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Beauties Of Btbox. So. Xxxviil. "Ihk Isl...
BEAUTIES OF BTBOX . SO . XXXVIIL . " iHK ISLAND . " Vnr { he fust time , we have this week read this _^ ffe had teen - repelled from its earlier perusal _Junction , we cannot say how or why formed , _Uutt ? his poem was poor and spiritless , or at least greatly _^ _amt in _tlleBsnalteauti _^ yton ' svet 8 e - _^ _~| 7 happy to say that we have found that we were _^ nleWmi-taken . The "Island" is an exquisitely
_d utiful production , filled with tne loveliest ol images , and the . noblest of thoughts . _? _^ _T he poem is founded upon Lieutenant Bugh s eclebrated " Narrative ofthe Mutiny and Seizure of the Bounty in the South Seas , in 1 T 89 , " & miliartO every reader of naval history . . . Beautifully does the poet describe that longing of tiie heart felt by all bnt the mentally and morally enslaved for those _fmuUy-imaged scenes of freedom , where Nature ' s laws are the only acknowledged code , and the earth and its produce tbe equal property and enjoyment ofall : —
SAVAGE FREEDOM . The gushing fruits that nature gave untill'd ; Ihe wood without a path but where they _wiU'dj Thefield o ' er which promiscuous Plenty pour'd Her horn ; the equalland toiwout a lords The wish—which ages Iiave not yet subdued Iu man—to hare no master save bis mood - Ihe earth , whose mine was on its race , unsold , Ihe glowing sun , and produce all its gold ; Ihe freedom which can call each grot a home 9 The general garden , where all steps may roam . Again * : — Nature , and "Nature ' s goddess—woman—woos To lands -where , save their conscience , none accuse ; Where oM partake tiie earth _iriikottt dispute ,
And bread itself is gather _e d as a fruit ; Where mnecontest _thefekls , the woods , _thestreamsfj ThegoUHess age , v _^ reo _^ cu _^ tmrosiw dreams . _^»& The poet clings to this lovely theme , and again , and again , sings of the bliss of perfect freedom 4—The Chace , tbe race , the liberty to roam , The soil _wBere every cottage show'd a home ¦ Tie sea-spread net , the lightly-launched canoe , "Which stemm'd the studded Archipelago ; O ' er whose blue bosom rose the starry isles ; Ihe healthy slumber , earned by sportive toils ; The cava feast , the yam , the cocoa ' s root , "Which bears at once the -cup , and milk , and fruit- ; The bread-tree , which , without the ploughshare , yields The unreap'd "harvest of tmfarrow * d fields ,
And bakes its _unadulterated loaves , Without a furnace in unpurchased groves , And flings _cf famine from its fertile breast , A priceless market for the gathering guest ;—These , with the luxuries ot seas and woods , Theairy joys of social solitudes , Tamed each rude wanderer to the sympathies Of those who were more happy , if less wise , Did more than Europe ' s discipline had done , And civilised Civilisation 's son . Such tvere the happy isles of the South Seas _? sash , cursed with civilisation and Christianity , they ase no longer . English missionaries and Gallic brigands , British Bibles and French iayonets ( "holy bayonets , " Michelet calls tkein 1 ) , have done their wither ing work ; and now European vices , wants , and -miseries , mar those scenes of beauty ,
" "Where aU save tne spirit of man is drone . "** "We must pass by many beautiful passages we had marked for extract , regretting that we cannot Sod xooia for the portrait ofthe lovely _Ncuho—" gentle savage of the wild ; " the noble description or Torqwl ; the stern and striking picture of Christian and Ms comrades , af ter the fight ; the thrilling account of the last struggle and death of Christians and the beautiful narrative of _Xeuha ' s devotion and heroism . These we must pass by ; but the following additional extracts have , besides their other merits , that of brevity ;—
SOSG . For one _lang-eherish'd ballad ' s simple stave , "Rung from therock , or mingled with the wave , Or from the babbling streamlet ' s glassy side , Or gathering mountain echoes as they glide , Hath greater ' power o ' er each frae heart and ear , Than all thc columns _Confuesfs minions rear ; Invites , when hieroglyphics are a theme For sages' labours or the _studentJ ' s dream ; Attracts , when History ' s volumes are a toil , Tbe first , the freshest bad of Feeling ' s soil . Here is , bravely administered , a word of
BEPBOOF TO BIGOTS . 'Tis ours to bear , sot judge the dead ; and they Who doom to hell , themselves are on the way , - Unless these bullies of eternal pains-Are _pardon'd their bad hearts for their _worse brains . In common with many other writers , _Biaox entertained very erroneous notions respecting the characters of C _* _esak and _Bncxcs . In his poetry * he ever characterises ihe former as a tyrant , and the latter as a patriot . The fact is , that Junes _Gesas was " The greatest , not the worst of men . " As a military man-slayer he was no worse , though more successful , than the rest of his contemporaries
of " all conqnering Rome , " while in all other respects he was decidedly the best man of his time ; and , perhaps , "takehimforallin all , " the most extraordinarv man that ever lived . Brutus was a p iti-M knave / the leader of a gang of aristocratical usurers . ~ C . £ sab was put to death , not because he ¦ was " a tyrant , " but because he was the friend of the people , and their protector against the extortions of the patrician assassins who _murdered him . In giving the following extract we , therefore , dissent from the author's notions respecting the two Roman worthies : with this exception , magnificent is the following outburst against
TlfASTS . Had _Cffisar Known but Cleopatra ' s loss , Some had been free _^ tbe world had not been his . And what have Cssar ' s deeds , and Cssar ' s fame Bone for the earth f We feel them in our shame : The gory sanction of his glory stains Xhe rust which tyrants cherish as our chains . Though glory , nature , reason , freedom , bid Boused millions do what angle Brutus did . Sweep these mere mock-birds ofthe despot ' s song Prom the tall boughwhere they haveperched so long , Still are we hawk'd at by such mousing owls , And take for falcons those ignoble fowls , When bnta word of freedom would dispel These bugbears , as their terrors show too well .
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SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . SO . XVI . THE BEAUTY OF MBEUTY . "When the dance ofthe shadows At day-break is done , And the cheeks of the morning Are red with the sun ; "When he sinks in his glory At eve from the view , And calls np the planet To blaze in tbe blue : There is beauty . But where is the beauty to see More proud than the sight ofa nation when free i "When the beautiful bend Of the bow is above , like a collar ot light
On the bosom of love ; When tbe moon in her mildness Is floating on high , like a tanner of silver Hung « nt in tbe sky;—There is heau ty . But earth bas no beauty to see Hore proud than the front of a nation when free . In ihe depths of ihe daikness _, Unvaried in hue , "When shadows are veiling The breast of the blue ; "When the voice ofthe tempest At midnight is still , And the spirit of solitude Sits on the Ml;—There is beauty . But where is _' the beauty to see lake the broad-beaming brow of a nation when free
In the breath of the morning , "When nature ' s awake , And calls up the chorus To cha uut in the brake ; In the voice of the echo , Unbound in the woods ; In the warbling of streams , And the foaming of flood *;—There is beauty . But where is the beauty to see like the thrice-hallowed sight of a nation that ' s free ? "When the striving of surges Is mad on the main , Uke the charge ofa column Of plumes on the plain 5 "When the thnnier Is up
from his cloud-cradled sleep , And the tempest is treading The path of the deep;—There is beamy . But where is the beauty to see Like the sun-brilliant brow ot a nation when free 1
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THE PEOPLE'S _JOURNAL . London : J . Bennett , 60 , Fieet-street . Wc observe with pleasure that "Mr . Ilowitt has become one of tlie proprietors of this publication , and from an editorial notice we learn that bath " Mr . and Airs . Howitt will use every exertion to aid the Editor in placing i he J ' eople ' s Journal among the first periodicals ofthe age for beauty of appearance , excellence of Artistical Designs and Engravings , -variety of _Infonnation and Entertainment , earnest enunciation of great Principles , and a genial and ge-
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nerous tone of Ch-i _^ cism . " The People ' s ' Journal & ready numbers amongst its contributors' names 0 f the highest eminence , and several additions are announced , _jnduding Miss Mitford , Mrs . Loudon ynarles . Mackay , & c . Specimens of some of the best works of the best living painters including Ma clise _, Landseer , aud Creswick , find a place in tbis publication ; whilst among those who are regularly engaged in preparing designs for the People ' s Journal , we may mention the names of Miss _GUttes Kenny Meadows , John Franklin , Edward Duncan ' and P . W . Topham . Snch a combination of literary and artistic talent supplied to the people at the charge of Three _Baif-pence weekly , is an enterDr « P
deserving universal support , and , we thiuk , cannot fail to command it Some weeks ago we briefly noticed Part III . ; Part IV . we received in the early part of this month , but have had not an . opportunity of noticing it before the present week . These Parts contain Lectures by J . W . Fox on " Living Poets ; and their services to the cause of Political Freedom , ( including _IrSS _^ _" _^ _^ Adams ' _^ d Barry Cornwall ) *" thebtudy of . History ; " and on "The Common Interests ot Great Britain and America . " These Lectures eontain much valuable information , embellished with eloquence of a very high order : the believers in " the good old lines" will do well to read the Lectures on "History . " Amongst the most str iking articles in these Paris we may notice , one of the series on " Holidays for tbe People" entitled " Mothering Sunday" by William Howitt . A noble
, and eloquent appeal for - " _Peland , " by Joseph Maz-Slui , extracts from which appeared in the Northern Star some weeks ago . A very iuteresting account { with portraits ) of the amiable and talented Hutchinson Family ; " and-some beautiful poetry on this family by Mary Howitt . A charming description of " Christmas in Sweden , " from the pen of the celebrated Fredrika Bremer , in s letter to a friend in England , translated by Mary Howitt . The most interesting of the contents , to us , are "Some Account of a French Theory of Association , " by Tito Pagliardini ; " and "Letters on Labour , " by William Howitt . The first ; _ofthese is a brief exposition , or outline of She theory of the ¦ celebrated Fourier , and vm venture to predict that not a few will be
found , who having read the Outline in the Peeple ' s Journal , will be induced thereby to prosecute iheir inquiries till fully masters ofthe ideas oftheThalansterian philosopher . The _** * Letters on Labour , " so far as . thea , uthorhas yet proceeded , are admirable , and greatly exalt our opinion of Mr . Howitt . . Never have we read more eloquent vindications ofthe true dignity and rights of Labour , and rarely have the working classes found an advocate , not belonging to their order , so capable jof painting their wrongs , and , we venture to anticipate , so capable and earnest in pointing out the remedies for those wrongs . The following extracts will afford sueh of our readers as have not already read the letters an idea of their excellence' : —
SHE 5 _" 0 WBBS ASD WSOSOS OF LABOUR . The enormous powers which felled the forests , drained the morasses , built the cities , founded the empires ( how _. evergreat , or however ancient , ) are the powers oflabour . That which raised the eternal pyramids , which reared Stonehenge , which piled np St Paul ' s and St . Peter ' s , which built Babylon and Rome , London and Paris ; which In _thenanos ef the Greeks rearedihe most glorious fabrics —temples and palaces ; struck out the _faitist forms of imitative art , and quelled tbe million invaders from Persia ; tbat which in the hands of the "Romans cut its _wajf through mountains ; opened all Europe and most of Asia by roads * left the stupenduou 9 aqueducts of the Campagna as the wonder of all . generations—was the power of labour , organised and _directed . That which
has carried cultivation in China , and in many parts of Europe , up to ihe pinnacles ofthe loftiest and _sterilest rocks , and made vineyards where there was desolation ; that which has made all our ingenious manufactures , and the bnsjmanufacturing system ; that which has created millions of towns , palaces , and churches , and thousands of spinning and weaving mills ; and made capital like an _orerfloiringoftbeSileintheEgypt of modern toil—this is the simple power oflabour in active organisation . Where new towns are rising out of the earth , and where enormous _colnmnsiie stretched in thedesert sands without name , data or history , you see alike the evidences of this greatest of earthly powers . "We often say—did the horse or fhe elephant know his own powers _^ would he be the slave of man 2 Uut if man knew lis own powere , would he be the slave of his brethren S
If there be anything , m ; countrvmen , on which you gaze with wonder in the works of art ; if there beanything vast , massive , magnificent , cunning in its construction , terrible in its _strengh , glorious ia its usesremember I—it is you who hare created that wonder by the powers oflabour . Tou read of great empires founded —it was by the combined labour of thousands . "Without this agency where were the greatest king , or the greatest conqueror ? Where were the " triumphs of 31 apoleon ? What were "Wellington at "Waterloo I The eastern nations overran Europe as Goths , Vandals , Teutons , and Sclaves—itwas by thelabour of multitudes . They founded thepresent great nations of Europe—it was
by the labour oi ' these multitudes . They built up laws , customs , audinstitutions ; these were introduced , carried out , and established by armies , by multitudes , by ths force of _orjjanisedlabour . The Spaniards , English and other Enrpoeans have discovered and planted new worlds—America ( North and South ) Australia , India ; they hare there subdued swarming and powerful nations ; in India alone they have bent to the British yoke a hundred millions of people . How ? By the organised exertions , courage , and lives of you , my labouring countrymen . Without your labours and invincible energies all these conquests , and this imposing dominion , were a dream and a nonentity .
At home—the mass of wealth which bas been created by labour surpasses in its astonishing amount anything which has ever been known iu any other country , ancient or modern . As proofs of it , look at the splendour of the houses , equipages , and style of living Of the Upper _ClUSSCS . Look at the style of living and the amount of the value of mere rental and furniture , in ail classes , except thc actually labouring one . look at the enormous sums invested in railways alone ; no less than a hundred millions ! Look at a quarter of _amillionre & dy to be raised at one time amongst the manufacturers and freetraders
for tbe working of one political question ; a question which , from first to last , is expected to consume little less than half a million . Look at the inconceivable amount of wealth lying in our ships , our factories , our warehouses , our banks , and on our richly cultivated land . Spackman , ia 1843 , calculated the amount of British capital alone invested in foreign loans and public companies , both at home and abroad , to be £ 815 , 7-31 . 174 . And the total of British capital , including the fee simple of the land , at no less than £ -5 , W 2 , 300 , i 27 ! producing an annual income of £ S 97 , 813 _, 3 i 5 !
Now , almost every class of British subjects has united its efforts for the creation of this unexampled wealth . . Merchants , manufacturers , agriculturists , artisans , all hare thrown in the share of those energies , that enterprise , that indomitable perseverance , for which the people of this country are renowned above all others . Bnt the far greater amount of the labour which has produced and accumulated this astounding mass of affluence , and no small share of the skill and tact too , have been those of the working classes . The grand question then is , has this great class , has the million , whose labours lie at the foundation of this wealth , benefitted In anything like an equal degree with the other classes ? As this tide of wealth has continued to rise , has it flowed in any fan * proportion into the houses of the
workers ? "No ! On the contrary , as this wealth has advanced , the condition of the labouring class has retrograded . Capital has continued to run more and more into heaps , aiid into the hands of the few . There has been an unhealthy tendency , an apoplectic tendency , towards the head in our system . There has been a plethora in tbe head , while the extremities have grown lean and attenuated . As the system of society has become more artificial , as our manufacturing schemes have been extended , as the capitalist has learned to Organise labour in new modes , and to marshal greater and greater numbers of workers in bands under him , he has become wealthy , and ihey _liavegrGwn poor . Ii any one were in-I ( dined tO deny this , the very fact of the enormous masses of capital continually protruded on the public notice ; of
capital seeking investment ; the continual complaints that capital is so abundant tbat its holders cannot tell how to dispose of it to profit ; that capital in fact , is a drug , while tbe working classes are in distress , would sufficiently answer him . We have five or sis millions oi people iu Ireland actually _sufieriugfamiae , while niueand ten pounds per acre are extorted by the landowners for potato-ground , from those very people . I speak of what I know and have seen . In England , the rate of wages seems to desend in _proporiiou to the numbers of people employed uuder one master , especially when they work iu conjunction with machinery . This is not the place in Which I intend to go at large into this particular question . It may be here , therefore , enough to state , tbat such men as carpenters , masons , bricklayers , painters , and the like ,
generally get their three and four shillings per day , where the worker in a large factory gets his one or two . There has been now for some time an unusual degree of prosperity in the manufacturing districts , and therefore the disproportion is just now not so great in many of them ; but still there aro immense masses in Spitalfields , Nottingham , Leicester , Coventry , Paisley , and Glasgow , who while they see large fortunes making by their emp loyers _, are not gating their ten shillings per week . Where such trades as tailors , stockingers , and shoemakers , are carried on by large numbers working for one master , the wages are wretchedly low- I have known in Nottingham hundreds of stockingers working sixteen hours _a-day for six shillings a-week ; and thousands often having no work at all .
Thus , my friends , we behold how magnificent are the Powers of Labour : what wonders of wealth it has created in this country ; what princely fortunes it has piled up ; what national pride and glory it has conferred upon Great Britain ; jet—and that is the misfortune—it has not created this for yeu . We are truly "tlie envy and admiration of the world ; " but that envy and admiration are not excited' by your condition . " Hicli ! " exclaims Michelet , in his new work , Ths People , " come , confess , this Is the secret motive of the universal admiraSon : England is the rich nation : never miud her millions of b ggars . For any one who does not investigate mankind , 6 h _2 presents to the world au unparalleled , spectacle , that of the most enormous accumulation of wealth that ever
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existed . A _triomphaht agriculture , so much machinery , so many vessels , so many warehouses all choke-full / that Exchange , the mistress of the world—gold flows there like water . " . True , but this golden water , my friends , does hot , as the Frenchman weU " observes flow for you . For you , it _Uthe _oldsone of _Yu-gihw Sic vob non _vobis _nidificatis aves ; Sic _vosnouypbis yellerafertis oves ; Sic vos non vobis melliflcatis apes ; ' Sic vos non vobis _fcrtia aratra . boves . Meaning , Thus , but , ye birds , not for yourselves , your nests build ye ; " ¦ ' Thus , but , ye sheep , not for yourselves , bear ye fleeces ; Thus , but , ye bees , not for yourselves , make ye honey ; Thus , but , ye oxen , not for yourselves , | drag ye plough . shares :
Thus , but not for yourselves , do you labour , Men of England . Well , does Mr . Howitt say "There is something wrong here , dreadfully wrong ; and which ought to be set right . " But how ? Mr . H . reserves the full answer for another letter , but indicates that his remedy is the adoption of the co-operative principle , the combining of labour , skill , and capital , by the working men for themselves . We anxiously look for the next letter detailing the " plan . " We should like to have finished this notice without one word of complaint , but owing to the unfairness of one of the contributors to the Pmh ' s Journal , we are denied that pleasure . Dr . Smiles , wellknown to our Leeds readers , has been _writine _» series of articles , under the head "What is doing
for the People in Leeds ? " In the course of these articles , he describes the _self-educating efforts of the Leeds people , and speaking ofthe circulation of newspapers and cheap periodicals in that town , he states the number of copies sold of the Leeds and London papera . He professes to be very accurate and very impartial , so much so that he even specifies those contemptible rags Lloyd ' s Three-Penny Trash and the Penny Sunday Times ; but although he professes to give the names of all the papers sold in Leeds , he omits tbe Northern Star , as though he did not know that paper was sold there , nor even that such a paper existed ! Now , this impartial writer well known that the _Northern Star was printed
and published for seven years in Leeds , be knows that it circulates in that town , he knows that of all the Journals sold in Leeds , it pre-eminently represents the party of progress ; but , because the Star Is . a Chartist paper , and because it has oa some occasions administered to him that correction which his subserviency to the Milloracy during the time he was editor of tbe _leeds Times ,. well entitled him to , _tlierefore he knows nothing about Ike Northern Star We advise this impartial gentleman to learn honesty before he next dabbles in social statistics . We have nothing further to complain of , much more we mi _g h _^ single out for _praise ; but enough , the best praise is the reiteration of our good wishes for the success of the People ' s Journal .
Birth Of Another Royal Tax-Eater
BIRTH OF ANOTHER ROYAL TAX-EATER
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We find the following rubbish in all the daily papers : — BUCKINGHAM PALACE , Max 25 , IS 16 . This afternoon , at five minutes before three o'clock , the Queen was safely delivered of a Princess . In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert , Dr . Locock , and Mrs . Lilly , tbe monthly nurse . And in the rooms adjoining were
the other medical attendants , Sir James Clark and Dr . Ferguson , and also her Royal Highness the Duehess of Kent , the Lady in waiting on the Queen , and the Ministers and Ofiieers of State summoned on the occasion . The Privy Councillors present were the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of London , the Lord Chancellor , the Duke of Bucc ' eueh _, the Earl of Haddington , the Duke of Wellington , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , Mr . Secretary Gladstone , the Earl of Liverpool , the Earl Delawarr , and the Earl of Jersey .
Summonses were immediately issued for a Privy Council , to be held at four o ' clock , at the Council Office , Whitehall . The following assembled at that hour : —His Royal Highness Prince Albert , the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of London , the Duke of _Bucoleuch _, the Duke of Wellington , Sir Robert Peel , Sir James Graham , Mr . Secretary Gladstone , the Earl of Ellenborough , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Lord Granville Somerset , Mr . Sidney Herbert , the Earl of Liverpool , and the Earl of Jersey . Mr . C . Greville and the Hon . William Bathurst , the Clerks ofthe Council , were in waiting . At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury was desired to prepare a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Princess , io be used in the Churches and Chapels throughout England and Wales .
The Council then broke up . During the afternoon the Nobility and Gentry called at Buckingham Palace , and entered their names in the visiting-book of his Royal Highness Prince Albert . The following official * bulletin was exhibited at the Palace : — "Buckingham Palace , May 25 , 1846 , Four , p .. v . " The Queen was safely delivered of a Princess at five minutes before three o'clock this afternoon . " Her Majesty and the Infant Princess are well . " James Clark , M . D . *¦ Charles Locock , M . D . " Robt . Ferguson , M . D .
The beastly Court Journal says , " this great and important news was immediately made known to the town by the firing ofthe Park and Tower guns . " The Times ( base sycophant !) calls this birth an _fliapicoro occurrence . " From the above it will be seen that tbat sanctified old humbug , the Archbishop of Canterbury is preparing a " form of Thanksgiving , " with which to pester the " powers above " next Sunday in all Churches and Chapels . Tho people , the royalty-ridden , tax-cursed people , have more need to howl hymns ef despair for their misfortune in being saddled with another addition to the brood of Royal cormorants . Our readers will observe that the Queen is delivered not of a" daughter , " but
ofa " princess l" The outrageous absurdity of manufacturing children into princes and princesses was disgusting enough , but in this age of refinement the squalling lumps of Royal clay are , forsooth , born princes and princesses . We suppose the next tiling will be to announce that thc Duchess of Dunderhead was " safely delivered of a marquess , " the " Lady of Sir Slipper Peel was safely delivered of a cabinet minister , " Mrs . Fiogs was " safely * delivered of a grocer , " Mrs . Suns was " safely delivered of a laundress , " Mrs . Cadger was " safely delivered of a beggar I" Verily John Pull , with all thy boasted wisdom , thou art but a stupid ass to bear these tomfooleries , and worse—pay for them .
Government Gratuity To Joseph Mason, The...
GOVERNMENT _GRATUITY TO JOSEPH MASON , THE INNOCENT CONVICT . A letter has been received from Lord Morpeth by the friends of Mason , in which his Lordship advises them not further to press for an inquiry into the circumstances of his conviction , which beyond doubt , arose entirely from misapprehension , and not from any intention to deceive . The character of Mason has been re-established , and a gratuity from Government of 251 . has been ordered as some compensation . The following is his Lordship ' s letter to Mason ' s brother-in-law : — "London , May 1 C _. 184 C .
" Sir , —Sir James Graham informs me that he cannot direct any commission to be instituted in the matters com . plained of with respect to the case of Joseph Mason . The complaint should more properly be addressed to the visiting justices of York Castle ; but now that Mason hasbeen returned to his house , with his character completely cleared and acknowledged , I cannot advise any proceedlags which now might bear the appearance of a vindictive character . "Sir James , at the same time , authorised me to state tbat he will confer a gratuity of twenty-five pounds upon Mason , as a small token of the unfortunate missapprehension under which he suifered . I cannot help think _, ing that Mason would do well to avail himself of Mr . . Hudson ' s ofter _. Your humble serran t , "Mokpeth . _' *
A letter lias also been received from Mrs . Hudson , dateo _^ Albert-gate , Hyde Park , 5 th of May , and addrcsse _' d to Mason ' s wife , in wliich that lady congratulates her on the return of her husband , and states that Mr . Hudson had given instructions that suitable employment should be provided for him at the earliest opportunity .
Teetotalism Morally, Politically, And So...
TEETOTALISM MORALLY , POLITICALLY , AND SOCIALLY COiVSJDEIiED . Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture on the above subject , to a highly respectable and numerous audience , at the True Temperance Hall , Waterloo road , on Sunday evening , May the 24 th . He advocated the putting of the money spent in worse than useless drink and smoke , to tho purposes of educating the rising generation in the principles of true political economy , the " Science of Government . " He urged the morality of well _training , clothing , and feeding the human race _; and said , if the sons ut * labour performed this duty to their children , he could not
conceive that tbey would have anything to throw away on either gin or beer , and that were men teetotallers , they might so apply thc means now spent tu their own detriment and degradation . At a moderate calculation , tho money now spent in drinking amounts to £ 15 12 s . per annum per family . With this sum they could buy 40 s . f ' reeb' Ids in counties , and better residences in boroughs , _djc ., and thereby muc h extend the franchise . They might obtain for each family with this sum , six shares in the Chartist Coy operative Land Society , making themselves and fanii lies perfectly contended and happy , and free from thi fears of a Union Bastile . Ihey might at the same time realize Johnson ' s definition of " Social , " namely , " Fit for Society , " " Companionable , " " Fraternal . "
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1 "' _--w _*'"'^"'^^' ' _- _'* _" _-- _*^** _W _^ , « _- » 4 _^ This wouM indeed be true social _eouality * , _^ perfect bwStherhobd ; all working " for _ewli "' ana ;' eacli for all . , '' . - ., . _.- ; ,. _' ¦;} _-, _'vv , ' : : , _-:- ' _^ , _^; _^ . " . ' .,. ;; _, ' ; .,. I Mr . Stallwood invoked ; the aidf ofall in carrying into practice the principles he had that nieht so feebly advocated ., and . sat down ; loudly applauded ; -- . No questions being asked of the lecturer , Mr . Stallwood rose and introducedjMr . Whitehorhe ' . and ,, bis sons , when this musical ! family astonished and electrified the . audience by- their masterly ' ' execution of that beautiful composition , ¦ " We re all born equal . " At the conclusion , the audience testified their delight by their enthusiastic approbation . * A vote of thanks on the motion of Mr . Andrews / was awarded by acclamation to the Lecturer , and to Mr . Wbitehorne and his talented children for , their services , and the meeting waa dissolved _.
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DREADFUL'COAL PIT EXPLOSION . A dreadful explosion took place on Tuesday the 19 th inst . at Myreydduewidd Colliery , three miles from Swansea . On Tuesday morning the men were told that" all was right , " except ene portion , which they had barricaded up with timber , ao that it should be known ; but ere an hour had elapsed a tremendous explosion shoeked the entire pit , causing the instant death of five men , and several others much burnt . The first body found was thatbf David' Jones ... . It presented an awful a 8 peet , the whole of his intestines having fallen out , shewing the violence with which lie had been driven against parts of the colliery by tlie violent concussion . The remainder were also shockingly disfigured , and were blown some 200 yards
lrom where the explosion happened . At the Coroner ' s inquest on the bodies it was clearly proved to have resulted by the imprudence of one bf the miners , who , notwithstanding the caution he had received , went into the dangerous part before spoken of with a naked lit candle . The Jury , after a very lengthened investigation , returned a verdict ; of ' * Accidental Death . " We also regret to mention two other fatal explosions , one at Pwllygraig , near Merthyr , and thc other at the Mountain Pitts , Pcnnydarren . Four person lost their lives at them , which appeared to have resulted under the same , circumstances . The greater portion of the unfortunate sufferers have left large families utterly destitute .
Heroic Galuntrv . —Mr . Hughes , the eldest son of Mr . Hughes , saddler , of the Cornhill , on Friday last , performed an aot of heroic humanity which merits recording . The young man , it seems , was travelling from Lincoln by one of the Gainsborough coaches . On arriving at Saxilby , he perceived a girl in the river Witham , and saw her sink for the third time , though there were several person who observed the accident , and yet did not attempt to save _thelifeof the girl : he unhesitatingly leaped from the Roachand . encumbered as he was with his great
, coat , plunged into the river , dived to the bottom , succeeded in bringing up the exhausted girl , and with great difficulty got her safely landed . We are informed tliat influential parties , having been made acquainted with the facts ofthe case , purpose laying them before the Humane Society ; whether any token of commemoration be granted from that quarter or not , there can be no doubt that the generous feeling which prompted so perilous an act in the service of humanity will gain the young man the warm respect ofall whose opinion is worth possessing . — Stamford Mercury .
Extensive Robbery of Bank op England Notes , < fcc—AtU-sbridge Petty Sessions on Tuesday , Henry and MargaretBarnaby , two persons ef respectable appearance , brother and sister , the former living at Ilarefield , and the latter at Kensington , _^ ere committed for having been concerned in stealing , in the month of January last , a wooden cash-box , containing Bank of England and other notes , with title-deeds , leases , and other securities , to a very large amount , from the King's Arms Inn , in the village of * Ilarefield , about two miles from "Oxbridge , the property of Mr . John Rafccfiffe , tne landlord .
Robberies op Piate . —Information of the following robberies of plate were on Wednesday received by the police ;—From No . 9 , Cavendish-square , the property ofthe Hon . Mr . Dawson Darner , four silver candlesticks—tbey are of massive make ; also , ' from a cart last week , _batween Reigate and East Grimstead , a box , the propety ofthe Rev . S . M . Neate , of Sackville Cottage , East _Grimstead _, containing four silver _table-spo-ms , four tea and four desert ditto , and a butter knife , each marked " W . " a wine strainer , marked ' T . A . W .. M . " -six table spoons , five desert , two tea , one gravy , and two salt ditto , marked , twenty-four forks , six old-fashioned fiilagree teaspoons , marked " T . M . N . " a datcte , and moist sugar-bason , marked " A . N . " an ihkstand , and a variety of other articles of silver plate .
Dissolving the Parliament . —It is generally believed if the Corn Bill does not pass that the Queen will dissolve the Parliament , ' , ' What a blessing to the nation 1 f Will any respectable washerwoman liave tlie . kindness to oblige Her Majesty with a copper and hot water for the purpose of effecting a sure dissolution ? The King asd Queen of me French are expected to visit tin ' s country about tlie latter end of June , or early in July . Death of Viscount Downb . —We have to record the demise of another British peer , Viscount Downe , ofthe county of Downe , in the peerage of Ireland , who expired on the 23 rd instant , at Beningborough Hall , his seat in Yorkshire ; at the advanced age of IL His Lordship , who was in Holy Orders , was born August 20 , 1772 , and succeeded to the title in
1832 . African Travels . — -The News from Malta , of the 14 th , notices the safe return of Mr . James Richardson from the interior of Africa , Fezzan , and Tripoli , having accomplished his perilous journey in a manner the most extraordinary and satisfactory ; by a new route . He travelled the country without arms to defend himself against the attacks of liis enemies , or presents to conciliate the good opinion ofthe chief ' s he visited . He has not , however , fully ' accomplished the object he had In view on starting , owing to the wars which raged in different parts , occupied by different tribes , through which he would have had to pass .
A Desperate Leap fkosi a Window . — -On Tuesday morning , between one and two o ' clock , great excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Kent-street , Southwark , in consequence of a female named Johanna Ueffcran , aged twenty-eight years , the wife of a labourer , jumping from the second floor window ot her residence in a court inhabited by a number of Irish people . It seems that her husband had been leading a very dissipated life for several weeks past , and had treated her in a very harsh and cruel manner . He returned in a state of drunkenness , and when he entered the apartment he seized her by the throat , nnd threatened to murder her . She , however , escaped from him , and to evade his brutal treatment she thre . w up the wiudow and jumped out into the
street . A policeman who was on duty near the spot ran to her , and when he raised her up he found that she had received some injury to the legs and other parts of her person . She was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where she was found to have sustained extensive injuries , whicli , it is feared , will cause her death . Fire at a Card Manufactory . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortly after three o ' clock , a fire broke out in the drying room of the extensive playingcard manufactory , belonging to Messrs . Josh . Reynolds and Son , card-makers , & c , 2 S , 29 , and 3 D . _Vere-street , Clare-market . The fire originated from thc overheating of the steam-boiler flue , and before sufficient assistance could bo produced it had
obtained considerable hold . The Holborn engine of the London Fire Engine Establishment , having got to work , the firemen succeeded in staying tiie further progress of the flames in a short time _. Dreadful Wagcom Accident . — -On Wednesday , as a waggon belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway , heavily laden with oats , was going down Milford-lane , Strand , the herse stumbled , and the heavy vehicle caught the driver between the wheels and the kerb-stone adjoining the Bull _public-llOUSC The wretched sufferer , whose ribs were frightfully lacerated , was conveyed to the King ' s College Hospital , where belies in a precarious state .
Accident on the Stamford and _Peterborough Rahway . —As a number of navigators and other workmen were leaving their employment on Saturday evening last , between six and seven o ' clock , when near the village of Bainton , the ballast waggons on wliich they were riding , were suddenly thrown off the rails , by which twelve of the men were thrown out and seriously injured . Six ofthe sufferers were taken to the Stamford Infirmary severely hurt , one having both his legs broken ; the _fivcothcrs , some with their arms broken , others with their shoulders dislocated , <& c . Ifc is not expected three ofthe six can recover . It is reported this accident arose from carelessness ; others affirm that some of the party unhooked one of the waggons for a •¦ lark , " which jerked the waggon in which ihey were , causing R to tip up and throw the others into confusion .
Suffocation in an Epileptic Fir . —An inquest was held 011 Wednesday atthe White Hart , Berwickstreet , Oxford-street , ' before Mr . Bedford , oil the body of Mr . George Augustus _Farques , aged twentyseven , a copper-plate printer , of Berwick-street . It appeared that thc deceased enjoyed good health , with the exception of being attacked at long intervals with epileptic fits , lie was quite well on Friday night last , when he went to tlie Princess ' s Theatre , and at twelve o ' clock wenfc to bed , much in his usual state . The next morning he was found dead
in his bed , With his face downwards between the two pillars . Mr . Po ; c , surgeon , of No , 3 , Manchester-square , said that the deceased died from suffocation . In reply to questions from a Juror , the surgeon said , tliat in the course of the night the deceased had no doubt been seized with a fit of epilepsy , and his head sinking between the pillows , he was unable to rise , and so was suffocated . Had any one slept with him who was able to render assistance , his life in all probability would have been saved . A verdict in accordance with the medical testimony was returned .
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Emigration to the . United States . —The Tide of emigration still'flows ; ho Jess ¦ than 6 ; 3 _JI 6 persons of all sixes , sexes , and _denominations , arrived at this port during ' tue month of April ; this being an increase of 2 , 053 over the month ot Mai'Cli . ' " Great Britain sent 4 , 980 ; France , . 1 , 0 * 78 , _ehieflj- Germans ; Bremen and H amburg , 11 C—New York Herald . A Woman Choked bt a Piece , of Bread . —On Saturday an inquest was'held-at the William the Fourth , Wands worth-road , before Mr . Cartel * , withe body of Mary Anne . Cooke , the wile of a sweep , living at How ard-street . A few days previously tlie deceased was at tea , when a piece of crust of bread lodged in the larynx , and before a surgeon could be procured , she was dead . Verdict , " Died from suffocation" .
. _ _n „ , . Reverse of Fortune—One of the men _noweneaoed as conductor to an omnibus plying between thp railway station at Leamington and Warwick , was , in 1831 , mayor of Stratiord-upon _^ von . . A Curious Bird ' s Nest . —A few days since Mr , John Hubbard , landlord of the Wheats heaf , Burton Joyce , found a torn tit ' s nest , containing several young ones , in an old hat placed on a stick in his garden—Nottingham Journal . _ Death at the _Liverpool and Manchester Railway _SiAHON .-On Thursday evening , a little before nine o ' clock , a man , who was sitting on a form in the second class waiting-room of the Victoria Railway station , Hunt ' s Bank , was found dead ! _andasurnrfion . havimr been promptly called thither was
unable to restore animation . The deceasecf had been sitting there a short time previously , without exhibiting any signs Of indisposition . He was apparently about sixty-five years of ag « , respectably attired in black . He wore a plain neckcloth , white stockings , shoes with four button holes , and a cap npon his head . He had not paid his fare for any place , and no money except Is . 3 d . was found upon him . ' Fatai , Accident miking . mis _Thundbr Storm . — About half-past four o ' clock on Thursday evening , an accident occurred in St . George's-road , Manciiester , in consequence ofa horse becoming frightened by the lightning , by which a man named James Wild was killed . It appeard that Wild was going along St . George ' s or Itochdale-road , with an empty cart
drawn by two spirited horses , and having hold ofthe reing of the shaft hom ; when suddenly , as if frightened by a flash of lightning or the thunder which followed , the leader started of at a furious pace . Wild kept hold of the bridle for about ten yards , when , losing his hold , he was kicked by the shaft horse , and tell , one of the wheels going over his back . The horses proceeded onward at a gallop , and Wild with difficulty rose , and cried " Wheigh , " as if to stop them , but he was very much exhausted , and had to be sustained by some persons who came up at the time . He was convoyed to the shop of Mr . M ' Gill , druggist , St . George ' s-road , where , in the space of tan minutes he died . Lusus _Naturj * . —Last Saturday , a hen , belonging to William Barnsby , of Bunkers' Hill , hatched a
chicken with four perfect eggs . The little monster is alive , and likely enoagh to be reared . The Whip and the "Schlaoue" in Hanovkb . — The Second Chamber of the States of Hanover , has at present under discussion the criminal code , comprising offences against the laws ofthe press . At one of the late sittings M . Lehzen , an enlightened and influential member , proposed that the punishment of the whip and the schlague should be suppressed ; but , although supported by several deputies of weight , he did not succeed in carrying his motion . According to thc law presented by the Government the whip is , for the future , to be applied only to lads under sixteen years of age , and to vagabonds . Whipping is no longer in any case to be applied to women .
Fatal Accident , off Lambeth Palace . —On Sunday morning , about a quarter past seven o'clock , an accident happened on the river , which was attended by the loss of one out of two of the persons who fell out of a boat off Lambeth Stairs . It appears that the boat was engaged for an excursion , on the river by a party of six persons , consisting of males and females . By some indiscretion on the part of those who undertook the management of the boat two of the party , a man and woman , fell into the river * , the man was picked up and taken , in an exhausted state to a tavern near Westminster-bridge , when , after some time he was conveyed home in a cab . "Oh it is Love !"—Breaking into a Prison . — On Saturday , as Aldertonand Clarke were watching
at our gaol , about , one o'clock in the morning , they heard some one get over thc top of the door of the garden wall , and make his way into the garden at the back of the House of Correction . He had with him a ladder , and went up as iiar as the roof . They then saw it was Robert Berry , alhs "Bob the Cooper , " and ran towards the ladder , on whieh he descended as fast as he could , ran across the garden and escaped over the wall . They were in watch for him , as it ' was believed that he had on the previous night been in communication with one ofthe prisoners , named Emma Weavers . On being taken before II . _Braddeck , Esq ., he said he was only going to take some tea and sugar to Emma Weavers . He was committed for two months as a rogue and vagabond . Sleeping m the Open Air an Off £ _,- !* ce . — At
the Ilford petty sessions , on Saturday , Zachariah Lee , a gipsey , was charged with sleeping in the open air at Epping Forest . The excuse made by the prisoner was , that he was sleeping out because lie had had a row with his wife . It was ascertained that he had a house at Chingford-hatch . The Magistrate sa d that the gipsies generally rented houses in some of the villages near the forest during the winter ; but thc moment tho line weather set in they betook themselves to the forest . If they were able to rent for a house during the winter months they certainly could do the same ia summer , and he should order the police to take into custody all persons found sleeping in the forest . As the prisoner , however , was not known at that Court , he should discharge him this time , but should deal severely with him if _brought up
again . Rapid Increase of Manchester . —From a report prepared by the Chief Constable , and read by Alderman Key , at a recent meeting of the Town Council , it appears that since the census was taken in 1841 , there has been a clear addition of 59 , 770 souls to the population of the borough , being more than the increase from 1831 to 1841 , whieh was 53 . 373 . Thc entire population is how reckoned at 205 , 277 . Berne . —Since the census of 1837 , the population of the city and circle of Berne has been increased from 22 , 422 souls to 25 , 158 , of which 7 , 382 are roamed , 1 , 743 widowers , 125 divorced , 15 , 903 unmarried . Of Ihe Reformed religion , 23 , 778 ; Catholic , 1 , 218 , * Jews , 162 . The number of civic citizens is 2 , 977 ; cantonal citizens , 19 , 579 ; Switzer citizens , 4 , 147 ; aliens , 1 , 432 . Railroad between Augsburg and Ulm . —The
Augsburg Gazette mentions a report that the Austrian Government intends to form a military railroad between Augsburg and Ulm , so that , in case of any threatened invasion , Ulm may be immediately supplied with troops . More Poison for tite Chinese . —The Ami de la Religion ( Paris paper ) states that Father Ambrosio , and Procurator of Missions in China , and five other missionaries of the of order of Jesus , had embarked at Naples for the Celestial Empire . Nineteen brothers of the order ave at present in Nanking
occupied in spreading the Catholic faith . Not less satisfactory is their zeal in England , whero , as stated in this journal from authentic sources ? , within the fast two years , 275 Protestants had been converted to Catholicism . [ The unhappy'Chlnese appear to be thc doomed recipients of civilised poison , first opium , then gospel . Wc would recommeud thc good people ofthe "flowery land , " to cling to the morals taught them by Confucius , rather than listen to the corrupting absurdities of European creeds . They w ill I ' nd gospel-intoxioation more enervating than » ven opium-chewing . _l
A 'I unnel under _Greenwicu Park . —It has been determined by the Directors of the South-eastern Railway Company to pull down the Greenwich terminus , the Railwav Tavern known as the Prince of Orange , together with several shops and newly-erected dwelling-houses adjoining , and to erect a splendid terminus on Croom ' s-hill in its stead , alongside one of the smaller entrances ; into the park . The new tunnel will commence at the Crcek-brdge , which separates Greenwich from Deptford , and continue under the town of Greenwich , the lower part of the
Park , next Greenwich Naval School , Maze-hill , onward by the back of the union workhouse in the Woolwich road . Here the tunnel is to end , and the line continue forward to Woolwich , Dai-tford , Gravesend , & c . From the estimates made by the surveyors the Directors consider that they shall be able to complete thc works to _Gravesend , and open it for public traffic , in the course of the next twelve months . The tunnelling is intended to obviate the vibration complained of as likely to arise , and which tho Astronomer K , oy al considered ' wou Id affect the scientific studies atithe itoyal Observatory .
A Wealthy Settler Murdered by the Blacks . — The Moreton Bay community ( New South Wales ) has been thrown into great consternation at the commencement of the year by the muvdei' of Mr , . John Uhr , ( he brother of C . B . Uhr _, Esq ., Justice of * the Peace . This gentleman was at an out-station , when _thc'blacks came into his hut , and commenced helping themselves . This was resisted by Mr . Uhr , when he was attacked by the whole body and murdered . After treating the body with tho greatest indignity , the savages threw it into the river Brisbane , on whose
hanks the occurrence took place . They then made oft * after plundering the place of sugar , flour , tea , tobacco , ire . Lieut . Seymour , and nine men of the party stationed at Moreton Bay , had gone up the Brisbane in pursuit of the murderers . A party oi ' civilians had also started on the same errand . Mr . Uhr ' s body had been found , and handed over to his relatives . The blacks had been committing great depredations on the cattle . They often killed beasts to get at the inside fat . After spearing and hamstringing them , tliey merely made an incision in the ribs to get at the kidney fat , leaving tho carcass to rot .
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John Hampden . —We hear that there is to be a publicmee ' tibfif and _dinner at Chalgrove-field , on the 18 th of June , being the anniversary of the deafcn ot this distinguished patriot . * ¦ - " The Nelson Column . — The public will he gratified by learning that hopes mav be entertained ot * the speedy disappearance ofthe * unsightly timber barri . cfide which has so long surrounded the base of tho Nelson column , and detormed _Trafalgarsquave . During the last week a considerable number of workmen have been employed in dressing the bricks and making preparations for the foundations of the pedestals " ofthe recumbent lions which are to ornament the angles ofthe basement , and for therer . r 4 . ti 0 a ofthe flights of granite steps whieh will complete the original plan . Mount Hecla . —Copenhagen , Mav 16 . —We have letters from Iceland ,-of the beginning of April , whicli state that the eruption of Mount Hecla . _U-id . ceased for about a fortnight . The fishing was si >
productive that it had been been necessary to send ships to England for salt . Valuable Discovery of Lead in tiie _Iblb of _Man , —In excavating the rock opposite the court house , for the purpose ot deepening our harbour , the workmen have come upon a small vein of lead ore , and not less than four cwts of excellent ore has been _rui-teil , containing a proportion , it is supposed , of about flO or . ot Bilver per ton . —Mom's Herald . t The Corn Bill . —Earl Delawarr , having declared his intention to oppose the Corn Bill in the House of Lords , has resigned the situation of Lord _Chaivthev . lain ot tlie Queen's Household . , The Factories But . —Sir _Hesketh Fleetwood paired off on Friday night in _fsfvour of the Short Time Bill with Mr . Mackinnon . Ancient Art . —It is a singular fact , tbat the pattern now most common upon Paisley shawls , nnd which has always been a favourite , was in _nseamosg the Hindoos three or four thousand years ago .
The Notorious Joseph Ady was committed from the Thames-street Office , on Thursday , to take bis trial on a charge of fraud ; in obtaining 60 postage stamps from a gentleman named Hill on the pretence of giving him useful information . The recent Indian Victories . —Death of LrEtm Colonbl Barb —We have to record the death of Lieut . Colonel Barr , one of the heroes of Hurrcekee Ghat , who , received a musket-ball in the left aria in the final victory which crowned the British awes
in India . It appears that the gallant office was very anxious that the limb should be saved if possible , * _, and it was hoped that by skilful treatment the injury ( compound fracture ) might be _reduced . It would seem , however , that the climate was averse to his recovery , and he sank under his sufferings . _Vidocq denies that he is either dead , or , what perhaps is better , that he is "in a state or poverty , " and in a letter to the Sun . invites the editor of tliat paper to dine with him , as a proof , wesuppose , _ol'his veracity .
George Frederick Cooke ' s Monument . —When Edmund Kean was last in this country he erected a monument , in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , to the- memory- of the lamented George Frederick Cooke . When Charles Kean arrived here , upon _goiug to see the monument , he found it in a dilapidated condi-. tion . With a commendable liberality and reverence for the great actor whose memory the monument was intended to honour , and for his father who had erected it , hedetermined to have it repaired . When he left this city on his southern tour he left orders with John Povey to expend four of five _hundred dollars upon its repairs . This has been done , and the
monument is now restored to its original plaee , in as good condition as when erected by the actor Kean , and likcly ' to stand many years , to remind the passerby ofthe great actor . The body of Cooke , who died while in this city , Is buried , not under the monument , but in the vestry of the church . It is rather a remarkable coincidence , that the monument was ready and re-elected on the anniversary of tbe birth pf Shakspeare . It is a handsome marble monument , bearing upon one side the original inscription — " Erected to the memory of George Frederick Cooke , by Edmund Kean , of the Theatre Royal , Drury-lane , London , 1821 . Three kingdoms claim his birth ;
Both hemispheres pronounce his worth . " Upon the other side is the inscription"Bepaired by Charles Kean , 1846 . " JVeio York Paper . Fatal Accidest . —On Sunday last a fine boy , 12 years of age , named David Horbury , son of Charles Horbury , shareholder in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , Blucber Street , Barnsley , lost his life under the following circumstances : —Tiie little fellow was playing by the canal side when he fell in , a parcel of cowardly scoundrels were rowing up and down the canal in a boat and contented themselves
by merely putting the oar to the canal side , when finding it did not bring him up they with the most perfect coolness left bim , the consequence was the poor little fellow was taken out a lifeless corpse . — Correspondent . Election Contest in Ayrshire . —We learn that it is all but arranged , in Protection circles , that in the event ofa dissolution of Parliament , which is expected in a few _iveeks , onr . county member , Alex Oswald , Esq ., will be opposed by Lord G . Bentinck , son of the Duko of Portland , and the leader of the Protectionists , in thc House of Commons .
Destruciio _** 0 ? 1111 * _Anwjni Chapel at Kingsland . —The picturesque little chapel opposite _tlietollbar at Kingsland _, is now being unroofed , preparatory to its destruction , by the sanction of the governors of BarlholomewJs Hospital . It is of _diminutive size , but it _possesses , independent of its claims as a consecrated building , architectural and antiquarian features of interest . It is said that a strong remonstrance has been sent to the governors of Bartholomew ' s Hospital by the central committee of the _Arclsajologicai Association , with a view to obtain at least a respite for the chapel , until proper inquiry has been instituted into the alleged ground for its destruction , which is generally supposed to bo quite uncalled fo ** .
_Iiiundeb Storm . — During the thunder storm , on Wednesday week , a sergeant of the 43 rd regiment , who was travelling near Barnard Castle , took refuge uuder a tree ; and while there the tree was struck by the lightning and completely rent . The soldier was also struck to the ground , but fortunately was uninjured . Capture of a Whale in the River Medwat . — Chatham , May 20 . —Yesterday afternoon this fish was secured by Henry Hickson , a waterman , at Upnor , who found it floating dead in the river , below Upnor Castle . Having secured it he towed it to TJpuov , and the difficulty then was how to get it to a place o £
security , when between 60 and 60 united to removeit to a building at the rear of the Jolly Sailors . The fish was then opened , and the inside taken out and cleaned . Thc liver was a very extraordinary size . Before it was touched , the fish measured 7 feet round the body , and 13 feet in length ; the breadth of the tail is 2 feet 0 inches . This fish is to be brought to Chatham for public exhibition . It afforded lor the last week much sport to the watermen of the river in their endeavours to catch it . The cause of its death is supposed to be the difference of the water to that of the north seas .
Hungary . —It is stated that between 25 and 30 districts with a population of 2 , 500 or 3 , 000 souls of tho ( united ) Greek religion , have gone over to the non-united ( the Russian ) religion . Queen's Musicians . —It is somewhat remarkable that the favourite musicians of three Queens fell a sacrifice to suspicion and vengeance within a space of thirty years in this country—namely Mark Smeaton , in the service of Anne Boleyn , was executed in 1536 ; Thomas Abel , who taught music and grammar to Queen Catherine , wife of ilenry VJIL , who was hanged and quartered in 1510 ; and David llizzio , secretary to Mary Queen of Scots , who waa murdered in 1556 .
Vaccination . —Vaccination has been highly satisfactory for the past year , ending on tiie 29 th September last , according to the opinion of the Poor Law Commissioners ; there having been 347 , 703 persons vaccinated , and the successful cases having been equal to ninety-six per cent , on the number vaccinated . A Gentleman Mistaken '" for' a Pickpocket . — A policeman , named Richards , and Ilenry Kirby . money taker to the London and Westminster Steamboat Company , wero charged at the Mansion-house , on , Tuesday , with abusive and insolent conduct to Mr . Charles Funge , an officer of the _Vice-Chanccllor'a Court , whom thoy called a pickpocket , and a member of the swell mob , because he remained on the lighter
after having landed from one of the boats . It appeared thata well-known member ofthe swell-mob was on the lighter at the time , and because he was Standing near Mr . Funge , probably trying to pick his pocket , the policeman considered them to be friends , and so ordered Mr . Funge to walk off . Tlie Lord Mayor fined the policeman twenty shillings , but dismissed Kirby , as he had acted on information given hiin by Richards . Danish Succession . — The attention of political circles is attracted to the difficulties which will one day arise relative to the succession of Denmark , and the Duchess of Holstein and _Schleswig . The Prince Royal of Denmark has no children ; he is now suing
tor a divorce so as to be able to contract a third marriage . Prince Frederick of Hesse is the next heir to the throne after thc Prince Royal but he is a young widower , and had no children by his wife , a Grand _Duchesss of Russia . A Hamburgh paper publishes the following , which might put an end to ihese difficulties : — " Thc visit of the Royal Family of Sweden to the Courfc of Copenhagen has been much talked of . This visit Is not looked upon aa a nievo visit of ceremony . A marriage between Prince Frederick ot liesse and the young daughter of the King of Sweden may probably result from the interview between the livosove' _-eifim "
_Supposed Lncendiauy Fire in _Worcestershire . — About midnight , on Friday , a destructive lire broke out in a barn on the farm of Mr . J . Edwards , and belonging to B . Dent , Esq ., at Charlton , near Cropthorne , about ten miles from _Worcester Ike barn with its contents , consisting of several waggons , carts , and a gig , together with some poultry , , wm completely demolished . The origin of the fire is enveloped ill mystery , and it to very strongly suspected that it was the work of au lneowliaiy _.
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