by Sir John Franklin , and the Erebus , in the command of Captain Crozier , ihe vessels sent out by the Admiralty in the spring oHS'lo to * eek a north-west passage . Thk Skttino-in or Wimku . —On Saturday night there was a heavy fall of snow in South Lancashire , followed by a severe frost , which still continues .
AhABiimo FrkyaiiBsce of Fbyer . —Tbe village of Upton , near Blewsbury , Berks , has had an a « ful visitation by the spread of a contagious fever . It first manifested it-relf about a month ago in a cottager ' s family , and such has been its rapid and extensive spread since , that up to Saturday lasi no fewer than 5 ~ w deaths had arisen in consequence , and these out o » a village " population of 150 . Thk WBatumi m Liverpool . —Winter has s-t in upon us in riyht good earnest . The country around us is covered with snoff , and the frost is s-o severe that the skaters h ave been enabled to enjny their sport . 1 ' oRTLGUESB Potatoes—On Monday severl tons of potatoes , ex Royal Tar , from Lisbon , were sold by public auction atKunliimand Hunt ' s , Pudding Lane , being the first importation , in any quantitv , of this vegetable Irom that kingdom .
ociiMABiNK Tkleoraph . —The submarine telegraph was laid across Portsmouth Harbour .. » Saturday , Imm the Watering Island in the Dockyard , to the steps at the Royal Clarence-yard . Death i-f Captain Manbt , " R . N . —This gentleman , so wcil known in the scieatific world by his inventions more particularly his li- ' c rope , for saving shipwrecked mariners , died on Thnmlay week , after a severe illness , iu the ftkh year of liis ' aue . Anotiikr Convert to Romb , —Mr . Henry P . wna " , * m of Henry Powiml ) . Esq ., magistrate for thu •¦ ouiity of Middlesex , and who formerly oppos ' d Mr . Byng at the flection for that county , has just joined the Roman Catholic Church .
fccAKCixT of Eoes . —During this week there has be . 11 a remarkable dearth ot e ^ gs , which were not to tie obtained at any price is many parts ot the town . American Lynch Law —in a late trial for murder in Illinois , it is stated by the reporter that there was no doubt as to the truth of the charge , but tho connsol for the prismer assumed that " there were individuals in every ctmimiwiiy who ought to be Jf ikd , ami that the murdered matt boion . cd t-i that c ' . sss . " The prisoner wa .-s acquitted . The coroner ' s report of another minder in Kentucky states that the body hdii SO wounds with a bowic knife , nmi a pttfci ;! sho ' l
through the head . Su . vs of I . IBKUTT . —A secret society has been 01-. ifaiiised in Kentucky for political objects . It is called the " Sons ef Liberty . " Eaki . t C ^ siso . —The clerks of three of the . nrcets f New York moot crowded . with shops , not long since pob'ished a circular . addressed "to the ladies , " 10-t | Ui'ftmg their aid in tiieir at tempt to induce their masters to dose the shops at eight in the evening . The signatures of all the shop-ma-it-is have since been obtained , and the new arrangement has gui . e into o : oration .
AitKiticAN Ruffians . —The Governor of Illinois entered N ; iu * oo , on the 23 th of October , with twu hundred men and two field pieces , to put down the mob of Anti Mormons , ' who were there holding rule iu defiance- of all law , The chief of the mob , General llrockman , met ihe Govenv . ir with a much largiv force , and openl y defied him , declaring that they were " freemen , " ami should do as they thought fit ; and that , i f he wanted alight , " the boys were 011 hand , any l . our . " The Governor decided io leave his force under arms to quell disturbance .- till the meeting uf ihe legislature , wlieu the policy ot eiUTying things to extremity will be canvassed . A How . —The Pittsburg papers state that the member * of the city council "had a row" on their adjournment trom the council room , which " resulted in ¦ 1 general liglii "—tho subject in dUpule ' oc-inj ; U : e openin" of a new direct .
Santa Anna ' s Leg . —A letter frcm Mexico , published in ti New Y < t 1 c paper , desci ibes the rW «( cnn « tt If Santa iinn-j ' s ley " by the authorities . " It was ' txhiitueu and kicked about the streets when ho was driven from power , but finally " approoriatcci" by » speculator to keen in pickle for t ' titu .-e exhibition . On the remainder ' s late ' return to power tbe last leg was reclaimed , and respectfully .-c-Si-pulettired . i ' i ' . oGtii ^ siso Ijackwauds . —It is announced as a new !> tep of " progress , " by a ik'Stun paper , that * ! i-.-f ; ro servant of a wealthy iamity iutlint eit » h : is bos . ft eon with an addition to hisdiuss which koks like an appitac-h to a ; i > e ; -y . tMiciiASTs . —The ship Fairfield , - from Liverpool , arrived < u New York , wish 23 j st-trace Da > irei ! t . ' ' )¦ -.
iinu had han four births ami five deaths 011 b :-a ; d fluting tho vi . Viii .-e . Tin ; rcuiTAAs " —The annua ! pttb'ic thstnh- 'givins e .-iaWi .-hed by the I ' uritsi : settlers t-fXew KigUwd is I ) coming si national festival This . iiituiisii she Governor of Kentucky ha > : s-ue < l his prcehin .-anoti to" " rs observance , and this makes ckvcii stales wiiich join in it on the :- ; imo o ,: y . Drkadful Death . —On \ V > .-dnc 3 d ;» y forenoon , a man liiimei ! Joseph tteyiiotd , a . ccl twen ' . y-one yi .-a-s , esjiirctl in the aecidei-u ward of Guy ' s llnsjiital . TI 13 Mt-l ' tifiiitn ' . te man was ctnplo . ved tit it lime yani in PceUhani , and whil > t engaged in his ii » ur . li-ccii :-. ations he was iciz .-d with an ep'lepiic lit and fell i : « to it deeji 'ime pit . He renininul in that state for nt-urly a qunrtt-r of > Mi hour , when he was i ' our .-i !> y one of f e workmen lying at th-. ' bottom of the jit covered with lime , and frightfully burnt over the back mil lower extremities by the action if the time , which happened to he in a hvatetl condition .
Sl ddi ; . \ Dr . ATii at a Railway Station . —Qn Tr . esdar morning , , 1 « cntie :: ian named Kraneis . a sohrito-, of Monument Yard , Lundon , k-i ' v Jliistin ;;? , with his daiii . 'liter , to go to- London , but on their arrival nt the Brighton terminus , Mr . Francis , who . wo uiiderstiU ' . d , w : ts bet wet 11 six y aud seventy years of ii-. ' . c , was taken suddenly ill , and before medical assiStuuee could lm proeurctl he wag ti corpse . The L ! i : a 7 . ilia . \ StOAS I ' iiauk—A caivo or two of new Lirazitian sugar , imported ui-. der tho new la v .- of last set-siun , may be expected in Liverpool very shtirtlv .
SiMit ; i . Ait Binxn . —Or . Monday last , at Castle ' .: aiv risou , neiir Charieville , Mrs . M'llanrahan , the wife « - . f a poi . r pciuant , was safely dcliverc-. i of a femalo child , having three hritds , perfectly IVnmil , a :. d ;> n the ielt hand , which was move than double the vl'ia uf the risiht , t-ix fingt-rs . It 'Arts at first stipposcti itto ulill-. i was K ' . ll b . ; rn , b' -. t altera short time .- ! uiui : i : k > n Aj . j -. oftroJ , : . ; :..: it irt : \ t prtiOlV ! . Itkci . V to till We . ! . Dl ' . Mihiv .-M , of Charieville , has been in eonstaiir-att .-nd--: i ' . o >>; i the poor women , and i >» -iu « to his i-x riliiis she is roi . jid' -rsd out of iianscr . On a previous en ; :-fii ;;' tiii'iit ( -he was delivered of a » ou who hud aa eU ' -ruioii- head . ri . moiis lOit Ei , Krit . \ yrs . —At theNoninaton a : ri » cultural meeting , Air . Rice , AJ . l ' , im liSiot-ei ! fli . it Mr . liansunic had recehed ortters from Cejiiiii to make some pleughs fi-r elepiiants . *
Tea Duty A citation —A deputation iniin tue Anti-Tea Duty party , at Liverpoo l , arrived in llirniinfj l . 'iiin on . Monday ,.-: ml commenced ihe agitation in thiit town . Collision ijktwkkn . v Livkuimoi . Stiwsikh and Scotch Uistc . —On Saturday mornin !; , beiw-en ti . ne and four o ' clock , the fiiiecnSteamer , from Liverpool , ran into the Jane Archbold bri-r , laden with coals , from Scotland , as they were boihguin ^ up the Litl ' ey . Tbe crew ut the brit ; were rescued witii great . litfieulty , as she almost iniuiedinly satik-A Vksmii . was run down off Ka .-. tbonriic a ' out . ; cn p . m . on Saturday last , by a ship Mipposed ! o h-. ve been laden with iron . The i-r « w , live i : i :. un . l > . r , reached the shore about midni ght , having jtm saved themselves from drownintr .
Pr . izK Cattle . —The City of London , Aberdoen steam-ship , came up the river on Wednesday , with , two hundred and fifty head of cattle on boaid . an'ottg them are nine fat oxen of cniArinons dlim-i ; fioim intended for the Smithfield Club Cattle s-hnw . A Child wft is a IIasipi-. k at Miss Ucnmvn ! Coutt ' s . —The body ofamalu ciiil . i was timnd at iiie door of Mm Coutl ' s house in Strattoti-stiver , oil Saturday ovenins . Tiie body was placed in a hamper wrapped in a lii . en napkin . The panics who left the body have not been discovei cd . Melancholy Deaih iiy Fike . —Mis . Violet CV . rdcroy , aged eighty , a widow of independent unans , residing at 12 . Princes How , Leicester Square , on Friday last accidentally fell into the fire-place iler clothes ignited , irom the e jects of which she died oil Wednesday .
Tiik Cakltcss Club — 1 he improvement * nw going on at this clubhouse , will be on a magnificent : scale . The tAtiUinji wiilbecoitsitlenibly enlarged , aud on tlw » completion of the whole will present a fiontiarya ? than that of its neighbour , the llciWm Club . Tue Lady Poacher . —^ 0 hear the infonnalion ? r . r poaching against the Duchess of Mnrlbort u . nh ! ; H 5 been defeated in a technical point of law . The statute , not looking to a violation of its provisions b \ females , only introduces the niascular rentier "he , " and therefore " she . " the Duchess , escapes its operation .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05121846/page/3/
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