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    • Death bt Firb.—On "Tuesday night, about eMi o'clock^ Ann Davis, agedjifty-nine , the wife oM
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      Beauties Of Byron, So. Xsxr. " Xhb Pbiso...

      BEAUTIES OF BYRON , so . xsxr . " XHB PBISOSEB OP CHTLLON . This powerful and b eautiful poem aAnoraa . sub-Wt deemv interesting to all haters of tiyrainy—the iufferS o & e rain buried in the liTing tomb of a dungeun for along series of years for the crime " 0 . H __ tenets he would not forsake . " The hero ef the story is no fictitious character , but ene who really suffered perhaps all that the poet has described—perhaps more than even so great a-poet could imagine . This poem will make the name of Bosktvakd immortal . _

      The storv describes threebrothera ( Bosnitabd was the eldest ) " "ina dungeon cast ; " the youngest was agenfle being , the image of his mother - 'beautiful as day , " " with eyes as blue as heaven ; " the other was " as pure in mind , " but « a hunter of the hills , Had followed there the deer and wolf ; To him his dungeon was a gulf , Andfetter'd feet the worst of ills . " This last perishes first , the poet here describes his death and Bossivahd ' s agony : — I said my nearer brother pined , 1 said his mighty heart declined , He loathed and put away his food ; It was not that 'twas coarse and nide , For we were used to hunter ' s fare , And for thfi like had . little care :

      The milk drawn from the mountain goal Was changed for water from the moat , Our bread was such as captive ' s tears Have moisten'dmany a thousand years . Since man first pent his fellow men Xoke brutes within an iron den ; - But what were these to us or him ! These wasted not his heart or limb ; My brother ' s soul was of that mould Which in a palace had grown cold , Had his free breathing been denied Tlie range of the steep mountain ' s side j JBnt why delay the truth !—he died . I saw , and could not hold his head , . Nor reach his dying hand—nor dead , —

      Though bard I strove , hut strove in vain , To rend and gnash my bonds in twain . He died—and they unloct'd his chain , Aud scoop'd fur him a shallow grave Even from the cold earth of our cave . I begg'd them , as a boon , to lay His corse in dust whereon the day Might shine—it was a foolish thought , Sat then within my brain it wrought , That even in death his free-born breast In such a dungeon could not rest . I might have spared my idle prayer—They coldly laugh'd—and laid him there The flat and turfless earth above The hang we so much did love ;

      His empty chain above it leant , Such murder ' s fitting monument Hext , the youngest brother died : — He ,-too , was struck , and day by day Was witherM on tbe stalk away . Oh , God ! itis a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape , in any mode : | Fve seen it rushing forth in blood , I ' ve seen it on the breaking ocean Strive with a sworn convulsive motion , Fve seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin , delirious with its dread ; But these were horrors—this was woe Unmix'd with such—hut sure and slow :

      He faded , and so calm and meek , So softly worn , so sweetly weak , So tearless , yet so tender—kind . And grieved for those he left behind ; While all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb , Whose tints as gently sunk away As a departing rainbow ' s ray— _ An eyeof most transpareBt light That almost made the dungeon bright , And not a word of murmur—not A groan o ' er his nntiirfely lot , — A little talk of better days , A little hope my own to raise , For I was sunk in silence—lost

      In this last loss of all the most ; And then the sighs he would suppress Of fainting nature ' feebleness , More slowly drawn grew less and less : I Iisten'd , but I conld not hear—1 call'd , for I was wild with fear , I knew 'twas hopeless , bnt my dread Would not be thus admonished ; 1 call'd , and thought I heard a sound—X burst my chain with one strong bound . And rnshed to him : —I found him not , J " only stirr'd in this black spot , •/ only lived--1 only drew

      The accursed breath of dungeon-dew ; The last , the sole—the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink , Which bound me to my failing race , Was broken in this fatal place . -One on the earth , and one beneath —• My brothers—both had ceased to breathe X took that hand which lay so still , Alas ! my own was fall as chill ; I had not strength to stir , or strive , But felt that I was still alive—A frantic feeling , when we know That what we love shall ne ' er be so .

      I know not why I conld not die , . I had no earthly hope—but faith . And that forbade a selfish death . Itis truly remarked by Sir Walter Scott , that "it is not possible to read this poem without a sinking of the heart , corresponding with that which the poet describes the victim to have suffered . " Passages of wonderful power and beauty crowd upon us , but we must forbear to quote further , instead , earnestly recommending our readers to read tbe poem itself . One word more—a word to the conceited sneerers , and over-righteous revilera : —Conld any man but a noet of the highest order have written "The Prisoner of Chillon" ?—conld such a work fw written by a man possessing a corrupted heart 3 Imbeciles and Maw worms , answer if von can !

      Songs For The People. So. Xn. The Lasli ...

      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . so . xn . THE LASli 1 THE XASD 2 GR 3 IE 1 Let MoHarchs revel in their might And mighty Empires sway . Let millions robb'd of native right A Lordling * s whims obey ; They who delight to worship drones Deserve not to be free , Content to live in landless homes , — The Land ! the Land for me ! I envy not a monarch ' s state , I spurn tbe badge he wears ; Tho * girt with pearls , the thing 1 hate , 'TiarearM on human tears ; I crave hut that which tyrants rift from those who should be free , Jfature ' s first boon , man's dearest gift , The Laud ! the Land for me !

      The pomp of Sings I'd scorn to seek , I wish alone to toil ; Yet while I toil the right to reap The blessings of the soil . I ask ao gold , no dazzling pelf , Tho'bright and fair to see , Let aU the world deem lucre wealth , The Laad ! the Land lor me ! Sly wish is not the lounging lot Of Peer or Priestly drone , * Tis freedom—peace—a vote ^—a cot , And plot of ground my own ; Then while I toil the lire-Ion- day , This , this my song shall be ,. With pomp and pelf away , away , The Land ! the Land for me ! John Peacock Greenock .

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      Social Absurdities, Or The Adventures Of...

      SOCIAL ABSURDITIES , OR THE ADVENTURES OF JEAN AUGUSTIN . By J . A . Michelot , professor of French literature , and correspondent of the Journal des Theatres , in London : Four vols . Vincenot , 11 , Rue Childebert , Paris . This is a new romance , from the pen of our French friend , M . Michelot , which we recommend to our readers who understand the French language . "We subjoin an extract from one ofthe French / papers , in which the celebrated J . Abago expresses himself in the following

      termsci-The romance has in an extraordinary manner developed itself in our days , all ideas of reform and progress are now made to appear under this form , in order : to penetrate more easily among even the humblest classes « f society . A reproach , made to the writers of this kind of books is that they place their heroes in circumstances so exceptional , that among readers it is a common saying . " This happens only in romance . " This is a great fault ; M Michelot has happily avoidtdit . Indeed , from the beginning , he enters so thoroughly into the realities of life , that one is tempted to believe he is writing the memoirs of some person and not a romancf . In painting ; for instance , tbe habits of the sheriff s officers , their extort ions , the partiality of certain magistrates , the absurdity of imprisonment for debt , the vices of several of our institutions , the great number of abuses of which his hero is a victim , he represents his wr « mages . th « £ r actions , their good or bad qualities , with

      Social Absurdities, Or The Adventures Of...

      a colour so local , with s truth so striking , that every r ^ er -may »» y in several Inttaoces- « least , " That'll what I have seen ; that is what one sees every day 1 " , This manner may seem less dramatical to those " who like only imaginary regions , but positive minds will prefer it , for they know , that to make justice triumph , to tree society from the corruption which is ruining morality , the readers mustbeable to recognize , in the pictures , which he has before him ; what he must avoid or seek . In short , according to M . Hichelot , the principal aim of an author ought to be , to instruct and to reform . The art of amusing and of pleasing must become everywhere an auxiliary of principles . Such is the mission of public writers .

      The author of the book of "The Social Absurdities , " has chosen a large field ; he brings his hero in the most opposite positions . ' "He has been" says M . Michelot , " in contact with the peasant and the nobleman , with the buyer and the merchant , with rural schoolmasters and the chiefs of the university , with prisoners and with policemen , —villages and cities , the metropolis and the provinces , the poor and the rich , the great and the small , he has seen them all from the village mayor up to the ministers of the crown . The Ticissitudes of his whimsical fortune , have made him know nearly every social extremity . He has suffered rude trials and there are few ways of Hie , where his wounded feet have not impressed their traces . The style ofthe authoris throughout elegant , harmonious , energeticand sometimes of a remarkable elevation .

      Wehave read the first volume of this new romance and we must confess that we have been both amused and instructed by the scenes of French life and the reflections of the author . We hope that thesucceedmg volumes will speedily appear .

      The Political Works Of Thomas Faine. . ,...

      THE POLITICAL WORKS OF THOMAS FAINE . . , „ - Pablisltedby the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . London : T . - M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . DISSERTATION OS THE J 1 BST PRISCIPLES OF

      GOVERNMUST . A few weeks ago we noticed the publication ofthe first part of this new and cheap edition of the works ofthe immortal Thomas Paine ; we then promised to give a more extended notice of these works on a future occasion , and we now redeem our promise by commencing a series of short notices of the several productions of this great writer . We commence with the short essay entitled , * 'A Dissertation on the First Principles of Government , " which is placed first in the present edition . This essay is perhaps the clearest and ablest exposure of the fraud and wrong constituting the "hereditary principle ; " and the most excellent and unanswerable defence of the " representative principle , " or right of self-government , ever penned in the English language . How striking and all-convincing are the following opening remarks on

      THE SCIENCE OF GOVEBNHENT . There is no subject more interesting to every man than the subject of government . His security , be he rich or poor , and in a great measure his prosperity , is connection therewith ; it is , therefore , his interest , as well as his duty , io miike himself acquainted with its principles , and what tbe practice ought to be . Every art and science , however imperfectly known at first , has been stalled , improved , and brought to what we call perfection , by the progressive labours of succeeding generations . hut the science of government has

      stood still . No improvement has been made in the principle , and scarcely any in the practice , till the American revolution began . In all the countries of Europe ( except in France ) the same forms and systems that were erected in tbe remote ages of ignorance still continue , and their antiquity is put in the place of principle : it is forbidden to investigate their origin or by what right they exist . If it be asked how has this happened , the answer is easy ; they are established on a principle that is false , and they employ their power to prevent detection .

      He commences the consideration of the great question by dividing his subject into two parts : — First , Governmentby election and representation . Secondly , Government by hereditary succession . Without following Paine ' s argument , which we have not ' room to do , we may illustrate his leading ideas by a few extracts : —

      HEBEDITABT GOVBBNMEhT , I declare that there is not a problem in Euclid more mathematically true , than that hereditary government has not . a right to exist . When , therefore , we take from any man the exercise of hereditary power , we take away that which he never had a right to possess , and which no law or custom could , or ever can , give him a title to . ' » ' * ? The moment we begin to reason npon the hereditary system , it falls into derision : let but a single idea begin , and a thousand will soon follow . Insignificance , imbecility , childhood , dotage , want of moral character ; in fine , every defect , serious or laughable , unite to hold up the hereditary system as a figure of ridicule . * ' * * To be satisfied of the right of a thing to exist , we must be

      satisfied that it had aright to begin ; if it had not a right to begin , is has not a right to continue . * * * The wrong which began a thousand years ago , is as much a wrong as if it began to-day ; and the right which originates to-day , is as much a right as if it had the sanction of a thousand years . Time , with respect to principles , is an eternal NOW : it has no operation upon them : it changes nothing ofthe nature and qualities . Hut what have we to do with a thousand years % Our life-time is but a short portion of that period , and if we find the wrong in existence as soon as we begin to live , this is the point of time at which it begins to us : and our right to resist it is the same as if it had never existed before . He shows that hereditary succession , as it applies to succeeding generations , is tyranny of the worst hind : —

      ZXGISLATING FOB . FUTURE GENERATIONS . The English parliament of 1668 imported a man : and his wife from Holland , William and Mary , and made them king and queen of England . Having done this , the said parliament made a law to convey the government of the country to the heirs of William and Mary , in the following words : — "We , the lords spiritual and temperal , and commons , do , in the nameofthe People of England , most humbly and faithfully submit ourselves , our heirs , and posterities , to William and Mary , their heirs and posterities , for ever . " And in a subsequent law , as quoted by Edmund Burke , the said parliament in the name ofthe people of England then living , binds the said people , their heirs and posterities , to William and Mary , their heirs and posterities , to the end of time .

      It is nat sufficient that we laugh at the ignorance of such law makers , it is necessary that we reprobate their want of principle . The constituent assembly of France ( 1769 ) fell into the same vice as the parliament of England had done , and assumed to establish an hereditary succession in the family ofthe Capets , as aa act of the constitution of that year . That every nation for the time oeing has a right to govern itself as it pleases , must always be admitted ; bat government by hereditary succession is government for another race of people , and not for itself ; and as these on whom it is to operate are not yet in ex istence , or are minors , so neither is the right and existence to set it up for them , and to assume such a right is treason against the right of posterity , x * * * # #

      A single reflection will teach us that our ancestors , like our .-elves , were but tenants for life in the great freehold of rights . Tbe fee absolute was not in them , it is not in us , it belongs to the whole family of man , through all ages . If we think otherwise than this , we think either as slaves or as tyrants . r As slaves , if we think that any former generation had a right to bind us ; as tyrants , if we think that we have authority to bind the generations that are to follow . The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies Man has no property in man , neither has one generation a property in the generations that are to follow .

      BIGHT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT . Man is himself the origin and the evidence of his right . It appertains to him in the right of his existence , and his person is the title-deed .

      CN 1 VEBSAL SKFFBAGE . The true , and only true basis of representative govern , ment is equality of right . Every man has a right to one vote , and no more , iu the choice of representatives . * * * * * Personal rights , of which the right of voting representatives is one , are a species of property ofthe most sacred kind ; and he that would employ his pecuniary property , or presume npon the influence it gives him , to dispossess or rob another of his property of rights , uses that pecuniary property as he would use fire-arms , and merits to have it taken from him .

      The only ground upon which exclusion from the right of voting is consistent with justice , would be to inflict it as a punishment fur a certain time upon those who should propose to take away the right from others . The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected . - To take away this right is to reduce a man to a state of slavery , for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another , and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is ia this case . ABSDBD 1 TY OF PB 0 PE 1 TT QUALIFICATIONS . When a brood mare shall fortunately produce a foal or a mule , that by being worth the sum in question shall convey to its owner the ri ght of voting , or by its dtafh take it from him , in whom does the origin of such a righ texist ? Is it in tlie man , or in the mule ? Wlien we consider in how many ways proparty may be acquired without merit , and lost without a crime , we ought to spurn the idea of making it a criterion of r ights .

      ABISTOCKACT . This wax-work order has assumed the name of aristocracy ; and the disgrace of it would be lessened if it could he considered as only childish imbecility . We pardon foppery because of its insignificance , and on the same ground we might pardon the foppery of titles . But the origin ef aristocracy was worse than foppery . It was robbery . The first aristocrats in all countries were brigands . Those of later times sycophants . * * * * It u very well known that in England ( and the same will befoundin other countries ) , the greatlanded estates now held in descent were plundered from the quiet inhabitants at the conquest . The possibility did not exist

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      of acquiring such Bstateefhonestly . If it be asked : how . tlw | : -wiiU-hft »« i h f ^ Mq »^ robbery , can be given . . That they were , not acquired by trade , by commerce , by manufactures , byagriculture , or by any reputable : employment , is certain .:: How then were ; they , acquired ! . Blush , Aristocracy , to hear your erigia , ' for your progenitors were thieves . * * That par t of the government of England that is called the House of Lords was originally composed of persons who had committed the robberies of which I have been speaking . It was an association for the protection of the property stolen . These extracts will suffice to show the excellencies of this . "" Dissertation : " the man who has hot read it is yet ignorant of the A . B . C . of politics .

      The Pictorial Shakespeare. Parts V. Vi. ...

      THE PICTORIAL SHAKESPEARE . Parts V . VI . VII . ' > PICTORIAL BALLADIST . Parts V . VI . VII . London : J . C . Moore , 137 , Strand . We have before noticed and ; recommended both these excellent works . The first volume of The Pictorial Slialespeare is now complete , containing the whole of the Comedies , and may be had , neatly bound , for the small sum of 4 s ; 6 d . ! In this volume we find the " Tempest ; Two Gentlemen of Verona ; Merry Wives of Windsor ; Measure for Measure ;

      Comedy of Errors ; Much Ado About Nothing ; Love ' s Labour ' s Lost ; Midsummer Night ' s Dream ; Merchant of Venice ; As You Like it ; Taming ot the Shrew ; and All ' a Well that End ' s well ; " with seventy-six illustrations , and two plates of the Biography , —namely , " All the known portraits of Shakespeare , and two views of the bouse in which he was born . " This is by far the cheapest edition of Shakespeare ' s works yet published , and the price places these immortal productions of the chief of Englishmen within the reach of the poorest in the land .

      The Pictorial Balladist we have on former occasions warmly and justly eulogised . The three parts before us are rich in ballad lore , both English and translations from the foreign . ~ Several of the ballads are of a somewhat sombre character , dealing much in war , necromancy , and death , but these are relieved by the hearty and purely English ballads descriptive of the feats of glorious Robin Hood and his '' merry men . " In part VI . there is a humorous quizzical ballad by Robert Souihey , entitled " Roprecht the Robber . " Part VII . contains the celebrated Hard y , knute , well styled by Dr . Percy , a "fine morsel of V > nKA * n nufm > ' -, Thn illiiatrntinnq t . n this work nro

      -very commendable . \ ' Both these works were commenced in the shape of penny weekly numbers , but in compliance with the wishes of many subscribers , anxious tor their completion , each number now published contains double the quantity of matter formerly given , and is of course charged two-pence . We trust that both these pub-: Mentions are ' well supported by the public . The publisher has given evidence of his desire to place the best description , of literature in the hands ofthe people , it will be the . people who will lose tbe most if they do not respond to this noble attempt to add to their education and enjoyments .

      The London Pioneer—No. 1. London: B. D. ...

      THE LONDON PIONEER—No . 1 . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Duke-street , Lincoln ' s-inri-Fields . . This is the successor of the long-lived and popular Penny Satirist , the first of the cheap publications following the fall of the " unstamped press . " Mr . Cousins has long catered for the instruction and amusement . of the people , and his new publication bids fair to be not the least successful of his ventures . The London Pioneer is a miscellany of original and selected matter in prose and poetry , published in the same form and size , and at the same price as the Family Herald , What is not very usual with us in dealing with publications of this kind , we have read nearly tbe whole of the contents of this first number , and must pronounce the several articles " good . "

      People must be amused as well as instructed ; and it is a matter of great importance that the mental entertainment supplied for the public , be , at least , of a harmless character . This is is not the case with too many of the penny publications ; there are some we could name that are moral pests , diffusing mental and moral degradation amongst thousands . The men who grow rich by manufacturing these trashy and abominable publications , are enemies to the public weal , and deserve the execration of all honest men . But mere execration will not abate tlra nuisance ; the bane will be swallowed unless the antidote be provided—and the best antidote we know of are such harmless and healthy publications as the London Pioneer , the Family ^ Herald , and People ' s Journal . We wish this new candidate for public patronage success , and recommend it to our readers .

      The School And Family English Dictionary...

      THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY ENGLISH DICTIONARY . No . I . London : Dyson , Paul ' s Alley . This is intended for a School and Family Dictionary , to be published in weekly penny numbers . The Editor hopes that it will be considered " a Useful Educational Book for the Rising Generation . " It has one great fault—it is not a pronouncing dictionary . The proper pronunciation of each word is , we submit , a matter of primary importance in any dictionary intended for the instruction of youth .

      A Letter On National Education, Addresse...

      A LETTER ON NATIONAL EDUCATION , ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATORS OF ENGLAND . London : B . D . Cousins , 18 , Dukestreet , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . This "letter" is the production of a lady moved by the kindliest sympathies and most liberal ideas to advocate the cause of the neglected millions . The writer ' s views are good , but too briefly expressed ; at least six times the quantity of matter contained in this pamphlet would have been necessary to do justice to the subjects treated of , and indeed such a quantity of matter should have been given for the price marked on the title-page . We wish "Emimne " all due encouragement to pursue her arduous and generous labours .

      The People. Translated From The French O...

      THE PEOPLE . Translated from the French of M . Michelet , Professor of History in the College of France , by Dr . P . M . M'Doualt .. London : A . Dyson , Paul ' s Alley , Paternoster Row . This is the first number of a weekly penny issue of a work by thecclebrated authorof " Priests , Women , and Families . " It would be ridiculous for us to " review" these eight pages , which contain only a part of the " Dedication" ( to M . Quiset ) ; we might as well pretend to judge of a house by a solitary brick . All we can do is to notice the publication of what promises to be a very cheap edition of " The People ; " on some future occasion we may introduce the work entire to our readers .

      Shakspeare's Birthday. -<I . The Usual F...

      SHAKSPEARE'S BIRTHDAY . - < i . The usual festival in commemoration of the birth of Shakspeare took place on the 23 rd of April , in his native town , Stratford-on-Avon . The weather was fortunately extremely fine , and this , combined with the ringing of bells , the gaiety of the inhabitants , and the arrival of company from all parts ofthe midland-districts , rendered the otherwise" quiet town of iStratford-on-Avon lively , if not unusually hustling . f *\~ '" - At ten o ' clock the membnraM the Shakspeare Club held their annual ^ meeting % the : Town-hall , when Dr . Thomson presided . The musical performances at the church which followed the annual meeting were well attended . They were , ' for the most part , admirably executed under the management of Mr . Adams , the precentor , assisted by Mr . Read , the organist of the church , who officiated as conductor . . At the close of the music , the tomb of Shakspeare , situated in the chancel , was visited by some hundreds of the Audience . \

      'At five o clock , a party '' consisting of from eighty to a hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner in the Shakspeare Hall , under the able presidency of Cliandos Wren Hoskynsj , Esq ., of Wroxhall Abbey ; arfd amongst the company were 0 . T . Warde , Esq ., the late high-sheriff of the county ; the Rev . J . Clayton , vicar ; E . F . Flower " , E-= q . ; Dr . Thompson , several ol the leading county . gentlemen , and most of the principal inhabitants of the borough . After the customary loyal toasts , . Tb ^& haksperian toast of England , " St . George , " havingbeen drank , ¦ ¦ *

      The Chaikman proceeded to introduce the toast of the evening— "The immortal memory of Willjam Shakspeare . " He addressed the company in an eloquent speech , in which he paid the greatest homage to the memory and genius of Shakspeare . This brar tion was received'with enthusiastic cheers . At the conclusion of an acknowledgment ofthe toast to the " Chairman ' s good health , " the hon . gentleman read a letter from Mr . Serjeant Talfourd , in which the learned Serjeant expressed . his regret at not being able to attend , in consequence of a p rior engagement to dine with the Garrick Club , in London , tbe same day . / Mr . Serjeant Talfourd ' s health was drank with great applause . The ^ health of " the Vice- President , " "the Warwickshire lasses , " succeeded . . , ^ "The Rev . Mr . Harness and the Shaksperiaii Society of London , " was responded to with three times three .

      "The Press , " "the County and Borough Magistrates , " " Mr . Read and the choir , " followed in sue-: cession , and the party—as enthusiastic an onoas ev ^ S assembled in the Towu-hall of Stratford-on-Ay , on <^ separated shortly before eleven o ' clock . - v-. - 1 : m , Thus ended the Shaksperiau festivities of 1846 ^\ f It" is hoped on tlie next occasion to rende * . the celig bration one of national attraction . . ' -v ;• ¦ - : f

      Death Bt Firb.—On "Tuesday Night, About Emi O'Clock^ Ann Davis, Agedjifty-Nine , The Wife Om

      Death bt Firb . —On "Tuesday night , about eMi o ' clock ^ Ann Davis , agedjifty-nine , the wife oM

      Laboupngman, Living-In Jene Ot Carters U...

      laboupngman , living-in jene ot Carters Uoltages East-hill , Wandsworth ,,-Set her clothes on fire accidentally , and , before she obtained assistance , was burnt in a frightful'inanner . The poor creature was taken to the Union , ' atpistance of a few yards , with her clothes still snwuldering , where she expired yesterday morning . ^ - ' A

      Ho'-?' ¦& ^Progression, : Not Anything I...

      HO ' - ? ' ¦& ^ PROGRESSION , : Not anything in creation is stationary . Every atom is changing . The surface of the earth—the sea and the land —are in a contihualstate of transition . The commonest observer is conversant with this fact . By the ; aid of science , we know , too , that the sun , moon , and stars are in perpetual motion—that thei ^ aspects vary .. Mind is no more stationary than matter . The history of man—of arts , science , literature , commerce , politics , and religion , abundantly prove , this assertion . And yet — strange anomaly—the rulers of the . world have hitherto framed laws for the guidance of men as if they werehon-progressive beings . . In this particular man lias fallen into error —a fatal error , pregnant with dire ills to the human race . Alas ! , the shades of thevictims of inquisitions innumerable—ancient and modern—private and public—pass in

      mournful review before our mental vision , and indeed afford us a sorrowful testimony in blood and tears , in tortured bodies , bt-oken hearts ,, " and wrecked minds , of the error of attempting to perpetuate the doctrine of finality ! The men who have pretended to guard the portals of Paradise and the gates of Pandemonium , aided by the . vast and mystic paraphernalia of their craft , with their dazzling promises and awful anathemas to boot , have never been able to give permanency to any one creed erroneously declared eternal . The attentive observer of humanity at once discovers that our spiritual guides afford in this particular a complete satire oh themselves . These ghostl y counsellors say , and have ever said to the people , "Standstill . ' itand still ! " but man , in spite of awful bulb empt y anathemas against Progression , and disregarding the dazzling but hollow promises for

      standing still , has ever moreii ; and will continue to move , forward in aceordance with the eternal progressive laws of his nature . How benighted is man on this subject ! He sees everything by which he issurrounded governed by the spirit of advancement ; he beholds , in legible characters , the word " forward" prefixed to every one of the circle of the sciences ; yet in the most important of all mattersreligion—he holds up his hands in terror and exclaims , " Stand still ! thus far shalt thou go and no farther !" The pigmy mind of the day presumes to legislate for futurity . Of course , man must frame laws for his future guidance ; but ho falls into error when he says or sup . poses those laws are irrevocable . But a certain class of men * have presumed to legislate for all futurity . . What has been the result of this false system of law-giving ? The fate attendant on all decrees founded in error awaited it . The hand of time , guided by the light of science , has annihilated false doctrines held sacred by our fathers ; even as the same hand and the same light will expose to the minds of our sons and daughters the

      errors of many opinions ' . now held sacred by our very opinionated but comparatively linow-nothing selves . What human being who lived iu tho year 1744 could have enacted wise political and religious creeds for the people of this generation ? Thousands made the vain attempt , but tbe altered state of mind , morals , . politics , and re . ligien of the present day form a monument ofthe futility of the past century attempting to legislate for that which is to come . The SolonsoflS-id legislate as they suppose for what will be the sons of the earth in 1915 ; but the advanced state of our sons ' sons in 1045 , will probably laugh to scorn the idea of a present generation attempting to legislate for a future century . As , in the natural course of , things , " we are in advance of our forefathers , so will future generations be superior to ourselves ! Thus , according to the sublime doctrine of progression , will the mind of man go onward—onward—onward , till at last the mental-eye becomes , dazzled in contemplating the glorious destiny that in all probability awaits the human family . — ' The London Pioneer .

      Death Punishments. Mr. Edmund Stallwpod ...

      DEATH PUNISHMENTS . Mr . Edmund Stallwpod delivered a public lecture on the above subject to a very numerous , highly resp' ctable and intelligent audience at the South London Chartist Hall , on Sunday evening , April 26 . Mr . B . Rogers was ur . animously called to the chair , and briefly introducedthe lecturer , who , in the forcible and beautiful language of the Kev . G . N . Watson , of Cork , refuted the fallacy that "Death punishments are in accordance with Holy Writ , " and showed from instances in various countries , and from twenty-one murders , or attempts at murder , since the execution of Quennell , in January last , that death punishments are worse than useless as an example , and that from its peculiar brutalising and immoral tendencies , the present criminal code is not entitled to public respect . Tlie lecturer , proceeded to recommend

      banishment and solitary lab ur m mines , & c , as a substitute for capital punishment , and as a much fitter means to induce sincere repentance on the part of the criminal , whilst he supported himself and slightly compensated his injured victims . In conclusion , he said he was fully aware that those who wished to see those brutalising scenes—public executions—abolished , and death punishmentsswept from , the face of the earth , were sometimes taunted with being fiossessed with morbid feelings ; but let not the phianthropist despair , if the advocacy of these principles was a " weakness , " it was the "weakness" of four " State Societies" in America namely , New York , Pennsylvania , Maryland and Massachusetts ; it was the weakness of an American Convention , with Dallas , the American Vice-President at its head ; the weakness of a Dr . Johnson , of a Blackstone , a Beccaria , an Erasmus , a Sir Thomas More , a

      Chillingworth , a Goldsmith , a Franklin , a Rush ,- a Howard , a Fox , a Pitt , a" Wilberforce , a Romilly , of a Mrs . Fry , of a Basil Montague , of John Sidney Taylor , of William Ewart and a host of other eminent philanthropists , of a large portion of the newspaper press in America , of a considerable portion of the "fourth estate" in England , including the the Morning Advertiser , the Morning Herald , and last not least the Northern Star . ( Loud cheers . ) The lecturer then traced the effect to cause , namely , bljghting class-made laws , and clearly showed to demonstration that there was no hope for an effective remedy until such time as the laws were made by the people , for the people ; once let political equality prevail , peace , prosperity and contentment must and would ensue , and then and not till then will "loving-kindness wed eternal peace . " Mr . Hallwood resumed his seat admidst much applause .

      Dreadful Accident.—Bristol, Tuesday, -April 28.—Yesterday, Afternoon A Very Severe Accident, By

      Dreadful Accident . —Bristol , Tuesday , -April 28 . —Yesterday , afternoon a very severe accident , by

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      which five men were most seriously injured , occurred at the New Church , Kingswood . The interior of the church has for some time been undergoing extensive repairs , and was being entirelyrepainted , and the unfortunate sufferers by this lamentable accident were painters engaged at the time in painting the ceiling of the church , For this purpose , as is usual , a plank was placed for the men to work upon , having each end laid upon a scaffold , erected for its support . Upon this plank four men , Thomas Nash , William Kent , William Lambert , and James Morgan ; very incautiously went to work ; it having been intended by the employers that only one-man , or at the most two ,

      should work upon it at the same time . The motions and weight of the four men while at work upon the plank so increased its vibration that one end of it was gradually drawn oil' the scoffold that supported it , and it fell with a loud crash , precipitating the four unfortunate men into the body of the church , a depth of about fifty feet , and in the progress of its fall striking down another man at work in the church . The utmostconsternation immediately prevailed , and the five sufferers were picked up in a dreadfully mangled condition . James Morgan having a severe fracture of his right thigh , a compound fracture of his lower jaw and an extensive contusion of his spine .

      William Lambert also had his left ' thigh fractured , and received several severe injuries ofthe right ankle and right shoulder . Thomas Nash fractured his ankle jointseverely , and had besides some very severe contusions of the lace and bodv ; and William Kent received some abdominal injuries of a most dangerous character , but had no bones fractured . The inhabitantsbf tbe neighbourhord immediately came to the assistance of the unfortunate sufferers , and they were removed to the Bristol Infirmary , where they are now lying in a very-precarious state . The man who was struck . by the falling plank was also severely , but not dangerously injured , and was remdrcd to the house of some of his relatives .

      ¦ Three Fatal Accidents . —Oh Tuesday , Mr . Bedford , ' Coroner for Westminster , held three inquests at the Black Horse , Bedfofdbury , Covent-garden . The first was upon the body of William' Austin , aged two years , the son ol a compositor , residing at 10 , Crowncourt , Drury-lane .: From the . evidence of a Mr . Todd , it appeared that oh the morning of Sunday last , his attention-was directed to the house ' opposite his own , in Crown-court , by perceiving smoke issuing through the iron gi-atin « s . He immediatel y went to ascertain the cause , when he found the deceased running to and fro in the front kitchen area , with the whole of his wearing apparel in a blaze . The flames were extinguished as soon as possible , and the deceased was removed first to King ' s College

      Hospital , bnt there being no vacant beds in that institution ; he was taken to the ' Oharing-cross Hospital , where he died on Monday from the' effects ; of the burns . It appears that the child , . during the temporary absence of his mother , commenced playing with the fire , and his clothes in consequence became ignited . . Veulict" Accidental death . "—The second ; inquest was concerning the death of John Woodman , aged forty-eight . The ' : deceased on the ( ith of the present month was cnua ' ged with several other men , removihg , an ent ablature-from the shop front of a . house iinderj-epair iu Lonii Acre . The deceased \ v : is hiding the fascia up by means of a rope from the ^^ flpot , ; whenthe weight of it pulled him out of th $ winddw , \ and fallinglupon his head he fractured his skull . ' lie was taken to Clmring-cross Hospital , he on

      ^• here died Monday . Verdict , "Accidental -deaihVWrhe'third inquiry was on the body of . 'ThomasIreland ,-aged sixiy-live . The deceased , on Sunday lasljf- . was , cleaning some windows for Mr . Sawyer , an engineer ,-of Frith-street , Soho , when it , is supposed that lie niisseckhis (' noting , for he was found lying on the pavement under the house ; "he Lbltiod lit the time was ifOT-in ;; from his mouth , ears , and ., nose .,. lie was al |^ femoved to the Charingerbss Hospital , wl ) ere ; iio i $ je 4 . iin ™ ediately after his admission . Verdict ,, " T ^ jft'he died from a fractun of thebase ofthe skull , buWow caused there was tot sufficient eyidejuce to ; prgvM " > e

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      The Cashbi . Catastbophb . —Two of the sufferers bythefalloftheCashel Town-hall have ^ died from the effects of their injuries . Their names are lh « - mas Gleeson and John Dwyer . Two moro are considered to be in a hopeless state . Shocking Muroeb at Hkipton . —On Monday an inquest was held at Skipton , on view of the body of Mary Rodda , about a yearand-a-half old , the daughter of John Rodda , a labourer . It appears that the latter is a member of a burial clubj and that he would have been entitled to 21 . l ( k on the death of a child . Under pretence of killins vermin , he nurchased some

      oil of vitriol , which he poured down the throat of his child while she was asleep in the cradle , which caused her death . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder " against the-father , who was taken to York Castle on Tuesday , to abide his trial for the horrid offence , at the ensuing assizes . # Theatric at Algiers . —The Minister of War has just accorded the privile » e of a royal theatre at Al giers , in the Place Royale , opposite the Djenina . There already exi * ts a small theatre at Algiers , but it is of no imnortance . The new establishment will have permission to play tragedy , comedy and opera . The person to whom the privilege is granted is connected with the French opera at Paris .

      The late Muude * at Berkeswkll , near Coventry . —James Read , who was acquitted at the late Warwick assizes on the charge of murdering an old man named Tranter , in the parish of Berkeswell , has been again committed for trial on the charge of robbing the old man ' s house : a handkerchief , a hat , and other articles were pawned in Birmingham , a day or two after the murder , in the prisoner ' s name , Viscount Hardinge . —The inhabitants of the borough of Launceston , lately represented by Viscount Hardinge , agreed unanimously at a public meeting convened by the Mayor on Friday , to present an address of congratulation to the noble Viscount on his recent victories in India .

      Good . —In one of the p ieces performed at the French plays on the occasion of a recent visit of the Queen and Prince Albert , the following line occurred , 'The wife should reign but not govern . ' This seemed to create a good deal of merriment in the royal box . Fatal Accident o » the Western Railway . —An accident which shortly afterwards terminated fatally , occurred on Saturday morning to a workman on the line , at Bull ' s-bridge , between the West Drayton and Southall stations , who was knocked down by the buffer of the engine attached to the seven o ' clock train from Bristol to Paddington . The train was stopped as soon as possible after the accident , and returned to the scene of the unfortunate calamity , when it was discovered that the poor man must have been killed almost instantaneously .

      A Terrible ARMr . —The following summary shows the strength , in numbers , of individuals occupiediti England , & c ., in a judicial or other administrative or legal professional character , in April , 1840 . We have , then , in England 5 equity judges , anil 15 common law judges of the superior courts at Westminster , 1 judge in civil law , 1 admiralty judue , 2 judges in bankruptcy , 12 masters in chancery , 2 masters in lunacy , 5 visitors in lunacy , 11 commissioners in lunacy , 6 commissioners in bankruptcy , 12 country commissioners in do ., 90 recorders , 21 metropolitan and suburban magistrates , 24 clerks of the High Court

      of Chancery , 10 registers of the Court of Chascery , 25 Lord Chancellor ' s officers , and a legion of other officers attached to the equity and common law public offices . The bar is comnosed of 3 , 030 barristers , exclu-ivc of 28 serjeants-at-law . There are 74 Queen ' s counsel , including the attorney and solicitor general ; 23 advocates , members of the College of Doctors of Law ; 122 certified special pleaders and conrevflncers , not at the bar ; abovc 2 , 800 metropolitan attorneys , upwards of 4000 country attorneys , 106 proctors and notaries , 34 notaries public , 55 par liamentary agents , 31 Scotch law agents iu London , 51 Irish law agents , 14 patent a « ents .

      The Victor of Aijwal . —It is said in military circles that the colonelcy of one of the regiments now vacant will he conferred on Sir II , G , Smith , the victor of Alhval . The emoluments ofthe colonel of a regiment are estimated at 1 . 000 Z . a year , but should the regiment be serving in India , above double that amount whilst so serving . Elopement . —Oxford . —On Friday morning the family of Lord Valcntia , of Bletchington-park , was thrown into a state of the greatest excitement by the discovery of the elopement of his Lordship ' s daughter , the Hon . Nea Ada Arthur Rose d'Amour Annesley . The only circumstances relative to this affair known here arc these : —That a gentleman arrived at the Angel Inn yesterday , who turns out to

      be Hercules G . R . Robinson , Esq ., of the 87 th Fusiliers , second son of Captain 11 . Robinson , R . N . of Rosewood , county of Meath , Ireland ; that he ordered a chaise and pair to go to a village a few miles on the Bambury-road , when lie met the lady on the road without any . attendant . He . immediately alightt d and handed the lady in , and ordered the postboy to retrace his step * to Oxford , and drive as fast as possible to the Great Western Railway-station , where , on their arrival a special train was found awaiting them . They were soon whisked away to London , and before 12 o clock were united its the holy bands of wedlock , at St . James ' s Church , Westminster . The happy couple left London immediately after the ceremony , en route for Ireland .

      Tub Crops . —The state of the spring wheat begins to excite some alarm ; the long continued cold and bleak weather , with rain and easterly winds , having not only checked vegetation in general , but caused a great breadth of wheat in the midland districts to turn yellow , and set . We hope a change for the betUris at hand . ¦ 'The Best Place . "—A Dutchman and his wife were travelling , and they sat down by the road exceedingly fatigued . The wife sighed— "I wish I was in Heaven ! " The husband replied— " I wish I was at the tavern ! " " Oh , you old rogue , " said she , " you always want to get the best place . "

      Pardoned , and again Condemned . —Mr . Serjeant , who was convicted at Dublin of having forged a bill of exchange , was last week sentenced to seven years ' transportation . When George IV . was quitting Ireland , in 1821 , this individual was under a similar sentence for a similar charge . His wife rushed into the water after the King ' s barge , with a petition in her hand praying for pardon , which his Majesty granted . Unparalleled Perforjcance . —Jackson , the champion oi Transatlantic pedestrians , ran ten miles in

      58 minutes and 9 seconds ! on the 11 th ult ., at the Oglethorpe Clours , Seadvannah . The contest was between him and Gelrsleeve , for a purse of 300 dollars . His opponent ran seven miles in 42 minutes , and then gave up the match . The Murder in Jersey . —The grand jury , before whom the appeal of Mary Le Gendre , was tried , has confirmed the vcrdiot of the petty jury of " Wilful Murder , " whereupon the court condemned the prisoner to transportation for life , with confiscation of all her personal and real property .

      Cost of the Fortications of Paris . —The account rendered to the King of the works of the fortifications of Paris have just been distributed to the chambers . The grants accorded in virtue of the bill of tho 3 rd of April , 1841 , amount , up to 1845 , tothe sum of 128 million francs ( £ 6 , 120 , 000 . ) The actual expenses amount to 127 , 266 , 238 francs , leaving a balance of 783 , 762 francs , or £ 31 , 350 . The sum total estimated for the fortifications of Paris was 140 millions , or £ 5 , 000 , 000 . which leaves in hand the sum of 12 , 783 , 762 francs ( £ 511 , 350 . ) which is sufficient to complete the works . The expenses aiv stated as follows : — Exterior walls . 54 , 501 . 959 fr . 22 .- ;; forts and strategic road * , 50 , 033 , 10 » fr . 00 c . ; pun-hase of lands , 17 , 471 , 638 ^ . 540 . j ; general expenecs , S , 533 , 238 lr . 65 c . ; total , U 0 , 000 , Q 00 fc . The foltoivitig additional statements are not void of interest . The ground occupied

      by the fortications is 782 hectares , or about 1 , 660 acres . ' 770 hectares have already been taken possession of ; 12 . hectares have still to be acquired ; 657 hectares were obtained by private contract . The 113 hectares which it was necessary to obtain by expropriation , cost 27 per cent , more than they were valued at . The state offered 2 , 410 , 587 fr . ; but the jury allotted 3 , 054 510 ft - . The extent ( developement ) of the enclosure is 33 , 661 metres ; that of the forts , 22 , 648 metres ' ; a total amount of 01 , 309 metres or nearly fifteen leagues nnd a quarter for forming the most collossaldefensive works that ever were executed . Robert Owen . —This venerable philanthropist arrived in London on Monday last from a visit , of somem nths duration in the United States . The benevolent philosopher is as busy and as hopeful as ever with his schemes for the reconstruction of

      society . A Gallant Acr . —On the night of the 16 th insti , at half-past twelve , when relieving sentinels on board the Raleitth , ' fifty , lying in Pinop Reach , the sentinel in tlie forechannei fell into the water . The alarm "Aman overboard" was immediately given , and rpauhed the ears of the first lieutenant of the llnleieh , Mr . Tatbam , in bed at ihe time , who instantly sprung on deck in his night-shirt and preci , pated himself off the gangway into the river Although ah intense fog prevailed at tlie same time ' and the weather was very cold , at the peril of his oivn life he succeeded in saving the marine , but was much exhausted when he got on board . The sentinel was very nearly drowned when Mr . Tatbam saved him . —Hampshire Telegraph .

      Retirement fok a 1 ) ipjlomatist . —Mr . Everett , says the Boston Courier , has tuken up his residence in Cambridge , and entered upon the duties of the Presidency on Monday morning . He attended the customary religious services that morning , and made an affectionate address to the under graduatis . Mr . Everett ' s accession to this office —the highest literary distinction in the country—will be an auspicious era in the history of Harvard University . The Floods in the United States . —Every mail , for the last three weeks or more , lias come to us freighted with tlie intelligence of disasters by frcshet > . Bridges without number have been swept awayhouses carried oil—railroads submerged—embankments overthrown — thou-ands of acres of land deluged , and property of all kinds destroyed to an immense amount . In fact such injury by floods has not sccuned in this country for tho last fifty years . We

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      had hoped , a few davs since , that the melancholy 'progress ? of ' . -these diaflstrous ouibrrak * of nature wot about to be stopped , but . the List Eastern mail has brbueht" us the detai ! s " lof ah overwhelming flsod in Maine , by which at- 'least 1 . 000 , 000 dolfors worth of property has lieen"deRtroyed , and the probability is that in all par ' s ofthe Union upwards of 2 , 000 , 000 dollars worth of property has been swept away by these dreadful floods . Apainstsuch disasters as these no provision can possibly be made ; the resistless tide sweeps away every defence that the arm of mnn can erect . Thousands have probably been ruined , but it - is a great source of satisfaction that so fewi lives have been lost . The awful loss of life occasioned by the dreadful gales upon our const has been sufficient

      to cast a pall of gloom over a creut portion of the community without any addition from the freshets . — New York Herald . Offences rs Ireljnd . —Three returns respectingoffences in Ireland- were printed on Monday . Mr . Charles Buller ( Liskenrd ) obtained arciurn of outrages committed , to which reference was made in the House of Commons on Monday night . Mr . Gregory ( Dublin ) moved for " a return of all murders that might have been committed in Irtland since the 1 st of January , 1842 , specifying the county and barony where such ' murders bad been committed , the name and condition of the person so murdered , Ac . This return extends to thirteen pages , but its value as a document of reference is diminished by the absence

      of a summary , which observation does not apply to the other return . From an examination of the second return , it appears that from the 1 st of January . 1842 , there were no fewer than 561 "h micides " , to the 24 th of February last ; there were 180 attempts to murder , attended with bodily injury , and 308 attempts to murder not attended with bodily injury . Thethird return , procured by Mr . Caleb Powell ( Limerick ) , shows that . thirteen persons were committed from the petty sessions a- Munoe , in the barony of Oweybegfrom the 1 st January , 1845 , to the termination of the Spring Assizes , 184 G . and fifty-six outrages reported to the Constabulary-office in the . vime period . Street Robbery . —On Tuesday , at M » r ! boroughstreet

      , a woman who refused to disclose krr name , was brought before Mr . Maltby . charged by Mr . Charles Grogan , No . 2 , Bryanstone-square , with having robbed him of his gold watch , value £ 15 . The cnmplainant " said , he w .-iswalkinj : with his friend in Oxford-street , about twelve o ' clock the previous night , when the prisoner came up and impeded his way , He pushed her off , and she thenseiztd his watch-guard . He felt at his waistcoat pocket , and finding his gold watch cone he caught hold ofthe prisoner to detain her . The prisoner tried to make her escape , and b- ' t his finger severely . Several persons came up and tried to get the prisoner away , but did not succeed . She was commit tt d .

      " he CiioLKrtA . —This destructive scourge of humanity seems once more on its « ay to ravage . the continent of Europe , originating , as befme , in the heart of A .-ia , Northern Persia beinp the first quarter in which it was noticed ; it is gradually approaching the confines of Europe . The chief cities of Persia already count by thousands the number of their dead who have fallen victims to Asiatic cholera . The line of route talcen by it appears to be almost due west , for it attieked in regulai'Mueeo ^ sion the cities of Bokhavi , Herat , Meshed , Teheran , and Ispahan , while recent accounts from Oilosa stale that-two or three cases of Asiatic cholera hiid ' been ob « crvrd at

      Tin ' s .. Should it continue to advance at its present rate , it may be 1 oked for in Eastern Em ope in a very short time . Indce-1 it is stated from Riga that it has already broken out at Oronhur » and ly . ns . tn , and that several persons at St . Petm-burgh have been attacked by the influenza , a disease that usually precedes the cholera ; proper prec .-iHtioonr . v measures ought , therefore , to be taken to check the progress of the cholera in due time , for airiving as it will in the middle of summer , the season most fnvnumhle to its developement and propagation , the consequences jn the-dense !) crowded cities ofthe Continent will be awful . —German Paper .

      A Descendant of the Stuarts . —Mary Stuart was brought before Mr . Hardwick , charged with breaking Sir ( ames Graham ' s windows , and that with no more ceremony than Sir James broke the seals 6 f Mazzini ' s letters . Mary Stuart ' s object , by this destruction , was to touch the heart of the Home Secretary . Thinking that statesmen had their feelings framed and glazed , she sought . to appeal to them with congenial stone . In fine , she broke two squares of glass , because Sir James would not-believe that she was " really the - ' grand-daughter of Cluwtea Stu & vt , but out of her senses . " For ourselves , we think the poor woman under a delusion , and this is our reason : — she said , "As to my birth , I do not think anything of that . 1 only viant to get my living . " Now , in our opinion , this is by far too sensible an observation to

      be made by any descendant of the Stuarts . The poor woman has no doubt been imposed upon ; the rationality ^ of her word" —the independence of her spirit—entirely falsifies her assumed origin . —Punch . Backward Ireland . —At Conciliation Hall , the Lord Mayor of Dublin "believed in his heart that ; Ireland would fall back 300 jears , if O'Connell was lost to her sons . " And what more would Irishmen wish ? The Union is the blight of Ireland : now , put Ireland back even * a hundred years , and no Union would exist . However , his Lordship further observed that "O'Connell ' s precious life would be protracted until justice was obtained ; and nothing was justice but Repeal . " If O'Connell is really to live to see Repeal , he would be a profitable assurance ( and Daniel himself knows what profitable assurance is)—to any Life Office . —Punch .

      Thk Horbible Rap * Cases ik Westmoreland . — The four railway labourers ( two Smiths , Gloucester , and Gunner ) who in so diabolical a manner , on Sunday evening week , violated the persons of Miss Elizabeth and Jane Dover , on Knipe Scar Moor , Westmoreland , and who absconded early on the following morning , on Wednesday night last wera apprehended at Hartlepool / in tbe county of Durham , by Charnock and Stevenson , the two railway policestationed at Hackthorpe , after a chase of nearly 100 miles . On Friday last the prisoners were brought up before Mr . Richard Tinkler and J . W . Ward , clerk , at the Lowther Castle Inn , Hackthorpe , when the Misses Dover identified them , and they were committed to Appleby Gaol to take their trial at the next

      . Workhouse Refuge Refused to the Insane . — At the Clerkenwell Police-court on Tuesday Mrs . Fraser , a nurse in the Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s Inn-road , brought a poor demented looking girl , named IUgginbotham , before the magistrate under these circumstances : —It appeared , from the statement of Mrs . Fraser , that the poor girl on behalf of whom she applied had been received into the Royal Free Hospital a few weeks ago , in consequence of anillness which affected her mind . From the physical malady she recovered , but the light of reason seemed to have departed for ever . Previously to admission tho girl had been in the service of respectable families , and there was no stain upon her moral character .

      She was now , however , wholly destitute , and as her friends declined interfering on her behalf , they knew not what to do with her . They applied to St . ¦ Paneras workhouse , but the functionaries there refused to receive her without the certificate of a medical gentleman as to her insanity . That certificate had been procured , and Mrs . Fraser hired a cab and conveyed the poor girl from the hospital to the workhouse on that day ( Monday ) , thinking no difficulty Would be experienced regarding her admission upon presenting the certificate . The officers , however , refused to receive her , on the ground that the magistrates had made no order on the subject , and one of the overseers told In r that unless one ofthe magistrates of this court made an urderfur her arim ' n-sion they could'not receive her . Mrs . r-Ynser Hiiilt-ri lli : > t tho unhappy being had made two clou'i'miutd

      attempts to destroy herself , and that easting lu-v upon the streets would be certain destruction . Mr . 1 lesi-1-tine , overseer to St . Pancras parish , said , that the board had decided upon not receiving the »\ rl because they would be overburdened -with destitute persons from the University and tlie Royal Free Hospital , both which institutions were in their parish . Mr . Combe said , the overseer would refuse to receive her at his peril . It was evident to anybody that tho poor girl was insane , and to suffer so helpless a creature to roam about tlie streets would be an outrage upon humanity and decency . He told Mr . Ileseltino very plainly that if the overseer persisted in his refusal he would be indicted for such refusal , and the Attorney-General would prosecute him . Mr . Heseltine promised to communicate the magistrate ' s opinion to the overseers ; and since it was . so strong he felt no doubt that the girl would be-admitted .

      IIORltinLE MUDDEK OF A POLICE' OfFICEII . '—On Saturday evenins ; last , William Soromefrville , one of the . policeman on the Caledonian Railway , ' was killed in the most barbarous manner , near Lockerbie , by the labourers . It appeal's that the monthly payment ofthe rscn working on that part , of the line took place on Saturday evening last , aiid a disturbance having occurred amongst tho " navvys , " deceased and other officers were called upon to quellthc uproar , who , in attempting to do so , were kicked and beaten in the mostvioleht and brutal manner ; bv the inch , who were mostly Irishmen . The treatment which Sommcrville received from three of them was

      most savage . He was stabbed on h is body with some sharp-edged instrument , his nose . was split in two , and so was one of his checks , whilst one of his eves were burst , and rolled out of its socket . He expired soon afterwards . The three murderers effected their escape , but the police are in pursuit of ' thehvin all directions . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ Dkath Accelerated m Excitement . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Mr . W . Payne , City coroner , at the Hand and Shears , Cloth-fair , Smithileld , respecting . the death of Elinor Shore . a « cd fifty-one years , of Long-lane , Barbican , The deceased geuevally enjoyed good health , but during the last three months had laboured under great excitement in consequence of her dughtwll 0 decoyed away by a voung man formed an attachment . On -leceased retired to rest , and the wis discovered in a dying state , A surgeon . was sent for . lmt the tore his arrival . The jury " Natural death . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02051846/page/3/