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**~ " THE yATIO ^ AL ANTHEM . ^^« ly dedicated to " Daniel O'Connell , " iP ^^ vI first of traitors , and the last of men . ; BT ARGUS . jir " Bale Britannia . " Y-jthfiret lent her helping hand , ^^ i- 'l o vpression ' B reign ; T rfjSee Hied the tad , 2 * * a across the main : — & / -nnad SCK * " ^ Dlal 11 = ~ of
^ TTour Charter- -the C-arte ? ear rights ; " aifo humanity , and for our freedom fights . ^ % 5 d to cnish the heavenly birth ; £ f ?• « « ali th » t cry arose > ^ 'Gladdened ail the earth .-^ Mj O ni Charter— : he Charter of our rights ; HsTven ai-is h amaaity , and for our freedom fight . ^ ,. boo stms M its due reward , & * ^ aanbliBg ly that right was given ; AB' , „ , iras buried " neath the sward , ^ isaa obtained the approving smile of heaven : — rU is our Charter—the Charter of our rights ; SjSYHi aida humanity , and for our freedom fights .
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FREEDOM AND THE CHABTEK I , __» Bri § -t are the beams of the morning sky , " - . j * bright are the beams of dear ¦ woman ' s eye , * r ^ b rapture her lips c an impart , r hrli * > tiie S ^** of dear libertT > iS iveetei its ciarms to tne ^ ei « - J ;^ » fountain of pleasure , / "' -srce from whence happiness flows ; » Ca » ho w * dd not taste of this pleasure , i , the lu-MJ bee sips of the rust-. , > tosst , then the coast , be our freedom , l ^ och breast that is manly approve ; r ~ &e toasi , ihsn the toast , be oar fr eedom , v ? t ; i ^ sc vheers for the cause that we lore .
-u = jj -jca the cause of freedom * n high , ^ a&eh bea « tha t is trusty approve ; n » G&rifig UinsTiailowtd by liberty ' s sigh , Q ,.. riTaU tie charms e ' en of love . fj ^ ftisi hi £ h your voices in transport , 0 ~ Gisner its joys shall ia-. par ;; iv s ' Krs tirns deToted to freedom , yiijd ± e oniy true balm to the heart « g- the tosrt , then the tciJt , be our Charter , j ~ eachbrcist that is miri " : y approve ; gjsa ' the toast , ihen th ? toc * t be our Charter , ir- " "e cieers for the canst thas we luve . Thomas Whfelzb .
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325 PAST . —THE PRESENT . —THE FUTURE . A PKOPHECT . ET ARGV 5 . TTiiE G 3 = " sta ^ dsrd raised en high , i ^ d unions gathere-i ronrd , prf ; sre ^ ; o win their rights , or die , ' jies did the earth , ia j-jj , with freedom ' s voice Tc 5 :-K 3 i . Bt : Europe ' s trembling tir . ss combined , To ens ' - ti * heavenly birth ; | xa . £ C « again , ensIiVrd maakizd , Sc , for a tine , caused crowns to reign dominant on the earth . fca Albion ' s blood-saint conquering truth , Difaswi tis " royal " gold , — Sissfct Prasce ' s free-om— slew her youth , iii , to stone for murd = r , tave a ting ! a ^ d thus pooj G ^ nl was sold .
Ifc- us ? sped on , w-Itc Siting wir = gs , iz-5 ¦ with it cHa > ge ¦ was bcrr . e ; { arsrd i : came , and ctuwes and kinirs fiutiihwi , with dawn of truth , tLe silvery chequered 221 MIL Jz night tad been—the glowing sun Eid ilert in crimson cT £ , Jfelijht m : rn time—the combat won , T&d " ni . 'Lirchs , " on their spangled thrones , what ¦ justice could achiere . Ta . ' AlbioE , Gaul , Colnmtia , too , SiaU iisis of freedom be ; lad -with T ~ t ; , ' s rarj each will pursue i . tapoi Tie , sni sink for e ^ er " royalty" in th ' unfathomed sea ! isaoD ^ sini , 1 J 41 .
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A CHARADE . Mj fat , tho' tis highly essential to life , It is neither in water nor air ; Ejnb osDOt proiace it—it parts not with strife , Dplsji is the loneliest smiles of my wife , ixi it utterly banishes care . " Ht leoond , i « met with at eyery turn Wnere the light of the ran can be seen ; Eg p » r w possiss ii . may labour and moura , U » 'la " D-: ar creite—from the cottage tis torn , With the rich ii hath constantly been . By ildboarnf , my third ha 3 been fostered with care , Irom the earliest diy of his life ; Es 1 ot « m 5 so much , thai he nerer could spare , fiii oTn fellow En ^ jects their right-eons share , Bat is iliiiu the Qceendom with strife .
Ifj foarth , has Dsniel ' s farourite bt * n ; Hii po ' iiiical costs ? bslh drclar'd Ti i-wtZs in his Emerald isie so green ; T « is . DKlin ' s city it nc-rer waj seen , Tto' perhaps it may ib .-- . rtly b = there . Mt £ f ; b , with Finality Jack , -I ihould say Mr . Rasselli is i gh ! y csteem'd ; At Strond , it -was with him some years since , in May , WitD WiiggcjT -won him th " - gsji ; orxs day ; Wt ^ . t a royal achieTement it setra'd ! St sxth , why I cannot tell where it is not , Tis in cT ^ ry turn in the ] ar . d ; Ib tbs cssEtrr , : co , ^ cd in ere ry loi , 1 b eTery icttie , in eTerv pat , Aai in cTtry atum uf san ( J .
My list , is no : qaite so abundantly found , More especally not , in the >' crth ; And erery Yorts-hirtman welcomes the sound , A » the icTelicst thing upon earth . ITbo e'er my enirma may happen to see , His political cre ^ d wiiat it may ; H 5 * erer mistaken his notions may be , « r hiEsssif— if he knew what the answer should be , He woulii lore it , I Yentore to say . Birth , May 3 rd , ISil . J . C . EL 1 I 01 . Answers in Terse are requested .
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" ^ THE INQUISITION * . CHonrs or imps . 2 * 3 ' . demon it . carnatc ! Iscariot , or Ciin , Aciaititch , Herod , or 2 s * ero ;—Ksgnii'd u > on earth , thou appearest ag-dn App- ^ von . ' our mightiest hero ! £ EJ po ^ fcr -re trace in tee bills of mortality , «« d ii u . y system , on laws of finality . APPOLYO >" . * rllent , —I ' m playing the hypocrite , —carry Ttes * tracts into Africa—teaching lbs words of S :. Paul—it is foolish to marry ! Firaiity CYtr be preaching , vsr starring white bondsmen to fil 3 Tery condemn , ¦ wot out the young blacks , thus emancipate them
^ sronge infanticide , graTe it in Latin , iicd suffocate infants new born !—* ran fsrti ^ cer ' s purchase silk , lace * , and satin , — ^** . any production but corn . « Inaia , -a-fcers wheat fields might flourish , let death ** sr cpiuiD , —rob millions and millions of breath !
FIUST HP . ^ spirit of knowledge is stalking abroad , Cr ^ uth , crouch , " neath our cast-iron screens , ^ su nder the bright inteLectual cord ; PrepEie tbe infernal machines-^ Tiiioa is daz zled , so qusnch eyery beam , — ' ^ hile the inTisible vapour of steaa . SECOM ) IMP . Thsre ' g multitudes perishing , pining for labour !—In duEfeons of darkness immnre them ; o-cmld some d ^ re » -spostulate , Eharpen the s&bre , WfaaiiBt and tcrture dont cure them f «* &Jtory women , expose them , —abash'd ¦ Ltsjll truckle , —when naked , their bodies are lash'd
TiilBD IMP . Aa . infantis weeping , for loss of its mother ! - "> o rfclati Te nigt to befriend him ; ¦•¦ PpoljoDsown law onee enacted , we'd smother The brat—to its mother earth send him , " ecourgs him > — a child of the state—keep in awe , "epired for the cat , to befit Mm for wax !
APPOLTOX . * e > r murder such innocents , waste them with torpor ifien manjie and w » rp them to cripplw j "• uaaie mtomise e-rery panper , irtito each drop of milk from their nipple *! iLJ ^ fcr wnti , eTer let justice take b » U , --" ** o ^ tigaie women—if others should ML « Spain , liring Tictims , by demons -were hack'd , wmsumed in fierce fiime out of number ; vn iorn beds of torture , now hundreds are raek'd , — te ^ , . ^* ^ ee thousand men slumber I Jr " *? prospen ;—ere long thro' revels u ren < i £ i creation—a region of derils ! Aeth » b Book .
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BRADFORD ,-- ( Wiltshire . )— ' amti ^ T Law Fetitioss . —There was a hole-and-corner meeting held here , when it wa 3 agreed to petition parliament for a repeal of the Corn Law . Petition sheets ha-Ting been obtained , they were sent round the town for signatures , when a Mr . Baker went into a house in the Po Piza Ground to solici ; their signatures , and he waa told the man had been dead four months The petition was , however , signed , and his signature attached to it . What a pass the mustbe reduced
capiers to , t » use dead men ' s names STOCKPORT . - Dheadful AcciDsxr .-On fnasy evening week , a waggoner , ( George Elwes ) with Mr . Orrell ' s waggon , wnich was laden with cotton , was rnn over , when coining down the hill , near the Railway Station , md killed on the spot . He had been drinkiDg during the day , but bore a good character , as ha had hdd his present sitnation twenty years , and was much respected . He has left a wife and two children to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss .
f , 12 ?? 1 ? C ? HAM—Discussion ox Socialism . —ilr . Lloyd Jones , tbe Socialist champioD , and Mr . John Bnndley , the parson ' s pet , had a regular set-to last week , in Ryan ' s Royal Amphitheatre , which was selected a . 8 the mobt convenient and appropriate place for tke display of intellectual and physical gladiatorship . The place , which is capable of holding 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 person ? , was fiiled a « if by magic , as soon as access cuuld ba had . Much . excitement wa . 3 manifested both by tho audience in the boxe 3 and the gallery . A chairman had been chosen for each side , and after a struggle for the post of moderator , or chairmen's chairman , Mr . J . L . Murphy waa elected to ; hat office . We cannot enter into the argument , which was continued
during three evenings , and concerning which we have received communications from both partie ? , showing that each champion satisfied his own ' backers . The place was crowded each evening , and at the close of the last evei . i ^ g ' s di-cussion , Mr . George White stood forward in front of the platform , to address the meeting , and was received with j oud cheer ? , inteimn : gkd with groans aud hisies from the par-ons and respectables , accompanied vruh shout 3 of" He's a political demagogue , " ¦' He is a Chartist . " Mr . Brindley then stepped up with clenched fi < ts , and told Mr . Whire that if he attempted to m 3 ke a speech there , he would hav * him taken into custody . A regular row then commenced on the pla-. form ; the parsons bellowing like so many bulls , a . r d Mr . BrindJey frothing at the mouth wi ; h rj ^ e . Mr . Mufphv , moderator
, ir . ? v-ted o : i Mr . BriDdley and ths parson b- havij . g ju a proper manner , or else he should be obMgvd to > ..-i ; d for ihe police , and have them taken into cc-io-iy . A reso ; ur ; ou was th ^ n proposed conliemninir the present stale of society and declaratory of iho ypJr . icn ofihe meeting respecting tbe argument ,. * adduced by the di-, pu : an : s , but such was the uproar and confusion created by the pursoB 3 and their tocls thai it wus impossibio to hear a word . The res-u . ' unon was however proposed , seconded , and put by Mr . S-juthweil first and afterwards by Mr . Murphy and carried in dumb show , the parties in the body of the meeting voting with their respective lea J ^ r ? , when they saw their hands held up . ( The resolution will be found in our advertising corums . ) Threo long , l < : ud , and enthusiastic cheers were given for the People's Charter ; three foT Fearxus U ' Cunnor , and three for the Incarcerated Ci . irtis : s , afi-jr which tbe meeting separated .
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The number of visitors to the Zoological Gardens in April was 11 , 405 , from which £ 394 11 s . had been recei ved . The Price of bread in Parij for the first fortnight of the present mon-. u is iis- ; d at 27 centimes the kilogramme—at out 5 f j . the 4 ; b . loaf . The numbhr o ; coryoral puaishmen := ; ir . flicted in ihe r ^ 'ai n ' . vy in 1828 amounted to 1 . 730 . and in 1830 ; o LZ 81 . Jt hay bo £ Mf : ' yii ) g to the calumniators of Ireland to icirn that th-. re are only ihreo prisoners for trial at 'h ^ next assiz . s for this county . —Roscommon JuUTIlC . 1 . It aVpz . ws that the number of unions to which special and no : general rules have been j ; ivtn by tiie Po- r Law Commissioners in 184 Q , is very nearly five "handrwd .
It is believr-d that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Court of Directors for ths transniissioa oi the overlaid packets tvrice a month . . Thetiuends of the celebrated Curran will shortly pJace in ihe : ii ^ ie of Christ Church Cathedra ! , Dublin , a cenotaph , in commemoration of that illustrioiis-lii = hnian . Mobe LaviYess . —No less tban 163 gentlemen have j , r : vea nov . ee of their intention to apply to be admiu-vd a'torueys of the Court of Queen's Beach on the last day of tho present term . We uM > rR 5 TAM ) that Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out by the overland India mail of th . s month , a ? Envoy to China , to supersede Captain Elliot , ami -. vr . h full power to seule all differences . The ( . ' ommanjjeim . s-Chief has ordered cricketground ? to b-j ; a : d out at each of the barrack stations thro . ^ hov ! : ir . t- United Kmgdom , for the use of the ofnc < -. rs and privates .
Si > ce the 1 st of January , 1841 , there have been no leij than ol railway patients received into the County Hi-spital . Of thei-e 27 have been ; :-ce the new peal of bell 3 wa 3 got to St . James ' s Church , m the Pottery , marriages in that district have multiplied exceedingly . —Hull Rockbn-han .
As , ma . nv as 4 , 048 bodies hare been taken oat of the Grana Surry Canal within a period of twenty-six year ? ; a :: d Taylor , who keep 3 the boat-house on the Pcckhanj branch , has takeu ont no less a number than 3 l 0 . It appears from evidence taken before a Com-Eiittte ? of the House of Commons on the subject of tUe Ku-ase of Commons' Library , that th're is no complete set of tha printed papers of the House in Br . ; a . n . As-Mvebsabt of the Death op Kapoleo . v . —The grand mass on the occasion of tho anniversary of the Emperor Napoleon was celebrated on Wednesday week , in the Church of the Inralides , near Paris .
Father Maihewaxd the * Publican * . —A Killarney correspondent informs us thai me receipts of Saturday la ^ t , in that town , of sixteen publicans , were seven shillings and four pence 1 !—Kerry Examiner . At a shop wi . ndow , in the neighbourhood of Whitec ^ apei , are a pair of India rubber shoes exhibited for sale , with a paper attached tu them , on which is written—* ' These Inger rubber shoes to be sold chepc . Warrentid not to Leke . " A Hi > t to Emigka . vts . —If an emigrant to North America take oui £ \ in shillings and sixpenny piece ; , the currency value of £ 1 in Upper Cauuda will be 25 ~ . The same amount in fciiver crowns or Iralf-crowns will pass current for 24 ? . The value of a golden sovereign is ra ; ed at 24 s . 4 d .
Petitions tpon Socialism . —It appears by the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons upon . public petitions , that from the 27 th January to the S () rh April , this year , 27 petitions , with 1 D , 3 '< 9 signature ^ were presented to the House on the subject ol Socialism . " BitEiTHE not his Name . ' '—A chip of ari ? tocracy , living in ihe Broadway , had a very long and difficult name , and on a stranger trying to pronounce it t ' other day , his tongue got entangled in his teeth , and he could not get it disengaged until some one advised him to spell the word backwards . —Yankee Paper . _ . _
Extraobdjnaby . —The cutter Fanny , when on her passage from Porte Macquarie to Sydney last trip , nad a severe encounter with a tiger shark , who laid hold of her nr . zen boom , and held on for some time wirfi his teeth , until he was frightened off by some of the men attacking him . Part of his teeth may yet be seen in the boom by any person desirous of in--epecting \ l . —Sydney paper , A New Version . —A traveller stepping in at an inn , down east , was a ^ ked how t he business men in New York were ge tting along , " Oh , " answered the traveller , ** many of them have got upon their legs again . " *• How so , has trade got briEk ? " " Oh no . but many who rode in their coaches have been obliged to leave to walk . "
The Eighty-third anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital charity was celebrated on Thursday . Since the foundation of the charity near 7 , 000 females have been admitted ; a leading feature in the establishment is , that no young woman who has behaved well during her stay in the hospital is discharged unprovided lor . A Teetotaller ' s Repartee . —Some amusement has been occasioned by the irruption of tee-totallers into Herefordshire , owing to a difficulty as to what would be cone with the apples , supposing their system to be adopted . At a late meeting this subject was good-humouredly brought forward , and the reply of the temperance advocate was , that he would make " dumplings" of them .
A larg « building is about to be immediately erected in New Windsor , by the dissenters , for a " British school , " to be conducted npon " general principles , " as far as religion is concerned , and without reference to any particular sect or creed . One gentleman residing here ( Mr . Charriot ) has presented a donation of £ 1 , 500 towards the building fund , and other liberal subscriptions have flowed in from various panie * in the town and neighbourhood .
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Rossini . —A letter from Bologna asserts that Rossini has just made to his nativo town the munificent present of 600 , 000 francs , to fonnd a charitable establishment for old and infirm musicians . It is added , that he intends to establish there a publie and gratuitous school of singing , the direction of which he will reserve to himself for his own life . Fatal Accident . —A fatal accident recently took place on the railway between Paisley and Glasgow . One of the guards , named Barclay , contrary to instructions given to him , was amusing himself cutting capers npon the roof of oie of the carriages , with his back to the engine , which was moving with great rapidity , when his htad came so violently in contact with a bridge as to cause instant death .
A blacksmith , nam , ? d Osborn , offered himself as bail at the Court of Session for a prisoner whose trial was pnt off till next term . " Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all your debts I" inquired the Recorder . " Why , Sir , I hold my wife to be worth 500 dollars at least , without , counting my own property . " "The Court is satified , " replied the Recorder , " take his bail . "—New York Sun . Look on this Picture . —John Douglas was sentenced at tho Stirling Assizes , by Lords Justice Clerk and Moncritff , on the 14 th current , to seven years transportation , for assaulting and striking a criminal officer , named Christison , on the nose , while in the discharge of his duty : —And on this —Lord Waldegrave nearly killed a policeman , and has been sentenced to six months in the Queen ' s Bench , a mere n ominal punishment to him . Truly may we sing the old tune—*' There ' s a law for the rich , and another for the poor . "
Death of Mr . Barnes —Wg are truly concerned to have t © record the demise , on Friday morning , a few minutes before eight o ' clock , at his * residence in Soho-square , of Thcmas Barne ? , E > q , editor of tbe Times journal . He was in the 5 fa " th year of his ago only , and of a frame apparently so robust of health as to give more than common promiso of a ripened old age . Whatever Ihe differences of political opinion , all parties jvill readily join in the one tribute of unanimous admiration o ? tho talent and energy , extraordinary and co ' . op ? al as they were , which he displayed in the man-. gement of that justly influential and leading journal , of which he was tho presiding genius , and whose power nnd renown he had so greatly contributed to raise— Evening paper .
Petitions respecting the Newport Riots and the Pooh Laws . —The Twenty-stcond Report of the Committee on Public Petitions has just been printed , with au account of the petitions sent in from tho 27 th JaiiUiry to ihe 30 ; h April . We extrac : the following : —On the subject of the Newport viots , ' 28 petitions , 34 , 954 signatures . For Reptal of -. he Poor Law Amendment Act , 10 : ) petitions , M . j . 037 signatures ; for alteration of it , 77 petitions , 10 , 1 ) 79 signature ? . Against the Poor Law Amendment Bill , 243 petitions , 88 350 siguatureo ; fcr alterations of it , 258 petitions , 58 , 740 signature ? .
Turnpike Roads Bill . —This bUl , brought in by Mr . Jervis , M P ., and Lord 11 . Grosvenor , M . P .. proposes to enact , that no toll shall be demanded or taken for or in respect of any horse , ass , sheep , svrine , &c , or of any waggon , cart , vehicle , or other carrisgo of any kind whatsovur , which shall only cross any turnpike road , or shall not pass above 100 yards thereon . The Feeond c ' ause extends the powers of former acts to this act , &o . Discovert op a Citrious Document . —Among the records at Guildall there has just beeu found a contract by which Charles I . gave over in mortgage ,
• o the Corporation of London , certain large tracts of Crown land in Northumberland , Durham , &c , for a loan of £ 300 , 0 U 0 of the theu currency . The ill-fated and misguided monarch never had the power of redeeming these lands which thus merged : nto the city estates . The Corporation , however , thinking them too distant and too barren to be profitable , disposed of th m to the ancestors of tho pre ? -. ' -:-. t great coal proprietor . * , thus unwittingly ihro-. vin ; r away the ricbe-j and most valmbie soil in England , which wo' -iKi long since luve produced them a net profit of £ 400 . 900 per annum .
Sad Mistake . —When a female member of the Briti .-h Royal family hol ^ s a levee , it is customary for her to kiss tho ladies of the nobility , and no others . It happened that the lady of the Lord Justice Clerk was , on one occasion , amoii / j the number of th ' j . - » presented to the late Princess Amelia , who , as it is- well known , was very deaf . " Stund by for my Lady Justice Clerk , " said the man in waiting . Meanwhile , some meddling person whispered him that his announcement was incorrect , the lady bein ? a commoner . By this time the kiss preliminary was about to be performed , when out bawled the man of office through a speaking trumpet , " Dout kiss her , Madam , she ' s not a lady !"
Extraordinary Circumstance . —On Wednesday last , \ Villia » Green , ent * n < : ed at the Mitre Inn , in this city , as flyman , was ordered to drivo a party out for an airing , but on arriving opposite the Windmill public-house , in St . Gilea ' n , he complained of having a pain in his side , and requested a man to drive the fly for him , and he then n igh ' . ed and went into the hou ? s and borrowod a com non table knifp , and proceeded onwards till he arrived nrar the Hut publiohouse , where he cut his throat , which ho m : » nglrd in a very shocking manner ; ht r . as soon afterwards discovered , and was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , where he was promptly attention by Mr . W : ngfield , surgeon , and now lies in a very precarious state . No cause could be assigned for t ' uc rash act . —Oxford Chronicle .
Shameful Occurrence at a Flneual . —A . man of the name of Tain Dowie , belonging to Kinross , having died , all his relatives were prohibited , by the last will and testament of this eccentric , from coming near his dead body , seeing they had not looked near him while living , and certain acquaintances of tho deceased were appointed to do the particular honours of the burial . —Accordingly , none of the relatives appeared until the funeral company had commenced their progress to the church-yard , when a sister ' ^ eon of the deceased came forward and demanded the
" head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignity- He refused . From word- ; it came to blows—a regular fight then ensued between tho two—and in the c-intest , the relative of the deceased kicked the coffin with such force , that a space was opened , displaying to the horrifying feeling of the bystanders , the body hi its gravo-clothes . The body was earrkd to the >; rave by the Kinross officials , leaving the brural wretrh ' .-. s to fight it out . Such a scene could hardly bo expected to occur ani'i ; g savages—horrible surely amon ^ Christians , iu the nineteenth century . —Stirtino Observer .
Rumours of Ministerial Changes . — Wo can state nothing on the subject of tho probable cast of the new Government in any other shape than as a rumour . But we aro at liberty to add that wo have been favoured with a sight of more than one list by parties who were certainly in con munication , in the eouTfc of Monday , with some ot ihe distinguished individuals whose names we are about to give . Of course , as , on the one hand , it would be absurd to profess that we feel at all responsible for the eventual accuracy of any of these anticipations , so on the other , it would be unreasonable , in testing them , hereafter , by results , to forget that , from the very nature of the case , they who may have been really designated to a particular department to-day , may be replaced or overlooked iu new arrangements thai are to *> e suggested to-morrow ; and , from that very circumstance , may be hereafter disposed to countenance , ( tacitly , at teas ? , ) the impression that they to such at
were never deni ^ iiated appointments all . In one k 'hst , " then , we have set-n Lord John Russell associated with Earl Spencer for his premier ; and m another , Lord John as Premier , with Earl Spencer as . First Lord of the Admiralty , Mr . Macauiay for Home Secretary , the Earl of Clarendon for Foreign Secretary , Lord Howick for the Colonies ( i ) . In another the Duke of Richmond ha , 3 been named as Premier , Lord Stanley a 3 leader in the House of Commons . In another list ,, which we should say is much more likely to be confirmed by the event , we have seen the premiership accorded to Sir Robert Peel ; a position in the Cabinet ( such as Lord President of the Council—an office without any active functions ) , to the Duke of Wellington , in order to give to the new Government what , it is naturally anticipated would prove the prestige of his grace s name ; and the Foreign Department to the Earl of Aberdeen . In none of these lists were there repeated the name ? of Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerston . —Morning Herald .
Hoebible Atrocity . — " About twslve years ago , " says the Nouvelliste des Ardennes , " the daughter of a farmer in the arrondissemens of Mezieres was married to a young man of a neighbouring village . After a few months , the wife was attacked with symptoms of mental alienation , which in a little time assumed all the character of confirmed madness . The husband took her back to her father , conceiving that in his hands there would be a greater chance of her recovery . The father received her , but soon finding the charge too onerous , contrived the following means of disposing of her . He privately constructed a species of case formed of four planks , between seven and eight feel long , leaving one of the extremities open , and fixed it upright in his stable . Having enticed the poor creature to lace herself in ithe closed the case up , and there
p , left her standing utterly precluded from escape . He daily supplied her with food , letting it down from the top , ehe having juss room enough in tho angles of her narrow prison to raise her hand and carry it to her mouth- Of course she was constantly kept standing on her legs , without tbe possibility of changing her position . Thus was she confined for a period of nearly twelve years , till » short time ago , when she waa discovered aud released . Waeu taken out she had lost full a foot in her height , and her appearance was more that of some nondescript animal than of a woman . She hid no speech , but uttered inarticulate sounds borrowed from the cattle whose voice * alone she had heard during the whole period . A judicia l inquiry is making into the case . The details oi this case aro bo strange and unnatiral ihikt we cannot suppose them to b « true .
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Princb Albebt . —A report has beea going through all th « . newspapers that Prince Albert is in a very delicate state of health , and is consumptive—that he is going abroad for his health , and that perhaps the Queen would accompany him . We believe this , like many other foolish reports , originated with the silly correspondent of a morning paper . —We are happy to have it in our power to give it a flat contradiction . The Prince was never in better health , nor has he been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever , nor wish , to go abroad on account of his health , or for any other reason .-Or / ord * k T ^ Jf i ~[ h L ° indnlge the preposterous idea that the Prince has any " intention to go abroad on account of hts health , or for any other reason ? " He has got quartered on John Ball , " demouish" flows into his pockets , and he feels at home to a tye . — Primer s Devil . ]
Curious Cise ^ -About six or seven years ago , Brotherton , the Edinburgh and Salton carrier / proceeded to Salton Hall , where he received from the butler and housekeeper of the family the sum of £ 80 , t-o pay for various articles obtained in Edinburgh . On his way home he was , according to his account , set upon by two men , who knocked him down , and out away the pocket containing the money , with which they made clear off . Investigation was set on foot id every direction at the time , but no trace could be obtained of the robbers , and the case was allowed to drop , not without some suspicion attaching to the
carrier himself of having kept the money , and coninved the story of the robbery to divert suspicion from bimseif . Within these few days , however , information was received at the County Police-office that a man named Mitchell , living in the Grassmarket , and another named Peaston , living in Lasswade , were implicated ' in the robbery , they both having been employed at tho time of the robbery with a shoemaker in the village of West Salton lhey were both apprehended , and , aftor invesf . gatiou , the , incn have been committed for trial — Ayr Observer .
V , ealtht VAGJUNT .-On Monday night , an old Higalandl . il- arrived in Cupar from Dundee , on his route to Lumburgh . After obtaining liberty to get iodgmg , and having received charity to pay the name , no person w ^ uld take poor Donald in . He then applied t o the police , who accommodated him with abed . Upon being searched , as is customary , Donald declared that he had " no more but one penny , my dear . " However , Donald ' s word was not t » ba taken , and after boing divested of his upper garments , meal bags , &c , he was found to be worth
more tnaa he intended should be known . In the inside of the cuff of one of the sleeves of his old coat , was found three pound notes , neatly stitched there , and in the other two in tho eame manner—in a small purse attached to his garter 19 s . Gd . in Bilver —and ju a concealed pocket iu his trousers Is . 2 £ < 1 . which with tho penny , amounted altogether to £ 6 . 0 s . ^ d .. When tha discovery was made , poor Donald ' s " Oit ; h ! Oigh I" waa truly pitiable—his whole covering was not worth the 9 ^ d . Next morninj . ' Donald was elevated on tho top of thecoack for Edinburgh at his ownexpenco .
A Youth shot by his Father . —For a long time past , depredations of an extensive nature have been committed in tho gardens of Mr . Cooke , of Weston , to tho perpctritors of which no clue could be obtained . Monday night , Mr . C . was alarmed on hearing some one ou his premises , and ho accordingly got up , and , armed with a loaded gun , proceeded to scour the gardens in searching of the untimely intruders . After a brief search , ho dipcovered some one making off from the cucumber frames . He shouted " stop , " but tho trespasser did not heed the cry , avid Mr , Cooko accordingly levelled his gun ami fired . Tue fellow immediately dropped , and on Mr . Cooke seizing him , he was shocked at beholding his own son . It is neccs ^ ar .
to state that this unfortunate youth is o : icM ; f the wor .-t description of characters , having beeu more than once placed at the bar for ofi ' oiiccs of a serious nature . ; and there is too much reason to fear that through him the robberies in his father ' s garden have beeu cfflcted . It is a melancholy circunj-tance , but tiie youth has become so utterly mcorrijjiiilo as to repel all sympathy in his behalf . On examining his person , at the utatiori-house , the charge of the gun was found to havo struck his neck aud shoulders , though not to any dangerous extent . He was laken before the magisrrates , at Chandos House , ou the following day , but the unhappy father declining to appear against him , he was discharged with a severe admonition . —Bath Journal
Hints on Health . —Avoid excess of food as the principal source of dyspepsia . Five or six hours should elapse between meals . Commercial and professional men should avoid long fasting . Do uot hurry from dinner to business ; rest an hour afterwards . Never eat things out of seison , nor much of dishes to which you are unaccustomed . Much liquid at dinner delays the digestion . Avoid intemperance . Water is the most wholesome beverage . Excess of fermented liquors is highly injurious . Useful exertion is indespensable to health and happiness . Muscular exercise , well regulated , is conducivo to longevity . The sedentary should walk whenever they have an opportunity . Never continue exercise alter it has become painful . Standing at a high dc .= k to write , when fatigued with sitting , will be found highly beneficial to literary men . The constant uso of soft stuffed seats is injurious . Rooms in which the sedentary are employed , should be
warmed by fires in open grates , which assist ventilation ; not by steam , hot water , gas , or close stoves . Never stand or sit with your back to the fire . Mental excitement is one of the most prevalent causes of disease , producing dyspepsia , monomania , and insanity . F « w things tend more to the preservation of health and tho prolongation of life , than the maintenance of a calm , cheerful , and contented state of mind , and the cultivation of feelings . Mental inactivity is scarcely less injurioun than excessive exercise , giviDg rise to hypochondriasia . In the choice of professions , the talents , disposition , and natural bent of thu mind of tho individuals ought to be studied . Trips into the country to watering and sea-bathing places aro highly beneficial to those who live in towns . Marriage is favourable to health , but should not be contracted too early . Tobacco injures digestion , and relaxes the nerves . —Abridged from Mr . Curtis ' s Work on the "Preservation of Health . "
Murder of a Child by its Father . —An occur rer . ee of au exceedingly distressing nature took place at Cambridge on Thurs-day evening week . John Newitt , a respectable and well-conducted labouring man , lately under-porter at Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , and who lived with his wife and children in the Falcon Yard , Petty cury , almost severed from its body the head of hi 3 infant son , seven weeks old , aud then gave himself up to tho police , stating that ho was led to commit the horrid deed through dread of the Union Workhouse . The unhappy man had , on the morning of the same day , attempted his own life by taking a quantity of laudanum . He desired that his wife migiil be made acquainted with the
circumstances , because as he had murdered the child whilst she had gone out , he was afraid she might , when she discovered what had occurred , fancy he would return and murder her also : this he would not have her to imagine , for she was the best of wives . The magistrates have committed the prisoner to take his trial on a charge of murder at tho next Aesizes . The unhappy man who has been induced to commit this homblo crime , appears to be remarkably quiet and inoffensive in his demeanour . During his examination he conducted himself with ihe utmost decorum , and at times appeared deeply affected . An inquest was held on the body of the child , and a verdict of " Wilful murder" agaiust the lather was returned .
London Sessions . —Extraordznarv Scene . ( Saturday . )—( Before tho Recorder , Aldermen Farebrother , Lucas , Wood , &c . )—Mr . Charles Cannon , a respectable looking man , carrying on an extensive business p . s a fishmonger , at St . Mary-at-Hill , Billingsgate , appeared to answer to a charge of having assaulted his sister , on the night of Thursday last . — It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Cannon has recently been made a bankrupt , and on his going home about twelve o ' clock on the night abovo named , he found two messengers from the Court of Bankruptcy in the house . He coaxed them to the door , and after getting them outside shut the door , and threatened to murder any parson who let them in again . In a short time afterwards Miss Cannon , hearing the
wife of the defendant calling for assistance , she ran into her room , when the defendant threatened to do for her with a fire shovel which ho held in his hand . He did not strike her , but she was 80 alarmed that she was near jumping out of the window , by which she would have lost her life . —The defendant said , his wife , sister , and family had made him a bankrupt , and were using every possible exertion to ruin him ; he had been twice placed in a madhouse , where he underwent the most cruel persecutions . He did not owe more than £ 300 , and was worth £ 20 , 000 . He had established a fish » nd ice company , aud had three excellent shops , but the whole ot his family were bent on his utter ruiu . —A sorgeant belonging to the city police station of Billingrgate , stated , that , during the last two month * , the conduct of Mr . Cannon had been very strange ; he hid purchased a quantity of ice-oarta , and dressed tbe drivers and
lour messengers at his own expence . On one occasion he bought a large quantity of salmon for la . 6 d . a pound , and sold it for Id . ( Loud laughter . )^ -Defendant : Pray , Mr . Polieeman . whftt have you to do with it ; didyouhelptopayforit ! At thu stage of the proceedings Mr . Cannon produced one of hii mesnngera to the Ico Company , aud requested him to show hie top-boots and buckfkin breeches to the Recorder and Aldermen , which ho did amidst much laughter . A very painful scene here took plaoe between the brother and sister ; tho latter , with tears in her eyes , said that the life of every person in the house was in the most imminent danger , and the former declaring he would not hurt one of them if they did not lock him up in a madhouse . The defendant was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep tho peace for three months , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail . The defendant was th « n x « mov « d in nfltc 4 y .
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Horrible ! Horrible ! ! La Presse states M that one of the most extraordinary circumstances in the annals of a Constitutional Government has just occured in Sweden . The Ministers of State there have been accused , not of having violated the laws of their country and abused their power , but of having brought their country to a state of unexampled prosperity ! ' At this moment ( adds La Presse ) Sweden iaone of the happiest countries on the face of the earth , the merit of which is dae to the King . Formerlj the nation was loaded with debt j at present there is an excess of income over the expenditure ; but it is alleged that the ministers produced this prosperity by violating the constitution , and that they must account for the responsibility they have incurred !"
A Fancy Baix . —At Union-Hall Police-ofiice , London , on Saturday , Mrs . Louisa Leonora Toll , the landlady of the Montpelier tavern , Walwotth , was summoned for allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house during a fancy ball held there a few evenings ago . Inspector Campbell , of the P division , stated that he visited the defendant ' s house at half-pa 8 t one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , at which time there were upwards of seventeen or eighteen persons drinking at the bar . Hearing a noise andscreaming up stairs , he proceeded there . hen discovered a large assemblage of persons of both sexes in a spacious room , in which he was informed that a fancy -dress ball was going forward . He eutered the room , and saw several persons in fancy costume
, amongst which were three females dressed in the Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch fashion , all ot whom were intoxicated , particularly the " Swiss , " who threw herself into the most grotesquo and disgusting attitudes ; and her conduct was of so obj . « - ttouable a nature , that she was compelled to be carried out of the room by main force , a ' nd seat away in a cab . The womau in tho Spanish dress was also obliged to be expelled ; and she in the Scotch kilt acted withfiuch indecency , promenading up and down the room with the kilt pulled up in such a manner as to shock those of the company who possessed any degree of moral feeling , and m the ei : d her expulsion was also deemed expedient . The inspector added , that he spoke to the defendant on tho subject , but she appeared to be totally ignorant as to what was going forward up stairs , saying that she had enough to do to attend to the bar . There was a
band of music in the room , and the noise made by the company c ^ uld be dUliuctlr heard in the road . The waiter of the Montpelier stated that he attended on tho _ company in tho ball-room , and that hu ouly uotieed three " ladies" amongst the company wtio were at all "distinguished in liquor , " aud thos « .-were the three in the Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch lirussen , who Wt-re turned out of tho room . For his part , he saw nothing objectionable in the conduce o any vf the company , although somo of the " ladies' ' were a little frisky , and enjoyed themselves . Air . TraiJl said that although it did not appear the duii-iidant had anything to do with the getting up of the ball , yet as she permitted a room ou her premises to be devoted to the purpose , she had , therefore , rendered herself amenable to fho law , and having permitted drunken and disorderly conduct therein , he would inflict a penalty of 40 d . aud costs , on her for the offence .
Cok'j . veu ' s Inquest . —Skduction and Suicide . — Melancholy Case of Dkpjiavjty . —On Saturday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , City coroner , at St . Bartholomew's hospital , on tho body oi Elizabeth Wicks , alias Ann Jones , a young female , aued 18 , who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic , under the following circumstuiices : —The inquiry was opened on Friday se ' nnight , when , from the evidenc » taken on that occa , sion , it appeared that on tho Wednesday previous the deceased was discovered sitting on the step of a door in W h \ te-cro 33-stre » t , labouring under the « . iffets of poison . A cab was procured , and she was driven to the hospital , where she at first denied that fjhi ) had taken poison , but ultimately acknowledged
mat she had . She then ga , ve an account ot herself , stating that four months back she was in a cotnfortabio situation , but was seduced , and lost her piaco , and from that time she became an outcast upon the to ' . vn ; aud that the cause of her taking tiie poison was a quarrel with another uufortunatt girl 6 he was living with . The usual r ^ m-dies were applied , but she sank and died . Yooterday , the following additional evidence was given : —Elizabeth Kerneli eaid the deceased was her child by a , former marriage , and the last time she . saw her alive was on Tuesday week , when she left homo early in the morning . She had formerly been a girl of very bad habits , but for the la , st two months her conduct had been better . About seven months back she
discovered that her child was suffering from a loathsome disease , when she said , on being told of it , that she had been seduced by a youug man , named George Partridge , who , to accomplish his purpose , had drugged some drink , of which she partook . They passed the ni ^ ht in a house of ill fame , when in the morning shame and remorse bo overpowered her feelings that she burst into tearsr , upou which her seducer struck her a violent blow in the mouth , for which ho was taken bofore a magistrate . The deceased from this time was continually robbing hr . r . ' 1 ho proceeds of the things she stole was spent upon her seducer . About three weeks back , the deceased appeared very bad in her mind , and , oa a sudden , exclaimed , "Oh ! mother ,
you have brougat George to seo me dio . " 'She had never seen the deceased drunk , nor had she boen turned out of doors , but all her misdoings she attributed to George Partridge . Mr . James Tiit , usher to the Worship-street police court , baid he knew the deceased from her being continually brought to that court ou the charge of robbing her mother . About three months back , she was , through the instrumentality of Mr . Giove , the magistrate , admitted into the Refuge for the Destitute , but was ? oon after taken out on her stating tkat she was in tho family way . The girl was of the most depraved habits , and had frequently been in the House of Correction . George Partridge , the young man alladed to , said he had known the deceased three years . About seven months ago . the deceased sJept with him at her
mother 8 house , during her absence iu the country . He had never beeu with her lo a house of ill-fame , uor had he received any money from her , and he was certain that he was not tho first person who had slept with her , as he subsequently became ill in consequence of the connection . The last time ho spoke to her was three months ago , soon aftor she came out of prison , wheu she wanted him to live with her , but he refused . The reason he struck her was because she called his mother a whore . Other evidence having been given , the Coroner made some forcible remarks on the depravity displayed throughout the case , and the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , and , at . the same time , they thought the conduct of the mother highly blameablu for tho way iu which she had brought up her child .
An Incorrigible Impostor . — On Saturday , Catherine Murphy , an incorrigible vagrant , about thirty years of age , was brought before Mr . Combe , in the custody of police-constable No . 57 , £ division , at a London police office , charged with begging . The constable having been sworn , stated that , on Friday afternoon , about five o ' clock , he was on duty in Doughty-street , Brunswick-square , when he saw the prisoner following several ladies , and importuning them in a most impertinent manner for alms , and he watched her until she pur .-ued two ladies to the door of No . 43 , Doughty-street , and saw them give her bomo money , wheu he took her info custody . She resisted iu a most violent manner , screamed out , and used every effort in her power to incite the
crowd assembled to violence towards him , and ho had considerable difficulty in taking her to the station-hoiu-c . Pursuant to his iustructions he took her to the Mendicity Society ' s office , Red Lic / iisquare , where she was recognised as ' a well-known and incorrigible vagrant , who had been repeatedly in custody , and convicted under aggravated circumstances . — A clerk connected with tho mendicity society attended with the registry book of the society , and elated that the prisoner was the most notorious importer in London , and she was in the habit of pursuing various modes of imposition for the purpose of cheating the unwary . Ou one occasion an officer of the society saw her pursuing ladies iu Russellsquare , and importuningithem for charity , with what
appeared to be a child at Her breast , which she occasionally kissed and hugged with affected fondness ; the officer look her into custody , and said that he would take her to tho Mendicity Society , where she would be relieved ; but she refustd to go , and resisted him in the most violent manner , and created a large mob and Bho then screamed out , and exclaimed , " Oh , my child , " and used every effort to incite the mob to violence towards the officer , who was maltreated ; but on their road to the stationhouse , tho " child ' dropped from her arms , and , on being picked up , it was found to be an effigy , consisting of nothing but rags . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner , with the assistance of similar materials , assumed the appearance of being enciente . Her case was registered as one of the most infamous that was ever recorded in the society's books . —Mr . Combe asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charue I—She said , in a broad Irish dialect , that
she did uwt bejr . She had been afflicted in her mind ev « r since the death of her husband , and she had lost considerable property through his death . She waa cometimea mad , and did not know what she did ; and » be wa » alwayBin this condition when she began to think of her husband . —Mr- Combe : But what have you to say about the rag child , oh ! ( A laugh . ) —Prisoner : Sure , it waa not a child at all . ( A lauuh . ) It waa only * few old i * rb , tb » t I ttm iroing to tell , when the officer « a » ed me , and then he * wore that it vru * child . ( Laughter . ) — Mr . Combe eaid he never heard of a more impudent impostor . He enquired whether they had any register of her former convictions 1— He was answered in the negative . —Mr . Combe : I » is fortunate for her ; if they were produced I would commit her for three months with hard labour to the House of Correction . 1 shall new commit her for one month . —The prisoner bellowed loudly , and , on being locked up , she expressed a wish that her ase should not be advertised in the newspapers .
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World-Wearikess . —Matilda Wiles , a yonng woman of delicate and interesting appearance waa placed at the tar , at Worship street Police-office , on Saturday , on a charge of having attempted to destroy herself . Police constable G 69 stated that on Friday evening , he was on duty in the City-road , wheu the prisoner was pointed out to him by a younij man , who informed him that she had just before attempted to destroy herself in the New River , and that he apprehended she was about to renew the attempt . She was standing at the time on the canal bridge , with an air of deep dejection , and looking down wistfully at the water , and , just as witness was approaching her , she clambered upon the coping , and threw herself over . He succeeded , fortunately , in catching hold of the skirts of her dregs , but , on dragging her back , she struggled violently to disengage herself , and struck him ia the face . On her way to the station-house , she said she was weary of
her life , and was determined to end it . The prisoner ' s mother stated to the magistrate , that in the early part of last summer tho deluded girl had the misfortune to form an intimacy with a silly romantic youth , to whom she beoame passionately attached ; aud in a fit of mawkish and maudlin sentiment of the French caste , he induced her to believe that they were doomed to misery in this world , and it . were better to end their lives and woes together . They accordingly each took a strong dose of poison , the effect of which proved speedily fatal to her monomaniac lover , but by the aid of prompt remedies , the life of the infatuated girl was saved . Ever since that melancholy event sne had been miserable and broken hearted , and had made no less than three attempts on her life previous to the one that was frustrated by the policeman . After admonishing her upon the impropriety of her conduct , in feeling aud forcible language , which , however , did not appear to make any impression upon her , the magistrate delivered her up to her friends .
Matrimony and Gin . —At the Mansion House , London , on Saturday , a young man uamed Wanie , a journeyman cooper , was charged on a warrant before tho Lord Mayor wilh beating his wife , and giving her a black eye . The complainant , a goodlooking young woman , with a handkerchief tied round her head , detailed a long list of grievances , from whence it appeared that they had been married about four months , more than three months of wh-. ch time she had stood on tho stool of repentance . Before the honeymoon was over he took to neglecting his work , and getting drunk , ai ;
ol his behaving in this manner to her ? The compiaiuant said she believed ho wa-jealous of her , but hIio would swear she had givpii him no cause . The Lord Mayor—Now , Warne , what have you to say to this conduct ? . Defendant—Why , my Lord , it ' s her fault ; there's a fellow she calls her cousin always coming , and I am quite sure she likes him better than me . The Lord Mayor—You are a foolish , jealous-headed fellow , and don ' t go the way to make any woman like you . Treat your wife kindly , and you need be under no apprehension * from her cousin , I'll bo bound . ' Defendant—S >> 1 did , my Lord , till t thought aha had put , the horns on my head . The Lord Mayor—Well , do it n # ain , for I am quite sure she divpvves to be weil n ^ e . l ; and I advise you to leave off setting drunk : # in and matrimony never a ^ ree together . The defendant was then ordered to enter into his owu recognizances to keep the peace towards his wife . The happy couple thin reared .
Meat not Meet . —At , the Mansion House , on Saturday , an Irishman , named John Collins , was brought before Alderman Pirie , charged with having hawked about a starved sow for stale iu Leadenhafl Market . —Inspector Marchant stated , that a very unusual scene took place in Lcadenhall Market . A policeman stationed in thar . neighbourhood saw the defendant carrying upon his shoulders a dead sow , which had been-regularly scalded , and drawn and cut for dressing ; but which presented such an appearance as no animal ever before exhibited . It was , in fact , the mere ghost of a sow , for not a morsel of flesh was to be seen upon the bones ? , and the only judgment that could be formed of the poor object was , that she died of a consumption . As
such pork could not be fit for human food , and as it was well known that there were sausage-makers who would not hesitate to turn any tiling that ever hobbled upon four Ieg 3 to account , witness ordered that the man who offered the poor 6 ow for sale should be brought before the Lord Mayor , to receive a lesson on the subject . —Alderman Pirie , who observed that the defendant had lately come from Ireland , asked him how he could think of selling a sow iu such a condition ? Dtfendaut —•* ' Why , plaise your honour , I thou « ht to get a bit of bread for myself and the childther by it . ' A ' -derman Pirie" But it is not fit to be eaten . " Defendant— " Oh yis , yis . Its fit enough , or if it an ' t fit to eat its fit to pick . It au ' t long deceased . ( A lau ^ h . ) I only kilt it a little while ago . " Alderman Pine— " You never kilted that sow with a knife . If you killed her you killed her with starvation . "
Defendant' No , yonfr Honour . Upon my sowl I tuck the breath out of her in the proper way . She wouldn't walk , and I couldn ' t afford to nurse her , so I turn'd her inside out . " Alderman Pirie— "Then you killed her tff save her life ? " ( Laughter . ) Defendant— " I offered her victual ? , but she wouldn ' t have any thing , and then I bought her a pen ' orih of physic in a Doctor ' s hhop ; but to the divel she pitched the physic ; so I saw nothing for it but to rip her up . " Tha Inspector said that the people who followed the defendant and his pig were anxious to be allowed to burn the latter upon the spot . It was , indeed , quite impossible that any body could think of using her as meat . There was an hungry-looking dog in the next room , that growled at a person who threw a bit of the pig to him to eat . Alderman Pirie ( 'o the defendant)— " You may go , but your pig shall be dostrovt-d ; so you see you brought if . to the wrong market . "
An Indian Story . —Ouc afternoon , in the spring of 1829 , a young Indian , naflied Mickenock of the Ottawa tribe , cu the eastern bank of Lake Michigan , having indulged too freely in the use of fire-drink , commenced a quarrel with , and finally stabbed to the heart , a son of one of the chiefs . Knowing that he must suffer death by tho hands of some one of the family whose * relative he had killed , he immediately collect < d all his own family and fled into the woods . The chief and his sons at onco commenced search for the murderer—no pains nor toil were spared to ferret out the hiding placo of the unfortunate and guilty Mickenock ; but the summer passed , the leaves began to' fall , and no trace of him could be found . Almost in despair , the old chief , burning to
avenge the death of his son , looked about for some relative of Mfckenock vipon whom he could satisfy this darling desire of the Indian heart , but no oue could be lound ; all the family and blood relatives wero with him in his hiding ' place . Despairing at length of either finding his enemy or avenging himself op any of the blood relations , the chief determined to avaij himself of . the privilege allowed by Indian custom , and toavenge himself on a relative of the witeof the murderer . Mickenock , although effectually concealed liom the old chief , was nevertheless conversant , through some of his friends , with all that was transpiring in . the chief s wigwam ; and as soon as he Jearned the chief ' s determination to avenge his son ' s death upon one of his wife ' s relatives , he
immediately sent in word to tho old chief ' s wigwam , that , upon the day of the meeting of the great council , which was theu soon to be held , he would deliver himself up to atone for the life of his son . The chief received the information with evident gratification . A few weeks passed away , the great lodge was erected , and tbe council at length assembled . The chief communicated the intelligence which he had received from his son s murderer , and it was agreed that no business should be' transacted until Mickenock should appear . The council tat in silence until about twelve o'clock , when suddenly the brave Mickenock bounded into the midst of the council , calmly surveyed the assembled , chiefs , a / id eat down in silence in the
centre of the lodg <; bis wife and children immediately followed , and formed a circle round him ; then taking out his flint he struck a spark aud lighted his pipe , and smoked it in silence . The eyes of the council and his little family were intensely fixed upon him . At length Mickenock arose , and addressing bimseif to the chief , said , " I killed your sou , he was a youu& brave ; he did me no wrong , be was my friend ; 1 crank the fire-drink—the firecirink mace me kill your son ; Mickenock is very sorry , and deserves to die . " Then turning to the eldest brother of the deceased , he drew a knife from hiB bosom . " There , " said Mikenock , " is the knife that drank the heart ' s blood of your brother ; take itand like a brave man avenge your brother ' s
, death . " This said , Mickenock instantly laid bare hia whole breast . The brother spat upon his hand , clenched his knife with a deadly gratp , and drew up his arm ; Mickenock , pointing to the epot nearest heart , gave the word " Strike . " Instantly the brother plunged the knife to the hilt into the bosom of the brave Mickeuock , who fell dead at his feet . The wife and children of Mickenock beheld the whole scene , apparently without moving a muscle but the moment he expired , they all fell npon and embraced him , with fobs , and tear * , and groans , sad wailinK * , which eannot be described , and
altogether presented % pieture of » ueh unfeigned anguish and genuine sorrow , a * to overcome and melt every spectator of the scene . After the wife and children of Mickenock had thus expressed their sorrow for about half an hour , the old chief thut addressed her : — " Wife of Miskenock , we are satisfied your , husband was a bravo man ; he died like a brave man ; henceforth you are ny daaghter , and your children are my children . Go into soy wigwam ; you shall be well treated , and live with me as my daughter ; these children shall grow mp around me , and shall be taught to be brave like totir father . " — From tin Nina fork JLmmtau
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1109/page/3/
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