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iW ACT TO AMEND THE LAW FOR THE ^ BB 6 ISTSATI 0 N ^ FYOTERS , INOOIIPOSA TlNff THE HEFOKil ACT , ANI > SE GBST : STATDTE 5 ; " W 3 TH INTROpTJ GTION AND A COPIOUS 1 UDEX . — TJ * ^ E » TKA 2 D ~ W . COX , ISSQ ^ , BiBSlHSB . —Se-3 ^ 5 Edfeaon . l ^ ubliBaed a * ""&e © See of fee jgx Ttmes s London . iQg 3 is a most Tisefnl and Yalu&ble publication »»» & embodied , ia syBtemafio arrangement , ofl
STjxws xeJabro-to - ^ the JCanoMse , " "the ^ jsaaHon ^*« id"iheEle ^ onB . ? Thebookgives ^^ st caa l ^ needefljas-isr as . the BSYeraleuMtjjjgite regulating tbe above operations , are congerned i for under e&ch separate head Is given ail jheS tatHtesbeaiinj ? on the question . The airangejnenl is excellent . ^ Ihe publication wiD be of immense use to Overggers , IlegnstraiaDri ^ gente , SheiiSs , Shtsriff-offieers , ^ jeinnuDg-officsrs , Eecfion Conntufctees and Poll derla . Infleei ^ tfis the Best-work -we lave seen for sny . &naCTery one who Irishes to know . the Jaw sffecnn ? theTranchis 8 andits exercise .
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DB . PhkLOJ mi been appointed » eommisuoi > er to 3 nguire into the state of fever Is Ireland . Potatoes sre selling at Kilkee , county Clare , at one ha ' penny per stone . And in Dublin at 51 d . per Btone . Tbs Foot of a Chinese female , from the hee l to the £ res& toe , u only f oar Inches long . STBATftEKHiEs sib ^ selling in Ty ^ n at one penny t&e junt 10 T £ In Ranee Is an opera ; in England a tragedy ; in Italy a comedy ; and in CterEum ; a melodrama . « Whitb flrreaa gloves , * says the Leicester Mercury " may be bought in thiB town at a penny per pair !" Thb Poeces now concentrated in Ireland exceed , it lassM , 35 OODmen ! Wet is PancA like the serial ship I—Because he iaa jx& made sirrp jet , xaa sever win . A "Welsh Kith-spaces . 1 b about to be started at ZdTerpooL
Ocb . WiB Sisxh-shtps form no Issb a proportion Stan one-fifth of ibe British navy . — -BrysiftM Gazette . Tee tisst of August la fixed lor the redaction of the Irish sugar duty . CCoirKEii ^ sszii ias been s-dd to consist in ieep-Jnj the peasantry / at the boiling point , and preventing them boiling over . Tsteite Pkbsoss hrre held the office of Mayor of the city of Washington ainca Hie year 1802 . Of thia jnnn'beT five-were pracfical printers . Accounts have been received from the Governor of Senegal to tbeSdnlt ! They annennce the almost total fgSore this year of the gum crop , TbbCork Ezanmisr states that "Rebecca and her ^ Jxushteis" * fesTB lately made ffr ft ' appearance in icefanaT T ¥ e xeabs , from Qie Liverpool Times , that the dlsgracffnl practice of placing women in the public stocks is being revived at Pxescot and St . Helen ' s .
ME- Jaqees sold xune-Ebort-hornB , ai D ^ rby , for 600 pnueas ; and 311 . Watson , of WalMneham , a short-hom Jitifer for 150 snines s . —3 farik Lane Express , * T"Tt Masosic Grand Lodge of England has Toted JlLfiOO towards a monument to the memory of their HhuTtriouB Grand Master , the late Dike of Sussex , ACCOXDEfG to the last census of the Russian empire , flB toafl : mnnber of inhabitants who can write and read to 4467 , S 9 a , at tie proportion of the whole population of one to twelve . The Few O&cms Ticaymc , aUnding to a candidate ' s dedisTs&tm that he would head tie president or die , says , "TSTien a man pledges his hononr to tiie , he cngbt ioiB&— or periih in the attempt . " ! The kcsbeb . op XOCO 3 I 0 TTTES on the German raDwaya , acoording to M . Ton Redsn , is 245 , of "which aafty-eighf are German , 166 "RTijTitihj tvelve Bplgfnn , ami twenty-nine Americas .
A P-kSii > ox-—The Mercfuril Times , in aDnsion to the death ef the fsYoaritafhorse Hexley , says , * ' af ^ erhehad m the Sanage Stakes , and -sraa taken to the stable , he wmlilxathersiaBd m > riiedoiniI Bx aseries of interesting experiments lately made in Philadelphia , a woman ' s toafne has been fonnd capable of moving ens thonsand nine hundred and twenty trmpw in a minute . - A TOI 3 G highTrayman -wa offered his life , after condemnation , if he -wonld consent to haTe his Ug cut off , Sata : neTr 5 typlicmi £ itbe tried . "WhatI" replied he , " and go Spins to the deril at last ? 'So , I'll be d- —a itrat , " and iras hznged 1 The DrsxciOES . of the Belgian railroads are buHd-1 ns a diligence "with . two fioors . The upper part-will be a gbzsd gallery , from Whicaan otenriTe nea of the eormtry snTl fee ccmznsnded . It ia to mn between XiBRBsndTcrsifiM .
The jjjttai income of charitable endowments m England and Wales exceeds ^ £ 1 , 200 , 000 ; vhe commis- j » bu of inqniry east aiesriy ^ 260 . 060 aod yet nothing ' rfRytrtyi lias been done towards remedying the s * "ss : abuses Which It exposed . ; OsTsuxsdat , the steam-packet Bstavier , Captain i 3 ) nnlop , amredoffSi . ! Eathaitoe > S&am-paiiet Wharf , j Ircm Rotterdam . Tstt of her esigb consisted of 4501 bastetsof potatoes and 50 » baskets of carrenla , -which Were « onsi £ nedtotwos 33 esmeninSpitalfieldsmar 3 ceb ] Tttkti-r his bbet an-extraordinary demand for ] eojnes orDr . raseyfiierHion . Upwards of 3 , 000 copies ^ ksTebeec sect to Ireland . Two editions of 6 , 000 each , j baTe been printed , and & third edition , it is expected , ¦ is about to issue . ' CossozrsG—test '—The -directors of the new rail- ' way of R-aEifort-on-tie-Oder 2 istb resolved toieepat ! erery safiona guanfity of bxndases end medicines , in j order that in case of accident aome relief may he given , in the Szsfc xns ^ cea . ;
la IHE 33 leaHiie . gHHmdJ cl Sir Gharies Halse , * i Sremoie , there is a splendid specimen of Qse tnlip tree , of about SOD years ' fro wth , and snpposedte be the £ ret in Scgland , -with thonsands of flowtas now in full perfection . __ Axassi HtbbostaTIC Bee . —Tlniarch says , in his "Iafe of Alexander /* that the Babylonians used , during lhe dog-days , to -sleep on " sldna filled with wafer " The Passesgbbs between Pnvnea and England fe « a 2 isi to STih Junes—ByBologne ,. ~ .. .......... lj . i * By Calais ,. ~ . ~ . « ...... .. 5 B 7 A 2 ? ew A 53 > BsitnrFux IEO 5 Boat , intended lor fiie ^ inere » Mng tetereonrae between Sonthampton sruHniB . anaiismea theSonfli W ^ tan , arriTedin SsSonihfimplon ^«» on Wednesday -week
Oa the 3 rd of Jnly , the railway -was opened fwm IflHetoBonhaJXjS great town in the cotton mannfactnrrng district , haTing- Ttiih Tonreoing betwesm thirty and fcrty thoosand people . The ^ distance is , we be-Hetb , under ten mEes . A lEiTEB from Iaibedk says , 'Thennmber of faflnres inSos f 3 ty "has sogmentea -within the last ten years , in * o bighiinl a manner , that at present tisey actually exceed those of Hambcrgb , the popnlation and trade of Which are Stb times greater than ono . " The Cobescsoiijli . Tbibukai of Metz condemned , afew days back , to a year's imprisonment sEaafing , the lnaxnnnm of ponisbment allowed by the lavtSKman , Who , on the occasion of the TeU Dies , preseMSflnm-» elf in estate of perfect nndity in the public street at the moment the procession "was passing .
hessrs . mxlLkb , BateshilIt snd XJo . of Black * w = U , Ists | ost completea a new Iron boat for the Lonflt-n and Msr 5 ate ^ stsKon , a Tessel , which bldB Well toToipsss eteiything that has hitherto appeared . Her Machinery is ef great power , ^ nd her obin ibs prettiest that can he shown on the river . Cold Waxes Piijjishmest . —The officers of the A&bnm state- prison 'harve xecently snteUtnted the effntion of cola -water upon the bodieB of refractory pri-¦ OBers instead of sconrgtog This is an important change in prison -disslplxne , and is likely to be adopted- Tery generally throughout the United States . At oke of ovs- « ommen schools , the teacher , in oterfrjmig "hT * « -hn \ ara . put the foDo-crinj ; question : — " What -w&a made to grre light to the -world ?" "Matches I" tried one of the youngsters , after a short ZM » ae .
jl ¥ oi ? Tn *» jz 1 » ExraB 3 iA 2 » cu . — -Ta * Satada ^ Times If bw Tort paper , states % tst the sbtnff and Ms assist xnt performed the duty of hanging Benjamin J > . White in -a " vtajmer Uiat met lhe approbation of all present / A 1 AJ 2 JTXB . T Tea Pabit . A mlitia captain in Berkshire ^ county { says an American paper ) receiving a noie from a JaiJy , xeqnestiiig " t&a pleaEsre of his eoBrpcay to taa . ** imdeistood it-as a «* anpSiBeat to those "CnflET his wiTnTn jw ^ snd marched tbe Trhole of fhpm to the house at the hoar appointed . Sib . Pet £ B iiimiE says there is one great recom mentation in the "wood paTement—economy ; -which be « 2 earJy proves by showing that , if it do no £ sa- ? e the boaea ehoss , at all events it makes them SLiPPEBS . — X H ^ ifn 0 * 32 .-5316 r ^ im j lain < jf Jjje Edinburgh gaol hs » resisned Ms situation , ha-ring gone ever to the * -Erse Snrrch . * " JBxixmgregalim had a coEsdentJouB ^^ rato follow their pastor , bnt theintolecsnt gaoler ' Wcajfin ^ aHovthanl
^ 3 oK 2 ^ g " -spixH a "Wixhsss . ""—The -witmas spoke SlW jjpy tcne of voice that ihe xonnsta inqcrred if ^ . w marded ? Witness : O , dear , yes , Sir . wbbkI ; ThenTwishyon wouldspesiaslond ssyon ^ nen ; By do to yonr husband—( laughter ; . GkiU of Jdy 8 . { The learned - counsel was no doubt a married *»» hmaaL ) i 2 S ^ CtKiE , —A contemporary says , ibat tjaxscen-^^^ = » 3 si i » ipMtoaI cognoscence of psychological ^^ s ^ a £ , ii 3 txnmBt UA wilh eoncnitant ademptlon of ^^ innn ieBt spiritoality and pftprl "' ^''^ contention of
- ^""" Kay ttsnereBon . - ^| *^ BAG 6 Aai SPOKTSKAU , boasting of the cspa-* g « a-of a -rery indifierent horse , swore that the ^«« 1 woald hsTB "won a certain ace , cnly he ran ^~ wassra . ; *» " The on ^ thing , " said a bystander , *® h £ isSj teiun against . " - |* jPj * IIies ^—Xhese taonbleBciBB HtSe insets tosj ^ u ^***^ 3 fleitMyed Wiihoni &e cse of ^> i » on-;^^* apoonfnlor gronna blaci pepper , one tea * ^^ " ^ osnsngsXjand one tableeposnfnl of cream , ^~ ° f " » ell tcgeaia , asd place ttem in the room , on i ^^^^ a » ffiaiie ixcBb lesome , and they will
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** Ma , * said a hopeful youth , may I go to play to-day ? - "X ? Oj child , " was the reply . " Well , toen if you dont let me , 111 go snd get the measles ; for 1 know a boy who has ' em prime 1 " . ; The tceighboitrhodd of KeBdal , which has been famod for the growth of fine fruit , has this year suffered much from the cola east 'winds of Whitsun week . The apples haTe been nearly all destroyed . j As Ekglish lady on arriYing at Calais , on her way to maie-the grand tonr , was anrprisediland somewhat indlgnnnt at being termed for the first time in her life a foreigner . *» Ton mistake , madam , " said she to ] the libeller ; with some piqae—* ' it is you who are foreigners —we are English . " ]
A Minister of the Kirk complained to another that hehacTgotarinfliflfl in h » head ! "Do ye ken ! the leason o that ? " asked his worthy « rony . " 2 fa I " " HI tell ye then , it * becanse ifs emptyl" "And hare ye neTer a ringing in your head ? " quoth the other . * Na , ne 7 er . ** And do ye ken the reason ? It ' s because ifs crackedI was the retort ; and { the truth was not rery far ofE j SihJ . Is-wrs -was a great faTonrite "with Q « orgethe Third , who once observed to him , " ttey tell mej Sir John , that you lore s glass of wine . "' " Those , " repliedIrwin , " who so informed your Majesty haTe done me great injustice ; they should have said a boiSe . '' ' !
TJEKT Tbue . —One of onr Methodist clergymen , lsst Snnday , remarked that if all the -world believed ! the second coming was to take place on the 23 rd of April , 1843 , at three o ' clock , pjn ., two-thirds of them would delay all preparation for it fill half-past two I—Albany YatrioL A Negro Dialogue . — «• I say , Bsz , Where do dat comet rise xt ? " " It rises in the 46 th meridian oh de fricid sodiae , as laid down in the comet almanac . " *• Wen , where do it set , Ba 2 ? " " Seti yon blackiool —it flon't set nowhere ; when It get ' s tired of shining it goes into Its hole ! " j Scotch ^ Relationship . —Sir George Mackenzie once stated that an old woman in the island of St . BUda claimed relationship with him , on the ground that her mother ' s aunt had suckled a sister of j Sir George ' s grandmother 1
A pktest , named Abbo , -was condemned to death at Home , on the SOlh nlL , for the murder of bis nephew . The Vope , in order that there may be bo privilege of crime for any class , has deprived him of his ecclesias tical consecration , and there is , consequently , now ' no obstacle to his being executed . : These abe in London and its environs 107 , 962 female servants , and in Holborn alone 29 . , of whom 14 , 000 to 15 . 000 are constantly ont of place . In England and Wales there are £ 130 , 000 , 000 of property in household furniture , £ 16 . 060 , 000 in-wearing apparal , and £ 31 , 000 , 000 in plate , jewels , &c , under the care of female servants .
A HiGKLAKDJLurs Axsweb . —A gentleman from the Highlands of Scotland , attended by Ids trusty servant ZKrnald , a native of Lochaber , in Invernesshire , when travelling thnmgh the fertile and delightful plains of Italy , asked Donald what he would do if be possessed an estate there 7 Donald instantly replied : " Piease your honour , I -would sell frfrn and buy an estate in iochaber !" The xate Deei . —The bafl of Mr . GulliTeTjstbe surgeon , implicated by the verdict of the jury in tfee death of the late Colonel Fawcett , wax extended before Mr . Justice Coltman in Chamben . The additional securities to appear and take his trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court are , himself in £ 600 , and four sureties in £ 250 each . : Expeditions Tbatellisg . —The special train on Thursday evening , -witb . the party , of hiB Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Cocurg , performed the journey , 77 miles , in one hour and thirty-sine minutes , from Southampton to TauxhaQ .
Ustist- —A person named Gtodard -was tried on Friday by the Tribunal of Correctional Police , on a charge ef lending money on usury . It being proved in evidence that he had taken 12 , 14 , 1 « , 18 , 24 , and even 40 percent interest in many of his transactions , -which amounted in the -whole to 400 , 000 fr ., be [ vas found guilty , and sentenced to a Sue of 50 , 6 D 0 Xr . and the costs . Railway Speed . —The extraordinary speed ; at which Prince Albert traTelled on the Great Western B&Qwsy , on Wednesday last , on his visit to , and return from , Bristol has been the subject of much conversation . A distance of four miles , between Steventon and WaUmgford-road station , was accomplished in tbree minutes and forty-eight seconds ; also , between Twyford and Sough , ten miles in eleven mvm' es ! The train ^ went with such speed that many small birds were ] cut 4 ty » n !
As Akti-Maithusias . —A gentleman engaged m taking the census of Louisville ( . United States ) informs the editor of the Eerdtxkian that he tamo across a man who is ffty-yeam of age ; he had been married three tames ; by Ms first-wife he bad eleven , by his second -wife be lad ten , and twelve by his last ¦ wife , making thirty-three children- ; and his -wife is no-sr in a yery interesting state . Twenty-three of his children are boys , and ten girls ; nineteen boys and sis girls me living . He married in his eighteenth year , and remained in a state of -widowhood three ytars .
Cueious Caxctiatiok . —It is reported that { the late Mr . Arkwrigbt lsft his son-in-law , Vioe-Chaficellor Wigram , the sum of one million of money . Now , supposing this to be correct , snd in sovereigns , it would have taken the learned gentleman the astonishing number of thirty-five days to count it , at the rate of sixty a minute for eight hours a day , and would weigh , allowing four sovereigns to the ounce avoirdnpois , jaix tons one ewfc ^ two qra-, one lb » , and would require four strong horses to draw it . . ¦ IKPOBTA 5 T TO SU 1 T 0 ES IS CHAKCEBT . —Having
occaion the other day to visit the Chancery effices , -we discovered an announcement -which -we are surprised has not been more generally noticed , andvre take no little credit on ourselves for being the first to . give extended publicity to the important public directions to the nnhappj suitors , "who may have been ¦ wandering in the Court for so many years . The information is contained in the following short snnonncsmfcnt "The -way out , ' * -which we can assnre our readers > we have copied from an efficbd notice stuck up in that Court—Pmdi .
A Shah Attobket . —A sham attorney , saraed Scene , was committed for trial in Xendon , the other day , on a charge of fraud . He had got hold of an elderly simpleton , named Benjamin Newport , and contrived to make him believe that an action had hetn commenced against him . Then , by continually serving ugly-looking law papers upon him , he extracted no less than £ 30 from his pockets , in the name of fees . Savers ! other persons had been " served" in the same way by the knavish prisoner . YaWTK OF Books . — There is no one to talk to ,
and books only -weaken ycur nnderstandin * as water does brandy . They make yon let others guess for yon , instead of guesain' for yourself . Servants spile your habits here , and books spfle your mind . 1 -wouldn't swap ideas "with any man ' s . I make my own opinions , as I nsed to do my own clocks ; and I find they are truer than other men ' s . The Turks are so cussed heaty . they -have people lo dance for * eni ; the English are -wus , for they hira people to think for ' em . NeTer reads book . Squire ; always think for yourself- —Sam Slick in ' EndartA . :
A few dats sisce the under-ostler of the White Hart Hotel , at Windsor , found a bag containing nearly 1 , 000 sovereigns , under the following circumstances i—In drawing ont a chaise belonging to Mr . Ashley la member of the Society of Friends , and ef the firm ; of Ashley and Sons , the extensive brewers of Snunea ) , from under the shefl in the yard of the hotel , to get ] at another vehicle which -was behind it , a bag , filled with money , rolled off the seat into the straw . Tae man picked it up unseen by any one and carried it to the hesd-ostler , by whom it was immediately handed j to Pile , the head--waiter in the establishment Upon Mr . Ashley retnrninjr , two or three horns afterwards , it was discovered that tbB bag and its valuable contents -were his property , -which he had carelessly left on the seat of his chaise -while he "went inte the town to transact Ma business , The man , through whose honesty the -whole of the property -was retnrned safe into the hands of its thoughtless owner , Tras liberally rewarded witb 20 s . !!
Cosncnou y ou Mttrjjeh . —At the assizes it Bedford , Sarah Dazley ttss charged with the vnlrni mnrdET of ler bcsba&d , William Dazley , by adffiinisterr- ^ arsenic to him on the 2 ° th of December last . The ease excited great interest . Theprisonei was arrested in London , having absconded , after a marriage into which she -was about to enter with ; » young man named Waldocb , b » d been brokea off , in consequence of reports of her having caused the death of her two husbands , and of a boy , tho sonof hu first husband . All three of the bodies were exhuiced and examined , and traces of poison were discovered in ail of them . An immense ma ? B pi circumstantial evidence -was produced , and the jury hsybjg returned a verdict of guilty , fihe -was sentenced to death . The Learned Judge ( Aiderson ) held ont no hopes of pardon .
The Late Mb . Abeenbtht . —I t i s we ll known to ail who consHlted this talented and celebrated snrseon , that he ^ rincipallj relied on nature herseU in bis attempts to cure the maladies of bis patients . T 3 iis be cMffiy tfiected by relieving the f igestsve oseans of their improper contents , and having thns procured relief , niaae it permanent by keeping fhe alimentary canal in its proper healthy state , nsm g Safe ^ % * BrS £ -jS ^ ssaaftsrasasis pnrgitiTe medicines . j % HfiTTUCG Cause . —Once upon a tame the goofi men is ^ s&ffisassssssss
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Family ComxExiox . — : A negro passing along Fleet-street , was asjoriislied at hearing a voice call ont ** How d ' ye do , Massa . Mungoi how d ' ye do , Snowball : " and on looking up , observed it proceeded from a parrot , ina splendid gilt cage . — "Aha , zn&ssa Parrot , " saidBlackee , " yoti great man hera you lire in sold- house now , bnt me know your fader very well ; he live in ; ii «^ . ' * We sats been much pleased by the perusal of a little work , entitled »' Tales " of the Heart . " bv Tjord
William Lennox ; which from its extreme simplicity , we believe it to be the genuine prodaotion of hia Lordship . The following short extract is all that we can find room for at present : — " The maiden Tfept ? and I said , * Wbjweepest thon , maidan ?' She answered not , neither did she speak , bnt sobbed exceedingly ; and I again said , * Maiden , why weepeBt thou ? ' Still she continued ; and the third time I raised my voice and ' said , 'Maiden , why weepest then V And she answered and said , * What ' s that to you ? Mind your own business / "—Punch .
The Late "Wsddihg . —We must describe f the wedding . —We have already said that thesunroso from his bed ai an early hoar , an example which was followed by the bridegroom , who prepared to dress for the wedding . His master of the wardrobe , who is also comptroller of the leather portmanteau and groom of the hat-box , ! -was in attendance with the insignia of his various offices . The hereditary duke having tried Rowland ' s Macassar , and had an audiencee of himself in the glas 3 0 f a Mechian dressiD / , ' - case , repaired to Buckingham Palace , which bad been the spot fixed for . the wedding . The ceremony wa 3 performed in the osual style of royalty . And when the prelate who performed the office camo to the words " -with ail my worldly goods I ihee endow , " the Duke of Cambridge , who always thinks out loud , kept up a running accompaniment of " well , that ' s
capital ! worldly goods , indeed I I shonld . like to see ' em , " and other pleasant observations ; which , as Strelitz senior and Mecklenburgh junior neither of them understood English very well , were supposed by the father and son to be a gash of fervent ejaculation from the father of the bride , invoking happiness on the new married cohple . At the end of the ceremony the happy pair set out forKew to spend the honey-moon . The bride ' s wardrobe had been conveyed there already , arid youngStrelitz had arranged to have his carpet-bag left at Kew Bridge , where it was met by his royal highness ' B lord of the luggage , who carried it to the : palace . The Duke of Cambridge bebaved Tery liberally to the poor in the neighbourhood ; and Streliiz senior gave away « n the occasion—his eldest son—a piece of munificence in every -way -worthy of . Mecklenburgh . —Puneh .
A Significant Hint .- —The Whig organs are striving hard to prove thatJf their party was restored to office , the Repeal agitation wonld he extinguished . They assure us that nothing more is necessary than a change of placemen , to bring halcyon days to Ireland . We recommend the following moreeau from ih&Gbbe to the especial notice of such Repealers as have not yet thrown off the yoke of Whiggery : — " A government must be loved and trusted by its friends before it era be feared by its enemies . Above all , a government must be sure that it is in the right , and able to impart that assurance to the nation-whose
aid it calls for , before it can count on the moral force , that sound and uncorrupted body of public opinion , which hasn « ver yet quailed in England before either external or internal foes . ; It ia not the millions arrayed in Ireland , not the hundreds , or thousands , who meet in England ; it is not ilr . O'Connell , nor Mr . Feargus O'Connor ( the former of whom disowns the latter;—it is no popular nor physical force we fear , if public opinion is union—if Quit opinion is pronounced for union , which has never yet been pronounced in vain . It is no affront to Ireland to say that , if England supports her government , of those in Ireland—amongst whom we INCLUDE ALL IBISUMEN ( WITH A FEW AMBITIOUS
EXCEPT 1 OBS ) WHO KNOW THE INTERESTS OT ? THEIR OWN COUNTBY AND OUBS—IP , IN SHOBT , THOSE CLASSES IN BOIH C 0 UNTB 1 ES WHOSE DELIBERATE VOICE HAS HITHERTO BEEN OMNIPOTENT , GITE THAT VOICE IN FAYOXJB OF A GOVERNMENT RESOLUTE TO KEEP THEM UNITED , THERE IS NO POWER is MEBE NUMBERS . GOADED BT WANT OR PASSION , TO Repeal that U . nion . Multitude never becomes sovereignty , till the natural sovereignty of mind is abdicated—till complete ; anarchy has taken place of the cultivated intelligence whose rule is legitimate in all countries . That this intelligence is on the side of the Irish Repealers assuredly tee do not think . But is it united on the aide of the power which has to withstand repeal ? There 1 b our danger . On the one side enthusiasm—on the other nothing to excite enthusiasm . "
Now the Globe wonld have us believe that the Repealers have it all their own way because the Tories hold the reins ' of ofiioe . Were they driven from power it is more than insinuated that the old set would be recalled ]; and that they would bo 80 beloved thai just to keep them free from embarrassment , our Anglo-Irish party wonld arise to counteract the designs of Mr . O'Connell and his supporters . This we doubt very much ; as we do not believe the Whigs ever possessed popular confidence or attach * ment to that extent which would render it at all likely that they could { calculate upon being better sustained in this way than the existing Government . They might have recoune lo ( he ancient expedient Of BBIBEBT OF BePEAL LAWYEBS AND AGITATORS ; but tee question whether the people have not their eyes too attentivel y fixed upon the game to give any hope of the deception succeeding , —Dublin World .
Distressing Accident at Ringwood .- —A fatal accident occurred near this town on Friday evening last . As a fly from Wimborne , with the Re , y . T . . Nayler , of Lincoln , his yrife and son , was descending the hill near the turnpike-gate , the horses became restive when the young man who was sitting on the box with the post-boy , > being alarmed , jumped ofE Mr . Nayler , on seeing ! it , immediately opened the < 4 oor and jumped out , followed by Mrs . Nayler , who feli , and was killed on the spot . Mr . Nayler was takes np insensible , and conveyed to the Crown Inn . Every attention has been paid him by Mr . Charles Westcott , burgeon , arid hopes are now entertained of his recovery .
Singulab Accident . —On the I fith instant M . Kirach , an aeronaat , was about to makes an ascension at Nantes , but while the balloon was being inflated , a sudden gale of wind tore it from bis hands , and those of fifteen other persons who were holding it down . It mounted- into the air , with its boat suspended by only one cord and the safety rope , with the grappling iron attached to the other end . In it ? passage , before rising , the iron caught hold of a boy , twelve years old , named Guerin , the fluke entering at the opening at the bottom of his trousers , and running up to the waistband . In this manner the boy was dragged struggling- for some distance , and nor
being able to extricate himself , was at last carried up into tho air . With the courage and judgement sometimes inspired by danger instinctively into the weakest minds , the ladicaught the rope with both his bands , and thus clung in comparative safety . After a snort time the £ &s began to escape from the balloon , and it descended upon an open plain , where it was seized and secured , and the poor boy was released . When examined , it was ascertained that he had not received any brniBe or injury , not even the slightest scratch , from the grappling-iron , although it had pased between his skin and clothes . —Gahgnani's Messenger .
Modes ot Saiutation . —Greenlanders have none , And laugh at the idea of one person being inferior to another . I slanders near the Philippines take a person ' s hand or foot s and rub it over their face . Laplanders apply their noses strongly against the person they salute . ¦ In New Guinea , they place leaves upon the heads of those they salute . In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person saluted , pass it gently over the right leg , and thence over the face . The inhabitants of the ; Philippines bend very low , placing their hands on their cheeks , and raise ono foot in the air . with the knee bent .
An Ethiopian takes the robe of another and ties it about him , so as to leave his friend almost naked . The Japanese tafce offa slipper , and the people of Arracan their sandals , in the street , and their Stockings , in the house , when they salute . The Negro Kings on the coast of Africa salute by snapping the middle finger three times . The inhabitants of Carmene , when they would show a particular attachment , open a vein , and present the blood to their friend as a beverage . If the Chinese meet , after a long separation , they fall pn their knees , bend their faces to the earth two or three times , and use many other affected modes . They have also a kind of ritual , oi " academy of compliments , " by whioYi they regulate tho number of l owb , genuflections , and words , to be spoken upon any occasion . Ambassadors practice these ceremonies forty days before they appear at Court . " - " ^ In Otaheite they rub their noses together .
The Dutch , who are considered as great eaters , have a morning salutation , common among all ranks , ¦* * Smankelyk eeten 1 " "jMayyoueat a hearty dinner ! " Another is , " Hoe raart a awe V " How do yon sail V * adopted , no doubt , in tie early periods of the repuDlio , when they were all great navigators and fishermen . ; The usual salutation at Cairo is , "How do you sweat I" a dry bet skin being a sure indication of a destructive ephemeral fever .
Some author has observed , in contrasting the hanghty Spaniard vrith » tha / rivouloua Frenchman , that the proud , steady giit , and inflexible solemnity of the former , were expressed in his mode of salutation , •» Come esta 1 " " How do you stand ! " whllBt the "Comment tous portez-vous V ** How do you carry yonrself ! " was equally expressive of the gay motion and incessant action of the latter . The common salntation in the southern provinces of China amongst the lpwer orders is , " Ysfan !" Have you eaten your rice . !"
mm In . Africa , a young woman , an intended bnce , bronshi a . lfttie water in a calabash , and kneeling down before her lover , desired him to waBh his bands . ; when he had done this , the girl , with a tear of joy sparkling in her eyes , drank the water ; this was considered as the greatest proof of her fidelity and attachment . ;
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AxGMDi&a to th « last census of the Russian empire , the total nutnbor of inhabitants who can write and read was 4 , 157 , 99 ^ or fcho proportion to the whole population as one to twelve . -Foreign Fbijit and Vegetables ;;— The markets are just now glutted with cherries , strawberries , blackand red currant berries , for which we are in * ££ ? &Sfti / p ^ \ m foBwrfof ¦ paragraoh from the W ^ oefctn ^ flTO , to our continental neighbo "' : ««• . pWMfcu fruit and vegetables brought to this part this season is yery considerable , which has had the effect of redacine in price * the productions of our homo gardeners . The Emerald \ Islefrom
, SaW : " ? -T Sund * y last , for instance , brought ? w ^ foS ^ 'WlSlbs . each ) of cherries ; 199 baskets red and black currants ; six hampers ex-* T ' r £ i ? V « P ?? K fl ? 0 large hampers ( about 6 feet long , 4 fefet broad * and 3 feet Ideep ) of oattliflovTOra ; which , on their appearance at market , excited great attention , and a ready sale ; and SO hampers of potatoes . This is but a specimen of what the Emerald . Isle alone is bringing every week throughout the summer . The further imports of fruit , are we are informed , likely to be very large . Considerable plortions of those imports have already found their way into various inland towns by the railways ana steamers .
" Evert Doa has his day . "— -The Whig day gonb FOE EVBK . —The Whigs will not be able to induce the people to help them to regain office upon easy terms . Eanr promises or maudlin sympathy will not do , and this they now begin to perceive in rather a- dissatisfied mood . They do not like to outbid the Tones , Sand yet they find it most uncomfortable to remain out of Downing-street . All the party , from Lord John Huseell down to Ross , of Belfast , with looks of jpity beseech that they may not be pressed too farlThey caucot gulp ! Repeal , nor do away with the Church ; but they are ready to pacify the country by providing for hungry lawyers , and pensioning the * Catholic clergy . Were anything requisite to convince the Whigs that their old policy
is for ever outjof fashion , the proceedings at the late meeting at | Marylebone ought to be sufficiaat to bring home conviction to the most sceptical and obtuse . Sir Benjamin Hall , a pretty constant supporter of the { late Ministry , called a meeting of his constituents and other well-disposed persons , to consider what steps should be [ taken to tranquillise Ireland . At this preparatory meeting , a great many attended ; but none of the magnates of the Whig Iparty , if we except air . Thomas Wyse . It is probable that Mr . Wyse scented the tone of public feeling at the Marylebone rehearsal :
for wo do not find that be attended , the demonstration , which turned out in the sequel to be nothing else but an anti-Whig and Repeal exhibition . Many of these who have been , much to their credit , carrying on a factious warfare against ( he Tories , kept olear of Marylebone ; and we think they were wise in doing so . The ] demonstration , nevertheless , was a respectable affair—the Chairman behaving well , and the speakers , among whom was honest Sharman Crawford , eloquently and fearlessly exposing the grievances and ! wrongs of Ireland .. When matters had advanced j about half way , a \ Mr , Ridley , a Chartist , proposed thi 9 startling resolution : —
" That the meeting -was further of opinion that tha conduct of the late and present Governments towards Ireland has been unjust and tyrannical , and the Irish nation has an undoubted right to take such legal measures as they may deem beat calculated to procure a Repeal of the Union . " . Will it be : eredited , that this resolution wa * sconded , and what is more , unanimously carried I !! This is a sore blow to the vanity of the ex-official WhiKS—while this evidence of popular sentiment proves how correct our estimate was of the Melbourne Cabinet ! and its retainers . The best joke of
the whole is , hoTvev . sr , yet to come . The meeting agreed that a memorial should be presented to the Queen , grounded of course , upon * the resolutions which had been passed ; and whom , gentle reader , do you think are the parties appointed to carry it to the Throne ? Why none other than the Earls of Charlemont and Leitrim—the very champions of Whiggeryl Tfiese patriotic Peereyaiirely , will never lend themselves to 6 lander the late " paternal Government ; "but : should they take charge of the Whig-Radical memor | al of tho Maryleboue people—who will dare afterwards to say that we have been unjust in our castgatidn of the Whigs . —Dublin World .
The PHitdspPHER ' s Stone . —Thju Philosopher ' s Stone , or in oih ' er words , the art of transmuting , any and every thing into pure and solid gold , was the prime desideratum of "alchemy ; " and the zenith of discovery to Which this study aspired to attain . Now , although certain superficial changes have been wrouftht ia the i&ppearanee of certain materials , yet the attainment of so desirable an object is as far off now as it ever was ; and in fact / there is as much probability of bringing this to bear , as there is of discovering the grand secret of a perpetual motion ; and no more . But setting aside all probabilities and improbabilities , let us glance for an instant , at what so strange a discovery in science would be likely to effect . One thing is very evident , viz , that the time
would not be far distant when the wants of life to every individual would be more than fully supplied . Suppose , however , that so mysterious a discovery were to furnish ( its possessors wiih . piles of glittering riches ; suppose , in a dition to this , that it could convert the very walls avid furnituresof our mansions into costly gold ; what would be the attainment of these unheard-of possessions , without other essential accompaniments—health and length of life \ When a banquet of tha most stimulating delicacies is spread beforo us , we are unable to partake with pleasure or relish ; and even shrmk from tasting , unless we are moved byj an appetite to partake . ¦ And thus it is with the possession of riches . Though surrounded by all that the philosophers' stone might endure us , we should be still unblessed—nay we should even be miserable , without the enjoyment of health to consummate our felicity . Now this important discovery —this necessary appendage to health without which
the chimerical blessings of the philosophers' stone were as uoughtjhas already been made known and brought into daily operation . _ The researches of Old Parr , that well ; -known long-liver * have proved successful in this cardinal point of earthly comfort and happiness . Many medical discoveries have been brought to light ] since the study of the human frame first occupied the attention of mankind : but when we look at a discovery ( simple in itself , } not only yielding temporary relief ia casoa of inreterato malady , but sound and permanent health , accompanied with & prolonged existence , we must injustice to the venerable ! Parr , pronounce his vegetable discovery as the most important introduction in modical science ever yet made . We must necessarily look upon suchia promoter of human comfort and enjoyment , not only in the light of a grand medical achievement , but as * an attainment surpassing in value the magio transmutations of " the Philosophers' Stone . " .
What is " Fixity op tenure 1 "— It is an Irish expression , which , being translated : into English , means " tenant \ right . " This just claim of the Irish tenantry , is denied by the extortiori and cruelty of certaic Irish landlords who think that a tenant has no claims—no rights . Thus , one evil begets another ; and rebellion is invoked by the s » ff <® rii > g tenants , to rid themselves of the tyranny of unjust landlords . In tne course ofyears ,, the same spirit of disaffection will prevail in England , if the avarioioua spirit of some landlords ! be allowed to progress . "Custom" gives certain bights to English tenants ; but some greedy landlords , being counselled by ignorant and selfish stewards , force their tenants , under a threat of discharge , to sign agreements by which their claim to Stbe "custom of the country , " on leaving , is abandoned . This practice is as wicked as
it ig foolish . If ft be allowed to progress and become universal , revolution must be the consequence . Those silly landlords will then find their mistake . Stewards' and landlords may rest assured that every attempt to weaken the just claims of the tenant to the profit of their labour in the soil , will sooner or later recoil on ttieir own heads . By such extortion the landlord applies a lever to the foundation of bis own title . For a season the landlord may seem fco gam-rthe end will be ruinous to his . interests . Many will have cause to rejoioo if this warning be heeded . The empire is now payiog the penalty of permitting Irish landlords and stewards to loosen tho bonds which ought to unite the tenants to their lords . Woe to England if her landlords and stewards shall be permitted to pUy the same game . —Oastler * s Fleet paper for to-day ;
Serious Railway Accident . —Damage to the extent of several ; hundred pounds was sustained on Monday afternoon , by the two o ' clock mixed train of carriages on fihe Dundee and Arbyoath Railway line taking fire . iTho carriages started from Dundee at the n ' su&l hour ! , and were midway on the line to Brou « hty jFerry ( when the fire typs . discovered by some labourers who were working jon the road . I mmediately behind the engine , were four waggons loaded with flax , and then one of miscellaneous goods , consisting of flannels , cloths , lacesj and other similar valuable artjcles . janri lastly another \ S $ t of flax waggons ., ending with those conveying passengers . The fire originated ii ? iome of the ashes being blown among th&flax , vjKich readily ignited , aa the day was very stormv , and in the cburso of a few seconds the first and
two waggons wore in a blaze , were rapidly communicating to those behind . The engine was immediately stopped , and to prevent the fire reaching the last tier of waggons , they were with difficulty got detached , an 4 conveyed out ' of the reach of the j element . No water for a considerable time could be had , and the passengers and engineers broke up the burning wagsons , and scattered the goods about ] the roadside ; through which means any article ? that had not been ignited were saved , while , the fire v ? as easily subdued . As it was , the damage amounts to £ 300 or £ 400 . The firsfi ^ two flax waggons . ' were aimosi entirely consuine « Va great part of the ( t-hfrd and fourth , and also of the miscellaneous goods therein . Considerable alarm was for a short time manifested by the female passengers , whose fears , however , were soon allayed when t ) iey saw themselves detached from the fiery train . —Glasgow Courier ,
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TOT \ L WRECK OF THE PEOASlTS STEAMER .-LOSS OE FIFTY LIVES . ' Berwick , Thursday Night—Thia vessel , a regular trader between Leith and Hull , was lost on Thursday morning last , on Gpldstone Rock , off Holy Island , and bo great distance from where the Forfarshira was wrecked about five yews ogOj the scene of the late noble-minded Grace Darling ' s heroism . The latter vessel snffered throngh tempas ' tnons weather ; bat tin ' s cannot be said on this present lamentable occurrence , Wednesday night being very | oalm . The Pegasus left Iieith on Wednesday evoning about five or aix o ' cleck , and a track , on tho Goldstone Bock earjy on Tflursday
morning , where sha Uea at present The occurrence was observed by several of the flahsitmen beleng ! . n- » to Holy Island , who promptly put off t ; o render aBsiatance , but we understand they did not euoceed in saving any livaa . They picked up several dead boldiss , among whom Were some femalea dressed in their nighkdothes . The Martello 8 teamer , ( belonging also t 6 the same company ) , on her voyage from Hull to Leith , ] rounded North Sunderlaud Point about four o ' clock on Thursday morning , and picked ; np a boat eoaiaiag five or six persons . These are believed to be the whole saved from tfcia unfortunate vessel . The Martello , wa understand , conveyed these , as also the bodies of such of the unfortunate sufferers as had been found , round to Laith .
( From the Glasgow Herald of Friday . ) Last night we received the [ following particulars of the wreck of the Hull and Leith Steam Packet Company ' a steamer , tae Pegasus , CJaptaiu Miller , with the loss of nearly all on board . Our information , though imperfect in details , is derived from an authentic source , and the painful recital { may ba depended on as far as it goes . The Pegasus sailed from Leith for Hull at 5 o ' clock on the afternoon of Wednesday last , and , having proceeded so far on her jvoy&ge , struck on & rook inside of the Fern Islands at a quarter past 1 o ' clock yesterday ( Tburday ) merning . JThe captain immediately backed her off , and made an effort to reach the shore , but the water increased upon he * with such rapidity that within three-quarters of an hour after abe had
strnck she went down headforemost in 50 feet of water . In their desperate effort to ( save their lives , the passengers rushed to the boats , and , having hurriedly lowered them , all on board , f including the captain , perished , with the exception of jflve individuals . Of the crew , amounting , it is believed , to 16 ot 17 , four were saved—viz , W . Brown , thefiijst mate ; Hood , the firet engi&eer ; D . Campbell , a fireman ; and G . Taylor , the carpenter . Oat of 16 or 17 cabin passengers , only one is saved , whose name we have not ascertained . There were from 20 to 25 steerage passengers , all of whom perished . In all it is believed that not fewer than 50 human beings were thus hurriedly called from time to eternity . The survivors were picked up yesterday morning at 6 o ' clock , in a state of great exhaustion , by the same company's steamer the Martello , which fortunately came up , on her passage from Hull to Leith . and
at that time six feet of the foretoptnasfc of the illfated Pegasus appeared above the water . The carpenter bad saved himself by clinging to itj and the other four survivors were preserved by grasping loose fragments which had been washed from the deck , and floated npon them . The Martello also picked op six dead bodies and the two beats . The Pegasus was a Clydebuilt boat , seven years old , of jabout 130 horsepower , and bad been all along a favourite , from the speed and successful trips she was wont to make . Captain Miller had been on the station for many years , and he knew it well in all its bearings . In the present state of our information we cannot give the reasons which have led to this distressing catastrophe . ] Without this last most painful cause of remembrance the Fern Islands would not soon have been forgotten in connexion with the disasters of the Farfarshire , and the heroism of the departed Grace Darling . i
From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday . Another appalling steam-feoat disaster has just taken place , near the spot wheie the Forfarshire was wrecked a few years ago , and where the late Grace Darling so heroically distinguished herselfJ by saving five lives at the imminent risk of her own . By the present disastrous occurrence no fewer than from fifty to sixty human beings have been suddenly deprived of life . The Pegasus , which has plied between Leith and Hull for several years , left Leith harbour on Wednesday afternoon , having on board , besides ] the crew , at least sixteen cabin and about twenty steerage passengers ; but the probability is that the number was greater , for several individuals are known ] to have gone with her Vfhose names do not apper on the list at the company ' s
office . The vessel sped on her ] way till midnight ; just when the watch was changed , the captain being on the bridge , taking a look about him ! before he turned in , she struck on a sunken rock inside the Fem Islands , near what is Called the Golden Rock ! The engines were then backed , and she came off . J Her head was turned towards the shore , bat she did not proceed many hundred yards when the water rushing in , extinguished the fires , and almost immediately the vessel snnk . Finding the vessel sinking rapidly , there was a rush to the boats , which , it would appear , were swamp « d . The accounts of the disaster , however , yetj obtained , must necessarily be confused , and may possibly contain mistakes ; but we fear that ; an accurate narrative of the accident , as well as the names of the
sufferers , will never be obtained . Tha Martello steamer , belonging to the ] same company on her voyage from Hull , descried the wreck about five o ' clock yesterday morning . The first object ¦ which attracted the attention of Captain Black wood ¦ waB a boat with a man in it . drifting with the tide ; and soon after a boat floated past This made him aware that some accident had occurred in the vicinity . On coming up to the boat , which was almost full of water , the mate of the Pagasusjwaa found in it , nearly insensible from cold and exhaustion . A person of the name of Biillie , a passenger returning to Hull , was taken from a sort of batch , on | which he was afloat ; a young man of the name of Hiljyard , another passenger from the neighbourhood of Hull , and one of the craw
were discovered holding on by the mast—the vessel having sunk in about six fathoms water . Six persons in all were saved—namely , two passengers ( Hiliyard and Baillie ) , the mate , and three of the crew , which we believe amounted in all to { fifteen . Captain Black wood remained in the vieinity of the scene of disaster for several bears , ftnd picked ] up six dead bodies , which were brought to Leith in the Martello . Three of these were females . One appeared a middle-aged married woman , apparently pregnant ; she was attired in a dark-checked gingham dress , a Leghorn bonnet ,
and black hard-spun woollen mantle . Another was a Miss Barton , who had in her arms when found a child a few years old . The third seemed considerably advanced in life , and was nearly undressed . The other bodies were thOBQ of the second ! engineer or fireman , a very stout man , whose forehead bore the mark of a Violent contusion ; a lad , apparently twelve or fourteen years of age , dressed in a black } vest and trousers , and a rough brown Petersham surtout ; and the third was the child found in the arms of Miss Barton . These bodies , on arrival at Leith , were placed in shells , and conveyed to South Leith Church till claimed by their relatives . 1
The names of the following we have learned , although of steerage passengers we have reason to believe no account is kept : — Mrs , Edington , Miss Hopoton j Miss Barton and a boy , Miss Floor , Miss Briggs , Mr . and Mrs . M'Leod , Mr . Torry , from Hall , a gentleman jveho was in ill health , on and whom Baillie , who is saved , was in attendance ; Mr . Elton , late ef the Adelphi Ijbeatre here ; Mr . Hodgson ; Mr . Elliot and son , understood to be from the neighbourhood of Dundee ; Mr . j Moxhan ; Mr . Milne 3 the Rev . Mr . M'Kecze , believed to be from Glasgow ; Mr . James Hunter , son of Mr . ( Hunter , Danrias-street , Edinburgh ; Mr . D . Whimster . in the employ of Messrs . Ireland and Sen , SouthbcWge ;| > lr . Martin ( and eon ) , of London , but a native of Edinburgh ; Mrs . Alexander , of Paisley ; and Mrs . Barcetson , of Edinburgh .
Captain Miller , who is among the victims , had great experience in the navigation of jthe coast , having sailed many years as commander of one of tbe Leith and London smacks . He was considered an excellent seaman . From all we can learn there matjt have been about sixty persons on board—including the crew— -and only six of the number have been saved . The vessel now lies in tbe Fairway between the Fora Islands and the English coast , about six feet of her mastj appearing above water at half tide . It would seem the accident occurred nearly about the period of ebb . Mr . ijringle , a gentleman in the employment of the company , has been despatched to take charge of tbe bodies that * may be recovered . It may not be improper to state , that most of the facts have been gleaned from parties officially connected with tbe company . who seem desirous of affording every information upon this unfortunate subject .
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myself to prepare far swimming for my life ,- and laid my clothes ujk / b the companion . By this timy the engine had stopped , and the snip was fast settling by tho head . Looking around me while undressing I saw tbe Rev . Mr . M'Krozie on the quarter-deck praying with saveral of tha . passengers on their kness around him . Mr . M'Kenzie seemed calm and collected . All the passengers around him wero praying too ; bat Mr . M ~ 'Ken > z \ e ' a voice was distinctly heard above them alL I heard the Captain say that we must do the best wa could for ourselves . I saw a lady , with two children , close beside me on the companion , calmly resigning herself to tbe Almighty . The children seemed unconscious of tbe danger , for they were talking about some trifling matter . When I found that the vessel
was fast , fillin ? , I leapt overboard , and the engineer and I were at first drawn into the sea by the suction occasioned by the vessel sinking , I soon got up again , however , and get hold of a plank and the steps ' which led to the quarter-deck . The stewardess attempted to get hold of ma ; but I extricated myself from her , to Bave ray o-wa life . By this time the Bcene ¦ was a most dismal one . The surface of the water was covered with the dead and tbe dying . Tho screeching waafearfnL One of tbe firemen also attempted to get hold of the ptank which I had , but I swam away from him . I remained floating about till half-past six , whes I was
picked up by a boat from the Martello . I was than about a mile from the wreck , and tha people in the Martello did not for some Hme observe me , till I attracted their attention by waving a stick . One little boy ( probably the boy Scott ) kept himself afloat for about three hours on a part of the skylight covering , and made great exertions to save himself , bat he sunk at last . His body was warm when picked up . I was once wrecked before , about twenty years ago , off tha coast of St . Domingo , when I was three days and three nights on a reef . It was the experience I learned then which gave me tbe idea of taking off my clothes beforo leaping into the sea .
Hildyard said , —I belong to Beverley ; my father is a clergyman there . I have for several years followed the trade of a seaman ; but I was going to Hall ai a passenger by the Pegasus . I think it was about half . part Wo when the vessel struck . I was below at the time , but when I heard the crash , I went on deck . I was at once aware , from the concussion , that the ship had struck on a rock . I ran forward and looked into tha forecastle , and found her fast filling with water . I perceived the captain and mate in earnest conversation en tha cross-bridge , between the paddle-boxes . I heard the captain order the engine to be reversed , whieh was immediately done . I then went aft , and found the people all rushing into the boats , men and women . I got into the-starboard boat , but finding it
crowded with people who knew nothing about the management of a boat , I got up again , and tie boat soon afterwards awamped . I heard some passengers eagerly asking the captain what was best to be done . I did not bear bis answer , bnt be did not seem mnch agitated . Seeing the boat fast sinking , I took off my hat , boots , and stock , and helped myself to two or three fathoms of rope , with the view of lashing myself to something , if I should afterwards be able to do so while in the water . Two rockets and a blue light were burned by order of the mate as a signal of distress . I think about half an hour elapsed from the time the vessel struck till she went down ,. It was certainly not more . I was standing on the after-part of the larboard paddle-box when she went down , and I sunk with her . I was about half a minute under water . I felt myself caught by the legs by some
one ; but I got quit of them . When I rose totheauiface , the top part of the funnel and the stern of the quarter-deck were just disappearing . Tbe first thing I got hold of was the accommodation-ladder , which I got astride of . I perceived about eight feet of the foremast standing oat of the water , and a carpenter clinging to it I asked him if there was room for two , andcesafd there was . I then proceeded to lash the ladder with my rope to tbe mast-head , and we both of us stood upon this laddsr , which was under water , until we were picked up by the Martello . When we left it there was only about two feet of the mast visible . If we bad been much longer , we could not have held on . Just before the vessel went down , I saw a woman climbing up the main rigging ; but she must have gone down with the vessel , for I never saw her again .
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From all the accounts that bave yet transpired respecting the loss of the Pegasus steamer , we fear the inference ia inevitable , that there was gross negligence on tbe part of those who were in command of the vessel . Lloyd's agent writes word . — " What makes this wreck the more lamentable ia , that it was a fiua night and clear , with a westerly wind , and the lights were seen distinctly ; and it . was also said that the master wao on the bridge at the time Bhe struck . " A correspondent of the Scotsman states : — " The Oroldstone Rock , on which the Pegaana is supposed to hava been wrecked , is seldom or never left uncovered by tbe tide ; It is well known to , and anxiously avoided by , ourcoaating navigators in working through tbe Fair Way or Channel between the Fem croup and the
mainlanda channel generally preferred to the open sea by masters of vessels aa a shorter cut , but never so preferred , especially at night , without incurring a risk which infinitely counterbalances any saving of time thus acquired . " A private letter , dated North Beewick , and received by an underwriter at Lloyd's , adds— " How the Pegasus came into the track of the Qoldstone Book , is somewhat extraordinary . Up to the period of the dreadful calamity , the weather was very favourable for the voyage , it being a mo « derate breeza at west-north-west . It is generally supposed that the tide , which ia exceedingly strong in that direction , must have drifted her into that course , and that tbe man at the helm had neglected to make any difference in the steerage . There is no
doubt taat she went clean on the rock with her engines at full play , which must have completely dashed her to pieces . " From these accounts it is , we tsar , but too manifest that tbe catastrophe was tbe result of tho most culpable eupineness—for , in the first place , tha night was calm and clear , and the lights were seen distinctly ; secondly , the rock was one well known , and seldom or never left uncovered by the tide ; and thirdly , the helmsman , notwithstanding the increasing strength of the current , had made not the slightest difference in the steerage . But what makes the case still more remarkable , is the statement that tha master was on the bridge at the time tbe vessel struck ; and the sight being dear , the beacon-light quite visible , and he himself accustomed to the navigation of the
coast , the unbappy man wonld appear to be wholly without excuse to having directed the ship into such a notoiiously dangerous track . We presume he did so with a view to shorten the voyage , and save time ; but this is no justification of an act of rashness that has caused the death of upwards of fifty individuals , and brought grief , and poverty , and , perhaps , despair , to the door of many a widowed * mother and childless father . Again , when the vessel struck , and there was need of all his promptitude and decision , we get not the slightest tidings of the Captain . We hear of no orders that be gave for getting the boats ready—though , aa hair an hour elapsed between tbe Btiiking and the sinking of the ship , and the weather was perfectly serene , one would have suDooaed they might have been
prepared without difficulty—all we hear of him is , that at the moment of tbo shock , he was engaged with "the mate in earnest conversation on the cTosa-feridge between the paddle-boxes ; " and when the vessel " was fast filling with water , " he ordered her to be directed towards the shore , though , from the condition in which she then was , there waa every probability that she would founder before she reached it We do not wish to press hard on the memory of one who haft expatiated hi * neglect with his life ; but justice to the living demands that , in cases like the present ,. involving such dreadful , consequences , and bringing grief into ao many families , we should not shrink from the expression of any opinion , however stern , that may seem to be warranted by facts . —Sxn , of Tuesday .
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The Scotsman of Saturday , after giving the foregoing particulars , has the following statements from the two passengers saved from the wreck * : — Understanding that Bailiie and Hildyard , the only two pasBengeTH saved , were residing d » wn at Gfranton , we visited them last night , and jobtained from each of them a statement of what occurred under their own observation , from the time of the vessel striking on the rock tin they were picked up by [ the Martello . Baillie said—I fcftve been a seaman for about eighteen ye&tes but was recently in attendance on Mr . Torry , who was one of tbe passengers on b oard of the fegwnoia when she went down , I think jit was about twenty minutes pest twelve when the | vessel struck . I was down in the cabin lying on a sofa , and when I found tho vessel had struck I ran on the deck , and having seen the state of matters there , ] I went down to the cabin for Mr . Torry . I told the passengra below that
I believed the ship had struck , but they did not seem to comprehend what I meant . Some of the passengers ( chiefly the ladies } were in bed . I When I reached the deck with Mr . Tony , I saw the crew in the act of lowering tbe boats . I put Mr . Torry in the starboard quarter boat when it was in the laot of being lowered , and . when it bad reached the water I sprung in myself . There were then about nine ( of us In the boat A lady , I remember , was sitting in the bow . When we were in the boat , there was a cry from off the quarter-deck to "' stick to the chip" . At that moment the engines wove set in motion ; and , the boat being booked to the ship ' s stern , ] but unhooked from it at tbe bow , the back water raisad by tbe paddles filled the boat and upset her , throwing the passengers into the sea . I got hold of the ship ' s' rudder-chain , and the chief mate having thrown a rope to me , I got into the ship again . Seeing the danger increasing , I undressed
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Guy ' s Hospital Built bt Losing a Htjsband . — Thomas Guy , the founder of this hospital , had agreed to marry his female servant , whose manners pleased him . Some few days before the time arrived for celebrating their nuptials , he had ordered the pavement before his door to be repaired to a particular spot . Having left home , his servant discovering a broken flag beyond the spot pointed out by her intended , desired it also to be replaced by another , thus prematurely assuming an authority by telling the workmen to say to Mr . Guy , " I bid yon , and he won ' t , be angry . " t > n his return , and being informed of her conduct iu this affair , he renounced his engagement with her , and , determined to devote his fortune to charity , he built the hospital which bears his name , at a cost of £ 13 , 793 . 16 b . Id . and afterwards left for the endowment of it , the sum of £ -219 , 459 . 03 . U .
Across the Ocean , ho . —Mr . John Wise , of Lancaster , Pennsylvania , to whose name the newspapers generally tack the title " aeronaut , ' has publistied in the Lancaster Intelligencer a card , in which he announces hia purpose to make an air voyage , by balloon , across the Atlantic , in the summer , of 1844 . And he gives this long-beforehand notice , in order that traversers of the ocean may not take his travel ' ling equipage for a huge living-monster , and go to popper it with crape-shot and musket balls . He describes . his balloon as follows •— The balloon iH
to be ono hundred feet in diameter , which will give a net ascending ; Ppwer of twenty-five thousand pounds , being amply sufficient tfr make ^ ywythine safe and comtortable . A sea-worthy boat vtfcrbe-U 8 ed for the car , which is to be depended on , in case the balloon should happen to fail in accomplishing the voyage . The boat would also be calculated upon , in case the regular current of wind ehonldboaiverted from the course by the influence of the ocean * or through other causes . The crew to consist of three persons namely , an aeronaut , a navigator , and a scientific landsman . "
Fathee O'Lbaby and Counsellor Cdhbaw . — One day after dinner Curran said , "Reverend Father , I wish you v » ere St . Peter . " "And why . Counsellor , would you wish that I were St . Peter V asked G'Leary * "Because , Reverend Father , In that case / ' replied Curran , " you would have the keys of heaven , and you could let me in . " ** By my honour and conscience , " replied the Divine , "it would be better for you that I had the keys of the other place , for then I could let you out . " —Curran enjoyed the joke , which he admitted had a good deal of justice fc . —Scrap Book .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1223/page/3/
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