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BEAUTIES OF BYRON , xo . xxvu . " THE GUOUB . " In order to conclude our extracts from the Giaour [ his week , wc are compelled to omit some portion of
THE CONFESSION . " Tbe cold in clime are cold in blood , Their love can scarce deserve the name Bnt mine was like the lava flood That boils in -Etna ' s breast of flam * . I cannot prate in puling strain Of lady e-love , and beauty ' s chain : If changing cheek , and scorching vein , Lips taught to writhe , but not complain , If bursting heart , and madd ' ning brain , And daring deed , and vengeful steel , And all that I have felt , and feel , Betoken love—that lore was mine , And shown by many s bitter sign . 'T is true , I could not whine nor sigh ,
I knew but to obtain or die . I die—but first I have possess'd , And come what may , I Aacefecn bless'd . Shall I the doom I sought upbraid t No—reft of all , jet uudism & y'd Bnt for the thought of Leila slain , Give me the pleasure with the pain , So would I lire and love again . I grieve , but not , my holy guide ! For him who dies , bat her who died : She sleeps beneath the wandering wave—Ah 1 had she but an earthly grave , This breaking heart and throbbing head Should deck and share her narrow bed . She was a form of life and light ,
That , seen , became a part of sight ; And rose , where ' er I turn'd mine eye , The Morning-star ot Memory ! " Yes , Love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire rTith angels shared , by Alia given , To life from earth our low desire . Devotion wafts the mind above , But Heaven itself descends in lore ; A feeling from the Godhead caught , To wean from self each sordid thought ; A Ray of him who form'd the whole ; A Glory circling round the soul !
I grant my love imperfect , all That mortals by the name miscall ; Then deem it evil , what thou wilt ; Bnt say , oh say , fter ' s was not guilt ! She was my life ' s unerring li ^ ht : That quench'd , what beam shall break my night Oh . ' would it shone io lead me stilL Although to death or deadliest ill ! Why mairelye , if they who lose This present joy , this future hope . No more with sorrow meekly cope ; In phrensy then their fate accuse : In madness do those fearful deeds
That seem to add but guilt to woe * Alas 1 the breast that inly bleeds Hath nought to dread from outward blew "Who falls from all he knows of bliss , Cares little into what abyss . * * * # « ' And she was lost—and yet I breathed , But not tho breath of human life : A serpent round my heart was wreathed , And stung my every thought to strife . Alike all time , abhorr'd all place . Shuddering I shrunk from Nature's face , Where every hue that charm'd before The blackness of my bosom wore . The rest thou dost already know . And all my sins , and half my wot .
But talk no more of penitence ; Thou seest I soon shall part from hence : Aad if thy holy tale were true , The deed that * s done can ' st thou undo ! Think me not thankless—bnt this grief Looks not to priesthood for relief . My soul's estate in secret guess : But would'tt thou pity more , say less . When thou canst bid my Leila live , Then will I sue thee to forgive ; Then plead my cause in that high place Vhere purchased masses proffer grace . Go , where the hunter ' s hand hath wrong From forest-cave her shrieking young , And calm the lonely lioness : But soothe not—mock not siy distress !
" TeH me no more of fancy's gleam—No , father , no , 't was not a dream ; Abu 1 the dreamer first must sleep , I only watch'd , and wish'd to weep ; But could not , for my burning brow Throbb'd to the very brain as now : I wish'd bat for a single tear . As something welcome , new , and dear I wish'd it then , I wish it still ; Despair is stronger than my trill . Waste not thine orison , despair Is mightier than thy pious prayer : I would not , iff might , be blest ¦ I want no paradise , but rest 1 was then , I tell thee , father ! then
I saw her ; yes , she lived again ; And shining in her white symar , As through yon pale gray cloud the star "Which now I gaze on , as on her , Who look'd and looks far lovelier ; Dimly I view its trembUng spark ; To-morrow ' s night shall be more dark ; And I , before its rays appear , Thatlifeleso thing the living fear . I wander , father ! for my soul Is fleeting towards the final goal . I saw her , friar I and I rose Forgetful of our former woes ; And rushing from my couch , I dart , And clasp her to my desperate heart ;
I clasp—what is it that I clasp I Ko breathing form within my grasp , No heart that beats reply to mine , Tet , Leila t yet the form is thine ! And art thou , dearest , changed so much , As meet my eye , yet mock my touch ! Ah ! were thy beauties e ' er so cold , Xeare not ; so my arms enfold The all they ever wish'd to hold . Alas ! around a shadow prest They shrink upon my lonely breast ; Yet stUI 'Us there ! In silence stands , And beckons with beseeching hands ! With braided hair , and bright-black eye—I knew ' t was false—she could not die ! Bat he is dead ! within the dell
I saw him buried wherehe fell ; He comes not , for he cannot break From earth ; why then art thou awake t They told me wild waves rolled abore The face I view , the form I love ; They told me— 't was a hideous tale ! I'd teU it , bnt my tongue would fail M true , and from thine ocean-cave Thou com ' st to claim a calmer grave , Oh ! pass thy dewy fingers o ' er This brow that then will burn no more ; Or place them on my hopeless heart : But , shape or shade ! whate ' er thou art , In mercy ne ' er again depart 3 Or farther with thee bear my soul Than winds can waft or waters roH !
He puk'd—nor of his name and race Hathleft a token or a trace , Save what the father must not say Who shrived him on his dying day : This broken tale was all we knew Of her he loved , or him . he dw .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . KO . lit THE MARSEILLES MARCH , Te sons of France , awake to glory , Hark ! hark ! what myriads bid yon rise , lour children , wires , and grandsires hoary , Behold their tears , and hear their cries ! Shall hateful tyrants , mischief breeding , With hireling hosts , a ruffian band , Affright and desolate the land , White peace and liberty lie bleeding ! To arms , to arms , ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheath ; March on , march on , all hearts resolved On victory or death . * ow , now , the dangerous storm is rolling ,
which treacherous kings confederate raise ; The dogs of war let loose , are howling , And , lo ! our fields and cities blaee ; And thsll we basely view the ruin , . While lawless force , with guilty stride , Spreads desolation far and wide , With crimes and blood his hands embruing ? To arms , & c With luxury and pride surrounded , The rile , insatiate despots dare , Their thirst for power and gold unbounded , To mete and vend the light aud air ; like beasts of burden would they loaS us , Like gods would Hd their slaves adore ; But man is man , and who is more ! Then shall they longer lash and goad us ! « Tt _ x _ . To arms , 4 c O Liberty ! can man resign thee
. Once having felt thy generous flame ? ' Can dungeons , bolts , and bars confine thee ? Or whips thy noble spirit tame ! Too long the world has wept , bewailing That falsehood ' s dagger , tyrants wield ; But freedom is our sword and shield , And all their arts are unavailing . To arms , &« . ^ terodth 1160 * acconnfa 7 m ^ fi * *^ JW te " Pe sons of Britain , 'wake ft glory . "
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SS , Edinburgh : W . Tait . Prinas-street ; London : Chapman and Hall , Strand . first vlSfT m 0 n * S ° the completion of the to * . volume of this excellent and deservedly popular work ; we hare now p arts VIII ., IX ., X ., iradXI . before rjg , and we are happy in being able to vouch for the continued excellence of this publication . Mrs . „ ° ipf " f has trul y earned for herself the title of lue Ed gewerth of Scotland , " and verysucceeding production of her pen serves to enhance her wellearned fame . In this work she is well supported by several kindred spirits , several of them of her own
sex , iwreJ € mpZe _ MARY Howrrr , MissMitford , and Mrs . Gore . The first of these three contributes in these parts a most interesting story , entitled "The Author ' s Daughter ; " the second , some pleasing sketches , entitled " Country Town Life ; " and Mrs . Gore tells a charming tale , entitled " The Balsamseller of Thurotaer . " Jons Mills , the talented delineator of Old English Life and Old English Sports , contributes a story called "The Days of Old . " A short and simple tale of the Covenanting times is contained in one of these parts from tbe pen of the late Robert Nicoll , the poet of Gentleness and Hope . "The Golden Pot , "translated from tho German of Homtuw , may contain some hidden , subtle , and beautiful meaning , but if so , it must be hard to find out ; for ourselves , we must confess that to na it appears prose run mad . The talented conductress contributes one of her moat
powerfully written stories— "Violet Hamilton ; or , the Talented Family . " The story is not completed in the parts before us , but we have seen enough of it to very highly estimate its merits . This publication commands our best wishes , we hare therefore only to renew our former commendations .
The Family Herald. Parts Xxxi. Xxxii. Lo...
THE FAMILY HERALD . Parts XXXI . XXXII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . In Part XXXI ., and continued in Part XXXII . of the Family Herald , we have a story of thrilling interest , entitled , "The Challenge of Barletta , " an historical romance of the times of the Medici , translated from the Italian of Massimo D'Aseglio , by 0 . Edward Lester . This story is , we believe , considered one of the best prose tales in the Italian language . Thus it will be seen that the spirited proprietor and talented editor leave no labour untried to gratify their numerous patrons . The other articles , whether original or selectedare of most excellent
, quality , and furnish an almost inexhaustible fund of instruction and entertainment . As usual , we have been much interested in the quaint and clever articles by the editor . We have noted too , with some satisfaction , the articles on the Drama , distinguished as they are by liberal views and enlarged sympathies . Sot the least amusing portion of each number is the " Notices to Correspondents , " glittering with gems of wit and wisdom . That the year ^ ust commencing will see the Family Herald still growing in popularity and circulation—notwithstanding its present enormous sale—is onr earnest wish , a wish which we havo every faith will be gratified .
Affection's Keepsake For 1s16. Obigisax ...
AFFECTION'S KEEPSAKE FOR 1 S 16 . Obigisax Poetrt Br T . Ami * . This pretty little pocket annual is very neatly got up , and does credit to its author . Mr . Albis is emphatically " the author" of this work , he being the author , printer , binder , and publisher of the Keepsake . This volume is published not in London ( though it may be had of the London publishers ) , but at the little town of Spalding , in the fens of Lincolnshire . Here , then , is another Lincolnshire poet Verily , the famous old county bids fair to assert its poetical supremacy . We cannot award very high praise to Mr . Albi . n ' b poetry , but his good intentions and kindly sympathies forbid any searching criticism . In his preface the author prettily says : —
Domestic happiness must ever , in a great measure , depend upon the purity and sincerity of the affections . In those households where they have full and proper play and encouragement , their certain and ultimate tendency must be to secure peace aud good will to the various members . It is a pleasant thing to witness the serenity and cheerfulness which are there ever present , and throw around a charm which , when once it has ministered to the enjoyment of a day or even an hour , is seldom afterwards forgotten . And are such households rare in this our " Jferrie England ? " Truly , I think not ! The failings and crimes of individuals , though forming a very small part of tha great stream of human life , will always be apparent on the surface , while the graces and virtues which mingle with tbe whole , are like tbe still and deep waters which float brightly and beautifully , yet noiselessly by .
From this extr act our readers will gather the idea of the kind of poetry to be found in this volume poetry of the affections . As a specimen of the work , and as being one of the prettiest and shortest pieces we can select , we give TBE rOET ' S KWABDS . Ob , for some cheerful voice , to carol forth , In low sweet melody , these artless songs , Which fond affection would consider worth Much more than unto loftier harp belongs : Some soul-lit eye , replete with honest fire , While glancing o ' er the vain and struggling line , In sympathy to scan if not admire , Or in subduing brilliancy to shine ; Some lovely month to dimple into smiles While speaking forth these unaffected lays ; Breathing approval free from flattery ' s wiles ,
The sweetest , dearest , most dshghtful praise ; Tbese the rewards that cheer the poet ' s way , And change his darkest night to brightest day . This little work is most tastefully printed , and embellished with a beautiful frontispiece and vignette . The author deserves encouragement , and we hope will obtain it .
Mackenzie's Mental Arithmetic. London: E...
MACKENZIE'S MENTAL ARITHMETIC . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . We have looked through this little work , and have found it as useful as it is cheap . It is well adapted for schools and teachers , and must be invaluable to traders and dealers , both wholesale and retail ; indeed , the daily transactions of almost every individual must make him or her feel the want of that knowledge which this little work supplies . It is a fact , that thousands of well educated and clever persons cannot "do a sum" in simple arithmetic , and are very often not a little puzzled with the most trifling business-account involving calculation . All such persons will find this "Mental Arithmetic" a valuable assistant .
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AN ADDRESS TO TIIE WORKING CLASSES OF AMERICA , ontlie War Spirit that is sought to be excited letween- the two Countries . London : J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . This address is well-timed , and deserves to be universally circulated , as the following extracts will show : — You , fortunately , possessing political power to restrain the unjust acts of your rulers , are , we fear , too apt to believe that the persecutions , encroachments , and insolence which for ages past have characterised the aristocracy of England towards most nations of the earth , have been shared in by tbe great body of tbe industrious classes ; who , unhappily , for the most part , have hitherto had neither voice nor tots in the matter .
Within the last few years , however , knowledge has been rapidly extending its influence among the Industrious millions of Emgland—universal right is now asserted , and is progressing , despite persecutions and sufferings—anomalies , corruptions , and vices in Church and Stat * , are being exposed—unjust privileges and monopolies decried ; and mental and moral worth fast allying itself to the cause of humanity and justice . This progressive improvement towards a higher state of civilisation and happineis , to which all good men aro looking forward with delight , our aristocratic rulers would gladly mar , and nothing but war and national
commotion would favour the accomplishment of their wishes . With the high-swelling cant of individual glory " aad " national honour ! " the din and dazzle of warlike preparation , they would speedily intoxicate the unreflecting ' . They would then be enabled to turn the national mind from all social and political improvement to the prospects of foreign battles , and brilliant ( though expenslre ) victories . Our present moral and intellectual progress , the advance of trade , commerce , and the peaceful aits of life , would then be stayed and obstructed by the unholy scourge of war , and thousandsof our brethren , having their worst passions loosened and excited , would be transformed into savage demons , thirsting for blood .
We hope that the growing inttlligsnce of the age may lead men to perceive the demoralizing and deteriorating effects of soldiers and armies , and to perceive that war is more fatal in its moral and physical effects , than the plagues , earthquakes , and tornadoes of aature . That so impressed , they will speedily freo themselves from the evils and expenses of standing armies , garrisons , and ships of war—that they will soon seek amicably to settle their national disputes by a Congress of Nations , freely chosen by the people of their respective countries—and that through such instrumentality universal peace and human brotherhood may be established . freedora extended , commerce promoted , and the arts , industry , and civilisation of each , ho made to contribute to the welfare of all .
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It is stated that briefs to the amount of £ 50 , 000 have already been handed to leading counsel in railway cases . West Rinrso Election . —The nomination of a candidate or candidates for the representation of this Riding , in the place of the present Lord Wharncliffe , has now been officially announced for Wednesday , the 4 th of February , and not for Tuesday , the 3 rd , as was stated in some of the local journals , and as was generally reported on Saturday last .
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COUNTY WESTMEATH . Moxlinoak , Tuesday , Jan . 20 , 1846 . —Byran Seery was placed at the bar , charged under an indictment , which contained ten counts , with having tired at Sir Francis Hopkins . The first count alleged that the prisoner anJ another person unknown , on the 18 th of November , at Rochford , unlawfully , maliciously and feloniously assaulted Sir F . Hopkins , aud that the person unknown , with a pistol , cut and wounded him upon the left side of the head , with intent to murder him and that the prisoner was then and there aiding and assisting . The other counts set forth that the prisoner and the person unknown cut and wounded the prosecutor upon the left side of the head , that they out and maimed him , and intended to do him grievous bodil y harm . The prisoner pleaded not guilt y .
The Attorney-General then addressed the jury , and stated the case for the prosecutor . The prisoner was accused of attempting to take the life ofa magistrate of their county , Sir F . Hopkins , Bart . He would then call the witnesses whom he conceived would sustain the case . Sir Francis Hopkins was then called , and examined by the Attorney-General . Ho said—I reside at Rochford , four miles from Mulligar ; I am a magistrate ; I recollect thelSthof November ; I went out to dinner that day in a carriage ; I was accompanied by one servantthe man who drove ; I dined with Colonel Caulfield , oi Bloomfield , I left him at twenty-five minutes past twelve o'clock by watch ; there was a large party—about twenty people ; I was perfectly sober ; there was no moon , but
it was dusk ; there was twilight ; " when I arrived at Rochford I let myself out of the carriage , and walked to the hall door : I had just rung the bell , when I heard a shot , and saw the smoke from the gun ; I rushed at the man who fired ; he ran away ; about thirty-five yards from the house I came up to him , and touched him , but there is a precipitous bank over which I stumbled , and so did he ; I seized him ; we wrestled ; I put my hand upon his throat ; I saw him most distinctly ; I recognised him as a person whom I knew ; I was astonished at seeing him ; to prevent any mistake I forced his face into the light , so as to identify him , and his countenance was indelibly impressed upon my memory ; I saw another person coming towards me ; I ran after him ; he snapped a pistol at me , but fortunately it did not
go off ; I dealt him a severe blow , which knocked him down ; the prisons * came running up with the gun uplifted ; the other man struck me with a large horse pistol , which brought me down to my knee ; I cried for help ; the hall-door opened , and lights appearing the men fled ; I have not the slightest doubt that the prisoner was tbe man who fired at me ; I knew him for seven or eight years ; he surrendered his form in 1842 ; he got £ 30 upon giving up the farm ; I found he had neither stock or capital to turn tbe farm to advantage ; I asked him what it would take for stock , kc , he said £ 30 ; I was to recommend him to another farm , and pay a year ' s rent for him ; I gave him a
written recommendation ; he did not appear dissatisfied ; the hat I was in the habit of seeing him wear was one which you would know anywhere ; that hat I saw at Rochford next morning ; a coat was also found there ; when the prisoner put it on I know the coat as one which he bad often worn when he came to Rochford ; I received five wounds upon the head—two severe wounds upon the forehead—one ( the most severe ) upon the back of my ear ; I was attended by Dr . Ferguson , ot Jf ullingar ; I described the prisoner to him , and in consequence of that description tbe prisoner was arrested —( a hat handed to witness )—that seems te be like the hat I have always seen him wear ; it is like the hat .
Cross-examined by Mr . Murphy , Q . C .: I did not find the hat ; the handwriting in tho letter handed to me is mine ; I cannot form any idea why the question was put whether I was sober , except to know was I sober ; I dare say I told the story I have told this day fifty times in town and country , before and after dinner ; I do not think I told it to any ladies ; I have told the story to many gentlemen of the county ; I did not individually or collectively discourse with tbe jury ; the only possible person is Mr , Shiel , magistrate , who might have been there next moraing ; it was tbe butler who brought me the prisoner ' s hat ; I knew it immediately to belong to the prisoner . Mr . Murphy , Q . C , asked to see Sir F . Hopkin ' s informations .
Witness : I swore one information before the prisoner was arrested , another after his arrest ; there is nothing about a hat in the information 1 have just now read , nor is there anything about it in this one either ; the first information was sworn by me before the prisoner was arrested ; I knew the prisoner for years , and I saw him the following afternoon , I saw him in the hall ; I did not see him before he was brought into the hall ; several magistrates and country people were present when I saw him ; the prisoner was placed amongst the countrymen , I don ' t know who the magistrate was that did all this . Before that was done did you swear a word about the prisoner ! Witness : Certainly not ; his name is not in the information . But after he was placed among tbe countrymen you swore the second information ? Witness : Yes ; his name is in the second and not in the first information .
Will you try if there be anything about a coat in your information ?—I see nothing about a coat there . What is the name of the servant who gave you that hat!—Thomas Jelling ; I don ' t know whether he is here . Witness : I arrived home about twenty-five minutes t * one o ' clock ; it takes a quarter of an hour to go from Colonel Caulfield ' s ; I had no reason to complain of the . character of the prisoner while he was my tenant ; if he had capital to bate managed the farm I would have continued him . To the Court : I knocked one of the men down , and returned to grapple with the other , who was in the act of shooting at me with a gun .
Wm . Fullen examined by Mr . Brewster , Q . C .: Was in Sir . F . Hopkins's service ; drove him toRechford ; he got out of the carriage ; saw him walking up the steps ; saw two men running towards him , when he ( witness ) was turning the carriage , one man tripped over some irons , the other kept running on towards him ; when he first saw him he was going to call out to his master ; at the side of the steps the mare started , he pulled her round , ran and rang the bell , and then went after his master ; the man had got away out of sight ; my master was just getting up , I took hold of him and assisted him .
Matthew Rogers examined : Was steward to Sir F . Hopkins ; the morning after tbe attack I found a cont and tobacco pipe ; brought the coat into theball and left it there ; saw it afterwards in the charge of Mr . Beoky , police constable ; also saw a hat ; was shown it by Thomas Telling ; the hat handed to him was thst shown to him ; found the coatabout forty yards from the house ; the coat produced was that which befound ; found it outside the rails lying upon tbe ground . To a Juror : The cont did not appear to have been
taken off in the struggle ; it was lying nponJbe ground , the collar uppermost . " Thomas Jelling examined by Mr . Corballis : Was in the employment of Sir F . Hopkins as butler ; found a hat ; immediately the bell was rung the groom deured me to follow him ; ran with him ; found a hat ; gave it to Mr . Rogers , and he can identify it ; cannot say how far from the hall . door the hat was fouud ; it was near twelve o ' clock when I found the hat ; found my master at the same time I found the bat ; can ' t say whether the hour was a little before or after twelve o'clock , but it was immediately after the shot was fired .
Chief Justice Doherty : How can you be certain as to the hour ? Witness : I am positive the hour was either a quarter before or after twelve o ' clock . John Johnston examined by Mr . Flunkett : Belonged to the constabulary of the county ; knew the prisoner for six years ; had frequent opportunities of seeing him ; he generally wore a frieze coat and cord trousers ; bad seen him wear the hat produced . Cross ^ xamined by Mr , Gorman : Could not tell the name of any other man in the county Westmeath whose hat he could swear to ; saw the prisoner three weeks before the attack ; he did not wear the hat then ; when he saw him one month before tbe three weeks he wore a Jerry hat—a bard felt hat ; he did not wear the hat produced on that day ; saw him aUo about three months and three weeks before the occurrence ; saw him wear the hat about the middle of last summer ; I never took the hat in my hand .
To a Juror : I can swear that the hat produced was that which I have seen the prisoner wear . To Mr G-rman : I could not be mistaken in the bat . Police Constable James Doherty examined : Was stationed at Dysart ; knew the prisoner two yesrs and some months ; saw him wear the hat . Cross-examined by Mr . J . A . Curran : The prisoner lived in Dysart ( supposed six months ) near where he was stationed ; within a mile and a half of the station ; he lived at Kitishogue ; heard he lived there ; could swear to a few other bats in tbe county ; saw the bat upon the prisoner about last summer , whila he was passing in the barrack ; arrested tiie prisoner ; found him in a field digging potatoes . To a Juror : Never saw a hit in the neighbourhood like that produced ; remarked that hat above all others .
Dr . Ferguson examined by Mr . Serjeant Warren : Was a surgeon ; a messenger was sent to him on the night in question ; reached Rochford about two o ' clock ; Sir F . Hopkins had two wounds upon the left side of his forehead , each two inches , probably more , in length , inflicted seemingly with a blunt instrument ; for upwards of an inch the bone in one wound was laid perfectly bare ; there was another above the ear extending to about an inch and a half ; at the left side there was a very ugly contused wound , better than an inch , from that to three quarters
iu length , and about an inch above that there were two smaller wounds comparativel y of little consequence ; about an inch below it there were two others much about the same kind ; the surface for an inch and a half displayed very great violence having been inflicted ; there was considerable swelling ; there were five wounds in that point besides the two in front ; there was a wound upon the cheek , a very small one—a circular contused wound , but one not of much importance at tbesido of the face , and the wound over the ear was very like one which would be inflicted by the coct ofa pistol .
Serjeant Warren : Was the life of Sir F . Hopkins in danger ! Witness : It was in very imminent danger ; I never had a case of injury done to the head which displayed more danger . The case for the prosecution here closed . Mr . Murphy , Q . C , addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner . If that were an ordinary trial at the usual
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assizes he would have no apprehension as to the result ; and even then , if he could disabuse their minds of their prejudices , resulting from the crime which had disgraced that country , he would have no fear as to the verdict . He asked them if a peasant were the prosecutor and not a baronet , would they convict the prisoner ? His defence was , that on the night of the 18 th of November the prisoner slept in the house of his uncle , Mr . Keenan , from whom he had got a potatoe field to enable him to maintain his famil y of seven children , which was situated at a distance of ei ght miles from the scene of the attack upon Sir Francis Hopkins . He admitted that the prisoner once had a hat like that found at Rochford , but on purchasing a new hat he left the old one behind him . Tbe following witnesses were then called : —
Betty keenan , an old woman , was then produced and examined : Was the wife of Thomas Keenan ; recollected the morning that the prisoner was arrested ; he was digging potatoes near the house of her husband ; he came to dig the potatoes upon the Monday before he was arrested ; he took the laud from her husband ; he had the field as conacre ; he slept in the house on Monday night ; saw him about ten o ' clock at night , and left him at the fire with her family ; he was at work all day on Tuesday ; saw him at ten o ' clock that night , and left him at the fire with her family ; was up next morning before the prisoner ; the doors were locked in the same manner as the night before ; his outside coat was hung in the hall that night the police took it out of the house .
Cross-examined by the Attorney-General : The prisoners never came to sleep iu her house before the Monday night ; Mullingar was six miles from her house ; the doors were locked every night ; Maley Dalton , Mick Fynn , the prisoner , John Byrne ( who stopped till ten o ' clock ) , were in the house that night with her own family ; she had three rooms—a closet , a kitchen , and a parlour—in her house ; the three men and her family had supper on Tuesday night ; the prisoner had better than half an acre of land . Re-examined : Her husband possessed seventy acres of land .
Mary Keenan ( a pretty-looking girl ) examined by Mr . Curran : Was a daughter of the last witness ; they lived near Castletown Geoghegan ( Rathdrishogue ); recollected the day the prisoner was arrested ; on Monday the prisoner came to the house with others ; saw the prisoner early en Tuesday morning ; saw the prisoner going up stairs to bed on Tuesday ; her father was parish priest of Summerhill , county Meath . Cross-examined by Serjeant Warren : They had cold meat for supper on Monday night ; she took her supper in the kitchen ; on Tuesday the prisoner eame in at one o ' clock to dinner , and between nine and ten o ' clock to eat his supper .
Catherine Keenan examined : The prisoner came to the house of her father on Monday , thel 7 th of November , with others , who supped in the house , and slept thers also with her brother John on Tuesday night ; they went to bed before her ; saw them going up stairs ; saw the prisoner early on the next morning going to dig his potatoes , Cros -examined : Heard that she was first cousin to the prisoner ; never saw a hat like that produced upon the prisoner ; saw him wear a hat with the crown sewn in . Would you swear that the prisoner did not leave the house upon the Tuesday night ! Witness made no answer . To a Juror : Locked the door on Tuesday night ; did not think that the prisoner could have got out of the house that night .
John Keenan examined : Saw the prisoner after his work on Tuesday evening ; he slept with him that night ; got up ewly in the morning ; the prisoner got up with him ; from the time he went to bed the prisoner did not leave it till he got up in the morning , and he could not have done so without bis knowledge ; positively swore that the prisoner could not have left the house ; Rochf « rd-house was about eight miles from tbe place in which he lived , and a person going there should either go that distance , or cross the lake of Dysart , for he could not fly . Cross-examined : When the prisoner cams up to bed he was saying his prayers , and the prisoner also said his prayers , Serjeant Warren then replied on behalf of tho Crown , and
The Chief Baron charged the jury , who retired , and at twenty minutes after ten o ' clock they were called out , when the foreman intimated that there was little probability of their agreeing . The Chief Baron then had the jury locked up for the night , and swore the bailiffs in the usual manner , intimating , however , to the jury , that if they found their verdict by twelve o'clock he would receive it , and then adjourned the court to Wednesday morning . The jury wen detained in their box all night , as they found it impossible to find a verdict . At night a wish was expressed on their behalf that some of the witnesses should be recalled , in order that tliey might be re-examined upon particular points ; but the court refused to eomply with this request , adding , however , that they would willingly read the notes over again and give the jury every other assistance which the law allowed . On Wednesday morning , at ten o ' clock , the court sat , when the jury were called out from their room .
Chief Baron ( to the Foreman ) : Well , gentlemen , have you agreed to your verdict ? Juror : No , my lord—we are in the same position as we were in when your lordship left us last night . Ten of the jury are of one opinion , and two of another ; but there is n » probability of our agreeing . Chief Baron : I regret , gentlemen , that you cannot agree , and that you have been put to so much
inconvemence . Juror : We have been in attendance upon the business of the court for twenty-four hours , anditisacase of great hardship . We have bsda little water for refreshment , and a very indifferent sort of a fire ; the room is more like a dungeon than anything else ; and I trust , my lord , that you will discharge us . Chief Justice : The court feel that it is a hardship , but they have neither the power nor the discretion to comply with your request . Juror : If there were n possibility of our agreeing we would not make the application , but there really is none . Now , in the event of our being starved to death or of losing our health , would it not be a dreadful thing ? One gentleman drove twenty-four miles yesterday morning in order to be here at nine o ' clock in attendance upon the court , Chief Baron : It is a great hardship , but there is no mode of relieving you .
Chief Justice : Do not attribute it to want of sympathy upon thepsrt of the court . We desire to relieve you if we could , and we have a full consciousness of the pres . sure upon you ; we cannot , however , relieve yeu . Be good enough to go back to your box and you shall havo a fire lighted . If you go over your notes again , and there be any thing which the court can explain and elucidate , the Chief Baron will read over his notes to you . Juror : I am afraid there is no earthly chance of our agreeing . The Jury then returned to their box .
At seven o ' clock the jury who tried Bryan Seery entered the box for the third time during the day , and intimated to their lordships that there was no probability of their agreeing . They had boen thirty-six hours confined without food , fire , or rest , and several of the jury , particularly two , who were 111 when impannellod , were in a serious state of indisposition . They had been immured in a room , the atmosphere of which was very humid and injurious , and it was only a few minutes ago that they got as much as a drink of cold water . It was a vary great hardship . Mr . Maxton said that he was very ill , and his medical adviser , Dr . Middleton , aould satisfy the court upon that point if he were produced . The Chief Justice then despatched a messenger for Dr . Middleton , who returned shortly afterwards , having in vain searched for him :
Mr . Maxton ' s son then went in search of Dr . Middleton , but that gentleman not being in the way , Dr . Gabriel Stokes was sent for , and he gave it as his opinion that Mr . Dawson and Mr . Maxton were very seriously ill , and further confinement might endanger their lives . The jury were then discharged . The Attorney-General then announced that he would again arraign Seery on Thursday , and have another jury empannelled to try bim . John Egan and Michael Delamere were found guilty .
Accident And Suicide.—On Saturday Night,...
Accident and Suicide . —On Saturday night , about nine o ' clock , a man named William Andrews , porter at the Waterman ' s Adelplii Pier , who had been retained in the course of the day to assist in unloading a barge laden with the luggage of the Duke of Bucclcuch , was about to step oif the dumby , or outer barge of the pier , into the lighter moored alongside , when lie stepped short and fell into the water , between the craft . A lighterman , named Sard , in the employ of Mr . F . Farlow , the Secretary of the Adelphi Pier Company , who was in the barge containing tho Duke of Buccleuch ' s property , did all in his power to save the man . The search for the body was continued for half an hour by Mr . Farlow ' s men , when they heard a splash in the water close to the Hungerford
Suspension Bridge , followed by the screams of . a female , who was in the water , and the noise o f a policeman ' s rattle on the bridge . On rowing towards the bridge several persons called out that a woman had thrown herself into the river , and pointed out the spot where she had disappeared . The policeman , 189 L , who was stationed on the bridge , saw a wo man getting over the parapet on the north-west side of the bridge , and , suspecting her intentions , he rushed towards her and attempted to pull her back . A short struggle took place , during which his hat was knocked off , and the woman , who was outside the parapet , eluded his grasp , plunged into the river and vSs drowned . The policeman only saw her for a few seconds , and believes she is a young woman . Neither of the bodies have yet been recovered .
Holloway'b Pills and Ointment . —A solemn declaration was made the 23 rd day of May , 1842 , at the Mansion-house , before the Lord Mayor , Sir John Pirie : —Richard Cloake , stoker , employed in the oftiee of the Morning Advertiser daily newspaper , declares that for a considerable time he was afflicted with ulcerated wounds on his ankles , which frequently incapacitated him from attending to his duties ; in consequence he was admitted an out-door patient at the following institutions—Bartholomew ' s and King ' s College Hospitals , and , lastly , at the Dispensary , Chancery-lane , but without obtaining the least relief : he also declares that he then used llolloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which , radically cured him after every ether means had failed .
The Late Accident On The South Eastern R...
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY . TiiNuniDQE , Monday Nioht . —The coroner ' s inquiry into the circumstances attending the late disastrous accident on the South Eastern Railway was resumed this afternoon , at the An gel Hotel , in this place . The coroner arrived shortly before three o ' clock , and after having had a short intercourse with the foreman of the panel , informed tho authorities of the Railway Company that the jury had expressed a desire again to visit the scene of the accident . After some discussion , the jury persisting in their determination , a special train was provided to convey them to the spot . On arriving there , it was at once seen that it would be utterly impossible to make any further examination of the locality . As far as
the eye could reach in every direction the fields were covered with water , even theconrse of the river being entirely lost in the general flood . The water had risen at least five or six feet since 'Wednesday last , and now reached within about seven or eight feet of the summit of the embankment . The permanent way of both the up and down line had , however , been completed and made good since the jury last saw it , a foundation having been obtained by driving piles into the earth beneath the bridge . The latter circumstance , it was stated , had occasioned some dissatisfaction among the jury , and is believed to have been the proximate cause of their determination to proceed again to ^ the spot . The jury having returned to the inquest-room for the purpose oi * pursuing the investigation ,
Jerenvah Somers was first called . He said he was a labourer , and resided at Tunhridge "Wells : be knew the bridge where the accident happened ; it was called " Johnson's Bridge , " and led from Mr . Johnson ' s farm-house to his fields on the opposite side of the railway . He last saw the bridge about sixteen or eighteen months ago ; he wasTthen on a train passing over it . Witn . ss last saw the bridge to examine it four years ago . He was then employed paving the roadway under the arch , to make the passage good for Mr . Johnson ' s carts . His work had no other object ; it had no connection with the foundation of the bridge , which , as witness believed , was in a good state and condition , and likely to last for a long time . Witness knew of nothing calculated to weaken the f oundation at that time , unless it were an immense flow of water from the river to the land on tho adjoining side .
By the Foreman—I formed a drain under tho bridge of Kentish ragstene , which I intended to carry off the water from the foundation of the pillars to the centre of the arch , and thence from the bridge to the land on the north side . I do not know the depth of the foundation of the brick pillars on which the iron girders rest . The time I speak of was four years last April or May . When the great flood occurred in the neighbourhood of Tunbndge four yoars ago , the foundation of the bridge was not put in . The ballast had been dug out of the field on the south side of the railway when I put down the pavement under the arch . I was employed by tho contractor . Isaac Fry , labourer , of Haseden , was next called , lie knew the bridge where the accident happened .
Twelve months since last November , witness had been employed in cutting a drain between the two abutments of that bridge . He was employed by Mr . Hoof , the contractor for the Tunbridge Wells branch , who was digging ballast out of the field adjoining the bridge , for the construction of the latter railway The drain was dug through this archway for the purpose of letting the water out of the ballast-hole on the south side o f the line , and discharge it on the north side , so that it might flow into the river . The occasion to which witness referred was not the first on which the drain had been opened . It had been opened before , and bushes laid in , but the ballast soon worked in amongst them , and stopped the drain up , and , upon that , the fresh drain was made , olasp tiles being used . The ground was then thrown in again . The drain was from five to seven feet deep . Witness was not employed to put in the drain , nor
did he know of its existence until the ground was opened to put in the tile drain . The tile drain was dug a little lower than the bush drain , in order to obtain a foundation for the tiles . The drain did not run through the centre of the arch ; it was cut " eater-ways" ( obliquely ) across the road , so as to afford communication between the ballast-hole on the south side and the ballast-hole on the north ; the one commencing above and the other below tbe bridge . While engaged in cutting the drain , the surface of the road in one part was higher than witness's head . Witness did not go near enough the brickwork to see the depth of the foundations . The ballast-pit was deeper near the bridge than any other part , thus rendering it necessary to go down lower in the formation of the drain . After excavating for the tile drain , witness filled it up again with loose earth . The Foreman : Did yob , fill it up sufficiently ?
Witness : I cannot say that I recollect making a remark to our ganger on this subject . I said , " Depend upon it , the first flood that comes , the water will carry all this gravel away , and then the bridge will go . " ( Sensation . ) The witness added , " We have never had a Hood until last Monday night since that time . " Examination by the Foreman continued : We did not replace the " pitching" as wc found it , but threw in the stones anyhow as they came—some at the top and some at the bottom . I have observed the road under this bridge several times during the past few weeks : the road was in a very bad state ; and I have seen the wheels of Mr . Johnson ' s carts , when conveying turnips , sink in the soil up to tho nave of the
wheels . This was on the side of the bridge on which the accident occurred . When the tile drain was dug there was a heavy flood , and tbe soil under the bridge was " allswampy , " so that as fast as we threw it out it fell in again , thus compelling us to make the drain much wider than we intended . In some places it was five feet wide . The name of the ganger to whom I allude is Joseph Gibbs . While we were at work at the drain he desired us to be quick and get tiie earth in again , as he said if we were not , it was " quite likely the foundation of the bridge would give way . " I was myself in expectation of such an
accident all the while I was at work . We received all our instructions from Joseph Gibbs , and we acted under his orders . I recollect tho great flood four years ago . Johnson ' s bridge was built at that time . The flood at that time had no effect on the bridge , nor do I think it would now but for the drain since excavated , the ground having been dug out in the first instance for the foundation of the abutments forming the bridge . When the drain was formed the whole of the soil under the arch was in a loose state . I do not know tho depth of the foundation , but I know the earth was not taken out so low for the foundation as we went with the drain .
David Draper and Thomas Brown , labourers in the employ of Mr . Johnson , were next examined at great length . Their evidence was merely corroborative of that given by previous witnesses as to the bad state of the road . Draper said the road was lowered two feet after its original formation , aud added , that when passing under the bridge himself he had frequently observed the girders give when a train passed over ; so much so that he had hastened from underneath the arch in consequence . Robert Fairbairn , bailiff to Mr . Thomson , occupying the farm adjoining to Mr . Johnson ' s , was next called . His evidence contained nothing of importance , beyond the fact he deposed to as arising from personal knowledge of the locality that the accident must have occurred through a rush of water from the north side of the railway into the ballast pit ou the south side .
Mr . J . P . Barlow was next called . Mr . Barlow read from a written paper a statement of his opinion as to the cause of the accident . The document was somewhat lengthy , but it will be sufficient to describe its effect , which may bo briefly done as follows : —Ho attributed the accident to the rush of water from the north ( or river ) side of the railway , through the occupation-bridge into the ballast-pit on the south side . He was of opinion , however , that the disaster would not have happened had the ballast-pit ken full of water at the time . He considered the bridge to have been strong enough to have withstood the force of any flood , had it not been for the fall of water which followed on tho ballast-pit being nearly empty . This had had the effect
of first carrying away a portion of the embankment , and then undermining the foundation of the abutments on which the bridge rested . He believed that the tile drain which had boen spoken o f had nothing whatever to do with the accident . On the contrary , he thought that , so far from having boon the cause of the accident , it was calculated to lessen tho probability of such an occurrence , by affording a more ready passage for the water , through the occupationbridge . He was of opinion that the accident could not have occurred to a passenger train . Tho statement concluded by the expression of Mr . Barlow ' s opinion , that the works on tho South Eastern Railway possessed a higher degree of stability than those of any other railway : a fact , it was alleged ,
satisfactorily proved by the comparatively small cost of keeping up the permanent way on the former line . Mr . Barlow having been subjected to a long examination by the foreman of the jury , the builder of the bridge was next called , to prove that it had been constructed properly . The coroner then briefly charged the jury , pointing out tiie principal facts deposed to by the several witnesses , as they bore upon the accident . 'the jury retired at five minutes pasteight o ' clock , and remained closeted until half-past ten , when the court was again thrown open , and
The toreman read the following as the finding of himself and brother jurors : — "Wc find that James Dobie was killed in consequence of the falling of a bridge called Johnson's bridge , in this parish , by reason of the foundation of the said bridge being undermined , and washed away by an unexpected flood of water ; and , in the opinion of the jury , it is a dangerous practice to make drains uuder arches , as it tends to weaken the foundation ; and the jury consider the ballast-hole aluded to'in the evidence adduced is too near the line of railway . " The verdict was accompanied by a nominal deodand of one shilling on the engine and tender .
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MY DADDY » [ The following capital Parody is from a forthcoming book intended to be used as a Primer for the children of the People . ] Who was it , five years since or more , Came poor and lone to England ' s shore , To wed a Queen and gold galore ? My Daddy . Who , from John Bull , upon these grounds , Has yearly thirty thousand pounds , And flue new kennels for his hounds ! My Daddy . Who was a grand Fisld-Marshal made Ere he had filled each lower grade , Or drawn in battle-field his blade ? My Daddy . Who yields Mamma and ali her Court , By siaught ' ring game , such glorious sport-Putting whols thousands a la morl ?
My Daddy . Who , to protect ' gainst war ' s mishaps The heads of our poor soldier chaps , Invents such funny flower-pot caps 1 My Daddy . Who keeps game-keepers , tall and strong , Unto a gaol to drag along Starv'd rascals fouud his hares among ? My Daddy . Who trains great bloodhounds , fierce and swift , Which , when old dames his sticks do lift , Fix their sharp fangs through gown and shift t My Daddy . Who is it that the papers state So boldly hath rsfused of late To pay his Windsor poor ' s-ratc ?
My Daddy , Who , with far more than Jullien ' s pride , O'er concerts grand doth oft preside , And music doth compose beside ? My Daddy , Who , when my mother knows he's out , Troubles her jealous mind with doubt As to his where and what about ? My Daddy Who is it , that to play with me , Sisters and brothers gets —( I ' ve threo , And shortly shall another see ) ? My Daddy
The Elements . —When Beau Brunimell was compelled to retire to France , he knew no French ; and having obtained a grammar for the purpose of stud y , his friend Scrope Davies was asked what progress Brummell made in French ? He responded that Brummell had been stopped , like Bonaparte , in Russia , by the elements . Law . — "By what law , " demanded a friend of Quin , " did the regicides condemn Charles I . ?" "By as much law as ho had left them , " was the reply . Ringing the Changes . —A good-natured French , man says : — " The weather in E » gland was made so variable on purpose , in order that the English might have something to talk about . "
A Slow Coach . —The Hcayune says , in contradistinction to the man who walks so fast , that it puts his shadow out of breath to keep up with him , that there is a man in New Orleans who walks so slow , that his shadow frequently falls asleep on the side , walk . DEBRYNANE BEG , Och I sure have you heard of the model estate , With its beautiful cabins of mud so complatc , Where the windys are windholes to let in the light , And both inside and out are as black as the night . 'Tis the pride of O'Connell , swate Derryuuiie-heg . 'Ti » an il « gant sight that sums stark-staring thatch Kept down with big stones , surs ye'il ne'er find its match , . The door , like the chimney , is no door at all , But a queer gaping kind ofa hole in the wall , That folks walk in and out of at Derrynanc-bcg ,
Jist look at the water that ' s standing in pools , As green as old Erin ; the big mountains is fools To the dungheaps and duet , that ' s haped up at she docrp Till it totter * and tumbles right in on the flure . It ' s a swate-acented place that same Derrynauo-beg , No kettles or pots hang about on the wall , To disfigure the beauty or spile it at all , Bu . the pigs and the spalpeens lay packed head and fail , And the sow and the Missus both ate the same male , Oh the grunting and groaning at Derrynane-b . 'g . Och ! where is the Maister ! right proud may he be The work of bis fur distant magic to sse ; Now sure he's a taching—the world at his fate-Folks to live like us boys on the model estate That's so wonderful talked of at Derrynane-beg . Sure don't look so modest swate Maurice ohone , Show the Saxon the things that your father h » s done , Don ' t be grinning and looking so queer on the mud , Jist atiiiff your words and denying jour Wood ,
Though there's little to ate else at Derryuanc-beg .. Ah think of the things when Repale comes about , And the Maister ' s great plans shall be all carried ou < , There shall not be a spot thm , less clanely and unto Than the beautiful farms oa the model estate , The pride of O'Connell , swate Derrynuno-beg . Punch . Just Podlishbd , a striking pen-and-ink portrait oi the Right Honourable the Earl Grey . It is executed in the line manner , and tho likeness reputed ; to be admirable . The shadows could not be deeper , and some of the strokes of the pen are remarkable for their boldness . For a proof before letters , apply to T . B . Macaulay , designer in general , at 1 , Albany ( lately removed from Downing-street ) , where a variety of portraits are always kept on hand . Members of Parliament taken off at the shortest notice . — Ibid .
Approaching Watbr Parties . — Ellenborough's first naval exploit will be to command a squadron in order to capture the Pillars of Hercules—which he has been told will match admirabl y with his Gates of Somnauth . His next expedition will be a voyage to the North Pole , which he has promised posterity to bring to England , and plant on the summit of Primrosehill . If he should accomplish this great achievement , prizes will be distributed every year to the boy who climbs to tho top of the North Pole , after it has - been properly greased . The prizes will be appoint- ments at the Admiralfy , or else the command of a . man at war . —Ibid . The Cap will Fit . —In consequence of the recent I displays of wisdom on the part o f certain Dukes , it t has been proposed , in certain Dame-schools , to sub- - stitutethe Ducal coronet for the Dunce ' s cap . —Ibid .
Domestic Endearments . —I hold it indeed to bo a i sure sign ofa mind not poised as it ought to be , if it t be insensible to the pleasures of home , to the little c joys and endearments of a family , to the affection of if relations , to tho fidelity of domestics . Next to being g well with his own conscience , the friendship and id attachment of a man ' s family and dependents seemm to me one of the most comfortable circumstances ofof his lot . His situation with regard to either , fonusus that sort of bosom comfort or disquiet that sticksks close to him at all times and seasons , and which , h , though he may now and then f orget it , amidst theie bustle of public or the hurry of active life , will rosumene its place in his thoughts , and its permanent ei & ctsils on his happiness , at every pause of ambition or ofof business . —Horn * .
Great Britain . — The great alterations in me- echanics , the app lication of chemistry to agriculture , c , and tho unlimited powers of steam , seem to have ire opened to the people of Great Britain a new , and id assuredly no unreal , field of view . Under forms from in which tiie philosopher may turn away , as from empty ty symbols of material civilisation , the great ideas of an in infinite extension of manly power and manly Indus' ry ry have been developed ; with the exception of the he superficial extent of this little island , every cleinentiiit of society is here in a state of rapid and cndlcsscss
growth . The population almost doubles itself in tholho course of a man ' s lifetime . The natural resources ofe of the soil are continually increased by the applicntionion of science . What can always be achieved by power / er , can now be executed with certainty by means of thethe wonderful natural element which man renders suboroordinate to his service . In all directions , the walls os oil the world—the horizon of society—appear on tluthe . p oint of vanishing , and nobody can venture to fix sx si limit to the exertions or tho acta of man in referenccncc to his earthly existence on this planet .
An Amazon . —On the night of the 13 th instant , it , i party of burglars came to the house of a farnieune : named M ' Kcnna , residing at Moortown , in tin tin county of Meath , within about four miles of Ardeedee M'Kcnna's servant girl slept in one wing of th' th house , and her master and the rest of the family iily in tho other . About two o ' clock she was awoke , an anon looking towards a window in the room , she saw nw man coming in through it . She screamed , and thl th fellow told her if she did not hold her tongue he h would ruin her when he got in . She instantlantl . seized a grape , or three-grained fork , which she rcc re : collected was in tho room , having used it the prcviotiviom day -in putting flax on a hurdle , and immcdiatelatell made a plunge at tho invader just as he had his hod boil
in , sticking him in the breast , on which he roared tal I his comrade ^ to pull him back , as ho was done . SI SI looked out oi the window and saw four men carryiirryir him off on their shoulders . Their faces wore blacblacll ened , and the nicht was particularly bright at Hit tl time . She alarmed her master immediately , and hnd II and his son , it is stated , locked themselves up flip f « fear of the party returning . Blood was traced troi iro the house to cross-roads within about fifteen percherch of it , and from the quantity on the ground , it is cos coi lectured the robber could not survive . It appea [ . peal that M'Konna broug ht a considerable sum of monsnom home from Ardee that day , and that it w « ttekat kirn ledge ot this fact that tempted the cupidity of « ot tt robbers , as ho wu " set , " as it is termed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_31011846/page/3/
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