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THE _COXF-S-IOX . " The cold in clime are cold in blood , Tlieir love can scarce deserve the name ; Sat mine was like thc lava flood Tbat boils iu -Etna ' s breast of flame . I cannot prate iu puling strain Of ladye-lorci aud beauty ' s chain : If changing cheek , and scorching vein , , Lips taught to writhe , hut not complain , If bur-ting heart , and madd ' iiing brain , And daring deed , and vengeful steel , * And all that I have felt , and feel , Betoken love—that lore was mine , And shown by many a bitter sign . 'T is true , I could not whine nor sigh , I knew bat to obtain or die .
1 die—but first I havepossess'd , And come what may , I lactheen ble * s '< L Shall I the doom 1 sought upbraid ? Ko—reft of all , yet undismay'd Dut for the thought of Leila slain , _fiire me the pleasure with the pain , So _Tvonld I Uvc and love again-I _grieve but uot , my holy guide I Por him who dies , but her who died : She sleeps beneath the wandering wave—Ah I hadshe but an earthly grave , _* lris breaking heart and throbbing bead Should seek and share her narrow bed . She was a . form of life and light , That , seen , became a part of sight ; And rose , where ' er I _turn'd mine eye , The Morning-star ot Memory !
" Yes , Love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark cf that immortal fire "With angels shared , by Alia given , To lift from earth our low desire . Devotion wafts the mind above , L' at Heaven itself descends in lore ; A feeling from the Godhead caught , To wean from self each sordid thought ; A Ray of him who form'd the whole ; A Glory rircling round the soul 2 1 grant my love imperfect , aR
That mortals by the name miscall ; Then deem it evil , what thon wilt ; But say , oh say , Tier's was not guilt ! She was my life ' s unerring light : That quench'd , what beam shaR break my night Oh 1 would it shone io lead me StiR , _Although to death or deadliest ill ! Why mai vclye , if they who lose This present joy , this future hope , So more with sorrow meekly cope ; In phrensy then their fate accuse : In madness do those fearful deeds
That seem to add but guilt to woe ? Alas I the breast that inly bleeds Hath nought to dread from outward blow Who falls from all he knows of bliss , Cares Rttle into what abyss . # ¦ # * " * " And she was lost—and yet I breathed , Bnt not the breath of human life : A serpent round my heart was wreathed , And stung my every thought to strife . AHfce aU time , abhorr'd all place , Shuddering I shrunk from Nature s face _. Where every hue that charm'd before The blackness of my bosom wore . The rest thou dost already know-, And aR my sins , and half my woe .
Rut talk no more of penitence ; Thon seest I soonshaR part from hence : And if thy holy tale were true , The deed that ' - done can ' st thou undo 5 Think me not thankless—bnt this grief Looks not to priesthood for relief . My soul ' s estate in secret guess : Rut would ' _- t thou pity more , say less _. When thon canst bid my Leila live , Then wiR I sue tbee to forgive ; Then plead my cause in that high place Where purchased masses proffer grace . Go , where the hunter ' s hand hath wrung Prom forest-cave her shrieking young , And calm the lonely Roness : Rut soothe not—mock not my distress ! * * # *
« TtR me no more of fancy ' s gleam-No , father , no , ' t was not a dream ; Alas . ' the dreamer first must sleep , I only watch'd , and wish'd to weep ; Bnt could not , for my burning brow Tbrobb'd to the very brain as now : 1 wish'd but for a single tear , As something welcome , new , and dear I wish ' uit then , I wish it still ; Despair is stronger than my will . Waste not thine orison , despair Is mightier than thy pious prayer : I would not , if I might , be blest ; I want no paradise , but rest . 5 T was then , I teU thee , father ! then
I saw her ; yes , she Rved again ; And shining in her white symar , As through yon pale gray cloud the star Which now I gaze on , as on her , Who _look'd and looks far lovelier ; Dimly I view its trembling spark ; To-morrow ' s night shall be more dark : And 1 . before its rays appear , That lifeless thing the firing fear . 1 wander , father ! for my soul Is fleeting towards the final goaL I saw her , friar 1 and I rose Forgetful of our former woes ; Aud rushing from my couch , I dart , And clasp her to my desperate heart ;
1 clasp—what is it that I clasp ? No breathing form within my grasp , Ho heart thai heats reply to mine , Yet , Leila 1 yet thn form is thine ! And art thou , dearest , changed so much _. As meet my eye , yet mock my touch ! Ah ! were thy beauties e ' er bo cold , I care not ; so my arms enfold The all they ever wisb'd to hold . Alas ! around a shadow prest They shrink upon my lonely breast ; let still ' tis there J In silence stands , And beckons with beseeching hands J With braided hair , and bright-black eye—I knew ' t was false—she could not die ! Rat he is dead' within the deli
1 saw lum buried where he feU ; He comes not , for he cannot break From earth ; why then art thou awake ? They told me wild waves rolled above The feet I view , the form I love ; Tbey told me—' t was a hideous tale ! I'd tell it , bnt my tongue would fail If true , and from thine ocean-cave Thou coin ' st to claim a calmer grave , Oh . ' pass thy dewy fingers o ' er This brow tliat then will burn no more : Or place them on my hopeless heart : But , shajH : or shade ! whate _' er thou ait , In mercy ne ' er again depart ! Or farther with thee bear my soul Than winds can waft or waters roR !
* * * # He pass'd—nor of his name and race Hathleft a token or a trace , Save what the father must not say Who shrived him on his dving day : This broken tale was aU we knew Of her he loved , or liim he slew .
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SOXGS FOR TUE PEOPLE . KO . 1 H , THE JUlt 8 £ Il MAncH . _TesonsofPrance _. _awaietoglorr _Ynn _^ i-M * « " » 5 _* _to bid vou rise i onr _childnm , _wivts _, and grand _^ s _lioan _^^^ _•^• i ruffian band . _Af-glit and desolate theland , - _Whik _ptaeeand liherty Hebleeding ? ' To anns arms , ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheath March on , march on , all hearts resolved _Unvictoiy or death . Kovvnow , the dangerous _stonn is lin
0 liberty ! Can manres 5 gnthee . Toantt ? ' 4 c _Oncehavins _Mtajge _^^^ _, Can _dungeons , _Wu _, and baRj J _£ - Orwh _jnoble q _. irit _tame _? _ToolongUie world has wept , be , _^^ That falsehood * , dagger , _tvrantTS _,,. _Bnt - r-edom _*«_ r _« _nM 6 Mel ( , ' And all their arts are unavailin g . To arms , ic _. The nameof the country in the first line mav be altered thus : — m " Ye sons of Britahi , ' wake to _glorv , ' - _'
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[ Parliament having re-assembled , and the questions already mooted therein being of the utmost importance , and involving the necessity of our reporting the debates at great length , wc arc compelled , for the present , to curtail our " llcviows . " ] THE EDINBURGH TALES-CoxDucmn _nv Mns . _Johxstoxe . Edinburgh : W . Tait , Princes-street ; London : Chapman and Ilall , Strand . We noticed some months ago the completion of the first volume of this excellent and deservedlv popular work ; we have new parts V 11 L _, IX ., X . * and XL before us , and we are happy in being able to vouch for the continued excellence of tliis publication . Mrs . Johxstoxe has truly earned for herself the title of " The Edgewerth of Scotland" and every succeeding
, production of her pen serves to enhance her wellearned fame . In this work she is well supported by several kindred spirits , several of them of lier own sex , _| x _ r cxcmple—Mart Howiii , Miss _MrrFoun , and Mrs . Gore . The first of these three contributes in these parts a most interesting story , entitled "The Author ' s Dau » hter ; " the second , some pleasing sketches , entitled " Country Town Life _; " and Mrs . Gore tells a charming tale , entitled " The Balsamseller of Thurotzer . " Johx Mms , the talented delineator of . Old English Life and Old English Sports , contributes a story called "The Days of Old . A short and simple tale of tbe
Covenanting times is contained in one of these parts from the pen ofthe late Robert Nicoia , the poet of _Gcnriene & _s and Hope . " The Golden Pot , " translated trom the German of Hoffmaxx , may contain some hidden , subtle , and beautiful meaning , but if so , it must be hard to find out _; for ourselves , we must confess that to us it appears prose run mad . The talented conductress contributes one of her most powerfully vmtten stories- " Violet Hamilton ; or , the Talented _himily . " The story is not completed in the parts before us , but we have seen enough of it to very highly estimate its merits . This publication commands our best wishes , we have therefore only to renew om * former commendations .
Tue Family Herald. Parts Xxxi. Xxxii. Lo...
TUE FAMILY HERALD . Parts XXXI . XXXII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . In Part XXXI ., and continued in Part XXXII . of thc Family Herald , we have a » tory of thrilling interest , entitled , "The Challenge of Barletta , " an historical romance ofthe times ofthe Medici , translated from the Italian of Massimo D'Aseglio , by C . Edward Lester . This story is , we believe , considered one of the best prose tales in the Italian language . Thus it will be seen that the spirited proprietor and talented editor leave no labour untried to gratify their numerous patrons . Theother articles , whether orkinal or selected , are of most excellent
quality , and furnish an almost inexhaustible fundof instruction and entertainment . As usual , we have been much interested in the quaint and clever articles by the editor . We have noted too , with some satisfaction , the articles on the Drama , distinguished as they are by liberal views and enlarged sympathies . Xot the least amusing portion of each number is the " . Notices to Correspondents , " glittering _withUems of wit and wisdom . That the year just commencing wiU see the Family Herald still growing in popularity and circulation—notwithstanding its present enormous sale—is our earnest wish , a wish whieh we haTe every faith will be gratified .
Affection's Keepsake For 1846. Obioi--Va...
AFFECTION'S KEEPSAKE FOR 1846 . Obioi--val PoExnr _nr T . Aims . This psetty little pocket annual is very neatly got up , and does credit to its author . Mr . Albis is emphatically " the author" of this work , he being the author , printer , binder , and publisher of the Keepsake . Tliis volume is published not in London ( though it may be liad of the London publishers ) , but atthe little town of Spalding , in the fens of Lincolnshire . Here , then , is another Lincolnshire poet ! Verily , the famous old county bills fair to assert its poetical supremacy . We cannot award very high praise to Mr . Alms ' s poetry , but his good intentions and kindly sympathies forbid any searching criticism . In his preface the author prettily says : —
Domestic happiness must erer , in a great measure , depend upon the pnrity and sincerity of the affections . In those households where they have full and proper play and encouragement , their certain and ultimate tendency most be to secure peace aud good will to tht various member :. It is a pleasant thing to witness the serenity and cheerfulness which are there ever present , and throw around a charm which , when once it has ministered to tbe enjoyment of a day or eren an hour , is seldom _afterwards forgotten . And are such households rare in this our "Merrie England ? " Truly , I think not ! Thefailings and crimes of individuals , though forming a very small part of the great stream of human life , will always be apparent on tbe surface , while tlie graces and virtues which mingle with the whole , are like the still and deep waters which float brightly and beautifully , yet noiselessly by .
From this extract our readers will gather tbe idea of the Kind ol poetry to be found in this volumepoetry of the affections . Asa specimen of the work , and as heing one of the prettiest and shortest pieces we can select , we give
THE POET ' S EEWAKDS . Oh , for some cheerful . voice , to carol forth , In low sweet melody , these artless songs , * v 7 hicli fond affection would consider worth Much more than unto loftier harp belongs : Some soul-lit eye , replete with honest fire , While glancing o ' er the vain and struggling line , In sympathy to scan if not admire , Or in subduing brilliancy to shine ; Some lovely month to dimple into smiles While speaking forth these unaffected lays ; Breathing approval free from flatterv ' s wiles ,
The sweetest , dearest , most delightful praise ; These the rewards that cheer the poef s way , And change his _darkest night to brightest day . This little work ia most tastefully printed , and embellished with a beautiful frontispiece and vignette . The author deserves encouragement , and we hope will obtain it .
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_-MACKENZIE'S MEXTAL _AlUTHMETIG . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . We have looked through this little work , and have found it as useful as it is cheap . It is well adapted for schools and teachers , and must be invaluableto traders and dealers , both wholesale and retail ; indeed , the daily transactions of almost every individual must make him or her feel the want of that knowledge which this little work supplies . It is a fact , tliat thousands of well educated and clever persons cannot "do a sum" in simple arithmetic , and are very often not a little puzzled with the most triflingbusiness-account involving calculation . All such persons will find this "Mental Arithmetic " a valuable assistant .
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AX ADDRESS TO TIIE WORKING CLASSES OF AMERICA , ontfte War Spirit that is sought to be excited between the two Countries . London : J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . This address is well-timed , and deserves to be universally circulated , as the folIowiBg extracts will show : — You , fortunately , possessing political power to restrain the unjust acts of your rulers , are , we fear , too apt to believe that the persecutions , encroachments , and inselence which for ages past have characterised the aristocr-icv of Eng land towards most nations of the earth , have been shared in by the great body of the industrious classes ; who , unhappily , for the most part , have hitherto had ne Mer voice nor cote in the matter .
Within the last few yean , however , knowledge has been rapidly extending its influence among the industrious millions of Eng land-universal tight tt now asserted , and is progressing , despite persecutions and s _ fferings-auomalies , corruptions , and vices in Church and Stat 9 , are being exposed-unjust _pnvdegea and monopolies decried ; and mental and moral worth fast allying itself to the cause of humanity and justice . This progressive improvement towards a higher state of civilisation and happiness , to which all good men art _loiking forward with delight , our aristocratic rulers would gladlymar , and nothing but war and national of their
commotion would favour the accomplishment wishes Witb the high-swelling cant of individual glory and " national hoHOur ! " the din and da-de of warlike preparation , they would _speedUy intoxicate theunreflectin" . Thev would then be enabled to turn the Rational mind from all social and political improvement to the prospects of foreign battles , and brilliant ( though expensi-e ) rictories . Our present moral and intellectual pro-res * the advance of trade , commerce , and the peaceful arts of life , wonld then be stayed and obstructed by the unholy scourge of war , and thousands of our brethren , having their worst passions loosened and excited , would be transformed iuto savage demons , thirsting for blood .
We hope that the growing _intelligence of the age may lead men to perceive tbe demoralizing and deteriorating effects of soldiers and armies , and to perceive that war » more fatal in its moral and p hysical effects , than the plague * , earthquakes , and tornadoes of nature . That so impressed , they will speedily free _thenrtelres from the evils and expenses of standing armies , garrisons , and ships of war—that they will soon seek amicably to settle their national disputes by a Congress of Nations , freely chosen bv the people of their respective countries—and that through such instrumentality universal peace and human brotherhood may be _established . freedora extended , commerce promoted , andthe arts , industry , andcmlisation of each , b * made to contribute to the welfare of aU ,
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It is stated that briefs to the amount of 450 , 000 bave alreadv been handed to leading counsel in railway cases . West Rmisc Election . — The nomination of a candidate or candidates for the representatton of this Riding , m the place of the present Lord Wharnylf _' t _* , " _^ _neen officially announced for Wednesday , the 4 th ef February , and not for Tuesday , the oni , as was stated in some of the local journals , and as was generally reportcd on SatHrday Jast .
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SPECIAL COMMISSION . ' county westmeath : _MntUNGAB ; Tuesday , J » n . 20 , 1846—Byran Seery was placed at the bar , charged under an indictment _, which contained ten coun ts , with _having- fired at Sir Francis Hopkins . The first count alleged that the prigoner and another person unknown , on the 18 th of November , atRochford ; unlawfull y , maliciously and feloniously assaulted Sir F . Hopkins , and that the person unknown , with a pistol , cut and wounded him upon the left side ofthe head , with intent to murder him . and that the prisoner was then and there aiding and assisting . The other counts set forth that the prisoner and the person unknown cut and wounded the prosecutor upon the left side of the head , that they cut and maimed him , and intended to do him grievous bodil y harm . The prisoner pleaded not guilty .
The Attorney-General then addressed the jury , and stated the case for the prosecutor . Thc prisoner was accused of attempting te take the life ofa magistrate of their county , Sir F . Hopkins , Bart . He would then caR the witnesses whom he conceived would sustain the case . Sir Francis Hopkins was then called , and examined by the Attorney-General . He said—I reside at Rochford , four miles from Mulligar ; 1 am a magistrate ; I recollect the 18 th of November ; I went out to dinner that day in a carriage ; I was accompanied by one servantthe man who drove ; I dined with Colonel Caulfield , of Bloomfield . I left him at twenty-five minutes past twelve o ' clock by watch ; there was a large party—about twenty people ; I was perfectly sober ; there was no moon , but
it wai dusk ; there was twilight ; ' when I arrived af Rochford I let myself out of the carriage , and walked to the baR door : I had just rung the bell , when I heard a shot , and saw the smoke from the gun ; I rushed at the man who fired ; he ran away ; about thirty-five yards from the house I came up to him , and touched him , hut there is a precipitous bank over which I stumbled , and so did he ; I seized him ; we wrestled ; I put my hand upon his throat ; I saw him most distinctly ; I recognised him as a person whom I knew ; I was astonished at seeing bim ; to prevent any mistake I forced his face into the light , so as to identify him , and his countenance was indelibly impressed upon my memory ; I saw another person coming towards me ; I ran after him ; he snapped a pistol at me , but fortunately it did not
go off ; I dealt liim a severe blow , which knocked bim down ; the prisoner came running up with the gun uplifted ; the other man struck me with a large horse pistol , which brought me down to my knee ; I cried for help ; the hall-door opened , and lights appearing the men fled ; I have not the slightest doubt that theprisoner was the man who fired at me ; I knew him for seven or eight years ; he surrendered his farm in 1842 ; he got £ 30 upon giving up the farm ; I found he had neither stock or capital to turn the farm to advantage ; I asked him what it would take for stock , _ . c , he said £ 30 ; I was to recommend him to another farm , and pay a year ' s rent for Mm ; I save him a
written recommendation ; he did not appear dissatisfied ; the hat I was in the habit of seeing him wear was one which you would know anywhere ; that hat I saw at Rochford ueit morning ; a coat ' was also found there ; when the prisoner put it on I knew the ooat as one which he bad often worn when he . came to Rochford ; I received fire wounds upon the head—two severe wounds upon the forehead—one ( the most severe ) upon the back of my ear ; I was attended by Dr . Ferguson , of Mullingar ; I described the prisoner to him , and in consequenee of that description the prisoner was arrested—( a hat handed to witness}—that seems to be like the hat I hare always seen bim wear ; it is like the hat .
-ross-examined by Mr . Murphy , Q . G .: I did not find the hat ; the handwriting in the letter handed to me is mine ; I cannot form any idea why the question was put whether I was sober , except to know was I sober ; I dare say I told tbe story I have told this day fifty times in town and country , before and after dinner ; I do not think I told it to any ladies ; I have told the story to many gentlemen of ths county ; I did not individually or collectively discourse with the jury ; the only possible person is Mr . Shiel , magistrate , who might have been there next moraing ; it was the butler who brought me the prisoner ' s hat ; I knew it immediately to belong to the prisoner . Mr . Murphy , Q . C „ asked to see Sir F . Hopkin ' s informations .
Witness : Itworeone information before tbe prisoner was arrested , another after his arrest ; there is nothing abtut a bat in the information I have just now read , nor is there anything about it in this one either ; the first information was sworn by me before the prisoner was arrested ; I knew the prisoner for years , and Isaw him the following afternoon , I saw him in the hall j I did not sec him before he was brought into the hall ; several magistrates and country people were present when I saw him ; theprisoner was placed amongst thc countrymen , I don't know who the magistrate was that did all this . Before that was done did you swear a word about the prisoner t Witness : Certainly not ; his name is not in the information . But after he was placed among the countrymen you swore the second information ? Witness : Tes ; his name is in the second and not in the first information .
Will you try if there be anything about a coat In your information I—I see nothing about a coat there . What it the name of the servant who gave you that hat f—Thomas Jelling : I don ' t know whether he is here . Witness : I arrived home about twenty-five minutes t * one o ' clock ; it takes a quarter of an hour to go from Colonel Caulfield _' s ; I had no reason to complain of the character of the prisoner while he was my tenant ; if he had capital to have managed the farm I would have continued him . To the Court : I knocked one of the men down , and returned to grapple with the other , who was in the act of shooting at me with a gun .
Wm . Pollen examined by Mr . Brewster , Q . C .: Was in Sir . F . Hopkins ' s service ; drove him toRechford ; he got out ofthe carriage ; saw bim walking up the steps ; saw two men running towards him , when he ( witness ) was turning the carriage , one man tripped over some irons , the other kept running on towards him ; when he first saw him he was going to call out to his master ; at the _sideofthestepB the mare started , he pulled her round , ran and rang tha bell , and then went after his master ; the man bad got away out of sight ; my master was just setting np , I took hold of him and assisted him .
Matthew Rogers examined : Was steward to Sir P . Hopkins ; the morning after the attack I found a coat and tobaeco pipe ; brought the coat into thehall and left it there ; taw it afterwards in the charge of Mr . Rooky , police constable ; also saw a hat ; was shown it by Thomas Telling ; the hat handed to him was that shown to him ; found the coatabout forty yards from the house ; the coat produced was that which he found ; found it outside the rails lying npon the ground . To a Juror : The coat did not appear to have been taken off inthe struggle ; itwas lying npon the ground , the collar uppermost .
Thomas Jelling examined by Mr . Corballis : Was in ths employment of Sir F . Hopkins as butler * , found a hat ; immediately the bell was rung the groom _dewred me to follow him ; ran with bim ; found a hat ; gave it to Mr . Rogers , and he can identify it ; cannot say how far from thehalbdoorthe hat was found ; it was near twelve o ' clock when I found the hat ; found my master at tbe tame time I found the hat ; can't say whether the hour was a Rttle before or after twelve o ' clock , but it was immediately after the shot was fired . Chief Justice Doherty : How can you be certain as to the hour 1 Witnen : I am positive the hour was either a quarter before or after twelve o ' clock . John Johnston examined by Mr . Flunkett : Belonged to the constabulary of the county ; knew the prisoner for six years ; had frequent opportunities of seeing him ; he generaRy wore a firiese coat aud cord trousers ; had seen liim wear the hat produced .
Cross-examined by Mr . Gorman : Could not tell the name of any other man in the county Westmeath whose hat he could swear to ; saw the prisoner three weeks before the attack ; he did not wear the hat then ; when he saw him one month before the three weeks he wore a Jerry hat—a bard felt hat ; he did not wear the hat produced on that day ; saw him also about three months and _threa weeks before the occurrence ; saw him wear the bat about the middle of last summer ; I never took the hat in my hand . To a Juror : lean swear that the hat produced was that which I have seen tbe prisoner wear . To Mr Gorman : I could not be mistaken in the hat . Police Constable James Doherty examined : Was stationed at Dysart ; knew the prisoner two years and some months : taw him wear the hat .
_Crosf-examined by Mr . J . A . Curran : The prisoner lived in Dysart ( supposed six months ) near where he was ttationed ; within a mile and a half of the station ; he _Uvsd at Ritiihogue ; heard he lived there ; could swear to a few other bats in the county ; saw the hat upon the _pri-oner about last summer , while he was passing in the barrack ; arrested the prisoner ; found him in a field * _xSf J _ -orT 5 fever saw a hat in the neighbourhood like that produced s remarked thathat above all others . Dr . _Ferguton examined by Mr . Serjeant Warren : Was a surgeon ; a _metsenger was tent to him on the nigbtin question ; reached Rochford about two c > clock ; Sir F . _Hopkias had two wounds upon the left side of his forehead , each two inches , probably more , in length , inflicted for of
seemingly witb a blunt instrument ; upwards an inch the bene in one wound was laid perfectly bare ; there was another above the ear extending to ahout an inch and a half ; at the left side there was a rery ugly contused wound , better than an inch , from that to three quarters in length , and about an inch above that there were two . mailer wound , comparatively of little consequence about an inch below it there were two otters mucl about thesame land ; the surface for an inch _^ » J _^ _™* played very great vi olencs having been inflicted ; there was conrfderable swelling ; there were fire _rtwtova th _» t point _hcidea tbe two in front ; there was a wound upon the cheek , a very . mall one-a circular contused _weund , but one not of much importance at theside ef the faee , and the wound over the ear was very like one which would be inflicted by the cock of a pistol ,
. Serjeant Warren : Was the life of Sir F . Hopkins in danger ! . , _Witaett : It wat in very imminent danger ; I never had a _caie of _injury done to the head which displayed more danger . Tht case fer the prosecution here closed . Mr . Murphy , Q . C , addressed the jury on behalf _sf the prisoner . If that were an ordinary trial at the usual
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assizes he would have no apprehension as to the resultand even then , if he could disabuse their minds of their prejudices , resulting from the criine which had disgraced _*"" _cojwtvy , he would have no fear as to the verdict . He askedthem if a peasant were the prosecutor and not a baronet , would they couviet the prisoner ? His defence was , that on the night of the 18 th of November the prisoner slept in the house of his uncle , Mr . Keenan , from wnom he had got a potatoe field to enable him to maintain his famil y of seven children , which was situated at a distance of eight miles from the scene ofthe attack upon ssir _irancis Hopkins . He admitted that the prisoner once had a hat like that found at Rochford , but on pur . chasing a new hat he left the old one behind him . The following witnesses were then called : —
Betty Keenan , an old woman , was then produced and examined : Was the wife of Thomas Keenan ; rocollected the morning that the prisoner was arrested ; he was digging potatoes near the house of her husband ; he came to dig the potatoes upon the Monday before he was arrested ; he took the land from her husband ; he had the field as conacre ; he slept in the house on Monday night ; saw him about ten o ' clock at night , and left him at the fire with her family ; he was at work all day on Tuesday ; saw him at ten o ' clock that night , and left him at the fire with her famil y ; was up next morning before theprisoner ; the doors were locked in the same manner as the night before ; his outside coat was hung in the hall that ni ght the police took it out ofthe house .
Cross-examined by the _Attorney-Gencral : The prisoners never came to sleep in her house before the Monday night -, Mullingar was six miles from lier liouse ; the doors were locked every night ; Matey Dalton , MickFynn , the prisoner , John Byrne ( who stopped till ten o ' clock ) , were in thehouse that night with her own family ; she had three rooms—a closet , a kitchen , and a parlour—in her house ; the three men and her family had supper on Tuesday ni ght ; the prisoner had better than half an acre of land . Re-examined : Her husband possessed seventy acres of land .
Mary Keenan ( a pretty-looking girl ) examined by Mr . Curran : _Was a daughter of the last witness ; they ' lived near Castletown Geoghegan ( Rathdrlshogue ); recollected the day the prisoner was arrested ; on Monday tho prisoner came to the house with others ; saw the prisoner early en Tuesday morning ; saw the prisoner going up stairs to bed on Tuesday ; her father was parish priest of Summerhill , county Meath . Cross-examined by Seijeant Warren : They had cold ment for supper on Monday night ; she took her supper inthe kitchen ; on Tuesday the prisoner came in at one o ' clock to dinner , and between nine and ten o ' clock to eat his supper .
Catherine Keenan examined : The prisoner came to the house of her father on Monday , thel 7 th oif November , with others , who supped in the house , and slept there also with her brother John on Tuesday night ; they went to bed before her ; saw them going up stairs ; saw the _prisonsr early on tho next morning going to dig ; his potatoes . ! Cros -examined : Heard that she was first cousin to the prisoner ; never saw a hat like that produced upon the prisoner ; saw him wear a hat with the crown sewn in . WouWyou swear thatthe prisoner did not leave the house upon tht Tuesday night ! Witness made no answer . To a Juror : Locked the door on Tuesday night ; did not thick that the prisoner could have got out of the house that night .
John Keenan examined * . Saw tuo prisoner after bis work on Tuesday ev ening ; he slept with him that night ; got up early in the morning ; the prisoner got up with him ; from the time he went to bed the prisoner did not leave it till he got up in the morning , and he could not have done so without his knowledge ; positively swore that the prisoner could not have left the house ; Rochf _« rd-house was about eight miles from the place in which he lived , and a person going there should either go that distance , or cross the lake of Dysart , for he could not fly . Cross-examined : When theprisoner came up to bed he was saying his prayers , and the prisoner also said his prayers . Serjeant Warren then replied on behalf of the Crown , and
The Chief Baron charged the jury , who retired , and at twenty minutes after ten o ' clock they were called out , when the foreman intimated that there wns little probability of their agreeing . The Chief Baron then had the jury locked up for the night , and swore the bailiffs in the usual manner , intimating , however , to the jury , that if they found their verdict by twelve o ' clock he would receive it , and then adjourned the court to Wednesday
morning . Thejury wer » detained in their box all night , as they found it impossible to find a verdict . At night a wish was expressed on their behalf that some ofthe witnesses should be recalled , in order that they might be re-examined upon particular points ; butthe court refused to eomply with this request , adding , however , that thej would willingly read the notes over again and give the jury every other assistance which the law allowed . On Wednesday morning , at ten o'clock , the court sat , when the jury were called out from tlieir room , Chief Baron ( to the Foreman ) : Well , gentlemen , have you agreed to your verdict ? _Jm-ni- ; No . my _lord—wo <_ i _* a in the same position as we were in when your lordship left us last night . Ten of the jury are of one opinion , and two of another ; but there is no probability of our agreeing . Chief Baron : I regret , gentlemen , that you cannot agree , and that you have been put to so much
inconvenience . Juror : We have heen in attendance upon the business of the court for twenty-four hours , and It is a case ot great hardship . ' Wehave had a little water for refreshment , and a very indifferent sort of a fire ; the room is more like a dungeon than anything else ; and I trust , my lord , that you will dischargo us . Chief Justice : The court feel that it is a hardship , but they have neither the power nor the discretion to comply with your request . Juror : If there were a possibility of our agreeing we would not make the application , but there really is none . Now , in the event of our being starved to death or of losing our health , would it not be a dreadful thing % One gentleman drove twenty-four miles yesterday morning in order to be here at nine o'clock in attendance upon the court . Chief Baron : It is a great hardship , but there is no mede of relieving you .
Chief Justice : Do not attributo it to want of sympathy upon the part of the court . We desire to relieve you if we could , and we have a full consciousness of the pressure upon you ; we cannot , however , relieve yeu . Be good enough to go back to your box and you shall have . \ fire lighted . If you go over your notes again , and tliere be any thing which the eourt can explain and elucidate , the Chief Baron will read over his notes to you . Juror : I am afraid there is no earthly chance of oui ' agreeing . The Jury then returned to their box .
At seven o'clock the jury who tried Bryan Seery entered the box for the third time during the day , and intimated to their lordships that there was no probability of their agreeing . They had been _thirty-six hours confined without food , fire , or rest , and several of the jury , particularly two , who were ill when _impannelled , were in a serious state of indisposition . They had been immured in a room , the atmosphere of which was very humid and injurious , and it was only a few minutes ago that they got as much as a drink of cold water . It was a very great hardship . ** Mr . Maxton said that he wns very ill , and his medical adviser , Dr . _Middleton , eould satisfy the court upon that point if he were produced . , The Chief Justice then despatched a messenger for Dr . Middleton , who returned shortly afterwards , having in vain searched for him . *
Mr . Maxton ' s son then went in search of Dr . Middleton , but that gentleman not being in the way , Dr . Gabriel Stokes was sent for , and he gave it as his opinion that Mr . Dawson and Mr . Maxton were very seriously ill , and further confinement might endanger their lives . The jury were then discharged . The _Attorney-General then announced that he would again arraigu Seery on Thursday , and have another , jury empannelled to try him , John Egan and Michael Delamere were found guilty .
Accident And Suicide.—On Saturday Night,...
Accident and Suicide . —On Saturday night , about nine o'clock , a man named William Andrews , porter at the Waterman ' s Adelphi Pier , who had been retained in the course of the day to assist in unloading a barge laden witb the luggage of the Duke of Buccleuch , was about to step off the dumby , or outer barge ofthe pier , into the lighter moored alongside , when he stepped short and fell into tlie water , between the craft . A lighterman , named Sard , in the employ of Mr . F . Farlow , the Secretary of the Adelphi Pier Company , who was in the barge containing the Duke of _Buccleuch's property , did all in his power to save the man . The search forthe body was continued for half an hour by Mr . Farlow's men , when they heard a splash in the water close to the Hungerford
Suspension Bridge , followed by the screams of " a female , who was in the water , and the noise ofa policeman's rattle on the bridge . On rowing towards the bridge several persons called out that a wonwn had thrown herself into the river , and pointed out the spot where she had disappeared . The policeman , 189 L , who was stationed on the bridge , saw a woman fretting over the parapet en the north-west side of the bridge , and , suspecting her intentions , he rushed towards her and attempted to pull her back . A short struggle took place , during which his hat was knocked off , and the . woman , who was outside the parapet , eluded his grasp , plunged into the river and was drowned . The policeman only saw her for a few seconds , and believes she is a young woman . Neither ofthe bodies have yet been recovered .
Houowjii _' a Pills and OntTKENT . —A solemn declaration was made the 23 rd day of May , 1842 , at the Mansion-house , before the Lord Mayor , Sir John Pirie : —Richard Oloake , stoker , employed in the ofliee of the Morning Advertiser daily newspaper , de . elares that for a considerable time he was afflicted with ulcerated wounds on his ankles , which frequently incapacitated him from attending to his duties * , in consequence he was admitted an out-door patient at the following institutions—Bartholomew's and King ' s College Hospitals _, and , lastly , atthe Dispensarv , Chancery-lane , but without obtaining the least relief : he also declares that he then used Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which radically cured him after every other means had foiied .
The Late Accident On The South Eastern R...
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY . T _. NBRiDGE , Monday Night . —The coroner ' s inquiry into the circumstances attend ins tho late disastrous accident on the South Eastern Railway wa . resumed this afternoon , at the Angel Hotel , in this place . The coroner arrived shortly before three o ' clock , and after having had ' a short intercourse with the foreman of the panel , informed the authorities of thc Railway Companv that the jury had expressed a desire again to visit the scene of the accident . After some discussion , the jury persisting in their determination , a SpCcj ai train was provided to convey them to the spot . On arriving thero , it was at once seen that it would be utterly impossible to make any tinther examination of the locality . As far as
tne eye could reach in every direction the fields were covered with water , even the course of tlie river being entirely lost in the general flood . The water had risen at least fiveor six feet since Wednesday last , and now reached within about seven or cMit feet of the summit of the embankment . The permanent way of both the up and down line liad , however , been completed and made good since the jury last saw it , a inundation having been obtained by driving piles into the earth beneath the bridge . The latter circumstance , it was stated , had occasioned some dissatisfaction among thejury , and is believed to have been the proximate cause of their determination to proceed again _to' fhe spot . The jury having returned to the inquest-room for the purpose of pursuing the investigation ,
_Jercnvah Somers was first called . He said hc was a labourer , and resided at Tunbridge Wells : he knew the bridge where the accident happened ; it was called " Johnson ' s Bridge , " and led from Mr . Johnson s farm-house to his fields on the opposite side of the railway . He last saw the bridge about sixteen or eighteen months ago ; he was Ithcn on a train passing over it . Witness last saw the bridge to examine it four years ago . He was then employed paving the roadway under tho arch , to make the passage good for Mr . Johnson ' s carts . His work had no other object ; it had no connection with the foundation of the bridge , which , as witness believed , was in a good state and condition , and likely to last for a long time , Witness knew of nothing calculated
to weaken the foundation at that time , unless it were an immense flow of water from the river to the land on the adjoining side . By the Foreman—I formed a drain under the bridge of Kentish ragstene , which I intended to carry off the water from the foundation of the pillars to the centre ofthe arch , and _ilience from the bridge to the land on the north side . I do not know the depth of _tlnrfoundation of tbe brick pillars on which the iron girders rest . The time I speak of waa four yeai _* 3 last April or May , When the great flood occurred in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge four years ago , the foundation of the bridge was not put in . The ballast had been dug out of the field on the south side of the railway when I put down the pavement
under the arch . I was employed by the contractor . Isaac Fry , labourer , of Haseden , was next called . He knew the bridge where the accident happened . Twelve months since last November , witness had been employed in cutting a drain between the two abutments of that bridge . He was employed by Mr . Hoof , the contractor for tbe Tunbridge Wells branch , who was digging ballast out of the field adjoining the bridge , for the construction of the latter railway . The drain was dug through tbis archway for the purpose of letting the water out of the ballast-hole on the south side of the line , and discharge it on the north side , so that it might flow into the river . The occasion to wliich witness referred was not the first on which the drain had been opened . It had been
opened before , and bushes laid in , but the ballast soon worked in amongst them , and stopped the drain up , and , upon tbat , tho fresh drain was made , clasp tiles being used . The ground was then thrown in again .. The drain was from five to sevcR feet deep , Witness was not employed to put in the drain , nor did he know of its existence until the ground was opened to put in the tile drain . The tile drain was dug a little lower than the bush drain , in order to obtain a foundation for the tiles . The dvain did not run through the centre of the arch ; it was cut " eater-ways" ( obliquely ) across the road , so as to
afford communication between the ballast-hole on the south side and the ballast-hole on the north ; the one commencing above and the other below the bridge . While engaged in cutting the drain , the surface of the road in one part was higher than witness's head . Witness did not go near enough the brickwork to see the depth of the foundations . The ballast-pit was deeper near the bridge than any other part , thus rendering it necessary to go down lower m the formation of the drain . After excavating for the tile drain , witness filled it up again with loose earth . The Foreman : Did yoiifill it up sufficiently ?
Witness : I cannot say that I recollect making a remark to our ganger on tbis subject . I said , "Depend upon it , tho first flood that comes , the water will carry all this gravel away , and then the bridge will go . " ( Sensation . ) The witness added , " Wc have never had a flood until last Monday night since that time . " Examination by the Foreman continued : We did not replace the " pitching" as we found it , but threw in the stones anyhow as they came—some at the top and some at the bottom . I have obsorvod tho road under this bridge several times during the past fewweeks : the road was in a very bad state ; and Ihave seen the wheels of Mr . Johnson ' s carts , when conveying turnips , sink in the _aoil up to tho nave of the
wheels . This was on the side of the bridge on which thc accident occurred . When the tile drain was dug tliere was a heavy flood , and the soil under the bridge was " all swampy , " so that as fast as we threw it out it fell in again , thus compelling us to make the drain much wider than wc intended . In some places it was five feet wide . The name of the ganger to whom I allude is Joseph Gibbs . While we were at work at the drain he desired us to be quick and get the earth in again , as he said if we were not , it was " quite likely the foundation of the bridge would give way . " I was myself in expectation of such an
accident all the while I was at work . We received all our instructions from Joseph Gibbs , and we acted under his orders . I recollect the great flood four years ago . Johnson ' s bridge was built at that time . The flood at that time had no effect on the bridge , nor do I think it would now but for the drain since excavated , the ground having been dug out in the first instance for the foundation of the abutments forming the bridge . When the drain was formed the whole of the soil under the arch was in a loose state . I do not know the depth of the foundation , but I know the earth was not taken out so low for the foundation as we went with the drain .
David Draper and Thomas Brown , labourers inthe employ of Mr . Johnson , Were next examined at great length . Their evidence was merely corroborative of that givenby previous witnesses as to the bad state of the road . Draper said the road was lowered two feet after its original formation , and added , that when passing under the bridge himself he had frequently observed the girders give when a train passed over ; so much so that hc had hastened from underneath the arch in consequence . Robert Fairbairn , bailiff to Mr . Thomson , occupying the farm adjoining to Mr . Johnson ' s , was next called . His evidence contained nothing of importance , beyond the fact he deposed to as arising from personal knowledge of the locality that the accident must have occurred through a rush of water from the north side of tlie railway into the ballast pit on the south side .
Mr . J . P . Barlow was next called . Mr . Barlow read from a written paper a statement of his opinion as to the cause of the accident . The document was somewhat lengthy , but it will be sufficient to describe its effect , which , may be briefly done as follows : —He attributed the accident to the rush of water from the north ( or river ) side of the railway , through the _occupation-bridg o into the ballast-pit on the south side . He was ot opinion ; however , that the disaster would not have happened bad the ballast-pit been full of water at the time . He considered the bridge to have been strong enough to have withstood the force of any flood , had it not been for the fall of water which followed on the ballast-nit lwiiiB nearlv emntv . This had had the effect
of first carrying away a portion ofthe embankment , and then undermining the foundation of the abutments on which the bridge vested . He believed that the tile drain which had been spoken of , had nothing whatever to do with the accident . On tlie contrary , he thought that , so far from having been the cause of the accident , it was calculated to lessen the probability of such an occurrence , by affording a more ready passage for thc water , through the occupationbridge . He was of opinion that the accident could not have occurred to a passenger train . The statement concluded by the expression of Mr . Barlow's opinion , that the works on the South Eastern Railway possessed a higher degree of stability than those of any other railway ; a fact , it was alleged , satisfactorily proved by the comparatively small cost of keening up the permanent way on the former line . Mr . Barlow having been subjected to a long examination by the foreman ofthe jury , the builder of al . — !_ . __»* - ]__ - __ . M- _ _4 tf _* _****¦* _ r _ . a 11 a _ _4 _£ _a _*** _aWA _rnnv _%£ nn ¦] l _ n _ kn _iiuicu iv
_ __ H 1 U _vriugt ! waa ucxn , mv yivyc _vuav uau v-cu constructed properly . The coroner then briefly charged the jury , pointing out the principal facts deposed to by the several witnesses , as they bore upon the accident . 'J ! he jury retired at five minutes past eight o ' clock , and remained closeted until half-past ten , when the court was again thrown open , and The foreman read the following as the unanimous finding of himself and brother jurors : — "We find that James Dobie was killed . in consequence of the falling of a bridge called Johnson's bridge , in this parish , by reason of the foundation of the said bridge being undermined , and washed away by an unexpected flood of water ; and , in the opinion of the jury , it is a dangerous practice to make drains under arches , as it tends to weaken the foundation ; and thejury consider the ballast-hole alluded to in the evidence adduced is too near the line of railway . " The verdict was accompanied by a nominal deodand of one shilling on the engine and tender .
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My Daddy! [The Follawing Capital Parody....
MY DADDY ! [ The follawing capital Parody . is from a forthcoming book intended to be used as a Primer for the children of the People . ] "Who was it , five years since or more , Came poor and lone to England ' s shore , To wed a Queen and gold galore ? My Daddy . "Who , from John Bull , upon these grounds , Has yearly thirty thousand pounds , And fine new kennels for his hounds ? My Daddy . Who was a grand Field-Marshal made Ere he had filled eaeh lowergrade , Or drawn in battle-Held his blade ? __
Daddy . Who yields Mamma and all her Court , By slaught _' ring game , sucli glorious sport-Putting whole thousands « la mort ? My Daddy . Who , to protect ' gainst war ' s mishaps The heads of our poor soldier chaps , Invents such funny flower-pot caps ? My Daddy . Who keeps game-keepers , tall and strong , Unto a gaol to drag along Starv'd rascals found hie hares among ? My Daddy .
Who trains great bloodhounds , fierce and swift , Whieh , when old dames hi 6 sticks do lift , Fix tlieir sharp fangs through gown and shift f My Daddy . Who is it that the papers state So boldly hath refused of late To pay his Windsor poor _' s-rate ? My Daddy . Who , with far more than Jullien ' s pride , O ' er concerts grand doth oft preside , And musie doth compose beside 1 My Daddy . Who , when my mother knows he ' s out , Troubles her jealous mind with doubt As to his where and what about ?
My Daddy . Who is it , that to play with me , Sisters and brothers gets—( I ' ve three , And shortly shall _a- _. _tother see ) ? My Daddy . _Trn ; Eiemeats _, —When Beau Brummell was compelled to retire to France , he knew no French ; and having obtained a grammar for the purpose of study , his friend Scrope Davies was asked what progress Brummell made in French 1 He responded tlia _. _Brummell bad been stopped , like Bonaparte , in Rus sia , by the elements _. Law . — "By what law , " demanded a friend of ( Juin , " did the regicides condemn Charles I . ?" " By as much law as he had left them , " was the reply .
IliSGisG the Changes . —A good-natured Frenchman says : — " The weather in _England was made so variable on purpose , in order that the English might bave something to talk about . " A Slow Coach . —The Picaj / imesays , in contradistinction to the man who walks so fast , that it puts his shadow out of breath to keep up with bim , that thoro is a man in New Orleans who walks so slew , that his shadow frequently fails asleep on the sidewalk . DERRYNANE BEG . Och ! sure have you heard of the model estate , With its beautiful cabins of mud so complate , _- Where the windys are windholes to let in the light , Ana both inside and out are as black as the night . 'Tis the pride Of O'Connell , sivate _Bei-rvnanclii _,-
'Tis an ilegant sight that same stark-stating thatch Kept down with big stones , sure ye ' 11 ne ' er find i ' _e match , Thc door , like the chimney , is no door at all , But a queer gaping kind ofa hole in the wall , That folks walk in and out of at _Derrynane-beg . Jist look at the water that ' s standing in pools , As green as old Erin ; the big mountains is fools To the dungheap 3 3 nd dust , that ' s haped up at the doer , Till it totter .-. - and tumbles right in on the fiure . It ' s a swate-seented place that same Derrynane-begi No kettles or pots hang about on the wall , To disfigure the beauty or spile it at all , But the pigs and the spalpeens lay packed head and tail , And the sow and the Missus both ate the same male , Oh the grunting and groaning at Derrynaue-bcg .
Och ! where is the Maister f right proud may he be The work ofhis far distant magic to see ; Now sure he ' s a taching—the world at his fatefolks to live like us boys on the model estate That's so wonderful talked of at Derrynane-beg . Sure don't look so modest swate Maurice ohone , Show the Saxon the things that your father has done , Don't be grinning and looking so queer on the mud , Jist ating your words and denying your blood , _Though there ' s little to ate else at Derrynane-beg Ah think of the things when Repale conies about , And the Maister ' s great plans shall be all carried ou * , There filial ! not ha a spot then , less dandy and nate Than the b . autiful farms on the model estate , Tlie pride of O'Connell , swate Derrynane-beg . Punch
Just Published , a striking pen-and-ink portrait ot the Right Honourable the Earl Grey . It i _» executed in the line manner , and the likeness reputed 'to be admirable . Thc shadows could not be deeper , and some of the strokes of the pen are remarkable for their boldness . For a proof before letters , apply to T . B . Macaulay , designer in general , at 1 , Albany ( lately removed , from Downing-street ) , where a variety of portraits are always kept on hand . Members " of Parliament taken off at the shortest notice . — Ibid .
_Approaches "Water Parties . — Ellenborougb s first naval exploit will be to command a _squadron in order to capture the Pillars of Hercules—which he bas been told will match admirably with his Gates of Somnauth . His next expedition will be a voyage to the North Pole , wliich lie has promised posterity to bring to England , and plant on the summit of Primrose _, hill . If he should accomplish this great achievement , prizes will be distributed every year to the boy who climbs to the top of the North'Pole , after it has been properly greased . The prizes will be appointments at the Admiralty , or else the command of a man at war . —lb id , TnE Cap will Fir . —In consequence of the recent displays of wisdom on the part of certain Dukes , it has been proposed , in certain Dame- » chools , to sub stitute the Ducal coronet for the Dunce ' s cap . —Ibid .
Domestic Endearments . —I hold it indeed to be a sure sign ofa mind not poised as it ought to be , if it be insensible to the pleasures of home , to the little joys and endearments of a family , to the affection of relations , to the fidelity of domestics . Next to being well with his own conscience , the friendship and attachment of a man ' s family and dependents seem to me one of the most comfortable circumstances of his lot . His situation with regard to either , forms that sort of bosom comfort or disquiet that sticks close to him at all times and seasons , and which , though he may now and then forget it , amidst the bustle of _public or the hurry of active life , will resume its place in his thoughts , and its permanent effects on his happiness , at every pause of ambition or of business . —Home .
Great Britain ; — The great alterations in mechanics _, the application of chemistry to agriculture , , and thc unlimited powers of steam , seem to have i opened to the people of Great Britain a new , and : assuredly no unreal , field of view . Under forms from i which tlic philosopher may turn away , as from empty r symbols of material civilisation , the great ideas of an t infinite extension of manly power and manly industry r have been developed ; with the exception of the j superficial extent of this little island , every element t of societv is here in a state of rapid and endless s
growth . The population almost doubles itself in the e course of a man's lifetime . The natural resources of if the soil are continually increased b . v the application n of science . What can always be achieved by power , i _* , can now be executed with certainty by means of the ie wonderful natural element which man renders subor- rdinate to his service . In all directions , the walls ot ot the world-the horizon of society—appear on the ie point of vanishing , and nobody can venture to hx a- a limit to the exertions or the acts of man in reference ce to his earthly existence on this planet .
An _AuAzoK .-On the night ofthe 13 thi instant , a a party of burglars came to t he house ef a farmer ier named Mrlvenna , residing at Moortown , in the he county of Meath , within about four miles of Ardee . te . M'Kenna's servant girl slept in one wing of the , _he house , and her master and the rest of the tamily in in the other . About two o ' clock she was awoke , and ind on looking towards a window in the room , she saw a ra man coming in through it . She screamed , and the the fellow told her if she did not hold her tongue he he would ruin her wheu he got iu . She instantly itly seized a grape , or three-grained fork , which shere- recollected was in the room , having used it the previous ous day lin putting flax on a hurdle , and immediately tely made a plunge atthe invader just as he had his _bodyiody : _ ...... i-:.... l . ; .. _ ;_ ...... i . __ . _„_ , i . __ ,. ...... nil Im _i-nnreil toil _lOi in 8 it iu tue _tao _niuxu
, _ . un . iiig mm u _ . _ , ou _«« * — _"Z , _: , his comradei to pull him back , as he was done . _» ne _bhei looked out of the window and saw four men carryingying : him off ou their shoulders . Their face * were _blaek-ackened , and the night wa 3 particularly bright _m _®*®** time . She alarmed her master immediately , antt nea nei and his son , it is stated , locked themselves up tor . tor : fear of the party returning . Blood wa traced _bomhrau thehouse to cross-roads within about fifteen perchewhea ofit , and from the quantity on the _S _^ i _* » J _%£ _^ jectured the robber could not survive . It « PPm _« pe «" that M'Kenna brought a considerable sum ot nionejtoneyF home from Ardee that day , and that it w » _tJ _knownowledgeot this fact that tempted the cupidity ot thet thffi robbers , as ho was " set , " as tt is termed ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31011846/page/3/
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