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THE NATIONAL ANTHEM . iCflnteinrtnoMly dedicated to Daniel O ' Connell / ' u the first of traitors , and the last of men . )
BT AEGC 5 . Jtr—" Bule Britannia . " —jen Truth first lent her helping hand , To qaell oppression ' s reign ; ae < £ of Justice filled the lad , And reread ccross the main . — This u war Charter—the Charter of enr rights ; Heaven aids humanity , and for oar freedom fights . ind kin" * and priests , truth ' s deadiiest foes , Ess ^ to crash the heavenly birth ; gat lcnJa still that cry arose . And rU-Uened all the earth : This is onr Charter—the Charter of our rights ; Heaven aids humanity , and for oar freedom fight ?
Then ubonr sought its dne reward , Aa-i tremblingly that right was given ; Thea wrong "w * buried " neath the sward , Asd saa obtained the approving smile of heaven : — This is oar Charter—the Charter of our rights ; Heaven aids humanity , and for our freedom fights .
Freedom A≫Td The Chaktek
FREEDOM A > TD THE CHAKTEK
Ttpn— " Bright are the beams of the morning sty Tboogii bright are the beams of dear -woman ' s eye , Tb- ^ u zh rapture her lips can impart , Tet brirfcte / the glance of dear liberty , jjja Wetta its charms to the heart Itj iojs are a fountain of pleasure , A source irom whenee happiness flows ; Tha ^ ho weald not taste of this pleasure , As the heney bee sips of the rose . Iheo the toast , then the toast , be our freedom , Let es . ch breast that is maniy approve ; den the toass , then the toast , be oar freedom , led nine cheers for the cause that we love .
jkiae , raise the cause of freedom « n high , j& each heart that is trusty approve , ¦ lie offering iins hallowed by liberty ' s sigh , Oa t-rivals the charms e ' en of love . jben raise high your voices in transport , Cmr Charter its joys shall iiupan ; jia hovis thus deToted to freedom , Yisl j :-s only trne balm to the heart Ifcea the toast , then the toast , bs our Charter , lit e : ch brrasi that is manly approve ; Hipe the toast , then the toast , be our Charter , And zi £ e cheers for the causa tta ' , we love . Tboiias Wheelee .
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THE PAST . —THE PRESENT . —THE FUTCTiE . A PROPHECY . BY ABGUS . ffhea Gaal her standard raised on high , Aad mfllions gathered round , Prepared to win their rights , or die , Then aid the earth , in joy , with freedom's voice resound . Bo : Europe ' s trembling kings combined , To crush ths heavenly birth ; And , once again , enslaved mankind , So , for a time , caused crowns to reign dominant on the earth .
Ihen Albion's blood-saint conquering truth , Pifnscd his " royal " gold , — Bough : J ranee ' s freedom—slew her youth , And , to atvne for murder , gave a king ! and thus poor Gani was sold . Bsi time spt-d on , with fieeting vrirgs , And with it change was borne ; Offw ^ d it cam e , and crowns and kinss ( Hisishsd , -with dawn of truth , the silvery chequered mom . Jcr might tad been—the glowing sun Eid slept in criirson eve , Tfe lijtt sDra nrae—the combat won , ToM " monarchs . " on their spangled thrones , what justice cvuld
achieve-T « - ' Albion , Gaul , Columbia , too , Shall 'inks of freedom be ; Afld with TrctVs rays each will pursue A despot foe , and sink for ever " royalty" in th uniath'jiEed sea ! Anno Dosiini , 1541 .
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A CHABADEMy first , tho' tis highly essential to life , It is neither in water nor air ; Earth canno : produce it—it parts not with strife , It pisys in the loveliest smiles of my wife , Aid it utterly banishes care . My second , is met with at every turn Where the light of the sun can be seen ; The p » r to possess ii may labour Lnfi rtoum , Teo" labour create—from the collage tis torn , TVith the rieh it hath constantly been . By Melbourne , my third has been f ottered -with care , From the earliest day of his life ; He loTes me so much , that he never could spare , Hit own fellow subjects their righteous share , Bat is niiing the ( Jaeendom with strife .
My fonrth , Las Daniel ' s favourite beer . ; His political conrs ? hath deciar'd It dwells Ln his Emerald Isle so green ; Yei in Dublin ' s dry it never was seen , Tito" perhaps it may shjrtly be there . My fifth , frith Finality Jaci , ; I should say Mr . Knssell' is Irghlv ts : « e ; n \ l ; At Stiuzd , i ; waa with him some years since , in May When Whiggery Tun him the gloriuiis day ; Whit a royal aclucvein-nt it s&ein'd ! My sixth , why I cannot tell wtere it is not , Tis in every turn in the land ; Is tfcs cuantry , ir . o , uni in ever / lot , Io eTery kettle , in tverj po :, And in eTcry atom of iiiid .
^ ylast , is not quite so abnndsctly found , Kore especially not , in the Xorth ; And every Yorishireman wslcomes the sound , As the lovclitst thing upon earth . Who e ' er my eni-taa may happen to see , His political cre-. u wba .: it Kay ; Hovevtr mistaken his notions may be , ? or Masel /—if he knew what the answer should be , He would iove it , I venture to say . Biyth , May 3 rd , ISil . J . C . Elliot . Answers in verse are requested .
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THE INQUISITION . CHOHtS OF IMPS . Hail' demon incarnate : Iscariot , or Cain , AnamtlrCh , Herod , or N ' ero ;—^ t Uis'd upon earth , thoa a ^ pearest again ¦ App xy .-n ' our mightiest Ltru : Toy po ^ tr we trace in the bills of mortality , ^* Scd it thy system , on laws of finality . APP 0 LTO >" . « &iient , —I ' m playing the hypocrite , —carry I& * e tracts into Africa—teaching Ike words of Su Pj . ul—it is foolish to marry ! Finality evei be prsachiDg , Oar starving white h « 3 ndimen to slaYsry condemn , Soot out the young blacks , thus emancipate them . '
Eacourage infanticide , grave it in Latin , Aad kuffucate infants new burn !—* r « a ftrti ^ Eer ' s purchase iilk , laces , and satin , — * ta , any produetiun but corn . Jfi-iii , where whe ' . t fields might flourish , let death &ar tpiuia , —rcb ^ iillions and millions of brtath . '
FIRST IMP . 21 s spirit of kioirledie is stalking abroad , Cr-j- uth , crooih , "necth onr cist-iron screens , ^^ ja naer the brigl . t inttl .-ectnal ecrd ; Prepare the infernal machines . Oo viiion is O . azz ' ied , so quench every beam , — " - ^ e tie invisible Tsp-jur of steam . SECO > "D IMP . •^^ re 8 multitudes perishing , pining for labour !—la dnngeocs of dirkness immure them ; otould some dare f xpostnlate , sharpen the sabre , - if -kmiBe and torture dont cure them ! aeractoiy womui , txpose them , —abash'd itejil truckle , — -whennaked , theii bodies are lash'd
TH 1 BD IMP . Aa infant is weeping , for loss of itt mother ! A o relative nigh to befriend him ; AppoJycn ' s own 13 tt once enacted , we'd smother The brat—to its mother earth send him , " Wuorge him !_» child of the state—keep in awe , rre Pwed for the cat , to befit him for war I < APPOLTOK ' . * e * o mwder « uch innocents , vute them with torpor ifien mingle 2 nd warp them to cripples ; " 5 / « niiie anatomise every panper , ikkd e » eh drop of mQk from their nipples ! Tn-T ™**? * ' ever ] et justice Uke bail ,-iU U casUgate women—if others shonld faiL
^ Spam , armg yiethna , by demons vere hack'd , Oi ^ JT ' £ erce —^ e ° Bt of number ; I ^ ,- of WrtBr « . now bimdreds are rack'd , « ( Jiua tiu ^ ousand men glmnber , ¦ ffVl ^^ V ?*?*" : —« re long thro' our revels e u ^ der cmticn—a region of devils ! Abthvb Boos .
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BRADFORD , — ( Wiltshire . ) — Anti-Corx-Law Petitioxs . —There was a hole-and-corner meeting held here , when it was agreed to petition Parliament for a repeal of the Corn Law . Petition sheets having been obtained , they were sent ronnd the town for Bignatares , when a Mr . Baker went inio a bouse in the Po Pize Ground to solicit their signatures , and he was told the man hid been dead four months . The petition wa 3 , however , signed , and his eign&tpre attached to it . What a pass the learners must be reduced to , t » use dead men ' s name 3
STOCKPORT . —Dreadfcl Accident . —On Friday evening week , a waggoner , ( George Klwes ) with Mr . OrrelTs waggon , which was laden with cotton , was run over , when coming down the hill , near the RaDway Station , snd killed on the spot . He had been drinking during the day , bnt bore a good character , as he had held his present situation twenty years , and was much respected . He has left a wife . and two children to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss . BrRBmTGaaiH .-Drscc-ssioN ox Socialism . —ilr . Lloyd Joues , the Socialist champion , aud Mr . John Brindley , the parson's pet , had a regular " set-to" last week , in Ryan ' s Royal Amphitheatre , which wa 3 selected as the most convenient and
appropriate piace for the display of intellectual and physical gladiator&hip . The place , which' is capable of holding 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons , was fiikd as if by magic , as soon as access could be had . Much excitement was manifested both by the audience in the boxes and the gallery . A chairman had been chosen for each side , and after a struggle for the post of moderator , or chairmen ' s chairman , Mr . J- L . MuTphy -was elected to % hat office . W * cannot enter into the argument , which was continued during three evenings , aud concerning which we "have received communications from both parties , showing that each champion satisfied his own backers . The place was crowded each evening , and at the close of the iast eveiiiiiij ' s discussion , Mr .
George White stood forward ia froat of the platform , to address the meeting , aud was received Tvi : h loui cbeer 3 , intermingled with groans and hisses from the parsons aud i espectables , accompanied with shouts of " He ' s a political demagogue , " "' He is a Chartist . " Mr . Brindley then stepped up with cleuched fi .-ts , anu told Mr . White that if he attempted to make a speech there , he would have him isken into cu .-todj . A regular row then commenced on the pla : fo > ro 2 ; the parson * belioiving like so mauy bulls , a ; -. d Mr . BrinOiej foothiug at the mouth with rase . . Mr . Murphv , moderator , in = i-ted . o . i Mr . Brindley and the parsons brhaving in a proper manner , or else he should be obliged to seud for the police , and have them taken
into tu- ' . oav . A . rtsoiuiion was then proposed concemning the presrm state of society and declaratory if the opinion of the meeting respecting the arguments autiuced by the disputants , but such wa 3 the uprctr and confusioa created by the parsons and their tools that it was impossible to hear a word . The resolution ¦ was however proposed , seconded , and put by Mr . Sjuihwell first and afterwards by Mr . Murphy and carried in dumb show , the parties ia th- > boay of the meeting voting with their respective leaders , when they saw their hands held up . ( The resolution will be found in our advertising tolums . ) Three lor . g , loud , and enthusiastic cheers nv-re given f . r the People's Charter ; three for Fear ^ us O'Connor , and three for the Incarcerated Chartists , after which the meeting separated .
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Tub number o ; visitors to the Zoological Gardens in April was 11 , 405 , from which £ 394 11 s . had been receiTed . The Pbice of bread in Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is fixed at " 27 centimes the kilogramme—about o- ? j . the 4 ib . loaf . The suiiBia o ; c-rr > oral punishments icflicted in i ) . c rc . ja ! navy in 1338 amounted to 1 730 , and in 1 C 39 lo LSSl . It may b ? grarfving t-- > the calumniators of lielai . d to Jearn t ' nat thcro are only three prisoners for tr .: i ; at : he next &ss . z ? 3 for this couuty . —lioscommon Juurnui . It iiPP £ . > . ES that t : ; e number of u ; iions to which cpeeiai a -. ; d cot general rulf-a have been giren by the Potr Law ComcitiioDcrsin 1840 , is very nearly five hundred .
It is believed that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Court of Directors for the traasmission of the overland packets twice a month . The fkie . \ ds of the celebrated Curran will shortly place in ihe aii-ie of Christ Church Cathedra ) , Dublin , a cenotaph , in commemoration of thai illustrious Irishman . More Lawyers . —No less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted attorneys of the Gjurt of Queen's Beach on the last day of : hs present term . We r > DEE 5 TA > "D that Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out by the overland India mail of this month , as Envoy to Chiua , to supersede Captain Elliot , ar . d with full power to settle all differences . Ths Commaxber-in-Chief ha 3 ordered cricke :-grounds to be laid cut at eichuf the barrack stations throrghou : the United Kingdom , for the use of the officers and privates .
Si . fCE tbe 1 st of Jannarv , 184 ] , there have b :-en no less than ol railway patients received into the Couaty Hospital . Of these 27 have been di-charged cured , four have died , and one was dismissed . — Brighton Paper . It has bees ccc ' . dedby the directors of the London and Brighton . Railway to open twenty miles of that line from London to Haward ' s heath in June . The "whole work will be completed aud opened to the public in August . Cause and Effects—Ringing the Belles . —We are ii-form-d that tince the new peal of bells was got to St . James ' s Church , in lhe Pottery , marriages in : h ' at district have multiplied exceedingly . —Hull Iiockiri ' ; ham .
As ma . nt as 4 , 048 bodies have been taken out of the Grau-J Surry Canal within a period of twenty-six years ; and Taylor , who keeps the boat-house on the Peckham branch , has taken out no less a number than Si 0 . It appears from evidence taken before a Cominim-ee ot the House of Commons on the subject of t ' s . e House of Commons' Library , that there ib no complete set of the printed papers of the House in Britain . A » "iversary of the Death of isapoleo . n . —The grand mass on the occasion of the anniversary of the Emperor Napoleon was celebrated on Wednesday week , in the Church of the Invalide 3 , near Paris .
Father Mathew and the'Pi'blica-m . —A Killarney correspondent informs us that tho receipts of Saturday last , in that town , of sixteen publicans , were- " seven shillings and four pence ! !—Kerry Examiner . At -a shop wi . vdow , in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel , are & pair of India rubber shoe 3 exhibited for saie , with a paper attached to them , on which is written— " These Inger rubber shoes to be sold chepe . Warreiiiid not to Leke . " A "Hint to Emigrants . —rf an emigrant to North America take ou : £ 1 in shillings and sixpenny pieces ,-the currency value of £ 1 in Upper Cauada will be 2 os . The same amount in silver crowns or half-crowns will pass current for 24 ; . The value of a golden sovereign is rated at 24 s . 4 d .
Petitions tpon Socialism . —It appears by the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons apon public petitions , that from the 27 ih January to ihe-30 th April , this year , 27 petitions , with 10 , 309 signatures were presented t o the House oa the subject of Sc-rialism . " Bkeathe ? fOT his Namb . '—A chip of aristocracy , living in the Broadway , bad a very long and difficult name , and on a stranger tryiug to pronounce it t ' other day , his tougue got entangled in his teeth , and he could not get it disengaged until some one advised him to spell the word backwards . —Yankee Paper .
Extraordinary . —The cutter Fanny , when on her passage from Porte Macquarie to Sydney last trip , had a severe encounter with a tiger shark , who laid hold or her mizen boom , aud held on for some time with his teeth , until he was frightened off by some of the men attacking him . Part of hia teeth may yet be seen in the boom by any person desirous of inspecting it . —Sydney paper . A New Version . —A traveller stepping in at an inn , down east , was asked how the business men in New York were getting along , " Oh , " answered the traveller , " mary of them have got upon their legs again . " * " How so , has trade got brisk 1 . " " Oh no , but many who rode in their coaches have been obliged to leave to walk . "
The Eighty-third anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital ehariijr was celebrated on Thursday . Since the foundation of the charity near 7 , 000 females have been admitted ; a Itadng feature in the establishment is , that no young woman who ha 3 behaved well during her stay in the hospital is discharged unprovided for . A Teetotaller ' s Repartee . —Some amusement . has been occasioned by the irruption of tee-toiallers into Herefordshire , owing to » difficulty as to what would be done with the apples , supposiDg their system to be adopted . At a late meeting this subject was good-bumouredly brought forward , and the reply of the temperance advocate was , that he would make " dumpling 3 " of them .
A large building is about to be immediately erected in New Windsor , by the dissenters , for a " British school , " to be conducted upon " general principle ? , " as far as religion i 3 concerned , and without reference to any particular Beet or creed . One gentleman residing here ( Mr . Charriot ) has presented a donation of £ 1 , 500 towards the building iund , and other liberal subscriptions have flowed in from viriuus parties in the town aad neighbourhood .
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Rossini . —A letter from Bologna asserts that Rossini has just made to bis n » nvo town the munificent present of 600 , 000 francs , to found a charitable establishment for old and infirm musicians . It is added , that he intends to establish there a public and gratuitous school of singing , the direction of which he will reserve to himself for hia own life . Fatal Accident . —A fatal accident recently took place on the railway between Paisley and Glasgow . One of the gnards , named Barclay , contrary to instructions given to him , was amusing himself cutting capera upon the roof of o « e of the carriages , with hi 3 back to the engine , which was movipg with great rapidity , when his head caino so violently in contact with a bridge 3 S to cause instant death .
A blacksmith , Darned Osborn , offered himself as bail at the Court of Sessions for a prisoner whose trial was put off till next term . " Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all your debts ! " inquired the Recorder . M Why , Sir , I hold my wife to be worth 500 dollars at least , without counting my own property . " "The Court is satined , " replied the Recorder , " take his bail . "—New York Sun . Look on this Picture . —John . Douglas was sentenced at the Stirling Assizes , by Lords Justice Clerk and Moncritff , on the 14 th current , to seven years' transportation , for assaulting and striking a criminal officer , named Christison , on the nose , while in the discharge of his duty " . — And on this : —Lord Waldegrave nearly killed a policeman , and has . been sentenced to six months in the Queen ' s Bench , a mere nominal punishment to him . Truly may we sing the old tune— " There ' s a law for the rich , aud another for the poor . "
Death of Mr . Barnes . —We are truly concerned to have te record the demise , ou Friday morning , a faw minuU-3 before eiyht o ' clock , at his residence in Soho-square , of Thomas Barnes , Esq ., editor of the Times journal . He was in the 56 th year of his age only , and of a frame apparently so robust of health as to give more than common promise of a ripened old age . Whatever the differences of political opinionj all parties will readily join in Uie one tribute of unanimous admiration or the talent and energy , extraordinary and colosfal as they were , which he displayed in the management of that jastly infiusntial ruid leading journal , of which he wa 3 the presiding genius , and whose power and renown he had so grea'Jy contributed to raise . —Evening paper .
Petitions rfspecting the Newport Riots and the Poor Laws . —The Twenty-second Report of the Committee ou Public Petitions has just been primed , with au account of the petitions sent in from the 27 th January to the 30 th April . We extract the following : —On the subject of the Newport riots , 28 petitions , 34 954 signatures . For Repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act , 10 . 0 petitions ' , 3 , 5 fi ' oj signatures ; for alteration of it , 77 petitions , 3 O , i ) 7 iJ signatures . Against the Poor X-aw Amendment Bill , 248 petitions , 88 . 350 signatures ; for alterations of it , 258 petitions , 58 , 740 signatures .
Turnpike Roads Bill . —This bill , brought in by Mr . Jervis , M . P ., and Lord R . Grosvenor , M . P ., proposes to enact , tlat no toll sV . ail be demanded or taken for or in respect of any horse , ass , sheep , swine , &c , or of any wagjjon , cart , vehicle , or other carriage of any kiud whateovcr , which shall only cross any turnpike road , or eh all not pa .-s above 100 yards thereon . The second clause extends the powers of former acts to this act , &c . Discovery op a Curious Document . —Among the records at Guildall there has just been found a contract by which Charles I . gave over in mortgage
to the Corporation of London , certain large tracts of Crown land in Northumberland , Durham , &c . for a loan of £ 300 , 000 of the theu currency . The ill-fated and misguided monarch never had the power of redeeming theso land-i , which thu 3 merged into the city estates . The Corporation , however , thinking them too distant and too barren to be profitable , difposeu of thrin to the ances ors of the present great coal proprietors , thus unwittingly throwing away the richest and most valu ib ! e soil in England , which wo'jld long since h'ive produced them a net profit of £ 400 , 000 per annu / n .
Sad Mistake . —When a female member of the Briti-h Royal family holds a levee , it is customary for her to kiss the ladies of the nobility , and no others . It happened that the lady of the Lord Justice Ci : rk was , on one occasion , among the nnmber of those presented to the late Princess Amelia , who , as it is well known , was very deaf . "Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk , " said the man iu waiting . Meanwhile , s ^ me meddling person whispered him that his announcement was incorrect , the lady being a commoner . By this time the kiss preliminary waa about to be performed , when out bawled the man of office through a speaking trumpet , " Dont kiss her , Madam , she ' s uot a lady !"
Extraordinary Circumstance . —On Wednesday last , William Green , engaged at the Mitre Inn , in this city , as flyman , was ordered to drive a party out for an airing , but on arriving opposite the Windmill public-house , in St . Giles ' s , he complained of having a pain in his side , and requested a man to drive the fly for him , and he then alighted and went into the hou < e and borrowed a common table knife , and proceeded onwards till he arrived near the Hnt publichou ^ e , where he cut his throat , which he manglvid in a very shocking manner ; he was soon afterwards discovered , and was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , where he was promptly attended by Mr . Wingfield , surgeon , aud now lies in a very procarious Ftzte . No cause could be assigned for the rash act . —Oxford Chronicle .
Shameful Occurrence at a Funeral . —A man of the name of Tarn Dowie , belonging to Kinross , having died , all his relatives were prohibited , by lhe last will and testament of this eccentric , from coming near his dead body , seeing they had not looked near him while living , and certain acquaintances of the deeea .-ed were appointed to do the particular honours of the burial . —Accordingly , none of the relatives appeared until the funeral company had commenced their progress to the church-yard , when a sister ' s f-on of ihe deceased came forward and demanded the
" head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignity . He refused . From word ' s it came to blows—a Tegular fight then en .-ued betweev the two—and in the contest , the relative cf the deceased kicked the coffin with such force , that a space was opened , displaying to the horrifying feeling of the bystanders , ; he body in its grave-clothes . The body was carried to the grave by the Kinross officials , leaviDg the brutal wretches to fight it out . Such a scene couid hardly be expected to occur among savages—horrible surely among Christians , in the nineteenth century . —Stirling Observer .
Rumours of Ministerial Changes . — We can stats nothing on the subject of the probable cast of the new Government in any other shape than as a rumour . But we are at liberty to add that we havo been favoured with a sight of more than one list by parties who -were c-. rtainly in communication , in the course of Monday , with some cf the distinguished individuals whose names we are about to give . Of courso , a 3 , on the one hand , it would be absurd to profess that we feel a ' - all responsible for the eventual accuracy of any of these anticipations , bo on the other , it would be unreasonable , in testing them , hereafter , by results , to forget that , from the very nature of the case , they who may have been really designated to a particular department to-day , may
be replaced or overlooked in new arrangements that are to be suggested to-morrow ; and , from that very circumstance , may be hereafter disposed to counteuauco , ( tacitly , at least , ) the impression that they were never designated to such appointments at all . In one " list , " the : i , we have seen Lord John Russell associated with Earl Spencer for his premier ; and in another , Lord John as Premier , with Earl Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty , Mr . Macaulay for Home Secretary , the Earl of Clarendon for Foreign Secretary , Lord Howick for the Colonies (!) . In another the Duke of Richmond has
been named as Premier , Lord Stanley as leader in the House of Commons . In another list , which we should say is much more likely to be confirmed by the event , we have seen the premiership accorded to Sir Robert Peel ; a position in the Cabinet ( such as Lord President of the Council—an o&ce without any active functions ) , to the Duke of Wellington , in order to give to the new Government what , it is naturally anticipated would prove the prestige of his grace ' s name ; and the Foreign Department , to the Earl of Aberdeen . In none of these lists wero there repeated the names of Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerstou . —Morning Herald .
Hoerible Atrocity . — " About twelve years ago , " says the NouveMste des Ardennes , " the daughter of a farmer in the arrondissemeni of Mezierca was married to a young man of a neighbouring village . After a few months , the wife was attacked with symptonw of mental alienation , which in a little time assumed all the character of confirmed madness . The husband took her back to her father , conceiving that in his hands there would be a greater chance of her recovery . The father received her , but soon fiuding the charge too onerous , contrived the following means of disposing of her . He privately constructed a species of case formed of four planks , between seven and eight feet long , leaving oue of the extremities open , and fixed it upright in his stable . Having enticed the poor creature to place herself in ithe elosed the case up , and there
, left her standing utterly precluded from escape . He daily supplied her with food , letting it down from the top , she having just room enough , in the angles of her narrow prison to raise her hand and carry it to her mouth . Of course" she was constantly kept standing on her legs , without the possibility of changing her position . Thus waa she confined for a period of nearly twelve years , till a short time ago , when she was discovered and released . When taken out she had lost full a foot in her height , and her appearance was more that of some nondescript animal than of a woman . She had no speech , but uttered inarticulate sounds borrowed from the cattle whose voices alone she had heard dnrittg the whole period . A judicial inquiry is making into the case . ' The details of this case are so strange and uniiatuxal that we cannot suppose them to be true .
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Phincb Albekt . —A report has beeii going through all the newspapers that Prince Albert is in a very delicate state of health , and is consumptive—that he is going abroad for his health , and that perhaps the Queen would accompany him . We believe this , like many other , foolish reports , originated with the silly correspondent of a morning paper . —We are happy to bave it in our power to give it a flat contradiction . The Prince was never ia better health , nor has he been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever , nor wish , to go abroad on account of ™ n ?*/ » « . for any other reason . —Oxford L / iromc ( e . —[ Who can indulge the preposterous idea that the Pnuce has any " intention to go abroad on account of his health , or for any other reason ? " He has got quartered on John Bull , " de monish" flows into his pocket ? , and he feete at home to a tye . — Printer ' s Devil . ]
Curious Cask . —About six or seven years ago , Brotherton , the Edinburgh and Salton carrier , proceeded toSalton Hall , where he received from the butler and housekeeper of the family the sum of £ 80 , to pay for various articles obtained in Edinburgh . On his way home he was , according to his account , set upon by two men , who knocked him down , and cut away the pocket containing the money , with which they made clear cff . Investigation was set on foot in every direction at the time , but no trace could be obtained of the robbers , and the case was allowed to drop , not without some suspicion attaching to the
carrier himself of having kept the money , and contrived the story of the robbery to divert suspicion from himself . Within these few days , however , information was received at the County Police-ofBcc that a man named Mitchell , living in the Grassmarket , and another named Peaston , living in Lass'> vade , were implicated in the robbery , they both having been employed at the timo of the robbery with a shoemakor in the village of West Saltoi ; . They were both apprehended , aud , after investigation , iho men haye been committed for trial . — Ayr Observer .
\ v ealthy Vagiunt . —Oa Monday night , an eld Highlandler arrived in Cupar from Duudce , on his route to Edinburgh . After obtaining liberty to get lodging , and having received charity to pay tho same , no person would take poor Donald in . He then applied to tho police , who accommodated him with abed . Upon being searched , as is customary , Donald declared that he had " no move but oi . e penny , my dear . " However ,- Donald's word was not to be taken , and after being divested of his upper garments , meal bags , &c , he was found to be worth
more than he intended should be known . In tho inside of the cuff of one of the sleeves of his < : ld coat , was found three pound notes , neatly stitched there , and in tho other two in tUo same manner—in a i ^ mall purse attached to his garter 19 s . 6 J . in silver — , ind in a concealed' pocket in his trousers Is . 2 ^ d ., which wirh tho penny , amounted altogether to < £ 6 . Us . !)| d .. When the discovery was made , poor Donald ' s " Oifhl ! Oigh ! " was truly pitiable—his whole covering wu 3 not worth the D ^ d . Next mornii ) # Donald was elevated en the top of the coach for Edinburgh at his own expence .
A Youth shot by his Father , —For along time past , depredations of an extensive nature have been committed in the gardens of Mr . Cooke , of Wcston , to tho perpetrators of which no clue could be obtained . Monday night , Mr . C . was alarmed on hearing some one on his promises , and lie accordingly got up , and , armed with a loaded gun , proceeded to scour the gardens in searching of the untimely intruders . After a brief search , ho discovered some one making off from the cucumber frames . He shouted " stop , " but the trespasser did not heed tho cry , and Mr . Cooke accordingly levelled his gun and fired . The fellow immediately dropped , and on Mr . Cooke seizing him , he w . ih shocked at beholding his own son . It is necessary
to stato that this unfortunate youth is oik ; of tiic worst description of characters , having been more than once placed at the bar for offerees of a serious nature ; and there is too ranch reason to fear that through him tho robberies in his father f garden have been effected . It , is a melancholy circumstance , but the youth has become so utterly incorrigible as to repel " all sympathy in his behalf . On examining his person , at the station-house , tho charge of the gun was found to have struck his neck and shoulders , thongh not to any dangerous extent . Tie was taken before the magistrates , at Chandos House , on the following day , but tho unhappy father declining to appear against him , he was discharged with a severe admonition . —Bulk Journal
Hints on Health . —Avoid excess of food as the principal source of dyspepsia . Five orsix hours should elapse between meals . Commercial and professional men should avoid long fasting . Do not hurry from dinner to business ; re 3 t an hour afterwards . Never eat things out of season , nor much of dishes to which you are unaccustomed . Much liquid at dinner delays the digestion . Avoid intemperance . Water is the most wholesome beverage . Excess of fermented liquors is highly injurious . Useful exertion is indespensablo to health and happiness . Muscular exprciso , well regulated , 13 conducive to longevity . The sedentary should walk whenever they have an opportunity . Never continue exercise after it has become painful . Standing at a high desk to write , when fatigued with sitting , will be found highly beneficial to literary men . Tho constant use of soft stuffed seats is injurious . Rooms in which the sedentary are employed , should be
warmed by fire 3 in' open grates , which assist ventilation ; not by steam , hot water , gas , or close stoves . Never stand or sit with your back to the fire . Mental excitement is one of the most prevalent causes of disease , producing dyspepsia , monomania , and insauity . Few things tend more to the preservation of health and thn prolongation of life , than the maintenance of a caln ) , cheer ; ul , and contented state of mind , and tho cultivation of feelings . Mental inactivity is scarcely less injurious than excessbe exercise , giving rise to hypochondruisis . In the choico of professions , tho talents , disposition , and natural bent of the mind of the individuals ought to be studied . Trips into the country to watering and sea-bathing places are liiglily beneficial to those who live in towns . Marriage is favourable to health , but should not be contracted too early . Tobacco injures digestion , and relaxes the nerves . —Abridged from Air . Curtis ' t Work tn the " Preservation oj Health "
Murder of a Child ( by its Father . — -An occur rence of an exceedingly distressing nature took place at Cambridge on Thursday evening week . John Newitt , a respectable and well-conducted labouring man , lately under-porter at Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , and who lived with his tfife and children in the Falcon Yard , Pettycury , almost severed from its body the head of his infant son , seven weeks old , and then gave himself up to the police , stating that he was led to commit the horrid deed through dread of the Union Workhouse . Tho unhappy man had , on the morning of the same day , attempted his own life by taking a quantity of laudanum . He desired that his wife mignt be made acquainted with the
circumstances , because as he had murdered tho child whilst she had gone out , he was afraid she might , when she discovered what had occurred , fancy he would return and murder her also : this he would not have her to imagine , for she was tho best of wives . The magistrates have committed the prisoner to take Iih trial on a charge of murder at the next Assi 2 es . The unhappy man who has been induced to commit this horrible crime , appears to be remarkably quiet and inoffensive in his demeanour . During his examination he conducted himself with the utmost decorum , and at times appeared deeply affected . An inquest was held on the body of the child , aud a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the father was returned .
London Sessions . —Extraordinary Scene . ——( Saturday . )—( Betore the Recorder , Aldermen Farebrother , Lucas , Wood , &c)—Mr . Charlea Cannon , a respectable looking man , carrying on an extensive business as a fishmonger , at St . Mary-at-Hill , Billingsgate , appeared to answer to a charge of having assaulted hia Bister , on Xhe nigbt of Thursday last . — It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Cannon has recently been made a bankrupt , and on his going home about twelve o ' clock on the night above named , he found two messengers from the Court of Bankruptcy in the house . He coaxed them to the door , and after getting them outside shut the door , and threatened to murder any parson who let them in again . In a short timo afterwards Miss Cannon , hearing the
wifo of the defendant calling for assistance , she rau into her room , when the defendant threatened to do for her with a fire shovel which he held in his hand . He did not strike her , but she was so alarmed thai she was near jumping xmt of the window , by which she would have lost her life . —The defendant said , his wife , sister , and family had made him a bankrupt , and were using every possible exertion to ruin him ; he had been twice placed iu a madhouso , where he underwent the most cruel persecutions . He did not owe more than £ 300 , and was worth £ 20 , 000 . Ho had established a fish and ice company , and had three excellent shops , but the whole of his family were beat on his utter ruin . —A sergeant belonging to the oity police station of Billingsgate , stated , that , during the last two months , the conduct ' of Mr . Cannon had been very strange ; ho had purchased a quantity of ice-carts , and dressed the drivers and
four messengers at his own expence . On one occasion he bought a Jarge quantity of salmon for Is . 61 } . a pound , and sold it for Is . ( Loud laughter . )—Defendant : Pray , Mr . Policeman , what have you to do with it ; did you helptopay forit ! At this stage of the proceedings Mr . Cannon produced one of his messengers to the Ico Company , and requested him to show his top-boota and buckskin breeches to the Recorder and Aldermen , which he did amidst much laughter . A very painful scene heTo took place between the brother and sister ; the latter , with tears in her eyes , said that the life of every ' person iu the liou . > e was in the most imminent danger , and the former declaring he would not hurt one of them if they did noi lock him up iu a madhouse . The defendant was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep tho peace for three months , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail . The defendant was then removed in «« st * dv .
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Horrible ! Hohriblk I ! La Presse states " that one of the most extraordinary circumstances in the annals of a Constitutional Government has just occured in Sweden . The Ministers of State there havo been accused , not of having violated the laws of their country and abused their power , but of having brought their country to a state of unexampled prosperity ! "At this moment ( adds La Presse ) Sweden'is one of the happiest countries on the face of the earth , the merit of which is due to the King . Formerly the nation was loaded with debt ; at present there is an excess of income over the expenditure ; but it is alleged that the ministers produced this prosperity by violating the constitution , and that they must account for the responsibility they have incurred i "
A Fancy Ball . —At Union-Hall Police-office , London , on Saturday , Mrs . Louisa Leonora Toll , the landlady of the Montpelier tavern , Walworth , was summoned for allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house during a fancy ball heid there a few evenings ago . Inspector Campbell , of the P division , stated that he visited the defendant ' s house at half-past ono p ' clock on Tuesday morning , at which time thore were upwards of seventeen or eighteen persons drinking at the bar . Hearing a noise and screaming up stairs , he proceeded there , and ( hen discovered a large assemblage of persons of bath sexes in a spacious room , in which he was informed tliat a t ' ancy-iiresa ball was gotag forward . He entered the room , and saw several persons in fancy
costume , amongst which were three females dressed in the Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch fashion , all of whom were intoxicated , particularly the " Swis 3 . " who threw herself iuto the moat grotesque aud disgusting attitudes ; and her conduct was of so objectionable a nature , that she was compelled to be carried out of the room by main force , aud sent away in a cab . The woman in tho Spanish dress was also obliged to bo expelled ; and she in the Scotch kilt acted with such indeoeucy , promenadjng up and down the room with the kilt pulled up in such a manner as to shock those of the company who possessed any degree of moral feeling , and m tho end her expulsion was also deemed expedient . ' The inspector added , that he spoke to tho defendant on the subject , but she appeared to be totally ignorant as to what wa 3 going forward up stairs , saying that she had enough to do to attend to tho bar . There was a
band of music in the room , and the noise made by the company could be distinctly heard in the road . The waiter of the Moutpelier stated that he attended on tho company in the ball-room , and that he only noticed three " ladies" amongst tho company who wore at all " distinguished in liquor , " and thos ;; wero tho three in the Swiss , Spanish , and Seotcli dresses , who wero turned ont of tho room . Fur his part , he saw nothing objectionable in tho contiuc :. o * uny of the company , although some of the " ladies " were a little frisky , and enjoyed themselves . Mr . Traill said that although it did not appear the defriiu ' ant had anything to do with tho getting up of tho ball , yet as she permitted arooin on her premiss to bo devoted to tho purpose , she had , therefore , rendered herself amenable to the law , and having permitted drunken and disorderly conduct therein , he would inflict a penalty of 40 d . and costs , on her for the offence .
Couoser ' s Inquest . —Seduction and Suicidk . — Melancholy Case of Depravity . —On Saturday , an inquest tvas held before Mr . Payne , City coroner , at St . Bartholomew ' s hospital , on tho body of Elizabeth Wicks , alias Ann Jones , a young female , a . ged 11 ) , who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic , under the following circumstances : —The inquiry was opened on Friday se'ni ) i f' ; )) t , when , from tho evidence taken on that occasion , it appeared that on the Wednesday previous the deceased was discovered sitting on the step of a iloor in White-cross-street , labouring under the tft ' jcts of poison . A cab was procured , and she was driven to the hospital , where she at first denied that she had taken poison , but ultimately acknowledged
that she had . Sho then gave au account of herself , stilting that four months back she wa ? in a comfortable s . u . iuion , but was seduced , and lost her place , and from that time she became an outcast upon [ he lowu ; and that tho cause of her taking tho poison was a quarrel with another unfortunate girl she was living with . The usual r < nv dies were applied , lut she sank and died . Yesterday , ihe following additional evidence was given : —Elizibcth Kernell said the deceased was her child by a former marriage , and the last time she saw her alive was on Tuesday week , when sho left homo early in the morning . She had formerly been a girl of very bad habits , bnt for the last two months her conduct had been better . About seven months back 6 he
discovered that her child was suffering from a loathsome disease , when she said , on being told of it , that she had been seduced by a young man , named George Partridge , who , to accomplish his purpose , had drugged some drink , of which she partook . They passed the night in a house of ill fame , when in the morning shame and remorse so overpowered her feelings that she burst into tears , upon which her seducer struck her a violent blow in the mouth , for which ho was taken before a magistrate . The deceased from this time was continually robbing her . The proceeds of . the things bhe stole was spent upon her seducer . About three weeks back , the deceased appeared very bad in her mind , and , on a sudden , exclaimed , "Oh ! mother ,
you have brought Geor » o to see me die . " She had never seen the deceased drunk , nor had she been turned out of doors , but all her niisdoingn she attributed to George Partridge . Mr . James Tiic , usher to the Worship-street police court , said he kuqw the deceased from her being continually brought to that court on the charge of robbing her mother . About three months back , she was , through the instrumentality of Mr . Grove , the magistrate , admitted into the Refuge for the Destitute , but was soon after taken out on her stating that she was in the family way . Tho girl was of the most depraved habits , and had frequently been in the House of Correction . George Partridge , the young man alluded to , said he had known the deceased three years . About seven months ago , the deceased slept with him at her
mother s house , during her absence in the country . He had never been with her to a house of ill-fame , nor had he received any money from her , and he was certain that he was not the first person who had slept with her , as he subsequently became ill in consequence of the connection . The last time he spoke to her was three months ago , soon after she came out of prison , when she wanted him to live with her , but he refused . The reason he struck her was because she called his mother a whore . Other evidence having been given , the Coroner made some forcible remarks on the depravity displayed throughout the case , and tho jury returned ^ verdict of " Temporary insanity , * and , at the same time , they thought the conduct of the mother highly blameable for the way in which she had brought up her child .
An Incorrigible Impostor . — On Saturday , Catherine Murphy , aa incorrigible vagrant , about thirty years of age , was brought before Air . Combe , in tho custody of police-constable No . 57 , E division , at a London police office , charged with begging . The constable having been sworn , stated that , on Friday afternoon , about tive o ' clock , he was oa duty in Doughty-streef ,, Brunswick-fquare , when he saw the prisouer following several ladies , and importuning them in a most impertinent manner for alms , and he watched her until sho pur . ued two ladies to the door of No . 43 , Doughty-street , and saw them give her tome money , when he took her info custoi / y . She resisted in a most violent manner , ecreanied out , and used every effort in her power to incite the
crowd assembled to violence towards him , and he had considerable difficulty in taking her to the station-houso . Pursuant to his instructions he took her to the Mendicity Society ' s office , Ked Lionsquare , where she was recognised as a well-known and incorrigible vagrant , who had been repeatedly in custody , and convicted under aggravated circumstances . — A clerk connected with tho mendicity society attended with the registry book of the society , and slated that the prisoner was the most notorious impostor in London , and she was in the habit of pursuing various modes of imposition for the purpose of cheating the unwary . On one occasion an officer of the society saw her pursuing ladies in Russellsquare , and importuniug . them for chai ity , with what
appeared to be a child at her breast , which she occasionally kissed and hugged with affected fondness ; the officer took her into custody , and said that he would take her to the Mendicity Society , where she would bo relieved ; but Bhe refustd to go , and resisted him in the most violent manner , and created a largo mob and she then screamed out , and exclaimed , " Oh , my child , " and used every effort to incite the mob to violence towards the officer , who was maltreated ; but on their road to the stationhouse , tho " child ' dropped from her arms , aud , on being picked up , it was found to be au ( ffigy , consisting of nothing but rags . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner , with the assistance of similar materials , assumed the appearance of being enciente . Her case was registered as one of the most infamous that was ever recorded in the society's books . —Mr . Combe asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charge !—She > aid , iu a broad Irish dialect , that
she did n- > t beg . She had been afflicted in her mind ev » r since the death of her husband , and she had lost considerable propety through his death . She was sometimes m&d , and did not know what she did ; and she was alwaysin this condition when she began to think of her husband . —Mr . Combe : But what have you to say about the rag child , eh ! ( A laugh . ) —Prisoner : Sure , it was not a child at all . ( A laugh . ) It was only a few old rags , that I Was going to sell , when the officer saied mo , and thea he sworo that it was a child . ( Laughter . ) —Air . Combe said he never heard of a more impudent impostor , lie enquired whether they had any register of her former convictions!—Ho was answered in the negative . —Mr . Combe : It is fortunate for her ; if they wero produced 1 would commit her for three mouths with hard labour to the House of Correction . I shall now commit her for one month . —The prisoner bellowed loudly , and , on being locked up , she expressed a wish that her « ase should not be advertised in the uowspapera .
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World-WKinimEss . —Matilda Wiles , a young woman of delicate and interesting appearance , waa placed at the bat , at Worship street Police-office , on Saturday , on 3 charge of having attempted to destroy herself . Follce constable G 69 stated that , on Friday evening , he was on duty in the City-road , when the prisoner was pointed out to him by a young man , who informed him that she bad just before attempted to destroy herself in the New River , and that he apprehended she was about to renew the attempt . She was standing at the timo on the canal bridge , with an air of deep dejection , and looking down wistfully at' the water , and , just as witness was approaching her , she clambered upon the coping , aud threw h (? rself over . He succeeded , fortunately ,
m catching hold of the skirts of her aress , but , on dragging her back , she struggled violently to disengage herself , and struck him in the face . On her way to the station-house , she paid 6 he was weary of her life , and was determined to end it . Tho prisoner's mother stated to the magistrate , that in the early part of last summer the deluded girl had the misfortune to form an intimacy with a silly ronvmtie youth , to whom she became psssionately attached ; and in a fit of mawkish and maudlin sen'iment of the French caste , he induced her to believe that they wero doomed to misery in this world , and it
were better to end their lives and woes together They accordingly each took a strong dose of poison , the effect of which proved speedily fatal to her monomaniac'lover , but by the aid of prompt remedies , the life of tho infatualed girl was saved . Evpr since that melancholy event she had been miserable and broken hearted , and had made no less than three attempts on her life previous to the one that was frustrated by the policeman . After admoni .-hing her upon the impropriety of her conduct , in feeling and forcible-language , which , however , did not appear to mako any impression upon her , the magistrate delivered her up to her friends .
Matrimony and Gin . —At the Mansion House , London , on Saturday , a young man named Warne , a journeyman cooper , wa 9 charged on a warrant bstore tho Lord Mayor wuh beating his wii ' c , aud giving her a black eye . The complainant , a goodlooking young woman , with a handkerchief tied round her head , " detailed a long list of grievances , from whence it appeared that they bad been married about four months , more than three months of which time she had stood on the stool of repentance . Before the hoBeymoon was over he took to neglecting his work , and getting drunk , and when in that slate he ili-treated her . A few nights back he waa tho worse for liquor , and insisuni upon having a lobster for his supper , and when Hho told him she had no money to procure it , he jn : ii |> fd up from his sea * , and struck her a blow , which caused a black eyo . Siie was apprehensive he would do her some serious injury . Tho Lord Mayor inquired the cause
01 his behaving , . m this manner to her ? The compbiuaat said she believed ha iva * jvalons of her , but bho would 3 wear she hadgivpn him no cause . The Lord Mayor— Now , Warne , what have you to say to this conduct i Defendant—Why , my Lord , it ' s her fault ; there ' s a fellow she calla her cousin , always coming , and I am quite sure fhs likes him better tha , n me . The Lord Mayor—You are a foolish , jealous-headed fellow , and don ' t go the way to make any woman like you . Treat your wife kindly , and you need be under no apprehensions from her ccusin , I'll be bound . " Defendant— So I did , my Lord , till I thought sho had put the horns on my head . The Lord Mayor—Wfcll , do it again , for I am quite sure she deserves to be weii useu ; and I a < lvis ;) you to leave off getting drunk : gin and matrimony never agree together . The defendant was then ordered to enter iiuo his own reco ^ nizinces to keep the pence towards his wife . The happy couple then reared .
Meat not Meet . —At the Mansion House , on Saturday , an' Irishman , named John Collins , was brought before Alderman Pirie , charged v / jih having hawked about a starved sow for saie hi Leadenhall Market . —Inspector Marchant sta-. ed that a very unusual scene took place in Leadenhall Market . A policeman stationed in tha r . neighbourhood saw the defendant carrying upon his shoulders a dead sow , which had been regularly scalded , and drawn and cut for dressing ; but which presented such an . appearance as no animal ever before exhibited . It was , in fact , the mere ghost of a . sow , for not a morsel of flesh was to be seen upon tho bones , and the only judgment that could be formed of the poor
object was , that she died of a consumption . A 3 such pork could not be fit for human food , and as it was well known that there were sausage-makers who would not hesitate to turn any thing that ever hobbled upon four legs to account , witness ordered that the man who offered the poor sow for sale should bo brought before the Lord Mayor , to receive a lesson on tho subject . —Alderman Pirie , who observed that the defendant had lately come from Ireland , asked him how he could think of splUng a sow in such a condition ? Defendant—" Why , plaise your honour , T thought to get a bit of bread for myself and the childther by it . ' A-dcrman Pirie" But it is not fit to be cater :. " Defendant— " Oh
yis , yis . It 3 fit enough , or if it an ' t fit to eat its fib to pick . It au ' t long deceased . ( A langh . ) I only kilt it a little ' while ago . " Alderman Pirie— " You never killed that sovy with a knife . If you killed her you killed her with starvation . " Defendant" No , yonr Honour . Upon my sowl I tuck the breath out of her in the proper way . She wouldn't walk , and I couldn't afford to nurso her , so I turn'd her inside out . " Alderman Pirie— " Then you killed her to save her life 1 " ( Laughter . ) Defendant— "I offered her victual ? , but she wouldn ' t have any thing , and then I bought her a peu'orth of
physic in a Doctor ' s shop ; but to the divel Bhe pitched the physic ; so I saw nothing for it but to rip her up . " The Inspector said that the people who followed the defendant aud his pig were anxious to be allowed to burn , the latter upon the spot . It was , indeed , quite impossible that any body could think of using her as meat . There was an hungry-looking dog in the next room , that growled at a person who threw a bit of tho pig to him to eat . Alderman Pirie ( to ihe defendant )—* ' You may go , but your pig shall be destroyed ; so you see you brought it to the wrong market . "
An Indian Story . —One afternoon , in the spring of 1829 , a young Indian , named Mickenock ot the Ottawa tribe , en the eastern bank of Lake Michigan , having indulged too freely in the use of fire-drink , commenced a xjuarrel with , and finally Blabbed to the heart , a son of one of the chiefs . Knowing that he niast suffer death by the hands of some one of the family whose relative he had killed , ho immediately collected all his own family and fled into the woods . The chief and his sons at once commenced search for the murderer—no pains nor toil were spared to ferret out the hiding place of the unfortunate and guilty Mickenock ; but the summer passed , the leaves began to fall , and no trace of him could be found . Almost in despair , the old chief , burning to
avenge the death of his son , looked about for some relative of Mickenock upon-whom he could satisfy this darling desire of the Indian heart , but no one could be found ; all tho family arid blood relatives were with him iu his hiding-place . Despairing at length of either finding his enemy or avenging himself ou any of the blood relations , the chief determined to avail himself of the privilege allowed by Indian custom , and toavengo himself on a relative of the wife of the murderer . Mickenock , although effectually concealed from the old chief , was nevertheless conversant , through somo of his friends , "with ail that waa transpiring in the chief's wigwam ; and as soon as he learned the chief's determination to avenge his son s death upon one of his wife ' s relatives , he
immediately sent in word to the old chief ' s wigwam , that , upon the day of the meeting of the great council , which was then soon to be held , he would deliver himself up to atone for the life of hia son . The chief received the information with evident gratification . A few weeks passed away , the great lodge was erected , and the council at length assembled . The chief communicated the intelligence which he had received from hia son s murderer , and it was agreed that no business should be transacted until Mickenock should appear . The council sat in silence until about twelve o ' clock , when suddenly the brave Mickenock bounded into the midst of the council , calmly surveyed the assembled chiefs , and tat down in silenco in the
centre of tho lodge ; his wife and children immediately followed , and formed a circle round him ; then taking out his flint he struck a spark and lighted hisplpe , and smoked it in silence . The eyes of the council aud his little family were intensely fixed upon him . At length Mickenock arose , and addressing himself to the chief , said , " I killed your son , he was a young brave ; he did mo no wrong , he was my friend ; 1 drank the fire-drink—the firedrink maue me kill your son ; Mickenock is very sorry , and deserves to die . " Then turning to the eldest brother of the deceased , he drew a knife from his bosom . " There , " said Mikenock , " is the knife that drank the heart ' s blood of your brother ; take it , and like a brave man avenge your brother ' s death . " This said , Mickenock instantly laid bare his whole breast . The brother spat upon his hand , clenched his knife with a deadly grasp , and drew up his arm . Mickenock , pointing to the spot
nearest heart , gave the word "Srike . " Instantly the brother plunged ihe knife to the hilt into the bosom of the brave MicKenock , who fell dead at his feet . The wife , and children of Mickenock beheld the whole scene , apparently withost moving a muscle ; but the moment he expired , they all fell upon and embraced him , with sobs , and feari . and groans , and wailing * , which cannot bo described , and altogether presented a picture of « ueh unfeigned anguish and genuine sorrow , as to overcome and melt every spectator of the scene . After the wife aud children of Mickenock had thus expressed their sorrow for about naif an hour , the old chief thus addressed her : — " Wife of Mukenock , we are satisfied your husband was a brave » an ; he died like a brave man ; henceforth you are my daughter , aad your children are my children . Go into my wigwam ; you shall be well treated , and live-with mo as my daughter ; these children shall grow ip around me , and shall be taught to be brave like their father . " - — />•» tin Km Tork Ammtmn
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct706/page/3/
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