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    Oct. 18, 1851.J gE»* «,»*>»»? 987 _

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    JENNY LIND'S GOOD NATURE. The sentences ...

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    AN INCIDENT AT SEA. During the late gale...

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    PUBLIC OPINION. The new Reform Bill occu...

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    Jules Gerard, The Lion Killer. Jules Ger...

    Arabs went and crouched down beneath the cover , at a dVs ? aH cTof about 100 paces . I had been there about a Smarter of an hour , the goat meanwhile bleating with all its might , when a covey of partridges got up behind me , uttering th

    and perceived behind me , about fifteen paces oft , lion stretched out at the foot of a juniper-tree , through the branches of which he was surveying us and making wry faces . In the position I was in it was impossible for me to fire without facing about . I tried to fire from the left shoulder but felt awkward . I turned gently round without rising . I was in a favourable position , and just as I was levelling my piece the lion stood up and began to show me all his teeth , at the same time shaking his head , as much as to say What the devil are you and

    doing there ? I did not hesitate a moment , urea as his mouth . The animal fell on the spot as if struck by lightning . My men ran up at the shot ; and as they were eager to lay hands on the lion , I fired a second time between the eyes , in order to secure his lying perfectly still . The first bullet had taken the course of the spine throughout its entire length , passing through the marrow , and had come out at the tail . I had never before fired a shot that penetrated so deeply , and yet I had only loaded with sixty grains . It is true the rifle was one of Devisme s and the bullets steel-pointed . The lion , a black one and among the oldest I have ever shot , supplied the kettles of four companies of infantry who were stationed at Klenchela . Receive , my dear Leon , the assurance of my devotad affection . " Jules Gerard . " The exploit alluded to as having occurred in 1850 was the chasing of two lions , one of which he killed ; the other , supposed to be the one now shot , running away from him and escaping after a vigorous chase of many miles .

    Oct. 18, 1851.J Ge»* «,»*>»»? 987 _

    Oct . , 1851 . J gE »* « , »*>»»? 987 _

    Jenny Lind's Good Nature. The Sentences ...

    JENNY LIND'S GOOD NATURE . The sentences which follow are of Transatlantic growth . They appear in a late number of the Buffalo Courier . It is somewhat too free and colloquial for English tastes ; but it is frank , hearty , and manful withal ; very honourable to Jenny Lind , and to Margaret Atkinson . " There are two reasons why we place the following marriage notice out of the place ordinarily allotted to matrimonial announcements : — ' Married , in St . Paul ' s Church , Lewiston , on Sunday , the 11 th instant , by the Reverend A . C . Treadway , Miss Margaret Atkinson and Mr . James C . Mason . ' One is that Margaret was for a long time a servant of ours , and her uniform fidelity ,

    uprightness , goodnature , intelligence , modesty , and quiet cheerfulness , secured for her a strong feeling of regard from all of our little family . Margaret has withal a handsome face of her own , and a personable figure . She is also neat and tidy in her appearance , and it was , therefore , no matter of surprise to us that Mr . Jimmy Mason , and one or two other good- looking young chaps should have pulled our door bell note and then of an evening , and inquired if MisB Margaret' was at home . We had our Buspicion 8 of Master Jimmy all along , and his perseverance has at length been crowned with ' great success ' by changing the ' local habitation and name' of Maggie into the more formidable one of Mrs . James Copeland Mason . Last spring , however , for reasons now tolerably

    plain , 8 he left her home with us to go to the Falls , where J . O . M . was residing . l > uring the summer she has had charge of part of the rooms at the Clifton-house , and it is not unlikely that occasionally , when off duty , her present liege may have found opportunity of communicating his personal' views ' to her in one of those long walks that people sometimes take of a summer evening at fashionable watering-places . Among other rooms under her charge are those occupied by Miss Jenny Lind , whose sterling good sense could scarcely have failed to discover the many good points in Margaret ' s character . On Saturday last Maggie , in the most strictly private and confidential manner possible , communicated to Miss I . ind ' s mnid the fact that on the

    following day Blie was to be married , and the maid , as in duty bound , communicated the same to her mistress . No sooner was this done than Miss Lind , with the same kind hear ted ness that is one of her marked charue . ter iHtics , and with what we can scarcely fail to attribute to a genuine desire for Maggie ' s happiness , resolved that she would be misticss of ceremonies on the happy occasion , and immediately took Margaret ' s part in it under her own supervision . From her the ' fair bride ' ( and u fair one hIic in ) received presents of beautiful earrings , brenst-pin , gloves , fan , the wedding bonnet , &« ., and by her she was decked out for the interesting ceremony . 1 bin completed , Mihh Lind read to her and to her future husband that beautiful chapter of Holy Writ , wherein net

    arc . forth the peculiar duties towards each other of those who are about to enter the married state . Miss Lind then ordered her own carriage and taking into it her companion , Miss ArmauHen ( we don ' t undertiike to " "V tlmt we ' ve ; spelled her name correctly ) , and Miss " ¦ aggie , ntarted for Lcwinlon , followed in another carrui « . by Mr . Otto Goldsmith and the happy Mr . James J'OpHiind Mason . Arrived at Lewiston , they prooe « ded to the Kpiscopal church , entered , walked up to the clianl ' m ' " * tlu ' » MiH « Lind officiating as bridemuid ana Mr . Otto ( JoldHinith as grooummun , were united in Jjoly . wedlock by our excellent friend the Reverend Mr . readvi-uy . \ v ,. have given , perhaps , more space than it m-serven , to this little episode in the life of Mile . Lind ; ' ut it struck us as illustrating too fully the simplefrankueartcducsB of the Nightingale to be puaucd by . "

    An Incident At Sea. During The Late Gale...

    AN INCIDENT AT SEA . During the late gales , a little yacht , the Owen Glendowr , which had been cruizing round the southern coast of Ireland , was nearly wrecked off the coast of Galway . She had on board the owner , Mr . Moore , his young wife , two friends , and the crew . When , on September 24 , the breeze sprang up and threatened to be a gale , the captain wished to run up the mouth of the Shannon , but Mr . Moore insisted on going on to Gaiway . Mrs . Moore has written an account of the event to the Cork Constitution , which we gladly print , as it does her honour . The narrative commences after dinner on the 24 th : —

    " The breeze now became a gale , and at nine o clock we retired without tea , and lay in our berths trembling with fear . The storm raged in all its fury , and at eleven o ' clock a tremendous crash came , accompanied with groans from the men . We were informed that the mast , sails , & c ., had been swept away , and to put on our dresses immediately , for she would go down in ten minutes . In our night dresses we reached the deck . Oh , what a scene met our distracted gaze I Imagination could with difficulty conceive , much less language describe it . The only hope was the boats—but , alas ! once glance at the billows rising mountains high , showed us that hope was vain , as they could not live for one

    moment in such a sea . The wreck was filling fast . To add to our misery , five hands were disabled by the falling of the mast—the jib-boom was thumping against the stern , threatening to knock her to pieces ; the sea rushing in so fearfully through two leaks which were there , that we thought every instant she would fill and sink into the yawning waves : In addition to this there were three tons of sails in her stern , a serious obstacle to reaching the leak , and the few hands left us had sufficient to employ them in bailing out the water from the ladies' cabin , which was rushing in from above , the skylight having been knocked out by the fall of the mast . A new entrance had to be made through

    the wainscot of the ladies' cabin to get to the sails—no instrument could be found suitable to make the breachall was darkness and confusion . They cried out for a tomahawk—I went into the ammunition-room , and groped about in vain amongst swords , muskets , and pistols—the breach was at length made , a large mirror shivered to atoms , by which an aperture was formed large enough to admit two men , who lay on theit hands and knees holding up against the leak the beds and blankets which were given to them for that purpose . " How we longed for the morning !—hope buoyed us up with the prospect of deliverance , and that succour might be afforded from the Arran Lighthouse , which was eight miles north-east of us . We commended ourselves in

    prayer to Almighty God , and ardently wished for the light of the coming day . In the mean time we were not idle ; and as the pump could nowhere be found , we had with the buckets unceasingly to bale out the water , which was now and then , in spite of all our efforts , gaining upon us . Daylight at last dawned , revealing the realities of our perilous position , and confirming our worst apprehensions . To get the jib-boom cut off and overhauled was our first consideration , in the performance of which the strength of the crew was completely exhausted . The labour of those who had been

    uninjured was so arduous , and with no hope of being saved , it is not astonishing , under these circumstances , that they sat down dejected and totally dispirited . I feel thankful to the God of all mercies that he gave me strength and nerve , hour after hour , to cheer and exhort them . Mr . Moore ' s presence and encouraging words produced some confidence in their heiirts , and by working ourselves we excited them to further exertions . The pump , too , was found of more avail than the bucket in keeping her dry , although it was extremely dangerous to work it , the bulwarks having been carried away .

    " The morning had passed away , and to our eyes straining across the foaming tide no object of help presented itself ; but now , at eleven o ' clock , to our great joy , the man at the pump espied a vessel in the distance , coining , as we thought , to our especial aid , from the Arran Light-house , but alas , light-houses are not provided with any remedy except caution — and this beacon proved to us to be the John of Odessa , taking emigrants out to America , commanded by Captain llein , a Prussian , lie saw us through a telescope fifteen miles off , when resuming his voyage from the Galway roads to New York , he having put back the night before ( the 24 th ) fearing to encounter the gale which wrecked us , and also endangered his ship .

    " The wind having changed from N . W . to N . L ., it blew , as the sailors say , " great f ^ nna "; the force of the waves had increased , and swept over the wreck wil . h fearful violence . The John of Odessa was bearing down on us under easy anil ; but when endeavouring to near us Bho crowded all canvas , thereby endangering- her safety and the lives of the passengers and crow , two hundred in number . Twelve times she nailed round our wreck , striving iu vain to near uk ; we ft ' itring each time would be the last , from the grrat distance ( six miles ) she had to tack before she could return to our yacht . Now

    hopenow fear arising in our minds—the means of succour was in view , but not available—what agonising , what anxious moments were these ! As the noble h . irquc approached , all was hope—as she receded from our sight , there arose nil the horrors of our situation . This waa the moment of prayer ; for then it was we prayed iu earnest . No earthly hope was ours-our only hope was centered in the God of comfort und of all consolation—the pallid hue of death was visible on each countenance—we importuned Heuven that the violence of the waves might be ubated , and the result showed that ( Jod heard our payers . Once more we resumed our exertions below ut the pumps , also clearing out a quantity of her iicm ballast . We again , and as it were for the laat time , tried to cheer and encourage tho

    men by working ourselves , and entreating them to take , for our sakes , some claret and cider , which was all we had remaining ; a drop of chilly water was all I had to quench my dying thirst . Meanwhile the John of Odessa lay to , and the sea became comparatively smooth , which Captain Hein observing , nobly lowered , his boat and volunteered to come to our rescue . This the mate , Thomas Larkins ( Irishman ) , opposed , saying the captain ' s life was too valuable to the passengers to be hazarded , and that he would go in his stead . The cook was the next to volunteer , Thomas Jones ( a Welshman ) , and three others , William Hamilton Gibson , an American ; Benjamin Archer , Irishman ; Carl Sparkowlsty , a Itussian ; and George Vintze , a Russian , accompanied the first mate , Thomas Larkins , on this perilous occasion . Nothing could be more praiseworthy than their noble efforts to save the lives of their fellow-creatures . With much

    difficulty they came alongside of us , and took Mrs . Massy , Miss Lewellyn , Mr . Moore , and myself , and put us safely on board the John of Odessa . Three times did this noble crew return to the wreck to rescue our fifteen souls , and it was not until ten o ' clock at night that their arduous , perilous , and humane task was completed , when , thanks be to God , we were all safe and secure within this noble ship , which was our deliverer from a watery grave , after having been exposed to such toil and labour , both of mind and body , for above twenty-four hours . The cabin passengers , Mrs . TibeauJo , her daughter , and nephew , of York-street , Dublin , bestowed every care , kindness , and attention our situation required , for which they have our heartfelt thanks . To reward the captain and crew was our next consideration , and not having been prepared for such an emergency , we could but offer them a very inadequate return , which .

    they at first refused , but ultimately Mr . Moore prevailed on the captain and mate to accept . On the evening of September 26 we landed safely at Kilrush , where we experienced every kindness and attention our unfortunate circumstances required from the hospitable Lady Grace Vandeleur and the neighbouring gentry , for which we feel deeply grateful . We reached our home ( Moorehill ) on the 1 st of October , after having encountered all the dangers of the sea . Deeply did our people sympathise with us , and loud were their expressions of delight . Bonfires blazed from the hills , and the hearty shouts of joy greeted our ears , as they with ropes attached to oui carnage conducted us to our dwelling , where hundreds had assembled to unite with us in returning thanks to God for so wonderfully and miraculously restoring us again to our tenantry and friends . The sounds of music floated on the midnight breeze : all seemed to speak of home , and to say we were welcome . " J . M . "

    The harvest-home dinner was given at Moore-hrll on Friday week , and the annual feast was made a day of rejoicing for the above escape .

    Public Opinion. The New Reform Bill Occu...

    PUBLIC OPINION . The new Reform Bill occupies the provincial press . In the Liverpool Albion we find a stirring article . We are all kept in the dark ; nothing is known of the bill ; nobody will speak having authority : — " In the mean time , the country is beginning to rouse itself and to express an interest in the subject . The people of Manchaster and Bolton have met and spoken out . Leicester , always in the van of any liberal movement , is likewise in the field . And , in a short time , as the period for Parliament reassembling approaches , the agitation will spread from one extremity of the empire to the other . There will be no mistake about the wishes of the people . " " Wo are on the eve of a most important crisis " (!) exclaims the Lincolnshire Chronicle . Lord John is going to bring in a lie form 15 111 , ostensibly to extend and improve the constituency of the country : — " Its real objects will he to prolong the Whig tenure of office , to conciliate Lord John Russell ' s liberal supporters in Parliament , and to perpetuate the mock free-trade system . The means of effecting these ends will be an extension of the right of suffrage in the boroughs , and the popularizing of the county constituencies . The inevitable result of such a scheme , if sanctioned by the British Parliament , will be the destruction of the due influence of property in the elections ; and the inevitable consequence of that , at no distant period , will be the virtual overthrow of the British Constitution in Church and State . " " Reform" in at a discount in Edinburgh , nays the Scotsman . The writer criticiHes tbe Parliamentiuy Reformers , and then informs us of his own specific : —

    " What ih wanted is , first , extrusion as distinguished from lowering—not so much a deeper Kinking of the shaft , as some better mode of lateral working—some device which will bring in those numerous qualified persona whom the present rough test of house ; rental passm by . That , however , is it matter requiring u much fuller discussion than the present opportunity permits . In the second place , there should l » e a merciless dealing with , decayed and corrupt constituencies . In the third ( wo were inclined to say the first ) place , there should , for the sake of the old uh well of the new constituency , be the protection of the ; Ballot . " " Depend upon it , " Hayn ( he I ' rcston ( luardian , " those ex-Protectionists will be the best of Financial Reformer * , and the cry of ' cheap government' will wholly HupciHede thiiL of ' dear oorn' iu tlio agricultural districts . "

    The lhi < jFiton Herald wiihIh up n very clever paper on tlieHtiiteof the country party witli them ) frank and spirited words : — " Now , every body is just now inquiring what the landlords and farmers jmeau to do since Protection ia

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 18, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18101851/page/7/