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      Beauties Of Biron. So. Xxxiv. "Ruasrsa-"...

      BEAUTIES OF _BIRON . so . XXXIV . " ruasrsA- " As we have not room to state the _OTb _^ ct ef tbis " exquisitely versified" poem in . full , we . orbear _peaking of * it at all The following are the opening J " ' — _t ,. _i . It is the hoar when from the boughs The nig htingale - s high note is heard ; It is the hour when lover ' s vows Seem sweet in every whispered word ; And gentle winds and waters near Hake music to the lonely ear . Each flower the dews have lightly wet , And in die sky die stars are met , And on the wave is deeper blue , And on the leaf a browner hue ,

      And in the heaven that dear obscure , So softly dark and darkly pure , Which follows the decline of day , As twilight melts beneath the moon away . Bat it is not to list to the waterfall ¦ j fce , rarisina leaves her hall , And it is not to gaze on the heavenly light That the lady walks iu the shadow of night ; And if she sits in Este ' s boner , 'lis not for the sake of its full-blown Sower-She listens—but not for the nightingale—Though her ear expects as soft a tale . There glides a step through , tlie foliage thick , And her cheek grows pale—and her heart beats quick There whispers a voice through the rustling leaves , And her blush returns and her bosom heaves :

      A moment more—and they shall meet'lis past—her lover ' s at her feet . And what unto them is the world beside , With aU its change of time and tide ! Its living things—its earth and sky-Are nothing to tbeir mind and eye . And heedless as the dead are they , Of aught around , abore , beneath ; As if all else had passed away , They only for each other breathe ; Their very sighs are fall of joy , So deep , that did it not decay , Their happy madness would destroy

      The hearts which feel its fiery sway : Of guilt , of peril do they deem In that tumultuous tender dream 1 "Who that have felt that passion ' s power , Or paused , or f ear'd in such an hour ! Or thought how brief such moments last ! Bnt yet—they are already past ! Alas ! we most awake before "We know such , vision comes no more . For the tragical story of the guilty-, unhappy lovers , " moresinn'd against than sinning , " we must refer the reader to the poet ' s works . Speaking of this poem , the great critic _Jeffert has said— "The writing is beautiful throughout , and the whole wrapped in a rich and redundant veil ef poetry , where everything breathes the pure essence of genius and sensibility . "

      Soxgs For The People. So. Xi. A Cbeee Wa...

      _SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XI . A CBEEE WAS SOSG . The footsteps of freedom are red , And bloody and deep on the field ; The eagle's _plame waves on her head , Tbe lion's mane flows oa hex shield . Her banner , defiance to slaves , Dark vengeance her long rusted spear , She points to Thennopyhe _' _s graves ; And in sounds that their tenants might hear , She cries to the Greet , let your battle-note be _^—The triumph . ' the triumph 1 or fall of the Free 1 Trom the slumber of ages awake , Arouse from the torpor of death ! The shackles of _tyranny break , lo the flame give the scimitar ' s sheath ! At morning and night let my breath

      On the breeze of yonr mountains be borne , And twined in an undving wreath Let my name by yonr warriors be worn ! Throughout all their ranks let the battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph ! or fall ofthe Tree 1 Defeat and disaster may come ; Let danger your energy raise , For clouds may o ' ershadow the snn That ' s destined at noontide to blaze . Then hasten and on to the fray , The Turk and the Argive are met ; Oh ! let not posterity say Tour hand could its cunning forget ;—On hill and on rale let yonr battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph 1 or fall of the Tree ! Tait s Magazine . J . A

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      Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, Por Aran.— Ed...

      TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE , por Aran . — Edinburgh : W . Tait . London : Simpkin and Marshall . This number contains the conclusion of the review of _Bcbios ' s "Life and Correspondence of David Hume . " Thomas De _Qcixcev . ( the " English Opium Eater" ) contributes an article " On Christianity as an organ of political movement . " The subject is not firiished in the present number , and we wait for the conclusion before we offer any comment . We must , however , remark that as far as the " English Opium Eater" has proceeded with his subject , he has mystified rather than enlightened us ; so much so that we must say with the

      poet"We wish he'd illustrate his illustration . An interesting review of M . Migsei's new work , " Antonio Perez and Philip the Second , " forms a feature in this number . The " Autobiography and Justification of Johannes Rouge , " gives some interesting particulars of tnemodern Letheb . Johaxxes _Ronge ( pronounced _Rronge ) , is described as a handsome man , with a fine clear voice , piercing eyes , and flowing locks of black hair . " Notes on Gilfillan ' s Gallery of Literary Portraits , " by Thomas De Q , ctxcet , introduces us to Jons Keats , who wa 3 , according to _Btros—Billed oSbyone critique , Just ns he really promised something great , If not intelligible , —without Greek ,

      Contrived to talk about the gods of late , Huch as they might have been supposed to speak _. Poor fellow 1 his was an untoward fate _, 'lis strange the mind , that very fiery particle _. Should let itself be _gnuffi out by an Article . But Mr . De _Qckcet denies all this , and defends the Quarterly Review—or rather Giffohd , the writer of the article—from the charge of " culpable homicide . " " _KEATs'diedV ' saya Mr . DeQ , ctxcet , "o fpulmonarj _* consumption , and would have died of it , probably , nnder any circumstances of prosperity as a poet . "Doubtless , in a condition of languishing decay , slight causes of irritation act powerfully . Bnt it is hardly conceivable that one exhibition of splenetic bad feeling , in a case so proverbially open to revision as the pretensions of a poet , would have overthrown any masculine life , unless where that life had already been irreeoverab ' y undermined by sickness . " A specimen ofthe poetical contents of this number of Tait will be found in the Greek War Song given above .

      The Political Works Of Thomas Palne—Pakt...

      THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PALNE—Pakt I . London : T . M . Wheeler , Office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , _Xo . 83 , Dean-street , Soho . This is the cheapest edition of the works of the great political teacher yet published . The entire work ( to be completed in five sixpenny parts ) will comprise " The Rights of Man , " " Common Sense , " " American Crisis , " " Dissertation on tbe First Principles of Government , " "Decline and Fall of the _English System of Finance , " "Letters to the Peop le of America , " and "Agrarian Justice . " It is intended , we perceive , to give a portrait of tlte immortal author , and also a copy of " The People ' s Charier . " The first part contains the whole of the " Dissertation on the First Principles of Government , "" Agrarian Justice , " * ' Common Sense , " and the commencement ofthe "American Crisis . " A well-written preface , by the Chartist Executive , precedes the " works , " lrom which we give the follow- ; ing extracts : —

      Intelligence is the parent } f all the virtues indispensable to a nation ' s greatness ; the only foundation npon which can be reared that superstructure of human happiness , the maintenance of which should be the design , end , and object of all governments . As the operative In all departments of labour should be qualified by skill and experience for the execution ol his duty , so the people should be prepared by knowledge to work out their political asd social redemption . In ali national struggles where this requisite has been wanting ,

      failure has been the consequence . France , during the last half century , has been convulsed with two sanguinary revolutions . Kingly dynasties hare been hurled to destruction , but the harvest nourished by tlie blood of patriotism has been reaped by ambitious , crafty , and _designing knaves . France still writhes under the lash of a despotism as n * agraut as any upon die face of the globe Even Paris , Uie scene of so many brave struggles for liberty , is now environed wilh a wall of fortilicatiou , not to resist assaults from without , hut to maintain , uninterrupted , the stillness of slavery within .

      Democratic America , too , evidences her lack of intelligence by the abuses which sue tolerates . . TheAiuericau citizcn _. iu tlie franchise , possesses die power of redressing everv grievance ; he has the balloting-box , which can be rendered available as the corrective of ever } " abuse ; notmthstandiDg . evils yet afflict the United Slates , which , let us hope , for the honour of democracy , will ere long Tanish before the progress of reason aud the _illutuiuuUon of mind . The evil genius ofthe earth is ignorance ; it is th * Vane of human _dtstinv , the fostering cause of tyranny , _tUstieKttiwr agent of thai _delude of wrongs with which

      The Political Works Of Thomas Palne—Pakt...

      mankind are overwhelmed . Let us contemplate the anomalous spectacles to be witnessed in our heaven-bleat empire , under the sway ofa government which , we are assured by our own political Mentors , is the very acme of human wisdom ! What is it tha tin _England holds millions of men iu base subserviency to the grindiug domination of a few _thousands ? What is it that tolerates among us the devouring monstrosities which class misrule has let loose upon _mau ' g best interests ? What is it that holds thatunhappymonopolistofmisfortmne , Ireland , iu a state of lethargic passivity , while she is mercilessly

      scourged by the ruthless hands of foreign and domestic tyrants ? What is it that causes four millions of the people of that country , although surrounded by a superabundance of wealth , created by their own industry , to eke out life on a miserable kind of food , which is considered unfit for the dogs of their heartless oppressors ? What makes many of them look forward with anxiety to the grave as an asylum from the woes which man ' s inhumanity inflicts upon man * The obvious answer to these interrogatories is—the want of knowledge among the people .

      n e reserve , for another occasion , any commentary on the works of Paisb , which shall have our attention at the earliest opportunity .

      2&- Several" Reviews" Are In Hand, Which...

      2 _& - Several" reviews" are in hand , which press of matter compels us to withhold .

      Memoir Of John Henry Bramwicjj, Tue C1iu...

      MEMOIR OF JOHN HENRY BRAMWICJJ , TUE C 1 IUIT 1 ST POET ( OF LEICESTER . ) UT THOMAS C 00 r £ B , AUTHOR OP " THE PCRGATORT OP _SCIClBfiS . " The death of such a man as the author ofthe immortal hymn " Britannia's sons , though slaves ye be , " should not go unregistered in the journal which the suffering working classes most peculiarly regard as their own . The great ones ofthe earth knew nothing of him , and they will desire to hear nothing of him . For his own class he thought , wrote , and struggled ; with his own class he starved and suffered ; and among his own class , and cleaving to their cause to the last , he died : —a victim to the system of murder which is at present being enacted , by wholesale , in the manufacturing districts of once " Merrie England . "

      John Henry Bramwich was born in Shoreditch , London , in the year 1801 . His father was a soldier ot the Tower Hamlets , deserted , and left his wife and two children , at the time John was but three months old . The mother made her way to Bedworth , in Warwickshire , and there supported herself and little ones by ribbon-weaving . John was bound apprentice , at the early age of nine years , in Rangard and Geary's factory , at Leicester . He was thus , from his very cradle days , inured to witness the wants and sufferings of , perhaps , the most ill-paid classes of working men and women in England—the ribbonweavers and _stockingars .

      Disgusted with the _monotonyof his existence , as well as discontented with his privations , and having a soul that thirsted to see something ef the world and of his fellow-man , but lacking a judicious guide and counsellor , he enlisted , at the age of seventeen , in the 19 th regiment of foot . He served sixteen years in the army , and passed ten years in the West Indies . He married the present Mrs . Bramwich at Demerara . She was the widow of a comrade , by by whom she had one son ; and the fruit of this , her second marriage , was a daughter . Both the children are livinj , and are now tbe only comfort oi their sorrowing mother , who has remained in a dangerous state of affliction since her husband's death .

      Tired of the service , Bramwich got his discharge , came "home "—as be esteemed Leicester to be , in spite of his early suffering in it—and worked at his former trade , as a stockinger , until it killed him . Sore eyes , weakness , sickness , want , pain , were his lot , in common with thousands , until he sank into a consumption of the lungs , and after thirty-three weeks' continued illness , seventeen of which he kept his bed , he expired on the 12 th of March , at the age of forty-two . He was interred in the church-yard of St . Martin , Leicester , and I am pleased to record , on the testimony of a friend who followed him to the grave , that "though he had a pauper ' s funeral it was a decent one : no - gentleman' could be put into tha ground with greater ceremony , nor into a

      neater-made grave : it was not a hole , such as they r _aakain some other parishes in Leicester , but there was everything in order . " What a bitterconsolation that , after starring and working him to death , the pauper-poet—a noble by nature—is interred in a decent grave 1 Such is your tot , my brothers!—but do not despair : we will strive together yet to mend the world . Poor Bramwieh has not lived in vain . The thousands with whom I was accustomed to sing his noble hymns in Leicester market-place , on Nottingham forest , and ia the Staffordshire Potteries , will not forget such thrilling poetry : it will live in their hearts , and they will teach it to their children . It was not until the " Exttuguisher" ( one of our little periodicals ) was commenced in Leicester , in 1811 , that I discovered the

      iact of Bramwich being a poet , liis vary first contribution to it , if I remember aright , was the grand iivmn I have already mentioned . From the fact of its being openly read before Judge Erskine , os my _second trial at Stafford , as well as from its great excellence , I think it desirable to insert it here , in order thai every Chartist in Britain may learn it by heart . I only premise that all who possess the Shaksperean Chartist Hymn-book ( sold by Cleave ) may find it at the seventh page . _Itisalong-metrehymn , and may sung to the Old Hundredth , Arnold ' s Job , or any other long-metre tune . Britannia '; - sobs , _thoagh stores je be , God your Creatormade you free ; He , life to all , and being , gave—But never , never made a slave !

      IIU works are wonderful to see—All , all proclaim the Deity ;—He mads the earth , and formed the wave—But never , never made a slave ! He mads the sky , with spangles bright—The moon to shine by silent night—The sun , —and spread the vast concave—But never , never made a slave 2 The verdant earth on which we tread Was , by Ills hand , all carpeted ; Enongh for all hefively gave—But never , never made the slave ! All men axe equal in His sight , — The bond , the free , tha black , the white ;—He made them all , —them freedom gave—He made tha man , —ifan mad « the Slave !

      I think every Chartist will agree with me when I say that poetry like that was not written to be forgotten ; it has the true principle of life in it , and w ' til only perish with our language . I forbear to quote any other ofthe fourteen hymns hy Bramwich , which will be found in the little threepenny volume I have just mentioned : they are all beautiful and forcible . From a regard to space ( which I know the Star can ill spare ) , I shall curtail any remarks of my own , and proceed to give to ray brother Chartists some of the contents of the letters I received from poor Bramwich while on his death-bed . I feel it right to lay these before the world , that it may be seen , from the dyiUR testimony ofa working-man , what is his own conviction of the wrongs he has endured . The first letter from which I shall quote is dated November 16 th , 1 S 45 : —

      Mt deab _FaiKXD , —You wish ma " not to die yet , if I can help it . " If I could master a wish to live ; it would be to sea you now triumph ov « r your adversities and adversaries * * * * Ah 1 my dear friend , could you hut see my skeleton-like carcase , my emaciated and pale visage ( except when flushed with fever ) , my fieshlesB limbs , long , lank , thin , and weak , and almost sinewless , and then hear my harsh sepulchral voice , with my almost incessant and phlegm-freighted cough ( almost as hollow a 6 the heart of a Whig 1 ) , you would say tbat I had suffered enough , and would willingly let me go . Besides , yoa know , a lungltss slave is good for nothing now-adays in the British slave-mart . I can assure you , it requires Samsons and Goliahs to work the stocking-frames they are making at this time . I look upon myself as beiny

      a system-murdered man . I stand not alone—thousands are sharing the same fate , and millions have quitted life without making the woful fact known ; and others , alas have died f or wantol bread , and have thought that it was pleasing to God that it should be so—whsn nature gives the lie to such a Deity-libelling idea . My constitution is completely broken , and worn thread-bare . The doctor said , four months ago , that part of my lungs was gone . He _founded me fourteen days ago , shook his bead , asd signified that I had very little left . His only surprise is , diat I was so tough . * * * * You need not be afraid of my"letting down mypluck , " _as _* _jou say , while I have a hit left . * * * * I have had none of those charity-mongers to visit me , who only administer

      relief on condition tliatyou will acknowledge , as truth , all they say . They know that their money would not buy me ov * r from principle ; so they keep away . * * As regards my death , it does not fill roe with dread or alarm . In fact . 1 fear it not . But the idea of travelling the grouad over again , that has caused me so mueh weariness aud pain , I think would quite unman me . I have suffered a great deal ; but , thank God , although I feel my body weaken daily , my _faculties remain as strong as ever . Sly love of right , and abhorrence of wrong , death itself will not be able to destroy . And 1 shall be able to say to the whole tyrannic band— ' * Though you have laid my body low , my spirit shall mingle with happy intflhgcncies in die eternal world . "With our love to _xourstlf and Mrs . Cooper ,

      I remain , your obliged and affectionate frietid , J . II . _Bbajiwicu ( To be concluded next week . )

      Lsemrtoyed Poor At Bradford. — One Of Th...

      LsEMrtOYED Poor at Bradford . — One of the working committee informs us that the sum of nearly £ 2 , 01 ) 0 has been collected in aid of the suffering poor of Bradford , and a very active canvass is still _poing on . The committee have issued placards inviting all who have streets to pave , drain , or cleanse , or other improvements of a like nature to make , to meet them for the purpose of entering into contracts .

      A Captivity Among Tee Sikiis. The Follow...

      A CAPTIVITY AMONG TEE SIKIIS . The following is an extract from a letter from sn officer in the Indian army : — " English Camp on the river Sutlej , near FeruMuove , January 1 , 1810 . "My dear M , —I have now tu relate the most romantic and dangerous incidents of my life , and will do so in as few lines as possible . On the o . h of last month I left Umballah , having come from the north , and through Delhi , to join my new appointment as second in command of the 3 d Irregular Cavalry ( or Captain Tail ' s regiment ) . I passed through My thul ,

      marching with my servants and camp equipage and a corporal and four sepoys . We had reached within one march , or sixteen miles of the station of Ferozepore . Many parties of plundering horsemen were scouring this part of the country , taking all they couid master ; and a great Sikh army of ( 50 , 000 men , and 150 cannon , had just invaded our territories , and on the 17 th of December encamped between me and Ferozepore , where my new regiment lay . I heard reports of this great invading army , but could not believe they had actually crossed the . Sutlej to attack us .

      Early on the morning ofthe 18 th of December mv little tent and baggage was being packed on tlie camels , when wesuddenly found ourselves surrounded by armed men , and numbers more crowding from the village . An altercation took place between us , they rushed upon me , hurled me down , and struck me on the head and face ; my people were seized or dispersed , and I , covered with blood , was carried off iuto a small fort , where I momentarily expected to be put to death . Three or four hours after this a party of cavalry arrived from the Sikh camp . I was taken out of the fort , placed behind one of their troopers on a horse , and galloped off under a strong escort to the enemy ' s army , ten miles distant . 1 now considered ray fate as certain , and that I should be made the sport of an infuriated and ferocious

      multitude , and be cruelly put to death . On this horse I was carried up and down the great Sikh camp , and shown to crowds and crowds of their army , as the first prisoner they had taken ; many of them abused and struck me as I sat behind the trooper , but he defended tny life . At last 1 was brought to the tent of Rajah Lall Singh , who commanded the Sikh army ; 1 knew who he was from his splendid dress , and spoke to him , but he gave me no answer . Chiefs going in and out of his durbar shook their swords at me , and I saw that my life hung by a very slender thread . The Rajah ordered me to be put in chains , and made over to the keeping of General Bekane Allie Khan , commandant of artillery ; I was then taken to him , and alter sonic questioning placed in irons , under one of the guns , with

      a guard of artillery over me . Crowds of angry Sikhs came to see me from ail quarters of their camp , and almost hourly threatened to kill me ; I expostulated with them on the bad character they would get by killing a defenceless prisoner , and some of them pitied and defended me . Night at last came , aud the crowds retired to sleep ; no sleep came to me ; bitter cold , and the anxiety of my situation prevented that . I prayed to die with calmness , and , if it might be , without torture , and God was indeed most gracious tome . Breadand water now became my food , and the conversation of the artillerymen my only means of passing the weary day ; but we soon became great friends , and during three days and sleepless nights I had , notwithstanding my hopeless situation , many a cheerful hour , and saw many a strange sight . Surrounded by crowds and crowds alt day , now abused and threatened , now pitied and cheered , each night

      brought with it a quiet and cessation from persecution which almost amounted to happiness . Thousands of questions were asked me , and put in all sorts of ways , to catch me telling a lie ; but I always spoke the truth , or remained silent , and mauy a time drew from my enemies the exclamation that 1 was a true Englishman ; they also greatly admired my tall figure , and I never felt so much flattered in all my life as by this rude people . Each hour also brought some new and exciting report : the English army was close at hand , and an _engagement with the leading divisions expected every moment . Even the bitter cold of a December night on this northern frontier , where we had ice every morning , brought a distinct pleasure to the poor prisoner , for the artillerymen pitied me , made a wood fire , gave me tobacco to smoke , and we chatted the long winter nights away .

      "December 18 th . —This evening half the Sikh array went out of camp to encounter our advanced divisions ; the cannon roared , musketry began to peal ; nearer and nearer came the fight ; the artillerymen in camp lighted their matches , stood to their guns , and placed me on a board behind a cannon . Each minute I expected my head to be rolling on the ground , and in breathless anxiety hoped to hear the hurrah of our dragoon ! -, and the clang of their charge into the Sikh camp ; the 3 rd Dragoons did actually charge not very far from me , but darkness came on , the guns ceased roaring , the hum of the enemy ' s troops retiring to their quarters gradually subsided , aud 1 was kit tohope for ui _. othet day .

      " 19 th of December . — The enemy ' s tono this morning told me that the battle of last evening had beep against them , but darkness put an end to the action ere a decisive victory could be gained . I experienced less abuse to-day , and many tempting offers of employment in their army were offered me , all of which I steadily rejected , nor could they help respecting me for doing so . This night the Sikh army again turned out to fall upon our troops , with the sword alone , hoping to kill many by a sudden attack in the darkness . Their counsels , however , wavered , and tkey returned to camp without accomplishing anything . Crowds gazed at me all day , as before .

      " December 20 . —This morning I was taken early to the General of Artillery , who received me kindly ; he ordered my chains to be knocked off , and said , ' I will get you released . ' lie gave me water to wash and some clean clothes , and then mounted his horse and rode to the Rajah ' s tent . I was again taken back to the guns , but not chained . It got abroad in the Sikh camp that I was going to be set tree ; a crowd collected , and some one on horseback endeavoured to excite the people to kill me ; my friends , the artillerymen , stood to their guns , declaring they would fight for me if any attempt on ' my life was made ; then the multitude dispersed , and after some time , a messenger canie from the general , telling me to be off as soon as possible , the general ' s brother going with me beyond their outposts . Gladly , and

      with it , I trust , a grateful heart , I left the great Sikh camp ; many straggling parties of the enemy galloped up and questioned me , but the general ' s brother satisfied them all that I had been released by the council of their army , and we passed safely over to the British army about three o ' clock of this day . I went at once to the Governor-General ' s tent , and reported myself . My conductor received a handsome reward on the spot , and I received from my friends and from the whole army a reception I shall never forget . All _r-joiced and congratulated me , and my own old regiment received me with great joy . The Governor-General will not allow me to join my corps and fightagainst the Sikhs , yet I gave them no pledge , and distinctly told them 1 would not , even to save my life . I dined with the Governor-General

      the night of my release , everybody wondering how had escaped death . The fact perhaps was , the Sikhs did not wish utterly to outrage us , and by cramming me with false reports of their great strength , they hoped I should advise the Governor-Geueral to negotiate . All their reports I . appeared to believe , and always talked of making peace rather than war . Since what I have related , abore two actions have been fought , and after tlie most severe fighting our troops have yet had in India we gained a great victory , taking upwards of 100 great guns , and the whole Sikh camp . Great was the plunder ; horses , camels , bullocks , tents , armour , rich dresses , guns ,

      swords , pistols , gold , silver , scarfs , silk , shot , shells , powder , canister , grape—everything was there , and to be had for picking up ; but amidst all these riches fearful powder-mines , previously prepared by the enemy , were hourly exploding and blowing te atoms many nnd many a poor fellow . For five days these awful miues contiuued to explode , and the cavalry division of the army to which I now belong was encamped hard by , to the _endangerment of life and limb . The Sikhs retreated across the Sutlej into their own country , and what may now be done ! vannot say . I have only to be thankful for my own wonderful escape , and trust in Providence , who has guarded me thus far , to guard me still . "

      Fire Asd Loss Of Life.—On Saturday Night...

      Fire asd Loss of Life . —On Saturday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , the brigade were called to attend a lire in Marshall-street , Golden-square , within a door or so of Craven chapel . It appears that an elderly lady had been left in a room reading a book , when it is supposed that a spark must have fallen from the candle and set fire to her dress . In her anxiety to get from the room the bedding also became ignited . The cries of the unfortunate female having brought assistance , the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before she was so frightfully burned about the body that death speedily terminated her sufferings .

      _AcCIBEST AT ECIUSCTO . V STATION , MlDLANB RAILWAr . —DBiiBT , TufcSD . tv . —Yesterday morning , as the mail train , wliich leaves Leeds at thirty minutes past three , for London , and is due in Derby at seven a . xi ., was passing Eckington station , it so happened that a heavily laden luggage train had been shunted oil the line until the mail train had passed , so as to prevent the possibility of an accident ; but just as the mail train came up to it , the axle-tree ot one of the lug : age waggons gave way , and caused the vehicle so to incline as to come into contact with the first

      of tho moving carriages . Happily tlie extraordinary spied at which ihe m .-iil train was travelling did not allow the broken cairiage to make any impression upon those with which it came into contact , and the only consequence attending the accident was , that all the handles and steps on that side the train , from first to last , were stripped completely off ; for as soon as the mail train had passed , the broken carriage and its contents fell upon the centre of the line down which the mail train had travelled ! Not the least delay resulted from this accident .

      Mhlakojioly Shipwreck Of Tiie Schooner B...

      MhLAKOJIOLY SHIPWRECK OF TIIE SCHOONER BALIUS . Liverpool , Maucii _SC—For the last three weeks there has been great solicitude for the fate of tl . e Inline , the property of Messrs . Stockdale and Sons . It -. is known that she left Kingston , Jamaica , in January , and twenty-three days having elapsed beyond the time m which she had commonly made the voyage , she was given over for lost . The appearance ot the master , Captain Pcndlcbury _, who has just arrived m the shi p Clyde , from _Fayal , one ot the Azores , has revealed her melancholy fate . It appears hat tlie Bahus left Kingston on the 20 th ot January , deeply Jadcn with rice , spices , hides , and dye-woods . She had a full crew , consisting of fourteen persons , and one passenger , a young female , named Ilazlcden , daughter of Mr . llazleden , the manager of the Woodside Ferry _aci-uss the Mersey , from Liverpool to Birkenhead .

      Almost immediately after leaving port they experienced an unceasing succession of strong westerly gales with heavy rains . On the 5 th the wind blew more southerly , and , with such violence , that at times it was a complete hurricane , with rain , and thunder and lightning of the most tremendous description . The continual rush of water on deck , the labouring of the vessel , and the violence of the gale , kept the crew constantly at work . On the 13 ch , thev shipped a heavy sea , while lying to , which carried away part of the bulwarks , three stanchions , and the house used for steering . They lost at tlie same time the bowsprit , shrouds , spritsail-yard , _forc-stay-sail , and the foresail was split . Oil tlie 14 th the weather moderated , and temporary bulwarks were fitted ; and

      the vessel bore up , under tlie fore-topsail , close reeled . It continued blowing very hard , and in the evening the tempest returned with the most fearful fury , accompanied by thunder and Hashes of _lightning awfully vivid ; the topsail and main-staysail were blown out of the bolt-ropes , and the sea carried away the temporary bulwark , and made a complete breach over her . The next morning the wind moderated a little , and the crew succeeded in bending a new mainsail , which , however , they were obliged to keep close-reefed , and repaired the topsail . From this date to the 25 ih they were compelled to run almost helpless before the gale , and on that day the carpenter , cook , and Thomas Vale , a seaman , became unable , from _sickness , to perhjroi any duty ; and the rest of the crew were nearly

      exhausted irom constant labour and watching . On the 20 th , a tremendous sea struck heron the starboard side , aud swept the decks of all the bulwarks , stanchions , boats , spars , provisions , water , and galley , and split the covering board on the larboard side , the wind at the same time completely blowing the belly out of the mainsail . Captain Pendlebury and four of his hands were washed overboard . Two of the men succeeded in catching hold of something , and wore hauled iu by the mate and carpenter over the quarter ; a third was washed into the jollyboat , which was towing astern , and was saved . The fourth , Thomas Vale , was not seen again . Captain Pendlebury caught , hold of the main sheet , and he was hauled on board again at the moment his strength was failing _.

      Five feet of water was now discovered in the hold , and two men were kept constantly at the pumps . They rigged a drag to ke . p the ship ' s head on to the sea , and tried to fill the holes on deck occasioned by the carrying away of the stanchions . Part of the cargo was also heaved overboard , as it had shifted . The night was thick and foggy , * but at three , a . m ., en the 28 th of February , it cleared a little , and they discovered a piece of laud , which turned out to be Castello Branco , a reef on the south side of the island of Fayal , the chief of the Azores . Distant about a mile , tho suit" broke violently on the cliffs 300 feet high ; and they were then sailing straight lor them . The vessel was in the fflidat of a sort ol bight , one arm of which was formed by the Castello Branco , and the other by a high ridge of rockB called Varadouro , a point which , if they could have

      weathered , they would have driven safely into the port of Fayal . They had , however , no sail to set except a foresail , every other rag of canvas having been lost or carried away ; and each tack brought them nearer their destruction . The energies of the captain and his crew , however , did not desert them ; and they tried to get up a flying jib for a main staysail , in order , if possible , to keep off till daylight ; and they hove round three times . The wind , however , with the exception ofa brief lull , whieh did them more harm than good , blew fast and furious towards the dreadful cliffs , and the still more fearful surf , and at about five o ' clock the unfortunate vessel struck with great violence , stern foremost ; she then turned , and tier side came against the rock , beating so fearfully that it was evident she must be broken up almost instantly .

      The condition of Miss llazleden during this violent and long-continued hurricane was truly deplorable , but the unfortunate girl behaved with great fortitude and resignation . She was very anxious to keep the deck , but as that was impossible in it - unprotected state , she spent the dreadful hours below . From the time that the crew found they could not escape she was frequently on her knees making her peace with heaven . When the ship struck , she rushed up to the deck , but she had hardly Bet a foot upon it when a tremendous sea washed her overboard . The sailors ,

      with the exception of Samuel Scott , all reached the rocks in safety , but in a most deplorable state , the waves having stripped every particle of clothing i ' rom several , and half denuded the others . They then had to scramble a mile over , the most precipitous and dangerous cliffs before tliey reached the country . The body of Miss Haz eden was observed in the surf , and rescued at great risk by tho captain aud one of his seamen . The poor girl ' s head was fractured in a dreadful manner , and every particle of clothing had been torn off her by tho fury of the waves .

      Smuggling Extraordinary.—A Few Days Sinc...

      Smuggling Extraordinary . —A few days since a seizure of twenty violins was made by a revenue officer , named Heyward , under the following circumstances : —lt appears , on the arrival of tbe James Watt steamer , from Havre , at the St . Kathci-ino Dock Steam-packet Wharf , a foreigner named I > eranto was amongst tho passengers , and amongst his baggage was twenty old violins , wliich he valued at twenty shillings each , and expressed his readiness to pay the duty of 15 per cent , on his declared value . The officer , however , suspected the violins , though

      unsightly in appearance , to be more valuable than the passenger represented them to be , and refused to pass them . The foreigner protested he had put the extreme value on his fiddles , but he was not believed , and the affair was represented to the Board of Customs , who appointed a competent judge to ascertain the value of the violins . They turned out to be Cremona ' s , worth , on the average , £ 25 each . They were condemned as contraband , on the ground that they had been imported as passenger ' s luggage , instead of being inserted in the ship ' s manifest , and landed as caret .

      Confession of a Murderer . —In September , 1842 , a farmer was found dead by the side of a public road , in Oxfordshire , and up to the present time the cause of death has remained a mystery , but now it appears , from a confession which lias been made , that he was murdered . A travelling tinker , of the name of Isaac Skerry , who has been confined in Banbury gaol , has confessed that he was a party to tho murder of the above individual , Mr , George Mobbs , of Dean-hill Farm , North Aston , who on the 20 th of September , 1812 , was found dead by the side of the road leading from the Fox at North Aston to Dunstew . Skerry says that Isaac Sherriff aud James Biddle assisted in

      the murder , and the police have succeeded in apprehending them . On the 2 Sth of September , Mr . Mobbs went to a sale at Staple Aston ; a friend went with him part of the way home , aud left him at about eleven o'clock at night , at a lane near to the Fox Inn . The friend ' s road then lay in a somewhat different direction , and he heard Mr . Mobbs' horse go steadily along the lane , towards deceased's home . On the following morning Mr . Mobbs was found dead , and lying on a heap of stones in _Dunstew-lane , in a contrary direction to his house . His collar-bone was broken , he had received severe injuries on the head , and a great quantity of blood had _Hoivh from liim . The horse was found in one of deceased ' s fields .

      _Iue Londos Italian Society . —A meeting of the friends of the above society , which has for its object the welfare of Italians resident in England , by providing an asylum where Italian " organ boys" may receive a Christian education , and inculcating the doctrines of the gospel iuto the minds of Italian refugees , took place on Thursday , in the Hanoversquare Rooms . Lord Ashley presided , and among the gentlemen on the platform were noticed the Hon . W . Cowper , M . P . ; W . _Childers , Esq ., M . P . ; the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel ; the Rev . W . Chalmers ; the Rev . W . Currey , < fcc ., all of whom addressed the meeting in very excellent speeches , in whieh the misery and privation endured by the poor Italian boys and the tyranny exercised towards them by their masters were most clearly depicted .

      Oldham Election * . —On Wednesday evening last a very respectable and spirited meeting of the electors and . non-electors , tho friends of Mr . James _HoUiday _. took place at the Grapes Inn , Yorkshire-street , for the purpose of carrying out the wishes and feelings expressed at a public meeting heldiu the Town Hall , on thcTthinst . ; Mr . William Knott , hat manufacturer , in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That , as Mv . _Ilnlliday was carried by a triumphant and almost unanimous show of hands at the previous public _meeting , as the fittest and most proper person

      of the three submitted to its consideration , to represent this borough in the Commons House of Parliament , in the place of our highly honoured and respected representative General Johnson , this committee pledges itself to use every legitimate means in its power to secure the return of that gentleman to Parliament for the borough at the next election . " "That a subscription bo entered into to defray the incidental expenses . "' Upwards of £ 21 was immediately subscribed . The meeting then adj mimed . Tiik Potatoe Disease . —Sir George Mackenzie states that the potatoe disease has , at length , fairly broken out iu tbe north ,

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      Goiter Coins.—The Stamford Mercury State...

      Goiter Coins . —The Stamford Mercury states , that so exceedingly scarce is copper money in Lincoln , that some ofthe tradesmen have been actually _compellled to give change in _posture-stamps ! Shakes . —The difterei . ee between tho value of share property at the present prices and at those of September last , is a reduction in value of from fifty to sixty millions . Latter End . —A person asked Chapman if the tolling of a bell did not put him in mind of his latter end ? lie replied , " No sir ; but the rope puts me in mind of yours . " __ A Disconsolate Widow . —A Yankee editor , noticing the decease ofa rich subscriber , observes that , he has died regretted by a numerous circle oi iricnds , and leaving a widow , as disconsolate as any widow need be who has obtained the _uncontrollable possession of 20 , 000 dollars . "

      Smuggled Goods . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that some months since large seizures of cameos , mosaics , and other foreign goods were made by officers of the Customs for having been introduced into this country without payment of duty . We understand that the foreign smugglers from whom the goods were seized have since consented to pay penalties , in addition to the condemnation of their goods , wliich arc to be sold in a few days by the Custom-house authorities in such lots as to be available for retail jewellers and privato parties who wish for such articles . Panorama of Constantinople . —Mr . Burford has

      opened a panorama of Constantinople , at his establishment in Leicester-square , The view is taken from the Seraskier ' _s Tower , a lofty . building crowning tho highest of a ridge of hills on the most commanding situation in or around the city , and giving on every side a visual control over the entire scene , and the whole internal ccommy and distribution of the most beautiful city in the world . Fancy Fair under the Thames . —The fancy fair in the Thames-tunnel has provid highly attractive , having lasted since Monday week , and has been attended , on the average by 9 , 000 persons daily . The amuunt received at the usual charge of one penny only , was £ 185 up ti Friday evening .

      War in Ijidia . —lherc has just been opened at the Cosmorama , in Regent-street , a series of four pictorial views , illustrative of the late military conflicts on the banks of the Sutlej , embracing the battle of Moodkee on the 18 th December , the battle of Ferozeshah on the 21 st , the night attack on the Governor-General and his staff , and the final victory after the capture of the village of Ferozeshah . Sheriff Laurie . —A public meeting was held at the London Tavern on Saturday last , for the purpose of taking into consideration the laudable exertions whioh have been made by Mr . Sheriff Laurie to establish houses of occupation for discharged prisoners , with a view to presenting that gentleman with a substantial mark of the approval of his fellowcitizens . A subscription was commenced _.

      Polish Ball . —The Annual Grand Polish Fancy and Full Dress Ball is appointed to take place at Willis's Rooms ( Afmack _' s ) , in the first week of Juno , under a numerous and distinguished patronage , and on its usual scale of splendour . Postage Stamps . —A correspondent complains that at present , and for some time past , none of the blue stamps issued for franking letters will adhere . Tue Proposed Monument to General Noit . — We have seen a model of the intended monument to be erected to the memory of the lamented General . It represents him standing , his cloak thrown carelessly over his shoulders , his right hand resting on his sword , which is unsheathed , and his left hand extended . It is intended that the figure shall be placed on a pedestal eighteen feet high , the figure being ten feet long . The design is by Mr . Davies , of London . —Carmarthen Journal .

      Tue Nebular _IiTroiiiESis . —Professor Nichol has written to the editor of the Glasgow Argvs , that the Nebular Hy pothesis is no longer tenable . The ground of Sir William Ilerscliel _' s opinion , he says , was this , that many dim spots existed in the sky whose irresolvibility could not be accounted for , without a supposed break in a line of induction that otherwise seemed continuous . The chief of these test spots was the nebula in Orion . Lord Rosse writes me : — " I think I may safely say that there can belittle , if any , doubt as to the resolvibility of the nebula . "

      Murder of the Banker Kaputas at Athens . — On the night of the 3 rd of March a horrible crime caused universal horror at Athens . The banker Kaputas , formerly chief dragoman of Marshal Maisin , was stabbed in his own house . His wife was wounded in the hand , and a nurse was stabbed mortally in the breast . The house-dog was found strangled in the yard . The brother of M . Kaputas fired a pistol ! rom the window , which brought assistance and caused the murderers to retreat . M . Kaputas was the intimate friend and banker of M . Coletti , who immediately proceeded to the spot . The funeral of M , Kaputas took place on the 5 th , and was attended by _^ ' ° Ministers , all the authorities , and nearly the whole of the population . The murderers were seized on the same day . One of them was formerly a servant in the family , and was excited by revenge for having b « en dismissed .

      Longevity of me Horse , —On Thursday , a horse in the possession of Mr . Bearding , farmer , at Farnham , died at the age of thirty-seven years . It had worked twenty-six years on the farm . Horrible Revenge . — On the Oth ultimo , a man of the name of Marouse , residing at _Patarague , in Belgium , blew up the house of his mother-in-law , by setting fire to a barrel of gunpowder , in order to revenge himself for some imagined insult from his wife and family . He succeeded in destroying himself , his mother-in-law , and one of his children , but his wife and a younger child , aged three or four years , who

      were sleeping in a small closet , received no injury . The house was reduced to a heap of ruins . Art Unions . —The bill to legalise Art Unions was read a second time on Monday night in the Ilouse of Commons , and stands for the 8 th of the present month to be committed . It provides that a charter shall be granted , or the rules and regulations sanctioned , by the Privy Council . It exempts persons from any penalties imposed by existing statutes . Linnjius . —The Frankfort Gazette des Postcs states that an unpublished work of _Linnieus has been discovered in Sweden , after having been long sought in vain . It is entitled the Nemesis Divina .

      The Potatoe Disease in Madeira , — The potatoe diseasehasdoneso much mischief in the beautiful island of Madeira , that the usual _exportation of the article had ceased , and it will even be necessary to obtain supplies from abroad . France and Italy . —It is said that the King of Sardinia has consented to the re-opening of the ancient route between France and Italy across Mount Genevre , whicli will shorten the passage across the Maratime Alps three days . Turkish Advance . —The Sultan , at the request _» f Rescind Pacha , has authorised strangers to visit the Royal Library at Constantinople , in wliich there are a great number of Turkish , Arabio , Persian , and American manuscripts . His Majesty has also ordered the establishment of a Museum , which will be open to all persons interested in the arts and sciences .

      A Greedy Brute . —A prairie snake was lately shot , in whose stomach were found eighteen swallows half digested . The reptile was found over a nest of young birds , which it was devouring , while the old ones were flying and screaming violently around it . SniPWRKOKED AND DESTITUTE Marinebs . — In Liverpool a large " home" ib being built by public subscription as a lodging-house for sailors , annexed to which will be a " refuge" for the destitute of that meritorious class . In addition to which an Act of Parliament will bo soon in force by which a homeward passage will be secured to all seamen wrecked on foreign coasts , who will be also furnhhed with the means of buying clothes . Typographical Ennons . —A Nottingham paper regrets , " that by a typographical error last week , in noticing a burglary at Mr . Ckrke's , Dutch's Yard , Newcastle-street , he was described as ' brother to Mr . Clarke , the well-known house-breaker , ' instead of horse-breaker . "

      Inbia Corn Bread . —Mr . Gibbons has been engaged for _somo time past in making numerous experiments , for the purpose of ascertaining in what proportions , aud with what qualities , of English Hour , the Indian meal may be mixed with most advantage ; and he has succeeded in producing a _yery wholesome aud palatable description of bread . The mixture of one pound of Indian flower with four pounds of English , and of one pound with three S ounds , gives very satisfactory results , the bread eing sweeter thnn that usually sold by bakers . Squaring tub Circle . —A party is Baid to have died , leaving the sum of £ 100 , 000 in trust , to the then Lord Chancellor , for the benefit of the individual who should _cloarly demonstrate the square of the circle ; the interest , until tho condition of tho will is complied with , to be paid to one of tho colleges at Cambridge , it is believed St . John's College .

      Extraordinary Despatch of Letebs and Newspapers . —On Saturday night there was so great a _despatch of letters and newspapers from the General Post Office , that the mails were detained full half an hour beyond tho usual time . Tlie glut _arcsn principally from the immense number of Sunday papers sent from the metropolitan offices to their country subscribers—the papers containing complete particulars relative to the progress of the war in India . It is a singularly interesting fact , that such h : is been the influence of railwavs upon the mode of

      sending away the bags from the Post Otlice , that , at the present time , not a single mail coach leaves the yard , tlie mails being conveyed from the office in seventeen _large-sized omnibuses or accelerators , and two mail carts . Not less than 15 ' . ) , 000 newspapers were despatched from the ollice on Saturday evening , exclusive of the district post , besides an extraordinary number of letters , both inland , _j = hip , and foreign . _BuiuronT Election . —The return of Mr . lkillic Cochrane for the borough of _Bt-idport has been petioned agaiust on the ground of bribery . France and Enuland are now within an hour and a half ' s sail oi * each o & licr—the Onyx steamer

      Goiter Coins.—The Stamford Mercury State...

      having made the voyage from Caiais to Dover , on the 10 th instant , in that time , in a trial of _sj-ccd with the rival steamer , the Princess Alice . It is believed that if the Onyx had started so as to get tiie full advantage of the tide she would have performed the voyage in even a shorter time . Joseph Pease , the Quaker . —The remains of Joseph Pease , sen ., Esq ., who died on the 16 th ult ., wore interred in the Friends' burying ground , Darlington , on the 21 st ult .. in the presence of a numerous and highly respectable company . The Iiusn Curfew . —The inhabitants of Lambeth contemplate calling a parish meeting to petition Parliament against the new Curfew Bill ; and the churchwardens have signified their willingness to call such a meeting , on a requisition being presented to them .

      Emigration to America—Within the last few days 300 persons have arrived from Hamburg , Rotterdam , and various parts of Germany , for the purpose of emigrating to the United Scales . Forty emigrants arrived at the St . Katherinc Dock Steam Packet Wharf , in the Rainbow steamer from Hambur " , for the purpose of embarking in the New York packet-ship Switzerland , which sails this day from the St . Katherino ' s Dock . Every berth in the vessel was , however , already engaged , and the poor emigrants will have to wait until the 10 th instant , when the Quebec will leave the dock for the same destination .

      Guoss Intolkbance . — A Priest ' s Ci : rse . —On Wednesday a case was tried at the Antrim assizes which excited considerable interest in that part of Ulster where the Roman Catholics have imbibed some ofthe notions of liberty of conscience of their Protestant neighbours . The plaintiff , Charles _M'Loughlin , was denounced with all the form of " bell , book , and candlelight , " for teaching the Irish Bible . The effect of this proceeding was , that he was avoided as a leper , abused , insulted , and his business ruined . Thejury gave him a verdict of £ 70 , with costs . Port Philip . —This colony is improving .

      Demolition of Anciknt Houses . —On Tuesday , the White Hart Inn , situate in Whitechapel , near _Somerset-street , the property of the Mercers' Company , was sold by auction by Mr . l'ullcn , fir the purpose of being taken down , to have some extensive building erected on its site . This inn is recorded to have existed before the reign of Henry VIII . It was condemned forty years ago , on the occasion of the flooring having given way to the weight of a coffin in which was the corpse of the _landlady . There are many remains showing the antiquity of it . There still exists the wide portico at the entrance of the inn , with seats on each side .

      O Lord !—A tenant ef Lord Frederick Campbell , being out hunting with him , plied him so thick with "My Lord , " and " Your Lordship , that , in order to get rid of him , Lord Frederick leaped over an immense high gate ; but the man followed him and exclaimed , " 0 Lord , O Lord , my lord , your lordship took a desperate leap I " Tub Double Comet . —This comet is about a degree under , and a little to the north of nu ( v ) Andromed » , with a right ascension this evening of Oh . 31 m , 45 s ., and declinatioH 30 deg . 30 min , north . It is now nearest the sun , and it is still visible to the naked eye in the absence of the moon , but faint . Horrible Death . —Mr . V . Matthews , who fellinto a vat of boiling liquor in the Marsfield | Distillery , a few days ago , and was actually boiled to death , lost his father , in 1630 , by a similar accident , in the same distillery .

      Statue of _SornocLES . —The Constiiutionnel announces that a statue of Sophocles is on its way to Paris , from Athens , whence it has been sent by the French ambassador , M . Piscatory . It is said to be one of the most remarkable antique works of art whicli have yet been deposited in the Sculpture Gallery of the Louvre , for which it is destined . Metropolitan Association for Imfrovixg me Dwellings of toe Industrious Classes , —A special general meeting of directors and shareholders in this chartered association was held on Tuesday , at their offices , 10 , Coloman-atrccfc , for the purpose of confirming the resolutions come to at the meeting held on [ the 8 th ult . at the London Tavern , for passing bye-laws , and also to elect five directors , according to the charter of incorporation , and to make a call upon the shareholders for the payment of an instalment on their respective shares .

      Troops for India . —The East India Company has advertised for tenders of ships of 500 tons burden and upwards , to be taken on Friday next , for the conveyance of 2000 troops for Calcutta , to embark at Cork , between the 27 th April and Oth May ; and also for ships to convey 1000 troops , to embark at Portsmouth between 15 th and 25 th April . A Persian Cannon . — The following inscription , in the Persian language , was on one of the guns taken at Ferozeshah . Professor Shakespear , the learned author of the Hindustani Dictionary , translates it thus : — " Like a dragon I bear in mind and on body many an old burn ( or scar ) . O ton , he on thy guard from me ; I have fire in my mouth .

      0 _Btraight-faesd ( _perhnps intending , O friendly disposed ) , the gun ( ic ) from tbe Nabob renowned , la the rectitude and fulness of heart ( valour ) of _himislf ( unequalled ) : A dragon in breath , a lion in disposition , one delighting

      war : A serpent , and n gem-possession ( serpent ) , and the ( lord ) of a treasure . " * Below tho above verses , in prose , is the following : — " The property of tho Nabob Muhammad Shujaa Bahadur Saf-darjang ( rank-breaker in battle ) , the year 11 S 2 ofthe Prophetical Ilijra . Name , Kohshikan ( mountain breaker ) . In weight 102 ( maunds ); the ballot * the size of the mouth ( of the gun ); and the powder half the weight of the ball . " Shooting wrrn Intent , & c—Red Rice , near Andover , March 30 th , 18 i 6 . —Final examination and committal of Shurmur , Winchester , to take his trial on the capital charge , took place today . Breariy attended and gavo evidence . Mr . Messing , Shurmur ' s counsel , applied to have him admitted to bail , which the magistrates instantly refused .

      Cis * wns m Trvs ?—James Jams , a man 75 years old , an inmate of the _Barrow-upon-Soar Unionhouse , was eharged with refusing to work at pumping water , & e ., for whieh the medical officer had certified that he was able . He had been put on " refractory diet" for refusing to pump , but still refused , and the board bad , therefore , instructed the present process to be taken . The old man said the work had done him harm . —Committed to the Ilouse of Correction to hard labour for twenty-one days . — -Leicester Mercury . Early Closiko Movement . —A meeting of the Metropolitan Drapers' Association , established to effect a general early closing of shops in all trades , was held on Monday evening , at the Park Chapel Infant School-room , Chelsea .

      A Mistake . —On Tuesday nftemeon a detachment of the provisional battalion left Chatham Barracks for ball practice firing at Upnor . While practising , Sergeant James M'Callion , of the 18 th Royal Irish , ono of the sergeants in charge , advanced a few paces for the purpose of examining the penetration of the bullets that had passed through , when one of the privates in the line , whose musket was loaded , fired off his piece , and the ball striking the sergeant , he instantly fell as if dead . On being raised , it was found that the ball had passed through the fleshy part of the left arm , and entered the side , and came out under the shoulder blade , and passed through the pouch-belt . It appears that the private aimed at the target , but shot the sergeant .

      A Lamentable Accident happened a few evenings ago on the road between Valonges and Pont-ii-la « Veille ( Manchc ) . The wife of the brother of Lieut .- General Mesliu was going home to Brix in a one- < horse carriage with her husband , when he got out , _, and she * waited for him . The animal , however , , wanted to go on , and , on her pulling him in , bceanie restive , swerved to the edge of the road , and over- threw the carriage into a field , several yards below , _, and , as she fell underneath , she was crushed to death _t instantaneously .

      _FUNI-UAL OF THB LATE MR . JOHN _LlSTON ' . —Oil 1 Monday morning , at a quarter before ten , the re- - mains of this celebrated comedian were consigned to o _oarth iii the Cemetery at Kensal-grcen . The funeral tl was private , and consisted of a hearse and three » mourning coaches . In the first carriage were — - Durrant , Esq ., Charles Taylor , Esq ., Charles us Kemble , Esq ., It . _PJanche , Esq ., and Captain in Liston , only son of the deceased artist ; the other , es carriages were occupied by private aud other profes- ( S sional friends . Mr . Liston's age was seventy last st

      August ; and it is not unworthy of remark , that ho lieexpired on the anniversary of his wedding-day , the he the , 22 nd March . Tho last dramatic exhibition he he ever witnessed was the representation of " llomeo _, eo and Juliet" at the Ilaviuarkct Theatre some weeks _iks since , by the Miss Cushman ' s , and the day following Tng he sent to Mr . Buckstone his manuscript sermon , as as ; delivered by him in the character of Mawworm , in in i the comedy of "The Hypocrite , " before the late ate _» George IV ., with the shoe-buckles he was accustomed tied I to wear in the part . The executors , it is _under-ler--stood , are — _Diimtufcaiid diaries Taylor , _fisiirs .

      SurposED Murder at Birmingham . — Fridayday * Evening . —At the public office , this morning , threeireea men , named Sanders , _Freetli , and Hccley , _wercrerco brought before the sitting magistrates , on _S'ispicioiicioiiii of being connected with the death of a man naniedniedd Edwards , a lock-keeper , living in Caroliiic-street _,-eefcI l ; supposed to have been murdered . Air . Stevens , su _> , su _> i _> perintendent of _polii-e , said , on Thursday morningningg last tlie body of a matt was found near a lock in tha thei ? b _' azcley Canal , about a mile from lVmnim-ham , _witbwitfcl a deep gash across his face , and a number of _bruisesuisesK on his bodv . In consequence of information whicbhicM he received he caused the above parties to be _appi-copi-Mliciided , thev being seen in company with _deceiiseujiised _, _;! , and quarrelling with him the night beiore . Ihc lhcic magistrates ordered tho prisoners to bo kept rot rou custody . * A serpent is believed to hour a most valuable gem _ircin _irii his head , and to be the guardian » f " -ensure .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 4, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04041846/page/3/