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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . KO . XXI . - «« CHIW > E HABOLE . " Onr extracts this week commence with the follow Ing lines on
PETBABCH . Ihereis a tomb in Arqaa;—rear "« I in air rillar'd in tueir sarcophagus , repose The bones of lanra ' s lever ; here repair Many familiar with his well-sung-woes , The f ilsrimscf hisgeuius . He arose To raise a language , and Ins land reclaim From the dull yoke of her barbaric foes ! Watering the tree which bears his lady ' s name Tinth his melodious tears , he gave himself to fame . They lceep his dnst in Arqua , where he died ; The inonntain village where his latter days ' Vent down the Tale of years ; and 'tis tlieir pride—An honest pr ide—and let it be their praise , To offer to the passing stranger ' s gaze His mansion and his sepulchre ; both plain And renerably simple , such as raise A feeling more accordant with his strain Than of a pyramid form'd his monumental fane .
TASSO . Jerrara ! in thy wide and grass-grown streets , * ft-hose symmetry was not for solitude , There seems as 'twere a curse upon the seats Of former sovereigns , and the antique brood Of Este , which for many an age made good Its strength within thy walls , and was of yore Tatron or tyrant , as the changing mood Of petty power iuipell'd of those who wore The wreath which Dante ' s brow alone bad worn before And" Tas 3 O is their glory and their shame . Hark to his strain ! and then survey his cell ! And see how dearly earn'd Torquato ' s fame , And where Alfonso bade Ids poet dwell :
The miserable despot could not quell The insulted mind he sought to quench , and blend ' ^ i th the surrounding maniacs , in the hell ^ "here he had plunged it . Glory without end ScstU T'd the clouds away—and on that name attend The . " ¦ ears and praises of all time ; while thine Tronic wt ™ * te oblivion—in the sink Of won'bless dust , which from thy boasted line Is shake . " 1 into nothing ; but the link Thou fora lest in his fortunes bids tis think Of thy pOOX' malice , naming thee with scora—Alfonso ! ho \ W thy ducal pageants shrink From thee ! i'f in another station born , Scarce fit to be ti " slave of him thon mad ' st to mourn
Peace to Torqaoi ' o s injured shade ! 'twas his In life and death t <> be the mark where AVrsng Aim'd with her poii = on'd arrows ; but to miss . Oh victor unsurpassed in modern song J Each year brings fortO its millions , but how long The tide of generations shall roll on , And not the whole cemh . ined and countless throng Compose a mind like thin e - though all in one -Condensed their scatter ed ra « , they would not form a
. Ungrateful Florence ! Dante s \ eeps afar , Xlko Scipio , baried by the upbraiding shore ! The factions in their worse than < civil war , proscribed the bard whose name ft * " evermore 'Their children's children would in -vain adore "With tlie remorse of ages ; and the crown "Which Petrarch ' s laureate brow supromely wove , Upon a fair and foreign soil had grown , Sis life , his fame , his grave , though rifled —not thine own .
BOCCACCIO . Boccaccio to his parent earth beqaenth'd His dust , —and lies it not her great among , With many a sweet and solemn requiem breathed O ' er him who form'd the Tuscan ' s Siren tongue . That music in itself , whose sounds are song , The poetry of speech ? JTo;—even his tomb TJptorn , must bear the hyiena . bigot ' s wrong , "So more amidst the meaner dead find room Ivor claim a passing sigh , because it told for vikom
ASGE IO , ALFIEBI , GAIILEO , MACHIAVEL 1 T . In Santa Crocc ' s holy precincts lie Ashes which make it holier , dust which is Even in itself an immorality . Though there were nothing save the past , and this The particle of those sublimities "Which have relapsed to chaos!—here repose Angelo ' s , Alfieri ' s bones , and his , The starry Galileo , with his woas ; Here MacMavelli' s earth return'd to whence it rose . These are four minds , which , like the elements , Jlight furnish forth creation : —Italy ! Time , -n-faich hath wrongVi thee with ten thousand rents
Of thine imperial garment , shall deny , And hath denied , to every other sky , Spirits which soar from ruin : —thy decay Js still impregnate with divinity , ¦ Which gilds it with revirUyiDjj xay ; 'Such as the great of yore , Canova is to day .
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Poetical Contribnbons for onr " Christmas uablasd must be at the Office of this Paper by , or before , December the 15 th .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pbison Rhyme Df Ten Books . By Thomas Coopeb , tfie Chartist . London : J . How , 132 , Fleet-street .
( Continued from the Star of Nov . 22 nd . ) 3 jhhbidate 3 speaks : — Lycurgns , thongh thy modesty would wave Our foil soul ' s tribute , —he arose and said , — Tet here I laud thy wisdom deep , and sanve ¦ Forbearance ' mid the scorn that on thy head T ^ e in our rashness—by old pomps misfed Ana overblown—poured , when we should hare praised "Wisely thoa say * st the lessons here outspread , ^ Through hall awl dome and aisle , have in us raised "Wonder that we so long in ignorance on them gazed .
Tor ages did the lesson us invite To contemplat ion , —but the soul was held In earth ' s old bonds of prejudice , nor right Trom wrong discerned . In thraWota thus we dwelled Of self-deceit : Tile thraldom , though we swelled "With blindly arrogant imaginings . Darkness and vagueness from the soul expelled , — Her chambers filled irith Virtue ' s sjnjbolings , — itcason disdaiceth pride and its false glisterings . Sage Spartan , thus I read ourvisioned state . Hehearsal , lion- our sufferings passed away , And bow old Earth became regenerate , I yield unto my brethren , —though I may , J or opening of the theme , thus much essay : 'Twas conquest over Evil physical
That ushered in Earth ' s glorious brother-day : — "Whence came , by law of sympathy whose veil Js still unrent , our sonl-state beatifical . Ijudge that Earth had still in bondage been To Error , had the sons of enterprize And science , unobservant , failed to glean The truths Great Xature spread before the eyes Of heedless man , whose psssion for life ' s toys Bobbed him of its true treasures , and so doomed Him all his days with pain to agenize . With want and woe : a creature spirit-gloomed , Though tenanting a world where jocund beauty bloomed A world whose elements were bis to wield Ana govsrn . 2 f ow;—behold the storm-tossed sea )
His pathway !—see his chariots o ' er it wheeled More swiftly than o ' er land , by energy Electric—which men deemed a mystery , Or sign of wrath divine , till from the cloud A sags , with children ' s kite , and string , and key , Drew the winged essence , and the truth foreshewen , "Unwittingly , how , one day , men would tame the proud . All-scathing power , and dandle its huge strength "With childlike effort ! Mountain , stream , and- mine Thar wealth afford him : Earth , through all the length And breadth and depth of her rotund confine , — Th' impalpable and vital chrystalline Itself , are , each , his servitor ! Of want "Men talk as of some ancient fable : pine
They cannot , for the soil , exuberant Jlendered by art , of food is over-ministrant . The senses know no craving : neither Btrife If or guile to win indulgence , or obtain "What all enjoy , embitters human life : Disease is banished—until mortal pain Approaches : —ev ' n the bounds of life ' s domain Are trebly larger . Brothers , do I deem Aright that mortal men and spirits gain Their high beatitude , because supreme IMen « rew o ' er natural Evil ! But I yield the theme . —
Cato follows , arguing that the fault of mankind s miserv lay not iu nature , but in man , the slothful pupil " in her school , or the wild and perverse truant after vice . lie adds : — ' Xis , then , unto the Pe « , the tireless Few , "Who through all ages and in every clime Pursued the Good , our gratitude is due . Tans moral , mental conquest was the prime Or human victories : triumph sublime O ' er outward elements sprang from the wreath Of moral -victory ; and through all t ime They shall be held glorious who did bequeath Xessons of moral struggle in their lives or death . —
Zexo , CtEAXiHES , and Metbocees , it is intimated , express views similar to those of Cato , but their speeches are not given . Lecuetius follows , and sneaks at some length . The intent of his address is wntained in the following stanza : — The march of Thought was onward from of old , — Onward , for aye , to > ' atmVs eye , —though dense "Film sighted men no progress couia behold : Thot ^ it spring from tbmght by chain of contequtnee , — In old or newer clime , —til violence ,
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* raud , ignorance , want , woe , and pain , andthrall Evanished at the new omnipotence" Of MindNature brought forth : Kind that through all The Universe now reigns by might immutable ., r Athccs , Gracchus , Cimrnjs , Charokdas , Cod-BUS , THEfflSTOCLKS , DjEMOSTHlsSES , Co . NDOKCET , and Romillt , are the remaining speakers , but the speech of Gracchus only is givea . TVe reszrrethe concluding stanzas till next week , when we shall bring to an end our review of the " Purgatory of Suicides . " -Wi 4 . " - _ --.,-
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PICTORIAL PENNY BALLADIST . Part II ., III . London : J . C , Moore , 12 , Wellington-street , North Strand . Since our first notice of this admirable publication we have received Parts II . and III ., and a careful examination of their contents fully confirm the anticipations we had formed from a sight of Part I . The Parts before us contain several ancient ballads , and several of modern date , from the pens of Dr . Letdes , Scott , Caklbtox , and others . Here are " The Lists of Naseby Wold ; " "The Children in the Vt ' ocd ; " " Sir Turlough ; or , the Church-yard Bride ;" " Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne : " " Sir
Aldingar ; " " Glentinlas ; or . Lord Ronald ' s Coronach ;" "Iving Estmere ; " "The Cout of Keeldar ; " and "Lord Soulis . " Ancient traditions , superstitions , feuds , customs' and manners , are faithfully depleted in these ballads : even the food and dress of the generations of bygone times are set down in these poetic chronicles . Not the least interesting feature of this publication is tke preservation of the old spelling , so quaint bnt so expressive . The illustrations , as we have before remarked , add much to the beauty of tlra work . Wo repeat our earnest approval of this publication , and most heartily recommend the Penny BaUadist to the support of our readers .
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PICTORIAL PENNY SHAKESPEARE . Parts I ., II ., 111 . London : J . C . ilooie , 13 , Wellington-street North , Strand . The Englishman who has not read Shakespeare may doubt his nationality ; he is , at best , but half an Englishman , when ignorant of the works of-lib greatest countryman : and yet , to how many millions has Shakespeare been but little , if anything , more than a mere name . It is painful to reflect that thousands , nay , millions have lived and died , and never known him , who , " though dead yet speaketh , " and
speaketh these words which , of mightier import than the words of priests or prophets , never fail to elevate the minds and purify the hearts of those who willingly list to them . Of late years a knowledge ol Shakespeare's works has been widely diffused through the medium of the many cheap and beautiful editions whick Mr . Kxight and otherenterprising bookseller ? have published . Still , an edition , which should be within the reash of the poorest of the people , was a desideratum unaccomplished . Half-crown and shilling parts , or numbers , of any work is , no doubt , cheap enough for many thonsands ; but such prices
are above the means of a still more numerous class . To meet the wph's of this latter class the spirited publisher of the Pictotial rainy Balladist , has also commenced the publication of . a Pictorial Penny Shakespeare , of which the first , second , and third monthly parts are before as . These parfr , contain the "Tempest , " "Two Gentlemen of Verona , " " Merry Wives of Windsor , " "Measure for Measure , " and the commencement of the " Comedy of Errors : " and the three may be purchased for Is . 2 Jd . But this is not all , the work , as the title bespeaks , is illustrated—and neatly illustrated too . A separate set of wood engravings , intended to form a pictorial biography ef Shakespeare , will also be gi / en with every alternate part ; two of these have appeared , the first being , all the Jcnoivn portraits of Shakespeare ; the second , two views of the house in vjhicli he woe born .
As an immense sale must be indispensable to enable the publisher to meet the expenses of this enterprise , we trust tl » at the public will show their appreciation of this spirited undertaking , by giving it the support it so well deserves . No Mian need now be without a copy of Shakespeare . "We perceive that Mr . Moobe is about to publish , or has already commenced publishing , a "PLtor ' . al Penny Arabian Nights Entertainments" & Pictorial Penny ¦ Robinson Crusoe , " and a "Pictorial Penny £ unyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress . " We heartily wish him success . ¦
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A BOTANIC GUIDE TO HEALTH , AND THE NATURAL PATHOLOGY OF DISEASE . By A . J . Coffin . Leeds : Moxon , London ; Watson , Paul's-alley . -Dr . Coffin-is well known throughout Yorkshire , where Ms friends are numerous . Those friends applaud him as a "medical reformer , " whilst his enemies decry him as a " quack . " He repudiates most of the remedial agents employed by the doctors , and confines himself to those ordinary and simple means of cure which nearly every field , garden , and hedge-row abound with , and which , while known to almost every village dame possessing ordinary intelligence , are unknown to , or despised by , the great body of medical practitioners . Now , in rejecting these simple remedies , which the experience of ages lins proved the Taluc of , it appears to us that * the doctors are the " quacks , " Dr . Coffiw has travelled much in America , where lie associated with the naturalist Thomson , and spent some considerable
time with the Indians of that Continent , to whom he professes to be much indebted for his medical and botanical knowledge . Whatever may be thought of Dr . Coffin ' s " system , " which is , however , backed up by several cases of well authenticated cures , there can be but one opinion as to the virtues of those medicinal plants and herbs on which his " sjstem " mainly depends . At least , then , so far as this work throws light upon the too much neglected science oi medical botany it is valuable , and deserves our commendation . Unlike some gentlemen connected with the press , who assume to know everything , wo must confess that our medical knowledge is extremely circumscribed , and , consequently , we dislike the task of reviewing medical books ; we shall , therefore , content ourselves with recommending Dr . Coffin ' s work to onr readers , leaving each to decide for himself as to its merits . The work is freed from all technicalities , and will , consequently , be understood by every one .
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THE FAMILY HERALD . Pabts XXIX ., XXX . London G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . These two parts of the Family Herald . attest the continued talent of this publication , which still maintains its high and honourable position at the head of the penDy press . The editorial articles are most cleverly written , and we shall be surprised if these admirable essays are not at some future time rer printed by themselves . From one of these we extract the followins sensible remarks
on—EAILROADS . That much of the raihvay business is substantial , productive , and profitable business , there can be no doubt ; but there can be as little doubt that there is a very large remainder that will be unproductive and ruinous . The mushroom rapidity with-which it has shot up isratber a suspicious-and unfavourable symptom . Itis a species of revolution , producing great constitutional changes , without giving the old interests sufficient time to accomodate themselves to the new system . It is a rush of blood to one portion of the body politic , which either creates a cor' -sponding deficiency in some other , or produces infl » m nation in the part affected . We have no means of ascertaining the amouut of capital required for projects at present in the market , but if the Times , which has ample means of receiving the best iinformatiou upon such
subjects it amounts to about fire hundred millions sterling . This is five-eighths of the National Debt ; and , as all the projects at present before the public comtemplate as speedy a realisation as possible , we may safely suppose that this enormous amount of money is expected to be forthcoming , spent , and permanently invested in less than five years . Commerce never yet encountered a change so great and so sudden as this . It would be a commercial revolution . That it would ruin the country , we have no fear ; bnt that it would ruin many interests and many individuals in the country , and give them little time and few opportunities to protect themselves from the storm thus let loose upon them , must be evident to all who only think for a moment , that activity , labour , and capital suddenly directed to one department , must be , to a corresponding extent , diverted from another , unless there
be such a superabundance of each unemployed in the country as to supply the demand . Now this is not the case . ' Supposing a million of labourers were required for these railways , and this for 500 raUways is only 2 , 000 men to each ; where are the men to be found!—and if they be found , where will they be taken from t Accordiug to the census of 1811 , there are 1 , 082 , 165 male labourers in Great Britain employed in agriculture . It would take the whole of them to construct the railways contemplated ; and then what would become of the land ! There are 193 , 877 miners ; but , if they were taken , who would supply the population with coals , and the engines with fuel , and the road-makers with rails!—we shall want more miners , rather than fewer . There are 386 , 157 labourers , whose particular employment is not mentioned ; perhaps they are day labourers . Well , if they are making railroads , they cannot be carrying hods , and paving streets , and doing many other nseful things , which cannot he enumerated . There are 1 , 687 , 477 engaged in trade and commerce Were the road-makers taken from this class ,
there would be a sad faffing off in the revenue and resources of the country . This number is expected to be increased rather than diminished . There are 741 , 872 en ^ agedin manufactures , TVe cannotspare one of these . "We expectrather to increase than diminish their number . Now , these five numbers embrace all the available labour of thecountry , with the exception of men-sen-ants , professional men , gentlemen , and others , who would not condescend to have any thing to do . w \ tu the construction of the roads , but only with the mani'i of the share exchange . Where , tnen . are the million labourers to come from ?—from Ireland ? A miliion Irish labourers , with a million wives , and four million cbJidren—six millions of the finest yfcsrante in the world Sported into England ! Itis a splendid idea ; but , eveji supposing one-half oftbem were to come from Ireland h » w could Great Britain supply the other half , a- . td , at the same time , the directing mind and capital , w' / hout deducting largely from the amouut of vigour at . present prevailing in other departments of industry . # * # * Moreover , thefe ? / sof the mercantile world are now be-
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*¦ i ' "S - ' | ¦ ¦ ' f ¦ j % f J * ,. J £ A Sinning ^ ^ to be aroused / Thflfdebti iSe noi ' t'oW so > easily collected " as ' fornierly . 'The'd ebtbrs ' -wanT thn ' ey and many of the manufacturers are instituting inqi &'ies respecting , their customers , resolved" to' withhold tneir credit from those who are gambling ' on the ro ' ade . J ^ bi'st other departments of the revenue have fallen off to the amount of a million sterling in three months , tlie stamp and post-office deportments have increased the latter to the amouns of £ 9 , 000 , which represents upwards of two millions of letters . These additional letters no doubt chiefly consist of applications for Bhares , as we are informed that one company alone , in twenty-four , hours , received 30 , 000 . . " f . i ¦ £ ¦ ' f ¦ f . _ iX f J r . t F JS
That such a change is sufficient to regenerate a country is what we should be sorry to affirm ; but that it is a a change which is indispensable in the work of mundane regeneration cannot well be gainsayed . It is a new medium of intercourse between nations and individuals—it is the contribution of mechanics to the great work of social amelioration . * # A new era of mind is approaching , and the mechanical minis ere preparing tor its advent . Can wo discover what is likely to be the character of this era from the symptoms already discernible 3 Itis an era of more universal sympathy and interchange of kind feelings than any preceding . The iron links of union are but the types of a common understanding and a common humanity . The idea of re-union is going
abroad amongst the hearts of men . There is a striving —a powerless one Htberto , we must confess after the realisation ofthe ' w . ' sh . Churches seek to unite with churches , sect with sect . They deplore their division . They meet to propose the tcrm . 8 of re-nnion-. They make vows to observe hereafter more strictly than formerly the precepts ot charity in controverting with each other . And in this they are not behind the' commercial world , which cares for none of these things , for they are aiming at a virtue * whilst others are aiming at a profit . In the literary world we see a determined resolution to suppress every appearance of bigotry , intolerance , and party spirit , and an indulgent feeling is prevalent there for all pecularities of opinion which do not show themselves in contemptuous , reproachful , persecutivc , spiritually proud , and scornfnl behaviour , but which mildly and politely
maintain their own rights of thought , and accord corres * ponding rights to others . In the commercial trorld , monopoly , collusiveness , and restriction are fast giving way to more generous principles . National interests are giving place in rank to imperial or humanitary interest . And though each individual in all these departments of activity is actiug for himself and seeking an individual good in all that he does , yet , associated with this indivilual spirit of selfishness , of which he cannot be divested without being divested of life , there is growing up a largeminded , enlightened , universal spirit , which looks at the ivhole in preference to the parts—which seeks the good of humanity at large rather than the individual in particular , and which promises , when full-grown and well matured in experience and the power of thought , to be the great ruling power of the coming age . To this the individual ,-pirit will be subservient , aud the elder shall serve the
v ' lunger . . The above is a specimen of the original contents of this excellent publication . The following extract from a work entitled , -Scenes on the Shores of the Atlantic , is a specimen of the selected matter contained within its columns : —
TUE DECENCIES OF DEATH . There is one verj striking characteristic pf the Irish peasantry , and which I believe they possess in common with other nations in a backward state of civilisation , an extreme solicitude about their burial . To have a wellattanded funeral , to be a " handsome corpse , " and above all , to be interred with their own kindred , are objects of the highest ambition . Those who are totally regardless of the decencies of life Jiold the decencies of death in such estimation , that to procure a good coffin , gvuve-clotlies , and the wherewithal fora " creditable wake , " they will undergo the greatest privations . I have known a poor woman pawn her only flannel petticoat on a bitter winter ' s day to procure a meal for her starving children , reduced to pinching want , rather than intrench on the sacred hosrd kept carefully for the funeral expenses . Some there are who beep their coffin at the head of their bod tor years , and old persons have generally some good clothes stored up to " dress their corpses in . "
An old woman applied to us for an under garment , and having received one , together with a cap , exclaimed in the greatest joy— " Oh ! such linen , fit ft * a lady ; and a cap with elegant frills to it , bordered all round . The likes of them are much too grand for a creature like me to wear . I'll keep them for the day of my death , and they'll look beautiful at the wake . " "But , " we remonstrated , "they were sot given you for that . They are meant * to make you comfortable while you are alive , and you must wear them now . " " And not
have a decent rag to cover me in the coffin ! Ladies dear ! " she added in the most appealing tone , " sure now you wouldn't be so unreasonable . " But we were " unreasonable , " and insisted on the garments being worn ; suggesting , however , as a mitigation of the case , that as che old woman was so far advanced in years , they might possibly last long enough to answer the double purpose , I'bis was a bright and happy thought on our parts , and our old friend departed , expressing a fervent wish that she might die before such " elegant clothes" were worn out .
Wlien I was a ciiiiij , we had a house-carpenter named Murphy , a very faithful creature , but one to whom the French saying , " ses qudlites sarpassent oes ciloi'mj , " applied roost strongly . He was a most ugly man ; bigheaded , bard-featured , and forbidding-looking . His person was distorted from having fallen off a high ladder in hiayouth , which had injured Ms spine and legs , and made him a cripple for life . In short , to any one not accustomed to hi » appearance as we were , he must have looked something monstrous . One morning , poor Murphy came limping up with a most rueful countenance , complaining of feeling very ill with " pains in every bone in his body , and such an impression on his heart ( tlie lower orders always call chest affections by this name ) that be could scarcely draw his breath . " He had evidently caught a violent cold . Various remedies were proposed , and he seemed greatly comforted by the prospect of approaching relief .
Hy dear mother recommended a warm plaster to his chest , and gave him one to put on . He looked very suspiciously at it . " This is a warming-plaster , ma ' am , is it ? " "Yes ; a very good thing for your oppression . " " May be so . Would it hurt a body , now ? " " Oh no ; you will find it very comfortable , on the contriirV . " " Thank you ma ' am ; but will you tell me , would it leave any mark behind it ! " "It reddens ths skin a little , that ' s all . " Ah , that's what I misdoubted all along , from tlie looks of it . I ' m greatly obliged to you ma ' am , and thank you kindly , every bit as much as if I had made use of it . But ( returning the plaster ) I wouldn't put a mark or sign on myself for all the gold you could give me , or d . o anything that would hinder me from making a handsome corpse , plaze God ; and that's what I'd ba if I was to die this night , without speck or spot , or any such thing upon my whole skin . "
And no argument could induce poor Murphy , unsightly and crippled and ill-favoured as he was , to run the risk of spoiling a "handsome (!) corpse" by applying the warm plaster . It was a strange , but , among his class , ayery common species of vanity . . ' . . . Ecgeke Sde's story of the " Wandering Jew , " of which so able a translation has been given in the Herald , is , at length , concluded ; but its place is well supplied by other well-written tales . In prose and poetry , from the first page to the last , each number teems with information and amusement , of the best possible character . Great as is the support given to the Family Herald by the public , it is not greater than ii well deserves .
Dbatu From Violence.— Manslaughter. — On Tuesday Evening An Inquiry Of Several Hours' Duration Took Place Before Mr. William Payne, At The Sir
Dbatu from Violence . — Manslaughter . — On Tuesday evening an inquiry of several hours' duration took place before Mr . William Payne , at the Sir
John Falstaff , Kent-street , Dover-road , reipecting the death of Mary Harrowfin , aged sixty-aeven years , lately living at No . 89 , Ann-street , Kent-road , who , it was alleged , died from injuries inflicted upon her by her son . Elizabeth Bryant , of No . 89 , Annstreet , Kent-road , deposed that she lived in the same house , and had known the deceased for nine months . On Saturday night last , whilst in bed , witness heard John Harrowfin , the son of the deceased , call out for witness ' s daughter to fetch some brandy for his mother , as she was taken ill . It was then after twelve o ' clock , therefore she could not obtain any .
Witness got out of bed , and went into their reom . She was standing against the room door . Witness ran for Mr . M'Manns , but he being from home , witness went to Mr . Babbage , who attended , but she was then dead . The sou told witness that his mother had been subject to a complaint in her throat , and he supposed it was a return of her old complaint . Witness did not see any blood about the place , nor was there any on her clothes . This witness made such prevarication in her evidence , in endeavouring to keep back important evidence , that the coroner threatened to commit her to prison . Jessie Edwards , lodging in the same house , stated that she heard a violent noise on the night in question , as if they were quarrelling . Witness went into the room , and there saw the deceased lying on the bed in a dying state . Deceased said that " she had received her death blow , and that it was her son John who had done it .
Witness lifted up her clothes , and saw a wound bleeding very much . Deceased died before the arrival of the surgeon . A policeman came in . ihe son said that the deceased had received the inj « ryhyi falling against the latch of the door . Mr . William Babbage , of No . 1 , BcHgal-placc , New Ivent-road , said that when he reached the house the deceased had expired . Nothing was said of the wound at farst , bnt the son told witness that deceased bad been troubled with a difficulty of breathing , and Had gasped and died . Witness subsequently examineu her person . He found a wound on the left side ot the spinal chord , about midway between thosixtli and seventh ribs . It appeared to have been inflicted ! by a sharp knife . The wound ' . was about tliree- j quarters of an inch in length , and one inch m aept " .. Witness had made a post mortem examination ot T , fle body . Death had arisen from the rupture of a b iopd vessel in the hra ? nivlii « . li wnq miich conjesteu . llie
coagnlum might have arisen from excitement consequent upon the injury , or from excessive hen jorrhage The coroner remarked on the evidence at great length , after which the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Johh Harrow iin , " who was comBiittcd en the coroner ' s warrant , bo ^ vgate .-
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niSr ^ - W CoMPARAmE . - ^ -He ^ wLO travels by the ™ S » » . Fast Traveller ; but lit who stays at THpS ^ ltll 0 « t eating or'drinking is a Faster . 7 n , T T + ftt ; n Fr ° 2 is often looked - at with disgust and trodden to death ; but a Toad-in- the-hole is £ t ? f& j ^ Mtophael is a very Fine Painter : but Stubbs > the informer , is a Finer .-Agi ^ od hus-£ S . « f - ^ ? * , * & buthewlio brings himself , wife , and family to destruction through gambling is a better .
A Kurious iXusTOMER . —A correspondent of tie Jtoston Post , from , Jie Granite State , says : — "We are Sick of suspense , and want the matter settled , so that . wejmBY next prepare to annex Kanada , Kalifornia , and-. av . uba , which will be a very Kurious Kombinationp truly ! " « a K ' nte fellow- ^ this , " says the BrooUynStar , " lie would be a Kapital Kandidate w Kongress , —is KapabJe of a Komraission in a MMnpany ; a Kornetcy , Korporalcy , Kaptaincy , or ii . olonelcv—would not make a bad Korps de garde—Kastic UU 1 On Ka 5 e to ' Kany a'Kanip or Kannonadea
mtZIfscIE ™ ous opponent io Hanging .-A gentle-7 . " in " f ° ? e of ^ , e interior towiu is so much opposed * ate < " ment that he refuses t 0 hm S hia
THE IAY OF LAZARUS . Hark ! hark ! to the begging . oox shaking ! * or whom is this alms-money making ? 'Tis D * n—who is cramming His wallet while famine Sets th » heart of tha peasant a-quaking . Man ' s food iu earth ' s bosom is rotting , And chatitj ' s dole is allotting—To wliom ? At church door The PAMPEKBED , once more , To plunder the pauper is ' plotting . The priest from the nltar inveigles , Tlie peasant reluctant yet higgles ,, His children ' s support . . Is bagged—a year ' s sport I « in store for the Derrynane "beagles . " 'Tis " godlesn" to give education , ' 1 'ia " godless" to teach a gulled nation , But God-like , oh ! call it
To shoulder jour wallet , Swelling huge , in this hour of starvation ! His . roundg see the mendicant plying , To where in his cabin is lying , Death-stricken and gaunt , The Yictim of want , Go , ! enter—and pillage the djing ! Take , take it , in meal or in metal—But , hush ! where is infancy ' s prattle ? On its mother ' s parched breast Lies the babe in Death ' s rest—?« haw ! Come ! give the box a good rattle ! The land is all blighted with famine ! The land is all blighted with famine ' . Yet still doth he crave ; Aud like Ghoul at a grave , Bakes rottenness , rooting for Mammon I
Low Lazarus lies ! while the victim , ¦ With a hand from above to afflict him , Iu his nuguish implores , But in vain , for his sores , That the beagles of Divts maj lick them ! London , Not . 18 . F . M . Saxon Revexge . — " England's weakness , " says Mr . O'Connel ] , "is Ireland ' s opportunity . " We would reverse the maxim . Ireland's weakness is the opportunity of England ; and we hope tliat England will take it—to help her . Wlien her potatoes are gone ; let us give her bread . But let us take special care that it shall be , literally , bread . Let us relieve
her in kind ; but not trust her with a penny of cosh ; at least , whilst her Agitator keeps a begging box . Candour . — " Did you attend church to-day ? " inquired an African planter' of one of his slaves as he returned to his dwelling . " Sartin , massa , " was Cudjo ' s reply —/ ' an what two mighty big stories dat preacher did tell ! " " Hush , Cudjo , you mustn't talk tbat way ; what stories were they ? " " Why , he tell de people no man can serve two massas j now dia is de fuss story , ' case you seen ole Cudjo sarves you ,, my ole masaa , and also young massa John . ) en , de preacher says , " he will lub the one and hate de other" —while the Lord knows , I hate you bof ! " ¦ . . - ..
A Powerful PnEAsnER . — "Ah , Sir , " exclaimed an elder in a tone of pathetic recollection , " our late minister was a man ! He was a powerful preacher ; for , in a short time he delivered the work amongst us , he knocked three pulpits to pieces , and banged the life out o' five bibles . " The Sublime and Beauiipdl . —A gentleman having occasion to ask a lady for the snuffers , addressed her in the following emphatic and enamoured strain : — " Most beautiful , accomplished , and charming lady , will your ladyship , by an unmerited and undeserved condescension of your infinite , goodness , please to extend to your most obsequious , devoted , and very humble servant , that pair ofignipotent digests , that 1 may exasperate the excrescences of this nocturnal cylindrio luiuinsvvy , in order that tlie vofnlnent brightness of its resplendent brilliancy may'dazzle the vision ot our ocular optics more potently . "
THE ANDOVEK SMALL SONG . " We wunt ba beat ! " was once our zonjy , ^ yXa ' ve found as kow that we was wrong ; But howsomedever , wrong or right , We wunt be hinder'd of our spite : Thof' Heeaster we did vu ' ainly back , To Zurgeont we can gie the zack ; Dwoan'tlet ' i lave off till we lui' done't , "We ' 11 zarre ' un out : blest if we wunt ! A Doctor in the feace to fly Of them ' a yarns his liv ' u by ! A purty zort o' feller lie , To think for to crow over we ! As well expect a hog to budge , As think that we ' 11 vorget our grudge ; Let ' s jine in one harmonious grunt ! ' We wunt , we wunt , we wunt , we wunt !" / Punch
A Promising Speculation . —It is rumoured that a company is in the course of formation to lease the contents of Lord Ashley ' s waste paper basket . at a rental of so much per annum . The . enormous number of persons who make Lord Ashley the medium of subscribing large sums to benevolent purposes , added to his Lordship ' s habit of throwing < lown his letters unread , must render his waste paper basket one of the most profitable as well as the safest investmen ts of the present day . Supposing that only two £ 100 . notes find their way into this receptacle for his Lordship ' s correspondence in the course of a week , there will be an income of upwards of £ 100 , 000 per annum . Several of the waste paper dealers have iromised to join tke direction , and an' influential
provisional committee will be forthwith advertised . — Ibid . Budget . —The annual financial statement of the Ghancellor of the Exchequer , which is called a Budget , because the Ministers must Budge if they cannot carry tlieir measure . Some etymologists derive the word Budget from the old French word hougette , a bag ; and it is probable that in the days of corruption the Minister bagged a considerable amount of the budget . Shakspeare speaks of a " sow-skin budget , " which would seem to indicate that the public money had been formerly kept in a sow ' s ear , before silk purses came into fashion . —Ibid . Cabinet . —A common appellation for the Ministry , and supposed to be derived from the word cabin , because of the number of snug berths to be found in it . —Ibid
THE JOLLY OLD BEGGARMAN . Tone . —The Jolly Young Waterman . H ! did you not hear of a jolly old beggarman , Who for Repeal was accustomed to cry ; And he feathered his nest with such skill and dexterity , Winning each heart , and delighting each eye ? He talked so fair , anil he vowed so steadily . His countrymen nocked to hear him so readily ; And bo charmingly eyed he the peasants around , That this beggarman ne ' er was in want of a pound ! What sights of poor victims he gathered together , Humbugging tliem out of their money—thtirall ! And Iiow , too , would he blarney the iino Irish ladies , At a meeting on T . ira , or Corn Exchange Hall ! And oftentimes would they be giggling and leering , But ' twas , all ona to Dan , their jibing and jeering ; True lover of Ireland he never was found , for the ueggarman cared for nought else save ' his pound ! Jae Miller .
Plea for Iussixg . —A lover gazed in the eyes of his mistress untii she blushed . lie pressed her hand to his heart and said , " My looks have planted roses > n thy cheek : he who sows the seed should reap the harvest . "—North , American . A Surprise . —One of the most singular and unheard of scenes . perhaps ever witnessed in a Quaker meeting-house took place at Baltimore . Shortly after the horn- for meeting to- commence , whilst the brethren and sisters were silently communing with their own minds , . one of tie tlelegates to the assemblage from Pennsylvania , quietly , and without being observed , stripped lilmscli ' , and appearing before them in a perfect-state of-nudity , insisted on being allowed to speak . Ho was immediately seized by his friends , and the partition to the female side of the
meeting closed , and it required almost mam fovce to cohipelhnn . to put on his clothing . ¦ Ho afterwards i explained the matter in the following niannor : —He i h ? , d a dream on the previous night , and thought that , t '/ io spirit of the Lovd had appeared before him , and commanded him to humble himself before the meeting on the next day , by appearing in their midst with j : his person exposed " , and to address them in that situation ^ with . respect ? to ; certain .. matters , which would then and there be revealed to liim bythe Holy Spirit . It was in the fulfilment of this imaginary command , and whilst filled with a holy zeal and . enthusiasm , that he thus acted . - . -He . was . finally conveyed home , and appears since to be almost entirely deranged on 1 the " suiijectjof religion . These facts may be relied on j as correct , singularly as they may sound , as they are I well known throughout the city , ~ 4 n ! mc « n f > c » 2 > er .
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Barbarous Tkeatment of a Ladt by her Husband AND HKK SOU , THE LATTER A UlkEoIMAN . —At fcilO Petty Sessions court of Carrick . ' ergus , on the 9 th November , iliehard Battersby , "Et . q ., and the Ituv . John 0 . fiattcrsby , were called upon to answer the charge of Mrs . Battersby , tlie wife of the former and the mother of thfl latter , for having committed upon her a series of assaults , extending from October last over six years ; and , also , to show cause why tliey and each of them should not enter into recognizances to be ot the peace and goed behaviour . It appeared frpi . n the statement of Mr . Davidson , of counsel for Alrsv Battcrsby , that hist clientwiis ' married to Mr Batt « , sby in the year W 18 , to whom ' she brought £ 4 , 000 . For a short time after the marriage they lived on gv ^ od terms , but subsequently matters wore a
different aspect ,-Mr . Batteraby refusing to allow his wife means . for the support of the iouse . Counsel proceeded tos . »>'—Instead of being furnished with' tlie necessary coon ' > rts of life iu accordance with her station , the ordinary duties of my dent were more those of a domes tic servant than of a wife . Mr . Battersby , in place of bringing up his family as he ought to do , for te . i or twelve years had been in the habit of eating his meals with the servants in the kitchen . Of course , suchalineofconducfc -n eulanot tend much to the eou ' ifort or respectability of himself or family . Mrs . Batt * 3 rsby remonstrated with him on his conduct , and , no t ' . oubt , spoke her mind plainly and strongly ; and the consequence was , th . it afterwards they did not live in the most eomi \> rtable manner . But there were other circumstances which ed to breaches of domestic vencewhich lit- felt
, bound to state . Suspicions arose ,. perhaps Hot justifiable ,. that Mr . Battersb y ' s attentions were a little diffuse ; and the consequence was . that servants lwid to leave the house under suspicious circumstonofs . lhere is no ' doubt tliat'ii servant at the famfe was delivered of a child .. . In November-lS 43 , au 4 on a . Sunday , Mrs . Battersby was sitting in her own-parlour , with Mr . Battersby , and there was some altercation on a favourite topic , ' namely ,, the alleged drunkenness of Mrs . Battersby ' s latheirand mother . Mrs . battersby remonstrated , and said , that ' suiih conduct , was inhuman , and that no chiW-could sit and listen to it . Mr . John Battersb y , her son , was present , and , instead of interfering 10 bjing about * peace , he caught hold of her , and in a mostvielcnt manner pushed her out of the room . Again ,, in the
month of November , the father and son went to R <; 1-tast to dine . They eamo home at a Lite hourv When they came home they wanted some refreshment . Mrs . Battersby was in her bed-room , and hesitated giving the keys , but ultimately gave them to lrer servant to take down . However , her son , Mr . John Battersby , went up stairs to his mother ' s bed-room ( I suppose in ignorance that the girl had got the keys ) , and took the chamber luensil , and , whileshe was Jying in bed , emptied it upon her . ( Great sensation . ) In 1 S 15 this young gentleman went to England , and in a short time alter returned . 1 would mention that at this time he had been ordained a clergyman . of the Church of England . Well , he was nut long home till "lie—this peacemakerhad an altercation witk his brother , in the presence
of ins mother . The result was , that he got iip aiu seized his brother by the neck ; and , as was natural , Mrs . Battersby went between them . What was the consequence ? Why , Bhe and her son Thomas were knocked down , as were the table and a chair . 1 merely mention this to show the court the violence which wiis used . On another occasion , in the year 1845 , this John Battersby assaulted his mother ; * aml I should state that his father was present on several of the occasions on which these assaults were committed . Mrs . Battersby was examined , and "fully corroborated the facts stated by counsel . Mr . Jackson , for the defence , said that Mr ; Battevsby's instructions to him were , that he should not recriminate . Let them measure the security in Whatever way they pleased , anil he was perfectly willing tu
enter into it . llie court retired fora sliorfriune ; on their return Mr . Molony ( R . M . ) , said , in this case 1 have been requested to state the opinion of the bench , and when 1 state they were-unanimous in that opinion , I am quite sure I am correct . As to tlie conduct of the son towards his mother , it is of the most revolting description . I cannot express- myself as strongly as I would wish with reference to * it , ami more particularly when I consider that that son is a clergyman—one whose duty was to endeavour to makepeace in the family . It appeal ^ that , while the son was acting in tlie manner described towards his mother , that his father was looking ov . •„ his father , who should have been the director anil guide of the familv . Such conduct was bad in the extreme :
but I cannot sufficiently express my horror at tlie conduct of the son , in acting as lie has done—it is quite beyond the means of expression . My only regret is , that , as we have been requested , to inliict summary punishment in this ease , the limit of our jurisdiction only extends to a fine of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment in the llousc of Correction . Our wish would have been to send the ease to this Q , uarter Session ; but , as this is not wished by tlie counsol for the prosecution , we award the utmost punishment in our power—that is , that Mr . Richard Battersby and the Ilev . John Battevsby , do pay a fine of £ 5 each ; or , in default , be imprisoned for two months ; aud that they give security , themselves i » - - € 500 each , and two sureties in £ ' 2 oi ) each , to be of the peace towards Mrs . Battersby .
Liverpool . —Charge of Wilful Murdek . —An elderly man , of genteel exterior , named Thomas Davis , Vas on Wednesday week placed at the bar of ' the police-court , before E . Rushton and J . Lawrence-, Esqrs ., on a chsirge of having in the month oi' M ; iv last , murdered Elizabeth Johnson . The deceased kept a grocer ' s shop in Kirkdalc-rond , in this town , and cohabited with the prisoner , by whom she had two children . She had also a daughter by her husband , and these children were the chief witnesses in the case . It appeared that after the death of tlieir mother , on the 17 th of May last , these children became chnrgeable to ' their parish , that of Lcdbuiy , in . Hertfordshire , and that in consequence ol statement * which they made , ihe relatives of the ileeeiisccs brought the case before the magistrates of thatulaec .
The result was that Davis was apprehended , and , after evidence had been heard , he was sent to Liverpool , by order of Sir James Graham , so that the case , which seemed shrouded in mystery , might be further investigated . Margaret Johnson , an intelligent girl , about thirteen or fourteen years ©!' age , deposed that one night , about six months ago-,, the prisoner came home drunk and quarrelled with her mother ; that nfc last she came into the children's bedroom , whore the quarrel was renewed ; and thai there Daries struck her on the , breast and temple ,, and kicked her on the leg . During the three or four following days the deceased was a / most entirely ccstfined to her bed ; she was attended by ft medical wan ( Mi . J . Johnson ) , and at length died . Thuinas Davis , eleven Years of a « c , and Richard Davis ,
seven years of age , sods of toe prisoner-, corroborated this evidence . Mr . James Johnson , surgeon , sakl that when called to attend the deceased , a day or two before her death , he 'found her labouring under congestion and depression of spirits . He inquired whether she had any mental distsass , to which she made no reply , but tlie prisoner gave him a very distressing statement of their circumstances . Ho prescribed for her and faw her again the following morning , when she was-, still worse , with the same symptoms aggravated , lls-row her again the same evening , when it was tvideai-sho was dying fast . The prisoner called him out of * bed to her that night ( Saturday ) , andiu witness ' s-presence she died . Witness ' s attention was never directed to any wounds or bruises she bad received . ; he was never informed of them . His imjjiession was , that she was dying of congested fever , c ;> nseilbj mental agonv . The injuries syoken of by the iwit ' uess
would produce tho symptoms he hail seen . Lecelies were not applied , nor was a post mortem examination held . It was now too late for a pozitinovUn % examination to throw light upon the present inquiry . Alice Dariington and Elizabeths Wibbey ,, the women who had washed and laid out ihe body ,, deposed that they had found black niiuiks-on , t ! ic temple and down the side ; those down tin side wwo apparently caused by kicks . The prisone a accoun&d . for the mark on the temple by saying . that the < la-. ceased , in getting out of bed for a drink ., had fallen . The prisoner , who was undefended , dcclheJl&ithar , to cross-examine the witnesses or to say anything iu his- , defence . Mr . Rush ton said his imprassion vas-to commit him fov trial at the winter assies , feut lie should order him to be remanded fos-the-paesont . He was accordingly remanded . On I > iday ,. the-prisoner was fully committed for trial at the . « n 9 iiinj assizes . He still declined saying anjsihing .
illE L&TE MuitDEK IS STAVFORBSajJlBi— -5 ( r 3 .. G » W dough , the owner and late occupies of ths : cottage where the horrible deed was committed , ! ias . ateui « - doncd the scene of blood , and taken , up lar abode with her son , a siaviied man , resting n ' ± ar thee chapel , at Alsagci ' s bank . Mycock , Vlie pawanour of the homicide , and their little boy , siall continue in tha hamlet , and are staying at tha- house- of William Scott , the collier who so narrowly , escaped with Uis life while attempting to seesiie Deaa immediately after tho murder . The little bt ^ t says , that just Iwfore the dreadful crime was committed , iis father- ( D < & ») put him on the wooden squ&jb- or bench , placing an axe and a hammer underneath it . Dean toki -the child that if he stirred haad or foot he would cut hia
head oft . Poor Fielding eanie iu just at llie raiment , and the maniac—for- such wo must consider li ' unfelled his victim with an axe hammer before a word was exchanged on either si'lui ! What an ill-starred visit for the quiet inoffensive Fielding . What a providential escape for the . eliikl ; as-there seems little doubt , but for the morjentary-accidental appearance ; of the unfortunate deceased , the hands of Dean would : havebeenimbrued in the blood of hia own offspring . I And supposing this statement of the child to be correct |—and there is n / o reason to doubt it—there was . no ' previous quaryel , nor anything to excite the deadly animosity o ; 2 Doan ; M > cock ' s statement also—thai Dean had . never seen his victim until-thofatal daywould < jfcein to disprove all charge of malice prepense '; The shocking catastrophe cannot be accounted fur ' oa any rational principle . It appears that Deau
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MnHHHHMMa ^ 7 * " ^^—— ^ burnt several article * of plot / ling belonging % Mrs , Colcloughyin ~ his ' rerfrltimj attempt to consume' by fire the head ot the muttered man . Tins portion of the startling- narrative is sicUening to contemplate * We hear that Dean , Mycock , and the boy slept hi » little room on the ' ground-floor , adjoining , tbecpttage . From and after the Friday night previousto'the-raur « der , the other inmates who slept itp-staififtook . iht ? precaution of drawing up tho . lacWer'by v / McJr th& chamber was approached . This plainly shows that their fears were aroused , that Dean was considered in a dangerous state of isind , and it is much to- be regretted that steps were not immediately taken ivr placing him under effectual surveillance . The * life of one human being might , in all probability , have been saved . Onthc night-of tlie inquest'Demi waskept m custody at the house of sub-inspector ? riee , atAudlev . The guilty or unconscious man did uoS ^ mmn ^ m—M ^^>^^^"*** M" *^™*"'^**^
WWMlfcsleep for a moment . In the morning Price , assistta bv the pohce-constable Webb , took tlie criminal to Stafford County prison . Th ey were aecomp .-. nied a » far as the Whitmore station , by Mvcock . Guilty as she knew him to be , and questionable as was their connexion , lMycack could not leave Dean in his darkest hour of need . At the Whitmore station Dean refused to get into the railway carriage unless accompaniedby his " Fanny , " as he called Mycock . Topacify him she got into the vehicle , and escaped « t the opposite door . Seeing this fie appeared peevkli and disappointed , venting his spleen bv throwing after her a portion of the victuals ho was eating at the time . Ihs conduct during thejourney wa 3 rude and incoherent ; he irequcnely made usoof iamblim » and unmeaning expressions . Since his incarceration , Dean has written to Mycock , and the letter has beea received by her at Alsager ' s back . Ho expresses a . wish to see her , and states that he is growing worse in his mind . ?
Noble L \ s : tance of Intrepidity . —A Ship ' s Crew Saved . —About the middle of October last , the banu 9 Helen , Captain Clayton , of Belfast , left Quebec ou her homeward voyage , with a cargo of timber- The weather proved favourable tiJl towanb tlie end of the month , when it began to blow a stiff gale ftoni ihe eastward . Earl y on the immiingof ths 31 st it increased in violence , but the vessel , miner duublereeied topsails , rode gallantly on , jmd aa- ske was stout and trim built , iVw crew felt little fear , About eight frclccb , while o # the east eud-ol' o » e of the Ncwieaadhuu ! banks , they discovered a vesselk-ss-for tanateJysituated , and . Cay tain Giay ton . hailed tlia vesselj . and asked -whether they had any boat which Might lw i } 1 ™ » knnrri tihe ilekm ? Tho answer returned "
was in tiic negative ,, acconipaaied with- an earnest prayer that lie would do his bust to save them . Captain Clay .-tdii > hesitated for a JittJe what to do . The-vessol waa-water-logged , without a . sudden , and her inizcnnifist auiHoreinusfc carried away ; . and if he abandoned he ? tcher-. fate she must sow * be buried with her crew beneath : the billows ;¦ ou the other hand , it' he or-dened-soine-ef his own men to-push-off in a bat and atSoaipt tlici ^ re scns ,, t 2 iovnngiifrpolish , and hia own vcssd-would- 'tic left with too lew hands to work her witU efficiency .. In this- dilemma he placed « v boat at tlie disposal of any of his craw-whowould volunteer as a- 'forlorn hope to-the iJl-lated--vu »~ sel . Throe men ,, without hesitation , offered themselves . We . feel pleasure in . recording the names- of
tiie men who- could thus cast asiiie ml ideas- of . personal safety-,, that they might a& feast make < in efwrt to rescue their foliow-creatures from , a watery grave . Tho inun who- acted- thus nobly , were , Daniel Mearns , secoail mate , ' , a native of the north of Scotland ; " Juiu&t - \ rK .-cnnu ,. thaearpenter ; asd-John Martin , , of Iklfsiat . ' Without much Joss of tiiue . ithey entered a- snuill twouared boat , the only one they could eomnuuiil ,. and roived on to the ivrcelc , which they reached aftw encountering a host of ¦ danjjoro . . "Tho ship hungheaving on the verge of death ,. " and the a ' -cw , . in . number twenty-two , were sfemdiiiuon the »> 6 op , tlieir
voices-rising , loud above ihe air of the tempest , entreating-ilciiveraiicc . beven <> i tiiem were jjov winiout accident into the boat , and the captain of the vessel , which proved to be the Harrison ,, of London , told the boatmen to return fov the others , , and he would reward thonk- But they did-not ueimiro a . pecuniary inducement to stimulate them iu- their mission of mercy . Again mid again- they returned to tho liiirrison ,. and < ulunyi . li every individual-was placed in comparative safety on . board the Helen . A noor cat , too ; it is worth while mentioning , which , had shared the tV . te of the crew , also participated-in the deliverance . About the loth- inst . the Helen feii
in witii a vessel bound tor ftrccnock ,. which relieved her of nino of the crew oi the Harrison , as tho provisions of so many men pressed , rathev closely ontheir supplies .. . Ou Moiiuuy week the llclen iva-l-htd the pom of'j 3 t : li '; ist , whci-u tliv Ciipiaiii ot' iito Jost » vessel acknowledged the services ot' the iIipio men who had acted so heroically , by giving eavh of them a handsouMj douceur in nu .-nv-y , as he promised . ACCIDKNW AT THE HOUSE OV LoilDS;—In tl »! CiU ;\ r part of Wednesday morning ,, as two men , na stccl i ' a-: trick Malya and Henry Lote , wuio at work ou-sonie scaffolding at the Victoria Tower , nearly forty . - feethigh , some part of ib gave way , and- they fell to the , ground with frightful violence . Without loss of time tficy were conveyed to the Wistminster Hospital , where eveiiy attention wiia paia tu them b y .-Miv Stockweli nnd the other surgeons . Maiv-n issm&i--ing from , a severe concussion ot tho brain ; . Lute has one of his shoulders disiouata-J , and is otiimviss much shaken ..
Db \ tii : b « Drow-xixo . —On " Wednesday , forenoon Mr .. W . Baker held an inquest at the liu ' ceit ' s H « nd Tavern , Poplar , on the bofiy of ilobei ^ Itai-itv , aged 22 , a carpenter . Louisa Wawlj . of iS ' u , 00 , StVaigiitmouth-strcet ,. Grannvicti ,. deposed time siie-KihiW-tlie di : ccased ,. wli 6 > rc £ ided at 35 , Dn « ul-su « ut ,. Grceii . wio ! i ; she saw him last alive on the owning . ofSunda . y ,. ii « 2 nd iustant ; . he had been scendiu » ihe evening . ' wuh . her , and Jel ' t between cigiic iind . jiiiit ; o ' clock , to go > home ; . he w-us in . perfect health , ami of vhuertul spirits when- they parted , ami » 5 io knew of . n « t 4 iinjj that distressed , his mind . He had . no occasion- to go > near the river- iu his way lioiae . Shu \ v ; is to-have been married , to . him in a weck ' s-time . On i \ ioiul : iy morning the dead body of deceusi-d- was picked up > flouting down the river by soiim li . shenm . -n ' ,, on tlieif way tu ¦ DiUiRgsgale .. There wcro no-marks of violence ; upon the boily-. Thcro being no further eviiW-e , tho jnry , at iho coroner ' s s > ug ^ estio : i , retuvnail a . verdict ol '' liWul drowned . "
liiTAiiAGCiniHra *—On Monday . last , a . fatal accident oceured ou cho York aiul . SniT-ii . Midland rr-iiw .-. y . It apjieaus that aunst boy nsimuii . \ V-m . iiuso . ijt " : ix the servicu ot My . Shilieto , iwukccimi-, of . Dotoi ¦ Percy ,. Lad-umi-engiiged in reaiuvinsj si .-niij iii »; a r c ifroiu-a truck . attached to a train ... which ho lii'Awiuist the train was iu motion , : uul in . ciinluavuuriiig ioleave the truck , his foot slipped , and . lie was thrown , between tho truck , and ; t ^ asseagcr carriage , --witii his back laid across tho rails ; . ; i . passenger cjiTiage , ami three enipty trucks passeiU ovur hiiii , v . w . 1 tliu injuries i .-iflictcd were-so scrioua-jis to produce . ticiitii in ab&ut two iioui's af ' tei-wai-uSi .
rAZAii . Acoii > sxt . —On vYciacsday msrrini f Mr . Wills lay held au . inquest at 'Uuv iiuig ' s 1 ' uail Inn , Acton , on the body ot George- 'iriiluun , ayed <* ightecii . It ainjearcd from the ev-ideacitthat the ilccast-d was the son of Mr . Gnihani , a omnuur at Aetoiu Un ti . es 5 th i : ist .. ( . Guy . lwvte day . . ) iu the evuiiJiig , . the ilcueasoii was in a tart with a vmuigcr bi'uti . 'ar-, rL-curuingiiumu from town ;; , when atiSiiiuphmr . S JJiiali fiis brother lijhtol-. and ilischuvycil a crackTrJiruwor ) - , by whicii . the horsu whs , so fi-. igj . iteiimi , tlu \ &Jiu stnrtea ojj . at full spoud ^ iind the duuwiboi ! , in Iu 3 .. « .- ; uic ; tvours ttxstnp him , was tiiniwn cut . oi ' iiie cart , iht ; wheel of v . -Jiiuii passed . over his body .. Every ur&ner surgitat tusistance wue . L-endL-ix'dhi ^ a-,. bui hu enured on bui > iiay last . " Verdict , Acciiltiatal Ueatii .. l' ] xTEr < 5 ivji ii Aii « uitE . r-. ii'U extensive . ; ftiiluvc has just oc-vuned- in . Dublin ,. a » touly , iV . s ^ saa . Williams , stOBk-brokei-s , for a . smii . » i betweu-k . £ 2 Q 0 , tnU > and
I ' ibk— - Broom . —A imsJi da truct -v fi ^ e took placa on Monday evening , at ISvooin , nem- > iiggles » -ii ( . lc ; ' , ou the liivnu of Mr .- SaiiKiel Neal f . by . which twentystaekK-of eosai nmUiay ,. with twiiatiy-oixe sh . u-i > , . wob& desti'pyed , also , the dow-house , 4 c . ' . These is littlo . doubt that iho- fire was- the accol ' raa . in <;« udiary . — GeMbrichjo Advenizm . Mauxkss in . lfitAScn . —Sinecsthn . p . ubUcatioiu say . * tiu Guzsite de Erjoec , ot" l' ^ vols , in * lie shape ot * M > feuille 4 una , ! ' auit . feiio bo i » Uu 33 jobbing in railway shares , mental , dcs ^ igeiucns ^ liavo iftcre ;^ od in s * j dvoadfiii . a . prnpcasiou , th ; i £ the diueutur ' tf one of 1 the most celebrHfetd maisevs . * < k 3 " a % lc , ot Paris , is . now bsildinj ; a gAvilioa , in . orjer to iimV room for liisnew inmates ^
'Uwo , Bovs , Ktiu . « d i > y E-U-UNa WAO . i . U sy . Between , elev . eiismd tw < sVe o ' cietk on . ^ p : ulay fore-. ncxru ^ a sbj {{ . u ) sd' and veiy distrain ;; . occniTeuce hap-, neaed in . thft yaril ntUi-hed t . » the VSiesleyau Ale ^ tkodist Sehoci , Lcwr-aUx-ct , -ilauchystei' .. $ y ; ijy of the uhiklreucducatuil in , tlie suho .. l . \ wi : e pluvjiy ia tike yard » wlaen a fliiii which toyeruil . ttn ohi . wcl . l sud- > ilcnly sank down at oi | , o bkVf ,, anjl iwo buys , ijametl Edward Spcurritt a «« . Thoonas Gwgpry ., each sibout seven years oi' ; tg « ,. fell into , tliu v / l-1 , * wUil- ' h i : ; upwaiiU of twcnty-iw . e ya- ^ dccivaud lvahingcou ' ld bo seen of them . Y / m . Edwards ,, an i-xcavai-. a-, i . ! cscendod into tl > s wull .. Abo ! iUW | uav . ei--p ; ist .. Lv . - ^ vo o ' clock ho sus- 'ceded in bria ^ lug yp ti-. j \> . n \ ? ' -i Thonias Gro ^ ai-y , buttixs paor boy was ijiiUc Hit " ::. «¦; , having been , in the vveil about an i " « mr . iiillu-w w . \ a then made . io . ' « et cat lh& hotlv ol' S , cwiit . but ^
was nearly , half- \ ia ; ttbui when tlvis \ v ; ua . Mo : iH >! 'tsli . ;'» iwing to tho necassity for removing tho iUjj a . \ other material ^ The " body was at isat fomi-. l : •; \\\ ' ¦ bottom of the well , eovevou with wntor . tQ ikft iloist \ ofliva feel , aud liy u quantity ofearlh ' . vhifh-h : td ii-ik-ausvmi him . 11 is . skull was . fVasiuveii asul hi * ankle tfisloer . t ::, 'l . . Bt'fm-o , tho ' . . imiuest , Inspector . . M'Mullen made various inquiries liuihllsrto aaaoi - tain whether anyone knew of the ' existence of tho veil , but no one could ba found who had the le : wt lcnoivledgis ou the subject , even amongst . thuoC wh ;> hiul known Uie nroiuiso-i iW ibvfcy yeaw . ' T ! w well seemed to hava buen covered w ' iili . t ' inibaf , aftci which some caith aiu ! thcilaj , ' had been viiifed . ovci it , and the timber having rotted , the , whole had givi : ;» way . A verdict of " Accidental ( lt ath " , wn 3 Vi'tm'jieu .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1343/page/3/
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