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JBISH SOWS . SHE CHD 3 FIAIN © P EBQL BtIkBS . CB 4 TTFOBD-^ jtoofi on ih 8 deti , lbelraie Chieftain of Erin , ^ oa g azdd tin &e beaufifnl land of Ms febth ; Vore flearat thai moment of BorroTr appearing , ^ jjan an a » Inj&i genw eS Sw ocean ana eartii ; ^ ufl thought ot tbe fnends hB lad lBfcn&foken-he arted 55 jea dashed offa tear , ti * t in Badnaaliad started , And sang the Trildmearare of "Inn go Br&gh l
« Dear land otmy mhsH ^ -ieaoirBsd stray ! Uo more shall a ? jrena jbarp awaken for me ; A ^ a * ~ don 31 a « s # ept « 5 er H » e * napf aay gfary , fetl share int the laie rf the taithfuland free . An exhsl ^ y ^ ifib my ^ n ^^ anspofcen , . ^^ n yiesrt o ^ ^ ^^ w ^ -fipfriffimyaioten ; . lion abait-BTB in that heart , tm ; the last cbori has broken , Sin HUTonroeen , * Erin go £ ragh 2 ' « JIj'hroaifiis , iny'baTBonES l what fond jecolleeHons ; BringTonnd me , all freshly , ihe daya thai are past—Ibe home , and tljelearth , and the holy affections We shared in crarboytiooa , * nd loved to the last ! Oh ! oleai are ths scenes * srhere together -we sported , The " » ild mossy cromlech "where pilgrims resorted , And 2 > argle > deep glen , * -where my Aileen I courted , - 32 ai gem of ihy beauty , sweet £ im so Bragh i
"Bat ths ay of th * sea-mew sioand me is oreaKmj , Daik abadoirahave shrouded the son ' s fading fires ; One looi—i * tis inyla » t !>—of ihe landTm feraking , Thelana of my fcatlbva , ibehome of my sires . Tet , yeV o ' erttry TaTleysyirow * BJ | edind gory , 2 day the rtar of thy freeadmAinB ont in Its glory , Asd ttiy 1 » tGe-fisg . TrarreTnai the proudest in story , S 5 aBisT « H »? 88 iJ , * Er&xo Sragli I '"
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* The entirons of Poweaeourt , in the county o ypickloWf&tsliigtDj jildtaieBqaB . Ihe ( Hen of Darglei 3 s beautiful beyond expression , and may Tie "with the choicest « pots in Italy . D&rglea is » deep -valley , about b mUelonx , bonnfied byjtoefp , J ^ yivan , craggy hfllg j ana ^^ tolxittomTnai » TOillB « peBtin 8 riTBr , murmuring OTCT ^ TVTiTlTncTafrin ^ Wft ^ T TP ^ fr" ~ * F **\ 'fclin . Mnny pTfTl' ^ t ¦ walfainteisecttheVlirowBof the hills , by -which are erected benches and summer honses , lor pleasure and repose . - " ; . - JTear H » Sim of Iterrfes is another valley , eaBed the
"< Jlen of tbe Monnteins , " the scenery of "Which is tmcammorilj grsnd ajodionfantic ; indeed , Q 2 s jjart of the country may ^ nstly "be termed the -very garden * nd Bdenbf Ireland- JBy way of contaast , ho » eTer , on thB other hand , is an ertensrre tract , "whoOy composed ot tarrenmrontainaand bogs-r-a perfect desert In the mMsfc of t 3 ie » e . savage -wilds are the znina of seven choiclies , and&itfflnd to'sra j : » Meh proves that this Tminriting « p > t * % M once hibitible , the abode of koliiM ^ and indnstry , and that desolation and sterility iaveOTCrapreid ItfrbmaspZoci , rather than from its own nature . ¦ """
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'I'H K -STATR 'ftKt ^ RB 5 ! . 33 » TSTugs and tire Tories—Hie o » & and the uu , - Tnlgarly speaking , are both " pnt to thek pins" ; . The national" bellows ** the firm cannol mend , "Which augurs * ihCTT"ftWV ^ -pji mnsi * oon have an find . TTheTe des&i'd the - 'hsnrmer to sock ** in their torn , Andorer their " rfoss" must speedily moanL Tbe - * pmcsn ? whereby they iivre torn w most sore , yfrnii angnish extract froHi 'ffiiprr every pore * ¦ With " Budget" quite empty , each reptile most bodge Se his cognomen lord , Ihike , Bishop , or Jadge . And true-hearted men-each State office must fill ; 2 &en , xesolred to comply-witiitiie-people ' s oirn-will . Bntno Qantoto thB •« league , " iBsbecca , " or " Dan , Whose schemes -want restore the birth-right of man , Tis the pacific Chartists , and they alone , Who freedom can gain , and bid tyiants be gona " Wai . KrDKa . leeds , AngtA 9 th . 1843 .
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SUXY . —The JCoart of Holiness , 2 fo . 25 , of the ATinfiTit Order of Soyal Poresters ield tneir 18 tb AanireKuy bn ^ tuxday , Aagust 5 ih , Trhen axty-2 ine of ifa members sat down to a most excellent dumer at the house of Mr . Thomas Foxcroft , the Bridge Ian , Heap , "near Bury . After tie cloth was drawn , Mr . James Heap was called to the presadental chair , and Mr . Thomas Birdshal , senior , to the 'rice * chair 5 and Tiie erening was spent in the greatest iarmoDj and gl ^ e , nnul a late hour , irhen . the assembly broke up .
l » ONDOK . —TEETOXkiasM . —Father Mathew has been workingTTonders in the East End of the Metropolis . Thousands iara raeeired lie pledge sdwiais tcreS from a plafform erected in an open space of ground in . Commercial Hoad East . Since then numerous other districts bare been -nated . On MoBday and Tuesday thousands congregated on Xeunington Common , io recerre tne pledge at the lands of ^ Mt extraordinary man and renew their promises of deyotion to the principle of total abstinence .
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3 Se CA 5 HJXB . of thB Australian Bank has abBHmded to Americ * "Wife- £ 25 , 000 . A aew da 3 y paper is abont to be commenced in New York , to be edited and solely conducted by ladies . - A beasili fellow residing in Old Do-yer-road , Cidlerteny lately Fwaflo wed twelre frogs for s ¦ wager . Tsb , sssxsDK SHiBzast ^ Granada has been destroyed iyfire . . Oss Hiticdsed ^ friaenas in tie Bri ^ iton BsHway were lately aold at Jjferpool at 2 s . 6 d . each . OVT of 010 Baronets and IKnights at the QaeenJs ball , taghiiibeiala only-were iDTited . Oxtb . vxb . steam-ships form no less a proportion than OEB-fif tb of theSrifiBh navy . ^ Tttr -srHnsof so egg ia said txtte s . speo&e for Bab Iwnes sticking in the throat it-istobesvaUovedraw , sad trII carrj down a bone rery easily and certainly .
1 DXDX 2 S bjits bees TeceTFed at Brighton to prepare thePafillion , - -without delay , for thearriTal of the Qasssx and Prince Albert , iritfe their children . STB . AEGTC 2 US D'ESTE HiS , -we hear , presented s petition to the Queen claiming to be-entitled to the titles of his father , the late Dnke of Sussex . The QirEKS . in thename of thft Prince of Wales , has appointed the 3 > nke of Northnmberland Constable of Qte Castle of Xsaacestoa , in Cornwall . Pbicb ot Bbsxd . —The bakers of the metropolis haTe tateu adyantage of the rales « f the past -week t # lyiao the price of bread a penny the quartern leaf . A SriPExbiABT Magistrate has , for the first lime , been , appointed at CharleYille , in the person of 2 &i . Gax . / ¦ ' Be . -QlBTB , of Cam Cottage , connry Deny , was fired at ob Ms return home a few nights since—the ball in * jnred thfldashboard of iiis car .
! The Chjlkckllob op the Eschxqcsr ackno-w leSgea last -week ths receipt of £ 70 tent him as conscience money . OSE OT TBS . HLkS . TEl . TJO Toitxbs , at 3 > ymechnrcb , the erection or -which cost £ 8 , 006 has lately been sold ss rfamzteriBls ior thesTrm of il 70 . The Toxai amount of the sabscriptions in fa-fonr of file sufferers by the earthquake of Crnadalonpe , up to 31 st nit . -was 3 , 128 414 It Bkt-WEES tte 21 st ana 272 i nit . ihers entered Fiance ircm England—at Boulogne , 2314 iraYsUers * Dd £ te carriages ; aad at CalsiB , 634 trafellezs , two horses , and ten carriages . 3 E 13 J 5 G Whjtb Ues . —Two -while men were sold on the 4 "i nit ., at Spartansbnrg , S-G ^ , imdtr a la-w of that state . ; -whether for debt , panperiBm , or crime , -we . are nvx informed . —American paper .
il . tie iiiCKAU , the French 23 inister of Marine , has lost Job . nephew in -a melaeholy manner . He was drowned whilebathing a ^ fevfonndlasd dog , given him J } j ttoe Adsnral Iba young man was only twenty . Gsasd PBOJ 2 CX . —It is in . contemplation to build an aqoednet over ihe Irish Channel , for the purpose ef supplying England with ioi -lurier . —Ptuah . A Teport has been , current in Iancoln for the last few flajs , aatiSd-ward laHmrzj , who was transported at the bat spring assizes foriflliug his wife , hi 3 lost bis life cy drswning , ha-ring acddaitally fallen orerboard at &ehn ! ks . ¦ AtEXAXEKBOswiLD , Esq ., " was , on Thursday week , elected Member of Parliament for the county cf Ayr , T » aihont cppo £ t 5 an . ' iTi " proceedings lasted only » " » ery short tame .
Patrick Parrell , arrested at the Carlow races for liealijura bridle , the pn > per ^ of the BeT- 3 dx . Conroy maflEsff from the Police , but after a chase of eight miles ¦" orer a sporting conntey" the delinquent wza xe-csptered . , MtBEssa 2 J > TB ,-SBXvefaiT 3 i tljeScotchPost-office , U Beuleaoed it > ^ Vtim jnonihs * impriB » nmeDt in ^^ l *™ Saot ior eheatijBg the Post-office of consii oas ^ sums of money . -3 . M . I ^ ejich , " of ihe eonnry ofBosoommon , is aaaea to = the lot of jmperseded magistrates , for attendmga Bepeil meeting at Boscommon on the fifteenth of
^™ 6 e ha « : oicBn « jl * t ^ rdd , in Kent , ( which con ^ SL ^ r ^ opnlaHon ^ JKa ^ f l ^ OOj ! dnrinj She last Aa ^ EDKerfo is laBse 5 na Iffll « ow IkJotb Sifl -poaa ofIflimihnT . ;' ^ -flrtty on . manfege certificate ^ IreJanji is repeileS . ; n-nii also the stamp duty upon ~** j *^ PRg jfir ^ of small -ratae nnder eertain dream-^^^ po ^ s -w-Qat ^ j ^ iBife of a man-named SuIliTsn , a «]^> MBding ^ ^ t . JoJm '^ Bqaare , ISniericii was a Kurflsyji j ^ sa&jy delrrered of four ehndrBn—one ? » te , and three fesaales , who , wiSh lie xaoHKr , are doing wgq .
iXix-X ^ EiHOHiii . —Kine men of a » S » Jih patty « KT enw , j « EBBaafioned at lallaloeliaTebeen di « - ^^^ W ^ jvorder" 3 f ? XKLJBiereton for having jnaatoa * at > oat pBrmiio ^ ; . _ - . * OB I « aLB , ' , WHJL ± : CA » - IH 3 B- HA 3 TB * B » ? " —Ho
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Op THB great number of Irish labourers ] who ann-ually went to England to reap the harvest , tef eraging 80 . 000 ) not more that a tenth bate gone this season . Sib . Jakes Ghaham has refused hiB sanction t » LoriC . ements being appointed Tice-Lieutenant of the county of leitrim , in the absence of the Earl of Leitrim . i The Caubick-On-Suik Poor law Gaardians are determined to turn ont the paupers and close the house if they are pressed fox . £ 1 , 200 for boilding by the Commlssioven . } Bt okb ot thb clanBeBtrf the new bill for the-regnlatlon of stage eoscb . es , omnibuses , " cabs . &c 4 the dri-rers and ^ conductors are forbidden to smoke while on dnts . i
A Great Isckease has taken place in the exports ef linen yarns from Great . Britain to France , inj 1832 they amounted to sot more ( has £ 3 , 600 whereas in 1841 ' and- ' 42 they had increased to at least a million sterlisgper annum . : ' It is sin ) that a small quantity of hellebore powder , dusted otbt the leaves of gooseberry bees , in the proportion of about an ounce to thirty or forty trees , will prevent the ravages of caterpillars . ; . A cBxinsEX is In ihe course of erection at Woolwich dock-yard , as a Teat for Hie -whole of the smoke from the different flues in the yard ; and it is to be thirty feet higher than the Monument ' { ll » THB coanty of Cornwall there are 370 . 00 q inhabitants , 10 . 080 of whom are miners , and 70 . 000 teeto--tallera ; and of this large body there were but five prisoners for trial at the last assizes 1 Thus abstinence lessens crime and abates misery . ¦
"BlUOfl ROTHSCHTLD has advanced 780 . 0001 to the municipality of Tieuna , at a low rate of interest , for the purpose of continuing the works on the aqueduct of the Emperor Ferdinand , which had been suspended for want of funds . j AT THB Hertford Assizes , a servant girl , who tad pot a quantity of oxalic acid In her mistress ' s teapot , was found " gnilty of administering the poison , but KOT v > Uhinieniiomurder ! " \ The Athloxe Sentinel £ ays the sudden rise of wheat and flour arises from orders received to provisien all the garrisons in Ireland for a three year ' s Beige—a store is sow being built at Athlone large enough to hold three yeart provWon tar S 00 or 400 men . [ inia
mo Pbopkr Puce ro » XX . —A ; law of "Virg allows the retailing of spirituous liquors , at " proper places '' in the different counties . In one of the counties , the magistrates have decided that there is no '' proper place" within their jurisdiction for that purpose . — Bo&em . paper . \ The death of the Duke of Dorset , which occurred at Harley Street , on Saturday test , creates s permanent vacancy io ihe Peerage . The ! Dake -was in his 76 tb year } and he succeeded hii cousin Charles inj 1815 . Dying without issue , the title become * extinct f The Edinburgh WeeVy Journal records the death of Mr . Charles Mackintosh . Of C&mpsie and Dnncbattan the inventor of the waterproof cloth that bean bis same . '
The Qlasoow underwriters win suffer very severely by the loss of the Columbia steamer , which was ] principally insured in that city . We have heard the amount stated at upwards of £ 40 , 000 , underwritten by several isSuentlal brokers . ; Maitopactdbi ; op Steel Peks—The iteeli alone employed in this country for making pens amounts to one hnadved and twenty-five tons annually , which is eguiva * lent to about three hundred millions of pensj \ The ¦ widow ep Colonel Fawcett , besides paying . the expenses incurred on account of the dying man at the Camden Arms , has presented to Mr . MDea , the landlord , and bis wife , a -ralnable gold ring each , in acknowledgement of their kindness an-3 humanity . ! A Dextekous SwoRDSMAii . —On Thursday , the -3 rd of July , Sergeant Corey , of the 3 rd regiment , of Dnndalk , eat a leg of mutton , suspended by a cord , through with one cut , for a wa * er of sixty guineas . This is , perhaps , the most ^ xtraordincry feat of dexterity and swArdmanihip on record . <
ComrcTATiOH OF SESTENCB .--ThB sentence of death recorded at our late asaizw against Rafferty , the soldier of the 36 th , for cutting- the throat of James Seane , with intent to kin , has been commuted ^ y the Lord Lieutenant to transportation for Ufa—Limerick Chrexide . ¦ Tsoxasb ? Cataibt . —The following corpi , forraerly ^ erring grat « itons ] y hare been placed on permanent -pay and aliowanees -under the estimate of the present year : —the Lymlngton Troop , the Andover Troop , the Long Melford Troops , the Suffolk Bordererr ,
the Taplew Troops , and the Ilmlnster Troop . ; The B « yal Hid Lothian Yeomanry CaTalry is re-established . ^ Capture of a Shabk . —A singular captare was made last -week , by Dryden Bobert Corbet , Esq ., of Sundome C&stle , near Shrewsbury , whilst fishing at Town , Merionethshire . It is a monster of the white shark species , and measures five feet eight inches in length , and the thickest part of the body , near the Bead , ia upwards fit two feet in crrcnmfereDcei the weight is over 40 lbs . Mr . Corbet also took at the same cast , and -with the same line , a grey mullet , weighing Dearly lllbs . :
Lately , at Ennis . aman who gave his name as / Thos . Sean . fromDenyquin , sear Tolls , sold as bntter , a quantity of lard with a coating of bntter abont an inch thick . Be was held to bail to appear at the petty sessions court . Os the preceding Saturday , a woman had con . ceale < i in some bntter which xbexold , a quantity of salt , weighing at Seut two pounds , but the / rand was sot discovered -nntfl she had left the house . \ Kilts . — I . shall be off to the highlands tb s fall ; but they hante got no woods there ; nothin * but heather , and that ' s o ~ . ] y hich enonsh to tear your clothes . That ' s thB reason the Scotch don't wear no breeches , they dont like to set em ragged np that for everla * tinJy , they cant afford it ; so they let " emseratch and tear their skin , for thit -will -tft&w again , and trousers won ' t . "— Sam Slick in England . i
At ths Coubt of Assizes for the Haute Garonne , held a few days ago at Toulouse , a man named Rogues was condemned to death , fer the third time ; for poisoning his wife . He bad twice before had the ; same TitTtpfr pissed npon him by the Conrta of A « sizss for two other departments , bnt their Jndgments Iwera quashed by the Court of Cassation on grounds of irregularity in the proceedings . Swift preached aa assize sermon , and in the course of it was aeren against the lawyers for pleading against their consciences . After dinner a young counsel said some severe things about the clergy , and did not donbt were the devil to ^ ie , a parson miebt be found to preach bis funeral sermon . " Tea , " said Swift , " I would , and would give the devil his due , as I did his children this morning . '' !
AHtaiCAS Poweb op Descbiptios—The Charlesiovm Mercury than graphically describes the various stages of the weather , which cut off the writer from a concert and the sight of the oomet : — " Yesterday afternoon it clouded up with a sour , soppy look , which towards night Regenerated into a fog , which in turn melted into a drizzle , which again rallied into a pouring rain—whereby there wes neither comet nor concert" I FB . 0 K THE AXEEICAH PAPERS—It is suggested by some of the Editors that now the Croton Works have { riven io If ew York such a command of water , there should be a man stationed at the corners of thorough-. Cares , Trim a smaDHose that wouM play at his will , and thai whenever any one came by with alighted cigar In bis month , he should be authorised to put it out ,- and wasB the person of the smoker ] '
** The League . "— "We nnderataini that one means adopted by the League of furthering the Anti-Corn Law agitation is this . Thsy offer to the " liberal" journalists of the diatrfet a report prepared by their ] owi reporters , agreeing , at the same time , to purchase 1 , 000 copies of his paper , of which 500 are to be sent to the League , and 500 are to be left for distribution with the printer . -If this statement be true—as we believe it to be—it throws considerable light on the vaunted " success *" —Bach sb it is— -wMeb lias attended Mr . Cobden'a proceedings . —Cambridge Chronicle- j By thb official ACCOUKT just published we observe that on the 5 th instant we had . under tbe Queen's locks in Qie United Kingdom , of Wheat . 273 012 grs . ; -Barley , 44 . 463 qrs . ; Oats , 37 , 350 qrs ; Beans , 115 . 538 qrs . ; Peas . 24 042 qrs . ; Flour . 67 , 961 cwts . Whilst on the 5 tn of July , 1842 , there were in bond—ot Wheat s 487 770 qrs ^; Barley . 22 . 722 q ra . ; Oats , 36 726 qra . ; Beans , 59 , 246 qrs . j Peas , 33 , 838 qrs . ; Flour , 268 , 981 ewts . -
HOTICE TO X THIEP . —The following advertisement lately appeared in a . Montreal paper : —The person who by a pardonable absence ef mind , took a new light coloured silk velvet trimmed Macintosh from the second fiat of the Ottawa Hotel , is informed that , by calling at tbe same place , be can have a very good cape , wMco belongs to the coat , and is now cf no use to the owner . TBE London Mercantile Journal , says—The distilled 3 nd fencested liquors , manufactured in Great Britain and Ireland , have annually requires forty milliorjs of bushels of grain , oi the -pTodaea of one million acres of fertile Jasd . forty thousand acres of tbe richest soil In the kingdom are devoted to the growth of bops . This quantity alone , with -one-third of the niillirn acres alluded to , would produce one million quarters ot wheat which would be sufficient to maintain one million six hundred thousand human beings , Including men , women , and children . We have here a : proof thai the corn-laws are not the only cause of dear tread . ;
Tbb Loss OP tbe Pegasus . —The Directors of tbe Londen , Leittj , Edinburgh , and Glasgow Shipping Company have given noBee , that the captains of their steam ships are instructed that on no account are they to take : their vessels through tbe inner passage at the Ter n Islands , either in ihe day or night time . J A New DiscpvEBT . —rAway south ^ own there , in New Orleans , the Ptoaywa says It has been ^ scovered that highway robbery is lni a species « f ; mesmerism and that when » footpaa ? utj himself in "^ mununie * fion *» with - » traveller , dapping : at Ifce same time » j > i * tol to his breast , and telling him to "stand andidfr liver" the dismayed traveller , in obeying the injune . Son , is but acting-in accordance with ; meamerio Impul » , or in obedienoe to the wIQ of the operator .
A TAX . 1 . Johathar was patrolling . up Broadway a short time sincerwithasheetof glngerbiread under , his arm , and gazbg at' the signs , wien . one which was labelled <• General Finding Store" attracted bis attenfien . He « ntertd , chewing at hU gingethreftd , and after a severe effort at swaUbwiog , like a lien i » Ung dough ; he ^ claimed , " swowi yon jmust be learned lucky chaps to find all these here things—I ' spote yon ha ' nt found my umbrella , are you" ? :
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A SLTPPEKi CH abacter —We understand that the proprietors of the Giaciarium , or Artificial Ice , who advertise their exhibition as . - ¦ •» the only one in the world , " contemplate an engagement with Lord Brougham as " the most slfppery person in the universe , " to appear as a skater . —Punch . ) M . PlEBRE SlM 0 » i who , in 1834 , fla Eiog's Commissioner , sustained , before the Belgian Chambers the Railroad Bill ,, and presided over its execution , died on May 14 , at sea , on bt-ard the schooner Louise Marie , en bla way to St . Thomas de Guatemala , where be was going to found & Belgian colony .
Anoiheb Sviciss at Watebioo Bbidgb . —On Friday morning , about ; two o ' clock , a Had young woman was observed to walk into the recess of the first arch on tbe Middlesex side of Waterloo bridge , and placing her bonnet and shawl on the coping-stone , leaped over into the river . On account of the early hour at -which the occurrence took place , no assistance could be rendered , and the poor creature ! sunk in a few moments . Near her bonnet was found one penny-piece , and some duplicates . Another female was only rescued by the merest chance at six o ' clock oh the previous morning by some men In the Thames Police galley . " "
Josh Bbjght ' s Election Expenses . —At a dinner pvea in Manchester Jon Friday lasi , to celebrate the triumph of this eminent Leaguer , one of the speakers —a Mr . Hibbert-Tremarked that he was at Bochdale on Monday , and in Rochdale and Manchester he succeeded'in obtaininj ; £ 350 ; not to bribe , but to pay titie necessary expenses at Durham ; for at Durham , as at Nottingham , they were just emerging from the mc * bj&s bfi corruption to the purity of election . £ 350 for the " necessary expenses ; " pray what are the necessary expenses ? £ 350 is rather a large sum for a pure election to cost amongst a limited constitution ; sach as that of Durham . — Liverpool Standard .-
A Dbeadfui Sdicide was committed on Saturday at the Croydon Infantry Barracks . Tie victim is Donald M'Guinnessj a sergeant-major in the _ Scots Fusilier Guards , and who had been employed in the recruiting service . The deceased got up at the usual hour in the morning , and nothing was observed in bis manner to create a suspicion that he intended committing suicide , i At seven o'clock , bis servant observed blood oozing through the ceiling ; the girl at once called in a sergeant , who entered the bedroom , and there found the deceased , with his head nearly severed from biB body .
Lokgevitt . —Old Sergeant Reid , who was in the ranks at the battle of Bunker ' s Hill , and an actor in many other deeds of arms , stiU survives , although ia the 108 th year of his age ; but he is no longer able to sit at the door , baikiDg limself in the sun , and crooning and lilting song he learned in youth , or at mess table , when he had become a tail , athletic , powerful man . A * short time ago he was struck with paralysis , which deprived him of the power of locomotion . When yisited lately , we found him fast asleep ; hie breathinft-unimpeded bis chest broad and deep , and his arms brawny and muscular as ever . — Dumfries paper . ;
Shipwreck . —The Brothers yacht , Bruce , master , which had left Port Nicholson , on the 16 th of September last , on a trading voyage , round to the southward , having on board Captain Smith , pf the Royal Artillery , waa wreoked about the middle Of November , in attempting to make the harbour of Akaroa . Eleven persons who happened to be on the deck were saved ; but a native woman and her two children , who were ; below at the time , perished , she was a fine vessel , the property of Capt . Bruce , and had a very valuable cargo , consisting of oil , seal Bkins , whalebone , and a large amount of specie , which is a total loss to the owner , and , what is more painful , Captain Bruce is not insured a single farthing . The loss will exoeed £ 3 , 000 , but it is believed that the New Zealand Company will mako the unfortunate man some compensation for his severe loss .
Liberality . — " I know this , if a feller talks very liberal in politics , put him into office , and Bee what a tyrant he'll make . If he talks very liberal in religion , it ' s because he hante got none at all . If he talks very liberal to the poor , talk is all tbe poor will ever get out of him . If he talks liberal about Corn Law , it tante to feed tbe . hungry , but to lower wages , and so on in every thing a ' most . None is so liberal as those as hante got nothin ' . The most liberal feller 1 know on is 'Old Scratch' himself . If ever the Liberals come in ,, they should make him Prime Minister . He is very liberal in religion , and would jine them inexeludin * the Bible from common schools , 1 know . He is very liberal about the criminal code , for lie can ' t bear to see criminals punished . He is very liberal in politics , for he don't approbate restraint , and likes to let everyjeritter * go to the devil' his own way . Oh , he should be head spy and Prime Minister , that feller . " —Sam Slick in England .
Akcieht Hospitaiity . —It was once the universal custom to place ale , or some strong liquor , in the chamber of an honoured guest , fo assuage his thirst , should be feel any on awakening in the night ; which , considering that the hospitality of that period often reached excess , was by no means unlikely . It is a current story in Teyiotdale , that in the house of an ancient family of distinction , much addicted to the Presbyterian cause , a Bible was always put into the sleeping apartment of the guests , along with a bottle of strong ale . On some occasion there was a meeting of clergymen in the vicinity of tno castlo , all of wham were invited to dinner by the worthy baronet , and several abode all night . According to
the fashion of the times , seven of the reverend guests were allotted to one large barrack-room , which was used on such occasionk of extended hospitality . The butler took card that the divines were presented , according to custom , each with a Bible and a bottle of ale . But after a little consultation among themselves , they are said to have recalled the domestic as he was leaving the apartmeot . "My friend , " said one of the venerable . guests , " you must know that when we meet together , the youngest minister reads aloud a portion of Scripture to the rest ; only one Bible therefore is necessary ; take away the other six , and in their place bring six more bottles of ale . " —Sir W . Scott .
Total Loss o ? the Tboop Ship Alkbt . —Miraculous PfiBSEBVATlOM OP THE 64 TH RlQISCKNT . — Wiihin the last two or three days the authorities at the War-office have received intelligence of the total loss of the troop ship Alert , Captain Daley , commaader , whilst on her passage from Halifax to England , having onboard part of her Majesty's 64 th Regiment , whose escape is somewhat extraordinary . The 64 th Regiment , it appears , had been stationed at Nova Scotia since the year 1840 , and in the month of May last an order ; was received from the Waroffice for their instant f return to England , when two ships were forthwith commissioned for-that purpose , viz ., ihe Corsair and the Alert . The embarkation of the troops took place at Halifax , the staff officers of
the regiment leaving that port in tke early part of Jane last , in her Majesty ' s Bhip Volage , which has since arrived at Portsmouth . On the 4 th of July another detachment left on board the Corsair , and the remainder of the regiment embarked on board the Alert on the 13 th of last month , both ships being bound for Portsmouth ^ The Alert was quite a new ship , haviDg been built in America last year , and was about 500 tons burthen , barque rigged , with a crew of about twenty-five seamen . In addition to tbe troops on board ; they bad their several families with them , altogether ! amounting to about 200 men and 95 women and children , the ship having a very valuable cargo of mahogany ,. together with the chief portion of the regimental baggage . She sailed from
Halifax with a fair wind , and the weather very favonrable for the commencement of the voyage , which cod tinned till nightfall , when the wind freshened up , and in the course of a lew hours it blew a gale , rain at the same time descending in torrents . The master , Captain Daley , who is considered to be an experienced seaman , had the ship made as snug as possible , and all went on favourably until about two o ' clock , when all on board were alarmed by the ship striking on a rock , off Country Harbour , near Goose Island , about 80 miles distant from Halifax , In an instant the deck is described to have been crowded by the troops and their families , who were in the greatest state of alarm ; but , by the cool and determined conduct of the captain , assisted by the
officers in charge of the Amen , their fears were soon quieted . The ship was shortly got off , and apparently not bavins received any injury , was brought on to proceed with her ! passage , as the pumps Were sounded and ehe was found to be making no water . On the pumps , however , being sounded a second time , several feet of water ware discovered . Orders were instantly given to work the pumps , which the men did vigorously , some of the soldiers taking it in turns . Tne vessel ' s course was instantly altered for the purpose of runningjher into the nearest place for snelter , but on the captain finding that the water was increasing in the ship ' s : hold , he made known the fact to the officers of the regiment , and » 1 bo his intention of running ; the ship ashore , for the
preservation of the lives on board . Within an hour afterwards sho grounded on the Baore © f Goose Island , The shock bwng somewhat violent threw her on her beam endBi bnt she almost immediately righted . Again all was confusion on board , and the excitement amongst the troops increased to an alarming extent . Three poor creatures , soldier's wive 3 .-who had but a few hours before been confined , were brought np on d | ck in their beds with their infants , a supposition being entertained aaonfst the troops that the Bhip waB going' to piecfs , and a rush wasmade to the boats . There is but littl © doubt ,
but for the praiseworthy oondnot of the captain' and officers , an immense iacrifioe of life would hjave [ taken place . They were ^' dwasedly ^ ihe ca ptaii , who begged of them to act niderniB-orders , aad all their lives wonld be saved . This they did ; the boats wen lowered , and after several boors of toil and exertion , they were i safely landed . The ship has since become a total wreck , and the whole of the oa ^ gage ^ belonging to f the troops is loss , and the greatest distress prevails amongst ihe poor creatures , they iavlng Jpat all their clothing . Her Maje 8 ty * 8 BbiiHlose has be 6 h sent totheir assistance , and a subscription has been commenced at Halifax , to relieve fheir sufferings . The total loss ib said to exceed £ 20 , 000 .
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Aj * inflxjx of water , ; hwolvinjil the destruction o property to the value of fifty thousand pounds , and the total deprivatjon of enjployment to several hun-SS& ^ J ^ r ° S- » ^ o * Places lasfewek , at ^ * « if * £ ?¦ $ ¦ & * ^ Fttzgerald , sitaaje inltho township LSI fflS *! Bear . Manchester / which supplied neariy ^ 1000 jtons of coal a day p the Maucheater Pbesskge of Mind ;—a few days ago , a fire broke n l-Vtr 4 (>? l to « % of tt » e « ne , the i ^ eki MU ti at Constantittople , iand was rapidly approaohipg | the powder magazine . The alarm wa lne ( "<* tely communicated to the crew , ana xm men . without makings an attempt to
f * , th vessel , began to throw themselves from the decfc into the sea , or take to the boats . Tl JiM ^ « t 0 he ] near ,, immediateiy embarkedfor , the ship , and with nis drawn sword succeeded m restoring order and restraining a part of &tKt i 1 F . ^ .: t ^" dinfi w » th Rrea t courage into the hold , be checked the flames which were already Taputty . advancing tbwardB the magazine . Having extinguished the fire , with the assistance of bis own servants and a few men who followed him , bo returned opoil deck and upbraided the officers for their cowardice . The presence of mind and trepidityof Namik Papha , ia these trying circumstances , have excited general admiration .
Affrat AT . BBioHTofi .-On Fridayafternoon waek , as soon as theraces had ' conolude'd , an affray took placer between a number of soldiers belonging to the 7 th Dragoon iGuarda , tho thimble-rig mep * and the Brighton police . It appears that on the previous day a few of : the soldiers were orf the course , when one of them , p corporal , in a stafeof intoxication , was playing iat one of the thimble-rig tables , and lost about 25 s . Ho thea bet without the means , of paying . This enraged the thimble-riggers , who mustered roundihim , some holding ¦] Bis arma whilst others out off his stripes and otherwise defaced his p acket . On returning to barracks ^ he , of course , got into trouble , and was ordered into {< sanfinement . His
comraaes determined to havo revenge , and aceordingl y , on Friday afternoon , met on the coursti , armed with sticks , about 100 strong ; the offender being identified , be and his gang were immediately knocked down , and their tables [ broken , to pieces . The soldiers ( then commenced an attack on every gambling table on the course , smashing them , and the umbrellas that covered them , to pieces . The soldiers , having completely bleared the oourse , were going home , when ihe police mustered fall their strength an 4 attaoWd the Boldiers . A fariotts ooriflict ensued , and ( the battle lasted till duBk , when the parties appeared to separate by ] mutual consent , each carrying off their wounded . Sergeant-Major Nutt , who was on the course at the time , went
up to the combatants and endeavoured to stop any collision ,, butf was . himself struck most violently , and fell senseless ;; with a severe wound in his skull , of which he is still suffering , Whenjnews of this affray had reached the barracks , a strong guard Was despatched to the course , but did not arrive till the affray was completely finished ; the soldiers who had been taken into custody by the police were then given up to the captain of the guard , and were taken back to the barracks . On Friday ; at the Brighton Police Courtr , Frank North , a privato in the 7 th Dragoons , was charged before Major Allen and Major Willand , the Bitting magistrates , with having assaulted Inspector Crowhurst in the mob which took place on thelrace-course . Mr . Solomon , the chief
officer of police , deposed that he reoeived information that the Boldiers intended a general attack on ihe tables . About sovon o ' clock : a number of soldiers passed downlthe course armed with sticks , and completely demolished the gambling tables . He saw the prisoner strike Inspector Crowhurst with a thick stick . Crowhurst was sent to the Sussex County Hospital , but was too weak to attend the Court . The adjutantlsaid he could prove , at the proper time , that if the police had not interfered , there would not have been a blow struck , or any riot . The magistrates expressed their disapprobation . of the conduct of the police i in not informing them of the riot , for they were the responsible person ? , and no disturbance would have i taken place . The prisoner was remanded .
Fatal Af ? bat with Poachbhs . —A Constable Killed . —A desperate conflict between a gamekeeper and constable ! , and a gang of poachers , took place on Friday morning week , in the grounds near ApedaJe Hall , the residence of R . E . Heathcote , Esq . James Beech , one of the parish constables of Audley , lost his life in the rencontre , and JohnfVaugban , the gamekeeper , was dreadfully , it is feared mortally , wounded . The savage ana brutal nature of the attack , and its consequent results , have caused a great sensation in the neighbourhood . The following are the leading particulars ofi this atrocious outrage . The visits of poachers ' in the locality of Apedale Hall being of frequent occurrence , it has been necesBarj to keep a strict watch ion their movements . On Thursday
night , a little after ten , James Beeoh , the deceased , went to the h 6 uBe occupied by John Vaughan , the gamekeeper , which is situate on the estate , for the purpose of going out with him to assist in watching the game . The men both loft the house together about half-past ten , Vangban armed with a loaded double-barrelled gun , and Beech with a policeman ' s sabre , or cutlass , which he had in a scabbard attached to a belt fastened round him . Nothing can at present be traced relative to their movements until near one o ' clock , when a man named James Boston , a collier living kt Alsager ' s Bank , who was returning from work upfthe carriage road , near Apedale Hall , taw two very suspicious looking men near the hedge , and from a rustling noise which ho heard in
a field of oat ^ s , he believed they had a dog with thorn . Boston passed ; without speaking to them , and a little further up the road he saw two ottwr men , who came up to him , one of them being Vaugban , the keeper , and the other Beech , the constable . Boston told them of the men he had seen lurking in the grounds , when Taughan immediately proposed , after inquiring how ! many men he had seen , to go after them ; and Beech and the keeper moved in that direction . Boston went on his way towards home , and neither heard nor saw anything mor « of them . Abont two ofolook , John Lighttdot and a person named Penlington , servants at the ball , being up brewing , distinctly heard the cries of " Murder " proceeding from the direction of the carriage-road .
Having told the circumstance to other parties-, a lantern and [ candle wero procured , and several persons proceeded up the road . They were led , by groans which they heard , to the spot in the carriageroad , where ajman lay covered with blood . He was soon recognised as Vaughan , tbe keeper . The man showed no other signs of consciousness than that of a slight rolling of the eye . It wasi immediately apparent from the state of the ground , that a long and severe straggle must have taken plaee , in which Vaughan had received from hisan tagonists very severe injuries , particularly over the head , and had lost a considerable quantity of blood . He was carried in a chair to the hall , and subsequently to his own house . The discovery of the body " of Beeoh did not
take place until about half an hour after Vaughan Was found . He lay on his side inia field adjoining the carriage road , and about thirteen yards from the place where Vaughan was discovered . The poor fellow lay in a ! state of complete insensibility , having received from | his assailants the most savage treatment . It was clear from the dreadful wounds on his head , and [ other parts of the body , that in the conflict the cutlass with which he had armed himself had been wrested from him and used by the poachers against him . With a view , no doubt , of making sure bf their victim , they had actually plunged the cutlass into his head at the side , to the depth of seven ; and a half inches ! In this position the weapon remained when the body was found , and
it actually required great force to withdraw it . The unfortunate man exhibited but little appearance of life , and be wajs removed without delay to the hall . Mr . Astle , surgeon , of Newcastle , having been sent i or , arrived shortly after three o ' clock , and rendered all the assistance in his power , but in the ease of the constable Beech without avail—the unfortunate man breathed his last in about a quarter of an hour afterwards , bavindremained in a state of entire unconsciousness . Vaughan , the keeper , at a late hour on Fri'ay , was still alive , but in a very precarious state ., It is conjectured that the gang of poachers consisted of three or four men . That they carried fire-arms is proved by the fact that the butt end of a gun which was' broken from the barrel , and a gun
lopk lay near the keeper , and bore evident marks of baving been used and broken ; in the deadly conflict . Jt is somewhat extraordinary that the keeper ' s gun , loaded , was afterwards found reared against a tree , a short dia . anco fromjtne BO < no of tbe contest Information of the murderous affray was conveyed to the constabulary office , at Stoke , and Major Macknight , with a body of the constabulary force , went in immediate search of the offenders , and by noon had captured three men in Tunstail , who are strongly suspected . The unfortunate keeper , it . is said , severaljtimes during the day , in incoherent sentences , mentioned the name ot" au individual whom ; he had previousl y summoned for trespassing on the estate , and who it is also said bad threatened to do the keeper some injury by way of revenge . This man is one of those taken , into custody . The inquest on James Beeoh was held on ) Friday . Several witnesses were examined , amongBt , whom was
the wife of the keeper , who on coming into the room where the jnry were assembled , and where one of the prisoners was also sitting , pointed to him in a very agitated state , and said that is the man who murdered my husband ^ ' and exclaimed , wringing her hands , - " Oh , you wretob f ydii wretch . !* which she repeated several . timeSr The-prisoner replied , that his cbnsciehce was aa clear aa any one ' s in that room , ! and that he kneW nothing at all about it . The Coroner eantioned him against making any statement , as that was not theproper time , upon which he desisted . The leading features o £ the evidence of the withesses are embodied in the " above details . The investigation was oohtinaed the whole of the afternoon , and j the Coroner , finding it impossible satisfactorily toj conclude the case , adjourned the inquest , to allow time for the production of any other evidence respecting the melancholy transaction . — Stafford Advertiser .
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™ . . ^ " ¦¦ IB piPtgHMW iPM ^ ^ M * :. ^ MP ^^ f- ^^ M ^ JI ^ Mi ^^^ J Mysterious Disappsarance of a Respectable Farmeh—The following o ' ecurrerne has excited a moat painful seaaatioii in the neighbourhood of Woodham Ferris , Essex ; Mr . John Beard , a farmer of that place , occupying 200 aores , was on Tuesday week married to Miss King , grand-daughter , of Mr . Robert F . £ . King , ef Great Leigh , at whose house the wedding party afterwards dined . They returned home late the same night , Mr . Beard being in his usual « oo < jl state of aeaUh ; learly in the mornine he
complained ot illness , and having dressed himself went down stairs , and wasjseen at his backdoor , by the horsekieper . He did not , however , return to Mrs . Beard , and from that time | he has not been heard of , though the most diligent Bearch has been m ^ de for him . His bride is , of course , in the deepest affliction . Mr . J . Beard , when he left home early on Wednesday last , was dressed in his brown great coat , with velvet collar , black bat , dark coloured trousers , and lace-boots . He is about tjwenty-seven years of age , five feet six inches high , dark complexion , and dark whiskers . I
Heaxtbfui . Longevity -j-A long life without the accompaniment of health ( which is sometimes to be be met with ) , is not very desirable : but a healthful old age is attended with a thousand blessings . According to the present duration of existence , families are continually exposed to | the most painfal separations . No sooner does a child attain the years of maturity and wisdom , then ] he begins to look for the melancholy decay and decease of hi 3 parents—and no sooner does a parent behold his family entered upon tbe world , than he is stung by the poignant reflection of bidding them a final , farewell . No sooner does the man of science and learning become iu some way acquainted with the objects of his pleasurable
research , than he is moved by the chilling thought that his knowledge iu this world ia of little or no avail , for the want of opportunity } to carry it into practice . If the term of human life , however , be extended to a period of greater length , how happily mitigated are these painful incidents of human existence ! The man of research is enabled ' to pursue practically that knowledge which has cost him years to attain . The parent may anticipate atitnjb when hewillbe surrounded not only by his immeciiate offspring but by nis children ' s children , in one long and successive retinue . The child has not to mourn over the untimely departure of his parents , but has an opportunity of beholding the authors of his existence for many successive seasons— j " Till worn by slow decay ,
While resignation gently slopes their way . ' ? Such are a few of tbe numberless blessings of M healthfhl longevity "—and such are a few of the numberless blessings which the vegetable remedy of the immortal Parr confers jon those who avail themselves of its remedial powers , Life is termed " a boon , " " a treasure , " " a pearl , " &c , and if life be deserving of these distinguished appellations , surely that which ensures its health , happiness and prolongation deserves to be equally valued , and honourably designated . The Life PillsJ of Old Parr will confer on the community such benefits as will render this discovery the most valuable acquisition which has yet graced the discoveries of medical research .
Extensive Bobbbrv o * Plate at Jesus College , OxF 0 BD .- ^ Un Friday Week ' , information was received at the chief office of the Commissioners of Police , Great Scotland-yard , and was forwarded from thence to all the station-houses of the Metropolitan and City police , that between the hours of nine o ' clock on the evening of Tuesday last , and half-past seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the butlery belonging to Jesus College , Oxford , was burglariously entered by { means of skeleton keys , and robbed of silver plate , valued at nearly £ 300 . The articles chiefly consisted of silver stoups , ( . with handles and without ) for ( drinking , silver tea-pots , salts , mustard pots , silver waiters , dishes and covers , pepper and sugar castors , sauce tureens and
boats , forks , gravy , table . jdessert , and salt spoons , sauce ladles , sugar tongs , * eight dozen teaspoons , &e . &o . The robbery is ) supposed to have been effeoted by experienced London thieves , who have returned to town with their booty . Dkeadful Murder at Maidstone . —On Wednesday week , a murder was committed within a hundred yards of the old church , and close by the Palace at Maidstone . It appears ] that some men were in custody on a charge of stealing a hat , and that a young woman named Ann . ( Young , living at Linton , about two miles from Maidstone , was to be a principal witness against them ; The comrades of these
men haying , by some means not known , brought the young woman to the place above-mentioned , stunned her by two blows on the head , and then filled her mouth with grass from the adjoining bank , and threw her into the river . This horrid deed was committed by two men in the presence of a woman , who was providentially so much { frightened that she cried out" murder . " Her cries were heard by a man residing near , and the murderers were in oustody in a few minutes . They ware heard to say that they " had done for her , and she would not appear again ; " they are workmen . The occurrence has caused a great sensation in Maidstone . I
Another Murder in Tippebary . —The Tipverarg Free Press of Wednesday week , contains the following : —On Sunday morning [ last , the body of aa unfortunate man was discovered in a most mutilated state in the archway of Kilbreedy brid £ « vnoar the road leading to the avenue gate of tho Rev . Mr . Latouche . The head was completely bettered , and the body presented a most appalling appearance , Two large stones were placed on the head sod neck . The deceased was a stranger , and supposed to be a cattle dealer from either Cork or iKerry . An inquest was held on tbo body before 1 Mr . Cor mack , coroner , assisted by John Langley , Esq ., J . P ., and a verdict of " Wilful Murder" returned against some person or persons unknown . A jobber who was in company with deceased has absconded .
Execution of Sarah Dazeley . —Bedfobd , Satpbdat , August 5 th . —This day being appointed for carrying the sentence of the law into execution on the body of Sarah Dazeley , who was convicted at the late Bedford Assizes of the murder of her husband , b y administering a quantity of arsenic to him , and which was discovered in the most extraordinary manner , the town from an early hour presented a scene of great excitement , hundreds having come from Various parts of the ] county , and made the best of their way to the county gaol , in order to obtain the best position so sis to witness the death of tbe unhappy culprit . The wretched woman , from the enormity of her wicked deeds , has been designated throughout the county of Bedfordshire bv tho
name of the "Female Blue Beard . " She was the daughter of a hairdresser j named Reynolds , and passed her early days in the village of Polton , Bedfordshire . Her father died some years ago , and her mother is still living in the above village , and gains a living by dress making . Her prospects were then very favourable , and at the early age of eighteen she married a young man . two years older than herself , named Mead , iat Tadlow , who , at the time was in the service of tfae . clergymanof that parish They lived happy for sometime and were blessed with a daughter . Suddenly a disagreement took place between them , and Mead subsequently became , ill ; he was confined but a few days to his bed , when he was seized with most ; violent pains in the
stomach , and almost as soon ] died , and the daughter a short time afterwards died under similar circumstances ; this took place inj the year 1840 . Within five months after she married Daz ^ ley , the ceremony being performed at Wre&tli&gworth parish church . They led a life of extreme profligacy . In about two years after the marriage , in the month of October , last year , he was taken ill , land expired under the most acute sufferings . Although much suspicion was felt in the neighbonrhooii at the time , no judicial proceeding was adopted until the month of February in the present year *{ when it was reported that she was about to marry a third husband . This was found to be correct , as the banns had been published in a neighbouring parish church . All the
other circumstances appeared at the trial . Since her condemnation she maintained , till within a few hours previous to her death " , the sam ^ fortitude as she evinced on the day of her trial . Within the last ten days of her life she was troubled with a severe sore throat , and received the greatest attention from the med . eal officers of the prison . She was never allowed to be alone , two female turnkeys being placed in the same ceil with her . She has been every day visited by the Rev . Ordinary of the gaol , to whom it is understood she has made some confession of her guilt , but fromfthe secrdsy mamtamed by the authorities at the goal' , this fact could not be elicited . During yesterday ( the chapiaiu remained with her in deep devotion for upwards of nine hours ;
and it is believed she became somewhat resigned to the just sentence which would , in a few hours , be carried into erfeot . Before day-break this morning the drop had been erected o ^ er the entrance to the gaol , and at an early hour crowds were filling up every avenue leading to the spot . The unhappy woman had had a favourable night ' s rest , and on rising this morning gave yeni to some paroxysm of grief . She was soon visited by the chaplain , who remained with her in earnest } prayer . At a quarter before twelre the Under-Sheriffj , attended by the Governor and javelin men , entered the cell , and her arms having been pinioned by the executioner , who , if we mistake not , is the same functionary who officiated on Co » rvoisier andlGreenacre , the cavalcade moved to the fatal spot , ' the prison bell tolling
all the time . She appearedJn a dreadful condition and was obliged to . oesupported .: At this ; moment the crowd was tomense . full 10 , 000 personB being assembled round th « walls ot the prison . As near twelve o ' cleck as possible she appeared on the scaffold ; at the same instant there was * terrific shriek from the crowd . The ) ceremony of adjusting the tope round the neck having been quickly per > formed , the clergyman withdrew to a more distant part , and having commenced the Funeral Service "In the midst of life we are , in ^ dea th , "&Ci , the signal was given , and the next moment the drop felL and the mthappy wretch , after a few convulsive straggles , ceased to exist in ihis worW . The body , after hanging the usual time , was eut down , to be interred within the precinots of the prison .
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AgNovei / jREMEDv / . — A chemist not many miles from - **— . street , Plymouth , inquired of a patient ' s wife-how her husband was . "O , sir , weVerJiad a terrible night with him , poor man 1 " " Why * did you apply the leeches as I ordered ? " < k Yes , sir ; but oh ! my poor husband ! I thought he would have died a-takiug of 'em . You see , sir , we couldn't get ' em down . He did try , and try , aad try , but they did , stick all across his throat , and made Burehe would be strangled . At last , he did manage to swallow one ; but will you believe me , sir , we couldn ' t get down another . 'Twas all of no use to go on in that way ; but I knew he must take ' em , as you ordered , sir ; and so I chopped up t'other five , into nico small pieces—and then 'twas a terrible job again ; I was with him nearly all the night , and at last he got 'em all down but one ; and , so I fried that there last one , and he took that one too . Ah , sir , but he had a terrible night of it , poor man . "
Extraordinary Occurrence . —On Saturday last , Ciogher market-day , a boy was leading a horse up the street , ' and jusi as he was a few perches shove the Lord Bishop ' sgate , the earth opened in the spot he was then standing on , and the horse was swallowed ! The opening , it is said , is S 6 feet in depth , and about six feet in breadth . By means of ropes and wiudlasseB , the horse was got up , but was injured a little by the fall . The hole remai ns yet to be seen . Some people may think this is absurd ; but they may rely on it as a fact . There can be no cause assigned for the ohasm , as the street round it is hard and firm . —A Correspondent of the Newry Telegraph .
Will of James Wood , Esq . —After several years' litigation , the will and codicils of James Wood , Esq ., the late wealthy banker and draper of Gloucester , have been proved in Doctors' Commons . ' He gives to the Corporation of Gloucester £ 60 . 000 ; to Mr . Phillpots , £ 50 , 000 ; to Mr . Council , £ 10 000 ; to Mr . Helps , £ 30 , 000 ; to Mrs . ' Gopdlake , £ 20 000 ; t * Mr . Smith , £ 20 , 000 ; to Mr . Cleveland , £ 14 . 000 ; and to tho family of the latter gentleman , £ 6 , 000 ; and the-residue of his property , estimated at about £ 600 , 000 , to his executors . The property has been sworn under £ 900 . 000 , and the probate bears a stamp of £ 12 , 000 . Tne executors named axe Alderman Wood , John Chadbom , Esq ., ( who committed suicide some time back under very extraordinary circumstances ) , Jacob Osborne , Esq ., and John Surnam , Esq . The charged of three proctors engaged in the suit relative to the will , amount to £ 17 , 536 Si . 2 d .
A Petbified Hdman Head . —An interestbg geological discovery has recently been brought to light , viz ., a petrified human head , which shelled out of the Lincoln stone-brash bed , which comprises from No . 2 to No . 10 , of the uppermost layers of the roek beneath the alluvial soil . The layers of rock thus . denominated are those used for the formation of liine , and the petrified head was discovered and laid aside by one of the labourers of tho quarry as he was engaged in breaking up stones for the kiln . Thepetrification comprises the whole of the head except tha face , where it is evident it has consolidated with the common rook , and being rendered incapable of shelling . Beneath , there is in a perfect state the cavity for the vertebra of the neck , &e . The identity of the human head is beyond a doubt . The petrification is at present in the posession of Mr . Skill , maltster , in the Bail » Lincoln , —Stamford Mercury .
Gltphography . —In this process , on ordinary plate of copper , prepared as usual for engravers' use is taken , and blaokened with sulphuret of potassium . It is then warmed and coated with a very thin layer of & white composition resembling wax in nature and appearance . By means of variouB tools , which need net be described here , this composition is cleanly cut through by the artist , who sees at once the effect he produces , in consequence of his obtaining , as in the ease of a lead pencil , a black drawing upon a white ground . After careful inspection through a powerful lens , the plate is submitted to the action of a galvanic battery , by means of whioh * the required deposition of copper is effected , and a new electrotype plate is obtained .
Prupsic Acid , —Death caused by prussio acid , sayB a German paper , is only apparent ; life is immediately restored by pouring acetate of potash and common salt , dissolved in water , on the head and spine . Some time since , Mr . Rogerson , ohemist , of this town , instituted a series of experiments on . animals for , the purpose of observing tbe effects of prussio acid , and of discovering the means to be pursued in case of poisoning by that fluid . He then , if we mistake not , invited the attention of the medical profession of this town to the fact , that rabbits poisoned with prussic acid could beat once recovered from apparent death by merely pouring cold water over the head and spine . Hops . —The accounts receivedin town from the hop districts of Kent are favourable , and there is every prospect of a good average orop .
The Weatheb and thb Crops . —In the Midland and Western counties the weather has of late been changeable , with sudden and frequent changes of temperature ; in some places heavy thunder-storms and deluging showers of rain , with oppressive heat , succeeded in eome places by cold blasts * and heavy Bhowers of hail . On the whole , however , the weather has not been unfavourable , for the rain proved highly benefioial to the turnips and aftermath , while it did not injure the corn , which is rapidly coming forward for the sickle . In Scotland and Ireland the elements have been less propitious . There , during the last seven or eight days , somewhat too much rain haa fallen , accompanied by a temperature unusually low for the season of the year . All our correspondents agree in stating that they scarcely remember a season in which such frequent changes have occurred as in the present . They are equally agreed that the approaching harvest , taken as a whole , promises to be a bountiful one .
Teemendous Fire in Sandwich Woods . —Cape Cod has had enough of disaster by fire the present summer . We have to record another conflagration more destructive by far than any with which we have yet been visited . It broke out on Sunday morning last ia Sandwich woods , between the north ana south Falmoath roads , and raged with fearful violence until yesterday , all efforts to stop it proving unavailing . The fire , we learn , commenced nearly abreast of "Snake Pond Tillage , " and abont three miles distant from it , and . extended in a southerly direction to within about two miles of Sandwich town . It then shifted its course to the south , and burned within a mile of Faimouth line , when it acaiu took a northerly direction . After traversing
a distance ot ten miles in a easterly direction , passing to the northward of where it had beeabefore , it crossed the South Faimouth road and extended towards West Barnstable . Some of the woodland whioh the fire traversed was valuable , but a consideiable portion , we Hnderstand , was worth but little , aaihe wood had been cut off to supply tba Glass Factory . Nevertheless * , tbe amount of property destroyed must bo immense for Capo God , and we have heard of instances where the loss has fallen hardly upon individuals whos-e entire capital was invested . The fire originated from a Btroke of lightning . Of this we believe there is no longer any doubt in the minds of those who have visited the spot where it commenced . The fluid struck a large
pine tree , shattering it much , and entered the ground , tearing up the earth at its base . We learn that the fire was subdued yesterday about noon , by the aid of a copious shower of rain . It has extended over to Hamblin' 8 Plains , West Barnstable , before its ravages were arrested , passing within half a mile of Spring Hill in its course . It is believed that much valuable , wood was destroyed in the latter part of its progress . It is impossible to tell with any certainty how much property has been lost by this conflagration , but it must be immense . Independent ef tbe growing wood , there Were immense quantities of cord wood burnt . —YarmouthRegister 6 th ; ( American Paper . )
Terrific Explosion of Gas . —About ten o ' clock on the night of Thursday week , an explosion of gaa took place in a public house , kept by a man of the name of Stevenson , in Upper Dawson-stfeet , Liver- ' pool , contiguous to the Theatre Royal , which caused the , utmost alarm and very considerable dtatruciioh to tie rear of the building . The precise 1 baus 6 t"bf the explosion has been differently stated , bnt the most probable appears to be , that the person who extinguished the gas-light in the shop , about nin ^ o ' clock , accidently turned the cock backwards at the time , and thus allowed the gas to escape . All the doors and Windows been fastened , an exceedingly strong smell of foul air was soon discovered mall parts of the house , but particularly sOm the draw
ing-room , whither Stevenson , the landlord , repaired wiib . a lighted candle in his harid > After having opened the windows , he approached tfce bedroom on the ^ same floor , and while he was in tbeaofc of entering it , the explosion took plaice . The report was heard all over the neighbourhood , and so loud did it appear to the inspector oh duty in the a 4 jacent square , that he compared it to the firing of a sixpounder . The roof over the bed-room was entirely blown away by the force of the explosion , and the walls were ebnaidefably shattered , and in many places thrown down j alnlosk all the windows were more or less forced from their positions , some ot them to the extent of a foot and a ^ haft ; « id the wootlwoxk ana furniture in tho drawing-room were blistered and charred in the same manner as if an extensive
fire hadrtakftn ^ lafie i » Htb ^^ % ulding ^ i S ^ eij ^ was much injured ; has fa <» was very much B ^> rcHed , . and his hair and whiskers have undergone » general singing . He states that when the exploiionj took plaoe , and the roonawas in a blaze * he threwhiinself on his back , and endeavoared to preserve his faoe , with his hands , from being injured ; and . this accounts for the shocking manner in which the unfortunate man ' s hands , - aod particularljtiie > topsofhiafiBgera , have been' burnt and otherwise much lacerated . The damage done has been roughly estimated at £ 150 ; and by many it is Biipposed that the building will have to be taken down altogether , as the walls are so very much shattered , that to guard against further damage they are now supported with large props . ' The scene of this disaster has been visited by crowds of persons of all classes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1225/page/3/
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