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a ?? ACT TO AMEND THE LAW FOB THE * " TlEGISTHATION DFYOTER 3 , 3 NCORPOTtiSTSG THE HEFOR 4 . ACT , AND Re gent statutes ^ with INTRODUCTION , ASD A COPIOUS INDEX . — jy Edwxsd W .-Cox , Esq ..,- Babbisieb . —S » - cosd Bdftiaa . Published at the office of tie law Times , London . ^ s is a most nseful and valnible publication flerefe embediedyin systematic aaiaB ^ ement , all - gje jaws relative to . "the Franchise , ** *• fiie j ^ cafctioB /' . aQdi ' theEIecfioDs ? ' ^ EheiKwikjives j ^ gu&cim / SBxeeiledj as . far as iae several enactment reguls&ig Jibe above operations , are concerned : for sender each separate ie&d 5 a given all ^ Statutes bearing on ihe question . The arrangement is excellent . --:
Xbe publication "will be of immense use to Overseers , B ^ straSoiPagente , Sheriffs , Sheriff-officers , Beturnmg-oScerB i Election Committees and Po . ll Gate . Indeed'ft . is the test -work " we nave seen foracy and every one Trio wishes to know the law afrfectrne the franchise and its exercise .
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3 * B . Phexxs has been appointed a commissioner to inquire into tie state of fever in Ireland . POTATOES are seffing at KUkee . county Clare , at one fcalfpenny per stone . And in Dublin ti 5 lfL per Stone . Ths Poot of s Chinese female , from tbe heel to the great toe , is only four inches long . Sxsa . 'gTntRTKS are selling in Hall at one pens ; the pint . Jjyts . inTisnce is as opera ? in England a tragedy ; in Italy & comedy ; and in Oersiauy o melodrama . "^ FHIK thread gloves , " say * the Leicester 2 £ ercury " msyieboEglifcirrtJiistowastapennyper pair !" The losers bow concentrated in Ireland exceed , it is said . 55 , 000 men ! "War js Punch like the aerial ship ?—Because he has not JD&de » trip yet , and never "will . A Welsh JTewspjlpkr ib about to be started at larETpoaL
OUB Was Stea 3 I-sbips form up less a proportion flran one-fifth of JheBriHsh navr . —Srisjhion Gazelle . tbs ttbst OY AtJGtST 38 fixed lor the reduction of the irrsii sugar doty . OXJojraxii'siKiti . has been said to consist in keeping the peasasby at the boiling point , and presenting themboHing oTer . Twulte Pebsoss l&ve held the omes of Mayor of ihe * a ty *» f Washington since the year 1802 . Of this mnnber five were practical priniers . AccovTiTS isve been received from the Governor of Senegal to tie 2 d nit . They annensce tha almost total faDnre this year of the jgum crop . Tss Cork Examiner atate 3 that *• Rebecca and her Drazhters" * have lately made their appearance in Ixelani W £ leass , from the Liverpool Times , that the dfegractftri pracSce ©? placing -jromen in the public stocks iB lein ? revived ui Pxescot and St Helen * * .
31 b--Jaqti 2 S -sold nine sberi-homs , at Derby , for 600 guineas ; and ISx . Watson , of WalMmiham , s short-born baler ior 150 ? ximeM . —Mark Lane Express . TBS 2 &ASG 51 C Grand IjoSgs of . England has voted £ 1 , 800 towards a monnrnenS to the memory of their Shistrions Grand faster , the Me Doke ol Snssex . ACCOB 3 > I 5 G to lie lasi census of tbe Snsaan empire , the total number of inhabitants trho can "write and read -was 4157 / 995 , « ff ths proportion of the Trhole pepnla-$£ in of one to trsrelTC . Tss jv « r O / fecKs Pfag « B « , aillnding to a candidate ' s declaration that he iroi&l head the president or die , SJ& , "When a man pledges Mb honour to die , he OBSht io die—or "peiSsh . in"tte attempt- *" THE JftTMBES . OF IjOGOMOTITES on ths Germaa jsHwaya , acoardiag to M . Von Seden , is 2-J 5 , of "wiiich ihlrry-eight are German , 166 "RngTwib , ttrelro . Bel ^ an , aid jTrtnty-xiBe JLmtrican .
A PjlRadox . —Hhs Hereford Times , in allusion to the deatheffeeiirwHiritehoiseHeEley , says , " afterhehad tub the Stanage Stakes , and -pas taken to tbe steblej he corilditei&crsiaxdizor lie down I " ~ Bx x 5 £ KrES of interesting experiments lately made in 5 b 53 addp $ Ea , a vomaa'a toc ^ ne has heen f onnd capable of moTii ® one fiionsaud nine tnndred and "twenty times in a iniuutti . A TOE 5 G tighTrayman iras effered his life , after eondEnaatioii , if he ironld consent to haTe his if g cut off , that a B 8-S- styotic might be tried . " What v replied he , « and ^ o lipiu ^ to the derll at last ? 2 ? o , 2 H he £ d first , " and * washaJK £ d 2 1 SE BlKEdOBS cf the Belgian railroads are hnfldiiaadiHeence "with two floors . The trjroer part "Will t * e a glszsd gsUerj , from -wlack an bJoistb "tis"w of Ihe country -xcill fee cemmindod . It is to tub between IHege and Tenders .
Tbs asstax income of charitable endowments m lEsgland acd Wales exceeds £ 1 , 200 COO ; vhe comnnB--csn < tflnqmiy cost ueaity ^ 260 , 060 ; and yet nothing efiecJnal has been done tofrsnis remedying the $ r > j £ s abzsfs vMeh it exposed . OS Thursday , the ateam-pactet Bata-ner , Captain IDimloD , amrsdoffSt Eatiinrine'SSteain-paclast Wharf . Iron Bottsrdam . 2 tot x > f 3 ier « 33 go consisted of 450 iesietsol potatoes and 508 baskets « f carrenls , irhich ¦ woe conngned to t » 6 salesmen an SpItalSfilda market . ^ Thsbe has 3 EZS an extraordinary demand lot cophs « f Jte . Pnseys sezmon . Upirards of 3 V 00 copies hiTE been sent to Ireland . Trro editions of 6 . 000 each , ha ^ e been printed , and a third edition , it is expected , is aboat to issue .
G 05 S 0 LT 5 G—tsst » —The directors of the new railfr&j of Frankfort-on-the-Oder haTe resolred to keep at € Tery station a qnanSty cf bandages sud medicines , in ¦ ordEr thai in case d actddent some lelief mHy be jiyen in the ^ cst instance . 2 s the pleasare-grounaB of Sir Charles Halss , at Sremore , tfe « re is a tplendid specimen cf the tulip tree , of about 200 years * ^ oTrth , and supposed to be the £ rst in 'Rrrgiymr ^ -with thoBsacds of flowers no" » in foil perfectiDn . Asctest Htdbosiatic Bee . —^ Plniarcb asys , in > n « "ISfe of Alexander , * " that fha Babylonians nst-d , daring Uie dOg-fiajB , to Slfifip an * ' filled With irster . - The Passesgebs betTiecn Francs and England bom 2 lEt to 27 th Jane : —
BySolojnfr . . 1 , 1 * 0 By Calais .. „ . „ . „„ 587 A 2 ? ew axd Bbatjiitbi . 1 BO 5 Boai , intended lor the increasing intercourse between Southampton zn& Harre , and named the Sooth Western , arriTed in &e Southampton ri » er on Wednesday -week . Oa the 3 rd of Jnly , the railway Tras opened frem loEs to Bonbiix , a great town in tha cotton mannfactanE 2 district , haying "SFJth Tonra > ing between thiily aad fcaty thensand people . The ciBtance is , we be-Eete , ssder ^ gn tp ^ p * A LEXTKBiroHi Lnbeeksays , *• theanmberof laflnres inihs city has augmented -within the last ten years , in «> frightful a manner , that at present they actaaUy exceed those of Baiabnrgh , the population and trade of TrhidiaiB firt times greater than onn . "
! The Cob 3 xchosax Ibibitsai o £ 33 e ! z condemned , > a lew days back , toa yesx"a imprisonmeiit and a line , the I ^*** vif m '" cJ jf T rTT ^ f'l TTTff * ^ ' t Viewed 3 > j" ***** jaw , a T ^ n'" ] 'Silo , on the oeeasiea-ol tie Jcis Dieu , presented iixn- ' bOI in a state of perfect nnaity in the public street at ' the moment the procesaon -waBpaEEHg . Messrs . Mix . tEK » RATZSHiil and Co ., of Black- \ "Sail , bsw just comjileted a new iron boat for the Londii : and Margate station , b ie * s& , "which bids W £ Q i to surpsss everything , that has hiUiarto appeartd . Her \ inschiEaj is « f great power , acd ier cabin the prettiest ? thai can hr fho- ^ Ti on tbe river . Cou > ' WAJEa PH 53 SH 3 CESX . —Tbe efficera of the > A&bnm state pri 3 on lave recentiy tsoballtuted the efin- ' Xlon of cold water upon tbe bodies of refractory pri- j soners instead cf xetrazgisg . This is an important change ' in prison -discipline , and is likely to be adopted Tery j eeneraUy tiroughotit tbe Uidtsd Ststes .
At oxe op ors common schools , the teacher , in i catechising his scholars , put the f ollowiDg qocstics : — "TTist tras ms&s to gire Bght to ths world ?" u Matties i" sled one-of ths yonngstera , after a . short , passe . 4 " I A PopeijlB P ^ biobmasce . —The . BdLaxia Times . Xew York paper , states that the sheriff and his assist-, am performed the duty cf hanging BeDJamin D . White in a " -nwamer thai met Iks approbation ojall present !" . A JjruiXBT 3 ? £ A . Pasix- —A mlita csptain in Beri ^ are conn ^ r ^ ssys sn American paper ) reeemiyj a ttfce fraia a lafly , legnesfing " tae pleasnie oi hiB & > BrpaBp to tea . " tiadeiBtood it as a ct ^ jjapaiBe ^ t to those : | iK 3 fci ins command , Slid marthEd tte "shole of them s * o tte fconsB at the honr appointed .
Sia Peiee liAtTBlE Bays there is one grsot necom Biajt stion in tba TPood-parement—economy ; which he ^ tti iy pro-res by showing that , if it do not sare the ^ ° » ses lioes , at all eyenla it makes them slippers . — ¦ PteriL ; -i bxxd gasb . —The chaplain cf tbe Edinburgh gaol ¦ ha itsigned Ma Eitiiataon , having gone ever to ISb ; ^ JjTK Qjnrch . " "BlBiongrcgaHon had a ccEsdeEtiona fiesre to . follow their pastor , imt the intolsrsnS gaoler , " raflcni allow theml ' „ Jokccg « -sriXH A WHSESS . " - —The -adtness spoke ^ wi&wairaieof Toice that the cennaa iEgnired if j ** t » e » xoarried ? " WitnesBi O , Jdear , yes , Sir .. ^^ asii : Then 2 -Kidhjoa troaW speak us Jonfl as yon ' P' ^ aSy do to yonrhnshand—flanghtfcr ^ . Globe of ; •* J S . iThe learned counsel was no donbt a married ] ^ lKffiiitif . ) ' .
Veki Ci ^ ab .- ? -A eqntanporaiy sys , lhat traEEcenr EsiB 5 siliB « pira ) Ml cognoscenee ^ of j « ytto > lt ^ i « l *^ SaKliry , ppniH ^^ "with conenitant oaeniptitm cf ^^ fcnnroait spiritoality and etherialised contentiMi of *« atory concretion . . " " - >» fcc ^^ RAGGi : & ^ SpobtskaS , boasSng of the capaiZ t f a " » ey inoifferent horse , swore that the ^^ ¦ wonia hsro -won » certain iace , only he ran .. ^^^ iw ^ SOB . " The only thing , " said a bystander , " ?** is is Si to ioa against . ** , ^ wsj ^ Po ^_ 33 vese tonblescme litfle insects may g * &eiia ][ iy flestrojed without the era of poison , aZ ^^* P ° onM © r ^ roend hlaci pepper , one teaafe ^* ^ wnsugar , and one tehTespoonfnl of cream , r ~! i "On « Qi together , and place them in tha rocan , , on *^ " » haB theiiesire trcoMesomea acd they will " ^^ a gpeai .
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. " Mi , " saia a hopeful youth , " may I go to play to-day ? "Xo , child , " was the reply . "Wen , then if yon don't let me , 111 go and get the measles ; for I know a boy who has * em prime J " The KEIGHBOUSHOOD of Kendal , which has been famed for the growth of fine fruit , has this year suffered much from the cold east winds of Whitsua week ., The apples isreljeen nearly all destroyed . ; As EkGiisH tody on arriving at C&laia , on hei way to make the grand tour , was surprised , and somewhat indignant at being termed for the first time in her life a foreigner . * ' You mistake , mada ^ n , " said * he to the libeller , with some p qse— " it is you who are foreigners —we are English . " ;
A ilmiSTEE . of the Bark complained to another that he had got a ringing in his head ! " Do ye ken the reason o * that ? " asked his worthy crony . "NaJ " " III tdl ye then , itti hecatBe iSa empty i" " -And haTe ye neTer a ringing in yonr head ? " quoth the other . " Na , never . " * - And do yeien the reason ? It ' s because It ' s crackedr' was tiie retort ; and the truth was not very fax off - SiE J . iKVf IH was a great favourite with George the Third ,-who once observed to him , " they tell me , Sir John , that yon , love a glass of wine . * ' " Those , " replied Irwin , " who so informed " your Majesty have donf bib great irjnstice ; they should h » "TO said a botHe . " ;
Tebt Tbthe . —One of oni MeihodiBt clergymen , last Sunday , remarked that if all the world believed the second coming was to take place on the 23 rd of April , 1843 , at three o'clock , pjn ., two-tbirda of them would delay all preparation for it £ 01 half-past two . '—Albany Patriot A Negbo Dialogue , — I say , B * z , where do dat comet rise at ?** " It rises in the 46 th meridian 6 b de frigid zodiac , as laid down in the comet almanac . '' " WeD , where do it set , Baz ? ' * " Set J you black fool —it don't set nowhere ; when it get's feed of shining it £ oss into its bole ! " r SCOTCH BEU . TIOSSHTP . —Sir George Mackenzie once stated that an old woman in the island of St . Kflda claimed relationship with him , on the ground that her -mother ' s aunt had suckled ^ sister of Sir QeoTZB ' s grandmother } I
A pbiest , named Abbo , was condemned to death at Rome , on the 30 th v 3 t ., for the murder of his nephew . Tbe Pope , in order that there may be ik > privilege of crime for any cUss , has deprived him of his ecclesiastica ] consecration , and there is , const qaantly , cow no obstacle to his being executed . There axe in London and its envmras 107 , 962 female servants , and in Holborn alone 29 . 000 , of whom 14 , 000 to 15 000 are constantly out of place . In England and Wales there are , £ l 30 , 00 o , t ) 00 of property in household furniture , £ 16 . 060 000 in wearing apparal , and £ 31 , 000 , 000 in plate , jewels , &c , under the care of female servants .
A HieHLASDHAjTs Aksvteb . —A gentleman from the Highlands of Scotland , attended by his trusty servant Donald , a native of Lochaber , in Inveniessbire , when travelling through the fertile and delightful plains of Italy , asked Donald what he wonJd do if he possessed an estate there ? Danald instantly replied : "Please your honour , I would sell him and buy an estate in Lochabei !" The late Dbei .. —The bail of Mr . Gulliver , the surgeon , implicated by th& verdict of the jury i < tke death of the late Colonel Fawcett , was extended before Mr . Justice Coltmas in Chamber * The additional securities to appear and take his trial for murder at the Central Criminal Court are , himseirin £ 600 , andjfour sureties in £ 250 each .
ExpEDlHOrs TBAVXU . I 5 G . — The special train on Thmsday evening , with the P 3 rty of his Hoyal Highness tbe Bake of Saxe Cofcurg , paieiroed the journey , 77 miles , in cne hour and thirty-nine minutes , from Southampton to TauxhalL HsnsT .-r-A person named Godard was tried on Friday fey the Tribunal of Correctional Police , on a charge cf . leading money on nanry- It bsing proved in evidence that he had taken 12 . 14 , 16 , 18 , 24 , ' and eren 40 per cent , interest in many of his transactions , which amcunted in the whole to 400 , 000 fr .. he was found guilty , and sentenced to a fine of 50 , 600 fr . and the costs .
Bailvtat Speed . —The extraordinary spaed at which Prince Albert travelled on the Great Western BsUway , on Wednesday Jsst , on his visit to . and return from , Bristol has been the subject of much conversation . A distance of four miles , between Steventon and Wallin £ ford-roaii station , was acccmpJiabed in three minutes and forty-eight seconds ; also , between Twyford and Slough , ten miles in eleven minv ' es ! The train went with sneb speed that many snail birds were cnt « 3 o ? ni 1
As A 5 TI-Ma 1 thx : sias . —A gentteman engaged in taking tbe censuB of Lonisrille ( "United States ) informs the editor of the Eaiiuckian that he cams across a man who is-fifty-yew * orw ; he bad been married three times j by bis fest wife he bad elvren , by his second wife he had ten , and twelve by bis last wife , making thirty-three children ; and his wife is now in a very interestiEg stnte . Twenty-three of his children are boys , and ten girls ; nineteen boys and s > ix girls are living , Hs married In bis eighteenth year , and remained in a state of widowhood three ytars .
CcRiors Caicciatio : * . —It is reported that tba late Mr . Arkwrigbt left his son-in-law , Tice-Chancellor Wigram , the sum of one million of money . Now , supposing this te be correct , and in sovereigns , it would have taken the learned geaUeraan the astonishing immbe ? cl thirty-nye days to count it , at the rate of sixty a minute for eight henrs z . day , tnd wonld weigh , allowing four sovfcreigns to the ounce avoirdnpols , six ' tons one « wt ., two qra ., one lb-, and would require fonr ' strong boTEes to draw it . [ ' IHPGBTAST TO SC 1 TOSS IS CBA : ^ erRT . —^ Having ' occaion the other day to visit the Chancery tffices , we . discovered an announcement which we 'are j surprised has set been more geneiaBy noticed , and we ' take bo litUe credit on ourEtdres for being tts first to \ give extended pnblicity to the important public direc-:
tions to the unhappy suitors , who may have been wan- j tiering in the Court for so many years . Tha informa- ' ¦ tion is contained in the followins short announcement , " The way out , ' * which we can assure our readers ' we j have copied from an c facial notica slack up in that , Court—Ptoi cJi . " ! * A SHAM Attoksei . —A sham attorney , named ' Keeae , was committed for trial in Xendon , the other day , on a charge of fraud . Be had got hold of an « lderly simpleton , named Benjamin Newport , and « jntrivpd to make him believe that an action had been commenced against him . Then , by continnally serving ugly-looking law papers npon him , he extracted no less than £ 30 from his . pockets , in the narae of fees . Several other i persons had been " served ** in tfce same wsy by thej knavish prisoner .
Talcs op Books . — " There ia no one to talk , to , and books only weaken year nnderstandin' as water does brandy . They make you let others guess for you , instead of guessin' for yourself . Ssrvanta spile your habits here , and books spile ycur mind . I wouldn't swap ideas wilh any man's . I make ay own opinions , 38 I CB&& lo do my own clocks ; and I find they are fcrner ffo « other men's . Tfce Trnks are so cussed heavy , they have people to dance fer * em ; the English are wnsi fer they Mm people to think for ' em . Nevtr read a book . Squire ; always think fcr yourself . —Sam Stick is Evp ' cnid .
A FEW DATS SJSCE the EEdfT-ostler of the White Hart Hotel , at Windsor , found a beg containing nearly X , udo soTerejgns . . nnder ? he followiag circumstances : — In drawing ont a chaise belonging to 32 r . Ashley ra member of the Society tf Friends , and sf the firm of Ashley and Sobs , the extensive brewers of Stainas ) , from under tbe sned in tfce yard of the hotel , to get at another vehicle -which "was behind it , a bag , filled witb money , Tolled 'ff ths seat into tbe straw . Tie man pickrd it np nni * en by say one and carried ii to tie he ^ d-ostier , by whom it wa 3 immediately handed rto Pils , the beao ' - 'sraiteT in the eBtabliabment . "Upon Idx . Asbley retuminc , two oi three hours afterwards , it was < 3 iscoTerc < 3 that the teg and its valuable contents w ^ re his properly , which he bed carelessly left on the seat ; of his chaise while he went inte tbe town to transact his business . The man , through whose honesty the srbcle of tee property was returned safe into the hands o ? ils thmi ? ht-ess awner , 3 ss liberally rewanifcd -with 20 a » '
Gbsvicnox fob ilrsDEK . —At the asrfzes at Bedford , Sarah Dazley T ? as charged with the vrilfa . ' murder of her husband , William Dszley , by administrrij g arsenic to him on the 29 th of D ? cember last . Tbe case excited greai interest . The prisoner was arrested in London , having absconded , after a marriage into which she was about to enter with a yenng msn earned Waldoch , had been broken tg " , in cons : qoence of reports of her having caused the death of r » er two husbands , and of a boy , the son of her Sist husband . All three of ihe bodies were exhumed and examined , and traces of poison were d * Ecovered in all of them . An immenbe rna ^ s of circnnjstaatiai evidence v » as prodnced , aad ibe jury taring relnrned a verdict of guilty , she was sentenced to death . The Learned Judge { Aiderson ) held ont Co hopes of paxdon . -
Thb Late Mb . Abebicbtht . —It is "well knovyn to all who consnlted this talented and celebrated sm ^ eon , tiat he principally relied on nature -herself in his attempts to cure the maladies of his patients . Thi 3 ho ^ nhirfly effected by relieving the digestive organs of their improper contents , and having thus procured ** 3 ief , made it permanent by ^ keeping the alimentary canal in its proper htaUby state , nsing niiia aperients . Prampton ' s Pill of Health i 9 a medicine of this character , being gentle in its operation , and-destituie of causing those griping pains , which are frequently attendant on tbe administration of purgative medicines , '¦
Showing Cxnss . —Once upon a time the good men of HerefcrdsnirehaTiBj ? befjn rather chaiv of drawing near and giving their attendance npon " my lords the Queen ' s jsstices of asaze , " their lordshipshad a mind to fine tveiy jnryman -who could not adduce very satisfactory reasons for his absence . The name of Bobert Simpson Tfas called—no response was made ; the « all -was repeated thrice , with still no reply . a Tine him , fine him , " said his lordship . " Better not ? said one of the jurymen in waiting . " Better not I" said the learned associate , " what do yen mean . by that V " You had better not" rejoined Mr . Juryman . "Why man ? why not ? " angrily demanded his lordship . " G w yon see , my lord , it ' use ; * b he ^ waitin'at homo to be boned . "
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A Family Connexion . —A negro passing alonj ; Fleet-street , was astonished at hearing a voice call out ** How d ' ye do , Mas s * Mungo ; bow d ' ye do , Snowball : " and en j looking ? ii £ , observed it proceeded from a parrot , in a splendid gilt cage . —" Aha , massa Parrot , " said Blackee , you great man here ; yon lirein /; old huuse note ., but jae know your fader tery well ; he live in oushJ * We eave been much pleased by the perusal of a little work , entitled ^ Tales of the Heart" by Lord
William Lennox ; which from its exweme simplicity , we believe it to be the genuine production of his Lordship . The following short extract is all that we can find room for at present : — " The maiden wept ! and I said , } Wby weepesi thou , maiden ?' She answered not , neither did she speak , but sobbed exceedingly ; and I again said , 'Maiden , why weepest thou ? ' Still she continued ; and the third time I raised my voice and said , 'Maiden , why weepest thon ? ' And she answered and said , * What ' s that to yen 1 Mind jonr 6 wn business . ' "—Puneh .
TilB Laze Wbddikg . —We mu 3 t describe ? the TFedding . —We have already said that the sun rose from his bed at an early hour , an example which was followed by the bridegroom , who prepared to dress for the wedding . His master of the wardrobe , who is also comptroller of ; the leather portmanteau and groom of the hat-boxi was in attendance with the insignia of his various ^ offices . The hereditary duke having tried Howland ' s Jtf acassar , and had an audiencee of himself in the glass of aMecbian dressingcase , repaired to Buckingham Palace , which had been the spot fixed for the wedding . The ceremony was performed in the lusnal style of royalty . And when the prelate who performed the office came to the words " with all my ^ worldly goods I ihee endow , " tbe Duke of Cambridge , who always thinks out loud , kept up a running accompaniment of " well , that ' s
capital ! worldly goods , indeed ! I should . like to seo * , " and other pleasant observations ; which , as Streliiz senior and Mecklenburgh junior neither of them understood English very well , were supposed by the father and son to be a gush of fervent ejaculation from the father of the bride , invoking happiness on the new married couple . At the end of the ceremony the happy pair set out for Kcw to spend the honey-moon . The bride ' s wardrobe had been conveyed there already , ' and young Streliiz had arranged to have his carpet-bag left at Kew Bridge , where it was met by his royal highness ' s lord of the luggage , who carried it to the palace . The Dake of Cambridge behaved very liberally to ths poor in the neighbourhood ; and Strelitz senior gave away © u the occasion—bis eldest son—a piece of munificence in every way worthy of JVIecklenburgh . —Punch .
A Significant Hint . —Tbe Whig organs are striving hard to prove that if their party was restored to office , the Repeal agitation wonld be extinguished . They assure us thai nothing more is necessary than a change of placemen to bring halcyon days to Ireland . We recommend the -following moreeau from the Globe to the especial notice of such Repealers as have not yet thrown off the yoke of Whiggery : — " A government must be loved and trusted by its friends befoteit cube feared by its enemies . Above all , a government must : be sure that it is in the right , and able to impart that as&urance to the nation whose
aid it calls for , before it can count on the moral force , that sound and uncorrnpred body of public opinion , which has never yet ijuailed in England before either external ox internal foes . It is not the millions arrayed in Ireland , not the hundreds , or thousands , who meet in England ; it is not Mr . O'Connell , nor Mr . Fe&rgus O'Connor ( the former of whom disowns tbe latter)—it is no popular nor physical force we ( e&T , if public opinion is union—if thai opinion is pronounced for union , irhich has never yel been pronounced in vain . It is no affront to Ireland to say that , if England supports her government , cf those in Ireland—amongst whom we uicxitob au Xrjshmen jwjth a " fett AMBITIOUS
EXCEPT 1 OSS ) WHO KSOW THE INTERESTS OF THEIR OWN COCSTBY AND ODBS—IF , IN SHORT , THOSE CLASSES IN BOTH COUNTRIES WHOSE DELIBERATE VOICE HAS HITHERTO BEEN OMNIPOTENT , GIVE IHaT VOICE IN FAVOUR OF A GOVERNMENT RESOLUTE TO KEEP THEM ; U « ITED , THERB IS NO POWER IS MERE NUMBERS , GOADED BY WANT OH PASSION , to Repeal that Umion . Multitude never becomes sovereignty , tiil the natural sovereignty of mind is abdicated—till complete anarchy has taken place of the cultivated intelligence Whose role is legitimate in all conBtiies . That Oiis iyidligerice is on the side of the Iiish Repealers assui e 3 ty tee do not think . But is it united on the side of tbe pewer which has to withstand repeal ? There is our danger . On the one side enthusiasm—on the other nothing to excite enthusiasm . "
Now the Globe would harve us believe that the Kepealers have it all their own way because the Tories hold the reins ; of office . Were they driven from power it is more than insinuated that the old set would be recalled ; and that tbey would be so beluved that just to keep them free from embarrassment , our Anglo * Irish party would arise to counteract tho designs of Air . " U'Connell and his supporters . This we doubt very much ; as we do not believe the Whigs ever possessed popular confidence or attachment to that extent which would render it at all likeiy that they could calculate upon being better sustained in this way than the existing Government . Thry might have recourse to the ancient expedient tj bxjbebt cr HepeAl lawtess and agitators ; but vee question whether the people have not their eyes too attentively fixed upon the game to give any hope of the deception succeeding . —Dublin World .
Distrissikg Accident at Ringwood . —A fatal accident occurred neaTuhis town on Friday evening last . As a fly from Wimborne , with the Rev . T . . NayJer , of Lincoln , hja wife and son , was descending the hill near the tnrupike-gate , the horses became restive when the young man who was sitting on tbe box with the post-boy , being alarmed , jumped off . Mr . N&yler , on seeing it , immediately opened the door and jumped out , followed by Mrs . Nayler , who feli , and was killed on the spot . Mr . Nayler was taken up insensible , and conveyed to the Crown Inn . Every attention has been paid him by Mr . Charles Westcott , fcurgeon , and ; hopeB are now entertained of his recovery .
SixGciAB . Accident , —On the 16 m instant M . Kirach , an aertnaat , was about to makes an ascension at Names , but while the balloon was being inflated , a suddt-n gale of-wind tore it from bis hands , and those of fifteen other persons who were holding it down . It mounted ; into the air , with its boat suspended by only one cord and the safely rope , with the grapp l ing iron attached to the other end . In its passage , before rising , the iron caught hold of a boy , twelve years old , named . 'Guerin , the fluke entering at the opening at the bottom of his trousers , and running up to the waistband . In this manner the boy was dragged struggling for some distance , and not
being able to extricate himself , was at last carried up into the air . Witblthe courage and judgement eomeilwcs inspired by danger instinctively into the weakest minds , tbe lad caught tbe rope with both his hand ? , and thus clung in comparative safety . After a short time the « jas began to escape irom the balloon , and it descended upon an open plain , where it was seized and secured , and the poor boy was released . When examined , it was ascertained that he had not received any braise or ir » jarr , not even the slightest scratch , from the grappling-iron , although it bad pastd between his skin and clothes . —Gahgnani ' s Messenger .
Modes of Salutation . —Grecnlanders have none , and laugh at the idea of one person being inferior to another . Islanders near the Philippines take a person ' s hand or foo ? , and rub it over their face . Laplanders apply their noEes strongly against the person they salute . in New Guinea , they jlace leaves upon the heads oi those they ss'ute . In the Straits of the Sound they raise the left foot of the person saluted , pass it gently orer the right leg , and thence over theface . The inhabitants of tbe Philippines bend very low , placing their bands on their cheeks , and raise one foot in the air , with the knee bent .
An Echhpian takes tie robe of another and lies it about hfrn , so as to leave his friend almost naked . The Japanese take offa slipper , and the people of Arracan their sandals , in the street , and their stockings , in the house , when they salute . The Negro Kings on the coast of Africa salute by snapping the middle finger three times . The inhabitants of Carmene , when they would show a particular attachment , open a vein , and pvesent the blood to their friend as a beverage . If the Chinese meet , after a long separation , they fall on their kneeS i bend , their faces to the earth two or three times , and usb many other aflvcted modes . They have also a kind of ritual , or " academy of complimentB , " by which they reculate the number of' ow 8 , genuflections , and wordB , to be spoken npon any occasion . Ambassadors practice these ceremonieB forty days before they appear at Court . In Otaheite thej rub their noses together .
The Dutch , who are considered as great eaters , have a morning salutation , common among all ranks , " Smankolyk eeten 1 " u \ Jay you eat a hearty dinner I" Another is , " Hoe vaart » awe 1 " u How do you sail V adopted , no doubt , in tho early periods of the republic , when they were all great navigators and fishermen . The usnal salutation at Cairo is , "How do yon sweat 1 "_ a dry het skin being a sure indication of a destructive ephemeral fever .
Some author has observed , in contrasting the haughty Spaniard with the frivoulous Frenchman ^ that the proud , steady gait , and inflexible solemnity of the former , were expressed in bis mode of salutation , " Come esta V " How do you stand V whilst the "Comment vous portta-vous ! " "How do you carry yourself V * was equally expressive of the gay motion and incessant action of the latter . The common salutation in the southern provinces of China amongst the lower orders is , Yafan ?" Have you eaten your rice 1 "
In Africa , a young woman , an intended bride , brousin . a little water in a calabash , and kneeling down before her lover , desired him to wash his bauds ; when he had done this , the girl , with a tear of joy sparkling in her ujes , drank the water ; this was considered as the greatest proof of ber fidelity and attachment .
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Acceding to the hsh census ot the Russian empire , the total number of inhabitants who can write and read was ¦ 4 , 167 . 995 , or tho proportion to the Whole population as one to twelve . Foreign Fruit and Vegetables . —The markets ** J 118 ' / owifiiuttcd with cherries , strawberries , black ^ and red currant berries * for which we are indebted , it wil | be seen by the following paragraph from ttettuttRoDkingham , to our continental neighbours . Tho ^ foreign fruit and vegetables brought to this port this season 1 * 3 very considerable , which has had the effect of reducing in price the productions of our . home gardeners . The Emerald Isle , from
Sft * t t > on Sunday last , for instance , brought 250 baskets ( average I 8 I 03 . each ); of cherries ; 199 baskets red and black currants ; six hampers extremely fine cucumbers ; five large ham pars ( about 6 feet long , 4 feet broad , and 3 feet deep ) of cauliflowers ; which , on their appearance at market , excited great { attention , and a ready sale ; and SO hampers of potatoes . This is but a specimen of what the Emerald } Isle aloue is bringing every week throughout the summer . The further imports of fruit , are , we arc informed , likely to be very large . Considerable portions of those imports have already found their way into various inland towns by the railways and steamers .
M Evkrt Dog has his day . "—The Whi g day < jonb For ever , —The Whigs will not be able to induce the peoDlo to help them to regain office upon easy terms . Fair promises or maudlin sympathy will not do , and this they now begin to perceive in rather a dissatisfied mood . They do not like to outbid the Torieaj and yet they find it most uncomfortable to remain out of Downing-street . All the party , from Lord John Russell down to Itoss , of Belfast , with looks of pity beseech that they may not be pressed too far . ' They caunot gul p Kepeal , nor do away with the Church ; but they are ready to pacify the country by providing for hungry lawyers , and pensioning thb Catholic clergy . Were anything re qu isite to convince the Whigs that their old policy is for ever out of fashion , the proceedings at the late meeting at Marylebone ought to be sufficient to bring home conviction to the most sceptioal and obtuse . Sir Benjamin Hall , a pretty constant supporter of the late Ministry , called a meeting , of
his constituents and other Well-disposed persons , to consider what steps should be ; taken to trauquillise Ireland . At this , preparatory , meeting , a great many attended ; but none of tho magnates of the Whig | party , if we except Mr . Thomas Wyse . H is probable that Mr . Wyae scented the tone of public Ifeeling at the Marylebone rehearsal ; for wo do not ifind that he attended tho demonstration , which turned out in tho sequel to be nothing else but an anti-Whig and Repeal exhibition . Many of those who have been , much to their credit , Carrying on a factious warfare against , the Tories , kept clear of Marylebone ; and we think they were wise in doing so . The demonstration , nevertheless , was a respectable affair—the Chairman behaving well , and the speakers , lamong whom Was honest Sharman Crawford , eloquently and fearlessly exposing the grievancss and wrongs of Ireland . When matters had advanoed about half way , a , Mr . Ridley , a Chartist , proposed this startling resolution : —
• ' That the meeting was further of opinion that the conduct of die late aud present Governments towards Ireland has been unjust and tyrannical , and the Irish nation has an undoubted tiaht to take such legal measures as they may deem best calculated to procure a Repeal of the Union . " Will it be ; credited , that this resolution was sconded , and what is more , unanimously carried !! ! This is a sore blow to the vanity of the ex-offioial Whigs—while'this evidence of popular sentiment proves how correct our estimate was of the Melbourne Cabinet and its retainers * The best joke of
the whole is ^ however , yet to come . The meeting agreed that a memorial should be presented to the Queen , grounded of course , upon the resolutions which had been passed ; and whom , ; gentle reader , do you think are the parties appoirited to carry it to the Throne ? Why none other than the Earls of Charlemont and Leitrim—the very champions of Whiggery . These patriotic Peers , surely , will never lend themselves to slander the late " paternal Government ; '' but should they take charge of the Whig-Radieal memorial of the Maryleboue people—who will dare afterwards to say that we have been unjust in our castgation of the Whigs . —Dublin World .
The Philosopher ' s SroNE . —The Philosopher ' s Stone , or in other words , the art of transmuting , any and every thing into pure and solid gold , was the prime desideratum of" alchemy ; " and the zenith of discovery to which this study aspired to attain . Now , all liough certain superficial changes have been wrought in the . ; appearance of certain materials , yet the attainment -of so desirable an object is as far off now as it ever was ; and in fact , there is as much probability of bringing this to bear , as there is of discovering the grand secret of a perpetual motion ; and no m ore . But'setting aside all probabilities aad improbabilities , let us glance for an instant , at what so strange a discovery in science would bo likely to effect . One thing is Very evident , viz ., that the time
would not be far distant when the wants of life to every individual would bo mnro than fully supplied . Suppose , however , that ao mysterious a discovery were to furnish its possessors wiih piles of glittering riches ; suppose , in a dition to this , that it could convert the very walls and furnitures of our mansions into costly gold ; what would be fhe attainment of these unheard-of possessions , without other essential accompaniments—health and length of life \ When a banquet of the most stimulating delicacies is spread before us , we are unable to partake with pleasure or relish : and even shrink from tasting , unless wa are moved byj an appetite to partake . And thus it is with the possession of riches . Though surrounded by all that ihe philosophers' stone might ensure us , we should be still unblessed—nay we should even be miserable , without the enjoyment of health to consummate our felicity . Now this important discovery —this necessary appendage to health without which
the chimerical blessings of tho philosophers Stone were as nought , ' has already been made known and brought into daily operation . The researches of Old Parr , that well-known long-liver , have proved successful ir » this cardinal point of earthly comfort and happinef ? . ^ lany medical discoveries have bee n brought to light since the study of the human frame first occupied the attention of mankind : but when we look at a discovery ( simple in itself , ) not only yielding temporary relief in cases of inveterate malady , but sound and permanent health , accompanied with a prolonged existence , we must injustice to the venerable ! Parr , pronounce his vegetable discovery as the mbst important introduction in medical science evier yet made . We must necessarily look upon such a promoter of human comfort and enjoyment , not only in the light of a grand medical achievement , bat as an attainment surpasping in value the magic transmutations of "the Philosophers' Stone . "
What is " Fixity of tenure ?"—It is an Irish expression , whi | oh , being translated into English , means u te 7 iant \ right" This jusc claim of the Irish tenantry , is denied by tho extortion and cruelty of certain Irish landlords who think that a tenant has no claims—no rights . Thus , ono evil begets another ; and rebellion is invoked by the suffering tenants , to rid themselves of the tyranny of uujust landlords . In the course of lyears , the same spirit of disaffection will prevail in England , if the avaricious spirit of Eomo landlords ! be allowed to progress . " Custom" giTes certain rights to English tenants ; bat some greedy landlords , being counselled by ignorant and selfish stewards , force their tenants , under a threat of dis-charge , to sign agreements by which their claim to 1 the " custom , of the country , " on leaving , is abandoned . This practice ' is as tricked as
it is foolish . If it be allowed to progress and become universal , revolution musi be the consequence . Those silly landlords will then find , their mistake . Stewards and landlords may rest assured that every attempt to weaken tho just claims of the tenant to the profit of their labour in the soil , < will sooner or later recoil on tlieir own heads . By&uch extortion the landlord applies a lever to tho foundation of his own title . For a season the landlord may seem to gam—the end will be ruinous to his interests . Many will have cause to rejoice if . this warning be heeded . The empire is now payicg the penalty of permitting Irish landlords ; and stewards to Loosen tha bonds which ought to unite tho tenants to their lords . Woe to England if her landlords and stewards shall be permitted to play the saoao game . —Oastler ' s Fleet paper for to-dayw
Serious RAriAvAY Accident . —Damage to the exrent of several hundred pounds was sustained on Monday afternoon , by tbe two o ' clock mixed train of carriages on the Dundee and Arbroath Railway line taking fire i The carriages started from Dundee at the usual hour , and were midway on the line to Broughty Ferry , when the fire . was'discovered by some labourers iwho were working on the road . Immediately behind the engine , were four waggons loaded with flax , and then one of miscellaneous goods , consisting of flannels * cloths , laces , and other similar valuable artides ; and lastly another tier of flax wag-Rons , ending wita those conveying , p&sseftRers . Ice fire originated in some of the ashes being blown among the flax , which readily ignited . as the day was very storm v , and in the course of a few seconds the first two waggons were ina blaze , and were rapidly
communicating to those behind . The engine was immediately stopped , and to prevent the fire reaching the last tier of waggons , they were with difficulty got detached , and conveyed out of tho reach of the element . No water for a considerable time could be had , and the passengers and engineers broke up the burning waggons , and scattered the goods about ! the roadside ; through whioh means any articles that had not been ignited were eaved , while the fire was easily subducd . As it was , the damage amounts to £ 300 or £ 400 . The first ; two flax waggons ; wero almost eniiic ! y consumed , a great part of tho i ^ ird and fourb , and also of ithe miscellaneous goods therein . Considerable alarm was for a short time manifested by the female passengers , whose fears , however , w ere soon allayed wtten they saw themselves detached from the fiery train . — Glasgow Courier . 1
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TOTAL WREHv OP THE PEGASUS STEAMER .-LObS ^ F-FIFTY LIVES . Berwjck , Thursday Night . —Thia vessel , a regular trader between Leithf and Hull , was lost on Thursday morning last , on CWdstone Rocfe , off Holy Island , and no great distance from where thoFotfrnshiio was wrecked aboat five years ] ago , the scene of the Inte noble-minded Grace Darling ' s heroism . The latter vessel aurfered through tempestuous weather ; but thia cannot be said on this present lamentable occurrence , Wednesday night being very calm . The Pegasus left Leitb on Wednesday evening about five or six o'cleck
ana swucK on tho ( JoWatone Rock early on Thursday morning , where she liea at present . The occurrence was observed by several of the fiafiermen belonging to Holy Island , who promptly put ofl ] to render assistance , but we understand tbey did not succeed in saving any lives They picked up several dead bodies , among whom were some females dressed in theirl night-clothes , The Mattello steamer , ( belonging alsojto the same company ) , on her voyage from Hull to Leith , rounded North Sunderland Point about four o'clock on Thursday morning , and picked up a boat coniaing ave or six persons ! These are believed to be this whole saved from this
unfortunate vessel . The Martello , we understand , conveyed these , as also the bodies of encb of the unfortunate sufferers as had b ' een fonnd , round to Leith .
( From the Glasgow Herald of Friday . ) Last nlg *? t we received the following particulars 0 ! the wreck of the Hull and Iieith Steam Packet GompaDyis steamer , the Pegasae , [ Captain Miller , with the loss of nearly all on board , j Our information , though imperfect in details , is derived from an authtntic source , and the painful recital maybe depended on as far as it goea . The Pegasus sailed from Laith for Hall at 5 o ' clock on the afternoon ] of Wednesday last , and , having proceeded so far on her voyage , struck on a rock inside of the Fern Islands afi 0 quarter past 1 o ' clock
yesterday iThurday ) morning . } Toe captain immediately backed her off , and mado an effort to reach the shore , but the water increased upon her with such rapidity that within tliree-quarterB of an hour after she had stmck she went down headforemost in 50 feet of water . In their desperate effort $ > save their lives , the passengers rushed to the boats , and , having hurriedly lowered them , all on board , including the captain , perished , with the exception of five individuals . Of the crew , amounting , it is believed , to 16 or 17 , foui Were saved—viz .. W . Brown , the first mate ; Hood , the first engineer ; D . Campbell , a fireman ; and G . Taylor , the carpenter . Out of 16 or 17 cabin passengers , only one is saved , whose name we have not ascertained . There were from 20 to 25 steerage passengers , all of whom perished . In all it is believed that not fewer than 50 human beings wera thus hurriedly called from time to eternity . The survivors were picked up yesterday morning at 5 o ' clock , in a stale of great exhaustion , by *** --- » . - - >¦ . ^ ¦ * ir mammmum ¦¦ ¦* m ¦ v ^ m f *^ J
the same company ' s steamer the Martello , which fortunately came up , on her passage from Hull to Leith . and at that time six feet of the foretopmast of tbe illfated Pegasus appeared above the water . The carpenter had saved himself by clinging to it , and the other four survivors were preserved by grasping loose fragments which had been washed from the deck , and floated upon them . The Martello also picked up six dead bodies and the two beats . The Pegasus was a Clydebuilt boat , seven years old , o | about 130 horsepower , and had been all along a favourite , from the speed and successful trips she was wout jto make . Captain Miller had feeen on the station for many years , and be knew it well in all its bearings . In tke present state of our information we caanot give the reasons which have led to thia distressing catastrophe . ] Wi ^ mt thU last most painful cause of remembrance the FSrn Islands would not soon have bees forgotten in connexion with the disasters of the Forfarshue . jand the heroism of the departed Grace Darling .
From the Edinburgh Observer of Friday , Another appalling steam-b < Lt diaaatoi has just taken place , near the spot where thej Forfarebire was wrecked a few years ago , and where the late Grace Darling so heroically distinguished herseljf , by saving five lives at the imminent risk of her own . By the present disastrous occurrence no fewer than from fifty to sixty human beings have been suddenly deprived of life . The P « gasus , which has plied between Leith and Hull for several years , left Leith harbour on Wednesday afternoon , having on board , besides the crew , at least sixteen cabin and about twenty [ steerage passengers ; bat the probability is that the number was greater , for several individuals aro known to have gone with her whose names do not apper on the list at tbe company ' s
office . The vessel sped on ber way till midnight ; just when the watch was changed , the captain being on the bridge , taking a look about him before he turned in , she struck on a sunken rock inside the Fern Islands , near what la called the Golden Ronfe . The engines were then backed , and she came off . j Her head was tmned towards the shore , butshe did not proceed many hundred yards when the water rushing in , extinguished tbe fires , and almost immediately the vessel sunk . Finding the vessel sinking rapidly , there wjas a rush to the boats , which . it would appear , were a wauipad . Tho accounts of the disaster , however , - yet obtained , must necessarily be confused , and j may possibly contain mistakes ; but we fear that an accurate narrative of the accident , aa well j as the names of the sufferers
, will never bs obtained . Tbe MarteUo steamer , balonging to the same company on her voyage from Hull , descried the wreck about five o ' clock yesterday morning . The first oVject whxb attracted the attention' of Captain Blackwood was a boat with a man in ifc . S drifting with the tidej and soon after a boat floated past . Thia ruadt bim aware that some accident had [ occurred in tfce vicinity . On coming up to tbe beat , which vras alrn .. st full of water , the mate of the Pegasus was found in it , nearly insensible from old and exhaustion . A person of the name of BiUlie , a passenger ! retarning to Hull , was taken from a sort of hatch , on which be was afloat ; a young man of the name of Hillyard , another passenger from the neighbourhood of Hull , and one of the crew , were discovered holding on by the mast—tbe vessel having sunk in about six fathoms water . Six persons in all were saved—namely , two passengers { Hillyard
and Baiilie ) , tbe mate , and three of the Crew , which we believe amounted in all to' fifteen . Captain Blackwood remained in the vieinitv jof the scena of disaster for several heurs , and pfeked up six dead bodies , which were brought to Leith an the Martello . Tiiree of these were females . One appeared a middle-aged married woman , apparently pregnant ; she was attired in a dark-checked gingham drew , a Leghorn bonnet , and black hard-spun woollen mantle . Another was a Miss Barton , who had in her firms when found a child a few years old . The third seemed considerably advanced in life , and was nearly undressed . The other bodies were those of tbe second engineer or fireman , a very stout man , wbose forehead bore the mark of a violent contusion ; a lad , apparently twelve or fourteen yeats of age , dressed in a black vest aud trousers , and a rough brown Petersham surtoiit ; and the third was the child found in the arms bf Miss Barton . These
bodies , on arrival at Leith , wero placed in sheila , and conveyed to South Leith Church till claimed by their relatives . j The names of the following wehave teamed , although of sttera ^ o passengers w « have | reason to believe no account is kept : — I Mrs . Ellington , Miss Hopetou ' , Miss Barton and a boy , Miss Floor , Miss Briggs , Mr . aad Mrs . M'Leod , Mr . torry , from Hull , a gentleman ! who was in ill health , on and whom Baiilie , who is saved , was in attendance ; Mr . Elton , late of tbe Adelphi Theatre here ; Mr . Hodgson ; Mr . Elliot and son , understood to b « from the neighbourhood of Dundee ; Mr . Mr-xiian ; Mr , Milne ; the Rev . Mr . M'Kei z ' e , relieved to be from Glasgow ; Mr . James Hunter , son of Mr . j Hunter , Dundas-street , Edinburgh ; Mr . D . WhinisterJin the employ of Messrs . Ireland and Sen , Southbri'rige ] Mr . Martin ( and son ) , of London , but a native of Edinburgh ; Mrs .
Alexander , of Paisley ; . ind Mrs . BnvnetBoo . ot Edinburgh . Captain Miller , who is among the victims , bad great experience in the navigation efi the coast , baving sailed many years as commander of one of tbe Leith and London smacks . He was considered an excellent seaman . From all we cai learn there mutt have been about sixty persons on board—including the crew—and only six of the number have haen saved . The vessel now lies in the Fairway between the Fern Inlands and the English coast , abiut eix feet cf her roast appearing above water at half tide . It would seem tbepccideut occurred nearly about the period of ebb . Mr . Pringle , a gentleman in the employment of tbe company , has been despatched to take charge of tho bodies that may be recovered . It may not be improper to state , ( that most of the facts have been gleaned from parties officially connected with the ceinpeny , who seem deWous of affording every information upon tbis unfortunate / subject .
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myself to prepara fer swimming for my life , and laid my clothes npon the companion . By tbis time the en . gine had stopped , and the strip was fast settling by ths head . Looking around me while undressing I saw tie Rev . Mr . iW'K'jnzie on the quarter-deck praying" with several of the passengers on their knees arsnnd bim . Mr . M'Kenzie seemed calm and collected . All the passengers around him were praying too ; but Mr . M'Kenzie's voice was distinctly beard above them alL I heard the Cipiain say that we must do the beat we could for ourselves- I saw a lady , with two children , close beside me on the companion , calmly resigning heraelf to . tbe Almighty . The children seemed unconscious of the danger , for they were talking about some trifling matter . When I found that the vessel
was fast filling , I leapt overboard , and the engineer and I were at first drawn into the sea by tho suction occasioned by the vessel sinking . I soon got up again , however , and got hold of a plank and the steps which led to the quarter-deck . The stewardess attempted to get hold of me ; bnt I extricated myself from her , to save my own life . By this time the scene waa a most dismal one . The surface of tha water was covered with the dead and the dying . The screeching waa fearful , Ono of the firemen also attempted to get hold * of the plank which I bad , but I swam away from him . I remained floating about till half-past six , when I waa
picked up by a boat from the Martello . I waa then about a mile from the wreck , and the people in the Martello did not for some time observe me , till attracted their attention by waving a stick . One little boy ( probably the boy Scott ) kept himself afloat for about three hours on a part of tbe skylight covering , and made great exertions to save himself , but he sunk at Ia 3 t . His body was warm when picked np . I was once wrecked before , about "twenty years ago , off the coast of St . Domingo , when I was three days and three nights on a reef . It was the experience I learned then which gave me the idea of taking off my clothes before leaping into the eea .
Hildyard said , —I belong to Beverley ; my father is s clergyman there . I have for several years followed tha trade of a seaman ; but I was going to Hull ai a passenger by the Pegasns . I think it was about half-past two when tbe vessel struck . I was below at the time , but when 1 bestd the crash , I went on deck . I was at once aware , from the concussion , that the ship had atrack on a rock . I ran forward and looked into the forecastle , and found her fast filling with water . I perceived the captain and mate in earnest conversation en the cross-bridge , between the paddle-boxes . I heard the captain order the engine to be reversed , whi « h was immediately done . I then went aft , and found the people all rushing into tbe boats , men and women . I got into the starboard boat , but finding it
crowded with people who knew nothing about tbe management of a boat , I got tip again , and tbe boat soon afterwards awamped . I heard some passengers eagerly asking the captain what was best to be done I did not hear bis answer , but he did not seem much agitated . Seeing the boat fast sinking , I took off my hat , boots , and stock , and helped myself to two or three fathoms of rope , with the view of lashing myself to something , if I should afterwards be able to do so while in the water . Two rockets and a blue light were burned by order of tbe mate as a signal of distress . I think about half an heur elapsed from the time the vessel struck till she went down . It was certainly not more .- I was standing on the ' after-part of the larboard paddle-box when she went down , and I sunk with her . I was about half a minute under water . I felt myself caught by the legs by some
one ; bnt I got quit of them . When I rose to tae surface , tbe top part of the funnel and tbe stern of the quarter-deck were just disappearing . The first thing I got hold of was the accommodation-ladder , which I got astride of . I psreeived about eight feet ef the foremast standing out of the water , and a carpenter clinging to it . I asked him if there was room for two , . and he said there waa , I then proceeded to lash the ladder with my rope to the maat-he&& , aucl vre both of ua stooo . upon this ladder , which was under water , until we were picked up by the Martello . When we left it there was only about two feet of the mast visible . If we bad been much longer , we could not have held on . Just befote the vessel went down , I saw a woman climbing up the main rigging ; but she must have gone down with the vessel , for I never saw her again .
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Guy ' s Hospital Built by Losing a Husband . — Thomas Guy , the founder of this hospital , had agreed to marry his female servant , whose manners pleased him . Some few days before the time arrived for celebrating their nuptials , he had ordered the pavenr . ni b ' ifbro b ! s door to be repaired to a particular spot Hi . > i # left home , his servant discovering a brc > k n ii u beyond the spot pointed out by her intended , desired it also to be replaced by anoiher .
thus prematurely assuming an authority by telling tha workmen to say to Air . Quy , I bid you , and he won ' t be angry . " On his return , and being informed of her conduct in this ' &ffair , he renounced his enc asement with her , and , determined to devote his fortunu to 'charity , he built the hospital which bears his name , at a cost of £ 18 , 793 . 16 s . Id . aud afterwarria 1 ,-ft for the endowment of it , the -urn of £ 219 , 499 . 0 s . id . ' ~
Across the Ocfan , ho . —Mr . John Wise , of Lancaster , Pennsylvania , to whose name the newspapers generally tack the title " aeronaut , " has published in the Lancaster Intelligencer a card , ia which he anuounces his purpose to make an air Toyaga . by balloon , across the Atlantic , in the summer of 1844 . And he gives this lonfrbeforehand notice , in order that traversera of the ocean may not take iia travelling equipage for a huge living monster , and go to pepper it with grape-shot and musket balls . Ha describes . his balloon as follows ;— " Tne balioon ia
to be one hundred feet ia diameter , which will give a net ascending power of twenty-&vo thousand pounds , being amply sufficient to make everything sate and comfortable . A sea-worthy boat is to be "fed tot the car * wbJbh is to be depended on , in case the balloon should happen to fail in accomplishing the voyage . The boat would also be calculatedLuppn , in caserne regular current of wind should bo diverted from the course by the influence of the ocean * or through other oauses . The crew to consist of three petsftns , namely , an aeronaut , a navigator , and a scientific landsman . "
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The Scotsman of Saturday , aflrer giving the foregoing particulars , has tbe following st . eienienta from the two passengers saved from the wreck : — Underataiu'inf ? that Baiilie and Hildyard , the only two pasaec ^ ers saved , were residing dswn at Granton , we visited tbetn last night , and j obtained from each ot them a statement of what occurred under their own observation , from tbe time of the vessel striking on the rock till tbey were picked up b yj tbe Martello . Baiilie said—I have been a seaman far about eighteen years ; but was recently in attendance on Mr . Torry , who was one of the passengers on board of the Pegasus when she went down . I thick it tvas abnut twenty mirm * + s past twelve when the vessel struck . I was down in the cabin lying on a sofa , and when I found Ibe vessel bad struck I ran onjthe deck , snd having seen tbe state of matters there ; I went down to the
cabin for Mr . Torry . I told the ] passengra below that I believed the ship bad struck , but they did not seem to comprehend what I meant . Some of the passengers ( chi < flp tho ladies ) were in bed . } When I reached the deck with' hit . Torry , I saw tbe crew in the act of lowering the boats . I put Mr . Tony in the starboard quarter boat when it was in the ( act of being lowered , and when it bad reached the water I sprung in myself . There were then about nine [ of us in the boat . A lady , I remember , was Bitting in the bow . When we were in the boat , there waa a cry from off the quarter-deck to "Btick to trie ship " . At that nw meat the engines were set 3 n moticn ; and , the boat being hooked to the ship ' s Btern . f but unhooked from it at the bow , tiw back water raisad by the padd ! e 3 filled the boat and upset her , throwing the passengers into the sea . I got hold of tne ship ' s radder-efoaia , and the chief mate having thrown a repg to me , I got into the ship again . Seeing the danger increasing , I undressed .
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From all tha accounts that have , yet transpired respecting the loss cf tho Pegasus steamer , we fear the inference is inevitable , that there was gross negligence on the part of those who were in command of the Vessel . Lloyd ' s agent writes word— " What makes this wrtck the more lamentable is , that it wss a fine night and" clear , with a westerly wind , and the lights were seen distinctly ; and it was nlso said tnat the master was on the bridge at ihe time she struck . " A correspondent of the Scotsmanstates j— " The Goldstone Kock , on which the Pegasus is supposed to have been wrecked , is seldom or never left uncovered by the tide ; it is well known to , and anxiously avoided by , our coasting navigators in working through the Fair Way or
Channel between the Fern group and the mainlanda channel generally preferred to the open sea by mas . ters of vessels as a shorter cut , but never " so preferred , especially at eight , without incurring a risk which infinitely couaterbsAances any swing ot time thus acquired . " A private letter , dated North Berwick , and received by an underwriter at Lloyd' s , ad'ls— " How tho Pegasus came into the track of the Goldstone Bock , is somewhat extraordinary . Up to the period of tae dreadful calamity , the weather was very favourable for tha voyage , it being a moderate bretzs at west-north-west 16 is generally supposed that the tide , which is exceedingly strong in that direction , must have drifted h .-r into that
course , and that tbe man at tbe iVlrn had neglected to make any difference iu the steerage . There is no doubt that she went clean on the rock with her engines at fail play , which m ust have completely dashed her to pieces . " From these accounts it is , we fear , but too manifest that the catastrophe was tho result of the moat culpable snpineness—for , in the first place , the night was calm and clear , and the lights were seen distinctly ; secondly , the rock was one well known , and seldom or never left uncovered by the tide ; and thirdly , the helmsman , notwithstanding the increasing strength of the current , had made uo \ tQS Slight * est difference ia the steerage . But what - makes tbe case , still inore remarkable , is the statement that the master was on the bridge at the time the vessel struck :
and tbe night being clear , the beacon-light quite visible , and he himself accustomed to the navigation of the const , the unhappy man would appear to be wholly without excuse in having directed the ship into such a notoriously dangerous track , We presume he did so with a view to shorten tbe voyage , and save time ; but this is no justification of an act of rashness that has caused the death of upwards of fifty individuals , and brought grief , and poverty , and , perhaps , despair , to the door of many a widowed mother and childless father . Again , when the vessel struck , and there waB need of all his promptitude and . decision , we get not the slightest tidings of the Captain . We bear of 00 orders that he gave for getting the boats ready—though , aa half an . hour elapsed between the striking and the sinking of tho ship , and the weather was perfectlyserene ,
one would have supposed they might have been prepared without difficulty—ill we hear of him is , that at the moment of tke sbock , he was engaged with " the mate in earnest conversation on the cross-fcridge between the paddle-boxes ; " and when the vessel " was fast filling with water , " he ordered ber to be directed towards the shore , though , from the condition in which she then was , there was every probability that she would founder before she reached it . We do not wish to press hard on the memory of one who has expatiated bis neglect with his life ; but justice to the living demands that , in cases like the present , involving sucb . dreadful consequences , and bringing grief into so many families , we should not shrink from the expression of any opinion , however stern , that may seem tots warranted hs facts . —Sun , of Tuesday .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct942/page/3/
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