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April 14, 1849. ' — THE NORTHERN STAR,
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Other two , named Swanston and Cox , were also much hurt on the head , and bleediwr ; but tbe other , named Dundas , although in the midst , of the scuffle , _lOrtunatel y escaped with verv slisht injury . Thev were enabled to identify three ofthe originators of tne disturbance , and quickly apprebended and secured them . This was effected amidst hooting and stone throwing and from the Old Meal _Mai-ketstairs , the landing-places of which overlook the fetreet . and which were perfectlv crowded , a number
of very heavy stones were flung at the policemen as they passed by , but fortunately without the intended effect , and several malicious vagabonds ran up to George the Fourth Bridge , and flung several stones from thence , and were off before thev could be secured . The crowd , however , began " to find that they were no match for the force brought against them , and gradually dispersed . Besidestbose taken into custody for causing the affray , a considerable number of others were apprehended in trying to incite the mob .
Loss of Lite is the Firth . —The following are further particulars of the melancholy loss of the crew of a fishing boat in the Firth on Thursday last : —The boat , wbich was quite new , was manned by four brothers , sons of an old aud respectable inhabitant " of Xewhaven , named George Flockharfc , and left Xewhaven on "Wednesday . They proceeded down tbe Firth as far as Gullaneness , or Feathery Island , at no great distance fromthe Island of May , in the expectation of finding employment as pilots to any foreign vessels bound for Leith . They beat " about during ' the night with that object , and about five o clock on Thursday morning they hailed a foreign vessel , and having found that the services of a pilot were required , the eldest brother , George
flockliart , proceeded on board the ship to act in that capacity , and left his brothers in charge of the boat . The vessel arrived at Lcith in safety , under bis pilotage , early on Thursday , and he returned to Xewhaven after the discharge * of his duties . The fishing-boat remained in that part ofthe firth after the departure of the foreign vessel ; the object of the crew being to obtain , if possible , another vessel to pilot , though a heavy gale was blowing from the north-east , and the sea very high . Some time afterwards _alargefishing-boat , " also belonging to Xewhaven , bore down upon them , and advised the crew to proceed home , or ti ) seek a more sheltered situation , as the gale began to increase in fury . They ¦ unhappily declined to adopt this advice , and pointed to a ship * which was seen looming in the distance , to indicate their intention to wait till she came up , when they would offer their services to pilot her to
Leith . The unfortunate crew were not again seen in life : but the relatives of the unfortunate men had hopes that they might have reached some place of shelter along the coast ; but their fate was made certain on Friday morning , and the body ofthe eldest ofthe brothers who have perished , whose name is James Flockharf _, was found in the Firth on Saturday morning by a Xewhaven fishing-boat between that village and Kinghorn . The sufferers -were ofa highly respectable and industrious character , and were held in general estimation in Xewhaven , where their aged parents still reside . The sympathy of all the . inhabitants of Xewhaven has heen freely shown to the distressed relatives , and we trust that their claims to the benevolent regard ofthe public will meet a liberal response . The bodies of the other two brothers have not yet been found . —Caledonian Mercury .
April 14, 1849. ' — The Northern Star,
April 14 , 1849 . ' _— THE NORTHERN STAR ,
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Debus, April 7.—Dr. Crolly, The Primate ...
Debus , April 7 . —Dr . Crolly , the primate of the Irish Roman Catholic Church * died sudddenly of cholera , at Drogheda , on Friday , at noon . State of the Cocxtbv . —The following extract from a report , made under date of March 10 th , is by Michael J . M'Carthy , agricultural instructor : — "Early next day I took to the road , but the afternoon turned out to be wet . I therefore called to Mr . O'Maloy , P . P . of Carna , with whom I remained till next day . He also promised mc every assistance in his power—in the meantime regretting the very little that could be done for the people of that degenerate quarter . The state of the country here , as in many other places , is utterly hopeless , and exhibits the most bonifying picture of poverty and destitution . The neglected state of the land , the
deathlike appearance of the people crawling frcm then * , roofless cabins , thc piercing wailings of the children forsaken by their parents , and the parents in their turn forsaken by then * children—the pitiful petitions ofthe desponding poor craving that charity which the ' rate' of 23 s . Id . to the pound puts out of the _powqr of humanity to bestow , some may conceive , but few can describe . It is not very likely , indeed , that any good can accrue to such people from my visits , nor is it possible that a change for the better will take place for some time in Carna . ' ATe will not sow , for we cannot work without food , ' is the general answer made to me by those patient sufferers . Even the few who have " a will ' and ' a way' are . also despondinar , for they apprehend that the crop will not be their ' own when perfected after all their trouble . "
In tbe Cork workhouse there are 1 , 000 children under seven years of age ' . More _Cleauaxces . —The subjoined statement appeals in the Tippcrary Vindicator : — " Seven hundred and thirty-one individuals , nearly the entire village of Toonicvara , will be rendered houseless on the ISth of thc present month , on which day , in pursuance ef the ejectment notices long since served on them , their tenements , it is said , will be levelled io the ground—Mr . Massy Dawson , landlord . In the name of God , where are those wretched people to go to ?" Mr , Dufft ' s Case . —Ten of the jurors who tried Mr . Duffy at the last commission had signed the memorial of the Lord-Lieutenant , praying for the abandonment of the prosecution .
Opexixg of the _Commission * . —The commission was opened this day before Mr . Justice Jackson and Mr . Justice Moore " The former learned Judge , in thc course of his charge to ihe grand jury , very briefly referred to tbe " case of Mi * . Duffy , merely stating that as tbe bills bad been already found , they had nothing whatever to do in the matter . 3 h _* . Duffy ' s health has been materially benefitted by Ms -transference from tbe gaol of _-Kilmainliam to the Richmond Bridewell . Mr . Corry Connellan , private secretary of Lord Clarendon , has been served with a subpoena io attend the trial . "
_Partt Processions . —A memorial to tbe Lord-Lieutenant , suggesting legislation towards the abatement of party processions , has been forwarded to bis excellency from the Assistant-Barrister and the other magistrates assembled at the Xewry quarter sessions . 3 IoxnAv , April 9 . —State of the Poor . —The _Limtrick and Clare Examiner contains the following amongst other details ofthe increasing destitution in those counties : — " In the parish of Ballybrood , in the district of Cabirconlish , eight persons have fallen uuder the ravages of cholera . ~~ They were destiiute creatures . Their bodies Jay unburied , for no coffins were provided . The father of one family was once truly able-bodied . The " officer of relief is an able dialectician , and because the destitute father Once deserved the technical designation , le ¦ would not afford bim the requisite succour wheu his
energies were failing . He had been a strong manbut— _ftat itomnis uiiibra—of strength he retained but the anatomical semblance . ATant prepared him for tbe grave—if his corpse in a grave is suffered to moulder . Had hc been fed , he might have lived free from cholera to this moment . In the same parish and thc same district , a young girl left the workhouse in thehope of obtaining apassage to Australia . The relieving officer refused her food or aid out of doors . She contracted the malady , was expelled from her refuge , died , and lay dead by tbe side of tbe road , was conveyed to the grave yard in a cart , by her mother , _di-ajging like a horse between the shafts of the vehicle , Where was the relieving officer ? Why did he not supply the requisite sustenance to the impoverished creature while she could use it , or afford her remains tlie covering ofa coffin and christian interment ?"
Tcesdat April 10 .- —The Cholera . —Gradually the epidemic is making way in thc destitute districts in Clare , and in some places it is most destructive . At the village of Carrigaholt there were sixty-five cases and twenty-five deaths within tbe last week . The cholera has at length broken out in Cork . Six cases occurred yesterday , four of them in the workhouse . Ixcrease or _Destjiptiox . —Mr . James Hilles , in a letter to Air . P . Scrope , M . P ., dated " Maryland , Xewport , county Mavo , April 2 , " mentions several
cases of death from destitution within the past seven or eight days , and gives a deplorable picture ofthe Stateof the survivors in that district of country . In the union of Corassollagh , he says , " it is the wellfounded opinion , vouched by the person officiall y connected with the poor law , that ' one thousand persons must die of starvation in the coming month . _' "' The Her . P . Conway , in a letter to the freeman ' s Journal , dated Ballinrobe , April 3 rd , gives a long list of deaths fiom disease , brought on by famine , in that district .
A correspondent ofthe Cork Examiner states that there were 875 deaths from starvation in Fermoy , "Within the past three months . Xo more paupers are to be admitted into the Cork workhouse . Tbe overcrowding of the workhouses produces infection , and sweeps away numbers , and hundreds crawl about society spreading diseases of various kinds , rather than face the horrors of the workhouse . Trial of Mr . _Dcfft _.- —Yesterday Mr . Justice Moore fixed this morning for the trial of Mr . Duffy . For a miracle , tbe Crown has at last waved . a privilege , by acceding to the request of tbe prisoner ' s counsel to be furnished with a copy of the panel , by which act a considerable saving of time will be effected . The constitution ofthe jury panel , so faras report goes , for the list is not published , is said to be as favourable as the Crown could expect . Sib It . Peel ' s Pm-. _—The Peel party here is in hi gh spirits , and calculates on Sir Robert being
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Prime Minister before long , despite of all that is said about his resolution not to take office again _. On Monday a meeting was held in the vestry room of St . Mary ' s parish , when Sir Robert PccVs proiectfor the _regeneration of Ireland was considered . The proceedings were wound up by an unanimous vote of thanks to the right hon . baronet , with sundry aspirations for bis speedy accession to office , and the ejection of the present occupants of the snug berths in Downing-strect . The Late _Arcubishop Crollt . —The funeral ( on Sunday last ) of this respected prelate was attended by the Rev . Lord John Bcrcsford , nephew of thc rrimatc , the Rev . Dr . Elrington , Regius Professor , and several other eminent Protestant divines and gentry of Armagh and the surrounding country .
The Rate in Aid . —The northerns feel almost confident that the rate in aid will be abandoned by government , as only fourteen members from Ireland supported thc project . Emigration . —The crowds emigrating at the port of Waterford still continue . It is stated in thc Sotahern Reporter that for the next three months it is expected that the number of emigrants through AVaterford will average 500 a week . AVednesdat , April 11 . —Trial of Mr . Dufft . — The trial of Mr . Duffy commenced yesterday . Sir Colman O'Loghlen was absent , and Mr . Butt , Q . C ., appeared in court , having travelled all nig ht from Cork , in order to be present . The prisoner has the advantage of the distinguished talents of Mr . Napier , Q . C . There was but a small number of jurors in attendancewhich in itself is significant of the kind
, feeling that prevails towards Mr . Duffy ; for few would now keep away , as the club system is utterly extinct . After the prisoner ' s counsel had challenged fourteen jurors , and the crown had set aside fifteen , the Attorney-General was indiscreet enough to taunt the prisoner with endeavouring to select a jury to try him ! Mr . Butt then offered the crown to give up all challenges at . his side if the Attorney-General would do the same , but Mr . Monahan declined . A jury was at last sworn , and it is thought to be what is called here " a very doubtful one , " i . e ., one on whom the crown does not rely for a verdict . The list it will be seen comprises the names of four Roman Catholics , two of . whom at least are warm partisans of the Repeal cause . The following are the names of the jury ; those marked with an asterisk are Roman Catholics ;—
Thomas Saunders , 6 , Mountrath-street , * Daniel Hutton , 6 , Dominick-street ; * Charles Egan , 14 , High-street ; * James Fallon , 36 " , Arran-quay ; ? Fergus Farrell , 120 , Capel-street ; James Haig , 3 , Avuee-street ; Hull Ingram , 58 , York-street , * * Richard Kelly , 50 , Lower SackviUe-strcet William Myers , 30 , South Richmond-street ; Edward Rounds , 20 , Mary-street ; Thomas James AVright , S , Lower Saville-street ; Alexander Morrison , 37 , Castlestreet . Mr . Monaban , in his statement of the case , traversed the same ground as he went over before , but he exerted himself beyond his former effort to produce effect upon the jury . At six o ' clock the court was adjourned .
The Rate is Aid . —The corporation of Dublin has determined to petition in favour of the rate in aid , after a long debate yesterday . The Cholera . —In Cork , the cholera is increasing . There were eleven new cases and four deaths in the workhouse yesterday , and the Cork Reporter says the paupers are leaving the house in crowds . In the Xenagh ( Tipperary ) union , " the cholera is committing great havoc among tbe poor . " At _New Ross , Dr . Mullins , described as an eminent physician , has died of cholera . The following ¦ report shows the fatal progress ofthe epidemic in the county of Limerick : — -
Xewcastle , _Apbil 9 . —The cholera proceeds to an alarming extent : sixty deaths last week . Dr . Locke , of Ratbkeale , has died of cholera , and his wife , servant , and child not expected to recover . "
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Chester, April 6. Charge Of Arsox.—David...
Chester , April 6 . Charge of Arsox . —David Rose was indicted for having , on Friday , the 26 th of August last , set fire to a stack of hay at Disley , the property of Thomas and John Rarnes . Mr . Trafford and Mr . Bewin conducted the case for the prosecution . The prisoner was defended by Mr . M'lntyre . —Joseph Stafford , examined by Mr . Bevan : I live at Disley , and work at Slater ' s Factory . I know tho prisoner . On Friday , at thc latter end of August , I saw bim at a fire of a chimney belonging Fo Mr . Fay , adjoining to Slater ' s factory . Fay was in the employ of Mr . Slater . Thc stack of hay which was burnt stood in a field opposite to Fay ' s house . Whilst the chimney was on fire James Read , an uncle of the prisoner , came up : be was on bad terms with Fay .
Head said , "this would be a good timo to fire Barnes ' s bay-stack ; tbey will think it took fire from Fay ' s chimney , and serve hun out accordingly . " Read then offered me some matches for that purpose ; and I refused them . Read then gave them to his . ncphcw ( the prisoner ) , who went up to the haystack and set it on fire . The bouse was distant only a few yards from the stack of hay . Afterwards the prisoner came to mc and said , " I have done the trick ; " and I then saw the stack burning . I did not mention the circumstance to any one tul the 7 th of _Dc-embcr last , when I told a person named Lister . Soon afterwards I met the prisoner , who said to me , in the presence of James Burn , " You have told at last . This will transport Jem and me . " Cross-examined bv Mi * . M'lntyre : 1 once took a
p lank , assisted by Read , from the canal . He and I divided it . no got the largest share . Read was charged with taking brass piping from Mr . Slater . I gave information of this . —Wm . Lister , examined by Mr . Trafford : I remember the fire . The stack of bay was most injured on the side furthest from Fay ' s * house . Stafford told mc that the prisoner set fire to the stack . He told me this on 7 th of December . —James Burn : I was in Slater ' s factory on the 7 th of December . The prisoner came in and said to me , " Well , it is told to Lister ; tell him to let it drop , or tbey will transport us . " I did not then know the prisoner was alluding to the fire . The prisoner remained at the factory till the following Monday , when he left . —John Cook , constable : I apprehended the prisoner , and charged him with
committing a robbery m Derbyshire , ne Baid lie had never been suspected of that , but his uncle was . On the road to prison he said it would not be for a robbery , but for firing a haystack he was blamed . All would be cleared up at a future time . — James Hammon , constable : AVhen the prisoner was given into my custody by the last witness , be said be knew nothing about the fire . —Mr . _M'Intvrc addressed the jury in defence ; and the learned judge having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of guilty , with a recommendation to mercy , in wliich thc prosecutor joined . The prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years ' transportation . Libel ox Lord Leigh . —Five days have been occupied in the trial of Charles Griflin , an attorney of _Lcaminaton . for the nrintimr and scllinsr of a
libellous book or pamphlet entitled " Stoneleigh Abbey Thirty Years Ago , " with the object of aggrieving and vilifying the present Lord Lei g h , and causing it to be generally suspected that be had been guilty of divers murderous crimes . The defendant pleaded that the publication was founded on suspicions generally prevalent , and for the public good and the ends of justice ; and he called a vast number of witnesses , who spoke to then * own knowledge or to common reports ofthe facts narrated .- Lord Leigh and a number of witnesses , were called for thc defence . Some ofthe latter were the very men , in proper person , whom the libel alleged to have been the victims of the crimes committed at Stoneleigh Abbey : and others were friends of persons alleged
to have been murdered , but whom they bad seen constantly for years after the alleged periods of their death . D . Daigley amused the court by the emphasis with which he denied ever having been hanged in a apple-tree ; and William Wood took his oath that he had never been killed at all . —Jane Goode , a woman upwards of a hundred years old , and a resident at Stoneleigh for eighty years past , described how a murdered man was her lodger for years after his death by poison . Mr . Whitehurst * ' Did you ever give him any poison in his food ?" The witness ( with surprise ) " On no ! mercy on you , never , Sh' ! " ( Laughter . ) Tho jury found a verdict of " Guilty . " Thc prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for two years , and then to find bail in £ 1 , 000 to be of good behaviour for five
years . Gloucester , April 5 . Attempt to Poisos . —Henry Evans was indicted for unlawfully administering a quantity of poison , called ammonia chloride of mercury , to his wife , Hannah Evans , with intent to kill and murder her . There was some evidence offered of an illicit connexion between the prisoner and a woman , bnt was too slight to weigh anything , and it did not appear that the prisoner and his wife had lived unhappily . For tbe defence , it was suggested that tbe prisoner , previous to his" marriage , had contracted a disease which re-appeared afterwards , and fearing that he had communicated it ,. he sought to cure his wife by privately administering this precipitate powder ;
and the wife declined to answer whether she was conscious of suffering from any such disorder . It was also contended that he had purchased the arsenic for the purpose he had stated , and that the sugar of lead was used as a drier of paint in his fathers business . The surgeon also stated that when the prisoner came to him he was most anxious his wife should immediately receive medical assistancei ; and it was urged that , if he knew he had administered ! poison to his wife , he would not have left the proof ofhis guilt in the cupboard ofa house occupied , with himself , by an experienced policeman . —Mi-. Baron Piatt very carefull y summed up the evidence , al . _^ er whi ch the jury retired for an hour , when they returned into court with a verdict of acquittal .
Highway _IlOBDERYl' _-pharleB Preest and Thomas Brown were indicted J _° r highway robbery . Mr . Powell prosecuted , and Mr- Skinner defended the prisoners . The _prosectttc-T , * _jedlar , named Q'Hare _,
Chester, April 6. Charge Of Arsox.—David...
on the 12 th of February , went into a public-house , called the Rising Sun , at Breem , in this county , to Soil his wares , and there saw the prisoners , and soon afterwards he went to an adjoining publichouse , to which the prisoners soon afterwards followed him . He left about half-past ten o ' clock , the moon being very bright , and as hc was going over a gate from thc road to take a shorter _patli through a meadow , Preest-came up to him , and at thc same time he saw Brown going along thc road which led to the opposite side of the meadow . Preest and the prosecutor walked together across the meadow , and had pst got to the opposite side when Preest knocked him down and demanded his money . They struggled together on the ground , and while doing so another man lumped over the
stile and struck the prosecutor a violent blow on the head with a bludgeon . They then rifled his pockets of all the money he had , and while they were doing so O'Hare saw that his second assailant was Brown , lie then managed to get up and run away , leaving his pack and umbrella on the ground , and they ran a little way after him , but he outran them and . got to the Cross Keys . He entered the house very much alarmed , and bleeding from a severe wound in his head and from a cut on thc hand , and told the inmates that two of the men who had been drinking with him , and whose dress he described , as he did not know their names , had robbed him . Some men then went to thc spot , and there found his pack and umbrella , and the same night both the prisoners were apprehended . Brown was found at the house of a person named AVintle , whose wife deposed that he came there about twelve
o ' clock and washed his hands , and that while doing so she observed some blood upon liis wristband . That she went up stairs to fetch bim a clean shirt , and when she came down that she saw some wristbands burning on the fire . Freest was apprehended at his sister ' s house . At first the policeman was refused admittance , and his- sister said Preest had not been there for two days ; but at length he came down stab's , and the policeman saw spots of blood on his face , and stains of fresh blood on his clothes . HJs trousers were also torn at thc knees as by a scuffle , and were soiled with mould . AVhen Brown was brought to the prosecutor , who was in bed in much pain , he did not immediately identify him , but desired that he mi g ht be kept till the morning , but he identified Priest immediately . He now swore positively to both , the prisoners . Thc jury found them both guilty , and they were sentenced to transportation for fifteen years .
The Stanfield-Hall Murders. Norwicn, Apr...
THE STANFIELD-HALL MURDERS . _NoRwicn , April 6 . —Eliza Chestney , borne on a litter , carried by ei g ht men , and guarded by a large body of the Norwich police and county constabulary , was removed from her lodgings in Norwich to Stanfield Hall on Good Friday . The journey occupied nearly seven hours , the greatest caution being taken lest she should be shaken , and thus receive additiona injury . On arriving atthe hall she wept bitterly , and inquired most affectionately for the health of her mistress , Mrs . Jermy , with whom , however , she could not be permitted to have any intercourse . It is a matter on which thc leading gentlemen of Norfolk are entitled to the highest praise that they have with tho least possible delay opened a subscription on behalf of this brave and devoted girl . The money raised will be invested in the names of the Earl of
Leicester , Lord . AVodebouse , and Thomas Beauchamp Proctor , Esq , who have consented to act as trustees . The following subscriptions have already been received : —The Earl of Leicester , £ 10 ; Hon . Edward Coke , £ 5 AVilliam Bagge , Esq ., M . P . £ 5 ; Lord Huntingfield , £ 2 j Bishop of Norwich , £ 10 Dean of Norwich , £ 3 ; Lord Hastings , £ 5 ; Sergeant Byles , £ 5 : Borney Petre , Esq ., £ 5 : Sir W . Beauchamp Proctor , Bait ., £ 2 , * AV . Norris , Esq ., £ 2 ; F . Astley . Esq ., £ 2 ; Hon . J . Astley , £ 2 ; Earl of Orford , £ 5 ; Earl of Cadogan , £ 5 ; AV . Burroughes , Esq ., M P ., £ 2 ; Sir H . Durrant , £ 5 ; Col . II . Fitzroy , £ 2 ; Sir J . Boileau , Bart ., £ 5 ; Sir J . Preston , £ 3 ; Mayor of Norwich , £ 5 ; Rev . Canon AVodchouse , £ 2 . ner Majesty has intimated her intention of lending her assistance to tho unfortunate
girl , and has directed a communication to bo forwarded to thc county magistrates requesting to be informed how her Majesty s most gracious pleasure may be most effectual iy carried into operation . The news of this determination on tho part of her Majesty was received in the course of tho morning . Su . vdat . _—Co-vkuct of Rush i . \ Prisox . —Since the conviction of the murderer there has been apparently little change in his outward acts , and hedoes not seem to be at all alive to the solemn and serious position in which hc is placed . On leaving the dock after the sentence was declared , he said to tbe officials who had him in charge , "I am thirsty , g ive me some porter . " He was informed that the prison regulations would not allow him to be so accommodated , but that he could have some tea , an
alternative which he somewhat reluctanly accepted . Shortly afterwards hc said with composure , " This is a troublesome world . " On tho Rev . Edward Postle , one of the county magistrates who committed Rush in the first instance , passing , the murderer recognised the rev . gentleman through tho bars of tbe coll . He exclaimed , "Is that you , Postle ? I have a clearer conscience than you have now . " Re was asked whether he would avail himself of the spiritual services ofthe Rev . Mr . Brown , the chaplain ofthe castle . Hc replied , " Oh , no—not at all . I can do without him while I am hero . " Ho remains in thc cell in which he was placed immediately after his committal , and he will remain there until the day appointed for his execution . He is very reserved , a portion always of his character ,
and will enter into no communication with the officers ofthe castle , except so far as is necessary to convey to them his wants . The only person who has visited him since his conviction is his solicitor ; no member of his family has made an application . A rumour was circulated to-day that Rush ' s eldest daughter was dying in consequence of thc shock , Inquiiy was made amongst those farmers and others who had come from AVymondham to tbe market , and they fully confirmed the statement _, nis daughter is represented to be a fine young woman about twenty years of age . There appears to be no reason to doubt tho truth ofthe statement . The murderer employs himself by walkinff up and down a small yard attached to his coll , andwhen hc docs condescend to speak , ho makes some jocular
remark about his wish to get out ofthe world , and that he would not be . the only one who had to . complain of the troubles of this world . At times he whistles , and at others remarks upon the discordant noises proceeding from the foir outside . It is said to be an undeniable fact that ho has squandered away tbe whole of his children ' s property which was left to them by their mother . He was left one of the trustees in the mother ' s will , but finding that he had not sufficient command of the money , forged a codicil , in which unlimited powers wore given him to employ the money as be pleased , and containing this singular provision , that no questions as to the reasons of this codicil being executed should be asked . All the money was spent , and the future condition of the family must be truly lamentable ,
an ejectment from the farms having been served . On Sunday ' he attended the chapel , and conducted himself decently during the performance of divine service . Indeed he always observed the outward characteristics of a religious man . AVhen Larner and Jermy attended his liouse at Felmingham all joined in family devotion , even at the time ho was making his arrangements for the perpetration of a series of the most revolting crimes , and for fixing them upon the men who were kneelin < r with him in united devotion . In his house was a box designed for thc collection of money for a society in London , called "' The Society for Promoting Christianity
amongst the Jews , and to this he invariably callea upon his friends to contribute . The Execution . —An application has been made for the prisoner ' s execution to take place on any day but Saturday , which is market day . It is said it will entirely destroy the business of the market . This application has been refused , and thc execution will take p lace on the Castle Bridge on this day week . The Castle Bridge fronts the principal entrance , and extends over the old moat and gardens by which this venerable edifice is surrounded . The bridge can be seen from a vast distance , the country round forming a kind of amphitheatre .
Emily Saxdford still remains under the treatment of Mrs . Bryant , tho matron of AVymondham Bridewell . Rumours of a grave nature have been circulated with regard to her , but a searching investigation has been made by the magistrates , and they have stated that up to the time of her connexion with Rush , she bore an honourable character . The authorities of the Bridewell state that her attachment for Rush was intense . AVhen Rush was taken to thc Bridewell on charge of the murder she exclaimed , "For God ' s sake , Rush , areyouinnocent ?" He made no answer , but walked away ; and for many hours she did not regain her composure . Emily Sandford , it appears , was not originally called as a witness , but Rush himself said , when he was captured , " Call Emily Sandford , my housekeeper , and Savory , for they will prove my innocence . " The witnesses were called , with what result has already been determined . Immediatel y
after the examination of thc witnesses , a sum of money was collected for her by the magistrates , biit she declined to receive it , with the remark , "It ' s of no use to me , I don't want it . I have a mother , who , though respectably brought up , is in deep distress ; send it to her , and I shall be obliged . " Her child , which has been christened " Emil y Martha , " remains with the mother at the AVymondham Bridewell , and is doing well . The AVitxess Howe . —AVilliam Frederick Howe , the witness who was called from London to prove that Rush some time ago said he " would serve Mi- . Jermy with an ejectment for the other world , " got into a scrape before he left Norwich . During liis stay in that city he put up at the Bell Inn ( Leggatt ' s ) and enjoyed himself so well , that in the course of the three or four days he ran up a score of between £ 5 and £ 6 . On Thursday last all the witnesses engaged for the prosecution received
The Stanfield-Hall Murders. Norwicn, Apr...
their money . It was found , however , on the Thursday afternoon , that Howe ' s carpet bag was not in his bedroon ; and Mr . _Letr-ratt , by way of precaution sent down a policeman to the railway station . Amongst those who were leaving was Mr . Howe who was desired by the officer to walk back with him to Mr . Lcggatt ' s . This he declined ; an d another policeman having been sent for , ho was carried back . Mr . Leggatt succeeded in getting £ 3 from him ; and expected tho remainder by post ? The Co . vdf . mxed Murderer Rusii .- _* A correspondent , writing under date "Norwich , Monday afternoon , says;— " A change seems to have taken placo . in thc prisoner Rush , which , though inconsiderable , holds out a promise that ere long the obstinacy in which he has so long indulged may
give way to the impressions more suitable to the terrible position in whi ch he stands . For some days past his great object seems to have been to persuade those b y whom he is more immediately surrounded ot his innocence ofthe atrocious charge of which he has been convicted , but on no occasion has he reverted to that ridiculous invention , which he was weak enough to imagine the judge and jury would entertain , that'Dick and V were the guilty parties . During the whole of yesterday , and also during the part of this day which has elapsed before the dispatch of my parcel , he has been more re- ' served , and has asked several questions of a different character from those he has heen in the habit of putting . Hitherto his queries have been irreverent
ana ansura , out how he has adopted a more serious tone , lhe murderer attended divine service yesterday morning in the Castle chapel , and seemed devout . U p to two o ' clock this afternoon no ap . p lication has been made for admission into the Castle by any of the convict ' s relations , and the somewhat curious and inconclusive reason assigned for this neglect is , that believing him innocent , they do npt wish unnecessarily to wound his fool ' mm . While , however , his immediate friends display no anxiety to see him , the case is different with hundreds ot persons who have come from different parts of the county to -gratify their curiosity by catching but the sli ghtest g limpse of the offender . Thc proprietors ofa local paper have made , or are
about to make , a direct proposal to the murderer Rush to settle a large amount of money upon his family if he will write out for publication ( in a volume ) a sketch ofhis past career , and will append to it a confession of the Stanfield Hall murders . It is said that the Bishop of Norwich has had an interview with Rush this morning . I have been unable to ascertain whether this is true , so particular are all the officials as to what thoy divulge . His lordship takes great interest in the case , and dwelt largel y upon it in a sermon which he preached at the Cathedral yesterday morning . Sad accodnts are received from Stanfield Hall with regard to Mrs . Jermy . She appears to make no advancement towards improvement . Eliza
Chestney , who was conveyed back on her litter , carried by policemen , to Stanfield Hall on Good Friday , suffered slightly from the motion , but she has now recovered her usual health _. The following particulars may be of interest : — The prisoner attempted to say . a few words after sentence was passsed , but was stopped by Mr . Pinson , when he took up his portfolio of briefs and depositions , which he had carefully collected and packed up in the absence of the jury , and escorted by Mr . Pinson and several turnkeys , was conducted to his cell . By this time he had regained his former firmness . Drawing his chair to the fire , ho sat down , and rubbing his hands on his knees , remarked to his'attendants , "This is a troublesome world ,
and I suppose I must die ; but should the man who really committed the murders come forward and avow himself , do you think that I shall be released ? " Again he remarked , " AVcll , upon such evidence , had I been the jury , I should certainly have returned the same verdict ! " Remaining silent for a few minutes , ho added-, " But am I really to be buried within the prison ? AVill they not allow my friends to have my body buried in the churchyard ? " Having heard tho replies given to these questions , hc concluded by saying , "AVell , now ; let me have my tea and my slippers I" Having partaken ofthe meal allowed hy the rules ofthe gaol , the prisoner retired to bed and slept soundly , or , as it is said , " pretended to do so , " during the
whole ot thc night . In the morning he resumed his remarks upon thc trial , arguing in favour of his innocence , and , as the reporters were informed , " seemedfull y . prepared to brave it out . " At the conclusion ofthe trial , the doors of the court were besieged by thousands , and the verdict seemed to be received with great satisfaction , the prisoner appearing , to use his own words , " not to have a friend left in the world . " On Thursday morning Emily Sandford was released from custody , and proceeded to the Bell Inn , Here we arc informed she had a conference with some of the gentlemen connected with thc prosecution , to whom she expressed her conviction that from what she had
heard , when the prisoner entered her bedrooom trembling , at three o clock on the morning after the murders , it was his intention to have assassinated her with the dagger found under his mattress by the police , and disposed of her body in the secret place under the floor of the parlour , * intending afterwards , upon inquiries being made for her , to represent that sho , under the name of Mrs . James , had , as previously represented to her friends by Rush , gone to France . Had the jury returned a verdict of not guilty , Rush would have been remanded until the next summer assizes , to be tried for thc murder of Mr . Jermy , the younger , when , in the event of her recovery , Mrs . Jermy would be called to give evidence as to the identity of the murderer .
Curious Document. (From The American Cor...
CURIOUS DOCUMENT . ( From the American correspondent of the Morning Chronicle , published in that paper of AVednesday last . ) I copy the following from the New York Herald , ofthe 8 tli instant , but cannot avoid remarking that the whole mutter appears to me to be too much like an absurd bravado to be worthy of serious attention . Besides , I am sure that neither the govenment nor the people of the United States would permit the organisation of systematic assassination in this country _, if publicly known , under any circumstances . Besides , who is to pay the money offered for the vio 5 ent | deatbs ofthe " Emperor of Austria , the King of Prussia , any other Prince or Duke , and Windischgratz ? " But I send jouall that is known on the subject . * ' An _Enici _agmust tiie _EvRorm Sovereigns . —The following singular document was published yesterday in one of the German papers of this city . " ' PUOCUMiVTIOX _05 1 _UU GE . 5 ttii _* _S-iilSMCA * SS HO
THEIR GERMAN BnETJlKEN jn OLD FATHERLAND . " ' Since every effort , prayers , and representations , which the German people have made , to induce their unjust _oppressors , emperors , kings , and princes of all kinds , to abandon their unnatural positions , have all been in vain—and since , furthermore , these possessors of power , instead of granting the people their desires , have only answered them with shots of cannons ; and since their ears are deaf to the voice of humanity and justice , and only open to hypocrites , deceivers , and lick-spittles _^ since , also , these emperors , kings , and princes , in their fight against the people , have committed the most horrid murders and shameful cruelties by their common hangmen AVindisehgratz and Jellachich , that they might rooir
out honest men from among the people , trample the rights of man underfoot , and throw thousands of worthy families , into suffering and misery ; and since , finally , all mankind now become enlightened , acknowledge tbe above , and wish the present forms of government to cease in which , hereditary princes arrogate to themselves to be the head ; men who at all times have proved themselves to be enemies of the people and who continue to oppress the people and rob them of the right to be free—a right given to the people from God — therefore we see no other means of rooting out these deadly enemies of mankind , other than that we German-Americans and our friends who are of the same mind , should offer rewards to the person or persons who , by any means
whatever , shall make the barbarians of the nineteenth century to be and to abide harmless and incapable of hurting . Therefore , we offer the following sums of money : — _ , _, , , Guilders , For destroying the Emperor of Aastria .. 30 , 000 For _destroj ing the King of Prussia .. 25 , 000 For destroying any other king , prince or duke .. 15 , 000 For the head of the common hangman Windischgratz .. ,. ,, .. 10 , 000 "' believe we can justify these measures before the world , because they are open , and against men destructive to the common race of men , whose hearts are hardened against every feeling of justice , and whose actions are not better than those of common thieves and murderers .
" * We further believe , and it is our firm conviction , that it is the most holy duty of every free min to help to banish them from the earth , and to root out their majesties from among the people ; and they who help to ao this work ought to be highly honoured and esteemed , each one of them as a William Tell . «• ' For the punctual payment of these rewards , as soon as the doer or doers of tho deed are properly identified , to be paid to them or their heirs , _wepledge our fortunes and our honours .
In the name of the Union-,... aVollenweber , Corresponding Secretary , « ' No . 217 , North Third-street , Philadelphia . ' To whom all applications and letters ( post paid ) must be addressed . "'
Blockades. —Tuesday Ni Ght's Gazette Con...
BLOCKADES . —Tuesday ni ght ' s Gazette contains official notifications of the blockade of the coast of Sicily , hy the _Neapolitan navy , of Venice by an Austrian squadron , and ofthe German ports and rivers by Denmark .
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Astley's. The Performances Commenced On ...
ASTLEY'S . The performances commenced on Monday evening with the new Easter spectacle , entitled The White Maiden of California ; or , the Horse of the Ocean . The adventures of the White Maiden ( Miss Rosa Henry ) among the Indians—her love for a certain Lieutenant Waller , the deadly hate which thereupon animates the son of an Indian chief , named Oniai ( Mr . T . Mills ) , and the final attack and defeat of the Indians by lhe gold-seekers , furnish the materials for several scenes of an excitingandhighly dramatic character . Two of these—first , the assemblage of the white warriors of the _forestaad their phantom steeds in tbe golden cavern ; and , secondly , the victory o the _gold-seekers over the savages—are splendidly
managed , and brought down thunders of applause at the fall of the curtain . The scenes in the circle are , however , the favourite and distinguishing entertainment at Astley ' s , and these wereall successful . AVe may especially notice a spirited and daring act of equitation by Mademoiselle Louiro _Tournaire on a bare-bucked horse , and the flying horsemanship of Heir Kenric . But the crowning performance of the _evening was that of the young Hernandez , whose daring feats we have before noticed . The evening's amusements concluded with tbe melodrama of thc Dumb Driver . AVe strongly recommend the Easter novelties at Astley ' s to the attention of all our holiday friends . The house was well attended .
PRINCESS'S , Tbe Easter piece at tbe _Princess's Theatre is founded on the familiar Arabian Nights story of Noureddin and the Fair Persian , and is from the pen of Mr . II . S . _Edwabos . On Monday evening all went on well , until , in thc words of the playbill , the audience are introduced to the " exterior of _Noureddin ' s house , in which there is an entire break up . " The King of Balsora and his vizier have pursued Noureddin to his abode , to which thev ( or rather tbe people behind the scenes ) set fire . The cjliect , in the Surrey ' s palmiest days , might have been regarded as one purely of blue and red lire . But the mimic scene was too graphically _pourtrayed . A cry of <« Fire , " was raised in the theitre , and the recollections of a recent catastrophe were too vivid in the minds of the audience to be dispelled . A portion of
the audience believed that the stage was actually in flames—they became panic stricken—and a general ru « h to the door was the consequence . The delusion was heightened upon the scene-shifters entering the stage to pull to pieces their own handiwork , and for a few minutes the scene whieh followed in lhe theatre was painful in the extreme . In vain the King of Balsora doffed tha comic for the tragic vein , and assured the audience by his gestures that there was no occasion for Mr . Braidwood j and it was not until the whole of the scenery was reduced to its original elements of planks and pasteboard , that the audience could make up their minds to settle down quietly again . The panic over , the performances continu ° d as if nothing had happened to disturb the general feeling of security and contentment . The success of the extravaganza , with tbe exception ofthe untoward incident alluded to , was complete in every respect .
LYCEUM . Mr . Planche has not , on the present occasion , observed his usual rule of a classic subject for the Easter burlesque . He has this year drawn his materials from the romantic and chivalric _, and placed , with brilliant success , the Seven Champions of Christendom on the boards of the Lyceum . Tlie subject is not by any means new to the stage . It has , if we remember right , been dished up in forms more or less dramatic at several London
theatresand once , certainly , as an equestrian specacleat DruryLane . But Mr . Plancho's exquisite taste , and mingled state of piquancy and elegance , gave to the old materials a degree of novel lustre , which more than made up for their comparative antiquity upon the boards . The theatre was crammed to excess ; and the Seven Champions made a most decided and triumphant bit . Almost all the characters appeared before the curtain after it dropped , and the author bowed his thanks to the audience from his box .
SADLER'S AVELLS . The "' regular drama" led the way here in Ihe role of Easter performances . Richard III ., from the test of Shakspere , was the play , the chief character being assumed by Mr . Phelps . This gentleman ' s conception ofthe hump-backed Duke , and his manner of representing the tyrant , are so well-known , that we need say no more than that he ably sustained his reputation . He was loudly applauded throughout , and at the close hc was called before the curtain . Mr . G . Bennett was very efficient as the Duke of Buckingham , whilst Miss Huddart , Miss Cooper , and Mrs . Brougham , who respectively took the parts
of Lady Anne , Queen Elizabeth , and Q , ueen Margaret , deserved especial praise for the grace and delicacy of their acting . All tbe other characters were extremely well supported . The accessories of scenery , dresses , and decorations are excellent and , altogether , no audience in tlie metropolis could have been better gratified . After the tragedy , the band , which comprised some superior instrumentalists , played _Jullien ' s Drum Polka in a manner that elicited an encore . The performances closed witha humorous drama , the scene of which was laid in Italy , called The Minister of Finance ; the story of which may be easily guessed . It was extremely well received .
SURREY . The present lessee of this theatre ( Mr . Shepherd ) has announced his intention of trying a similar experiment to that which has been so successfully carried out by the lessees of Sadler ' s Wells , lie is about to test the qualities of the Surrey audiences , by the production , if not of the solely legitimate drama , at least of pieces ofa far higher class than it has been hitherto the custom to _p-csent to the South Londoners . Mrs . Warner , Mrs . Nisbett _, Miss J . Mordaunt , aud Mr . Anderson are already engaged , and a promise of a strong operatic company is held out . On Monday evening an entirely new and original romantic drama , in three acts , written expressly for the theatre by E . Fitzball , Esq ., entitled Alhamar , the Moor , was produced to a house
crammed from floor to _cering , by which it was received with the most rapturous and unanimous applause . The plot has no pretensions to novelty of conception ( the very title , indeed , is suggestive of _Zamga _, and the itevenge ) hut it is skilfully worked out . Thc diama was followed by Cousin Cherry , in which Airs . Stirling exhibited a volubility only to be equalled by that of Charles Mathews in Patter _DttTSus Clatter . _I-el \ ' s _Ethiopian Sei-en & uers and Boz _' s Juba called down thunders of applause in the interlude , and a long evening ' s entertainments were woundup by thc reproduction , in all its pristine glory , of the " celebrated comic pantomine" of Mother Goose , in which Tom Matthews sported the identical dress in which Grimaldi last appeared , and sang "Hot Codlings , " and " Mr , Grig and Miss Snap _; or figs' Pettitoes . "
VICTORIA . On Monday night this popular place of amusement was crowded to overflowing in every part by a holiday audience . The entertainments for the occasion were—Clarence Clevcdon ( a new and powerful three net drama ); The Maid of Velitri ; or , Che last Deed of Garboni ( an original musical romantic drama ); and a grand comic Pantomime , entitled Harlequin Gas and the I / xnd of Light . All the pieces gave great satisfaction to the auditory .
STANDARD . The enterprising lessee of this theatre has not been backward in catering for the amusement of his patrons . Besides adding to the s ' rength of the corps dramatique _, he has not only engaged Mr . Burdett and his son , who perform their drawing entertain ' ment , consisting , of summersaults , _gracef id poses , & c , but the renowned Admiral Von Tromp , twentythree inches high , and weighing only fourteen pounds , nightly makes his bow to the audience . The entertainments during the holidays commence with a domestic drama entitled The Poachers , ana , as its title would indicate , tbe plot is founded on the
iniquitous game laws . The chaste acting of Mrs . R . Hornier , and Mr . Rayner , and of the laughter-creating Miss Terry and Mr . Lewis , received well merited approbation . An aquatic drama called Thc Mountain Cataract followed , in which Mr . Hicks ably sustained the part of the idiot . In the last scene — the bursting of the torrent—is presented a magnificent cataract of real water . The _entertain-, ments conclude with the laug hable farce of A Trip to California . AVe are g'ad to bear that the house is nightly crowded , which is not at all surprising , when we consider the prices of admission , a sight of the Admiral alone being worth the entire cost .
COLOSSEUM AND CYCLORAMA . Tbe Colosseum continnes to present its varied attractions for the amusement and _^ instruction of the holiday folks . The most attractive feature in the exhibition is , of course , the Panorama of Paris by ni ° ht : but the Museum of Sculpture , Conservatories , Swiss Cottage , Classic Ruins , Stalactite Caverns , all amply repay a visit . The addition of the Cyclorama , with its extensive . panorama of Lisbon , which includes the magnificent scenery of theTagus , and a view of the Earthquake of 1 / 75 , renders this one of the most interesting exhibitions in the metropolis .
GREENWICH FAIR . Easter Monday is always a great day at Greenwich ; and notwithstanding the unpromising state of the weather the lair possessed its usual attractions . The steam-boats in quick succession discharged cargo after cargo of human beings , collected from the different piers and wharfs between Westminster and London bridge . The railway and _omnibugBes also brought
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their contingents , and Irom an earlv hour in tllf Rfternoon every comer of Greenwich and the Tack , as tor m Blackheatn , was crowded with visiters . The stalls and booths _were filled , each showman had his group of admiring spectators . From the cpen dnors and window * of the becrshops a dense cloud ., f s _.-noke escaped , dimly revealuvi faces and figures of iv _>* . py revellers carousing within . Then there wi-re ¦• • irht with their sweeteharts whirled round at a < Vi : ; Uful velocity in the circular swings , or playing at , : - kiss in the ring" in the park . Some invested tho hoardings of a week in one large purchase of gimicrkcad nuts ; others , more prudent , reserved a portion of their earnings for ths indispensable " scraper" with which to startle the nerves and distract the oars of
the opposite sex . Those who were "flush of money bought prodigious noses , with which they paraded the streets , or perhap - a trumpet or shrill whistle satisfied their ambition to be peculiar . On the faces of all resided an _expression of good humour and gaiety _. In one street the principal attraction was a number of disabled seamen , who , seated on the damp earth , exhibited their amputated limbs with astonishing cheerfulness , being consoled no doubt in the- midst of _theirmisfortunes by thc coppers which the . sympa thisers showered on them as they passed . Among the visitors in the Park were a party of Egyptians , Whose flowing white trowsers , and red fez caps , produced a-trong _impression . Some of tin m had so far surmounted their reluctance at seeing won . en nnvei _' cd , as to arm themselves with trcmeiuious scrapers , and these they used with surprising constancy and dexteritv . Out as far as Blackij _^ _tth tbe
long stream of amusement extended ; for their _wi-re to be seen youths practising archtrv with considerably iess _cxpertne-s than William Tell , girls riding dis * pevately on donkeys that wouldn't go , and _cruxy old Rosinantes galloping away from their lawful owners , bestridden by gentlemen as precarious in their seats as the poor beasts were upon their legs . As evuiing _clossdin the Park was deserted , and the booth .- , and dancing-rooms became the _centres of attraction . Richardson ' s still retains its pre-eminence among the dramatic exhibitions of Greenwich fair , and is well worth a visit . The whole uerformaace doer , not occupy more than half an hour , and embraces a melodrama , a comic song , and a pantomime . The melodrama is very amusing , the deepest parts of it being generally enlivened by a flourish of penny trumpets , whistles , & c , from some noisy gentlemen among the audience .
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GORE AND GLORY !!! " Our brave soldiers won imperishable laurel-. " - » Vide , " Respectable" Press-Gang . 'There let them rot , Ambition ' s , honour'd fools , Yes , "Honour" decks the turf that clad . s their _^ eiay ! Vain sophistry ! In them behold the tools—The broken tools , that tyrants cast away ' . ' _' _Bykos . Some extracts from tho journal ofa _subaltus-n in thc Second Europeans have just been published , graphically descriptive of passages in the _fiyhfc of Chillianwallah , and the after scenes . AVe select A few specimens : — ¦
" The word came for the infantry to _advance , Fix bayonets—load—deploy into line—quick ninrch ' . ' And just tben came a roll of musketry that clrnve us almost mad . - Quick march ! ' And into this jungle we plunged in line with a deafening cheer—r _' -. c * roll of musketry increasing every moment . On we -vent at a rapid double , dashing through the bushr _; . ami bounding over every impediment : faster rol . _' wl the musketry , crash upon crash the cannon poured _fortU its deadly contents , and down upon them cornea our brigade ; and , gaining an open space _ir . tha jungle , the whole of the enemy ' s line _biust . on our view . ' Charge ! ' rang the word through our - . _- ' _-iks ; and the men bounded forward like angry _buii-dogs , pouriug in a murderous fire . The enemy ' s bullets whizzed above our head?—the very air seemed teem *
ing with them . Man after man was Struck down * and rolled in the dust ; but a passing glance wus all we could give them . And onward we went , bearing on their line with a steadiness which _nothing could resist . They fired a last volley , wavered , ami -hea turned and fled , leaving the ground _covm-. t with dead and wounded . Pursuit in a jungle lik 1 . - that was useless , where we could not see twenty yards before us ; so we halted , and began to colli ; . : ; , our wounded ; when all of a sudden a Are was _opened upon , us iu our rear . A large body of the c _\\«* sy _hai turned our flank in thc jungle , and got betiveGn us and tbe rest of the troops ; another party was on our left , and we found ourselves with our _ligiii field
battery completely surrounded and alone in the field . The word was given , 'Right about face ! ' and we advanced steadily , loading and firing as we wea * and the artillery pouring in grape as _steudily as t ' _o' _* parade . If it had not been for that batter * , ws should have been cut up to a man . The fir ? , vas fearful ; the atmosphere s-emed alive with bails ; I can ( inly compare it to a storm of hail they rang above my head and ears so thick that I felt that if I put out my band it would be taken off . Our firing was beautiful , every man was as steady as a rock , and fired low and well j while the Sepoys on our right were blazing away into the air , atid taking no aim whatever . *
"All this time the enemy were dogging about the bushes , banging away at us , and then disappearing . At last General Gilbert rode up , and said fo Steel , - 'AVell , Major ; how are you ? Do you think you . are near enough to charge ? ' ' By all means , ' said Steel . 'Well , then iet ' s see how you can do it . ' ' Men of the Second Europeans , prepare to charge-Charge ! ' And on we went with a stunning cheer . Poor NightinL'ale was shot in the head , and fell at my feet . I had just time to order two men to pick him up . The Sikhs fought likedevi ' s . They charged down on us , singly , sword in hand , and strove to break through our line ; but it was no go ; and after a short _struggle we swept them before us , and remained masters of the field _.
"The enemy lay in heaps around—some dead , some dying , but fierce and untamed even in their dying struggle ; numbei s of them were bayoneted by our men in the act of rearing themselves up and taking aim at the officers . Tbe battle lasted for three hours , and so maddening was the excitement that it seemed scarcely half an hour . The chief rode down our lines afterwards ; we gave him three cheers , and proud we were of tbe praise he gave us . "At sunset we collected as many of our wounded as we could find , blew up _\ U the ammunition that we had taken , and moved out of the jungle int * the open ground , where we piled arms and bivouacked on the gvouivl and a more wretched night I never passed ; it came on a thick drizzling rain , and wc were nd
wet to the skin ; to sleep was impossible , a we were almost perishing with thirst , but not a dr"p of water was to be got . In my wanderings aboui in search of it , I came upon tlie field hospital ; and the sight I saw there I shall remember to my dying day —poor wounded wretches lying on the ground without a thing to cover them . ' Water—water—water l ' was their ceaseless cry , and not a drop was there to be had to slake their thirst . All the hospital apparatus was behind , and there was not a single comfort for the poor fellows ; even med'eal assistance was very scarce ; many were lying bleeding on the cold earth for hours without having a soul near them . The ghastly sight of suffering , the fearful wounds and hideous gashes that met my eyes , would poison an angel's dreams
January 17 . —A beautiful day , thank God ; the bright sunshine has come out again , and no one who has not experienced the misery of wading tliroti _.-h a wet camp with mud up to the ancles can appreciate the blessing dry weather is to a campaigner . Rode out to see thc battle-field—a sickening _si-iht it was . The enemy hud come down in the night after we left the ground , and murdered every wounded man . Many of them had evidently only been hit Di the legs , and they were gashed about in a fearfull man * ner ; every man had his throat cut , and many their heads clean cut off . One poor man of ours was obliged to be left behind in the charge , and a lot of the enemy came down and literally hewed him in
pieces . Another , who is now lying , doing well , ia the hospital , was awfully cut about too . He _sayg they took him and tossed him up in the air to see if he was alive ; but , a- he himself quaintly expressed , it , he had presence of mind to be dead . The most fearful sight of all was in front of the battery where the Twenty-fourth had been repulsed : 150 of them lay dead on the ground ; they were literally in heaps * The hideous way they had been mangled by these inhuman fiends no tongue can describe ; and no mercy will be shown by our infuriated soldiers to any who fall in their way . There were immense heaps of Sikhs lying there too , but they had taken away the greater number . "
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" Greenwich Time . "—A gentleman who had just arrived at Liverpool by sea was anxious to proceed to London by tbe mail train , which would start in a , few minutes . He promised an Irish cab-driver five shillings more than his fare if he arrived at the station in time . This he failed to do , but Pat claimed the reward notwithstanding ; for , said he , "Sure , it ' s not the fault of me nor me baste , but of th © Grecnidge time that they keep I " A Wife ' s PitEnooATivr .. —An Irish soldier one c waited on bis commanding officer , with what her termed a very serious complaint . " Another man ¦ he said , "had upbraided him that hc was not
married to bis own wife , whom he accused of beino- no better than she should be , and called her nu \ ivy ° _bad names besides , wliich lie should be ashamed to men . tion to his honour . " Colonel : " "Well , my good fellow , have you any proof that you are legally married ? " Soldier : "Faith , your honour , Ihava the best proof in . the world . " Here he took off his hat or rather a cap , and exhibited a ing , " Does your honour think I'd that same abuse from anybody but a The Danish War . —Cowcs roads with German vossels which have owing- to a renewal of hostilities ___ . i i , _- _« . 3 iouh
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