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BEAUTIES OF BYRON . *~ » o . xxn . "thx giaoeb . " We pass over the main portion of this stoir , for which we must refer the reader to the work Itself , and if lie would know the victims to the Giaour ' s Io 7 e and hate , he will do well to make that reference . The story is thritiingly interesting from the commencement to the close . The firstappearanceof the Giamir , when seen by the narrator of the tale , a Turkish fisherman ; the lately picture of Leila , and the dark story of her death ; the encounter of the
rivals —their terrific combat and death of Has . « i »; the desolation of tttssan ' s hall and domains ; the imprecations of the story-teller against the " accursed Giaour ; " these , with other passages abounding with minute and beautiful descriptions , language the most luxuriant , and poetry of the liignest order these portions of the poem must be read to rightly appreciate the extract we give below . As the confession of the Giaour on his death-bed gives a resumi of the story , we prefer extracting it . This portion of the poem has also the merit of containing some of the most fearful and beautiful passages to be found In the work .
THE COXFESS 1 OS . " Father ! tny days have pass'd in peaee , 'Mid counted beads , and countless prajer-To bid the s : ns of others cease , ' Thyself without a crime or care , Save transient ills that all mast bear , Has been thy lot from youth to aga ; ' And thou wilt bless thee from the rage Of passions fierce and nncontroll'd , Sach as thy penitents unfold , "Whose secret tins and sorrows rest Jf ithin thy pare and pitying breast 3 Cj - days , though few , haTe passed below
4 a a . ueli of joy , but mors of woe ; Tet still in hours of love or strife , ¦ TVe '* cape « J the weariness of life : IKow leagued with friends , now girt by foej , I loathed the languor of repose . Sow aothing left to love or hate , 2 f o more with hope or pride elate , I'd rather be the thing that crawls Host noxious o ' er a dungeon ' s walls . Than piss my dull , unvarying days , Conderan'd to meditate and gaze . Yet , lurks a wish within my breast For rest—but not to feel 'tis rest .
Soon shall my fate that wish fulfil ; And 1 shall sleep without the dream Of what I was , and would be still , Bark as : o thee my deeds may seem : My memory now is but the tomb Of joys long dead ; my hope , their doom : Though better to have died with those Than bear a life of lingering woes . My spirit shrank not to sustain The searching throes of ceaseless pain ; Kor sought the self-accorded grave Of ancient fool and modern knave : Yet death I have not fearM to meet ; And in the field it had been sweet , Had danscr woo'd me on to move The slave of glory , not of love .
I ' re braved it—not for honour ' s boast ; I smile at laurels won or lost ; To such let others carve their way , For high renown , or hireling pay : But place again before my eye 3 Acght that I deem a worthy prize ; The maid I love , the man I hate , And I will hunt the steps of fate , "To save or slay , as these require . Through rending steel , and rolling fire : >~ or need ' st thou doubt this speech from one Who wonld but do—what he hath done . Peath is bnt what the haughty brave , The weak must bear , the wretch must crave ; Then let life go to Him who gave : I have notquail'd to danger ' s brow "When high and happy—need I tune *
• * * * - "I loved her , Friar ! nay , adored—Bat these are n-ords that ail can use—I proved it more in deed than word ; There ' s blood upon that dinted 3 word , A stain its steel can never lose ; 'Iwas shed for her , who died for me , 1 * warm'd the heart of one abhorr'd : Say , start not—no—nor bend thy knee , Xor midst my sins such act record ; Thou wilt absolve me from the deed , For he was hostile to thy creed ! The very name of Xazarene Was wormwood to his Paynim spleen . Cnsrateful foul ! since but for brands "Well niclded in some hardy hands ,
And wounds by Galileans given , The surest pass to Turkish heaven , For him his Houris still might wait Impatient at the Prophet's gate . I loved her—lave will find its way Through paths where wolves would fear to ^ rey ; And if it dares enough , ' t were hard If passion met not some reward—So matter how , or where , or why , I did not vainly seek , nor sigh ; Yet sometimes , with remorse , in vain I wish site had not loved again . She died—I dare not tell thee how ; But look—* t is written on my brow ! There read of Cain the curse and crime , In character , unworn by time ;
Still , ere thou dost condemn me , pause ; Xot mine the act , though I the cause . Yet did he but what I had ione Had she been false to more than one : Faithless to him , he gave the blow ; But true to me . I laid him low : Howe ' er descrvad her doom might be , Her treachery was truth to me ; To me the gave her heart , that all "Which tyranny can ne'er enthral ; And I , ala «! too late to save ! Yet all I then could give I gave , 'Twas some relief , our foe a grave . His death sits lightly ; but her Site Has made me—what thou well may ' st hate . " The " Confession" will be continued in . our ne number .
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BY 110 X DEFEXDED : Thanks , , to your honest pen , That truth mid Byron has defended , And scoro'd the arts of little men , Who with their praises malice falendei . The well-paid priests for sordid gain Would fain have crush'J him with their thunder ; * T were priests who forged the very chain That Byron strove to rend asunder . When will this world have done with cant And humbug priests call "true religion V 3 ft ver , while they are paid to rant , And mystify our mental vision . I never cared for " holy" things—Those cheribums on Mountain " Zion ;" I sigh not for a pair of wings , And yet I love the "Lord "—Lord Byron ! I lov'd him in mv earl v » ear 3 ,
When faintly was his praises caroll'd , And now , when press'd with many cares , I wander with the " Pilgrim Harold . " W . L . Wabssji
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WADE'S LOSDOX REVIEW . London : C . B . Christian , WLitefriai ^ -street , FJeet-street . JsECOJiD XOT 1 CE . ] The January number commences the third volume of this " Ktview , " which we are glad to learn has " passed triumphantly" the ordeal of introduction to the public , " and , " says the Editor , "for once a stereotyped phrase its true and applicable—we can cordially tLank a ' qtntrwt public . '" The Editor adds : " Our success , however , has onlv served to render us ii-crc desirous of ineritin « it . \ Vc are ambitious of presenting to our friends a Review and JMagaziue , which , from the sterling nature of its contents , iuc ^ aiualile information it shall contain in evciT department of human knowledge , and the honesty of its records of passing events and literature , shall take a jiermanent place in the library of the scholar , the philosopher , the mas of the world , as well as the ixiwral reader . " There are several well-written and interesting
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articles m this number . Theater commences with a new lomance , entitled " 1 'he Phases of Love " which opens with some justMeetions on the charac-** and condition of wonen in oar present social state . The story itself va&sire to see more of before we further notice it . TbJ" Life of Liszt , the celebrated lianist and proposer , " is interesting Wooing , Weddiug , und Repenting , " bv the authoress of " Leaves « rn from a Record of Life " a one of her homely b » t truthful stories which never « A ,, I ve a last ? ' ) g impression on the reader . Our Poht . cal Prospects , " is , we think , a somewhat inflated article , j . nd not wholly to our taste . A number of " reviews" and "theatrical notices" are contained n \ this number . Tie article which has test pleased us is that entitled " Persia and her 1 oets . I hjs article has afforded us great pleasure ; froma iregivt ! the following sketch oi the life of the Persian poet : — articles in this number . The ^ ditorcommenceswith
ABCL SAS 1 H FlBDt'Sl Was born in the vilfcge of Shadab , in the diitrict of Tus , in KUorassan , --oout the year 8 io . His father was a gardener , and wirkcd , it is said , iu the domains of the governor of Tt * . lie and his brother Uahsoud both seemed to ha 1 * worked as husbandmen ; but in consequence of tie insults of an enemy , the high-spirited poet urgtC his brother to leave the spot , and seek another lunie elsewhere , llalisoud , however , refused , prefer ^ iig a life of persecution and insult , with certain g diw » to one of uncertainty and danger . Firdusi , hower-r , was no waverer : his whole life is that of a stormv .
Von-willed being , too proud in the consciousness of genius o bow to either the dictates of man or the outrages of fortune ; and he forthwith departed from Tus alone , to carve out a fairer destiny by himself , lie bent his steps towards Ghazui , where Mahmoud held his court , and had gathered round him all the intellect of the land . Here he formed an acquaintance with the three ^ reat poets of the day , Unsari , Usjudi andFurroki , and was introduced by them to the monarch , who gave him a favourable reception . Muhinouil ' g great ambition was to leave a history of all the legends of Persia , as a monument of his patronage » -f literature . An old chronicle , called the Bastau tfameli (« omething * i : nilar to that mentioned in Esther vi . i . ) , had been lately discovered , and t ' irdusi was appointed to make a series of poems , embodwug all
the various legends of Persian history . He was promised a magnificent reward ( a thousand gold pieces for every thousand couplets ) , and for thirty years he laboured at that great work . At length it was completed in € 0 , 000 couplets , and the poet sent the copy to Mahtn « . uu , and waited for a reply . But he waited in vain . He had had the ill fortune to offimd a favourite of the king , one Aiy ah , who resolved on his ruin . He accordingly studiously represented to the king that his poetry was full o ! the most daugerous heresies , and that the poet had endeavoured to * et the religion ot Zoroaster above that of Mahomet . Jfalinioud , alasi was too ready to believe , and the poor poet was left to wait in vain . After some ir . uuths ot anxious expectation , he sent an epigram , in which he compares the Sultan ' s liberality to a sea without ashore .
•* and what though I have dived in it and found no pearls ? It is the fault or my nature , not of the sea . " But , as Sir W . Jones says , " where an epic poem had failed , how could an epigram succeed V The malignity of Aiyah had poisoned the royal mind , and ilahmoud resolved to add iusult to neglect , and he sent the puet 60 , 000 din-hems instead of pieces of gold . Firdusi wasin the bath at tha time that the present arrived , and his preudsoul fired at the indignity . He immediately distributed the mouey among the attendants , and exclaimed in the bitterness of his heart , "the Sultan shall learn that I did not spend my thirty years to be paid indirrheuis . " His bold words were repeated ( doubtless with exaggerations ) to the monarch , who ordered him , with true Gritutal despotism , to be trampled to death bv an
elephant . Finlusi , however , after many solicitations , obtained a remission of this crael sentence , and then returned tohis house , and wrote the bitterest satire that ever injured genius devised , and sent it to one of the courtiers , telling him to give it to the Sultan whenever public business should disturb him more than usual . In the meanwhile 1-e fled from Ghazui , and took refuge iu ilaztndaran . But he soon had to fly elsewhere , as Mali , moud ' s vengeance tracked him . and he sought shelter at Bagdad . There the Caliph , Kader BUlah , received him with hospitality , till a steru message from the Suitan compelled him to dismiss the fugitive from his court , and send him again an exile on the earth . He was
considerably more than seventy years old when he was again driven from his hiding place . It is not known whitlier , after this , he bent his steps ; when history next sees him he is living in want and obscurity at his native place . His sun , iadeed , went down iu darkness . Poverty , old age , and the insults of friiuds and fortune , enveloped his declining years in sorrow and bitterness . There he died , and one feels glad ! 0 learn that when JUahmoud , in tardy justice and remorse on hea-icg of liis death , sentthe longpromised ( JO . OUO pieces of gold to his family , his daughter , with the true spirit of her father , refused the gift , exclaiming , " What have I to do now with the wealth of kings V
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HOW'S ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF BRITISH SOXG . London : J . How , 209 , Piccadilly . We have received the concluding numbers of this truly national work , which we have belbretinie spoken of in terms of the highest commendation . These numbers , 25 , ' 26 , 27 , 2 S , 29 , and 30 , contain the whole of Lock ' s beautiful music in Ihsleth ; the popular " Pray Goody , " from the burletta of Midas ; and the world-wide famous " Rcle Bmtasnia . " As the authorship of this national anthem is not generally known , we may be permitted to state that the
poetry is supposed to have been the work of Thomson , the author of " The Seasons . " Its original appearance was in a masque entitled Alfred , first performed on the 1 st of August , 1740 , in the garden of Cliefden , Berks , in honour of the birth-day of the Princess of Brunswick , and in commemoration of the accession of George I . This masque wa 3 the joint production of TuoMsos . the poet , and David Mallet ; of these two , however , to Thomson- is assigned the honour of the authorship of " Rule Britannia / ' For the music of this famous song the English people are indebted to the celebrated composer Dr . Af . ne .
We cannot take leave of this truly splendid work without offering our humble tribute of thanks both to the enterprising publisher and to the talented and highly accomplished editor ( Georbe Hogarth , Esq . ) , for thu their noble attempt to rescue from obscurity , if not oblivion , the treasures of our national melody . British vocalmusic . asMr . Hogarth remarks , "is rich in the highest beauties of the art , rich in melody , rich in expression , rich in the poetry to which it is united . It is the fitting language of every variety uf passion and sentiment . By turns sublime , vigorous , tender , and gay ; it la always simple , natural , and unaffected . Our most cherished music is ' married to immortal verse ; ' and at the social board , or in the family circle , where the character of a nation ' s music is best understood and seen , it is the strain wherein dwells
That mngic sympathy of sense with sound Which pictures all it sings , ' and is followed by that heartfelt , yet silent admiration , which is most dear to the poet and composer . " This work is but a selection from the gems of British melody , but in that selection is contained gome of the mo ? t beautiful compositions in the nation s language and music . We trust that the success of this volume will be such as to warrant at no distant day the publication of a work on a still larger scale , based on the same principle , and with the same object in view as this . Let us add , to be also conducted by the same ably-qualified editor . The biographical notices of eminent composers and dramatic authors contained in this work , and the beauty of its illustrations , add greatly to its worth . Lastly , its exceeding cheapness placing it within the reach of all , makes JIou ' s Book of liritish Song a . book for the people , to whom we heartily ret-omnumd it .
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PICTORIAL PENNY BALLADIST-Part IV . PICTORIAL PESKY SHAKSPEUIE-Pabt IV . London : J . C . Moore , 12 , Wellington-street North , Strand . The part before us , ot the "Pictorial Balladist " contains , first , the dear , delishtful , diverting narrative of "John GiJpin , " written by the Poet Vowper . The story on which the ballad is founded , was related to Cowper by Lady Austen , who had heard it in her childhood , and made so vivid an impression upon the poet , that the next morning he told her the ludicroui incident had kept him awake with laughter ( iurini ; the night , and that he had converted it into a ballad . It first appeared anonymously , in the i ' ullic Adver tieer , in 1782 . It was first published , as Cowpkr ' s
avowed production , in the second volume of his poems . Second , this part contains " The Bristowc Tradgcdie ; or the Death of Sir Charles Bawdin , " written by the "marvellous boy , " Thomas Chattertox , who died by his own hand , % victim to the world ' s cruelty , in 1770 , agtu seventeen years , nine months , and some days . This is one of the poems which Chattbrtos gave to the world under the pretence of having been written by Rowlet , the " parish preeste . " This ballad is most pathetic and beautiful . " The Feas > t of All Deuiles , " and " The Child of Elle , " are also contained in this part . Part IV . of the "Pictorial Sbakspeare" contains the conclusion of the " Comedy of Errors , " aud four acts of " Much ado about Notliins . " The " Balladist , "
as we have before said , is a most praiseworthy woik —well worthy the public ' s support . In the present day , when so ' many excellent editions of the works of SHAKepjuRE are in existence , it may seem unfair to recommend any particular edition ; but thia we may say , that Moore ' s penny edition is one that the poorest can afford to purchase , and has , therefore , claims upon the working classes , of whom larj ; e masses are unacquainted with the sublime works of the great dramatist , because their pecuniary means will not alktw them to purchase the more expensive editions . To all classes we recommend both the "Shakspeare" and the "Balladist , particularly to the working class . Every Englishman should possess these two excellent works .
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THE LONDON ENTERTAINING MAGAZINE . Vols . II . and 111 . London : B . D . Cousius , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-in-Fields . These two volumes complete Uiisremarkably cheap and entertaining publication . The second volume contains the finishing portion of Euuknb Sge ' s famous work , Matilda ( commenced in , and occupying
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a large portion of vol . i . } f with a vast variety of other novels , tales , romance * , &t Amongst the novels and tales cont ained in the third volume , there is" an excellent translation of that thrilling romance , " The Regent ' s Daughter , " from the Fueiich of tho celebrated Alexasdkk Dimas . The volumes ate beautifully printed , elegantly bound , and published at an astonishingly low price . Tfiey contain an al / uost inexhaustible fund of entertainment , and must command a large circulation . alawenortionofvol . U , with a vast rarietv of other
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REES' IMPROVED DIARY AND ALMANACK FOR 1 S 46 . Llamlovery : W . Ree * . We owe an apology to the publisher of this Almanack for not betore this time noticing his excellent sixpennyworth of information . Mr . Rees' JHary and Almanack has , we understand , been published annually for the last fifteen years , and judging by the specimen before us . we think there can be n ' o doubt that the proprietor will find it profitable to continue its publication for even a still longer period as regards the future . Amidst the great variety of almanacks now published every year , it is somewhat
difficult to assign superiority to any one of so many able competitors , but we may safely say that this little annual will bear comparison with the best ot its rivals . The mass of information contained in this work is well selected , and , we think , leaves nothing wanting necessary in such a publication ; besides which , it possesses certain distinctive features of a very useful character . The Diarti portion Is well arranged , each day in the year having a blank space allotted to it for the insertion of occurrences remarks , Ac . This Diary and Almanack really does credit to the Welsh press . It is one of the best and cheapest works of the kind nublished .
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MR . COOPER AND THE PROJECTED CHARTIST SUNG AND HYMN-BOOK . TO TnE EDITOR OF TUB SORTIIESN STAR . Sir , —Mr . John Matthias says I hare " surprised and grieved" him , " as a Chartist . " I can only say that I Avill never grieve any Chartist wilJirgly . 1 give up the project which I had formed , and purposed to carry out , solely for the good of others , and at the risk of pecuniary loss , together with expenditure of valuable time . I make no comments on Mr . Matthias ' s charge of " despotism , " further than to say that 1 am resulved to bear insult from working men , but will never insult them in return . I beseech Air . M ., since he claims to be considered " a man of thought , " to think a little farther , when , 1 humbly opine , he will see the diillrei . ee between one man arrogating to himself the right to " legislate for all , " and a poor rhymer offering to select from the contributions of his brother rhymers pieces proper to form a volume .
I beg to return most respectful acknowledgments to . ill who have forwarded to me copies of verse ; and 1 cannot omit expressing regret that such poetry as that which has been sent me by Allan Davenportand Thomas Kaynor Smart , —( veteran patriots who have passed their seventieth year ) , together with the one splendid song furnished by the patriotic Irishman , M ' lvowen , of Lembeg , —should not be , at once , given to the world . Under the circumstances of objection , however 1 positively decline the project altogether . I can certainly spend my time much more beneficially , in a pecuniary and personal sense—thou-h 1 could cheerfully have undertaken the labour requisite for getting out a volume which J , and hundreds more , think is much wanted . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , Thomas Cooper .
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MEETINGS IN BEH ALF OF THE CHARTIST EXIl . ESi ... MEBTixo AT CARLISLE . A public meeting of the working classes , for the aoove-nmncd object , convened by placard , waa held T ) Z ^ T l eveilin = wc < ik > ' « tlie Town Hall . iSSd S" PaSt eisht the P rcceedin S 8 wcre com-Mr . Richardson taking the chair , who said they Had been called together that evening to discharge a most important duty , to petition Parliament for tlie restoration ot John Fn . st , Zephaniah Williams , "Wilham Jones , and William Ellis . Many persons present might not know the particulars Low they came to include a fourth man in the petition ; he would state it to them briefly . Ellis was a venne m-. m . a MKKTIMns tm nv » ., „ ~ . gS ==:
potter , a native of Staffordshire ; he had entered very early in life into politics , and had stood prominently torward on several occasions , in adrocntin * the i"ghts of his suffering fellow men , in a manner not to the liking of several persons in his m-id ) b . urliood ; consequently a trap had been set to ensnare him . lie was indicted at the assizes for arson , and the trial , up till the Saturday , was in his favour whtn his persecutors , during Sunday , sought out one witness , by whoso single evidence he was convicted and sentenced to be transported ; and lor what ? Wl , y , ; ior being innocent . l 3 had been
clearly proved since Ellis had been sent abroad . His innocence had even been acknowledged by the very parties who then gave evidence ; and they had very properly considered that he should be included in their petition . He would not detain them longer , but would conclude b y reading tho bill calling the meeting He might as well state that , on Sunday evening last , a very large meeting waa held to appoint a deputation to wait on P . II . Howard , Esq ., M . 1 ., to ascertain whether he would support tlie prayer of the petition , and undertake to present it to Parliament . Mr . Howard had since sent to the ' ¦ Restoration Committee" the following letter : — ! ]
Corby Ca 3 tle , Carlisle , 14 th January , 1846 . Sirj—I am sorry to be unable to attend the meeting which you inform me is to take place at the Town Hall , Carlisle , this evening . The circumstance of tho Royal clemency having been extended to those implicated in the Canadian insurrection , would appear to be a precedent and a plea for mercy . ¦ I remain , your obedient servant , Philip H . Howabd . Mr . J . B . Hanson then came forward to move the first resolution . He said he well recollected the last occasion they had met in that hall for a similar purpose : party animosities then van high , —the working , and middle , and upper classes were at daggers drawn . The motion brought forward by their
champion , 'ihomas Slingsby Duncombe , for the recall ofthese men from their incarceration , was lust in the House of Commons by the casting vote of the Speaker , Charles Shaw Lcfevrc , wlio never had adrop of the milk of human kindness in his tosom . They owed their defeat on that occasion to that greatest of all political humbugs , Daniel O'Connell , who had promised to be at his post and vote for their motion , but he had betrayed them . Since that period a great change had taken place in the public mind ; there was no longer the same estrangement of feeling between the working and other classes—a brighter dawn had shone forth among them , and he thought they could not have a belter opportunity than the present for demanding
the restoration of their expatriated fellow countrymen , — -men who had been illegally convicted , as he could prove from one of the highest authorities of the clay—Lord Brougham , who had declared in the House of Lords , on the 3 rd of February , 1840 , that tliefe men had been illegal l y sent out of the country . Then , on what grounds , he would ask , should these patriots not be restored t »> their homes and the bosoms of their families ? The Canadian insurgents h » d been pardoned , whose crime was much more iniquitous than that of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Tho crime of the Canadians , as openly professed by their leaders , was to shako ofl the yoke < . f the government of the mother country and establish a government of their own , in
accordance with that of the United States : this was openly proclaimed by Papineau and Lyon Mackenzie . No ' t so John Frost and his exiled brethren . They sought to give more constitutional liberty to llieir oppressed fellow-countrymen . It was , then , their bounden duty to endeavour to effect their recall ; and if they remained , he should consider it to be the fault of the people of this country , and not the government , as he was one of those who believed all power proceeded from the people . Had they not , in the events that were passing , seen the effects of public opinion ? Why , it had broken up one government , and in twenty-four hours displaced another . The present , he said , was a favourable opportunity for them . There was not such a deadly feeling in the Tories against the working classes as was experienced in the Whigs . As a proof of this , he need only refer them to the conduct of the two parties in ' 30 aud ' 42 . The Whigs
had sent these men out of the country , and imprisoned most of their leaders , in' 39 . In ' 42 , the Tories , after a mysterious outbreak , caused by none knew whom , —some attributed it to the Chartists , others to the Anti-Corn Law League—50 were prosecuted , yet not one was sent to prison . This showed a different feeling on the part of the Tories , to the working classes , than was exhibited by the Whigs , lie was sure the Queen had more of the milk of human kindness in her bosom than that cunning monarch , Louis Philippe , who had on more than one occasion granted a general amnesty to all political offenders ; and if left to her he doubted not the result , as they were all aware that the brightest gem of the British crown was mercy . In the course of Mr . Hanson ' s address he read an extract ot a letter lately received from Mr . Frost , in which he entertained great hopes of seeing old England again , and that at no distant period . lie concluded bymoviug the following resolutions : —
That this meeting is of opinion that it is a duty which they are called upon to discharge , to petition Parliament to memorialise her Majesty to pardon Messrs . I'rost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis ; and that they feel themselves more especially bound to take this step , inasmuch us her Majesty has been graciously pleased to extend herlloyal clemency to those persons concerned in the Canadian outbreak . This meeting , therefore , fowdly anticipates that her Majesty will be pleased to grant a similar act of mercy to the above-named individuals . Mr . John Giiuertson seconded the resolution , it being the only legitimate way of making themselves heard before the Legislature . He knew that petitions from the working classes had very little weight
in Parliament , because the members of the house , not being sent by them , had little interest in their demands . Had Fro&t and his brethren in exile belonged to any other party than that of the people , he felt convinced they would never hav * been sent out of this country . But if their crimes were as great as their persecutors thought them to be , surely they had , by their incarceration , atoned for them . The present he considered a most fitting opportunity for the accomplishment of their object , as they were all aware a general election was at hand , and members sometimes granted to expediency what they denied to justice . He had great pleasuru in seconding the resolution .
Mr . John Armstrong moved the adoption of the petition . He was glad a better state of things was appearing among them—by the uniting generally of the middle and working classes . Frost , and his expatriated companions , wished not to change the constitution , as in the case of the Canadian patriots , but to overthrow tho joke that binds the working classes , John Frost was a truly patriotic character . In coining forward as l . e did , he sacrificed his own interest , as he might be said to enjoy every comfort that could be desired . Philanthropy alone for his fellowcountrymen had induced him to take part in their
movement , lie was one of the ir . ost cautious men who sat in the People ' s Convention , which evinced to them that the most cautious might err . If the mode they adopted to effect their object was wrong , as he thought it was , they had sufficiently atoned for it . He had great pleasure in moving the adoption of the following petition , and as it would be sent round for signatures , he hoped all parties would unite and sign it , as it would be a further omen of the better feeling that was evincing itself among the middle and working classes , and tend greatly to cement the bond of friendship of the two classes , lie then read the following petition : —
To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain awl Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petition of the inhabitants of the borough of Carlisle and its environs , in public meeting assembled , Showeth—That your petitioners , availing themselves of the peaceful and constitutional right , the distinctive privilege of every comparatively free state—the right of petitioning—lift the voice of sympathy in hi'half of four of their expatriated countriineu . | [ That your uctitiuiifrs , emboldened by the act of Uoyal mercy exhibited in the liberation of the misguided Canadian insurgents , earnestly tray that a similar act oi
mercy be extended to John frost , Ziephaniah William * , William Jones , and William Ellis , by restoring theaiito the land of their birth ami the bosom oi' their familiet . Tliiit , while your petitioners deeply deplore thii existence of the exciting causes which led to the expatniatiou of the objects of their intercession , they approach , not your honourable house in tho spirit of hnpurLuusnm : they arraign not the justice of utVeadud law •„ but tlvey rest in this full consciousness that , should theis- pnayet-bu responded to , the most grateful feelings wouldbe awaksnvd iu tlie liosoins of the happy recipients of Vm Iloyal cl « . inency , which would be shared in and I 0115 churislicd by their sympathising countrymen .
I Your petitioner ! : , therefore , yra > that your honourable 1 House will implore her Majesty to be gnrnwusl y pleased to liberate the above-named individual . * . And your petitioners , as \ u dutj bound , irill over pray . Mr . John Mooney ecouded tho adoption of the petition . I Mr . Robert Gralsam then moved the following 11 resolution : — j That the petition just adopted , be entrusted to 1 \ II . , 1 Howard , Esq ., M . I ., for presentation ; and that his col-1 league , ^ Y . Marshall , Eso ,., & . 1 \ and the whole of our count )
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members , be requested to support Tfeo * . " as S . Duncomue , Esq ., M . P ., in his motion for ths res . "ration of Jnhn Frost , ZephaniaU Williams , William '^ out s , and William Ellis . Mr . John Lowry seconded it , and it wju ^ adopted . A vote of thanks to the Mayor , forgr . " » ting the « se of the Town-hall , was carried by acct amution ; and also a vote of thanks to tho chairman , aft * ir wui « 1 ' ti « meeting broke up , about ten o ' clock .
. MKETItTG AT SitSFFlBW . . A r espectable and enthusiastic meeting Vitf held in the large room , Fig Trwlane , on Tuesday ot . ening , Jan . 13 th , to petition Parliament for the restoration oJ l ' rost , William , Jones , and Ellis . Tin speaking was excellent and very impressive . The petition has already received 9 , 000 signatures , and »; e are in hopes of realising in the whole 15 , 000 . Ihe women are going to the shopkeepers with money IT 1 1 ""? V Petition P in the other . One SSn ureS re y ° Ught iU tW 0 8 heet 9 contidnillg
DARLINOTON . It » with feelings of pleasun * I announce to you , that after reading the letter of that patriot and exile John Frost , 111 tne Northern Star , it was immediately resolved by a few Chartists , to get up a petition to the House of Commons , in accordance with the advice given by the Executive . As there is no society in the town , a few of the right sort set to work in right good earnest in getting petition sheets , and canvassing the town for signatures , and I am happy to inform you that we are succeeding well . It semis tobe almost a prevalent opinion here that they are injured men , and ought to be immediately restored to the bosoms of their loving wives and families .
BARNSLEY . A public meeting , called by placard , has this week been holden in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Barnsley , when a petition and memorial for Frost , Williams , and Jonp were unanimously adopted . Mr . Frank Mirheld was in the chair . A . letter was read from Mr . Gully , late M . P . for Pontefraet , stating his regret at the unfortunate situation of the oxiles , who , he said , were transported contrary to the laws of England . The meeting was very ably addressed by Messrs . Gill , Arkmondwight , Vallance , Stacey , and others . The petition was ordered to be sent to Mr . Duncombe ; and it was resolved that the West Hiding members be desired to support its prayer . LITTLETOWSVOHKSIIIIIE .
, On Monday evening Jasta public meeting was held at Littletown , in the township of Liversedge , for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons to address her Majesty , praying her to grant a free pardon to _ Frost , Williams , and Jones . At the time appointed , Mr . James Charlesworth , a Chartist of the right Btamp , was unanimously called to tho chair . The resolutions ( three in number ) were moved , seconded , and supported by the following gentlemen : — Mr . Abram Scholefield , Mr . Suuksmith , Mr . Summerskill , Mr . Hatfiold , Mr . Lacy , and Mr . Whiteley . The resolutions were unanimously adopted , as were also petitions in behalf of the Welsh exiles , and the exile Ellis . It was aUo resolved that the petitions be sent to Air . Duncombe for presentation .
KILIURCHAN . A public meeting was held in the Chartist Church here , on Saturday ; , 17 th inst ., to consider on the propriety of petitioning Parliament for a free pardon to Messrs . Iirost , Williams , and Jones . Mr . Alexander Maxwell was called to the chair , who made a few appropriate and pointed remarks on the object of the meeting . Mr . R . Dixon then move . l , and Mr . W . Lindsay seconded , the following resolution , which was carried unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of tbis meeting that the sentence of transportation for life passed on John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , was cruel , unjust , and illegal ; which opinion has subsequently been confirmed by the decision of the House of Lords , in the caao of 4
Tucket v . Cardigan , ' and , more recently , in the case of ' the Queen v . Gray , O'Connell , and others . ' This meeting , therefore resolve to use all legal and constitutional means within their power to obtain the restoration of the said John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones to their wives and families . "—A petition was then adopted , which it was agreed should be signed by tlw chairman and sent to Mr . l \ M . Steward , ALP . for this county , who pledged himself at the last election to Mr . J . Erskine ( a Chartist elector ) , that he would not only present a petition , but do all that lay in his power to see these men restored to their homes . On the faith ot this promise , Mr . J . Erskine gave him his vote ; to him , therefore , our petition is eiitrusiul .
BIRMINGHAM . On Monday evening , the Ititfi instant , a most important public meeting of the people of Birmingham , to petition Parliament for the immediate free pardon of Frost , Williams , Jones , and all the political offenders , was held in the People ' s Hall . The immense number present , and the ardent feeling which pervaded the meeting , rendered it an unmistakuable demonstration of the strong feelings of sympathy which exist in the public mind of this country towards the exiled patriots , whose case tho people had met to . consider . It cannot now he supposed that the government will resist the unanimous prayers of the nation at this period , and the more especially , when royal clemency has been extended to the
Canadian political offenders . At all events , if this is still further opposed , we feel confident ( or we formed a very incorrect estimate of the character of this meeting ) that the tide of public feeling will , before another twelve months , assume a lone that the government may not think advisable to meet either with official or Parliamentary discouragement . We , however , feel assured that the present Ministers will not exhibit the obduracy of tyrants , in refusing compliance with the public voice , or iu disappointing the hopes and expectations of the country ; for tlie question of mkucy to the unfortunate exiles is no longer to be taunted as one of tahty , it is now tlie public ' s and nation ' s demand . Mr . Counsellor Page occupied the chair with much ability , and discharged
the duties of his office with the ardour of a man whose heart was in the cause for which the meeting had met to promote . Mr . Mason , Air . Liuney , Air . Fussell , Mr . O'Keil , Mr . Thome , Mr . Hill , Mr . Liuden , Mr , Parker , Mr . AJ ; intJe , and Mr . Goodwin respectively proposed the pt > titions to Parliament and memorials to Sir James Graham and Sir R . Peel . From the peculiar position of Birmingham , relative to local victims , a double duty as well as double work has devolved upon the friends of liberty here . Hut it will be gratifying t > the country to learn , that there is every probability that a deputation of a very influential character is likely to bo induced to wait upon the Home Secretary to procure the pardon ol
Roberts , llowell , and Jones . Mr . Mason and Mr . Potts have been deputed to wait upen several parties in this town for that purpose , and have received assurances already , that one of the magistrates who held power at the time of their ( the exiles ) transpotation , will compose part of the deputation to the Home Minister . If possible , we will also get the members for the borough to present t ' .. e memorials personall to the Ministers . Birmingham , however , has , and is doing its duty , for the vk . inis . Could the men in the Potteries not get U [ i a deputation , to b » ck the petitions and memorials lor Ellis ? The means pursued to obtain his conviction were without parallel in the history oHocal persecution .
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AIurder of an Infaxt . —An inquest was held before Mr . Wiiitinarsh , on Monday week , at the L ' riekladeand Wootton Bassctt Union Workhouse , Purton , on the body ol' Ann Butcher , four weeks old , th . * daughter of Eli / . nbcth Butcher , a single woman . It appeared iu evidence that the mother ( who belonged co Tockcuham ) left the union on Friday morning week , about eleven o ' clock , for the purpose of going home , when the child was stripped of the union clothes , according to the rules of the house , ami tho mother not being provided with any , it was wrapped up naked ( with the exception of a pair of socks on its t ' oet , which the nurse proved to be those the child haJ on leaving ) in a shawl . She also stated that t ) ao body then bIiowh before the inquest iurv was that ol
Ann Butcher . HarrictCowarU deposed that between one and two o ' clock in the afternoon of thu same Jay . she met the mother on the turnpike-road , about a mile and a half from the brook where the decsnsed was found . She had an infant in her arms , which was crying very much . After a short conyevwuiun , the mother walked on at a fast pace . Mr . C . Brown , a farmer , was proceeding along tho road from Mivwty to Wootton Bassett , about two o ' clock thesaiue ;\ iter-110011 , and met the mother , who passed on ,, without a child . Soon afterwards , on coining " to a hv > ok by the road side , he discovered the deceased floating on the water , and having procured assistance ivwi a cottage close by , the ehihl was taken out qti'te dead . U was nuked , with the exception of the socks . On examination of the body externally , there ware no marks ol violence on the same , and from the statement of Mr
l ) i . \ ou , suryenn , he louud , upon n p / cut mortem examination , that the child had been he ; . hhy and free from I'iscasc . After a long investigation , which lusted from morning till night , the jury , who were lii-hiy rospectable , returned the following verdict : — " Wilful murder against Elizabeth Butcher . And the jury cannot but express their surprise that the deceased infant should have been stripped of her clothing , and suffered to leave tho workhouse in a state ol nakedness , with its mother utterly destitute mu unable to shelter it from the inclemency of tin weather ; and are also grieved to add , that they fun other causes of thesamecharacter have been similarl 1 treated before quitting the workhouse , by order 0 the board of guimlians . " Eli ^ ibi-th Butcher w : i then committed by the csa'ttnev to Devizes gaol fui tho Salisbury assizes .
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Unpublished Leiteks oy the Dukk of Wellington . —( From tho Almanack of the Mont / t . J- ~ " h is well known that the Duke of Wellington answers every letter he receives . . 11 is habits are such that I 19 acknowledges even every circular . We have been favoured with the following letter . , which , we ara K ^ - " ™ V tr becn P « " > l » hcd before . ¦ flStfc ll ,- (! Wolli » gton » tampofant :: entieitjr original-very Sgff ^' a doubt tlial * * ™ Field Marshal Duke of Wellington ir *« cnta Wacom . Kir to < * " •* -- ^ ~ : x
1 . M . Duke of Wclhngton present , his compliment , to Messrs . Heine , and 111 answer to their letter , never dab . Ih ' ei in lotteries . Ho thinks them * swindle upon t' -, pUl ') iiu , avd begs tJioj may send him no more letters AS 1 or tlie prizes , ho never won one , and never heard of any I oiy jrho did . They are a fiction-a snare —» take in . *\ ir , J ) ulre of Wellington has received Messrs . Moses and Son ' s circular . The Duke has every reason U > ba satisfied wiili his o-wn tailor , and if he had not , he certainly abould not patronise Aloseg and Son . The ]> wkff has no desire to bu taken fora Cent .
Jb ' . M . ]> akoof WeHingtou beg * to return the enclosed letter , lit * cannot tfudcrstand why anything should b » sent to him headetf " To Persons abuot to Marry . " The Duke has no intention of utapvytug , and if he had , it is no business of Miwsra . Pewetson- and ; Co . If any move letters a ** sent to Iiir * they wiSI- bu torw ivp . P . M . Duke of Wellington-lias just received a long communication from Mr . Bisentierg . The Duke begs to > say lie has no corns , and never mean * to- bare any * The Duke never wore a tight boot in his life . It is his opinion , that if thvy wore no boots there would be no corns . The Duke feels no intwost whatevnr in know * ing the persons who have had corns—qwitu the contrary . Every man who has them deserves to have them . The Duku begs to contradict an error of Mr Eisenbergh ' s . He can safely say , Queea Gharlotte never had a singlo corn .
THE SONG OP TUB FIRST " LOUD OP T 1 IB ADMIJULTY . * Ye mariners of England , I'll thank you if you please To como and tell me something of The service of the seas : IVe something heard of horse mariner . But nothing do 1 know ; : Though a trip in a ship I to India once did go . If enemies oppose me , And say I ' m very far From being what I ought to le , I ' 11 say that others are . So come , brave tars , and teach me A vessel for to know ; If tha heel is the keel—Or abaft means down below .
Then courage , all you admiral : ? , And never be disruay'd , For t ' 111 a bold adventurer , That never learnt my trade . Our ministers employ me To vote for them you know : Then be bold , when you 're told That by interest things go . Then here ' s a health to Weeiinotos , Who made of me the choice ; And to his worthy colleagues bo ' . d , Who scorn tlie public voice . Tell franco and tell America They may begin to crow ;—While I reign o ' er the main Is the time to strike a blow , Punch
Property Qualification . —Doctor Franklin , con denining the propriety of requiring a property quali tication for the exercise of the right of elective Iran chise , said , " 1 will put a case : John Smith owns a . Jackass worth three hundred dollars ' ; he . is ' then entitled to vote . His Jackass dies , and he is then disfranchised ; now , was John Smith , or was the Jackass , the real voter ?" AonicuLTUiui . PiiRsoMESos . —Mr . " Tony . Sheepshank , of Jiotany JJay , near Knfield , received (" mm Mr . Pettigrew several grains of wheat , which" he had found in unrolling a mummy . These- were duly sown , and the result has been truly wonderful ; for Mr . Sheepshanks , on entering the liekl last autumn , discovered to his surprise an abundant crop olmuinmits . —Almunackfor the Month .
tjie rnovisioxAL director . Provisional Director of the " 13 o \ v and l ! suinle \ "line , Of the " Caucasus and Ararat , with a branch to Palertine , " Of the "Corkiind Sark , "« ind mmiy more , whose namesl kavu untold , And whose scrip is left unpaid for , tlieugh ,. like thyself , 'tis sold . Provisional Director , why dost thou shiuk thy . glass ? Art thou thinking , ' said our drinking , on what Bills ares like tu puss ' . Let not tho Standing Orders uVr thy spirit have such , power , And keep the bottle stamUng thus before thee for aa hour .
Provisional Director , a cloud i < on thy hrow , Thy cheek was likw the ru y w : ie— 'ti » dim . ano tin- f now . Where are the gems so rich and rare ; that once your fingers bore , The jewelled brouch , the diamond studs you glittered with of yore 1 I meet thee in thu streets a-foot ; though well . I call to mind Thy showy cab , and natty lad that used to-hang behind . Oil sure , the world is ending , and ullt&uuroVi instincts-When thus we see the Tigev cease from following th « Stag .
I know they ' ve beared themarkets , friend ; . butcease from-, thoughts of dread ! ;; ,.. ¦ t > , ,,,.. „ . To another tune thu bears shall dance before the winter ' sV fled . . . -- ..,.: ... . . . ,. •* Get the steam up on your spirits ; into sfeejjejatuni your cares ; '' . ¦ „ , ; . ¦ ; So here ' s a toast—down with your wine—and ] hey 7 ho ' ys , . " Up with Shares ! " ; , ' . " , '" .. ' ' , " ,. ' ¦ " Oh talk nfct of the price of Shares- !' . ' th& . Exrdircctor . cried , . ¦ _ ' .. . ' , *' '¦ . ' / '" ; . ¦ ' . ( Down dashing and loud smashing the-decantei \ at his side)— . .. . ' .,- .. ,. ¦ ., " I always hated pidantiy , iind voted it . a . lior . e ^ ,-. But 1 never know quotations half so troublesome btforc .
" Xo longer for iiUutmuits am I fawned upon . b y . Peeia .-. But I ' m riuumd instead bv papiiy-men . aiidhojuud . eng ! -. ncers . . .. , .,, _ ' .. , ¦ That postman , so delightful once , I tremble atJii . s . call ' j Aud I think how near is Capul-i-our . t to the Miiytt ijfcBus- ; ing-hfltl . , ¦ ; , , / . _ < . ; " Oh my Lines , my Lines of Beauty . , they , would Hot yea out in vain ; . . . „ ¦ , jm Still I feel you with your tracin ^ andyoursaotionsiiriiny brain . / ' ! , " '' ' ' Oh my darling ' Bow and Brosulty , '" my fiiirest and my . ' first , " . ¦ "¦ ¦ -. ; •' Oh ! would my heart were Lika thee ,. and could like ' a , bubble burst !
" Oh say not things will mcurt again ,, noa bid me tipplej }•<¦ •'» To disguise otte ' s-sclf in drink , is- no disguising ont ' ss regret . Talk not of further purchases—I . may have been a flat—1 may liave siugud my whis-Uers , but 1 , 'ui not so gvecu as . that . " G . S . L . " Fait sex Tippi . 'eks *"—A new York paper states , that a man named ^ viile is in custody for taking ? " a dropto » much , "—aainoiy . jnaniyint ; Ali » s Amelia Limp , whilst he had another wife living . Tuk . Msiitia . —It appears that the possession ofc twe- children exyinyts : i man from militia service , thoag litke having a pair ol . '! d < J * on his linmliMliu'St no * . Tc- inett any want of aublessed husbands .,-the gr'i . en ( 5 i : G * t ' rs of H . ni !; ern « rd . nu ' . i'ket liavu . sitsueii . 4 til , iuitJiaisnvuulows— " i ' aniilii-& » Bpplied here .. "; : ^ - . V . ' -i VKIXTERS' KISSES . - ¦ • * / Vn . ' ' < ^ H . Priiif oninv lips imolher liiss , ' ' ¦ - ' '•• ¦' ' ' ' : :. ¦ ¦ ' - ¦' ¦ 'i
lhepiv ' . ure ot thy glowing passion ;¦; : ¦ . > < j { Kay , this won ' t do—uov thi>—nor thispvV- /¦ : ; , But now—Ay , that ' s a proof impr ' tstisn : v- t' * ON BEADING 'SBK ABOVE . " ' " . ' " But yet , metliinks , it might be mended— ; ;? Oh jes , 1 feu ii in those eyes ; : ' ¦ - •• . Our li > s twain togrtbor biendoil ' ' . ' ' .. "Will uiuku tli' b »\> ttiivn \ a revise ' , ' ' ' ' ' . Punch . —When tho sfruml uionarope came . toutt ! the roast ,, we find our liiend l ' liiwh stjll ' at lisailf quartet's , this time iu the shape of . Scar ; on . As suyli , lie ken , the court alive till that old king becaaie ' las his wife Judy * aitl } iu > longer o « iiis < . ' 6 / t' ;" whore ' u [> iin he east about for a change , alternating '"¦ be twoeiii England , Ireland , : vad France . In the son of &
hattev , wccliant emme tin dfaile , and crooked- as a note of interrogation , he found a tilting , ' tabernacle ' and out came the Duneiad < A the day . \\\ Swift he tenauted " the deanery" of St . Patrick ' s awhile , ti . > en , aftcv grinning lor near . y a century f 1 emi the grotesquo lantern jaws of Voltairt , w .-is ' sinilleil out at in * French Revolution , as it was thought , but en uneuusiy , for in the elub-footeil diplomatist Taiieyrnml , with grave buffoonery , ho continued to emerge now and then , through each sum-ssive roar tif that k-vritie tmvhlstrom , down to the quiet days ot the miifcfr'litferous Louis Philippe . Some thought he had'dieiKA blessed odour of Whigsci y , a canai of St . 1 ' aufs , ;» t&
pointed to the burial tvgkter of the llciv'Siiliiey Smith ; but just then , ai the liuttom of l . udgati ; - !; i ! i ' he thing aside vhu losig-wurn tran . inels \'> i a . w ' s ; nul incognito , and in his proper character—as Pui . ch- ^ i'i uero jmlciiullo , re-assert n » hi . s ancient do ' mii . imi , i ndisputable-monarch of all Jokcdom , burst upou'the world . Of this Potentate or of his staff it ' won t'do to say aught in disparagement . Here , i | i sooth , 1 V 0 brotherhood of writers whose tremendous i-owcr . is only now beginning to be recognised . The wits- a « d sages of Port Royal had no such influence ni their day , nor had the provincial uli'asantr « t * . ot last'iil half such circulation . —Fraser s M' jy cuine .
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SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . 11 . TO THE MEX OF E 2 JGLAKD . BY PEBCT BTSSHE SHELMT . Men of England , wherefore plough . For the lords who lay ye low * "VVheiefore weave , tr itli toil and care , The rich robes your tyrants wear ? Wherefore feed , and clothe , aad save , From the cradle to the grave , Thof e ungrateful drones who wonld Drain your sweat—nay , drink your blood Wherefore , Bees of England , forge ilany a weapon , cbaiu , and scourge ,
That those stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil ! Have ye leisure , comfort , calm , Shelter , fiwd , love ' s gentle balm ? Or what is it ye buy so dear , "With yoar pain and with yonr fear ? The seed ye sow another reaps—The wealth ye find another keeps—The rulfs ye weave another wears—The arms yc forge another bears . Sow « eed , but Itt no tyrant reap—Find weiltli , k-t 110 importer heap-Weave robe * let not the iOle wear—Fcrge arms , ji your defence to bear .
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Bradford . —On Sunday night last some person or persons broke into the Chartist Council Room , and broke open the box , and destroyed the minute-book , the cash-book , andregister-book . Some " dialogues , " and six collecting booki of the Veterans' and Exiles ' funds were also destroyed . A quire of paper and some old newspapers , and various other articles , shared the same late . There was no money for the rascals to get , though that , no doubt , was their object . Meuncholt Death fkom Fire . —It is our painful duty to record the death of Miss Augusta June Drewe , of Woodlands , Ivilton , near Bristol , who was found burnt to death in her dressing-room on Tuesday morning week . An inquest was held on the body of the deceased lady , by \ V . Monckton , Esq .,
deputy coroner , when the following facts were ascertained . It appears that the unfortunate lady on the night in question slept with her little nephew , Master J . F . Luttrell , who deposed as follows : — " 1 was awoke about six o ' clock on Tuesday by a noise , and missing my aunt , got out of bed and went to the adjoining dressing-room , which I found full ' of smoke , and where I also found deceased burnt to death , lying on her back near the dressing-table ; the floor aud washing-stand were very nnich burnt . " It is supposed deceased had occasion to go into her dres ? - ing-room with a lighted candle , and fell down in a fit , at the same time igniting her dressing-gown . Verdict , Accidental Death . The deceased lady was sister-in-law to Colonel Luttrell , of Kilve-court . Her loss will be severely felt and lamented by the whole neighbourhood .
Death from the Iscai : tious Usb of Laudanum . — On Monday forenoon an inquiry took place before Mr . Carter , at the Black Dog , Vauxhall-walk , Lambeth , respecting the death of a female child , aged two months , the . illegi imnte offspring of Emma Kent , residing at No . 44 , Waleot-square , Lambethroad , who died from thp effects of poison . Miry Ann Lloyd , of No . 54 , Wicknam-slrcet , Vauxhall , deposed that the deceased was born at the residence of Mrs . Manual , a nurse , living in the same street , who bad the care of several children . On the evening of Sunday , the 11 th inst ., witness was called to sec the decensed , whom she found in a dying state . Mrs . Manual said that she had "iven it about three
drops ot laudanum to compose it . Witness remonstrated with her as to the impropriety of using such dan « crous nudicine , but she s : iid she had been in the habit . of giving it to her own children when they were r » stle > 8 . The deceased expired at eleven o ' clock the same night . Witness had several times seen Mrs . Manual administer tho laudanum to the deceased when it was unwell . The coroner remarked on the danger of using such improper medicine for children , and he trusted that it would act as a warning to others for the future . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died from the effects ot laudanum administered inadvertently by its nurse ;" aud strongly reprimanded Mrs . MaiiKul for administering such dangerous medicine , of the poisonous effects of which she appeared to be totallv ignorant .
"BnoniKit , Brother , we are hoth ix ibs Wkoxg . "—Tho Courier dc la Jfoedle relates , as authentic , the' following anecdote , which circulates throughout Rhenish Germany . The King of Prussia and the King of Bavaria took occasion to give each other mutual advice . The former , who affects a certain superiority over Louis Charles , commenced by saying , with an affected air of good nature : —Come , my dear brother , make no more verses ; either they are not read , or they are laughed at when they arc looked at by chance . " The poet-king of Bavaria , whose vanity was stung to the quick by this komethrust , quickly retorted : — " Sire , your piece of good advice demands another : and as we have each our monomania , 1 will say to you iumy turn , —make no more constitutional speeches or promises to grant a constitution , for nobody believes you . " One is in the right , and the other is not in the wrong !
,. j ' r 1 Lxtexsive Fiuf . is OxFonn-sTiiEET . —On Sunday morning an extensive fire broke out in the shop of Mr . Wilson , straw bonnet manufacturer , Oxfordstreet , near Mar ylebone-lane . Information was soon forwarded to the several brigade stations , and only a few minutes elapsed before four engines , with a strong lwdy of the London establishment , were present . Tho engine ;* were ably worked , and there was no want of water , l ^ t before " the firemen had obtained their object ' .. ne entire stock of the shop was destroyed . Mr . \ iilson h insured .
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THE PATRIOT . ZfainWy insciibed to the Tttenm Patriot Fund Committee , by Ueir much olifyedbroiher labourer , Allen Davenport . The patriot ! Oh , 'tis a glorious name , The pride of nations and the put of fame ! What does ho not deserve , who , 'midst the storm , Siunds furemost in the battle of Reform ? And who , with principles of freedom r , f » , To free his country noblj risks his life . Such was young Emmitt , though incautious , bold , " Whose free-born spirit scorned to be controlled By the proud tyrants of his native laud , 'Gainst whom he bravely raistd his daring hand ; And when condemned tu die a traitur ' i death , Hurled back the seuteuce with his latest breath , Upon the hireling judge who tried his cause ,
And gained a verdict by distorted laws : By witnesses suborned , in swearing bold , And juries labelled , * "Vo be lit ob sold !" Such I ' aiue , whose birthday now is drawing near , A name to every friend of freedom dear . His graphic pan defined the ltiGiirs of Maw , And liberty her glorious march began : Before whose lightEuropeun tyrants tied ! It flashed through France , anil struck a monarch dead ; And hud Napoleon had the soul of l ' aine , Not one crowned head would now in Europe reign ! Jfor must ive pass by Williams , Jones , and frost , And other pa riots a numerous host ; Perhaps ever banished from the British shore , And doomed to see the r native land no more !
Condemned to labour and to groan iu chains , In peual settlements where torture reigns ! And there are others still that I could name , Whose virtuous lives are not unknown to lame , Whene'er their country shall their aid require , Would march with arms of steel 2 nd souls of lire , To wrench away the chains that bind the slave , Or nobly fall , and fill a patriot ' s grave ! Then let such spirits wheresoever found , Whether on Eugiisli or on Irish ground , Be cherished aud sustained , for they are gems , More brilliant than all kingly diadems !
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Heywood . —Fbost , Williams , and Jones . —A public meeting will he held on Monday evening noxt , Jan . 20 th , in Mr . Uutterworth's school-room , for thu purpose of adopting a petition to the House of Commons , on Lchn . lt * i . f Frost , Williams , and Jones . Chair to be taken at eiijht o ' clock . The meelin « will bo addressed by Mr . Tattersnll , of Burnley ; Mr . A . Hurst , of Oldham ; and Mr . W . Bell , ol Ileywood .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 24, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1351/page/3/
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