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THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS' GRAVE . ( From ike Baptist Herald , Jamaica Paper . ) gee yonder lone spot irkere the billow ia leaping In sportiTenea wild o ' er its BheU-coTefd strand ; - When the strong pinion ' d bird of puteesenee l » nreeping Its iring on the breeze as it wafts to the land . a . wanderer rests there from his aerrltade g » ning , gis borne fas away o'er Atiantia'i wave ; 0 o bu aebee » tear-drop vu nerrer seen falling , jor who are * to veep o ' er the Immigrant a gray * ? j asked but in vain for the name of the stranger , The waters and winds alone tympathis'd here ; ^ 1 -WS 3 still , B&T 8 the scream of the sea-watching MBgBI , And a giazmarer that lingered nuwaariedly near .
-Tbe dape of fond hopes that were false as enchanting , ¦ Bftjich tbe soft shen-Toka of a demom impress ed , . The land of his fathers he basted from , panting jo seize tee bright prize in the climes of the West Asd now , in the distance , his eye rests delighted T _ ^ g " ifiiiad of springs , " with its mountain and dell , X ot dreaming his prospeets could eTer be blighted , Or the long"d-for reality banish the spell . ye hearts warm with life tor Hibernia still be&ting , Oh judge , il ye can , of your countrymen ' s woe , ^ hen the Troth , full of honor , discovered the cheating Thit lured and inflicted the murderous blow !
Disappointment ' s fell tooth on his cheek prey'd relentless ; trbere was grief in his eye , and defp&ir on his brow ; ffhile a burning disease drunk his life-blood , repentless , And too may describe what the sequel is now ? Tndistnfb'd be thy rest in the grace ' s silent keeping , Prom the t&ns > of the wicked slave-traffickers free .-Thy wife , and thy babes are as quietly Bleeping , "Unwept , "Death the shade of the Cocoa-nut tree . 3 nt a voice deep and loud to the Throne is ascending , Prom tbe blood of the martyr'd and Immigrant race ; Tor vengesDce it calls , nor will cease , till impending Ttestrocfcion be hnrPd at the guilty and base .
Rise , rise in thy might and thy terrible glory—O God of the nations , lead oh in the Tan , Till the tyrant oppressors of eaith sink before thee , And man cease to seek the enslaving of man . J . M Bethalem .
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THE TOICE OF FREEDOM . Pale freedom expiring , lay langind alone , Jfone listing her prayer , none lamenting her moan ; The net ° * suspense , and the canker of pain , E * d wither'd her soul , » "rt had harrow'd her brain , And had hurried the tide of each blue-channel'd
They throb and start , on her forehead high-Swell , coil , and crawl , or idly lie Taj-h one as a p * nH » g agony . Enfeebled by age , or ontliring jdj friends , rdbow to the mandate hareh destiny sends—Obey the stern summons , and gladly resign My soal to that tomb where the shadows recline , Where spirits akin could comingle with mine ; Bat f u lling thus—she indfenant s&ith , Ferling the chill of the tyrant ' s breath , IB dying indeed a double death ! Wild wailings aronse her , strike deep on her ear , And mnnnuring millions are near and more near ; In anguish she greets them , but gs ^ -ng awhile , Her features beam sadly , with sorrowinf smile , Like torches' faint glow o ' er a funeral pile .
Tniysuppliant crouch ? she sternly cned—Why tirry enthrall'd , when all beside Their f h « 3 n « hare burst , or have nobly died ? re Iaurel-wreath'd heroes , my patriots proud , Awake from the sepulchre , look from the cloud ! Rekindle , ye martyrs , the far-flashing fire ! Strike , soul-stirring minstrel , thy Bilver-string'd lyre-Attune to thy children the lays of their sire ;—How they scorn'd the wiles of knavery I How they drew broad blades with braTery ! How they death preferr ed to alaTery ! And number , thou Ocean , the names of thy dead—Assemble thy sons who for liberty bled ! Thy black-biUoWd bosom , all dripping with gore—Thy terrible tempett , with thunder-tongu'd roar—Thy huge-throated caverns , with corpses before—These show : then tell how no gold they sought !
To be free as air , both word and thought , Was the might , and right , for which they fonght ! Bring eximson-hued standards , the cannon , and bomb—Breathe corset , and clarion , trumpet , and drum—Rash onward , ye squadren—march , tramping brigade ! Gleam , warrior ' s helmet , and death-dealing blade—Be carnage , and horror , full sternly displayed ! The red-turf glare on the batUe-field ! The dying and dead * hat would not yield ! The hearts' best blood tiat victory seaTd : Prom valley , and mountain , from forest and plain—Where blooms the dirk heather , or waves the white
grain—Frem the bird in the air , high soaring along , Or building its nest the green meadows among—Bom forth in full chorus , one rapturous song ! "Winds ! merrily " mid the branches shout ! Eibo in concert tha world throughout , Freedom proclaiming the earth about ! lo > Trent-side , Dec , 1 S 41 .
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A SO >*>* ET—O . V THE TREATMENT WHICH IS JTECE 5 SARY FOR ME TO UNDERGO ERE I CA . X ATTAIN A CURE . To gain a cure I must be subject to A lengthy operation of three years , Which may ' nt be quite as sharp as it appears , To tbose who haTe fall liberty to go Where e ' er they list— but I , who scarcely know Freedom from palsy ' s thrall—the sound but cheers Or beaJth's return—it dries affliction ' s tears : Besides , the teatroent wont be wholly new—Tis only for tie patient to be lain In one position , which is on hia back , On pallet hard— and by a daily strain , On spiral column , cauBe the nerres to act , Which , from their being press'd upon , refrainlias are the palsied limbs to life brought tack .
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A SO . VXEI . To rdse the means 111 try the easiest plan ; I do not like to see one bearing all The burden—when the weight , in truth , should fall , In equal portions on the whole divan . Thercfore , te those -who do -poetics scan , I haTe a manuscript , and now appeal To them for friendly aid , in making sale To the Dew work IU print ' soon as I can . I ear not boast a book unmix'd with faults ; This few expect , who know my education Was limited—who sees a line teat halts Wiu date it from my sickly Bitustion . 0 , then , my friends , st 3 n 3 forth , nnpress * d , and be The instruments of pure humanity ! James Yeriw . South ilolton , Dec 12 th , 1841 .
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BIRMINGHAM—Public Office . —Rottex Eggs . —On Monday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , was brought before the magistrates at the public office , charged with assaulting the keeper of a huckster's shop in BromsgTO" « -e-street , earned Waierhonse . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that Mr . Connor hid been breakfasting at the house of Mi . George White , and had put chased some eggs from the shop of the complainant , one oi which was unfit for heman food . Mr . Connor took tie egg back , and required Waterhouse to exchange it , -which he refused to do . Connor then threatened to smash it between his eyes ; upon which a scuffle ensued , and a portion of cups and saucers belongthe meleeblows
ing to Waterhouse were smashed in ; were freely exchanged on both sides , which causec a crowd to assemble around the door , and Connoi was subsequently given into the custody of th < police . Mr . Coiinor cross-examined the complainan in such a manner as to cause shqnts of laughte : in the court . Waurhonse exhibited his brokei u crockery , " and demanded compensation for _ it and ctmplaiiied to the magistrates that Mr . " ^ hid threatened to serve him out . After a ¦ shor con £ uka , tion , the case was dismissed , ud Mr Connor left the court accompanied by Mr . White lea-ring the dealer in rotten eggs to console him telf by paying for the summens in addition to hu broken earthenware .
BxcBcmsG Kidsafpkbs . A simple-looking B ehopsiick" was brought before the magistrates charged with refusing to give his name and resident after bung legally enlisted . The " crimp c&llec oh another of his honourable tribe , who "was like s M& } po : e en-veloped in ribands , to substantiate tni charge ; from whose evidence it appeared that a ras caily attempt bad been made to entrap the pool attpie ieikw , by thrusting a shilling into his hand auc aftcrwarda insisting that be was legally enlisted The magistrates discharged the onwiiliDg soldier upon -which the kidnapping recruiting serjean growled like a bear , ana said that the man wai tnlisted as legally as any recruit he ever got . rer hips * o !
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PETEEHEAD . Strike of tsb London MaSOKS . —In consequence of information received here that the quarrymen and scablers of granite at the Dartmore Qaarries , from whence Messrs . Grissell and Peto bare been principally supplied with granite , haTe oeased to prepare material for the abovenamed firm , a general meeting of the masons and of the above-named branches was held at the house of Mr . Farqoharson , on Saturdaj evening , Dec . 11 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration the proper course to be pursued should they ( GriBsell and Peto ) apply here for a supply of such material . Tise room was crowded almost to suffocation . Mr . Cole was unanimously called to the chair ; Mr . Lind , who bad been delegated from the Aberdeen
Branch of Masons , briefly addressed the meeting , aad introduced Mr . Carter , a delegate from the London masons on strike , to address them . He was proud of having an opportunity of addressing a meeting which by all experience was composed of ft bodj of intelligent men , on the case which was now before them , and he hoped that before he concluded he would convince the meeting that the masons who were now on strike in London , had been treated worse than beasts , and that they were individuals worthy ef all the sympathy that could be manifested towards them . He then entered into a detailed account of the grievances that had caused the strike , and showed the meeting the subtle attempts that had been made to refute
them , and Bat down amidst loud applause . Mr . Munro then rose , and after a few honest and appropriate remarks , proposed the following resolution , namely— " That this meeting fully justifies the masons in striking againBt the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , Allen , and pledges itself not to prepare , either directly or indirectly , any material for Grissell and Peto , until the wishes of the masons on strike are complied with . " Mr . Farquharson seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Lind then addressed the meeting at considerable length on the present position of the slrike , and the necessity of the working classes , generally , uniting for the defence of their natural
rights , and concluded amidst deafening cheers . Mr . Carter then rose , and after making a few remarks on the conduct of a portion of tne press , called upon the men of Peterhead to unite , and defend themselves from the bands of the bondsmen . He returned his sincere thanks for the kind sympathy they had manifested for their oppressed brethren , and hoped that those whose case they had been considering would ever continue to merit it . ( " Hear , hear , " from all parts of the room . ) A vote of thanks was then given to the delegates and the Chairman , and the meeting ( which was one of the most peaceable and harmonious that has been for some time
past ) separated . MAETIiEBONE—A meeting for the repeal of the window tax , was held a short time ago at Duffell ' B rooms , at which a resolution condemning the impost , and pointing out the Charter as the only remedy , was negatived ia favour of an amendment by Mr . Frampton , who said he had read the People ' s Charter , and did not approve of it , because it did not go far enough , he would therefore move as an amendment to the resolution , that it conclude at ihe werds " full measure of the People ' s political rights . "
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A Stka > "gb Tail circulated bt Post—A great curiosity was forwarded through the Post-office on Friday last , to a tradesman in Bury , ( Suffolk . ) It was nothing less than the pigtail of a Chinaman , or that lock of hair which grows from the back of the head , aad is worn by the Chinese at considerable length , and held by them in the highest veneration . It was cut from the head of one of the Chinese who was captured at the taking of the Fort of Chumpee on the 12 th of January last , and the poor fellow is
reported to have lost his life almost at the same moment that his carefully-cultivated tail was out from his head . The lock of hair is more than a yard in length , beautifully plaited , and is of a rich glossy jet black . There can be no doubt from its appearance that it was once the vaJued ornament of a rery young , and in all probability , a very handsome man . It iras forwarded by post to a tradesman of this town by his nephew , a surgeon in the royal navy , on board her Majesty ' s ship Saint Vincent , of the name of Fulcher . —Bury Herald .
Two HC-fDBED pounds damages were awarded , in a case of crim con ., in the Exchequer Court , on Saturday . The p ' aintiff was a Mr . Catherwood , an engineer , who married a Mis 3 Gertrude , at Beyrout , inSjria , in 1834 . In 1836 , while the plaintiff was in America on business , and his wife in England , the defendants Mr . Caslon , whoi 3 plaintiff ' s second cousin , formed the acquaintance witn the wife , which ended in the seduction and elopement . The brother of the plaintiff said that the wife had " au Eastern education , a lively disposition , a fond nature , and Spanish blood . " Mr . Thesiger , for the defence pleaded that the criminal solicitation originated with the lady , and that she was in the habit of receiving visits from a " uotorjons Marquis , " a travelling acquaintance in Syria , Verdict for the plaintiff , and damages as abore .
Threatened Resignation op the Loed Matob of Dublik . —At a meeting of the common council , on Thursday , the propriety of Toting by ballot on certain occasions was taken into consideration , npon the motion of Mr . Callaghan , and seconded by Alderman Pnrcell . A great deal of acrimony and personal ill-feeliDg was exhibited in the course of the debate which ensued . The immediate cause of the motion appears to have been a speech made by the Lord Mayor at the Corn Exchange on Monday week , when , Mr . Fitzpatrick having proposed that his Lordship should continue in office another year , the Lord Mayor endeavoured to forestal the appointment of his successor , saying that * " there was no man in the corporation who should be preferred to
Cornelius M'Loughlin , George Row , and Alderman O'Neill . " Mr . Callaghan thought that if the election of Lord Mayor was conducted b y open voting his Lordship would exercise an undue influence over the Totes of the council , and many members bad stated , that by the Ballot al&ne could they maintain their independence—The Lord Mayor said— " The reasons given by both the mover and seconder of the proposif . on resolve themselves into personal attacks upon me—the intimidation , the power of the people , and the dictation of rxine . I will put an end to this—1 have sat too long in this chair . ( " No . no . Gentlemen , I have prepared a notice for the election of ano'her Lord Mayor . ( Sensation , and (" No , no . " )
The imaginary bugbear of my influence , indeed 1 My influence arises Jrom my community of sentiment with those I represent . It' thi 3 motion be carried I -will leave this chair , and also the corporation . 'Mr . M'Loughlin contended that the jobbing of the old corporation all arose from the ballot . —The Lord Mayor said that ho should emphatically declare Toucg by ballot in that assembly would be the pregnant parent of jobbicg . Several other members declared themselves of the same opinion , and Mr . Ca ]] a /? han , finding that the majority we * e against him , withdrew his motion , and his Lordship was then induced to withdraw his intended resignation from the hand 3 of the town-clerk , shortly after which the council aJjourned .
Milder in the Maxchestek Woekhouse . —On Tuesday evening last , a barbarous ana unprovoked assault , attended with fatal results , was made on a poor old man , named Peter Jackson , a pauper in the Manchester workhouse , by a fellow inmate , named Timothy Hetherin ^ ton . Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jacksoa ' s conduct calculated to excise the aDj ^ ry feeling of his assailant ; and it is therefore supposed that the ¦ wanton ferocity which he displayed was the effect of temporary insanity , particularly as he had been subject to fits of lunacy . Jackson was sixty-seveu years of age , and bad been upwards of four years in the workhouse , during which time he conducted himself remarkably well . On Tuesday afternoon , Jackson
was standing in the men ' s day-room ; and he ( Hejherington ) the moment he entered , ee : " zed him by the collar , threw him down on his back , and kicked him on tbe head and side several times with great violence . Several persons happened to be within view at the time , who ran to the old man ' s assistance , and gave Hetherington into the custody of tbe police . Medical aid was procured for Jackson , but he died on Thursday from the wounds which he had received . Yesterday Hetberington was placed at the bar of the Borough Court , before C . J . S . Walker , charged with wilful murder . The assault having been proved , he was remanded until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was known . Last night the ir . qnest was held at the workhonse , on
view of tbe body , before Mr . Kutter , when , in addition to the above-mentioned facts , it was stated , that !» fortnight ago the prisoner had threatened to make a cripple of deceased , unless he returned 18 d ., which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hetherirgton himself voluntarily stated that he assaulted deceased because he said he would not pay him . Mr . Snape , tbe workhouse snrgeon , deposed that the deceased came to him for medical aid on Tuesday evening , about half-past s : x o ' clock , and was then labouring under a great difficulty of breathing . He complained of acute pain in his side ; and , on the examination , it was discovered that three of his ribs weTe fractured , and that his jaw was also severely bruised . He died on Thursday ; and , on a post morion examination , it was found that one of" the
fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung , which injury produced inflammation in that part . There was much effused blood under the ekin , caused by external violence . The left Inng was also in a diseased state , deceased haviDg been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the lungs for some time previously . Tbe external vielence he had suffered was sufficient to account for his death . The prisoner was twice under restraint , about four months ago , in cocscqceEce of a mania , induced by epilepsy . From the testimony of Mr . Robinson , Governor of the workhouse , it appeared that tha prisoner was thirty years of age ; that he v ? ai * daDgerously violent wbeu he received any provocation , and that he had been frequently confined for outrageous conduct . Tbe Jcry returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner . —Manchester Guardian .
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Tax Masteb of the Croydon Union Workhonse , who recently ordered the hair of a casual pauper to be cut off , has been fined £ 5 for the effence , or a month ' s imprisonment , by the Magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions , at the Town Hall , Croydon . " Wha ^ a Shocking Bad Hat !"—The origin of this singular paying which made fun for the metropolis for months , is not involved in the same obscurity as that which shrouds the origin of Quiz and some others . There had been a hotly-contented election for the borough of Southwark , and one of the candidates was an eminent hatter . This gentleman , in canvassing the electors , adopted a somewhat
professional mode of conciliating their good-will , and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed . Whenever he called apon or met a voter whose hat was not of the best material , or , being so , had seen its best days , be invariably said . What a shocking bad hat you have got ; call st my warehouse and yon shall have a new one ! " Upon the day of the electing this ciroumstanoe was remembered , and his opponent ? made the most of it , by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry of *• What a shocking bad hat ! ' » all the time the honourable candidate was addressing them .
Thicks upon Tbavellbrs . —We have had several communications relative to the infamous system of plunder carried on at Liverpool by shippeis' agents and brokers , npon the ignorant , simple , and unsuspecting persons who go to that port for the purpose of emigration . No sooner does an unhappy " gudgeon " arrive at the docks , than a shark in the appearance of a friend , accosts him with , " are you for Americal " If you answer in the affirmative , he then kindly offers you his assistance , points out the first and best ship , will offer to introduce him to the agent , to make his own bargain , &c , but bis object is to get a commission of 7 i per cent , from tbe passage money . Then he points out the be&t and cheapest stores ; shewB where provisions may be bought at of the right kind , and at a moderate price : and if he can
succeed id " pattering the customer" secure , another five per cent . Again , if the intending emigrant do not mind when he pays bis money to the agent , broker , or charterer of the ships Co , he may get a ticket for quite another vessel , not the one he bargained for . In many instances parties hav 6 been kept waiting for two , three , and upwards of three weeks , some of them in a deplorable condition . They have no redrses , in consequence of not being particular in having the time of sailing specified on their ticket . If the day for sailing be acknowledged on the ticket , they can recover one shilling per head , per day , afier the time advertised for sailing is expired , not otherwise . In these and in many other ways are the poor creatures fleeced , whom the corruptions of society have made weary of their father land , and prefer leaving it , to staying at home to
mend it . Extbaobdinabt and Extensive Fbaud on the Poob—Proceedings under the Weights and Measures' Act . —On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in the Committee-room of St . Andrew ' s workhonse , Gray ' s Inn-lane , before Mr . Witham , Mr . M'William , and other magistrates , to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr . Reeve , the Inspector of Weights and Measures , against several fradulent tradesmen . The following gross case excited much indignation . Thomas Young , a baker and chandler shop-keeper , in Little Coram-street , was charged with having in use eight weights , the same biing of an uDJust standard . The defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . Witham— " The fraud seems very extensive ,
and it will be necessary , notwithstanding the plea , to hear the evidence to guide us in our judgment . " Mr . Turner , of Vine-street , Hatton-garden , was then sworn . He said that on the 30 th of last month he accompanied Mr . Reeve to the defendant ' s house , and nearly every weigh ; on tbe premises he found most abominably deficient . Two 51 J bs . were light upwards of four ounces each , another 56 ibs . was short of that quantity 3 } ounces , and a 28 ! bs . was less 1 £ ounce , 141 b . was deficient three-quarters of an cunce , a 4 lb . was against the purchaser 2 | ounces , and an ounce brass weight which was used m the tea scales , was unjust 19 grains . Mr . M'William— I am sorry the law liruits the fine—if it did not , our judgment would be very severe . We convict you in the
full penalty of £ 5 . " The money was immediately paid . The next case drew forth much well-merited censure . William Sheen , tbe owner of a coal shed , at No . 9 , Little Coram-street , was summoned for the following fraud . Mr . Turner said this was a moot peculiar case , and he produced the coal machine which he had seized on defendant ' s premises . The scoop in which the coal is put is 2 ^ feet higher than the part where the weight is placed , and it is supported by an iron frame . The frame stands level when no coal is in the scoop , but the moment you begin to fill it , it inclines towards the weights , and causes a false balance of Hlb . in Nibs ., 2 ^ 1 bs . in 28 ibs ., olbs . in 561 b 3 ., and so on iu doubling the
deficiency in proportion to the increase . Mr . M'William— " You have been guilty of a very grave offence , and must not expect mercy at our hands . We fine yon . £ 5 . " Defendant was then removed in custody . Henry Grove , a chandler , at 13 , Great Wild-street , was fined 40 s ., for having in his elyp three weights light and unjust . The defendant said he did not weigh with them . James Pearce , a coal and potatoe dealer , at 25 'J , Toltenham-court-road , appeared to answer the charge of having a 141 b . weight light 2 drachms , in addition to which the ring of it was ia such a condition that it could easily be instantly taken off , a 71 b . weight unjust 8 tz . 10 drachms , and another 71 b , ditto about 9 drachms . Fined forty shillings .
Dublin P » lice . —The Irish Court . —Lord Wm Hill , one of Earl de Grey ' s aides-de-camp , was brought up in custody of a policeman , on a warrant issued on the information of a carman , named Thos . Barry . His Lordship gave as bi 3 reason for not attending on Saturday that he got no summons , or at least took no notice of a " bit of paper" which had been handed to him jutt as he came in from hunting . The complainant was then sworn—I am a carman , and reside in Power ' s Conrt . I had occasion to go to the residence of Lord William Hill , in the Lower Castle Yard , on the 29 th of November . I went for 3 s . lOd . car-hire , which his Lordship owed me for haviDg driven him for two hours on the 21 st , and two hours on tbe 22 c d of November . I went on the
Monday after the 2 " 2 nd , and the servant told me his Lordship was gone with the Lord Lieutenant , and I was told to come in the morning at haif-past nine , which I did , and waited till half-past eleven , when his Lordship came down and said he was not aware that I was waiting there . Lord Hill—To save trouble I am quite williDg to pay him his fare , and settle the matter at once . Mr . Porter—We are not now in the carriage-court , discussing a case relative to him ; we are trying your Lordship for an assault . The witness continued—I went after him to the stable , and asked if he were going to pay me , and he aEked me if I had change tor a sovereign . I told him I had not . He asked me my fare , and I replied 4 s . He turned round and said he wouid not pay me
" a d d rap ; " then got « p in his gig and drove off . On the 29 th I went to the same place , when his Lordship was coming in from hunting . I said , " My Lord , 1 have called on you for payment for having drove you the other night . ' He asked me where I drove him to , and 1 told him to "Kate Roach ' s . " ( Laughter . ) 1 did not Bpeak to his Lordship in a Jeering cr insulting manner . When I told his Lordship where I drove him , he said , " Get out , you ruffian ; don ' t speak to me in such a manner . " He pushed me out with the buit-end of his whip . I then waited till he came down after dressing . 1 was in the Court-yard , not the Castle-yard . I lol . owed , and asked was be going to pay me . He took me by the shoulder , and wheeled me round , at the same
time striking mo with a stick on tho right side of the head ; he then pushed me out , when I told him 1 would summon him for the assault ; I was hurt severely , for he could not strike me any harder . Ho then said , " You may go and be d d , " and walked up stairs . Lord Hill—He is an uncouscionable liar ; that ' s what I 6 ay . Mr . Porter—Let me tell you , Lord Hill , that is very improper language to use towards a ree subject on his oath , and such as should not be used in tbe presence of three magistrates . He has a right to be heard on oath , and you can controvert his evidence by other evidence , if you have such ; if not , wo are bound to believe him . You cau make any statement you please . Lord Hill—I have nothing to say , only that I did not strike him . His Lordship was fined £ 3 and £ 1 costs .
Value of Practical Illustration . — On re-entering the room , Charles ' s mother found him sobbing and crying with great violence . She expostulated with him , and represented that , though he confessed he loved Frank very much for saving him from punishment , it was evident he lovod himself better . Charles by degrees became more tranquil , but kept looking over the playthings with eager curiosity ; at length , he selected a miniature compass , which he pronounced the prettiest of all . His mother briefly explained its uses , and told him after moving it about , to notice it attentively , and he would find the needle , when the compass was at rest , always pointed one way ; namely , to the north . This much surprised Charles . It would turn its own way , he said , do what he would . She then proceeded to show tbe little boy , that he was ju 6 t as obstinate ss
tbe compass ; do what she would with him , he would Btill turn his own way , the difference consisting in one thing only—that the compass would always go tbe right way While he always went the wrong . So true was that needle , she said , that whatever circumstances might from time to time occasion it to deviate , or vary , it would continually return to the same point ; and skilful navigators could calculate upon those little deviations with such nicety that they could find their way over trackless oceans to the most remote parts of the world , by the aid of that instrument . She then expressed a hope that she might in future calculate as correctly upon his departure from errer , and resumption of noble and generous feeling—such as that which influenced his school fellow when he magnanimously scorned to allow another to suffer for a fault m which he bad the largest Bhare . —Parley ' s Perm % Library .
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General Bankruptcy in Europe akd America . —The principal state governments of this republic south and north , are in debt for 200 , 000 , 000 dollars , and all but two or three wiJl be Unable to pay the interest , ana thus will be bankrupt in two years . In boutn America every government is in debt—probably the aggregate is equal to 100 , 000 , 000 dollarsnot a cent of which wilt © tot be paid . In Europe , all the governments , Christian and Turk , are in debt , to ihe amount of 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars or more . ( Nearly as many dollars as there have been minutes since the creation of the world . ) These debts are increasing , and will lay the foundation of revolutions . i * h 8 only government in the world out of debt ( we count the late loan temporary only ) is the federal government of the United States , and this was dene by the obstinacy of old Jackson . N . B . Perhaps the Chinese government may be out of debtbut we dou ' t know certainly . —New York Herald .
Cavamaqh , the "fasting impostor , " is not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days' partial abstineuce from food in Reading gaol to undergo the exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet been 9 Ho wed by the medical officers of the pnaon , in consequenoe of the weak state of his stomach at present , to take any animal food . He is , however , allowed two pints of gruel and four rounds of toast daily , with the addition , every alternate day , of a pint of soup . The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes . Cavanagh admits that he managed to deceive the public pretty well outside of tho gaol , but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be " bowled out . " His hopea were , that it' he could kave contrived te keep up the deception for a week , the Magistrates would have been impressed with the belief that he was not an impostor , and have therefore liberated him .
Singular Case of Elopement . —On Wednesday last , an application was made for the interference of the police of Rsading , under the following circum-Btaaces : —A . reapeotable man , living on his own property in the neighbourhood of Basingetoke , observed some time ago , that there appeared to be a better understanding between his only daughter and his groom than was proper in their relative positions , the young lady having the expectation of succeeding to a fortune ol from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 . The groom was therefore discharged . Last Wednesday morning .
however , the young lady was missing ; and an alarm being given , it was found that the groom , kis brother , and the inamorata had fled about four o ' clock in the morning in a cart . The parents proceeded in their chaise to Reading , and on the Bath road , about a mile and a half from the town , they met the trio returning in the humble vehicle . The father seized the horse , and , though told by the ex-groom that the lady was his wife , he insisted on their go . n # with him to Reading . Upon their arrival at the Horse and Jockey the police were sent for , and there
ensued a most tremendous row . The brother tried to escape , the groom claimed his bride , the mother scolded her daughter , and the daughter very undutifully slapped her face . At length the contending parties adjourned to the police-office , the fugitives being consigned to durance . At first it was thought that the case was one of abduction , but it turned out that tbe lady was one month over the age of sixteen , whioh took the cause so far out of court . It had previously been ascertained that the parties were married on Wednesday morning , at St . Giles ' s church , by bans , but as these had not been
proclaimed in the bride s parish , and onl y in a feigned name , the marriage is invalid . The lady declared hereelf to be of full age , ( which her appearance warrant *) , which is another informality . There were , however , two prodigious bundles of wearing apparel , linen , &c , found in the cart , which had been taken by the young lady and given to her swain , and the two men were detained on a suspicion of stealing . On Thursday , there being no proof of a guilty knowledge , they were discharged from custody , the bridegroom repenting of his matrimonial adventure , and declaring he had done with it , and the lady returning in despair to her friends .
Something Like an Eve to Business . —Old Twas well known several years since on the Yazoo River , no less for his peculiar stutter than as a skilful player at "old sledge . " He once managed to induce a gentleman to play with him , who , on sitting down , pulled out 200 dollars . It was not long before T was the owner of half of them , when his adversary rose for the purpose of leaving off . u , don't g-g- «; -ggo , " said T , " g-g-give me a c-c-chance . " " Chaufio , the devil ! " shouted the gentleman , " Haven ' t you won a hundred dollars of me ? " " Y-y-y-yes , " replied T , " but I want a ch-ch-ch-chance for t-t-t-t ' otherhundred . "—Spotting Review .
Equal Justice . —The sentences of seven years ' transportation tor stealing a sovereign from a letter , and transportation for life for stealing a ponny , have struck the public as rather irreconcilable with common notions of justice . The penny theft was as bad as the pound thvft , and deserved the same punishment , but oertainly no more . Chief Justice Denman was , however , the Judge in the penny case , and he has signally shewn that the indulgence charged against him in the Waldegrave affair is not always his disposition . In his rigour to the miserable letter carrier he has amply made up for his leniency to the lord . The sentence of seven years' transportation for the theft of the sovereign was passed by Mr . Baron Parke , one of the firmest and steadiest administrators of justice . Tho judicial merits of Lord
Denman and Baron Parke are , indeed , pretty fairly represented by the two cases in question , Lord Denman ' s beiug to tho other as a penny is to a sovereign . For stealing a penny from a letter the carrier U transported tor jife . For the Exchequer Bill fraud Mr . B . Smith is transported for life . Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other ; therefore the Exchequer Bill fraud and the robbery of the penny are , in the eye of the law , equal . Here the foot-rule hts both to a hair ; but it is quite at fault when applied to the theft of the sovereign with the seven years' transportation . The lesson to carriers , according to Lord Denman , seems to be , that if they have set their minds on stealing , they Bhould take care to steal gold at least . A little stealing is a dangerous thing . Steal much , or filch not . —Examiner .
Progress of Sabbvtism . —More Persecution . — The old saying , that " those whom the goda would destroy they first make mad , " is strikingly exemplified in the present conduct of tho Agnewites . Under the pretext of preventing Sabbath desecration , a new act of tyranny has been perpetrated ; a man named George Key and his wife having been deprived of Church privilege by the Kirk Session of Barry , for the heinous offence of burying one of their children on a Sunday ! They selected that day , as of all others the most suitable ; and , in his appeal to the Presbytery at Arbroath , Key mentions that thoso who attended tho funeral afterwards repaired to the Church . Scarcely , however , had tho sorrowing parents laid their child in the grave , when , in plaoe
of receiving consolation , they were subjected to a series of cruel annoyances from the parish minister and his satellites ; and , because , forsooth , they would not submit to be rebuked before the session , not believing they bad been guilty of any crime , they were refused " tokens" to the communion , or , in plain language , excommunicated . A more arbitrary proceeding could hardly be conceived . Sunday burying has , from time immemorial , been common all over Scotland , and ihe Kirk Session of Barry has won for itself the inevitable distinction of being the first to punish it as a crime . This , however , is not all . On the matter being brought before the Presbytery , that reverend body determined to conduct the case with closed doors ! The public were ordered to withdraw , but so disgusted were they with the conduct of the clerical inquisitors , that scarcely a man would stir . The Provost , who was called in , recommended the audience to separate , but ,
disapproving , as he did , or the resolution of the Presbytery , he refused to interfere in hia official capacity ; and , after a scene of indescribable wrangling , the holy Presbyters were compelled to adjourn to a tavern . This case is full of instruction . It demonstrates , in the first place , the lengths to which the zealots of the church are prepared to go ; and , in the second place , it shows the contempt in whioh they are beginning to bo held by the people . Conduct more wildly insane than that of tho Sabbath tyrants in this case it is impossible to imagine . Had their object been to incur general indignation and obloquy , they could not have chosen better means . Under tho plea of promoting Sabbath observance , they havo sought to establish a piece of despotism unheard of since the doys of inquisitions and starchambers ; and yet these are the meu who , at this very moment , are clamouring for unrestricted power ! God forbid that the religious liberties of the country should ever be entrusted to such hands !
Secret Orders . —There are at present in this country , societies appertaining to thirty , or more , of these institutions , viz : —United Ancient Order of Druids—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity—' Ancient Order of Foresters—Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Ashton Unity—Ancient Free Gardeners —Loyal Order of Orangemen—United Order of Odd Fellows , Sheffield Unity—Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Bolton Unitv—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Yorkshire Unity—Independent Reformed Order of Odd Fellows—Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows-Grand United Order of Odd Fellows , No . 3 . —Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Paddock Unity—Modern Order of
Druids—Independent Order of Druids—Loyal and Independent Order of Shepherds , Hull Unity—Independent Order of Freemasons—Independent Order of Free Gardeners—Royal Foresters—Independent Royal Foresters—Ancient Order of Romans—Ancient Order of Britons—Loyal Free Mechanics—Britieh Mariners—Independent British Mariners—United Order of Artists—Honourable Order of the Peaceful Dove —Leeds United Order of the Ark—Leeds Independent Order of the Ark—Grand Protestant Confederacy— Unired Order of the Golden Fleece , B . U . — Independent Order of tho Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity—Royal Order of Fibbers—Most Noble Order of the Knigbta of Malta—Uuited Order of Philautbrorjists—Independent Order of Rechabites—Free and Independent Order of Ancient Greeks .
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Seasonable Hint . —Persons ia the middle and upper ranks of life would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present inclement season , and see if anything can be found which might be Bparedfor the use of the poor . Ratbek Early . —The young Prince it seems has already commenced patronizing the barbers . On a shop window in Drury-lane a paper is exhibited , bearing the announcement that within is sold " The Genuine New Prince of Wales' Shaving Powder . " On another , ** The Duke of Cornwall ' s Genuine Sausages . "
In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Thursday se ' nnight , Mr . Ofeur , captain of the brig Leile , in the Levant Trade , obtained a verdict , damages £ 20 , against a person named Watkins for crim con . On the plaintiff ' s return from a long absence his wife presented him with a living proof of criminal familiarities— -she was old enough to be the defendant ' s mother . In thb Court of Common Pleas last week damages to the amount of £ 100 were recovered against Mr . Hawking , of Paternoster-row , Spitalfields , for having kicked a child named Nathan , whilst sitting on tbe steps of the defendant ' s door , with euoh violence as to render him a cripple for life .
A Glass Coffin . —We are informed that one of the workmen employed at the New Glass House , Mexbro ' , has made for himself a coffin of clear glass , not so muoh with the design of looking out himself , as that others may look in . It appears that he has a relative , holding a situation in Guy ' s Hospital , London , and his will is , that after death his body be enclosed in the coffin and sent to his relative , in order that he may have the opportunity to mark the process of decomposition . —Sheffield Independent .
Mebthyr Tydvil , Dec . 11 . —The vast extent of machinery destroyed by the late dreadful explosion , at Penydarreh Ironworks , hasbeen completely repaired , and the works are carried on as efficiently as ever . The third reduction in wages , which has just taken place , presses most heavily on the workmen in general , and the undecround workmeu , besides , cannot get nearly a sufficient number of trams to take out the ore , and consequently work less time . AU will feel the consequences . —Silurian . A Curious Law-Suit . —A passenger in an American steam-boat , a short time since , " brought a suit , " in St . Louis , against the captain of the vessel " for not starting at the hour he advertised , " thereby creating a loss to the said passenger through non-punctuality . The case went before a Jury , who were so convinced of the justice of the claim that they brought in a verdict of 190 dollars . ' —no trifling sum for the dilatory captain to pay , as the penalty of his not beine a good time-keeper .
A Venerable Lover . —The Court of Queen ' s Benoh , London , was occupied two day ' s last week in trying an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by a Miss Darbon , aged twenty-seven years , against Mr . Rosser , a wealthy law—and lovo solicitor , aged eighty . The venerable swain had written 400 letters in the course of four years . The Jury gave a verdict for the young lady—Damages , £ 1 , 600 . Stoppage of the Tweed Bank . —The following notice was posted on the door of the Tweed Banking House , on Monday morning : — " Messrs . Batson , Berry , and Co ., beg to inform the public that
owing to unavoidable circumstances , they are obliged to suspend payment . Berwick , December 6 tn , 1841 . " Extract of a letter dated Berwick , Monday evening : — " The bank did not open to-day , and the above bill was issued about eleven o'clock . The puplie had the utmost confidence in their stability , and there is hardly an individual in bush ess but has suffered in consequence . Many have lost their all , and the circumstance has caused a very great sensation . I have not heard any reason assigned for their failure ; but there are many heavy individual losses , and it will be a long time before the town recovers from the shock . "
Early Rising . —The late Chief Baron O'Grady ( Ireland ) , who , like matutine planets , was generally up before the sun , was always in the same predicament with reference to his own son , Dennis , whose slumbers were generally prolonged into the morning . Once when the Baron was on circuit , and knew that his son was engaged as barrister iu tho first cause , he hurried into his bedroom , and waking him without much ceremony , exclaimed , " Up with you , Dennis , Dennis ! remember it ' a the early bird that catches the worm ! " "Serve the worm right for being up still earlier than tho bird , " replied the sluggard , rubbing his eyes . —Colbum ' s New Monthly Magazine for December .
Irish Mile-stones . —A stranger riding along the road , observed that all the mile-stones were turned in a particular way , not facing tbe road , but rather averted from it . He called to a countryman , and inquired the reason . " Oh , bless you , Sir , " replied the man , " the wind is so strong sometimes in these parts , that if we weren't to turn the backs of the mile-stones to it , the figures would be blown off them clear and clean . A Stack moved whole by the Wind . —A very extraordinary circumstance occurred during the late severe gales which have prevailed . A wheat stacfe , of about sixty quarters , the property of Mr . Whitwell , at Little Potton Island , which had been placed on a nine-stone frame , was lifted up by the wind , and carried a distance of four feet from the stones , neither the thatch nor a eheaf being misplaced ; it now stands as perpendicular as when placed on the stones . —Essex Herald . — [ The next high wind may place the stack in its former position . !
A Man Suffocated by Gas . —On Friday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , Stock-Eort , before Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , on view of the ody of Henry Taylor , a gas fitter-up , who waa suffocated by gas on the premises of Mr . Scott , ironfounder and gas-fitter , on the prcvions day . On Thursday , deceased went down a dry well , adjoining a gasometer , to clear away some dirt from a main pipe , and in doing which he caused a leakage ia a joint , and , the gas escaping , he was suffocated before he could leave the well . A young mau who weut to his assistance was very near sharing tbe same fate , he being insensible when taken out of the well , and it required the unremitting attention of three surgeons for some time before he was considered out of danger . The man Taylor , was quite dead before taken out of the well . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
Crim . Con . —An action for criminal conversation was tried iu the Court of Exchequer on Thursday week , before Lord Abinger , in wnich the plaintiff waa Mr . Hayward , of the firm of Hayward and Moore , booksellers , in Paternoster Row , and the defendant a Mr . Barlow , an engineer . In March last that firm became bankrupt , and the defendant , who , as in most similar cases , was au "intimate friend" of the plaintiff , and a constant visitor at his house , where the heedlessness or blindness of the plaintiff had given him frequent opportunities of prosecuting his guilty design , threw off the mask of friendship , and Mrs . Hayward eloped , and lived with her seducer as Mrs . Barlow . It was shewn in the evidence that the defendant had been in the habit of
dining and visiting with the plaintiff ' s wife , while the latter was engaged in his business in the city , and j also of accompanying her to the theatre . The hus- j band was cognizant of all this . Other gentlemen , chiefly officers , had also accompanied her to the play , j aud visited her at her husband ' s house . It was ' also proved tbat the plaintiff had seduced Mrs . Hayward , when a girl of 16 , at her mother ' s house , and had not married htr , till three years after that j event , although a child was born after it . The last circumstance had a very damaging effect upon the
plaintiff ' s case . Lord Abinger , in summing up the ; case to the Jury , observed that the seduction of the i wife by the husband must , undoubtedly , impair his i claim for compensation , if she should afterwards desert him for another ; for if such a wife adopted a licentious course of life , perhaps it was not too much ' to say that she did but follow that example which her husband had taught her before marriage . The plaintiff , however , was entitled , lor all that , to the verdict from the Jury , as nothing could justify the conduct of tho defendant . Verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .
Noble Conduct of a Portland Man . —On the ; morning of the loss of tho brig Amyntus on Portland j Beach , a party of Portland men , were on the beach ; anxiously awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on ! shore ; and all equally desirous of assisting in saving j the lives of the crew . Shortly after she struck , these ; brave fellows were to be seen in the midst of the foaming surf ( trusting only to a rope fastened round j the waist , wheh was held by their companions ) , throwing ropes on board for the crew to secure themselves ; the ship was at this moment struck by a most tremendous sea , so violently tlm ' c the foremast ( on which Bix of the crew bad sought safety- ) was carried away , and broken in three places , and the whole was precipitated into the mid it of the surf . One loud shriek was heard from those who witnessed this awful sight . All were on the 1 ook out to offer assistance , and to save life ; and ir . an instant , « j .
Hansferd , a Portlander , rushed ir , to tbe surLand was buried amonget the white foam . After the receding of the waves he was seer struggling with a man in each hand , and although he was unable to keep upon his legs , he firmly kr pt his hold of them , and waa by his brave comp / nions hauled up the beach bringing with him the ' swo poor fellows , who with Hanstoid , were with dtf . acuity restored . Such scenes redound to theoredir of these brave islanders . The whole of the eaif 0 , of this vessel , consisting of timber , belonging tr , Mr . Cornish , builder , of Exeter , has been under tbr , able direction and superintendence of George Ax / en , Esq ., agent to Lloyd ? , safely got out . Tbe b ? dies of the master , Halleit , who has left a w » dwand two children , and John Harris , cook , vw * fv eked up on Wednesday last , off Fleet . On Mow / ay the leg of a youth was found on the bMK& v ' aaving been by tbe violence of the sea , torn from tho body : it is supposed to be that of ButartHv . ris , the other sufferer .
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At the Criminal Court , on Saturday , a witnesa described himself as a " penman ; " but , on being asked in what species of penmanship ho was employed , be replied that ho penned" sheep in Smithfield market . At a Shop Window in Holborn , & paper is exhibited on which is written , ** A perfect blind painter wanted . " It is presumed that the blind painter must be able to eee his way in the transparency line . " A Teetotaler in Tkodblk . — On Wednesday , Henry Powell , a demure , methodistieal personage whose face was moulded In " the pale cast of
thought , " was brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly in West-street , Saffron-hill , at the commencement of the little hours . The prisoner , it appeared , was holding forth from the text , Drink abundantly , O , beloved ! " and hia congregation , which was for the greater part composed of a sisterhood not " vowed to Vesta ' s temple , " exhibited strong signs of an a priori obedience to the injunction . Mr . Powell , who as it subsequently transpired , belonged to tbe stoical class of teetotalers , though on the present occasion fell into the trap set bv that ennning old epicure Horace , in the line— Doloe eat despere in loco , " which may be freely
translated—•* 'Tis , sweet to drink and make love—but then Care should be taken as to where and when . *' Mr . Powell said he had no memory of the matt « r , nor was he aware of any thing connected with it until he fonnd himself in the station-house . He was not at all a disciple of the school which held that " A lass is good , And a glass is good , And a pipe to smoke in cold weather ?' on the contrary , he praotised the Cavanagh doctrines of abstemiousness to the fullest extent to which they could be carried out . How he came in contact with the Cyprian votaries he could not tell , as his own peculiar worship was pledged to the tenets propounded from the temple of Diana , at Epheeus .
The magistrate having tested the case with the strictest accuracy which Hatton-garden measure affords as to the delicate and interesting adjudication of degrees of inebrity , pronounced that the drinking was not according unto the law , and that the soi-disant teetotaler should pay 5 s . for being ; uproariously drunk . Not having the money about him , being duly cleared out , in accordance with the practice of the neighbourhood , Mr . Powell had to send to , the teetotal-hall , Aldersgate-street , for the amount of his liberation . Whether the bill waa duly honoured remains yefc to be seen , atd ft will be a curious subject for future inquiry to ascertain how the fact will be recorded iu the temperance archives .
Messrs . Pickford & Co ., the well known carriers , in order to meet their very extensive and largely increasing business , have recently erected on a considerable scale , at a cost of about £ 20 , 000 ., premises adapted to their trade , in a close proximity to the London and Birmingham Railway , and connected therewith by a junction line at Camden Town . The whole was designed by Lewis Cubitt , Esq ., and completed under his supervision . The arrangements are of the most perfect and unique character , and the building is more vast and extensive than any other in England . Our immediate object in noticing this off-shoot of the railway system is , to give publicity to the following interesting facts , connected with its formal opening on Wednesday last . A train of waggons arriving at half-past seven , p . m ., being run in and unloaded in the presence of Messrs . Picktord , and amidst the cheers of iheir large body of workmen ,
tr e head gentlemen ( thirteen in all ) , of the several departments iu the London establishment , which comprises altogether nearly 100 clerks , were invited by Messrs . Pickford to partake of a commemoration dinner , at which the head of tbe house , Joseph Baxendale , Esq ., presided . The united servitude of the thirteen who pavtook of the hospitality of Messrs . Pickford , equalled 286 years , averaging twenty-two years each , two having been iu their employment between forty and fifty years , fivo between twenty and thirty years , the ages of the whole exceeding 500 years . We need not say that , where such a party was collected , all was harmony and hanpiness , that "the London and Birmingham Railway , " and " Success to tho Railway System , " were among the many toasts . drunk on the occasion . The lengthened services of the gentlemen so hospitably entertained by the worthy employers , speak most eloquently of good servants and kind mssters . — Railway Times .
French Way of Treating a Sbdccer . —Dr . R— , one of the most eminent physicians of Paris , atteaded the wife of an avuoe ( attorney-at-law ) , near the Tuileries . The husband having been informed that the Doctor was too attentive to his patient , took an opportunity of looking into his wife ' s secretaire during her absence , and there found several letters of this disciple of Galen . Ha immediately called on the Doctor , and telling him of the discovery , demanded that he should give up the letters which the lady had sent to him . This was at first refused , but the avou € being a man of spirit , resorted to threats , and obtained the letters . " This is not all , " said he , " I
do not think my wife worth fighting for , but if you do not instantly pay me 6 , 000 francs by way of indemnity , I will horse-whip you in public . " The Doctor , after many grimaces , paid the money , which in less than an hour was handed over by the hushand to the Bureau de Bienfaisance , for the poor of the arrondisement . He then went home and quietly put his wife out of door ? , telling her that she might if she pleased , join her seducer . Either the lady was repentant , or the Doctor was unwilling to add to his loss of 6 , 000 francs , the expense of supporting her , for she has gone into retirement , and the avoue is much admired for his magnificent donation to ihe poor of his district . —Paris Correspondent of Globe .
Appalling Murder at Drogheda . —One of the most daring andhorribie murders that has occurred in this part of the country for several years , was perpetrated last Tuesday night on the person of a man named Peter Dolan . a weaver , who kept a huckstery in the midst of a populous neighbourhood of Pool boy , outside Sunday ' s Gate , in the suburbs . of this town . The deceased , who was aged about fifty years , was a man of singular and retired habits , and generally believed to be possessed of a considerable sum of money . He was supposed to be originally from the neighbourhood of Carlaastown as ho sometime ago expressed a wish to be buried there after his death . He was singularly fearful for a long time back of an attack from robbers or murderers , and was prepared to defend himself by keeping always iu bis bed-room a long iron spike made fast to a pole , and with a view of preventing
any attempt upon him , he industriously circulated a report tbat he kept fire-arms in his possession . Although the father of two children he , at the time of hte death had neither of them residing with him . On Wednesday morning ho-was found lying dead in his house ; both sides of his skull were horribly disfigured from wounds apparently inflicted with a Eeven pound weight , which was found beside him covered With blood . On the left side of tho forehead the weight had entered completely , and forced a large portion of the skull in upon the braia ; on the whole , the head presented a most horrible and appalling appearance The pockets in which he usually kept his money were cut away , and a truss which he wore appeared to have been searched , The lid of a bo £ in his bed-room was also broken . The muider must have been committed early ia tbe night as all his clothes were on when be was found dead .
Dbatii from Machinery . —On Friday last , an inquest was held by Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , at the Boar ' s Head , Hyde , Cheshire , on view of the body of John Laver , aged 23 , a carder , late in the employ ef Mr . Thomas Ashton , a cotton manufacturer of Hyde , wbo died from injuries received by being caught by a strap on the 27 th of November last . It appeared from the evidence , that on the 27 th nit . deceased was attempting to tie the end of a strap with a piece of band whilst it was revolving round a drum , in doing which ho got one of his fingers entangled in tho buckle of the Btrap , and was taken several times round the shaft , by which his-left &na was broken and mangled in a shocking manner . Two medical gentlemen immediately attended hint
at the counting-house of the mill , and proposed taking away some of the splintered bone , but he refused to let them meddle with it , saying none should interfere with ii but Mr . T . Hague , a veterinary surgeon , whom he had sent for . Upen this the medical gentlemen left him , Faying they would wipe their hands of the business . He was afterwards atteaded by Mr . Hague , the veterinary surgeon , who- informed the deceased that it traa most likely he would lose his arm , upon which tie latter said he would rather die than lose his arm , and ho hoped he ( Mr . Hague ) would attend him and do his best . Mr . Hague then called a surgeon , named Lowe , as he said , to attend to deceased ' s coustitHtion , while he attended to the limb . The arm was set between
them , and they afterwards attended deceased till a . few days previous to his death , when another snrgeon was called in , who found him labouring under tenanusj or Jock-jaw ; and , not withstanding every attention was paid to him , he expired on Thursday last . It was the opinion of a medical gentleman who mado a post mortem examination of the body that death had been caused by lock-law , caused by the irritation of a splintered bone on the muscles of the arm . The coroner in summing up said that no blame could be attacked to the proprietors of the mill where the accident occurred ; that after the lamentable occurrence he bad been provided with the best medical assistance , but that he had
preferred the assistance of a veterinary surgeen , and it was for the jury to say whether or not ho waa criminally responsible as to the deceased's death , for the unskilful manner in which he had acted on the occasion . He considered that Messrs . William and Frederick Tinker , the gentlemen who wore called in to the assistance of deceased in the first instance , had been too hasty in leaving the case in the hands of Mr , Hague It ' they had remained , and pointed out to Hague the necessity of the operation , and he had not atteHded to it , it would then havo been clear that death had resulted from Mr . Hague ' s unskilful treatment . He left the case in the hands of the jury , who , after a short consultation , returned verdict of "Accidental death . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct409/page/3/
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