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sTAxzas om tee birthday op bubks , Jajuiarp 25 fli . This is the natal day of Mm Who , bom in -want and poverty , Burst from bis fetters , and stose Hie freest of the free , Arose , to tell the "watching earth What lowly men could feel and do—To shstr tbst mighty fcearen-like souls In cottage-hamlets grew . - - > Barns ! thon hart given us a name To shield as from the taunts of * corn ; Tie plait that creep * amid the soil A glorious flower hath borne .
^ January 27 , 1844 . . THE ^ 0 ^ T H E B N <* TiR .
Before the prondest of the earth "We stand -with an uplifted brow ; Like us , thou vast a toil-Trorn man , And tre are noble new . ' Inspired by thee , the JoTrly hind All soul-degrading meanness spurni ; Oar teacher , saviour , saint , are then Immertal Kobert Burrs ! ROBEBT NlBOL .
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TBE POET'S GRATE . I gtzsd upon the glorious dry And the green mountains round , And thought ihat -when I came to lie Within xfce silent ground , Twere pleasant , that in fbwtry June , When brooks send np a cheerful tune , And groves a joyous sound , The sexton ' s hand , my gnrce to make , The rich , green , mountain-turf should break . There , through the long , lone summer hours , The golden light should lie , And thick young herbs and groups of flowers Stand in their beauty fey . TLe oriole should build and tell His love-tile close beside my cell ; The idle buttvrfly Should rest him there , and there be heard The house"wifs bee and humming bird .
And -what if eheerfnl shouts , at noon , Come frem the Tillage sent , Or songs of maids , beneath the moon , With fairy laughter blent l And-what if , in tte evening lifht , Betrothed lovers iralk in sight Of my low monument : 1 would the lovelysccDesjound Might know no sadder sight or sound .
I know , I know I should not see The season ' s glorious show ; 2 f or "would its brightness Ehine for me , 2 sor its wDd music flow ; But , if around my plac ? of sleep The friends I lore should come to weep , They might not fcasta to go . Soft mm , and song , and light and bloom , Would ieep theni lingering by my tomb . BillAST tAMERICAS POET )
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/ A DKEAH BT THE T 3 HB . . It is impossible , as every oue knoirs , to sit fcy the fire in winter time without sizing at it very earnestly ; and the more you gsza the mere yon see ia it—strange faces , and one of jour love , perhaps , like a very " red ¦< red rose "—a flamirjo , or a vhoie fljci of them , — . ilomit Ycsnvras , with the neighbourhood oVErmn by ttiemoltfen lava ; a fiiitant view of the Potteries , or the Carron Iron Works , ty nitht , witn the funa . ces at full ' work ; there is bo end of the gluwicg objects yen may see between or above the bars , if yon have the least spark of imagication to tke them out with . :
Itisnotpleassnt , howtver ,-withoutit ? price ; in the ' course of time the eyes become parched by the heat , the i eyelids grow heavy , and in a moment or two yon trifl inevitably goto sleep ; to avoid which 1 jumped np , though witlx some effort , and determined to look in at - the Coal Hote—not the one in tfee cellar , but the one - ia the Strand . Still , from theicnje , the reader may i nm away wilh the notion , or rathtr be run awsy with , the notion thatthe Coal Hole foes the whole coal , at some s&ed or dingy Trharf down tbesa dark arches or ' narrow Janes in the uejghboarliocd of the Adelphi— that it is a ^ eposatary ior WalUend . Kursell ' s Main , . and Adair " s ; Helton , Pcn ^ op ' s , sxd Tnt £ eld * s , and alj the other varieties of the black diam ^ d . Whereas , if ihey take ths right Bhodes , ihej still end a wsU-inown hoBse of entertainnifcat in Fountain Coari . celebrated Ior its geod cheer and comic singing , to which a little deaf-and-dumb waiter—call him page if you pleaseplays a jcute tcc « inpaniment . '
Well , I wtiked in , passing tfc . 2 tar on the right , to ; the large room , where some voice in three volumes wss ainging a glee , with as much sood-wiU as if it had been earning three suppers . O what a rich joJJy ' triple choruB it "was , singing of wine and Bacchus , and Yenus and mjrtles , — -srhile with « very line some bright elerieus image rose np in the " mind's eye , —fauns skipping and n jmpbs dancing , grapes ' clustering , Sowers springing , birds onging , and the sun , EhTTt'r . g from the clear bine iky with a fervour that , made thetlood bound thrcugh the heart , and run -with a sensible thrill through every vein I Ana when the ' sang ceased , the genial feeling uld not cease with it , ; for though there was no sun there , or ilne sky , or cius- ; terine vines , there wss abundance -of radiant lamps ,
aid the fire glowed like s lurancs , and the gener ; us juice of the grape shone in amber aod ruby through the j crystal , and shed a light as from the painUd windows j of the Temple of Bacchus on the snowy table-cloths . ; And then these social litUe nooks round the room . ' Mirth occupied one ; you could hear him laughing till his sides shcok and his voice quavered . Friendship had ¦ taken possession of the next Gne ; and was giving i > nt ; hearty toasts and zeztiments , followed by hip , hip , hips : and loud hurrahs ! Harmony sat in the third : be bad ' jolted In the trio , a capital fourth—and in the other boxes ^ t dozens of Sociables , and United Brethren , j and Odd Fellows ergeyirg themselves to their hearts '; content , < m * the good thingB , solid and liquid « f this woild . What comfortable steams rose over the tops of
{ he partitions ; what savoury odours streamed around ; ¦ what a cheerful clatter of knives and forks and plates ; what a mtrry jisgle of betlles and glasses as they kissed * sch ia their hospitable journeys—like gossips laden with 4 rink ; what a tinkling , as if of little bells , between the giass and the busy . spoon . ' What fumes of gin . mm . and brandy mingling is the air and making a sort of aromatic punch for the benefit of the nose ! And what raUling peals of laughter that teemed to come from some fat fellow with two hearts—one mocking the other . ' And all the while the deaf-ant-finmb page , inspired by the spirit of the place , grew more and more intelligent , till he seemed to hear -with every feature but his ears , and to speak "with every feature bnt his mBalh .
And better than all . 5 a a coraer there was my very ; eoay , my bosom friEDd , the friend of my soul , my other ' Belf , old il £ nn—or Old Humanity , as we used to call hisj , sipping frc-ra a hus , e roblet to which he invited i everybody who or- ) y looked at him—for he had a large \ heart and a liberal hand , loved everybody in the world j butiimseif , and deserved to be largely loved in return ., ' Tes—there be "S 3 S , Hailing asd looking like a rather at every * ne in the room . It was impossible not to drink i whenever he asied 70 U , which he was as sure to do , 1 if yon were ¦ within hearing , as that Bnrton ale is not ' ¦ Burton ' s iltJanctoly . So to it we went , class after , '
flats , hob and 10 b , lere ' s to thee , and fill Bgain—and ' the wife and children , down to the taby in arms , were ' pledged in humming ale . At least tbst was fiis liquor j ss it was Adam ' s , though of a -s-fenker Eort , for before A 3- was invented , donble ZC would have been an ] suaehroniiia . However , siri-:-g ale was his drink , and ' of all tongs he best loved that old one , which sings of | "jolly good ale and olde . " But every man else might call for what he liked 2 x 0 welcome—even the : strsnger ¦ whose fsre he had never seen before was a ! brother by detcent to old Mann , and treated accord- j isgly . So to it , I say we went , witfe a will as the ; nflors say , like the jovial topers in Babelais , taking ¦ great draughts ef the stingo , and rare slices of the I brawn , and Lure trusses of the £ r * en salad , in which j two or three lobsters had lest themselves , like tara in I I J ' j , ' t j ; ¦ I j j
the country pant : and meanwhile the singing began 1 again , first one voice , then two , then three , then a ! fourth chimed in , and then more and more Oil the 5 room rang again with the lusty chorus . ' Ok 'twas a ' glorious place that Coal Hole!—warm , bright , joyous ^ with song and laughter—yon quite forgot there was such < a thing as care , dull care in the world ! < Well , we drank or , eld Mann and I , till my head < became bo heavy with the ala that had mounted into ] U , that I could not hold it np , but do what I ^ would ,: it mutt needs drop first on my bosom , and then lower ; And lower till it bobbed on the table : and lo , when it : J . | l ¦ . "j < ! < ¦ ] : ; :
bobbed np again I tfss all in the dark , pitch ; oark . Evny lamp had gone oai ; and as to j the fire it had died of aMplery , or something as sud- < fiss , for there -was not » * spark left vt it . I never felt . » cold and dreary in mj life , for "with the light acd the : " wmVh , the voices had died awsy too . Instead pf the j } BTialchorus , the joyons jest , the many tongnes , ill * ( Mattering together , and the mnltitudinons laughing , ; toe jolly coti erowing to another , like the chanticleers ] «* tte vfflage ,.. jtll mute—not a tongue -wagged—nlent ] » ueatli ! I stretched oni my hand for my ale , it was j !»« . table and alL I felt for old Mann and he xru ( gone too ; or fanned into KaBething eold , damp , and j « rd , Kke a waH . A » soon as I could fetch xny breath j ** lvoiee , I called him : " Mann ! Mann 1 Maaal ; •^ ere areyoo ? " ; Sere I « n , *» answered the Toice of Mann , as froB . *^» here nnder the floor- ' H'What , are we down Btaira 7 * " j ti ^^^® " sr 8 are » * fnanbled the Toice . i B What , down in &e « enar ? | ' " i , ***• " - j ¦ w 6 * d J ' Eow did "Ire come iere ? " saia *•} - " « h » d not a great deal of ale 1 Wiy tre -were np in | i i ' . j I ' i I ! i I : ' I I | 1 i I
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n : e great room , with a blazing firs , and the lumps , and findson or somebody was singing a comic song . For the lord ' s sake , Mann , let ' s get up again . Where are yon—what are you doing ?" " Here—getting coal !" "Sttting coal !"—( ho-w drunk he must have been !) —And again I called to him by name— Mann 1 Mann !" " Here . " " Where ?"
" Here . " Following the sound , I struck my bead against a beam or a wall , -with a crash that almost stunned ma I ¦ was in a low passage , so low that I was obliged to bend almost double . Bat there was & glimmer of light before me , and I crept towards it , . till at last I saw 3 Iann , lyin ^ on his back in a sort of black cupboard , or gigantic coffin , at the top of which he was pecking with a pickaxe , as if he had been buried alive and was trying to break out . He was almost naked , and had his head bound up with a dirty cloth .
Gacions Heaves ! Mann ! how came you there ? how came we here ? I thought we were in the Coal Hole »•" " And so we are 1 " said Mann , without turning bis head or stopping for a moment in his labour . Pick , pick , pick—as if his return to the -world depended on it And I longed for a pickaxe , too , the black earth seemed to be dosing upon me so oppressively . What a mystery it was ! As if I and Mann had actually passed , by death , from the upper world , its light , its warmth , and human society , to the dark chambers of tire grave ? And was it really so?—had we bidden afiieu for ever to the snn , for ever and ever to the bine skies and the green earth , and the sweet elastic air on which w © nsed to live ? Were -we realty sundered
from all social ties , till the earth crumbled away , and the heavens rolled up like a parchment btfore the fire ? It wanted not demons t » convert It to 0 place of torment—the horrors of retrospection were sufficient to make that gloomy vault , or whatever it was , the abode of exquisite anguish . O how vividly returned uyon me the blessed warmth and light , the communion with my kind from which I was so suddenly and unaccountably cut off ! Perhaps—so whispered a leraorsefnl , misgiving thought—I had enjoyed these too much , too selfishly , too heedlessly , without asking or caring what portion others of my fellow-men bad in the bounties of Providenoe . Perchance , for that sin , I bad been condemned to an immortal solitary confinement , in Use bowels of the earth—for I was solitary
—Maun was too much occupied with his tool , pick , pick , to be a companion . And something told me , that there he might work fsr a thousand years without obtaining a glimpse of the bine sky . Mans , vrho on earth had so ecjojed the feUovrEhip ef man ! and for very loneliness I could not help calling to him , occasionally , only for the sound of his voice , but he was too much' absorbed in kis dreary task to attend to me ; sometimes he britflj answered me , sometimes not . Pick , pick , pick ; be was so abstracted from me , by his labour , it was as if hebad not been there . Oh , for but one human being that trouid speak if spoken to , —that
would look at me , feel with me ; and as I prayed , a faint light approached , from some unfathomable distance , nearer and nearer , till a woman , or the ghost of a wbmsn , stooping , partly because of the low channel , and partly , it seemtil , fn-m some heavy burden on her . back , came crawling pa * t me . Another victim of Divine wrath , doomed to dreadful penance in tbe chambers of the earth . Ob , how squalid she washow worn by woe—how hagg « rd , how gaunt , how utterly withered from all ihat is womanly into all that is witch-like 1 Ar , d yet , even in that wasted form , and those wretched features , I recognised one I had known above—she was tha wife of Mann 3 *"
* ' Elinor !' But sbe made no answer , £ 3 ve a mournful shake of tbe head , and crept slowly on ; she had not breath or heart to speak- Methonght , now perhaps 31 ann will tnrn'towards her , and pause in his work ; but pick , pick , pick , pick , he let his wife , his miserable wife , pass on without a -word or a fiance . There was no time There , then , even for Jove . ' Aly soul sank within ma What an eternity was before me ; dead even to hope ! Nay not ytt , for two ruore forms approached , strangely
harnessed , and painfully dragging behind them some ponderous load , tlai made them stop to pant for breath—if it could ba called bivath . thai was inkaled in that awful subterranean prison . And as they stopped I knew them , a girl and a boy—but oh ; how sadly disfigured ! In years and fza so young , in face so carefully old . like pain-ridden dwarfs J They were Mann ' s children ! Bnt tbe father looked not at bis children ; the children glanced not at their father ! there was no time fsr love , conjngal , paternal , or filial , in that terrible place !
The ways of Providence are inscrutable ! It is not for us to pry into the secrets of heaven , and yet I could not help asking in my soul , by what awful guilt Mann , his wife , and his poer children , could have incurred so stupendous a puni . < bmeut , such an appalling isflictiun t > f the Divine wrath ? A ' r-ove gioutd , on the living earth , they had seemed tniongs : the better examplts of human nature ; ftnercus . charitable in word and deed , honest , industrious , tt-nJeriy affectionate t \ J each other . I haJ knewn them undtr various phases , in sickness , in poverty , and oppressed , an-J ytt h « w unrapIniDg they were , how patient , bow furbe ^ rinj ! Above a ) l , in their days of want , how xuunificifcnt , bestowing the half of their little on those-who bed les »! As 1 thought of ii ,
a crushing ; sense 01 my ovn un ^ orthines ? , compared with their worth , con : p ] ettr } j ovpr ^ belmed me . There was no jugglirg there , no n'fdeceit in that pitch-back prison , the Condensed Cell of the S- > nl ! Weighed , evtnin my own balance , against poor Mann , conscie : ce declared me deficient —thit I oujfct rzther to have betn condemned to pick , pick , pick , picking at that sable roof , to gain a glimpse , if 1 could , of the blessed face of Nature ! " Mann , " I cned , " Mann !" " Well " " Let me work for you a bit Ton must be cramped in that narrow cell—and worn out with labour . " " Te»—my back ' s s ' most brpfee— and my neck aches as if it had been twisted . " " Give me the pick . "
He pnt the tool into my hand—how heavy it was And I . crept into tbe black niche ; but it was so like getting into tbe narrow borne , that I lay paralysed with cold and dread , unable to lift my aim . In the mean time a faint light appeared as before , but from the opposite direction : it might be that Minn ' s wife and children were on their return—but no ! a secret whisper told me that they -were my own partner and our little w-. es , and I involuntarily closed my eyes against a spectacle , painted beforehand , on the blank biack air I dared not look at my wife or children—it tras agony , unutterable agocy , on ' y to think ol them in those depths of desolation .
Bat I was not to be spared that irfliction . Through ay fcjelids , ; upernaturally transparent , 1 beheld a sight that filled my soul with bitterness . O , those dtar yourg faces , so prematurely old , hunger-pinched , an 4 puckered with cares—precociously informed of the woes ol the world—children without chiidhood . And , 0 ! that sad , forlorn matron ' s face , once the suueiest en enrth ; now , with hair so pray , eyes bo dull , lips so thin—misery , misery ! The sight was unbearable , and 1 sbr-eked cnt , " I am , I am in " But before I could pronounce the unmentionable word , my eyes suddenly opened , and I saw before me my wiuter fire , with that great black block of the mineral fuel on the top , which , by its intense contrast with the glowing mass beneath , had led me into such a dreasa of tbe Park and Bright of the world , and that transition fiom the Coal Hole to the Coal Mine . —Hood ' s Hdoazine ,
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fer of fifty horses' power to a distance of one thousand feet , a first outlay not exceeding £ 10 , and a moderate expence for wear and tear . This Satellite locomotive , in connection with ihe stationary power , will pall down trees , excavate or level the hardest earth or rocks , bo as to ferm canals or roads of any length and breadth . The stationary power which works this " Satellite , " or locomotive instrHment , requires but one man to direct the whole operation , which is eqos . 1 to the labonr of hundreds of men on the present system . The road on this system , sayB the inventor , may pass over any hill , at any inclination , ap and down , with equal Bafety , as well as o ? cr p ) ain 3 , ' nothing being required beyond the smoothing of tbo surface . No rails are neceBsaf yi nor any kind of pavement
nothing is required but the level ground of any nature , hard or soft . When the road is thus formed between the stationary water-power mills , six miles distance from each other , ( more or less , as the case may require ) , waggons of any form and size , singly or in trains , may be propelled from one water-power mill to another , by means of an endless rope , running at once in opposite directions along the lice of road thus formed ; bnt , instead of runt ing on common waggon wheels , they will run on cylinders ^ Icjlmder-wheeb ) , which , by their broad smooth surface , will improve the road , the more they pass over it , by compressing the earth , if it be soft * into compactness , aud by wearing ! down asperities , if it be bard , but without ever cutting and cranking it in anywise .
The same system is applicable also to canals , either for excavation or propelling boats by means of endless ropi s . ¦ . - Mr . E ; z ! tr tells us , that these stationary water power mills , and the satellite , or locomotive instrument , after making the line of road , and excavating the reservoirs , might be applied to cultivate the land around them to the distance of several miles on each side of ( he road , to plough and pulverise the earth , and perform all other works of labour on or in the ground , including even sowing and harvesting , according to the amount of power applied : one stationary water-mill of fifty horses power , cultivating from one thousand tp five thousand acre ? , in ihe very be ? t style , pulverising the soil in a manner equal to the best garden cuhure ; and while thU 3 applied to the cultivation of the land , the stationary
power may move au endless rope along a line of road extending three miles eaoh way , making a total length of six miles for each water-mill , which road may be crossed by another , or by several roads , at the stationary point of power , so as to form several diagonal hues of road , and endless rope 9 , crossing each other at the centre , and extending three miits from it in all directions . By this mea&s bo pow ^ r need be lost , as the land machines would only work slower without stopping , when the central power waB applied to locomotion on the general line ol conveyance ; each distinct apparatus moving slower in proportion to the extent of power applied to other purposes , but causing no interruption in any department . The railway , or conveyance line , would not be interrupted for a mo » ent by the agricultural Satellite , or any other application of the stationary
power . This stationary power , as already stated , is derived from a number of wind-mill sails , placed ; n the most eligible localities , within a distance comprising ten , or twenty , or one hundred , or even several hundred square miles , to rise water into elevated reservoirs , from which it falls on water-wheels , or endless chain-- - of" buckets , running on rollers upon the declivity of tha hill or elevation , at tha top of which are piaced the wind-mill sails and the reservoirs . This waver may also be conducted from the reservoirs to distant places , in canals or pipes , to canse a fall of water for similar purposes . After its fail from the reservoir the water may return to
the plaee from which it was first raised , if necessary , to be carried up again by tne wind-mill power . The object of this combination is , to convert the irregular and interrupted wind power into a perpetual and uoiiorm water power ; the reservoir being large enough to afford a oouthiaal fail of water during weeks , and evt-n mouths , without a new supply , when there is no wiud 10 rai ^ e it . A reservoir or irom five to twenty acre- , from 2 , 000 , 000 to 8 , 000 , 000 cubic feet capacity , would espply a water-mill of fifty horse * ' power from ten to thirty days , when there was no wind to keep up the supply . The capacity of tee reservoir would be m the inverse ratio of its height , for an equal supply of power .
On sea-coastB tbe power of the wave 3 \( the surf ) might be applied in lieu of water-lalis , on tbo principle explained in iqo project of a Naval Automaton . The economy of this systrm is incomparably greater than that of any other , and its general efficiency is not inferior to any . The inventor is prepared with working models and scientific demonstrations to prove the truih and practicability of all his statements , asd those who are directly interested in such matters would do well to Iofu no time in taking advantage ot his knowledge and his system . His agent in L-ndon is Mr . C . F . Stollmeyer , ho . 3 , Northampton Terrace , City Road .
The whole of Etzler ' s mechanical system ia based on the principle which shows , that powers witbout limit of time , or place , or amount , may be derived from the natural motion of atmosphere and water . It is a power which costs nothing but the labour ol constructing machinery to use it .
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Brass ' s Sister . —We think we owe an apology to our readers for not having sooner acquainted them , at least those wbomay bei&oorantcf ihe fact , that Mrs . Beggs with her two daughters , respecting whom we dora not trust eur pen with a compliment , lestweshould offend by itB heartiness—ia now living at Bridges House , a neat cottage , with an excellent garden on tbo Ion- road to lue Daon , from which famed stream it is distant only a few minutes' walk , and not much fattber from tho aea . We had the pleasure of an introduction at the cottage the other day , and were much dtlinhted to tad ia Sirs . Begga a hule matronly person , who may yet live to see tbe return of many " summer suns . " Her features , if the portaita of the Poet are at all correct , bear oniy a slight r < semblance to him . The eye , however , 13 tbo
same ; and she seems , in figure , to bave beeD formed much after his mould . Ihe contour aud expressions of tha face are . purely Scottish—and her demeanour is not lt £ s s«—kindly affable , yet retiring . We have seldom witnessed ft more perfect representation of the bland , homely manners which characterise tbe better informed of the " well-tcdo" class in this country—and vrhieb . is all the more fascinating when tinged witb a shVht dash of rusticity—than ia the . tidy parlour at Bruige House . Tbe aeuateness of age , and tbesprightlini : ** of youth , "were pleasingly exemplified in the bearing of the mother and tbe daughters . 1 be youngest of the lalier , by tbe way , txhibit * a greBt deal of the Poet , both in her weil-fcraieU features and in htr powers of conversation , iiirs . Bisaa was born kt Mount- Oliphunt . She
was , as tbe world generally knows , the youngest of tha family , aud being only live yesrs of age on removing to Lockleii , the can have but an indistinct recollection ot the place ef her birth . While in Lochlea and Mosses ' , , however , she had mary opportunities of visitins Ayr . Sbe kfi tbe county in 1790 , and never was again within iU beundatua until WJriUunttde last , a period of 40 years . Tbo fact of a Bister , and a loved Bister , ton—U ; e 'Jenny , ' as some aver , of the "Cottar ' s Saturday Night' —miding in the close vicinity of the cottage where th « Poet was born , will add a new interest to the 11 Land of Burns . " We are only afraid that the curiosity of viEiy < rs may lead to an annoying invasion of domestic privacy . As an instance of the enthusiasm of many of the pilirims to tbe shrine of Burns , we Kiay mention
that , a eho / t time prior to Mrs . Beycs coming amongst us , an American gentleman , on hearing that a sister of the bard was stili alive , though at a distance of more than eighty miles , and though he was much pressed for time , actually posted all the way to Prestonpans , where he ntxt day presented hh card , and waa repaid by an interview with Mrs . Begg& Now that she Is more accessible ta tbe thousands who annually repair thitbtr in honour of the bard , the liability to intrusion of tbia bind will of course be proportionally increased . Bat it is to be heped that public curiosity will bo restrained within due bounds , and that the patienoa of onB who seems to stt no bounds to hti gratitude for the interest which bas K-en taken in her tsffairs , will not be unduly taxed . — Ayr Observer .
. The Poor Mas . —When a poor man attempts to rise—attempts to show that there is no monopoly of genius , and that God hath givtn as free and noble a soul to tbe lowly as to the great—he is not only opposed by the class above him , but tnvy and ecorn are but too often his portion among bis fellows . They do not like to see themselves oui&tripped by one whom they may have reckoned no otvttr than themselves ; and instead of encouraging , th *> j damp bis ardour and grieve his bea . it with Eneeis , and cold ( because envious ) counsel . Tiie next class above him love not to tee a man who has nought to boast of but a noble sc-ul , no treasures save
those of mird , presuming to take his place among them , and there is one universal about of " Keep him down J " This upward straggle which poverty-struck genius has to endure—this struggle against prejudice , and envy , and misrepresentation , and want , bas daunted many a mind , and discouraged many a breast , and has kept many a man , formed to be a light to the world , in poverty and darkness to the end of bis days . Because of this , many a noble spirit lies concealed in its own flame of brightness ; many noble aud free men , of whem the world was not worthy , have gone down into the grave with all the wisdom of their souls untold— " bave died and made no sign . ''
Thb Blessedness 01 Slei : ? , — ' Blessed , " saya the simple 'Sguire of Don Quixote , "is the man who first invented sleep . " What wonid tLe spirit-worn , the persecuted , the heart-stricken , and tbe desolate , do without sleep ? If there be a heavenly seal set upon the heart , it is that dear Impressive slumber—deep and dreamless as infants—which , like a soft -wind in dreariest winter , laps for a time the wearied senses in repose . Then is the imagination freed from earthly dross , and clinging carts , catried far , far awny to happier times .
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The poor prisoner then escapes from his dungeon—his fetters drop from bis benumbed limbs , and be lives a ^ ain in the glorious sunshine , 'with the blue heavens alone looking dowa upoa him , nnd the green earth in all its wondrous beauty stretching far before him . Tbo wave-tossed mariner , ' ab < = eafc so long froni his heart ' s home , " will , in the dreamy ¦ watches of tbe night , relisit the loved ones that are far away . The freezing winds of the 'Iblustraous north" will lackjtheir power to cbill his blood , tbo lashing surges will , by " some strange magle , " be converted into sweet gentle sound , fcuch as , perchance , Burronnd bis young home , a home to which his affections still clincf , the more distant he may happen to be from it It was a beautiful idea of the Italian poet , who likened the yearning for home of the Swiss exiles of the tightening to the invisible strings that bound their hearts to their native lauds as they increased in distance from it .
The Indian —Catlin is probably correct enough in hia description of the Indiana in their prairie , or forestlife . But I wish , he bad exhibited them in their demidvilized state , In which I have the honour to be ' their Great Father , ' as you probably have seen in the newspapers . They are tea times worse tfean when wholly savapo . It has been a grent mistake to attempt to settle or CaristainiBe them . Whether baptism alone will save their soula and aend them to Paradise instead of their own traditional hunting grounds , I cannot determine , but certainly their works will not . They bave acquired the most disgusting vices of civilised life and none of itB reQnementa or advantages . They should be amalgated with white men , and not separated , if they are not to remalu in their wild state . I bave a village of them eight miles from here , a perfect pest , and the most debauched , Idle , and quarrelsome set of men and woman In the country . The attempt has failed everywhere . —Memoir of the Life of Lord Svdenham .
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1 iv 0 , u 3 st . —On Friday , a ; i adjourned inquest was held Deforo Air . (* . 1 . Milla , the deputy ooroner , on view of tho body of Luke Reilly , formerly a solicitor , who died from tho eff -eta of poison . Mr . Frederick Reiily , a nephew , was called , aud deposed that deceased was constantly experimentalising on himself with dangerous medicines , having some ridiculous crotchets that by the wouderful discoveries he should ' make lie should overturn the medical profession . Frequently'when smoking hi ? pipe , ha would suddenly lull asleep , and he ( witness ) had now no
doubt that he was smoking morphia with his tobacco . In order to show wiiat strange fancies he had , it might be stated that on one morning he bought a wholo paeket of James ' s powers , all of which he took in the course of two or three hours . He ( the witness ) considered that deceased was perfectly sane , escept on the subject otmediciao . The jury returned the following verdict :- " Died from an ovt-r dose of morphia , but whether it was taken for the purpose of self-destruction there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "
Dfath from a Fi ; h Bone , —Mr . Wakely , M . P ,, held an inquest on Friday , at tho Geor ;; o th ^ Fourth Tavern , Duke-street , Lisson-grove , ou the body of Eliza Davies , aged 60 . On Monday , the 8 h in-tant , t > io deceased was taking her t-upper , wh ^ n her mistress , who was in the room , requested her to got a spoon . Having risen from the table for that purpose , she was suddenly seized with a violent fit of coughing , occasioned by a bone of tho fish Bhe waB eating remaining iu tha throat . Subsquently she became so ill , that medical assistance was found necessary . Mr . Robins , a surgeon , attended , and endeavoured to rumovo the boue byiusttttiuK a probaugin the » jopha ^ ns , She vent away axuoh relieved . She continued to improve until the following Saturday , when she gradually got worse , and expired on Wednesday ,. the J 7 ih . it waa tho opinion of Mr . Robins ih » t aho died trom perforation of tbo lungs , caused by the fish bono she had swallowed . The jury found a verdict of accidental death .
Allfgfd Infanticide , —On Friday , Mr . Bnker held an inquest at ihe Northampton Arms , Northami >; on-stTcet , Bethnal- ^ reen , on the body of a fullgYov / a n ^ wly-born male infant , found in tho watar olivet of the house No . 3 , Sulfolk-rfireot , Cambridgeroad . It appears that the mother of the child , nam- "d Sarah Smith , is oniy sixteen year " , old , and that , with her sister ah- - - camo , * ix months ago ,, to Icd ^ e at tho above bout-. . She afterwards wei . t into service , but three weeks agoshe returned to tl ; c lodging still held by her 8 istcr . The dwoovery of her being endinte caused tbe loss of her situation , and this she acknowledged to her landlady ! saying , however , that she was but five months in a t-tate of ^ rcftnancy . She
made no provision for the birth of a child , and on Wednesday last , her landlady ; suspecting that a secret accouchement had takeu place , although tho girl denied it , s > in for a midwife nr . aicd Campbell , who soon ascertained that a recent birth had taken p ) aoe . Search was made , and the child was found dead iu the place ulrvudy mentioned . The midwife could not say whether tho child had ever breathed or nyt . The Coroner , considering the youth and inexperience of the mother , did not think she was guilty oi wilfully destroying her offspring , and therefore advised an open verdict , in order not to obstruct further proceeding should any proof ' s of crimo bo hereatter discovered . Verdict , " Found dead . "
Destruction by Fiue of King William ' s College , Isle of Wan . —This beautiful a / id extensive edifice \? as to . ally uc- ^ troyed by fire on tho 14 th inst . Tito origin of the iiro ia as yet unknown , but it is ascertained to have broken out in the western win # , either in the class-rooina of the English department , or in ihe boy ' a dhiiif ? -rooni immediately below . Shortly after two o ' clock trie first alarm was given ; but for many hours after this thdre was no fire engine , ladder , or supply of water that could be usod with any effect ; and the flames , having thua uncheckod progress , rapidly bproad through the corridors and tha eutire of iheivast buiidiug , including the classrooms , the dwelling-house of the Rev . Mr . Dixon , tho Priucipal , the beautiful chapel , and tho great tower , which , wit ^ i tho exception of tho apartmont 9 of xhe Kev . Mr . Cumniing , the Vice-principal , situated ia the eastern wiDg , were totally destroyed .
Dreadful Accident . —On Friday night the following frightful acoident occurred on the tlxbridgercad , near Shepherd ' s bush : —About half-past ten o'clock , as Ivir . Pattison , jun ., of the Hippodrome stables , accompanied by two friends , was riding ou horseback in the direction of Notting-hill , Mr . Pattison , who waa a-head of the other two , rodo with gn at violence against the point of the shaft of a cart belonging to a Mr . Hannon . which was proceeding in a contrary direction . He was instantly tbrown with great violence to the ground . Upon beiDg carried to an adjacent pubho house , Mr . Barttll , a surgeon , was sent for , who discovered that Mr . Pattison'a left knee was frightfully fractured , in addition to several other iRJurifa . Mr . Pattison was afterwards removed to his lather ' s houso , and Mr . Liston , ihe eminent surgeon , was called iu , who immediately amputated his leg .
A Fkeak of Nature . —Oa Friday night Ia 9 t , a poor woman named Tye , aged 38 , who is married to u savryt r , upwards of eighty years of age , was safely delivered of a female child with three arms , aud only one leg , tho place where the other lt ; g should be presenting a perfect arm , but only three fingers beitig attached to the hand . Tbo parents have another and perfect child , and are living at No . 6 , Duke street , St . George ' s in the East . The lusus naiurm has been visited by several eminent members of thu-faculty .
Suspected M order at Sheffield . —A woman of the town , named Harriot Holmes , who resided in an obscure court , called Back-lane , or West-lane , Hollystrtet , with a mannamed Henry Jackson , with whom s-ho lias cohabited for about nine years , has been found dead under very suspicious circumstances . On Friday , the 12 , h , she attended at the Town-hall , as a spectator in a case where a female companion was charged with picking the pocket of a Huntingdonshire hawker of £ 9 14 s . At that time she was seen by many—was very neatly dressed , and appeared to be in good health . The charge was not substantiated against , her companion , and it seems that from the time she left the 'IWn-ball , the deceased and another woman , named Sarah innocent , were in
company together for the remainder of the day , until a quarter-past six in the evening . She then left to go home , tonnwhat the worse for liquor , but quite capable of taking care of herself . After that , &he was seen at the bar of Pagden's public house , from whence the went home at a quarter to eight , having previously ' gent for a woman , named Mary Sparrow , to kindle her fire and make her bed for her . On going home , she sac down on a chair , and observed to Mary Sparrow , " I am fresh . " She then asked Sparrow to take her bonnet to her own ( Sparrow ' s ) house , observing , " If Harry sees it , he will murder me this night . " After this the abovenamed individual knocked at the door of the deceased at nine o'clock , aud at ten , when the door
was fastened ; but Holmes answered from the inside , aud asked Sparrow if she would go ia , which the latter declined doing . That was the last time she was known to bo alive , for from ten o ' clock until half-past eleven nothing is heard of lier . At the latter period , Henry Jackson , the man with whom she lived , ran out to the house of a neighbour , named Mary Barker , requesting her daughter to tell her mother to come to his house immediately . The deceased was found lying across tbe floor on her left side , her left temple and left eye bore the marks of two severe blows or bruises . It Keema that she has
been subject to a kind of fainting fit after she had been drinking ; and also that there had been frequent disturbances between her and Jackson , on which occasions the neighbours used to hear her utter piercing screams . Jaekson , too , had been seen to ill use her on several occasions , by some of the neighbours . After he had fetched several females to the deceased , he went for a doctor , and returned with Mr . Barber . He then began to put his coat on , when Mr . Barber said " Where are you going , n » y man V and Jackson replied " To fetch her mother . He then left the house in the act of putting his coat on , and bas not since been heard of .
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Poachinq . —The crime of poaching is increasing and presents a heavy item in tho calendar of prisoners in rural districts . The following were committed to Devizes prison last week : —Thomas Batt , for destroying game at Manningford Bruce ; John Owen and William Eacott , for a like offence , at Heyteabury } Henry Ktog and George Collings , for a like offence , at Fishertoa-de-lafMcre ; Edgar Walker and John Vizard , fora like offence , and also n-ith threatening to shoot George Clarke and Abraham Huges , at Brinkworta . —Sdih Journal . A Brutal PABEsr—On Tuesday , the 16 th inst ., a verdict of " Wilful murder" waa returned agatnst Richard Andrews by a coroner ' s jury , at the King's Arms , Bishopgate-street , Birmingham , for having set fire to some shavings upon which his daughter , Eliza Andrews , aged four ; years , slept , from the effects of which thu said child died shortly afterwards ,, in great agony , in the Queen ' s Hospital .
Death in ths Miixbank Pbisoh . —Mr . Higgs held an inquest , on Monday at tho above prison , on view of the body of William Gale , aged twenty-fivo , a convict under sentence of transportation . Captain Groves , governor of the prison , said the deceased was convicted of felony on the 17 th of October , 1843 , at the Dorohester sessions . His crimo was stealing silver spoons . He jwas sentenced to seven years' transportation , received into the Mtllbank Prison on the 12 ; h of December , and died in ihe infirmary on the 10 th of January . Dr . William Bailey , physician to the prison , said when deceased was admitted he was suffering from asthma and
bronchitis . A post mortem examination showed in an extreme degree the changes of structure caused by bronchitis and asthma .. jThe immediate cause of death was asthma and inflammation of the air tubes . The Jury expressed themselves satisfied , and returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony . During tho inquiry a juryman remarked on the frequency of similar cases in this prison . He sa'd he had himself lived in the neighbourhood thirty-five years , during which time holhad never suffered from any complaint , and ho c , r . u ) i not undprs'auo * how it was that deaths frora similar cause ? were so frequent in iho Millbank Prison .
Fovxd Drowned . —Early on the ntorn : ng of Monday , the body of a man , apparently only twenty years of age , was found ia tho River Thames , near tho Mill Wall , Poplav , at 'such a distance as left little doubt ha had committed suicide . Ho was dressed in a sailor ' s blue suit , Blucher boots , worsted stockings , & . o . He hud " L . D . S . M . " pricked on his right arm . Tho body was removed to tho Poplar bone-house , and orders given to post the description at the metropolitan police-ofncea . DBEADypL Suicide . —A few days ago the town of Bromley , in Kent , waa thrown into a state of excitement , owing to a gentleman , named Edward Cranfield , residing at a place called New Farm , having committed self-destruciion , by blowing his brains out . On Saturday , at inquest was held on the body , before Mr . Cartar , i the coroner for Kent , at the deceased ' s own residence . From the evidence
it appeared that on Thursday morning last , about nine o ' eock , the deceased gentleman ' s family were alarmed by tho report of fire-arms , proceeding from the wa ' . orciooet ; and on some of the inmates hastening to tho spot , the unfortunate gentleman was found lying dead on the fl > ar , and Ins , brains scattered about on the walls . There way a pistol by his side , with which hedostroyeid himself , and which he ( ffected by placing the muzzle of it ia hia mouth , the ball passing upwards , and shattering the skull in a frightful manner . It appeared that the deceased , for some time previously 5 , 0 the sad catastrophe , had been labouring under considerable depression of spirits . Further proof having been given ol the deceased ' s state oi mind , tho jury , alier ehort consultation , returned a verdict that tho cecea ? ed committed the act while labouring under temporary derangement .
Fratricide . —On Friday last , a tamily named Glaves , consisting of a widow and several children , who reside in Henrittta-street , Birmingham , wore at dinner , when the conversation tarced upon the providing of sumo articles of wearing apparel , and it appeared words arose between the eldest son , aged twenty-two , and a brother , seventeen years old , when tho latter plunged a knife into the abdomen of the former ; tin .- young man ' s intestines instantly protruded . The p ior lollowjdieU ai > fivo o ' clock the next mornine . Tne fratricide yras immediately £ ivea into cu-- 'otiy . A coroiir ' s inqur ^ c has bee n held , and u . v < ru . ci of " Ma : i : il" > . u »; httr" returned .
Explosion . —A . steam-boiler belonging to Mr . Millward , guubarrcl manufacturer . Mill-ian- * . Birmingham , cxpl ' 'di .-d on Wednesday la ; t , when several workman sut- £ aiue < i very severe injuries , among whom , were the following , who wor « convoyed to tlifj General Hospital : —William Dry , who was buried beneath the ruins of the shop iu which he was at work—he is dreadfully burnt and bruised , and it is expected he will not survive ; John Jenkins , whoso hpad wa- fractured , and who was other wiso seriously injured in the abdomen ; Samuel Woo bine , t ^ o fractures of the leg of so serious a nature , as to require iuunedvaio amputation ; Henry H ; ^ euock , very badly scalded ; M . t . May berry and his son , seriously scalded .
ATTEMPrto Murder . —Tho quiet of the usually peaceful town of AJtnncbaaijwas interrupted in an awful manner on Thursday week , by the coldblooded attempt of a man , James Lee , a bricklayer's labourer , residing in New-street , near Hope pquare , to cut the throat of his wife , to whom bo hud only been m srried some flmr months . They had f ' rrquene liLag ' . ecnien ^ , and when he catnu iu to his dinner , finding nothing prepared in consequence of his wife ' s illness , he went to a pantry aJid nut aome bread and butter , and left the boutse without making any remark , iu a few minutes ho re'uiiied , opened a''drawer whore he kept his razors , and after Icokitifiouc at the window a short time , wen ' ^ behind his ivvifo . who was seated near the fireplace , and hao no suspicion what ho was about , and seizing hold of her , attempted to cut her throat . Hfl ir Hir . tpd aseter wound , bus sho
prevented its boing a fatal one by partly covering her throat with her left hand , tho -numb and finger of which were cut . She than Fpra- ' . i ^ frosn tho chai r on which sho was s ? a ; . d , screaming " Murder ! " but he knocked htr down on the ft-vov , and left her there with h' r fttcu downwards , while she was bleeding profusely from tho wound he had iiflioted ; be afterwards kicked her on the fide , bu ; was at length interrupted by gome of the neighbours who had been alarmed by the poor woman ' s < ri ; . ? , coming to the window . Sbo then escaped into the yard , where assistance was rendered her , and she was then romoved to a neighbour's housfl , Mr . Pownall , surgeon , was soon in attc : 3 < jtwice , and fsewed up the wound , and by his Hki . l sh ? - is now placed in a fair way of recovery . The prisoner has been conimiued to our castle ft take hi ? -rial for the cfieucj at the aexs Chester assizes . —Chester Chronicle .
Manchester— -Fatal Accidknt . —On Friday night last , a mau mm d V / rn . Bell , in the eixmloy of Mr . John Hartley , of i , he Victoria Boiler Works , Chapel-street , was killed une ' er the following circumstances : —It appears tba : late on the evening ia question , the deceased to ^ th ^ . r with a number of his fellow workmen , were employed in conveying a boiler by the Roehdals canal , from the works , to tho timber yard of Mr . C . Clegg , at the bottom of Portland-street . When they arrived at the place , the men proceeded to raise the boiler , for tho jxirposo of enabling them to get it removed from the boat ; and Bell together with anotiu-v BQa . ii , was engaged in inserting blocks under tho boiler , fur tins purpose , when it suddenly fell over towards the side , at which the deceased wa . ; employed , axiug his head hcisreen the boiler and tho aide ot the boat . The oth' ; r men engaged there , immciiately ran to his assistance , and ho was eztr . ica . ted , iii ui ^ ut tea mimiibs hut , he was quite dead .
Melancholy Agcidknt—On the night of Tuesday the 9 th instant , an accident of avery distressing nature occurred on tho Mines Farm , of Snnart , Argyleshire . Ai zander M'Niyeii , one of rfie miners occasionally employed iQ tue Strontian Mines , who , for some time past , has been seriously indisposed , occupied a small cottage built j of dry stone walls . He had two daughters living ia the house with biai ; the one aboui twelve years of age , the other younger . Being poor ir . cifcuii )* t . ances , ihtre w ^ but one bed in the cottage , t * which the father and his childr .-n retired on that iiiKtit at tha usual hour . Tii « previous day was vc- > boisterous throughout ; and it ia the
presumed the hi *< h wind had j shaken one of gables beside which th ^ bod was placed , as a part of it gave way , aDd a large ponii » n of the wall fell in upon tho unibruinate inmates . A vsry large stone rested upon t ; . e body of the eldest girl when asleep , whic' > , alas ! changed the sleep of nature into ihe sleep of dfath . Her more fortunate sister , escaping from among the materials in ft state bordering ou distraciou , alaitned their neighbours , who , ou repairing to ilio heart-rending scene , found the poor father half Juried in the rubbish , with the lifeless corpse of hb daughter besido him . Ho was extricated , " and humanely treated by his friends . — Scotch paper . j
Melanchol y Accident on ! the Manchester and Sheffield Railway . —On Monday evening , an accident oi a most painful nature occurred on the above lino of Railway , which proved fatal to a man , named William Beaumont . Deceased was walking down the line towards Dukinneld , just as the seven o ' clock down-traiQ was coining .: It being very dark at the time , it is supposed tkat the deceased must hare mistaken the down for the up train ; for , instead of crossing over to the other line , he kept the centre of the road on which the { train was running . On the engine reaching him , thfc front Ump struck
him on the back of the head and : neck , knocking him ou to the other line , where he lay until the up-train came , and passed over one of his legs , cutting it completely off . Some of the night labourers , going down the line shortly after the train had passed , heard a groan , and , lauding eoone bread and butter together with a cap close by , irnmediately went to the Dukenfield Btatiou , for policeman Evans , who , on arriving at the place pointed out by the men , found Beaumont lying quite oead . The kg waa found about fifteen yards from tho body . Tbe deceased was about iU > year-- oi age , aiid has left a wife and . three children . 2
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ARKhST of Mua » EBER 3 . ~ A man named Drenoon and hi .- ^ wife have been arrested charged with the commission of a most horrid murder fourteen years ago , in the town of M&ryborough ( Ireland . ) Mail Coach Accidsst . —On Wednesday ni ^ ' it , about ha-lf ^ past six o'clock , the Sheffield and Chesterfield mail coach , on itB return to this town , vraa overturned at the foot of Meadow-head , hill , Wood * seats . Anumbprof the passengers were slightly . ' ajured .
Ashton . —Fatal Accident . —On Snnday nirjhfc week , as an oJd man 75 years of age named New . n , an inmate in the Ashton workhouse , was coming from the Wesleyan Chapel , in crossing the roaa m Stamford- ? treetj ' the omnibus running between Sti >! ybridge and the railway ran over him , and broku one of his logs . Tho injury was of snch a natnre tivafc amputation was found necessary . The poor old man was not able to sustain the shock , and gradually sunk till Saturday last , when he expired .
Bury . —An attempt to Blow up a Mill . —On Sunday evening last , about . balf-past six o ' clock , an attempt was made to blow ud the saw-mill belonging to Messrs . BentJey and White , at the back of Union Square . A large quantity of gunpowder j , - . d been thrown through a broken window at tho w ;> 3 b end of the mill , where a board which repjac-. d s broken square of glass , and which was left in ou Saturday night , had been removed , and has nofc since been foand . A strong boarded partition , dividing Mr . John Wood ' s cottage from the rclil was blown down by tho explosion , and Mrs . Wo : d , and her daughter who was sittiDg reading by hor side , were but )) knocked down by the shock , a . id the child slightly injured . Tho whole of the nidi was much damaged .
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TOTAL LOSS OF THE SHIP PEKEN 1 X , C-i ? SCAR'Uli . UaH IN A SNOW STORM . D ' AHADFVL LOSS OF LIFE . Lloyd ' s , Friday Nionr . Witain the last two or three days accounts h-. ve arrived , coiuniuiiicatirij tha painful intelligence oi iua
'• total wreck of the British-built ship Ffccenix , btiu . ; ., ag ! to Scarborough , -n a snuw storm , off the Lar . ! - ! ej | ! Ialaads , on tlio coa < st of Newfoundland , whilst on r . isc 1 homeward passage to England . whereby a female i > as » j senger was frozen to death , part of tho ciew drowned , j and the remainder underwent the most s&vere sufferings . ' from the intense cold . The particulars are detaikd ia I the subjoined letter : — ! " St . PoterV , Count ot Newfoundland , Use . IS , U ' : '> . i "Sir , —It is with feelings of deep regret that : ha painful task devolves upon me of announcing to you the total less of your 8 ne vessel , the Phoenix , atteaaed , j I lament to state , with tha sacrifice of sever&l of bee I crew , after enduring tbe greatest privations , ccmscq ^ nfi off Islands
upon extreme cold , Langley . To prevent ; ourselves being washed overboard , we lashed each ot-b « E to the ms > st secure spars 01 deck . About 9 o ' clock , a female passenger txpireci on deck from the exposure to tho cold , which wr . a Tery intense , and which acLled much to our sufietinga . Tne » ta by tbia time ba > 1 ' ¦ ora awiy the bulwark rails , and the vessel then laid almost motionless . Shortly after the surf swept away tha jo . Iy-boat , from out of the long-boat on deck , and , angular to state , turned < m her keel in theses , and eventfulijflonisd safe asboiv . Tbis was the only toafe ont of the three that vs « b saved , for almost int , " , ntlj afterwards the stiff was washer ) out of the long i .-nt , and turned bottom np in the sea . AU means t > f our escape was now , apparently , at an end , for the
longboat stood in a fair way of also '• .. ^ ng washed overboard with the sea , and all had thtir ^ yes turned upc n hen anxious to save Ufa- The waves were beating her ^ iiji aver her ,- aud a poor so&man instantly jumped into h a x in order io make a rope fast , so that if she should be swept away she would be still made fast to the sh ' p . While this man was pstfcrui ' - «? this gallant ao' . La awsy went tke long-boat ovetiiwrd with biiu ; her . " clsar , risht clear" of the vessel . We now connvderetj tbat our hours were nnntb * twfi " tvnd *> he men ma '' f-tha best of their way into tbe ionj < -b . vU ' . I along with them , bat on netting forward ami pe ^ ooivingthat ; the b <* % t vras already stove in , I thought it more prudent , for ttia preservation of my life , to return to th 8 wreck . Netwithstanding my caution that the craft was w <* .
jawortby , six men , with tbe mate , Mr . Taomas Sn .. th , and a b 6 y got into her , although by this time sbo was fast filling wi > L water . I entreated them to return , hut they took not tbe lerst heed of my entreaties , and kept singing out to ti ^ a rest of the crew thut were on ilia wreck , to follow their example and let go tba pa-b : !« r . The men , however , being nearly perished with eld , felt no disposition to move—either to gtt into t ' J 9 boas , or unloosen tbe r . » pe . and ihe mate immediately en' it , and away sna weaS to the leo ef the ill-fat-jd ship , without a single oar to conduct her through the boiling surf . The first wave th-it struck the boat completely
turned her bottom upwards , and tUe whola of the amor * tnnate feUowH ( fieht in number ) in her , hnnwsrtiaislji porished within 15 yards of the wreck . Tbe six that now remained on board took refuge in tbe after-roinpanion , but from tbis spot we wera soon ronssi by tua s'u ' p begimini ; > part asunder , v z ., the deck psrtiag from the larbo . v . 1 side , after carry rag with it the *>' . ar « roadside . We saved onreelves in a truly miraau > ua manner ; about 25 feet of the deck , abaft the wn < ti ; ss , pa-ted from tho wreck , and upon that , after s ? .-33 t . touM-. \ we placed ourselves , and which fl < ued U 3 through a tremendous sea ashore . " Richard Turner . "
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London Cors Exchakgb , Monday , Jan . 22 . — Fresh up , We received rather a limited supply of Wheat coastwise , as well as by land carriage and sample . Tho demand was flat . Fine dry pareela of both red sad white fuily supported last week ' s quotations ; but tho value of all other desorip ' . if > a 3 was barely maintained . Foreign Wheat a& Ltta rates . The value of cam under lock almost jiotainal . Malting qualifies of Barley were quite as dear , bufc griuding and ^ latiUies : eons were in some instances the turn lower . Last week ' s rates for Malt wera witb tiiffisuiis jupportsd . Oats , Beans , Pease , and Flonr aa last nuoted .
Londow Smithfield Cattle Mabket , MoudaT , Jan . 22 . —For the primeat Scots , Herefords , runts and Devons , we had a steady demand , at prices fully equal to those obtained on this day ee ' nnight ; but in the middling and inferior kinds , only a moderate amount of busines was transacted , at barely iate rates . The sheep were in good condition . Prime downs and half breds fully supported last week's rate 3 ; bat all other kinds moved off slowly , and their currencies were barely supported . Vtal advanced quite 2 d . per 81 bs . Pigs at fully last quotations . ' Borough Hop Market . —Prices are firmly supported ; indeed , niauv of the holders are refusing to sell at present rates . Wool Market . —Tho demand for moat description is inactive at unaltered quotations .
Bo » ough and Spittalfieds . —The besfc qualities of Potatoes are in request at full prices , but orhec kinds are heavy in Bale , though not cheaper . Tallow . —The weather having been colder in . tha early part of last week , has oaused an advance m Town Tallow ; but this , we think , is temporary , me price ia 42 s . n < . c-.-h . J
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, B 1 ZLEBS MECHANICAL SYSTEM—AGRICULTURE AJfE INLAND TRANSPORT . CoTJiiuunicoUd by a Friend of Mr . Elder . i This 13 most probably the most important invention of the prcstnt , or of any former age , if all that i 3 put forth in theory can be accomplished practically by the inventcr ; and we see no reason why 5 t sionld not , for nearly all the elements of the invtntion are already known in practical mechanics , in a-separate form , though never brought together before in one grand system . We cannot give our readers a complete de&cription of the Eystem , but a general idea may be given in a few short paragraphs . In the first place , ha proposes a new system of Inland Transport , free from danger , and murh more economical than railways and steam locomotives , though quite as rapid and efficient . He first proposes to construct stationary water mills , of fifty horses' power each , or more , if required , at intervals of several miles , along the projected line of road . The cons ' . inction of these water mills would cost eonsiderubJy less than that of steam engines of eqnal power , and heuce one great item of economy . Then ccmes the difficulty of finding water-power to work his mills- This he proposes to overcome by the construction of windmills , whereerer there are snitable heights near the line of road , and this windmill power is to be employed in raiBing water from the nearest source , to be collected in large reservoirs , excavated for that purpose in tbe highest places , Tbe excavations 10 be made also by the windmill power , and a . simple mechanical contrivance , with very little cost of labour or material . When the mills are constructed , and the reservoirs excavated , the windmills are employed to £ 11 tbe reservoirs with water , when the wind permits , and the water is constantly conveyed from the reservoirs to furnish power for the stationary watennills « n the line of road . These windmills work yiiih . little or no attention whenever there is wind 1 and , therefore , the water-power costs nothing after tne first expeuce of constructing the requisite machinery . This is one immense advant » ge oTer steam-power , which requires a great con-Bnmption of fnel for its production conEtantlj , be-Bides the original cost of machinery . When he has advanced tens far , he emplojs nis watermill power to make the line of road from one watermill to another thronghont the wholo line . TMb is done by means of a simple locomotiTe machine , which he forms a " Satellite , " pnt in connection with the stationary water-power mills , by means of a very slender wire rope mechanism , ol very ingenious construction , requiring for the trans-
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The Allotment SrsTi-ji . —Lady Noel Byroa hi 3 expressed her intent-ion of having a considuraMo quantity of land 011 her estate at WclloborougV ; , Leicestershire , early in the ensuing spring , apportioned amongst the poor , for tbo purpose of being tiMed under the allotment system . American Newspapers . —There are sixteen dsily newspapers published at N 8 W York , fifteen at Cincinnati , ten at Boston , nino a" ; New Orleans , c / ^ hfc at Pittsburgh , and soven at St . Louis . Scnooi , op Design . —It is stated that tho Triod engraving branch of the Government Female School of Design has been abandoned . On the reopen > g of the School after the Chrisrtnas holiday ? , aia teacher rrag dismissed , and the pupils told they "" ore to discontinue their studies . Some of the py ^ ls are said to have made very flattering progress ia . uo art .
Escape of Prisoners . —Thomas Eastern , i > k , sentenced at the last Tiverton Sessions to seven years transportation , with a prisoner named Benj .: aiia Collard , made their escape from Tiverton Brutewell , on Thursday last , about six o ' clock Li 'he evening . The former wore a pair of cord trc-u-. -C 3 oil tkin cap , red neckerchief , and ia his shirt- ; ¦ '¦ : ¦} ' is The latter , a prison jacket ( nrey > , white stra » hat , breeched , and { jaiters , w ..: i red waistcoat . Y \ yq pounds reward ih offered for thoir apprehension . LlEUTE . VA ^ T MCNEO , OF DUELLING NOTOKt " : \—
W ^ find rh'j following " memorandum in tb" J . > ndon Gazette of Friday : — " Lieutenant and At -. - nfc Alexaudrr Tnompson Muuro , of the Royal i ? ^ imeuvof Horse Guards ^ Biue ) , is superseded , < tug absent without leave . Dated lHh January , ltf . 4 . ' . " Asti-Leaguk Associations . Association ara forming in some parts of England for the " pr ruction , of agriculture , " the object of which is to op jse the Anti-corn-law League . Tha la&dhold •)« of East Lothian have resolved to form an associa . on for a similar purpose .
Accokd and CosconD . —A Scotch parson , in tna prayer , na ; d , " Laird bies 3 the Grand Council , ; ha Parliament , aud grant that they may hang : either . " A country ftilow standing by replied , " Vts Sir , with ail my heart , and the sooner the betur ; and 1 ara aure ii is the prayor of all good people . ' " Bnt friends , " said tbe parson , " I don't mean as that fellow does ; bufc pray th * y may all hang te ^ 'fl ther in accord and concord . " " No matter what cord , " replied the oiher , " so ' tn but a strong one . "
March of Lvtellect . — " Master Buggams , cuma up and Vjll mo vrt-. o was Cleopatra I" " Clecp-ra was sister to on * of the pyramids of Hegypt , aad came to her unhappy hend by sw&Herin of a v ^? o . ' * " Good boy , gcod boy : you'li bo a Gibbon ou < , of these days / '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 27, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1249/page/3/
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