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THE REASONER. Part I. London: J. Watson,...
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THE ELECTIONS
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Lines On The Bandiera. This Day, July 25...
LINES ON THE BANDIERA . This day , July 25 th , is the anniversary of the deatb [ the Bandiera , ( 1 S 44 , ) " wbo died for Italy and iberty . " At five iu tbe morning , Attilio aud Emilio Jandiera , with seven of their companions , Nicola licciotti , Domenico Moro , Anacarsi Nardi , Giovanni renerucci , _Giacoma Rocca , Francesco Berti , and tomenicd Lussatelli wero shot to death , at Cosenza , kingdom of Naples . ) Their last moments were rorthy of them . They were awakened , the morning <» _} _--I-MIM m _iMftAfltl -1- Al--J - _ I
themselves with care , with even a sort of elegance , as if they prepared for a religious solemnity . A Catholic priest , who presented _himself , was mildly re pulsed . '" Wo have sought , " . -aid they , " to practise the law of the Gospel , and to make it triumph , at the price even of our blood . We hope that bur works will reeommend ns to God , better than yonr words . Go and preach to our oppressed brothers ! " Arrived at tiie place of execution , they entreated the soldiers to ' spare the face , made in the image of God _!** They cried out : — 'Tiva VRalia ; ' and died . *" The following _liues _** werc V _iveo to us by Mr . Marauri ; we know not the name ofthe author .
_Pabt i . "Night shineth on the Southern deep , And silver-like , the moon-beams sleep On yonder sails , that slowly keep From Corfu ' s isle their way . " With hero souls that bark is manned , Bnt , noblest in the noble Band The youthful Bandiera stand , Chiefs , weH-beloved , are tbey . Linked are their hearts in one proud voir , Thar hands are joined to give the blow , That shall the tyrant ' s role o erthrow , s ? or which their brethren sigh . Italian hearts of pride aud flame ! HI might fhay brook their country ' s shame ; ** We go , " they said , " to end her blame , " "Uall else fail—to die . "
Her farewell kiss , the wife has prest ; Por the last time , the child carest , Has nestled on his father ' s breast—They mil meet again in heaven . But never tears may dim the eye , "Though earth ' s best loves , foraye , pass by , -Of those , whose souls to thoughts so high And deeds like theirs are given .
And now behold yon azure line , F-r there , high crowned in palm and vine , _"The fair Italian hills recline Across the glittering sea _. Already , on that golden plain _. In foncy tread the Patriot train ; -Alread y , shooting o ' er the slain , They have made their country free . ' All hail ! those groves , that sun-lit home ! Swift cuts the bark the white sen-foam ; " Rise , mountaineers ! your chiefs are come !" " Exiles , your voyage is o ' er . " And now , her keel the strand has found , Exulting , with one rapturous bound Their feet have touched the Clastic ground , AU hail ! The Italian shore . _Choses .
And now in every land , "Where ' er Italians dwell , The daring of that band Wit _* i swelling hearts tbey tell . Till firinjr at the story , Spring forth their brethren aH With them to share the glory , Sat not with them to full . PABTII , from ocean ' s purple _bisomborn , Why wakest thon , oh saddest morn ! To such a . sight of grief and scorn , "Why eomes thc day-light nigh ! Alas ! "When night that day recall , Her silent dews , as tears shall fall , "Where stiff and cold beneath their pall The young , the glorious Ee .
The tyrant ' s guards are drawn in files , Along- tliose stern and armed aisles No _whispzr breathes , no fierce eye smiles . —The hour of doom is here .
In crimson state the banners float , Solemn rings out the trumpet ' s note , Hark ! now the bell the moment smote , Let the Condemned appear . They come . —Is this the fate they own ! Have hopes like their _' s _Buch harvest sown * This , aU the spoil their swords have won . t JL dungeon , and a grave . AU , aU is lost . Yet o ' er those brows A martyr's calm and rapture grows , . So wavering glance their dark eye shows , Heath does not shake the brave . The Bandiera lead the train , One lot , in life and death , they gain . As two fair stars , on heaven ' s bright plain "Rise _twiotike and decline .
Content they come to die or live , "Jesus , " they cry , " our souls receive , " "Our country ' s _caase to Thee we give , " " Oh , let her wrongs be Thine !" The word is given . The ball has flown _. In death those heroes hare sunk down , As flowers , in summer glory mown , Fall silent on the sod . But far beyond earth ' s blame or praise , Their souls are wrapped within the blaze Of glory , that for ever stays Around the throne of God .
CHORDS . Tears from a nation flow-Poured from that glorious train , God and their brethren know They have not died in Tain . Their funeral wail , a nation ' s cry , Oi smothered wrath shall be , Their death-knell shall go up to heaven In the shoutings of the free . And in distant years the story Still shall our children tell , Of those , who sleep in glory , At Cosenza where they fell .
Songs For The People. So. Xxiii. Liberty...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XXIII . LIBERTY . Thy birth place where ? yonng Liberty ! In heart * where free blood dashes . Tny dwelling where ? sweet Liberty ! In graves , ' mid heroes' _ashes . j Thy best hope where ! dear Liberty ! la fast up-winging time . Thy first strength where ? proud Liberty ! In thine oppressors' crime . "Thy safety where ! strong Liberty ! In lands where discords cease . Thy glory where ! bright Liberty ! In universal peace . Hampstead , July , 1816 . _Ebvebt Jokes
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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL . Part VI . Vol . 1 . London , J . Bennett . 69 , Fleet-street . Part sis of this _eicellentjublication , _is _. like all the preceding parts , full of able , instructive , and delightful articles , in prose and poetry . "William Howitt ' s " Letters on Labour , " IV , V , and VI , are contained i _& this part ; and by tbe same author we have two delightful articles , the one on " Whitsuntide" ( one efthe series of" Holidays for the People , " ) and the other on '" The _Progress of June . " Mary Howitt contributes a _cbaraing translation of Hans Andersen ' s "Picture Book without _Pictures /' _sThe articles in this publication written by Harriet Martineau , will go far to remove her unpopularity with the working-class . Remembering certain hard-hearted doctrines put forih b y this lady in her " Ilusiraiions
oFPolitical Economy , " and not forgetting her under stood connection with the Poor Law enacting Whigs , we mus ? confess tbat we have hitherto regarded her _wkh anything but sentiments of esteem . But we must also confess that with her articles in the People ' s Journal we can find no fault ; on the contrary we have found in those articles { "Survey from the Mountain" and "Thoughts about Old and New Times ") much to admire , much that we must regard aa well calculated to instruct and improve . It strikes ¦ 3 that Harriet Martineau , like the rest of the world , has progressed , and would now forget rather than enforce thc not very benevolent theories with which her name Las been unhappily allied . This part contains some splendid poetical pieces from tbe pens of'Charles _ilackay , Barry Cornwall , and Ferdinand Freiligrath .
We have before noticed , and quoted from , the three first of the "Lettera on _Labourf ; " thc whole series * _ejay now be re & A in the completed ( first ) volume . The fourth letter consists for the most part of a _retrospective _lilance at Co-operative Associations , in which Mr . _Ilovritt reviews the monastic institutions of the middle _a- ; cs , the Jesuits' establishments in _f ' arasuay . tbe agricultural colonies established by the Deafer Francia , tho communities ofthe Shakers , _Fmp-. _ites . & _e , in America , tbe Moravian com--cannit ' es in Europe , and thc efforts of the followers ef St . Simon , _Fourier , and Owen . In thc Fifth Letter , - ' _ihewo'k of to-day "is sketched , and from this Letter we dve tlie following extract : —
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* A _fu'l aecoua t of the Martyrdom of these heroic Patriots , froia the _prn oi Ur . Mazzini , has previousl y appeared _Lit-iis paper ; the same account will be found ia So . ' J of The People ' s Journal .
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a »» _rowxsa OF the _feopib . - - Ton have waited for half a century . on theorists and capitalists in rain ; yon must wait no longer ! It is _becoming every day more and more clearly demonstrated thatthe great princi ple of human action lies in the _vnlgarproverb— " Every man take care of himself , and the devil take the hindmost . " You may wait on the bank _, ofthe great and ever-growing river of Poverty , £ or : the golden boat ofthe capitalist to carry yon over , till yon _ptnsh of starvation . Awake then to the knowledge that you may become capitalists yourselves I Awake to the fact that you mast and can help yourselves ! In the words of the great poet of Paradise Lost Awake , arise , or be for ever fallen ! You must now call to mind that in your hands lies the prolific principle of labour—the great root of all capital . It is you who are the creators ofall capital , and you must now begin ty create it for yourselves .
The wealthy have not advanced the capital—the people must advance it themselves . It is most desirable that they should raise it themselves . It is ofall things most desirable tbat tbey should ground and fix firmly in themselves the idea that they can and will help themselves . Itis th ' _« B feeling which will every way strengthen and elevate their character . It will call forth all their energies , urge them to temperance , to endurance , to steady co-operation for the accomplishment of aU that they need . And they can and will do this . The idea has got abroad , and is already being acted upon with zeal and energy in various quarters . From the first moment that the idea was thrown out , I have regarded it as the true germ of popular rescue—the true and simple means of reuniting labour and profit . Tbe principle of co-operation is now
taking its true and natural form : first , to co-operate for the accumulation of capital—secondly to apply that capital to trade and manufactures for their own benefit . And can the people oat of their small earnings accumulate capital ! They can , and are doing it . To this clubs , friendly societies , and _saviuas' banks alone they have hoarded about twenty-five millions sterling ! To friendly societies and trades unions they contribute large sums , Iu the funds there are one hundred and thirty thousand persons whose annual _dividends do not exceed some five and some ten pounds a year . The sums they contribute to religious and missionary societies , especial !/ to those of the Methodists , are supposed to be some hundreds of thousands annually . The sums which they expend in strikes , the most fruitless and harassing
contention m which they can be engaged with capital , are enormous . In the great strike of the builders , masons , < ke ., in Lancashire , just now , one thousand men cannot have been out of work for three months without a loss ia men ' s wages , at a pound a week each , of £ 36 , 000 . In one strike of the cotton spinners at Manchester , they spent £ 400 . 000 in loss of wages alone * , and in two others they lost £ 600 , 000 . In another strike at Stockport , the cotton spinners lost £ 600 , 000 in _wages : and in different strikes , the woolcombers of Bradford lost £ 400 . 000 ; the mechanics of Leeds , £ 180 , 000 ; the operatives of Lancashire £ 50 . 000 ; the colliers of Northumberland £ 100 , 000 ; which , together with the losses by the strikes at Stockport and Preston in 1840 , made a total of three millions sterling- , which to all intents and purposes had been spent in vain .
And this is bnt the sacrifice of a few years . The sums which , sin _^ e strikes became a common practice , have been sacrificed in defence cf wages must , if known , amount to a fearful sum . Then we must add to this the subscriptions ofthe working class to a great variety of societies not yet named , as Odd Fellows Lodges ; Temperance and Teetotal Societies ; societies for shortening the hours of labour ; for promoting the sanatory condition of towns ; mutual saving and benefit societies ; and benevolent societies for tbe support of the widows and aged of their order . These united proclaim a power of accumulation and of sacrifice , which are aot only amazing , but make ns doubly anxious to see tbem turned in a channel most conducive to their permanent interest . "With a great object like that of emancipating _labourand founding a lasting property for themselves and children , what may not such men and such means accomplish t
Mr . Howitt next notices the " Chartist Co-operative Land Society , " ( which notice has already appeared in these columns ) , the "Workman ' s Own Shop . Drury-lane , " the " Hat Manufactory at Denton , " the " _Trades Association fer the "Employment of Labour , " and . " The Leeds Redemption Society . " The Sixth Letter treats of the " Difficulties to be encountered and the advantages to be won . " The unanswerable arguments , the powerful eloquence , and heart-inspired sympathy with the poor _, which characterise this " Letter , " makes it the most admirable of the whole series . So far as a portion of the lei ter will enable onr readers to judge , they shall do so for themselves : —
THE WEOXGS OP THE POOR . Poverty and all its evils oppress the great mass of the creators of wealth . Poverty is the result of the present false position oflabour , and poverty robs you of all that God has scattered over the globe most desirable for his creatures . It robs you of food and clothing , comfort at home , and liberty abroad . It robs you of your time , of yonr sleep , of yonr health , of your relaxation , and of your intellect . You would have a decent house , and poverty often dooms you to a cellar or a garret . You would see your wife enjoy aU those pleasures whieh floated in your brain whon you wooed her . a fair young creature , and thought the bright path of life not too good for her . But you see her weary , jaded , dispirited ; her fare poor , her raiment course ; instead of all * those hopes , which once fluttered at her heart when she thought of her
coming life and yon , her spirit i 3 bowed too low , become too weak , even for despair—for that has a strengthand a dreary way stiU lies before her , more and more rugged , moro and more desolate , to the tomb . You see yourchildren—the very apples of your eye—those young creatures who should be borne to play and bound in the sunshine , for that is God ' s ordained gift to the young , ay , to tbe very lowliest of his creatures ; the lamb bounds and plays ; the kitten makes flourishes of joy with her very tail ; the ass ' s foal is full of galloping gladness ; the very calf careers like a courser through the green field , for it is happy;—you see your children , beings born to glorious intellect , the heirs of immortality—and they are sad . They have little food and no play . They cannot even enjoy the imprisonment of the school , for they must work . When the earth is green and fan * on which they were to bound—when the sun shines which was made to ehinr
ou their mirth , they work . They are sad now ; thay will be sadder as their lives lengthen . They know little now _; they will know more anon , but it will be the bitterness and mildewjof the heart . You will cultivate your field , or wield your tools , and feed them—you cannot . Yon would cultivate your intellect , and enlighten themyou cannot . This is the curse of poverty , and it is not the half of it , for povcity has its companions . Behind poverty starts upignorance , and then comes . crime , and blasts all the joys of life , and often brings death , T . iese are the heBetments of poverty—cold hunger , incessant toil , privation of leisure of body , and ofthe luxuries of the mind , bringing care on account of those who should be the solace of your life , andlastly _, the contempt ofthe world .
This is not what God intended for his ereatures ; it is the work of false principles and customs , which you must combine to pnt an end to ; and in that combination you will find your rescue . It is that which is to give you the due reward of your labour , itis that whieh is to annihilate the poverty , and with it all your wretchedness . It is not wealth that yon need , but sufficiency ; and with that sufficiency comes the antithesis of your present condition . Once reaping the fair recompense of your exertions , you would have a comfortable home , a happy wife , children that could leap and dance in the natural joy of their hearts , food for them and you , raiment fit to come out into the sunshine of heaven in , and books that can make " a sunshine in the shadiest place . " Satisfaction in the present hope , in the future , peace in your soul , and pleasure in the hearts of those yon love best , these are the fruits of that sufficiency which springs from wellmade and weU-paid exertions . to
We should _^ much like quote earnest excellent warnings addressed by Mr . _Ilowitt to the working men as to the difficulties and dangers they will have to encounter- That portion beginning"the dangers that will spring from yourselves will bo most perilous , " contains invaluable advice and encouragement which every one engaged in the great work of Labour ' s emancipation will do well to ponder on . "We have said we should like to quote this portion ofthe Letter , but as itis a very large portion we forbear , as we feel that we have no right to plunder the " People's Journal" even for our _own'gratifieation and the good ol our readers .
We must take exception to some things said by Mr . Howitt respecting the Communists and the failure of the Socialists . "We have not room to express our vie ws , but our readers who have read Mr . Howitt ' s Letters , and who would be likely to know what can be said on the other side in reference to the subject above alluded to , will do well to consult numbers 4 , 5 , 7 and 8 , ofthe "Reasoner" in which they will find a series of letters addressed to Mr . Ilowitt on this subject . _^ There is one important omission in Mr . Howitt ' s " Letters , " When we read the " second letter , " we
expected tohave found in the "third" a " plan " for working out the associativa principle ; this we have not had . We hope that ere long we shall bave a second series of " Letters on Labour , " in which , not contenting himself with showing the " powers of association , " Mr . Ilowitt will advance a step further and give the English people a plan of his own for the practical working of those powers . That Mr . H . can do so wc are confident . Notwithstanding what we have said above , we must allow ourselves the pleasure of quoting the conclusion of the first . series of these admirable "Letters ** : —
LABOUR S BMASCIPATIOS-rTirE rrjIUKE , "Weil-directed and well-paid labour will p lace you in the position to do everything for yourselves . You will _soog , with capital in your possession , rescue your own elective franchise , and compel such a change in your representation as shall clear the field of labour and trade from its present evils , and add to your and the national prosperity inconceivable extension . You will not ask others to educate you , and leave different sects and parties quarrelling which shall get you young , and twist you into its own favourite fashion of bigotry . You will have aud manage your own schools . You complain at present that mechanics' libraries and mechanics' institutes arerendtred distasteful to you by tke spirit of patronage and condescension , which _pervadea many of
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them : yoa will : take such . Institutions into your nwn hands . In all that relates to your life and _learning _, and those of your children , you will act and think for yourselves . These are the privileges of men : anil the future , as the certain result of knowledge and co-operation , points to a race of men . The founders of the public wealth will become the founders of their own . The great mass , for whom governments exist , and all the machinery of society is framed , will become , not merely the objects , bat the movers of this machinery . Everything in society points to this great change—its vices and its virtues , it » evils and its ameliorations , its corruptions and its outbursting knowledge . Man , and not classes , presses solemnly and palpably on the public sense . Wc can perhaps form no clearer conception of the condition of society which the advance of population , and the concomitant advance of the knowledge of popular rights , will create for the future , than a savage can at present form of ours . That it will be far mere rational iu its constitution , and impartial in the diffusion of its
benefits , everything in progress guarantees . Watching with intense interest those symptoms of co-operation which lie at the foundation of this new order of things , and which are now strikingly observable amongst you , I now for the present lay down my pen , and remain , my countrymen of the labouring class _. Your friend and fellow-worker , William Howitt . The first volume of tbe People ' s Journal contains above one hundred and fifty original papers , and twenty-six original and copyright illustrations ; elegantly bound it forms a handsome volume worthy in its appearance as well as its contests to grace the library or reading-table of all , from the humblest to the highest . No Chartist or Co-operative society should bo without it ; indeed we should be glad to know that every working man had __ a cony for his own improvement and the instruction ot his children .
Tne Family Herald. Part 38. London: G. B...
TnE FAMILY HERALD . Part 38 . London : G . Bigga , 421 , Strand . As usual we find this publication full of useful information and amusement , containing " Facts and Philosophy for Gentlemen ; Hints and Entertainment for Ladies ; Questions and Diversion for Youth ; and Recreation and Harmless Pastime for all . " We have no room for any of the well written _original articles , but from the selected matter we give the following beautiful lines , the production , we believe , ot _Charles-Mackay : —
THE BAYS THAT ARE GONE . Who is it that mourns for the days tbat are gone , When a noble could do as he liked with his own 1 When hit serfs , with their burdens well fill'd on their backs , Never dared to complain of the weight of a tax f When his word was a statute , his nod was alaw , And for aught hut hit " order" he cared not a straw ? When each had his dungeon and racks for the poor , And a gibbet to bang a refractory boor ? Who weeps for the days gone by t I' faith , good friends , not I .
They were days when a man with a thought in his pate Was a man that was born for the popular hate And if'twere a thought was good for his kind , The man was too vile to be left unconfined ; The days when obedience , in right or in wrong , " Was always the sermon and always the song ; When the people , like cattle , were pounded or driven , And to sconrge them was thought a king ' s license from heaven _. Who weeps for the days gone by t I' faith , good friends , not I .
They were days when the sword settled questions of right , And Falsehood W 45 first to monopolise Might ; When the fighter ot battles was always adored , ' Aud the greater the tyrant , the dearer the lord ; When the King who by myriads could number his slain _. Was _consider _* 4 by far the most worthy to reigri ; "When the fat of the multitude hung on hia breath— . A god in his life , a saint in bis deatb . Wha weeps for the days gone by t—V faith , good friends , not I .
They were days when the headsman was always pre pared—The block _everready—the axe ever bared ; " When a corpse on the gibbet aye swung to and fro , And the fire at the stake never smoulder'd too low ; When famine and age made a woman a witch , To be roasted alive , or be drown'd in a ditch ; When difference of creed was the vilest of crime , ' And martyrs were burn'd half a score at a time . Who weeps for the days gone by t I' faith , good friends , not I .
They were days when the gallows stood black in the way _. The larger the town the more plentiful they , When Law never dream'd it was good to relent , Or thought it less wisdom to kill than prevent ; When Justice herself , taking law for her guide , Was never appeased till a victim had died ; And the stealer of sheep , and the slayer of men , Were strung up _together , attain and again . Who _wesps for the days gone by t V faith , good friends , not I . They were days when the . crowd had no freedom of speech , And reading and writing were out of its reach ; When ignorance , stolid and dense was its doom , And bigotry swathed it from cradle to tomb ; When the few thought the many were workers for their _.
To use them , and when they had used , to contemn—And the many , poor fools , thought the treatment their due , \ 5 _f And crawl'd in the dust at the feet ofthe few . Who weeps for the days gone by t V faith , good friends , not I . But thanks to the Press and the progress of mind , And thanks to the rail , we have left them behind . Slow coaches , old Tories , dear postage , ye ' re gone ;—And war and oppression shall follow anon ! For ignorance , hard as her ice may be deem'd , Shall melt in the heat when she ' s properly eteam'd ; And the present , though faults in her face we may cast , s a very good time , as compared with the past . Who weeps for the days that are gone ! Not a man tbat can think—not one .
Punch. Part Lx. London: Punch Office, 85...
PUNCH . Part LX . London : Punch Office , 85 , Fleet Street . This part concludes the worst volume of Punch yet published . Of the literary contents of this volume the only tolerable feature is " The Snobs of England . " Many of tbe illustrations are well designed and executed , but are tiresome because ol their eternal "free-trade" character . Free-trade may be very well in its way , as a quince in an applepie , but may we be saved from that Hibernian luxury , " an apple pie all quinces . " Just such a mess is this tenth volume of Punch . We hope to be able to report better of its successor .
The Reasoner. Part I. London: J. Watson,...
THE REASONER . Part I . London : J . Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Some weeks ago we noticed the first number of this publication ; this first Part contains several interesting and well written articles on " Shelley , " "Macaulay ' s denunciation of Universal Suffrage " die . The following extract will interest our readers :
THE POLISH MEETING . Recently , May 20 th , a meeting was held in the National Association Hall , High Holborn , convened by the Polish Regeneration Committee , chiefly to vote an address to the _Potish Patriots—survivors of the recent struggle . Many persons ask , * What is the use of such meetings ! Nicholas fights , and we reason . Cui bonot' There ie f to tbis question an obvious and sufficient answer —it is always of use to honour the brave and sympathise with the unfortunate . It may be that there is no direct communication between the "National Association Hall ,
High Holborn , and the cabinet of Petersburgh—telegraphic or otherwise . But there is a moral connection . If Russia tramples on Poland , and no people complainpower always intoxicated by submission , grows rampant ; and Russian ministers will whisper to English ministers , see how well and quietly we succeed here , why cannot you try something of the same kiad at hornet and Russian tactics may be tried in the city of London , or in English provinces . It is of use then , viewed from no hig her point than that of self-interest , that , however they may connive that these things abroad , they must not try them at home .
It may be bard to believe , but it is of no use to forget , that even tyrants are part and parcel of a common humanity . Spoiled indeed they are ly their position , by the homage paid them and the power they wield—still have they human aspirations , and though they abridge human rights they live on the breath of public applause . Here the _monarchs ambition renders him dependent on the cottager ' s huzza and the historian ' s narration . In this their connection is established between us . They know , with Cobbett , that tyranny hath no enemy so formidable as the pen . The sword may destroy their lives , but tha pen pursues them after death . Thus to the influence of opinion they are always amemable , and every public meeting , in which their doings are discussed , strengths the moral power which checks them . They should be made to feel that wherever their voice or
footfall is heard , even to the remotest land unto whicli they may venture , there will be awakened indignation at their violation of liberty and humanity . On this ground , also it is of use that we discuss their conduct . In connection with these Polish struggles wc read oi women heading troops , or fighting in the ranks—of sons and sires falling side by side—of prisoners tortured after the manner of the Inquisition—of women flogged to death in punishment of their patriotism . We do not so much wonder that these things aro inflicted as that thev
are endured—that these Poles hold out undauntedly , and pant for another struggle . How magnificent is the example . Look upon it , ye supine , who barter it for gold ! Ye servile , who part with it for respectability!—these women and men hesitate not to part with life rather than freedom . Among us tho price of liberty is a few pence per week , a punctual attendance in public , a constant but moderate support of the side we espouse , and the end is achieved . How tho contrast should encourage ns ! It is of use to dwell upon these matters and learn from our Polish brethren the lessons of public duty .
The Reasoner. Part I. London: J. Watson,...
[ We thank the editor of the Reasoner for the above _"oble sentimeHte . We must now set the editor right i where he . lias gone wrong . He says the address to _^ J es ff _ai _"uciexeeptionabfe save in one _paragraph- . ' . The _paraanc oh referred to is that wherein ? _vj p , ' _< _* '"* 'g" friends bf Poland refused to join the democrats in theiY endeavours to move the British government in bshalfof Poland under tha " pretext " that it was not tbe . fitting time . The editor of the Reasoner says the nse ofthe words " professing" and ' pretext" ii wrong because the words are _nofcyurt ; and adds that they are words that " no man should pen , and no meeting should pass . " We beg to assure the editor of the Reasoner tbat the writer of the " Address" is troubled with no qualms of conscience
for having penned those terrible words . The Rea soner says " Some persons included under the head of' privileged orders ' , have braved much for Poland , and proved their sincere attachment to her interests . " When ? Where ? How ? Name them . The best of them have done thi 3 much got up a fancy ball , or taken the chair at a public meeting once in th « year ! Such have been the brave acts of Lord _"Dddmst Stuart and Dr . _Bownitfe The former of these friend" of the Poles is the real head of the "literary Association of the Friends of Poland . " On the formation ef tbat association an " Address , " written by the poftt Campbell , was published to the British nation . For tbe space of fourteen years no similar document was issued by this Literary
Association until about two months ago an " _Address " was put forth under the signature of Lord Dudley Stuart . In the course of fourteen years a new generation had sprung up who knew nothing about Poland because they had been permitted to grow up without any instruction from these self-constituted public instructors , and literary defenders t The few working men who were elected on the committee organised at the Crown and Anchor meeting have in the course of four months done nearly , nerhaps Quite as much to diffuse information concerning Poland as the "Literary Associators " have done in fourteen years . No doubt their "literary" effusions are not so artistic as those of tbe " few and far between" productions of Lord Duoluy _Stuaut and his friends , but they are understandable _, and hence may be useful in promoting public information . As ( o the speech _makiuR at nn ' iversary meetintrs , we do not see that the speech
makers " braved " much ; besides , if speech making is useful , let us have it at a time when the Poles most need that and every other kind of help . The Democrats complained of the privileged gentry , not because they did not work with them ( the democrate ) , but because tbey refused to work in any way , leaving tbe Poles to struggle am _\ fall without even sayine ; a word for them either within or without tbe legislature . "If that was " not the fitting time" to help the Poles , we should be glad to know when the " fitting _time'' will be ? The Editor of the Reasoner must be reminded , that , although while the Poles were fi g hting for liberty it was deemed "not the fitting time" to help them , these same " misfits " tot up a publie dinner , at which Dudley Siuart was feasted , at the very time tbat Potocki was suffering on the gallows , and the mas ? acre at Tarnow had not yet subsided . Was that the " fitting time" for feasting ?
Wc are at a loss to acoount for tbe strange error into which the editor of the . Reasoner has fallen , in supposing that thc Democrats included Mr . Mazzini amongst the " _professinsr friends of Poland . " No such idea was ever entertained . Mr . Mazzini , did not speak at the Crown and Anchor meeting , but the writer of these remarks knew , and was perfectly satisfied with , the _reasonawhy Mr . Mazzini did _notspeak . Besides , Mr . Mazzini sent a ' etter , which was read to the meeting , and which for feeling and eloquence rivalled anything said by tbe best speakers . The Demoerats never included Mr . Mazzini amongst the " professing " or " pretended" friends of Poland—quite the reverse .
The Elections
THE ELECTIONS
West Riding Of Yorkshire. The Re-Electio...
WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . The re-election of Lord Morpeth took place at Wakefield on _Satnr-lav _, without opposition . His Lordship was proposed by Lord Mil * on and seconded by Mr . Stansfield , and addressed the electors in a speech of considerable length .
SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Liverpool , Tuesday —This day the election of a member to servo in parliament , in the room of Lord Francis Egerton . promoted to the peerage , took place at Newton in the Willows , about half-way between this town and Manchester . Owing to the absence of all opposition to Mr . Brown , the free-trade candidate , tho proceedings were divested ofall interest . R . II . Gregg , Esq , proposed William Brown , Esq ., of Liverpool , as a fit and _prober person to represent them in parliament ,. J , 0 . Ewart , Esq . briefly seconded the nomination . The High Sheriff asked whether any elector had any other candidate to propose . There being no opposition Mr . Brown was declared duly elected , and was girt with the sword by the High Sheriff , in the usual way .
Mr . Brown , amidst loud _cheering , thanked the electors , nnd expatiated at some length on the abolition of the corn laws . In answer to a question from a person named MOMNEAUX , Mr . Brown stated that he would give the Ten Hours' Bill bis deepest attention , and would be influenced iu his decision solely by the arguments which he might hear adduced on the subject . All he would say at present w _^ _s , that the hours of labour in England were sixteen per cent , less than on tbe Continent . ( Hear , hear . )
The hon . member then proposed a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff , which was carried by acclamation , and Mr . Standidi having acknowledged the compliment , the coHrt broke up .
Poor Mam's Guarwan Societv.—On Tuesday, I
Poor Mam ' s Guarwan Societv . —On Tuesday , i
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large meeting of the parishoners of Lambeth was held at the Temperance Hall , Waterloo-road , for the purpose of co-operating with the above society in its endeavours to aid the poor in their _applications for parochial relief , and to promote the humane dispensation of the law . Benjamin Bond Cabbnll , Esq .. F . R . S _., took the chnir , and forcibly advocated the claims of the Society . He related several cases in which the association had exposed and redressed many grievances in the administration of the Np . w Poor Law . The Hon Gentleman said , the way in which the poor were treated was a disgrace to the country , and he _urjrerl the necessity of _fjivincthe _distressed all possible relief under the present law , until a newand more humaneone wasenacted . The Rev . Mr . Barker , Mr . Cochrane , and other gentlemen _addressed the meeting , and resolutions to support tbe societv were adopted . The Chairman wis then thanked for his services , and the meeting broke up .
Metropolitan Improvements . —The whole ofthe old and miserable dwellings on Saffron Hill and its vicinity are tobe forthwith demolished , for the formation of the new street from the end of Farringdonstreet to Islington , which has been delayed till the result of the parliamentary report on the Metropolitan Railway Terminus should be known . Mr . Eunu Burritt . —On Monday evening week , " the learned blacksmith" of Massachussets , delivered an eloquent lecture at the Manchester _Atlienitmm , on " The Philosophy of Labour . " He did so a' the earnest solicitation of numerous friends there , who wished to give him a sort of public introduction to the community ; and the subject was selected as being , in hia present delicate health , far less exciting to him than his favourite theme of " peace . " There was a very good audience , not fewer than 550 ladies and _gentleman , including many members of the So . ciety of Friends , beine present . His lecture occupied two hours in the delivery .
Forgbd Bank _£ " otks . —At a late hour on Wednesday evening , a pers ' m of the most gentlemanly appearance was apprehended by Rougliton and Serjeant Martin , charged with having in his possession a quantity of forged notes of the Bank of Ireland , and the _copperplate from which tliey were struck . It ap . pears that information of the advent of this person was given to the above-named active and intelligent ofiieers at least six weeks or two months _asro , and after very patient and careful watching on their part , they succeeded in capturing the prisoner . it a late hour on the evening in question , with the above
named evidences of his guilt upon him . On Thursday _mornin-r , the prisoner , who gave thc name oi Edward _Cullen , was taken before the Mayor . Josenh Cox , Esq ., and Dr . Whitsed ; the hearing of tbe case was strictly private , and occupied the time of the _magistrates for three hours , terminating in thc prisoner being remanded until Saturday for further examination . We aro informed tbe fictitious value of _thelites amounted to nearly £ 1 , 000 . The prisoner was exceedingly well dressed , is of most gentlemanly appearance , and about thirty yeara of age . —Boston Herald .
Suspkctkd Infanticide . —On Wednesday an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , jun ., Deputy Coroner , at the Prince of Orange , _Phill ' _m-street , St . Georgc-in-tho-East , on the body of a male child , the illegitimate offspring of Eliza Tilly , a servant , lt appeared from the evidence , that about two months ago the mistress of the girl acccused her of being pregnant . She deniod it at first , but afterwards admitted it to be true . On Sunday _lat-t she complained of violent pains in her stomach , and that she wished to go home to her aunt's . Her mistress
complied with her wishes , and she was conveyed to No . 12 , Mary Ann-street ., St . George ' s where her aunt resided . She had not remained there long , before she was seen to go . into the the yard , and on her return appeared vevy much excited . Her aunt been me suspicious and on examining thc privy discovered the body of the Want immersed in the soil . Dp . Dale _, by order of tlie Coroner , made _postmortem examination , and was of opinion that the child lmd never breathed , The Jury returned a verdict of" Natural Death . "
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_Locnixo Pumps _Bumso Divine Service . —On the pump wliich stands by the side of St . _Mary-le-Strand Church , is posted this order : —" This pump locked during Divine Service on Sundays . " I knew , that small beer was only all owed the people of this country during certain hours « n the Sunday—to my mmd an unwise infraction of the liberty of the subject- _^ biit that a cup of cold water should be denied the thirsty wanderer in the streets seems a hard , and , perhaps , scarcely legal proceeding . Who keeps the key ? and by what law or act is this Pharisaical proceeding justified ? Perhaps you will answer the question , or at least allow it to be ashed throu ? h the channel ol your useful paper . —A Constant _RuAnisK . [ This is by no means a solitary instance of similar parochial enactments , even in cases where the occasional use of the pump eannofc possibly disturb the congregation . The clank ofthe pump handle has been sometimes objected to by the very parties who listen with the greatest complacency to the rattling of their own carriages to the church door . ]
Death of the Eam . or KiLKENNv . —Died , at Bally _, conra , at six o'clock , on the evening of Thursday , the I 6 th instant , the Right Hon . Edmund , Earl of Kilkenny , in the Y 6 th year of his age . D ying without issue the earldom becomes extinct , but tho title of Viseount Mountgarret descends to Henry Edmund son of the late Hon . Henry Butler , brother of the deceased earl . —Kilkenny Journal . Skeleton of a Fossil . Deeb found in the Boo of PoutACAppLB . —A few days since as two turfeutters were throwing up mouldfremthe bottom ofa deep hole on the above bog , they dug up the skeleton of a deer , and instantly brought it to Lord Walter Butler , who rewarded them handsomely for the discovery . The head is of gigantic bulk , and armed with rows of huge grinders . The antlers , says the- Kilkenny Journal , measured in a straight line frem the extreme points , are nine feet . Rotal _Phesbnt . —The Sentinelle of Toulon states
that whilst the squadron of the Prince _deJomyille was at Tunis the Bey sent a oacfit ( present ) to the officers and crews , composed of 4 , 000 small loaves of bread , 300 fowls , 200 pigeons , 50 sheep , 17 oxen , 6 , 000 dozens of eggs , two barrels of oil , 2 , 000 _fts . of dates , and several boat loads of different kinds of fruit . General Montholon . —General Montholon , who is now at liberty , is waiting at Havre , for his passport to proceed to Aix-la-Chapelle . The Stkike at Anzin . — The town of Valenciennes , where mendicity is prohibited , is , at the present moment , _swarming with the wives and children of
the miners of Anzin and the neighbourhood , imploring compassion and assistance . On Wednesday , two kindly-worded proclamations were issued to the men , one by the perfect of the department , the other by the directors of the Anzin works . The company , likewise , sent a circular to the different journals , requesting them to publish it , and it is to be hoped this will have a salutary effect on the men , The company say , "thatas soonas order is re-established , and they return to their work , their demand of an increase of salary will be taken into consideration , a demand which never came to their knowledge until the strike had commenced . "
_Thb Robbehy at Messrs . Rogers and Co . ' s . — Notwithstanding the efforts that have been made to prevent the circulation of the large amount of notis stolen from the banking-house of Messrs . Rogers and Co ., it has lately been dircovered that some of them have been paid into the Bank of England . It has also been discovered that the numbers of these notes have been altered in so ingenious a manner as even to deceive the Bank clerks themselves , and itwas only by the fact of there being other genuine notes of the same number that the stolen notes were discovered . Repeated offers have been made to restore thc property stolen for £ 5 , 000 , but these have been indignantly refused . TnE Murder of the Police Constablb . —On Saturday bills were issued from , the Home Office _, and extensively circulated throughout the Metropolis , offering , en the usual conditions , a reward of £ 100 for the discovery of the murderer of George Clarke , the poUce-constable at Dagenham .
Escape of a Bear—On Friday thc inhabitants of Fitzroy-square were alarmed by the appearance of a fine young bear , which was quickly followed by its owner , who was in search of the animal . The bear is a young one , aud exceedingly docile and harmless . It belongs to a hairdresser , by whom it is being fatted in preparation for the catastrophe of " another bear slaughtered . " Discovery of another Sjilor Girl in Liverpool Cases of ( his description are now become so general that they cease to excite much interest . Yesterday a very beautiful female , about 17 years of age , was detected in the act of passing herself off as asailoronboara one of our merchant vessels . It appears she came here from Ormagh , in Ireland , and having habited herself in sailor ' s attire , she went upon the George ' s Pier . Here she met with a
person ia the garb of a captain , who said thatjie was willing to engage her upon the instant . With the captain she slept two nights , without his ever _discovcring'her sex ; but upon Tuesday evening last , herself and the captain walked into the police office , Iliifli-street , to inquire after the name ofa person residing in Bolton-street , and then the pretended female sailor was immediately recognised by Mr . Leicester , the head clerk in the ofiice . He instantly said that she was a female , and it turned out thathe was right ; for , upon being questioned , she acknowledged tbat she was a farmer ' s daughter from Tyrone , and that she came herein sailor's attire , with the intention of going to sea . She is at present in a lodging-house at the top of Dale street , and will be ? ont back to her paronts without delay . —Gore ' s Liverpool Advertiser .
Representation of Tirone . —Ifc is said that measures are in progress to secure the defeat of Lord C . Hamilton at 'the next election for the county of Tyrone . Unpleasant Affair in Limerick —The _following is from the Limerick Chronicle—the parties alluded to are Sir David lloche > nd Mr . Caleb Powell , M . P . — " An altercation , piquant and startlin » , occurred on Saturday , between two recently political friends and _znaloua _veformMs of the commonwealth . The _lete-a-tete was unexpected , and in the most publie part of the city . An ex-M . P ., whose manly candour is admired on all sides , on recognising a Repeal member for this icounty , at once charged him with
_asserting a falsehood in his place in Parliament , relative to a shot fired last spring assizes , at one of the county grand jury , on his way home from this city . The other rejoined that he would give every explanation or satisfaction to his quondam friend , who , however , cut the matter short by declaring that he could hold no intercourse with a person whose misrepresentation of murderous outrage against the man he called his friend was repugnant to truth and fact , and only calculated to screen assassins from punishment . The effect of this open rupture may be likely to cause a representation of the county , as it is generally supposed the party complained of is indebted tn 'he other for the necessary qualification to hold his seat . TTZ
The Crop 3 . — In the vicinity of London , so far as the wheat crop is concerned , reaping has commenced in eood earnest . In tbe course of the past week , several fields cut down in the luxurious districts of Kent and Surrey show that they are not far behind in regard to productiveness . The first _cutting we have heard of was that of Mr . Jibbald , Goosegrove , in the middle of last week ; and last Saturday evening we saw afield of beautiful wheat in the vicinity of Camberwell-green , _belonging to Mr . Harris , in ( he act of being cut down . In all the fields we'have seen , the crop seems abundant ; and . on the authority of a practical farmer , who has within the last two months travelled over England and Wales , we can state , that while the wheat crop is fully an average , the oats and barley crop is in a fair proportion" _, compared with other Years . '
Extraordinary Collection Of Bats. — Bats...
Extraordinary Collection of Bats . — Bats are s"metimes found clustered in considerable numbers behind sign boards and similar dormitories , where thoy remain during the winter season in a dormant state . A few days ago , there was taken out from under one of the leaden gutters of Springwood-park bouse no fewer than 400 full-grown bats , some of them grey with age ; and also from the same place three pails of batiania , which , no doubt upon trial , will be found to be as useful and nutritious a manure as the far-famed guana , —Kelso Chronicle . Tom Oliver , tiie GKhEniUTKD _Pi _/ _eiLisr , and " master ofthe ceremonies" at pugilistic contents , is now in " durance vile" in Oxford gaol for following bis professional avocation in the late pugilistic issue ¦ « efcween Gill and Norley . His sojourn will last three weeks .
Extraordinary Interruption of a Party . —On Saturday afternoon , a writ of inquiry was heard at the Castle of Lincoln , before Ilenry Williams , Esq ., tbo Uuder-Sheriff for the county , to assess the damages in the cases of Moody v Bourne , in which judgment had been allowed by _^ default . The plaintiff , Mr . Enos Moody , is a solicitor , at Wragby , in tbis county , and he married a daughter of the defendant , Mr . George Bourne , a retirod officer of the dragoons , living at East Keal Hall , near Spilsby . On the evening of the 12 th of November , as Mrs . Moody was expecting a party to tea , ono of thorn having arrived , a chaise drove up to the door , in which were Mr . Bonrue . bis son , and an unmarried
_daughter . They entered the bouse without knocking , and an anonymous letter was produced and read , in which it was stated that Mr . Moody had that morning stabled his wife in the breast with a carving-knife . B « th he and his wife denied that anything of the kind had occurred , on whicli ifc was insisted that Miss Catherine Bourne should examine the person of her sister : this Mr . Moody resisted . After some _nllorcation . Mr . Bourne and his ami collared the plaintiff , _sind took him before a magistrate , Mr Yardc , living in the town , on a charge of felonniously slabbing his wife . In abont thrco quarters of an hour be was set at liberty and returned home . In the mean time Miss Catherine Bourne had ordered the guests who bad arrived to the tea party ti go home , and hud thus excited immense scandal
Extraordinary Collection Of Bats. — Bats...
amongst the _eoBsips of the quiet town of Wnghy _1 _? a _r- _? . T SD fal 8 e Jn- _prisonment the plaintiff hf _» _i i / 18 actlon ' the defendant had admitted the Lij _^ ° Iftt , , of the ] m > but » _fi"d to ' _-eire _« P _XSon TL _ieS «* , of £ 30 damages , with aa _^ _ASBtfiij * * ca 8 e _" _- Sunday evenfn _^ w 'I _lDB-7 _^ tide was so low on mudI of _JrhVann _^ % _^ g fa 8 t - _f >» aground a ? one t ? ml _^ t helaea P ier thrke WCTe _ibJSiMS _^ _SSW—ft across in many places 3 waiKea _¦^^ W"s _^ _% _* aSS Windsor , has been granted by the Kentish magis . trates . on account of an attempt on his Dart _toTh _* .
fraud the keeper of the Royal Sussex Hotel , Tonbridge Wells , he using the name of Wellesley . _Awi « Bii , ATiMf e * Matter by a _Rahway _Coursrojr . —A morning paper , in describing the effects of the collision on the Eastern Counties Railway on Satorday , says : — ' * Ofa second-class carriage , which had been attached to the train at Romford / and placed in the rear of the two horse boxes , ther * waa literall y nothing left , >' Foot-rack fob _Fiftt _Poowds . —On Monday , the match between E . Smith , of London , and Brookson , w „ i arrft ' was decided at tbe Beehive Grounds , . ? at ! JL . e d' 8 tance was half a mile , and th _lSdL _^ F _^ _"fc * At the 8 _* Smith t 00 k * iw _whS . _wT * e maint ained for six hundred yards , SXd * atTT _* J ™ P' A ver _7 B P littin _S race _Braolnnn ' _rt- _\ u d *? P _™ _te efforts on both sides , Brookson ran m the winner . , an in _^ n _^ t w _^ _'Jm t _^^ _-r Monday afternoon an _inqnest _was-held before Mr . W . _Bakeriimior . afc
, on the bnd * r t K ' _£ rin <* 8-8 treet , Whitechapel , _? nn _nfo „ _-V _* ° / , Tremi _* ine , aged fourteen , the Wn PE h m t e e 7 i < Jence that the deceased had been . shamefully ill-treated by his father , and also ri _!«« _w " ? _L ' - on one" occasion , was _PoHob i-Wf _^ u _^ _trotes -at Worship-street _aorTn % Rnd h 2 Bnd over t 0 ltce P * fl > e peace , on on ? Srill « A ° _$ _' , _^ he _W- On : &• 22 nd to _™ Jl ias _* dee . e ? sed absconded from home , and went J _£ ' \ _r tb h , s «« _nt . who kept him for eight of in
_„ ' f _^ W' complained pains his side , and said his father had often kicked him : on various parts ofhis body . About four weeks since Stnk "? t [ i \ mr J lm * athep * andthei , _econtinued uut his death . On last Tuesday week he complained Of illness and Mr . Dale , a _surgeon , was called in , ana said the deceased was suffering from dropsy . He continued toattend him _. _but he died on the following _^ unday The Jury returned a verdict of " Natural death , and at the same severely reprimanded the lather for his conduct towards the deceased .
Ihr _SunsciiiPTiot-s for the _Sum-emuis Kt * HB blRB AT St . John ' s . —The subscriptions here for the unfortunate sufferers of so great a portion of the town of St . John ' s , Newfoundland , have progressed satisfactoril y , and amount to about £ 1 , 780 . In London , the merchants and others have commenced a subscription very liberally ; by the latest accounts it amounted to £ 2 , 400 . In Greenock , also , a very handsome subscription had been made , amounting , on _fuesday last to £ 1 , 711 . including donations of £ _M 0 each from fivemercantile firms of that placel - Strange _Accidknt . —A few davs aen some _bovs
seeing a heap of straw thrown out in the Place da _Parvis Notre Dame , _sel fire to it , and soon had the satisfaction of seeing the whole in a flame . In the midst of their delight at beholding the fire and smoke , ft _Cl-y was heard to issue from the burning mass , and at the same lime a human figure issued from it . It was a poor man who had fallen asleep amongst the S t i V ; - , "" m the flames had roused . He rushed with his clothes on fire to the river , and threw himsola in . The spectators , who expected to see him re-appear , were disappointed . He was drowned , and his body was found shortly after .
Extraordinary _Suicibebya Child . —It may be remembered tbat . in tbe Cambrian of tbe 19 th of last month , was announced the suici . 'e by hangimr in a loft over tbe stable , ofa person named John Thomas , residing at Cowbrid ge , On Tuesday last liis son , a child about seven years of age , was found lifelessly suspended by the very beam on which bis father had terminated his existence . It is supposed that the child , whose curiosity had been excited by hearing people describe fhe manner in which his father came to bis death , had proceeded to the loft with the view of making experiments . It appears he did so with thesamo fatal results . —Cambrian .
_FUHBHAL OP Tni ! SotDlER All . r . Gl ! D TO HAVE MftD from Floooixo . —The remains of Frederick White , of the 7 th Royal Hussars , were interred at Heston Church-yard on Friday afternoon . Tbe coffin wa 3 preceded by the band , who played the "Dend March in Saul . " and was followed by several cf his fate comrades * , and in the absence of any of his friends , bis liorse was led covered with a black pall as the chief mourner . It is said that a clue has been obtained of some of his friends , who have been written to . Thk Murder at Dagenham . —Since the issuing of the reward by the Government for the apprehension oft e murderers of the unfortunate man Clarke ! on
Saturday last , the utmost _vigilance has been used in endeavouring to trace out the guilty parties , but ' up tol . _isfc evening no one had heen apprehended . ' [ In consequence of the singular character ofthe evidence _iiven at the adjourned inquest tending to throw suspicion ok Sergeant Parsons , and also that he had been guilty of neglecting his duty , a most minute and searching investigation was eone into his conduct , after the inquest , before Mr . Siipennter . danfc Poarce . and subsequently before the _sucerintendant of th .-. K division , Mr . Maceuard , and the result was , that they were satisfied that he had performed his duty properly , and that not the slightest suspicion could attach to him .
Sudden Death of Mr . Wakefield , Q . C—Mr . Daniel Wakefield , Q . C . was found dead in his shower-bath nt an early hour on Monday morning . Mr . Wakefield was in perfect health , and was tohave replied in the Vice-Chancellor ' s Court on Monday , in tbe important case of Blake v Wallscouvt . Mr . Wakefield was one of tlie oldest and most distinguished members ofthe English bar , having been called to the bar in 1807 . In the celebrated case of Small v . Attwood , the lamented gentleman took a
very conspicuous part . The Latb Accident on TnE Eastern _Cotwties Railway . —The whole of the patients at the London Hospital are going on favourably , but it is still doubtful whether amputation will bi * considered in the case of Skifferton . one of the railway porters , who got his left hand badly fractured . Morris appeared a good deal worse on Tuesday morning , but towards the evening , he very much improved , and Mr . Lane , who has the care of the worst cases , has strong hopes of the recovery of all .
Death of an Orphan by Fire . —On Tuesday evenine . Mr . J . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartbolomew ' s Hospital on the body of Mary Ann Wood , Aged seventeen , a servant to Mr . Austin _Etwall , of 81 , Eaton Terrace , New Worth Road . Her master . "aid . that about seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning last he heard _deceased scream , and on _runnise down stairs he met her coming towards him , the back' part of her dress being in flames , which he _extinguished ns speedily as'he could . He ordered a cab to be called and sent her to that hospital . She said the accident wns caused by a spark flying from the fire on the hind part of her cMliing . Deceased wns an orphan , and bad been obtained by her master from Clerkenwell workhouse , in which she had been since her childhood . Mr . Kaig , house surgeon , said _deceased died on Monday morning from ibo effects of burns on different parts of her body . Verdict" Accidental Death . **
Sam of , TnE Bowl Brbwrry , St . Giles ' s . Yesterday , this brewery , suid to be t ? ie oldest in London , was sold by public auction on the premises . It is to be demolished , and a handsome row of houses erected on its side . Tradition asserts tbat tbocelebrated "St . Giles's bowl , " that was pffered io > convicts on their way to execution at Tyburn , came from this brewery . Descent of the Balloon . —Mr . C . Green and Sis adventurous companions in the Nassau Balloon , after leaving Cremornc Gardens on Monday _uijihc , passed over the metropolis at a comparatively low altitude , and after having ; been nearly an hour in tho air , made a safe descent at _Leyton Grange . Ley tou , Essex , the property of Mr . J . Lane , bv whoifrthey
were most hospitably entertained . Are Snakes Prolific ?—A few day ' s accv . a labourer in the employ of a farmer on N & edwood Forest , Staffordshire , killed , a common _blaijk snake , about two feet long , and in its inside were'found no less than thirteen young snakes , each about four inches in length . _ROBBKRV OF A _ClBRKOF THE Ba _\ K Ol ? EnOLAND . —On Tuesday , information was _forwarded to the _Metrapolitan police stations , that a clerk of the Bank of England had been robbed on Monday of banknotes , amounting to one thousand , nine hundred pounds , and a reward of £ 100 was ( dTercd . to bo paid by Messrs . Freshfields , solicitors to . the bank , ;' and to any person giving such _information as would lead to the apprehension of tlie guilty puvtv .
Good !—During the imprisonment o _£ Prince Louts Napoleon at Ilam , tbe numbers of _theProyres dv Fas de Calais , edited by bis friend Frederick _Degeorsi'S , were regularly forwarded to him by the post . ' After his escape tho current numbers were returned to the office of the journal with the usual stamp , singularlyapplicable in this instnjieo , ' * Gone away without leaving his address . " Child Murder and Duath of tiie _Mubdeher . — - _Wcbavoiust learned that a <* ivl . named Lhzabeth Bell , of _Uhicksvke . ueav _Bvackenburph . in the parish of Upsket-in-tho . Forp . st . ha * committed the crime , of infanticide on her illegitimate offspring , ami that she , within nn hour afterwards , died . _Inijuwl * on tho hftdica hnve \ bsovj hold before Mr . Game * . C ™ "f » and thc Jury have returned a verdict- , ol Wilful murder" in the former , * _-n ! " Natural _te . Uh , consequent on _oUiid-lrirth , " in the totter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25071846/page/3/
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