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      Ot ' ier two , named Swanston and Cox , were also anch hurt on tbe head , and blcedimr ; but the other , named Dundas , although in the midst of the scuffle , fortunately escaped with very slight injury . They were enabled to identify three of " tbe originators of the disturbance , and quickly apprehended and secured them .. This was effected amidst hooting and stone throwing ; and from the Old Meal Marketstairs , the landing-places of which overlook the street , and which wove perfectly crowded , a number

      of very heavy stones were flung at the policemen as they passed by , but fortunately without the intended eficct , and several malicious vagabonds ran un to George the Fourth Bridge , and flung several stouts frora * thence , and were off before they could be secured . The crowd , however , began to find that they were no match for the force " brought ag ainst them , and gradually dispersed . Besides those taken into custody for causing the affray , a considerable number of others were apprehended in trying to incite the moh .

      Loss of Life is the Firtii . —The following are further particulars of the melancholy loss of the crew of a fishing boat in the Firth on Thursday last : —The boat , which was quite new , was manned by four brothers , sons of an old and respectable inhabitant of Xcwhaven , named George Floekhart , and left Xewhaven on Wednesday . They proceeded down the Firth as f . -ir as Gullaneness , or Feathery Island , at no great distance from the Island of May , in the expectation of finding employment as pilots to any foreign vessels bound for Leith . They beat about during the night with that object , and about five o ' clock on Thursday morning they hailed a foreign vessel , and having found thai the services of a pilot were required , the eldest brother , George

      Floekhart , proceeded on board the ship to act in that capacity , and left his brothers in charge of the boat . The Vessel arrived at Leith in safety , under his pilotage , early on Thursday , and he returned to Jfewhavcn after the discharge of * his duties . The fishing-boat remained in that part of the Firth after the departure of tho foreign vessel ; the object of the crew being to obtain , if possible , another vessel to pilot , though a heavy gale was Wowing from the north-east , and the sea very high . . Some time afterwards a large fishing-boat , also belonging to Xewhaven , hore down upon them , and advised the crew to proceed home , or to seek a more sheltered situation , as the gale began to increase in fury . They unhappily dcdined " to adopt this advice , and pointed to a ship which was seen looming in the distance , to indicate their intention to wait till she came up ,

      when they would offer their services to pilot her to Leith . The unfortunate crew were not again seen in life : but the relatives of the unfortunate men had hopes that they might have reached some p ! aee of shelter along the coast ; but their fate was made certain on Friday morning , and the body of the eldest of the brothers who have perished , whose name is James Floekhart , was found in the Firth on Saturday morning by a Xowbaven fisbing- !> oat between that vilbige and Kinghora . The sufferers wore of a highly respectable and industrious character , and were held in general estimation in Xewhaven , where their aged " parents still reside . Tho sympathy of all the inhabitants of Xewhaven has been freely shown to the distressed relatives , and we trust that their claims to the benevolent regard ofthepuWie will meet a liberal response . " The bodies of the other two brothers havc not jet been found . —Caledonian J / ercurii .

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      Dubux, Aran. 7-—Dr. Crolly, The Primate ...

      Dubux , Aran . 7- —Dr . Crolly , the primate of the Lkh Koman Catholic Church , " died sudddenly of cholera , at Droghcda , on Friday , at noon . State of the Couxrar . —The following extract from a report , made under date of March IGth , is by Michael J . M ' Carthy , agricultural instructor : — " Early next day I took to the road , but the afternoon turned out to be wet . I therefore called to Mr . O'llaley , P . P . of Carna , with whom I remained lill next day . He also promised me every assistance in his power—in the meantime regretting the very liuJe that could be done for the people of that degenerate quarter . The state of the country hero , tV * in many other places , is utterly hopeless , and exhibits the most horrifying picture of poverty and destitution . The neglected state of the land , the

      deathlike appearance of the people crawling from iheir roofless cabins , the piercing wailings of the children forsaken hy their parents , and the parents in their tarn forsaken by their children—the pitiful petitions of the desponding poor craving that charity which the ' rate' of 23 s . Id . to the pound puts out of the power of humanity to bestow , some may conceive , but few can describe . It is not very likely , indeed , that any good can accrue to such people from my visits , nor is it possible that a change for the better will take place for some time in Carna . * AVe will not sow , for we cannot work without food , ' is tho general answer made to me by those patient sufferers . £ veu the few who have * a will ' and ' a way' arc also desponding , for they apprehend ihat the crop will not be their " own when perfected after all their trouble . "

      In the Cork workhouse there arc 1 , 000 children under seven years of age 1 Moke Clearances . —The subjoined statement appears in the Tippcrarg Vi . idkc . tor ;— "Seven hundred and thirty-one individuals , nearly the entire village of Tuomevarn , will be rendered houseless on ihe " l

      Mr . Perry's Case . —Ten of the jurors who tried 3 lr . Duffy at the last commission had- signed the jnen . ori . ii of the Lord-Lieutenant , praying for the abandonment of the prosecution . Opexixg of the Commission . —The commission was opened this day before Mr . . fustice Jackson and Mr . Justice Moore . " The former learned Judge , in the course of his charge to the grand jury , very hviony referred to thecase of Mr . Duffy , merely stating that as the bills had been already found , tm-y had nothing whatever to do in the matter . Mr . Duffy ' s health has been materially benefitted by his transference from the gaol of Kilmainham to the llichmond Bridewell . " Mr . Corry Connellan , private secretary of Lord Clarendon , has been served with a subpoena to attend the trial .

      PAitrr Processions . —A memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant , suggesting legislation towards the abatement of party processions , has been forwarded io his excellency from the Assistant-Barrister and the other magistrates assembled at the Xcwry quarter sessions . Moxhay , ArniL 9 . —State of the Poon , —The IJ-....-ir 2- and CUir « Examimr contains the following amongst other details of the increasing destitution in those counties : — " In the parish of Ballybrood , in the district of Cahirconlish , eight persons have fallen wider the ravages of cholera . They were destitute creatures . Their bodies lay unburied , for no coffins were provided . The father of one family was once truly able-bodied . The officer of relief is an aide dialectician , and because tbe destitute father once deserved the technical designation , he would not aii ' ord him the requisite succour when his

      energies were failing . He had been a strong manhut—rtat wminU xriisbra . —of strength he retained but the anatomical semblance . Want prepared him for the grave—if his corpse in a grave is suffered to liiculder . Had he been fed , he might have lived free from cholera to this moment . In the same parish and the .-ame district , a young girl left the workhouse in tho hope of obtaining a passage to Australia , The relieving officer refused her food or aid out of doors . She contracted the malady , was expelled from her refuge , died , and lay dead by the side of the road , was conveyed to the grave yard in a cart , bvher mother , dragging like a horse between the shafts of the vehicle . Where was tbe relieving © fiber ? Why did Le not supply the requisite sustenance to the impoverished creature while she could Use it . or afford her remains the covering of a coffin and christian interment ?"

      Ti-espat . April 10 . —The Cholera . —Gradually the epidemic is making way iu the destitute districts in Clare , and in some places it is most destructive . At ihe village of Carrigaholt there were sixty-five cases and twenty-five deaths within the last week . The cholera has at length broken out in Cork . Six cases occurred yesterday , four of them iu the workhouse . Lxcrease of Destitctiox ' . —Mr . James Ililles , in a letter to Mr . P . Scrope , M . P ., dated "Maryland , Newport , county Mayo , April 2 , " mentions several

      cases of death from destitution witbir . the past seven or eight days , and gives a deplorable picture of the state of ihe survivors in that district of country . In tbe union of Corassollagh , he says , " it is the wellfounded opinion , vouched by the person officially connected with the poor law , that ' one thousand l-. Tiaiits ruutt die of starvation in the coming month l '" The Key . P . Conway , in a letter to the Freeman ' s J-mnial , dated Ballinrobe , April 3 rd , gives a long list of " deaths from disease , brought on by famine , in that < Hstrict .

      A correspondent of the Cork Examiner states that % -re were 875 deaths trom starvation in Fermoy " « ithin the past three months . >" o more paupers are to be admitted into the Cork T -orkbouse . Tbe overcrowding of the workhouses Produces infection , and sweeps away numbers , and hundreds crawl about society spreading diseases of various kinds , rather than face the horrors of the ^ fcrkhouse . Tmal of Mr . Dcff * . — Yesterday Mr . Justice Moore fixed this morning for the trial of Mr . ¦ "utfy . For a miracle , the Crown has at last waved a privilege , bv acceding to tbe request of the prisoner ' s counsel to be furnished with a copy of the Panel by which act a considerable saving of tune w be effected . Tbe constitution of tbe jury panel , « far as report goes , for the list is not published , ls said to be as iavourable as tbe Crown could e * peet . . $ IR IL Peel ' s Pxas . —The Peel party here is in w spirits , and calculates on Sir Koberfc being

      Dubux, Aran. 7-—Dr. Crolly, The Primate ...

      Prime Minister before long , despite of all that is said about his resolution not to take office again . On Monday a meeting was held in the vestry room of St . Mary ' s parish , when Sir Robert Peel ' s project for the regeneration of Ireland was considered . The proceedings were wound up by an unanimous vote of thanks to the right hon . baronet , with sundry aspirations for his speedy accession to office , and the ejection of the present occupants of the snii" ' berths in Downing-strcet . The Late Ancumsnop Crolly . —The funeral ( on Sunday last ) of this respected prelate was attended by the Rev . Lord John Bercsford , nephew of the Primate , the llev . Dr . Ellington , Regius Professor , and several other eminent Protestant divines and gentry of Armagh and the surrounding country .

      The Rate ix Aid . —The northerns feel almost confident that the rate in aid will be abandoned bv government , as only fourteen members from Ireland supported the project . Emigkatiox . —The crowds emigrating at the port of Watcrford still continue . It is stated in the Southern Reporter that for the next three months il is expected that the number of emigrants through Waterford will average 500 a week , Wednesday , Aran , II . —Trial of Mn . Duffy . — The trial of Mr . Duffy commenced yesterday . Sir Colman O'Loghlen was absent , and Mr . Butt , ( J . C ., appeared in court , having travelled all night trom Cork , in order to be present . The prisoner has the advantage of the distinguished talents of Mr . Napier , Q . C . There was but a small number of jurors in

      attendance , which in itself is significant of the kind feeling that prevails towards Mr . Duffy , for few would : now keep away , as the club system is utterly extinct . After the prisoner's counsel had challenged fourteen jurors , and the crown had set aside fifteen , the Attorney-General was indiscreet enough to taunt the prisoner with endeavonrinsr to select a jury to try him I Mr . Butt then offered the crown to give up all challenges at his side if the Attorney-General would do tbe same , but Mv . Monahan declined . A jury was at last sworn , and it is thought to be what is " called here " a very doubtful one , " i . e ., one on whom the crown does not rely for a verdict . The list it will be seen comprises the names of four Roman Catholics , two of whom at least arc warm partisans of the Repeal cause .

      The following are the names of the jury -, those marked with an asterisk arc Roman Catholics : — Thomas Saunders , 6 , Mountrath-street ; Daniel Hutton , 6 , Dominick-strect ; * Charlcs Egan , 14 , High-street ; * Jnnics Fallon , 30 , Arran-quay ; ? Fergus Farrell , 120 , Capel-street ; James Ilaig , 3 , Ardee-street ; Hull Ingram , 5 $ , York-street ; * Richai d Kelly , 50 , Lower Sackville-street ; William Myers , 3 Q , South Richmond-street ; Edward Rounds , 20 , Mary-street ; Thomas James Wright , 8 , Lower Saviile-street ; Alexander Morrison , 37 , Castlestreet . Mr . Monahan , in his statement of the case , traversed the same ground as he went over before , but ho exerted himself beyond his former effort to produce effect upon the jury . At six o'clock the court was adjourned .

      The Rate lv Aip . —The corporation of Dublin has determined to petition in favour of the rate in aid , after a long debate yesterday . The Cholera . —In Cork , the cholera is increasing . There were eleven new cases and four deaths in the workhouse yesterday , aud the Cork Rcp > orter says the paupers are leaving the house in crowds . In the Xcnagh ( Tippcrary ) union , " tho cholera is committing great havoc among the poor . " At New Ross , Dr . Mullins , described as an eminent physician , has died of cholera . The following report shows the fatal progress of the epidemic in the county of Limerick ;—Newcastle , Armr . 9 . —The cholera proceeds to an alarming extent : sixty deaths last week . Dr . Locke , of Rathkeale , has died of cholera , and his wife , servant , aud child not expected to recover . "

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      Chester, April G. Charge Of Arsox.—David...

      Chester , April G . Charge of Arsox . —David Rose was indicted for having , on Friday , the 2 Cth of August last , set fire to a stack of hay at Disley , the property of Thomas and John Barnes . Mr . Trafford and Mr . Bevan conducted the case for the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . M'Intyre .- —Joseph Stafford , examined by Mr . Bevan : I live at Disley , and work at Slater's Factory . I know the prisoner . On Friday , at the latter end of August , I saw him at afire of a chimney belonging to Mr . Fay , adjoining to Slater ' s factory . Fay was in the employ of Mr . " Slater . The stack of hay which was burnt stood in a field opposite to Fay ' s house . Whilst the chimney was on lire James Read , an uncle of the prisoner , came up : he was on bad terms with Fay . Bead said , " this would he a good time to fire Barnes ' s hay-stack ; thev will think it took fire

      from Fay ' s chimney , and servo him out accordingly . " Read then offered mo some matches for that purpose ; and I refused them . Read then gave them to his nephew ( the prisoner ) , who wont up to the haystack and set it on fire . The house was distant only a few yards from the stack of hay . Afterwards the prisoner came to me and said , " I have done the trick ; " and I then saw tlic stack burning . I did not mention the circumstance to any one till the 7 th of Dc-cmbcr last , when I told a person named Lister . Soon afterwards I met the prisoner , who said to me , in the presence of James Burn , " You have told at last . This will transport Jem aud me . " Cross-examined by Mr . M'Intyre : I once took a plank , assisted by Read , from the canal . He and I divided it . lie got the largest share . Read was charged with taking brass piping from Mr . Slater . I gave information ^> f this . —Win . Lister , examined bv Mr . Trafford : I remember the fire . The stack

      of hay was most injured on the side furthest from Fay ' s house . Stafford told me that the prisoner set fire " to the stack . He told me this on 7 th of December . —James Burn : I was in Slater's factory on the 7 th of December . The prisoner came in and said to mo , " Well , it is told to Lister ; tell him to let it drop , or they will transport us . " I did not then know the prisoner was alluding to the fire . The prisoner remained at the factory till the following Monday , when he left . —John Cook , constable : I apprehended the prisoner , and charged him with committing a robbery in Derbyshire . He said he

      had never been suspected of that , but bis uncle was . On the road to prison he said it would not be for a robbery , but for firing a haystack he was blamed . All would be cleared up at a future time . — James Hammon , constable ; "When the prisoner was given into my custody by the last witness , ho said lie knew nothing about the fire . —Mi-. M'Intyre addressed the jury in defence ; and the learned judge having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation to mercy , in which the prosecutor joined . The prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years ' ' transportation .

      Libel ox Lord Leigit . —Five days have been occupied in the trial of Charles Griffin , an attorney of Leamington , for the printing and selling of a libellous book or pamphlet entitled " Stoneleigh Abbey Thirty Years Ago , " with the object of aggrieving and vilifying the present Lord Leigh , ana causing it to be generally suspected that he had been guilty of divers murderous crimes . The defendant pleaded that the publication was founded on suspicions generally prevalent , and for the public good and the ends of justice ; and he called a vast number of witnesses , who spoke to their own knowledge ov to common reports of the facts narrated . Lord Leigh and a number of witnesses were called for the defence . Some of the latter were the very men , in proper person , whom the libel alleged to have been tho victims of the crimes committed at Stoneleigh

      Abbey ; and others were friends of persons alleged to have been murdered , l > ut whom they had seen constantly for years after the alleged periods of their death . D . Daigley amused the court hy the emphasis with which he denied ever having been hanged in a apple-tree ; and William Wood took his oath that he had never been killed at all . —Jane Goode , a woman upwards of a hundred years old , and a resident at Stoneleigh for eighty years past , described how a murdered man was her lodger for years after his death by poison . Mr . Whitohurst ; "Bid you ever give Mm any poison in his food ?" The witness ( with surprise ) "On no ! mercy on vou , never , Sir ; " ( Laughter . ) The jury found a yerdict of " Guilty . " The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years , and then to find bail in £ 1 , 000 to be of good behaviour for five

      vears . Gloucester , April 5 . Attempt to Poisox . —Henry Evans was indicted for unlawfully administering a quantity of poison , called ammonia chloride of mercury , to his wife , Hannah Evans , with intent to kill and murder her . There was some evidence offered of an illicit connexion between the prisoner and a woman , but was too slight to weigh anything , and it did not appear that the prisoner and his wife had lived unhappily . For tbe defence , it was suggested that the prisoner , previous to his marriage , had contracted a disease which re-appeared afterwards , and fearing that he had c ommunicated it , ho sought to cure his wife by privately administerin < r this precipitate powder :

      and the wife declined to answer whether she was conscious of suffering from any such disorder . It was also contended that he had purchased the arsenic tor the purpose he had stated , and that the sugar of lead was used as a drier of paint in his fathers business . The surgeon also stated that when the prisoner came to him he was most anxious his wde should immediatel y receive medical assistance ; and it was urged that , if he knew he had administered . poison to his wife , be would not have left the proof of his guilt in the cupboard of a house occupied , with himself , by an experienced policeman . —Mr . Baron Piatt very carefully summed up the evidence , after which the jury retired for an hour , when they returned into court with a yerdict of acquittal .

      Hichwat Robbebt . —Charles Freest and Thomas Brown were indicted for hi g hway robbery . Mr . Powell prosecuted , and Mr . fckinner defended the prisoners . The prosecutor , a- pedlar , named O'Hare ,

      Chester, April G. Charge Of Arsox.—David...

      on the 12 th of February , went into a public-house , called the Rising Sun , at Breem , in this count }' , to sell his wares , and there saw the prisoners , " and soon afterwards he went to an adjoining publichouse , to which the prisoners scon " afterwards followed him . He left about half-past ten o ' clock , the moon being very bright , and as he was going over a gate from the road to take a shorter path through a meadow , Freest came \ vp to him , and at the same time he saw Brown going along the road which led to tho opposite side " of the meadow . Freest and the prosecutor walked together across the meadow , and had iust srot to the opposite side

      when Freest knocked him down and demanded Ins money . They struggled together on the ground , and while doing so another man jumped over the stile and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with a bludgeon . They then rifled his pockets of ail the money he had , and while they were doing so O'Hare saw that his second assailant was Brown . He then managed to get up and run away , leaving his pack and umbrella on the ground , and they ran a little way after him , but ho outran them and got to the Cross Keys . He entered the house very much alarmed , and bleeding from a severe wound in his head and from a cut on the hand , and told the inmates that two of the men who had

      been drinking with him , and whose dress he described , as he did not know their names , had robbed him . Some men then went to the spot , and there found his pack and umbrella , and the same night both the prisoners were apprehended . Brown was found at the house of a person named Wintle , whose wife deposed that he came thereabout twelve o ' clock and washed his hands , and that while doing so she observed some blood upon his wristband . That she went up stairs to fetch him a clean shirt , and when she came down that , she saw some wristbands burnjng on the fire . Freest was apprehended at his sister's house . At first tho policeman was

      refused admittance , and his sister said Freest had not been there for two days ,: but at length lie came down stairs , and the policeman saw spots of blood on his face , and stains of fresh blood on his clothes . Ills trousers were also torn at the knees as by a scuffle , and were soiled with mould . When Brown was brought to the prosecutor , who was in bed in much pain , he did not immediately identify him , but desired that he might be kept till the morning , but he identified Priest immediately , lie now swore positively to both the prisoners . The jury found them both guilty , aud they were sentenced to transportation for fifteen years .

      The Staxfielv-Hall Murders. Xokwich, Apr...

      THE STAXFIELV-HALL MURDERS . Xokwich , April G . —Eliza Ciiestnev , borne on a litter , carried by eight men , and guarded by a large body of the Norwich police and county constabulary , was removed from her lodgings in Korwieh to Stanfield flail on Good Friday . The journey occupied nearly seven hours , the greatest caution being taken lest she should be shaken , and thus receive additiona injury . On arriving at the hall she wept bitterly , and inquired most affectionately for tho health of her mistress , Mrs . Jermy , with whom , however , she could not be permitted to have any intercourse . It is a matter on which tho leading gentlemen of Norfolk are entitled to the highest praise that they have with the least possible delay opened a . subscription on behalf of this brave and devoted girl . The money raised will be invested in the names of the Earl of Leicester , Lord Wodehouse , and Thomas Beauchamp Proctor , Esq , who have consented to act as trustees . The following subscriptions have already

      been received : —The Earl of Leicester , £ 10 ; Hon . Edward Coke , £ o ; William Bagge , Esq ., M . P . £ 5 ; Lord Huntingficld , £ 2 ; Bishop of Norwich , £ 10 ; Dean of Norwich , £ 3 ; Lord Hastings , £ 5 ; Sergeant Bylcs , £ 5 : Bcrney Petre , Esq ., £ 5 : Sir W . Beauchamp Proctor , Bart ., £ 2 ; W . Norris , Esq ., £ 2 ,- F . Astlcy . Esq ., £ 2 ; Hon . J . Astlev , £ 2 ; Earl of Orford , £ 5 ; Earl of Cadogan , £ 5 ; W . Bur roughes , Esq ., M P ., £ 2 ; Sir II . Durrant , £ 5 ; Col II . Fitzroy , £ 2 ; Sir J . Boileau , Bart ., £ 5 , ' , Sir J . Preston , £ 3 ; Mayor of Norwich , £ 5 ; Rev . Canon Wodehouse , £ 2 . Her Majesty has intimated her intention of lending her assistance to the unfortunate girl , and has directed a communication to be forwarded to the county magistrates requesting to be informed how her Majesty ' s most gracious pleasure may be most effectually carried into operation . Tho news of this determination on the part of her Majesty was received in the course of the morning . Scxoat . —Conduct of Rush in Pkisox . —Since

      the conviction Of the murderer there has been apparently little change in his outward acts , and he ( loos not seem to be at all alive to the solemn and serious position in which he is placed . On leaving the dock after the sentence was declared , he said to the officials who had him in charge , "I am thirsty , g ive me some porter . " He was informed that the prison regulations would not allow him to be so accommodated , but that he could have some tea , an alternative which he somewhat veluetanly accepted . Shortly afterwards hc ^ a id with composure , " This is a troublesome world . " On tho Rev . Edward l'ostlc , one of the county magistrates who committed Rush in the first instance , passing , the murderer recognised the rev . gentleman through the bars of the cell . He exclaimed , " Is that VOU , Fostlo ? I have a clearer conscience than volt have now . "

      He was asked whether he would avail himself of the spiritual services of . the Rev . Mr . Brown , the chaplain of the castle . He replied , " Oh , no—not at all . I can do without him while I am here . " lie remains in tho cell in which he was placed immediately after his committal , and he will remain there until the day appointed for his execution . He is very reserved , a portion always of his character , and will enter into no communication with the officers of the castle , except so far ns is necessary to convey to them bis wants . The only person whb has visited him since his conviction is his solicitor -, no member of his family has made an application . A rumour was circulated to-day that Rush ' s eldest daughter was dying in consequence of the shock . Inquiry was made amongst those farmers and others who had come from Wvtuondham to the

      market , and they fully confirmed the statement . His daughter is represented to be a fine young woman about twenty years of age . There appears to be no reason to doubt the tnitli of tho statement . The murderer employs himself by walking up and down a small yard attached to his cell , and when he docs condescend to speak , he makes some jocular remark about his wish to get out of the world , and that he would not be the only one who had to complain of the troubles of this world . At times he whistles , and at others remarks upon tho discordant noises proceeding from the fair outside . It is said to be an undeniable fact that he has squandered away the whole of his children ' s property which was left to them by their mother . Ho was left one of the trustees in the mother ' s will , hut finding that he had not sufficient command of the money , forged a codicil , in which unlimited powers wore given him to employ the money as he pleased , and containing

      this singular provision , that no questions as to the reasons of this codicil being executed should be asked . All the money was spent , and the future condition of the family must be truly lamentable , an ejectment from the farms having been sewed . On . Sunday he attended the chapel , and conducted himself decently during the performance of divine service . Indeed he always observed the outward characteristics of a religious nian . When Lamer and Jermy attended his house at Fclmiugham all joined in family devotion , even at the time he was making his arrangements for the perpetration of a series of the most revolting crimes , and for fixing them upon the men who were kneeling with bun in united devotion . In his house was a box designed for the collection of money for a society in London , called " The Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews , " and to this he invariably callcdupon his friends to contribute .

      The Execution . —An application has been made for the prisoner's execution to take place on any day but Saturday , which is market day . It is said it will entirely destroy the business of the market . This application has been refused , and the execution will take place on the Castle Bridge on this day week . The Castle Bridge fronts the principal entrance , and extends over the old moat and gardens by which this venerable edifice is surrounded . The bridge can be seen from a vast distance , the country round forming a kind of amphitheatre . EmilySa . wfokd still remains under the treatment of Mrs . Bryant , the matron of Wymondham Bridewell . Rumours of a grave nature havc been circulated with regard to her , but a searching investigation has been made by tho magistrates , and they

      have stated that up to the time of her connexion with Hush , she bore an honourable character . The authorities of the Bridewell state that her attachment for Rush was intense . When Rush was taken to the Bridewell on charge of the murder she exclaimed , "For God's sake , Rush , are you innocent ?" He made no answer , but walked away ; and for many hours she did not regain her composure . Emily Sandford , it appears , was not originally called as a witness , but Rush himself said , when he was captured , " Call Emily Sandford , my housekeeper , and Savory , for they will prove my innocence . " The witnesses were called , with what result has already been determined . Immediately after the examination of the witnesses , a sum of money was collected for her by the magistrates , but

      she declined to receive it , with the remark , "Its of no u « e to me , I don't want it . I have a mother , who , though respectably brought up , is in deep distress ; send it to her , and I shall be obliged ' Her child , which has been christened " Emily Martha , remains with the mother at the Wymondham Bridewell , and is doing well . . The Witxess Howe . —William Frederick Howe , the witness who was called from London to prove that Rush some time ago said he" would serve Mr . Jermy with an ejectment for the other world , got into a scrape before he left Norwich . During lus stay in that city he nut up at the Bell Inn ( Leggatt's ) , and enjoyed himself so well , that in the course of the three or four days he ran up a score Of between £ 5 and £ 0 . On Thursday last all the witnesses engaged for the prosecution received

      The Staxfielv-Hall Murders. Xokwich, Apr...

      then- money It was found , however , on the Thursday attcraoon , that Howe ' s carpet hair was not m his bedroon ; and Mr . Leggatt , by way of precaution , sent down a policeman to the railway station . Amongst those who were leaving was Mr . Howe w . io wis desired by the officer to walk back with him to Mr . Leggatt ' s . This he declined : an d another policeman having been sent for , he was carried back . Mr . Leggatt succeeded in getting £ 3 from him ; and expected the remainder by post ? The Condemned MunnEnEn Rush . —A correspondent , writing under date "Norwich , Monday afternoon , says : — " A change seems to have taken place in the prisoner Rush , which , though iucon . siderable , holds out a promise that ere Ion " the

      obstinacy in which he has so long indulged may give way to tho impressions more suitable to the terrible position in wliich he stands . For some days past his great object seems to have been to persuade those b y whom he is more immediately surrounded oi his mnocenccofthe atrocious charffe of which he has been convicted , but on no occasion has he reverted to that ridiculous invention , which he was weak enough to imaeine the judge and iurv iroud entertain that ' Dick and Joe were the Tl ^ K f ? ' Dl i £ tllc who ] e of yesterday , and also dm-mg the part of this day which has elapsed before the dispatch of my parcel , he has been more reserved and has asked several questions of a different character from those he has been in the habit of

      putting . Hitherto ins queries have been irreverent and absurd , but how ho has adopted a more serious tone . Ihe muvdovor attended divine service yesterday monutvg m the Castle chapel , and seemed devout , lip to two o ' clock this afternoon no upuhcation has been made for admission into the Castle by any of tho convict's relations , and the somewhat curious and inconclusive reason assigned for this neglect is , that believing him innocent , they do not wish unnecessaril y to wound his feelings . While , however , his immediate friends display no anxiety to see him , the case is different with hundreds ot persons who have come from different parts of tho county to gratify their curiosity bv

      catchmg but the slightest glimpse of the offender . The proprietors of a local paper have made , or arc about to make , a direct proposal to the murderer Rush to settle a large amount of money upon his family if he will write out for publication ( in a volume ) a sketch of his past career , and will append to it a confession of the Stanficld Hall murders . It is said that the Bishop of Norwich has had an interview with Rush this morning . I have been unable to ascertain whether this is true , so particular are all the officials as to what they divulge . His lordship takes great interest in the case , and dwelt largely upon it in a sermon which he preached at the Cathedral yesterday morning .

      Sad accounts are received from Stanficld Hall with regard to Mrs . Jermy . She appears to make no advancement towards improvement . Eli ? . a Chestncy , who was conveyed back on her litter , carried by policemen , to Stanficld Hall on Good Friday , suffered slightly from the motion , but she has now recovered her usual health . The following particulars may be of interest : — The prisoner attempted to say a few words after sentence was passsed , but was stopped by Mr . Pinson , when he took up his portfolio of briefs and depositions , which he had carefully collected and packed up in the absence of tho jury , and escorted by Mr . Pinson and several turnkeys , was conducted to his cell . By this time he had regained his former

      firmness . Drawing his chair to the fire , he sat down , and rubbing his hands on his knees , remarked to his attendants , "This is a troublesome world , and I suppose I must die ; but should the man who really committed the murders come forward and avow himself , do you think that I shall be released ? " Again lie remarked , " Well , upon such evidence , had I been tho jury , I should certainly have returned the same verdict ! " Remaining silent for a few minutes , ho added , « But am 1 really to be buried within the prison ? Will they not alio v . - my friends to have my body buried in the churchyard i" Having heard tho replies given to these questions , he concluded by saying , "Well , now ; let me liarc my tea and my " slippers ! "

      Having partaken ot the meal allowed by tho rules of the gaol , the prisoner retired to bed and slept soundly , or , as it is said , " pretended to do so , " during the whole of the night . In the morning he resumed his remarks upon tho trial , arguing in favour of his innocence , aud , as the reporters were informed , " seemed fully prepared to brave it out . " At the conclusion of the mal , the doors of the court were besieged by thousands , and the verdict scorned to be received with great satisfaction , the prisoner appearing , to use his own words , "not to have a friend left in the world . " On Thursday morning Emily Sandford was released from custody , and proceeded to the Bell Inn . Here wo are informed she had a conference with some of the gentlemen connected with the prosecution , to whom she

      expressed her conviction that from what she had heard , when the prisoner entered her bedrooom trembling , at three o ' clock on the morning after the murders , it was his intention to havc assassinated her with the dagger found under his mattress by the police , and disposed of her body in the secret place under the floor of the parlour ,- intending afterwards , upon Inquiries being made for her , to represent that she , under the name of Mrs . James , had , as previously represented to her friends by Rush , gone to France . Had the jury returned a verdict of not guilty , Rush would have been remanded until the next summer assizes , to be tried for the murder of Mr . Jermy , the younger , when , in the event of her recovery , Mrs . Jermy would be called to give evidence as to the identity of the murderer .

      Curious Document. (From The American Cor...

      CURIOUS DOCUMENT . ( From the American correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , published in that paper of Wednesday last . ) I copy the following from the New York Herald , of the Stii instant , but cannot avoid remarking that the whole matter appears to me to be too much like an absurd bravado to be worthy of serious attention . Besides , 1 am sure that neither the govenment nor the people of the United States would permit the organisation of systematic assassination in this country ! if publicly known , under any circumstances . Besides , who is to pay the money offered for the violent deaths of the " Emperor of Austria , the King of Prussia , any other Prince ov Duke , and WindisebgralK ? " But I send jou all that is known on the subject .

      " An Enici against the European' Sovereigns . —The following singular document was published yesterday in one of the German papers of this city . " ' PKOOXAMATION of the gehmajt-ameiiicaks to THEIR GERMAN BRETHREN IS OLD FATHERLAND . •'' Since every effort , prayers , and representations , which the German people have made , to induce their unjust oppressors , emperorsi kings , and princes of all kinds , to abandon their unnatural positions , have ail been in vain—and since , furthermore , these possessors of power , instead of graining the people their desires , have only answered them with shots of cannons ; and since their ears are deaf to the voice of humanity and justice , and only open to hypocrites ,

      deceivers , aud lick-spittles ; since , also , these emperors * kings , and princes , in their fight against the people , have committed the most horrid murders and shameful cruelties by their common hangmen Windischgratz and Jellachich , that they might root out honest men from among the people , trample the rights of man underfoot , and throw thousands of worthy families into suffering and misery ; and since , finally , all mankind now become enlightened , acknowledge the above , and wish the present forms of government to cease in which hereditary princes arrogate to themselves to he the head ; . ' men who at all times havc proved themselves to be enemies of the people and who continue to oppress Ihe people

      and rob them of the right to be free—a right given to ( he people from God — therefore we see no other means of rooting out these deadly enemies of mankind , other than that we German-Americans and our friends who are of the same mind , should offer rewards to the person or persons who , by any means whatever , shad make the barbarians of the nineteenth century to be and to abide harmless and incapable of hurting . Therefore , we offer the following sums of money ;—• Guilders . For destroying the Emperor of Austria .. 30 , 000 For destny ing the King of Prussia .. 25 , 000 For destroying any other king , prince or

      duke .. 15 , 000 For the head of the common hangman Windischgratz .. .. .. .. 10 , 000 "' We believe we can justify these measures before the world , because they are open , and against men destructive to tho common race of men , whose hearts are hardened against every feeling of justice , and whose actions are not better than those of common thieves and murderers . '" We further believe , and it is our firm conviction , that it is the most holy duty of every free man to help to banish them from the earth , and to root out their majesties from among the people ; and tbey who help to do this work ought to be highly honoured and esteemed , each one of them as a William Tell .

      •¦ ' I' or the punctual payment of these rewards , as soon as the doer or doers of the deed are properly identified , to be paid to them or their heirs , we pledge our fortunes and our honours . "' In the name of the Union , " « L . A . Wollenweber , Corresponding Secretary , "No . 277 , North Third-street , Philadelphia . " To whom all applications and letters ( post paid ) must be addressed . "'

      Blockades.—Tuesday Night's Gazette Conta...

      Blockades . —Tuesday night ' s Gazette contains official notifications of the blockade of the coast of Sicily by the Seapolitan navy , of Venice by an Austrian squadron , and of the German ports and rivers by Denmark .

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      Astlers. The Performances Commenced On M...

      ASTLErS . The performances commenced on Monday evening with the new Easter spectacle , entitled The White Maiden of California ; or , the Horse of the Ocean . The adventures " of the White Maiden " ( Miss Rnsa Henry ) among the Indians—her love for a certain Lieutenant Waller , the deadly hate wliich thereupon animates the son of an Indian chief , named O / nai ( Mr . T . Mi'ls ) . and the final attack and defeat of the Indians by the gold-seekers , furnish ( lie materials fosseveral scenes of an exciting and highly dramatic character . Two of these—first , the assemblage of the white warriors o '' the forest and theivphantom . " -teeds in the golden cavern : and , secondly , the victory o '

      the gold-se-kers over the savages—ave splendidly managed , and brought down thunders of applause at the fall of the curtain . The scenes in tiie circle are , however , the favourite and distingiuMiing entertainment at Astley ' s , and these wereall successful . We may tspciully notice a spirited and daring act of equilr . tion by Mademoiselle Louivo Toumairc on n bare-backed horse , and the flying horsemanship of Ilerr Kcurie . But the crowning performance of the evtnir . s ; was that of the young Hernandez , whose daring feats we have before noticed . The evening ' s amusements concluded with the melodrama of tbe Dumb Driver . Wc strongly recommend the Easter novelties at Astley ' s t <> the attention of all our holiday friends . The house was well attended .

      PRINCESS'S , The Easter piece at the Frince :-s ' s Theatre is founded on the familiar Arabian Ni ghts story of Noureddin and the Fair Persian , aud is " from the psn of Mr . II . S . EnwAuns . On Monday evening all went on well , until , in the words of the playbill , the audience areintrrdueed to the " exterior of Noureddin ' s hjiuse , in which there is an entire break up . " The King of Balsora and his vizier have pursued Noureddin to his abode , to which they ( or rather the people behind the scenes ) set fire . The effect , in the Surrey ' s palmiest days , might have b \ en regarded as one purely of blue and red tire . Ikit the m " : mic scene was too graphicall y pourtraved . A cry of " Fire ' was raised in the theatre , and the recollections of a recent catastrophe were too vivid in the minds of the audience to be dispelled . A portion of the audience believed that the stage was actually in

      flames—they became panic stricken—and a general rush to the door was the consequence . The delusion was heightened upon the scene-shifters entering the stage to pull to pieces their own handiwork , and for a few minutes the scene wliich followed in the theatre was painful in the extreme . In vain the King of Balsora doffed the comic for the tragic vein , and assured the audience by his gestures tliat there was no occasion for Mr . Braidwood ; and it was not until the whole of the scenery was reduced to its original e ' envnts of planks and pasteboard , that the audience could make up their minds to settle down quietly again . The panic over , the performances contimt'd as if nothing had happened to disturb the general feeling of security and contentment . The success of the extravaganza , with the exception of tho untoward incident alluded to , was complete in every respect .

      LYCEUM . Mr . Plauclid has not , on the present occasion , observed his usual rule of a classic subject for the Easter burlesque . He has this year drawn his materials from the romantic and chirahic , and placed , with bviWiant success , the Seven Chamjnons of Christendom on tho boards of the Lyceum . The subject is not by any means new to the stage . It has , if tve remember right , been dished up in forms more or less dramatic at several London

      theatresand once , certainly , as an equestrian spec acle at DruryLane . But Mr . Flanche ' s exquisite taste and mingled state of uiquiiney and tleganee , gave to the old materials a degree of novel lustre , which more than made up for their comparative antiquity upon the boards . The theatre was crammed to excess ; and tbe Seven Champions made a mo-t decided and triumphant hit . Almost all the characters appeared before the curtain after it dropped , and the author bowed liis thanks to the audience from his box .

      SADLER'S WELLS . The " regular drama" led the way here in the role of Easter performances . ' Jikhard- HI ., from the text of Sh .-ikspere , was the play , the chief charac : er being assumed by Mr . Phelps . This gentleman's conception of the hump-backed Duke , and his manner of representing the tyrant , are so well-known , that we need say no more than that he ably sustained his reputation . lie was loudly applauded throughout , and at the close he was called before the curtain . Mr . G . Bennett was very efficient as the Duke of Buckingham , whilst Miss Huddart , Miss Cooper , and Mrs . Brougham , who respectively took the parts

      of Lady Aime , Q , ueen Mzabeth , and Queen Margaret , deserved especial praise for ihe grace and delicacy of their acting . All the other characters were extremely well supported . The accessories of scenery , dresges , and decorations are excellent ; and , altogether , no audience in tbe metropolis could have been better gratified . After the tragedy , the band , which comprised some superior instrumentalists , played Jullien ' s Drum Polka in a maimevtliat elicited an encore . The performances closed with a humorous drama , the scene of which was laid in Italy , called The Minister of Finance ; the story of which may be easily guessed . It was extremely well received .

      SURREY . The present lessee of this theatre ( Mr . Shepherd ) has announced his intention of trying a similar experiment to that which has b < ien so successfull y carried out by tbe lesseos of Sadler ' s Wells . He is about to test the qualities of the Surrey audiencesi by the production , if not of tbe solely legitimate drama , at least of pieces of a far higher class than it has been hitherto the custom to p'esent to the South Londoners . Mrs . Warner , Mrs . Nisbett , Misa J . Mordaunt , aud Mr . Anderson are already engaged , and a promise of a strong operatic company is held out . On Monday evening au cuUkIk aew and original romantic drama , in three acts , written expressly for the theatre by E . Fitzball , Esq .,

      entitled Alhamar , the Moor , was produced to a house crammed from fhor to cehing , by which it was received with the most rapturous and unanimous applause . The plot has no pretensions to novelty of conception ( the very title , indeed , is suggestive of Zanga and the Revenge ) but it is skilfully worked out . The drama was followed by Cousin ' Cherry , in which Mrs . Stirling exhibited a volubility only to be equalled by that ot * Clv . u-lei Mixthews in I'titter versus Clatter . Pell's Ethiopian Serenaders and Boz ' s Juba called down thunders of applause iu the interlude , and a long evening ' s entertainments were wound up by the reproduction , in all its pristine glory , of the " celebrated comic pantonine" of Mother Goose , in which Tom Matthews sported the identical dress in which Grimaldi last appeared , and sang "Hot Codlings , '' and " Mr . Grig and Miss Snap ; or Pigs' Pettitoes . "

      VICTORIA . On Monday night this popular place of amusement was crowded " to overflowing in every part by a holiday audience . The entertainments for the occasion were—Clarence Clevcdon ( a new and powerful three act drama ); The Maid of Yelilri ; or , ( he last Peed of Garboni ( an original musical romantic drama ) -, and a grand comic Pantomime , entitled Harlequin Gas and the land of Light . All ihe pieces gave great satisfaction to the auditory .

      STANDARD . The enterprising lessee of this theatre has not been backward in catering for the amusement of his patrons . Besides adding to the s' rength of the corps dramatique , he has not ouly engaged Mr . Burdett and his son , who perform their drawing entertain ment , consisting of mmmermults , graceful poses , & c , but ( he renowned Admiral Von Tromp , twentythree inches high , and weighing only fourteen pounds , nightly makes his bow to the audience . The entertainments during the holidays commence with a domestic drama entitled The Poachers , and , as its title would indicate , tbe plot is founded on the

      iniquitous game laws . The chaste acting of Mrs . R . Honnor , and Mr . Rayner , and of the laughter-creating Miss Terry and Mr . Lewis , received well merited approbation . An aquatic drama called The Mountain Cataract followed , in which Mr . Hieks ably sustained the part of the idiot . In the last scene — the bursting of the torrent—is presented a magnificent cataract of real water . The entertainments conclude with the laughable farce of A Trip to California . We are g ' ad to hear that the house is nightly crowded , which is not at all surprising , when we consider the prices ef admission , a sight of the Admiral alone being worth the entire cost .

      COLOSSEUM AND CYCLOHAMA . The Colosseum continues to present its varied attractions for the amusement and instruction of the holiday folks . The most attractive feature in the exhibition is , of course , the Panorama of Paris by m » ht ; but the Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , Swiss Cottage , Classic Ruins , Stalactite Caverns , all amply repay a visit . The addition of the Cyclorama , with its extensive panorama of Lisbon , which includes the magnificent scenery of theTagus , and a view of the Earthquake of 1775 , renders this one of tbe most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis .

      GREENWICH FAIR . Easter Monday is always a great day at Greenwich ; and notwithstanding the unpromising state of the weather the fair possessed its usual attractions . The steam-boats in quick succession discharged cargo after cargo of human beings , collected from the different piers and wharfs between Westminster and London bridge . The railway and QBuiibusses also brought

      Astlers. The Performances Commenced On M...

      - - "" '" ^ . -rwmmrv qm their contingents , and from an early hour in the afternoon every corner of Greenwich aud the lVk , as tar as Blackneath , was crowded with visitor .-. The stalls and booihs were filled , each-showman had his group of admiring spectators . From the / nc :.. doors and windows uf the bee . shops a dense cloud < -f Mnoke escaped , dimly rcvealim' faces and figures of happy veycllerecarous ' ng within . Then there wcw girbs with their sweetehat Is whirled round at a frightful velocity in the circular swings , or playing at " kiss in th'j ring" iu the park . Some invested the hoardings of a week in i-ne large purchase of gingerbread nuts ; others , more prudent , reserved t \ portion oS tliei ' - earnings for t ' i- indispensable " scraper" with

      which to startle the nerves and distract the <; -. ws s > £ the opposie sex . Those who were "flush" of money bought prodigious noses , with which tbey paraded the streets , or perhap « a trumpet or shrill ¦ ¦ histle satisfied their ambition to be peculiar . On the frees of all resided an exprcs-ion of good humour and gaiety . In one street the principal attraction was a number of disabled seamen , who , seated on the damp earth , exhibited their amputated limbs with astonishing cheerfulness , being consoled no doubt in the midst of their misfortunes by the cappers which the . sympathisers showered on them as they passed . Among the visiters m the Park were a party of Egyptians , whose flowing whie trowsers , aivl red fez caps , produced a tiMiig impression . Some of thvm had so far surmounted their reluctance at seeing women nnvci ' cd , as to arm themselves with tremendous scrapers , and these t . > ey used with surprising

      constancy and dexterity . Out as far as Blacklienth the loug stream of amusement extended ; for thci-. were to be seen youths practising aveh . ry with considerably Icrsexportne-sthan William Tell ' , girls rid ' unr desperately on donkeys that wouldn ' t go , and crazy old Rosinantcs galloping away from their lawful owners , bestridden by gwntleniou as precarious in their seats as tbe poor beast * were upon their legs . As evening closvdin t ' . ie Park was descited , and the booths and dancing-rooms became the centres of attraction . Richardson ' s still retains its pre-eminence among the dramatic exhibitions of Greenwich fair , and is well worth a visit . The whole performance does not occupy more than halt an hour , and embraces a melodrama , a comic fon « . and a pantomime . The melodrama is very amusing , the deepest part--, of it being generally enlivened by a flourish of penny trumpet * , whistles , Ac , from some noisy gentlemen amoni : the aud ( nee .

      Gore And Glory!!! " Our Brave Soldiers W...

      GORE AND GLORY !!! " Our brave soldiers won imperishable laurels . "—* Vide , " Respectable" Prcss-Gang . "There let them rot , Ambition ' s , honour'd b . ols . Yea . " Honour" decks tho turf that claiU their ^ clay ! Vain sophistry I In them behold the tc . ls—The broken tools , that tyrants cast away 1 ' * By hon . Some extracts from the journal of a subaltern in , the Second Europeans have just been published , graphically descriptive of passages in the liidit of Chillianwallab , and the after scenes . Wc select a few specimens : —

      " The word came for the mfar . try to aivance , ' Fix bayonets- load—deploy into line—quick march I ' And just then came a roll of musketry that drove us almost mad . ' Qu : ck march ! ' And into the-jungle we plunged in line with a deafe-. iing cheer—the roll of muski iry increasing every moment . On we went at a rapid double , dashing through the bushes , and bounding ov < -r en-ry impediment : faster rolled the musketry , crash upon crash the cannon poured forth its deadly contents , and down upon them comes our brigade ; and , saining an open space in tha jungle , the whole of the enemy ' s line biust on our view . ' Charge ! ' rang tho word through our ranks ; and the men b-midcd forward like angry bnll-doga , pouring in a mm derous fire . The enemy's bullets

      whizzed abov « our heads—the very air seemed teeming with them . Man after man was struck down , aud rolled iu the dust ; but a passing glance was all we could give them . And onward we went , hearing on th : ir tine with a steadiness which noihrni ; could resist . They fired a last volley , wavered , and then turned and fled , k'sriug Ihe gcoutid COVt'lV'l Vfi ' h dead and wounded . Pursuit in a jungle ii ce that was useless , where we could not see twenty yards before us ; so we halted , and began to collect ouc wounded ; when all of a sudden a fire was opened upon ns in our rear . A large body of the eiwmy had turned our flank in the jungle , and got between us and the rest of the troops ; another party was on

      our left , and we . oundourselves with our lig ' it field battery completely surrounded and alone . in the field . The word was given , 'Right about face ! ' and we advanced steadily , loading and firing as we weu <; , and the artillery pouring in grape as steadily as H ' o > parade . If it bad uot beetv for tm \ t baU-. * i ) we should havc been cut up to a man . The lire , vas fearful ; the atmosphere s . emod alive with 1 «\ 1 U ; 1 can only coin pare it to a storm of hail ; tbey rang above my head and ears so thi-i-k that I felt that if I put out my hand it would be taken off . , . < Our firing was beautiful ( every man was as steady as a rock , and fired low and well ; while the Sepoys on our right were blazing away into the air , and taking no aim whatever .

      "All this time the enemy were dogging about the bushes , banging away at us , and then disappearing . At last General Gilbert rode up , and said to Steel , 'Well , Major ; how are you ? Do you th nk you are near enough to charge ? ' ' By all mean : ; , ' said Steel , 'Well , then Jet ' s see how you can do it . ' ' Men of the Second Europeans , prepare to charge-Charge ' . ' And on we went with a stunning cheer . Poor Nightinyale was shot in the head , and fell at my feet . I had , fuse time to order two men to pick him up . The Sikhs fought like devi ' s . They charged down on us . singly , sword in hand , and strove to break through our line ; but it was no go ; and after a short .-. ini tfg le we swept them before us , and remained masters of the field .

      " Ihe eiii'iny lay m heaps around—some dead , some dying , but fierce and untamed even in their dying struggle ; numbe . s of them were bayoneted by our men in the act of rearing themselves up and taking aim at ihe officers . The battle lasted for three hours , and so maddening was the excitement that it seemed scarcely half an hour . The chief rode down our lines afterwards ; we gave him three cheers , and proud we were of the praise he gave us . "At sunset we collected as many of our wounded as we could find , blew up ill the ammunition that we had taken , and moved out of the jungle into the open ground , wli-re we . piled arms and bivouacked on the groun-i ; and a more wretched night I never passed ; it came o ; t a thick drizzling rain , and we w < re

      wet to the skin ; tn sleep was impossible , and we were almost perishing with thirst , but not a drr . p of water was lo he got . In my wanderings about in search of it , \ came upon the field hospital ; and fbe sight I saw there I shall remember to my dying day —poor wounded wretches lying on the ground without a thing lo co-. vr them . ' ' Water—water—water !' was their ceaseless cry , and not a drop was there to be bad to slake their thirst . All the hospital apparatus was behind , and there was not a single corafort for the poor fallows : even med cal assistance was very scarce ; many were lying bleeding on the cold earth for hours without having a soul near them . The ghaslly sight of suffering , the fearful wounds and hideous gashes that met my eyes , would poison

      an angel's dreams January 17 , —A beautiful day , thank God ; the bright sunshine lias come out again , and no one who has not experienced the misery of wading throujh a wet camp with mud up to tbe ancles can appreciate the blessing dry weather is to a campaigner . Rode out to sec the battle-field—a sickening sight it wasd The enemy had come down in the night after we left the ground , and murdered every wounded man . Many of them bad evidently only been hit ill the legs , and they were gushed about in a fearful man * nv . r ; every man h .. d his throat cut , aud many their heads clean cut off . One poor man of ours was obliged to be left behind in the charge , and a lot of

      Uvt wsuYf Civmc down and WtevaWy hewed him in pieces . Another , who is now lying , doing well , hi tbe hospital , was awfully cut about too . He says they took him and tossed him up in the air to see if he was alive ; but , »¦* he himself quaintly expressed it , he had presence of mind to be dead . The most fearful sight oi * all was in front of the battery where the Twenty-fourth had been repulsed : 150 of them lay dead on the ground ; they were literally inheapsi The hideous way tbey bad been mangled by these inhuman fiends no tongue can describe ; and * no mercy will be shown by our infuriated soldiers to any who fall in their way . 'Ihere were immense heaps o £ Sikhs lying there too , but they had taken away the greater number . "

      " Grkexwicu Timk."—A Gentleman Who Had J...

      " Grkexwicu Timk . "—A gentleman who had just ; arrived at Liverpool by sea was anxious to proceed to London by the mail train , whieh would start in % few minutes . He promised an Irish cab-driver five shillings more than his faro if ho arrived at the station in time . This he failed to do , but Pat claimed the reward notwithstanding ; for , said he , "Sure , it ' s not tho fault of me nor me baste , but of the Greenidgc lime that they keep . ' " A Wife ' s PiiEncGATiVE , —An Irish soldier one 0 waited on his commanding officer , with what h «

      termed a very serious complaint . " Another man ' ' ho said , ' had upbraided him that he was not marvied to his own wife , whom he accused of bcine no better than sho should be , and called her many b ad names besides , which he should be ashamed to mention to his honour . " Colonel : "Well , my good fellow , have you any proof that you aro legally married ? " Soldier : "faith , vour honour , I have the best proof in the world . " Here he took off his hat or rather a cap , and exbibited a cut scull , saying , " Docs your honour think . I'd be after taking that same abuse from anybody but a wife !"

      The Dxsish Wati . —Cowes roads are crowded with German vessels which have taken refuge there owing to a renewal of hostilities between Denmark and Germany .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14041849/page/7/