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HTMX TO UBEHTT . Sweet liberty , -wake thee ! too longliast fhou slumbered—Caa 'Off dreams be so dear that they tempt to sleep on ! Cast & ~ tsj tiij-gSt chains , and the -roices unnumbered Of » glad world shall tell that thy thraldom is done : -0 O : shill not , ere long ^ that soiled mirror be shivered , IThjelLis dim "Kith the sighs of pale glorv for thee—Xnd sis bright Sabbath dawn , in whichmaiions delivered ShaH lift their first hymn to the God of the Free ? Take the -Kings of the morning , flyover the world—There is many a land vrhere the tyrant isJord ;—Tet , oh shall -not in dH thj prond flag be unfurled , . ind lie tree of life girt by thy cherobim-sword ? The Persian , -who dared with the scourge and the fetter lasnJt the free -waves of the Hellespont-sea . Dia he -fio , sacred Preedom ! anght wiser or better
Than those who 1 st scourges and fett-ers on th& . ' 'So , lis ? tides wiH yet rise in tiheir strength and their scorn . To -wash every vestige of slavery away j And the thrones win grow pale in the light of thy morn , As the nisbt-stars are drowned in the gold -waves of-day { tee Soc > d uf redemption will sweep o ' er the earth , "Thai thy own victor-ari on the deluge may ride ; Asd-ihr peac-e-baBowed olive Mill be the firs : "birth Of the world , when at length the prond water- subside . Th-czi . -- > i * then , shall arise , in its splendour millennial . The san of free Troth o ' er the mountains of nmc ; And Earth shall agtiin wear the verdure ptreuuial . A ^ l lie amaranth she w ore in lier paradi-t- ^ riruc Tats .-t length in the wilderness fresh springs shall Tnr 3 at length In the deser ; strange ro .-e- shall bl- ^ .-nj " While eicii -tear , as ii TKi- ^ se ^ . -will i-ivt-1 Tri ru-ni-r
itjj lx . rsU i-l tLr I-iiii't much the- natitjiK- T-.- ^ i-m--Say no :, think not . tb ? a ^ e . which the ports call golden Has parsed from tius bl- '; world for ei er an aT That t > o sunburst of \> r- . . ill ever embolden Tlie eagle to mu-aui tv . - ; -one of the day : Already—already—zht irons j . re starting ^ Froir the hands of the myriads they pinioned s *> ion :: Already the beams of youns Freedom are darting On vie ^ ratne thr-y warm tiH it hails them in suns I In tie "World of the TVesi the bright ensign of T ~ ii : on Is Ssating o ' er nations enlightened and free ; AnJ soon will all join in the splendid communion From the heart uf the land to the isle uf tht- sea ! T . irbid it . that airv unhaBowed Alliance
Should hold the crushed nations for ever in thrall—That tAf _ fer should long bid their imperial dt-nnni-r To tt ? reason , the faith , and the ? lorj of-tiff . ' 2 io . mankind v , ill yet wake to a loQier duty . Than that vvhieh enjoins them to sink ini > ¦ slaves : And thtdr eyes -nil ! be opened , though late , ro the beauty Of Truth that ennobles , of Freedom that saves : Thy first steps . lovely Liberty I sometimes may falter—But thy march will not tease , nor thy tftnaer be furled . Till thy conquering hand shall have reared a proud altar To the God of the Free , o ' er the thrones of a world I
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C-OXLSGSBY . or THE ^ ry GENERATION . By B . Iffami , M . P . London : Colburn , Great ^ Marlbonmeh-streer . W = e Lave somewhere read that * T »» meaning of tLe "words * " patroniang an junior /* is the borrovring of Ins last new work , reading it . and lending it to one ' s entire circle of friend . * . It mnst have beeu the acting bv som-:-body . on some such principle that caused us to receive our copy of Coninasfni some months after ihe date of publication . Unfortunately too . Tchen re < - -ei-red , we were too bnsDy ot-mpied with other and indispensable duties , to allow vf us jjayinir immediate attention to llr . DTsraeli ' s wvrk . This toar apol « rv to lite sutfaor and our readers iV » r havLnj :
seeminglv neclecte-d till now bv far the 11 : 1 ^ 1 popular NDTelofl ? 44 . PrrTlou > to tlie appearance of O ., uVj .- ? - ;< . though i : Yc ' -aug England" -was not rmkno-vrn to ianve . still the partr iva > anything but popular . Scarcely tolerated iu Parlianient : -neered at by the press , and tuitru-l ^ 'i liy the inas > e * : the position of this section "sras rj <» i at all an enviable one . The party is stall smaE—brn its position now is widely diffen-nt " to """hat it was rrJy ^ hs months past . The part taieu by somi ' of the Tonng Englanders , particularly by the " author of Ccmiji ' jsl'y , in the di-M-Uisions on the Factory Bill and the " Sugar Duties Bill , proved that tlii > section , though itting generally -with the Conservative party , irere bv so means the trammelled slaves of IW 1 : and
The rncecendenixone and bearing assumed aud maiistained by Mr . If Israeli and his compatriots "while it aronsed the hostility of some , "won the n- > pect of a greater n « ml > er of the men of all parties ; and Young England-sdll asstrredly enter upon its legislative dutie > in lSiS , mncli moiv favourably -situated to advance it > misaon than it met the opening senate of the preceding year . The conductors of the press , excepting the mere mimsterial hacks of the Peel Government , nave dropped their snee& . and , on the contrarv . have assumed a tone at once conciliatory and approbatory iowarJs Young England , "wi 3 e the mosses are at any rate so >! ar favourably predisposed by the Manchester and Bimrlev demonstrations as to oifer
a "ffffling ear to "vrhat the apostles of the " New Generation " have to advance . True , they are by no T" *^^ - satisfied -with the declaration that it is to '"' manners , not lavs , " that tlievmnst look for their redemption from slavery and misery ; still they are ViTiiTuj- to believe that Young England means well , and Is only , perhaps , too young—{? green )—to rightly fathom the causes of existing social evils and the means iy "which they may "be remedied . With thi * feeling the masses , therefore , now regard rather hopefully -tha-n liostilely the movements of their declared friends . The future trill tell whether this iopeful feeling is destined to be rewanl « l or disappointed .
It mi > t not be supposed that-sve ascribe the altered posinoi : of Toon ? England to the publication of Ooningfov . Its appearance lias doubtless tended to popularize the jarty Tvbose vjews it has been suj > - posed to represent ; but other circumstaiicte . > ome <> f "which - * e have linined , have been ihe principal cau > e > of the altered pMtion of that party . "We have dwell upon that favourable position . becau > e . althougL € onii - ic > r- ~ j h . is by this time lost its early freahnex > , the -piv-cni standing « f ilr . D'Jsraeli and his friend ; "Fill tp Icrtibtedly , in the eyes of our readers , invest inth ii ; ,-reaaed interest the work nov Ik-Tutv us TTe laust not deceive our readers . If they aniicipate To ~ n& in Coningsby any '" foil , rrne . and particnlar 2 ** Daui" of the principles and plan .- of Youne England , they wjll be disappointed . AVe -were so . TSut we reserve any farther general comment to another oDpormnlrv .
The tale opens with the hero , young Coningsby , a boy of fourteen years of age , loitering in the waitine-100 m of a L « ~ > u 5 e in the vicinity of St . James ' s-square , itsirms -die arrival « f a certain personal , to wioni "We Shall presently introduce lae reader . We must first sriv— ?* on ; e ati-unnt of
COSISG 5 BT . He - * zs the orj ^ Lan child of the younge > : of the rno sans of tlie ila ^ rque = » of Monmouth . It « a > a family famous i-yr i % s hatred-. The eldest son hated Ids father : and , i : v . as said , in spite had married a lad . ) to whnjn that faiherT . as attached , and with whom L- > rd ilonmonth then medilatf d a second alliance . This eldest son lived It 2 » apiT-s and had several children , but maintained no conncii ' . o either with his parents or his na : h e country . On thr oih » J hand , L < jrd Monmouth hated his youn ^ t-r &-5 n , -who had married against Ms consent a »¦'• iuan lo -H-honi that 5 vn Yms devoted . A sy stem of domestic persecutioii , sustaintrl by tlie hand of a master , had eventual ]} broken up th- h ^ silth »> fia > j ictinj , who died of a fcicr iii a foreign comsa ; .. wdkit far Lad soaglit some refu , ; t- from hi .-creditors .
Hi * -widow returned to England with ht-r child : : md . not havir : ? a relation , anil scarcely an acquaintance inthe TTorld . j nade an appeal to her husband ' s fcither , the wealthiest noble in England , and a man -vilio was often prodigal , aud occi > ioiiaI 3 y generons . Aftt-r .-. time tinitarid m-i-rr- trouble , oiter nront and Tepeate « i , and -svliai frould L _ ve setnK- < l heart-rending soBdiations . the attorney of Lord Monmuuth called upon the -nidu-. T of hi > client ' s -jn , andinformt-d her of his lord > hiij > " decision . Pr > jvidr-I slic gave up lier child , and permanently resiJieil in ore f the remotest counties , he was auth' -ri-ed to make b-r . iu lour quarterly payments , the j early allowance " : ' : i : rre hnudretl pounds , that beiii ? rhc- iurtjjuf thaf Lord M-nn . outh . v . ho was ihe shrewdest aio « untant in the ct'SU-try . had calraiated a lone -n uniiiH juurht it-r ^ ^ rt .-fc 2 lti ^ - "si ?* uj > "U in a i ^ Truiil Tn : irkt-I u » mi in tb ^ < - * Jurlt ^ Cf
TTt-cnrurL-Iiuid-By L' rd Monmni ; tli , tjie reader will uisiit-rsland . is meant ih- ? laie notorious and profligate -Mjirques > 61 Hertii . -r'i . Thi * uiihapj-y mother of our h . ' n > wa > iii » r Iviu : tLe recij >; ent of his lurdship '> boimiv i . * i . M :-. CMnii > . ss \ ' } . iicd the > anit da \ tlia : l . i-r : u : i ;; r-iiiu-w n > n : ai ?^ : ; Marqn > - » s . lit- destrwd i : L- lion-. » i : r < . The l \ . \ ir vi . tt-- Le had inherited in the lli . > u > c i > f «" . -is ¦ - tn ' jii- h ^ d bee n iiicreast-d . by Ids intent i ^ Iiii ^ a anil ui ; - ijsriiic means . : o tec : and tLe very daji he wa > raiMr <} ">¦ iia iliir- j _ jiii-aT * r lie commtiiCL-d saj » j » ii 2 ™ n-e ^ -i * i- »» rp * jrat 3- » ijs . riij » -- uorkins fi > r tlie ^ tnnibtrrrj leaf . Ill- konourr T » trv j . n > claimed in the loudrni ( Jazttte , and her dti- « -a > e ¦ "is a ^ i e \« rii noticed in the County Cliro . uds : but tinaltars . if ^ Nrtiiesis arc l > eneath every outra ^^ l roi > £ and tfcc dei-th of this unhappy lady , apparent !} r . itliout an earthly friend or an earthly hupe , dooliite and deserted . £ ^ d dying iu obscart povern . -nas not forgotten . The T > erson for "wnoia Coningsby ra . s impatlentlv ¦ w aitini ; figures largely throueh the work , we may iierefire us vreB at once introdace the reader to :
Mfi . K 1 GBX . Hi- vbo ntterrd these words was a man of middle size Sij d age , originally , in all prwbabiliry , of a spare habit , bu : eow a little inclined to corpulency . Baldness , perhaps , ccntribnted to the spiritual expression of a brow which was , however , essentially intellectual , and gave , some efcaracter of openness to a countenance which , though not ID-favoured , was unhappily stamped by a sinister Character -which was not to be -mistnl-PTi TT ^ manner * as easy , but rather audacious than well-bred . Indeed , "" ¦ hue a visage which might otherwise be' described as Ijandsome was spoilt by a dishonest glance , "so a demeandcr that was or no means deident in self-possession Mdilaeinty was tainted by an innate vulgarity , which in * ts lonffTTm , though seldom , vet surelv fiev elo ] eL . - .
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ilr . Bigby is a still living parsonage , said to be a once notorious Secretary of the Admiralty . The following is bitter as gall , but -we think the sketch by no means overdra-nro ; it is true to the life : — ifr . Rigrby was a member for one of Lord Monuiputh' .-boroag iis . He was the manager of Lord Monmouth's Parliamentary influence , and the auditor of Ms vast csta * - He was more ; he was Lord Monmouth ' s . companion when in England , his correspondent when abroad —hardly his counsellor , for Lord Monmouth never required advice ; but Mr . Rigby could instruct him iu mutters of detail , which ilr . Rigby made amusing . Ri ^ bj was not a professional man ; inded his origin , education , early pursuits . auJ studies were equally obscure ; but he had contrived in good time to squeeze himself into
Parliament , by means which no one could ever comprehend , and then set up to be a perfect man of business . Tinworld took him at his word , for he was bold , acute , and soluble ; with no thought , but a good deal of desultory information ; and though destitute of all imagination and noble sentiment , -was blessed -with a vigorous , mendacious fancy , fruitful in small expedients , and never happier than when devising shifts for great men ' s scrapes . They say that all of us have one chance in this life , and so it was with Rijbv After a struggle of mam jears . after a series 01 " the usual nlternatife * iif small Successes aud snu-. ll failures , after a few ileveri > h speeches ar . d a good many cleverish jmmjiblel-. vii : ! i a C ' . i .-idt-rable reputation indeed f « r i > a > i : uinade > . um-: of u ' ait-fc he never wrote , ami article :-
in reviews to which it was whispert-1 he had i-ontributt-d , Kizby . who had already intriirued himself into a subnidinatr •> in . ~ e . m-t m * h Loru M .. miiosnh . lie na * ju-T tlic i : » . ira-L 5 tha : l .- > ri 3 Mi .: imourh want * - ! , for L-ird M <> nnn > uth alwai * 1-x'li-d up- 'i ; human i :: ! rure with the callous r \> - "i a jockey , li sur \ ejt- < i Rii : l » . ami he d-lenniiied T-j \> - \\ him . I ! - b ^_; ht i . i-. n . witli lii * . dear bead . l \ i _ - , iiidetaiinauie industry , li : > nuiLit . ' ii . 'iis Souinie , anJ his rt-uJ ^ aui ! v ~ s < -i-1 r , 'u 3 .. us pen , with all his lampoons ; all hi > private iis ' -moirs . and ; ili hi > ;« Jitical intrigues . U n : i > a L '«» i p-. uvha .-e . Iligb ; - l » ecaiu-.- a irrtat j « ei"s » onage . aii'l L <> r < l 3 I'j :: En . > uti : ' - man . * * Mr . I ! i ^!' . ^ ha « ical rrtna * . ; : > t distant from tla . - i--uibli > i : im-i ::. which he c .- ! fc : m- > l a Tu « cu ! um . There , surrmiulf : b \ ills bu > :.- and Kn-ks . lit
wrote hi > InmjKwisis and artJi'li-s : massacred a she ^ libeml : it ; uai tli ' . » uirlit that tio nUe *' -m ] d lasli a woman likt-Risl «; , cat uj > a rising getiiiLs , whose politics were different from liis •¦ ivii . » t sacrificed sume unliapj > v wTetcl 1 . wlm had brough : iji > claims before Parlianiejit . provin ? . )>\ garbled rxtracts from otcrial correspondence that . no » n . could refrr tn . that the malcnntent , instead of bcin-j . i victim , was . on the contrary , a defaulter . Tadpole a !<>' . Taj > cr »« uiil back Kis !>\ f « r a " slashing reply" again-: the 3-ld . Here , Ti »> . at the end of a busj week , lie fouinl ii ocvasioaally canvenieni To vnttrtahi a clever friend "i r « -,. <»/ « -. ^ ui ^ . « -aJ rej'Utariun , Yrith wnoni he had DtTOIUt acquainted in former da % s of equal brotherhood . ^ - > osuwas more faithful to his early friends than Mr . HUin . jiarticularh if thev could ivrite a squib .
The openimj of the story is laid in the intenvsniuiu week of 1 S 32 , when Lord Grey resigned , and the Puke was summoned to form a cabinet . Rigby lia > ioined Coningsby , when The door was suddenly rhro « a t > f > en . and tno indi » iduals . in a > tate of % ery great uicitenieut , rushed into tlu apamnent . "' Rigby . Rigby ! " the } l *> th eiilaimed at the same mo ment . " By G— , the }' re out . " ' ¦ Who told you ?" "" The best authorit \ , L-nr of themselves . " '" fffci . who r * ' Paul EveHn . I met him a- > I passed i > roMkt- >" , and lit roll ] mt thnt Loro Orr > ha < l resi ^ Qt-tl , and the kinc ll . ul accepted his resignatiou . "
Thi > pie < -e of new .- Mr . Rigby refuses to give credence to , that gentleman being extremely jealous of any one giving iiini information , seeing that it lowered his reputation as the oracle of the party for whom he played the not uuprolitable part of understra . pj > er . TLe ne-vvr . i > however continued , despite all Mr . lligby * -. eali-uL > tion > to the contrary . This setlied on , L ' ouinssby . aci-oiu ]> aiiietl by Rigby , de ] iart > from the house in St . . iaine >' s-square for that of liis irrauufaTh'T the Marquis , to whom he is about to l > e introduced I ' or the firsl time . I Tt > Im ewitiH'iS'i . )
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'" About the beginning of my thirteenth year ( continues Miss Brown ) , I happened to hear a friend read a part of Baines ' s History of the French War . —It made a singular impression on my mind ; and worits of fiction from that time began to lose their value , compared with the far more wonderful Romance of History . But books of the kind were so scarce in our neighbourhood , that Hume ' s History of England , and two or three other works on the same subjert , were all I could reach , till a kind friend , who was then the teacher of our village school , obliged me with that voluminous work , the Universal History . There I heard , for the first time , the histories of Greece and Rome , and those of many other ancient nation . My friend hail only the ancient part of the work ; l > ut it gave uic a fund of iuformation , which has been subsequently increased from many sources ; and at present I have a tolerable knowledge of history .
" In the pursuit of knowledge , my path was always impeded by difficulties too minute and numerous to mention : but the want of sight was , of course , the principal one , which , by depriving nje of the power of reading , obliged me to depend on the services of others ; and as tiie condition of my family was such as did not admit of much leisure , my invention was early taxed to gain time for those who could read . I sometimes did the work assigned to them , or rendered them other little services ; f « i \ like most persons similarly placed , necessity and hal'it have made me more active in this respect than people in ordinary circumstances would suppose . Tinlighter kinds of reading were thus easily managed : but in } young relatives were often unwilling to waste their breath and time with the drier , but more instructive works which 1 latterly preferred , to tempt them to this , I used , bi v . ay of recompense , t o relate to them long stories , am ! evt-ii novel-., wlrieh perhaps thev had formerly read but forgotten : and thu ^ , im > ncinor \ ninv be saiil to havi ' cornel sUj . ulies f *» r it ^ lt * .
" Ai *> u * tilt- einl o £ niv Hfct = ent ! i vt-ar . ha * in ^ li « -ar « l miu-h of the lliri'l . 1 obtained the loau of 1 'opc's translation . That was a great event to me : but the effect it ; T .. dueed un me requires some words of explanation . Krom my earliest years I had a great and strange love of poetry ; and could commit verses to memory with greater rapidity than most children . But at the close of my M-u'iitli ii-ar . when a few Psalms of the Scotch version , ^ V : itt " s Pi \ int- suiifs , : m < l suiiu" old country son ^ s ( which certainly were not divine ) . formed the whole of m ; poetical knowledge . I made my earliest attempt in versirication—upon that first and most sublime lesson of childhood , the Lord ' s Prayer . As years increased , my love of poetry and taste for it increased a !> o . with increasing knowledge . The provincial
newspapers , at times , supplied me with specimens from the v \ orks of the best living authors . Though then unconscious of the cause , I still remember the extraordinary ii-iigtit which those pieces gave me , and have beeu astonished to nnd Jhat riper years have only confirmed die judgments of childhood . When such pieces reached iue , 1 never rested till they were committed to memory ; and afterwards repeated them for my own amusement , when alone , or during those sleepless nights to which I have been all my life subject . But a source of still greater amusement was found in attempts at original composition ; which , for the first few years , were but feebb- imitations of everything I knew—from the Psalms to 0 ray ' s Elegy . When the poems of Burns fell in my way , they took the place of all others in niv fancy ; and
this brings me up to the time when I made my first acquaintance with the Miad . It was like the discovery of a new world , and effected a total change in my ideas on the subject of poetry . There was at the time a considerable manuscript of my own production in existencewhich of course 1 regarded with some partiality ; but Homer bad awakened me , and , in a tit of sovereign contempt , 1 committed the whole to the flames . Soon after I had found the Hind , I borrowed a , prose translation of Virgil , there being no poetical one to be found in the neighbourhood : and in a similar manner made acquaintance with main of the classic authors . But after Homer ' .-., the work that produced the greatest impression on my mind was Byron ' s Cltibjf Hurnbi . The one had induced me to burn my tirst manuscript , and
the other made me resolve against verse-making in future . for I was then far enough advanced to know m \ ovvu deficient- }—but without any apparent meaiss for the requisite improvement . In this res-. iiulion I persevered for several years , and occupied nn mimi sulcl } in the pursuit of knowledge ; buto » ing T-. . » iii < r- < - circumstance ; ., tiiv progress » as necessarily - ' .- •« . Ilavinu ' . ln . wever , in the summer of the year 184 U . heard a friend read the story of I , ; i IYrimse , it struck me that there uas a remarkable similaritv between it and the . ie related in an oldrountr } song called the ' Lost Ship , ' which I h . i-1 h-.-ard in my childhood . The song in question wa- of vt-r } low composition ; but there was one line at the termination of each wrse which haunted ray imagination , aiiil 1 fancied mi ^ ht deserve a better poem . This
line , aji'l the -torr of J . a Pi-rouse , together witli an inv--i » tibif iiK'ihiation to y . oetrv . at length induced nw to break tin- resolution 1 had so long kept : and the result » as the little poem called La Pemuse , which will be found . ! j-a ^ -e J » 7 of thi .-. volume . Soon after , when Messrs . i'linn and Cameron < -oimiieiu * ed the publication of their Irish Prnuri J-- "ir }> tl . I w ^ is seized with a strange desire to contribute something to its pages . My first contribution v . a > faiourably received , and I still feel grateful for the y ; n ( lni-s > and encouragement bestowed upon me by both iln- editor and the publishers . The three small pieces whirli 1 contributed to that work were the first of mine that ever appeared in print , with the exception of one of m » earl } productions which a friend had sent to a provincial paper . The Irish Penny Journal was abandoned iii the completion of tin- tirst volume ; but the publish
t-rs , with * jrt-: it kiuchiess . sent rae one of tlie copies , and : hU was the tir .-t book of any value that I could call my mi : Hut the- gift "an . still more esteemed as an cjiouragt-nient , and the first of the kind . " AK'Ut this time . Miss Brown heard of the Atheaccum , and addressed a number of her small poems to the Editor . After considerable delay , and when she had given up all i ' .. r lu .-t . " the arrival ( she says ) of manv numbers of the journal , and a letter from the Editor , astonished me , and gratified u wish which had haunted my very dreams . 1 ' roin that period my name and pretensions have been : !)'• ¦ ¦ .- liefore the public , many poems of mine having ap-¦ . ar-.-d in the pages of that publication , in Mr . Hood ' s M : ia-: i / ini-. and in the K ' Spsatce , edited by the Countess ot J > I '— -injrtun . ~ Wo subjoin a - ]> i cinu n of Miss Urown ' s poetry : —
LET I S UKTi UN . " Let u- return ! " said the broken heart of the mountain hermit ' .- tale , When he saw the morning mists dep .-irt From the summits grey and pale : For he knew that the fun-palm cast the shad * t'f it = ever-glorious green , Where the love of his blasted vouth was laid . And tlie Hjrht of her steps had been . Ah ' . thus , for ever , tlie heart looks back To its voung hope ' s funeral urn—To the tender green of that earl } track , To its light let us return :
The lines of our life may be smooth and strong , And our pleasant path may lie Where the stream of affection Hows along Iu tlie lijfht of a -summer sky : — But woe for the lights that early wane , And the shades that early fall . Ami the prayer that speaks of the secret pain , Though its voice be still and small ! To the sweeter flowers , to the brighter streams , To the household hearths that burn , Still bright iu our holy land of dreams—To their love let us return !
Tis well we have learn'd the truths of time—Rut they came with the winter ' s snow — For we saw them not through the flowery prime Of our summers long ago : Yet the spring is green and the summer bright As they were in the years of yore , But on our souls the love and light Of their gladness come no more ! Back—back to the wisdom of the years That had yet no loss to mourn—To their faith , that found no place for tears . To their joy , let us return . '
We have paused , perchance , by the quiet grav Of our young who early slept—And since they left us many a wave O ' er our near } - bark hath swept ; But , far in the morning light enshrined , They gladden our backward gazr . Or wake , like the breath of the summer ' s wind . The soul of our better days . Back— . back ' . to the living wave we drew . With U , o . i . from a purer urn—To the path of the promise lost to view . And its jiejiCe—let us return . '
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see enrolled in the ranks of the royal corps , with flowing streamers in their caps , the true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity !" And thus is man , the paragon of animals , led to be shot at , by flowing streamers—by valour , courage , and fidelity , at sixpence per yard ! "Any gallant young fellow so disposed , will apply to Serjeant 0 'Naii . l [ ominous name ]! King ' s Anns , Steelhouse-lane , who on entering the service of her Majesty will be" taken , care of , find invited to drink her health in a flowing bumper , and no mistake !"
Hospitable O'Naili , —invitation most delightful ! The bumpkin drinks—feels , or hardly feels , the homicidal shilling slipped into his hiind , and he is enlisted—X uled ' . From such ecstatic moment be is at her Majesty ' s service to cut , stab , burn and destroy , as though all human will and human conscience were suddenly stricken dead within him , and he was left no other than a ., machine of bone and muscle—a marching , counter-marching , cutting , stabbing , pipe-claying instrument ! Ureat are the miracles worked b y the ( yNMLLS : We once read a story of a huge ogre , who , playing upon a drum-head wrought by the devil out of witches ' skin , entered a town , and drumming and drumming , led all the men away by their ears to his bone-strewed cavern . And then and there he threw aside his music , and gnashing hi . s teeth and blaspheming the while . In- took his vietiins and ate them one by one , as a hedgc-r would eat spring onions . We forget the ogrt- ' s name , but we think it was soW-thing like O'Naill .
Oh , Birmingham vouth—whoever you may be—look with stony eyes upon the jovial , rovstering courtesies of the great seducer N ' aill ! Though } ou may be an Adonis —that is , a Brummagem Adonis—do not believe yourself either " handsome"' or ' gay "—but ugly , irredeemably stupid : so ugly , that jour plainness Would do no credit to ab : ittu--fivl « l .- . so obtuse , that even tlie awakening cuiii " ot'dte < lrUJ-. serK-e .-int would lie lost Upon vou . Again , you have not a roving mind—juuilu not wish to sue the world . Besides , a mind may not rove at " its own sweet will '' according to army regulations—and the world is a poor thing to see , with musket in hand and rounds of ball cartridge at your back . Oh , youth , stay at home , and sue Birmingham . : And then the " the laurels of the , "> 5 th foot !" ' What , in truth , , ai -f laurels ? Dissect , analyse them . You maywith n touch of fancy—trace in tbi-m the veins of
withered hi-nrts . Test them by the moral chemistry , and what are they ? Blood and tears , tears and blood ! A homicidal wreath , gilded by the world's great lie ! And so , Birmingham lads , cultivate coleworts , chick weed if you will , but avoid laurels . They are a plant of death , manured by human hearts . And next , the " flowing streamers" —the " true etnblems uf valour , courage , aud fidelity . " Emblems , indeed , are they ; but view them aright , young men between eighteen and twenty -five , and you will sue in them the flesh-tearing , torturing cat ; in reality , the " nine hard cords about twenty-one inches , long , each cord having nine knots ; " although appearing to jour dazzled gaze—cheated as it is by the father of war—as so much flattering riband .
In the Lmted iferviae Magazine ( No . 1 XH ) , there is an article devoted to the doings of the cat—the weapon with which Madame Glory rebukes her naughty children : — " Men have-declared to me , " says au ofticer , " that the sensation experienced at each lash , was as though the talons of a iiawk were tearing their flesh oft" their bones . " Hear General Sir Charles Napier on the cat—the real streamers of the recruiting sergeant :- — " I have seen many hundreds of men flugged , aud have always observed that when the skin is thoroughly cut up or
Hayed off , the great pain subsides ; and they bear the remainder without a groan . They Will often lie as without life , and the drummers appear to be flogging a lump of < iead raw flesh . The fates of the spectators ( soldiers ) assumed a look of disgust ; there was a low whispering sound , scarcely audible , issuing from the apparentlystern and siU-ut ranks—a sound arising from lips that spoke not , but that sound was produced by hearts that felt deeply . . . . The low sound somi'tinii ' s resembled what may be called tni / ling , and may be Occasioned by an increased flow of tears into the nostrils . "
Tlte heart sickens at this , and an unutterable feeling of disgust and indignation tnu ~ t possess the reader . We might have paused ere we committed the honor to our page , but that we utterly denounce that eauy Immunity which shrinks from the contemplation uf wrong because of its hideotisiiess . There siru abominations—however demoniacal— -that must be ulaeed before the startled eves of a too ouBV world , ami this tlotfjjin ;?—this bbiMphi'iuv against the divine nature of man—is of them . Young men of Birmingham—nay , of all Knglandtake these things to your hearts , and consider well the streamers of a Sergeant O'Xaill . They look tine and gay : but they will tear the flesh like ' the talons of a hawk . " Thev are silky and soft : yes , soft as the paw of a sleeping cat : but oh . young nu-n " from eighteen to twenty-five , " be sure of it—that cat has claws ! O .
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Fatal Arc idk . vt . —Clehkjsnhkll . —Monday moming , whilst "Mr . ( i . Littievvood , lamp contractor . Upper King-street , Bloomsbury , was driving a horse in a chaise cart along Avlesbury-strect , CIc-rkenwcll , towards the green , the horse , a vicious animal , suddenly took ' fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity . On descending the hill on the west side ot ' the sessions-house tlie horse fell and rolled over . The sudden jerk threw tlie driver out of the cart , and his head came with great force against the kerb-stone Constable G 1 <) 2 , ran to his . assistance , and found that Mr . Littlevood ' s skull was knocked in . lie was conveyed iu a state of insensibility to a surgeon ' s near the spot , who , seeing his hopeless state , directed his removal to St . Bartholomew ' s , where he was conveyed in a cab , and after receirinjf every attention from the house surgeon , expired at half-past eleven . Mr . Littlewood has left a wife and family , lie was about fortv .
Conviction fok I oacuing . —Benjamin Sliakeshaft , labourer , has been convicted before W . 1 .. Cliilde , Esq ., and the Rev . T . Woodward , for boinsj found on lauds at ( 'lt'o'niry Mortimer , armed with a gun , in pursuit of jrame , nu ecn sentenced to three months' bard labour , and at the expiration of that period to find sureties not to offend aatfinst Hie ( Inwe Laws for tlie term of one year , or in default to be further imprisoned for the space of-six months . — % /¦' . * - burn Cliroiticlc . Mki . anciiuI-v Shipwrkck . —r (| n Monday morning iiitelli < 2 fcnc « was received of the total wreck of the . smack Jane and I . eany , Cajitain James Quavle , belonging to Port St . Mary , Isle of Man , with tne loss of the master and three female passenjreis . She had sailed on Sunday week from Ardglass , Ireland , for Fort St . Mary , in ballast , having on boanl , l > esidcs the captain and crew , eleven passengers , seven men . and four women , most of them going out to service
in Iiouglas . The Jane and Leany had got within a u | iile and a half of tlie Isle of Man , when , on Monady night , shortly before 12 o ' clock , she was overtaken by a severe storm of wind and rain . The fury of the sale . split lier sails into pieces , and she was driven at the mercy * of the waves for nearly 21 hours , when she went ashore at high-water-mark at Bisphamwitli-IVorbreok , near PouJton-le-Fylde , about 10 yards from the shore . Some of the passengers leaped into the water , and escaped to tho shore : the others , in the roll of the vessel , were washed overboard , and amongst the number tour ill-fated individuals , Capt . Quayle and three of the female , passengers , were unfortunatel y drowned . Another woman had a narrow escape ; the swell was carrying her away when her husband seized hold of her and saved her from a watery grave . All the bodies were subsequently found—two on the beach at Norbreek , aud the other two at Rossall . They were interred at Bispham on Wednesday last .
Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday ovening before Me . Hipg * , at the Barley Mow , Dukestreet , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Mr . Henry Seabrook , aged fifty , the landlord of the above house . It appeared that on Monday night week deceased went down into the cellar to do something to the barrel * , and was at the ton of the first flight of stairs upon liis return , when lie missed his hold of the banisters and fell over and over to the bottom . He was much . hurt . On Saturday inHaiuinatiou of the brain commenced , and he died that day . lie was a very heavy man , and that perhaps accounted for the severity of the injuries . Verdict , " Accidental death . " ,
Death from A ( . e and Waxt . —A poor man , apparently between sixty and seventy years of age , on the evening of Wednesday in last week , asked charity at Doxford New-houses , in tlie county oi' Northum " - Iterland , and his request was pratiteil . Hi * foelileaiul forlorn condition made an impression on his benefactors , and shortly after lii » departure it omirred to them to go in search of him with a light , tearing that some mischief might overtake him in the dark . Their friendly search proved ineffectual . Early on the followinir morning the shepherd of Roeknioor House found him iu a tiekl adjoining Sheldrake quarry , quite dead . Nothing could be traced about the dress to lead to the discovery of 1 m name or connections ; three-halfpence and a small quantity of tobacco and wiuff were t ' uuinl in his pockets . His clothes , hat , and stick remain at Roeknioor House .
DEATHS OF ClIILDUHN KliuM Si y t 0 ( ATION . —Oil ' 1 UCSday Mr . Wakley , M . I ' ,, held an-inquest at the Southampton Anns , High-street , Oanulen-town , on the bodv of James Lavell Lindn ' ekl , a remarkably fine child , aged four months , tlie son of Mr . Alfred Lindfieldf , of 74 , Arlington-street . It appeared from the evidence that the child had l > een accidentally suffocated in bed . Mr . Wakley also lu-ld an inquest the same day at the Bricklayers' Amis , Little ( , 'larendonstreet , Sohiers-town , on tlie bod ; of a child wliich had been found dead in bed by the side of its mother , under nearly similar circumstances . In both eases verdicts of " Natural death " were recorded .
Fiblic Whippisg . —Aaron Walker ,, who was sentenced at tHe Folkestone quarter bessions , on the 16 th of July last , to six months' imprisonment in Dover gaol , and to be twice publicly ; whipped , for picking the pocket of William Till , at Folkestone fair , underwent one portion of his corporeal punishment , at the handsof tne gaoler , inthe ^ narket-plaee hero on Saturday forenoon , at half-past , eleren o ' olock . A considerable number of persons had assembled to witness the degrading exhibition , which seemed , however , to induce only a feeling of disgust and Indignation at its sayage barbarity .
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Boat Accident—Six Lives Lost . —We learn with extreme regret that six mep , inhabitants of Port-Glasgow , are supposed to have been drowned m the Clyde , between Gourock Bay ! and that place , on Sabbath evening . About ten o ' clock on Sabbath forenoon , Mr . John Miller , along with five other men , left Port-Glasgow in a small ; boat , for the purpose of sailing to Gourock Bay , on a visit to the master of the brig Lochinvar . The boat reached its destination before twelve o ' clock , and the party remained on board tlie Lochinrar till about four , when they again took to the boat and rowed off for Port-Glasgow . The master of the Lochinvar watched the boat till it doubled M'Farian ' s Point , ami since then none of the individuals on board have either been seen or leard of .
Dreadful Occurrence at ; a Brick Kax . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Cray , aged thirty-five years , a man of Herculean frame , but at the same time attenuated , and his muscular form reduced b , v want and privation ! . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was employed at a brickfield , and having bought some potatoes , he had proceeded to the kibi for the purpose of roasting them , when , overpowered by the i vapour , he had fallen asleep , and his clothes had [ become ignited . When discovered , he wa « in a complete blaze from head to foot . He was taken to the ( hospital , but aJl assistance was in vuiu . The juvy returned a verdict of ' Accidental I > eatli . " i
Melancholy Sikidk . — On Tuesday-evening an inquiry was gone into In-fore Mr . Iliirirs , at the Union , Jemiyn-street , to inve , « . tigate the circumstances attending the death of EdwanliArtlmr May , Esq ., aged 24 . of 17 . Thike-street , St . Jaiurs " s . the son of Sir Stephen May . Hurt ., who put | a pi . TUwl to his existent- * -. Tlie tirst witness examined was Charles Bolzoni , the landlord of the house , 17 , puke-street , who stated that deceased's aunt had taken a furnished bed-room at his house , and the deceived arrived on Friday last , having ju >< t come from Madras . The last time witness saw him alive was when ; lie came home at eleven o ' clock on Sunday night ; he . asked for , and was supplied with , some bread , butter , and porter . On the following morning deceased ' s cousin , Mr . Brinsley de Courcy Nixon , came about jhalf-past ten o ' clock to call him up , when he found the door of his room fastened on the insult * . He had not done so before . An entrance was effected bvi a door which
communicated with another room , and on merely looking into the room and seeing some stains of blood on the bed , witness immediately ran and fetched Mr . Miller , a surgeon , who , on examination , said he had been dead several hours . The manner ; of the deceased gentleman was very strange , and y it-ness was of opinion be was not right in his mind . jHe was found undressed in the bed ! with his throat cut , and he had evidently inflicted the wound with the table-knife , which had been sent to him with bread and butter ( the knife was produced , covered with iblood ) . His clothes were much the worse for wear . Suicide in a Police Station . —On Tuesday Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Chequers , Tothill-street , Westminster , on the body ] of Sarah Edinsor , aged thirty-seven , a woman of notorious bad character , who committed suicide in the New-way police station on Saturday last . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict , ' - That deceased destroyed herself whilst in a state of intoxication . "
Melancholy Instance oe Destitution . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest was held at Oakley , Oxfordshire , before J . W . Cowley , Esq ., on view of the body of William Hawes , aged forty-four , a labouring man of that place , who expired on the previous Thursday evening from injuries received by falling from an oak on Wood Farm , Wanninghall , on the 4 th inst . From the evidence of the wife and daughter of the deceased , it appeared that the family , consisting of deceased , his wife , and three children , were in great distress , the parish authorities having refused to find the husband ! labour . On the 4 th , deceased , with his wife and j daughter , not'having any food in the house , or money to purchase food with , went out for the purpose of netting acorns for sale .
It appeared that they sold ' the acorns at from Is . to Is . 2 d . per bushel , and that they had obtained from three to six peeks per day . On the day iu question , while deceased was up iu a tree l > eating the acorns down , and hi > wife and ( laughter were engaged in picking them up , he fell from a distance of about twenty-Jive feet on to the ground . For a time he appeared to be dead , and did not speak for about an hour . The daughter went back to Oakley , about a mile and a half , to try and get a cart ami horse to convey him home , and did not succeed , but seeing some " men at work on the road , she took two of them with her to the spot . While the daughter was gone to Oakley , Mr . ( 'hiUingwjurtli , the occupier of the farm , was attracted to the Spot , and he kindly caused
the poor fellow to be conveyed home , and sent on to Brill for a surgeon , who iuet Hawes on the way to his cottage . The wife said the parish had not found her husban . 'l any work for five years ; that he had recently applied for labour , and was refused , being told that he must look out for himself ; that they at times had not had a bit of bread for two days together ; that on thp day of the accident they were entirely without food , or money , which was the cause of their going to get the acorns to sell . The coroner reminded the jury that their inquiries were as to the cause of death ; that they had not to inquire as to the cause that induced the deceased to go in quest of the acorns . ; He thought it a ease in which there could be no idoubt . It was clear that
deceased came by his death accidentally . A verdict to that effect was returned . The scene that presented itself at the habitation of Hawes . ou our accompanying the jury to view the body , we shall ever remember . It was wretched in the extreme , and bespoke the utmost privation and poverty . The abode appears , with threelofhers . tohavi' been formed out of a narn ; the drainage around them bad ; no chambers in them , save On the ground floor , where the poor inmates have to live , cook , « tc ; , with a thatched roof . The habitation is only about twelve feet by nine , an earth floor with a few stones laid in , and from the floor to the voof entirely open . On an old bedstead lav deceased , and bv the side of it was
another for his three children to rest on , the bedsteads fully occupying t ' uU ww half » f the place , and but few articles for domestic use . ; For five years he had kept from the parish funds , not having received a sixpence , lie had risen from his pillow long before the break of day , and trudged off to Buckingham , Bicester , Oxford , Thauie , Aylesbury . and other markets and fairs , in hopes of getting a job of droving to enable him honourably : m < l honestly : to support liis wife and children . We have it on [ oath that at tunes he went to four fairs without earning anything , and yet when he , about a month Ix'foreihis death , went to the Oakley vestry tagging for labour , it was refused him , and he was told to do as he could .
Love a . \ d Suicide in ., ' the Metropolis . —One of those melancholy events , fortunately of rare occurrence in this country , took place at an early hour on Monday morning , at the ieast end of the metropolis . About a quarter past one o ' clock , a . m ., police constable M'Kenzie , . 'J 71 KJwas called to the house of Mr . William Duckett , No . 9 , Raven ' s-row , Mile-end , where he met Mr . Davis , - the surgeon , of Constablerow , Mile-end , who had also been hastily summoned , entering at tlie same time . They were ushered into a back parlour , fitted up as a sleeping apartment , where , lying across the bed , they saw the bodies of a young man and a youngi woman , the former tliat of Charles William Duekettj son to the proprietor of the house , who was absent at the tune , and the latter .
that of a pretty young woman , named Elizabeth Williams , about 20 years of age , to whom the unfortunate young man had for sometime past paid his addresses . Lying beside each body were two teacups , which had recently contained some sort of liquid , leading to the conclusion that both must have drunk off the fatal draught at one and the [ same moment . On looking about the apartments the constable perceived two phials , which he handed-to Mr . Davis , who , from the odour wliich they emitted , at once perceived- that they had contained hydrocyanic acid ; and , having examined the bodies , he pronounced it as his opinion that the deceased parties hadibeen dead several hours , no doubt from the effects ofi the poison . The constable also found a sealed letter , addressed iu a female hand .
on mourning note paper , to Mis > Chapman , Lucasstn-et . Commercial-road ; with a request on the envelope , signed with the initials of both the deceased , that it should be forwarded to the address immediately . Duckett and Miss Williams had beeu long attached , but adverse circumstances having intruded t >> prevent their union , it would seem n > it' despair of their ever coming together prompted them to this rash and ; tragical conclusion . The father is an accountaiit ; liis son was 21 years of age . and Miss WilliaiH- -2 . For upwards of nine years the unfortunate young persons were attached to each other , and were never known to have quarrelled . On Sunday afternoon they had tea at Mr . Duekett ' s house , and took their departure about half-past five .
at the same tune statins that they were going to church , at which period they seemed in excellent good spirits . The evening wore on , and eleven o ' clock having arrived , the usual time they returned , the family became somewhat alamied . Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr . Duckett , and inquired if liis son or their sister had been seen , she not having made her appearance , and the lateness of the hour induced therii to think that they had met with some accident . Unpleasant feelings * of alarm were then entertained V > y all . Messengers were dispatched all round the vicinity in search of them : but of no avail . At last , between one and two o ' clock , whilst Mr . Puckett was ; searching about the house ,
in the hope of finding some letter which would mention where they had gone , he discovered that his son ' s bed-room was fastened on the inside , the key being in the door . It being s | rrmised that he had returned unknown to the family , and had retired to bed , the door was Ijroken open ) and there the bodies of the young couple were stretched on the bed , life having been extinct apparently for some time , with their arms round each other's neck . As tne bodies lay , it appears that they must have sat on the end of the bed when they committed the act , and fell backwards . The girl was respectably connected , her father being a surgeon in the Cannon-atreet-road . The young man had been a clerk in the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests , Whitechapel , ' but had been for some -weeks
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past outot employment . The corpse of the . young woman , who was attired in a black satin dress , wita jewellery on her fingers , and her hair done up in ringlets , ' lav on the face , while the left arm rested on the chest o ' fher betrothed , his right arm being under her head ; and he lay on his back . He was dressed . Neither of their countenances were distinct . Montrose . —Ingenious Fraud . —Some time ago we observed a paragraph in the Glasgow Courier , under the above head , regarding a new system of thieving in that city . But . for novelty , we think the following case of fraud and imposition , by Ann Burnett , of Brechin , will fully stand a comparison . Some weeks ago jthls voung ladv gave out a report that she wa 3
about to be married to a Captain M'Lean , of Aberdeen , whom she represented as a man of considerable property . To enable her to carry out the fraud , letters were written to her , dated we believe from Aberdeen , purporting to be from the said captain , and authorising her to purchase her " providing "—in other words , dresses ot even- description for her own wear , a suit also for the captain , bed and table linen , < fcc ., for which he was to pay on coming up here to consummate the happy event , and make her his lovi-ne wife . Amongst the furnishings , Miss Burnett did not forget the good things of this life , in the shape of eatable . s and drinkables , but ordered a considerable quantity of whiskey , nun !! wine !!! tea , sugar , cheese , and last , but not least , a noble turkey . ' . ' ! all which , on the faith of the captain ' s letter , she received . These , however , being perishable articles , soon disappeared , and no doubt she and her quondam friends had . at least , for one night got glorious , " o ' er
a' the ills o" life victorious . " To keep up the deceit , liowever , -another step was still wanting , viz ., the prodamutiun of banns . This , too , was gone about in the same business-like manner , and " booked" she was on Saturday week , and proclaimed in the parish church three times on the following Sabbath . This was no doubt looked upon as a finishing stroke , which would lull all suspicion or doubt on the subject . Ou the Moifday , however , some . suspicious circumstances occurred which led to inquiries , but the bird having flown , and the whole affair turning out a gross fabrication ( the letters being forgeries ) our active officer , Sivewright , went in pursuit , and caught the " -bonny bride , " we understand , at Brought }* Ferry , and she is now safely lodged in gaol . One of her accomplices , suspected of being the writer of the letters , James Adam , weaver , is also in custody . Part of the goods have been recovered in a pawnshop in town . — Mtnitfnse Stivn ' rlnrtl .
Oi ' e . m . vg of the Letters . —The doubts that prevailed in the vicinity of this melancholy occurrence as to the actual poison with which the young couple had destroyed themselves , were finally set at rest Dj the post mortem examination which the bodies underwent in the course of Mondav afternoon by Dr . Lethby . The scent of prusste acid was iinmediatelj detected on their being opened , and on the contents of the stomach being carefully analysed on Tuesday at the above institution , upwards of half an ounce
of the pure acid was extracted . From inquiries instituted , it appears that Duckett purchasea it at Batleyjs , in Fore-street , Cripp _ legate , having procured It by representing himself to have been sent by a druggist who deals with the firm . The bottles , which were found on the mantel-piece , and which contained it , were labelled " Sheild ' s Prussic Acid . " According to the request of the deceased , ineribed oh the letter found in the apartment , and directed to Miss Chapman , in Lucas-street , it wa 3 delivered in the course of Monday afternoon at her
residence , and opened in the presence of Mr . Porter , the constable ot Stepney . On the envelope being broken open it was found to contain two epistles , both of which were addressed to that young lady , arid wTitten in the handwriting of Duckett . One was a piece of poetry in 24 verses , and is a beautiful p iece of penmanship * The title is , "The Last Lay of Two Broken Hearts , written and composed by V . A . 1 ) ., " executed in the illustrated style in old English , with a variety of inks . It bears the date of Nov . 8 , but it has evidently been written , as far back as September , which date was erased , but which is still partially discernible . The theme shows a wild paroxysm of love on liis part , manifesting the most fervent attachment to the ill-fated girl . He bids adieu to his parents and all other relations , and prays forgiveness . Poverty had blasted his prospects , and ' Since Fate had marrM their earthlv bliss , they would
seek an early grave . The same wild strain is displayed throughout the whole piece—•¦ His Lizzy begffing that his grave might be her grave also . " The language of it shows the unfortunate writer to have been a most intellectual young man , but the extravagant outbursts of his passion which it display * proves , almost beyond a doubt , that his mind was m some -way affected . The second is written in the same superior style , and bears the date of the day , last Sunday , on which he effected bis fatal purposes .
The tenor of the letter fully confirms the supposition that has been entertained amongst the Mends and relatives , that he had prevailed upon the miserable girl to forfeit her existence with his . It states " that ere she ( Miss Chapman ) had received that epistle they would be in the sweet sleep of death . " Fate had marred his bliss in this world—he was prepared to leave it , and she for whom he had lived , had told him '' If you die without me you will be my murderer ! " and to use the words of Lady Jane Grey , "Death had no terrors * " Both £ productions had deep black borders roiind them .
The Slicide at Mile-End . —The Inquest . —On Wednesday at noon , Mr . Baker , coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex , and a jury of the inhabitants of Stepney , assembled at ^ the Fox Tavern , Russell-street , Mile-end , to inquire into the deaths of Charles William Duckett , aged 21 , and Elizabeth Williams , aged 2 " , the two young persona who destroyed themselves by taking prussic acid , under the very extraordinary circumstances before detailed .. In the course of the proceedings the Coroner had handed to him a letter , which was contained in an envelope with a black border , found lying on the
table in the room where the bodies were discovered , addressed "To Miss Margaret Chapman , 21 , Lucasstreet , Commercial-road , " cousin to Miss Williams . The enclosures were read ! one consisted of poetry , addressed to Miss Chapman , beautifully written and illuminated in various coloured inks , entitled " The Last Lay of the Broken Hearts . " The verses were 24 in number , but the following extracts will afford a fair sample of the composition : —• ' Change thou the scene ; look here , and tliou Shalt find The spirit wounded with sternest sorrow's dart—The madden'd brain , the wild , the wandering
mind—The cheek that ' s blighted , and the broken heart . " We ' ve loved each other , joined in hand and heart , Firm bound together in one holy tie . Forsake we cannot , and we ne ' er will part ; Together live , and then together die . ' * At the conclusion of the poetry was written the following : — " This is the holy vow freely given from both our hearts . We have li \ t-d for each other . We solemnly , and without reluctance , mutually consent to die together ; testifying to the truth thereof , we . have subscribed our names , thus proving our perfect will to share the grave in the arms of one another . " Elizabeth Williams and Chaeles Wm . Dcckett . " Signed at No . 9 , Raven-row , Mile-end Gate , " London , Nov . 8 , 1844 . "
The other letter bore date the 24 th inst . ( the day of the occurrence ) , and was signed by Duckett only . It exhibited great despondency , and informed Mias Chapman when she received that , he and Elizabeth " would be sleeping the sleep of death , for she had told him ' If you die without me you will be mj murderer . '" Among the evidence received was that of Mr . William Henry Duckett , the father of the male deceased , who deposed , Charles William Duckett was my son . Pie resided with me . I was aware of his attachment to Elizabeth Williams , and approved of it . I have observed lately that at times he has been very depressed , and at other times much excited . I never heard niv son speak of getting married , but it
is my opinion that he feared his circumstances would never enable him to do so , and preved on his mind , a candidate for a lucrative situation above twelve months since , and being unsuccessful he had ever since been desponding , lie was 21 vears of age , and had known Elizabeth Williams nine years . The witness here produced a large packet of letters he had found in his son ' s box , addressed to him from Elizabeth Williams ; they reciprocated his affection , and in one of them of recent date she expressed herself very unhappy , and stated that she cared | not how soon the time came to die with him . I last " saw my son alive at half-past five on Sunday evening , when he went out to go to church . I went to church with his mother , and returned about half-past eight . I
heard nothing until shortly before twelve , when the brothers of Elizabeth came ' and asked for their sister . I went with them home , and on my return I observed that the kev was not in the door of the front parlour , niv son's bed-room . I tried the door , and finding it locked , procured another key , with - which I succeeded in opening it . On entering I saw my son and Elizabeth lying on the bed , locked in each other ' s arms , and quite dead . ( Witness here became much affected ) . Other evidence was heard and the jury consulted , and ultimately returned a verdict tliat the deceased persons , Charles William Duckett arid Elizabeth Williams died from imbibing a certain quantity of . prusjsie acid , but b y whom or how administered there was not sufficient evidence before the jury .
Coal Pit Explosion . —Another Death . —Thomas Topping , one of the men seriously injured at the recent colliery explosion at Pemberton , died on Friday morning , thus making five who have forfeited their lives by this accident . Oidham . —Afflicting Affair , — On Monday forenoon last , the body of a young woman , of the name of Sarah Partington , daughter of Joshua Partington , a power-loom weaver , resident at Royloy , near Royton , was found in a small pit , near Birchenlee Mill , about two yards in depth . It appears that early on the morning she was missed , her lather had beat her with a rope , but not severely , in consequence of reports which had reached him as to her conduct .. ' The deceased was eighteen years of age , and possessed of some pereonalattractiona .
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FRANCKS BROWN , THE BLIND l <> KTr > -. ^ V " e an' t-Liedv iml < "l > teu iv tlie At- ' t-.. •* - ¦ . « for t ! ufollu-uiiii . ' ruu < t inteiv ^ tiiu ; .-ketrh : — ^ uiidrj brautirul linlr jiit-i" * - * < BroMIl , >[! :: zivrkir . " haie a ]<}« . vir < -U i " i < . » ur rului );} i > , iruin mm- t < timr . during thr Ia < . t cizhu-rn uiun'bs . One of thi- nnwl vX'jUi ^ itr ot" th--f . cr . iitkJ - * Tht- Kir > t . ~ i . risjin : ill \ :. )• p * - ; ir * -d in t ^* - j \ - --y- ? ai- ' . i \» r lr ^ t . v-iliTt-U h \ xJit- Ci »; : ] jit—>» f 131 tr » iri ^ tun . a-id fr ^ ui u j ?' !** addi'U !•» rhr i * " --m . 1 »*
Ihr ; jir editrt— > , " > lt-ann , fur t ! i-- first m : n \ thai tin ainkvi-f- " < -i t ); - * -r-i— whirl ) "t-. in 1 n 211 iii . 1 i ) « i : ) i thousands mvrr . haJ - ¦• j ; r-.: iT !\ udniirvd . \ m _ ti- wrili ' . : >\ a bhuvi ^ rl ' . The ar . m > unrt-m » - ! : t ufa * ulunif of j < oenH bi tlu- -: m ,. Frames Brown cxriteii i > ur ruriu > itT about the aut ! .-itw . WeirH interv > trd about her history , and lnujm t . j know la >_»\ v , in 11 7 >? zn > jZ * r vill ^ ij * - in Tlje north of lii-juu'l . zl vouiHJ »< i ! ii 3 ii , < le ]» riv « rd . _ , f m « st of the ordinary ht-i jto knosvlrthje—having nn intercourse -nith nature , excej'i tliniu ^ h txujks , and doonied to live in solitary diiTkiii- »> . in the midsi of all the Wantio of the external
world—¦ should nevritheless have reared a teaylr « if beauty iu In 1 ottii mind , and found therein m > i onh joy and rejoicing herself , but to all others ivhyiu th > - jjr . r >* has brutish : within reach of lier influence . The edilnr nf i 5 is > Brown " .- Jm > mijs well . ¦ b . » er »« — " ¦ The story of Mi » I 5 ro « ni "> mental tduratiun i . > v » elworth telliri -. both for its own intere :-t and f- > r its example . It is at unct cunuus and instructne to watch \> strong mind developing itself under condition * of > oi"i : i . and physical advantage , sn great—groping , by tlie ; : iu of it ? p-jetic iustim-t , through the darluirss 0 ! wlm-h 1 . was conscious—appropriating to itself evrry thinij niimn it could dra ^ nourishment , in the liarn-11 clement : ? \>\ whicL it no .- sum mi > tied—fastening lipmi all that rouii help it ouviard . while b > its own undirected eiurgi-.-s . 11 w : a > srruTslius upward-- to the li- ^ ht . " i
The pv « ri » r 3- ^ Uumblt- birth , aimnr > i > a « the inn ! : ii > Tran >> rkir , a sniall ^ illa ^ c in the count } Donegal ( whi n ht-r father theii was , and -. till i-. ]> ostiua > U-r ) . tight-ii' . d twenty year- a ^ -i—ami for thi list ? n , u- onh cijrh :--. 1 . months later . At t ! . al lriiii-.-r uze the > uiail-poi , \ isitiu _ heriu its Severest form , consigned her t' > the blindne .-- aniiii which > he ha ^ luni : « ork her » ai to all her intellectual : re ^ -ure > . —adding tl . r lu .-:- of the luost important < -f Jin > ea ; -f ^ in j » uth to the dilfirulrie . ' - of a remote and unfuilii-hed position . How by device .- of her own—the promj-lui- ^ s of a clear natural intellect—by what process f .-viltr ^ iinixiji she leiij-ued to =-ee int * j rJit ? *\* jj-U * - » 2 ~ Th < # u ; jljT _
when the visible world Has closed against her , : md luadithe uupromisiu ); .-oil about her yield intellectual fruit , it i .-plea ^ aiit to learn iu tlie w ords of her own simple narration . Her early rafcuuity Miss JBrutvn docs not remember ;— . »•• . the forma of the outer scene have not followed into hei uorld of meditation , to ie \ her with their dim sliadous . The hues and shapes "I actual things , an they present tilelli ^^ l \ es to the ^ en =-e w liii-ii she } i : i ^ lo ^ I m- * -. JiiippiH for her , an utter blank—i-i en to memory : nnd < -h .- h : i > thu =- l > een saved that ( in her ca ~ e lift--long ) perplexity oi the mind , born oi the vain attempt to renew fading impressions and restore the image of a far and doubtful
pastsomething-of which they have felt who have striven in * ain to summon hack into the field of memory the refractory spirits of a dream . Her mind has thus been left more clear to act in the conditions to which it was limited , and uer £ am-y uDdisturl > ed b > an irritating effort ami a vain regret . " ¦ Indeed , " said Mis- Brown . '" I recollect \ ery little of my infant years at all . I never received am regular education—but very early felt the want of it ; and the first time 1 remember to have experienced this feeling strongly , wits abont the beginning of m \ seventh year , when I heard our pa ^ or { m \ par-ents bein £ members of the Presbyterian c-htm-b ) jrnarli for the irr ? t tjitm-. < _ rti the ocrasion aUuded to . 1 v . a _ - particularly struck by many words in the sermon , wliich . though iu common u » e , I did not then understand :
ami fn > m that time adopted » plan for acquiring information "ti thi > subject . \\ hen a word unintelligible to me happened to reach my ear , 1 was careful to ask its meaning frum am j . er ^ on 1 though : llkrlv t . > inform me—a habit which was . probably , troublesome enough to the £ rii-ud > and : n-quahitance of my childhood : but by this method 1 soon acquired a Considerable stock of words ; and , when further advanced in life , enlarged it still more by listening attentively to my young brother . - and sisters reading out the ta .-ks required at the village school . They were generally <> 5 < H < jrd to commit to memory a-certain portion of tin-I > 5 i-U"iuiry and Knglish ( Irammar each day ; and by bearing tht-i : > rt- ; : d it aloud frequently for that purpo-e , as my memory was better than theirs / periiap- rendered so by n * - « -t- >? iit \; . 1 lianiipl tht- ui ^ l . iimt-1 ] ^ i-v .-. ^ r tiuiu they . usiiA frt- 'iucUTh ht-ard them repeat it .
" My tirsf acquaintance with books wa- nwer-sanly formed lidi'Hu ' m thu * .- which an most common in country villa : ; - — . Susim i > r : iy—The Negr <> Scnaul—The fji-ntle shephi-rd- —Mung-. Park ' s Traids—and , of course , lio-}> h : < " » : i < rusiM-. vvt-re .-nnom ; the first of my literary frii-nd-.. ;>> i 1 h : iv ,- , >; u-ii heard them read by my relative .-., and re-Hit-. ! ih--r t . haie taken a strange delight in them , when I a : n sure they nm- i !» l half understood . Hooks hav e been always si-irrr in our remote n ; -i : rhKiurhood , and Wire ii'iu-h more --0 in my childhood . but the craving for know-Ini ^ e whirh then ci . m menced grew with 7 nv growTh ' . and as I had n- > K «> ka of niT own in thos e days , my only resource was borrowing from the few acquaintances 1 had . 1 . 1 -. > int- i . f whom 1 owe obligations of tlie kind that will never Ik- forgotten . In this way 1 obtained the reading ol many valuable works , though ger . t-rally old ones ; but it wa- a great day for me when the first of Sir Walter Scott ' s works fell into mv hands . It was ' The Henri of Mid
Lorhinn . " and was lent me by a fnend , whose familv were rather better provided wiih books than most in our neighbourhood . My delight in the work was very great , eien then ; and 1 contrii ed , by means of borrowing , to get acquainted , in a very short time , with the greater part of the wurks of its illustrious author—for works of fiction , about this time , occupied all my thoughts . I had a curious niode of impressing on my memory what had been read—namely , lying awakej in the silence of night , and repeating it all over to myself ! To that habit I probably owe the extreme tenacity of memory which I now possess ; hut , like all other good things , it had its attendant evil , — -for I have often thought it curious that , whilst I never forget any scrap of knowledge collected , however small , yet the common tvents of daily life slip from my memory so quickly that I can scarcely find anything again which I have once laid aside . But this misfortune has been useful n teaching me habits of order .
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a no » i . uf - rcxcur / " /?/; . » ¦«¦ brewf . p . > o . n > o > Glory ; — UEcariTiNc at Birmingham . — Hal . f-. ' 1-rrojni obtained under false pretences commonly consigns the impostor to dreary limbo . Men , on the other hand , may be tricked from their families and thems < irr £ . and the -harper be rewarded for the juggle . To be sure , there is property in the half-crown piece : look rt the royal countenance in its sweet complacency—listen to the metallic music of the ring : it beams and vibrates , pirt }> ert « : but where is the property in human bodies
moied tn human breath * The cheater in goods and chattels is abombnated , puni-hed . Now the recruiting sergeant is an allowed man-stealer , a permitted swindler , with streamers in hi . s cap . Within these few -day .-, Glory has hung out her promissory wreaths at the King ' s Arms , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . Ulory ba- hung the walls with invitations to enlist . Yes ; the old harridan has put her trumpet to her lying mouth , and once more played the familiar air o f--Ducky , ducky , ducky , come and be killed . " Listen to the strain : —
•• Wasted , 500 unmarried , handsome , and gay young fellows , from 18 to 25 years of .-ige , for her Majesty ' s 53 th Kegimest of Foot . " In these days of peace , Glory has become squeamish in her tastes . Or , perhaps , the bullets are particular , and , like the fair , prefer above all , handsome and gay young fellows . " Those who are of a roving mind , andtouA to see the world , a better opportunity cannot offer . The bounty is risen to all such as are willing to enter this gallant corps , whose honourable services in every quarter of the globe . have often been so highly spoken of , and laurels gained , too srHilOCB to KEMT 1 ON : therefore , all who bare a good and honest heart , follow the example of those you now
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J ^ otembeb 30 , 3844 . ME NORTHERN STAR , 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1291/page/3/
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