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THE PEOPLE. Translated from tbe French o...
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SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHDAY. The usual festiva...
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Death by Fibe.—On Tuesday night, about eight o'clock, Ann Davis, aged fifty-nine, the wife of a
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My % 1846. The Northern Star. 3
mY % 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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BEAUTIES OF _3 YB 0 N . _SO- Xttv _* . _«« THB PBIS 05 EB OX CHIELOS . " This powerful and beautiful poem embraces a subject deeply interesting to all . haters of _tjranny-tlie _iufferinls of * noble man buried in the livingtomb of a dnngeon ior a long series of years for the crime " of holding "—— tenets he would not forsake . The hew ef the story is no fictitious character , but one who really suffered perhaps all that the poet has described—perhaps more than even so great a poet could imagine . This poem will make the name of _Bosktp . uu > immortal .
The story describes _threebrothers ( Bonmvabd was the eldest ) "in a dungeon cast ; " the youngest was a gentle being , the image of his mother " beautiful as day , " " with eyes as blue aa heaven ; " the other was as pure in mind , " but « a hunter of the hills , Had followed thero the deer and wolf ; To him Ms dungeon was a gulf , _Andfetter'd feet the worst of ills . " This last perishes first , the poet here describes his death and Bosxivabd _' s agony : — I ssdd my nearer brother pined , I said his mighty heart declined , He loathed and put away his food ; It was not that 'twas coarse and rude , "For we were used to hunter ' s fare , And for the like had little care :
The milk drawn from the mountain goat Was changed for water from the moat , Our bread was such as captive ' s tears Have moisten'dmany a thousand years , Since man first pent his feBow men Like brutes within an iron den ; Bat what were these to ns or Mm ? These wasted not his heart or Mmb ; My brother ' s soul was of tbat mould Which in a palace had grown cold , Had his free breathing been denied The range of the steep mountain ' s side ; But why delay the truth ?—he died . I saw , and could not hoia his head , Nor reach his dying hand—nor dead , —
Though hard I strove , but strove in vain , To read and gnash my bonds in twain . He died—and they _unlocV'd his chain _. And scoop'd for Mm a shallow grave Even from the cold earth of onr cave , I begg _* d them , as a boon , to lay His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine—it was a foolish thought , Bat then within my brain it wrought , That even in death Ms free-born breast In such a dungeon could not rest . I might have spared my idle prayer—They coldly laugh'd—and laid him there The flat and turfless ear th above The being wesomach did lore ;
Bis empty chain above it leant , Such murder ' s fitting monument Next , the youngest brother died : — He , too , was struck , and day by day Was wither'd . on the stalk away . Oh , God ! it is a fearful tiling To see the human soul take wing In any shape , in any mode : { I ' ve seen it rushing forth in blood , I ' ve seen it on the breaking ocean Strive with a sworn convulsive motion , Pre seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin , delirious with its dread ; " But these were horrors—this was woe Unmix'd with such—bnt sure and slow
He faded , and so calm and meek , So softly worn , so sweetly . weak , So tearless , yet so tender— -kind , Aud grieved for those heleft behind ; While all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb , Whose tints as gently sank away As a departing rainbow ' s ray—An eye of most transpareHtlight That almost made the dungeon bright , _And uot a . word of murmur—not A groan o'er Ms untimely lot , —* A little talk of better days , A little hope my own to raise , Por I was sunk in silence—lost
In this last lost of all the most ; And then the sighs he would suppress Of feinting nature ' s feebleness , More slonly drawn pew less and less : I _listen'd , bnt I could not hear—I cau'd , for I was wild with fear , I knew 'twas hopeless , bnt my dread Would not be thus admonished ; I _oaQ'd , and tfaoagbt I heard a sound—I burst my chain with one strong bound , And rushed to him : —I found him not , I only _stirr'd in tbis black spot , . _Tonly Kved—Jonly drew The accursed breath of dungeon-dew ; The last , the sole—the dearest link
Between me and the eternal brink , "Which bound me to my failing race , "Was broken in this fatal place . One on the earth , and one beneath—My brothers—both had ceased to breathe I took that hand which lay so still , Alas ! my own was full aa chill ; I had not strength to stir , or strive , Snt felt that I was stiR alive—A frantic feeling , when we know That what we love shall ne ' er be so . I know not why I could not die , I had no earthly hope—bnt faith , And that forbade a selfish death .
It is truly remarked by Sir Walter Scon-, that "it is not possible to read this poem without a sinking of the heart , corresponding with tbat which the poet describes the victim io have suffered . " Passages of wonderful power and beauty crowd npon ns , but we must forbear to quote further , instead earnestly recommending our readers to read tbe poem itself . One word more—a word to the coaoettedsueerera , and over-righteous renters : —Could any man bnt a noet of the highest order have written "The Prisoner of Chfllon" ?—could such a work be written by a man possessing a corrupted heart ? Imbeciles and Mawworms , answer if you can !
Songs For The People, So. Xn. The Land! ...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE _, so . xn . THE LAND ! THE LAND FOR ME : Xet _Moaarchs revel in tbeir might And migbty Empires sway , Let millions _robb'd of native right A Lordb ' ng ' _s whims obey ; They who delight to worship drones "Deserve not to be free , Content to live in landless homes , — Tbe Land ! the Land for me 1 I envy not a monarch ' s state , I spurn tbe badge he wears ; Tho' girt with pearls , the thing I hate , Tis rearM on human tears ; X _crare bat that which tyrants rift From those who should be free , Nature's first boon , man ' s dearest gift , The Laud ! the Land for me !
Tbe pomp of Kings I'd scorn to seek , I wish alone to toil ; Yet whOe I toil the right to reap The blessings ofthe soil . I ask no gold , no dazzling pelf , Tho * bright ana fair to see , Let all the world deem lucre wealth , The Land I the Land for me ! Vy wish is not the lounging lot Of Peer or Priestly dtone , lis freedom—peace—a vote—a cot , And plot ofground my own ; Then while I toil the live-long day , This , tbis my song shall be , "With pomp and pelf away , away , The Land ! the Land for me ! Johs Peacock Greenock .
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SOCIAL ABSURDITIES , OB THE ADVENTURES OF JEAN AUGUSTIN . By J . A . Michelot , professor of French literature , and correspondent of the Journal des Theatres , in London : Four vols . Vincenot , 11 , Rue Childebert , Paris . This is a new romance , from the pen of onr French friend , M . Michelot , which we recommend to our readers who understand tbe French language We subjoin an extract from oneof the French papers , in which the celebrated J . Arago expresses himself in the _following terms : —
The romance has in an extraordinary manner uV Teloped itself in our days , all ideas of reform and progress are now made to appear under this form , in order to penetrate more easily among even the humblest classes of society . A reproach , made to the writers of this kind of books is that they place their heroes in circumstances so excrptional , that among readers it i 6 a common saying , "This happens only in romance . " This is a great fault ; IL Michelot has happily avoided it Indeed , from the beginning , he enters so thoroughly into tbe realities of life , that one is tempted to believe he is willing the memoirs of some person and not a romance . In painting , for instance , the habits of the sheriff ' s officers , their extortions , the partiality of certain magistrates , the absurdity of imprisonment for debt , the vices of several of our _institutions , the great number of ¦ bases of which his hero is a victim , he represents his _personages their actions , their good or bad qualities , with
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a colour so local , with » truth so striking , that every reader may say" in several instances at least , " That is what I have seen ; that is what one sees every day 1 " . This manner may seem' less dramatical to those who like only _imaginary regions , but positive minds will prefer it , far they know , thut to _mxke justice triumph , to free society from the corruption whieh is ruining morality the readers must be able to recognize , in the . pictures , which he has before him , what he must avoid or seek . In short , according to M . Michelot , tha principal aim of an author ought to be , to instruct aud to reform . . The art of amusing and of pleasing must become everywhere an auxiliary of principles . Such is the mission of public writers .
The author ofthe book of "The Social Absurdities , " has chosen a large field ; he brings bis hero in the most opposite positions . "He has been" says M . Michelot , " in contact with the peasant and the nobleman , with the buyer and the merchant , with rural schoolmasters and the chiefs ofthe university , with prisoners and with policemen , —villages and cities , the metropolis and the provinces , tbe poor and the rich , the great and the small , he has seen them all from the -village mayor up to the ministers of the crown . The vicissitudes of his whimsicalfortune , have made him know nearly every social extremity . He has suffered rude trials and there are few ways of lite , where his wounded feet have not impressed their traces . The style of the authoris throughout elegant , harmonious , ; _energeticandsometimesofaremark ableelevation . I
We have read the first volume of this new romance and we must confess that we have been both amused and instructed by the scenes of French life and the reflections of theauthor . We hopethat thesuceeeding volumes will speedily appear .
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THE POLITICAL "WORKS OF THOMAS _PADfE . _Pubtishedby the Executive Committee of ike National Charter Association . London : T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean Street , Soho .
DISSERTATION OS THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT . A few weeks ago we noticed the publication of the first part of this new and cheap edition of the works ofthe immortal Thomas Pause ; . we then promised to give a more extended notice of these works on a future occasion , and we now redeem our promise by commencing a series of short notices of the several productions nf this great writer . We commence with the short essay entitled , " A Dissertation on the First Principles of (" rovernment , " which ia placed first in the present edition . This essay is perhaps the clearest and ablest exposure of the fraud and wrong constituting the " hereditary principle ; " and the most excellent and unanswerable defence of the " representative principle , " or right of self-government , ever penned in the Enelish language .
How striking and all-convincing are the following opening remarks on
TBE SCIENCE OF GOVEBVMENT . There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government . His security , be he rich or poor , and in a great measure his prosperity , is connection therewith ; it is , therefore , his interest , as well as his duty , to make himself acquainted with its principles , and whatthe practice ought to be . Every art and science , however imperfectly known at first , has been _studied , improved , and brought to what we call perfection , by tbe progressive labours of succeeding generations ; bnt the science of government has
stood stiU _. ISO improvement lias been made an the _prxnclple , and scarcely any In the practice , till the American revolution began . In aU the countries of Europe ( except in Prance ) the same forms and systems that were erected in the remote ages of ignorance still continue , and their antiquity is put in the place of principle : it is forbidden to investigate their origin or by what right they exist . If it be asked how has this happened , the answer is easy ; they are established on a principle that is false , and they employ their power to prevent detection .
He commences the consideration ofthe great question bv _dividing his subject into two parts : — Firsti GoTernnientby election and representation . Secondly , Government by hereditary succession . Without following Paine ' s argument , which we have not _' _. room to do , we may illustrate his leading ideas by a few extracts : —
HEREDITARY QOVEBNHENT . I declare that there is not a problem in ~ £ uclxa more mathematically true , than that hereditary government has not a right to exist . When , therefore , we take from any man the exercise of hereditary power , we take away that which he never had a right to possess , and which no law or custom could , or ever can , give him a title to . * * # The moment we begin to reason upon the hereditary system , It falls into derision let bnt a single idea begin , and a thousand will soon follow . Insignificance , imbecility , childhood , dotage , want of moral character ; in fine , every defect , serious or laughable , unite to hold up the hereditary system as a figure of ridicule . * * * To be satisfied ofthe _rfeht ofa thivgto exist , we mnst he
satisfied that It had a right to begin ; if it had not a right to begin , is has not a right to continue . * * * The wrong which began a thousand years ago , is as much a wrong as if it began to-day ; and the right which originates to-day , is as much aright as if it had the sanction ofa thousand jrears . Time , with respect to principles , is an eternal mOW : it has no operation upon them : it changes nothing of the nature and qualities . But what have we to do with a thousand years ? Our life-time is but a short portion of that period , and if we find the wrong in existence as soon as we begin to live , this is the point of time at which it begins to us : and our xig ht to resist it is the same as if it had never existed before .
He shows that hereditary succession , as it applies to succeeding generations , is tyranny of the worst kind : —
_KOIBIATISG FOB F 0 TUBE GENEBATIONS . The English parliament of 1668 imported a man and his wife from Holland , William and Mary , and made them king and queen of England . -Having done this , the said parliament made a law to convey the government of the country to the heirs of William and Mary , in the following words : —" We , the lords spiritual and temporal , and commons , do , in the name of the People of England , most humbly and faithfully submit ourselves , our heirs , and posterities , to William and Mary , their heirs and posterities , for ever . " And in a subsequent law , as quoted by Edmund Burke , the said parliament in the name of tiie people of England then living , binds ( he said people , their heirs and posterities , to William and Mary , their heirs and posterities , to the end of time .
It is net sufficient that we laugh at the ignorance of such law makers , it is necessary tbat we reprobate their want of principle . Tbe constituent assembly of France ( 1789 ) fell into the same vice as the parliament of England had done , and assumed to establish an hereditary succession in the family ot the Capets , as aa act ofthe constitution of that year . That every nation for the time being has a right to govern itself as it pleases , must always be admitted ; but government by hereditary succession is government for another race of people , and not for itself ; and as those on whom it is to operate are not yet in ex istence , or are minors , so neither is the right and existence to set it np for them , and to assume such a right is treason against the right of posterity .
A single reflection will teach us that our ancestors , like ouR-elves , were but tenants for life in the great freehold of rights . The fee absolute was not in them , it is not in us , it belongs to the whole family of man , through all ages . If we think otherwise than this , we think either as slaves or as tyrants . As slaves , if we think tbat any former generation had a right to bind us ; as tyrants , if we think tbat we have authority to bind the generations that are to follow . The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is tbe most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies . Man has no property in man , neither has one generation a property iu the generations that are to follow . MOST OP _flEtP-OOVEaMMENT . Man is himself the origin and the evidence of his right . It appertains to him in the right of his existence , and his person is the title-deed .
_CKIVEBSAZ . _SRFfBACE . The true , and only true basis of representative government is equality of right . Every man has a right to one vote , and no more , iu the choice of representatives . # * * * * Personal rights , of which the right of voting representatives is one , are a species of property of tbe most sacred kind ; and he that would employ his pecuniary property , or presume npon the influence it gives him , to dispossess or rob another of bis property of rights , uses that pecuniary property as he would use fire-arms , and merits to have it taken from him _.
The only ground npon which exclusion from the right of voting is consistent with _jostice , would be to inflict it as a punishment for a certain time npon those who should propose to take away the rig ht from others . The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected . To take away this right is to reduce a man to a state of slavery , for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another , and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case .
_ABSOEDITV OP _PU 0 JERTY QUALIFICATIONS . When a brood mare shall fortunately produce a foal or a mule , that by being worth the sum in question shall convey to its owner the right of voting , or by its death take it from him , in whom does the ori gin of such a righ texist ? Is it in tbe man , or in the mule ? When we consider in how many ways property may be acquired without merit , and lost without a crime , we ought to spurn the idea of making it a criterion of rights .
ABISTOCEACI . This wax-work order has assumed the name of aristocracy ; and the disgrace of it would be lessened if it could he considered as onl y childish imbecility . We pardon foppery because of its insignificance , and on the same ground we might pardon the foppery of titles . But the origin of aristocracy was worse than foppery . It was robbery . The first aristocrats in aU countries were brigands . Those of later times sycophants . * * # It is very well known that in England ( and the same will befoundm other countries ) , the great landed estates now held in descent were plundered from the quiet inhabitants at the conquest . _TfaepoBBUnlity did not exist
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of acquiring such estateB honestly . If it be asked how they could have been acquired , no answer but that of robbery can be given . That they were not acquired by trade , by commerce , by manufactures , by agriculture , or by any reputable employment , is certain . How then were tbey acquired ? Blush , Aristocracy , to hear your origin , for your progenitors were thieves . - * _- - . . * ¦ That part of the government of England that is called the House of Lords was originally composed of persons who had committed the robberies of which I have been _speaking . It was an association for the protection of the property stolen . These extracts will suffice to show the excellencies of this "Dissertation : " the man who has not read it is yet ignorant of the A . B . 0 . of politics .
The Pictorial Shakespeare, Parts V. Vi. ...
THE PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE , Parts V . VI . VII . PICTORIAL BALLADIST . Parts V . VI . VII . London : J . 0 . Moore , 13 * 7 , Strand . We have before noticed and recommended both these excellent works _^ The first volume of The Pictorial Shakespeare is now complete , containing the whole of the Comedies , and may be had , neatly bound , for the small sum of 4 s . 6 d . ! In this volume we find the "Tempest ; Two Gentlemen of Verona ; Merry Wives of Windsor ; Measure for Measure ;
Uomedy of Errors ; Much Ado About Nothing Love ' s Labour ' s Lost ; Midsummer Night's Dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As Tou Like it ; Tamine ot the Shrew ; and All ' s Weil that End ' s well ; " with seventy-six illustrations , and two plates of the Biography , —namely , " All the known portraits of Shakespeare , and two views of the house in whieh he was born . " This is by far the cheapest edition of Shakespeare's works yet published , and the price places these immortal productions of the chief of Englishmen within the reach of the poorest in the land . -. •' . '
The Pictorial Balladist we have on former occasions warmly and justly eulogised . The three parts before us are rich in ballad lore , both English and translations from the foreign . Several of the ballads are ofa somewhat sombre character , dealing much in war , necromancy , and death , but these are relieved by the hearty and purely English ballads descriptive of the feats of glorious Robin Hood and his " merry men . " In part VI . there is a humorous quizzical ballad by Sobers Southey , entitled " Roprecht the Robber . " Part VII . contains the celebrated ifardpinute , well styled by Dr . Percy , a " fine morsel of heroic poetry . " The illustrations to this work are
very commendable . Both these works were commenced in the shape of penny weekly numbers , but in compliance with the wishes of many subscribers , anxious for their completion _, each numter now published contains double the quantity of matter formerly given , and is of course charged two-pence . We trust that both these publications are well _snpnorted by the public . The publisher has given evidence of his desire to place the best description of literature in the hands ofthe people , it will be the people who will Jose tbe most if tbey do not respond to this noble attempt to add to their education and enjoyments .
The London Pioneer—No. 1. London: B. D. ...
THE LONDON PIONEER—No . 1 . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' _s-inn . Fields . This is the successor of the long-lived and popular Penny Satirist , the first of the cheap publications following the fall of the " unstamped press . " Mr . Cousins has long catered for the instruction and amusement of the people , and big new publication bids fair to be not the least successful of his ventures . The London Pioneer is a miscellany of original and selected matter in prose and poetry , published in the same form and size , and at the same price as the Family Herald , What is riot very usual with us in dealing with publications of this kind , we have read nearly the whole of tbe contents of this first number , and must pronounce the several articles " good . "
People must be amused as well as instructed ; and it is a matter of great importance that the mental entertainment supplied for the public , be , at least , ofa harmless character . This is is not the case with too many of the penny publications ; there are some we could name that are moral pests , diffusing mental and moral degradation amongst thousands . The men who grow rich by manufacturing these trashy and abominable publications , are enemies to the public weal , and deserve the execration of all honest men . But mere execration will not abate the nuisance ; the bane will be swallowed unless thc antidote be provided—and the best antidote we know of are such harmless and healthy publications as the London Pioneer , the Family Herald , and People's Journal . We wish this new candidate for public patronage success , and recommend it to our readers .
The School And Family English Dictionary...
THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY ENGLISH DICTIONARY . No . I . London : Dyson , Paul ' s Alley . This is intended for a School and Family Dictionary , to be published in weekly penny numbers . The Editor hopes that it will be considered " a Useful Educational Book for the Rising Generation . " It has one great fault—it is not a . pronouncing dictionary . The proper pronunciation of each word is , we subrait , a matter of primary importance in any dictionary intended for the instruction of youth .
A. Letter On National Education, Address...
A . LETTER ON NATIONAL EDUCATION , ADDRESSED TO TBE LEGISLATORS OF ENGLAND . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Dukestreet , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . This " letter" is the production of a lady moved by the kindliest sympathies and most liberal ideas to advocate the cause of the neglected millions . The writer ' s views are good , but too briefly expressed ; at least six times the quantity of matter contained in this pamphlet would have been necessary to do justice to the subjects treated of , and indeed such a quantity of matter should have been given for the price marked on the title-page . We wish " Emilink " all due encouragement to pursue her arduous and generous labours .
The People. Translated From Tbe French O...
THE PEOPLE . Translated from tbe French of M . Michblei , Professor of History in the College of France , by Dr . P . M . _M'Douami . London : A . Dyson , Paul ' s Alley , Paternoster Row . This is the first nnmber of a weekly penny issue of a work by the celebrated author of " Priests , Women , and Families . " It would be ridiculous for ns to " review" these eight pages , which contain only a part of the " Dedication" ( to M . Quinet ) ; we might as well pretend to judgeof a house by a solitary brick . All we can do is to notice the publication of what promises to be a very cheap edition of " The People ; " on some future occasion we may introduce the work entire to onr readers .
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SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHDAY . The usual festival in commemoration of the birth of Shakspeare took place on the 23 rd of April , in his native town , Stratford-on-Avon . The weather was fortunately extremely fine , and this , combined with the ringing of bells , the gaiety of the inhabitants , and the arrival of company from all parts ofthe midland districts , rendered the otherwise quiet town of Stratford-on-Avon lively , it' not unusually bustling . At ten o ' clock the members of the Shakspeare Club held their annua _^ meeting at the Town-hall , when Dr . Thomson presided . The musical performances at the church which followed the annual meeting were well attended . They were , tor the most part , admirably executed under the management of Mr . Adams , the precentor , assisted by Mr . Read , the organist of the church , who officiated as conductor . At theclose of the music , the tomb of Shakspeare , situated in the chancel , was visited by some hundreds of the _Audience .
At five o'clock , a party consisting of from eighty to a hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner in the Shakspeare llall , under the able presidency of Chandra Wren Hoskyns , Esq ., of Wroxhall Abbey ; and amongst the company were C . T . Warde , Esq ., the late high-sheriff of the county ; the Rev . J . Clayton , vicar ; E . F . Flower , E _^ q . ; Dr . Thompson , several of the leading county gentlemen , and most of the principal inhabitants ofthe borough . After the customary loyal toasts , The Shaksperian toast of England , "St . George , " having been drank , The Chairman proceeded to introduce thetoast of
the evening— - The immortal memory ot William Shakspeare . " He addressed the company in an eloquent speech , in which he paid the greatest homage to the memory and genius of Shakspeare . This oration was received with enthusiastic cheers . At the conclusion of an _acknowledgment of the toast to the ** Chairman ' s good health , " the hon . gentleman read a letter from Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , in which the learned serjeant expressed his _regretnt not being able to attend , in consequence of a prior engagement to dine with the Garrick Club , in London , the same day . Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ' s health was drank with great applause .
The health of "theVice-President , " "the Warwickshire lasses , " succeeded . "The Rev . Mr . Harness and the Shaksperian Society of London , " was responded to with three times three . "The Press , " " the County and Borough Magistrates , " " Mr . Read- and the choir , " followed in succession , and the party—as enthusiastic an one as ever assembled in the Town-hall of Stratford-on-Avonseparated shortly before eleven o'clock . Thus ended the Shaksperian festivities of 1816 . It is hoped on the next occasion to render thc celebration sne of national attraction .
Death By Fibe.—On Tuesday Night, About Eight O'Clock, Ann Davis, Aged Fifty-Nine, The Wife Of A
Death by Fibe . —On Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , Ann Davis , aged fifty-nine , the wife of a
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labouring man , living in one of Carter ' s Cottages , East-bill , Wandsworth , pet her clothes on fire aecidentally , and , before she obtaii : ed assistance , was burnt in a frightful manner . The poor creature was taken to the Union , a distance of a few yards , with her clothes still smouldering , where she expired yesterday morning .
Not Anything In Creation Is Stationary; ...
Not anything in creation is stationary ; Every atom is changing . The surface of the earth—the sea and the land —are in a continual state' of'transition . The commonest observer is conversant with--this fact . By tho aid of science , we know , too , that the sun , moon , and stars are iu perpetual motion—that _theit ' _aspeets vary . Mind is no more stationary than matter . The history of man—of arts , science , literature , commerce , politics , and religion , abundantly prove this assertion . And yet - — strange anomaly—the rulers of the world have hitherto framed laws for the guidance of men as if thoy were non-progressive beings . In this particular man has fallen into error —a fatal error , pregnant with dire ills to " the human race . Alas ! - the shades of the victims of inquisitions innumerable— ancientandmodern—private and public—pasBin mournful _review before our mental vision , and Indeed afford us a sorrowful testimony in blood and tears , in tortured bodies , broken hearts , [ and wrecked minds , of the error of attempting to perpetuate the doctrine of Finality ! .. The men who have pretended to guard the portals of Paradise and the gates ot Pandemonium , aided hy the vast and mystic paraphernalia of their craft , with their dazzling promises and awful anathemas to boot , havo never been able to give permanency to any one creed erroneously declared eternal . The attentive observer of humanity a t once discovers that our spiritual guides afford in this particular a complete satire on themselves . These ghostl y counsellors say , nnd have ever said to the people , " Stand still ! stand still 1 " but man ; in spite of awful but empty anathemas against Progression , and disregarding the dazzling but hollow promises for
standing st-. ll , has ever mover ! , and will continue to move , forward in _accordance with the eternal progressive laws of his nature . How benighted is man on thiB subject ! He sees everything b y which he is surrounded governed by the spirit of advancement ; he beholds , in legible characters , the word " forward" prefixed to every one of the circle of the sciences' yet in the most important of all mattersreligion—he holds up his hands in terror , and exclaims , "Stand still ! thus far _slialt thou go and no farther !" The pigmy mind of the day presumes to legislate for futurity . Of course , man must tramulaws for his future guidance ; but he fulls into error when he says or supposes those laws are irrevocable . But a . certain class of men have presumed to legislate for all futurity . What has been the result of this false system of _law-giving ? The fate attendant on all decrees founded in error awaited it . The hund of time , guided by the light of science , ' has annihilated fnhe doctrines held sacred b y our fathers ; even as the same hand and the same light will' expose to the minds of our sons and daughters the
errors of many opinions now held sacred by our very opinionated but comparatively know-nothing selves . What human beinR " who lived iu the year 1744 could have enacted wise political and religious creeds for the people of this generation ! Thousands made the vain attempt , but the altered state of mind , morals , politics , and religion ofthe present day form a monument ofthe futility of the past century attempting to legislate for that which is to come . The Solons of 1845 legislate as they suppose for what will be the sons of the earth in 1915 * _, but the advanced state of our sons ' sous in 1945 , will probably laugh to scorn the idea of a present generation attempting to legislate for a future century . As , in the natural course of things , we are in advance of our forefathers , so will future generations he superior to ourselves ! Thus , according to the sublime doctrine of progression , will the mind of man go onward—onward—onward , till at last the mental eye becomes dazzled in contemplating the glorious destiny that in all probability awaits the human family . —The London Pioneer .
Death Punishments. Mr. Edmund Stallwood ...
DEATH PUNISHMENTS . Mr . Edmund Stallwood delivered a public lecture on the above subject to a very numerous , highly respi ctablp and intelligent audience at the South London Chartist Hall , on Sunday-evening , April 28 . Mr . B . Rogers was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly introduced the lecturer , who , in the forcible and beautiful language of the Rev . G . N . Watson , of Cork , refuted the fallacy that " Death punishments are in accordance with Holy Writ , " and showed from instances in various countries , and from twenty-one murders , or attempts at murder , since the execution of _Quennell , in January last , that death punishments are worse than useless as an example , and that from its peculiar brutalising and immoral tendencies , the present criminal code is not entitled to public respect . The lecturer proceeded to recommend
banishment and solitary labour in mines , « tc , as a substitute for capital punishment , and as a much utter means to induce sincere repentance on the part of the criminal , whilst he supported himself and slightly compensated his injured victims . In conclusion , he said he was fully aware that those who wished to see those brutalising scenes—public executions—abolished , and death punishments swept from the face of the earth , were sometimes taunted with being possessed with morbid _feelings ; but let not the philanthropist despair , if the advocacy of these principles was a " weakness , " itwas the " weakness" of four " Slate Societies" in America ; namely , New Tork _, Pennsylvania , Marylandand _Massachusetts ; it was the weakness of an American Convention , with Dallas . the American Vice-President at its head ; the weakness of a Dr . Johnson , of a Blackstone . a Beccaria , an Erasmus , a Sir Thomas More , a
Chillingworth , a Goldsmith , a hranklin , a Rush , a Howard , a Fox , a Pitt , a Wilberforce , a Romilly , of a Mre . Fry , of a Basil Montague , of John Sidney Taylor , of William Ewart anil a host of other eminent philanthropists , of a large portion of the newspaper press in America , of a considerable portion of the " fourth estate" in England , including the the Morning Advertiser , the Morning Herald , and last not least the Northern Star . ( Loud cheers . ) The lecturer then traced the effect to cause , namely , blighting class-made laws , and clearly showed to demonstration that there was no hope for an effective remedy until such time as the laws were made by the people , for the people ; once let political _equality prevail , /" peace , prosperity a » d contentment must and would ensue , and then and not till then will "loving-kindness wed eternal peace . " Mr . Hallwood resumed his seat admidst much applause .
Dreadful Accident.—Bhistol, Tuesday, Apr...
Dreadful Accident . _—Bhistol , Tuesday , April 28 . —Yesterday afternoon a very severe accident , by which five men were moat seriously injured , occurred at the . New Church , Kingswood . The interior of the church has for some time been undergoing extensive repairs , and was being entirely repainted , and the unfortunate sufferers by this lamentable accident were painters engaged at the time in painting the ceiling ofthe church . For this purpose , as is usual , a plank was placed for the men to work upon , having each end laid upon a scaffold , erected for its support . Upon this plank four men , Thomas Nash , William Kent , William Lambert , and James Morgan , very incautiously went to work ; it having been intended by the employers that only one man , or at the most two , should work upon it at the same time . The motions
and weight of the four men whilo at work upon the plank so increased its vibration tint one end of it was gradually drawn oil' the scoffold that supported it , and it fell with a loud crash , precipitating the four unfortunate men into the body ofthe church , a depth of about fifty feet , and in the progress of its fall striking down another man at work in the church . The utmostconsternation immediately prevailed , and the five sufferers were picked up in a dreadfully mangled condition . James Morgan having a severe fracture of his right thigh , a compound fracture of his lower jaw and an extensive contusion of his spine . William Lambert also had his left thigh fractured ,
and received several severe _injwws ofthe right ankle and right shoulder . Thomas Nash fractured his ankle _jointseverelv , and had besides some very severe contusions of the face and body ; and William Kent received some abdominal injuries of a most dangerous character , but had no bones fractured . The inhabitants of the neighbourhord immediately came to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers , and they were removed to the Bristol Infirmary , where they are now lying in a very precarious state . The man who was struck bv the falling plank was also severely , but not dangerously injured , and was removed to the house of some of his relatives .
Three Fatal Accidents . —On Tuesday , Mr . Bedford , Coroner for Westminster , held three inquests at the Black Horse , Bedfordbury , Covent-garden . The first was upon the body of William Austin , aged two years , the son ot a compositor , residing at 16 , Crowncourt , Drury-lane . From the evidence of a Mr . Todd , it appeared that on the morning of Sunday last , his attention was directed to the house opposite his own , in Crown-court , by perceiving smoke issuing through the iron gratings . He immediately went to ascertain the cause , when he found the deceased running to and fro in the front kitchen area , with the whole of his wearing apparel in a blaze . The flames were extinguished as soon as possible , and the deceased was removed first to King ' s College Hospital , but there being no vacant beds in that
institution , he was taken to the _Charing-cross Hospital , where he died on Monday from the effects ofthe burns . It appears that the child , during the temporary absence of his mother , commenced playing with the fire , and his clothes in consequence became ignited . Verdict " Accidental death . "—The second inquest was concerning the death of John Woodman , aged forty-eight . The deceased on the 6 th of the present month was engaged with " several other men , removing an entablature from the shop front of a house under repair in Long Acre . The deceased was holding the fascia up by means of arope from the first flooi , when the weight of it pulled him out of the window , and falling upon his head he fractured
liis skull . He was taken to Charing-cross Hospital , where he died on Monday . Verdict , " Accidental death . "—The third inquiry was on the body of Thomas Ireland , aged sixty-five . The deceased , on Sunday List , was cleaning some windows for Mr . Sawyer , an engineer , of Frith-street , Soho , when it is supposed that he missed his footing , for he was found lying on the pavement under the house ; 'he blood at the time was _iaauinu from his mouth , ears , and nose . He was also removed to the _Charingcross Hospital , where he died immediately after his admission . Verdict , " That he died from a fracture of the base of the skull , but how caused there was tot sufficient evidence to prove . "
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The Cashel Catastrophe . —Two of the sufferers by the fall of-the Cashel Tpwn-hall have died from the _..-ffects of their injuries . Their names are Thomas Glecson and John Divyer , Two more are considered to be in a hopelebS state . Shocking Mubdeb at SKirios .-rOn Monday . an inquest was held at Skipton , on view of the body of Mary Rodda , about a year and-a-half old , thc daughter of John Rodda , a labourer . It appears that the latter is a member of a burial club , and that he would have been entitled to 21 . 10 s . on the death of a child . UnJer pretence of killing vermin , he purchased some
oil ot vitriol , which he poured down the throat of his child while she was asleep in the cradle , which c «« sfd her death . Thejury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder" against the father , who was taken to York Castle on Tuesday , to abide his trial for the horrid offence , at the ensuing assizes . # Theatre at _Alqiirs . —The Minister of War has just accorded the privilege of a royal theatre at Al Biers , in the Place Royale , opposite the Djenina . There already _exUts a small theatre at Algiers , but it is of no importance . The new establishment will have permission to play tragedy , comedy and opera . The person to whom the privilege is granted is connected with the French opera at Paris .
The late Murder at BerkkswelI / , near Covbntry . —James Read , who was acquitted at the late Warwick assizes on the charge of murdering an old man named Tranter , in the parish of _Berkeswell , has been again committed for trial on the charge of robbing the old man's house : a handkerchief , a hat , nnd other articles were pawned in Birmingham , a day or two after the murder , in the prisoner's name . Viscount Harding * -. —The inhabitants of the borough of Launceston , lately represented by Viscount Hardinge , agreed unanimousl y at a public meeting convened by the Mayor . on Friday , to present an address of congratulation to the noble Viscount on his recent victories in India .
Good . —In one ot the pieces performed at the French plays en the occasion of a recent visit of the Queen and Prince Albert , the following line occurred , ¦ * The wife should reign but not govern . ' This seemed to create a good deal of merriment in the royal box . Fatal Accident on the _Westbhn Railway . —An accident which shortly afterwards terminated fatally , occurred on Saturday morning to a workman on the line , at Bull ' _s-bridge , between the West Drayton and Southall stations , who was knocked down by the buffer of the engine attached to the seven o ' clock train from Bristol to Paddington . The __ train was stopped as soon as possible after the accident , and returned to the scene of the unfortunate calamity , when it was discovered that the poor man must have been killed almost instantaneously .
A Terrible Army " . —The following summary shows the strength , in numbers , of individuals occupied in Ensland , & c ., in a judicial or other administrative or legal professional character , in April , 1846 . We have , then , in England 5 equity judges , and 15 common law judges of tbe superior courts at Westminster , 1 judge in civil law , 1 admiralty judge , 2 judges in bankruptcy , 12 masters in chancery , 2 masters in lunacy , 5 visitors in lunacy , 11 commissioners in lunacy , 6 commissioners in bankruptcy , 12 country commissioners in do ., 96 recorders , 21 metropolitan and suburban magistrates , 24 clerks of the High Court
of Chancery , 10 registers ofthe Court of Chancery , 25 Lord Chancellor's officers , and a legion of other officers attached to the equity and common law public offices . The bar is com cosed ot 3 , 080 barristers , exclusive of 28 serjeants-at-law . There are 74 Queen ' s counsel , including the attorney and solicitor general ; 23 advocates , members of the College of Doctors of Law ; 122 certified special pleaders and conveyanoevs , not at the bar ; above 2 , 800 metropolitan attorneys , upwards of 4000 country attorneys , 106 proctors and notaries , 34 notaries public , 55 parliamentary agents , 31 Scotch law agents in London , 51 Irish law . agentB , 14 patent agents .
Tue Victor of Aliwal . —It is said in military circles that the colonelcy of one of the regiments now vacant will be conferred on Sir II . G . Smith , the victor of Aliwal . The emoluments ofthe colonel of a regiment are estimated at 1 , 0002 . a year , but should the regiment be serving in India , above double that amount whilst so serving . Elopement . —Oxforo . —On Friday morning the family of Lord Valentia , of _Bletehington-pai-k , was thrown into a state of the greatest excitement by the discovery of the elopement of his Lordship's daughter , the Hon . Nea Ada Arthur Rose d'Amour Annesley . The only circumstances relative to this affair known here are these : —That a gentleman arrived at the Angel Inn yesterday , who turns out to
be Hercules _G-. R . Robinson , Esq ., of the 87 th _Fusiliers , second son of Captain II . Robinson , R _. N . of Rosewood , county of Meath , Ireland ; that he ordered a chaise and pair to go to a village a few miles on the Bambury-road , when he met the lady on the road without any attendant . He immediately alighted and handed the lady in , and ordered tbe postboy to retrace his step * to Oxford , and drive as last as possible to the Great Western Railway-station , where , on their arrival a special train was found awaiting them . They were soon whisked away to London , and before 12 o ' clock were united in the holy bands of wedlock , at St . James's Church , Westminster . The happy cpuple left London immediately after the ceremony , en route for Ireland .
Tub Crops . —The _stateof the spring wheat begins to excite some alarm ; the long continued cold and bleak weather , with rain and easterly winds , having not only checked _vegetation in general , but caused a great breadth of wheat in the midland _dis - tricts to turn yellow , and set . We hope a change for the better is at hand . " The Best Placb . " --A Dutchman and his wife were travelling , and they sat down by the road exceedingly fatigued . The wife sighed— " I wish I was in Heaven ! " The husband replied— "Iwish I was at the tavern ! " " Oh , you old rogue , " said she , " you always want to get the best place . " Pardoned , and again Condemned . —Mr . Serjeant , who was convicted at Dublin of having forged a bill of exchange , was last week sentenced to seven years ' transportation . When George IV . was quitting
Ireland , in 1821 , this individual wasundor a similar sentence for a similar charge . His wife rushed into the water after the King ' s barge , with a petition in her hand praying for pardon , which his Majesty granted . Unparalleled Perfobmancb . —Jackson , the champion ol Transatlantic pedestrians , ran ten miles in 58 minutes and 9 seconds ! on the 11 th ult ., at the Oglethorpe Ciours , _Seadvannah . The contest was between him and Gelrsleeve , for a purse of 300 dollars . His opponent ran seven miles in 42 minutes , and then gave up the match . The Murder in Jersey . —The grand jury , before whom the appeal of Mary Le Gendre , was tried , has confirmed the verdict of tho petty jury of " Wilful Murder , " whereupon the court condemned the prisoner to transportation for life , with confiscation of all her personal and real property .
Cost of the Pobticationb of Pamb—The account rendered to tbe King of the works of the fortiticationsof Paris have j ust been distributed to the chambers . The grants accorded in virtue nf the bill of the 3 rd of April , 1841 , amount , up to 1845 , to the sum of 128 million francs ( £ 5 , 120 , 000 . ) The actual expenses amount to 127 , 286 , 238 francs , leavim ? a baU ance of " 783 ,-762 francs , or £ 31 , 350 . The sum total estimated for the fortifications of Paris was 140 millions , or £ 5 , 600 , 000 , which leaves in hand the sum of 12 , 783 , 762 francs ( £ 511 , 350 . ) which is sufficient to complete the works . The expenses are stated as follows ;—Exterior walls , 54 , 361 , 950 fr . 22 e . ; forts and strategic roads , 59 , 633 , 163 fr . 69 c . ; purchase of lands , 17 , 471 , 638 fr . 54 c . ; general expences , 8 , 533 , 238 fr . 65 c . ; total , 140 , 000 , 000 fr . The following additional statements are not void of interest . The ground occupied
by the fortications is 782 hectares , or about 1 , 560 acres , 770 hectares have already been taken possession of ; 12 hectares have atill to be acquired * , 657 hectares were obtained by private contract . The 113 hectares which it was necessary to obtain by expropriation , cost 27 ' per cent , more than they were valued at . The state offered 2 _, _410 , 587 fr . ; but thejury allotted 3 , 054 , 519 ir . The extent ( developement ) of the enclosure is 38 , 661 metres ; that of the forts , 22 , 648 metres ; a total amount of 61 , 309 metres or nearly fifteen leagues and a quarter for forming the most collossal defensive works that ever were executed . Robert Owen . —This venerable philanthropist arrived in London on Monday last from a visit of some months duration in the United States . The benevolent philosopher ia aa busy and as hopeful as ever with his schemes for the reconstruction of society .
A Gallant Act . —On tbe mgbt of tbe 16 th inst ., at balf-past twelve , when relieving sentinels on board the Raleigh , filty , lying in Pinop Reach , the sentinel in the forechannel fell into the water . The alarm "A man overboard" was immediately given , and reached the ears of the first lieutenant of the Raleigh , Mr . Tatham , in bed at the time , who in-Btantly sprung on deck in his night-shirt and preci , pated himself off the gangway into the river _Although an intense fog prevailed at the same time ' and the weather waa very cold , at the peril of hi ? own life he succeeded in saving the marine , but was much exhausted when he got on board . The sentinel was very nearly drowned when Mr . Tatham saved him . —Hampshire Telegraph .
Retirement for a Diplomatist . —Mr . Everett , says the Boston Courier , has taken up his residence in Cambridge , and entered upon the duties of the Presidency on Monday morning . He attended the customary religious services that morning , and made an affectionate address to the under graduates . Mr . Everett ' s accession to this office — the _highes _: literary distinction in the country—will be an auspi _cious era in the history of Harvard University . The Floods in the United States . —Every mail _, for th « last three weeks or more , has come to us freighted with the intelligence of disasters by freshet * . Bridges without number have been swept awayhouses carried off— railroada _submerged—cmbnnUments overthrown — thousands of acres of land deluged , and property of all kinds destroyed to an immense amount . In fact such injury by iloodH has nm sccurred ia this country for the last fifty years . Wc
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had hoped , a few days since , that the _melancholyy progress of these _disnstrous outbreaks of natu _^ waM about to be _stopped _. _-but the last Eastern maiThaM brou » ht us the details of an overwln Iming floodi in Maine , by which at least 1 . 000 , 000 dollars worth * of property has been destroyed , and the probability ? is that in all parts ofthe Union upwards of 2 , 000 , 000 ) dollars worth of property lias been swept away by ' these dreadful floods . A gainst such disasters ns _thess _> no provision can possibly be made ; the resistless tide i sweeps away every defence that the arm of man can erect . Thousands have probably been ruined , but it is a great source of satisfaction thnt so few lives have been lost . The awful loss of life oo _.-nsioned by the dreadful gales upon our coast has been sufficient to cast a pall of gloom over a great portion of the community without any addition from the freshets . ;" - New York Herald ,
Offences i . v Ihelakd . —Three _retnrna respecting offences in Ireland were printed on Monday . Mr . Charles Buller ( _Liskenrd ) obtained a return of outrages committed , to which reference was made in tlie House of Commons on Monday nl ; : ' r , t . Mr . Gregory ( Dublin ) moved fur a return of all murders that might have been committed in Ireland since the 1 st of January , 1842 , specifying the county and _biirony where such murders had been committed , the name and condition of the person so murdered , < kc . This return extends to thirteen pages , b « t its value as a document of reference is diminished by the absence of a summary , which observation does r . ot apply to the other return . From an examination of the second return , it appears that from the 1 st of January , 1842 ,
there were no fewer than 561 "h _micules" to the 24 th of February last : there were 180 attempts to murder , attended with bodily injury , and 308 attempts to murder not attended with bodily injury . Thethird return , procured by Mr . Caleb Powell ( Limerick ) , shows that thirteen persons were committed from the petty sessions at . Miinoc _, in the barony of _Qweybeg from the 1 st January , 1845 , to theterniination of the Spring Assizes , 1846 , and fifty-six outrages reported to the Constabulary-office in the same period . Street Robbery . —On Tuesday , at _Marlhoroughstreet , a woman who refused to disclose her name ,
waa brought before Mr . Maltby , charged by Mr . Charles Grogan , No . 2 , _Bryanstone-squnrc , with having robbed him of his gold watch , value £ 15 . The complainant ' said , he was walking with his friend in Oxford-street , about twelve o ' clock the previous night , when the prisoner came up and impeded his way , He pHshed Jier off , and she then raized his watch-guard . He felt at his waistcoat pocket , and finding his gold watch gone he caught hold of the prisoner to detain her . The prisoner tried to make her escape , and bit his finger severely . Several persons came up and tried to get the prisoner away , but did not succeed . She was committed .
The Cholera . —This destructive scourge of humanity seems once more on its way to ravage the continent of Europe , originating , as before , in the heart of Asia , Northern Persia being the first quarter in which it was noticed ; it is gradually approaching the confines of Europe . The chief cities of Persia already count by thousands the number of their dead who have fallen victims to Asiatic cholera . The line ef route taken by it appears to be almost due west , for it attacked in regular succession thc cities of Bokhara , Herat , Mesbed , Teheran , and Ispahan , while recent account * 'from Odessa state thai two or three cases of Asiatic cholera bad been observed at
Tiflis . Should it continue to advance at its present rate , it may be looked for in Eastern Europe in a yery short time . Indeed it is stated from Riga that it has already broken out at Orenburg and Kasan , and that several persons at St . Petersburgh have been attacked by the influenza , a disease that usually precedes the cholera ; proper precautionary measures ought , therefore , to be taken to check the progress of the cholera in due time , for arriving as it will in the middle of summer , the season most favourable to its developement and propagation , the consequences in the densely crowded cities of the Continent will be awful . —German Paper .
A Descendant of the Stuarts . —Mary Stuart was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with breaking Sir James Graham's windows , and that with no more ceremony than Sir James broke the seals _ci"Mazzini ' s letters . Mary Stuart ' s object , by this destruction , was to touch the heart of the Home Secretary . Thinking that statesmen had their _feelings framed andglazed _, she sought to appeal to them wiih congenial stone . In fine , she broke two squares of glass , because Sir James would not believe that she was "really the " grand-daughter of Charles Stuart , but out of her senses . " For ourselves , we think the poor
woman under a delusion , and this is our reason : — she said , ' ¦ ' As to my birth , I do not think anything of that . I only want to get my living , " Kciw , in our opinion , this is by far too sensible an _observation to be made by any descendant of the Stuarts . The poor woman bas no doubt been imposed upon ; the rationality of her word' —the independence of her spirit—entirely falsifies her assumed origin . —Punch . Backward Ireland . —At Conciliation llall , the Lord Mayor of Dublin "believed in his heart that Ireland would fall back 300 years , if O'Connell was lost to _hersons . " And what more would Irishmen
wish ? The Union is the blight of Ireland : now , put Ireland back even ' a hundred years , and no Union would exist . However , his Lordship further observed that ** O'Connell ' s precious life would be protracted until justice was obtained ; and nothing was justice but Repeal . " If O'Connell is really to live to see Repeal , he would he a profitable assurance ( and Daniel himself knows what profitable assurance is)—to any Life Office . —Punch . The Horrible Rape Cases in _Wbstmouivlaxd . — The four railway labourers ( two Smiths , Gloucester , and Gunner ) who in so diabolical a manner , on
Sunday evening week , violated the persons of Mifg Elizabeth and Jane Dover , on Knipe Scar Moor , Westmoreland , and who absconded early on tho following morning , on Wednesday night last were apprehended at Hartlepool , in the county of Durham , by Charnock and Stevenson , the two railway police stationed at _Ilaoktborpe , after a chase of nearly 100 miles . On Friday last _theprisonei _* s were brought up before Mr . Richard Tinkler and J , W , Ward , clerk , at the Lowther Castle Inn , Hackthorpe , when the Misses Dover identified them , and they were committed to Appleby Gaol to take their trial at the next
es . Workhouse Refuge Refused to the Insane .- — At the Clerkenwell Police-court on Tuesday Mrs . Fraser , a nurse in the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Inn-road , brought a poor demented looking girl , named Higginbothara , before the magistrate under these circumstances ;—It appeared , from the statement of Mrs . Fraser , that the poor girl on behalf of whom she applied had been received into the Royal Free Hospital a few weeks ago , in consequence of an illness wliich affected her mind . From the physical malady she recovered , but the light of reason seemed to have departed for ever . Previously to admission the girl had been in the service of respectable families , and there was no stain upon her moral character .
She was now , however , wholly destitute , and as her friends declined interfering on her behalf , they knew not what to do with her . They applied to St . Paneras workhouse , but the functionaries there refused to receive her without the certificate of a medical gentleman as to her insanity . That certificate had been procured , and Mrs . Fraser hiredacab and conveyed the poor girl from the hospital to the workhouse on that day ( Monday ) , thinking no difficulty would be experienced regarding her admission upon presenting the certificate . The officers , however , refused to receive her , on the ground that the magistrates had made no order on the subject , and one of tiie overseers told her that unless one ofthe magistrates of this court made an or der for her admission they could not receive her . Mrs . Fraser added that the unhappy being had made two determined
attempts to destroy herself , and that casting her upon the streets would be certain destruction . Mr . Heseltine , overseer to St . Pancras parish , said , that the board bad decided upon not receiving tbe girl because they would be overburdened with destitute persons from the University and the Royal Free Hospital , both whieh institutions were in their parish . Mr . Combe said , the overseer would refuse to receive her at his peril . It was evident to anybody that the poor girl was insane , and to suffer so helpless a creature to roam about the streets would be an outrage upon humanity and decency . He told Mr . _Heseltine very plainly that if the overseer persisted in his refusal he would bo indicted for such refusal , and the Attorney-General would prosecute him . Mr . Heseltine promised to communicate the magistrate ' s opinion to the overseers ; and since it was so strong he felt no doubt that the girl would be admitted .
Horrible Murder of a Police Officer . —On Saturday evening last , William Sommerville , one of the policeman on the Caledonian Railway , was killed in the most barbarous manner , near Lockerbie , by the labourers . Ic appears that the monthly payment of the men working ou that part of the line took p lace on Saturday evening last , and a disturbance having occurred amongst the " _navvys , " deceased and other officers were called upon to quell the uproar , who , in attempting to do so , were kicked and beaten in the most violent and brutal manner , by the mob , who were mostly Irishmen . The treatment which Sommerville received from three of them was most savage . He was stabbed on his body with some sharp-edged instrument , his nose was split ia two , and so was one of his cheeks , whilst oue of his eyes were burst , and rolled out of its socket . He expired soon afterwards . The three murderers effected their escape , but the police are in pursuit ot * theui in all iiirections .
Death Accelerated bv Excitement . —On Tuesday -veiling an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , City coroner , at the Hand and Shears , Cloth-fair , : _"" mitlil ! eld , respecting the death of Elinor Shore , ti » i'd fifty-one years , of Long-lane , Barbican . The _leceased generally enjoyed good health , but during he last three months had laboured under great . _excitement in consequence of her daghter , who had been Wecored away by a young man with whom she had milled an attachment . On Sunday ni « ht last the let-cased retired to rest , and the following morning vas discovered in a dving state , _foamingat themoutn . \ surgeon was sent for . but the deceased expired tesore his arrival . The jury returned a verdict ot "Natural death . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02051846/page/3/
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