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XO . IV . TORCET HOT THE FIELD . A»— " lite Lamentation ofAughrua . " Toiyet not the field where they perish'a , The truest , the last of the Drave , 131 « one —«» d the bright hope we eherish'd Goae > iih them , and quencn'din their graTe ' Ob ! eoold we irara fleatn * ut rec 0 Ter Those hearts as they bounded before , jn the face of high heav ' n to fi'ht over That combat for freedom once more;—Could the chain for an instant be liven "Which tyranny flung round us then . Oh 3 ' tis not in man nor in heaven , To let tyranny bind it again ! But ' tis past—and thongh Hazon'd in storj The name of our Tictor may be , Accurst is the march of that glory
Which treads o ' er the hearts of the free , far dearer the grave or the prison , niamed bj one patriot name , Than the trophies of all who have risen On liberty ' s ruins to fame . Moobe
^ SO . XVI . ON THE POLISH KSURRECTION Sobiesld ! thoa art gone ; Sosdnsko ! thon art Mien ; Snt thy spirits are upon , Poland ' s land tjrants appalling . Oh ! shall Poland once more be , A rallying watchword for the free : Or shall she tamely sink beneath Austria and Russia ' s demon breath !
Ko ! for in her armed might , All her sons are gathering ; Rallying they join the Sght , "Who wonld in such a cause be wavering The block , the gibbet , or the knout , May soak their gore ; jet who Can doubt Their Wood shall still plead for the free , And light the world to liberty . From Cracow . the prophetic doom , Of the slave system is spoken , "Visions of the future loom 5 Of tyrants fallen , fetters broken . Of a ' nation , hand in hand , OwningMan ' s right to the land Oe ' r the earth with thunder voice , Democrats , aid and rejoice *
Speed the cause of freedom ; heavea Alike in every land and clime , 'With life ' s breath spread freedom ' s leaven , Xet who will count it a crime . Speed itquick , as lightning glances , When itohi the thunder cloud it dances , If it be crime to hope for all ; "Who would not be criminal 1 Aj . fb . ed I \ ekxeix .
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Skgulab Discovert of Three Dead Bodies . — During the last two or three days there has been much excitement in the immediate vicinity of the Camden station of the London and Birmingham Bailvray , in consequence of the unexpected discovery of three human bodies , under the lollomng toy angularcircumstances . It appears that , about two years ago , Messrs . Chaplin and Home , the railroy carriers , received at their warehouse in Liverpool , amongst otter packages , a large square box or packing-case , addressed to a Dr . Hunter of London . Hie carriage was duly paid , and the box was in regular course brought up by one of the goods trains to town . After repeated search , however , the identical Dr . Hunter could not be foundand the package ,
, after being advertised , vf as removed back to the depot belonging to Messrs . Chaplin and Home , at the goods department of the Birmingham Railway , Camden-town . At this place it has remained undisturbed until within the last few days , when , in consequence of some alterations about to take place in the building , it became necessary to remove the various packages . On coming to the large box , the workmen , by order of the manager of the goods department , opened it to ascertain its contents , On doing so , a most unpleasant odour was emitted , and to the astonishment of all present three dead bodies woe presented to their view . They consisted oi those of a grown male and female , and a child , and in each case the bodies are so shrivelled np , that the
flesh appears to be a perfect horny substance . Information having been forwarded by Messrs . Chaplin and Home to Liverpool , an investigation has taken place there , but nothing further has been ascertained than the mere entry of the package in Iheir books on the date ; corresponding with that on fte bos . Ou being apprised of the discovery , Tiffin , tie constable of the district , immediately forwarded information of the occurrence to Mr . Wakley , the Coroner , and circumstances have transpired which have led that functionary to issue a warrant to Mr . Erasmus Wilson , the anatomist , to make a minute examination of the remains , with a view , it is understood , to the Coroner holding an inquest upon them .
Pchtheh PiRncELiBS . — On instituting inquiries at the Camden-town station of the London and Birmingham Railway , it was ascertained that no clue lad as vet been " obtained to the parties who had brought " the case containing the remains of three human beings . By the courtesy of Mr . Jones , Messrs . Chaplin and Home's superintendent , the reporter tos permitted a view of the remains of the bodies , ad to collect thefollowing additional particulars : — Theonter cass in which the bodies were contained is fliatof a common packing case , bat it wag lined with fin , and , until opened , was perfectly air-tight . From aflappearances the general impression which prevails % that tie remaiiB are those of American Indians . The mans head , and some portions of the other Wies hare , it is said , been removed by Mr . Mils ,
tlie Deputy-Coroner , for medical examination ; bHt fee scalp of the woman is loose on the top of the mass , and has the hair , which is of a very dark brown , neatly platted . The other parts of the bodies , in conaqnence of the removal , hare fallen to pieces , and become jumbled together in an almost nndistinguishablemass . What confirms the belief that they are the remains of American Indians is the fact that they are surrounded br Indian matting , and packed up with a very curious description of grass . The bodies hare evidently been buried and exhumed , and there ate here and there particles of dry earth attached to them . It appears that a mistake was made in
stat-&g that the case containing the bodies had been deposited in Messrs . Chaplin and Home ' s warehouse , Camden station but two years . The date , as it appears on the books of the firm , and corresponding with the date on the case , is as follows : — " October , 31 , 1842—No , 1 , 021 . Dr . Hunter , London : liewt . 21 Ss . ' ^ The charge was 6 s . 9 d ., which has never been paid ; and although the package was sent to five orsix Dr . Hunters in London , none wonld receive it , Mr . Wakley , the coroner has not yet issued his warrant for holding the inquest , and , in consequence of the belief that the remains are such as have been described , it is doubted whether lie will do so .
Fihe is the Losbos Docks . — On "Wednesday morning , between eight and nine o ' clock , a considerable alarm was created in the immediate vicinity ° f the London Docks , by the circulation of a report flat a fire had broken out in that establishment . Information naving reached the various fire-stations With all possible expedition , Mr . Braidwood , the superintendent of the London Brigade , started to the scene with the engines from WatUng-street , Jeffrey and WeMose-squares . and Farringdon-street stations . The West of England engine , and Mr . Connorton , were also early in arriving . It was then ascertained that a vessel , termed tiie Granville of
Jersey , lying near the wooden jetty of the Docks , had taken fire . It appears that some carpenters had been working in the forehold under the forecastle , ouring the morning , and that when they went to breakfast they imprudently left a candle burning in tie vesseL Shortly after they had left smoke was to be geen issuing forth in thick volumes from the vessel , which satisfied the authorities that the same was on fire . The engines of the Dock were instantly set to work , and after considerable trouble the fames were extinguished , but not before the vessel was severely burnt about the hold and under the forecastle . The cargo consisted of sheet-iron and clover-Seed , which is severely damaged by water .
Two Childres Burst to Death . —On Wednesday evening , ; Mr . William Payne , City Coroner , held two inquests in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the bodies of children , _ who had been burnt to death . The first "was concerning the death of Sarah Bonney , aged 12 years , whose parents reside at 17 , Warwick ' s-place , St . Luke ' s . The mother of the child said the deceased told her , whilst in the hospital , that she fell asleep 011 the stairs , and that she ieft alighted candle at her side , which must have set fire to her clothing . She died in the above institution from the effects of the injuries received . The second inquiry was touching the death of William Anderson , aged 7 years . Joseph Anderson , of 19 , Camden-passace , Islington
green , saw that the deceased was his son . On tlie morning of Sunday last , witness heard aloud shriek In his room , and oa looking round , saw the deceased running about the room with his elothes on fire . Before witness had time to get up to the child it bounded out of the room and ran down stairs , the flames at the time were ascending over its head . Witness was of opinion that the draught of the chimney had drawn the child ' s clothing against the grate . The deceased was removed to the above hospital , where it died from the effects of the in-Jones received . Verdict in each case , "Accidental
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Execution of * Fejlub Siays , —TJw slave Pauline was executed on the 21 st of April , at half-past 12 o ' clock , at the parish prison , in accordance with the sentence of the court , tor cruelty to her mistress . The spectacle was , as all such spectacles are , horrid ; and yet the street in front of the prison was thronged with the populace , who gathered at an early hour to see a human being launched into eternity . There were men and boys , and women , too , with infants in their arms , who , while they uttered exclamations of pity , stood still and gazed . Here and there were carriages filled with female spectators ; and all were stretching their necks , ' . standing { on tiptoe , pushing and jostling each other , that they might get a good sight . The coarse joke and brutal laugh might be
heard , too , as it hanging was quite a pleasant and laughable afiau * -a sort of cheap amusement for the people—they . seemed so jovial and jocose about it . While this scene was going on without , everything was preparing within . Shortly before 12 o'clock the sheriff waited upon the unfortunate culprit , who had been in company with Priest Louis in her cell , and announced that all was in readiness . She was then dressed in a long white robe , her arms bound with a black cord , the white cap placed upon her head , and walked , accompanied by the priest , sheriff , keeper of the prison , and officers of the Criminal Court , to the gallows , which was erected upon a platform between the two prisons , fronting on Orleans Street , screened by a double gate . She was perfectly firm , and appawith
ren % indifferent to her fate . After praying the clergyman upon the gallows , the era c'fixwas placed upon her neck , and a white pocket handkerchief in her left hand ,-the rope was adjusted on her neck by one of the convicts , whose face was blackened , and she took her seat upon the bench erected upon the platform . The gates were then opened , and a loud murmur ran through the populace at the sight of the wretched woman . The party on the platform ? uncovered ,-the cap was pulled over the culprit ' s eyes , and the gallows was slid out so that it projected a few feet into the street . In a few seconds the drop platform fell , —the aeat upon which she sat gave way , and she dangled in the air . It was painful , terrible , to see the struggles ef the dying woman , for it was several minutes before all was over , as her neck was not broken by the fall , and she died from
strangulation . At the expiration of about twenty minutes she was taken in and pronounced dead by the physician . As she was taken in , and the gates were closed , a sort of ill-suppressed shout rose from a portion of the crowd , and gradually the whole assemblage broke up and went away . Upon this the Luringtm True American makes the following comment : — "We give in another column the execution of Pauline , as related in the AW Orleans Picayune . Here is a woman hung for doing what may be done with impunity hy the whites to any one of our 3 , 000 , 000 of southern blacks . Justice , in vain , has been in all ages represented blind , for she looks Upon a black skin and uses the cord ef death , w . hen , if the culprit were white , it would be an act neither condemned or punished , if not sanctified by the gospel of Christ . "
Ootrace os Two Females . —Benjamin Painter , of the parish of Astley Abbotts , near Bridgnorth , was brought up on Saturday the 9 th inst ., before "W . W . Brown , Esq ., on a charge of having committed a rape on the persons of Sarah and Kenzia Higgins , two females of weak intellect , on the 4 th of May last . Jemima Higgins , sister of the complainants , stated that on Monday , May 4 th . shs saw the prisoner Painter skulking about her house . She had occasion to leave home , bnt on leaving , she gave her sisters precaution to fasten the door if they saw Painter coming to the house . Sarah Higgins stated that Painter entered the house before they saw him , he caught hold « f her . and threw her with great violence on thesofa , where he effected his purpose . That heremained in the house and prevented either of the two
females giving an alarm . After remainingin the house a short time , he commenced on Kezia with great violence also , and after a severe struggle , he threw her down on the sofa and effected his design . He then left the house , telling them he hoped they would not tell any one about it . When Jemima returnedhome , they informed her of the circumstance , she sent for a woman , Mrs . Hay ward , residing in the neighbourhood , who examined them and feund some marksofviolenceontheirbodiesfromthebrutalattack of the prisoner . Painter pleaded guilty of the offence , andhoped themagistrates wouldlook over it ; he was committed to take his trial at the next Shropshire assizes . This distressing event has occasioned great excitement in the neighbourhood of Astley Abbotts , owing to the whole of the parties being of unsound mind .
DESTRrcnvE Funs at AsHTON-uunER-LTHE . — On Saturday last a most disastrous fire took place at the cotton-factory known as the Black Rock-mill , about one mile from the town of Stalybridge , and two and a half miles from Ash ton , which destroyed the whole of the machinery , and left the property a complete mass of ruins . The mill , which formeda sort of half square , was a stone building , four stories in height . The fire was first discovered in the second story on the south side , about three o ' clock in the morning . As to the cause of the fire several very singular reports , which will cause some inquiry , are in circulation ; no person , however , speaks definitely upon the matter . It is stated by some that a large quantity of greasvwaste was left in the warehouse , and that probably it ignited by spontaneous combustion .
Case of Child Murder at Newcastle . —The adjourned inquest on the body of the male child of Isabella Curry , found with its threat cut , in the house of Mr . S . Nesham , surgeon , of Newcastle , was resumed on Monday , at Mr . Pentlands Hotel , Blackett-street , in that town , when Mr . Carr , the surgeon , who had made a post mortem examination of th / body , gave evidence which left no doubt on the minds of the jury of the child having been born alive . After a brief deliberation they returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against the mother , Isa . bella Curry , " who was thereupon committed on the coroner ' s warrant for trial at the ensuing assizes . Immediately after the adjournment of the inquest on Fridav , the mother . Curry , was taken into custody .
Fatal Fall peom a Wkdow . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Bedford held an inquest atthePrince's Ilead , Buckingham-street , upon the body of Catherine Watts , aged 30 , late a servant at the Red Lion , Windmill-street . From the evidence of Mr . R . Westley , house-surgeon , it appeared that the deceased was brought to Charing-Cross Hospital on the morning of last Saturday , labouring under compound fracture of the cranium and clavicle . It appeared from the evidence , that deceased had been hanging ctotheson apole suspended from the window , and it is supposed overreached herself , and fell into the yard below . When she was discovered , blood in torrents was flowin" from her mouth , and in half an hour after admission at the hospital she died . Verdict , " That deceased died from a fracture of the Drain , hut how caused there was no sufficient evidence to satisfy the Jury . "
Alleged Death from Improper medical Treatment . —On Wednesday , a long inquiry took place before Mr . Bedford , the coroner , at the Falcon Tavern . Lisle-street . Leicester-square , respecting the death of Elizabeth Patten Croll , aged eight years , who . it was alleged , had died from improper medical treatment . It appeared from the evidence , which was exceedingly voluminous , that the deceased was the daughter of respectable parents , residing at No . 1 C , Leicester-street , Leicester-square . On Tuesday morning , the 21 st ult .. the child was seized with vomiting , and complained of a sorethroat . The mother , feeling alarmed , proceeded ta the shop of Mr . Keally , a chemist and druggist , earning on business in Little Newport-street ,
Newport-market , whom she previously supposed was a surgeon . She described the symptoms under which the child was labouring , and he prescribed for it as suffering from scarlet fever , for which malady he had visited other branches of the family . He sent some medicine and powders , a portion of which were ordered to be administered immediately . On the following Thursday Mr . Keally a < tended , and saw the child , who was ordered an emetic , and another mixture . The throat was very much swollen and sore . He then advised a blister and leeches to be applied to the throat , and subsequently sent eight powders , which were to be placed at certain intervals on deceased ' s tongue . The child got considerably worse , when the parents discovered that Mr . Keally was not a qualified medical man . Mr . Edward Richards , a surgeon , was tlien called in , who found the deceased in a very exhausted'and dying state . He examined one of the powders , and
expressed his astonishment at the description of medicine the child had been taking . The deceased remained under his care until Thursday last , when she died . Mr . Keally , having been duly cautioned by the Coroner , stated that he had never used mercury inany of the medicines sent to thedeceased . He had attended other children connected with the family , and always gavegreatsatisfaction . He acknowledged that lie was a chemist and druggist , and was likewise a student of St . Thomas ' s Hospital . Other evidence having been taken , the Coroner remarked at great length on the various important points of the case , after which the Jury returned the following verdict , ' That the deceased died from natural causes ; at the same time they expressed their strong disapprobation that any person should practice without a legal qualification , and in consequence of the evidence against Mr . Keally , they had the utmost difficulty ineoroing to a conclusion . "
Bars-suet , Fatal Accident . —A man named David Abbot , employed at the Darleymain Colliery neai Barnsley , was working last Tuesday , near the railway , which conveys the coals from the pit to the mer where the boats are laden , by some accident , his foot slipped , and he fell onjto the rails where two carves of coals passed over him , aud nearly severed his head from his body , Man-slaughter at Lhcbsisr ^ Oii Thursday last , Charles Jones a cab-dr , ver , wa 3 returning to Laces-S . 7 J ? SliH ? w . " !? passin E tlirou K u theThurmaston , toll-bar Wheatley , the keeper ; demanded the toll , which the cabman refused tonav stitinff that he had paid when he went through SiS his S hut a short time previously . The toll-keeper insisted ,
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and seized the reinsto prevent the driver proceeding , when Jones di smounted , and ajaeume ensued . Not succeeding in making Wheatley rele ase the horse , lie grasped the thong end of his whip and inflicted a severe blow in the centre of WhealteyV forehead , which felled him to theground , and in a few minutes he expired . The driver of a waggon , who witnessed the transaction , informed the borough police at Leicester of the affair , and Jones was traced to a publichouse in Belvoir-street , in a stable connected with which they apprehen ded him . He was at once conveyed to the county police-office to await the result of a coroner ' s inquest . Thurmaston toll gate , where the deed was perpetrated , is about two miles from the towa of Leicester , on the road to Melton Mowbray .
DEsntucnox of Machinery . —On Tueseay evening between 200 and 300 workpeople in the employ of Messrs . Mellors , cotton-spinners , of Ashton , were , for a time , thrown out of employment , consequent upon the breaking into fragments of a large fly-wheel , attached to the steam-engine connected with the extensive spinning and weaving mill adjoining Old-street , It appears that the accident occurred a short time previous to the usual period of leaving work , and was caused by some of the hands in the dressing-room suddenly stopping their machines , thus causing the power to be taken off the engine , which , as a necessary consequence , commenced workiner at a t . n > mnn < l .
ous speed . Some idea may be formed of the velocity of the wheel , when we state that it broke in two the strong iron entablature beam of the engine , tore up the engine-house floor , broke through the second floor , a , afterwards forced its way through the roof of the building . Most fortunately there are no rooms above the engine-house , as in some establishments , or there is little douhtbut the accident would have been attended with far more serious and perhaps fatal consequences . The engineer , a man named John Holland , on hearing the engine going too fast , ran towards the engine-house , and just as he was entering the doorway he was knocked down , but escaped without injury .
Suicide bt a Femaie . — On Tuesday Mr . Baker held an inquest at the White Herse , Bow , Middlesex , on the body of Mary Ann Dixon , a widow , aged 42 . The deceased lost her husband in June last , and at times was low spirited , and would occasionally get intoxicated . On Sunday morning she washed and dressed her nephew and sent him to school , and soon after she was found hanging by a rope from a beam in the back kitchen . She was cut down apparently lifeless , and a medical gentleman sent for , who succeeded in partially rallying her ; but she remained in a comatose state until four o ' clock in the afternoon , when she died . The jury after much deliberation , returned a verdict " That she had destroyed herself , but there was no evidence to show in what state of mind . "
Determined Suicide bt a Cripple . —About nine o ' clock in the forenoon of Tuesday a man named Norman Rumblow , forty seven years of age was found dead in his apartment , a back room on the ground floor of No . 3 , Jamaica-street , Commercialroad East ; The wretched man contrived to effect his death with great determination . He in the first instance fastened a piece of jack-line to one of the iron spikes upon which the canopy of his bedstead rested , and then took two or three hitches round the rail , to secure it from slipping off . Having fastened the noose round his neck , he must have thrown himself forward , and effected his object by strangulation , as he could have regained a firm footing , if he had been so inclined , the height from which he was
suspended being no more than four feet . It seems the poor tellow had been for a long time in a desponding state , owing partly to his infirmity , and partly to the fact of his being wholly dependent on his sister , the wife of a sea captain , in whose house he lived , and who was invariably kind to him . When about fourteen years old he sustained serious and complicated injuries by placing his feet against a cask of pork , which was rolling on the pavement in Rateliff-highway . The impetus , however , was too great for his resistance , and his back , as well as one of his thighs , was broken . Since then he was compelled to go upon crutches , dragging the iniured limb after him ; and the shock produced such a derangement of the whole system that his mind has ever since been more or less affected ,
Suicide in Giltspur-Street Compter . —On Tuesday , a long inquiry took place in the Governor ' s room of the Compter , on the body of Mrs . Jane Roworth , aged thirty-four , who committed suicide in that prison on Sunday morning , A great deal of evidence was then given , and from which it appeared the unfortunate woman was the daughter of a very respectable tradesman in Hounsditch : but had married a baker , very mueh against her father ' s wish . They were both frequently intoxicated , by which he lost his situation , and she was taken home by her father . The deceased soon after worked at bonnetmaking for Mr , Gammage , of 11 , Charterhousestreet ; but here her habits were dissipated . On Saturday she was paid her wages , and , it would seem , had met _ her husband . She had not been seen alive by her friends since Tuesday , and probably , the loss of her situation and a periodical complaint in her head , led to the rash act . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "
A Drunkard ' s Career . —On Monday Mr . Wakley M . P ., held an inquest at the Crown and Anchor , King Street , Seven Dials , on the body of Mr . James Thorn , aged 58 , formerly a clergyman , but of late a portrait painter , whose confirmed habits of dissipation lost him his gown , which he unsuccessfully endeavoured to retrieve , and , from his peculiar taste for drawing , he subsequently became a portrait painter , in which undertaking he thrived for a time , but , in consequence of his continued profligate ways , he ultimately brought on pecuniary embarrassments , and had it not been for the occasional remittances of an opulent brother in Scotland , he must have suffered the utmost want . The deceased was also , naturally , a very eccentric character , and for some time past it
was difficult to know who he was , although his peculiar ways had attracted the attention of many . He had no regular place of abode , frequently sojourning at a tavern one day , and in a totally different quarter the next ; his chief whereabouts , however , was in the neighbourhood of Rathbone Place . He was removed from a coffee house in High Street , St . Giles ' s , on the night of Friday last , in a most deplorable state of drunkenness , to St . Giles ' s workhouse , where , notwithstanding hia extremely destitute appearance , upwarda of 15 s . and some coppers were feund upon him . During the same night delirium trcmens came on , and about ten next morning ( Saturday ) he expired . The jury erentually returned a verdict of " Natural death . "
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THE SELF-ACCUSED THIEF AND MURDEEER . At Hammersmith Police Court , on Monday , Ilenry Norman , the man who recently accused himself of having committed numerous atrocities too great for belief , was placed at the bar for examination , having been brought up from Liverpool , where he was apprehended . The greatest curiosity was manifested to behold him , and the Court was in consequence crowded . The offence of which he vft . s first accused was the robbery of Mr . Hoof , builder , in whose service the prisoner was as clerk when he absconded , about three weeks since , with upwards of 501 . The prisoner was most respeetably dressed . He is about five feet six inches high , dark hair and eyes , pale thin face , and took his station quite unconcerned at the serious situation in which he was placed , A solicitor said he attended on the part of Mr . Hoof , to prosecute in his case . He then called
llr . Win . Apps Smith , who deposed that he was chief clerk to Mr . Hoof , and lived in Brown's-buildings , Highstreet , Kensington . Knew the prisoner , Henry Norman , who , Hp to the 18 th of April last , was also a clerk in Mr . Hoof ' s service . On that day ( the 18 th of April ) , about eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , witness gave the prisoner 521 . in gold and silver moneys , with directions to go us he had before , with [ it to the Equitable Gas Company ' s works , at Stanford-bridge , King ' s-road , Fulham , and pay the foreman , and ivitli him the other men in Mr . Hoof ' s employ . Witness believed he gave the prisoner 40 Z . in gold and tl . in silver , and he was to pay the foreman twenty-five shillings , and jointly with him the other men . Witness had not seen the prisoner since , until he saw him at the bar .
George Arnold deposed that he was foreman over Mr . Hoof ' s men at the Gas factory . On the forenoon of Saturday , the 18 th of April , he saw the prisoner between ten and eleven o ' clock . He saw the prisoner in Mr . Hoofs office at Madeley House , Kensington , since which time he had not again seen him until in that Court . The prisoner did not on that day bring witness any money , neither did he pay any of thg men at the factory . Mr . Clive here asked Inspector Havill if the case was quite complete for the depositions to be taken . Inspector Havill said , Mr . Hoof's case was fully complete , but he had to apply that the prisoner might be remanded , as he had reason to believe that , if time were given , other charges of a most serious character would be brought forward against the prisoner . Jfr . Clive asked the prisoner if he ivished to say anything at that stage of the inquiry .
The prisoner said he had nothing at present to say on the subject . Mr . Clive then said , sufficient evidence had been taken to warrant him in remanding the prisoner for a week .
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MURDERS BY TOISOX . NoETn Tf ALsnAH . —Nothing can exceed the sensation and painful alarm that prevails in this portion of the county af Norfolk , consequent on the recent discovery of a system of wholesale poisoning , by which six persons are already known to have perished , aud the bodies of others are now being exhumed for the purpose of examination , it being supposed that they have come by their deatlis from the same cause . It appears that Mr . John Ball , living at the village of Happisburgh , a few miles distant , his wife and four grand children having died within a very short period , and in a very sudden manner , suspicions were excited , and a communication wa » forwarded to Mr . Pringle , one
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the coronors for the county , wh » promptly issued his wawant for holding an inquest , and directed that two of the bodies ihould be exhumed . . This was accordingly done , and on their being subjected to a pott mortem examination by three experienced medical gentlemen ° f the neighbourhood , they declared that each body contained as much arsenic as would poison the inhabitants of the whole parish . The coroner , on hearing the result of the medical examination , issued instructions to the parochial officers for the disinterment of the other bodies . This has been carried into effect , and the cause of their death ascertained to be arsenic . Several witnesses have been examined by the coroner , and their testimony goes far to implicate several parties in the commission of this dreadful tragedy . Until the facts are more satisfactorily proved , it is considered best for the ends of justice to omit mentioning tbeir names . The parties suspected are known to have purchased arsenic at different places about the time of he deaths ot the deceased .
During the last twelve weeks several relatives of Ball have died in a mysterious manner , and the exhumation of their bodies having been determined upon , the inquest is adjourned . Prsperty is the only thing which could have actuated the commission of so dreadful a transaction .
FURTHER PARTICULARS . The investigation concerning the recent wholesale murders by poisoning in this village , was brought to a close last evening by Mr . Pilgrim , ' one of the Norfolk County Coroners at the Haresborough-hill House . There are circumstances attached to the affair , which from its extraordinary and mysterious character , are necessary to be detailed , prior to entering into the evidence , in order that it might be perfectly understood The village of Happisburgh is situate on a cliff overhanging the sea , thirty miles from Yarmouth , and fifteen south of Cromer . It is better known as Hasborough , from Its contiguity to the twe famous lighthouses of that name , and is probably one of the most picturesque and secluded villages along the coast . The population amounts to not
more than 200 or 30 » . In the parish lived an old couple , named Jonathan and Elizabeth Balls , the former 77 and the latter 83 . They were supported by parochial relief . The woman had for several years been bedridden . They had three daughters married , who had had a number of children , and it Is the sudden and suspicious death of several of them that gave rise to the rumours of their being poisoned , and hence arose tlie Coroner's inquiry . Three years ago an infant nine weeks old , named Ann Elizabeth Pestle , a grandchild of Balls , died , and Was buried in Hasborough Churchyard , within a few hourB . The next was a boy , Samuel , of the same parents , whose demise took place under precisely similar circumstances as the girl ' s in last September , and waa interred by the side of his sister . Three months afterwards two
more deaths in the family occurred , namely , Balls wife and another of the grandchildren , Elizabeth Ann Pestle , sad were buried on one day . Although the sudden character 6 f their deaths excited much sensation in the parish ) yet nothing of a suspii ious feeling seemed to exiBt . The death of Balls , however , occurring on the 20 th ult ., after being attacked in a similar way as the other deceased members of the family , man ; rumours got afloat in the neighbourhood , that hi » death , like the others , was the result of poison . Notwithstanding these reports the corpse was buried , a large number of villagers attended the funeral . In all these very mysterious cases not the slightest notice of them was forwarded to the Coroner by the parockial authorities ; but the public feeling having become bo strong on the subject , and numerous
communications having been sent to the Coroner , this gentleman at length took the matter ap . He issued a summons to the authorities for the disinterment of Jonathan Balls and Ann Elizabeth Pestle , the little girl , who was buried on the day his wife was , and the empannelling of a Jury to inquire into the cause of their death . At the first meeting of the Jury , the CoroDer , in consequence of some private information he had received , to the effect that the deceased ' s death had really taken place from poison , tho extraordinary preservation of both bodies indicating the fact , refused to swear Anue Pestle , the mother of the child , who , it was understood , was the only witness that could really throw any light upon the affair . This eourge it appears waB adopted , from the circumstance of her having some 12 years ago bought arsenic for
the purpose of destroying rats . Being desirous of affording all the information she could , she stated that her child had certainly died suddenly , as wellas herfather ; but she had not the slightest reason to suppose that they had died from poison . That of her child she attributed to sore throat , and herfather to old age . The Jury , on viewing the remains of Balls , weresurprised on iindingin the coffin two walking sticks , one on each side of the body , an iron poker , several pocket-handkerchiefs , and a piece of plum cake in each hand . The inquiry was adjourned , in order to afford a post mortem examination of the bodies being made , and on the Jury reassembling . the Coroner informed them that he should again adjourn the inquiry until Monday ( yesterday ) with the view of having the other
bodies lying in the churchyard exhumed , and examined , as the medical gentlemen had satisfactorily ascertained that the deatk of Jonathan Balls , and his grandchild , Ann Elizabeth Pestle , was produced by arsenic , and they had every cause to believe that the rest of the deceased family had been disposed of by the same means , and from what he had heard from other quarters , he feered there were cases of as suspicious a character at EastPreBton , an adjacent village . This announcement , although it created the deepest sensation amongst the inhabitants , ouly bore out the truth of their suspicions , and which they had entertained for so long a period . The villagers for miles round crowded the churchyard , and in order to secure the due preservation of the sacred premises , the police were obliged to be called into requisition .
In accordance with the adjournment , Mr . Pilgrim , the Coroner , arrived from Norwich at nine o ' clock at the Haresborough-hill House , to prosecute the inquiry . On the Jury being called over , they proceeded to view the bodies , which had been ordered to be exhumed at the previous inquiries . The Rev . Mr . Birch , the Vicar of the parish , the Churchwardens , and several officers attached to the neighbouring coast guard station , were present during the proceedings . William Pestle , a labouring man , said—I am the
sonin-law of the deceased Jonathan Balls . I liave seen the bodies exhumed this morning . They nve those of Elizabeth Balls , my mother-in-law , AnnElizabeth and Samuel Pestle , my children . My mother has been dead 19 weeks . Was not at her death , but saw her a few days before she died . She appeared to be very quiet , as if asleep . No surgeon attended her , and she had been bedridden for the last four years . There were in the house at the time of her death , my wife , Mary Green , and Elizabeth Peggs , married women ; her daughter , Mavy Haughter ; Sarah Kerrison , the servant , and old Jonathan Balls .
Coroner , Do you know anything about what they had taken ? Witness , —No , Sir ; I don't know anything about "that . " Coroner . — " That ? " What do you mean by that ? Witness . —Why that I den ' t know anything about the poison they are said to have had . I do not know anything abaut poison having been purchased by my wife . Have heard her say that thirteen or fourteen years ago She wrote a note for arsenic , and sent it with a little girl , for the purpose of killing rats . My master , Mr . Pye , suggested that poison , but I never saw any of it in the house . Coroner . Do you know what became of it ?
Witness . Only that it was laid for rats in the coalhouse . She told me that she had got some as soon as she got it . Never heard of any poison being purchased just before Mrs . Balls ' s death . The first time I heard anything oflt was yesterday fortnight . I wag told of it by John Wright about a week after Jonathan Ball ' s death . He told me that he had been to Mr . Heekley ' s , a druggist , of Salham , and purchased some arsenic to kill rats . My wife did not know that until I told her . My children were first attacked with sickness , at least so my wife Informed me . I thought it strange that they should have died so suddenly , but I never thought they were poisoned . My boy Samuel was subject to stoppage , and I considered that was the cause of his death . Bid not know that my father ' s house was infested with rats , but hare heard him say it was . I am sure there were rats in my own house . My master , Mr . Pye , showed me some in the barn that liad been poisoned . If ever heard my father quarrel with his wife , they seemed to live on the best of terms .
Mr . G . W . Frith , surgeon of Norwich—I assisted Mr Clowes in the post-mortem examination of the bodies that have been exhumed this day . We first examined the infant . It was so much decomposed that its various parts could not bo distinguished , and therefore we have been unable to trace poison . It is possible that it may contain it . We have looked for arsenic , and have applied the usual tests , but a more elaborate and prolonged Jexaminatiou might detect it . We next examined the boy , Samuel Pestle . The internal organs were in a
remarkable state of preservation . We found some small ulcers in the stomach , which were coated with a brilliant yellow matter . These yellow appearances , we suspected , were a decomposition of the white arsenic . We cut out one of these yellow spots , and succeeded in reducing the metallic arsenic from it , and applying other tests , which proved beyond all doubt arsenic . We conclude , therefore , that it caused death . We then examined the old woman . The stoinack was quito empty . We examined some of the coating of the stomach and a portion of the liver . In each found distinct traces of arsenic . Finding
arsenic in such a substance as the liver , leads me to suppose it must have been taken in a large quantity to so absorb , ami consequently to produce death . I have no doubt about it , Mr . R . Clowes , surgeon , of Salham , fully corroborated the testimony of Mr . Frith . The three daughters of Balls , Mrs . Pestle , Green , and Peggs , were then called in . The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evidence in a very clear manner . He thought the facts did not fij upon any party so as to warrant them in sending the case to another tribunal . If any one was inculpated , the fjpgcr of suspicion must certainly be pointed te the deceased Jonathan Balls , and he was bsyond the reach of the law . He recommended them to return sucli a verdict as would enable the officers to have tho matter further inquired into , should such circumstances arise as required it . It was a ease of great suspicion .
the Jury then found , after half-att-llOUr ' S consultation , that the deceased Jonathan Balls , Elisabeth Balls , Samuel Pestle , and Ann Elizabeth Pestle , died from the effects of poison , but how administered there was no evidence to show . The inquiry did not terminate until half . past five o ' clock .
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-ELOPBMENT . ~ Within tKe last few days a considerable sensation haa been excited in the little villageof Wad worth , near- Doncaster , by -.. the elopement < of a rich farmer ' s daughter , in her eighteenth year , vith a young man of the neighbourhood , rather in humble circumstances . The "happy pair , " itseems &en to the town of Nottingham , where an incident occurred which led to the discovery of their hiding-place , and put a period , at least for , the present , to their marriage . After appearing before the vicar of St . Mary ' s , a surrogate , resident in the town , and making the usual affidavit , tlie bridcfiroom . in prospect hasied
with a certificate to the office of the registrar for a licence , where his manner , dialect , and bumpkin appearance , led to a suspicion in the mind of the clerk that the man had been guilty of misrepresentation , On inquiry , it turned out that , with his intended . spouse , he had only reached Nottingham the previous evening , instead of having resided there , as he iiad sworn in his affidavit , for fifteen days . A letter was scut to Wadworth . and the grand secretbeingknown , a chaise and pair quickly brought the rich old : armer to Nottingham , from whence , on Thursday hwt , lie csnveyed his daughter , to remain for a little time longer under her paternal roof .
Dissipation and Suicide . — On Saturday , ivfr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Elephant find Castle . King ' s-road . Camden-towni on the body of A nrlrevf Tate , aged 30 . The deceased was a journeyman baker , latterly in the employ of Mr . Glemiinning , Charlotte-street , Fitzrey-square , and was very intemperate . On Monday last he absented himself from his work , and nothing more was known him till Wednesday , when he Wa 3 found floating in the St . Pancraa docks of the Regent ' s Canal , near to Counsellor Agar ' s mansion . The jury , in the absence
of any direct testimony as to how the deceased came into the water , returned a verdict of "Found drowned . " Caution A gainst Lending Newspapers for Hike . —Tliis custom having become very prevalent to 'he seiioua injury of newspaper proprietors , we recommend to the notice of persons -o offending the following clause from the 29 th Geo . III ., c . 50 , sec . 9 : — " No hawker of a newspaper , or other person , shall let out a newspaper for hire to any person or different persons , or from house to house , on pain of forfeiting five pounds . "—Bristol Journal .
TirB Rev . J . R Stephens . —This gentleman , who figured before the public a few years ago with so mueh effect as a Chartist speaker , and as an earnest advocate of the separation of the Church from the-State { for urging which he was expelled from the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion ) is now settled down as a farmer between Ashton and Oldham , and was on Wednesday last sworn in as head-constable of the township in which he resides , before James Jowcit , Esq ., the magistrate whosigned his committment to jail , four or five years since , on the charge of a political offence at Hyde , for which he was tried at Chester , before Mr , Justice Fattieson , and . convicted , — Manchester Times .
Death of Sib William Miller , Bart . —We have to record the death of Sir William Miller , Bart ., better known as Lord Glenlee , who expired on Saturday week last , at Barskiming , Ayrshire . Thedeceased baronet was in bis 90 th year . He was a good man , and greatly beloved by his tenantry and neighbours . May his successor tvead in Ins footsteps . The Master Boot and Shoemakers of Sheffield have agreed to close their shops every evening at eight o ' clock , for the future , all the year round . Sudden Death . —On Saturday , Mr . Baker held an inquest at the City Arms , City-road , on the bodv of
Mr . Isaac Ilinde , a cheese merchant , late of City Garden-row , St . Luke ' s . The deceased had been an inhabitant of the parish twenty-seven years , and was much respected for his liberality and kindness . Thursday was the anniversary of his wedding-day , and at night he retired to bed in good spirits and apparent health . Two hours afterwards Mrs . Hintte heard a rattling in his throat , and being unable to arouse him , she got up and struck a light ; but before she could afford him any aid he was a corpse . Medical evidence was given , showing that the deceased died from natural causes , and a verdict to that
effect was returned . BiRTHS Extraordinary . —On Monday afternoon , a poor woman , named Mason , living near the Rose and Grown , Bromley , Middlesex , was safely delivered of four fine boys . They were christened by the Rev . Mr . Boyle , curate of the parish , by the nap . ies of Matthew , Mark , Luke and John . Her husband is a very hard-working man , employed by Mr . Ratford , the extensive market-gardener , at Bromley , Middlesex . The medical attendant was Mr . Gardener , jun . The mother and children , according to tke accounts last evening , were all going oa well . The Parisian Punch , " Le Charivari , " has been , by superior order , prohibited from being read in , Vienna ; all copies destined for that capital being seized in the frontier post-offices .
The Swell Mob . —On Saturday morning , as a merchant was leaving the branch bank of England , Liverpool , ono of the London swell mob took a pocket-book ,, containing £ 260 , out of his pocket . Fortunately the thief was discovered , taken into custody , and ill tllu uuurso uf an liuur , waa cuininlUCU for trial . A New Trade—An impudent fraud , by which many of the respectable inhabitants of Coventry and . its neighbourhood were completely swindled out of their money , was successfully practised in that city on Friday se ' nnight . It appears that a concert , under royal patronage , was advertised to take place in St . Mary's Hall on the evening of the above day . The artists announced were the veteran Brabam
Mr . C . Bland , Miss Romer , the Misses Smith , Signor Sivori , and in the whole about fifty performers . Admission was to be by ticket only , 5 s . each , to be had at the hall , from twelve till three o'clock . The scheme was a most attractive one , and the tickets were in great demand . One of the parties engaged in the hoax remained at his post until four o ' clock in the afternoon , when he left , as it was thought , for the purpose of completing the necessary arrangements for the perfoimers , having previously taken care to have the music-stands placed for them in a proper position . At the hour named for the doors to be opened , the purchasers of tickets flockedfor admission ; but there was no one to receive the tickets , and they walked into the hall and quietly took their
seats . After waiting long past the hour announced for the commencement of the concert , the audience retired from the hall , nrach chagrined at their disappointment , and some not a little enraged at baving been swindled out of their money . There were three actors in thw disgraceful affair , the principal of whom went by the name of Haydon , alias Proctor , and another of the gang is known by the name of Chadwick . The name of the third has not trans , pired . Two of these worthies , it is stated , formed part of a company of theatricals latclyHperformingai ; Gloucester . Loxdon Peace Society . —Last night a crowded meeting of the friends of universal peace was held in Finsbury Chapel , Finsbury-square , Charles Hindley , Esq ., M . P ., the President of the Society , presided . The Rev . John Jefferson , the secretary , read the
report , from which it appeared that during the past year the principles maintained by the society have made greater progress than in any previous year since its commencement , in 1 S 29 . A strenuous effort had been made , within tho last few months , in opposition to the threatened embodiment of the militia force of Una kingdom . 560 , 000 tracts had been distributed during the movement ; 22 , 000 letters had been sent by post to Peers , Members of Parliament , and other influential parties throughout the kingdom , and to Paris , the West Indies , and America Many books and publications had been sent , nil of which were in advocacy of tlic principles of universal peace . During the year , the subscriptions and donations , with tlie total receipts , had amounted to 2 . SUI . 10 s ., and the expenditure to l . TSSZ . 0 s . Id .
Enormous Cod Fish . —Mr . J . Andrew , of Whitby , fishmonger , had in liis possession last week , a lvost extraordinary cod fish , in fact , one of the largest that has been caught along this coast for a great number of years . The following are the particulars : —Weight , 3 stone , 7 * lbs . ; length , 4 feet Clinches ; circumference , 2 feet 6 J inches . Death from a Pea . —A boy , two years of age . the son of Charles Stewart M'Fale , who lives at Ilazleboltoin , was on Tuesday playing with a few peas which his mother Iiad given to him , when he suddenly
began to gasp , as if choked . His alarmed mother ran to inform her husband , and a crowd collected . Mr . Juclces , surgeon , of Crumpsail , was riding by , and thinking that the cliiW was labouring ; under suffocation , he rode home for his instruments , returned , made an incision in the windpipe , and introduced a silver tube , in order that tlie child mipht breathe . It died , however , at half-past seveu in tho evening . On the following day Mr . Jtickes made n post mortem examination of the body , and found a pea firmly lodged in the larynx . This , of course , was the cause of death .
The Late Fight wjtwp . es Gill asd Norlt >\\ - » The winner of this fight ( Gill ) lias been bound , himself in £ S 0 and two sureties in £ -1 q each , to appear at the next Oxford sessions , to answer a charge of committing n , breach of the peace in this last pugilistic conflict IIlCinVAV ROBP . ERY AND CURIOUS DETECTION' . — Archibald Eisin , a discharged soldier from the Foot Guards , was on Monday brought before the County Magistrates at Rochester , and committed for trial at the next quarter sessions at Maidstonc , on a charge of robbing a . man named Braddy , on the Dover road , between Sittingbounie and Chatham , on Saturday ,
the 9 th instant . Prosecutor had been to Sifchngbournc to sell cast-off clothes , and about midnigut was returning homo io Chatham , when he was met by the prisoner between Kttvington and Davtlip , wl-o , pretending that he was a policeman belonging to ( ho station in that neighbourhood , searched his bundle , and hulyed himself io a pair of trowsers and two pair of shoes , lie ( lieu rifled liis pocket of a taj" " .. 1 ! 11 " five shillings in silver , and decamped . /» <» tu ! * further was keard of the fellow until the following Tuesday , when , at a skittle ground in Chatham , ne unsuspectingly offered the stolen property to thejwn of the prosecutor , and was , in consequence , apprehended . /"" / W /< :: \ " ' ¦' YiT ^ ' * ' /• ¦
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A " Gent " . —At the Marylebone Police office on Monday , a respectable-looking man named James Dickensbn , was charged by Brooks , 169 S , who said — ' Please your worship , at two oVlnok yesterday morning 1 found this ' gent' drunk , in Park-road , and took him into custody . "—Mr . Rawlinsen : Who do you say you found drunk ? — Constable : This "gent , " your worshi p . —Mr . Rawlinson : What do you mean by " gent ,- " there is no such word in nlir language . I hold a man who is called a " gent" to be the greatest blackguard there is ;? -HTp the prisoner ) : What do you say—I hope you are not a " gent ' "—Prisoner : I am not Sir , and I think tb » t 1 know tlie distinction between a " gent" and a
gentleman . "—Mr . Rawlinson : I dare say you
, him for his trespass . Upon this , between one and two hundred of the people at BoreJand Colliery , men and women , turned out upon the captain , some of them with stones and sticks in their hands , and attacked him in a most riotous , disgraceful manner ; some seized his horse , others took him by the lees and tried to cap 8 ) ze him , while others threatened him with stones in their hands , and others again swore with the most horrid oaths that they would knock the brains out of him . Others , still-more insolent , told him that he ought to be at his duties in Parliament instead of watching pheasants' eggs and terrifying children . At last three of the captain ' s armed keepers came to his rescue , and , by threatening to lire upon the mob , got them so far quieted that our
member was enabled to escape their clutches . —Fifeshire Journal . [ Most likely the captain did not get mlfliis deserts . His cowardly brutality in assaulting a child deserved to be severely punished . We are glad that the people of Boreland Colliery had pluck enough to resent the ruffianism of this " insolent" land-robber . The " insolent" slave of the Fifeshire Journal deserves ducking in a hersepond for lis abuse of the poor people , who we hope will serve him out if they catch him . ] Balwon Ascen t—On Monday evening , Mr . C . Green ascended once more with his magnificent baloon , the Albion , from the grounds of the Royal Standard Tavern , at Hoxton . althoutrb . cvidenth
suffering from the effectsof thesevereand nearly fatal accident which hemet with last week in Suffolk . The weather was mostunpropitious for such an exhibition , and bo boisterous during the evening , that the baliOon heaved and bounded from side to side at a fearful rate , frequently bowing down to the ground , and sweeping the heads of the spectators , and then rebounding with such violence as to snap many of the cords by which it was restrained . Several men , holding the guide lines , were seen with their hands cut and covered with blood . The ascent took place about twenty minutes before eight , when the balloon , bearing the veteran , and his brother , Mr . H . Green , being released , rose in good style , and went off with great velocity towards Hertfordshire .
Serious Robbery . —On Monday a robbery of very serious amount was committed upon the premises of Mr . Sawyer , a livery-stablekeeper , in the Curtainroad , Shoreditch . On inquiry , it appeared that he p laced a bag containing £ C 9 in bank notes and £ 40 in gold and silver in a cupboard in his countinghouse , and another bag containing £ 7 10 s . in a desk , with directions to his foreman to take the larger amount to the banker ' s in the course of the day . Both cupboard and desk were locked , as was also the counting-house door ; but , about two o ' clock in the afternoon , when the foreman went to execute his commission , he discovered that the place had in the meantime been entered , and the desk and cupboard broken open , and the two bags containing upwards of £ 107 stolen . Information was immediately given to the police , and the officers , upon inspection , had no doubt that the robbery had been committed by some person well acquainted with the premises . Boz Amongst the Turks . —Charles Dickens has
left the Daily News , and together with his wife and family , is preparing to wing his way to the neighbourhood of Constantinople . Don Antonio Zumalacabregbt , brother of the celebrated Carlist chief of that name , died at Madrid on the 2 nd . Visit of General Tom Thumb to the St Katherinb ' s Docks . —A few davs ago , much amusement , was caused in the St . Katherine ' s Dock by the visit of General Tom Thumb . He was driven to the dock in a cab , and was smuggled in , un known to the gatekeepers , by him conductor , who , in the first instance , conveyed him on board the large New York packet Ship Prince Albert , when he went through part of his pitfoMuance , to the great delight of the
crew . One ot the sailors , however , gave much offence to the General by taking him up and putting him in his pocket . He next visited the packet-ship Westminster . It soon became known that the " General" was in the dock , and people flocked from all quarters to catch a glirnse of him . His conductor at last put him under his cloak and proceeded to the principal entrance , where he was stopped by a Custom-house officer , who ordered him to throw his cloak aside , Tom Thumb ' s conductor did so , and exhibited the little fellow , who was allowed to pass duty free , although certainly a " contraband article not specified in the new tariff . " Miraculous Escape . —A few days ago an accident happened to a workman employed in the repairs now
going on in the Preston theatre , which might have been attended witli fatal consequences , and it is indeed wonderful how the man escaped injury . He was at the time employed in repairing tlie ceiling , and was situate immediately in front of the gallery , from which was projecting a bar of iron , when a portion of the scaffolding gare way , and he was immediately precipitated from the coiling to the pit , falling with his head downwards . During the fall his head came in contact with the bar of iron in front of the gallery , which it broke , and also in tho pit tho poor fellow ' s head again struck upon and went through a temporary wooden step in front of the centre box : but fortunately , he was not hurt beyond a few bruises , and is now at work again .
The Cholera . —The journals of Eastern Prussia state that this dreadful disease has made its appearance at St . Petersburg . Hbr Majesty ' s Birth-day . —Her Majesty ' s birthday this year , in consequence of the near approach of an interesting event , will be celebrated on Tuesday , the 9 fch of June , instead of the 24 th of May . —Hom ing Paper , Warning to Newspaper Scribblers . —If some of the numerous writers who are impatient to see tbeir crude and hasty scrawls in the ZVt 6 une should happen to read the following paragraph from the Providence
Journal and discover its applicability to themselves , it would not occasion us the slightest grief : — " Persons who write on both sides of the . ' paper must not complain if thoy never hear of thoir manuscripts ; it is always inconvenient to publish articles so written . As for those—and we have many such correspondents —who write illegibly , incorrectly , and withoutregard to punctuation , they only waste their paper . We will not take the trouble to correct any man's bad English or to spell through any man's illegible writing . Such manuscripts we invariably ' file for insertion ' —in the stove . "— -New York Tribune .
American Items . '— The editor of wie Sandusktj Clarion thus heads the prospectus of" his paper , and holds forth tlie following liberal offer as one of his standing terms : —* 'To such ; as are unable to take the paner at these prices , we will read it whenever they will assemble in companies of fifty or more , in front of our office , on a warm day , free , gratis , for nothing ! Any of our present subscribers may avail themselves of these rates of paying arrearages . "—The slave trade appears to be brisk in South Carolina ! no less than 310 human beings having been recently advertised for sale in a single paper in Charleston .
" The Lichi op other Dats has Faded . "—The Era , a sporting newspaper , announces its " retirement from _ tho ropes of the prizeYuig , " the editor ' s opinion being " against the continuance of the profession as at present continued . " Tho editor observes : — " With sorrow have we seen the gradual decline of British boxing into English pugilism . Looking upon sparring as a noble manly , and invigorating exercise , we have regarded with regret its gradual degradation to the purposes of a disgusting pursuit ; and well assured as we are , that the best friends of boxing have fallen away by reason of its unmitigated ruffianism , its scenes of wrangling violence , and its continual displays of cowardly chicanery , we leave the suicide—guilty ef self-destructionhurrying down the current of the tvorld ' s opinion to be buried in the oblivion of contempt . "
Great National Painting . —A New York paper states that a young artist of Louisyille , Kentucky , is engaged on a picture which , when completed , will cover upwards of three lineal miles of canvas ! 16 is , in fact , a panoramic view of the Mississipi and Ohio rivers , commencing with the Litter at Petersburgh to its junction with the Mississipi , at Cairo ; and then " the great father of waters " from the mouth of tho Missouri to the gulf of Mexico—a continuous line of scenery of mere than three thousand miles in extent ! Architectural Congress . —The architects from all parts of the world talk of holding a general congress of architects once every three years , the first to take place at Athens .
Literary Secrets . —Douglas Jen-old is " off " Punch ; and the presiding genius of Bradbury and Evans ' s famous periodical is Mr . Thackeray , tbo Michael Angelo Titmarsh of Fraser . Washington Irving has just completed a " Life of Mahomet . " The principal scene ofDickens ' snewstoryislaidin the West of England .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 23, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1367/page/3/
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