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PEEL'S BIRTH-PLACE. Sir Robert Peex. was...
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM. Many parts of Herefpr...
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TIIK SHOTTISIIAM "MIRACLE." Is Elizabeth...
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Peel's Birth-Place. Sir Robert Peex. Was...
PEEL'S BIRTH-PLACE . Sir Robert Peex . was born at Chamber Hall , near Bury , a comparatively lowly cottage . Bury has not forgotten her mighty son . Beside electing Mr . Frederick Peel to represent her in Parliament , she bas set up a statue to the memory of his father in her market-place . On Wednesdav , a vast assembly , among whom were Mr . Frederick Peel , and Mr . Lawrence and Dr . Peel , brothers of the late Sir Robert , inaugurated the statue , tbe multitude and the authorities marching on to the ground in grand proccssion , preceded by a military band . Afterwards banquets were given in the Town Hall and at the Albion Inn .
Tbo statue is 10 feet high , and the attitude easy but commanding . Tbe statesman is represented standing , with his left hand resting upon his side , the right hand slightly raised and extended , the chest well thrown out , and the uncovered head , though erect , is natural and life-like . The attire is that so generally worn by Sir Robert , and the sculptor , Mr . E . II . Bailey , R . A ., has succeeded in placing the open surtout in a manner exceedingly characteristic of the late statesman ' s mode of wearing that article of his dress . The features were pronounced by . most of those who should be able to form a judgment to be good and truthful . As a whole , the figure appears rather massive in breadth , but it is undoubtedly a noble monument ; and placed as it is in tbe centre of the town , which was Sir Robert Peel ' s birth-place , it will possess greater interest , perhaps , than most of the statues that bave been erected . The
money paid to tbe artist is 2 , 500 / . The figure rests upon a piece of rock-work in bronze , 18 inches high , placed upon a square pedestal of Aberdeen grey granite , 12 feet high . In front of tbe pedestal the four letters composing the name " Peel" stand out in granite , and are surmounted by the arms of the family . On the two sides of the pedestal are bronze bas reliefs , one representing t : Commerce , " the other " Navigation ; " and at the back is an inscription , giving the memorable words used by Sir Robert when moving thc repeal of the Corn Laws : " It may be that I shall leave a name sometimes remembered with expressions of good will in the abodes of those whose lot it is to labour , and to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow , wben they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food , the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice . "
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DESTRUCTIVE STORM . Many parts of Herefprdshire , Shropshire , and Worcestershire , have been ravaged by a terrific tempest of thunder and lightning , accompanied by a great fall of rain . It is decidedly the most notable catastrophe which has happened this year from similar causes . The storm began between four and five o ' clock on Saturday evening , and continued until daylight on Sunday . During that interval tbe rain occasionally poured down a perfect torrent , with some intervals of calm , but for nearly twelve hours the thunder and lightning were incessant . Tbe thunder roared without
intermission , and tbe flashes of lightning were of the most vivid and awful character , lighting up with the distinctness of noonday every object , whieh in another instant was enveloped in tbe deepest night . On Saturday evening the Severn was a pellucid stream , and no higher than the low summer level ; but daylight ou Sunday morning disclosed the most fearful havoc ; the river bad overflowed its banks , and its surface was covered with trees , cattle , furniture , and crops . At Worcester there was not much damage done beyond the flooding of houses , fields , and gardens . A quantity of grocery
articles which bad lived left , upon the ( piny on Saturday night , were cither carried away or destroyed . Tbe greatest damage , however , appears to bave been committed in the valley of the river Teme , which runs from Herefordshire and Shropshire , and falls info the Severn about two miles below Worcester . Upon this river and its tributaries , Laugbern and Leigh-brook , the destruction of properly has been awful . A gie . it majority of the bridges upon these streams have been either curried away , or must , fall ou tbe subsidence of the water . The rise of water iu the Tome was one of
the most rapid and the highest not , only within the memory of man , but of tradition . Its otl ' eots on thi ; village of l'owick , the lowest parish upon the river before its confluence with the Severn , weie fearful . Al , this place an island is formed by tbo deviation of the stream , for Ibe purpose of supplying the corn and china mills af this place . Tbe wider rushed across the , island , flooding the half dozen bouses here placed , and rising six inches above tbe second floor of the . grist-mill , in the occupation of Mr . Hadley . Just below these mills are two stone bridges over the Teme ; one of these is
built at a considerable elevation above tbe banks of the river , with a'corresponding embankment on either side to lead the road to the bridge . Tbis embankment , which in the highest floods had never before been reached , was flooded up to the village of l'owick . The houses were inundated , and furniture was floating about , all Sunday . To give an idea of tbe . rapidity ol the rise of wafer , it may lie stated that the miller ut l ' owick loft tbe mill af ii quarter past , eight on Saturday evening , and alt bough the tempest bad been heavy but little rain bail fallen , and the river had not risen uf ull- it being dead low water then , and he never dreamt
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of a flood . However , at ten o ' clock , less than two hours after , as the storm still continued , he thought he would have a look to see whether the river was rising , when , to his unspeakable astonishment , he found it over the road and a yard up the first floor of the mill , and by midnight it is supposed it reached its height . In consequence of the suddenness of the rise the damage done to live stock and to the _lpeal and grain at the mills on the Teme and brooks is incalculable . The number of
sheep washed away in the parish of Powick alone is estimated at 2000 , but it is impossible as yet to ascertain the extent of the damage , us the water is still out . There were a great many sheep depasturing on Powickham , belonging principally to the poor villagers ; these are all swept away . Mr . Herbert has lost about 100 ; Mr . Badgery , of Wick , 170 ; Mr . Essex , 40 ; Mr . Pullen , 30 ; and many others . On Sunday the carcases were strewn about in all directions , stuck in the hedges , and numbers of men were going about in boats and with carts gathering them . Many were sold at 2 d . per pound . The loss to thc millers is very great .
Messrs . Richard and William Hadley have suffered severe loss by the spoiling of their meal at Powickmills , but it does not appear as yet that the mills have sustained damage . At Laughern-mill , too , the property of Mr . Hadley , the mill was between three and four feet under water , and a great deal of flour and wheat spoiled . At _Henwick-mill , the occupier , Mr . Smith , had 11 pigs swept away , and the pigsty in which they were with them , and a great quantity of meal spoiled . At this spot two men were returning home , and were overtaken by the flood , and obliged to swim for their lives ; they luckily reached a
tree , in which they were obliged to remain till daylight , when they were rescued . The Henwick gatekeeper states that three drunken fanners passed through his gate at midnight , and that one of their hats was found floating in the flood next morning . At Down Leigh-brook the water appears to have rushed with great violence and blown up the bridges in a similar manner . It is reported that there was a waterspout at Knightwick , and that a man and child , or a woman and child , have been swept away by it . The Leominster mail was obliged to go over Broad Heath to get on its route on Sunday . At Malvern the storm
was awful , and a great deal of damage has been done by the _flooding of the houses . When we consider the vast quantity of sheep that are at this time of year depastured all down the river , it is awful to think of the destruction there must have been . The general character of the lightning to those who were in doors appeared like sheet-lightning , but to those who had the temerity to witness tbe phenomenon , it was forked in every diversified form , always attended with awful peals of thunder . The horses of a coach between Worcester and Birmingham were alarmed by the lightning and ran away , coming in collision with a wagon ,
whereby Hemming , the driver , wa . s killed , and several passengers were injured . At Malvern Link a horse and gig were overturned , but the occupants were not seriously injured . Tbe water is represented as having conic down the Teme with " a head" similar in appearance to the " bore , " the tidal phenomenon observed on the lower part of the Severn at the spring and autumn equinoxes . Af , Hridges stone-mill , on the Leigh-brook , the bridge was blown up , and a cottage below it was swept away , tbe furniture strewn about tbe fields , and a poor woman , its occupant , drowned . Many of the hop-yards , with their crops , have been destroyed by the floods .
There wa . s not much rain at Gloucester city ; but tbe Severn , on Sunday , rose , " half- bank fid" in an hour , and frees , crops , and furniture were floating in the current .
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TIIK SHOTTISIIAM "MIRACLE . " Is Elizabeth Squirrell an impostor ? "Tbat is tbe question , " as tbe French journalists used to say , when there wore French journals . We continue the recital in order of time . Four documents are before us : the lirst from Mrs . Squirrell , enclosing " a statement" by ber daughter ; the third from Dr . Matchain ; the fourth from fhe " Watch Committee . " Mrs . Squirrell asks the editor of the- Ipswich Express fo insert her letter , us she feels if her duty , in justice fo herself and the public , fo contradict some false reports published by the journals . Mrs . Squirrell continues"I . It is tifulcd that I have received from visitors to my house in _eharit y a sum of money amounting to 11001 . I utterly deny the statement . I bave not received in all ( during fhe alUicfion of my daughter ) from the public to the amount of 71 . in charity or as a present . Let , all the visitors combine together in one laxly , and prove if if tbey can . I do not , say ( . his to relied , upon any one , but . simply for truth ' s _milto . I acknowledge that tbere are persons who have been lo some considerable oxpoiiHo to bring the awe clear before the public , to whom I _tfbuU _eycr owe a
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debt of gratitude for their kindness , but this _did notcnm _~ into my pocket , nor did I desire it . COm & " 2 . It is stated that the _ringing of the _^ _lass _n- _+ bier , is caused by the sweep < ff tfe _angll'TwW _* Sh an expression as that I never heard escape her fins " 3 . It is also said that the girl had an open parasol which she often screened herself under . She has Jm _, ' sol which she did use for that purpose previous _tf _^ e setting , of . the __ watch , which she at once declined usint This tbe watchers can certify , . ¦ "sing . * " _< t 7 * _rf ° , . , * a _haMn ° _nicon was placed cl 0 Se to the tumbler , which by some means caused it to rin , » but how is it that the tumbler did not cease to rine at » time when the harmonicon was at Ipswich to be _renairedP Marvellous indeed would it be if there were that unitv subsistmg between the harmonicon and glass that the har momcon should cause the glass to ring when at a _distant of fourteen miles from it . " Le
So far Mrs . Squirrell ; her daughter ' s statement contains sentences we cannot print ; but without using the plain language she employs , we shall be able to convey her meaning . As a specimen of her remarks ; on her own case , take tbe following : — " Sir , with your kind permission , I will insert the following in your chronicle of passing events as a lover of justice and of those who , before setting the final seal to a case which admits of no compromise , adduce fair proofs to substantiate their evidence against it . In consequence of external privations I am not in possession of all the editorial details as given in the several journals of the county but enough has been communicated to make me fully aware of the position in which I stand ; and if my case is
marvellous , most marvellous and unsystematic has been its treatment , for had calm reflection and prudent discretion been used from the moment that suspicion was aroused , I should not now breathe in an atmosphere of calumny , but as the want of this has awakened a fearful excitement in the public mind , and given the case muck unguarded publicity , it is our duty while defending ourselves to inscribe on the pillars of that defence satisfactory information . Before going further , I would say that I am . not a mad-brain enthusiast , nor has the mystic pall of
fanaticism ever covered my case ; on the contrary , nothing has been manifested but must tend to confirm the close existing union of the visible with the invisible world , for every chord of our life vibrates in eternity , and every seed is a germ of immortality . Notwithstanding the many conflicting reports of this tumult , not one fact obviously clear has been cited sufficient to brand me with imposture , for gross misrepresentations have enshrouded it in a kind of mystery , and wearing no tangible form , it is difficult for the public to conceive of tho truth in its primitive form . "
The essence of her statement consists in an explanation of the discovery of the napkins . She admits that they were found concealed under the side of her bed , " most undoubtedly placed there by me in moments of embarrassment , and unintentionally forgotten . '' But at the same time 6 he asserts that she has been exempt from tbe ordinary operation of physical laws for twentyfour weeks . " It stings my heart to the very core , " sho says , " to be thus openly degraded—degraded to the full extent , swelling into a prodigious badge of dishonour that which has , unfortunately , remained unnoticed by me ; for none who know me would believe me so devoid of decency as to allow
anything of the kind to remain under me if memory had not failed . But those who possess any feeling musd V , e aware how often circumstances liko these havo unguardedly become incidental to a long and painful affliction ; but woe to those who fall beneath the scrutiny of hearts as bard as the nether millstoue , for if they ever rise it is by the beautiful simplicity of truth , whoso genial rays never fail to disperse all mischief-boding rays . My conversation Avith the nurses on tho night of my examination is , I find , adduced as an evidence that I can hear ; but as 1 havo a distinct remembrance of all that passed between uh , I am prepared for any attack on that head . If . is therefore _unless for them to fabricate any more falsehoods , as they have already given evidence of swerving from truth . "
We next extract a portion of Dr . Matcham's letter to the _Exjiress : — " I havo been anxiously waiting for the last week to witness the ' rgiiorf of the committee' who haves inquire ' into the Shottishaiii case . Such report has not , however , as yet , for very substantial reasons , mado its appearance-The publio are promised , on the faith of gentlemen , th ' '' it , shall appear ' next , week . ' What the contents of A » l < ' report' may be time will show . [ ' Wo hero omit' _h ( _>""< ' "" " nervations of tho writer which reflect on Messrs . VVcl »»
and Whitby . ) If 1 really thought tho public had any _confidence in the statements of tho two nurses , I would proceed to show how utterly af variance their assertions h ' " been to the truth . I may mention that I hud a pei « ' - niil interview with them , and in the presence of a \ vi < n < they positively declared that F . li / . aboth Squirroll said , wl" "' the discovery was made , ' that , the devil must have l " ' them there . ' * I mentioned this to Flizaboth S quirrell _yesterday , and 1 shall never forget the virtuous nidignaU < " » she displayed at , this gross libel . As she intends _" _Tv'Vjj _; to some oi * the most outrageous statements herself , jj not trespass on vour valuable space ; but I must suy . " , what I have heard , I cannot believe any statements in" '
by the nurses . -, " "A sentence copied from-the Journal 1 wan y _<' , i communicated to Klizabofh Squirrell by Mr . _•''^^ J ,, _^ farmer , which , together with her reply , 1 enclose : - editor or correspondent of fhe Journal terms y _«> ur » " ravings of a diseased spirit . " She immediately burst n a loud laugh , anil then exclaimed , ' It is rather . l ' ' . " <) eal ; I thought in the spirit , there was no cotnbmatH _) u matter . Their hearts are better than their h < " ' H - ' ' j _^ t arc not _unod to writing on puch subjects . _thought *
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091852/page/6/
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