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tbe seed yen sow another reaps—Tie weal * je fiad another keeps—Ibe robes ye weave another wears—Tbe _ar ye forge another Mar * . Sow seed , bnt let no tyrant reapfind wealth , let no impostor heap—Weave tobes let not the idle wear-Forge arms , ia yonr defence to bear . SaBLKT
The Broken Harp . Hsil! Land Of Song, My...
THE BROKEN HARP . Hsil ! Land of Song , my native isle , All hail , thoa dear , unhappy one , _* o more thy lovely _daughters smile , As they were wont , for zeedom * . gone . A broken harp , wbose soul was free _. Is all that now remains of thee . That harp , whose melody is o ' er , Sow bangs , like thee , io _widow'd gloom , The minstrel wakes it sow no more , Its chords are silent as tbe temb . I struck—half frantic with despair , But found that Krai was wanting there , My fingers o ' er its chords had stray * d , To find some bjmn the world might own ; But 01 the harp that freedom play _., For bands like mine , bad sot a tone . I tried anew , ' twas all in vain , I conld not make ita sounds again .
Its' song was never _meeat for slaves _. Alive to all except their shame , Wbose desert bome-i are living graves , Iar .-ted tombs without 3 name , 0 ! Erin , is this all thou hast , To tell the story of the past ! The paria thus condemn , to toD , A hopeless vassal still remains , To famish on his native soil _. Without tbe heart to break hia chain .. Away , away , degraded one , I cannot hear yonr foul disgrace . Go , heartless serfs , bow down the bead , And tamely worship tyranny , Yon have yonr anthems for the dead , Bat not a song for Liberty . Say , can the dost yoa thus deplore , A nation's freedom now restore t
Tour verdant bills and mossy stones Protest , and weep o ' er your decline ; Tbey ask , can patriots worship bones , And crouch like monks before a shrine ! Up , coward slaves , why idly stand _. Proscribed upon your native land < If you be brave , why are yon slaves ! Why not your homes and rights defend , On priestly men and hired knaves , For freedom yea must not depend , Their honied lies , or matin song , Can break no chain , redress no wrong .
And is it thus that nations rise ! Are they to freedom thus restor * - * Tbe hero wbo from bondage flies , First snaps bis chains , then grasps his sword , And you for freedom still rely , On priests and prelates ! tell me why ! 60 , go , and bend the servile knee , Before their altars humbly bow ; I hoped a brighter destiny , But never thought you vile till now . Rise from yonr thraldom , bondsmen , rise ; Who falls for freedom never diss .
Where are the braveof olden time , Who in tby cause so nobly fell , Whose only fault , whose only crime _. Was that of loving thee too well * They little thought this harp of mine •**" __ bnt _reserr' d for shy decline . It was not mute in farmer days , "When full of song and martial fire , Each nete was then a warrior ' s praise , For then it could thy _soa inspire . My countrymen , why do yoa fear ? What : are yoa dead ! can yoa not hear ? 0 ! take me to the battle field _. It soon shall wake to life again ; The coldest heart b y bondage steel'd , Will beat to freedom at the strain . Th ? re let me sing the song of war , And find a hero ' s sepulchre . Hssb . Qracchcs , Gentleman Loodon , July 23 rd , 1847 .
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¦ _ 5-SOSQ FOR THE ___ r _ 0 _ . { Air , " _S-ots wha hae . **> Sons of toil , a pallid band , Serfs , who till another ' s land By force redue'd or firand trepann'd , List , O ! list to me : Now ' s the time to showyonr might , Up __ d jam tbe moral fight _. Arm for the field , unite , unite .
And swear you will be free . Lives a _wretchVith soul so hate , Who fears to show his coward face , Let the base traitor to his race , Go hide his guilty head : Who for borne , for _faih-rland , Will rise , and join the patriot hand , Strain each nerve with heart and hand , Or mingle with the dead . Think how our ares for victory bled , Think on tbe day of Bunnymede , Where droop ' d the tyrant ' s coward head , And bow'd _beseath their pow ' rs . Bise in might each true horn son , Do as those noble hearts bave done , Shrink cot till the field is won .
And victory is ours Haste the proud , the glorious day , Set yourselves infirm array , Bloomy youth and hoary gray , Rise at duty ' s call : VUe oppression stall no more Rule with iron ban _ our shore , Plenty fluw and joy restore , And justice govern all . _ki _ 3 _*__ T . fi . Sm __ t
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EATANSWILL ELECTION . [ The following , which we take from Dickens ' . _Rcheick Papers , may be read as a literal account of fiat elections wer . before Chart . 11 came into existence to teach the people public probity and independence , and shame or force political schemers into a more decent course of action . Even now , in places _*_ _ - democratic principles are as _ yet but little known , such scenes as are described in the following extracts may at this very moment be witnessed . ] It appears , then , tbatthe EatansK . ll people , like the pMple of many other small towns , considered themselves oftfaemm-st and mo _ mighty importance , and tbat
every man in Eatanswill . conscious of the weight that attached to his example , felt himself bound to unite , heart _an __ _SOui _, with oneof the two great parties that dhided tbe town—the Blues ond the Buffs . Now tbe _Biuee l 0 st no _opportunity of a . pposiog the Bogs , and the . Mas lost no opportunity of opposing the Blues } and the \ co _ eqQe _ _wag | t _ _ _,. ner r the Buffs and Bines met together at public meeting , Town-hall , fair , or market . ! ¦ _spates and high words arose between them , "With these dissensions it is almost superfluous to say that _tverj thing in _Eatausnill was made a party , question . If j the BuSs proposed to n . w skylight the _masket-place , the ! Bines get up public meetings , and denounced the pro- i _ctediEg ; if the Blues proposed the erection of an add . ! _Uonal pump m the High Street , the Buff . __ . _ s o _ - ** n and Stood aghast ft the enormity . There were Blue shops and Buff shops , Blue inns and _Bnffinns- — ***** wag a Blue aisle and a Buff a _ * e , ia the very church itself
Hr Kckwick , with his usual foresight and sagacity , _*>* d chosen a peculiarly desirable moment for his visit toj _•^ boroogh . Sever was snch » contest kn own . The 2 ooom __ e Samuel _Slumkey . ef Slumkey Hail , was the _Hne candidate ; and Horatio Fixkin , Esq ., of Fizkin J . * , near E-tanswill _, bad been prevailed upon _. _" Hsfriends to stand forward on the Buff interest . . ft was _Ute ia the evening , when Mr Pick _ ick aud his * - _" **___ <__ , _, assisted hy Sam , dismounted from thereof f [ _tteEat _ nsniU coach . Large blue silk flags were flying "Withe windows ofthe TownArms Inn , and bills were "j * * ** in every sash , intimating , in gigantic letters , that ¦ _* there
_™ hona __ . l . Samuel Slumfeej ' _s Committee s » t _p _i j- A _©__ of idlers were assembled in tbc road , _"xAiag ata Loaise man in the balcony , who was _appa-£ " % talking Mint elf very red in tbe face in MrSlnmkey _. *™* lf ; but tlie force and point of _whoseargnments were _jwaewhat imp- _ r < d by the perpetual beating of four ¦ _** _te drums _____ MrFizkin ' s committee had stationed the st ___•_ c , _ . _ . *_• j , erg was a _ n , _j little man beside "J _* tll 0 U . li . nho _to . k « ff bis hat at intervals ond _mo-Mied to _tlwpiople to cheer , which they regularly did , _^ _* HteB _ u « asi _ ally * and as tbe . ed . fa _ d gentleman . _^ ton ial __ , g till ie was redder in the face than ever , _J _^ _eu « o ansuer his pnrpo _ quite as well as if sny-Boe heard him .
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» o __^^;^ _hm !' _" _^^ Hckwicl . rttni . - _ 3 » retMnea - * " 3 _£ _ _ _2 E 2 As neither Hr Rckwiek _<_ . _ _t . __ _Sta ter * , ia _thecal _^ S _?* _*** Hon was rather a difficult on « _VT . _"'*• the _« uesfcmm . Mr _ . _ckwicS _ _nTfv T ? ' _^ ftii di - Mr Perker . _^^ tlwaselfof his new friend , _a _l __? _, _anI _y _, * _* bmat _^ * Samuel _Slumke _. . _'HeisBIoc _Ithinkf 'Ohyei , s _ r . _* _, _ F _ . - _^
_ ,. _* . __ ' - * re Bl' » . ' ' » _-d Mr , Kekwick ; batobKrrfng wat tne man Xookei aouhtful at this _aeeommedatiog annonneement , he gave him hi , card , Ma desired him to _prescnt-t . 0 Mr Perker _ferthwidi , if ha _ahoidd happen to hem the house . The waiter retired ; and _re-appearmg almost immediately _withawquestthatltr Pickwick wool _ follow Mm , led the way to a large room on the first floor , where , seated at a long table covered with books and papers , was Mr Perker . * Ah—ah , my dear sir , ' said the little man , advancing to meet him ; « very harpy to see you , my dear sir , very . Pray sit down . So yon have carried yonr intention into effect . Ton hare comedown hereto see an election —eh . Mr Pickwick replied in the affirmative . ' Spirited contest , my dear air , ' said the little man .
'I an delighted to hear it , * said Mr Pickwick , rub btng his hands . ' Hike to tee sturdy patriotism , on whatever side it is called forth;—and so it is a spirited contest !' 'Oh yes , ' said the little ma * , ' very much so indeed . We have opened all the public-bouses in tbe place , end left our adversary nothing but the beer shops—masterly stroke of policy that , my dear sir , eh !'—and the little man smiled complacently , and took a large pinch of snuff . ' And what are the probabilities as to the result ef the contest ! ' inquired Mr Pickwick . ' Why , doubtful , my dear , sir ; rather doubtful as yet , * replied' the little man , ' _Fitkin ' s people have got three * and thirty voters in tbe lock _. _pcosch-house at the "White Hart . ' .. .. . * In tbe coach-bouse , said Mr Pickwick , considerably astonished by the second stroke of policy .
'They keep ' em locked up there , till they want ' em , resumed the little man . ' The effect of that is , yoa see to prevent our getting at them ; and even if we could it _woalat be of no use , for they keep them very drunk on purpose . Smart _felloir Fizkin ' s agent—very smart fellow indeed . ' Mr Pickwick stared , but said nothing . 'We are pretty confident , though , ' said Mr Per _. er sinking his voice almost to a whisper . ' We had a little tea-party here , last _night—five-and-forty women , my dear dr—and gave every one of ' em a green pa _ uol when she went away . ' 'A parasol ! ' said Mr Pickwick .
' Fact , my dear sir , fact . Five-and-forty groen parasols , at seven and sixpence a-piece . All women like finery , —extraordinary tbe effect of those parasols _. Secured all their husbands , and half their brothersbeats stockings , and flannels , and all that sort of thing hollow . H y idea , my dear sir , entirely . Hail , rain , or sunshine , yoa can ' t walk half a dozen yards up ths street without encountering half a dosen green parasols . ' * * * The noise aad bustle which ushered in the morning were sufficient to dispel from the mind of the most romantic visionary In existence , any associations but those wbich were immediately connected with the rapidly . approaching election . The beating of drums , the blowing of horns and trumpets , the shonting of men , and the tramping of horses , echoed and re-echoed from the earliest dawn of the day ; and aa occasional fight between the light skirmishers of either parry , st once enlivened the preparations , and agreeably diversified their character .
' Well , Sam , ' said Mr Pickwick , as his valet appeared at his bed room door , _jost as he was concluding his toi let _; * all alive to-day , I suppose I ' _'Res'lar game , sir , ' replied Mr Weller ; ' onr people's a col lecttng dawn at the Town Arms , and they ' re a hollering themselves hoarse already / _« Ah , ' said Mr Pickwick , ' do tbey seem devoted to their party , Sam !* 'Never see snch _dewotion in my life , sir . * 'Energetic , ehl * said Mr Pickwick . ' Uncommon , ' replied Sam ; ' I never see men sat and drink so much afore . I wonder they a _' nt afeerd o' bnstia . ' ' That ' s the mistaken kindness of the gentry here , said Mr Pickwick , ' Wery likely , ' replied Sam , briefly . ' Fine , fresh , hearty fellows they seem ,- said Mr Pick . wick glancing from the window .
* _Wtrry fresh , ' replied Sam ; * me , and the two waiters at tbe Peacock , has been a pumpin' over the independent woters a * supped tbere last night . ' ' Pumping over independent voters ! ' exelaimed Mr Pickwick . ' Teg , ' said his attendant , ' every man slept vere be fell down ; we dragged ' em out on . by one this morntn ' , and pnt ' em under the pump , and they ' re in reglar fine order , now . Shillin * a head the committee paid for that ere ion . ' Cau such things be ! ' er claimed the astonished Mr Pickwick . ' Lord bl < ss your heart , sir , * said Sam , ' why were was yon half baptised !—that ' s aothin' ' that a ' . ' « Kothiug 1 ' said Mr Pickwick .
'Nothin * at all , sir , ' replied his attendant . ' Thenight afore the last < 3 ajo * the last electioh here , the opposite " party bribed the b _ _.-t _ ai < l at the Town-Arms , to hocus the brandy and water of fourteen unpolled electors as was a stoppin' in the house . ' 'What do yon mean by 'hocutsiog' brandy and water * ' inquired Mr Pickwick . ' Put tin'laud _ um in it , ' replied Sam . 'Blessed if she didn ' t send 'em all to sleep till twelve hours arter tbe election was over . They took one man np to the booth in a truck , fast asleep , byway of _eipsriment , but it was no go—they wouldn ' t poll bim ; so tbey brought him back , and put him to bed again . ' ' Strange practices , these , ' said Mr Pickwick ; half speaking to himself , and half addressing Sam . 'Kot half so strange as a miraculous circumstance as happened to my own father at an _election time , in this werry place , sir , ' replied Sam . ' What was that 1 ' inquired Mr Pickwick .
' Why he drove a coach down here once , ' said Sam ' 'Lection time came on , and he was engaged by vun pirty to bring down woters from London . Night afore he was going to drive up / . ommittee on t ' other side sends for him quietly , and away he goes vith the messenger , who shows him in;—large rooms—lots of gen ' l ' m ' nheaps of p ? pers , pens and ink , and alt that ' ere . 'Ah , Mr Weller , ' says the gen'l ' m ' n iu the chair , * glad to see you . sir ; how are you !*— 'Werry well , thankee , sir , ' says my lather ; ' I hope you ' re pretty middliu . ' _says he'Prety well , thank ' ee , sir , ' sa _ _ the gen'l ' m ' n ; sit down , Mr Weller—pray sit down , sir . ' So my father sits down , and he and the gcn'l ' m ' a looks werry hard at each other . * Tou don ' t remember met' _sajs the gen'l ' m'n . — Cant say I do , * says my father . '— ' Oh , I
know you , ' says the gen'l ' m ' n ; 'know'd yoa wen you _wasaboy _. ' _aays he— 'We ' ll I don ' t remember you , ' says my father . — That ' s werry odd , ' says the gen'l ' m ' n — 'Werry , ' says my father . 'You must have a bad mem ' ry . Mr Weller , ' _sajs the gen'l ' m ' n— ' Well , It is a weiry bad ' un , ' says my lather— ' I thought so , ' says the gen'l ' m ' n . So then they pours bim out a glass of wine , and g _ mmon _« him _ bouthi » _drivan ( -, and gets him into _areg'Iar good humour , _:: ud at last shoves a twenty pound note into bis _bai . d . ' It ' s a werry bad road between this and London * says thegen'l ' m ' n—* Here and there it is a h _<» avy road , ' says my father—* _'Specially near the cau _ , 1 _thiuk , ' says tbe geu ' t ' m'n— _'Naa-ty bit , that ' er-.- . ' _sa _ s _ y f __ er— ' Well . Sir Weller , ' sav _. the
gen ' l ' m ' n , ' you ' re a werry good whip , and can do what you like with your horses , we know . We're all very fond of yon , Mr Weller . so in case yon should have an accident when you're a bringing these hete woters down , and _ WK * dt _' p ' en over into the canal vithout hurtla' " em , this is for yourself / says he— 'Gen'i'm'n _. _you're ' _werjkind , ' says my father , ' and IM drink yonr health in another glass of wine , ' says he ; wich be did , and then buttons up the money , and bows himself out . You wouldn ' t believe , sir , 'continued Sam , with a look of in . expressible _im-iu-Itnce at his master , ' tbat 0 = the werry day as he c-nie down with _iLem woters , his coach tool npset on that'ere wery spot , and tt ' ry man on 'em was turned into tbe canal . '
Mr Pickwick descended to the parlour , where he found breakfast laid , and the family alreidy assembled . The meal was hastily despatched , and Mt Pickwick and Mr Pott repaired alone to the Town Arms , from the back window of whicb , one of Mr Slumkey ' s committee was addressing six small bo . Band on _. _jiitl , whom be dii ; ni > fied , at _' eveiy second sentence , with the imposing title of " men of _Eatanswill , " whereat tbe six small boys aforeraid cheered p-o _'igtously . The stable-yard exhibited unequivocal symptoms of the glory and strength of the Eatanswill Blues . There was a regular army of blue flags , some with one handle , I and seme with two , _exhibiting appropriate devices , in golden c' aracUrs four feet high , and stont in _propor-| tion . There was a grand band of trumpets , bassoons ; and drums , marshalled four abreast , and earning their j money , if ever men did , especially the drum-beaters _.
who were very muscular . There were bodies of constables with blue stares , . twenty committee-men with blue scarfs , and a mob of voters with blue ccekades . There were electors on horseback , and electors a-foot * . There was an open carriage and four . for the honourable Samoa- Shunt . . ; __ . _» there were four carriages and pair , f « r his friends and _supportars : and tbe flags were rustling , and tiie hand was playing , and the _constabh-B were swearing , and the twenty committee-men were _. qus _. b'ing . _a- _ i the mob were shouting , and the horses were backing , aud the piistbojs _perspirinj ;; and _everybody snd everything then and thrre assembled , was for _. _he _' _isp-cia ! use , behoof , honour , _« i __ ifc _ _ , of tbe honourable Samuel Slumkoy of Slumlcj Hall , one of thc candidates for tlio re-presentation of the Borough of _EafanswiH , in the Commons ' House of Parliament of the United K ? a . _ rdom . « Is _everything ready V _ssid the _honourab ' e Samuel Slumkey to Mr Peiker .
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Every thing , my dear sir , ' was the * little man's reply . " Nothing has been omitted , I hope ! " said the honourable Samuel Slumkey . 'Nothing has . been left undone , my dear sir—nothing whatever . There are twenty washed men af the street door for yon to shake hands with , and six children in arms that you ' re to ptt oa the head , end inquire the . ge of ; be particular abont the children , mj _dsar sir , —it has always a great effect , that sort of thiol . " ' III take care , ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey , , _« And , perhaps , my dear air—' said the cautious little man , ' perhaps if yoa « mW—I don ' t mean to say it's indispensible- but if you eould manage to kiss one of ' em , t would produce a very great impression on the crowd . ' ' Wouldn't it bave as _gond an tffect if the proposer or seconder did that ! ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey .
* Why , I am afraid lt wouldn ' t , " replied the agent ; ' ' if it were done by yourself , my dear sir , I think it would make jou very popular . ' Very well , ' said the honourable Samuel Slumkey , with a resigned air , ' then it must be done . That ' s all . ' ' Arrange th . procession , " cried the twenty committeemen . Amidst tke cheers of the assembled throng , the band , and the constables and the committee-men , and the voters , and the horsemen , and the carriages , took tbeir places—each of the two-horse vehicles being closely packed with as many gentlemen as conld manage to stand upright in it ; and that assigned to Mr Perker , containing Mr Pickwick . Mr Tupman , Mr Snodgrass , and about half a dosen of tbe committee beside . There was a moment of awful suspense as the proces sion waited for the honourable Samuel Slumkey to step into his carriage . Suddenly the crowd setup a great cheerinz .
• He bas comeout _. 'said little Mr Perker , greatly ex . cited ; the more so as their position did not enable them to see what was going forward . Another cheer , much louder . Hehas shaken hands with the men , ' cried the little sgent . Another cheer , far more vehement . 'He has patted the babies on the head , ' said Mr Perker , trembling with anxiety . A roar of applause that rent the air . 'Hehas kissed oneof ' em ! 'exclaimed the delighted little man .
A second roar . ' He has kissed another , ' gasped the excited manager . A third roar . 'He ' s kissing ' em all ' . ' screamed the enthusiastic little gentleman . Ami hailed by the deafening shouts of the multitude , the procession moved on . . How or by what means it became mixed up with the other procession , and how it was ever extricated from ths confusion consequent thereupon , is more tban we can undertake to describe , inasmuch as Mr Pickwick's hat was knocked over his eveB , nose , and mouth , by one poke of a Buff flag-staff , very early in the proceedings . He describes himself as being surrounded on every side , when he could catch a glimpse of the scene , by angry aod ferocious countenances , by a vast cloud of dust , and by a dense crowd of _combatants , He represents himself as beiog forced from the carriage ,
by some unseen power , and being personally engaged in a pugilistic encounter ; but with whom , or how , or why , he is wholly unable to state . He then felt himself forced up some wooden steps by the persons from behind ; and on removing his hat , found himself surrounded by his friends , ia « tfae front of the left hand side of the bustings . Tbe right was reserved for the Buff party , and the centre for the mayor aud his officers ; one of whom —the fat crier of Eatanswill—was ringing an enormous bell , by way of commanding silence , while Mr Horatio Fizkin , and the honourable Samuel Slumkey , with their bands upon their hearts , were bowing with tbe utmost affability to tbe traubled sea of heads that inundated the opeu sea in front ; and from whence arose a storm ol groans , and shouts , and yells , and hootings , that would have done honour to an earthquake . ' Silence 1 ' roared the major ' s attendants .
' WbiSo , proclaim _siltnae , ' said the mayor , with an air of pomp befitting his lofty station . ¦ In obedience to this command the crier performed another concerto ca tbe bell , whereupon a gentleman in the , crowd called out * muffins- * which occasioned another Iau- _ i . Gentlemen , ' said the Mayor , at as loud a pitch as he could possibly-force his voice to , ' Gentlemen . Brother electors of the Borough of Eatanswill . We are met here to-day for the purpose of choosing a representative in the room ofour late—' Here the Mayor was interrupted by a voice in the crowd . 'Suc-cess to the Mayor ! ' cried the voice , ' and maj he never desert the nail and sarspan business , as be got his money by . '
This allusion to the professional pursuits of the orator was received with a storm of delight , wbicb , with a bell-accompaniment , rendered the remainder of his speech inaudible , with the exception of the concluding sentence , in which he thanked tbe meeting for the patient attention with which they had listened to him—an expression of gratitude which elicited another hurst ef mirth , of about a quarter of au hour's duration . Next , a tall thia gentleman , iu a very stiff white neckerchief , after being repeatedly desired by the crowd to ' send a boy home to ask whether he hadn ' t left his woice under tbe pillow , ' begged to nominate a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament . Aad when he said it was Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fixkin Lodge , near Eatanswill , tbe Fizfeinites applaaded , and tbe _Slumkejites groaned , to leng and so loudly , tbat both he and tbe seconder might hare sung comic songs in lieu of speaking , without anybody ' s being a bit the wiser .
Tbe friends of Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , having had their innings , a little choleric , pink-faced man stood forward to propose another fit and proper person to represent the electors of Eatanswill in Parliament ; and very swimmingly tbe pink-faced gentleman would have got on , if he had not been rather too choleric to entertain a _sufficient perception of the _fua of the crowd . But after a very few sentences of figurative eloquence , the pinkfaced gentleman got from denouncing those who interrupted him in the mob , to " exchanging defiances with the gentlemen on the hustings ; whereon arose an uproar which reduced him to the necessity of expressing his feel _' ngs by _serions pantomine , . hich he did , and then left the stage to his seconder , who delivered _ written speech of balf-an-hour's length , and wouldn't be stopped
because he had sent it all to the £ a ( _an- _ i _ Gazette , and the EatanstcSl Gazette had already printed it every word . Then Horatio Fizkin , _Enquire , of Fizkin Lodge , near Eatanswill , presented himself for the purpose of address _, _ifajr the electors ; which he co sooner did , than the band employed by tbe honourable Samuel Slumkey , commenced _pertormi-g with a power to which tbeir strength io tho morning was a trifle ; in return for which tbe Buff crowd belaboured the heads and shoulders of the Blue crowd ; on wbich the Blue crowd endeavoured to dispossess themselves of their very unpleasant neighbours , tbe Buff crowd ; and a scene of struggling , pushing , and 6 ghti _ _p , succeeded , to which we can so more do justice than the Mayor eould , although he issued imperative orders to twelre constables to seize the ring . _leaders , who
might amount in number to two hundred and fifty , or thereabouts . At all these encounters , Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , and his friends , waxed fierce and furions ; until at last Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , begged to ask his opponent the honourable Samuel Slumkey , of Slumkey Hall , whether that band played by his consent ; which question the honourable Samuel Slumkey declining te answer , Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fizkin Lodge , shook his fist in the countenance ofthe honourable Samuel Slumkey , of Slumkey Hall ; npon wbicb the _honourable Samuel Slumkey , his blood being up , defied Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , to mortal combat . At this violation of all known rules and
precedents of order , the Mayor commanded another fantasia on the bell , and declared that he would bring before himself , both Horatio Fizkin . Esquire , ol Fizkin Lodge , and tbe honourable Samuel Slumkey , ' of Slumkey Hall , and bind them over to keep the peace . Upon this terrific denunciation , the supporters of tbe two candidates interfered , and after the friends of each party had quarrelled in pairs for three-quarters of an hour , Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , touched his hat to the honourable Samuel Slumkey : the honourable Samuel Slumkey touched his to Horatio Fizkin , Esquire : the band was stopped : the crowd were partially quitted : and Horatio Fizkin , Ef quire , was permitted to proceed .
The speeches ofthe two candidates , though differing ln every other respect , afforded a beautiful tribute to the merit and high worth of tbo electors of Eatanswill . Both _expressed their opinion tbat a more independent , a more enlightened , amorepublic-sp ; rited , amore noble-minded , a more disinterested set of men than tho _ who had promised to . rote for him , never existed ob exrth ; each darkly binied his suspicions that the eleetors in the opposite interest had certain swinish and besotted infirmities which rendered them unfit fur the exercise of the important duties they were called upon to discharge . Fizkin expressed his readiness to do anything he was wanted ; Slumkey , his determination to do nothing that was asked of him . Both said , tbat the trade , the manufactures , the commerce , the prosperity , of Eatanswill , would ever be dearer to tbeir hearts than any earthly object ; and each bad it in bis power to state , with the utmost confi- ' ence , that he was the man who would eventually be returned .
There was a show . " of hands ; the Mayor decided in favour of the honourable Samuel Slumkey , of Slumkey Hail . Horatio Fizkin , Esquire , of Fixkin Lodge , demanded a poll , and a poll was fixed accordingly . Then a voteoftbauks was moved to the Mayor for his a We conduct in the chair j and the Mayor devoutly wishing thathe bad had a chair to display his able conduct in ( for be had been standing during the whole proceedings ) returned thanks . The processions re-formed , tho carriages rolled slowly through the crowd , and its members screeched and shouted after them as their feelings or csprice dictat . d .
During the whole time of the polling the town was in a perpetual fever of excitement . Everything was conducted on the most liberal and delightful scale . Exciseable articles were remarkably cheap at all tbc public-houses ; and spring van * { . araded tbe streets for the accommodation of voters who were _stiz .-d with any _temporary dizziness in the head—an epidemic which prevailed among the electors , during tbe contest , to a most alarming extent _, and unaler the _iuflueiice of wbich they might frequently be seen IjinR on the pavements in a _stato of utter insensibility . A small body of electors remained unpolled on ihe last day . They were calculating an <) _raflacting persons , who had not yet been convinced by the arguments of either party , although they had frequent conferences with eacb . One hour before the close of the
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_wmAW 0 F A smMLIFE MELANCHOLY LOSS OF
The Mareton Bay Courier of March 17 , quoted in an extra Of the Sydney Morning Herald of March 27 , gives a . ivid account of the loss of the Sovereign steamer and forty . four lires . We extract the followin * , portions : — The steamer left Brisbane on the Srd insi . with the undermentioned passengers , viz . : —Mr and Mrs Robert Gore , two children , and servant ; Mr Henry Dennis Darling Downs ; Mr W . Elliot , Clarence River * , MrE . Berkeley , Brisbane ; Mr Joyner , _Sjdnej ; Mr Richard Stutbs , Brisbane ; tiro female and sixteen male passengers in the steerage , with a master aad crew consisting of . fl persons—ia all 51 souls .
On the following morning the steamer proceeded to the bar , which did aot present a dangerous appearance . As she passed over the first roller , the passengers on the poop were in the highest spirits , and one of them remarked in a jocular manner tbatthe " rails" weredOWll , Ongoing orer the second breaker , Mr G ore observed ' ' Here is a five-barred gate , bow nobly shetops It ! " The _steamerhsdstlllanotherwave to _encounttr before getting over the bar ; and at this critical juncture the engineer called out to Captain Cape that tho framing of the engines and part of the machinery had broken down . As the vessel was making way , he could hardly give crei deuce to it at the time ; but on _descending from his post on the puddle-box , he examined them , and found that the frames of both engines were _breken close under the
plummer-boxcs , which were turned upside down . He then went away to ascertain the position of the ship , snd found tbat she was drifting on Ihe north spit . The engineer shortly afterwards let the steam off by order of the captain , to prevent the vessel from beiog blown up . The sea at this time was making breaches over her and the-rudder Chains parted . Captain Cupe rushed instantly to the helm , and endeavoured to secure it ; _buthls efforts proved unsuccessful . As the vessel still drifted , the Jarboard anchor was let go , the starboard one Laving been carried away from the bows , with about fifty fathom of chain , wbich parted in the swell . Notwithstanding there was na wind at the time , she still continued to drag on the north spit . Previously to lettinu go the anchor ,
the sail was set to prori _. ) . against the danger that had been foreseen , but all to no purpose . The rollers now broke upon the devoted vessel with great violence , carrying away bulwarks , and causing the wool and billets of wood to move violently about the decks , whereby three men were killed , while several more had their arms and legs broken , or were otherwise disabled . The captain then told the passengers thathes _ w . no hope of saving the vessel , as she was _s-HI _dragga _' ng towards tbe spit . He had just ceased speaking , when a tremendous sea broke over the ship , and swept the fore-cabin companion flush with tbe deck , and washed away the fore hatches . Tarpaulings were then nailed over them , but they proved of no service .
No pen can properly desenbe the awful scene which presented itself on board at that time . The passengers were in tha utmost consternation 1 they set upmost piteous cries for help . Some ran to the side , and in the agonies of despair , plunged into tbe sea , in thehope that they might reach the shore in some way or the other . A heavy sea came , and washed Mr Stubbs overboard ; buthe mansged to get on deck again . He then went down to the ladies' cabin , wbich he found half full of water . Mrs G » re snd her child were lying down in one ofthe berths , quite - _ baais * cd , while large quantities of water poured over thtm through one of the dead lights , which had been stove in . He went to her , and _takini the child away from her , _deputed it in the arms of the servant girl , who was standing with the stewardess on
the steps of the companion hatchway . The dreadful moment which was to determine the fate of all who still remained on board ' now drew on ; and every one saw in the countenance of his companion the vivid expression of his _ownfeelings . At this particular junction , Mr Den . _nis was observed standing near tbe poop with his head cut open aud bleeding _profusa ly . Mr Elliot was close to him , and Berkeley a little below them . Captain Cape , who had more than once been washed overboard , was holdingon by the shrouds . Mr Stubbs , wbo appears to have maintained his presence of mind throughout , now cried out , ' ' avoid the suction , " and jumped overboard . One dreadful shriek was beard , proceeding from one of the females in tbe fore part of the ship , ns she took one roll , heeled over , and sunk , and then all was still . The
struggle for life then commenced ; come of tlie passengers clung to the wool bales—some to portions ofthe wreck , while others who bad been disabled on board soon sunk to rise no more alive . Mr StuDbs states that the first thine he saw after he jumped overboard wns the body of Mrs Gore floating with the face upwards close alongside the vessel . The poor unfortunate lady bad doubtless died in consequence of the flight sho had undergone ; her child was between the vessel and Mr Stubbs . Mr Gore was about thirty yards off . Mr Donriis and Mr Elliot were clinging to a wool bale , ond Mr Berkeley was swimming . Mr Dennis called out to Mr Stubbs , ' for God ' s sake bring me my child ! " The appeal was not made in vain , Mr Stubbs swam towards it , and catching hold of it by the linirof tbe head , conveyed
it to its distracted parent . He nearly , hon ever , lost his life in thc attempt , by the child clinging convulsively to him , as it was in the armes of Mr Gore ; und it was only by main force tbatthe father obtained possession of the object of his strong affection . Mr Stubbs thea struck out aud reached a nool bale ,, when he saw Mrs Gore ' s servant girl , wbo implored hlra to have pity up . m Iitr and help her . On reaching the breakers , supported by a plank , he observed Mr G _» r _ with his child inside thc skylight . Feeling verymuc _' i exhausted , he swam towards them , and got into it ; in about a minute afterwards a sea struck it , and washed them all out . As Mr Stubbs was swimming , he saw for ( he last time , Mr Gore clinging to the skylight , with tbe child in his arms , . hortlv
afterwards a man with a blue shirt and _daarlc hair came close to him , supported by _ long piece _<•» . wood , whieh hit him on tho head iu passing , and nearly rendered him senseless . Having escaped this danger , he had to encounter another still more formidable . He saw breakers _a-head proceeding from tbe bar , which appeared coming towards him like a wall , upwards of _fifteenfeot in height , frothing and foaming , and enough to nppal the stoutest heart , How he got through thera lie does not rccolluct , for besaw nothing more until he readied ths shoal water on the beach , which was about four miles from the spot where he left tbe vessel , ne had just vigour enough remaining to get out of the reach of the _breakers , wben a native belonging to tbe pilot ' s ere . _seized him by the waist , and supported him until his strength returned .
Captain Cape states that the vessel went down and foundered in about four fathoms water . Just before the vessel went down he saw Mr Jojner , John Scard , nnd some others , on the foremast head ; others were clinging to the mainmast . After swimming some time , he fell in with Mr Berkeley , who was holding on by a wool bale . While making his way to him , he mnuageil to catch hold of the paddle-box , and called upon Mr Berkeley to come to him , which he did , and they k _.-pt company together for an hour and a half . On ncariug the surf Captain Cape advised him to hold on witb all his strength in going through the heavy breakers , wheu Mr _BerkeU-y immediately called his attention to tbe mountain wave behind . The water broke upen tbem , and poor Berkeley disappeared . Captain Cape sustained three more breakers , and does not remember anything else until he found himself on a hillock uf sand on the beach ,
where he had been carried by tbe blacks , who drngged bim through the surf . As soon as he had partially re . covered his strength , the natives cooductcd him to that part of the beach where Mr Stubbs was . On going there they found the body of _Mrs Gore , which bad been washed up near thu spot where Mr Stubbs landed , and shortly afterwards tbey discovered tbe body of her eldest child . Fortunately for the survivors a chest was thrown up containing some wearing apparel , whichenabled them partially to elolhe themselves . Mr _RicbnrdB and Mr Clements , who were fishing in the neighbourhood , rendered every assistance in their power , and , aided by a prisoner of the Crown , named William Rollings , a servant of the pilot , and the native crew , by the most arduous exertions succeeded in saving the lives of six more individuals , wbo , but for their assistance , must have perished in the surf _.
At daylight on Saturday morning , Lieutenant Blamire and Mr Thornton , of tbe Customs , with bis boat ' s crew , and several other boats , started for tbe Bay , with the view of rendering any assistance that might be in tbeir power to recover the bodies of their shipwrecked people , as well as any property that might be washed up from the wreck . Captain Wickham , accompanied by Mr John Balfour , also went in the evening to the Bay , for the purpose 0 / conveying the bodies of Mrs Gore and child to Brisbane ; but on tbeir arrival , decomposition had already commenced , and it was found to be quite impracticable . Captain Wickham attempted to read the burial service over them , but was so overpowered by his feelings that he was utterly unable to do S 3 ; and the sad office wasundcrtaken by another peraon who was present on this occasion .
The following are the names of the persons saved : — Captain Cape and Mr Richard Stubbs , cabin _passengers ; John M'Quado , John Neil , and " . _awrence _Flyue , fore eabia _pnsssngers ; John _M'Callum , fireman ; John Board , fireman ; John Clements , seaman ; Thomas Harvey , steward ' s boy ; and James M'Govern , boy _.
While Two English Architects Were .Iewin...
While two English architects were . _iewin-f the palace-f the King of Naples , at _Caaerta , they were shown a carpet upon which the king s arms were worked in worsted : and as they neglected to take off their hats as a mark of respect to the emblems ot _royaltv , they were immediately _seixetl by the Swiss sentinels , who confined them for several days in the cells attached to t . e guard-honse . The Oporto correspondent of tlie Times says , that an English merchant lately gave a dinner 10 tlie principal officers of the Queen of Portugal nnd her allies , while the members ol' the insurgent junto were entertained in another part of the houae . As soon as the royalists had departed , tho rebels were introduced into the room which the former had qui tted , and supped at the same table where their _Adversaries had dined .
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The sale of _Shakspeare _' s house , at Stratfortl-on-Avon , is Used for Thursdav , tha lGth of September . The Baton Beun , Saxon minister in England , has been robbed ot 3 , 000 dollars , by a man _uaraed Ernest Komsham . The 375 th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Munich was celebrated in that city on the 23 th ult . An American paper asserts lhat a young lad was lately carried over the Niagara falls . Itis said that a treaty of commerce will shortly be concluded between the Austrian and Sardinian governments . The Emperor of Russia h _ . forbidden landowners to make time bargains for the sale of corn .
At a grand concert which _^ lately took place in the Cirque Olyrapique , -400 choristers and 900 players on wind instruments took part in the performances . During the year 1846 there were printed and published , within the kingdom of Naples only , 33 ? books , mostly novels and religious works . The money coined in the United States during the last 45 years' operation , in copper , silver , and gold , amounts to 122 , 500 , 000 dollars . The different loans contracted by the French government , since 1 _. 930 , including the loan of 350 _, 000 , _000 f , which it is intended to raise , amount toi , io _ ,. oo , ooof . ; .:. ,. •¦ ..,. The sums granted by parliament for the encouragement of Irish fisheries , in 1846 , amounted to £ 50 , 000 , and for British fisheries to _ 11 , 6 . 0 .
The merchants and shipowners of Stettin , Koni « sberg , and Dantzio have petitioned the _Prussian Diet against any increase of import duties . A vessel which has arrived at Dartmouth , has brought among other presents for the Queen , a monkey , a macaw , an ant-eater , a liaard , and an alligator , It _Iiaa been estimated that the contents of the London sewers annually thrown into the Thames would , at the _solline value of manure , he worth upwards of _iliOOO _. OOO . A lettuce weighing 61 b , and measuring 3 ft . 10 in ., in circumference , was lately cut in a garden at Heavitree _, in Devonshire . Thc municipal council of Copenhagen has resolved to _e-t-iblish baths tor the use of the poor , on the model of tliose which hare lately been constructed in England .
The soldiers of the 78 th Regiment of Highlanders _, now stationed in India , have subscribed a sum of £ 1 . 0 for the relief of the di . tressed Irish and Scotch . Several packages of sweetmeats and toys , for the young princes and princesses , have lately been farwarded to thc queen , from different parts of the Continent . A bill , abolishing the punishmentof death , except fer murder and high treason , has been introduced into the Manx _IIoubc of Keys . M . Thiers intends to travel daring several months in'Italy , for the purpose of collecting materials for his Ilistoire duConsulatetdel'Empire . The French government has ordered a collection of documents respecting the French modes of administration to be presented t . the Bey of Tunis . A New Orleans paper says , that all the beggars of that town now pretend to be sick or wounded volunteers who have returned from Mexico .
A cargo of granite lias arrived in London from the western coast of Africa , whence no importations of stone had erer before been made . A cargo of railway sleepers has arrived Irom Norway , whence timber of that kind had not previously been imported . The King of Dahotey , inWestern Africa , has written a letter to tbc Queen of England , and intends to send her some presents . A Cork paper states , that the military authorities have directed a certain number of men in all _regiments of infantry to be taught the artillery drill , so as to be able , in cases of emergency , to serve guns of heavy calibre .
A lareesturgeon , weighing nearly 2 cwt „ which had been caught in some ealmon nets on the Lancaster side of Moreeambe Bay . near the village of Bare , was exposed for sale in the fish-market at Lancaster , on Saturday last . Measures are being taken in London to raise a subscription for the purpose ot erecting a monument to the memory of Lord Russell , on the spot in Lincoln ' s Inn Fields where he was beheaded , on the 21 st of July , 1683 , It is said , in an American paper , that the citizens of Cincinnati have refused to receivein their houses the delegates attending general conventions of baptists and _prcsbyterinns , unless they will consent to renounce thc use of tobacco . The French minister of agriculture has ordered the prefets of all the departments to transmit to him lull reports of the proiluce of tho present harvest , and of Uie stock of corn still remaining from former years .
Among the boxes sent by thc last overland mail to India was one full of richly-ornamented swords , which are intended to be offered as presents to different native princes of Scinde and Lahore . During a thunder storm which visited Perth on Wednesday week , much injury wasdone by the lightning to tiie vegetables in the gardens around tbat town , and the stalks and pods of some beans wero reduced to , 1 kind of powder . A Scotch paper mentions that a gentleman , while _walking m the banks of a stre & m _, observed a fine salmon in a pool . He immediately leaped into the water , and succeeded in capturing the fish after ase . vere struggle . During a thunder storm near New York , tho lightning r . in along the wires of an electric telegraph for some distance , and then entered a skittle-ground , where it overthrew all the skittles and two ol * the players . _
The Kin ? of Bavaria has appointed Dr Albrechti one of tho seven professors of GOttingen dismissed _ for tha liberality of their opinions by the King of Ha " nover , to the professorship of German law in the University 0 ! " Munich . An American paper states that a man was lately sentenced to bo imprisoned at Springfield , in Massachusetts , for stealing a watch from a store . The _siirne man was sent to prison sixteen years ago , for stealing the same watch , from the same nail , in the same store , belonging to the same mnn . A few days since , a farmer , named Ralph , _residing at _B-iyber , in Dorsetshire , while swimming in a river near , his farm , was drowned through the excessive _affection of his dog , which repeatedly leaped upon him , until he sunk to rise no more _.
A few days since , a sow , wbich had been shipped at Montrose , for London , leaped overboard , when the steamer was at a distance of three-quarters of a mile from the shore , swam ashore , and travelled about two miles by land to the stye whicii she had previously inhabited . Specimens of coal have been found near the mouth ofthe Kowie river , in tho colony of thc Cape of Good Hope ; and itis hoped _thatst-araei _. may henceforth be supplied with fuel at a cheaper rate tluin when coals were imported from England . Some geologists , who have lately examined the Boil in tho pr . rvinco of Finland , have reported that gold mines will probably bo found on tlio borders of the province ef Archangel , * and the _Ruusiau government has consequently ordered borings te be made . The _Austrian government purposes to establish an electric tchigraph from Trieste 10 Uambuygh ; and it is thought that important news brought by the overland mail from India may then bo transmitted with greater speed to England vta Hamburg ..
On Tuesdny evening , _avooal concert was given In boats on Derwentwater by the members of the Choral Societv of Keswick ; and great numbers of curious _listen-i- were attracted , by the singularity of the scene chosen for the performances , which are said to have produced a very lino effect . So _regularly do _ourious visitors ascend Mount Vesuvius for the purpose of viewing the crater and witnessing the eruption of the lava , that the municipal authorities of Naples _haye fixed tho charges for carriages and guides , in the same manner as the fares of hackney coaches are regulated . Intelligence is forwarded in oipher by the electric telegraph from Dover to the principal daily newspaper _, of _London * , and as the keys of these ciphers are not communicated to the South-Eastern Railway Company , tho men employed in working the telegraph aru wholly ignorant of the despatches which they transmit
. ¦ * " - ¦ - a * it-. Ail . .. li About nine o ' clock in the evening of thc 9 th ult . a lumimm . _gl'ibo appeared near Lyons , towards the mountains of the Lyonnais _, and moving with extraordinary velocity towards the hill of Santo _1-oy , disappeared without any explosion . It is believed to have been an aerolite of the air . _jand not one oj those meteors _nometimes formed m the upper TE . been proposed te use _gotte percha , a kind of gum found in Borneo and the peninsula _^ Malacca , forthepurposo of taking castsof birds , fish _^ _nsects , and other natural curiosities which it may be requisite to mould . These casts are said to be superior , _insome respects , to those taken in plaster ot Paris . The Emperor of Russia has issued a decree fixing
the _Joani rate of interest at 5 per cent por annum _, and _declarim * that any peraon accepting a Iiigner interest shall , for th e first offence , be condemned to a fine three times greater thau the sum lent ; forthe second offence , to an imprisonment of fro _ ten to twelve years ; and forthe third , to exile in Siberia . An American paper uys _, that a machine made like a corkscrew is used in the penitentiary , at Pittsburgh , for the purpose 0 * " seizing vefraotory convicts . If m prisoner becomes so insubordinate thatit is dangerous to enter hia cell , the _Bcrew is fixed at the eud of a pole , which is thrust towards him in such a manner as to ctitdi his clothes , < md he is then drawn
out of his retreat , without danger . 0 _himselt or others . The King of Sweden has created Thalberg a _l-iiii & tt of t ' uo Order of Vf nsa . The Liverpool Mechanics' Institution is about lo sustain a Idsh in tlio resignation ol Dr Hodgson , who has accepted tbe office of principal of the Chorlton High School , Manchester . , ¦ ___ . „ . Miss Burdett _Coutts has endowed two of the lour colouial biBhopricks recently ereateda .
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_Pi-I-off-i _. e OaDKBS . —It wasstaiorf by the counsel for tho post-office , in the trial of Felix ( Join , for forging a _pi . 8 _t- ! . ffice order , that durinr ; the last year tbo sum of ' * eleven millions" passed through the m _onev-order f < _ ioe of tbat _establi-hment . Tub Chinese Junk .- —The junk Keyring , whosa _vorage to this country has excited some interest , was spokp ' n on tbe 16 th of June . lat . 28 N . long . 61 W ., by the Urania , arrived off Falmouth . The crew ol the junk were in great want of provisions , and were
beating her up for the American coast in order ta procure a supply . « __ ..,, Thk Real and thb Ideal . —Baron Roth » _-hii _ , thout . li immensely rich , is _occasional'j _"nrymttf _. He was called upon recentlv to give agood definition ef the real and the ideal , when he answered , " I cannot cive yarn a more forcible example than the following : —the real is the current coin of Spain , and a . Spanish bond , which is supposed to represent it , is the ideal . " Tbe baron ma * be sure of the vote of every Spanish bondholder at the ensuing election . —Punch .
A Miss Maupbop . — " Tom . " said a girl to her sweetheart , •• you have been paying yonr distresses to me long enough , lt is time you wore making known your _contpntions , so as not to keep me in expense any longer . " iMr . RTAMi to Ladies . —A milliner in this city , says the New YorkSnn , _advert'spsa new kind of corset _; tiro " winds up with a windlass . " _ Earthquake at _ Avn „ .-On Saturday , _ :. * 10 th inst ., a little heforc eleven at night , the shock of an earthquake wns sensibly felt in the . immediate neighbourhood of Havre , _aeeompunicd by a low rumbling _' no _. e . Several _pergnns were much shaken ia their beds nt lngouviile and Graville , two adjacent villages . _Prkttt Sh _ . p . — "I wish vou had been Eve , " said nn urchin to an old maid , who was proverbial for her meanness . " Why so . " " Because , " say _ he , " you would have eaten all the apple , _inatendol _dividina itwi'h Adam . " ¦
Extensive Robbery bv an I . _speoior or Publio Works in I ___ and . —Oneof the inspectors of public _workks fur Monnghan , in Ireland , has gone off with £ 600 , which he had received for thc public works . Pet CnocoDURS . —A dreadful event took place at _Damietta jn tbe early part of June . The governor of the town , Arif _EftV-ndi , kept in his gardens two crocodiles he had succeeded in taming . One of the negroes whose duty it was to " _attend to these favourite _, havins ill-treated one of these animals , its natural ferocity returned , and in it *! _ftiry it sprang on the governor ' s son , a youth _abeut _twelvo years of . •__ who was walking by the negro ' s side , and strangled him .
Ivy on _Cm-ficHus . —To . bow the baneful _eff-et _. of destroying ivy on walls , some years since th . then proprietor of Netley Abbey , in Hampshire , hnd a quantity destroyed . The _consequene . was , as the- ivy decnyed , the stonework mouldered and decayed , and a great portion fell down , which otherwise would have lasted for many years . —The Builder . _UnssiAaV Jrws . —A letter fiom la . rob _» rg , of July 5 th . stares that for some time past a great number of Jews have been _emijirating from Russia into Galicia , in consequence of thu late measures adopted by the Russian government relative t _« their worship . The Jewish population of Galicia being , in consequence of th . influx , augmented a seventh , tbe government of Galicia lias decided on establishing colonies of Jews in Bukowina , where the population is rather thin .
Ihb _CniKEsis Notion op English Car _** _iao'' 3 . — The two _elejiant carriages made by Uatcher . i were objects of great admiration ; but it _ir-ia 11 puzzling question for the Chinese to decide which part ' . _vasintended for the Emperor's seat . '—the neat and commodious scats , with their cushions inside , and he windows and tho blinds , and every part within , were elegantly fitted for tbe reception of none but the monarch ; but tben a _qua .. tion arose , who was . to occupy the elevated position , with its splendid _; _•* _ - mercleth , _edued with gold , and decorated with
festoons of roses ? To determine the disputed point , the old eunuch , who had a particular affection for tho carriages , applied to me , and when told thst the Emperor's place was within , and that the e ! . Y . ted _seat was for the man that drove the hor . es , _ivi-h the usual ejaculation of surprise , hai _yu I bo aiki . d me , if I _supposed the _tawhung-tee would suffer any man to sit above him , and turn his back upon hira . " That , " he said , ' * will nev < x do , " and asked if she splendid coach-box could not be substituted f . » ' the seat within the _carriage or piaced behiud it ?—6 "ir John Barrow ' s Autobiography .
New Post-Office Reoulationj . — In an '_ i . of Parliament , which received the Royal assent th . day before the prorogation , for giving further facilities for the transmission of letter * by post , and for _t-Cijulating the duties of postage thereon , and for other purposes relating to the Post-office , it is among . other things provided , " That it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General , if he shall think fit , ( with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majes y ' s Treasury ) to allow any printed words , writing , or marks , ( in addition to the direction J to be put on any printed newspapers , or other piinttd papers sent by post , or on thc covers thereof , and any such new _. | ia ; i .- ; ri » or othc- printed papers , shall from thenceforth be forwarded either free of postage or subject to such rates of postage as the Postmaster-General with the Commissioners of Her Majesty ' s Treasury shall from time to time direct . " The act is to take effect on 1 st of August .
Tiik Irish Reflux from Liverpool . —The Irish paupers are _beinq : _reconveyeal from this port to their own _countiy at the average rate of about one hundred per day , and tbat the town is , in consequence , very much loss unhealthy than it has been for months past . Shout Time os Saturdays . —Through the medium of a very conciliatory memorial , the carpenters and joiners of the metropolis- have requestad theiv employers to grant them the privilege of leaving their work at four o ' clock on Saturdays , instead of halfpast R-e , the pr _ ent regulation . Tw . _nty-eight of the most eminent builders have complied with their request ; among whom are the names of Mr Thos . _Ctibitt , Mr William Cubitt , Messrs . Baker , Kelk , Jackson , and Burton . The desire on the part of the workmen to better their condition , and the readiness evinced by their employers to encourage them by acceding to the request in the memorial , will no doubt be attended with the best results to both parties , and in a few weeks become genera ! throughout flu * _trsde _.
Ma Sheuidak 1 _. kow _ -8 and thb _oufrbxd I ' knsion—The Athenmmn , states that Sheridan Knowies ' s reason for refusing from government a pension of & 100 a year is , that in as far as the amount given _measures the comparative estimation , his acceptance of this sura would have been an _arlmisuon os his part of lower rank than his long dramatic successes entitle him to hold . Pinks . — A remarkable horticultural feat has been pevformed by the gardener of Lady Rolle , _vfho has succeeded in ripening pineapples in tlio open air , in Devonshire . After the fruit was set in May last , th . pots containing the plants were _ulaca-d in a trenoh , which was sheltered by banks from cold winds and covered with charred hay ; and ao successfully did these expedients counteract the cold of our climate that the _>> i » _e-applcs are said . to hure beon of excellent quality .
Emigration to South Australia—During the last week a remarkably line ship , the Duchess of _Northumberland , has been despatched from our port _. uuder the superintendence of Her Majesty's Colonial and Emigration Commissioners . The number ot persons on board was 255 , principally miners , agricultural labourers , and female domestic servants . The Rev . Mr _Bagshaw , one of the newly appointed _clereymen to be elected in the colony , with the Bishop of Adelaide , proceeded in the Duchess of Northumberland , as chaplain , and we understand the educational duties of the ship will also be fulfilled by this gentleman . —Plymouth Times .
Extensive _Forokuy . —Edward Grey , who is well known in Newcastle and Gateslied , was brought before one of tbe borou « h magistrates , at Stockton , on Monday last , on a charge of uttering bills to the araeunt of £ 600-forgeries upon Mr Sampson Lan * ' - _dale _, of Stockton , corn-merchant , and _Mesars _Bolckew & _Vaughan , of Middlesborough , _ironfounders , _ c . lie was committed for trial at the assizes in Durham . The forgeries were cleverly executed . A Modern Miracle . —A rope , nearly three miles _, long , now lies on the verge ofthe borough of Gateshead , which was the other day a stone in tho bowels
of the earth ! Smelted , the stone yielded iron . The iron was converted into wire . Tho wire was brought to the wivc-rope manufactory of R . S . Newall and Co ., at the Teams , near Gat _ head , and there twisted into a lino 4 , 680 yardslong ! It is , we believe , the stousest rope of the kind that wa . ever Hwle . I . weighs 20 tons , 5 hundredweights , and will cost tho purchasers upwards of £ 1 , 184 .. It is intended for the incline on the Edinburgh and Glasgow _Railw ; iy , near the latter city . A rope of hemp , of equal strength , would weigh 33 _ tons , and cost £ 300 more . It would also entail greater expense while in operation ( owing to its greater weight ) and would sooner
wear out . Rbmaihs 0 . the Latb Mil 0 'CoNSEix . --Tlie remains of this distinguished Irishman , which arrived at the Nine-Elms Station of the _South-Western Railway on Sunday , eit route from Southampton , were immediately removed in the fourgon to tbe Emton-qaare Hotel , whew _«» _V * _'emaine _<^ l ung Monday morning , when , attended by Mr Daniel O'Connell , M . P ., the Very Rev . Dr Miley , and about eight . Irish gentlemen , they were placed upon one of the _carriagitrucks of the eleven 0 cock tram for of the of Dublin '
Liverp 0 . and thence by one City s _Stcim-Pflcket _Compaq's boats to Dublin . Inn Latb O'Conor 1 / on . — 1 he remains of the Rt . Honourable Denis O'Connor wereoonveyed on Monday morning , accompanied by his secretary , Mr M ' Dermott , from the lamented e . ntleman ' a tempovar residence , Pall Mall , to the _Eiiston-Bqiisre railway station , whence , by tho half-past eight 0 clocK _tvain they were removed to Liverpool , en rc < ute for Dublin , to be deposited in tho family _v-iult in the Roman Catholic cathedral , the Church of thc Uncentum , _Marlborough-atreet .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31071847/page/3/
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