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August 14,1852. THE gTAR 0F FBEEDOM. 7
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ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB REGATTA. Plymou...
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WESTMINSTER SCHOLARS' BOAT RACE. The Sil...
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A Patuiakchal Dame.—Li April last died, ...
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STRIKE OF THE MIDLAND IRON WORKERS. ^ Th...
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"The Guy is still thev Come!"—G. P. R. J...
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THE MISSING- STEAMER HABPY. The Harpy st...
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Damages for the Loss of a Htjsbakd. —At ...
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SEliEiVADE TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. (As sun...
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August 14,1852. The Gtar 0f Fbeedom. 7
August 14 , 1852 . THE gTAR 0 F FBEEDOM . 7
Royal Western Yacht Club Regatta. Plymou...
ROYAL WESTERN YACHT CLUB REGATTA . Plymouth , Saturday . The committee of the Royal Western Yacht Club havin ° - deitetermined that the match for the Town Plate of 50 Z ., which was bi brought to a premature close on Thursday last in consequence of tl theWarHawk carrying away her mainmast , should be sailed for a ; again on Friday ; it accordingly took place at the appointed hour , ai and led to one of the most interesting matches ever recorded 5 i in the annals of yachting . The contest was confined to two of ti those who started on a former occasion—Lord Londesborough ' s I Musquito and Mr . Cragie ' s Volante—as it was found inrpractic cable to get the repairs of ihe War Hawk completed in-sufficient 1 time for the start .
At Ih . 6 m . 15 s ., all being in readiness , the signal-gun was f fired , and one of the finest starts ever witnessed was made by t the Musquito . She appeared to fill every sail in an instant , and i in a few seconds afterwards , she was bending under a press of t sail , leaving the Volante some distance astern . The Volante 1 having the worst position , suff ^ cd to a considerable in beino-! becalmed bher and this
y opponent , gave her the aunearance oi ; laziness in getting well under weigh , but she had no sooner done so than she seemed determined to regain the distance she had lost from the start . Such , however , was the way the Musquito had got on her by the superior handling of her master , that the Volante could not overhaul her ; and , after a most exciting round , during which the greatest skill and energy were displayed on both sides , it concluded as follows : —
h . in . sec . ' Musquito 2 8 55 Volante o 11 0 The ? then went away gallantly for the seond round , which , al though at that time was 2 min . 5 sees , in favour of the Musquito , was still very uncertain as to its ultimate result , as the wind had , in some slight degree , fallen since the start , and this was considered to be so for in favour of the Volante . The Musquito , however , not only did not seem to smTer bv it but even to
increase the distance between them , and after a splendid run , again became ihe victor of the round , by which from the subjoined statement it will be seen that the Volante lost 82 sec . second nouxn . h . m . sec . Musquito 3 10 35 volante ... ... .. .... ... ^ 2 o a The Musquito was equally fortunate in the third and fourth rounds , and was declared the winner of the prize .
Westminster Scholars' Boat Race. The Sil...
WESTMINSTER SCHOLARS' BOAT RACE . The Silver Curs Match . Six members contended for a pair of silver cups , an oars ' wager , on Monday . The distance was from Ilattersea to Putney . Messrs . Bearings and Maddan 1 ,, Vincent and Freeman 2 „ Upperton and Williams .
A very even and beautiful start was effected , and the whole went off scull and scull at a fine pace . In this position they remained for upwards of two minutes , the work in all the boats being beautiful . The winners drew a slight lead then , and gallantly maintained it throughout , although pressed to the end by the second boat . Won hy two lengths .
Silver Challenge Sculls . This interesting annual , which had taken place previously , was also most gallantly contested . The Challengers were the Hon . E . Bourke , T . B ., Mr . Maddon , Q . S ., and W . Hammond , T . B . The distance contested was from Putney-bridge to Vauxhall . Messrs . W . Hammond , TJ 3 1 W . Maddon , Q . S , 2 E . Bourke , T . B .
Mr . Bourke got a slight lead , which he maintained gallantly for a quarter of a mile ; then then were almost scull and scull again . Mr . Bourke put on a spurt , and kept a slight lead a little longer , but off Wandsworth was passed by Mr . Hammond , and almost immediately afterwards by Mr . Maddon , who made a smart race with the winner till nearly the end .
CRICKET . ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v . TWENTY-TWO OF NEWARK . This match was resumed at Newark on Saturday , and terminated in a "draw . " For our own part , we should like to find that a greater number of these matches were " played out . " There would then be an amount of interest in them m the mind of the public at large than is just at the present moment felt .
A Patuiakchal Dame.—Li April Last Died, ...
A Patuiakchal Dame . —Li April last died , m Brooklyn , Kew York , Mrs . Elizabeth Fitzpatiick , at the patriarchal age of 145 years . This venerable old lady was equally remarkable for plurality of husbands as for length of clays She had been united to no fewer than eight partners—iour in Scotland and four in America . She was amazingly active , and her eyesight never failed .
, "Wood Exgravixg . —The wood engraving class oi the female students of the Metropolitan School of Practical Art is about to be reorganised , and removed from Gower-street to Marlborough House , and to be placed under the direction of Mr . Thompson , who certainly ranks among the very first of the European engravers on wood . The class will
commence its operations the iirst of next month . A Paety of Pleasure for Australia ! — Among the passengers who left for Australia in the mail steamer Formosa , which left Southampton on Saturday , were two gentlemen of that tow n , for a pleasure trip . One of the gentleman took bis wife with him ; the other only made up his mhul to go in her a day or two before she saib-d , and as soon as he did so he went and paid his ninety guineas im- a first-class berth . Fancy men going o » a pleasure Hip to the antipodes , and uetinu to tl ; e end of their voyage in len weeks ! Next , year , when the Australasian and Pacific Compau \* s ^ earners he » in to run between Panama and
Sydney , a man with a six month ' s holiday , and , £ 300 in his poeket , may go round the world , and lixe sideadidly the whole of the wav .
Strike Of The Midland Iron Workers. ^ Th...
STRIKE OF THE MIDLAND IRON WORKERS . ^ The Times reports that the " pudlers , " a most important class 0 £ men engaged in the manufacture of iron , have , in consequence of either the improved state or the improving prospects or tne trade , struck , or given notice of their intention to strike , for an advance of wages . The strike , it is said , threatens to oecomc general throughout South Staffordshire . The demand made is at about the rate of Is . 6 d . per ton . The notice of some of the works m the neighbourhood of Brierley-hill , expired on Saturday week , and they were consequently standing still during last week . At other works in the district the notices expired last Saturday . The Times adds , " there is no doubt
taat tne prospects of the iron trade , whether substantial or illusory , are better than they were a few weeks or months ago . But there are many well-informed persons , old inhabitants and old speculators in the iron districts , who think that so soon as the present demand for rails and for other descriptions of iron required for railway purposes is satisfied , the trade will rule as flat as it did until within the last three months for the two or three years . The fact is , that the first houses in the district have yet made no difference in the price of their iron . They abide , as they are bound , by the list settled last and adopted last quarter day , although it is admitted that they are not overanxious to make and sell at these rates . The unclersellers and
the makers of second and inferior descriptions of iron have , however , advanced , and given a higher , if not a better , tone to the market , and of which the pudlers , as will he seen hereafter , have , rightly or wrongly , taken the advantage by seeking generally a proportionate rise of wages . " According to a statement in the Birmingham Journal , the ironmasters , at a meeting held in Birmingham on Thursday , resolved not to advance the wages . [ Further and truthful information—not usually obtainable from the Times on these questions of Labour versus Capitalis to be wished for . Will some iron-worker , or other friend in the Midlands , help us to the full truth ?—Editor . ]
"The Guy Is Still Thev Come!"—G. P. R. J...
"The Guy is still thev Come !"—G . P . R . James has just written his seventieth novel ! It hears the name of " Pequinillo . " Murder oi ? ax Americas Crew by Convicts . —The Polynesian of May the 8 th , which states that the inibrmaation was communicated by Captain Heath , of the barque Pescador , which had arrived at the Sandwich Islands , gives the following particulars of the massacre of the crew of an American sloop at the Galapagos Islands , and the destruction
ot the vessel by the Peruvian convicts at Chatham Island : — "About the middle of November last the sloop Phantom , Captain Kendal , of San "Francisco , visited that island for a cargo of turtle . A boat was sent ashore with all the crew , except the captain , mate , and boy . While thus weakened , a boat with five convicts came off , attacked the vessel , and killed the mate ; on observing which the captain jumped overboard , but was pursued and killed in the water . The pirates then returned to the vessel , killed the hoy , and
plundered the vessel . Money to the amount of 7 , 000 or 8 , 000 dollars was supposed to have been on board . Alter robbing the vessel of all they wanted , she was scuttled and sunk . The party on shore were till hilled b y the convicts , who quarrelled among themselves , and killed one of their number . Captain Heath saw on shore a chronometer , the miniature , and clothes of Capt . Kendal , and was informed by the English captain of a Spanish brig that two of the
perpetrators of the massacre had been apprehended , and that the other two were still at large in the mountains . Murders are of frequent occurrence on all the islands of the Galapagos group among the convicts . Captain Heath warns all vessels touching at the Galapagos to be on their guard , as it is altogether unsafe to trust the desperadoes who are imprisoned there . He strongly surmises that the petty governors who have charge of the ' prisoners are implicated in acts of piracy , and he himself came near of falling into a trap set for his
destruction , and for the capture of his vessel . _ He only escaped hy receiving warning from the captain of the Spanish brig . " A Magisterial Holiday . —Mr . Alderman Cubifct took his seat on the bench at the usual time for the commencement of business at Guildhall on Wednesday , and , on inquiring for the list of prisoners , was informed that the list was what is termed by the judges on the circuit a maiden sheet , or blank list , there not being a single remanded case or night charge of any description to call for the exercise of the magisterial jurisdiction .
Chinese Talent . —Wong Fun , a native of Hong-Kong , and iu appearance a veritable Chinaman , has just gained the iirst prize in the junior division of Professor Balfour's class of Botany at Edinburgh . —Medical Times and Gazette The Princess Wasa , whose marriagh with the prince president of the French republic is spoken of , was born in 1833 , and is Gustavus
named Caroline . Her father the Prince Wasa , is , they say , the great grandson of Adolphus Frederic , Duke ot Holstein Gotto . p , who was declared heir to the Swedish throne on the 3 re or July 1743 , and became king on the 5 th of April , 1751 . The elder branch ] of the house of Holsteii ^ Gottorp is represented by the reigning family of Russia . ^ The young princess has just embraced the Eoinau Catholic rcligioc .
Feus Utss Struck with Lightning . —Between two and three o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday last , four workmen in the employ of Sir H . Peyton , Hart ., of tiwiWahouse , Bicester , were , ' in the farm stable , in which they had taken shelter during a storm , struck hy lightning ' , and severely injured , though not fatally . A ^ Usfobtu sate ex-M . P . —The general Irish public , and , we trust , numerous personal friends of Mr . Hewitt BrkWman , for many years the liberal representative for the borouVh of Ennis , willleam with regret that . that gentleman lies paral ysed and dangerously ill in King ' * College Hospital .
A . REEST op a Murderer i * Pahis — Mvarro ^ Perez , who murdered the woman in the Hue Vivienne on Tuesday nio-ht , was arrested in the Chausee d'Antin just as he was about to enter the house of a woman with whom he hoped to find a refuse for the night . He attempted to make resistance but was overpowered and taken to the prefecture ,
The Missing- Steamer Habpy. The Harpy St...
THE MISSING- STEAMER HABPY . The Harpy steam-vessel , about whose safety so much apprehension had been f elt , arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday evening . The Harpy is an iron paddle-wheel steamvessel of 350 tons and 200-horse power . She was built for river service , and consequently had the power o f spreading but a small quantity of sail . Soon after leaving- Pemambuco it was discovered that the condition of her boilers was so de f ective and leaky that steam could only be got up to the requisite f orce by the expenditure of a large quantity of coal , and when it did reach
that force the boilers would give out or burst , and the steam escape . This state of things continued for days and weeks , and the consequence was that no progress was made , whilst the whole of the coals were being * rapidly consumed . At length resort had to be had to other descriptions of fuel , in the shape of spare or valueless stores : these were converted into fuel for the engines , and then the cabin doors were taken down , and , together with coal-bags , tables , and stools , and at length some pitch and resin , were used for the purpose of seeming the safety of the ship and the lives of her officers and crew . Under these circumstances it was the 13 th of
July before the Harpy reached Fayal , being- 58 days from Pernambuco , and having on board only half a tank of water , and all sorts of provisions equally scarce . The officers and crew had been for some time upon two-thirds the usual allowance , and for a short time on one-half , whilst they suffered most severely from thirst , only a pint of water a day per man being served out . Having completed her stock o f water , coals , and provisions , the Harpy left Fayal for Portsmouth on the 23 rd of July , reaching . Spithead , as already stated , on Saturday evening .
Damages For The Loss Of A Htjsbakd. —At ...
Damages for the Loss of a Htjsbakd . —At the Edinburgh Jury Court , second division , on Wednesday last , Mrs . Janet Donald , or Eauie , obtained a verdict of £ 100 for her self , and of £ 200 for her children , as compensation for the death of her husband , who had been killed in the pit of the Barton ' s-hili Coal Company , at Dykehead , owing- to the unsafe condition o f such pit , in which the deceased was engaged as a collier , or miner , or drawer . The Pacha of Tripoli , under the pressure of a threatened bombardment , has surrendered his French prisoners .
A letter from Mildenberg states , that on the 5 th inst , the wife o f Don Miguel gave birth at that place to a princess . The Bilaneia of Milan , of the 29 th ult ., states that upwards of thirty young men were imprisoned there in the course of the preceding week for immoral conduct and blasphemy ! General Filangieri , the Governor of Sicily , being opposed by the Neapolitan ministry , resigned his post , but has returned on his own conditions .
Money Orders . —Gbnebal Post-office , August 1852 . —1 . On and after the 1 st of September , 1852 , an additional commission will be charged in every case of transfer or repayment of a money order . 2 . The payment of the additional commission , viz ., 3 d . on all sums not exceeding M , and 6 d . on all sums between £ 2 and £ 5 , must be invariably made by postage stamps transmitted with the application for transfer for re-payment , and , unless the amount be so transmitted , the application will not . be complied with . All
appphcations for transfer or repayment must be adressed to to the President of the London , Dublin , and Edinburgh Money Order-office , according as the order was issued in England for Wales ) , Ireland , cr Scotland . 4 . To prevent the necessity of a transfer , in consequence of an order being erroneously drawn on a different office from the one at whish payment is desired , the public are advised to furnish in writing to the issuing Possnrester at the time of application , the full particulars of the money order required , and also to ascertain , before quitting the issuing office , that the otder corresponds with those particulars .
Mamitage .- —A wit being told that an old acquaintance was married , exclaimed , "Iain glad to hear it , " But , reflecting a moment , he added , in a tone of compassion and forgiveness , " And yet I don't know why I should be ; he never did me any harm . " When priests turn sycophants , they both outcrawl and outslaver the serpent . —Douglas Jeilkold .
Selieivade To Lord John Russell. (As Sun...
SEliEiVADE TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL . ( As sung during the Illumination , in honour of the Noble Lord , at Callander . ) TUNE—Familiar Bagpipe Melody . Hech , Johnnie ! hoch , Johnnie I Wow , Johnnie ! hoot , mon ! Ye ' re the best chiel ony , Though noo ye ' re oot , inoii . Johnnie , Johnnie , Johnnie , Johnnie , Dinna despair , mon ! Derby ' s prospacs are na bonnie ; Ye' 11 be back arice mair , mon .
But , Johnnie , Lord Johnnie , When again , mon Gin ye wad wish mony Months to remain , mon , Johnnie , Johnnie , Johnnie , Johnnie , Just . look alive , mon ; Dinna slumber like a dronie , ' Gif ye want to thrive , mon . Hech , Johnnie ! hoch , Johnnie ! & c . ( ad lib . ) Punch
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_14081852/page/7/
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