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TLIE CONNOISSEUR.—Maucii. London: E. Mac...
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Mabch 14, 1846. The Northern Star. S
Mabch 14 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . s
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Beauties Of Byroji So. Xss1u.
BEAUTIES OF BYROJi SO . XSS 1 U .
" LAM . " This tale is not a favourite of ours , althongli it eontains several passages of great beauty . We confine ourselves to the foUowing extract : —
TUB _ttlilXG . Tfitlnn that land was mauy a malcontent , ¦ Who cursed the tyranny to which he bent ; The soil full many a wringing despot saw , _TVTio work'd his wantonness in form ef law ; Long war without and frequent broil within Had made a path for blood and giant sin , That wanted but a signal to begin Xew havoc , such as civU discord blends , "Whicli knows no neuter , owns but foes or friends ; PixM in his feudal fortress each was lord , In word and deed obey'd , in soul abhorr'd . Thus Lara had inherited his lands , And with them pining hearts aad sluggish hands But that long absence from his native clime Had left him stainless of oppression ' s crime , And now diverted by his niiJder sway , All dread by slow degrees had worn away .
And though his lonely habits threw of late Gloom o ' er his chamber , cheerful was his gate ; Tor thence th * wretched ne ' er uusoothed withdrew , For them , at least , his soul compassion knew . Gold to die great , contemptuous to the hi gh , The humble pass'd not his unheeding eye ; "Much he would speak not , but beneath his roof They found asylum oft , and ne ' er reproof . * * # * From hint by sterner chiefs to exile driven They but required a shelter , and ' twas given . By him no peasaut _mouni'd his rifled cot , And scarce the serf could murmur o ' er his lot ; With Iran old avarice found its hoard secure , "With him contempt forbore to nioch the pour .
All now was ripe , he waits but to proclaim That slavery nothing which was still a name . The moment came , the hour when Otho thought Secure at last the vengeance which he sought : His summons found the destined criminal _Btrgirtbythousautlsinhisswaruiinshall , Fresh fromitheir feuda : fetters newly riven , Defying earth , and confident of heaven . That morning he had freed the soil-bound slaves "Who dig no land for tyrants _fctit their graves . '
Sosgs For The People. So. Ix. Ix Vocatio...
_SOSGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . IX . IX VOCATION _TOrOLASD . "Raise , Poland J—the dark clouds are breaking , The hearts of thy tyrants are quaking , Souse up from thy slumber , thou down-trodden land , Long , long hast thou beat to the death-dealing brand ; Heart-broken by tumult , and torn with dismay , Thou hast fawned on tbe spoiler who made thee his prey ; But the Pates are proclaiming , " thou liv'st in a time When submission is treason aad patience a crime I " Tir disc Has bu : darkened , thy sun was nor set , "for _"bright years of glory are _stored for thee yet . Dad the nations ef Europe forgot
thee—From the roll of their uames would they blot thee Or dream'd they the ardour which fired their souls Had melted away rrotn the breasts of the Poles ? Ah . * thought they the monster , unchecked and unchained , _TVeuld pause , when the end of thy freedom was gained ; Shall vengeance awake , shall your anger drive forth To their deserts the pestilent _tieuds of the . North , Or twine , withyour necks ' neath the conqueror ' s car , Wreaths of laurel to biudrouud the brows of the Czar 1 Be the mists of delusiveness vanished ' 01 think of your patriots banished : Remember the groaning , the sweat , and the tears , "Wrung iroui them by despots , through wearisome years ! Siberia will tell how _ner solitudes wild ,
Rung dread with the _wailings of parent and child—How sweet recollections their bosoms would swell , And the pearly tear-drop would freeze as it fell . KosEiusku ' s great spirit ! complains that the thrones Of your foes have been reared on your forefathers ' bones , That the turrets ot Warsaw , the Vistula ' s waves , Were nor lashioned for sounding the meanings of slaves . But the magic of thrones is declining , The brightness of _nuiii-hood is shining : The crown lrom the mitre is rending asunder , While bigotry , helplessly gazes in wonder ; Truth ' s seeds , lightly sown on Time ' s swift-rolling blast , DispeHeth tbe dogmas that darkened the past , Aud Liberty ' s breathings a radiance flings , That scorns to-be _chvssnd with the tinsel of kings ; "While the patriot ' s besom impulsively throbs
Contempt 2 _or the _gewgaw * of sceptres and robes . The dungeon , the _scourge , aud the scaffold—The hopes of your ancestors baffled I Have their principles died , is their _luera ' ry less dear , Or starts less spontaneous the fast falling- tear , Thonjjh the _ireeinan 1 « clutched " by the taUmo Of power , And the blindness of fury its tempeits may shower ; Though his name aud his deeds o'er the broad earth be borne , As a mark of contempt and a by-word of scorn ; _Thoush torture may cbttl the warm blood in his veins , And his voice may be drowned in the clank of his chains ; Though reason in madness convulsively swims , And the iron rust keen iu his festering limbs ; Though the cheers of a rabble his presence may greet "When his mangled heart ' s _crush'droa the blood-crimsou'd
, Still the truths which he uttered imperishing pleads , And hallow hLsinem ' ry , his name , and his deeds . Tame springs from his ashes , and nation aud shore Contend for the name which they trampled before . The reign of oppression and terror suall cease—Han welcomes to earth the dominion of peace ; Fair Justice reverse ' s the despot ' s decree , And Poland rings sweetly the songs of then-eel Dunstable . Edwabb Decsab .
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Douglas Jerrold's Magazine.—Maech. Londo...
DOUGLAS _JERROLD'S MAGAZINE . —Maech . London : 1 ' mick Oflice , So , Fleet-street . This is not a very brilliant number of the Shilling Magazine ; the editor is again _absent , and the want of " St . Giles and St . James , " and the " Hedgehog Letters , " is not supplied by anything at all approach ing to their merits . The best article in the _number is •* A Plea for our Climate , " by Ascis Reach , in -which the writer manfully contends that the muchabused , much-belied , long-enduring climate of
England , is one of the best , if not the very best , in the world . We confess we were not prepared to Lear this maintained ; but we must also confess , that we think Mr . Reach bas made out Ms case , and in support thereof adduced arguments which the most euthusi .. stic admirers of " indigo-coloured skies , " blazing suus , and brilliant moons , may knock their _lteadsagauutfor a long time before they will be able to controvert them . We must confess ourselves pretty nearly converted ; at feast , we may go tie length of saying with the poet : —
England , with all thy faults , I love thee still "AfewgoodAetors wanted , " conveys some good _ivleaaof what acting should be , but unfortunately isnot . "A History for _"Soung England" details a portion of tbe history of the reign ot the infamous Johx . As _IL-net VLLL . changed the religion of the country from Catholic to _rwtestant , sa it appears Lis predecessor . Jobs , when excommunicated by tbe Pope , aud _tlireatened with a French _invasion under Fmur , would , to save himself , aud glut Ms thirst for vengeance , have handed over England to the faith and domination of tlie followers ol Mohammed : —
"What course his terrors took might seem a hgment of Tomauce , but that Matthew of Pans vouches so gravely £ ir it , * a < * f ires _sueli grave _authority . Prom the land he had governed no _un-chrSsrianly , he turned to tlie "Mohammedan Emir who had just then conquered Spain , and whose genius and prowess threatened to extirpate the _religion of Christ from the whole of the south of Europe . He entrusted to tiro of his creatures , Thomas Hardingtou and Kalph Fitz-Xichohis _, and to a priestnamed Bobert of London , amission to this eastern warrior ; and : Ifobert of London afterwards described its result to thei
old historia . u . He said that the palace of the Hour was a strange and wonderous place ; and tbat the splendid yet uncouth shapes they sa < r on passing through its endless halls and _galleries , moved their extreme amazement . At last they stood before the Emir , _Mohauiniedal-Xassir , amanofgravelookand middle stature , who , throughout the interview , kept his eyes fixed upon a book which lay open before him . After all due reverence , the letter of John was presented , translated by au interpreter , and found to contain , on certain , _conuinonfcof general Support and help for private vengeance , _adS _^ _erto bol d the Enilkli crown as ihe Emir ' s Tassal , anawrpromise to embrace the _Mohanisaedau faith . The Emir showed no
emotion in listening to it , but at its close quietly put a number of what seem to have been very practical questions tu the _eouvuys , couceruiug the strength aud population of England , aud the character and prospects of John ; and then , with unmeaning expressions of friendship , dismissed tlie embassy . But as _thi-v retired , he vailed" back bobert of London , and , as tLat sober _clergyma n assured his friend "Matthew of Paris , adjured Idi .., - by his respect for the Christum faith , " to say what kind « f man Ids « ia « er was . Hubert could not resist tbe appeal : he said he was a tyrant , and would soon he deposed by his subjtcts . _iN ' othmg more was heard ofthe Emir .
There are _j-everal other readable articles in this number . In one entitled "The Press and the People , " by Mrs . Lejiax _Cjuies , in which the writer briefly .-. Retches the _progress of newspaper literature ii-Ma _' the reigu of El ' zal _«* tii ( in widen lie first newspaper was published , entitled the " Euglidi Mcr-* wic , " to the present time , the writer remarks : — " Stall we not rejoice that these days of ignorance are past ? # * # Itis _^ _uoWjfiUi'J yaracebetrieo fl
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the classes ; and I fancy that the energetic sons of the people , such as can write ' Tlie SuieideVPiir « atory , ' and ' The Baron ' s Yule , ' with the few hours that they wring from toil , or snatch from _vest will outrun the college-taught and _castle-shcltcred ' sons of fortune . "
Tue Almanack Of The Month. ~Mancn London...
TUE ALMANACK OF THE MONTH . ~ MAncn London : Punch _OfKee , 85 , Fleet-street The " Abuse of ilie Month" is well and deservedly _castigated in this number ; that " abuse" we liardlv need say is " the plague of the tongues , " of which St . Stephen ' s has been , and , we regret to add is likely to be the scene . " The Cockney Mariner" is a capital _burlesime of Coleridge ' s Ancient Mariner The " fashionable "Novel , in Three Chapters , " ia no burlesque ; it is the real thing , differing only from the _ia-shionable norels in one respect—that being , in three _cliapters it is readable , while the usual fashionable novels _beiuff in three volumes , are perfectly
unreadable . " Reduced to Extremities" is not a bad tale , and possibly not very unlike the truth . "Political Maxims * « . la Rochefoucauld" are capital , as lor instiVHce;— " Everything is allowed in office , except leaving it . Therais no steeple-chase in the world like a vacant bishopric . Half the secret in holding office is w > hold your tongue . Certatu members do not study speaking so much for its use as its abuses . Speeches are an unnecessary evil . Why not divide first , and talk afterwards ? " The whole ot the contents are excellent . Tlie wit of the editor and his associates , supported by Doyle ' s mirthexcitius illustrations , make this publication the best sixpenny-worth of fun extant .
Punch. Part Lvi. London: 85, Fleet-Stree...
PUNCH . Part LVI . London : 85 , Fleet-street . In this month ' s part we have the conclusion ofthe laughter-exciting '' Diary" ofthe famed "Jeamesof Buckley Square . " We are sorry to part with the worthy * fellow ; we " could have better spared a better ' iuan . " The best of this month's illustrations is Peel as "The political r _« 7 i / Stowboy nursing Cobden ' s baby ( Free Trade ) . Tilly fLoqJ : — " Did . s its Dukes of lticbmonds says its was a humbugs V Two new series of papers are commenced in this part—" Mrs . Bib ' s liaby , " and " ihe Snobs of England ; " both of which give promise of racy entertainment .
Tlie Connoisseur.—Maucii. London: E. Mac...
TLIE CONNOISSEUR . —Maucii . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . The claims of this " Record ofthe linearis , musio , and the drama , " on public support continue undiminished , or rather , _tnontu by month , increase . The articles are uuexecptionably clever and unflinchingly honest , and the illustrations are exquisite ; each number is excellently printed , and altogether admirably got up . As a continuation of the gallery ot great painters given in this publication , we have this month a lithographic portrait of _Tirux _, copied from a painting by himself . It is enough to lay , that this lithograph is every way worthy of Mr . Maguire . The articles are briefer than usual , and more varied " Self-appreciation in . Art" is the title ofthe opening
essay , which , for the very useful lesson it inculcates , we recommend , not only to tlie class to which it is specially addressed , but also to readers in general The article " On the study of Singing , " contains information of interest to thousands , and of the first importance to those individuals who aspire to popularity and profit ; by tuning their voices to the service of melody . " The Drama" is a severe , but necessary and wholesome criticism on theatricals as at present conducted , which we trust will be productive of some good effect . That the drama is in a fallen state through the degeneracy of actors and the corruption ofthe public taste , is beyond dispute . It may seem ridiculous to believe that such articles ns the one under notice can promote a reform of the drama ; nevertheless , we have faith that it may- be
so : — "Words are things , and a small drop of ink , Falling like dew upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . "We have read with much interest the article on " The model of the Parthenon , " in the British Museum ; " Criticisms on tlie Exhibition of Paintings" at the British Institution ; " the opera of "Don % uixote ; " and a valuable tetter on " Pictorial Church Decorations , " by J . B . Brown , find a place iu this number . From the " Miscellaneous" notices we learn that" A youug girl , named _Ru-iutta _Meku , only six years old , born blind at Lucca , has been lately _astonishing the good people of _IJiwne . She composes music and plays the pianoforte with a feeling and force surpassing all imagination ; she plays the most difficult works of the first masters having only heard them once or twice . She will shortlvgo to Paris . "
The People's Journal. Part Ii.—London: I...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part II . —London : i Published at the Artisan Office , Wellington-street North , _Strav . d . Although we very recently noticed this publication , we return to it with pleasure , that we may bear witness to its continued and increasing merits . The second monthly Part is now before us , and , so far from seeing any reason to modify oar good word , we see good reason to repeat the approbation before expressed . The lectures by Mr , _Fuxon " live Political Morality of _Shakspeare ' s Plays , " " Taxation , " " Theory and Practice , " and " English Wars—their cautes , costs , and consequences , " are excellent , and should be read by all , particularly the two ou " Taxation , " and "English Wars ; " those two should be
read by every one who ' pays taxes—and who is not taxed in this favoured land ? We notice a new contributor in the Part before us , one whose name is " a tower of strength , " a name respected and honoured throughout Europe , the name of a patriot and champion ofthe rights of mankind—Joseph _Mazzisi , the Italian exile . Mr . Mazzksi commences in the ninth number a biographical gallery of " The Martyrs for Italian Liberty ; " the subjects of his first article bein » the murdered and martyred brothers Attilio and _Emilio Baxmeka . Their history is a sad but not inglorious one . They have set an example " m their devotion to principle , and contempt of death , which thousands of their noble countrymen win " , when the hour arrives , not pause to
imitate—And add to theirs a name of fear , "Which tyranny shall quake to hear . "We "have not toom this week , but on a future occasion we purpose to extract from Mr . Mazziki ' s article . In " Snatches from our old Literature , " contributed by the Editor , we have a famous ballad of " ltobyn flode , " which cannot fail to _delight the lovers of old English poetry , and the admirers of the g lorious Saxon freebooter . We must not omit to notice some charming poetry by Mmix Howjit , entitled " Lyrics of Life . " We would gladly transfer a specimen to our columns , but want of room forbids . There are two or three good articles from the peu of William Howitt , expressing sentiments , and enunciating principles which do honour to both the head and heart of the writer . In saying this , be it understood that we do not coincide with all his ideas , nor adopt all his views , hut their general tenor commands OHr _* ympatby and approvaL Here is a word on
FREE TRADE AND _IMFAST SLAVEBT , In ISIS I was reading the Times _neivspaper in the public neivs-room at Heidelberg , in Germany . What was the great subject ? Ihe horrors just brought to light hy the parliamentary inquiry into the state of the people , and especially of women and children in the coal-mines , the _factories , and workshops of England . AU those horrors in which delicate women and little children figured , half naked , bearing huge burdeus in the bowels of the earth , in dampi , in darkness , in _running water , where they stood whole days ; of—but enough . I ceased to read—my heart seemed to collapse , ray brain was in a whirl—I was actually sick . I walked outinto the air . It tvas bright nooa , tlie bright , clear joyous noon of flic south of Germany—aud at this moment out burst from the public schools for the working classes , hundreds I and thousands of little boys and girls , released to their twelve o ' clock dinners , and alt healthy , happy , merry and
shouting , as if they had five times too much pleasure in them for their need . But what a contrast ! Proud England , rich _England , nughty and free England , grindingits children to death in mines and mills , iu subter ranean darkness and nakedness , and poor and despotic Germany guarding its children till the twelfth year , and giving them all an education I And this still goes ou ! the child-murder ofthe mills goes on , and mon calling themselves liberals and philanthropists applaud it , aud calf it free trade ! Good God ! free trade iu the sitietrs and lives of tender children of tight years old ! Littlo cliildren _pitched against the Juggernaut of steam , and tliose who denounce this immolation of manufacturing mammon to be sneered at for the cant of humanity ! The most hideous of all cants is the cant of cruelty . Free trade , forsooth , in the live * and happiness of children ! — - 'lis a rile abuse of terms . Trade is trade only when it deals in legitimate articles ; beyond that it is making far too free , it is then free outrage .
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the car of the ace . it is a new cry j it is a voice almost of this century —tbat of all for the people , and not for a class . It i » tingreat and magnificent truth , that it is tlie whole of man . Und which are made for each other , and not the multitude for a few , that is now heard ou all hands ; that is the distinguishing maxim of thephilosophy of the day . These extracts , though brief , sufficiently indicate the spirit of Mr . Ilowin ' _s writings . Mr . II . is not always a safe politician , but our old pupils will not be slow to detect the short-comings and errors which they will find occasionally marring his productions _^ As a politician , Mr . _IIowiit is yet as much a learner as a teacher , but lie appears ' to be admirably progressing with his lessons , and , if we mistake not , will become ere loug oue of the most thoroughly democratic champions of the people . The " Annals of Industry , " the " Illustrations , " Ac , claim a word of commendation . We again heartily recommend this publication to our readers .
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• "Bemj n\—The carnival closed on the 2 M nit . at DerJin with a grand masked ball , given bv the king . at ihc palace to 1 , 100 guests . Amongst ; hem were , all the scientific men of note and the artists of cele-, _briiy iu that city . Several members of the royal j family appeared iu character .
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Durham , Thursday . _SlASJiAi-GHTE't . —Robert L _' arron , Joseph Dixon , and William Dixon , all very young men , were indicted for the wilful murder of George Middleton , at _Cliester-le-Streat . The quarrel in which deceased lost his life took place in an ale house , although there was some evidence of . a pre . rious disposition on the part of the prison ers to fix a quarrel upou the deceased .. After some insulting language blows were struck hy all the _prisouors , and espedally one with a poker , by Joseph Dixon , which after a few days caused his death . Tlie jury returned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter 3 gainst the three prisoners . Sentence was deferred . CIIIL 11 _MURDBU . _FmnAv .
Margaret Stoker was placed at the bar , charged with the wilful murder of Hannah Stoker , her own ehild , on the 24 th November last . Ou being arraigned she pleaded not guilty in a loud and anxious tone of voice . She is a simple country-looking girl , 23 year * of age . —Mr . Monteitu stated the circumstances of the case at some _lcngtli . —3 _» ne _Sisheu , examiued - . I live at Shotton col . liery . 1 remember Sunday , the i ' iird _November last . On that day I was on the road to Old Shotton , between two and three o'clock in the afternoon . She had her child with her then . 1 asked her where she was going to , and she said she could not tell exactl y where she was going to . The prisoner was then going in tlie direction of Broomside . —Cross-examined by Serjeant TVilkiris : When I saw her , her cjes loueii in her head . She had altogether a wild , frantic look . She looked very hard at the child , but did not fondle over it . I know Charles Davison when I see him , but not particularly . She swore tlie child to him > before tho _magistrates . I
think he is a pitman . He neglected paying for the child . The prisoner ' s father is bed-ridden , and has been for years . _Shs has a step-mother . — Isabella Davison : I am the wife of ltobcrt Davison , who keeps the Bird-iu-Bush public-house . On Sunday , the 23 rd November last , Margaret Stoker came to our home , between six aud seren o ' clock at night . She came in and stood by the iire-sids . I asked where she had been , and she said she had been living at Shotton , and was going to her father ' s ,-at Broomsirie . The prisoner had not a child with her then . I saw her again between eight and nine next morning , when I was called out of our liouro . The prisoner had not the child with her theu . She said a woman had put her ehild into the beck . She appeared distressed , and cried much . 1 want to the burn side with her and lifted the child out . It was quite dead . I told the prisoner to lift up the child'and bring it , and she brought it to our house , Prisonor said she was beat with the child . —it was too muchfov her . The same afternoon she told me she had tossed it into the beck herself .
I said if she had brought it into roy house I would have given it a meal of meat and a night ' s lodgings . She said she had done it for the best , and it had turned out the worst . I asked if the child had cried when she tossed it ill , and she said she did not stop to hear . She appeared very much distressed , and cried bitterly . She did not tell me the child was her own . She said that she had been at all the parishes for relief , aud none of them would g ive her anything . I said nothing in reply to that . 1 asked her why she had not gone into the workhouse . Tbe child had the same clothes on when taken out of the beck as when it was examined by ths surgeon . — Daniel M' £ _weu : I am a _superintendent of the rural police . I have got some child ' s clothes here , ( Produced . ) On the afternoon of the 21 th of November 1
was sent for to the Dird-in-Busli public-house . I saw the prisoner and took her into custody . I told her some suspicion attached to her as having caused the death of the child which was found in tlie beck . I cautioned her against saving anything that would criminate hcrs « _it . Shortly afterwards I inquired it' there was any circumstance she wished me to inquire into that might bo _favourable to herself . Shu said , '' No , there was no one but myself . " * She appeared much distressed , and cried very much . I took her to Durham gaol . On going down Gilcsgate , she said , " Oh , sir , I hope they'll be canny with me , as it is the first thing I ever did . " She asked me what I thought would be done to her ? I said I could not give any opinion . I got the clothes , with the exception ot' a shawl , from Sir . Shaw ,
_SWgeon . 1 ) W > Shawl 1 found in a brook near Davison ' s public-house . That is ths statement she made before the coroner . It was read over to her , and I saw her make her mark to it . ( The depurition ofthe _prisoner wns here read . It was to this effect : — " I was coming home from my place , and going to my father ' s , and 1 was going over a beck , and I was very much in trouble , and 1 did not know what I was to do with the child , as I had no wages to keep it . I put it into the beck , and I went to my father's , and he asked me where die child was , and J couid not tell . He said I must go back and see ; so 1 came out at seven in the morning to _set-k it . I camt along by the-bnru side , and I saw my child lying in tho burn , aud I could not take it out myself , and I asked a woman to take it out for me , and when she took it out , 1
fetched it to the stable . I went before the magistrates to swear tlie child ; and I wanted to go into ihe poorhouse , and they would not let me go ; and I could get nothing to keep it ou , I was fairly urged and famished to _jtio this , I was in a great deal of trouble when I did this . I bad no place to go to ; aud I was knocked from dog to devil . I had been paying 2 s . a-week for my bairn , and I had only 2 s . _id . a week myself , }—cross-examined : I searched _tn «> prisoner , and found a half-penny upon her , and a thimble , and a piece of net . ( Mr . _Wilkins ashed to look at the clothes . They were no better than a bundle of rags . ) After the inquest , she asked to _sse the body of herchild . She saw it ; aud she said , "My canny , canny bairn , what made me du this- to you 1 Many a wirary foot we ' ve
wandered . " Shu embraced and kissed the child ; and 1 luid some difficulty , in getting her away from the body . She also said her stepmother had not been good to her . — Mr . Serjeant Wilkins addressed the jury for the prisoner . —Mr . Justice Pattcson having summed up , tbe Jury _vetivii for about ton minutes , and then pronounced the _tbllowinjf verdict : — " Guilty , " Out with the strongest and most em-nest recommendation to your lordship ' s mercy . —The learned Judge ( without assuming the black cap ) then passed sentence in the following terms : — _Margaret Stoker , you haie been convicted of the offence of murder . The gentlemen of the jury have considered all tlie circumstances of the case . —Prisoner : Will you allow me to speak ?—The Judge : If you wish to say anything , yoa certainly shall be heard ; but I don't see how
you can possibly alter the circumstances and facts of the case . It is quite clear that you are the person who did actually throw into the water , and drown , and destroy this child . I do not say you did it from any ill-feeling towards the child itself , because you appear to have been affectionate and kind to the child , so far as we can judge ; and certainly , from your conduct at the time of the inquest on the body , I believe you were distressed at what had taken place , and would have given _anything you could that it had not occurred . I dare Say you would not have injured or hurt its finger , willingly , and , indeed , upon any account ; hut still , not being able to maintain the child—having no means of supporting it , you seem to have considered that the best thing that you could do was to send tbe child out of this
world . Now , really , unless you were at the time in a state of positive frenzy , and did not know what you were about , it is impossible that the laws of the country can pass over an ottence of this sort . The geutl « men of the jury are satisfied—as everybody who has heard your case must be satisfied—that although you were distressedindeed , in a state of deep distress of mind , yet , at the same time , you knew perfectly well what you were doing , and that your intention really was to drown the child , thinking it was perhaps the best thing for it , It may be that you thought so ; still the otfence is , in the eye of tbe law , the offence of murder ; and it is my duty to pass tbe sentence of the law upon you for that offence . The gentlemen of thejury have recommended you strongly to mercy—very strongly . 1 am very desirous to attend to
their recommendation ; and I shall give this case the most anxious and painful consideration , in order that 1 may see whether it be possible that I can , consistently with the due administration of justice , recommed to her Majesty that your life should be spared . I do not _sny tbai it may not ; neither do I positively say , at this time , that it will ; because it must dgpend upon a good deal of consideration how far it will be possible that it should be done . You see how one step in sin leads to another . Tou see how yielding to this man—if it be the first time that you did yield—how the consequence of having a child bom which yoa could not support , _llHS led _j'OU to the commission of tills sad offence , 1 am quite sure that there hardly ever occurred any case so painfulcertainty none that I recolluct—as this case is to my
feelings , as it must be to those of every other person concerned . Uut , at the same time , I hare a duty to perform which I must do ; namely , to pass upon you tbat sentence which the law provides for the crime of murder ; telling you , at the same time , as 1 have already done , that I shall anxiously consider whether it may not be possible , after all , that tbat sentence may not be carried into effect , but your life bespared . Hut if it please her Majesty to spare your life upon ray recommendation , —which 1 don ' t say , because I cannot , without consideration , —it certainly cannot be , tiicn , except upon very severe punishment . For it would be a sad and mischievous thing if it should go abroad aud be thought generally that any person who
happened to be in great distress , aud who might not » C able to maintain one or more of his or her children , might put that child out of the world , and not bo called to a fearful account for it . The sentence of the law that I am now about to pass is , that you be taken hence to the place from whence you came , and thence to a place of exc cution ; that you be hanged by the neck until you arc dead ; and that your body be ' afterwards buried iu the precincts ofthe prison in which youareconfined . And may Almighty God have mercy on your soul!—The prisoner shrieked aloud , aud was otherwise greatly _aiVt-cted on receiving this sentence . Throug hout the proceedings there was scarcely a dry eye in court .
SiTOIIDAV . Sentences . —Joseph Dixon , Wm . Dixon , and Kobei Barron , who were found guilty of manslaughter of Jaun Davison , on Thursday , were brought up and _sentence Joseph Dixon tube transported for twenty years , _WilliiM Dixon to be transported for ten years , and Robert Dai ron to one year ' s imprisonment and hard labour . Violet CraiYfurd , Who Was IrUd at the last assize : before Mr . Baron llolfe , upon the horrible charge 1 having thrown boiling water into her husband's ear , » n found Guilty , was brought up for judgment Mr . Dare Rolfe was doubtful whether the facts were such as t come within the words of the statute . The judges wei of opinion that they were , awl _& r , Justice Pattcson no
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pronounced t he judgment ofthe Court , and which Mr _ilaronltoJtc . hau recommended—namely , two years ' imprisoument , win , hard labour ; the last three weeks to be _pussod m solitary coiilhienient , and the switence to take clhxttroui the las ' , assizc . _i . _1- lie Court dhl not rise until half _^ st toll o ' clock , when the business w as concluded . _AiMSRU'lV , I ' MuAY . MURDER . Francis Pleet was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Kay , at Dunton , in this county , by administering to her two drachms of corrosive sublimate on the 26 th of June last . From the testimony of the various witnesses examined in support of this most serious charge , it appeared that the prisoner and the deceased were fellow
s . rvants at Dunton , the former being the shepherd and _thn hut . r the only female attendant of a Mr . Duncombe , a farmer iu that village . For some _tiniu before thu date uf this transaction it had become known to their fellow servants that an illicit connexion had sprung up between these parties , audit was suspected that the deceased was in the family way b > him . On the 20 th of J une the prisoner was working With some other men in tho rivkyard till one o ' clock , when he went into the house , » s he said , to get some bread and cheese from " the gal . " In a few minutes , however , he returned , and calling one of the labourers to him , told him that " the gal" was taken ill , and asked him to go in while he went for assistance . On going into the kitchen , tlte poor creature was discovered iu great agony , vomiting dreadfully , and complaining of
a burnioi' sensation in her throat and stomach . For _soittcdajs slui continued to suffer much , ulcers having appeared in her mouth and on her tongue , and during all that time the prisoner evinced great Anxiety 011 her account , making frequent inquiries after her condition . On one of these occasions , he was taxed with having g iven her " some stuff , " when he replied that "he had not compelled her to take it . " On the 9 th of July the deceased was removed to thy _Wiuslow Union in a gig , and soon after that exertion she grew rapidly worse , till oue of the ulcers broke , and she died of exhaustion , During her illness the prisoner was taken into custody , and she made a deposition before a magistrate in his presence , from which it appeared that on ids coming into the kitchen on the _SGth of June , he had put some wHte
powder into a glass of water and told her to drink it on , declaring that he would not leave the house till she did so . This she declined to do at first , but being at last persuaded by him she swallowed it , aud on the instant wns attacked with the sickness and pains which had been deposed to by the other _witnesjus , and were attributed by medical testimony tohcr having taken a quantity of white mercury , or corrosive sublimate . Tim deceased also swore that she was then two months advanced in the family way by the prisoner , who knew that fact , and had on a previous occasion caused her to take something to do away with the child , but without effect . In addition to this , she stated that thu prisoner had some more of the same stutf by him , and on , being searched , u rag was found in his pocket , containing a small quantity Of cor . rosive sublimate , an article which appeared to have been
kept on the farm for the purpose of application to the sheep under the prisoner ' s care , Mr . Power having addressed thejury , his lordship summed up the cast-to them with great care and perspicuity . The jury then retired to consider their K"dict , and ultimately found that the prisoner had administered the poison to the deceased to procure abortion , and thatshehad died inconsequence thereof ; 011 which a verdict of Guilty was recorded . Mr . Baron Parke then put on the black cap , and proceeded to passth * awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner ; after which tlte jury begged to recommend him to mercy , as in their opinion he hud not _coiitcmpl _.-ited any injury 10 the deceased . His lordship then intimated to him that he should take care that the recommendation of the jury should be conveyed to the proper quarter , though he could not take upon himself to hold out any prospect of mercy iu this world .
WlNClIESTKK , SaTUKDAV , Charge of _Cuito Mobbbs . — Charlotte Elizabeth Thornton , aged Tl , wife of Thuuias Thornton , was indicted for the wilful murder of her male infant child . The prisoner was an interesting and rather respectably dressed young woman . When first put to the bar she appeared not aware of her situation , but during the opening speech she wept bitterly . It appeared that the prisoner had recently been married , and in about five weeks after Iter marriage she gave birth to a child . The husband not having been aware other stare before their marriage , this circumstance caused unhappiness and misery between them , and she left her husband's house the day alter her confinement . They then lived iu London . The prisoner set out with her child for the country on Thursday ,
forlorn and sad , _intending to go to her friends . She reached iSewbui'V . Shu had then n bundle with her , aad a child was heard to cry . Ou Friday the prisoner was apprehended , and she theu said the child was iu a pond , and she took the officer at ni _|; ht to a large pond near Woodhay . They tried to hud the child , but did not succeed ; it was eleven o ' clock at night . A man was placed to watch the pond , and thu uext morning , . il ' ter dragging the pond for some hours , the body of a child was found . It was a very deep poud . The prisoner was thai taken to Newbury gaol . She was faint and ill . The matron of the gaol put her to bed , aiid made her comfortable , and sat up all night with her . She stated to the matron that she had been married only five weeks ; that as soon as she was
conlined her husband said he was not going to submit to thut disgrace , and she must quit his ll 0 U . SC , _SilO Said , that in order to save her baby she determined to risk her own life . She came by train to Heading , and then started to walk to _Sewhury ; that her baby was wrapped up in two shawls . After _proceeding some distance , she thought the child was dead ; she opened the shawls and found her baby bad ceased 10 breathe ; that it had such an effect upon her that she fainted away ; it was then light . When she came to her senses it was dark . She wrapped up the child and proceeded on her journey , but being timid , ami not knowing what to do with the body , she placed it in the pond , liy the desire uf thu prisoner
the gaoler wrote a letter to her husband ; it was read over to her , and she then signed it , "d ' hen the child was found the eyes were closed ; the pupils were dilated ; tht skin was pale ; and thu umbilical cord was not tied , Thero was frothy mucus _aboutjthc mouth und nostrils . The lungs were very congested . The right side of tht heart was filled with blood . In the opinion of the medical men there was no specific murks of drowning ; but from all tha appearances ou the body put _together n was the opinion of thu medical men that this child had died by drowning ; but still the death might have been from other causes . —The learned Judge theu at _onca stopped the case , aud ordered au Acquittal ,
Oxfoud , Satuuoav . Charge of _SlAssuuauTEK against a . Police _Okficeu —Charlis Knott , a police-officer at Chipping Xorton , was indicted for the manslaughter of William Slatter , having caused his death by striking him over the huad with his constable's stall' iu thu execution of his duty . Hubert Hall—1 am . 1 higgler , living at Chipping Norton . In Oetobtr last 1 had a stable adjoining one of William Slatter , the deceased , in the yard of the _iieii Inn , I made a charge against the d . ceased of stealing chuff . I fetched theprisonu-, who is constable , and we went into the stable . Several others wci u present . Knott asked if tint chaff was mine . I said yes , Slatter prevented me putting tho chart * in thu bag I brought to take it away in . He was pulling the cb-iff from me . Knott said , " I'll see
if I can ' t have the chilli , " Sliittur turned and laced him . Knott saiii , " Is that what you mean 1 I'll settle with you . " Knott then pulled something from his right . hand pocket and struck deceased on thu left side of his head _, lt was a moonlight night , and there was a caudle in the stable . Deceased ' s face was towards Knott when the blow was struck . I saw and heard it . It was not a very hard blow , and was made with a stick as thick as a constable's _stitif . Slatter said , "You have done a nice thing for me . " Knott pulled out hand-cuffs and said , "put your hands 111 here . " 1 _' adbury was behind Knott , aud prevented lliiu striking a second blow ; that was before the _hand-end ' s were put oil , I said to _tllU prisoner , " pray don ' t strike him , " He COUld _llllVC J _* 0 t at the chill ) without striking him . 1 ' adbury said , "for God ' s sake
don t strike him , there is present plenty to help you . " Knett said , " you want to rescue my prisoner . " Slatter walked across the stable ; Knott asked him where he was going . He replied , " 1 don ' t know where I am going or ivhat I am doing , you have struck me such a blow ; " he reeled and fell , he was then taken to tbescatiou-hou » e . — John 1 ' adbury : I am landlord of tint Dell Inn , Was present at tho stable when deceased unlocked tllC Stitblu door , and went in with them -, Slatter said the chaff was Jus , and no one ' s else , Knott told Slatter to let Hall have tho chaff , if it was his . I saw Knott attempt to take the chaff . Deceased pulled it towards his horse , and said it was his . I heard Knott say , "If he would not let him h & ve it , he would soon settle him . " Knott thon pulled out the handcuffs , and told him to put his hands in there . Slatter said " I sha'ut _, " Knott then pulled out a sort of a blud geon or _blooiUtick , and struck him a v « ry severe blow . I saw and heard it . It would have knocked deceased down if it had not been for the
manger . I was as near to him as I could , and prevented the prisoner from striking another blow , which Uu was going to do . I said , " Don ' t strike Him , for it you can't put on tlM handcuffs , tin re are plenty here to assist you . " He said , " I know my duty , do you want to rescue him 1 " The handcuffs wen * then put on _witlioutany assistance . —• ill' . Famuli lam a surgeon , residing in Chipping Norton , 1 was called iu to the deceased at the lock-up house . I found him lying 011 the bench . He had been very sick , and appeared to have been dead about three or four hours . I assisted to make a post- mortem examination . I found the skull fractured ; a blood vessel was broken ; the blood flowed to the brain , which was the immediate cause of death . —C harles WingHuId : 1 am a surgeon at Oxford . 1 was present at the _j « Mt mortou examination . I heard the evidence of the last witness , and agree with it . Tlic blow fractured the skull , and the fracture ot the skull ruptured the artery , which caused _de-. vth . —The Chief Baron having summed up , the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty .
» Mosdav , _CiiAitGF . or Mukdek . —Henry Flint , aged _twenty-une , was charged on the coroner ' s warrant with tho murder of William Priest , in the parish of Ailderbury . William _Dmnbleton ( apparently about fourteen years of age ) examined . —) live at Addvrbury , and was acquainted with William Vriesi , who is about my age mid sine . 1 was walking with the _dccoa-edamlt'vo others up and down tlie street at Adderbury , about half-past seven on thu evening of the 27 th of UcMber . A 3 we went up the street I saw the prisoner with a pistol in his hand . I saw him snap the pistol . Wc walked < J" about fifty yards , mid theu returned walking all abreast . I was nearest to Mrs .
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TYarcJiam _' _a _housn , in the adjoining garden ot which tlie prisons'' was . Priest was next to me . I heard a pistol fired . I saw Henry _i'lin' life the pistol , l _' _ri-nt full on the ground . I afterwards _uncovered that the balls had passed through uiy cap . From other uvidenev _napin-ared that the pri » onur had fired the pistol without being aware that it was loaded with ball . Two months beiore his brother had loaded the pistol , and when putting it away , had neglected to draw the charge . There was no enmity between the _prisoner and the deceased . The jury , in accordance with tho . direction of the judge , returned a verdict or _nianslitiif-htflr , and the _prisoner , arte" a _severe admonition , was s . nteacjd to two months'impris onment .
HORRIBLE CRIME . James Stevens , a journeyman blacksmith , was indicted for _comuiiuiug a rape on two of his own children : one Sarah , a child ten years of age , last Friday ; and tho other , Mary Anne , under twelve years of age . * The first case was clearly proved by the testimony of the child Sill-all , and a surgeon , Mr . Fisher , who had examined the child . The evidence was totally unfit for publication , but quite conclusive . Tho prisoner put ill a well-Wi'itteil statement , which was read by the judge to the jury ,
denying the charge , and stilting that it was trumped up by his wife to got rid of him . The second charge was not gone into , as it could only be supported by the evidence of the prisoner ' s wife and son . The Chief Duron very carefully summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty . The Chief Huron , in passing sentence on tho prisoner , said as follows : —You have been charged with a most _awcuius _uftVnce , _tutd jou have been found guilty 011 testimony tlie most conclusive . This is one of the most appalling instances of crime that I ever heard . No observations from me can increase thu sense of the
enormous wickedness of the crime ; it calls for the highest punishment that can be inflicted , and the sentence of the court is that you be transported for the term of your natural life , — The assize business at Oxford concluded this duy . Lincoln , Monday . _Chabgk or Hack . —Two Irish labourers , ofthe names of Welsh and Glynn , were indicted for a rape , within the precincts of the city , on the 22 nd of August last , upon the person of one Mary , the wife of George bee , a monstrously dirty member of the gipsy tribe , of the age of about ( 10 . Mr . D'Eyneouvt conducted the prosecution ; Mr . Macaulay defended the prisoners . It appeared that there was an encampment of gipsies in _Greet- _'Yi'll _. luue , in or near the city , on the night in question , which , at the dead hour of
the night , whilst the tribe slumbered in peace , was outrageously stormed by a party of wanton Irishmen , who remorselessly _demolished their tents , and sought to defile the female members of the tribe , succeeding successively in their base assault upon the prosecutrix , whilst her husband was engaged iu running after his ass , iv ' iieh had made oil' down a lane with a load of blankets at the outbreak of the engagement . She , with her husband , reposed in one tent , her two daughters , of \ 1 l 10 m one was a widow , in another , aud a kinsman and kis wife in another . She had also a son , twenty-six years old , who seemed to have acted as patrol . The assault opened with an attack upon the tent ot the daughters , which , after tbey had refused to let the Irishmen go to bed to them , was carried , and raxed to the ground ;
but tbe Irishmen being , by recourse to throats and nails , repulsed in their further attack upon the daughters , turned off to the old woman ' s tent . While Giyiin Succeeded with the mother , Welch held the widowed daughter , after which the prisoners inter _, changed their positions . There was a party 01 nine or ten Irishmen behind the _hedgu . The unhappy aged victim ot Irish concupiscence deposed to the leading facts , Thu parties Jim be _^ au _hvaviug stones . The two prisoners did it . The other nine or ten did not interfere or throw _shmes . They remained behind a hedge . They upset _onsof the tents , and thvn the sou and kinsman started off to Lincoln for the police . They knew previously that the men wanted to go to bud with the young women , who wouldn ' t have it ou no ac .
count . The husband then ran away . There was a stone ready uplifted to brink his neck . All ran away blither and her daughter Susan , tho _nidoir . One of the men hugged and ravished witness . Welch began . Stiuggled and rented him in the shirt about tue neck . _Huavd something _br-.-ak , Welch then threw her down and ravished tier . Shu holloaed uut murder . _Thej said , if aim gave any alarm they'd murder her . The other then done the same . He ravished her too . She struggled as much ns she could while she had strength . But she was an old woman , and hadn ' t much strength left . Welch , with the blunt edge of * hatchet belonging to tho cump , struck her under the right ear after , both had had connexion with her . They then dragged her about thu road with _gvusit violence . Euch held the daughter
Susan whilst the other proceeded with her . — Susan Herring , the widowed daughter , deposed to the same story . The men came to the camp , and wanted to go to bed with them . When they found that they got up and dressed themselves , they refused very much . They began fo pull up their _camj-. s—her ciiiup and another . Then the son and kinsman went off to tlie city , all the rest _bufrshc and her mother went awuy . They pulled them about shamefully . Tiny begged and prayed . Glynn held her so that she couldn ' t assist bur mother , [ She then described what was done by Welch to her mother . ] Before he- got her down he struck her wilh the blunt side of the hatchet behind the left ear . She ihcn saw the same over again , with Glvim , When ( lie two men had changed _cllarnvtrlS , TlliV threatened to
murder them if they gave any alarm . Welch afterwards draggbd _hnv ( witness ) about tho road by the less , and used her very bad indeed . Told him there _wt-r <; people coming . They listeimd , und then c . _iiue aud illused them again . They struck her till .-die didu ' c know what she was about . Welch took a handkerchief from her face , which was the one produced , and which she lost on the night they _ravisliK- ; her uiutlier . The more they begged thev wouhhi ' r , the more they would go on . Shu now said ( having before the magistrates , like hor mother , said the contrary as to both matters ) that it was Wulcli who struck her _mother with a hatuiiui before ho ravished Jier , There wns in > violence done to _ht-r mother aftw they had both ravished her . They were trying to pack up to go away when the ravishing began . After their
men were gone away , they attacked them with stones . These men weut to the city , when ihey saw the urisoiievs wanting to come to bed with them . The men all went away because they thought they would bu murdered amongst so many . —The mother and daughter both told their t : ile with an tiir of _nowshalainx , and ( juice C < Jii amore . —George Luu : Was thuhusbaml uf the _jitu woman . The two prisoner , ' ; came to the camp and began to _siotie them . He and his spouse , . Mary , were both iu bed , and got up and dressed themselves . A little while after nine or ten more men came up . The two prisoners begun to pull their tents down . They attacked his and th . U of his _daughters . He collected their things and set tbuin on his ass . Was afraid they would tear all the _thintrs to pieces . There were but
two then , Tiny _ulrtiek him , ; ind he thought they had broke his thigh . One threw a _siww and bit him on the neck , so that he did'nt know what , he was about . His ass , when he had packed it , bolted and went up a lane . He bulled after it , caught , the excited animal , and placed itiu a close . He was so hurt that he lay down iu a ditch 100 yards from the encampment . They had stoned him away . Heard them two men with his wife and daughter —a ravishing of his wife , but he kept n close look-out upon his ass . Ikardthein say that they would murder them , and the latter say , "For God ' s _stlke let them alone . " Upon this , got up and followed his ass , His son and kinsman went off directly they began with the women . In answer to a question , whether he assisted the women at all , he only said , "No , 1 followed my ass , "
He ird ihe cries of his wife and daughter from the camp , bu' . was so frig htened that he still ran after his ass . — Tnonins Athlon , police constable , of Lincoln , deposed that , about thrceo ' cloek , ou the _- . ' - _' iid of August last , thu son and kinsman came to him , "Wviit with them to the encampment ; saw the tents all torn up in the most desolate state . 'l'Uey were nil in remnants , a piecu here and n piece there . _!» : _> w Mr . l . ee about thirty yards from the canif / , towards Lincoln . The women were very much excited aud frightened , and their _ttppiwranee was very much disordered , particularly Mary Lev's Clothes , and her face was covered with blood . Su . inn Herring , the daughter , was not so bad . A _ipuirter olu mile off lound
_fittjy or sixty Irishmen in a barn . He _tiist secreted himself , and saw the two prisoners iu the yard , who proceeded to open the door , and went into the barn . Took them Into custody . Found _another man in the barn , dressed , and took him also . The remainder of the fifty or sixty Irishmen were all undressed , and in sacks , coming up to their throats , all lying in a _i-nw , bedded down . —lt was then proved that Welch had the busom of his shirt torn . — Thejury returned a verdict of Guilty ofa common assault . —The learned Judge _observed , that it was clear that the prisoners had been guilty of a most atrocious , a-sault , and sentenced them respectively to be imprisoned in tho common gaol of this county , and kept to hard labour , for tht space of six calendar moutliK .
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SuiCIOK OF A COMMHUCIAI _. TlUVBUKK . —Oil _Sttllda . v morning considerable excitement wns _ensded in the vicinity oi ' DocWicsul , in consequence ef a report having spread that a strange _sientlcmnn _htitl out his throat in a most dreadful manner , in Cox ' s Coffeehouse , _Dooklicad . Shaw , the beadle , _iusiantl . v left the church , und proccr-dril lo the house in question , where he found a middle aged man lyiii _^ in hud witiv liift throat cut in a dreadful manner . The _windpipe was severed , and the wound extended three incises across , lie had Install articulation , hut from . his signs , Shaw ascertained that heeut his throat _m-iir the table tit Urn window , and nlueim ; oue end of ' . he
sheet in the wound , e , ot into bed , wlune he was I ' muid by the landlord about twelve o ' clock , lie had hired a bed on the _prcecdiii'j _nijilit , but _liotiiliswevillj ; to breakfast , they endeavoured to arouse hi in ; on his not giving any answer , they l > ov .-t tho dour open , when he was found in that deplorable _sf : Ue . _ih-s . _lltisse !) and l . _iroemvix'd . _'UtcmleilI him , but they were not able to render htm any ! bs ' h > tauee . From panel- * found on him , it appeared his n _.-iint ) is Kdward Collins , agmi lnny-niuc _, residing wilh his » _'ife at- 10 , Clerk-street , . Stepney , lie is it commercial traveller , in tho empl' _-y of Messrs . _liat _.-iym- and Co ., uonlei _:-tioiii'i _' . 's _, liishupsgato-slrout Without , in whose cunl ' idenee lie had been for many years .
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Major Buoamoot . —The Rev . Dr . Croly is not the only minister of religion w ' _-o _.-e son lias fallen in the conflict with the Siklis ? ' Major _Eroadfbot , the political a ont of the Governor-General 'it _Lahrt'e . was the son of the ltev . Mr . Broadlbot , formerlv minister : at Oxcnden 1 chapel , _lliiynnu-ket . The Major , to use the words of the Governor-General ' s dispatch , was the last of three brothers in the Company ' s army who have all fallen in battle in the service oi * thei _i-eotmtrv , [ " Blessed aro tho peace-makers . "—Jesus . Christ . ] ' _J- ' iBi'AT LiVKitrooi ,, — Between one and two o ' clock on Friday morning , a lire was observed to issue from one of the flues belonging to Mr . iloore ' s extensive soaj ) manufactory , corner ot " Leeds-street , "Vauxhallroad , but so quick was the fiery _element , that before word reached the _n ' _re-j . olico station the whole buildin" was in flames . In less than two hours the building wh ere the fire originated was completely gutted , soine vats alone being saved .
Pakkiiukst . —The annual expense of Pai ' _-hurst establishment for young conview amounts to £ 25 Gs . lid . each inmate . As _Ahuivau—On Wednesday , Mrs . ( J ) ionysius ) Lardner ! arrived in Slioreliam harbour , by the A'Jenai , from Dieppe , aud forthwith proceeded to London . Thk Sasatomum . —On Saturday night a sumptuous banquet was given at the _OJnrewion JJotel by the Marquis of Lansdownc , ami a committee of _nwblcinen . und ' gentlemen , to Charles Dickens , Esq ., and other _gentlemen of literary and artistic emiuence , who contributed , by their talent , to improve the funds of the Satatori inn by _ajnatcui- pevfuruuiuccs at the St . James s Theatre .
_IfuNKRAb _Exi-kxsks . —A . movement is now being made in Paisley lorthe abolition ofthe custom , which is carried to an extravagant excess in Scotland , of _providuv _^ vet ' _i-esUmewUio company at funerals Watciiks . —A watch consists i , f 099 parts , tha manufacture of which employs-1 * 1 trades , aud about 215 persons . Sin It . L * ke ' l for Bikmisgiiam . —It is said that a requisition is now in progress in Birmingham , addressed to Sir R . Peel , soliciting him to become a candidate fur the representation of that borough at the first election , and that such is thu popularity of the lion , baronet , that ; it will be so numerously and respectably signed as to place his return beyond the shadow of a doubt .
_Si'ic-iw- xi _Bkigiito . w—On Monday morning , a gentleman hamed Lamb , a Londuti merchant , who had been in . 'lod gings , on the King ' s-road , -for rather more than a week , cut his throat with a razur , and died instantly . It appears that the unfortunate gentleman , who had been in a low desponding way , left his wife iu bed , and retired to an _aiite-iiiotn to commit the act i . f self-destruction . Tits Mammoth llousKs . —Sir Roger Palmer and George Hudson , Esq ., M . P ., have purchased the two splendid mansions 011 eitherside of Albert-gate , Hydepark .
Al'PKABASCF . _OV THE PoTATOK DlSEASK _l . \ TIIK _NuW GW' . —Potatoes grown in frames , which had thrown up shoots eighteen inches hi gh , havo been dug up , and found so much _afteuted _; is to he unfit lor use . Some which had been planted out of doors , tho shoots of whicli find not appeared above ground , have been examined and found also aiVeetod _, the shouts in many cases being rotten . —I ' mtou Guardian . Tim Lawks or _Philad-su-iha ( says an _'Vmcricax paper ; have adopted blue as the _inshiottapie colour , and now may be seen promenading Chentitit-strcct with blue bonnets and blue cloaks , bitte dresses , blue stockings , and— " blue noses . " Yvdob . —Amongst the "West-end military circles it is currently reported that several battalions of the Foot Guards have volunteered to proceed forthwith for the Pimjaub , and that , their chivalrous oiler is under the consideration of the Uorse _Guards .
_ltK-ArTKAUAncK ov the CuohERA in AaiA . —Letters from Persia speak in a truly touching maimer of die destructive progress made by this pestilential disease in the interior of Asia . Coinin !* from ( Jabi ' . l _, the cholera had already-reached Tcheiau . Avkicas Discovery . —Another African expedition has left Liverpool under the _charge of G . * W . Daniel " , E _? q ., a surgeon , who lived on the west eo :. st , and in theiu _' _ei-ior of that continent , for some years . The chief object is to explore further the discoveries of Mr . _Al'Gi-cgor Laird . Mr . D _.-miell i _* known to the- medical public as the author of some payers 011 _lIio sanatory topography ofthe west coast of Africa .
r ' utf- iu _Bukau-strv- _' _- 'v . —On _'Muivdiiy « venbg , between eight aii « , ' nine o ' clock , a fitv , that for upwards ' _-f an hour earned . _i _,-reat alarm , broke out upon the premises belonging to _Messrs . P . Poland and Co ., furriers , carrying on business at 52 , Biead-.-ireet _, Gheapside . The lire was m > t subdued _nn'ii past ten o ' clock , and not _unt'l damage to a serious amount had been done . _Conosmt ' s _IxQiiiST . —On Tuesday evoninjr Mr . Bedford held an inquest at the Feathers , _Di-anstreet , Westminster , « n view of the body of . Vary Ann Thomas , aged one year and eight months , tlie illegitimate offspring of a wiuow living iu 1 _' ye-str . itt , Westminster , and who is now in pri .-oii , having Inen remanded on a chargu ef _having cause . ! tin- death ot her inlant , by throwing it on the Hour , afterwards biting it in the lei ; , and then _leaving it e . ' po . sed at the door of St . John ' s Workhouse . The alleged facts were disproved before the coioner and jury . Verdict . " . Natural Death . "
iluttuKu . at Newark , —The inhabitant * of this quiet borough have been in a state of cimnuoiion _, _Hi-isin . ; from the body of a young female hav . n _^ been found drowned in the canal which pas-cs from one portion o f ihe _jm-r Trent to _unoilnr , _> i > the northwest side ofthe town . Au iuipiiry was instituted bvfore tbe coroner ( Mr . Btiuuhy ) , and the jury brought their _labmus to a close , by * returning a verdict of W . Jl ' ul Murder against _iwn young nun , mimed ' Homer and lleselby . The two prisoners were taken to _ftoltiugluiiii gaol , for trial at the assizes .
_Mi-i . _AXCitoi . Y _Si'icini _* . — BiiiuHTO . w — A _coi- 'iier ' s inquest was held at the _Sea-htui _.-eHotel , on Monday evening , bcl ' oie F . 11 . Gcll , _l- ' _.-i ) ., coroner for East Sussex , to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Mr . "b ' raiiois Lnmh , an _lta ! i ; iii warehouseman , at Islington . From the _evidein-e , i . ' . appared that deceased , accompanied by his wife , came iu ledge at Mr . Cladding ' s , m the _KiuyVmaii , 011 Saturday week , but nu ' uher the servan t , nor Mr . _Gladding noticed anything remarkable in his conduct . Mr . _Pbilpott , _> _ui-gf (/ ti , wns callrd i . x lo attend deceased mi the follow tug Wednesday , and fuuml him . siifil-rii ! £ from hypociodriacai di .-e . isi ' , t ! _-io _lvsuit of imli » eaUoii , one of the symptoms nf which is . _vius ' ue for s ' _t'lt ' -ifcstriictioii . JiviiJenre having la-en adduced , _itappeareil that tho deceased rut his tllMiat _. TllC jury returned ft verdict m * " Temporary lii . vuitiy . " Deceased , who was much respected , has left a wife and _ciifht children .
Skbiom _Fii-k _xkab Sr . P . _ici . _' s . —On Sunday morninj ! , shortly before two o ' clock , a fire , litany attended with fatal consequences to several persons , broke out in the premises tenanted by Mr . W . 11 . Curling , tobacconist and _cijjar importer , situate at . - . 'o , l . udi : _ati-- » rra : t , within Jive doors of St . Paul ' * _Cathedral _. T'he llamas originated in the back parlour , mid wens first discovered by one of the female servants in tho King ' s Head Tavern , at tlt » rear uf the premises . Before the inmates could be aroused , tin .- Iir « had extended I ' _roia the bottom almost 10 the ton uf the
_stati ease , thereby cutting oil ' all escape ny the regular means . Fortunately , the wnolu of tho parties residing in the building _suco-tded in _j-etting upon the roof , and escaped through the adjoining houses liy the period thai the engines could be sa to « oik , the flames had extended nearly to the roof of the building _:, niul for smiie lime it was swimgly IVami the _Hunies would have destroyed the King s Head and _> vreraJ of tho surrounding dwellings . The lirenien , however , by labouring _ihec _.-wnn'ly for the spare of an . hour , at length succeeded in getting the ilamcs extinguished . The damage is itimshlvnble .
T « k h . m : _OuTRMtK at _Dti'mum . — Un Safin-day nioriiiii _^ , at Southwark _police-cmiri , in ' _unnaiion w : w brought to tho iiiaejstratu that the poliieiu . ui , James Ilastie , of the U division , had died at Gut ' s Uospiwl from the injuries _iuilietud on hisn at I ' _eptnml . The iinfurtuii . _'itu man was so dreadfully wounded that he has been quite incapable of giving auy iiae ' . _li- . eut _a-ccount of the _iittVay which caused his death . It appears that almut a weak previous to tin : affair he had taken two or three men i « t _« i custody fin- creating a disturbance near the spot whrru he was afterwards attacked . The men were fined at the time , and it seems that this act excited _wcngeivvi \ " * c " rt » » sagainst him , and that his late _assailants were , iii some _« ay , iiii . xid tip with the previous affair , and had on mat account _atl' _-ckou him . lie was a stoul , nabs man , about thirty-live years of _ai-o , aud has since aiilfured nn _>> t severely .
Fatai . AcciDRNT ox smk _IlivKit . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening at thu Crapes _publie-iioiise _, New Gravel-lane , Shasiwoll . mi th » o , h !\ » i" 11 envy \! ox , _ivveuty-uinj years . nf iimi . _lat * a . vo « nui in _tha 'ird battalion id ' tlie Royal Artillery . Tin- body having _bei'ii viewed and ' idvutilied by oua of tk- deeeased' . s i _*« _mradi-s , evidence was . given to tue _iiiilewing ellVc ' i : —k appeared the _dnwas-wl uaine 11 , 0 irwni Woolwich on Saturday , by tiiv- N " i > . ii ) Watwinau ' s boat , _;« id ju .-t as it _arriviwl at , the Thame-. Tunnel Pier , between twelve ami four o ' clock , tin ; vessel at the time going at her usual speed , _dei-e _.-isuii fell accidentally into T . I 1 _& water _luv ' _-s over lle ;< d . ' : li _;> .. ia : _iu was instantly * " ) veii _, and _thu-vrssel _stnppi- _- ' - as quickly as -ossihle . Two boats at _lun-o put nut tar bun , blithe sank before titer _oiw . iLt roa-. li Ititn . Thu drags
were _ttenjesprti-d to , am ! tin-body w _.- > s _^ ot wit ' » about fovjv minutes and a _ha'f , and iv . v _> _, . , ' iu . t . > tho Grapes . Mr . King , _surginn , of ili « . i-.-: _re- s Suadwoil , _^ subsequently _atiomled , ami ii . « urn was _lit-might round by _meaiu of _Imaiaivd _fvivt 0 v . b . w if was ovidenc , from appearances , that be w . v liU < iring _ltiutei" _eongestiou i _» f the brain . lie _Hve _. i tor aliOVH two hours and a half , and then ex ; .. red bom _congestion ofthe brain and lungs , lie was , _- ¦ p owerfully framed man , of immense mu > i : io , ami » _iomt about live feet ten inches . Uu s truggled u > i »» _'h when exhibiting _si-jr . s of _tv-H-oita _- ' mii , mat _*¦* < _y _* - ' - qu red four men tohml him . Attur x unuiitu 111-qui"y into all the facs , which proved thai _iimihau was purely accidental , the jury ictunum a Vermel to that eftttct .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 14, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14031846/page/3/
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