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OPPRESS OF THE OLD COMMODORE TO HIS CHARTIST FRIEJfDS . jfy beartisB cheer up ! the political crew ¦ frith their squadron ' s of red and their squadron ' 8 of bine , Ttg Plsgne , and their friends , both the Tories and Whigs , Bare play'd off a few of their old-fashion'd rigs . Tieir triumph , the cowardly vagabonds know , jVill ruin their cause and their power o " erthrow . Tis txne our old skip has experienc'd a shock , By running her keel on the Corn-leaguer ' s rock ; And part of our crew in the bilboes are laid , IJie honest and true , now their victims are made . Brave Cooper and White ! and a few worthies more , Bit they must not be lost tho' thevfe on a lee shore .
jjv ]* ottiniham worthies , tho' Clark and myself Pettaps a few weeks may be laid on the shelf , ( I needtd , I own it , a little repose , Bat sot in a cell , in the bands of our foes ;) Yet taint not oar glorians cause I forsake , In ' o , my beat and my head , boys , are both wide awake Refreshed from retirement , the Old Commodore ¦ R"iU ssen at his post be femud fighting once more . Discretion's the best part of valour , they Bay , jLcd if I an prudent , I ' m not run away . I knew in a jail I could not serve the c ^ use , Tcere ' s no justice in hell whsn the devil makes laws ; And as I am poor , and the poor ever fail To obtain right or justice , I g 3 ve them leg bail . I am snug in safe quarters , and thick it as well .
As being coop'd up in an iron-baT"d cell : I can write , I can set for our cause , tho' incog , And breathe the fresh air in a sunshine or fog . As censure , an innocent conscience can laugk—I am too old a bird to ba caught in snch chaff ; Tho' "Jemmie O'Brien , " and other mad fools M ' -iy denounce and condemn , I am not of their schools Brave Feargus , who knows m « , will never believe Ihs Oli Commodore would desert or deceive His brave fellow p-triots—0 no , my friends no ! I'll Lever forsake you—be shot if I do ! Then cheer np . ay hearties , and qnit ye like men , And " rally round Fearfos , again and again , " In spite of tha Statesman and heartless Bronterre ,
Who " s as crazy , by Jove ! as a very March hare ; And his paltry tool , the "Old Chartist , " Oh . ' shame ! That a wretch like to him , should assume snch a name He a Chartist ! aye , so is " OH Hookey" cne too—And honester far , I bel ' eva r f the two ! I trust your contempt for O'Brien , like mine , Will only to Fear ^ us your hearts m ore incline "; *• The prince of all patriots , the bravest of men , "" Let ' s rally ar ^ md him arain and again . " I writs those few lines , jast to let you ail sse , The Old Commodore is yet whit he sbonid be—A lover of Freedom , and ne ' er Trill he barter For money or fame , any point of the Charter ! Then G ;> d bless our cause—be does bless it indeed ! And God bless you all , pra . s
Old Commodose Mead , Safsty Cove , Man *! of Snacland . Saturday , Srpt . 10 th , 1 S 42 .
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L 1 XES , Written at Midnlfhl , September the lO ' Ji , lSi' 2 . Tell me , ye stars that gaze upon This lovely orb we call our otfh , How long shall mankind kiss the yoke , Asa bow before oppression ' s throne . ' TVcen earth was young , und sin , and pride , Knew not their plaee upon her brtas ; , Ye shone aloft , as shin- ye now—As guardians o'er the davlight'B rest . Bat oh I how ehanged ! how lost J how hid J Are tho brigkt glories of the past 1 Earth is but now the horns of slaves ; Bound by the chains themselves have cast . Ssy , are ye worlds , &a sagea say ?
Have ye your kings , your lords , and slaves ? Bow ye to Mammon ' s throne of gore , As we poor cowardly cringing knaves ? It cannot be ! ye ara too pure—F :. r the fonl nand to enter in , ?« o king or parasite can dwell In habitations void of sin . Say . je . "who from the irst till now , Have gzz'd as - ' overs on this beauteous world , Where are the spirits of old days ? Who £ see scorn to the despot hnrl'd ? To thee faith Hampden turned his eye , -Oa thee with Sydney looked and wept , Through ares dim , and timas obscure .
With thse the wise have vigils kept ; The patriotic treat , and good , Who vainly strove to free the earth , Have looked to thee as harbingers Of th = world's fresh , and newer birth . Oh ! -whst dtep sighs ! what grief ! What woe Hath been poured out in midnight hour , When the pent heart has burst its bonds , Ae ^ all-c * nfessed thy magic power . And wba : is there , but tcar 3 and groan 3 For the true lo ^ er of bis Tace ? Wha mankind , as of old , bow down Before an earth-born monarch ' s face ! ** ******
We stre ' . ch « o reach and grasp the air ! We bops , and tmtt , and trusting sis , Say , oh ! ye piquets , bright and pure , When will reality begin ? "When shall mankind arise in might And burst the bonds that bind them down , And banish ¦ vrrorg , an . i f-jjee , and guilt , With the vain bauble of a crown ? F
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( The foUowin ; parody upon a French writer appeared in the Liverpool Mercury a week or two ago . ) Scarcely hid the genius uttered to himself these words , than an immense noise proceeded from the Test , and turning aiy eye to that quarter , I perceived at the aortn-western extremity of the Earopean continent , in the sea-girt station , a prodigious movement , similar to " hat exists in the bosom of s . Icjge city , when pervaded with sedition , an irnrainerable people , like waves , flnotuate in the streets and public places . My tar , struck with their cries , which ascended to th 8 very heavens , distinguished at intervals these phrases : —
" What is this new proauy ? What this cruel and mysterious scourge ? We are a numerous people , and we want strength ! Our bills are rich in coal and minerals ; streams flow through our valleys ; railroads intersect the country ; our artiziis , mechanics , and mariners are more skilful than those of any other nation ; the ocean waves wash cur sb :-res on every side , ready to cosvey to our brethren in other climes the comforts which our industry and ingenuity have so abundantly prcdtised . and for for which they so ardently desire to exchange the com , wine , cD , and fruits , bestowed so bountifully by the Almighty Father upon them , his children , ic mere fertile regions : and yet we are destitute of provision . ' We are active and laborious , and We live in indigence ! We pay enormous tributes , and we are told that they are not sufficient . ' We are at peace ¦ without , and our persons and property are not safe within ! Whst , then , is the secret enemy that devours us ? ' '
From the midst of £ he concourse , some individual voices repli-id , " Erect a standard of dUtincti » B , and let all those who , by nstfal labours , contribute to the support and maintenance of society gather round it , and you will discover tie enemy that preys on your vitals . " The standard being erected , tie n 3 ti # n found itself suddenly divided into two bc-dies of unequal magnitnde szd dissimilar appc&raiK £ : the one innumerable and nearly integral , exhibited in t \ e gtneral poverty of their fires 3 . and in their me ^^ re and pallid faces , the
marks of toii and wretchedness ; the other a petty group , a valucitss fraction , presented , in theii rich attire , embroidered witfe g : > Id and silver , and in their deck and ruddy cc-mplixions , the symptoms of leisure and abundance . Co-sidcring these men more attentively , I perceived flat the large body was constituted cf iabourtrs , arUz . cs , tradcraen , and professions useful to society ; and that in the lesser grsnp there were nous but priests , c « artlers , public accountants , commanders cf troops , ia short , the civil , military , or ifclirious B ? ent 3 of sov&niTEeiit . ts
The two bodies being fr ^ nt front assanVbletl , and having iockrd -wi'Ja astonishment at each other , I saw tbe' felines af indignation and resentment spring up in the one , and a sort of panic in the other ; and the large said to the small body—Why stand you spart ? Are yon cot of our nnmber ? " No , ' replied the group ; " you are the people ; we We a privileged elafcs : we have laws , customs , and rights peculiar to ourselves . " PecDie—And wfeat labour do you perform in society ? PriTiltged C- as 3—None ; we are sot made to labour . P . —How then have you acquired your Wealth ? P . C . —By taking the pains to s 3 Teri 1 J 03-P . —To govern ua I and is this what you call governing ? We toil , and you enjoy ; we produce , and you dissipate ; wealth flows frem us , and you absorb it Priviifsged men , class distinct from the people , form a nation apart , and govern yourselves .
Then ,. deliberating on their new situation , some among tbe group said— , " I « t us join the people , and partake their btrden and cares , for they an men like ourselves . "—Others replied : "To mixwlih the herd » ould be degrading and Tile ; they are bom to serve Tis , who are mtn . of a superior raee . " The civil goveiEnrs said— " Tbe people are nxfld and naturally ser-Tile ; let us Bpesk to them in the nime of tbe queen and the few , and they will return to their duty . People ! tbe qneen decrees , tbe sovereign ordains . " People—The queen easnot decree anything which the * fety of the people does not demand ; the sovereign ttanot ordain bat according to law . Civil Governors Tne law calls upon you for smbmis-« km . *—The la ^? is the general will , tnd we trill a new ttdsr .
C- G- —Ton are in that cass rebels . *—A nadon cannot be a reb . -l : tyrants only ars t&fcli
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C . G . —The queen is on our side , ana she enjoins you to submit P . —Queens cannot be separated front the nation in which they reign . Our queen cannot be o \ "i your aide ; yon have only the phantom of her counteuanco-Then the military governors advanced , and they said , " The people are timorous ; it is proper to threaten them ; they will yield to the influence of force . Soldiers , chastise this insolent multitude . " People—Soldiers , our blood flows in your reins ! Will you strike your brother ? If the people be destroyed , who will maintain the army ? And the soldiers grounded th-Ir arms , said to their chiefs— " We are a part of the people , we whom you csll upon to fight against them . Then the ecclesiastical governor said , " There is but one resource left The people are superstitious ; it is proper to overawe them with the names of God and religion . "
Priests—Our dear brethren , our children , God has appointed us to govern you . People—Produce the patent of his commission . Priests—You must have faith ; reason leadB men into guilt . People—And would you govern us without reason ? Prints—God is the God of p « ace ; religion enjoins you to obey . People . —No ; justice goes before peace ; obedience ^ implies a law , and renders necessary the cognizance of Priests . —This world was intended for trial and sufferin !; ,
People . —Do you then show us the example of suffering . Priests—Would you live without gods or kings ? People—We abjure tyranny of every kind . Our God is our ju 3 t and merciful Father . Priests—You must have mediators , persons who may act in your behalf . Peopla—MedUtors with God , and mediators with tbe Queen ! Courtiers and priests , your services are too expensive : henceforth we take our affairs into our own hasrta ..
Then the smaller group exclaimed— " It is all over with ns ; the multitude are enlightened . " And the peop ! e replied— " You shall not be . hurt ; we are enlightened , and we will commit no violence . We desire nothing but our rights ; resentment we cannot but feel , but we consent to pass it by ; we were slaves ; we might now command ; but we ask only to be free , and free we are . "
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^ LSEDS . —Assault ok a Policeman . —On Monday , J . t ' arrar , a clothier , of Armley . vjasbToughtupat the Court-house , before Griffith Wright , E ^ q ., and Jame 3 Holdlorih , E ? q ., on a charge of having assaulted Policeman Wilkinson . According to the statement of the complainant , it appeared that he was on duty in Kirk gate on Sunday evening , about twenty minutes past nine o ' clock , " when ho heard calls of " Watch , " and on going to the bottom of Yorb-Etrcct , -whencethe call 3 proceeded , hefound tbe prisoner and Thomas Austin , of Armley , fighting . He took them both into custody , but as he was conveying : hem to prison , thsy both struck at him , and Austin got awaj . The Bench fined the defendant 40 s . and costs , or in default of payment he was to ba imprsoned one month at Wakefield . On Tuesday , Austin was brought up by warrant , and was fined 20 i . and cost , which he paid , and he was then discharged .
Breach of a Beer-houss Licv . xse . —OnMonday , David Tnornton , who keeps the New Inn beerhouse , Kirkstail-road , was fined in the mitigated prnalty of 10 j . and eosis , for having had company drinking in his house on Sunday afternoon last , during the hours of divine service . From the statement of Thornton himself , it appeared that he and his wife went out to chapel , and left the house in the care of their son , who , when a shower of rain came one , was solicited by about twenty persons to let them have shelter , aad he complied with their request , and sold them a few qaarts of " nut brown , " when a policeman , at half past xhree o'clork , pjppcd in upon them and saw their doing ? . Henca the information .
Assault . —On Monday last , a man of the name of Robert Damaine was Sued by the sitting magistrate ? , at the Court House , in the sum of 203 . and costs , for having assaulted Mr Coxon , of Holbeck . The defendant was a tenant of the complainant , and on Saturday before last , the latter went and asked the former for some reni which was due to him , and as he did not pay it he proceeded to take an inventory of his goods . After he bad taken an account of those ia tha lower part of the house , ho wished to go up the stairs , but the defendant would not let him : a ? eu £ Eb ensued , and theeompiainant was put out of the house wiih his left knee dislocated .
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Laegk Imports of grain have arrived during the pa ? t week in upwards of twenty vessels from Constantinople , 3 nd tbe ports of the Black Saa . Accident on thb London a >' d Birmingham Rail"way . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before four o'clock , a boy , named John Buckley , was with several other boys walking along the parapet of one of ihs stone bridges crossing the London and Birmingham Railway , in the reir of the York and Albany Tavern , Park-street , Camden-town , when he
suddenly fell r . cad foremost onto the line of the railway , a depth of between forty and fifty feet . After some delay the alarm was given at the Camden station , and some of the police proceeded to the 6 pot , where tbe poor boy wa 3 found wholly insensible , and was in that ' state conveyed down the line to the station at Euston-grove , and from there conveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where , on examination by Mr , Tu = on , od 6 of the surgeons , it was ascertained that he had sustained a fracmre of tbe skull and concussion of the brain .
A Brltal and SIcEDERors Octrage was inflicted at Houghton , near Stockbridge , Hants , a few day .-since , on the parson of a beantiful young woman , named Elizabeth Roe , by a middle aged man , named Jamea Sims , caused by her refusal to become his wife . It appeared that he waited ioi an opportunity , and met her in the high-road , and , after making corns slight attempts to stop her , she smilingly said , "Sims , let me pa ? s , " when he struck her a heavy blow with a large chisel , on the back part of the head , which
levelled her to the ground ; he then fell en her , ami icfl cted several dan ^ erou 3 wounds on her he 3 d and fa < w . After leaving her , as he supposed , dead , he repaired to the river side for the purpose of putting an end to his miserable existence , but failed in tbe attempt , and was immediately ta ^ cn m ! o custody , and i 3 committed for trial at the ass'zos . He expressed rrgrtt his victim was Hot dead , baying , if sh « wa ? , he 3 hould go to the gallows happy ! Tha unforiHuate woman is lying in a dan ^ er ^ us siztj , ana should ihe recover , will be dicfi-jured for life .
Painful Affliction . —Dover , Srpr . 11 . —Tms morning early the family of Mr . Belt , of flrunswirk-Equare , London , now residing at No . 1 , Guildmrdterrace . was thrown into tho deepest suffering . Two young gentlemen , sons of the above family , accompanied by their footman , were bathiDg close by Sir Sidney Smith ' s je : ty . The eldest son , who could swim well , ventured out some distance from the shore ; the other two , not able to swim , soon got befond their depth , and cried for assistance . The
eldest son retnrniD . g to give them aiJ , wa = soon too much exhausted , and compelled to reach ? be there . In this helpless state he was seen by a Prev « i : ive man , wh- " , with assistance , conveyed him to one of Mr . Marsh ' s warm baih ? , where hs was attended by Mr . Sankey , the nirgeon , and speedily re-fre *! The other son with the servant , vras carried away by the waves , and they were not reoov ; rid for han an h . 'iir ; they also wcre placed in hot batSi : ? , hu ! -, t- » ough e ^ ery proper means weri rcsorUd to b > Mr . Swkcy and hi 3 assistant , the vital spark had depar . eri .
A New Mode op Raisins the Wind . —The following humourous and extraordinary anccdo' -e , illustrative of the degrad ng extent to which ov-n Lores and M . P . ' s will sometiir . es g-j to achieve pecuniary ends , is daily furnishing conversational food for the gc-ssips ai the West-eiid : —Sume sk : rt tin ; -. ' sinc-j a tc : on o ' ' nobility , who recently a qu , red sorav notoriety in P ^ ris , being dcFpv-rateiy ps-hed for a " cool" conplo of hur . dred pounds , and havin . z ineffectually tried every probable source : o obtain it , at la = r , as a dernier report , applied io hi » Noble parent ( a Gallant Marquis ) . ' or the tr ji ng accommodation ; trjfliiig , however , a * the sum Gay appear , the heroic M . F . i 3 reported to have met with a piump , and not , very courteous negative to his application .
Disappointed and enraged at the refusal , and the peremptory tone in which it was conveyed , he , as a bra - o son of Neptune , hit upon , and , Proteus-like , carried into execution , the following stratagem to effect his purpose : —It happened that at a crossiDg opposite the window of tha room in which slept the Noble Marquis , his father , a mendicant sweeper was in the habit of taking his stand in pHrsuit of his daily avocation . To this "knight of the broom" the hero repaired , and for a Bmsll snm bought him off his ' * lifci ' iold , " or crossing for a day ? and , on the following morning , ab « i \ t thehour p the Marquis usually rose , the distinguished scion , disguised as a beggar , with a bran-new broom , was seen industriously employed in sweep ' . Dg clouds of dust towards the Gallant Marquis's window . On looking out , tbeNobie
Marquis , to his utter astonishment , beheld a freBh and ili-oonducted sweeper , and incensed at the rude manner in which he was carrying on his operations , dispatched a servant to know the cause . The servant having , in the person of the jneadaciousBweepei , discovered Lord , returned in breaihless haste to his master , and informed him that it was his own son who was thus occupied in kicking up such a dust ** Oh , hang him , " said the noble and brave veteran , " that is done io raise the wind , ( . writing ) here , tske this to him—a cheque—tell him to be off and change his rsgs—his morals he never can . " Tne command was no socner given than obeyed , and the beggar quitted his post of honour and retreated in double quick time , highly gratified , however , with his new mode of raising the Ynnd . "Sunday paper .
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Bad Punctuation and Spelling . —A poor woman at Shoreham , whose husband was going to sea , handed through the clerk , to the parson , this public prayer : — ' A man going to see , his wife desires the prayer 3 of this congregation . " The parson , pointing it in his owa way , read to the ears of his flock , " A man going to see his wife , desire 3 the prayers of this congregation , " and set them all in a titter . Obigin op thb Wobd Coloxy . —Colony is a body of people drawn from the mother country to inhabit some distant plaoe . The word originally signified no more than a farm , that is , the habitation of a peasant , colonus ( hence the word clown ) , with the quantity of land sufficient for the support of his family . It is derived from the Latin word cob , I till or cultivate ; henc 9 colonus , a husbandman , and colonia , a body of farmers sent to cultivate the ground in a distant country , and by metonymy , the Dlace itself .
_ At the present moment , when snch general agitation pervades the labouring popalation throughout the country , it is pleasing to have to record an instance where master and workmen are found associated together in mutual good will . Ou Saturday last , at Two Waters , Herts , Mr . Wilson , © f the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sons , letter founders , gave an excellent dinner to the men in his employ , to celebrate ihe centenary of his establishment . After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts Mr . Wilson ' s "Health , and Prosperity to tbe Glasgow Letter Foundry , " were proposed and dru »> k with enthusiasm . Several excellent speeches were made by the workmen , and the evening was spent with the greatest hiliarity . On the Monday following the boys connected with the establishment were regaled with similar heariy cheer .
The Quip Courteous . —Two ministers of the same name resided in the same town : a town whiob some of our readers will easily mako out—one a Dissenter , and the other a clergyman of tho Established Church . A parcei came into the hands of the latter , which , on inspection , proved to be for the Dissenter . It was forwarded with the following note : — "Sir , —If you had not assumed a title to which you have no right , this mistake would not have occurred , I am , sir , " &c . In the course of a few weeks a parcel came into the hands of the Dissemer , which was for his reverend namesake , and which was found to contain a case of lithographed pennons , done up to imitate manuscript . It was forwarded to the clergyman with the following retort , : — "Sir , —If you had not assumed an office for which you aro not qualified , this mistake would net havo occurred . I am , sir , " & . c . —Falmouth Packet .
Attempt to Murder a Tiudepiian ' s Son in Holbok . v . —The following daring and murderous attack was made on tbe .-on of Mr William Howell , chica and glass warehouseman , of Ilolb ^ rn Hill , a boy of elcren years o ) d : —On Friday night , about ten o ' clock , ho was mindin * the shop , when a youna man entered with a mug in his haud , and askGd him to drink a drop of beer , which he did , a small quantity , not liking it ; tho man then left the shop , and went across the road and joined another man . His sister having providentially returned ( not having left him alone more th ^ n t en minute ?) when ho fell down in the shop among the i , cod =, bur got up again and went
to the door , when he became > io ! ently sick and insensible . The policeman on tho beat carried him homo to Mr . Howeli ' s house in Stonecutter-street , when he and others thought the the boy dead . Mr . Bull'in , the surgeon , immediately came , who considered the boy in a dangerous state , and administered remedies to bring off his stomach what ho had taken , and he remained i' ) .= ? n .-ib : e for two or three hours . He is now out of danger , but the doctor has no doubt that laudanum was giyea to the boy , and had ho not been sick when his sister returned , he would havo been a corpse , the object of tho party no doubt being to rob the shop .
Whimsical Calculations . —What a noisy creature man would be were hi 3 voice in proportion to his weight as powerful as the grasshopper , which may be heard at the ds-ance of one sixteenth of a mile . The kolibri weighs about an ounce , so that a man of ordinary size weighs about as much as 4000 kolibris One kolibri must wuigh aa much as four grasshoppers . Assuming , then , that a man weighs as much as 16 , 000 grasshoppers , and that the voice of one of these may be heard at the distance of one sixteenth of a mile ; that of a man , were it in
proportion to his weight , would be audible at the distance of lUOD miies ; a ; id when he sneezed , ho would run the risk of brnghjg iho house about his ears , like tha walk of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets . Assuming :, further , that a flea weighs a grain , which is something more than its own weight , and that if it is able ti > c ! ear one inch and a half at a spring , a man of about 150 pounds weight , would , by the same rule , bo able to nnke a spring over a space of 1 . 2 . 45 UO milpg , and consequently , leap with ease from New York to Cochin China , or round the world in two jumps 1
Evolution of Light in the Human Subject . — It was leu days previous to L . A . 's death that 1 ( Sir Henry Marsh ) observed a vtry extraordinary light , which seemed darting about tho face , and illuminating all around her head , flashing very much like an aurora borealis . She was in » deep decline , and that day been seized wiih suffocation , which teased her much for an hour , und made her so nervous tUac bho would not suifvr me to leave her for a moment , tkas I might raise htr up quickly in ca-e of a return of a painful sensation . After * he settled for tbe night , I lay down beside her , and it was then this luminous appearance suddenly commenced . Her maid was ssitine ; up beside the bed , and I wished her to shude the Hght , as it would
awaken Louisa . She told me the lijiht was perfectly fhided . I then said , " What can this light be wnich is flir-hinj on Miss Louisa ' s face ! " The maid looked very mysterious , and informed me she hud £ cen that iignt before , and it was from no candle . I then inquired whun she had perceived it ? She said that morning , and it had dazzled her eyes , but she had said nothing abDUt it , as ladies always coj ^ idered Eeiv ^ ntB superstitious . However , after waiciiing it myself half an hour , I got up , and paw that tiic candle was in a position from which this peculiar light could not have come , nor , inueed , was it like that sort of light ; id was more silvery , like the rc-iiaction of moonlight on water . I w aiched it more than an hour , when it disappeared . It gave the face the look of being painted white and hitrhly gbzed , but it danced about , and had a very extraorcinary effect . Tnree nights after , the maid being ill , I sat up ail night , and again I saw thi . s
luminous apprarance , when , there was no candle nor inuo : ) , nor \ r fact any visible means of produciiiK it . H ' . r sister came into the room and saw it also . The ev . uing before L . A . died , 1 saw the light again , cm it was faiuter , and lasted bat about twenty iiiu : u'es . The star-.- of the body of the patient was vii-. it of extreme exhaustion . For two months she Hud n ' . v ^ r pa : up in the bed . Many of hersymp turns varied much from those of other sufix-rers in puimouary coir . pla ' n ' . s whum I had f > ecn , but the iiune al outline was the bame . Her breath had a very peculiar sneii , which made me suppose there niijiht be somo ccc ' .. m ; r . i-it ! pn # ok ; g forward . Tho youug lady about V 7 ;;; £ d pei-s'm these luminous appearances wero manifested , I h-id seen several t . mes before her return to tho f . imtry ; her iun ^ s were tx-eusivcly diseased ; yhe laboured under the most hopeless form oi' pulmonary consumption . — Medical Gazette .
iWO THOUSAND POUNDS ItOBBEBY . —We have been informed of a serious loss hcs f uir : cd by JoLn MarqHis , of' Arcrngton , at Preston GniH , on Montiay evttiiugli ;; . k appiard that > . ir , , \ Lirquis some tim- siaoc told j :-i-pei \ . y to Air . ll .-iigrtavus , ofiicer-ugton , for £ 10 , UOO , a portion of which , to th ? a ; ¦ -unt of £ 2 0 U 0 , he haDj ; en .: d to havo in his pocket or- jlucda-y ia = t at Prcsir . n , whither he had ^ one for the pur ' f OB of : iia ! : div . ( i him ^ cli' at the fe ^ ival of the Guild . Mr . iMe . rquis Lai ciiacd wilh Mr . Grundy , u : acbine-KiakcT , and aft' r ( i ' urier sallied out to look about him and see the ' . vonaers of tho Guild . This v . as about eight o ' clock in the evour . jg . Sauntering a ' . ng the str .-. t , Mr . M ^ . qjis Wis acosied in an iUabie muimer bv a rtspe ^ a Die-lacking person , with
whom he entered imo conver .-ation . Tn . eir intimacy , ai'hough so suddenly created , and wiihout the usuai cer .-moir ' al of iutrcononon m > generally required by John Bull—moro particularly than by any other na icr . al t'Eirie ^ an—seemed to grow rapidly in strength ; ior ihe siracg' .-r t , ok Sir . Marquis by the arm , ami ihu «? united they proceeded to admire what v ,-as gointf on round abou ! , them . They had not , howe- < -OT , made much pro » rfc ? s in their friendly pron . enade , wh-. n tliey wcr * met by a gentleman and 1-idy , who apvonred to be particularly anxious also to scrape an acquaintance ! with Mr . Marquis . Shortly afier ilr . Marq . iis discovered that hid pocket-book had been taken away , containing nine £ 100 notes ,
aad two £ 500 notes , all of the Bank of England , together w ; th about £ 100 in gold and silver . Mr . Marquis naturally lookod about for hia friend , but he had cut his acquaintance . No clue to the theives has a 3 yet been discovered . The numbers of the notes , however , arc known , and , unless paid by the Bank of Ecgland previous to yesterday afternoon , will be of no use to those who stole them . —Black ' burn - Standard . A full description of the person . suspected of committing the above robbery was forwarded to the various police stations in the metropolis . At a late hour on Saturday night a person of the name of Siowell who resides at i , Bowling-greenstreet , Kennineton , informed Police-constableB
Hurray and Winch , No 3 . 119 and 140 M , that he was in Preston on the day of the robbery , and that he had traced the suspected person to Sio . 3 , HeroulesbuildingB , Lambeth , -whither the two constables instantly repaired , and succeeedad in eapturiDg a roan and ft woman . The former gave the name of Jovel , the latter Elizabeth Bailey . The female w s instantly identified as beiDg the person supposed to have committed the robbery ; 3 he went to the male prisoner to an accommodation-house a few miles from Prestou , where she dropped one of the stolen notes . Both prisoners were searched ; on Jovel was found a flash note for £ 50 ef the " Bank of Engraving , " but none of the stolen notes were found on either ^ the opinion being that they hard banked them .
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Queen Anne Bullrtn . —In the third report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records , Sir F . Pal-3 rave gives information of the discovery of the legal records of the trial of Queen Anne Bitfleyn , documents which were supposed to have been destroyed ; but which have been recently discovered among the records of the Court of Queen ' s Benoh , and the absence of which materially impeded the narrative of the historian of the eventful reign of Henry VIII . The list of these records is highly interesting to the literary world . —Oxford Herald .
Discovery op Engraving . —The art of print engraving , like many other important inventions , was the result of accident . A poor woman having entered into the studio of the celebrated Florentine , goldBmith , Maao Finignerra , bearing in her hand a packet of wet linen , incautiously placed it upon a table on which lay a small silver plate that the artist had just finished engraving . In order to see the effect before it was enamelled , he had filled the lines with a composition very nearly approaching our common printing ink , composed of lamp-black and oh ; and the woman , upon tiking up her parcel , found a very neat impression of the subject upon the wet napkin in which it was enveloped . Saoh is the story told by Vasari , and if not exactly true , it has the merit of being highly probabIe .--Z ) u « tn Review
Not less than sixteen children narrowly escaped being poisoned in Buyne-street , on Saturday last , by partaking of a sweetmeat coloured with arseniato of cepper , used as a green pigment . This deleterious stuff tvas given to tha mother of two of the children by the servants of a gentleman residing in the looahty , and had been used as a garniture at a supper party , being composed of flour and sugar , and coloured with the poisonous stuff above-mentioned . It was divided freely amongst their little playfellows , and sixteen were more or less affected . Dr . Mitchell , of the South-Eastern Lying-in Hospital , was called in to see the children , and , with judicious treatment , rescued them frem . untimely death . — Dublin Paper *
A man , twenty-two years of age , named Wattrelot , who acted as assistant to his father-in-law , a farmer named Foatry , at Carvin-Epinoy , was tried before the Court of Assizes of the Pas-de-calaiB , on the 26 th ult ., for the murder by poison of his father-in law , mother-in-law , and sister-in-law , the motive for bis crime having been to become more speedily in possession of the property , which at their death would belong to him in right of his wife . The fathor-in-law was murdered by mixing arsenic in bis soup , and six days afterwards the murderer adopted the same coarse with the two female victims . He was found guilty by the Jury , but ( to the astonishment of the Court ) with extenuatiag circumstances . He was consequently , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour and exposure in the pillory .
War 9 aw , Aug . 30 . —On the 20 th of this month the town of Aochauow was destroyed by fire ; 114 houses and twenty-four of tho large establishments are reduced to ashes . 300 families have lost everything . The value of the furniture , &o ., destroyed is 1 , 000 , 000 of Polish florins ( 167 , 000 rix dollars ) . Tho harvest is over in almost the whole kingdom ; it is very abuudam ; oats loss so than other kinds of grain . We have not yet had any very extreme heat . —Prussian State Gazette , Sept . 4 . « . _ . Curb for the Cholera . —This painful and distressing disease , which is now exhibiting in various parts of the kingdom , has been successfully combated and effectually cured by the following medicine
which cannot be too widely made known to the public . Take equal quantities of spirit of sal volatile , e 933 nce of peppermint , and liquid laudanum ( say a quarter of an ounce of each , which pour together in a bottle . ) Of this mixture , tako a small tea-spoonful in half a glass of brandy , ) to whicb add a little hot-water , which swallow , and repeat tho dose in two hours if necessary . This has seldom failed to afford almost immediate relief ; and a second do = » mostly effects a cure . The above doso is for a grown person , and should be increased or diminished according to the Btrength and habit of the parent . Tho writer has felt immediate benefit from the use of it , and he has also given it to persons with the same success .
A Female Suffocated bv a Plum-Stone . —A melancholy occurrence took place at Gravesend on Sunday , the 4 th instant . Mrs . Margaretta Wells , the wife of Mr . John Wells , a jeweller , of No . 5 , Museum street , Bloomsbury , has been for some time staying with her family in Gravesend , and ou Sunday afternoon , in tbe course of their customary walk , they purchased some plums , and as Mrs . Wells was iu the act of eating one , the stone got into her throat , and choked her . A coroner ' s inqu '^ st beirg held on the body , returned a verdict accordingly .
On Thursday se ' night , the houskeeper of Mr . Kern ^ r , the tobacconist of St . James ' -street , put an end to her existence by drowning herself iu the water-butt . It will be recollected that an examination took place before the Magistrates of MarlborouK ' n-street , respecting tho conduct of Mr ; Kerner , who has suddenly absented himself from this country , on au account of an alleged fraud in some bill transactions ; and it is said that the poor woman had been reduced to a Btate of despondency , occasioned 6 y her master having made away with her little property .
The Pcstmasteb-Generjl has decided on returning to the old method of paying the guards on mail coaches 10 s . 6 d . per week , and allowing them to take fees from passengers . The guards on railways are still to be paid salaries , without fees ; but such nalaries are to be on a reduced scale . The cause of the contemplated alteration in the mode of paying the mail-coach guards is , the continued discoveries that they receive fees . Six of them are now suspended lor taking feea , but Lord Lowther has resolved not to dismiss them , because he declares it impossible to prevent persons who are paid only £ 70 or £ 80 a year , from taking gratuities from passengers , when , as in most aeea , it has happened the gratuUies have been voluntarily offered .
Newfoukdund Names . —Tho names of Newfoundland hills , harbours , coves , creeks , and bay ? , are very amusing , i The Blow-rae-down-Hilis , the Come-by-Chanca- Brook , the Seldom-come-by-Harbour , the Funk Islands , imply a modo of nomenclature primitive , if not always elegant ; and highly expre-jsive , if not attractive , are Bloody Reach , Damnable Bay , Dead-man ' s Point , Ragged Islands , Bay Dospair , The Frying Pan , Cape Broil , Hell Hill , I ' lount Misery , Wolf Bay , the Bishop's Falls , Lion ' s Den , Bay of Fair and Fale , Muddy Hole , Pope ' s Harbour , Goose Cove , and Gander Bay !
Two Children Poisoned by Drinking Flywateu . —On Tuesday , a » inquest was taken before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Wheat Sheaf . Peter ' s Cross , FuJham . on the body of Ann Backo , aged three years . From tho evidence it appeared that the deceased ' s mother ( Catherine Reardon ) lived with the father at No . 3 , Wheat Sheaf-place , and on Friday la * t the former sent a woman , named Quain , to a grocer ' s shop , kept by a person named Potts , for two pennyworth of " fly-water . " On being served with it , an injunction was given to keep it ou * of the way of children , and this was told the mother . The poison was brought in a tea-cup , and , during the absence of deceased and another child abmi two years of age , the liquid was poured into two plaies and placed on shelves for the purpose of destroying flies . The tea-cup , however , was left on
the t 9 b ! e , containing about a spoonful of the poison , and , tinrhiK the absence of the mother , the two chi ! -. rcu drank what remained in that vessel . On her return she found both vomiting , and took them to Mr . Kouso , a surgeon . The youngest recovered , tut iho deceased got worso , and died between eight and nine o ' clock the same evening . Mr . William Howard , assistant to Mr . House , said the children were v > miting violently when brought to the surgery , and , on boing told thai they had drank " hywar . er" he gave them emetics , and continued to attend deceased until sh ^ j died . He procured somo of tho " fly-water , " from Mr . Potts , which ho analysed , and found one of tho component parts to-be arB'n'c . —The jury returned the following verdict : — " That the deceased Was accidentally poisoned by drinking some of Shadbolt's fly and bug water . "
Loss of the Moniaou , of Perth . —Extract from a letter dated Macao , the 10 th of May : — " Accounts have just reached ua of tho total loss of tha Montagu . She was coming on from Bombay , principally laden with cotton , and was classified as a Hue vessel , and a fast sailer ; but week after week passed , however , after sho became quite duo , and no Moutagu made her appearanco . At length , a few uuj' 5 a ^ o , a letter reached us from the captain , dated ilauilia , at which place he and all the crew had arrived in safety . It seems he had got through Dampier ' s Straits , and in ! the Jillolo Passage had very thick weather and calms , with strong currents running . On the morning of the 2 d of March , at daylight , they found themselves within three miles of a reef , with the current setting them right down upon it . They got out all the boats to try and tow her off , but without effect . About three p . m ., she struck , and at four o ' olook had entirely
disappeared ; the crew beipg in the boat 3 at the time escaped , but withoutyaiothes of any kind or provision . They got inlHfe the reef to a Bmall island with three coooa-nut trees , Where they remained for fifteen dayu , subsisting on fish , birds , fco . ; and , after repairing their boats , which had been damaged in crossing tho reef , they seS out to look for vessels , without compass , chart , or anything to guide them by . They were picked up by a London vessel bound for the coast of Japan , who supplied them with all their wants ; and they again set sail in their boats to reach the Dutch settlement of Farwate , if possible . After being about fifteen days at sea , they were picked up by a vessel bound for Manilla , where they arrived in safety the end of last month . She was a fine vessel , and owned by Thomas Graham and Sons of the fair city . The captain , I believe , has sailed for England . Holen ' s Shoal iB the name of the reef on which she was loBt . —Perthshire Courier .
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We understand that the Government have conferred pensions of , £ 80 a year each on tha four daughters of the late Colonel Denaie . of the 13 th foot , who was killed at Jellalabad , where he commanded the sortie . These died lately , says a German paper , in the village of Felsoe Frederick , in Transylvania , a farmer named Terebesi , in the 135 th year of his age . He always enjoyed good health , and worked in the field until just before his death . A Good Joke . —The Milleritea are prophecying that the end of the world is to be in April , 1843 ; and yet , at the same time , in this month of August , 1842 , they are taking subscriptions for a newspaper for one year in advance . Not bad that . —New York Herald .
Paupers' Luxuries . —A gardener , who supplies a nnion workhouse in Sussex with vegetables . Bends in maggotty turnips , and cabbages abounding in caterpillars , sagely observing that the poor devils of paupers have no other means of obtaining gru 6 . It is calculated tba . ' the available coal-beds in Lancashire amount in weight to the enormous sum of 84 , 000 , 000 tons : the total amount of consunaprion per annum is supposed to be 3 , 400 , 120 tons : hence it is inferred that the coal-field of Lancashire , at tho present rate of consumption , will last 2 , 470 years . Pleasant State of thing 3 in New York . — There is not the least thing doing in any branch of business whatever , except lying and cheating iu Wall-street , picking pockets promiscuously , and killing dogs all over the city .
Extraordinary Radish . —A radish was gathered the other day out of a garden belonging to Mr . P . Dawson , maltster , Ashborne , of the unusual length of twenty inches , nine in circumference , and weighing two pounds and three quarters . —Derby Reporter . A Modest Dun . —A tailor presented his account to a gentleman for settlement . "I'll look over your bill , " said the gentleman . "Very good , " said the tailor , " pray don ' t over-look it . " On opening a vase lately discovered in the ruins of Herculancum , the learned Abbe Facoiolati found an orange preserved in vinegar . It appears the Romans pickled oranges as we do gherkins .
Arab Retort . — " Why do you not thank God , ' ' said Mauser to an Arab , "that since I have been your ruler , you have nevor been afilioted with tbe plague I" " God is too just to send two soourges upon us at onco , " was the reply ; but it cost the speaker his life . A Romantic Younq Lady fell into a river , and was likely to be drowned , but a preserver accidentally appeared , and she was conveyed to her home ? . When she came to herself , she declared that she would marry the person who had saved her life . "Impossible , " said her father . "Is he already married then ? " she inquired . "No . " "Is he the young man who lives in our neighbourhood 1 " " No , it is & Newfoundland dog . "
Brick versus Skull . —An athletic black man , while carrying a hod in a building down town , was struck on his head by a brick , which fell from the scaffold nearly two stories high . "Look out up dare , how you frow your bricks ! " vociferated the hod carrier : " guess you want to kill dis nigger . " What is most strange is , that the man wa 3 not even stunned , and the briok was broken in two by coming in contaot with bis head . —Philadelphia Gazelle . CniNE 3 E-Barbarity . — An unfortunate seaman of theCoinwallis recently wandered into the hands ot a party of Chinese villager * :, who immediately cut off his knee-pans , made an incision round each wrist , and stripped the skin off the muscles , up to the elbows , and down each hand to the fi ; igor ends , leaving it dangling . In this condition the poor fellow was abandoned . On his being found , tho village was destroyed by the boats of the ship . The man is alive , and slowly recovering . —Hampshire paper .
Of all the instances we have heard of persons attaining wealth by lucky accidents , none equal tbe following : — " A poor aged woman , who had long earned ber livelihood by knitting , one day coming to the end of her worsted ball or clue , found it to be wound on a piece of an old newspaper , which she had the curiosity to read : when , to her astonishment and delight , she discovered it to contain an advertisement respecting herself as the heiress of a large property . " Some Boys , while bathing on Saturday week , near Findhorn , discovered a dead body on the boach , that had been washed in by the tide . Tho face was
much disfigured , and the inspection and inquiries s « t a-foot have not elicited anything to prove the identity of the unfortuuate man . From his dress , which wac that of a sailor of the better class , it was conjectured that . he had been master or mate of some vessel . Nothing was found in the pockets but a snuff-horn , havingtho initials " S . M'K . " cut on the top , the one end shaped so as to resemble a tiog ' s head , the mouth curiously cut out , so as to show teeth , tongua , & . O . It ia hoped this may lead to a discovery o ? the relations of the unfortunate deceased . The bedy , after inspection , was decently interred by the authorities in the churchyard of Dyke . —Rosshire Advertizer .
A Widow . —A fisherman named Gr-zzlo was drowned , and all seaTch for the body unavailing . At length , after the lapse of a month or so , the dear deceased was found , floating on hi 3 " watery bier , " when the following dialogue ensued between the disconsolate widow and the narrator of the discovery —Mr . Smith—Wellt Mrs . Grizzle , we have found Mr . Grizzle ' s body . Mrs . Grizzle—You don't say so ? Mr . S . —Yes , we have—the jury has sat on it , and found it foil of eels . Mrs . G . —You don't say Mr . Grizzle ' s body is full of eels \ Mr . S . —Yes it is , and wo wish to know what you mean to have done with it . Mrs . G . —Why how many eels should you think there is in him ? Mr . S . — Why , about a bushel . Mrs . G . —Why then I think you had better send the eels up to the house , and get him again .
ANOTHEn Determined Suicids at Waterloobridge . —At au early hour on Thursday morning , a female about twenty-fivo years of ago , dressed in fashionable style , committed a most determined act of suicide by throwing herself into tho river from the first arch on the Middlesex side of Waterloo-bridge . She had a few words with a gentleman immediately previous to her committing the rash act ; she had a valuable silver watch attached to her side , from a silver guard-chain , and five gold rings on her Sugars . A reward has been offered for the reoovery of the body .
A servant girl at the house of a gentleman at the Spa , Gloucester , who was in tko habit of bestowing a profusion of oil upon her luxuriant locks was awoke a few nights ago by a strango sensation on the top of her head ; and on putting up her hand , something whose coat was as stilt as velvet , and whose step was light as that of a fairy , slipped through her fingers , and made a hasty retrtat . A mouse , roaming in search of his supper , had made an attack on the fair maid ' s well oiled hair , and had nibbled away with such industrious appetite that the next morning the poor wench was horror struck at beholding a bald place in tho very centre of her head , as large as the palm of a man ' s hand , the hair being cropped off close to the roots . —Gloucester Journal .
Suicide at the Saracen s Head , Snow Hill . — On Thursday evening week Mr . Payno held an inquest at the White Hart , Giltspur-street , on view of the body of George Morley , aged forty-one . Andrew Satsholl , landlord of the Saraocn ' s Head Tap , stated that deceased had been lodging there for some time past . For many years he had been driver of tbe-Leeds * and other coaches , but had latterly been out of employment . About ten o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) deceased was found in his bedroom , suspended by a rope tied round his neck , from tli e head of the bedstead . He was immedately cut down , and a surgaon was sent for , when it appeared that life bad been extinct at least several hours . The witness further stated that deceased was one of those unfortunate persons who had been thrown out
of employment in consequence ot steam carriages having taken the place of stage coaches . Fora long time deceased had been in a state of destitution , and had latterly been suffering under great depression of spirits . Deceased wanted to go down into Lincolnshire to see his relations , and endeavour to get some employment . Mr . Mountain had given the poor fellow leave to go by one of his coaches , free of expense ; but the driver , a man named Gamble , refused to take deceased , telling him he did not want hiB company . Deceased appeared extremely hurt at this , and cried bitterly while telling several persons of Gamble ' s behaviour to him . His mind seemed to have been most dreadfully weakened by his recent misfortunes and disappointments . The jury returned a yerdiot of " Temporary insanity . "
Tbasing an Elephant . —On Saturday evening last several gentlemen went into a wild beast show at Sheerness , somo of whom began to tease the elephant , which forms part of the exhibition , and whioh is not confined / otherwise than by a short ohain round one of ita legs ; the said * gentlemen amused themselves for awhile by offering the huge but docile animal apples and , other things , and when be extended his proboci 3 to receive them , putting them into their pockets again ; but not mudh relishing each sort of epott , the sagacious animal , taking an opportunity when several of ins tormentors were in a cluster near him , extended his trunk , and with one awoop laid ' seven of them
sprawling pa the floor , who , not knowing what the next evolution of the " performing elephant" might be , began to call out luBtily for the keepers , but their presence was not needed , as Leviathan Beemed quite satisfied with having laid bis tormentors prostrate at his feet , kicking about to get out of his reaoh , whilst the wives and daughters of some of the party were going into fits , and the company generally rushing towards the place of egress . All the gentlemen who were knocked down by the elephant escaped free from harm , except a good fright , which they will no doubt remember should they ever eater another wild beast Bhovr , —Kent Herald .
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Dusseldorp , Sept . 6 , 1842 . —A report having been generally eproad that his Majesty the King of Hanover died here last night , I hasten to inform you that this is noi the fact ; bat that his Majesty is lying seriously indisposed at Prince Solan ' s Palace in this town . The symptoms , I hear , are dangerous . ' A Resolute Fair one !—( From La Vigie de t'Ouesl . ) r A young and fair Florentine lady , bearing the celebrated name of America V ^ spuccio , arrived at St . Malo , on Sunday , ia the Sou ' -hampfoa packet . The noble Signora having declared to the Customhouse officer that she would not submit to the ignoble searoh to which be wished to subject her , ha replied that he had aright to require that a female
should , "by visiting her person , ascertain whether she was the bearer of contraband goods or no , and that force should be res * rted to if sho resisted . Tha Signora drew out a pair of pistols , and repeated her declaration , adding that she would return to England sooner than undergo snrh a degradation . She then called for pen and ink , and , in tho absonoe of the Director of Customs , wrote to the Sub-prefot , reminding him of her historical name and of the regards which were due to a woman ; The magistrate consented to go on board , but having no power to interfere with the regulations of tho Customs , and
the fair Florentine persisting in her refusal , she returned to ' England withons having once quitted the steanjer . — ' * We have received ( adds La . Vigie ) frequent complaints of the indecent manner in which females are searched in our harbours , aad have seen several ladies quite indignant at t ! io treatment they had experienced . 'The fiscal passions , ' says one o £ them , * are carried to such an extreme in France , that the revenue agents behaved towards us like real savage ? . ' Wo demand a reform , for the interest of our harbour , for that of Franco abroad , and in tha name ef the respect paid to females in all civilised countries . "
Elopement and Robbery . —During the last two days much conversation has been occasioned about Kensington Gravel-pits in consequence of tho following occurrence : —It appears that on the nnming of Wednesday list a person named Gerrem , a greengrocer , residiLg at No . 1 , Uxbridge-street , Kensington Gravel-pits , left his homo about four o ' clock to attend Cov ' ent Garden market , leaving his wife ( who , although forty-two years of age , is still rather a fine looking woman ) asleep in bed . On his return he was surprised to learn that Mrs . Gerrem was out . As the day advanced and she did noi return , lie began to be alarmed , and from the inquiries ha made he soon ascertained that she had left the house at five o ' clock in the morning . On examining the
house , he found that she had takon with her every article of value he possessed , aa well as all his ready money , amounting to about £ 90 . Mr . Gerrem immediately communicated his loss to tho police , and aJso his suspicion that she had clopad with a journeyman carpenter , named Fruin , twenty jeara of age . who was also missing from the neighbourhood . It has since been ascertained tha ; Mrs . Gerrem was on the same aiorniug seen on board tho British Queen steamer , which on Wednesday left Blackwall for America , and Mr . Gerrem started tha same night for Portsmouth , where * the vessel will put in for coals , in the hope of recovering his property , should his wife persist in going to tha new world . —Evening paper .
Serious Accident to Mb . Carter , the Lion Tameii . —Another accident occurred to Mr . Carter , the performer , and rival to Van Amburg , on Tuesday evening , which has incapacitated him ' irom appearing on the succeeding Lights at the English Opera House , at which theatre ho was performing the -principal character in a piece called tho Lioa King . In the . course of tho piece , Mr . Carter had to encounter , a lion and ethr r animals , a la Van Amburgh , confined in a . cage . The performance went off well on Tuesday night , and AJr . Carter , on entering the cage , was . Teceived with the greatest eclat . No sooner had he set foot inside . than the " noble lord of the forest" made a Budden spring , and , before Mr * CaTter had time to yreviin him , seized him by the hand with . his teeth . Mr . Carter , although his hand
was being severely lacerated by the animal , commenced striking him with all his might , with the butt end of a whip , which he held in tho other hand , between the ears . The audience applauded most vociferously ,-little dreaming th-t it wa > a combat in reality . Mr . Carter continued to deal heavy blowa on the infuriated animal , who at the end-took-shelter in one corner of the cage . The scene was dropped , and Mr . Cartor , having bound a handkerchief round hia hand , which was much lacerated , left the cage , the animal-growling at him as he left . He was attended to . by Mr . Braine , a surgeon , and has since beon incapaoitated from appearing . This is the second time Mr . Carter has been bitten by the same animal within the last week . Tho lion has only been in Mr . Carter ' s possession about three months , and is between three and four years of age .
Kowden Great Horse Fair . —Great preparations are making by the innkeepers and others for the approaching fair , it being confidently anticipated that the attendance of foreigners , dealers , &c . will be very numerous , in consequence of the great demand for horses for tho Continent . The early hou ing of the harvest will also cause agreat iDflux of farmers , graz ers , &o . from all parts of the country . In tho year l , 200 . King John grafted to Bishop Philip a license to hold an annual horse fair at How < len , which ie held on the 25 r . h of September and six following days , and i 3 accounted one of the most celebrated horse fairs ia tho kingdom , especially lor first-rato colts , for which it . stands unrivalled . A London dealer recently remarked that th / . re were morehores exhibited for sale at Howden fair than at any other fair in the world .-
A Cabgo of Philosophers . —A capital story has just reached us from Dudley , touching the recent aquatic excursion of certain distinguished savans , from Biiminghani to Dudley . Having to pass through one of the canal locks , where boats are required to register certain particulars of the freight , &c < ( to facilitate the collection of the proper dues ) , the followiug entry was maoe relative to on * of tho learning laden barks : — " Draught , 13 inches ; weight , 3 \ tons ; cargo , philosophers . " Making tiie Dumb Speak . —A fellow of the name of Welsh , who for two or three years has maintained himself by hawking rouDd the country with pamphlets , and by occasional pilfesings from the houses at whioh ho made his caJJs , was brought up at the Gorbals Police-office on Thursday morning charged
with being drunk and disorderly . When brought to the offioe , even whilo affected by " potations deep , " Welsh did not forget his assumed character , but remained stupidly dumb to all signs and interrogations . Brown , the officer , who knew tha fellow to be an . impostor , who had in a similar way excited the sympathy of the authorities in other towns and got off . from tho punishment due to his peccadilloes , did nob forget to inform the bench of Welch's capabilities in . the matter of speech , and the Court sentenced the prisoner to thirty days in Bridewell . Tho effect of the announcement of his sentence was miraculous—Welsh , to the no small surprise of the Court , lifted up his voice and spoke wonderfully well considering his infirmity , protesting in no measured terms against the severity of hi 3 sentence—Glasgow Chronicle .
Burglary and Attempted Murder . —Heroic Capiure . of the Bukglaks . —Another ir . ost atrocious burglary was committed on the night of Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morning , in tl ^ e house of Mr . Thomas Lund , at Pretty-foot bridge , about fifty yards on the branch road leading from Whalloy-ro ^ d , justb 9 yond the Bull ' s Head Inn , in Ribchester , near Blackburn . Mr . Lund was awoke about one o ' clock by a loud crash of breaking glass , and immediately got out of bed and struck a light . He then unlocked his bed-room door and passed through a larga room adjoining into a smaller one , where he found two men—one of them wearing a ' black mask , and the other a light one . The moment they saw him they ordered him to be eilent , and
successively presented each a pistol at him , and did their best to shoot him , but fortunately the pistola miBsed fire . Mr . Lund then rushed upon the villains , and being , although considerably advanced in life , a most powerfulman , overpowered them both , and held them for some timo , until getting a little exhausted , thsy succeeded in pulling him in the strug ; le towards the window , through which they managed to make a temporary escape . One of them , while they were struggling , put a fresh cap to his pistol , and snapped it twice , but it missed fire each time . Meanwhile Mrs . Lund alarmed the neighbours , and one of them , named Whalloy , observed the robbers leap into the little strip of plantation on the right side of the road leading from
the Bull ' s Head towards Pretty-foot bridge , just beaue a large culvert which passes under the \ VnaIlef * oad . Whalley , instead of attempting to molest his prey by himself , having outstripped his friend Lund in the race , went on past the plantation to tha house of a person named John Shorrock who lives a little beyond the Bull's Head . Whalley told Shorrock that there wore two men in the plantation who had broken into Thomas Lund ' s house , and bade him rouse up a young man who lives in the house with him , named Thomas Bannister , and come down to the plantation . Several other neighbours were got together , and the plantation waa completely snrrounded . The prisoners being secured * they were conveyed to the Bull ' s Head , and thenea to the police-station at Blackburn . There was » hare entered
third person , but he does not appear to the house , and he made off the moment he saw his friends defeated . The burglars were Blackburn men , named Thompson and Ainsworth . One of them had been frequently obliged to the man whose house he entered at the dead of night , and whose life he threatened to take without a moment's warning . Both were making by their respective callings an amount of wages whioh was perfectly competent to keep them in comfortable circumstances , —Thomasoa haying been , we understand , employed ia the mills of Messrs , William Ecoles and Co ., as a spinner , and therefore in a position to make on an average 25 a . a week ; and Ainsworth being a journeyman tailor , -who was able to make on aa average £ \ a week *—Liverpool Mail *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 17, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct448/page/3/
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