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      BEAUTIES OF BTRON . xo . xxvu . " thk ououh . " In order to conclude our extracts from the ffiewwr this week , we are compelled to omit some portions of

      THE CONFESSION . " The cold in clime are cold in blood , Their love can scarce deserre the name ; But mine was like the lava flood That boili in JEtnaV breast of flame . I cannot prate in puling strain Of ladve-love , and beauty ' s chain : If changing cheek , and scorching vein . Lips taught to writhe , but not complain . If bursting heart , and madd ' ning brain . And daring deed , and vengeful steel , And all that I have felt , and feel , Betoken love—that love wm mina , Ana shown by many a bitter sign . 'T is true , I could not whine nor sigh , I knew but to obtain or die .

      I die—but first I aavepossess'd , And come what may , I Aaeebon bleta'd . Shall I the doom I sought upbraid t No—reft of all , yet undismayed Bnt for the thought of Lflila slain , Give me the pleasure with the pain , So would I lire and love again . I grieve , but not , my holy guide ! For him who dies , but her who di » d : She sleeps beneath the wandering wave—Ah ! had she bat an earthly grave , This breaking heart and throbbing head Should seek and share her narrow bed . She was a form of life and light , That ; seen , became a part of sight ; And rose , where ' er Iturn'dmine eye , The Morniog-star of Memory !

      "Yes , Love indeed is light from heaven ; A spark of that immortal fire With angels shared , by AUa given . To lift from earth our low desire . Devotion wafts the mind above , But Heaven itself descends in love ; A feeling from the Godhead caught , To wean from self each sordid thought ; A Bay of him who fortn'd the whole ; A Glory circling round the soul ! I grant « j love imperfect , all

      That mortals by the name miscall ; Then deem it evil , what thou wilt ; But say , oh say , her ' s was not guilt ! She was my life ' s unerring light : That qnench'd , what beam shall break my night ! Oh ¦ would it shone to lead me still , Although to death or deadliest ill ! Why mai velye , if they who lose This present joy , this future hope , So more with sorrow meekly cope ; In phrensr then their fate accuse : In madness 4 o those fearful deeds

      That seem to add but guilt to woe ! Alas 2 the breast that inly bleeds Hath nought to dread from outward blgir : Who falls from all he knows of bliss , Cares little into what abyss . • • * " And she was lost—and yet I breathed , But not the breath of human life : A serpeat round my heart was wreathed , And stung my every thought to strife . Alike all time , abhorr'd all place , Shuddering I shrunk from Nature ' s face . Where every hue that charm'd before The blackness of my bosom wore . The rest thou dost already know , And all my sins , and half my wot .

      But talk no more of penitence ; Thou seestl soon shall part from heac * : And if tfay holy tale were true , The deed that ' s done can ' st tfcouundo ! Think me not thankless—but this grief Looks not to priesthood for relief . Hy soul ' s estate in secret guess : But would ' st thou pity more , say less . When thou canst bid my Leila live , Then will I sue thee to forgive ; Then plead my cause in that high placa Where purchased masses proffer grace . 60 , where the hunter ' s hand hath wrong from foreiUcave her shriekingyonng , And calm the lonely lioness : Bat soothe not—mock not » distress !

      " Tell me no more of fancy ' s gleam—Ko , father , no , 't wai not a dream ; Alas ! the dreamer first must sleep , I only watch'd , and wish'd to weep ; But could not , for my burning brow Throbb'd to the very brain as now : I wish'd but for a single tear As something welcome , new , and daar : I wish'dit then , I wiEh it still ; Despair is stronger than my will . Waste not thine orison , despair Ts mightier than thy pious prayer : I would not , if I might , be blest ; I want no paradise , but rest . 1 was then , I tell thee , father ! then

      I « aw her ; yes , she lived again ; And shining in her white symar , As through yon pale gray cloud the star Which now I gaze on , as on her , Who looVd and looks far lovelier ; Dimly I view its trembling spark ; To-morrow ' s night shall be more dark ; And I , before its rays appear , ThM lifeless thing the Bring fear . I wander , father J for my soul Is fluting toirards the final goal . I saw her , friar ! andlrose Forgetful of our former woes ; And rushing from my couch , I dart , And clasp her to my desperate heart ;

      I clasp—what is it that I clasp « Ko breathing form within my grasp , Ko hear t that beats reply to mine , "Set , Leila ! yet the form is thine ! And ar t thou , dearest , changed so much . As meet my eye , yet mock my touch 1 Ah ! were thy beauties e ' er so cold , I care not ; so my arms eafold The all they ever wisb'd to hold . Abu ! around a shadow prest They shrink upon my lonely breast ; YststilTtis there ! In silence stands , And beckons with beseeching hands ! With braided hair , and bright-black eye—I knew ' twas false—she could not die ! But he is dead ! within the ( Ml

      I saw him buried wherehe fell ; He comes not , for he cannot break From earth ; why then art thou awake ! Th « y told me wild waves rolled above The face I view , the form I love ; They told me—' t was a hideous tale ! I'd tell it , but my tongue would fail If true , and from thine ocean-cave Thou com ' st to claim a calmer grave . Oh ! pass thy dewy fingers o ' er This brow that then will burn no more ; Or place them on my hopeless heart : But , shape or shade ! whate ' tr thou art , In mercy ne ' er again depar t ! Or farther with thee bear my soul Than winds can waft or waters roll !

      Heptss'd—nor of hit nameandrace Hathleft a token or a trace , Save what the father must not say Who shrived him on his dying day : This broken tale was all we knew Of her he loved , or him he slew .

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      SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . KO . Ill , THE MARSEILLES MARCH . Te sons of France , awake to glory , Hark ! hark ! what myriads bid yon rise , Tour children , wires , and grandsires hoary , Behold their tears , and hear their cries ! Shall hateful tyrants , mischief breeding , With hireling hosts , a ruffian band , Afirigbt and desola te theland , While peace and liberty lie bleeding ! To arms , to arms , ye brave ! The avenging sword unsheath ; March on , march on , all hear ts rewired On victory or death . How , now , the dangerous storm is rolling ,

      Which treacherous kings confederate raile ; The dogs of war let loose , are howling , And , lo ! our fields and cities blace ; And shall we basely view the ruin , While lawless force , with guilty stride , Spreads desolation far and wide , Tfi . th crimes and blood his hands embruing ! To arms , &c . "With luxury and pride surrounded , The vile , insatiate despots dare , Their thirst for power and gold unbounded To mete and vend the light and air ; "ke beasts of burden would they load us , Like gods would bid their slave , adore - 3 hen shaU they longer lasa and goadus ! OLiberty ! can man resign thee . T 08 mS ' ** Once having felt thy generous flame ! Can iungeons , bolts , and bars confine thee ? Or whips tby noble spirit tame ! Too long- the world has wept , bewailing That falsehood ' s dagger , tyrants wield ; But freedom is « ur sword and shield , And all their arts are unavailing .

      To arms , &c . altered * h " 60 * the connfay *" the first * " * " ** •* "To song of Britain , ' vafce to glory . "

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      ^ SPF&xzssz pelled , for the present , to curtail our " Reviews . " ]

      T s ? os K TALES - Co } roDCIKI > OTMB 8 - S » - Edinburgh : W . Tait , Princes-street ; ^^ . i C ^ Pman and HaU , Strand . BrltS rT-6 montU 9 ^ completion of the hrst volume of this excellent and deservedly popular work ; we have new parts VI 1 L , IX ., X ., and XI . Deloreus , and we are happvin being able to vouch for the continued excellenceof this publication . Mrs . Johsstose has truly earned for herself the title of Ine Ed gewerth of Scotland , " and everysucceeding production of her pen serves to enhance her wellearned fame . In this work she is well supported by several kindred spirits , several of them of her own sex , par exempk—Max Howitt , Miss Mitford , and Mrs . Gore . The first of these three contributes in

      these parts a most interesting story , entitled "The Author ' s Daughter ; " the second , some pleasing sketches , entitled " Country Town Life ; " and Mrs . Gore tells a charming tale , entitled " The Balsamseller of Thurotzer . " John Mills , the talented delineator of Old English Life and Old'English Sports , contributes a story called "The Days of Old . " A short and simple tale of the Covenanting times is contained in one of theso parts from the pen of the late Robert Nicoix , the poet of Gentleness and Hope . "The Golden Pot , "translated from the German of Hoffmaxs , may contain some hidden , subtle , and beautiful meaning , but if so , it must be hard to find out ; for ourselves , we must confess that to us it appears prose run mad . The talented conductress contributes one ef her most

      powerfully written stories— " Violet Hamilton ; or , the Talented Family . " The story is not completed in the parts before us , but w « have seen enough of it to very highly estimate its merits . This publication commands our best wishes , we have therefore only to renew our former commendations .

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      THE FAMILY HERALD . Paris XXXI . XXXII . London : G . Biggs , 421 , Strand . In Part XXXI ., and continued in Part XXXII . of the Family Herald , we have a story of thrillin " interest , entitled , "The Challenge of Barletta , " an historical romance of the times of the Medici , translated from the Italian of Massimo D'Aseglio , by C . Edward Lestkr . This story is , we believe , considered one of the best prose tales in the Italian language . Thus it will be seen that the spirited proprietor and talented editor leave no labour untried to gratify their numerous patrons . The other articles , whether original or selected , are of most excellent

      guality , and furnish an almost inexhaustible fund of instruction and entertainment . As usual , we have been much interested in the quaint and clever articles by the editor . We have noted too , with some satisfaction , the articles on the Drama , distinguished as they are by liberal views and enlarged sympathies Jvot the least amusing portion of each number is the 'Notices to Correspondents , " glittering with gems of wit and wisdom . That the year just commencing will see the Family Herald still growing in popularity and circulation—notwithstanding its present enormous sale—is our earnest wish , a wish which we have every faith will be gratified .

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      AFFECTION'S KEEPSAKE FOR 1846 . Original Poetry bt T . Albis . This pretty little pocket annual is very neatly got up , and does credit to its author . Mr . Albln is emphatically "the author" of this work , he being the author , printer , binder , and publisher of the Keepsake . This volume is published not in London ( though it may be had of the London publishers ) , but at the little town of Spalding , in the fens of Lincolnshire . Here , then , is another Lincolnshire poet Verily , the famous old county bids fair to assert its poetical supremacy . We cannot award very high praise to Mr . Alms ' s poetry , but his good intentions and kindly sympathies forbid any searching criticism In his preface the author prettily says : —

      Domestic happiness must ever , in a great measure , depend upon the purity and sincerity of the affections . In those households where they have full and proper play and encouragement , their certain and ultimate tendency most be to secure peace aud good will to the various members . It is a pleasant thing to witness the serenity and cheerfulness -which are there <* er present , and throw around a charm which , when once it has ministered to the enjoyment of a day or even an hour , is seldom afterwards forgotten . And are such households rare in this our " JTerrie England V Truly , I think not ! The failings and crimes of individuals , though forming a very imall part of the great stream of human life , will always be apparent on the surface , while the graces and virtues which mingle with the whole , are like the still and deep waters which float brightly and beautifully , yet noiselessly by .

      From this extract our readers will gather the idea of the kind of poetry to be found in this volumepoetry of the affections . As a specimen of the work , and as being one ef the prettiest and shortest pieces we can select , we give

      THE POET ' S BEWABDS . Oh , for some cheerful voice , to carol forth , In low sweet melody , these artless songs , Which fond affection would consider worth Much more than unto loftier harp belongs : Some soul-lit eye , replete with honest fire , While glancing o ' er the vain and struggling line , In sympathy to scan if not admire , Or in subduing brilliancy to shine ; Some lovely mouth to dimple into smiles While speaking forth these unaffected lays ; Breathing approval free from flattery ' s wiles , The sweetest , dearest , most delightful praise ; These the rewards that cheer the poet ' s way , And change his darkest night to brightest day .

      This little work is most tastefully printed , and embellished with a beautiful frontispiece and vignette . The anther deserves encouragement , and we hope will obtain it .

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      MACKENZIE'S-MENTAL ARITHMETIC . London : E . Mackenzie , 111 , Fleet-street . We have looked through this little work , and have found it as useful as it is cheap . It is well adapted for schools and teachers , and must be invaluable to traders and dealers , both wholesale and retail ; indeed , the daily transactions of almost every individual must make hi m or her feel the want of that knowledge which this little work supplies . It is a fact , that thousands of well educated and clever persons cannot "do a sum" in simple arithmetic , and are very , often not a little puzzled with the most trifling business-account involving calculation . All such persons will find this "Mental Arithmetic" a valuable assistant .

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      AN ADDRESS TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF AMERICA , onthe War Spirit that is sought to be excited letween the two Countries . London : J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleetrstreet . This address is well-timed , and deserves to be universally circulated , as the following extracts will show : — Tou , fortunately , possessing political power to restrain the unjust acts of your rulen , are , we fear , too apt to believe that the persecutions , encroachments , and inselence which for ages past have characterised the aristocracy of England towards most nations of the earth , have been shared in b y the great body of the industrious classes ; who , unhappily , for the most part , have hitherto had witter voice nor vote in the matter .

      Within the last few years , however , knowledge has been rapidly extending its influence among the Industrious millions of England—universal right is now asserted , and is progressing , despite persecutions and sufferings—anomalies , corruptions , and vices in Church and State , are being exposed—unjust privileges and monopolies decried ; and mental aud moral worth fast allying itself to the cause of humanity and justice . This progressive improvemant towards a higher state of civilisation and happiness , to which all good men are looking forward with deli ght ; our aristocratic rulers would gladly mar , and nothing but war and national

      commotion would favour the accomplishment of their wishes . With the high-swelling cant of individual glory " and " nationalhonour ! " the din and dazzle of warlike preparation , they would speedily intoxicate the unreflecting . They would then be enabled to turn the aational mind from all social and political improvement to the prospects of foreign battles , and brilliant ( though expensive ) victories . Our present moral and intellectual progress , the advance of trade , commerce , and the peaceful arts of life , would then be stayed and obstructed by the unholy scourge of war , and thousandsof our brethren , having their worst passions loosened and excited , would be transformed into savage demons , thirsting for blood .

      We hope that the growing intelligence of the age mty lead men to perceive the demoralizing and deteriorating effects of soldiers and armies , and to perceive that war is more fatal in its moral and physical effects , than the plagues , earthquakes , and tornadoes of nature . That se impressed , they will speedily free themselves from the evils and expenses of standing armies , garrisons , and ships of war—that they will soon seek amicably to settle their national disputes b y a Congress of Nations , freely chosen by the people of their respective countries—and that through such instrumentality universal peac : and human brotherhood may be establiihed . freedora extended , commerce promoted , and the arU , industry , and civilisation of each , t » madu to contribute to the welfare of all .

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      It is stated that briefs to the amount of JE 50 . 000 have already been handed to leading counsel in railway cases . West Rimso EuiciH « . -The nomination of a candidate or candidates for the representation of this Riding , in the place of the present Lord Wharnchffe has now beet , officiall y announced for Wednesday , the 4 th of February , and not for Tucsdav , the 3 rd , as was stated in gome of the local journals and as was generally reported on Saturday last

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      SPECIAL COMMISSION . COUNTY WESTMEATH . HuxnmuB , Tdesdat , JAH . 20 , 1816 . —Bjran Seary was placed at the bar , charged under an indictment , which contained ten counts , with having fired at Sir Francis Hopkins . The first count alleged that the prigoner an ! another person unknown , on the 18 th of Noyember , at Rochford , unlawfull y , Maliciously and feloniously assaulted Sir J . Hopkins , and that the person unknown , with a pistol , cut and wounded him upon the left side of the head , with intent to murder him and that the prisoner was then and there aiding and assisting . The other counts set forth that the prisoner and the person unknown cut and woundod the prosecutor upon the left side of the head , that they cut and maimed him , and intended to do him grievous bodil y harm . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . OX-Ei V / lAlj tjOjVriVTTSKTOlVr

      The Attorney-General then addressed the jury , and stated the case for the prosecutor . The prisoner was accuied of attempting to take the life of a magistrate of their county , Sir F . Hopkins , Bart . He would then call the witnesses whom he conceived would sustain the case . Sir Francis Hopkins was then called , and examined by the Attorney-General . Ho said-I reside at Rochford , four miles from Mulligar ; I a magistrate ; I recollect the 18 th of November ; I went out to dinner that day in a carriage ; I was accompanied by one servantthe man who drove ; I dined with Colonel Caulfield . of Btoomfield , I left him at twenty-five miuutes past twelve o clock by watch ; there was a large party—about twenty people ; I was perfectly sober-. there was no moon , but

      it wa § dusk ; there was twilight ;> hen I arrived at Rochford I let myself out of the carriage , and walked to the hall door : I had just rung the bell , when I heard a shot , and saw the smoke from the gun ; I rushed at the man who fired ; he ran away ; about thirty-five yards from the house I came up to him , andtouchadhim . but there is a precipitous bank over which I stumbled , and so did he ; I seized him ; we wrestled ; I put my hand upon his throat ; I saw him most distinctl y ; I recognised him as a person whom I knew ; I was astonished at seeing him ; to prevent any mistake I forced his face into the light , 10 as to identify him , and his countenance w . u indelibly impressed upon my memory ; I saw another person coming towards me ; I ran after him ; he ¦ napped a pistol at me , but fortunately it did not

      go off ; I dealt him a severe blow , which knocked him down ; the prisoner came running up with the gun uplifted ; the other man struck me with a large horse pistol , which brought me down to my knee ; I cried for help ; the hall-door opened , and lights appearing the men fled ; I have not the slightest doubt that the prisoner was the man who fired at me ; 1 knew him for seven or eight years ; he surrendered his farm in 1812 ; he got £ 30 upon giving up the farm ; 1 found he had neither stock or capital to turn the farm to advantage ; I asked him what it would take for stock , < tc , he said £ 30 ; I was to recommend him to another farm , and pay a year ' s rent for him ; I gave him a written recommendation ; he did not appear dissatisfied ; the hat I was in the habit of seeing him wear was one which

      you would know anywhere ; that hat I saw at Rochford next morning ; a coat was also found there ; when the prisoner put it on I knew the coat as one which he had often worn when he came to Rochford ; 1 received five wounds upon the head—two severe wounds upon the forehead—one ( the most severe ) upon the back of my ear ; I was attended by Dr . Ferguson , of Mullingar ; 1 described the prisoner to him , and in consequence of that description the prisoner was arrested—( a hat handed to witness)—that seems te be like the hat I have always seen him wear ; it is like the hat .

      Cross-examined by Mr . Murph y , Q . C .: I did not find the hat ; the handwriting in the letter , banded to me is mine ; I cannot form any idea why the question was put whether I was sober , except to know was I sober ; I dare say I told the story I have told this day fift y times in town and country , before and after dinner ; I do not think I told it to any ladies ; I have told the story to many gentlemen of the county ; I did not individually or collectively discourse with the jury ; the only possible person is Mr . Shiel , magistrate , who might have been there next morning ; it was the butler who brought me the prisoner ' s hat ; I knew it immediately to belong to the prisoner . Mr . Murphy , Q . C , asked to see Sir F . Hopkin ' s informations .

      Witness : I swore one information before the prisoner was arrested , another after his arrest ; there is nothing about a hat in the information I have just now read , nor is there anything about it in this one either ; the first information was sworn by me before the prisoner was arrested ; I knew the prisoner for years , and I saw him the following afternoon , I saw Lira in the hall ; I did not see him before he was brought into the hall ; several magistrates and country people were present when I saw him ; the prisoner was placed amongst the countrymen , I don ' t know who the magistrate was that did all this , Before that was done did you swear a word about the prisoner ? Witness : Certainly not ; his name is not in the infor . mation . But after he was placed among the countrymen you swore the second information ! Witness : YeB ; his name is in the second and aot in the first information .

      n ill you try if there be anything about a coat in your information ?—I see nothing about a coat there . What is the name of the servant who gave you that hat!—Thomas Jelling : I don ' t know whether he is here . Witness : I arrived home about twenty-five minutes t » one o ' clock ; it takes a quarter of an hour to go from Colonel Caulfield ' s ; I had no reason to complain of the character of the prisoner while he was my tenant ; if he had capital to hare managed the farm I would have continued him . To the Court : I knocked one of the me ' n down , and returned to grapple with the other , who was in the act of shooting at me with a gun .

      Win . Pullen examined by Mr . Brewster , Q . C .: Was in Sir . F . Hopkius'a service ; drove him to Rechford ; he got out of the carriage ; saw him walking up the steps ; saw two men running towards him , when he ( witness ) was turning the carriage , one man tripped over some irons , the other kept running on towards him ; when he first saw him he was going to call out to his master ; at the side of the steps the mare started , he pulled her round , ran and rang the bell , and then went after his master ; the man had got away out of sight ; my matter was Just getting up , I took hold of him and assisted him .

      Matthew Rogers examined : Was steward to Sir F . Hopkins ; the morning after the attack I found a coat and tobacco pipe ; brought the coat into thehall and left it there ; saw it afterwards in the charge of Mr . Beoky , police constable ; also saw a hai ; was shown it by Thomas Telling ; the hat handed to him was that shown to him ; found the coatabout forty yards from the house ; the coat produced was that which he found ; found it outside the rails l ying upon the ground . To a Juror : The coat did not appear to have been taken off in the struggle ; it was lying upon the ground .

      the collar uppermost . Thomas Jelling examined by Mr . Corballis : Was in the employment of Sir F . Hopkins as butler ; found a hat ; immediately the bell was rung the groom detired me to follow him ; ran with him ; found a hat ; gave it to Mr . Rogers , and he can identify it ; cannot say how far from the hall-door the hat was found ; it was near twelve o ' clock when I found the hat ; found my master at the same time I found the hat ; can ' t say whether the hour was a little before or after twelve o ' clock , but it was immediately after the shot was fired .

      Chief Justice Doherty : How can you be certain as to the hour ? Witness : I am positive the hour was either a quarter before or after twelve o ' clock . . John Johnston examined by Mr . Plunkett : Belonged to the constabulary of the county ; knew the prisoner for six years ; had frequent opportunities of seeing him ; he generally wore a frieze coat and cord trousers ; had seen him wear the hat produced . Cross-examined by Mr . Gorman : Could not tell the name of any other man in the county Westmeath whose hathecouldswearto ; saw the prisoner three weeks before the attack ; he did not wear the hat then ; when he saw him one month before the three weeks he wore a Jerry hat—a hard felt hat ; he did not wear the hat produced on that day ; saw him also about three months and three weeks before the occurrence ; saw him wear the hat about the middle of last summer ; I never took the hat in my liand .

      To a Juror : I can swear that the hat produced was that which I have Been the prisoner wear . To Mr G rman : I could not be mistaken in the hat . Police Constable James Doherty examined : Was stationed at D ysart ; knew the prisoner two years and some months ; saw him wear the hat . Cross-examined by Mr . J . A . Curran : The prisoner lived in Bysart ( supposed six months ) near where he was stationed ; within a mile and a half of the station ; he lived at Ritishogue ; heard he lived there ; could swear to a few other hats in the county ; saw the hat upon the prisoner about last summer , while he was passing in the barrack ; arrested the prisoner ; found him in a field digging potatoes . To a Juror : Never saw a h » t in the neighbourhood like that produced ; remarked that hat above all others .

      Dr . Fergusou examined by Mr . Serjeant Warren : Was a surgeon ; a messenger was sent to him on the night in question ; reached Rochford about two o ' clock ; Sir F . Hopkins had two wounds upon the left side of his for « - head , each two inches , probably more , in length , inflicted seemingl y with a blunt instrument ; for upwards of an inch the bone in one wound was laid perfectly bare ; there was mother above the ear extending to about an inch and a half ; at the left side there was a very ugly contused wound , better than an inch , from that to three quarters in l

      ength , and about an inch above that there were two smaller wounds comparativel y of little consequence ; about an inch below it there were two others much about the same kind ; the surface for an inch and a half displayed very great violence having been inflicted ; there was considerable swelling ; there were five wounds in that point besides the two in front ; there was a wound upon the cheek , a very small oue-a circular contused wound , but one not of much importance at the side of the face , and the wound over the ear was very like one which would be inflicted b y the coca of * pistols

      Serjeant Warren : Was the life of Sir F . Hopkins in dangerI Witness : It was in very imminent danger ; I never had a case of injury done to the head which displayed more danger . The case for the prosecution here closed . Mr . Murphy , Q . C , addressed the jury on behalf « f the prisoner . If that were an ordinary trial at the usual

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      assizes he would have no apprehension as to the result and even then , if he could disabuse their minds of their prejudices , resulting from the crime which had disgraced that country , he would have no fear as to the verdict . He Asked them if a peasant were the prosecutor and not & baronet , would they convict the prisoner * His defence was , that 011 the ni ght of the 18 th of November the prisoner slept in the house of his uncle , Mr . Keenan , from whom he had got a potatoe field to enable him to maintain his famil y of seven children , which was situated at a distance of eight miles from the scene of the attack upon Sir Francis Hopkins . He admitted that the prisoner once had a hat like that found at Rochford , but on pur . chasing a new hat he left the old one behind him , The following witnesses were then called : •—aQR * 17 : PCrin , A ,,, „„„„«„„« - „>>«„» : „««« ** i . * .

      Betty Keenan , an old woman , was then produced and examined : Was the wife of Thomas Keenan ; recollected the morning that the prisoner was arrested ; he was digging potatoes near the house of her husband ; he came to dig the potatoes upon the Monday before be whb arrested ; he took the land from her husband ; ke had the field as conacre ; he slept iu the house on Monday night ; saw him about ten o ' clock at night , and left him at the fire with her family ; he ivas at work all day on Tuesday ; saw him at ten o ' clock that night , and left him at the fire with her family ; was up next morning before the prisoner ; the doors were locked in the same manner as the night before ; bis outside coat was hung in the hall that night the police took it out of the house .

      Cross-examined b y the Attorney-General : The prisoners never came to sleep iu her house before the Mon . day night ; Mullingar was six miles from her house ; the doors were locked every night ; Mnl-y Dalton , Mick Fynn , the prisoner , John Byrne ( who stopped till ten o ' clock ) , were in . the house that night with her own family * , she had three rooms—a closet , a kitchen , and a parlour—in her house ; the three men and her family had supper on Tuesday night ; the prisoner had better than half an acre of land . Re-examined : Her husband possessed seventy acres of land .

      Mary Keenan ( a pretty-looking girl ) examined by Mr . Currau : Was a'daughter of the last witness ; they lived near Castletown Geoghegan ( Rathdrishogue ); recollected the day the prisoner was arrested ; on Monday the prisoner came to the house with others ; saw the prisoner early en Tuesday morning ; saw the prisoner going up stairs to bed on Tuesday - , her father was parish priest of Summerhill , county Meath . Cross-examined by Serjeant Warren : They had cold meat for supper on Monday night ; she took her supper in the kitchen ; on Tuesday the prisoner came in at one o ' clock to dinner , and between nine and t « n o ' clock to eat bis supper .

      Catherine Keenan examined : The prisoner came to . the house of her father on Monday , the 17 th of November , with others , who supped in the house , and slept there also with her brother John on Tuesday night ; they went to bed before her ; saw them going up stairs ; saw the prisoner early on the next morning going to dig his potatoes , Cros -examined : Heard that she was first cousin to the prisoner ; never saw a hat like that produced upon the prisoner ; saw him wear ahat with the crown sewn in . Would you swear that the prisoner did hot leave the house upon tha Tuesday nightf Witness made no answer . To a Juror : Locked the door on Tuesday night ; did not think that the prisoner could have got out of the house that night .

      John Keenan examined : Saw the prisoner after his work on Tuesday evening ; he slept with him that night ; got up early in the morning ; the prisoner got up with him ; from the time he went to bed the-prisoner did not leave it till he got up in the morning , and he could not have done so without his knowledge ; positively swore that the prisoner could not have left the house ; Rochf * rd-house was about eight miles from the place in which he lived , and a person going there 6 hould either go thnt distance , or cross the lake of Bysart , for he could not fly . Cross-examined : When the prisoner came up to bed he was saying his prayers , and the prisoner alao said his prayers . Serjeant Warren then replied on behalf of the Crown , and

      The Chief Baron charged the jury , who retired , and at twenty minutes after ten o ' clock they were called out , when the foreman intimated that there was little probability of their agreeing . The Chief Baron then had the jury locked up for the night , and swore the bailiffs in the usual manner , intimating , howsver , to the jury , that If they found their verdict by twelve o ' clock he would receive it , and then adjourned the court to Wednetday morning . The jury were detained in their box all night , as they found it impossible to find a verdict . At night a wish was expressed on their behalf that some of the witnesses should be recalled , in order that they might be r « -examinedupon particular points ; buttho court refused to comply with this request , adding , however , that they would willingly read the notes over again and give the jury every other assistance which the law allowed . On Wednesday morning , at ten o clock , the court sat , when the jury were called out from their room .

      Chief Baron ( to the Foreman ) : Well , gentlemen , hare you agreed to your verdict ? Juror : No , ray lord—we are in the same position as we were in when youv lordship left us last night . T en of the jury are of one opinion , and two of another ; but there is no probability of our agreeing . Chief Baron : I regret , gentlemen , that you cannot agree , and that you have been put to so much inconvenience . Juror : We have been in attendance upon the business of the court for twenty-four hours , and it is a case of great hardship . We have had a little water for refreshment , and a very indifferent sort of a fire ; the room is more like a dungeon than anything else ; and I trust , my lord , that you will discharge us . Chief Justice : The court feel that it is a hardship , but they have neither the power nor the discretion to comply with your request ,

      Juror : If there were a postibllitj- of our agreeing we would not make the application , but there really is none . Now , in the event of our being starved to death or of losing our health , would it not be a dreadful thing ! One gentleman drove twenty-four miles yesterday morning iu order to be here at nine o ' clock in attendance upon the court . Chief Buron : It is a great hardship , but there is no mede of relieving you . Chief Justice : Do not attribute it to want of sympathy upon the part of the court . We desire to relieve you if we could , and we have a full consciousness of the pressure upon you ; we cannot , however , relieve yeu . Bo good enough to go back to your box and you shall have a fire lighted . If you go over your notes again , and there be any thing which the court can explain and elucidate , the Chief Baron will read over his notes to you . Juvor : I am afraid there is no earthly chance of our

      agreeing . The Jury then returned to their box . At seven o ' clock the jury who tried Bryan Seery entered the box for the third time during the day , and intiraated to their lordships that there was no probability of their agreeing . They had been thirty-six hours confined without food , fire , or rest , and several of the jury , particularly two , who were ill when impannelled , were in a serious state of indisposition . They had been immured in a room , the atmosphere of which was very humid and injurious , and it was only a few minute * ago that they got as much as a drink of cold water . It was a very great hardship , Mr . Maxton said that he was very ill , and his medical adviser , Dr . Middleton , could satisfy the court upon that point if he were produced . The Chief Justice then despatched a messenger for Dr , Middleton , who returned Bhortly afterwards , having in vain searched for him :

      Mr . Muxton ' s son then went in search of Dr . Middleton , but that gentleman not being in the way , Dr . Gabriel Stokes was sent for , and he gave it as his opinion that Mr . D . iwsou and Mr . Maxton wore very seriously ill , and further confinement might endanger their lives . The jury were then discharged . The Attorney-Generaltheivannounced that he would again arraign Seery on Thursday , and have another jury empannelled to try him . John Bean aud Michael Delamere were found guilty .

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      Accident and Suicide . —On Saturday night , about nine o ' clock , a man named William Andrews , porter at _ the Waterman ' s Adelphi Pier , who had been retained in the course of the day to assist in unloading a barge laden with the luggage of the Duke of Buccleuch , was about to step off the dumby , or outor barge of the pier , into the lighter moored alongside , when he stepped short and fell into the water , between the craft . A lighterman , named Sard , in the employ of Mr . F . Farlow , the Secretary of the Adelphi > Pier Company , who was in the barge centaining the Duke of Buccleuch ' 8 property , did all in his power to save the man . The search for the body was continued fi » r half an hour by Mr . Farlow's men , when they heard a splash in the water close to the Hungerford

      Suspension Bridge , followed by the screams of " a female , who was in tho water , and the noise of a policeman ' s rattle on the bridge . On rowing towards the bridge several persons called out that a woman had thrown herself into the river , and pointed out the spot where she had disappeared . The policeman , 189 L , who was stationed on the bridge , saw a woman getting over the parapet on the north-west side of the bridge , and , suspecting her intentions , he rushed towards her and attempted to pull her back . A short struggle took place , during which his hat was knocked oft ^ and the woman , who was outside the parapet , eluded his grasp , plunged into the river and was drowned . The policeman only saw her for a few seconds , and believes she is a yeung woman . Neither of the bodies have yet been recovered .

      Uolloway ' b Pius and Ointment . —A solemn declaration was made the 23 rd day of May , 1842 , at the Mansion-house , before the Lord Mayor , Sir John Pirie : —Richard Cloake , sioker , employed in the office of the Morning Advertiser daily newspaper , declares that for a considerable time lie was afflicted with ulcerated wounds on his ankles , which frequently incapacitated him from attending to his duties ; in consequence he was admitted an out-door patient at the following institutions—Bartholomew ' s and King ' s College Hospitals , and , lastly , at the Dispeusary , Chancery-lane , but without obtaining the least relief : he also declares that he then used llolloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which radically cured him after every other means had faiied .

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      THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY . Tu . vbiudge , Monday Night . —The coroner ' s inquiry into the circumstances attending the late disastrous accident on the South Eastern Railway was resumed this afternoon , at the Angel Hotel , in this place . The coroner arrived shortly before three o ' clock , and alter having had a short intercourse with the foreman of the panel , informed tho authorities of the Kailway Company that the jury had expressed a desire again to visit the scene of the accident . After some discussion , the jury persisting in their determination , a special train was provided to convey them to the spot . On arrivin » there , it was at once seen that it would be utterly impossible to make any turtner examination of t . ho innniifv As far as , « . / sr . iTS'n » m «« m < r * ^^ -rT , « . >

      the eye could reach in every direction the fields were covered With water , even the course of the river being entirely lost in the general flood . The water had visen at least five ov six leet since "Wednesday last , and now reached within about seven or eight feet of the summit of the embankment . The permanent way of both the up and down line had , however , been completed and made good since the jury last saw it , a foundation having been obtained by driving piles into the earth beneath the bridge . The latter circumstance , it was stated , had occasioned some dissatisfaction among tho jury , and is believed to have been the proximate cause of their determination to proceed again to'the spot . The j ury having returned to the inquest-room for the purpose of pursuing the investigation ,

      Jevenvah Somers was first called . He said he was a labourer , and resided at Tunbridge Wells : he knew the bridge where the accident happened ; it was called " Johnson ' s Bridge , " and led from Mr . Johnson ' s farm-house to his fields on the opposite side of the railway . He last saw the bridge about sixteen or eighteen months ago ; he was | then on a train passing over it . Witness last saw the bridge to examine it four years ago . He was then employed paving the roadway under the arch , to make the passago good for Mr . Johnson's carts . His work had no other object ; it had no connection with the foundation of the bridge , which , as witness beliovod , was in a good state and condition , and likely to last for a long time . Witness knew of nothing calculated to weaken the foundation at that time , unless it were an immense flow of water from tho river to the

      land on the adjoining side , By the Foreman—I formed a drain under tho bridge of Kentish ragstene , which I intended to carry off the water from the foundation of the pillars to the centre of the arch , and tlience from the bridge to the land on the north side . I do not know the depth of the foundation of the brick pillars on which the iron girders rest . The time I speak of was four years last April or May . When the great flood occurred in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge four years ago , the foundation of the bridge was not put in . The ballast had been dug out of the field onthe south side of the railway when I put down the pavement under the arch . I was employed by the contractor . Isaac Fry , labourer , of Haseden , was next called .

      He knew the bridge where the accident happened . Twelve months since last November , witness had been employed in cutting a drain between the two abutments of that bridge . He was employed by Mr . Hoof , the contractor for the Tunbridge Wells branch , who was digging ballast out of the field adjoining the bridge , for the construction of the latter railway . The drain was dug through this archway for the purpose of letting the water out of the ballast-hole on the south side of the line , and discharge it on the north side , so that it might flow into the river . The occasion to which witness referred was iiot the first on which the drain had been opened . It had been opened before , and bushes laid in , but the ballast soon worked in amongst them , and stopped the drain up , and , upon that , the fresh drain was made , clasp tiles beinti used . The ground was then thrown in a » ain . The drain was from five to sevea feet deep .

      Witness was not employed to put in the drain , nor did he knovy of its existence until the ground was opened to put in the tile drain . The tile drain was dug a little lower than the bush drain , in order to obtain a foundation for the tiles . The drain did not run through the centre of the arch ; it was cut " eater-ways" ( obliquely ) across the road , so as to afford communication between the ballast-hole on the south side and the ballast-hole on the north ; the one commencing above and the other below the bridge . While engaged in cutting the drain , the surface of the road in one part was higher than witness ' s head . Witness did not go near enough the brickwork to see the depth of the foundations . The ballast-pit was deeper near the bridge than any other part , thus rendering it necessary to go down lower in the formation of the drain . After excavating for the tile drain , witness filled it up again with loose earth .

      The Foreman : Did you fill it up sufficiently ? Witness : I cannot say that I recollect making a remark to our ganger on this subject . I said , " Depend upsn it , the first flood that comes , the water will carry all this gravel away , and then the bridge will go . " ( Sensation . ) The witness added , " We have never had a flood until last Monday night since th . it time . " Examination by the Foreman continued : We did not replace the " pitching" as we found it , but threw in the stones anyhow as they came—some at the top and some at the bottom . I have observed the road under this bridge several times during the past few weeks : the road was in a very bad state ; and I have seen the wheels of Mr .. Johnson ' s carts , when

      conveying turnips , sink in the soil up to the nave of the wheels . This was on the side of the bridge on which the accident occurred . . When the tile drain was dug there was a heavy flood , and the soil under the bridge was " all swampy , " so that as fast as we threw it out it fell in again , thus compelling us to make the drain much wider than we intended . In some places it was five feet wide . The name of the ganger to whom I allude is Joseph Gibbs . While we were at work at the drain he desired us to be quick and get the earth in again , as he said if we were not , it was " quite likely the foundation of the bridge would give way . " I was myself in expectation of such an

      accident all the while I was at work . We ^ received all our instructions from Joseph Gibbs , and we acted under his orders . I recollect the great flood four years ago . Johnson ' s bridge was built at that time . The flood at that time had no effect on the bridge , nor do I think it would now but for the drain since excavated , the ground having been dug out in the first instance for the foundation of the abutments forming the bridge . When the drain was formed the whole of the soil under the arch was in a loose state . I do not know the depth of tho foundation , but I know the earth was not taken out so low for the foundation as we went with the drain .

      David Draper and Thomas Brown , labourers in the employ of Mr . Johnson , were next examined at great length . Their evidence was merely corroborative of that given by previous witnesses as to the bad state of the road . Draper said the road was lowered two feet after its original formation , and added , that when passing under the bridge himself he had frequently observed the girders give when a train passed over ; so much so that he had hastened from underneath the arch in consequence . Robert Fairbairn , bailiff to Mr . Thomson , occupying the farm adjoining to Mr . Johnson ' s , was next called . His evidence contained nothing of importance , beyond the fact he deposed to as arising from personal knowledge of the locality that the accident must have occurred through a rush of water from the north side of the railway into the ballast pit on the south side . Mr . J . P . Barlow was next called .

      Mr . Barlow read from a written paper a statement of his opinion as to the cause of the accident . The document was somewhat lengthy , but it will be sufficient to doscribe its effect , which may be briefly done as follows : —Ho attributed the accident to the rush of water from the north ( or river ) side of the railway , through the occupation-bridge into the ballast-pit on the south side . Ho was of opinion , however , that the disaster would not have happened had the ballast-pit been full of water at the time . lie consider ed the bridge to have been strong enough to have withstood the force of any fluod , had it not been for the fall of water which followed on tho ballast-pit being nearly empty . This had had the effect of first carrying away a portion of the embankment ,

      and then undermining the foundation of the abutments on which the bridge rested . He believed that the tile drain which had been spoken of , had nothing whatever to do with the accident . On the contrary , he thought that , so far from having been the cause of the accident , it was calculated to lessen the probability of such an occurrence , by affording a more ready passage for the water , through the occupationbridge , He was of opinion that the accideut could not have occurred to a passenger train . The statement concluded by the expression of Mr . Barlow ' s opinion , that the works on the South Eastern Railway possessed a higher degree of stability than thosa of any other railway ; a fact , it was alleged , satisfactorily proved by the comparatively small cost of keeping up the permanent way on the former line . Mr . Barlow having been subjected to a long examination by the foreman of the jury , the builder of the bridge was next called , to prove that it had been

      constructed properly . The coroner then briefly charged the jury , pointing out the principal facts deposed to by the several witnesses , as they bore upon the accident . The jury retired at fivo minutes past eight o ' clock , and remained closeted until half-past ten , when the court was again thrown open , and The foreman read the following as the unanimous finding of himself and brother jurors : — "We find that James Dobic was killed in consequence of the falling of a bridge called Johnson ' s bridge , in this parish , by reason of the foundation of the said bridge being undermined , and washed away by an unexpected flood of water ; and , in the opinion of the jury , it is a dangerous practice to make drains under arches , as it tends to weaken the foundation ; and the jury consider the ballast-hole alluded to in the evidence adduct'd is too near tho lino of railway . " The verdict was accompanied by a nominal dcodand of one shilline on the ensine and tender .

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      11 Y DADDY ! [ The following capital Parody is from a forthcoming book inteml « d to be mud as a Primer for tho children of the People . ] ¦ Who was it , five years since or more , Came poor and lone to England ' s shore , To wed a Queen and gold galore ? My Daddy . "Who , from John Bull , upon these grounds , Has yearly thirty thousand pounds , And fine tew kennels for his hounds ? My Daddy , Who was a grand Field-Marshal mauv Ere ho had filled each lower grade , Or drawn in battlu-field bis blade ?

      MyDaidy . \ 7 ho yi < il < 3 s Mamma and all her Court , By slaught ' rhig game , such glorious snort-Putting whole thousands o In mort ? My B . v'Oy . Who , to protect ' gainst war's mishans The heads of our poor soldier chaps , Invents suck funny flower-pot caps' ! My DavUy . Who keeps game-keepers , tall and strong , Unto a gaol to drug along Starv'd rascals found his hares among =

      My D : iddy . Who trains gvcat bloodhounds , fierce avu swift , Which , when old dames his sticks do ! 5 i :, Fix their sharp tangs through gown nu-A shift ! My Dii' . iiiy . Who is it that the papers state So boldly hath refused of late To pay his Windsor poor ' s-rate ? My Dadity . Who , with far more than Jullien ' s prick-, O ' er concerts grand doth oft preside , And music doth compose beside ? MyDadOy . Who , when my mother knows he ' s out , Troubles her jealous mind with doubt As to his where and what about ?

      My Daddy . Who is it , that to play with me , Sisters and brothers gets—( I ' ve three , And shortly shall another see ) ? Daddy . Thb Elements . —When Beau Brummnll was oorapelled to retire lo France , he knew no French ; and having obtained a grammar for the purpose of study , his friend Scrope Davies was asked what progress Brummell made in French ? Ho responded " that Brummell had been Btopped , like Bonaparte , in Rua-Bia , by the elements . Law . — " By what law , " demanded a friend of Quin , " did the regicides condemn Charles I . ?" " By as much law as he had left them , " was the reply .

      Ringing the Changes . —A good-natured Frenchman says : — " The weather in Eagland was made so variable on purpose , in order that the English nii <» li 4 have something to talk about . " ° A Slow Coach . —The Picayune says , in contradistinction to the man who walks so fast , tlut it puts his shadow out of breath to keep up with him , that there is a man in New Orleans who walks so stow , that his shadow frequently falls asleep on the sidewalk .

      DEREYNANE BEG , Och ! sure have you heard of the model estate , " With its beautiful cabins of mud 60 complate , Where the windys are windholes to let in the light , And both inside and out are as black as the night . 'Tis the pride of O'Connell , swate Derrynane-btg . 'Tis an ilegant sight that same stark-staring thatch Kept dowu with big stones , sure yt'il ne'er find i ( t match , The door , like the chimney , is no door at all , But a queer gaping kind of a hole in the wall , Thatfolks walk in and out of at Derrjnane-beg . Jistlookat the water that ' s standing in pools , As gretn as old Erin ; the big mountains is fools To the dungheaps and dust , that ' s haped up at the doCrfi Till it totters and tumbles right in on the flure . It ' s a swate-scented place that same Dcrrynane-beg ,

      No kettles or pots hang about on the wall , To disfigure the beauty or spile it at all , Bu ; the pigs and the spalpeens lay packed head and tail , And the sow and the Missus both ate the same male , Oh the grunting and groaning at Deirynane-bsg . Och ! where is the Maister ! right proud may he be The work of his far distant magic to see ; Now sure he ' s a taching— the world at his fate-Folks to live like us boys on the model estate That ' s so wonderful talked of at Derrynane-U- | j . Sure don't look so modest swate Maurice olione , Show the Saxon the things that your father lus done , Don ' t be grinning and looking so queer on the mud , Jist ating your words and denying your blood , Though there ' s little to ate else at Derrvuauc-bctr ,

      Ah think of the things when Hepale comes about , And the Maister ' s great plans shull be all carried cut , There shall not be a spot that , less clanely and uate Than the beautiful farms on the model estate , The pride of O'Cjnnell , swate Serryuane > beg . Punch , Just Pubushkd , a striking pen-apd-ink portrait 01 the Right Honourable the Earl Grey . It is executed in the line manner , and the likeness ruputod [ to be admirable . The shadows could not be deeper , and some of the strokes of the pen are remarkable for their boldness . For a proof before letters , apply to T . B . Macaulay , designer in general , at 1 , Albany ( lately removed from Downing-street ) , where a variety of portraits are always kept on hand . Members of Parliament , taken off at the shortest notice . — Ibid .

      Approaching Watbr Parties . —Ellenborough ' * first naval exploit will be to command a squadron in order to capture the Pillars of Hercules—which hs has been told will match admirablv with his Gates of . Somnauth . His next expedition will be a voyage to the North Pole , which he has promised posterity to bring to England , and plant on the summit of l'rimroaehill . If he should accomplish this groat achievement , prizes will be distributed every year to the boy who climbs to tho top of tho North Pole , after it has been properly greasod . The prizes will be appointments at the Admiralfy , or else the command of a man at xtax . —lbid . The Cap will Fit . —In consequence of the recent displays of wisdom on the part of certain Dukes , it has been proposed , in certain Dame-schools , to substitute the Ducal coronet for the Dunce's cap . —Ibid .

      Domestic Endearments . —I hold it indeed to be a sure sign of a mind not poised as it ought to be , if it be insensible to the pleasures of home , to the little joys and endearments of a family , to the affection of relations , to the fidelity of domestics . Next to being well with his own conscience , the friendship and attachment of & man ' s family and dependents seem to me one of the most comfortable circumstances of his lot . His situation with regard to either , forms that sort of bosom comfort or disquiet that sticks close to him at aU times and seasons , and which , though he may now and then forget it , amidst the bustle of public or the hurry of active life , wil : resume its phce in his thoughts , and its permanent effects on his happiness , at every pause of ambition or of business . —Ilorne .

      Grkat Britain . — The great alterations jn mechanics , the application of chemistry to agriculture , and the unlimited powers of steam , seem to havo opened to tho people of Great Britain a new ,. and assuredly no unreal , field of view . Under forms frcm which the philosopher may turn away , as from empty symbols of material civilisation , the great ideas ot aa infinite extension of manly power and aaanjy indusiry have been developed ; with the exception 0 ? the superficial extent of this little island , every element of society is here in a state of rapid and endless

      growth . The population almost doubles itself in the course of a man ' s lifetime . The natural resources of the soil are continually increased by the application of science . What can always be achieved by power , can now be executed with certainty by means oi" the wonderful naturalelement which man renders subordinate to his service . Iu all directions , the walls of the world—the horizon of society—appear on the point of vanishing , and nobody can venture to fix a limit to the exertions or the acts of man in reference to his earthly existence on this alanet .

      An Amazon . —On the night of the 13 th instant , a party of burglars came to the house of a lavmer named M'Kenna , residing at Moortown , in the county of Meath , within about four miles of Ardee . M'Kenna ' s servant girl slept in one wing of the house , and her master and tho rest of the family in the other . About two o ' clock she was awoke , and on looking towards a window in the room , she saw a man coming in through it . She screamed , and the fellow told her if she did not hold her tongue he would ruin her when he got in . She instantly seized a grape , or three-grained fork , which she recollected was in the room , having used it the previous day in putting flax on a hurdle , and immediately fti QHft f \ Vtllttl Prf \ nt ^ ltrY IMIIAflhli *** n ^ nr * l ** m t . .. « . I l . Tn linjl *' made a plunge at the invader just he had his

      . as body in , sticking him in the breast , on which he roared to his comr ad e' to pull him back , as he tvas done . She looked out of the window and saw four men carrying him oil' on their shoulders . Their taces were blackened , and the uieht was particularly bright at the time . She alarmed her master immediately , and he and his son , it is stated , locked themselves up foi fearof tho party returning . Blood was traced Ironi the house to cross-roads within about fifteen perches of it , aud from the quantity on the ground , it is conjectured the robber could not survive . It appears that M'Kenua brought a considerable sum of money home from Ardee that day , and that it was the knowledge of this fact that tempted the cupidity ot the robbers , as ho was " set , " as it is termed .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1352/page/3/