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      - " - " ^ BE AUtfE ? 0 FJBIRQ & " CgOPE HABOXP . " ., ^ extr acts this week commence with tie Mow jjg lineSOU pEXBASCH . ^ . wisa tomb in Arqaaj—rear'ain ^ r , . E ^ d in theirsarcophagus , repose Sfhones of Laura ' slever ; here repair v ovfemiliar with bis well-sung-woes , . ^ ettitaims of Ms genius . He arose j ^ alanguage , and ldsland radaim

      Train the dull yoke of her barbaric foes ! deling the tree which bears his lady ' s name — . j-jusmel odious tears , he gave himself to fame . Levieep his dustin Arg . ua , where he died ; ^ mountain village where Ms latter § ayg ieot town the vale of years ; and 'tis their pridein honest pride—and let it be their praise , ip ^ er to ttspassing stranger's gaze i fc mansion and hie sepulchre ; both plain ind renBrably simple , such as raise feeling more accordant with his strain " 0 f a pyramidform'dliis monumental fane .

      IA 8 SO . Terrara ! in thy wide and grass-grown streets , tf hose symmetry was not for solitude , jhere seems as 'twere a curse -upon the seats Of for mer sovereigns , and the antique brood Of EstCi which for many an age made good ' Jts strength within thy walls , and was of ' yore Patron or tyrant , as the changing mood Of petty power impell'dof those Who wore The wreath which Dante ' s brow alone had worn before jia 3 Tasso is their glory and their shame . Har ktohksrrainl and then surrey his cell ! And see how dearly earn'd Torquato ' s fame , And where Alfonso bade his poet dwell : The miserable despot could not quell The insulted mind he sought to quench , and blend With the surrounding maniacs , in the hell Where he had plunged it Glory without end Soatter'd the clonus away—and on that name attend

      The tears and praises of all time ; while thine Would rot in its oblivion—in the sink Of worthless dust , which from thy boasted line Is shaken into nothing ; bat the link Thou fonnest in his fortunes bids us think Of thy poor malice , naming thee with scorn-Alfonso ! how thy ducal pageants shrink from thee ! if in another station born , Scarce fit to he the slave of him thou mad'st to mourn . * # * * Peace to Torquato ' s injured Shade ! 'twas his In life and death to be the mark where Wrsng Aim'd with her poison'd arrows ; bnt to miss . Oh victor unsurpass'd in modern song ! Each year brings forth its millions , but how long The tide of generations shall roll on , And not the -whole combined and countless throng Compose a mind like thine ! though all in one Condensed their scatterMrays , they would sot form a

      DANTE . Ungrateful Florence ! Dante sleeps afar , like Scipio , baried by the upbraiding shore ! The factions In their worse than civil war . Proscribed the hard whose name for evermore Their children's children would in rain adore With the remorse of ages ; and the crown Which Petrarch's laureate brow supremely wove . Upon a fair and foreign soU had grown , His life , his fame , his grave , though rifled—not thine own .

      BOCCACCIO . Boccaccio to his parent earth bequeath'd His dust;—and lies it not her great among , With many a sweet and solema requiem breathed O ' er him who form'd the Tuscan ' s Siren tongue . That music in itself , whose sounds are song , The poetry of speech * So;—even his tomb Upturn , must bear the hyama bigot's wrong , No more amidst the meaner dead find room Nor claim a passing sigh , because it told for whom !

      ASGELO , ALTIEBI , GALILEO , XACHIAYEIXJ , In Santa Croce ' s holy precincts lie Ashes which make it holier , dost which is Even in itself an immorality , Though there were nothing save the past , and this The particle of those sublimities Which have relapsed to chaos!—here repose Angelo ' s , Alfieri's bones , and his , The starry Galileo , with his woes ; HereMachiaveUi' s earth retnrn'd to whence it rose .

      These are four minds , which , like the elements , Might furnish forth creation : —Italy ! - ¦¦ . ¦ > Time , which hath wrong'd thee with ten thousand rents Of thine imperial garment , shall deny , And hath denied , to every other sky , Spirits which soar from ruin : —thy decay Js still impregnate with divinity , Which gilds it with revivifying ray ; Such as the great of yore , Canova is to day .

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      The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pnrso* Rhsm...

      THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Pnrso * Rhsme in Ten Books . By Thomas Coohsb , ihe Chartist . London : J . How , 133 , Fleet-street .

      ( Continued from the Star of Nov . 22 nd . J MrrHEiDATEa speaks : — Xy cnrgns , though thy modesty would wave - Our full soul ' s tribute , —he arose and said , — Yet here I laud thy wisdom deep , and sanve Porbearance ' mid the scorn that on thy head Wein onr rashness—by old pomps misfed . And overblown—poured , when we should have praise 0 " Wisely thou say ' s * the lessons here outspread , Through hall and dome and aisle , have in us raised Wonder that we so long in ignorance on them gazed .

      Tor ages did the lesson us invite To contemplation , —but the soul was held In earth's old bonds of prejudice , nor right Prom wrong discerned . In thraldom thus We dwelled Of self-deceit : vile thraldom , though we swelled With blindly arrogant imaginings . 3 > arkness and vagueness from the soul expelled , — Her chambers filled with Tirtue ' s symbolings , — Season disdaineth pride and its false glisterings . Sage Spartan , thus I read our visioned state . Rehearsal , how our sufferings passed away , And how old Earth became regenerate , I yield nnto mj brethren , —though I may , Per opening of the theme , thus much essay : Twas conquest over Evil physical That ushered in Earth's glorious brother-day : — Whence came , by law of sympathy whose veil Is still unreni , onr soul-state beatifical .

      IjuSge thai Earth had stUl in bondage been To Error , had the sons of enterprize And science , -unobservant , foiled to glean The truths GreatSature spread before the eyes Of heedless man , whose psssion for life ' s toys Robbed him of its true treasures , and so doomed Him all his days with pain to agonize , With want and woe : a creature spirit-gloomed , Though tenanting a world where jocund beauty bloomed A world whose elements were his to wield And govern . 2 Jow , —behold the storm-tossed sea " His pathway !—see his chariots o'er it wheeled More swiftly than o ' er land , by energy Electric—which men deemed a mystery , Or sign of wrath divine , till from the cloud A sage , with children ' s kite , and string , and key , Drew the winged essence , and the truth foreshewed , Unwittingly , how , one day , men would tame the proud .

      All-scathing power , and dandle its huge strength With childlike effort ! Mountain , stream , and mine Their wealth afibrd him : Earth , through aU the length And breadth and depth of her rotund confine , — Th'impalpable and vital chrystalline Itself , are , each , his servitor ! Of want Men talk as of some ancient fable : pine They cannot , for the soil , exuberant Rendered by ar t , of food is over-ininistrant . The senses know no craving : neither strife Sor guile to win indulgence , or obtain "Whatall enjoy , embitters human life : Disease is banished—until mortal pain Approaches : —erti the bounds of life ' s domain Are trebly larger . Brothers , do I deem Arig ht that mortal men and spirits gain Their high beatitude , because supreme Men grew o ' er natural Evil ? Bnt I yield the theme . —

      Cato follows , arguing that the fault of mankind s misery lay not in nature , but in man , the slothful pupil in her school , or the wild and perverse truant after vice- He adds : — lis , then , unto the Few , the tireless Pew , Who through all ages sad in every clime Pursued the Good , our gratitude is due . Thus moral , mental conquest was the prime Of human victories : triumph sublime Cer outward elements sprang from the wreath Of moral victory ; and through all time They shall be held glorious who did bequeath lessons of moral straggle in their lives or death . —

      Zeso , Cleaxthes , and Metbocles , it is intimated , express views similar to those of Cato , but their speeches are not given . Lucretius follows , and speaks at some length . The intent of his address is contained in the following stanza : — The march of Thought was onward from of old , — Onward , for aye , to Katnre ' s eye , —though dense Pilm-sighted men no progress could behold : Thought spring from thought by chain of conse quence , — In old or newer dime , —till violence ,

      The Purgatory Of Suicides. A Pnrso* Rhsm...

      fraud , ignorance , want , woe , and pain , and tlirall Evanished atthe new omnipotence Of Mind Nature brought forth : Mind that through aU The Uflivcri Bnow reigns by might iuunutaWe . ~ ¦^^ t : ^ a ^ cmB ,. CmmB , ^ CBXBamiB , ^ Codbus , TaEMttibcLEs , Demosthenes , Condorcet , and roomer , - are the remaining speakers ? but the speech o |^ ccTOsonlyii * giren . f ; . iW « « serreothe ; concluding stanzas / till next -week , when we shall bring to an end onr review of the " Purgatory of Suicides .

      Pictorial Penny Balladistv Part Ii, In. ...

      PICTORIAL PENNY BALLADISTV Part II , in . London : J . 0 . Moore , 12 j Wellington-Btreet , North Strand ;;' ::. ¦ - ¦ "¦ li - " . ' : ¦ : ¦ . [ : . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'• ¦ ' -- >; -....-. ' . Since our first notice of this admirable publication we have received Parte II . and lit , ana a careful examination of their contents fully confirm the anticipations we had formed from a sightof Part I . The Parts before us contain several ancient ballads , and several of modern date , from the pens of Dr . Leyhen , Scoir , Cablexon , and others . Here are " The Lists of Naseby Wold ; " "The Children in the Wood ; ' * " Sir Turlough ; or , the Church-yard Bride ;" " Robin flood and Gay of Gisborne " . «*

      SirAldingar ; " " Glenfinlas ; or . Lord Ronald ' s Coronach . ;" "King Estmere ; " "The Cout of Keeldar ; " and "Lord Soulis . " -Ancient traditions , superstitions , fends , customs and manners , are faithfully depicted in these ballads : eren the food and dress of the generations of bygone times are set down in these poetic chronicles . Not the least interesting' feature of this publication is the preservation of the old spelling , so quaint but so expressive . The . illustrations , as we Lave before , remarked , add much to the beauty of the work . ' We repeat our earnest approval of this publication , and most heartily recommend the Penny BaUadut to the support of our readers . ' '

      Pictorial Penni: Shakespeare. Paws I.,Il...

      PICTORIAL PENNi : SHAKESPEARE . Paws I ., IL , IIL London : J . C . Moore , 12 , Welling . ton-street North , Strand . The Englishman who has not read Shakespeare may doubt his nationality ; he is , at best , but half an Englishman , when ignorant of the works of his greatest countryman : and yet , to how many millions has Shakespeare been but little , if anything , more than a mere name . It is painful to reflect that thousands , nay , millions have Jived and died , and never known him , who , " though dead yet speaketh , '' and speaketh those words which , of mightier import than the words of priests or prophets , never fail to elevate the minds and purify the hearts of those who willingly list to them . Of late years a knowledge of Shakespeare ' s works has been widely diffused through the medium of the many cheap and beautiful editions which Mr . Knight and otherenterprlsing booksellers have published . Still , an edition , which-should be within the reach of the poorest of the people , was a

      desideratum unaccomplished . Half-crown and shilling parts , or numbers , of any work is , no doubt , cheap enough for many thousands ; but such prices are above the means ofa still more numerous class . To meet the wans of this latter-class the spirited publisher of the EelmM Pemy BaUadist , has also commenced the publication of a Pictorial Penny Shakespeare , of which the first , second , and third monthly parts are before as . These parte contain the " Tempest , " " Two Gentlemen of Yerona , ' ; " Merry Wives of Windsor , " "Measure for Measure , " and the commencement of the " Comedy of Errors : " and the three may be purchased for Is . " 2 $ d . I But this is not au , the work , as the title bespeaks , is illustrated—and neatly illustrated too . / A separate set . of wood engravings , intended to form a pictorial biography cf Shakespeare , will also be gireh with every alternate part ; two of these have appeared , the first being , all the known portraits of Shakespeare ; the second , two views ofthe house in which he xvas , bbrn . .

      As an immense sale must be indispensable to enable the publisher to meet the expenses of this enterprise , we trust that the public will show their appreciation of this spirited undertaking , by giving it the support it so well deserves . ~ No man need now be without a copy of Shakespeare ; ; ¦¦ < -. ¦ ' . We perceive that Mr . Moobe is about to publish , or has already commenced publishing , a "Pi < t 6 r ' . al Penny Arabian Nighti' Entertainments , " & Pictorial Penny Robinson Crusoe" and a "Pictorial Penny Bunyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress . " We heartily wish him success .

      A Botanic Guide To Health, And The Natur...

      A BOTANIC GUIDE TO HEALTH , AND THE NATURAL PATHOLOQY OF DISEASE . By A . J . Coffin . Leeds : Moxon . London : Watson , Paul's-alley . Dr . Coffin is well known throughout Yorkshire , where his friends are numerous . Those friends applaud him-as a " medical reformer , " whilst his enemies decry him as a " quack . " He repudiates most ofthe remedial agents employed by the doctors , and confines himself to those ordinary and simple means of cure which nearly every field . ^ garden , and hedge-row abound with , and " which , while known to almost every village dame possessing ordinary intelligence , are unknown to , or despised br , the great body of medical practitioners . Now , in rejecting these simple remedies , which the experience of ages has proved thevalue of , it appears to us that the doctors are the " quacks . " Dr . Coffin has travelled much in ' : America , - where he - associated with -ihe naturalist Thomson , and spent some considerable

      time with the Indians of that Continent , to whom he professes to be much indebted for his medical and botanical knowledge . Whatever may be thought of Dr . Coffin ' s " system , " which is , however , backed up by several cases of well authenticated cures , ' there can be but one opinion as to the virtues of those medicinal plants and herbs on which his " system " mainly depends . At least , then , so far as this work throws light upon the too much neglected science of medical botany it is valuable , and deserves our commendation . "Unlike some gentlemen connected with the press , who assume to know everything * we must confess that our medical knowledge is extremely circumscribed , and , consequently , we dislike ^ the task of reviewing medical books ; we shall , therefore , content ourselves with recommending Dr . Coffin ' s work to onr readers , leaving each to decide for himself as to its merits . The work is . freed from . all technicalities , and will , consequently , be understood by every one . ; . '

      The Family Herald.. Parts Xxix., Xxx. Lo...

      THE FAMILY HERALD .. Parts XXIX ., XXX . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . These two parts " of the Family Herald attest the continued talent of this publication , which still maintains its high and honourable position at the head of the pennv press . The editorial articles are most cleverly written , and we shall be surprised if these admirable essays are not at some future time reprinted by themselves . From one of these we extract the following sensible remarks

      on—XAILBOADS . That much of the railway business is substantial , productive , and profitable business , there can be no doubt ; but there can he as little doubt that there is a very large semainder " that will be unproductive and ruinous . The mushroom rapidity with which it has Shotnp is rather a suspicions and unfavourable symptom . It is a species of revolution , producing -great constitutional changes , without giving the old interests sufficient time to accomodate themselves to the new system . It is a rush of blood to one portion of the body politic , which either creates a ear- ' -spending deficiency in some other , or produces inflm nation in the part affected . We have no means of ascertaining the amount of capital required for projects at present in the market , but if the Times , which has ample means of receiving the best information upon such

      subjects , it amounts to about five hundred milUons sterling . This is five-eighths of the National Debt ; and , as all the projects at present before the public comtemplate as speedy a realisation as possible , we may safely suppose that this enormous amount of money is expected to be forthcoming , spent and permanently invested in less than five years . Commerce never yet encountered a change so great and so sudden as this . It woulctbe a commercial revolution . That it would ruin the country , we have no fear ; but that it would nun many interests and many individuals in the country , and give them Uttle time and few opportunities to protect themselves from the storm thus let loose upon them , must he evident to all who only think for a moment , that activity , labour , and capital suddenly directed to one department , must be , to a corresponding extent , diverted from another , unless there

      be snch a superabundance of each unemployed in the country as to supply the demand . Now this is not the case . Supposing a million of labourers were required for these railways , and this for 500 railways is only 2 , 000 men to each ; where are the men to be found ?—and if they be found , where will they be taken from t According to the census of 1841 , there are 1 , 082 , 165 male labourers in Great Britain employed in agriculture . It would take the whole of them to construct the railways contemplated ; and then what would become of the land ? There are 193 , 877 miners ; but i if they were taken , who would supply the population with coals , and the engines with fuel , and the road-makers with rails !—we shall want more miners , rather than fewer . There are 386 , 157 labourers , whose particular employment is not mentioned ; perhaps they are day labourers . Well , if they are making railroads ,

      they cannot be carrying hods , and paving streets , and doing many other useful things , which cannot he . enumerated . There are 1 , 687 , 477 engaged in trade and commerce . Were the road-makers taken from this class , there " would be a sad falling off in the revenue and resources of the country . This number is expected to be increased rather than diminished . There- are 7 H . 872 engaged in manufactures . TTe cannot spare one of these . We expect rather to increase than diminish their number . Now these five numbers embrace all the available labour of the country , with the exception of men-servants , proJ fessional men , gentlemen , and others , who would not condescend to have thing to do with the construction of

      any the roads , but only with the mania ofthe share exchange . Where , then , are the minion labourers tocomefrom ?—from Ireland ? A million Irish labourers , With a million wives , and four million children-six mfluons of the finest piwanfs in the world imported into Eagland ! Itis a splendid i * a ; bnt ^ even supposing oneJialf of them were to come from Ireland , htw could Great Britain supply the other half , and , at the same time , the directing mind and capital , without deducting largely from the amount of vigour at present prevailing in other departments of industry . * # * * Moreover , the fears of the mercantile world are HOW be-

      The Family Herald.. Parts Xxix., Xxx. Lo...

      ginning to be aroused . The debts are not now so easily collected as formerly . The debtors want time ; and many of the manufacturers are instituting inquiries re-Bpsctiug their customeii , reBoIvedltoiwithhoWl ^ eif credltfrom ^ those whoare gamblifig on the ' foadsi Whilst omer de ^ armTents of the reven ^ e have ralU amount of a million sterling in three months , the stamp and post ^ ffi ce departments have increased the latter to the amouns of £ 9 , 000 , which represents upwards of two millions of letters . ; These additional letters ' no doubt chiefly consist of applications for shares , as we are informed that one company alone , in twenty-four hours , received 30 , 000 .

      . That such a change is sufficient to regeneratea country is what , we should be sorry to affirm ; but that it is a a change Avhieh is Indispensable in the work of mundane regeneration cannot well be gainsayed . It is a hew medium of intercourse between nations and individuals—it is the contribution of mechanics to the great work of social amelioration . * # A new era . of mind is approaching , and the mechanical means are preparing foritsadvent . ' - '• ' '" ¦ ' - '¦ : Can we discover what is likely to-be the-character of this era from the _ symptoms already discernible f It is an era of more universal sympathy and interchange of kind feelings than any preceding . The iron links of union are * -hut the types of a common understanding and a common ' humani ^ . ; The idea of re-union is going

      abroad amongst the hearts of men . There is a striving —a powerless one hitherto , we must confess—after the realisation of the wish . Churches seek to unite with churches , sect with sect They deplore their division . They meet to propose the terms of re-union ; They make vows to observe hereafter more strictly than formerly the precepts of charity in controverting with each ; other . And in this they are not behind the commercial world , which cares for none of these things , for they are aiming at a virtue } whilst others are aiming at a profit . In the literary world we see a determined resolution to suppress every appearance of bigotry , intolerance , and party spirit , and an indulgent feeling is prevalent there for all" pecularities of opinion which do not show themselves in contemptuous , reproachful , persecuUve , spirltuaUy proud , and scornful behaviour , but which mildly and politely maintain their own rights of thought , and accord corresponding rights to others . In the commercial world , monopoly , esclnsiveness , and restriction are fast giving way

      to more generous principles . National Interests are giving place iu rank to imperial or hunianitary interest . And though each individual in all these departments' of activity is acting for himself and seeking an individual good in all that he does , yet , associated with this individual spirit Of selfishness , of which he cannot be divested without being divested of life , there is growing up alargeminded , enlightened , universal spirit , which looks at the whole in preference to the parts—which seeks the good of humanity at large rather than the individual in particular , and which promises , when full-grown and well matured in experience and the power of thought , to be the great ruling power of the coming age . To this the individual spirit will be subservient , and the elder shall serve the y ounger . , ¦ - ' . /' . The above is a specimen of the original contents of this excellent publication . The following extract from a work entitled , ! Scenes oft the Shares of the Atlantic , is a specimen of the selected matter contained within its columns : —

      THE DECENCIES OF DEATH . - - There is one verj striking characteristic , of . the Irish peasantry , and which I believe they possess in common with other nations in a backward state of civilisation , an extreme solicitude about their burial . To have a wenattended funeral , to he a " handsome corpse , " and above all , to be interred with their own kindred , are objects of the highest ambition , ' Those who are totally regardless ofthe decencies of life hold the decencies of death in such estimation , that to procure a good coffin , grave-clothes , and the wherewithal for a " creditahle wake , " they will undergo the greatest privations . I have known a poor woman pawn her only flannel petticoatona bitter winter's day to procure a meal for her starving chUdreni reduced to pinching , want , f ather than intrench on the sacred hoard kept carefully for the funeral expenses . Some there are who keep their coffin at the head of their bed for years , and old persons-have generally some good clothes stored up to " dress their corpses in . "

      - An old woman applied to us for an under garment , and having received one , together with a cap , exclaimed in the greatest joy— " Oh ! such linen , fit for a lady ; and ' a cap with elegant frills to it , bordered all round , The likes of them are much too grand for a creature like me to wear . I'll keep them for the day of my death , and they'll look beautiful at the wake . " ' "But , " we remonstrated , "they were not given you for that . They are meant to make you comfortable while you are alive , and you must wear them now . " " Aud not hare a decent rag to cover me in the coffin ' . Ladies dear 1 " she added in the most appealing tone , " sure now you wouldn't be so unreasonable . " But we were " unreasonable , " and insisted on the garments being worn ; suggesting , however , as a mitigation of the case , that as the old woman was so far advanced in years , they might possibly last long enough to answer the double purpose . This was a bright and happy thought on our parts , and

      our old friend departed , expressing a fervent wish that she might die before such " elegant clothes" . were worn out . ! When I was a child , we had a house-carpenter nanled Murphy , a very faithful creature , bur one to whom the French saying , " tcs qttfOUcii-mrpassmt SCS CMrms , " applied most strongly . He was a most ugly man ; bigheaded , hard-featured , and forbidding-looking . His person was distorted from having fallen off a high ladder in Ids youth , which had injured his spine and legs , and made him a " cripple for ¦ life . ' In short , to any one not accus . tomed to hi < appearance as we were , 'he must have looked something monstrous . One morning , poor-Murphy came limping up with a most rueful countenance , complaining of feeUng very ill with " pains in every boue in his body , and such an impression' on his heart ( the lower orders always call chest affections by this name ) that ho could scarcely draw his breath . "

      He had evidently caught a violent cold . Yarious remedics were proposed , and he seemed greatly comforted by the prospect of approaching relief . " My dear mother recommended a warm plaster to his chest , and gave him one to put on . He looked very suspiciouslyatit . " This is a warming-plaster , ma ' am , is it ! " " Yes ; a very good thing for your oppression . " "Maybeso . Would it hurt a body , now ? " "Ohno ; you will find it very comfortable , on the contrar / . " " Thank you ma ' am ; but will you tell me , would it leave any mark behind it ! " " It reddens ths skin a little , that ' s all . " Ah , that's what I misdoubted all along , from the looks of it . I ' m greatly obliged to you ma ' am , and thank you kindly , every bit as much as if I had made use of it . But ( returning the plaster ) 1 wouldn't put a mark or sign on myself for all the gold you could give me , or do anything that would hinder me from making a handsome corpse , plaze God j and that's what I'd be if I was to die this night , without speck or spot , or any such thing upon my whole skin . "

      And no argument could induce poor Murphy , unsightly and crippled and ill-favoured as he was , to run the risk of spoiling a "handsome ( l ) corpse" by applying the warm plaster . It was a strange , but , among his class , a very common species of vanity . Eugene Sub ' s story of the " Wandering Jew , " which so able a translation has been given in the Herald , is , at length , concluded ; but its place is well supplied by other well-written tales . In prose and poetry , from the first page to the last , each number teems with information and amusement of the best possible character . Great as is the support given to the Family Herald by the public , it is not greater than it well deserves .

      Wiuiam At Tfair Death From Violence.—Manslaughter. — On Tuesday Evening An Inquiry Of Several Hours' Dura-

      wiuiam at tfair Death from Violence . —Manslaughter . — On Tuesday evening an inquiry of several hours' dura-

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      won took place netore Mr . rayne , ne John Falstaff , Kent-street , Dover-road , respecting the death of MaryHarrowfin , aged sixty-seven years , lately living at No . 89 , Ann-street , Kent-road , who , it was alleged , died from injuries inflicted upon her by her son . Elizabeth Bryant , " of No . 89 , Annstreet , Kent-road , deposed that she lived in the same house , and had "known the deceased for nine months . On Saturday night last , whilst in bed , witness heard John Harrowfin , the son of the deceased , call out for witness ' s daughter to fetch some brandy for his mother , as she was taken ill ; It was then after twelve o ' clock , therefore she could not obtain any .

      Witness got out of bed , and went into their room . She was standing against the room door . Witness ran for Mr . M'Manns , but he being from home , witness went to Mr . Babbage , who attended , but she was then dead . The son told witness that his mother had been subject to a complaint in her throat ; , and _ he supposed it was a return of her old complaint . Witness did not see any blood about the place , nor was there any on her clothes . This witness made sueh prevarication in her evidence , in endeavouring to keep back important evidence , that the coroner threatened to commit her to prison . Jessie Edwards , lodging in the same house , stated that she heard a violent noise on the night in question , as if they were ouarreliiner . Witness went into the room , and there

      saw the deceased lying on the bed in a dying state Deceased said that " she had received her death blow , and that it was her son John who had done it . Witness lifted up her clothes , and saw a wound bleeding rery much . Deceased died before the arrival of the surgeon . A policeman came in . She son said that the deceased had received the injury by falling against the latch of the door . Mr . William Babbage , of No . 1 , Bengal-place , * ew Kent-road , said that when he reached the house the deceased had expired . Nothing was said ofthe wound at first , but the son told witness that deceased had been troubled with a difficulty ef breathing , and had examined

      gasped and died . Witness subsequently her person . He found a wound on the left side of the spinal chord , about midway between the sixth and seventh ribs . It appeared to hare been inflicted by a sharp knife . The wound was about th « eequarters of an inch in length , and one inch in depth , witness had made sposi mortem examination of the body . Death had arisen from the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain , which was much conjested . ihe coagulum might have arisen from excitement consequent upon the injury , or from excessive hemorrhage The coroner remarked on the evidence at great length , after which the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Harrowfin , " who was committed on the coroner ' s warrant to JSeWgate .

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      jJttJtl , ? ? ? > meb---A correspondent of the SSS ? frora ^ Granite State , says :- " Weare sickof suspense , and want the matter settled , so that Ind icL next - i ? ., 2 ' VM * Kanada » Kaliforaia , ! E £ ) i ' . TW ** : ta * Yefy Kurious Kombina i tion , Jruly ! " , , $ , A ; Kute , fellowHthis , ^ says the Brooklyn Star , "he would beaTKapital Kandidate for Kongress , ~ is Kapable of a' Konimwaion in a Kompany ; a Kornetey , Korporalcy , Kaptaincy , or Kolonelcy—would not make a bad Korps de gardeno Common Kase to Karry a Kamp or Kannonade a A conscienmous opponent to Hanging . —A gentleman in one ofthe interior towns is so much opposed to * Pimshment that he refuses to hang his

      . THE LAY OF LAZARUS .. Hark ! hark ! to the begging . box shaking ! * or w hom is this alms-money making f 'TisDiK— . who is cramming " e ^ His wallet while famine . Sets the heart of the peasant a- ' guakinf . Man's food in earth ' s besom is rotting , And charity ' s dole if allotting' To whom t At church door ; _ : The PAMPEBEin , once more , ..--To plunder the pauper j f plotting . The priest from the altar inveigles , Ths peasant reluctant yet higgles , His children ' s support Is bagged—a year ' s sport Js in store for the © errynane "beagle * . " 'Tit" godless" to give education , 'lis ' « godless" to teach a gulled nation , Hut God-like , oh ! call it

      To shoulder your wallet , Swelling huge , in this hour of starvation ! His rounds see the mendicant plying , To where in his cabin is lying . Death-stricken and gaunt , The victim of want , Go Tenter—and pillage the dying ! Take , take it , in meal or in metal-But , hush { where is infancy ' s prattle t : On its mother ' s parched breast ' lies the babo in DtaVi ' s rest—Pshaw ! Coma ! give the box a good rattle ! The land is all blighted with famine ! The land is all blighted with famine ! Yet still doth he crave ; , And like Ghoul at a grave , R » fc « s rottenheu , rooting for Mammon !

      Low Lazasus lies ! while the victim , With a HAun from above to afflict him , In his anguish implores , : But in vain , for his sores That the beaqles of Dirts may lick them ! london , Nov . 13 . . F . M . Saxon Revenge . — " England ' s weakness , " says Mr . O'Connell , " is Ireland ' s opportunity ; " We would reverse the maxim . Ireland's weakness is the opportunity of England ; and we hope that England will-take it—to help her . When ner potatoes are gone , let us give her' bread . '"* But let us take special care that it shall be , literally , bread . Let us relieve

      her in kind ; but not trust her with a penny of cash ; at least , whilst her Agitator keeps a begging box . Caih > ocb . 7 : - " T ) ia you attend church to-day ? " inquired an African planter of one of his slaves as he returned to his dwelling . " Sartih , massa , '' . was Cudjo ' s reply— " an what two mighty big ' stories dat preacher did tell ! " " Hush , Cudjo , you mustn't talk that way ; what stories were they ? " . "Why , he tell de people no man can serve two massas ; now d is is de fuss' story , ' case you . seen ole Cudjo sarves you , my ole maasa , and also young massa John . Den , de preacher says , ** he will lub the one and hate de other "—while the ' Lord knows , I hate you

      A Powerful Preacher . — " Ah , Sir t" exclaimed an elder in a tone of pathetic recollection , " our late minister was a man 'He was a powerful preacher ; for , in a short time he delivered the work amongst us , he knocked three pulpits to pieces , and banged the life out o' five bibles . " The Sublime akd Beautiful : —A gentleman having occasion to ask a lady for the snuffers , addressed her in the following emphatic and enamoured strain : — " Most beautiful , accomplished , and charming lady , will your ladyship , by an unmerited and undeserved Condescension Of your infinite goodness , please to extend to your most obsequious , devoted , and very humble servant , that pair of ignipotent digests , that I may exasperate the excrescences , of this , nocturnal cylindrio luminary , in order that the refulgent brightness of its ' resplendent brilliancy may dazzle the vision of our ocular optics more potently . "

      THE ANDOYBR SMALL SONG . <« < We wunt bi beat 1 " was once our zong ,- » We * ve found as how that we was wrong ; But howsomedayer , wrong or right , ' Vfe wunt be hihder * d of our spite : - Thof' Meeaster we did va ' ainly back , To Zurgeont we can gie the rack ; Dwoan't let '§ lave off till we ha' done't , We ' 11 zarve ' un out : blest if we wunt ! A Doctor in tho feaee to fly ' Of them ' a yarns his Hv ' n by 1 A purty zort o'feller he , To think for to crow over we ! As well expect a hog to budge , As think that we ' 11 vorget our grudge ; Let ' g jine in one harmonious grunt ! . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : . ' We wunt , we wunt , we wunt , we wunt 1 " , Punch

      A Promisijju Speculation . —It is rumoured that a company is in the course of formation to lease the contents of Lord Ashley's waste paper basket at a rental of so much per annum . The . enormous number of persons who make Lord Ashley the medium of subscribing large sums to benevolent purposes , added to Ids Lordship ' s habit of throwing down his letters unread , must render his waste paper basket one of tho most profitable as well as the safest investments of ' tlie present day . Supposing that only two £ 100 . notes find their way into this receptacle for his Lordship ' s correspondence in the course of a week , there will be an income ofupwards of £ 100 , 000 per annum . Several of the waste paper , dealers have promised to join the direction , and an influential provisional committee will be forthwith advertised . — Ibid .

      Budget . —The annual financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , which is called a Budget , because the Ministers must Budge if they cannot carry their measure . Some etymologists derive the word Budget from , the old French word bougette , a bag ; and it is probable that in the days of corruption the Minister bagged a considerable amount of the budget . Shakspeare speaks of ia" sow-skin budget , " which would seem to indicate that , the public money had been formerly kept in a sow ' s ear , before silk purses came into fashion . —Aid . Cabinet . — -A common appellation for the Ministry , and supposed to be derived from the word cabin , because of the number of snug berths to be found in it . -Ibid

      THE JOLLY OLD BEGGARJfAy . Tone . —The Jolly YoungWrterman . H ! did you not hear of a jolly old beggannan , Ypno for Repeal was accustomed to cry ;;; And he feathered his nest with such skill and dexterity "Winning each heart , and delighting each eye ? He talked so fair , ' and he vowed so steacUly | His countrymen nocked to hear him so readily ; And so charmingly eyed he the peasants around , That this beggarman ne ' er was in want of a pound ! What sights of poor victims he gathered together , Humbugging them out of their money—theiraU ! And how , too , would he blarney the fine Irish ladies , At a meeting on Tara , or Corn Exchange Hall ! And oftentimes would they be giggling and leering , But 'twas all one to Dan , their jibing And jeering ; True lover of Ireland henever was found , ' For the beggarman cared for nought else save his pound ! JFaeMSler .

      Plea for Kissing . —A lover gazed in the eyes of his mistress until she blushed , fie pressed her hand to hie heart and said , " My looks have planted roses on thy cheek : he who sows the seed should reap the harvest . "—North American . A Surprise . —One ofthe most , singular and unheard of scenes perhaps ever witnessed in a Quaker meeting-house took place at Baltimore . Shortly after tne hour for meeting to commence , whilst the brethren and sisters were silently communing with their own minds , one of the delegates to the assemblage from Pennsylvania quietly , and without being observed , stripped himself , and appearing before them in a perfect state of nudity , insisted on being allowed to speak . He was immediately seized by his friends , and the partition to the female side of the

      meeting closed , and it required almost mam force to compel him to put on his clothing . He afterwards explained the matter in the following manner : —He had a dream on the previous night , and thought that the spirit of the Lord had appeared before hkn , and commanded him to humble himself before the meeting on the next day , by appearing in their midst with his person exposed , and to address them in that situation with respect to certain matters , which would then and there be revealed tohimby the Holy Spirit . It was in the fulfilment of this imaginary command , and whilst filled with a holy zeal and enthusiasm , that he thus acted . He was finally conveyed home , and appears since to be almost entirely deranged on the subject of religion . These facts may be relied on as correct , singularly as they may sound , as they are well known throughout the city . — American paper ,

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      Barbarous Treatment op a Laj > t bt heb Husband AND HEOojf . ^ ^ UTIBR ^ A . ClJBBaiMAlf . r-At the Petty Sessions court of Carrickfergus , on the 9 th November , ; R ichard ; 'Battersby / Eifl . j-and the Rev . John C . Battersbyy were called upbn to answer the charge of Mrs . Battersby , the wife of the former and the mother of the latter , for having committed upon her a series of assaults ;' extending from October last over six years ; and ; also , to show cause why they and each of them should not enter into recognizances to be of the peace and good behaviour . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Davidson ; of counsel for Mrs . Battersby , that his client was married to Mr . Battersby ia the ; year 1818 , to whom she brought * 4 , 000 ; For a short tiine after the ; 'marwage they lived ' ongoodtermB . 'butsubseauentlv matters worea

      different aspect Mr . Battersby refusing to allow his wile means for the support of tho house .- Counsel proceeded to say—Instead of being furnished with the necessary comforts of life in accordance with her station , the ordinary duties , of my client were more those ofa domestic servant than of a wife . Mr . Battersby , in place of bringing up his family as he ought to do , f or ten or twelve years had been in the habit of eating his meals with the servants in the kitchen . Of course , such a line of conduct weuld hot tend much to the comfort or respectability of himself or family . Mrs . Battersby remonstrated with him on his conduct , and , no doubt , spoke : her mind plainly and strongly ;/ and the consequence was , that afterwards they did not live in the most comfortable manner . But there were other circumstances which

      led to breaches of domestic peace , which he felt bound to state . Suspicions arose , perhaps not justifiable , that Mr . Battersby ' s attentions were a little diffuse ; ' and the consequence was that servants had to leave the house under suspicious circumstances . There is no doubt that a servant in the family was delivered of a child . In November , 1843 , and on a Sunday , Mrs . Battersby was sitting in her own parlour , with Mr . Battersby , and'there was some altercation on a favourite topic , namely , the alleged drunkenness of Mrs . Battersby ' s father and mother , Mrs . Battersby remonstrated , ' and said that such conduct was inhuman , and that no child could sit and listen to it . Mr . John Battersby , her son , was present , and , instead of interfering to bring about peace , he caught hold of her , and in a mostvielcnt

      manner pushed her out of the room . Again , m the month ol November , the father and son went to Belfast to dine . They came home at a late hour . When they came home they wanted ; some refreshment . Mrs . Battersby was in her bed-room , and hesitated giving the keys , hut ultimately gave them to her servant to take down . However , her son , Mr . John Battersby , went up stairs to his mother ' s bed-rooni ( I suppose in ignorance that the girl had got the keys ) , and took the chamber utensil , and , while she was lying in bed , emptied it upon her . ( Ureat sensation . ) In 1845 this young gentleman went to England , and in a short time after returned . I would mention that at this time he had been ordained a clergyman ofthe Church of England . Well , he was not long home-till he—this

      peacemakerbad an altercation with his brother , in the presence of his mother . The result was , that he got up and seized his brother by the neck ; and , as was natural , Mrs . Battersby went between them . "What was the consequence ? Why , she and her son Thomas were knocked down , as were the table and a chair . I merely mention this to show the court the violence which was used . On another occasion , in the year 1845 , this John Battersby assaulted his mother ; and I should state that his father was present on several ofthe occasions on- which these assaults were committed . Mrs . Battersby was examined , and fully corroborated the facts stated by counsel . Mr . Jackson , for the defence ; said ' that'Mr . 'Battersby ' s instructions to -him were , that he should not recriminate . Let them measure the security in whatever

      way they pleased , and he was perfectly-willing to enter into it . The court retired for a short time ; on their return Mr . Molony ( R ; M . ) , said , in this case I have been . requested to state the opinion of the bench , and when I state they were unanimous in that opinion , 1 am ouite sure I am correct . As to the conduct of the son towards his mother , it is ofthe most revolting description . I cannot express myself as strongly as I would wish with reference to it ,- and more particularly when I consider that that son is a clergyman—one whose duty was to endeavour to make peace in the family . It appears that , while the son was acting in the manner- describdtttowards his mother , that his father was lookingjion ' . his father , who should have been the directorj . *; ad guide ofthe family . Such conduct wasbadinthe jxtreme

      but I cannot sufficiently express my horror at the conduct of the son , in acting as he has done—it is quite beyond the means of expression . My only regret is , that , as we have been requested to inflict summary punishment in this case , the limit of our jurisdiction only extends to a fine of £ 5 , or two months' imprisonment in the House of Correction . Our wish would have been to send the case to the Quarter Session ; but , as this is not wished by the counsel for the prosecution , ; we award the utmost punishment in our power—that is , that Mr . Richard Battersby and the Rev . John Battersby , do pay a fine of £ 5 each ; or , in default , be imprisoned for two months ; and thiit they give security , theniselvea in JE 500 each , and two sureties in £ 250 each , to be of the peace towards Mrs . Battersby .

      Liverpool . —Charge op Wilful Mubder . —An elderly man , of genteel exterior , named Thomas Davis , was on Wednesday week placed at the bar ol the police-court , before £ . Rushtoh and J . Lawrence , Esqrs ., onachargeof having in the month of May last , murdered Elizabeth Johnson . The deceased kept a grocer ' s shop in Kirkdale-road , in this town , and cohabited with the prisoner , by whom she had two children . She had also a daughter by her husband , and these children were the chief witnesses in the case . It appeared that after the death of their mother , on the l ? th of May last , these children became chargeable to their parish , that of Ledbury , in Hertfordshire , and that in consequence of statements which they made , the relatives of the deceased brought the case before the magistrates of that place .

      1 he result was that Davis was apprehended , and , after evidence had been heard , he was sent to Liverpool , by order of Sir James Graham , so that the case , which seemed shrouded in mystery , might be further investigated . Margaret Johnson , an intelligent girl , about thirteen or fourteen years of age , deposed that one night , about six months ago , the prisoner came home drunk and quarrelled with her mother ; that at last she came into the children ' s bedroom , where the quarrel was renewed ; and that there Davies struck her on the breast and temple , and kicked her on the leg . During the three or four following days the deceased was almost entirely confined to her bed ; she was attended by a medical man ( Mr . J . Johnson ) , and at length died . Thomas Davis , eleven years of age , and Richard Davis ,

      seven years ef age , sons of the prisoner , corroborated this evidence . Mr . James Johnson , surgeon , said that when called to attend the deceased , a day or two before her death , he found her labouring under congestion and depresssion of spirits . He inquired whether she had any mental distress , to which she made no reply , but the prisoner gave him a very distressing statement of their circumstances . He prescribed for her and eaw her again the following morning , when she was still worse , with the same symptoms aggravated . He saw her again the same evening , when it was evident she was dying fast . The prisoner called him out of bed to her that night ( Saturday ) , and in witness ' s presence she died . Witness ' s attention was never directed to any wounds or bruises she had received ; he was never informed of them . His impression was , that she was dying of congested fever , caused by mental agony . The injuries spoken of by the witness

      would produce the symptoms he had seen . Leeches were not applied , nor was a post mortem examination held . It was now too late for a post mortem examination to throw , light upon the present inquiry .- Alice Darlington and Elizabeth Wibbey , the women who had washed and laid out the body , deposed that they had found black marks on the temple and down the side ; those down the side were apparently caused by kicks . The prisoner accounted for the mark on the temple by saying that the deceased , in getting out of bed tor a drink , had fallen . The prisoner , who was undefended , declinedeither . to cross-examine the witnesses or to say anything in his defence . . Mr . Rushton said his impression waste commit him for trial at the winter assizes , but he should order him to be remanded for the present . He was accordingly remanded . On Friday , the prisoner was fully committed for trial at the ensuing assizes . He still declined saying anything .

      The Late Murder in Staffordshire . —Mrs . Colclough , the owner and late occupier of the cottage where the horrible deed , was committed , has abandoned the scene of blood , and taken up her abode with her son , a married man , residing near the chapel , at Alsager ' s bank . Mycock , the paramour ofthe homicide , and their little boy , still continue in the hamlet , and are staying at the house of William ScotMhe collier who so narrowly escaped with his life while attempting to secure Dean immediately after the murder . The little boy says , that just before the dreadful crime was committed , his father ( Dean ) put him on the wooden squab or bench , placing an axe and a hammer underneath it . Dean told the child that if he stirred hand or foot he would cut his head off . Poor Fieldine came in iuafc at the moment ,

      and the maniac—for such we must consider himfelled his victim with an axe hammer before a word was exchanged on either side ! What an ill-starred visit for the quiet inoffensive Fielding . What a providential escape for the child ; as there seems little doubt , but for the momentary accidental appearance of the unfortunate deceased , the hands of Dean would have been imbrued in the blood of his own offspring . And supposing the Statement ofthe child to be correct —and there is no reason to doubt it—there was no previous quarrel , nor anything to excite the deadly animosity of Dean . Mycock's statement also—that Dean had never seen his victim until the fatal daywould seem to disprove all charge of malice prepense The shocking catastrophe cannot be accounted for on any rational principle . It appears that Dean

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      burnt several articles of clothing belonging to Mrs . Colclough , in his revolting attempt to consume by fire the head ot the murdered man . This portion ef the startling narrative is sickening to contemplate . We hear that Dean ; Mycockrandtbe'boy slept in » little room on the ground-floor , adjoining thecottnge From and after the Friday nightprerious to the murder , the other inmates who slept" up-stairs'took the precaution of drawing up the ladder by which the chamber was approached . '/ . This plainly SuOWSihafc their fears were aroused , that Dean was considered in a dangerous state of mind , and itis much to be regretted that steps were not immediately taken for placing him under effectual surveillance . The life of one human being might , in all probability , hare been saved . On the night of the inquest Dean was ; kept in custody at the house of sub ^ -inspector . Price , at Audley . Theguilty or unconscious man did not

      sleep for a moment ; In the morning Price , assisted by the police-constable Webb , took the criminal to Stafford County prison . They were accompanied as farastheVVhitmore station , by Mycock . Guilty as she knew him to be , and questionable as was their connexion , Myceck could not leaveDean in his darkest hour of need . At the Whitmore station Dean refused to get into the railway carriage unless accompanied by his" Fanny , " as he called Mycock . To pacify him she got into the vehicle , and escaped at the opposite door . Seeing this he appeared peevish and disappointed , venting his spleen by throwing after her a portion of the victuals he was eating at the time . His conduct during thejourney was rude and incoherent ; he frequenely made use of rambling and unmeaning expressions . Since his incarceration , Dean has written to Mycock , and the letter has been received by her at Alsager ' s bank . He expresses a wish to see her , and states that he is growing worse in his mind ; '

      Noble Instance op Intrepidity . —A Snip ' s Chew . Saved . —About the middle of October last , the barque Helen , Captain Clayton , of Belfast , left Quebec on her homeward voyage , with a cargo of timber . The weather proved favourable till towards the end of the month , when it began to blow a stiff gale from the eastward . Early on the morning of ths 31 st it increased in violence , but the vessel , under doublereefed topsails , rode gallantly on , and , as she was stout and trim built , the crew felt little fear . About eight o ' clock ,, while off the east end of one of the Newfoundland banks , they discovered a vessel less fortunately situated , and Captain Clayton hailed the vessel , and asked whether they had any boat which might bear them on board - the Helen ? The answer

      returned was in the negative , accompanied with an earnest prayer that he would do his best to save them . Captain Clayton hesitated for a little what to do . The vessel was water-Jogged , without a rudder , and her mizen mast and foremast carried away ; and if he abandoned her to iter fate she must soon be buried with her crew beneath the billows ; on the other hand , if he ordered some of his own men to push off in a boat and attempt their rescue , they might perish , and his own vessel would be left with too few hands to work her with efficiency . In this dilemma he placed a boat at the disposal of any of his crew who would volunteer as a forlorn hope to the ill-fated vei ?» sel . Three men , without hesitation , offered themselves . We feel pleasure in recording the names of

      the men who could thus cast aside all ideas of personal safety , that they might at least make an effort to rescue their fellow-creatures from a watery grave . The men who acted thus nobly , were , Daniel Mearns , second mate , a native of the north of Scotland ; James M'Kenna , the carpenter ; and John Martin , of Belfast . Without much loss of time they entered a small twooared boat , the only one they could command , and rowed on to the wreck , which they reached after encountering a host of dangers . " The ship hung heaving on .. the . verge of death , " and the crew , number twenty-two , were standing on the pbop , " thelr voices rising loud above the air of the tempest , entreating deliverance . Seven of them were got without accident info the boat , and the captain of the vessel , which proved to be the Harrison , of London ,

      told the boatmen to return for the others , and he would reward them . But they did not require a pecuniary inducement to stimulate them in their mission of mercy . . Again and again they returned to the Harrison , and at length . every individual was placed in comparative safety on board the Helen . A poor cat , too , it is worth while mentioning , which had shared the fate of the crew , also participated in the deliverance . About the 10 th inst . the Helen fell "in with a vessel bound for Greenock , which relieved her of nine-of the crew of the Harrison , as the provisions of so many men pressed rather closely on their supplies . On Monday week the Helen reached the port of Belfast , where the captain of the lost vessel acknowledged the services of the three men who had acted so heroically , by giving each of them , a handsome douceur in money , as he promised .

      AccmsNT ai the House of LoRDs . —In the early , part of Wednesday morning , as two men , named Patrick Malyn and Henry Lote , were at work on some scaffolding atthe Victoria Tower , nearly forty feet high , some part of it gave way , and they fell to the ground with frightful violence . Without loss . of time they were conveyed to the Westminster , Hospital , where every attention was paid to them by Mr . Stockwell and the other surgeons . Malyn is suffering from a severe concussion of the brain ; Lote has one of his shoulders dislocated , and is otherwise much shaken .

      Death by Drowning . —On Wednesday forenoon Mr . W . Baker held an inquest at the Q , ueen ' s Head Tavern , Poplar , on the body of Robert Rarity , aged 22 , a carpenter . Louisa Ward , of No . 60 , Straightmouth-street , Greenwich , deposed that she knew the deceased , who resided at 35 , Broad-street , Greenwich ; she saw him last alive on the evening of Sunday , the 2 nd iustant ; he had been spending the evening with her , and left between eight and nine o ' clock to go home ; he was in perfect health and of cheerful spirits when they parted , and she knew of nothing that distressed his mind . He had no occasion to go near the river in his way home . She was to have been married to him in a week ' s time . On Monday morning the dead body of deceased was picked up floating down the river by some fishermen , on their way to Billingsgate . There were no marks of violence upon the body . There being no further evidence ; the jury , at the coroner ' s suggestion , returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "

      Fatal Accident . —On Monday last , a fatalaccident occured on the York and Nerth Midland railway It appears that a post boy named Wm . Huscroft . iu the service of Mr . Shilleto , innkeeper , of Boitoa Percy , had been engaged in removing some luggage from a truck attached to a train , which he did whilst the train was in motion , and in endeavouring toleave the truck , his foot slipped , and he was thrown between the truck and a passenger carriage , with his . back laid across the rails : a passenger carriage , and three empty trucks passed over him , and the injuries inflicted were so serious as to produce death in about two hours afterwards .

      Fatal Accidemt . —On Wednesday morning Mr . Wakley held an inquest at the King's Head Inn , Acton , on the bodyot George Graham , aged eighteen . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the son of Mr . Graham , a carrier at Acton . On the 5 th inst . ( Guy Fawkes day ) in the evening , the deceased was in a cart with a younger brother , returning home from town ; when at Shepherd ' s Bush his brother lighted and discharged a cracker firework , by which the horse was so frightened , that he started off at full speed , and the deceased , in his endeavours to stop him , was thrown eut ofthe cart , the wheel of which passed over his body . Every proper surgical assistance wac rendered him , but he expired on Sunday last . Verdict , Accidental Death . Extensive'Failure . —An extensive failure haa just occurred in Dublin , namely , Messrs . Williams , stock-brokers , for a sum « f between £ 200 , 000 and £ 250 , 000 .

      Fire—Bnoou—A most destructive fire took place on Menday evening , at Broom , near Biggleswade , on the farm of Mr . Samuel Neal , by which twenty stacks of corn and hay , with twenty-one sheep , were destroyed , also the dove-house , die . There is little doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary . — Cambridge Adver tiger . Madness in Fbance . —Since the publication , says the Gazette de France , of novels in the shape of " feuilletons , " and the bo ndless jobbing in railway shares , mental derangements have increased in so dreadful a proportion , that the director of one of the most celebrated maisons de same , of Paris , ia now building a pavilion , in order to find room for his new inmates .

      Two Bois Killed bt Falling into a Well . — Between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Monday fore noon , a singular and very distressing occurrence happened in the yard attached to the Wesieyan Methodist School , Lever-street , Manchester . Some" of the chUdren educated in the school were playing in the yard , when a flag which covered an old well suddenly sank down at one side , and two boys , named Edward Spearritt and Thomas Gregory , each about seven years of age , fell into the well , which ia upwards of twenty-five yards deep , and nothing could be seen of them . Wm . Edwards , ah excavator , descended into the well . About a quarter-past twelve o ' clock he succeeded in bringing up the body of Thomas Gregory , but the poor boy was quite lifeless , having been in the well about an hour . Efforts w . re

      then made to get out the body of Spearritt , but H was nearly half-past four when this wasacconit > lishr » i \ ewing to the necessity for removing the flag aa ' other materials . The body was at last found at ths bottom of tho well , covered with water to the depti . Of fire feet , and by a quantity of earth which had fallen upon him . His skull was fraciurecFhnd his ankle dislocated . Before tlw inquest , Inspector M'Mullen made various inquiries in order to ascertain whether anyone knew of the existence of the well , bui no one could be found who had the least knowledge on the subject , even amongst those who had known the premises for fprtyyears . The well seemed to have been covered with timber , after which some earth and the flag had been placed oyer it , arid the timber having rotted , the whole had given way . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111845/page/3/