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" *~~ ' ~ BEAUTIES OF BYRON , so . xxxiv . " WRISI . VJL As we have not worn to state the subject of this " eXQuHtelv veraGed" poem in full , we . ' orbear XrfitatalL The following are the opening lines *—It is the Boar when from the boughs The nightingale ' s hig h note is heard ; It is the hour when lover's vows
Seem sweet in everv whispered word ; And gentle winds and waters near } Sake music to the lonely < ar . Each flower the dews have lightly wet , And in the sVy the stars are met , And on the wav « is deeper feme , And on the leaf a browner hue , And in the heaven that dear obscure . So softly dark and darfcly pure , Which fellows the decline of day , As twilight melts beneath the moon away
Bu t it is not to list to the waterfall The rarisina leares her hall , And it is not to gaze on the heavenl y light That the lady walks iu the shadow of night - And if she sits in £ ste * 6 bower , lis not for the sake of its full-blown flower-She listeHS—Irat not for the ni ghtingale—Though her ear expects as soft a tale . There glides a step through the foliage thick , And her check grows pale—and her heart beats qnic There whispers a voice through the rustling leaves , And her blush returns and her besom heaves : A moment more—and they shall meet—• lis past—her lover ' s at her feet . And what unto them is the world beside , TTith all its change of time and tide ? Its living things—its earth and sk y—Are nothiag to their mind and eye . And heedless as the dead are they ,
Of aught around , above , beneath ; As if all else had passed away , They only for each other breathe ; Their very sighs are full of joy , So deep , that did it uot decay , Their happy madness would destroy The hearts which feel its fiery sway : Of guilt , of peril do they deem Iu that tumultuous tender dream ? Who that have felt that passion ' s power , Or paused , or fear'd in such an hour ! Or thought how brief such moments last But yet—they are already past ! Alas ! we must awake before We know such vision comes no more .
For the tragical story of the guilty , unhappy lovers , " more sinn'd against than sinning , " vre must refer the reader to the poet ' s works . Speaking of this poem , the great critic Jeffert has said— "The writing is beautiful throughout , and the whole wrapped in a rich and redundant veil of poetry , where everything breathes the pure essence of genius and sensibility . "
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SOXGS FOR THE PEOPLE . KO . XI . A CREEK WAS 60 SG . The footsteps of freedom are red , And bloody and deep on the field ; The eagle ' s plume waves on her head , The lion ' s mane flows on her shield . Her banner , defiance to slaves , Bark vengeance her long rusted spear , She points to Thermopyks ' s graves ; And in souads that their tenants might hear , She cries to the Greet , let your battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph . ' or fall of the Free ! From the slumber of ages awake , Arouse from the torpor of death ! The shackles of tyranny break , To the flame give the scimitar's sheath ! At morning and might let my breath
On the breeze of your mountains be borne , And twined in an undying wreath let my name by your warriors be worn ! Throughout all their ranks let the battle-note be- » The triumph ! the triumph ! or fall of the Free ! Defeat and disaster may come ; Let danger your energy raise , For clouds may o ' ershadow the sun That ' s destined at noontide to blaze . Then hasten and on to the fray , The Turk and the Argive are met ; Oh ! let uot posterity say Tour hand could its cunning forget ;—On hill and on vale let your battle-note be—The triumph ! the triumph ! or fall of the Free ! ¦ To" ?* Jfaoaane . J . A .
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3 S ~ Contributions for the next "feast of the poets " most be at the office of this paper by Monday , April 6 th .
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TAIT / S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE , for Apbd .-Edinburg h : W . Tait . London : Simpkin and Marshal ! . Tliis number contains the conclusion of the review of Beriox ' s " Life and Correspondence of David Hume . " Thomas De Qhxcet ( the " English Opium Eater" ) contributes an article " On Christianity as an organ of political movement . " The subject is not finished in the present number , and we wait for the conclusion before we offer any comment . We must , however , remark that as far as the " English Opium Eater" has proceeded with his subject , he has mystified rather than enlightened us ; so much so that we must say with the
poet—We wish he'd illustrate his illustration . An interesting review of M . Migsei ' s new work , " Antonio Perez and Philip the Second , " forms a feature in this number . The " Autobiography and Justification of Johannes Ronge , " gives some interesting particulars of the modern Luther . Johannes Roxge ( pronounced Rronge ) , is described as a handsome man , with a fine clear voice , piercing eyes , and flowing locks of black hair . " Notes on Gilfillatfs Gallery of Literary Portraits , " by Thomas De Quiscet , introduces us to John Keats , who was , according to Bteos—Silled off by one critique , Just as he really promised tomethiag great , If not intelligible , —without Greek ,
Contrived to talk about the gods of late , Much as they might have been supposed to speak . Poor fellow ! his was an untoward fate . 'Tis strange the mind , that very fiery particle , Should let itself be snuff d out by an Article . But Mr . De Qcincet denies all this , and defends the Quarteriti Review—or rather Giffokd , the writer of the article—from the charge of " culpable homicide . " " KEATsjdied , " says Mr . De Qcixcet , " * ' ( f pulmonary consumption , and would have died of it , probably , under any circumstances of prosperity as a poet . Doubtless , in a condition of languishing decay , slight causes of irritation act powerfully . But it is hardly conceivable that one exhibition of splenetic bad feeling , in & case so proverbially open to revision as tiie pretensions of a poet , would have overthrown auy masculine life , unless where that life had already been imtoverab ' y underlined by sickness . " A specimen of the poetical contents of this number of Tait will be found in the Greek AVar Song given above .
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THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS PAIXE—Pakt I . London : T . M . Wheeler , Office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , No . S 3 , Dean-strett , SoLo . This is the cheapest edition of the works of the great political teacher yet published . The entnc work ( to be completed in five sixpenny parts ) will comprise " The Rights of Man , " " Common Sense , " ' American Crisis , " " Dissertation on the First Principles of Government , " "Decline and Fall of the
English System of Finance , " "Letters to the People of America , " and " Agrarian Justice . " It is intended , we perceive , to give a portrait of the immortal author , and also a copy of " The People ' s Charter . " The first part contains the whole of the "Dissertation on the First Principles of Government /' " Agrarian Justice , " " Common Sense , " and the commencement of the " American Crisis . " A well-written preface , by the Chartist Executive , precedes the " works , " from which we give the following extracts : —
Intelligence is the parent of all the virtues indispensable to a nation ' s greatness ; the only foundation upon which can be reared that superstructure of human happiness , the maintenance of which should be the design , end , and object of all governments . As O . e operative in all departments of Ikbour should be qualified by skill and experience for the execution oi his duty , so the people should he prepared by knowledge to work « ut their political and social redemption . In : 11 national struggles where this requisite has been wanting .
failure has been the consequence . France , daring tinlast half century , has been convulsed with tiro sanguinary revolutions . Kingly dynasties have been hurled to destruction , but the harvest nourished by the blood of patriotism has been reaped by auibitieus , crafty , and desalting knaves . France still withes under the lash of a desjxjtism as flagrant as any upon the face of the globe ' . Evea Paris , the sctnu of so many brave struggles for liberty , is now environed with a wall of fortification , nut to resist assauits from ivishoitt , but to maintain , uninterrupted , the stillness of slavery tvitbin .
Democratic America , too , evidences her lack of intelligence by the abuses which she tolerates . The American citizen , in the franchise , possesses the p ower of redressing cvoy grievance ; he has the baUoting-bos , which can be rendered available as the corrective of every abuse ; notwithstanding , evils yet afflict the United States , which , letnshoi * , fur the honour of democracy , will ere long vauish before ihe progress of reason aud the ilium-nation ofiniud . Tlie eri . " genius ef the earth is isnoranee : it is the bane of human destiny , the fostering cause of tyranny , the geueradiig agent of that deluge of wrongs with which
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mankmd are overwhelmed . Let „ contemplate the , anomalous spectacles to be witnessed in our heaveu-bkst empireunder the sway of a government which , we are assured by our own ^ liticai Ment is Ae * « J human wudom' * l « at fa it thatin EnglandSKTla lions of men ir b , so s : l ! Helri t 0 ^ J ^™ r uanou of- & * tll 0 U . ,, s ! wlwt „ ° ; f £ - among ; ¦ „ the devouring nvmstrositks whfch daTS ? rule . naB let ioose upou man , hest im > vegls ? ^^ . . u ^ atholdsthatunhappymonopolistofjuisfortmne Ireland ! i ^ 5 £ S ??? " "*** " ** iBrn ^ S ra _ anki ? d are ^ wheI ™ ed - l * t us contemplate the .
.. - scourged by the ruthless hands of foreign and domestic tyrants ? What « lt that causes four TnUUons of the people of that country , although surrounded by a superabundance of wealth , created b , their own industry , to eke out life on a miserable kind of food , which is considered unht for the dogs of their heartless oppressors ? , ' * makes m ™ 3 of tbem look forward with anxiety to the grave as an asylum from tlie woes which man's inhumanity inflicts upon man ? The obvious answer to these interrogatories is—the want of knowledge among the people .
We reserve , for another occasion , any commentary on the works of Falne , which shall have our attention at the earliest opportunity .
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73 r Several" reviews" are in hand , which press of matter compels us to withhold .
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MEMOIR OF JOHN IIENRY BRAMV 7 ICII , TI 1 E CHARTIST POET ( OF LEICESTER . ) nr THOMAS COOrER , ATJTHuR OF " THE FUKGATORT OF SUICIDES . " The death of such a man as the author of the immortal hymn " Britannia ' s sons , though slaves ye be , " should not go unregistered in the journal which the suffering working classes most peculiarly regard as their own . The great ones sf the earth luiew nothing of him , and they will desire to hear nothing of him . For his own class he thought , wrote , and struggled ; with his own class he starved and suffered ; and among his own class , and cleaving to their cause to the last , he died : —a victim to the system of murder which is at present being enacted , by wholesale , in the manufacturing districts of once "Metric England . "
John Henry Bramwich was bocn in Shoreditcli , London , in the year 1 S 04 . Ilis father was a soldier ot the Tower Hamlets , deserted , and left his wife and two children , at the time John was bat three months old . The mother made her way to Bcdworth , in \ VarwicksUire , and there supported herself and little ones by ribbon-weaving . John was bound apprentice , at the early age of nine years , in Rangard And Geary ' s factory , at Leicester . lie was thus , from his very cradle days , inured to witness the wants and sufferings of , perhaps , the most ill-paid classes of working men and women in England—the ribbonweavers and stockingers .
Disgusted with the monotony of his existence , as well as discontented with his privations , and having a soul that thirsted to see something of the world and of his fellow-man , but lacking a judicious guide and counsellor , he enlisted , at the age of seventeen , iu the 19 th regiment of foot . lie served sixteen years in the army , and passed ten years in the West Indies . He married the present Mrs . Bramwich at Deraerara . She was the widow of a comrade , by by whom she had one son ; and the fruit of this , her second marriage , was a daughter . Both the children are living , and are now the only comfort ot their sorrowing mother , who has remained in a dangerous state of affliction since her husband ' s death .
Tired of the service , Bramwich got his discharge , came "home" —as he esteemed Leicester to be , in spite of Ills early suffering in it—and worked at his former trade , as a stockinger , until it killed him . Sore eyes , weakness , sickness , want , pain , were his lot , in common with thousands , until he sank into a consumption of the lungs , and after thirty-three weeks' continued illness , seventeen of which he kept his bed , he expired on the 12 th of March , at the age of forty-t « o . He was interred in the church-yard of St . Martin , Leicester , and I am pleased to record , on the testimony of a friend who followed him to the grave , that " though , he had a pauper ' s funeral it was a decent one : no ' gentleman' could be put into the ground with greater ceremony , nor into a neater-nude grave : it was not a hole , such as they make in some oth « r parishes in Leicester , but there was everything in order . "
What a bitterconsolation that , after starving and working him to death , the pauper-poet—a noble by nature—is interred in a decent grave ! Such is your iot , my brothers !—but do not despair : we will strive together yet to mend the world . Poor BraniwUh has not lived in vain . The thousands with whom 1 was accustomed to sing his noble hymns in Leicester market-place , on Nottingham forest , and in the Staffordshire Potteries , will not forget such thrilling poetry : it will live in their hearts , and they will teach it to their children . It was not until the " Extinguisher" ( one of our little periodicals ) was
commenced in Leicester , in 1841 , that I discovered the iact of Bramwich being a poet . His very first contribution to it , if I remember aright , was the grand ji vmn I have already mentioned . From the fact of its being openly read before Judge krskine , oh my second trial at Stafford , as well as from its great excellence , I think it desirable to insert it here , in order thai every Chartist in Britain may learn it by heart . 1 only premise that all who possess the Sbaksperean Chartist Hymn-book ( sold by Cleave ) may find it at the seventh page . Itisalong-metrehymn , and may be sung to the Old Huudretitb , Arnold ' s Job , or any other long-metre tune .
Britannia's soas , though slaves ye be , God your Creatormade you free ; He , life to all , and being , gave—But never , never made a slave ! Ilis works are wonderful to see-All , all proclaim the Deity ;—He made the earth , and formed the wave-But never , never made a slave ! He made the sky , with spangles bright—The moon to shine bj silent night—The sun , —and spread the vast concave—Bnt never , never made a slave ! The verdant earth on which we tread Was , by His haud , all carpeted ; Enough for all he freely gave—But never , never made the slave !
All men are equal in His sight , The bond , the free , the black , the white ;—He made them all , —thein freedom gave—Me made the man , —Han made the Slave ! I think every Chartist will agree with me when 1 say that poetry like that was not written to be forgotten ; it has the true principle of life in it , and will only perish with oar language . I forbear to quote any other of the fourteen hymns by Bramwich , which will be found in the little threepenny volume
I have just mentioned : they are all beautiful and forcible . l From a regard to space ( which I know the Star can ill spare ) , I shall curtail any remarks of my own , and proceed to give to my brother Chartists some of the contents of the letters I received from poor Bramwich while on his death-bed . I feel it right to lay these before the world , that it may be seen , from the dying testimony . of a workiug-msn , what is Ms own conviction of the wrongs he has endured . The first letter from which I shall quote is dated November
ICth , 1815 : — Mr dear Feiekd , —You wish me " not to die yet , if I can help it . " If I could muster a wish to live , it would be to serf you now triumph ov * r your adversities and adversaries * « * * Ah ! my dear friend , could you but see my slultton-like carcase , my emaciated and pale visage ( except when flushed with fever ) , my fleshless limbs , long , lank , thin , and weak , and almost sinewless , and then hear my harsh sepulchral voice , with my almost incessant and phlegm-freighted cough ( almost as hollow as the heart of a Whig , you would say that I had suffered enough , and would willingly let me go . Besides , you know , a lungUss slave is good for nothing now-a-
requires bamsous and Goliahs to work the stocking-frames they are making ai this time . / look iipon myself us belay a tystan-murdered man . I stand not alone—thousands are sharing the same fate , aud millions have quitted life without making the wofol fact known ; and others , alas ! have died for want of bread , and have thought that it was pleasing to God that it should be so—when nature gives the- lie to such a Deity-libelling idea , . My constitution is completely broken , and worn thread-bare . The doctor said . , four months ago , that part of iny lungs was gone . He founded me fourteen days ago , shook his bead , aud signified that I had very little left . His only surprise is , that I was so tough . * * * * Ton need not be afraid of my "letting down my pluck , " as jou say , while I have a bit left . * * * * I have had none of
those charity-mongers to visit me , who only administer relief on condition that you will acknowledge , as truth , all they say . They know that their money would not buy me over from principle ; so they keep away . « # As regards my death , it does not fill me with dread or alarm . In fact , 1 fear it not . But the idea of travelling the ground over again , that has caused me so mueh weariness and pain , I think would quite unman me . I have sufttred a great deal ; but , thank God . although I feel my body weaken daily , my faculties remain as strong as ettr . My love of right , and abhorrence of wrong , death itself will not be able to destroy . Aud I shall be able to say to tlie whole tyrannic band— " Though you have laid my body low , my spirit shall mingle with happy intclTgi'iicies in tlie eternal world . With our love to joursiif juid Mrs . Cooper , I remain , yourobiiged and affectionate friend , J . II . BBAjnvicn . ( To he concluded iictt week . )
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Unemployed Toon at Biudfobd . — One of tlie workiug committee informs us that the sum of nearly V ' , , IS bcen coikctcd in ; ud of the suffering poor of iinidford , and a very active canvass is still j : oing . ui . 1 lie committee h : ive issued placards inviting al who have streets to pave , drain , or deanee , or .. tlier unpioveinents of a ] jkc nature to make , to niwt them for the purpose of enuring into con-
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/ * CAPTIVITY AMONG THE SIKIIS . The following is an extract from a letter from an officer in the Indian army : — " English Camp on the river Sutlcj , near „ , „ iowwr-ore . January 1 , 1 BW " My dcav M ,-l hive now m relate tlie most romantic juuI daugcrous ineideats of my life , and will do so in as few lines as possible . On the 5 . k of last month I left TJniballah , having come from the north , aud through Delhi , to join my new appointment us second in command ot the oil Irreeular fiavalrv ( or A CAPTIVITY AMONG THE ftTvr ^
Captain Tail s regiment ) . 1 passed through Mythul , marching with my servants and camp equipage and a corporal and four sepoys . We had reached within one march , or sixteen miles of the station of 1 ' erozcpore . Many parties of plundering horsemen were scouring this part of the country , taking all they could master ; and a great Sikh army of 60 , 000 men , and 150 cannon , had just iuvadedour territories , and on the 17 th of December encamped between me and Fcrozeporc , where my new regiment lay . I heard reports of this great invading army , but could not believe they had actually crossed the Sutlej to attack
us . Early on the morning of the ISth of December my little tent and baggage was being packed on tlie camels , when wesuddenly found ourselvessurroundcd by armed men , and numbers more crowding from tlie village . Au altercation took place between us , they ruslied upon me , hurled me down , and struck me on the head and face ; my people were seized or dispersed , and I , covered with blood , was carried off into a small fort , where I momentarily expected to be put to death . J hrce or four hours after this a party of cavalry arrived from the Sikh camp . I was taken out ot the fort , placed behind one of their troopers on a horse , and galloped off under a strong escort to the enemy ' s army , ten miles distant . 1 now considered my fate as certain , and that I should be de the
ma sport of an infuriated and ferocious multitude , and be cruelly put to death . On this horse 1 was carried up and down the great Sikh camp , and shown to crowds and crowds of their army , as the first prisoner they had taken ; many of them abused and struck me as I sat behind the trooper , but he defcBded my life . At last 1 was brought to the tent of Rajah Lall Singh , who commanded the Sikh army ; I knew who he was from his splendid dress , aud spoke to him , but he gave me no answer . Chiefs going in and out of liis durbar shook their swords at me , and I saw that my life hung by a very slender thread . The Rajah , ordered me to be put in chains , and _ made over to the keeping of General Bekanc Allie Khan , commandant of artillery ; I was then taken to him , and after some
questioning placed in irons , under one of the guns , with a guard of artillery over me . Crowds of angry Sikhs came to see me from all quarters of their camp , and almost hourly threatened to kill me ; 1 expostulated with them on the bad character they would get by killing a defenceless prisoner , and some of them pitied and defended me . Night at last came , and the crowds retired to sleep ; no sleep came to me ; bitter cold , and the anxiety of my situation prevented that . _ I prayed to die with calmness , and , if it might be , without torture , and God was indeed most gracious to me . Bread and water now became my food , and tke conversation of the artillerymen my only means of passing the weary day ; but wesoon became great friends , and during three days and sleepless nights I had , notwithstanding my hopeless situation , many a cheerful hour , and saw many a strange sight . Surrounded by crowds and crowds all day , now abused
and threatened , now pitied and cheered , each night brought with it a quiet and cessation from persecution which almost amounted to happiness . Thousands of questions were asked me , and put in all sorts of ways , to catch me telling a lie ; but I always spoke the truth , or remained silent , and many a time dreir from wy enemies the exclamation that I was a true Englishman ; they also greatly admired my tall figure , and I never felt so much nattered in all my life as by this rude people . Each hour also brought some new and exciting report : the English army was close at hand , and an engagement with the leading divisions expected every moment . Even the bitter cold of a December night on this northern frontier , where we had ice every morning , brought a distinct pleasure to the poor prisoner , for the artillerymen pitied me , made a wood fire , gave me tobacco to smoke , and we chatted the long winter nights away .
"December ISth . —This evening half the Sikh array _ went out of camp to encounter our advanced divisions ; the cannon roared , musketry began to peal ; nearer and nearer came the fight ; the artillerymen in camp lighted their matches , stood to their guns , and placed me ou a board behind a cannon . Each minute 1 expected my head to be rolling on the ground , aud in breathless anxiety hoped to hear the hurrah of our dragoons , and the clang of their charge into the Sikh camp ; the 3 rd Dragoons did actually charge not very far from me , but darkness came on , the guns ceased roaring , the hum of the enemy ' s troops retiring to their quarters gradually subsided , and 1 was left to hope lor ai . other day .
" 19 th of December . — The enemy ' s tone this morning told me that the battle of last evening had been against them , but darkness put an cud to the action ere a decisive vietory could be gained . I experienced less abuse to-day , and many tempting offers of employment in their army were ' offered mo , sill of which I steadily rejected , nor could they help respecting me for doing so . This night the Siku army again turned out to fall upon our troops , with the sword alone , hoping to kill many by a sudden attack in the darkness . Their counsels , however , wavered , aud tUey returned to camp without accomplishing anything . Crowds gazed at inc all day , as before .
"December 20 . —This morning I was taken early to the General of Artillery , who r eceived me kindly ; he ordered my chains to be knocked off , and said , I will get you released . ' He gave me water to wash and some clean clothes , and then mounted his horse and rode to the Rajah ' s tent . I was again taken back to the guns , but not chained , lt got abroad in the Sikh camp that I was going to be set free ; a crowd collected , and some one on horseback endeavoured to excite the people to kill me ; my friends , the artillerymen , stood to their guns , declaring they would fight for me if any attempt on . my life was made ; then the multitude dispersed , and after some time , a messenger came from the general , telling me to be off as soon as possible , the general ' s brother
going with me beyond their outposts . Gladly , and with it , I trust , a grateful heart , I left the great Sikh camp ; many straggling parties of the enemy galloped up and questioned me , but the general ' s brother satisfied them all that I had been released b * the council of their army , and we passed safely over to the British army about three o ' clock of this day . I went at once to the Governor-General ' s tent , ' and reported myself . My wmductor received a handsome reward on the spot , and I received from my friends and from the whole army a reception I shall never forget . All r . joiced and congratulated me , and my own old regiment received me with great joy . The Guvernor-General will not atiow me to join my corps and fight against the Sikhs , yet I gave them
no pledge , and distinctly told them 1 would not , even to save my life . I dined with the Governor-General the night of my release , everybody wondering how 1 had escaped death . The fact perhaps was , tlie Sikhs did not wish utterly to outrage us , and by cramming me with false reports of their great strength , they hoped I should advise the Governor-General to negotiate . All their reports I , appeared to believe , and always talked of making peace rather than war . Since what I have related , above two actions have been fought , and alter the most severe fighting our troops have yet had in India we gained a great victory , takiug upwards of 100 great guns , and the whole Sikh camp . Great was the plunder ; horses ,
camels , bullocks , tents , armour , rich dresses , guns , swords , pistols , gold , silver , scarfs , silk , shot , shells , powder , canister , grape—everything was there , am to be had for picking up ; but amidst all these riches fearful powder-mines , previously prepared by the enemy , were hourly exploding aud blowing to atoms many ; md many a poor fellow . For five days thesu awful mines continued to explode , and the cavalry division of the army to which 1 now belong was encamped hard by , to the endangermont of life and limb . The Sikhs retreated across the Sutlcj into their own country , and what may now be done I eannot say . I have only to be thankful for my own wonderful escape , and trust in Providence , who has guarded me thus far , to guard me still . "
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FinE asb Loss of Life . —On Saturday night , between nine and ten o'clock , the brigade wove called to attend a fire in Marshall-street , Golden-square , witiiin a door or so of Craven clmpei . It appears that an elderly lady had been left in a room reading a bisok , when it is SHjijiosea that a spark must have fallen from the c « ndle and set fire to her dress . In her anxiety to get from the room the bedding also became ignited . The cries of the unfortunate female having brought assistance , the fire was eventually extinguished , but not before she was so frightfully burned about the body that death speedily terminated her sufferings .
ACCIDEST AT ECKIXGTOX STATION , MlDLASD RaILwat . _ D emby , Tuesday—Yesterday morning , as the mail train , which k-aves Leeds at thirty minutes past three , for London , aiul is due in Derby "t seven a . m ., was pasting Eckington station , it so happened that a heavily laden luggayc lr : iiu bad been shunted off the line until the maif train had passed , so as to prevent the possibility of an accident ; but just as the mail train came up to it , the axle-tree of one of the luggage waggons gave way , and caused the vehicle so to incline as to c-mie into contact with the first
ot th « moving carriages . Happily the extraordinaiy speed at winch ihe mail train w : is travelling < lid r . nt allow the broken carriage to make any impression uj ; on those with which it canio into contact , and the only consequence , attending the accident was , that all the handles and steps on that side the train , from first to last , were stripped completely off ; tor as soon as the mail train had passed , the broken carriage and its contents Ml upon the centre of the line down tt'lucli the mail train had travelled ! Kot tlie least delay resulted from this accident .
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MELAiNCHOLY SHIPWRECK OF Tin ? SCHOONER BAL 1 US . ^ LivEitPooL , March 20 .-For the last three weeks teeUaH ucen great solicitude for the fate oT £ It w Ht T TK M , - t < " * d ale and Sons Jml ? v Tl' ! w that ^ ! e V ^ o » , Jamaica , in v ™ 5 tSSm . - W < ai ^ W $ * ys *» ving elapsed be-Vov ure sft * ? hlCh she . commonly mad ° « " > , f $£ » , & lveu over lov 1 ( wt - Tue appearance ot the muter , Captain l ' endlebury , who lias lust CS hV f ip , f ' , from Am . w 2 AMies , has revealed her melanchol y tate . onH . $ r : htt . . . lllus lot ^ Ktogston on tUo 20 th ot Jauuary , deeply laden with rice , spices , hides , ; . nd dyewouds . Siio had a full crew , consisting ot fourteen persons , and one passenger , a young female , named Uazleden , daughter of Mr . iluzludcn , the manager of . the Wuodsidc Ferry across the Mersey from Liverpool to Bu-kuuhcad . . > n »» , „ „ -
Almost immctliatuiy after leaving port they experienced an Huccasing succession ol strong westerly gales with heavy rains . On the 5 th the wind blew more southerly , and , with such violence , that at tunes it was a complete hurricane , with rain , and thunder and lightning of the must tremendous description . The continual rush of water on deck , the labouring of the vessel , aud the violence of the gale , kept the crew constantly at work . Ou the 13 ih , they shipped a heavy sea while lying to , which carried away partot the bulwarks , three stanchions , and the house used for steering . They lost at the same time the bowsprit , shrouds , suritsail-yard , fore-stay-sail , and the foresail was split . On the 14 th the weather moderated , and temporary bulwarks were lilted ; and the vessel bore up , muter the fore-topsail , close reefed . It continued blowing very hard , and in the eveuiug the tempest returned with the most tearful fury , accompanied by thunder and flashes of li ghtning awtully vivid ; the topsail and main-staysail were blown out of the bolt-roues , and the sea carried away
the temporary bulwark , aud made a complete breach over her . The next morning the wiiid moderated a , hitle , and the crew succeeded in bending a new mainsail , which , however , they were obliged to keep close-reeied , and repaired the topsail . From this date to the 25 th they were compelled to run almost helpless before the gale , and on that day the carpenter , cook , and Thomas Yale , a seaman , became unable , from sickness , to perlonn any duty ; and the rest ot" the crew were nearly exhausted from constant labour and watching . On the 2 ( 5 th , a tremendous seastnick her un the starboard side ,
aud swept the decks of all the bulwarks , stanchions , boats , spars , provisions , water , and galley , and split the covering board on the larboard side , the wind at the same time completely blowing the belly out of the mainsail . Captain Pendlebury and tour ot his hands were washed overboard . Two of the men succeeded in catching hold of something , aud were hauled in by the mate and carpenter ever the quarter ; a third was washed into the jollybuat , which was towing astern , and was saved . The fourth , Thomas Vale , was not seen again . Captain Pendlebury caught hold of the mniu sheet , and he was hauled on board again at the moment his strength was failing .
Five feet of water waa now discovered in the hold , and two men were kept constantly at the pumps , They rigged a draff to ke , p the ship's head on to the sea , and tried to till the holes on deck occasioned by the carrying away of the stanchions . Part of the cargo , was also heaved overboard , as it had shifted . The night was thick and foggy ; but at three , a . m ., on the 28 th of February , it cleared a little , and they discovered a piece of land , which turned out to be Oastello Bianco , a reef on tke south side , of the island of Fayal , the chief of the Azores . Distant abuut a mile , the surf broke violently on the cliffs 300 feet high ; and they were then sailing straight for tliem . The vessel was in the midst of a sort oi bi « ht , one arm of which was formed by the Castelio Uranco , and the other by a high ridge ot' rocUs called Vavadouro , a point which , if they could have
wcatuered , they would have driven safely into the port oi Fayal . They had , however , no sail to set except a ioresail , every other rag of canvas having been lost or carried away ; and each tack brought them nearer their destruction . The energies of the captain and his crew , however , did not desert them ; and they tried to get up a flying jib for a main staysail , iu order , if possible , to keep off till daylight ; and they hove round three times . The wind , however , with the exception of a brief lull , which did them more harm than good , blew fast and furious towards the readful cliifs , aud the still more fearful surf" and at about five o ' clock the uutbrtunatc vessel struck with great violence , stern foremost ; she then tumid , and her side came against the rock , beating so fearfully that it was evident she must be broken up almost instantly .
Ihe condition of Miss llazleclcn during this violent and long-continued hurricane was truly deplorable , but the unfortunate girl behaved with great fortitude and resignation . She was very anxious to keep tke deck , but as that was impossible in its unprotected state , she spent the dreadful hours below . From the time that the crew found they could not escape she was frequently on her knees making her peace with heaven . When the ship struck , she rushed up to the deck , but she had hardly set a foot upen ic when a tremendous sea washed her overboard . The sailors
with the exception of Samuel Scott , all reached the rocks in safety , but in a most deplorable state , the waves having stripped every particle of clothing from several , and half denuded the others . They then had to scramble a mile over the most precipitous and dangerous cliffs before they reached the country . The body of Miss Haz cden was observed in the surf , and rescued at great risk by the captain and one of his seamen . The poor girl ' s head was fractured in a dreadful manner , and every particle of clothing had been torn off her by the fury of the waves .
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Smuggling Extraormkary . —A few days since a seizure of twenty violins was made by a revenue officer , named Heyward , under the following circumstances : —It appears , on the arrival of tiie James Watt steamer , from Uavve , at the St . Katlierino Dock Steam-packet Wharf , a foreigner named Derauto was amongst the passengers , and amongst his baggage was twenty old violins , which he valued at twenty shillings each , and expressed his readiness to pay the duty of 15 per cent , on his declared value . The oflicer , however , suspected the violins , though
unsightly in appearance , to be more valuable than the passenger represented them to be , aud refused to pass them . The foreigner protested he had put the extreme value on his fiddles , but he was not believed , and the affair was represented to the Board of Customs , who appointed a competent judge to ascertain the value of tlio violins . They turned out to be Cremona's , worth , on the average , £ 25 each . They were condemned as contraband , on the ground that they had been imported as passenger's luggage , instead of buing inserted in the ship ' s manifest , and landed as car" * .
Confession 9 ? a Murderer . —In September , 1842 , a fanner was found dead by the side of a public road , in Oxfordshire , and up to the present tim « the cause of death kas remained a mystery , but now it appears , from a confession which has been made , that he was murdered . A travelling tinker , of the name of Isaac Skerry , who has been confined in Banbury gaol , has confessed that lie was a party to the murder of the above individual , Mr . George Mobbs , of Dean-hill Farm , North Aston , who on the 2 i ) th of September , 1812 , was found dead by the side of the road leading from the Fox at North Aston to Dunstew . Skerry says that Isaac Sherriif and James Biddle assisted in
the murder , and the police have succeeded in apprehending them . On the 28 th of September , Mr . Mobbs went to a sale at Staple Aston ; a friend went with him part of the way home , and left him at about eleven o ' clock at night , at a lane near to the Fox Inn . The friend ' s road then lay in a somewhat different direction , and he heard Mr . Mobbs' horse go steadily along the lane , towards deceased ' s home . On this following morning Mr . Mobbs was found dead , and lying ou a heap of stones in Dunstew-lane , in a contrary direction to his house . His collar-bone was broken , he had received severe injuries on the head , and a great quantity , of blood had ilown from him . The horse was found in one of deceased ' s fields .
Iue London Italian Society , —A meeting of the friends of the above society , which has for its object the welfare of Italians resident in England , by providing au asylum where Italian " organ boys" may receive a Christian education , and inculcating the doctrines of the gospel into the minda of Italian retugces , took place on Thursday , in the Hanoversquare Rooms . Lord Ashley presided , and among the gentlemen on the platform were noticed the lion W . Cowper , M . P . ; W . Ghilden , Esq ., M . P . ; the lion , and Rev . Baptist Noel ; the Rev . VV . Chalmers ; the Rev . W . Currey , &c \ , all of whom addressed the meeting in very excellent speeches , in which the misery and privation endured by the poor Italian uoys and the tyranny exercised towards them by their masters were most clearly depicted .
Oldiiam Election . —On Wednesday evening last a very respectable and spirited meeting of the electors and non-electors , the friends of Mr . James IIoHUhty , took place at the Grapes Inn , Yorkssliirc-strcfct , for the purpose of carrying out tho wishes aud feelings expressed at a public meeting held in the Town Hall , on tliefthinst . ; Mr . William Kuott , hat manufacturer , in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That , as Mr . llolliday was carried by a triumphant and almost unanimous show of hands at the previous
public mcetiiii ; , as the fittest and most proper parson of the three submitted to its consideration , to represent tliis br . rough in the Commons House of Parliament , in the place of our highly honoured and respected representative General Johnson , this committee pledges itself to use every legitimate means in its power to secure the return of that gentleman to Parliament for tlie borough at tlie next election . " " That a subscription be entered into to defray the incidental expenses . " Upwards of £ 27 was immediately subscribed . The meeting then adjourned .
I he Potatoe Diseasu . —Sir George Mackenzie states that the potatoe disease has , at length , fairly broken out in the north .
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Copper Coins . —The Suvmford Uercury states , tliat so exceedingly scarce is copper money in Lincoln , iIuid somu of the u-nilfsmcn have been actually com | ieilii ! tl to jiivi ; cliai' !^ in postage-stamps ! Suauks . —Tiie diUcrciice between the value of share property at the present prices and at those of September last , is a reduction in value of from fifty to sixty millions . Latter End . —A person asked Chapman if the tolling of a , bell did not put him in mind of his latter end ? He replied , " No sir ; but the rope puts me m mind of yours . " _ A Discoksoutk Widow . —A Yankee editor , noticing the decease of a rich subscriber , observes that , he has died regretted by a numerous circle oi
friends , and leaving a widow , as disconsolate as any widow need be who has obtained the uncontrollable possession of 2 U , 000 dollars . " Smugolkd Goods . —It will be in the recollection of our readers that some months since large seizures ot cameos , mosaics , and other foreign goods were made by officers ot the Customs for having been introduced into this country without payment of duty . We understand that the foreign ( smugglers from whom the goods were seized have since consented to pay penalties , in addition to the condemnation of their goods , which are to be sold in a few days by the Custom-house authorities in such lots as to be available for retail jewellers and private parties who wish for such articles .
Panorama op Constantinople . —Mr . Burford has opened a panorama of Constantinople , at his establishment in Leicester-square . The view is taken from the Seraskiur ' s Tower , a lofty building crowning the highest of a ridge of hills on the most commanding situation in or around the city , and giving on every side a visual control ovur the entire scene , and the whole internal economy aud distribution of the most beautiful city in the world . Faxoy Fair under the Thames . —The fancy fair in the Thames-tunnel has provt d highly attractive having lasted siuce Monday week , and has been at . tended , on the average by 9 , 000 persons daily . The amount received at the usual charge , of one penny only , was £ 185 up t » Friday evening .
Waii in Ixdia . —luerc has just been opened at the Cosmorama , in Regent-street , a series of four pictorial views , illustrative of the late military conflicts on the banks of the Sutlej , embracing the battle of Moodkee on the 18 th December , the battle ofFerozi'shahon the 21 st , the night attack on the Governor-General and his staff , and the final victory after the capture of tlie village of FeroKeahah . - Siibriff Laurik . —A public meeting was held at the London Tavern on Saturday last , for the purpose of taking into consideration the laudable exertions whioh have been made by Mr . Sheriff Laurie to establish houses of occupation for discharged prisoners , with a view to presenting that gentleman with a substantial mark of the approval of his fellowcitizens . A subscription was commenced .
Polish Ball . —The Annual Grand Polish Fancy and Full Dress Ball is appointed to take place at Willis ' s Rooms ( Ahnack ' s ) , in the first week of June , under a numerous and distinguished patronage , and on its usual scale of splendour . Postage Stamps . —A correspondent complains that at present , and for some time past , none of the blue stamps issued for franking letters will adhere . The Proposed Monumrst to General Nott . — We have seen a model of the intended monument to be erected to tho memory of the lamented General . It represents him standing , his cloak thrown carelessly over his shoulders , his right hand rostiug on his sword , which is unsheathed , and his left hand extended . It is intended that the figure shall be placed on a pedestal eighteen feet high , the figure being ten feet long . Tlie design is by Mr . Davies , of London . •—Carmarthen Journal .
The Nebular ihroiiiEsis . —Professor Nichol has written to the editor of the Glasgow Argus , that the Nebular Hjpothesia is no longer tenable . 'Ihe ground of Sir William Uerschei ' s opinion , he say ? , was this , that many dim spots existed in the sky whose irresolvibility could not be accounted for , without a supposed break in a line of induction that otherwise seemed continuous . The chief of these test spots was the nebula in Orion . Lord Rosse writes me : — "I think I may safely say that there can be little , if any , doubt as to the resolvibility of the nebula . "
MURDER OF THE BANKER KaPUTAS AT ATHENS . —• On the night of the 3 rd of March ; i horrible crime caused universal horror at Athens . The banker Kaputas , formerly chief dragoman of Marshal Maisin , was stabbed in his own house , ilis wife was wounded in the hand , and a nurse was stabbed mortally in the breast . The house-dog was found strangled in the yard . The brother of M . Kaputas fired a pistolfrom the window , which brought assistance and caused the murderers to retreat . M . Kaputas was tlie intimate friend and banker of M . Coletti , who immediately proceeded to the spot . The funeral of M . Kaputas took place on the 5 lh , and was attended by the Ministers , all the authorities , and nearly the whole of the population . The murderers were seized on the same day . Ono of them was formerly a servant in the family , and was excited by revenge for having boen dismissed .
Longevity of the Horse . —On Thursday , a hwse iu the possession of Mr . Bearding , farmer , at Fai-nliam , died at the age of thirty-seven years , lt had worked twenty-six years on the farm . IIormjile Rbvknoe . — On the 9 th ultimo , a man of the name of Marouse , residing at Patarague , m Belgium , blew up the house of his mother-in-law , by setting fire to a barrel of gunpowder , in order to rerenge himself for some imagined insult from his wife and family . He succeeded in destroying himself , his mother-in-law , and one . of his children , but his wife and a younger child , aged three or lour years , who were sleeping in a small closet , received no injury . The house was reduced to a heap of ruins .
Art Unions . —The bill to legalise . Art Unions was read a second time on Monday night in the House of Commons , and stands for the 8 th of the present month to be committed . It provides that a charter shall be granted , or the rules and regulations sanctioned , by the Privy Council . It exempts persons from any penalties imposed by existing statutes . LiNNiEus . —The Frankfort Gazette des Postcs states that an unpublished work of Linnaeus has been discovered in Sweden , after having been long sought in vain . It is entitled the Nemesis Divina . Tub Potatok Disease in Madeira . —The potatoe ( liseasehasdoneso much mischief in the beautiful island of Madeira , that the usual exportation of the article had ceased , and it will even be necessary tu obtain supplies from abroad .
France and Italt . —It is said that the King of Sardinia has consented to the re-opening of the ancient route between France and Italy across Mount Genevre , which will shorten the passage across the Maratime Alps three days . Turkish Advance . —The Sultan , at the request » f Reschid Pacha , has authorised Strangers to visit the Royal Library at Constantinople , in which there are a great number of Turkish , Arabic , Persian , and American manuscripts . His Majesty has also ordered the establishment of a Museum , which will be open to all persons interested in the arts and sciences . A Grekdy Brute . —A prairie snake was lately shot , in whose stomach were found eighteen swallows half digested . The reptile was found over a nest of young birds , which it was devouring , while the old ones were Hying and screaming violently around it .
Shipwrecked and Destitute Mariners . — In Liverpool a large "home" is being built by public subscription as a lodging-house for sailors , annexed to which will be a " refuge" for the destitute of that meritorious class . In addition to which an Act of Parliament wiH be soon in force by which a homeward passage will be secured to all seamen wrecked ou foreign coasts , who will be also furnished with the means of buying clothes . Typographical Errors . —A Nottingham paper regrets , " ( hat by a typographical error last week , in noticing a burglary at Mr . Clarke ' s , Dutch ' s Yard , Newcastle-street , he was described as ' brother to Mr . Clarke , the well-known Aousc-breaker , ' instead of / lOi'M-breaker . "
Inbia Corn Bread . —Mr . Gibbons has been engaged for some time past in making numerous experiments , for the purpose of ascertaining in what proportions , and with what qualities , of English Hour , the Indian meal may be mixed with most advantage ; and he has succeeded in producing a very wholesome and palatable description of bread . The mixture of one pound of Indian ilower- with four pounds of English , and of one pound with three pounds , givas very satisfactory results , tho bread boing sweeter than that usually sold by bakers . SquARiNG the Circle . —A party is said to have died , leaving the sum of £ 100 , 090 in trust , to the then Lord Chancollor , for the benefit of the individual who should clearly demonstrate the square of the circle ; the interest , until the condition of the will is complied with , to be paid to one of the colleges at Cambridge , it is believed St . John ' s College .
Extraordinary Despatch of Lexers and Newspapers . —On Saturday night there was so great a despatch of letters and newspapers from the General Post Oflice , that tho mails were detained full half an hour beyond the usual time . The glut arosn principally from the immense number of Sunday papers sent from the metropolitan oflites to their country subscribers—the papers containing complete particulars relative to the progress of tlie war iu India . It its a singularly interesting faul , that such has been the influence of railways upon the mode of sending away the bags from the l ' ost OUice , that , at the present time , not a single mail coach leaves the yard , the mails being conveyed from the office in seventeen large-sized omnibuses or accelerators , and two mail carts . Not less than 15 ' > , d 00 newspapers were despatched from the oflice on Saturday evening exclusive af the district post , besides an extraordinary number of letters , both inland , ship ami toreign .
Bkidport Election , —The return of Mr . Baillic Coolirano for the borough of Bmlpirrt has been netioned against on the ground ot' bribery . France and England arc now within an hour and a half ' s sail of each other—the Onyx stoiimei
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having made the voyage from Calais to Dover , on the 10 th instant , in that time , in a trial of sjieed with the rival steamer , the Princess Alice . It is believed that if the Onyx had started so as to got the full advantage of the tide she would have performed the voyage in even a shorter time . Joseph Phase , the Quaker . —The remains oi' Joseph Pease , sen ., Esq ., who died on the Kith ult ., were interred in the Friends' burying ground , Darlington , on the 21 st ult ., in tlie aj-etenee of a numerous and highly respectable company . The Ihisii Curfew . —The inhabitants of Lambeth , contemplate calling a parish meeting to petition Parliament against the new Curfew Bill ; and the churchwardens Jiave signified their willingness to call such a meeting , on a requisition being presented to them .
Emigration to America—Within the last few days 300 persons have arrived from Hamburg , Rotterdam , and various parts of Germany , for the purpose of emigrating to the United Scales , Forty emigrants arrived at the St . Kathcrine Dock Steam Packet Wharf , in the Rainbow steamer from J lamburg , for the purpose of embarking in the New York packet-ship Switzerland , which sails this day from the St . Katherinc ' s Dock . Every berth in the vessel was , however , already engaged , and the poor emigrants will have to wait until the 10 th insiant , when the Quebec will leave the dock for the > ame destination .
Gross Intolerance , — A Priest ' s Ci ; rse . —On Wednesday a case was tried at the Antrim assizes which excited considerable interest in that part of Ulster where the Roman Catholics have imbibed some of the notions of liberty of conscience of their Protestant neighbours . The plaintiff , Charles M'Loughlin , was denounced with all the form of " bell , book , and candlelight , " for teaching the Irish Bible . The effect of this proceeding was , that he was avoided as a leper , abused , insulted , ant ! his business ruined . The jury gave him a verdict of £ 70 , with cost 3 . Port Puilip . —This colony isimprovinit .
Demolition of Ancient Houses . —On Tuesday , the White Hart Inn , situate in Whitechapel , near Somersct-strcBt , the property of the Mercers' Company , was sold by auction by Mr . 1 ' ulkn , fir the purpose of being taken down , to haveseme extensive building erected on its site . This inn is recorded to have existed before the reign of Henry VIII . ltwas condemned forty years ago , on the occasion of the flooring having given way to the weight of a coffin in n-liicli was the corpse of the landlady . There are many remains showing the antiquity of it . There still exists the wide portico at the entrance of the inn , with seats on eacii side .
0 Lord !—A tenant of Lord Frederick Campbell , being out hunting with him , plied him so thick with "My Lord , " and "Your Lordship , " that , in order to get rid of him , Lord Frederick leaped over an immense high gate ; but the man followed him and exclaimed , " O Lord , O Lord , my lord , your lordship took a desperate leap !" The Double Comet . —This comet is about a de . gree under , and a little to the north of mi ( v ) Andromcd » , with a right ascension this evening of Oh . 31 m . 45 s ., and declination 30 deg . 30 min . north . It is now nearest the sun , and it is still visible to the naked eye in the absence of the moon , but faint . Hobkiblb Death . —Mr . V . Matthews , who fell into a vat of boiling liquor in the MarsfieldJ Distiller * , a few days ago , and was actually boiled to death , lost his father , in 1826 , by a similar accident , in this same distillery .
Statue of Sophocles . —The Comtitutionnel an-Dounces that a statue of Sophocles is on its way to Paris , from Athens , whence it has been sent by the French ambassador , M . Piscatory . It is said to be one of the most remarkable antique \ v 0 rk 3 of art which have yet been deposited in the Sculpture Gallery of the Louvre , for which it is destined . Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industhious Classes . —A special general meeting of directors and shareholders in this chartered association was held on Tuesday , at their offices , 19 , Coleman-street , for the purpose of confirming the resolutions come to at the meeting held on | the 8 th ult . at the London Tavern , for passing bye-laws , and also to elect five directors , according tfl the charter of incorporation , and to make a call upon the shareholders for the payment of an instalment on their respective shares .
Troops for India . —The East India Company hag advertised for tenders of ships of 500 tons burden and upwards , to bo taken on Friday next , for the conveyance of 2000 troops for Calcutta , to embark at Cork , between the 27 th April and 9 th May ; and alse for ships to convey 1000 troops , to embark at Portsmouth between loth and 25 th April . A Persian Cannon . — The following inscription , in the Persian language , was on one of the guns taken at Ferozeshah . Professor Shakespear , the learned author of" the Hindustani Dictionary , trans , lates it thus : — " Like a dragon I bear in mind and on . body many an old burn ( or scar ) . O foe , be on thy guard from me ; I have fire in my mouth .
O straight-faced ( perhaps intending , O fnendly disposed ) , the gun ( is ) from the Nabob renowned , In the rectitude and fulness of heart ( valour ) of himielf ( unequalled ) : A dragon in breath , a lion in disposition , one delighting in war : A serpent , and a gem-possession ( serpent ) , and the ( lord ) of a treasure . " * Below the above verse ? , in prose , is the following : — " The property of the Nabob Muhammad Shujaa Bahadur Saf-darjang ( rank-breaker in battle ) , the year 11 S 2 of the Prophetical Ilijra . Name , Eohshikan ( mountain breaker ) . In weight 102 ( maunds ); the ball of the size of the mouth ( of the gun ); and the powder half the weight of the ball . "
Shooting mm Intent , < 5 ic—Red Rice , near Andover , March 30 th , 1846 . —Final examination and committal of Shurmur , Wiuehester , to take his trial on the capital charge , took place to day . Brearly attended and gave evidence . Mr . Messing , Shurmur ' s counsel , applied to have him admitted to bail , which the magistrates instantly refused . Can this be True?—James Jarvis , a man 75 years old , an inmate of the Barrow-upon-Soar Unionhouse , was charged with refusing to work at pumping water , « fcc , for which the medical officer had certified that he was able . He had been put on " refractory diet" for refusing to pump , but still refused , and the board had , therefore , instructed the present process to be taken . The old man said the work had done him harm . —Committed to the House of Correction to hard labour for twenty-one days . —Ltkester Mercury ,
Early Closing Movement . —A meeting of the Metropolitan Drapers' Association , established to effect a general early closing of shops in all trades , was held on Monday evening , at the Park Chapel Infant School-room , Chelsea . A Mistake . —On Tuesday aftorneon a detachment of the provisional battalion left Chatham Barracks for ball practice firing at Upnor . While practising , Sergeant James M'Cnllion , of the 18 th Royal Irish , one of the sergeants in charge , advanced a few paces for the purpose of examining the penetration of the bullets that had passed through , when one of the privates in the line , whose musket was loaded , fired off his piece , and the ball striking the sergeant , ho instantly fell as if dead . On lieing raised , it was found that the ball had passed through the fleshy part of the left arm , and entered the fide , iind came out under the shoulder blade , and passed through the pouch-belt , lt appears that the private aimed at the target , but shot the sergeant .
A Lamentable Accident happened a few evenmg 3 ago on the road between Valongcs and Pont-a-la-Veille ( Mnnche ) . The wife of the brother of Lieut .-General Meslin was going home to Brix in a onehorse carriage with her husband , when he got OHt , and she waited for him . The animal , however , wanted to go on , and , on her pulling him in , beeame restive , swerved to the edge of the road , and overthrew the carriage into a field , several yards below , and , as she fell underneath , she was crushed to death hiBtantaueouslv .
Funeral of the late Mb . John Lisiox , —Oa Monday morning , at a quarter before ten , theremains of this celebrated comedian were consigned to earth in the Cemetery at Kensal-grecn . The funeral was private , and consisted of a hearse and three mourning couches . In the first carriage were — Durrant , Esq ., Charles Taylor , Esq ., Charles Kemble , Esq ., R . Plauche , Esq ., and Captain Liston , only son of the deceased artist ; the other carriages were occupied by privato and other professional friends . Mr . Liston ' s ago was seventv lasfc
August ; and it is not unworthy of remark , that ho expired on the anniversary of his wedding-day , the the . 22 ml March . The last dramatic exhibition he ever witnessed was the representation of " Romeo and Juliet" at the Haymarket Theatre sonic weeks since , by the Miss Cushman ' s , and the day following he sent to Mr . Buckstonc his manuscript sermon , aa delivered by him in the character of Mawworm , in tlie comedy of " The Hypocrite , " before the late George IV ., with the shoe-buckles he was accustomed to wear in the part . The executors , it is understood , are —Durrant and Charles Tavlor , Esnrs .
Supposed Munnmi at Birmingham . — Friday Evening . —At the public office , this morning , three men , named Sanders , Freeth , and lleeluy , wtro brought before the sitting magistrates , oa suspicion of being conueeted with the death ofiimau named Edwards , a hide-keeper , living iu Caroline-street , supposed to have been murdered . Mr . Stevens , superintendent of poli . e , said , on Thursday morning last the body of a man was found near a lock in the b ' azeley Canal , about a mile from Birmingham , with i \ deep gash across his face , and a number of bruises on his boily . In consequence of information which ho . received he caused the above parties to be appre * hcmlcd , they boing seen iu company with deceased , aud quarrelling with him ihe night before . The magistrates ordered the prisoners to be kept in custody . * A serpent is believed to be : \ r 11 most valuable gCUl ill his head , and to be the guardian « f treasure .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 4, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1361/page/3/
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