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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE FO . XXVI . A SONG FOR THE ROAD . On the 17 th of Angus t , 1846 ; ST _xamsT JONES . wVm on to ths Chartist farm _. We ' re oa to me promised land ! For labour bas a charm , When it fills the labourer ' s band . Who ' s tbat , at the narrow porch , qfeafu ths "Factory ' s long _helVtorcti 1—lis the puiseproud lord of trade , _TVho hurls the long crusade On the poor and weak , that made Him strong with tbeir million-aid !
Not one of them—not one of them , Who is not acting thus : Well none of them—well none of them ! They ' re not the men for us , Who _'« that ; in bis chariot gay , Wbo whirls tip the dasty way f—His blazon is rich and old , Bat bis heart is poor and cold _. And be thinks tbey are grown too bold , Since we dare our owa to hold ! Uot oue ot them—not one of them , _WhaU not thinking thus : WeU none of them—we _* U none of them , They ' re not fhe men for us .
Who ' s that so smooth and sleek _. With a smirk on his rosy cheek !—Tis the parson , who comes to see Onr farm for his fattening fee _. And hopes it all to be A part of his property f _Notone of them—not one of them , _rWho It not hoping thus 2 "Well none of them—well none ofthem , They ' re not tbe men for ns . Then—on to the Chartist fenn I Then—on to tbe promised land ! - For labour has " a-enarm , - Now it fills the labourer ' s hand . ¦ _Jjaratead , Augusti 2 flV" 1846 .
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..- HO . XXVII . ' " " THE PEOPLE'S JUBILEE . Tone—Donald CarcVt come again . O'Connorville ' a on every tongue , Its name _hasxhatms for old aud young ; "Who wish to lire hy honest toQ , And share the blessings of the soil . For there the freeman builds his cot , His cares and sorrows all forgot ; " TTnere _wanfa rude blast is never blown , Aad loid and slave are names unknown . Choxus . _—Easteye toO'Connorvill _» J Cheer ye for O'Connorville ! Shout , toy lads , with rig ht good will , And echo back O'Connorville !
Ne "knaves are they , bnt nobles _aR , Who spnm'd the tyrant ' s iron thrall ; And for to make one grand diiplay _. Proclaims a merry holiday . And when we meet the _favourM few , Oar social bonds we will renew ; And toast with glee , and hearts elate , " The People and their First Estate 1 " Haste ye to , < fcc . O'Connor , brave ! the first of men ! Well toast bim o er and o ' er again ; Let traitors'dread , and tyrants stare , Oar million shouts shall rend the air . The old , the young , the grave , and gar , Shall all be frolic , sport , and play :
Strathspey and reel , and song , and glte , Shall mark fhe People ' s Jubilee ! Haste ye to , & c . Where Duncombe , ever _hononr'd name , Who changest not , —is still fhe same ; The champion of tbe poor _oppress'd , Shall find a borne in every breast ! His name well shout with loud bunas , "For words are weak to spew his praise _. The path is his that few pursue , The path that * s honest , just and true . Haste ye to , & c . Where Wheeler , Claris , _iTGrath , aad Doyle , Trom labour sprung , the sons of toil , la shouts of rapture , lond , and long , Shall issue from the motley throng . To sound their well-won meed of praise ,
And wish tiiem long and happy days ; Each man the goblet deep shall drain , And fill , and toast , and toast again . Haitejeto , & c . 'With barrels ef ale and casks ofbeer , The care corroding heart well cheer ; While woe , and want , and sad despair , Shall give a daft discharge to Cars . Then baste , prepare , and come away ! The flags shall wave , the bands shall play * , Aud youth sbaH catch the inspiring strata , And hoary age seem young again . Haste ye to O'Connorville ! Cheer ye for O'Connorville ! Shonr , my _lada , with right good will , _O'Connor and O'Connorville ! J . _Hasekesi _EJdinbargh , August "th , 1816 .
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rxirs EDINBURGH MAGAZINE . August . Edinburgh : W : Tait , Prince ' _8-street . London : Simpkin and Marshall . * l % eTeryatirring and well-told romance , " Truth ffid Falsehood ; " Is continued in tbis n amber , and rellpictnres the violent doings in the stormy times if oareighth Henry . The -valuable paperllentitJed 'Mary Queeni of Scots , " _isalso continued , and will 39 read with deep interest by the enquirer after _hisiorical tenth ; who will find in it a fearful exposition _ifthenwraKw of princes _, in the " good old times . _.
Imongst leveral critical articles and notices , this lumber contains an excellent review of _Michelkt b _ivorfca . In the ¦ 'Politics of the Month , " "Every _hing" says the writer in Tot * , " seems , at first light , to promise along and happy "Whig reign ; " a BOOHS look into the future , howeTer , show 3 the miter that the political horizon isnot without clouds telling of coming storms . The state of Ireland , the bah Church , and political and other reforms in England aad Scotland , will create «« as fierce apoBical strife as this coantry has ever witnessed . " He -rami * the Whigs , that
THE CHABTISTS ARE HOT DEAD . The elements of disturbance are not dead , bnt Bleep . Ihe Chartists are scarce seen or beard of at _present , - [ Leeds , Manchester , and Blackstone-edge , tell a different We . —Ed . K . SJ but the Chartists still exist . let there come a season of monetary pressure , accompanied by _irant of work , and the millions will become uneasy ; let the millions feel uneasy , and tbe natural and necessary _oatrast ofa Government over which they exercise no _Controul , which is entirely nnder the management of classes who have stored up means to weather a season of distress , [ a good reason why aft should bave a hand in the management—Ed . _"JJ . S . ) will revive . We bave not heard the last of Extension of Franchise ; no , nor of the Five Points either .
We request friend Tait , and Lord John Russell , to buy for themselves a penny copy ofthe Charter , and read aud leant that there are " six points . * We recommend to the working men the formation ol a society for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge among the "higher classes , ' ! whose ignorance as to Chartism ia really lamentable .
Ihe Connoisseur. August. : London: E. Ma...
IHE CONNOISSEUR . August . : London : E . Mackemue , 111 , Fleet-street . "Haydonand High Art , " and " Dramatic Prospects /' are two well written , instructive , and interesting articles . This number is embellished with a portrait of Miss Cushman , a welcome offering to that bay ' s many admirers . A "Memoir" of this celebrated actress is also given . We must add , that a biographical sketch of John Bernard Logier , remarkable" In musical history , is also contained in this number . The August Part deserves all the praise [ re haTe so repeatedly awarded to its predecessors .
The Musical Herald. Part3. London: G. Bi...
THE MUSICAL HERALD . Part 3 . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . That this periodical is nnder the management ofa first-rate editor , every way qualified for his duties , is proved hy each succeeding number . This part contains c _hpositions by Beethoven , Mozart , Haydon , Axne , _Veber , and other eminent and world-wide populf . ' composers . The letter-press is , as usual , exceedingly interesting ; and both the original and selected articles are of the best description . From & biographical sketch of Catalan ! . we give the following extract : —
Her character as a woman is most amiable and _interesting . Of the generosity of her disposition many _in-Itances are remembered . When she performed for the > _enefit of musicians , she frequently returned the whole _jr a _large portion of tbe sum for which she was en . raged ; and sbe often acted in the same manner towards > ublic charities . When a great musical performance Wok place for the benefit of the Westminster Hospital , ihe was solicited to contribute her services , but declined On the ground that her own concerts , then announced , ( ri ght be injured by ber previous appearance elsewhere . Bat on the first day a { ter ber _^^ cert , she transmitted to the committee the whole proceeds of J * . __ amounting to shout £ 3 M as a g ift to the hospital . When sbe visited Cracow , in the heig ht of her fame , she was engaged , r « « very large sum , to sing intho theatre , When
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tht amount was tendered bar , she returned more than tbe Half of it as a contribution to ths fund for _ertctinr a * _taton _& _XB * _dbtpK : :. _~~^ Her want of literary attainments , joined to herviviu dty ; in conversation / sometimes _produced ' _ladicroui scenes . When at tho Court of Weimar _/ aha was placed at a dinner-party , by the side of Qoetht , _asamarkof respect to ber on the part ofjber royal host ; The lady knew nothing of Goethe ; _bnt being struck with his ma jestlc appearance : and the great attention of which be was the object , aba Inquired of the gentleman _•» her other hand what was his Hame . "The celebrated Goethe , madam , " was the answer . ' -Pray on what instrument does be play , " was the next _* question . "He is no performer , madam—he is the author of Wertex . " " Oh . yes , yes , I remember , " said Catalani ; and , turning to tho venerable poet , she addressed him— "Ah , sir what an admirer I am of Werter ! " A low bow was ' the _retllft _ftmAnnf _»•¦ 4 A . 4 _. MA _J i __* _*___
turn to so flattering _, a . _« ompHmer , l , « -T u Br » con taanea the lively lady , — "I never read anything half so laughablem all my _nfo _. what a capital farce it is , sir !'' "A farce , madam ! " said the poet , looking aghast , " the Sorrows of Werter a farce ? «* Ob , yes ! never was any thing so delightfully ridiculous J" rejoined Catalan * , laughing heartily as she enjoyed the remembrance . And it turned out tbat sbe had been talking all the while of a ridiculous parody of Werter , performed at one ol the minor theatres of Paris , in wn « _= u the sentimentality of Goethe ' s romance had been unmercifully ridiculed . The poet did not get over hi » mortification the whole cveniog ; and the fair singer ' s credit at Weimar was sadly impaired by this display of her ignorance ef tbe illustrious Goethe and the Sorrows of
Wer-Madame Catalani , " full of years and honour , " now lives in elegant retirement , ft I her Beautiful tills OU the Lake of Como . She still retains much of her beauty , and all the grace and liveliness of her manners : and we have very recently beard seme of her old London friends , wbo had been travelling in Italy , talk with delight of the warmth and feeling , and cordial hospitality , with which she received them . We should state that | there are some original musical pieces , composed expressly for this publication , contained in the part before us . We again recommend this work to our readers .
The Reasoner. Part Ii. London: J. Watson...
THE REASONER . Part II . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Besides the " Letter , to William Howitt" 2 , 3 , ani . 4 , which we hare before alluded to in these columns , this part contains many original and clever articles . "Robebi Dale Owen ' s -Smithsonian speech" is very eloquent and very excellent , but we must confess that our admiration of Mr . Owsit is much decreased since we read his insane firebrand oration on tbe Oregon question ; happily his wildfire aspirations have , at least for the present , net been realized . In sober seriousness , we advise the
Socialfats to give op their title of "Rationalists . " We always thought its assumption exhibited great presumption on their part , but after reading in the Reasoner the report of thc closing scenes at " Harmony HaU , " we must come to the conclusion that the retention of the title of " Rationalists" will be as ridiculous as presumptuous . Of course our friends the Socialists will continue to be as •' rational' * ' m circnmstai _£ es will permit . Good ; bat let them not longer claim to be the only Rationalists . From the minor articles we give tbe following extract : —
THOMAS _PAINE' 3 BONES . It will be recollected that Mr . Cobbett took the _bocel of Ur . Paine to England , except a little fineer in the possession of a friend in Long Island , who superintended the interment for Mr . Cobbett . 3 fr . Cobbett's intention was to have had a monument built over these hones , and a popular procession from his birth place to London , but bis feelings were not responded to , because he appealed to mere politicians . Mr . Cobbptt had no religious prejudices , and a great share of personal boldness _, with considerable tact ; ie could advocate the political opinions of Hr . Paine , and' slide orer bis religious , without committing himself , bnt other politicians either bad committed themselves , or were afraid ; he appealed to them in vain ; they were afraid to be called followers of Paine , and
therefore would not promote a monument and _prqaesrion , for the lake of their standing in thin * party ranks ; and Mr , Cobbett did not appeal to "Free Enquirers . The consequence was he died in possession of Ur . _Paine's bones . The elder son and executor of Ur . Cobbett soon became Involved in debt and law and he is how in prison , or was lately , for contempt of court , having remained there for several years . In these circumstances be soon bad BO visible property , or at least , he was obliged to make that declaration ; and the bones fell into the hands of an elderly female , a nurse in Cobbett ' s family ; by ber they were given or sold to Lord King ' s gardener , as we believe , for the use ( or preservation ) of Lord King . We believe this especially , because it is understood that Lord King
bas the famous portrait of tfr . Paine , painted by Bomney , afterwards engraved by Sharpe , and from which all the good engravings are taken . ' This is also probable from the political and free opinions of the family of Lord King , the father , we presume , of the present nobleman , was a hard-money man : tbe first who refused to take tbe Bank of England paper , and to point out its depreciation ; beheld too opinions generally In accordance with Mr , Cobbett , and therefore we think it likely that the son has imbibed or adopted the opinions ofhis father ; and hence his predilection in favour of tbe memory' of Paine , and bis desire to preserve his bones . We may yet hear of a monument erected to the memory of Mr . Paine in England . —Nem York Beacon .
We are sorry to hear that this publication is not as successful as its merits entitle it to be , and that con * sequently some changes calculated to lessen its expenses of production are intended . We are sorry for this , because , although we do not agree with all thinp we find in the Reasoner , nevertheless we regard it as a useful and necessary publication . It strikes ut thai it has one fault which we should be glad to see amended ; there is not sufficient spirit in many of the articles which are cold and tame com-E ared with Mr . Holtoakh ' s former writings . Pcraps want of adequate support is at the bottom of this fault . We know how hard it is for an editor to
please every body , but we must still venture to remark that if the Reasoner contained less of specula tive and hair-splitting comments upon questions which will probably never be solved , and instead occupied its columns something more with' " practical questions , " it would be all the better . We wish Mr . Holtoaee would turn his attention more to Communism ( not _Owenism only ) and let his readers know what are the different systems agitated on the continent and in America , and what progress is making in reducing the different theories to practice . Communism will yet be the great question of the age ; the "Reasoner and Herald of Progress" should be its pioneer .
The People's Journal. Part?. London: J. ...
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part ? . London : J . Bennett , 69 , Fleet-street . This part contains a portrait of Richard Cobden , with a biographical sketch , containing no small-beer laudation of this "Man of the People" ( . ') ;—" King ofthe _Jounjeoins " . would be a much more fitting title . That Cobden is a mere profitraon ? er with the soul of a bourgeois , is sufficiently proved by Ms cast-iron looking face , which , although the artist has tried to light up with a little "sentiment , " is , despite all his efforts , the incarnation of personified millocratism . In relation to Cobden ' s pamphlet on Russia , ( in which he showed himself the bitter enemy of Polish liberty , ) his biographer says , ** He completely sifted the " Russian question ; " satisfied ire
himself that the fear of tbat overgrown emp by England was a bugbear ; and -vehemently urged that England should abolish the corn laws , stick to trade and commerce , and not meddle in foreign questions ; where we could do no good to others , but only inflict on ourselves a great deal of mischief . " There spoke the shopocrat ! " Though the rest ef the world sink in slavery aud misery , no matter , so long as we , the English middle-class , may * buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market . ' Stick to trade and commerce , and away with your trash about liberty and happiness ! Welcome the march of Nicholas , or the rule * of the devil himself , so long as wo can buy and sell , and g-ow fat , on the ruin of myriads of victims to our glorious system of competition ! Hurrah for the Kings of Gold ! "
_, . Such is the real meaning of Cobden ' s principles and doctrines . _ His biographer tells us that Cobden is " one of the best specimens of the English character . " Yes , such is the character beiieved of us by millions of other lands , who take the word of such writers , and take the fact of such individuals as Cobden , that such represent tlie English character . Itis not so . Cobden represents a class of English society , but he represents not the English people ; we are not so utterlv fallen as that : we are not all money-grubbers
and mammon-worshippers . His class too is the great enemy of the class we claim to represent , the direst foe to be battled with before the millions will be enfranchised from tbeir political and social slavery . The biographer of Cobden has a sneer at the member for Knaresborough . We beg to teU Mm that Mr . Ferrand has the _affection of tens of thousands fit tne English working men , For ourselves we detest Air . Ferrand ' s stupid old Tory notions , but we KM * J" ? to be a true generous-hearted man , and , With all MS faults , no cold-blooded bourgeois , and therefore wortn a thousand such as Cobden .
Cobden ' s biographer admits that heis not a perfect man , " and thinks "he committed a great error in opposing the Short Time question . ' It _vf * no "error" at ail , but strictly in accordance with the heartless doctrines of his class and party , me biographer predicts Cobden ' s future greatness ; we will predict Cobden ' s future unpopularity ; aye , if he lives a few years he will be one of the most unpopular men in England , because tlie declared enewy of p opular progression . Time will show which is the true prophet . Having done our duty in finding fault where the occasion has required , we now turn to the much m ore pleasing task of expressing our gratification arising from the perusal of the many excellent articles in this part . Of a widely different character to the biography of Cobden is the admirable article on " Com-
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_petition" by Mary Leman Gillies . _iWo an sorry we cannot afford room for more than _^ _tha Mowiri * extract : — - *• _~ _¦^ r _^ i : ' _^^^ - _^ ' - - . —— . ¦ _"" ¦ _$ _*? _-- _?**
COMTITITIOK , Itia friction of the social machinery , and vain are-all the efforts at oiling the wheels while that principle is at work . It engenders " hatred , malice , envy , and all tincharitablene 8 s , and is as unnecessary in society as emulation lias been proved to be in education . It Is the error of the quack to trust to stimulants which , in their action and reaction , aggravate and produce disease the physician studies the nature of his patient , and * subjects him to no laws but such as are in accordance with it . If competition was ever necessary , it ig l 0 no longer : Improvement has reached a point from which it will proceed on its own momentum .
Competition appears to assist advancement , bnt in reality creates obstructions ; for while inflicting the goad om _thecompefa'tors . it baft the gAftl io Hhem by a thousand impediments , before which hundreds fall _heart-sick , tbe disappointed victims of vain endeavour , and . undeserved discomfiture , success often owing all to interest and nothing to merit , The history of invention would exhibit how frightful are the struggles of competition , how continually in this moral , orrather immoral , warfare tbe originator is trampled down , hii discovery perhaps lost , _atleasfc delayed , and the Injury extended from him to society . Behold the throngs of _studehtsin every walk of science , instead of proceeding in the dignity " of harmony to take their places in the appropriate temples , they rush , in the spirit of Ishmael , with a hand against
them ! Instead of science or society calling the worthiest , saying , " This is our beloved son in whom we are well pleased , " the cry is , or might be , "This is the appointed person because he has power and patronage on his side , " St . Paul , in enumerating the vices that deform society , names " emulation ; " he tells ns that the law is , that we shall love our neighbour as ourselves , and adds , "if ye bite and devour one another , take heed that ye be not consumed one of another . " His Epistle to the _Galatians is all redolent with the spirit that would banish Competition and establish Co-operation ; whicb , instead of leaving the world an arid desert , dotted here and there with an oasis of wealth and luxury , would say of the universal family : " The wilderness and tbe solitary place shall be glad for them , and the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose . "
Very beautiful are most of the things written by Harriet Martineau in this part : —her " Hutchinson Family in _Grassmere , " "Surveys from the Mountain , " and "Household Education . " contain * ing but little we could find fault with , and very much deserving our utmost praise . Most charmipg too is the ably written biograhpy of the Miss Cushmans , by Mary Howitt . As usual William Howitt contributes his quota , ably supported by other writers whose contributions we have not room to enumerate . This part commences the second volume , and affords a favourable opportunity - for new readers commencing with this true People * * Journal . Notwithstanding occasional faults , or at least what we regard as such—it is a work on the whole so excellent as to command our best _wishes for its increased success and circulation .
Simmonds's Colonial Magazine. Ar Gust. L...
_SIMMONDS'S COLONIAL MAGAZINE . Ar gust . London : Simmonds and Ward , Barge _, yard , _Bucklersbury . A rich variety of information on colonial and foreign subjects is contained in this magazine . The number for August contains articles on " The Native Indians of New _Brauswick , " " The Scenerr of Grenada , " Algoa Bay and Port Elizabeth , " " Colonial Misgovernment , " and the ' * Scenery of Barbadoes : " also continuations of ' - ¦ Tbe Emigrant : a tale of Australia , " " Reminiscences of Cuba , " and Mr . Hooton ' s " Rides , Rambles and Sketches in
Texas . " The melancholy history of Mr . Hooton ' s experiences prove most unanswerably the frauds of the ' * book-makers" and emigration-agents in representing this den of pestilence , " crime , and misery , as the abode of health , peace , and happiness . Thousands have been ruined and utterly destroyed ; and Mr . IIooton deserves , well for employing his powerful pen in the righteous endeavour to prevent thousands more from encountering the perils and ruin necessarily attending upon emigration to Texas . From an essay on " The Cultivation and Manufacture of Coffee , " wo give the following historical notice of this delightful beverage .
Upon the authority of Monsieur Raynal , we are aslured that the coffee tret came originally from Upper Ethiopia , where it was known" from time , immemorial , and where It is said to be still cultivated with success . M . Lapince de Hejieres states , that he round the plant in the Indies , and made frequent _USS of the fruit . Which WaB rather larger than that which was produced in Arabia , at the commencement of the " cultivation of this tree , towards the end of the 15 th century . We are indebted to the Orientals for our knowledge of the use of coffee , —we are told that its qualities as a beverage were first discovered by the Superior of a Monastery in Arabia , who , wishing to keep his monks awake to perform the duties of the choir , was . induced to make them drink the infasion , on observing the effects which it had on the goats . Some people pretend that its use took its rise from a Mollah of tbe name of Ghedeley , to divest himself ofa drowsiness which enthralled him , and prevented his attending to his night's _derottona .
_Constantinople was the first place where public establishments were instituted for the use of this beverage ; but these . became ; the haunts of the idle and disengagedpoliticians , poets , and Mullahs ' , and the _discuMions which ensued at such frequent and promiscuous assemblies became so alarming , that , in the reiga of Amurat the Third , the government interfered to suppress them . Edicts to that effect were issued at several periods ; but the custom of drinking coffee bad become too established to be thus eradicated . The influence of religion was even resorted to for the purpose of discouraging the use of tbis harmless and refre-. hiB . jj beverage . In the year 1923 " { 920 of the _Hegira ) , a sermon was preached against its nse by one of the Mahometan Doctors , whicb resulted in the persecution of the coffee drinkers . A meeting of the Divines was , however , called to decide this momentous question , and they solemnly declared that there was bo criminality in drinking coffee , from which period the nse of it bas been allowed to all true believers .
It was not till the middle of the 13 th century , that fhe use of coffee was introduced into England . But since that period , the taste for it has gradually extended , and it has now become a necessary of life . The Dutch , the _mest enterprising commercial nation of the 17 th century , were ths people who first brought the coffee plant from the East , and introduced it into Europe . They originally obtained the plant in Mocha , tramferred it to Batavia , thence to Amsterdam , and , at the commencement of the 18 th century , Louis XIV . procured a _plant'from the latter place , which was transplanted to the Jardin des Plantes _, whence it was distributed to all the French islands * , but it was first sent to , and cultivated in , the Island of Martinique .
The beat coffee still comes from Mocha and Aden , hilly districts in Arabia Felix , where there are still large plantations . The whole article describing the cultivation of the plant , and the process ofthe manufacture of its produce , is very interesting . This number worthily sustains the popularity acquired by its predecessors .
"The Days That Are Gone." [¦'Ilearbotksi...
"THE DAYS THAT ARE GONE . " _[¦ _'IlearbotKsides" is a rule with us ; wehave , therefore , no hesitation in giving insertion to the following lines , whieh , though not so perfect in their construction as Charles Mackay ' s on the same subject , nevertheless contain some sound ideas . We do not " endorse" all T . S . P . says in favour of the " good old times : " like Dr . Mackay he is partly right , but not all right . The true " golden age " was neither in the past , nor is in the present , the future shall see it ; let us hasten its advent . —
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TO THB EDITOR OF TnE NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —Though I am far from preferring the past to the _present , yet , I believe , we have lost many privk leges by the marcii of civilization . One of these , ( our exclusion from even a sight ofthe green fields by the barriers which are still being raised up throughout the country , and more especially around our large towns , ) I have made the principle topic in the following verses . It is all very _welljfor Dr . Mackay . to descant on the blessings and beauties of steam , but had the sapient Doctor been caught wild on his native mountains , when only , nine years of age , aud immured within a factory , and these steamed incessantly for thirty years , its associations would hare been neither pleasant nor poetical . By giving the following piece a plaee in your columns while the Doctor ' s is fresh in the minds of your readers , you will much _oblige . Your ' s respectfully ,
T . S . P _Glasgew , August 8 , 1816 .
TERSES , IN REPLY TO DR . MACKAY'S " DAYS THAT ARE _GOXE , " "Which appeared in the Star , July 35 . There ' s a charm in the words , the Days that are gone ! Oh ! the sweeteBt and happiest moments still known , Are those that are lit by a gleam from the past—Oh ! ne er may oblivion those vi « _lons o ' erca & t ! Current impressions may perish for ever—The strongly knit ties of friendship may sever—I would sooner that reason itself were _o'erthro _' wn , Than lose the memento of days that are gone ! In the good olden times ot the noble anil brave , There where spots where the broom and the bramble might wave ! Then the beauties of nature could be easily seen ; When the flowers were in blossom , the meadows so
green : On the hills , in the dells , by the murmuring stream ; Foud lovers might wander , the poet might dream , The youthful might folic , the aged might pray ; There was scope for the serious , the sad or thc gay ; All these spots were then patent to ev ' ry one , But the patent haB _vanish'd _, with days that are gone ! _IToW the sweet cozle dells of our dear native stream , Are profan'd by the all potent Demon of Steam ; The sweet flowers are supplanted by weeds rank and vile ;
"The Days That Are Gone." [¦'Ilearbotksi...
_flo ** _*«*• * «« corrupted by modern * Bulle 1 _^ _S _^ n 4 _* fMh and tha lari , S . _^ m ! 7- , _?!? ' P for tbe days that are gone ! May well _^ Wu , h and a _sigh . & r your own l _STow the verdutt of nature is hid from our view-? Jr 3 wa _^ tn _? rn ; haVa « uPPJ' «>*« d the blooming haw _S _Iha _iS _^ * _^ _W « _^ _« d and forlorn E ' en the League Cotton lords double bar their iron - gattB _. . " .. « ¦ k . ; _6 ha _^ i , bUi , U ten feet wani * rouna tbefrpetty estates . To the hill , glen and river , they ' ve shut up the road ; Those _lime-ballowed » pots , that were planted by God ! Now thfl poor cil y . wretch , to see nature smile ; Has to trudge between walls for many a mUe ; . Suffocated with dust and scorched by the sun—«« Hurrah ! for free trade . Monopoly is done !" Ye who don ' t weep for the days that are gone
, May well spare a blush and a sigh for your own ! They were days , when the people were driven to slavery But now they can fleece ikera _, far hotter bj _knarerj : For how wretchedly poor was a knight of thesword , Compared with a Merchant or Factory Lord . It was physical force , which th « n rul'd the roast ; Tis the same , though we now of our intellect boast : It is now as ' twas then / without moral control , For self is the feeling that governs the whole ; And at no former time , was it e ' er so intense ,, Blent with sueh an amount of disgusting pretence . The American Slaver , declares all are free , ' And pities the Sons of the gem of the Sea . While our tyrants most tenderly feel for the blacks , Forgetting the burdens they pile on our backs 5 Then our Scottish free Church ( in which faith alone saves , )
Boasts of freedom , yet leagues with the holders of slaves , Consecrates their vile treasures , the price of men ' s blood ; Thus showing that Presbyter power is its God ! Ye who don ' t weep for the days that are gone . ' May well give a blush and a sigh ftr your own ! It is soothing to muse on our boyhood ' s years , Though we suffered oppressive and harrassing fears , Yet how bright are our visions of holiday joy ; All our truant delights are depriv'd of alloy— . _"fflVve forgiven our tyrants , forgotten our woes In our fancy the past with loveliness glows . The fragment of rock that falls into the ocean , Becomes polish'd and pure with incessant commotion :
So let days that aro gone all their ruggedneaB lose ; Though our records of horrors and faults are diffuse } Yet remember , whatever of good we possaiB , We owe to the past as the parent of this ; So _we'll cherish its virtues , its failings we'll blot ; _'Twss for as that our forefathers struggled and fought ! Then our nation was school'd—its liberty grew—Let us toil for the future with courage . as true . Though yethiuk that your fathers were barbarous and rude , - Yet revere them , they work'd out their mission for good . And oh , speak with respect ofthe days gone by , — To the Patriots of old give a tear and a sigh ! T . 8 . P .
Ten Hours * Factory Bill. Bradford, York...
TEN HOURS * FACTORY BILL . Bradford , Yorkshire , Friday . A special general meeting of the Central Short Time Committee of the West , Riding of Yorkshire , was held at Bradford last night , for the purpose of receiving a report frous-tkeir secretary , whe had been deputed by then to present several addresses to Lord John Russell , from the principal manufacturing towns of Yorkshire . The secretary then reported that oh Monday last , incompliance with-tbe resolution adopted by them on the 28 th of last month , he joined in London a deputation from the Central Short Time Committee of Lancashire , who proceeded together to _Downingstreet _, where they had to meet Lord John Russell
by appointment at the office of the First Lord of the Treasury , at half-past three o ' clock , a little after which time they were shown into the presence of the premier , by whom they were most graciously received , and to . whom addresses were read—First , from the Central Short Time Committee of Lancashire ; and , secondly , from-the Central Committee of Yorkshire : and _others were presented from all the principal manufacturing towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire , expressing similar sentiments , and to which Lord John Russell made a favourable reply ; after which the deputation expressed their gratitude for the interest he . had exhibited for the welfare of the factory children . The . deputation withdrew at little after four o ' clock .
The following is a copy of the address from Yorkshire : — To the Right Hon . Lord John Russell , M . P ., Frtt Lord of the Treasury . Mt Loud , —We , the Central Short Time Committee of the West Riding of Yorkshire beg leave to convey to your Lordship on behalf of ourselves and-those whom we represent , our humble , but unaffected congratulation on your accession to the high and important office to which you hare been called by our Most Gracious Sovereign the Queen .
We rejoice , too , that so many of our Parliamentary friends have been called to the high and important offices in her Majesty's Councils , which they now hold . Without entering upon the merits or demerits of political sentiment , we shall consider It our duty to promote b y every means in our power , the stability of a government which may espouse the' cause of the factory children of these districts , ' by promoting the just , final , and satiafuctory settlement of the factory population in the adoption of a Ten Hours' Factory Bill for all young persons between thirteen and twenty . one years of _agi-, as an indispensable accompaniment to those measures of edacatiou and social improvements which your Lordship contemplates _.
With our heartfelt thanks for the valuable and genu _, rous support we have received from your Lordship , and other members of the present government , we venture to hope and confidently , trust , tbat the youthful factory workers will soon possess that relief from protracted toil which justice , humanity , and a sound , commercial policy demand , namely , a limitation of their , labour to ten hours per day , for five days in the week , and eight hours on the Saturday . Signed on behalf of the above Committee , John Rawson , Chairman . M . Ealbh _* _. Secietary . Central Short Time Committee Room , Bradford , Yorkshire . July 21 .
Balance Sheet Of The Exile Bestobation C...
BALANCE SHEET OF THE EXILE BESTOBATION COMMIT TEE , ' BEC £ IPTS . _- £ s . d . Per the Treasurer , Mr . Doyle , from localities , private _donatioua , collecting books , & c , - 5 17 11 } Soiree at the Parthenium - - 9 17 3 Sale of petition headings - - 0 11 0 Total receipts - - - IG 6 2 "} Total expenditure - . 16 II 0 Balance in hand - . . 042 '
EXPENDITURE . Postage of circulars to 610 M _* P ' n _; , and others , books _. petition sheets , & c * - -48 0 Soiree , including tea for 123 , use of room , - band , < fcc . - . - : - - -62 G Printer ' s bills for petition headings , circulars , bills , cards , < fcc . - - ' - - 5 11 I !
16 2 0 We have audited the above accounts and find them correct . John Abnott , *> AudUorg > Wihum Gbo & gb Sowteb , ) * A balance sheet , with the whole of the items , has been laid before the Convention .
Frightful Accident To A Bov.—On Wednesday Evening, An Accident Of A Most Frightful Character
Frightful Accident to a Bov . —On Wednesday evening , an accident of a most frightful character
Occurred To A Boy Named Joseph Rtenner, ...
occurred to a boy named Joseph rtenner , aged ten yearS _j whose friends reside at No . 3 , Pitt ' _s-place , Old Kent-road . It appears that the unfortunate boy and two companions had been strolling about ¦ til they reached Kennington Common , where ( j _? y amused themselves lor some time until they _(*¦ It . isposed to return home . They all left the common for the purpose of walking back , and when near _Ke-inington-lahe the boy llenner ran behind a cab which was proceeding to the Nine Elms railway station , when he missed his footing , and beforo he could recover himself his head became fixed between the spokes of the wheel and the shoulder of the axle *
tree . Several of the foot passengers , who saw ths fright / ci ! position ofthe poor boy , screamed out to the driver , who instantly stopped the horse . Several persona ran . to him and endeavoured to release him , but were unable to do so , as his head was so firmly fixed . It was deemed necessary to remove the wheel aud when the poor lad was extricated his head presented a most frightful sight , the scalp from the base of the skull to the forehead being completely torn off and hanging over his face . He was carried bleeding into a surgeon's opposite , where the injuries were found to be so extensive tbat it was deemed necessary t » rcmovit liim with all - peed to tlie accident ward of St . Thomas's Ilospital , where he was placed _^ under the care of Mr . South . No hopes are entertained of his recovery .
The Italian Refugees have just received _permissioatoquit France for their own country , which tha Papal amnesty permits them to return to . A sum of money is allowed to each lor his expenses . O . ne of ins principal officers of TnE French Post-office is now in London , on a special mission , to inquire into the working and results of the Penny Postage . Thus the French Ministers seem preparing to redeem the pledge they made last year , _concerniugasiniilarreforminFrauco ,
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Siobms And-Floods '' In Scorla»D.R-The S...
Siobms and-Floods '' in ScorLA » D . r-The Scotch papers contain numerous accounts of violent thunder torms and floods , by wliich great damage and loss of life has been occasioned . Hawick , Liddesdale , Laagholm , and the districts near the rivers Esk and Liddle , seem to have been the chief sufferers . A Novel _Enmbpmsb . —It is stated that an expedition is at this moment fitting out , for the purpose of navigating one of the most important unexplored rivers in South America . It is to be under the command of Lord Ranelagh .. Several noblemen and gentle-Men have already volunteered toaccompanyhis Lordflhip , and the enterprising and scientific band , it is said , will sail as soon aa the necessary arrangements shall be
completed .. SK 8 TBH"Oi _* 0 ¥ _ACounT'MAiiTiAi . _^ Th 8 _Cowmanderirj . _bluet has had the honour to lav before the Queen the proceedings of a General Court-martial , held at Chatham Barracks , on the 19 th May , 1846 , for the trial of private George Castle , 3 d Light Dragoons , who was arraigned upon iliechargeor'having deserted from the depot of his regiment , at Maidstone Barracks , on or about 5 th April , 1846 , and not returning until brought back under a military esoort , on or about 2 d May , 1846 , to whioh charge the prisoner pleaded Guilty . The Court sentenced hira . to be transported as a felon for the term of seven years . Her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court . Disease ajioko Cattle . —Throughout the entire
of North Wales a distemper is raging among the cattle , particularly milch hine , in some cases to a frightful extent , and for which hitherto no cure has been found . The cattle are seized with a low fever , which in the course of a few weeks , turns into a rapid consumption ; the bowels are severely acted upon , so that everything passes through them without affording the slightest nutriment to the animal , and death soon ensues . —Cambrian . Death from Eating Funoi . —At AlHgoob , on Thursday last , an inquest was held on the body of Martha Williams , aged three hours , who died from the effects induced by eating a quantity of poisonous fungi resembling mushrooms . On Monday deceased and her sister went ont to gather mushrooms , and they returned with a small basket full of what the
mother of the children thought were mushrooms ; they were put in a kettle , with some pepper and salt , and placed on the fire , and : when prepared , the deceased and her aister ate a quantity of them , and then went to bed . About the middle of the night the mother was awoke * by hearing the children vomiting , which did not cease until the deceased expired . Mr . Lewis , a surgeon , attended , and gave it as bis opinion that she died i ' rom the effects of eating some poisonous substance . Verdict accordingly . The other child remains in a very precarious state . Th _« Heat oir tab _Cowtinent . —Tho long continuance ofthe present great heat is melting the snow of ages on the Swiss mountains ; the venerable summit of Mont-Blanc is at present a naked rook , a thing unseen by living man , The waters of the various mountain : rivers have in consequence been so augmented that they have overflowed their banks ; in the Valais _, the Rhone has so risen that 1 , 000 acres of land are under water . In Sicily , the
soldiers having been exercised during a temperature of 95 degrees in the shade , a number ofthem died from the fatigue and heat . , Coroner's Inquest . — On Saturday ,, an inquiry took place before Mr . Bedford , at the Ship , Millbank , as to the death of William Henry Brown , aged SO . It appeared , from the statement of several witnesses , that the deceased was employed at the cooperage of- Mr . Richmond , in Millbank-row . On the evening of Friday , upon one of the men going into an extensive shed , he discovered a most unusual appearance at the top of the hogsheads , and on going o see what it was , found the deceased suspended by cord from the beam ; he had got up these hogseads to do tbis , and one foot was on the second hogshead , while the other was hanging about a foot ! below . He had been vary low spirited of late , and complained much ofhis head on Friday . A surgeon was called in , but he was quite dead when cut down . He made a similar attempt on his life about eight years ago , and a relative bad also destroyed himself . Verdict , " Temporary Insanity ;"
_EXTHNSIVE ROBBBRT OP _AMBHICAIT FLOUR IN _LIVERPOOL . —On Saturday , a middle-aged man , of respectable exterior , named John , Hicol , was brought before Mr . Rushton , at the police court on a charge of having ' robbed Messrs . Baring , Brothers , and Co ., merchants , of India-buildings , _'Water-street , of three hundred and thirty-seven barrels * of American flour , worth upwards of £ 460 . - -The-plunder is at present in Dublin and will have hereafter to be identified . The prisoner wa 3 placed , in charge of the flour , as it was landed from the Independent , and he had appropriated it to _himseli , having sent 281 barrels to Dublin . . - ; ' ¦ . ' _ . Tub Hbat in Switzerland . —Letters from
Switzerland state , thatthe snow on the tops of the mountains had melted in consequence of the excessive heat of the weather . The melted snow had augmented the rivers , and caused them in several places to overflow tbeir banks . The summit of Mount Blanc appeared like a naked rock , a circumstance which had not been observed for many years past . MiLirARr Floooino . —A penny subscription to purchase the discharge of private Mathewson , of the * _Ttb _Hnssars , the witness nt the late coroner ' s inquest at Hounslow , was setonfooton Saturday atBeveral public houses in different parts of the metropolis . _Univhrbitt College Hospital . — The late Mrs . Mary Swan , of _Swinton-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , who died on the 1 st inst ., has bequeathed the hospital the
sum of £ 500 . . . ± Destructive Firb —On Saturday morning , about half-past two , a fire took place on the premises of Mr . _Roberlson , cabinet-manufacturer , Temple-street , Hackney-road , which completely consumed _thestock , and gutted the house . y - ¦ Shop Robbbribs bt a Goat . —A large goat , belonging to some person in the neighbourhood of Drury-lane , on Friday , went into a pastrycook ' s shop , where a board with pastry of the previous day ' s manufacture was _disolayed for sale . The goat took a liking to the tarts , and having demolished no small quantity , he was discovered by the mistress . She , of course , endeavoured to start the animal off * , but
the latter as the owner of the property approached him . attacked the frightened woman with his horns , and she wisely withdrew into the parlour . Afterremaining a minute or two longer , the goat travelled intotheshopof Messrs . Mumford , the corn-chandlers , of Newcastle-streot , Strand , where corn , beans and other things had been left outside the counter in boxes . Finding no opposition , he made the most of a sbort time in helping himself ; but having been seen by the shopman he laid on the cart whip well , and soon got rid ofthe thief . _, . _, . . . Respiteo _Couvicts . — A respite has been received at Limerick for Patrick _M'Mahon , convicted of the murder Of Daniel Leahy ; and at Ennisfor James Sexton convicted ofthe murder of Timothy Kenny .
iloLYROOD D ouse —The venerable abbey , connected with the palace , literally crumbling into ruins for want of a roof . . Tub Advebtisi . no Van _Nuisasce . —The following communication from Sir George Grey on the subject of thc advertising van nuisance , in reply to a communication from the vestry , has been received by the VG 9 tl * V '¦ " _¦> Whitehall , 5 th August , 1816 . "Sir , —lam directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the ith inst ., anil to inform you that the _nuismiceurlsiiigr from perambulating street vans will be considered in any future amendment ofthe police law ; but Sir George Grey does not think it would be expedient to introduce into parliament a bill at this late period of the session , merely to remedy this particular _uulsauce . —I am , sir , your , obedient _ser . vant ) Wm . W . Somerville . " To Hie Vestry Clerk , St . Marylubone , "
The Destruction of Game by the late storm has been considerable . The hailstones in some places proved fatal to birds . Numerous partridges , ini Surrey , Sussex , and adjoining counties , have been found dead . During the storm the young birds hovered up and were drowned by the rain flowing over them , and the younger and weaker birds which escaped , have since died from cramp , caused . by getting so much wetted . A large number of young hares have been picked up dead . . ! Murder of -a Spanish Senator by Bandits . — Senor _Perpina , formerly a member of thc Cortea , who was lately seized by bandits , who asked 60 , 000 francs for his ransom , has been found dead m a well , three leagues from Lorida . It appeared that after having cut his throat , they tied two heavy stones round his waist , and then threw him headlong into a tank , where he was found . It is said that two of the assassins have been captured . .
. Generosity of _Piua IX . —The Pope is becoming the idol ofhis people . He has just paid from his private purse the debts of all the prisoners detained in . the Capitol ( pri .-on for debt . ) Tho holy father was enabled to perform this act of generosity by reducing the number of the equipages ofhis predecessors , ihe sum paid exceeds 18 , 000 _scudi . Alleged Dreadful Larthquakb at Naples . —Ihe Dutch mail brings the following account contained in the Arnheim Courant of the 5 th inst .: — " Just as we were going to press we learn from Cologne that the lower part ofthe city of Naples had been destroyed by an earthquake ( perhaps the same that was lately felt on the Rhine and in Belgium , ) and that 30 , 000 persons had lost their lives . This report needs confirmation . '
The " Cunning Workman ' s" Reward . — At the recent Gloucester meeting of the Archselogical Association , as reported in the Builder , Mr . Farmer Dukes , F . S . A ., in submitting an account of the ancient baronial mansion of Plaish , Salop , built in the 10 th century , stated that the owner , a judge , inquired at the time he was building it for an artizan who would execute the ornamental chjmney-shii '' ts _, and was told that he had himself just condemned to death the only man in the neighbourhood who could construct them . Then , said the judge , he shall do my chimnies first . And accordingly the cunning workman was respited pro tern * , executed the chimnies , and waa then hung ,
Siobms And-Floods '' In Scorla»D.R-The S...
• • Rifortid Death or Vah _Amburob . —A letter feoia _^ conjucket , U . _S . _^ dated , June _^ _ld , _appanrintr w a _French paper , says— " The celebrated Van Amburgh perished here on Monday , in a most frightful manner . He had been exhibiting his feats with Mc animals in a meadow , near Scituate , and a young lady _havingaskedhim whether he dared enter tha no _S * » _| e - d , nB _& _' , _^ _"ed her there was nf « n _« _« rk _^ r _/ L _S Bd , ate . » 'dered an ernormona _SfoSod _wt « ken possession of bv a finetigre * who retired with it to a corner . Three timesVan Amburgh vainly endeavoured to take it from her . The _di roared
gress furiously and lashed her tide withhertail _Theaudienco began to U _alanned _, but Van Amburgh reiterated his assurance that thera waa nothing to fear , and continued his struggle with , the tigress ; who , at last feeling herself wounded , threw Mm ]! on her rash antagonist , knocked hiia down , and buried her claws in his throat . In an instant the theatre was deserted , leaving Van Amburgh at the mercy of the maddened animal , who continued to rent upon him her rage until he became a lifeless corpse . Alter much difficulty the _tlgrew was shot , and tho mutilated remains of the beast tamer recovered . "
Mr . Doss , the persevering suitor of Mm Burdett Coutts , has obtained bail , and been released from Newgate . __ Artificiai , Iceiko . —An invention for generating ice by artificial means has just been discovered by MeBMB . Lings and Keith , of Princes-street , the patentees of the ice safe , die . , Singular Association has been formed among the visitors to the waters of Marienbad in Bohemia ; the object _« to abolish tho custom of taking off the hat in saluting , as being productive of colds in the head . Each member will be furnished with a card , to be stuck iu the hat , which will be considered as sufficient apology for the apparent want of politeness .
_Dimbr to tub Marquis or _Granbv at Waltham . — On Friday last a dinner was given to the Marquis bf Granby , at Waltham , by the Protectionists , V . F . Norton Esq ., Ellon Hall , in the chair . The speakers were the Duke of Rutland , the Duke of Richmond , the Marquis of Granby , Lord Charles Manners , Lord John Manners , Sir Henry Halford , Mr . D'lsraeli , M . P ., Mr . T . B . Hildyard , M . P ., Mr . Farnham M , _? 4 Ac . ¦ ¦ _* The St . Aman ' s _Election came off on Monday , _eonseqnent upon the acceptance of office by the Earl
of Listowel , the usual preparations were made , with the same absence of excitement and bustle which has characterised recent elections ; in fact , the . only indications of a contest being at hand were tbe occasional exhibition in shop windows of the addresses of the candidates , viz ., the Earl of Listowel and Benjamin Bond Cabbell , Esq . After the usual speeches , the show of hands was taken and declared to be ia favor of Mr . Cabbell , whereupon' his opponent demanded a poll . The poll took place on Tuesday , and resulted in the return of Mr . Cabbell by a majority of 115 . . ' . . _" . " ¦ -
Statkof Ireland . —We fBanner of Ulster J understand that government contemplate being able tomanage Ireland with fewer troops during the ensuing winter than have been employed for that purpose for the last twenty years . Asa beginning , the route _. fw * the two cavalry regiments iicm England to thia country has been countermanded . Shock op an Earth-quark . —A low rumbling noise , accompanied by a trembling motion of tbe earth , was hoard and felt at Kingstown on the morning of the day on which the German journals state that tha earthquake was felt at Marburgh . At _Newcastle Fiftkxn Persons wbrk Struck bt LionmiNG on Sunday last , and thrown insensible on the ground . Some ofthem were severely scorched . Surgical assistance was speedily procured , and thfl whole were soon restored to _ consciousness , with tbe exception of one , who subsequently recovered , but is still weak . .-: ; . '
Accident to Sib 0 . Wbtbrbbli ,, —A severe accident happened to Sir C . KVetherell , in the neighbourhood of Maidstone , on Monday , morning , by being thrown from a one-horse _plijeton . The latest accounts aro of a very unfavourable nature . Sir Charles , who is labouring under concussion of the brain , waa unable to speak , and the worst results aro feared . _> O'Connbll and the * W _* HiG 3 _.--Mr . O'Connell has paid visits to the Castle , incog . A provincial paper says that the Learned Gentleman is under a strict injunction to Lord John Russell not to hold or motion a public meeting in Ireland for the agitation of repeal ; tbat this is an express condition of the compact 'between the Celt and the Saxon , Thk . " Natiok . "—The Committee of the Repeal Association have passed a resolution repudiating all connection with the Nation newspaper .
The ] Monkt Question . —Mr . Grey Porter ' s pamphlet , entitled , " Tho Present State and Proapecta of the Repeal Association , " may be summed up in a sentence—the non-publication of a properly audited account . Desperate and Dktkrmikro Escape from a Lockup . —On Tuesday information was forwarded to the metropolitan and city police stations of the following escape of two individuals from a lock-up . It appear * that the persons alluded to , named James Collier , twenty years of age ; and Thomas Cooper , eighteen years of age , were privates in the 97 'h foot , but had deserted from that regiment . They were , however _, subsequently " captured , and . as was imagined _.
for their better security , placed , for the night in the lock-up or temporary prison at Yarmouth .. In the morning , however , on the prison being visited by tha keeper , who was accompanied by the soldiers who had captured the delinquents , and in whose custody they were then supposed to be , to their astonishment and chagrin the birds had flown , and it was soon ascertained that their escape was effected by means of the roof , through whieh it was tolerably evident that they were assisted by some person or persons outside , as they were handcuffed _togeflier , and that they were afterwards conveyed in a , boat to the opposite shore ; thus for the present effectually making their escape nnd leaving no trace behind them . When captured they wero in the _*[ garb of farm labourers .
A Detective . —At the Phoenix-park races ( Dublin ) , a young lad was found picking' the pocket of a , detective policeman . . Monster _Traims to tub North pp England . — The vicinity of the _Euston terminus of the North-Western Railway was on Monday evening the scene of considerable excitement by the departure of two very great monster trains for Newcastle , York , Darlington , and other northern towns . They were the return excursion trains that arrived in London late on the evening of Monday se ' nnight , and the number of persons who availed themselves of this trip may be judged from the following rate of fares .- —From Newcastle , there and back , first class , £ 2 . 2 * . ; second class , £ 1 . 10 s . ; third class , £ 1 . Is ., the
entiredistance being more than 600 miles . The first train left shortly alter seven o ' clock . It comprised neatly fifty carriages , and ' conveyed more than 2 . 000 passengers . The rush was tremendous . The second train left shortly afterwards , but was not qui te so extensive as the previous one , Newcastle was expected to be reached in about fifteen hours . Extraordinary FATALirr is- _Oxu FAiiar . —Oa Monday ; Mr . William Carter , the _caroncr for Surrey , held an inquest , at the Bell Tavern , East Moulsey , on the body of George Berrell _, aged 27 , who committed suicide . The evidence taken went to prove tbat , for some considerable time past , the deceased had been afflicted with consumption , which preyed upon his mind , and caused his spirits to
become depressed . On the forenoon of last Friday , he left his home for the purpose , as his family imagined , of taking a short walk . His long absence , however , made his friends apprehensive that he had fallen down in seme ofthe meadows , and waa unable to return home . A search was instantly made , and continued up to three o'clock , on Saturday morning , when , in a field near the river Mole , and close to a place termed tbo ctay pits , were ( bund the deceased ' s jacket , neckerchief and hat . The discovery gave rise _,. to a supposition that the deceased had _destroyed himself , and the river was searched with a _gartfearake , when deceased was found at the bottom of the water , life , of course , being quite extinct- The most singular circumstances connected witu the death of deceased were the following : —About three years since , the same coroner held an inquest mi the body
of a brother of the deceased , who , whilst standing under a tree , was _struck dead by a flash of lightning . On Friday forenoon , one of the jurors noticed the deceased standing in the field watching most Jntently the free where his brother lost his life , no _doubt ' _-recalling to his recollection his brother's death . Subsequently to that brother ' s deatli , another brother was poisoned by eating bread and butter witli some deleterious mixture ia it ; and last winter , a nephew of the deceased and a child were both drowned by sliding on ice which was partially frozen over . The whole of these cases , singular as it may appear , happened in the same parish , and were investigated by the Bame coroner . The learned coroner having summed , the jury returned a verdict — " That George Berrell destroyed his life during a fit of temporary insanit y produced by long _lllness . " -
_Tnis Floooino at _Housslow . —Col . Whyte has published a letter in which he - ' contradicts Mr . Wakley ' s assertion , in his address to the jury , '' That in this case there had been a deliberate attempt to hold back that investigation due to the law , to the regiment , and to society . " The colonel states , among other things , " Beforo the inquest sat , I desired Captain Thurley , the senior atticer of my regiment , to wait on Mr . Wakley , and give bim every information in his powev which was done . And further , I wrote at the same time to Mr . Wakley myself , te the effect tliat my most anxious wish was to afford the publie , the coroner , and the jury . every aid in inv power ' a assist tbeir investigation—stated , although not summoned , I was tiiere in readiness , and anxious to answer any 4 « _w" ° _* that anv member of the jury may wish to pat , ana requeued him to read my letter to however , suited hia purpose better pocket , and not name it until the end nation of the second week , when mention of it . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15081846/page/3/
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