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at Bow-common There was blood on the prisoner ' s face ™ d toldson wiped it off with his handkerchief . A p £ c ? n stable was sent for , and Cox , 264 K , soon came to thespot c £ Uet him in Picket-street , Limehouse , and , having j ^ aved i description of him , asked him what that was that was W ™ the grass . The prisoner said he knew nothing of him , on which the policeman insisted on Ms returning to the spot , which ho tafused to do . Cox took him by the collar and made him return As soon as the prisoner reached the spot where Faul was 1 vW on the grass , he proceeded towards a bank which was bounflpf by a fence a few yards off , and , under pretence of pressing
a n < y » P . SKlt . V _ font frnm 1-ne + vn « o « ,, r < nnn 1 ,,. j . . i , . l"y « lg necessity , took from his trousers-pocket a watch , which he et fall on the ground , buried it under the grass , and dragged so , ™ bricks and dirt over it with his feet . \ lad JX £% who had watched the prisoner ' s actions , mentioned the cireum ' stance to a man named Walters , who went to the spot and found the watch . It turned out to be the one which had been taken off the prosecutor ' s neck . On being searched at the stationhouse the prosecutor ' s money was found upon the prisoner-Mr . Ingham committed the prisoner for trial at the next Mid dlesex Sessions .
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Progress of Cholera in , Poland and Prussia . — We are profoundly distressed in announcing that ravages of the most fearful description have been made in the city of Warsaw by the dreadful scourge Asiatic cholera . The mortality , we understand , has been altogether almost beyond precedent . Out of nearly six thousand stricken with the disease within a moderate interval of time , upwards of four thousand had expired . The spectacle presented in consequence throughout the streets is said to be of a most lamentable and heart-rending character . The graveyards were crowded to repletion Avith the remains of those who had perished—and the burials were as wholesale as those described in London
by Defoe and in Florence by Boccaccio . We await most anxiously the arrival of further particulars in reference to the progress of the modem plague , desirous , as we cannot fail to be , to learn that these particulars may have been in some degree exaggerated . Such , however , we fear , cannot possibly be the result of any additional investigation . The circumstances above referred to—circumstances which we are here the first to make public by means of the present announcement—must be regarded as altogether beyond the reach of contradiction . From Posen the returns are to the 20 th ; on that date there were 68 new cases , of which 58 were fatal . In Ostrowa , from the 16 th to the 20 th , 21
persons had been attacked by the disease , of whom 16 died ; in all , up to the latter date , * there had been 378 cases , of whom 178 were fatal . The reports still give hopes that the pest is really abating , as the cases for the last two ^ days had diminished in number , though in those seized it appeared in a very malignant form . It is especially severe in the villages , where the proportion of deaths is still greater than in the towns . In Przygodzice , 70 persons , or full one-eighth of the inhabitants , had been carried off . The last returns from Landsberg , in Silesia , is to the 19 th . The total number of cases to that date had been 267 , of which 117 were fatal ; 84 were cured .
Economy in Eoyal Salutes . — " Scientific Punch , —Great o bjection is made to the waste of gunpowder which is made in firing salutes . To save this expense , and at the same time reserving for illustrious dersonages the honour of being stunned , let me recommend to the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty the substance called Quadrochloride of Nitrogen , which is one of the most explosive compounds known . You make it by simplv setting a jar of chlorine to stand inverted
in a solution of sal-ammoniac : materials cheap enough . A drop of it no bigger than a pea goes off with a loud bang , and a very small quantity of it would make a greater noise than a forty-pounder ; besides which , it has the advantage of being extremely dangerous , and much more likely than gunpowder to blow hands off ; moreover , of smelling perhaps worse . Of the truth of these statements I am ready to take my—Davy . —The Laboratory , August , 1852 . "—Punch .
Child Murder . —On Wednesday night the body of an mant supposed to have been murdered , was found on ^ the roof ° f a stable in the neighbourhood of the Adelphi .
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Miss Martixeau in Belfast . —This eminent authoress visited tfeuast last week , and , on Thursday , proceeded to Dublin on her way to the west of Ireland . Death in a Police Cisu ,. —On Wednesday . Mr . Waklev held T li l 1 t ! le Collc 8 ' e ArmS i ColieSe-sirect , Camden-towu , on trie body of a man unknown , about 45 . years of age . H . Hall , police-cons table , 264 , S , stated that at six o ' clock on Monday evening he fOlmd deceased lying apparently drunk on the pavement in Little Drummond Street . Witness had him conveyed " « a stretcher to the station-housewherhe lid " his ^ iiv / iiviu
, e was aupon i . -i . — ""~ uu »~» w . » , " uvu ; no mis mm ujjuh inn wacic in the cell . He was then unconscious . Mr . Smelley , the ponce-surg eon , was sent for . Dr . Smelley said that as soon as jie was sent for on Monday evening he attended deceased , who uaa been twenty minutes dead when he arrived . Upon a post mortem examination he found that death resulted from extravasation of olood on the brain , produced by the r apture of a blood vinl ' i could not say wnetliev tne rapture was caused by MOience drink , or natural causes . The jury returning a verdict hi accordance with the circumstances , and animadverted severely on the negligence of the police .
The King ' s-ckoss Terminus op the Great Northern . —The directors of the Great Northern Railway Company have appointed Monday the 20 th of September , for the public opening ot tins station , which is now rapidly drawing near completion . n ; ™ Ciioleiu .-A correspondent of the Forth British 7 Ilr { wntes as follows : ~ ' Reasoning from what happened m 1835 and 1847 , Asiatic Cholera will , in the course of a few months , perhaps weeks , visit Glasgow for the third time , to sweep into the grave thousands of its citizens . Abrivai . of Gabet ra America , —Citizen Cabet arrived at JNeauvoo , Illinois , on thee 23 rd of July .
T . HE Ivew Florin . —The new florin is now current . It is a larger , or rather broader , piece than the former one . The obverse presents the crowned bust of the Queen , with the legend m Gothic characters—Victoria d . g . brit . reg . f . » . mdccclii ; the reverse—one florin—one-tenth of a pound . The Last or the Crystal Palace .-TIio Palace is now a desolate blank , and in a few days every portion of the upper part will be taken away , hundreds of vans being engaged dail
y in the transfer of the materials to Sydenham . At the close of the week will come the "diggings ' ; " and here unthought-of treasures are expected to be found . The flooring will have last to be taken up , and the most exteaordinory prices have been ottered ftethe privilege of searching the ground underneath , where it is expected many valuables will be found , as great room was afforded in the flooring of the Great Exhibition for valuables to pass through .
Salmon Fishing . —One gentleman , Captain Martinus Bowie , killed 200 salmon this season at Killarney . Registration op Voters . —Mr . Christie , the revising barrister , has given notice that he will commence his registration this year of voters for members to serve in Parliament for the city of London on Thursday , the 16 th of next month .
m Swindling . —At the Middlesex Sessions , Wm . Rose , was convicted of committing frauds by falsely representing that he was an officer of the Court of Chancery , and that the persons he defrauded were entitled to property which he could recover for them . The sentence was that he be transported for seven years . Tea was first imported from Holland by the Earls of Arlington and Ossory , in 1666 ; from their ladies the women of quality learned its use . Its price was then £ 3 a pound , and continued the same till 1707 . In 1715 we began to use green tea , and the practice of drinking it descended to the lower classes of the people .
The Language of Hats . —I found my black European hat very conspiceous here ( Debreczin ) . At last I said something about it to a friend , a preacher , with a somewhat humorous turn . " You are very unfortunate , " said he ; you have an Austrian official hat . Now this , " taking up a ' low-crowned , broad-brimmed hat , like one of the English " wideawakes , " the American " Californias , " " is durchaus socialistischer and democratischer , ' a thoroughly socialist and democratic hat , and would send me to the Austrian guardhouse if I should wear i , in the streets . This however , " and he raised another with a more pointed crown and a narrower brim , "is merely a schlecht hut
' -gesinute , '— -an evil-disposed hat" This word " evil-disposed " has almost passed into a phrase in Hungary to mean anything which is opposed to the government , and of course , in consequence anything which the Hungarians like . " This again , " he continued , taking up a black hat , like the Kossuth hats in vogue here , " is a purely neutral hat ; Hungarian , but not revolutionary . And this , " handing me mine , " is a thoroughly Austrian , well-disposed reactionnaire ( reactionary hat ) . " This analysis ot hats was amusing enough though it all speaks strongly , much more than more important facts , of the present condition of Hungary . —Brace ' 8 Hungary in 1851 .
A Fkekch Bandit in London , — We understand that De Persigny , one of the most infamous tools of the intamous Louis Buonaparte , is at present in London , holding suspicious intercourse with the Government . A Town Killed with Kindness . —Droliy enough Bedford is an example of a town killed with kindness . It has been pauperised by the number and wealth of its charities . * A mechanic or small tradesman can send his child , if it be sick , to a free hospital ; when older , to a free school , where even
books are provided ; when the boy is apprenticed , a fee may be obtained from a charity at half-time of apprenticeship , a second fee ; on the expiration , a third ; on going to service , a fourth ; if he marries , lie expects to obtain from a charity , fund a " portion" with his wife , also educated at a charity , and if he has not sufficient industry or prudence to lay by for old age—and those are virtues which he is not likely to practise—ho looks forward with confidence at being boarded and lodged at one of Bedford ' s fifty-nine almshouses .
Diet op Napoleon . —1 he frugality of Napoleon was such , that his taste gave the preference to the most simple and the least-seasoned dishes ; as cmfs au miroir and havisots en salade . His breakfast was almost always composed of one of these dishes and a little Parmesan cheese . At dinner he ate little , rarely of ragauts , and always of wholesome things . I have often heard him say , ' that however little nourishment people took at dinner , they always took to much . " Thus his head was always clear , and his labour easy , even
when he rose from table . Gifted by nature with a healthy stomach , his nights were as calm as those of an infant ; nature , also , had bestowed on him a constitution so admirably suited to his station , that a single hour of sieep Avould restore him after twenty-four hours' fatigue . In the midst of the most serious and urgent events , he had the power of resigning himself to sleep at leisure , and his mind enjoyed the most perfect calm , as soon as directions were given for tho necessary arrangements .
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QUITE THE GENTLEMAN !
Probably there are not two persons to be found who will ^ n-c the game definition of a gentleman . Each has his own ii ' . taM y - . i . u .,:, w ; a w . , . „• . . ;;• , . liUws which ought to belong to that character . One thinks it consists in wealth , another in nne dress and easy manners , a third in a certain station in society , and a iourth in politeness , suavity , and honourable bearing The dictionary definition is , " Every man above the rank of a yeoman , bearing a coat of arms . " Another description is , " Every man who . se occupation or income raises him above menial service or an ordina . iy trade ; " and so on . These are , indeed , very loose and unsatisfactory definitions . J
Iho waiter at an urn calls him " quite the gentleman , " who adds a liberal chumir to the bill , and forgets neither boots , hostler , nor chamber-maid . But at the Herald's office , there is many a gentleman registered , many a real esquire , whom waiters without hesitation would pronounce to be " no gentleman , " and this is the waiter standard Go to the shopkeeper , and you will find his definition of the gentleman" to be , one who buys largely , and pays his way ; not being over critical as to prices charged or bills rendered .
Go to the livery stable , and you will there find " the gentleman" is one who rides ' a good horse , follows the hounds occasionally , and " tips" the groom and the huntsman . Go to the race-course , and " the gentleman" there is one who bets fearlessly and largely , taking the odds or gi ving them , and never found in the list of defaulters . bpjGo lower still , and you will :
Hie clansman sees in his chief the head gentleman of his sept . He boasts , " If you could see Vich Ian Vohr with his tail on !" The exclusive classes have another test . What is his tamily ? Is he of the blue blood ? If the common puddle runs m his veins , he is " no gentleman . " Our opinion is , that the only true definition of a gentleman is— ' A man of true and noble character . " When you adopt this definition , you at once strip the designation of all that is adventitious . You make the title rest on true merit , not on accident ; on personal qualities , not on possessions on the inner man , and not on his outer trappings
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DEFINITIONS , b ^ broftS ° ° ' chiklren ' ^ out of his Property W—Tke sun of life ; most beautiful in morning and in evening , but warmest and steadiest at noon . Bank—A gilt barge on the river Credi , t in which < r an ( lees are carried forward by the labour of the horses on iho towing-paths . Sincerity . —An ill-used child of humanity , continually flogged , and kept in a dark cellar on bread and water . nine . —The solvent in which minds effervesce and melt down .
Faith— A . strong arm to work for us in health and vouth ; a nrm shoulder to lean upon in sickness and age . Lawyer . —A brass-headed nail to keep things together . lower . —A wild horse ; difficult to seize but more difficult to ride . Music —The winds caught and tamed . Patronage .- —Ass's milk to nourish sickly genius . Labour . —The wooing by which nature ' is won . Bee . —A stinging satire on human " civilisation . " Revenge . —Quenching your thirst with brandy . fame . —A coquette adored by inferior minds and endured by superior .
Letter . —A messenger whom we never wish to see return . Malice . —The dirty road on which revenge travels . Money . —An alter on which self sacrifices to self . Dreams . —Dreams usually take place in a single instant , notwithstandin g the length of time they seem to occupy , lhey are , in fact , slight mental sensations , unregulated by consciousness ; these sensations being less or more intense , pamtul or agreeable , according to certain physical conditions . On this subject , the following observations occur in Doctor Winslow ' s Psychological Journal : — « We have in
dreams- no true perception of the lapse of time—a strange property of mind ! for if such be also its property when entered into the eternal disembodied state , time will appear to us eternity The relations of space , as well as of time , are also annihilated ; so that while almost an eternity is compressed into a moment , infinite space is traversed more swiftly than by real thought . There are numerous illustrations of this principle on record . A gentleman dreamed that he haa enlisted as a soldier , joined his regiment , deserted , was apprehended , carried back , tried , condemned to be shot and at last led out for
, execution . —After all the usual preparations , a gun was fired ; he awoke with the report , and found that a noise in the adjoining room had , at the same moment , produced the dream , and awakened him . A friend oi Dr . Abercrombio dreamed that ho had crossed the Atlantic , and spent a fortni ght in America . In embarking , on his return , he fell into the sea , and awakening in the fright , found that he had not been asleep ten minutes " Conic as it is . —But with all this undoubted talent , and despite the uncommon intellectual activity at Cork the city ri ^ ri ?!?!^^ ^^ '' ^'' S ^ ™ F ° ™ t « f Foporty when d with its
even compare own past standard It is stated by Dr . Lyons , the loading man of the Liberal interest at Cork , that the present valuation of the city of Cork k between £ 48 , 000 anil £ 49 , 000 . It is contended that the valuators have assessed tno houses too low ; but even allowing a margin ot 25 per cent , on that scoi ^ , there i \\ ? 1 a vast positive decrease m the valuation of Cork as measured by its own standard . But take a proportion between the valuations of Cork and Belfast in 1845 and what thTy a e now , and tlie relativel y retrograde character of Cork is verv serious to contemplate . _ It has produced one of the first of moder
n English dramatists -Sheridan WleT ithi reared artists like Barry , Maclisp Hogan , Fisher , Grogan ; literary men , like Arthur O'Leary and John O'Driscoll lawyers and advocates , like Willos , Waggett , Goold , Bennet , and Jackson 11 contributes to the Fellows of Trinity College such scholars and men of science as Butcher , Salmon , ioekm , andMalct . It has a literature-loving population , and keen and intellectual middle class , and the professions have numbers of its sous ; but these results will not keep thousands at work , like spinning yarn or bleaching linen . 1 ' or one witty tiling said at Belfast , there arc twenty said at Cork , and with the earning of guineas the proportion is vice versa . —DuhliR University Magazine for July ,
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when he Mowed , stmck her three other severe blows , knocked her down , and then kicked her in the most brutal manner . Mr Brotaip said that the assault was of the most unmanly and unprovoked character , and convicted the defendant in the full penalty of 5 L or two months imprisonment in default Brdtal AssAULT .- / 07 m Wren , a gigantic labourer , was charged with a series of violent assaults upon the police John Hillier , 17 oB ., stated that about eight o ' clock on the previous he found the
WESTMINSTER . Umash ¦ A ^^ u , William Lumhj , described as a smith was charged with being drunk and committing the folkS brutal assault upon Mary Wright . The comJlaiiUt a spectable looking girl , about nineteen years of a-e residnie at King ' s-head-terrace , Westminster , stated that t the pre nous ^ venmg she went with a jug to fetch her supper bee ? at a public house near her own residence , and while being served the defendant asked her to treat him to a pot of beer ° she of course declined , upon which he struck her a violent blow
evening prisoner creating a great disturbance in Broadway , Westminster . He requested him to go away when he declared with a brutal oath that he would "job" a tobacco pipe he was smokiug into the constable ' s eye . Witnesss a ° -ain requested him to go , when he knocked him down , and whife in that defenceless position kicked him in the most brutal manner in the face , body , and legs , and inflicted such serious injuries as to render him unfit for the performance of his duty . The prisoner , who denied the charges , was committed to trial .
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LAMBETH . Criminal Inundation . —Mr . Norton , after having been engaged for upwards of three hours in hearing and disposing of nearly 100 charges from Camber well Fair , said there could be no doubt that this fair at Caniberwell had become the nucleus of all the low characters in the metropolis , and had it but continued a few days longer , he should have had brought to this court all the low thieves , the petty gamblers , and vicious characters in
the metropolis . Instead of being , as it was intended , and as it used to be in former times , a place of enjoyment and relaxation forthepleasure- takiug portion of the metropolis , ithad become the very centre of crime ; and it was really very shocking to observe juvenile thieves there , many mere children . The fair had in his opinion now become a public nuisance .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 28, 1852, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1693/page/7/
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