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ADDRESS OF THE OLD COMMODORE TO HIS CHARTIST FRIENDS , My beartiee cheer op . ' the political crew Tyitfctbeir squadron ' s of red and their sq ^^ dron ' s of blue , Tb » Plsgue , and their frienis , both the Tories and
Whigs , Hare play'd off a few of their sld-fashion'd rigs . Their triumph , the cowardly 'Vagabonds know , Will ruin tiieir c&aae and tfceit power o'er throw . » fig true our old skip has-sKperienc'd a shoek , 5 $ y running hex keel oa ttie Corn-leaguer ' s rock ; And part of our crew te the bilboes are laid , Xbe honest and true , sow their victims are made . BraYe Cosper and White ! and a few worthies more , Bat they must not be lost tho" they're on a lee shore jly Nottingham worthies , tho" Clark and myself Perhaps a few weeks may be laid on the shelf , ( I needed , I own it , a little repose , Bat not in a eell , in the hands of our foes ;) Tet think net our glorious cause I forsake ,
Jfo , my heart and my hea . i , boys , are both wide awake Refreshed from retirement , the Old Commodore Will s wi at his post be found fighting once more . Discretion ' s the best part of valour , they Bay , And if I am prudent , Pm not run away . I knew in a jail I could not seire the cause , There ' s no justice in hell when the devil makes laws ; And as I am poor , and the poor ever fail To obvain right or justice , I grve them leg bail , I am snug in safe quarters , and think it as well , As being coop'd up in an iron-har'd cell : I caa write , I can act for oar cause , tho' incog , And breathe the fresh air in a sunshine or f 05 . At censure , an innocent conscience can laugh—I am too old a bird to ba caught in such chaff ;
Th « " "Jemmie O'Brien , " and other mad fools May denounce and condemn , I am . not of their schools Brave Fesrgos , who kaows nw , will never believe The Old Commodore woold desert or deceive His brave fellow patriots—O no , my fritndB no ! I'll never forsake jom . — b * shot if I do . ' Then cheer up , mj hearties , and qmit ye like men , And " rally round FftaTcas , again and again , " In spite of the Statesman and heartless Bronterre , Who ' s as crazy , by Jove ! as a very March h . ire ; And bis paltry tool , the " Old Chartist , " Oh ! shaace ! That s > wretch like to him , should assume such a name He a Chartist i aye , bo ia " Old Hookey" one too—And honester far , I believe cf the two . ' I trust your coHtempt for O'Brieo , like mine , Will only to Fearass your hearts more inclined
" The prince of til patriots , the bravest of men , * — * ' Let's rally arotud him again rnd again . " I write those few lines , just to let you all see , The Old Commodore is yet whtt he should be—A lover of Freedom , and ne'er will he barter For money or feme , any point-of the Charter i Then God feless our cause—be does Mesa it indeed And God bless yon all . pra ; s Old Commodore Meas , Safety Cove , Island of Snagland . Saturday , Sept . 10 th , 1 S 4 £ .
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LIXSS . WriOatst Midnighl , September the \ Otk , 2542 Tell me , ye stars tint paze npon This lovely orb w » call our cwn , How long shall mankind kiss the yoke , And bow before oppression ' s throne ? "When earth was young , and sin , and pride , Knew no : their pl ^ cs apon her breast , Ye shone aloft , as Rhine ye now—As guardians o ' er the daylight ' s rest . But oh * how changed ! how lost 3 how Jiid i Are the brigkt glories of the past ! Earth ia bat now the fcoine of Blaves ; Bound by the chains themselves have east . Say , are ye worlds , as sages say ?
Have ye your fcia ^ s , your lords , and slaves ? Bow ye to MaminocE throne of gore , As we poor cowardly cringing knaves * It cannot be ! ye are too pure—For th » foul fiend to ecter in , Ko fcing or parasite can dwell In habitations void of sin-Say , ye , who from the first till now , Hare g&a'd as lovers oa this beauteous w&d £ , Where are the spirits-of old days ? Who fierce scorn to the despot hurl'd ? To thee hath Hampdes tamed his eye , On thee with Sydney looked and wept .
Tnroogh ages dim , and times obscare , With thee the wise hare vigils kept ; The patriotic great , and good , Who vainly strove to f * ee the earth , Have looked to thee &b fcarbi 2 gtr 3 Of th- ; world ' s fresh , and newer birth . Oh < what deep sighs I what grief . ' Wiui rot Hath been poured out ia midnight hour , When the pent heart has burst its bondi , An £ all-confessed thy magic power . And wt ^ t is there , bet tsz&zs and groans Far the true lover cf Lis . race ? When mankind , as of old , bow down B = fore an earth-born inoEzrch ' s faca '
* * * * **** We stre . ch to r = ach and grasp tba air 1 We hope , and trust , ac-d trotting sin , Say , chd ye piiaets . biigb / iaEd pure , When will reality begin ? When shall mankind sxke in might And bam the tends that bind them down , And banish ¦ wrong , and foree , and guilt , With the vain bauble of a crown ?
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{ The following parody npon a French writer appeared in the Liverpool Mercury a wd&k or two ago . ) Scarcely had the genius uttesed to himself these words , than &s immense noise proceeded from the west , and tnrniag my eye to that quart *? , I perceived at the north-western . extremity of the European continent , in the sea-girt station , a prodigious m&veaaent , similar to what exists in the fcosom of a large city , when pervaded with sedition , an innumerable people , like waves , flactcs . te in the stresU &cd public places . My * ar , stract wiiii their cries , which ascended to the very heavens , distinguished at intervals these phrases 1—
" What is this new prodigy ? What this cruel and myrteriGus eeourgfc ? We are a numerous people , and we want strength . ' Oar hills are rich in cetl 2 nd minerals ; -ctreanjs flow through our valleys ; railroads intersect the on-.: try ; our aruz \ Bs , mechanics , and mariners are more skilful than those of any other cation ; the oce ^ n waves wash cur shares on every side , ready to convey io our brethren in other climes the comforts which osr industry and ingenuity have so abundantly produced , -and for for which-they so ardently desire to exchange iis corn , wine , oi 2 , and fruits , bestowed so bountiful !} by the Almighty Fitter upon them , his children , ia aiore fertile reipoiK : and yet we are -destitute of p-ovifion ! We are active and laborious , and we lire in i&ssgence . ' We pay -enormous tributes , aud we are told ttat they are not aafficieBt ! We are at peace without , and our persons aad property are sot Bale within ! What , then , is the secret enemy that devours us ?'
F .-om the midfct of the concourse , some individual voices replied , " Erect a standard of distinction , and let all those "who , by nscful labours , contribute to the support and maintenance of society gather round it , ard you will discover the enemy that preys on your vitala . " The standard being esectad , the natUn found itself suddtslv divided into tw * j bodies of unequal magnitude and dissimilar appearance ; the one innumerable and nearly integral , exhibited in toe general poverty of their dress , -and in their meagre and pallid fases , the
marks of toil and wretchedness ; the other a petty grout ) , a valueless fraction , presented , in their rich attire , embroidered with gold and silver , and in their sleek and ruddj complexions , ths symptoms of leisure and ubund-Ece . Considering tbt-se men more attentively , I perceived that the large body was constituted of labourers , srt ' zins , tradesmen , and professions useful to society ; and that in the lesser group there were none bat priests , c « urtiers , public accountants , commanders tf troops , in short , the civil , military , or religions agents of government . assembledand
The two bodies being front t 9 front , havinj looked with astonishment at each other , ^ I saw the fit lings of indignation and resentmeat spring np in the one , and a sort of panic in the other ; and the large said to the small body—Wby stand yon 3 part ? Are yon not of our number ? " No , ' repiiid the group , " yon are the people ; we area privileged class : we have laws , customs , and right 3 peculiar to ourselves . " People—And wfeat labour do yon perform in society ? PriTileged Cass—If one ; we are not made to labour . P How then have you acquired your wealth ? P . C—By taking the pains to govern you . P . —To govern us ! and is this what you call governing ? We toil , and you enjoy ; we produce , and yon dissipate ; wealth flows frem us , and you absorb it Privileged men , class distinct from the people , form a nation apart , and govern yourselves .
Then , deliberating on their new situation , some among the group said— " Let us join the people , and par take their burden ^ nd cares , for they are men like ourselves . " —Others replied : "To mix with the herd wonld be degrading and vile ; they are born to serve as , who are men of a snperior race . " The civil governoa said— " Ths people are mild and naturally ser-Tile ; let oa ( peak to them in the name of the queen and the law , and they will return to their duty . People 1 the queen decrees , the sovereign ordains . " People—The queen cannot decree anything which the sfety of the people does not demand ; the aoYereign cannot ordain but according to law . Civil Governors—The law calls npon you for rubmlssIoq . p , xhe law u the gener ^ will , and we will a new
C . G . —Yon are in that case rebels . P . _ A nation cannot bo a reb ^ l : tyrants only are tebeig .
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C . G-.--The queen is on our side , and she enjoins you to submit . P- —Queens cannot be separated from the nation in which they reign . Our queen cannot be on your side ; yon have only the phantom of her countenance . 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 thiB insolent multitude . " People—Soldiers , our blood flows in your veins ! Will you strike year brother ? If the people be destroyed , who will maintain the army ? And the soldiers grounded th- ir arms , aaid to their chiefs— " We are a part of the people , we whom you call upon to fight agiinst them . Then the ecclesiastical governrr said , There ia but one resource left The people are superstitious ; it ii proper to overawe them with the names of God and re'igion . "
Priests—Our dear brethren , oui children , God has appointed us to govern you . People—Produce the patent of his commission . Priests—You must have fiith ; reason leads men into guilt . People—And would you govern aa without reason t Prissts—God is the God of ptace ; religion enjoins ycu to obey . People . —No ; justice goes before peace ; obedience implies a law , and renders necessary the cogru ' zuice of ID * . "Priests . —This world was intended for trial and suffering .
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 ia our just and merciful Father . Priests—You must have mediators , persons who may act in your behalf . Peopls—Mediators with God , and mediators with the Qiibn ! Courtiers and priests , your services are too expensive : henceforth we take our affairs into our own hands .
Then the smaller group excUimed— " It is all over with us ; the multitude are enlightened . " And the people replied—" You shall not be hurt ; we are enlightened , and we will commit no violence . We desire nothing bat our rights ; resentment we cannot but feel , but we consent to pass it by ; we were slaves ; we might now command ; bat we ask only to be free , and free we -are . "
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LEEDS . —Assa . ci / 1 on a Policeman . —On Monday , J . Farrar , a clothier , of Armley , wasbroaght apat the Court-house , before GriSuh Wright , Esq ., and James Holdforth , Esq ., on a charge of having assaulted Policeman Wilkinson . According to the statement of the complainant , it appeared that b « was on duty in Kirkgate on Sunday evening , about tweaty minute 3 past nine o ' clock , " when he heaid calls of " Watch , " and on goins ? to the bottom -of York-street , whence the calls proceeded , he found the prhoner and Thomas Austin , of Armley , fighting . Hetook them both into custody , but as he was ooavejing ; hem to prison , they both straek at him , and Aivstin got avray . The Bench fined the defendtat 40 i . and costs , -or in default of payment he was to be impr soned one month at Wakefield . On Tuesday , Ausiin wts brought up by warrant , and ^ wis fined 20 s . und cost , which he paid , and he was then discharged .
Breach or s . Beer-house License . —On Monday , David Thornton , who keeps tho New Inn beerhouse , Kirkstall-road , was fined in the mitigated penalty of 10 s . and ccsis , for having had company drinking ia hishoase on Sanday afiernoanlast , during the hours of divine service . From the statement of Thornton himself , it appeared that he and hiB wife went out 10 chapel , and left tbehonse in the care of their sen , who , when a shower of rain-came one , was solicited by about twenty persons to iet them have shelter , and he complied with their request , and gold them a few quarts of "nut brown , " when a policemon , &t half-past three o'clock , popped in upon them aad saw their doings . Hence the information .
Assault . —On Monday last , a man of the name ot Robert Demaino was fined by the sitting magistrates , at the Court House , in the ssm of 20 s . and oosts , for having assaulted Mr Cozon , of Hoibcck . The defendant was a tenant of the complainant , and ou Saturday before last , the la ' . ter went and asked the former for-soae reni which *? as due to kim , and as he did not pay it he proceeded to take an inventory of his goods . After he had taken an account of those in tke lower part of the house , he wished to go up the . stairs , bet the defendant would not let him j a scuffle essned , and the complainant was put out of the house with hiB left knee dislocated .
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Lahce mPGGis of grain have arrived daring the pa-tweek in upwards of twenty vessels from Constantinople , and the ports of the Black Sea . Accident o >; the Lo . ndoxahb Bibmisghajt Railway . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly before four o ' cock , a boy , 2 amed John Buokkjy , was with several other boys walk ' mg along tho parapvt of one of the stone bridges crossing the Lor . don and Birmingham Railway , in the rear of the York and Albany Tavern , Park-street , Camdcn-tOTrn , when he
sudi deruy fell head-foremost en to the line of the railway , I a depth of between forty and fifty feet . After some ! delay ths alarm was given at ths Camden station , i and some of the police proceeded to the spot , where the paor boy wa found wholly insensible , and was ; in that ftate conveyed down the line to the station at Euston-grove , aad from there esnveyed to Middlesex Hospital , where , oa examination by Mr , Tuson , one of the surgeons , it was ascertained that be had sustained £ fracture oT tho skull and concus--aitn of the brain .
A Bkutal a . nb 3 I : ird £ rocs Octrmje was inflicted at HoughlOD , near Siockbridge , Hants , a few dayi since , on the person of a beautiful young woman , named Elizabeth £ Ue , by a middle aged sian . named James Sims , caused by her refusal to become his wif-- -. It appeared that he waited for a » opportunity , and aefc lur in thg hi ^ h-road . and , after making some slight attempts to stop her , she smilingly said , "Sim ? , let me pa ?? , " when he struck her a heavy blow with a lar-ge chisel , on the back part of the head , which
levelled her to the ground ; he tbxn fell on her , and injected several dangerous wounds on her head and face . After leaviDg her , as be supposed , dead , he repaired to the river , side for the purpose of patting an end ia his miserable existence , but failed in the attempt , and was immediately taken into eiistody , and is committed for trial it the assizes , lie eipreyed Tfgrtt his victim vs-g ^ sot dead , sayins , if she was , he should go to the gallows happy ! The unfortunate "Vfoman is lying in a dangerous state , sjid should she recover , will be disfigured for life .
Painful Affliction . —Doves , Sept . 11 . —This morning enrlr the family of Mr . Belt , of Brunswirksquare , London , now residing at No . 1 , Guildfordterracc , was thrown into thb deepest suffering . Two younggentlemea , sons of the abore family , accompanied by their footman , were oathuig closn by Sir Sidney Smith ' s jc . ty . The eldest &an , who could swim well , ventured out some distance from the shore ; ths orher two , no : ab )» - to swim , soon got beyond their depth , and cried for assistance . The
eldest son returning to give tnem aid , was soon too much exhausted , and compel ! en to reach the shor 1 ; . Ia this btlpless state ha was s-en by a Prevemiv , ' maa , wb , with assistance , conveyed him to one of Mr . Marsh ' s warm bath ? , where he was attended by Mr . Sankey , the surgeon , and speedily restored . The other son with the servar t , was carried away by the rrsves , and they were not recovered for half an houT ; they also w- ^ tc pliccd in hot batb . s , but , though every proper means were resorted to by Mr . Saskey and his assistant , the vital spark had departed .
A New Modb of Raisins the Wind . — -The following humourous and extraordinary anecdote , illustrative of the degrading extent to which even Lords and M . P . ' s will sometimes go to achieve pecuniary ends , is daily furnishing conversational food for the gossips ai the West-end : —Some short time since it scion 0 " nobility , who recently acquired some notoriety in Paris , b ^ ing desperately pushed for a " cool" couple of hundred pounds , and having ineffectually tried every probable source to obtain it , at last , as a dernier rc-ort , applied to his Noble pareut ( a Gallant Marquis ) for th- ; trifling accommodation ; trifling , however , as the sum may appear , the heroic M . P . is reported to have met with a plump , and not very courteous negative to his application . Disap- i e 2 i - t t ; j t
pointed and enraged at the refusal , and the peremptory tone in which it was conveyed , he , as a bravo son of Neptune , hit upon , and , Proteus-like , carried into execution , the following stratagem to effect his purpose : —It happened that ai a crossing opposite the window of the room in which slept the Noble Marquis , his father , a mendicant sweeper wa * in the habit of taking his stand in pursuit of his daily avocation . To this " knight of the broom" the hero repaired , and for a small sum bought him off his •* tifehold , '' or crossing for a day ? and , on the followiE £ morning , abeut the hour the Marquis usually rose , the distinguished scion , disguised asa beggar ffith a bran-new broom , was seen industriously em-Dloyed in sweeping clouds of dust towards the Gal- ) 1 3 ¦
int Marquis ' s window . On looking out , the Noble larquis , to his otter astonishment , beheld a fresh nd Hi-conducted sweeper , and incensed at the rude tanner in which he was carrying on his operations ispatched a servant to know the cause . The ser ant having . in the person of the mendacious sweeper iscovered Lord , returned in breathless haste > his master , and informed him that it was his cm m who was thus occupied in kicking up such a dust Oh , hang him , " said the noble and brave veteran that is done to raise the wind , ( writing ) here , tak us to him- ^ -a cheque—tell him to be off and change is r » gs—Mb morals he never can . " The command as no sooner given than obeyed , and the beggar lifted his post of hoHour and retreated in double lick time , highly gratified , however , with his 3 w mode of ** raising the wind , "—Sunday paper
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Bad Pukgiuation ahd 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 t <* see , his wife desires the prayers of this congregation . " The pawon , pointing it in bis own way , read to the ears of his flock , "A man going to Bee his wife , desires the prayera of this congregation , " and set them all in a titter . Origin of the Wokd Colohy . —Colony is a body of people drawn from the mother country to inhabit some distant place . The word originally signified no more than a farm , that is , the habitation of a peasant , colonus ( hence the word clown ) , with tha quantity of land sufficient for the support of his family . It is derived from the Latin word colo , I till or cultivate ; hence colonus t a husbandman , and colonia , a body of farmers sent to cultivate the ground in a distant country , and by metonymy , the place itself .
At thb present moment , when such general agitation pervades the labouring population throughout the country , it is pleasing to have to record an instance where master and workmen are found associated together in mutual good will . On Saturday last , at Two Waters , Herts , Mr . Wilson , of the firm of Alexander Wilson and Sons , letter founders gave an ( xcellent dinner to the men in his employ , to celebrate the centenary of his establishment . After the usual loyal and patriotio toa&ts , Mr . Wilson ' s " Health , and Prosperity to the Glasgow Letter Foundry , " were proposed and druuk 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 Q . 01 P Courteous . —Two ministers of the same name resided in the same town : a town which some of our readers will easily make out—one a Dissenter , and the other a clergyman of the Established Church . A parcel 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 assnmedatitle to which youhavenoright , 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 Dissenter . which was for his reverend namesake , and which was found to contain a case of lithographed sermons , 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 are not qualified , this mistake would not have occurred . I am , sir , " &o . —Falmoutk Pccket .
Attempt to Muhdeb a . Tradesman ' s Son in Holborx—The following daring and murderous attack was made on the son of Mr . William Howell , china and glass warehouseman , of Holborn Hiil , a boy of eleven years old : —Ou Friday night , about ten o'clock , he was minding the shop , when a young man entered with a mug in nis hand , and asked him to drink a drop of beer , whickhe did , a small quantity , not liking it ; the man the * left the shop , and went across the road and joined another maa . His sister having providentially returned ( not having left him alone more than ten mmutes ) when be fell down in the shop among the good * , but got up s ^ ain and went
to the -door , when he be-carae violently sick and insensible . The poJiaemau on the beat carried him home to Mr . HoweiPs koase in Stonecutter-street , when he and others thought the the boy dead- Mr . Bullin , tho surgeon , immediately came , who considered tho boy in a dangerous state , and administered remedies to bring <> ff hie stomach what ho had taken , and he remained insensible for two or three hours . He is now out of danger , but the doctor has no doubt that laudanum was given to the boy ^ aud had he not been sick when his sister returned , he would have been a corpse , the object of the party no doubt being to rob the shop .
WiffMSiCAL Calculations . —What a noisy creature man would be were his voice iu proportion to his weight as powerful as the jcrasshopper , which may be heard at the distance of one sixteenth of a mile . The kolibri weighB about an aunce , so that a man of ordinary size weigks about aa much as 4000 kolibris One kolibri must weigh as much as four grasshoppers . Assuming , then , that a man weighs as mnch as 16 , 008 grasshoppers , and that the roice of one « f 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 distanoe of 1000 mile 3 ; and wken he sneezed , he would run the risk of-bringing the house about his ears , like the walls of Jericho at the sound of the trumpets . Assuming , further , that a ilea weighs a grain , which is something more than its own weight , and that if it is able to clear one inch and a half at a spring , a man of about 150 pounds weight , would , by the same rule , be able to make a spring over a space of 12 , 800 miles , and consequently , leap with ease from New York to Cochin China , or round the world in two jumps 1
Evolution of Lwht i » see Huaiak Subject . — It wad ten days previous to L . A . ' s death that 1 < Sir Henry Marsh ) observed a very extraordinary light , which seemed darting about the face , and illuminating ail around ner head , fla-shing very TEuch like an aurora borealis . She was in » deep decline , and that day been seited with suffocation , which teasea her much for an hour , and made her so nervous that she would not suffer me to leave her for a momor . t , thai I might raise her up quickly iu case of a return of a painful sensation . Afcer she settled for the night , I lay down beside her , and it was then this luminous appearanco suddenly commenced . Hor maid wai sitting up beside the bed , and I wished her to shade the li ^ lit , as it would
awaken Louisa . She told me tho light was perfectly shaded . I then said , " What can this light be which is flashing on Miss Loui&a ' a face-J" The maid loosed voij mjstcr'ous , and informed me she h-id seen that iight before , and it was from no candle . I then inquired vrhen she had perceived it ? She said that morning , and it had dazzled her-eyes , but she had said nothing about it , as ladies always considered servants superstitious . However ,, after watching it myself half an hour , I got up , end saw that the caudle was in a position from which this peculiar Iinht could ai « t have come , nor , indeed , was it like that Bort of light ; it was more silvery , like the reflection of moonlight on water . I fratched it more than an hour , when it disappeared . It gave the fucethe look of being painted white and highJj £ ) i > zed , but it danced about , aiid had a very extra ^> r < : ii ; ary effect . Three nights after , the maid being ill , I sat np all eight , aid again I saw this
luminous appearance , when there was no candle nor moon , nor in fact any visib / e means of producing it . Her sisier came into the room and saw u also . The evening before L . A . died , I saw the I' ^ ht , again , but it wa-i fainter , and lasted but about twenty minutes . Tho state of tho body of the patient wa-j that of extreme exhaustion . For two months Bhe had never sat , up in the bed . Many of her by nip toms varied much from those of other sufferers in pulmonary complaints whom I had wen , but the geneal outline was the same . Her breath had a very peculiar smell , which made me suppose there mi ^ ht be some cecompo .-ition going forward . The young lady about whose person the ^ e luminous appearances were manifested , I had 6 een several t ' . sies btfore her return to the country ; har lunt ; K wt-re ex : ensively diseased ; she laboured under the most hopeless ibrm of pulmonary consumption . — Medical Gazette .
Two Thousand Poc . vds Robbery . —We have been informed of a ten ' oud loss sustained by John Marqaie , of Accrington , at Preston Guild , ou Mon-J ; iy tveuinglast . It appears that Mr , Marquis some lime since sold property to Mr . IIargreavet > , ofiicenngton , for £ 10 , 000 , a portion of which , to the aoi' . uiit of £ 2 , 000 , he happened to iiave ia his pocket oii Mi / iiday Jast at Preatoa , whither he had gone for the purpose of amuMn * j himself at the festival of the Guild . Mr . Marquis had dined with Air . Grundy , machine-maker , and afur dinner sallied out to Jook about him and see the wonders of tho Guild . This was about eight o ' clock in the evening . Sauntering along the strret , Mr . Marquis was ac «« sicd in aa aifablc manner by a respectable-looking person , with
whom he entered into conversation , ineir nmniacy , i although so suddenly created , and without tlie usual ; ceremonial of introduction eo generally required by : - John Bull—more particularly than by any other na ional gentleman—seemed to grow rapidly iu strength ; lor the stranger t'jok Mr . Marquis by the arm , and thus united they proceeded to admire what Wis goint ; on round about them . They had not , however , made much progress in Sheir friendly promenade , when they were met by a gentleman and lany , who appeared to be particularly anxious also to scrape an acquaintance withMr . Marquis . Shortly after Mr . Marquis discovered that his pocket-book . had been taken away , containing nine £ 100 notes , aad two £ 500 notes , all of the . Bank of England ,
, ) together with about £ 100 in gold and silver . Mr . j MaTquis naturally looked about for hi 3 friend , but 1 he had cut his acquaintance . No clue to the theives ' has as yet been discovered . The numbers of the > notes , however , are known , and , unless paid by the i Bank of Eugland previous to yesterday afternoon , will be of no use to those who stole them . —Blackburn Standard . A full description of the person ,: suspected of committing the above robbery was forwarded to the various police stations in the metro-; polis . At a late hour on Saturday night a person of : the name of Stowell who resides at 4 , Bowling-green-[ street , Kennington , informed Police-constables Mur-; ray and Winch , Nos . 119 and 140 M , that he was
, - , ! , . s , I in Preston on the day of the robbery , and that he r- { had traced the suspected person to No . 3 , Herculcsr , j buildings , Lambeth , whither the two constables ; e' instantly repaired , aad succeeeded in captun ' Dg a n ¦ man and a woman . The former gave the name of t !; Jovcl , the latter Elizabeth Bailey . The female w ; 8 3 , ; instantly identified as being the person supposed to ; e have committed the robbery ; she went to tho male ; e prisoner to an accommodation-house a few miks from d Prestoa , where she dropped one ot the stolen notes , r Both prisoners were searched ; on Jovel was found le ; a flash note for £ 50 « f the " Bank of Engraving , " is . but none of the stolen notes were found on either , the , ' opinion being that they have banked them .
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Queen Anns Bcixkyn . —In the third report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records , Sir F . Pal-Erave gives information of the discovery of the legal Teoords of the trial of Q , \ ieen Anne Bulleyn , dooaments whioh were supposed to have been destroyed ; but whioh have been recently discovered among the record ? of the Court of Queen ' s Ben 3 b , and the absence of which materially impeded the narrative of the historian of the eventful reign of Henry VIII ; The list of these reoords 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 Btudio of the celebrated Florentine , goldsmith , Maso Finiguerra . bearing in her hand a packet of wee 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 lump-black and oil ; and the woman , upon taking up her parcel , found a very neat impression of the subject upon the wet napkin in which it was enveloped . Such is the story told by Vasari , and if not exactly true , it has the merit of being highly probable . —Dublin Review
Not less than sixteen children narrowly escaped being poisoned in Boyne-street , on Saturday last , by partaking of a sweetmeat coloured with arseuiato of copper , used as a green pigment . This deleterious stuff was given to the mother of two of the children by the servants of a gentleman residing in the locality , and had been used as a garniture at a supper party , being composed of flour and sugar , and coloured with the poisonous stuff above-mentiooed It was divided freely amongst their little playfellows , and sixteen were more or leas affected . Dr . Mitchnll , of tho South-Eastern Lying-in Hospital , was called in- to see the children , and , with judicious treatment , rescued them from untimely death . — Dublin Paner .
A man , twenty-two years of age , named Wattrelot , who acted as assistant to his father-in-law , a farmer named Foutry , at Carvin-Epmoy , was tried before the Court of Assizes of the Pas-de-calais , 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 his crime having been to become more speedily in possession of the preperty , which at their death would belong to him in right of his wifo . The fatber-in-law was murdered by mixing arsenic in his 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 iho astonishment of the Court ) with extenuating circumstances . He was consequently , sentenced to imprisonment for life , with hard labour aad exposure in the pillory .
Wars / . w , Aug . 30 . —On tho 201 a of this mouth the town of Acchanovv was destroyed by fire ; 114 houses and twenty-four of the largo 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 ) . The harvest is over in almost the whole kingdom ; it . is very abundant ; oats less so than other kind ? of grain . We have not yet had any very extreme heat . —Prussian State ( itcxette , Sept . 4 . Cure for the Cholera . —This painful and distressing disease , which is-now exhibiting in various parts of the kingdom , has beeu successfully combated and effectually cured by the following medicine ,
which cannot bo too widely made known to tho public . Take qqual quantities of spirit of sal volatile , essence of peppermint , and liquid laudanum ( say a quarter of an ounce 0 ? each , which pour together in a bottle . ) Of this mixture , take a small tea-spoonful in half a glass of brandy , ) to which add a little hot-water , which swallow , and repeat the doso in two hour 3 if necessary . This has seldom failed to afford almost immediate relief ; and a second dos * mostly effects a cure . The above dose is far a grown person , aud should be increased or diminished according to the strength and habit of the patient . The writer has felt immediate benefit from the use of it , and he b » s also given it to persons with the same fiucces 3 .
A Female Suffocated by a Plum-Stone . —A melancholy occurrence took place at Gravese 11 d on Sunday , the 4 th instant . Mrs . Alargaretta Weils , the wife of Mr . John Wolls , a jeweller , of No . 5 , Museum-fitreet , Bloomsbury , has been for eome time staying with her family in -Gravesend , and ou Sunday afternoon , in th < 3 course of their customary walk , they purchased eojae plums , aad as Mrs . Wells was in the act of eating one , the stone got into her throat , and choked her . A coroner ' s inquest bbiiig held on the body , returned a verdict accordingly .
Ow Thursdat be night , the houskeoper of Mr . Kerner , the tobaccouist of St . James' -ssreet , put an end to her existence by drowning herself in the water-butt . It will be recollected that an examination took place before the Magistrates '< rf * Marlborough-strtet , respecting the conduct-of Mr . Kerner , who has suddenly absented himself front this country , on au account of an alleged fraud in some bill tra . u * aM ions ; aud it is &aiJ thai the poor woman had boen reduced to a etato of despoiideucy , occasioned by her master having made away with her little property .
The PcsTMAMEa-Gr . NF . iuL has decided on returning to the old method of paying the gnarris on mail coaches 10 a . Gd . pur week , ' and allowing them to take fees from paesL-iujers . The guards on railways are still to bs pa . id salaries , without fees ; but buch salaries are to be on a reduced pcaie . The cause of the contemplated alteration in the mode of pejiog the mail-coach guards is , the continued discoveries that they receive fees . Six of them aro now suspended lor taking feei * but . Lord Lowt-her has resolved not to dismiss them , because he dcclires it impossible to prevent per « jons who are paid only £ 70 or £ 00 a year , from taking gratuities from pubstugers , when , aa in most cases , it has happened the gratuities have been voluntarily offered .
NtWFOUKOLtND Names . —The names of Newfoundland hills , harbours , eovos , creeks , ami bays-, are very amusing . The B / ow-me-down-IIili ? , the Come-bj-ChaneoBrook , tho Seldojn-oome-by-IIarbour , the Funk islands , imply a mode of nomenclature primitive , if not always elegant ; aiid highly expressive , if not attractive , aro Bloody Reach , Danuiablo Bay , Dead-man ' s Point , Ragged Wands , Bay Dt-spuir , The Frying Pan , Cape Broil , Hell Hifl , Mount Misery , Wolf Bay , the Bishop ' * Falls , Lion's Don , Bay of Fair and FaUe , Muddy Hole , Pope ' s Harbour , Goose Cove , and Gander Bay !
Two Children Poisoned , by Duinking Flywatku . —O : i Tuo .-iday , aD inquest was taken before Mr . Wakl ' . y , M . P ., at thu Whrai Sheaf , Pdor ' n Cross , FulUatn . on tho b' > dy of Ann Backe , a-sed three years . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased ' s mo'hfr ( Catherine lt-ardou ) lived with the father at No . 3 , Wheat Sheai ' -placo , aud ou Friday last the former sent a woman , narat . J Quain , to a grocer ' s shop , kept by a person narnod Poits , for two pennyworth of * " fly-water . " On bei . ug served with it , an injunction was given to keep it out of the way of children , ami tnis was t . « ld tho mother . The poison was brought , in a tea-cup , aud , during the absence of deceased aud another child about two years of age , the liquid was pourod into two plates mid placed on shelves for the purpose of destroying flies . The tea-cup , however , was ieft on the table , containing about a spoonful of the poison , and , during the absence of tiio mother , the two children drank what remained in that vossel . On
her return she found both vomitiug , and took them to Air . House , a surgeon . TJ 10 youngest recoversd , but the deceased got worse , and died between eight and nine o ' clock the sauna evening . Mr . William Howard , assistant to Mr . Rouse , said the children were vomiting violently when brought io the surgery , and , on being told that they ' sad drapk " flywater" he gave them emetics , aud continued to attend decea ^ d until sh > died . He procured some of the * ' fly-water , " from Mr . Potts , which he analysed , and found one of the component parts to bo arsenic— -The jury returned the following verdict : — '' That the deceased was accidentally polsonod by drinking some of ShadboltV fly aad bug water . "
Loss of the Montagu , of pERTH . ^ -Extraet from a letter dated Macao , tho 10 th of May : — " Accounts have just reached us of tho total ioss of the Montagu . She was coming on from Bombay , principally laden with cotton , and was clasoitidd as a fine vessel , and a fast sailer ; but week after week passed , however , after she became quite due , and no Montagu made her appearance . Ac length , a few days ago , a letter reached us from the captain , dated Manilla , at which placo he aud all the crew had arrived in safety . It seems he had got through Dampier ' jj Straits , and iu the Jillolo Passage had very thick weather and cairne , with strong currents running . Oa the morning of the Siiof 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 ' clock had entirely disaptime
peared ; the crew being iu the boats at the escaped , but without clothes of any kind or provision . They got inside the reef to a small island with three cocoa-nut trees , where they remained for fifteen dayu , subsisting on fi * h , birds , &c . ; and , after repairing their boats , which had been damaged in crossing the reef , they set out to look for vessels , without compass , chart , or anything to guide them by . They wero 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 reaoh 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 iu safety the end of last month . She was a fine vessel , aud owned by Thomas Graham and Sons of tho fair city . The captain , I believe , ha 3 sailed for England . Holcn ' a Shoal is the name of tha reef on whioh she was iQBi . —Perthshire Courier .
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Wk UNMB 8 TAND that the Government have conferred pensions of £ 80 a year each on the four daughters of the late Colonel Denuie . of the 13 th foot , who was killed at Jellalabad , where he commanded the sortie . Tukbe died lately , says a Gorman paper , in the village of Felsoa Frederick , in Transylvania , a farmer named Terebesi , in tho 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 Millerites are prophecying that the end of the world is to be in April , I 84 S ; and yet , at the same time , in this month of August , 1842 , they are taking subscriptions for a newspaper for one year in advaace . Not bad that . —New York Herald .
Paupers' Luxuries . —A gardener , who supplies a union workhouse in Sussex with vegetables , sends in maggotty turnips , aud cabbages abounding in caterpillars , sagely observing that the poor devils of paupers have no other means of obtaining grub . It js calculated tha : the available coal-beds in Lancashire amount in weight to the enormous sum of 84 , 000 , 000 tons : the total amount of consumption per annum is supposed to bo 3 , 400 , 120 tons : hence it is inferred that the coal-field of Lancashire , at the present rate of consumption , will last 2 , 470 years .
Pleasabt State of thinos in New York . — There is not the least thing doing in any branch of business whatever , except lying and cheating in 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 . Dawaon , maltster , Asbborne , 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 Herculaneum , the learned \ bbo Facciolati found an orange preserved in vinogar . 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 huyo been your ruler , you have nevar been ufflicted with the plague I "' - " God is too jusi to send two scourges upon us at once , " was the reply ; but it cost ilie speaker his life . A Romantic Young Lady fell into a river , and was likely to be drowned , but a preserver accidentally appeared , and she was conveyed to her home . Waen she came to herself , she declared that she would marry the person who had saved her life . " Impossible , " said her father . "Is lie already married then ! " she inquired . "No . " " Ia he the young man wno lives in our neighbourhood ? " " No , it is a Newfoundland dog . "
Brick versus Skull . —An athletic black man , while . carrying a hoiiin a bnilding down town , was struck on his head by a brick , which fell from the scaffold nearly two stories high .- " Look out up d « e , how you frow your bricks S" vociferated tho hod carrier : " guess you want to kill dis nigger . " What is mosi straago is , that the min was not even stunned , and the brick was broken in two by coming in contact with his head . — ' Philadelphia Gazette . Chinese Barbarity . —Au unfortunate soaman of the Cornwallis recently wandered into the hands of a party of Chinese villagers , who immediately cut off his knee-pana , made an incision round each wrist , and stripped the skin off the muscles , up to the elbows , and down oach hand to the finger ends , leaving it dangling . In this condition the poor follow was abandoned . On his being found , the 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 the following : — " A poor aged woman , who had Jong earned hor livelihood by knitting , one day coming to the end of her worsted ball or clue , found it to bo wound on a piece of an old newspaper , which sho had the curiosity to read * , when , to her astonishment and delight , she discovered it to contain au advertisement respecting herself as the heiress of a large property . "
Some Boys , while bathing on Saturday week , near Findhoru , discovered a dead body on the beach , that had been washed iu by the tide . The face was much disfigured , and the inspection and inquiries set ar-foot have not elicited anything to prove the identity of the unfortunate niau . From his dress , which wop that of a sailor of . the better class , it was conjectured that he had bieu mabtor or mate of some vessel . Nothing was found in the pockets but a snuff-horn , havingthe initials " S . M'K . " cut on the top , the one end & ' 'ap « fi so as to resemble a dog ' s head , tho mouth curiously cut out , so as to show teeth , tongue , &c . H in hoped this may lead to a discovery of the rel ation- , of tho unfortunate deceased . The body ,-after inspection , was decently interred bs the authorities in the churchyard of Dyke . —Rosshire Advertiser .
A Widow . —A fisherman named Grizzle was drowned , and all search for the body unavailing . At length , after the lapse oi ' . ' a moinh or so , the dear deceased was found , ifL-airr : ^ on his " watery bier , " v / heu-t-he following dialogue endued between the disconsolato witiow and the narrator of the discovery : —Mr . Smith—Well , Mrs . Gnzz-e , we have found Mr . Grizzle ' s body . ilvs . Oriole—You don't hay so * Mr . S . — Ycp , we hav ;— the jury haa sat on i \ and found it , full . of . eels . . Mr 3 . G .- " You don ' t say Mr . Grizzle's body is full of eels ? Mr . S . —Yea it ia , and we wish to know what you mean to hare done with it . Mrs . G . — W ! iy how many eels should you thint there is in him ? Mr . S . — Why , about a bushel . Mrs . G . —Why rheu I think you had better send tho eels up to the house , aud tct him ' -again .
Another Determised Xuicide at Waterloobridge . —At an early hour on Thursday morning , a touiaie about twent \ -rlr > ye-irs of age , dressed in fashionable style , cominitt'H a most deternvned act of riiiicido by throwic ^ ii < r .-t-if into the river . from the first arch on the Mi-idlfsex side ot Waterloo bridge . She had a few words whh a gontk m ; in immediately previous to her cornmiUiw ^ th © rash act ; she hud a valuable silver watch actjuitted to her side , from a silver guard-chain , uud live , gold ' rings 0 : 1 her fingers . A reward has bet -a offered for the recovery of the body .
A servant girl at the houyo of a gentleman at tho S , a , Gloucester , who whs hi rko habit of bestowing a profusion of oil upon her luxuriant locks was awoke a iewiiiglilB . ago by as-ra ' ifg'j sensation on ; be top of her head . ; and on Dir-in : ; up her hand , something whose coat was as soft ' a--- velvet , and wbo ^ e s ' .-p was li ^ ht as that of a fairy , slipped through her fingers , and made a hasty mr « ai . A mouse , roaming iu soarch of his supper , h >;« ina-de an attack on-the ' fair maid ' s weiioiieU hair , and iud 'nibbled away with such industrious appe : in-tiiat ; he next morning iho poor wench was horrur hiruck ' at bclioldmg a bald place in tho very centre . - ^ lu- r head , as large as thpalm of a man's hami , 'ha hair being cropped oft close to tho rootsw—Gloucester JcumciL
Suicide at the Saracen ' s HiSAD , bwow Ilrrx . — On Thursday evening week Mr . Payne held an inquest at the White Han , Giltspur-stioet , on view of the body of George Morley , aged forty-one . Andrew Sateholl , lfuiulurd ot" the Saracen ' s Head Tap , stated that deceased iind been lodging there for some time past . For many years he had been driver of tfio Leeds and o her coaches , but had latterly been out of employment . About ten o ' clock this morning ( Thursday ) 'tu < -ase-J was found in hia bedvoora , suspended by a rope tied rouud his neck , from tho head of tho bedsie .-io . He Was . immediately cut down , and a surgeon w . s sent for , when iD appeared that lite had . been-exiint ' , ' at , least several hours . The witness further stateu i-h-tt deceased was one of those unfortunate persons who had been thrown out
01 employment m eoi ; - ( qicnce of steam carriages having taken tho place »> f a . aije coaches . F ; r a long time deceased had bee 1 . ' mi & state of destitution , and had latterly bee- ) .-i . 'ffcrijj ^ under great depression of spirits . Dec » -. ise < t 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 his company . Decoded appeared extremely hurt at this , aud cried bic £ > . ' ' r ' y wlula telling several persona of Gamble ' s behaviour to him . His mind seeme . i to have been most dreaufully weakened by his recent misfortunes and disappointments . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . "
Teasing an Elephant . —On Saturday evening last several gentlemen went into a wild beast show at Sheer / less , some o ) whom began to tease the elephant , which forms par , of the exhibition , and which is not confined otherwise than by a short chain round one of its le ^ s ; the said gentlemen amused themselves for awhile by offering tlie huge but docile animal apples and other things , and when he extended his proboois to receive them , putting them into their pockets again ; but not much relishing such sort of sport , the sagacious animal , taking an opportunity when several of his tormentors were in a cluster near him , extended his trunk , and with one swoop laid seven of them
sprawling on the floor , who , not knowing what the next evolution of the " performing elephant" might be , began to call out lustily for the keepers , but their presence was not needed , as Leviathan seemed quite satisfied with having laid his tormentors prostrate at hia feet , kicking about to get out of bis reach , whilst the wives and daughters of some of the party were going into fits , and the company generally rushing towards the place of egress . AU 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 eyer enter another wild beast show . —Kent Herald .
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Du&eldobf , Sept . 6 , 1842 . —A report having been generally spre » d that hia Majesty the King of Hanover died here last night , I hasten to inform you tbat this is not the fact ; bnt that his Majesty is lying seriously indisposed at Prince Solm ' s Palace in this town . The symptoms , I bear , are dangerous . A Resolute Fair one!—( From La Vigie de I'OuesL ) A younp and fair Florentine lady , bearing the celebrated name of America Ve 3 puccio , arrived at St . Malor on Sunday , in the Southampton packet . The noble Signora haying declared to the Customhouse officer that she wonld not submit to the ignoble search to which he wished to subject her , ha replied that he had a right to require that a femalo
should , by visiting her person , ascertain whether she was the bearer of contraband goods or no , and that force should be ressrted to if sho resisted , ine Signora drew out a pair of pistols , and repeated _ her declaration , adding that she would return to England sooner than undergo such a degradation , one then called for pen and ink , and , in tho absence * f the Director of Customs , wrote to the Sub-prefet , 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 tho regulations of the Customs , and
the fair Florentine persisting in her refusal , srp returned to England without having once quitt ° d the steamer . — " We have received ( adds La Vigie ) frequent complaints of the indecent manner iu whioh females ire searched in our harbours , and have seen several ladies quite iudignant at the treatment tb ^ y had experienced . ' The fiscal passions , ' says one of them , ' are carried to such an extreme in France , that tho revenue agents behaved towards u-= lika real savages . ' We domand a reform , for the in r , eres 6 of our harbour , for that , of France abroad , and in the name . ofthe respect paid to femal « s in all civilised countries . "
Elopement and Robberv . —During the . last : two days much conversation has been occasioned about Kensington Gravel-pits in consequence of the following . occurrence : —It appears that on themovniug of Wednesday last a per ? > n named Gerrem , a greengrocer , residing at No . 1 , Uxbridge-street , KeuMngton Gravel-pils , left his home about four o ' clock to attend Coveut Garden market , leaving his wife ( who , although forty-two years of age , is still rather a fine looking woman ) asteep . in bed . Oa hi « return . he was surprised to learn that Mrs . Gerrem was out . As the day advanced and she did not return , lie began to be alarmed , and from the inquiries he 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 taken with her every article of value he possessed , as well as all his ready money , amounting to about £ 39 . Mr . Gerrem immediately communicated his loss to the police , and also his suspicion that sho had eloped with a journeyman carpenter , named Fruin , twenty yeara of age , who was also missing from the neighbourhood . 16 has since been ascertained that Mrs . Gerrem was on the same » ovniug seen oa board the Bntirh Queen steamer , which on Wednesday left Blackwall for America , and Mr . Gerrem started the same night for Portsmouth , where the vessel will put in for coals , in the hope of recovering his property , should hid wifo persist in going to the new world .
—Evening paper . Serious Accident to Mr . Carter , the Lion Tamke . —Another accident occurred to Mr . Carter , the performer , and rival to Van Amburg , or . Tuesday evening , which , has incapacitated him from appearing on the succeeding nights at the English Opera House , at which theatre he was ' performing the prinoipal character in a piece called thu Lion King . In the course of the piece , Mr . Caiter had to encounter a lion and other animals , a fa V-tu Ambur ^ h , confined in a . cage . The performance went off well on Tuesday night , and Mr . Carter , on entering the cage , was reoeived with the greatest eclat . Na sooner had he set foot inside than the " noble ! ord of the forest" made a sudden spring , and , btioitj Mr-Carter had time to prevent him , seized him by tho 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 the other hand , between the ears . The audience applauded most vociferously , litvle dreaming that it was a combat in reality . Mr . Carter continued to deal heavy blows on tbt infuriated animal , who at the end took shelter in one corner of tba cage . The scene was dropped , and Mr . Carter , having bound a handkerchief round his band , which was much lacerated , left the cage , tho animal growling at him as he left . He vm 3 attended to by Mr . Braine , a surgeon , and has since been incapacitated from appearing . This is the second time Mr . Carter has been bitten by the ' same animal wuhin the last week . The lion has only been iu Mr . Carter ' s possession about three mon . tlis , and is between f hreo and four years of age .
Howdkn Great Horse Faib . —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 ermsequtnee of the groat demand forhoracsfor the Continent . The early honing of the harvest-will also caus ' o agreat influx of farmer--, grazirr-, &c . from all pavts of the country . Iu the year 1 , 200 . King John granted to Bishop Philip a ' lictnso to hold an annual horse fair at Howdon , which is held on the 25 .-h of September ar d six following days , a > -d is accounted one of the niort celebrated horse tV-- ! a tho kingdom , especially for first-rate coits , lor which it stands unrivaiied . A London desxhr recently remarked thai thvre wero morehorey exhibited for sale at Howden / air than at any other fair in the world .
A Cargo op Philosophers . —A capital &cory has just reached us from Dudley , touching tho recent aquatic exclusion of certain distinguished ¦ savins , from Birmingham to Dudley . Having to pass through one of the cai : al locks , where boats are required to register certain particulars oi the freight , &c . ( to . facilitate tho collection of the proper dues ) , tho foliowiu # entry was maue relative to on < , of the learning luden barks : —'' Draught , 13 inches ; weight , 3 ^ tons ; cargo , philosophers . " Making the Dumb Speak . —A fellow of the name of Welsh , who for two or three years has mail : tdiued himself-by hawking round the country wvi pamphlets , and by occasional pilferjngs from the L ui-sea at which he mado his calls , wes brought up ot the Gorb . 'ils Polie . ' -office on Thursday morning cimived
with being drunk and disorderly . When brought to the office ,, ovi .- n while affected by " potation .- duop , " Wcl ^ h did not forget his assumed character , but remained ttupidly dumb to ailsi £ nsandinterro ;;; i \ ofis . Brjwn , tho cfilccr , who knew the fellow to be an impostor , who had in a similar way excited the dyuipathy cf the auti ; oriti <; -s in other towns aud jjot off from tho punishment due to his peccadilloes , did not forget to iniorni the bench of Welch ' s capabilities ia tho matter of speech , and the Court sentenced the priEoncv to thirty days in Bridewell . The .. fleet of the announcement of his . sentcuce was nriracuioda—Welsh , 10 ' . tho no email surprise of the Ccn ; -t . lifted up h s voica and spoke wonderfully well con ^ idcriag bis infirmity , protesting in no measured terms ngainst - tho' stverity of his sentence —Ul > i * gow
Chronicle-Burglary and Attempted Murder . —Heroic CAPruRE-OF the Burglars . —Another mojt atrocious burglary was committed on the ni ^ lt of Tuesday last , or early on Wednesday morniii ^ , in che hou-o of Mr . Thomas Lund , at Pretty-foot bridge , about nfey yards on thv branch road lesuiiiU' ;' vom Wnaiiey-ro-i / j , jti .-t b . yond the BuIlVHead ¦ ¦•! ' in 'Ribchestar , near ' lilaokiiurn . Mr . Lund wa ? awoke about one o ' clock by a loud crash of breakup - \ a * t * , aud > mrne ( ilately goc out or bed and struck -i ir ^ ht . Ho then uulcekud hi- Hd-room door and pis .-ed through alurge ' room adjoining into a smaller one , where . he found two mon—one of themwearirsj a black mask , and the other a light one . The moment they eaw him they ordered him to be siier ; , and
successively presented each a pistol at him , an-. i did their best to shoot him , bur fortunately r , he pistols missed fire . Mr . Lund then ru . 'hedupon the viitains , and being , although oiisidc-raoly advanced in life , a most powerful man , overpowered them both , and hwd them for some time , until ^ et tiij ^ a liit ) e exhausted , thc < -y succeeded in pulling him in ths sirngi le tuvvard 3 the . window , through which they managed to makea temporary escape . One of them , wnilo tic-y were struggling , put a 'fr ^ h' cap to his pistol , and snapped . it tmce , bir it missed fire each time . Meanwhile Mrs . Luud alarmed the neighbours , and one of theua , »*! " d Whalley , observed the robbers lesp into tne littlp strip of plantation on the right side or the road leading from
the Bull's Head towards Pretty-foot bridge , just besyio a large culvert v / iv . ch passes under th < i Whal-! ey # oad . ' . Whalley ,-instead of attempting to molest his prey by-himself , having outstripped hn friend Lund iu the race , went on past the plantation ro the house of a person named John Shorrock wh « Iive 3 a little beyond the BuJl ^ Head . Whalley i » ld Shorrocs that there were two men ia the p . [ . iiK ; uion who had broken into Thomas Lund ' s hou ^ e , and bade him rouse up a you . g man who liv s ia the house with , him , named Thomas Bannis ; -r , and come down to the plantation . Several of . hcr neighbours were got together , and the plantation was completely surrounded . The prisoners being secured , they were conveyed to the Ball's Head , and rhenee to the police-sta' . ion at Blackburn . There was a
third person , but he does not appear to have entered the house , and he made off the moment he saw his friends defeated . The burglara were Blackburn men , named Thompson and Ainsworth . Okq of them had been frequently obliged to the man whose house he entered at the dead of night , and * - . hose life he threatened to take without a moment ' s warning . Both were making by their respective cul ! ing 3 an amount of wages which was perfectly competent to keep . them in comfortable circumstances , —Thomason having been , wo understand , employed iu ibe mills of Messrs . William Eccles and Co , as a spiuner , 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 an average £ 1 a Yftt > k .- -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-ncseproduct771/page/3/
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