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      *" " "" "' iSB NATIONAL ANTHEM . ^ Wr dedica ted to " Daniel O'ConneQ , " u ^^ ptncra-y torgj and tte i ^ of men . ) BT AEGrS . ^ j r _ " Bxde Britannia . " ^ . v gjst lent her helping band , f ^^ ppresdon * reign ; ^ jStfllled ibe Und , *^ gJ ** ,. tVa main ' . ^ eur

      i ^ f ^ lr Charter-the CSarter of rights ; 035 » idJ hamanity , and for onr freedom fights . . „ , md priest * . troth ' s deadliest foes , i ^^ S ^ e heavenly birth ; *?* £ « ai that « yarose * J » Atoned ail the earth : )^ PT „ ciarter—the Charter of our rights ; fl ^ sids humanity , and for our freedom fights . ^ tonr sought its due reward , & " ^ Wbaried -neat * the sward , l **^? obta ' ned the approving smUe of bearen : — ^ " ^ onr Ctarter—the Charter of our rights ; ren » ds humanity , and for our freedom fights .

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      - W yREEDOM AND THE CHASTER I " Bright are the beams of the morning sky j ^ y jre the beams of dear woman ' s eye , *^ i Aptore her lips can impart , r ^ ws gian 66 of dear llbeTt 7 » ^ j irttKi i ^ charms to the heart . Jfnse » ^ anain of pleasure , »¦¦ ' from -whence happiness flows ; it ^ , ^ d not taste of this pleasure , ^ sk tone ? ** *?* Qf **» rose - v * toast , then the toast , be out freedom , ^* . 'Idi breast that is manly approve ; aHoest , then the toast , be onr freedom , * f ^ sc asrers for the cause that -we love . of » n

      . ^ . nsse the eanse freedom hign , ^ Sadi heart that is trusty approve ; J * * nis £ 0 ms hallowed by liberty ' s sigh , fr-rinis the charms e ' en of love . JTniK tifn f ' ^ ices transport , 1 ^ . Gs * rier itf M « b * u imp&r * : ii boo * thus devoted to freedom , j ^ jj-ie oaly true lulm to the heart > «« -is toast , then the toast , be our Charter , -gihbrtas : that is manlj approve ; ^ T sbe tcast , then the toast , be our Charter , ^ jiK cheers for the cause that -we love . Thomas Wheeleb .

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      - — v rri PAST . —THE PRESENT . —THE FCTCRE . '" " A PROPHECT . BT ARGVS . fjs 6 iaJ ler standard raised on high , ^ siffioas g&ihered round , vps » a to win " iheir rights , or die , * 2 SS aid the earth , in joy , with freedom ' s voice rsRundfe " ^ r : > pc " trembling kir . cs combined , f t ' ocih the heavenly birth ; jjj . a ** ajiin , enslaved maniicd , jt , is » time , caused crowns to Teign dominant on the earth .

      • a ARson "! blood-saint conquering truth , Itfaai hu " royal" gold , — fcrb France ' s freedom—Blew her youth , ± ji to stone for murder , gave a king . ' and thus poor Gsal-ras sold . ii&isped on , with fleeting wings , isa Tiiiit CHa ? GE was borne ; { nsd it came , and crowns and kincs SBEsbsd , with dawn of truth , the silvery chequered asm . jiEjjtt bad been—the glowing sun ¦ ad &P& in crimson eve , & 5 » kt isirn came—the combat won , fci monarchs , " on their spangled thrones , what j ustice could achieve .

      Is : Albion , Gaul , Columbia , too , Sail Eais of freedom be ; ijj ifij : TrnfiiTi rats each will pursue i despot foe , and sink for ever " royalty" in th tafa ^ iC'i ned sea ! lEaDamini . 1 & 41 .

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      A CHARADE . Jfrfat , tho' tis highly essential to life , li is neither in water nor air ; & £ onnot prodnce it—it parts not with strife , ibIiti ia the loveliest smiles of my wife , Aid it atteriy banishes care . I ; iKfflkd , is met with at every tnrn ¦ ff"ha e the light of the sun can be seen ; Bs pKito possess it may labour and mourn , Tib' iibtTa create—from the cottage tis torn , Wii the rich it hath constantly been . BjHtQwome , my third has been festered with care , Freni the earliest day of his life ; isiiTes nw so much , that he never could spare , in b * i fellow surg-rcts their righteous share , Bat is Siiing the Queendom with strife .

      tj arti , ca 3 Daniel's favourite bsen ; Ba political course hath deciar'd : dssLls ia his Emerald is' . e so green -, tsit Dii ' iin ' s dty it never was seen , Tlo" peraaps it may shortly be there . lyfSi . whh Fmali ' -y Jack , , 1 should say Mr . Ruselli is highly tsteem'd -, i fcoad , it was with him some years since , in May " LaTvhigferTWon him die glorious dsy ; TTist a rojal achievement it «« m'd ! 7 ECh , irhy I e&nsot tell where it is not , Ts ia er-. TT ram in the land ; i"fitt Ksaaiy , too , and in erery lot , ¦ 37 itttie , in tTery ^ ot , Aad in every atom uf s ^ ad .

      71 * 2 , if no : qai : e so abundantly found , Hae especiaUy not , in the >* urth ; * 1 erery Turkihiremaji welcomes the sound , Ai Uis 1-jveii-it thing upon earth . ' "" w- * ^ eninna may happen to see , Hii polineal crerd -what it may ; ^ fer nunaken his nutions may be , H aaaelf—if he knew what the answer should be , m-wocM love it , I venture to E 3 y . * Ti , Msy 3 rd , lsil . J . C . Elliot . Answers in verse are requested .

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      » THE INQUISITION . CEGBti OP IJiPS . * f" cea&n iEcarnate . ' Iscariot , or Cain , j ^ ntltch , Herod , or Nero ;—^^ iufon ear th , thoa appearest again J * Pl » iywi : our mightiest htro ! ^ Powa we - . race in tee bills of mortality , *•« uthy system , on laws of finality .

      i . PPOLTO >\ Jf ^— I ' m playing the hypocrite , —carry - /*** tracts into Africa—teaching ^? o rdi of St . Paul—it is foolish to marry ! o T ^ wer be preaching , pairing white bondsmen to slavery condemn , wt the yotng blacks , thus emancipate them ! ^ " ^ ge infanticide , grave it in Latin , j ^ n « o 3 bcatc infants new born !—^ p "fsi ^ iier - s pnrchase « ilk , laces , and satin , — h i ^ L * ^ Production but corn , j ^ a . where wheat fields might flourish , let death *« t ? iSmj _ - i ^ iiijojjj 8 nd Tniiunns of breath !

      FIKST IMP . ^ irh a knowledge is stalking abroad , -ait , oonch . ' Heath our cast-iron screens , ^^ ler the bright intellectual cord ; Dfc 1 * ^ inftrnal maehines . j T ^ a ia dazzl ed , so quench every beam , — ^ - *< u . £ invisible vapour of steara . ^ , second imp . ** f *? ffi o ! titades perishing , pining for labour !—n T ^ eoDi 0 ! darkness immure them ; yT _ * P dare txpostulate , sharpen the sabre , l ^ j ^ ae and torture don't cure them I jS ?* r » omtn , expose them , —abaah'd ru track ! e ,- -R hen naked , their bodies are lash'd

      ^ j . THIRD IMP . t ^ " » eeping , for loss of it » mothei I .- V ^ Tenigh to befn ^ d j ^ . ^/ a > t own law once enacted , we'd smother ^ o tto ^ T iWi motber earth aend him , Ji ^ *™ ? -a child of the st » te—keep in atre , ^^ tor the cat , to befit him for war . ' Kfr , -APPOLTO . f . Baf ^ * " * i ^ noeents , waste them with torpor j ^! P&ngk and warp Uiem to cripple *; ajj ?** anatomise every panper , 0 i tteJ ^ ^ ° of mQk fr 0111 toeir nipple *! aJ ^ wnu , eTer 3 et iagiice take j ^^ Seagate woiEen—if others ahcrald fefl . ^* -Hvicg victims , by demons were haek'd , ° » laa ^ fieree ^ ""e <* number ; b Q ,- ^ torture , now hundreds are nuk'd ,-j ^^ xna three thousand men slumber ! tell re ^* * : ~ ^ ^ airo' < w rerelj ^ ° creat \« a—a region of derila 1 jLetbvs Boon .

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      t ^? POItD . -- ( WiLTSHiaK . )— Anti-CJork-Law Petitions . —There was a hole-and-corner meeting held here , when it was agreed to petition Parliament for & repeal of the Corn Law . Petition sheets having been obtained , they were sent round the town for BignatureB , whan a Mr . Baker went into a house in the Po Piz 9 Ground to solicit their signatures , and he was told the man had been dead four months . The petition was , however , signed , ana his eignatnre attached to it . "What a pass the must

      leaguers be reduced to , te use dead men ' s namea STOCXPORT . — Dreadful Accidkst . —On Friday evening week , a waggoner , ( George Elwes ) with Mr . Orrell s waggon , which was laden with cotton , was run over , when coming down the hill , near the Railway Station , and killed on the spot . He had been drinking during the day , but bore a good character , as he had held his present situation twenty years , and was much respected . He has left ~ a wife and two children to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss .

      'BJBJWIirGHAM . — Drscassro . v on Socialism . —Mr . Lloyd Jones , the Socialist champion , aDd Mr . John Briniley , the parson ' s pet , had a regular " ^ - t 0 " Iast week » ^ Ryan ' s Royal Amphitheatre , which was selected as the most convenient and appropriate place for the display of intellectual and physical gladiatorship . The place , which is capable of ^ holding 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons , was filled as if by magic , as soon as access could be had . Much excitement was manifested both by the audience in the boxes and the gallery . A chairman had been chosen for each side , and after a straggle for the posrof moderator , or chairmen ' s chairman , Mr . J . L . Murphy was elected to ; hat office . We cannot enter into the argument , which was continued

      during three evenings , and concerning which we have received communications from both parties , showing that each champion satisfied his own backers . The place was crowded each evening , aDd at the close of the last evening ' s discussion , Mr . Gecrge White stood forward in front of the platform , to address the meeting , and was received wnh loud caeers , mteiiaingled with groans and hi 3 ses from the parsons and respectables , accompanied with shouts of" He's a political demagogue , " ' He is a Chartist . " Sir . Brindley then stepped up with clenched fists , and told Mr . White that if he attempted to make a speech there , he would have him taken- into custody . A regular row then commenced on the piatfurm ; the paTsons bellowing like so many bull ? , and Mr . Brindiev frothing at the mouth wiih rage . Mr . Murphy , moderator , in ? i > ted ou Mr . Briudley and the parsons

      behaving in a proper manner , or else he should be obligf-d to ? t-nd for the police , and have them taken into custody . A resolution was then proposed condemning the present state of society and declaratory of the opinion of the meeting respecting the arguments adduced by the disputants , but such was the uproar and , confusion created by the parsons and their tools that it was impossible to hear a word . The resolution was however proposed , seconded , and put by Mr . Southwell first and afterwards by Mr . Murphy and carried in dumb show , the parties in the body of the meeting voting with their respective leaders , when they saw their hands held up . ( The resolution will be found in our advertising colcms . ) Three long , loud , and enthusiastic cheers were given for the People's Charter ; three for Fear < us O'Connor , and three for the Incarcerated Chartists , after which the meeting separated .

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      The muber of visitors to the Zoological Gardens in April was ll : 40 o , from which £ 394 11 s . had been recei ved . The Pb : ce of bread in Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is fixed at 27 centimes the kilogramme—about 5 f J . the 4 : b . loaf . The dumber or corporal punishments inflicted in the royal navy in 1838 amounted to 1 , 730 , and in 1839 to L 38 V . It may bo urat ying to the calumniators of Ireland to iearu that thfre arc only three prisoners for trial at the next asiizss for this county . —Jioscommon Journal . It appeaks that tho number of unions to which special and not general rules have been given by the Poor Law Commissioners in 1840 , i 3 very nearly five hundred .

      It is believed that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Court of Directors for the transmission of the overland packets twice a montfi . The fei £ -nds of the celebrated Curran will shortly place in ihe aisie of Cnxist Church Cathedra ! , Dublin , a cenotaph , in commemoration of that illustrious Irishman . Moke -Lawyers . —>" o less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of their intention to apply to be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen ' s Beach on the last dav of the present term .

      We u . ndcrSTa . vd that Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gi'ue out by the overland India mail of this month , as Envoy to China , to supersede Captain Elliot , and with full power to settle all differences . The Comsia . nder-ik-Chief has ordered cricketgrounds to be laid out at each cf the barrack stations throughout the United Kingdom , for the use of the officers and-privates . Si . nce the 1 st of Jannary , 1841 , there have been no ifeas than 51 railway patients received into the County Hospital . O ? these 27 have been discharged cured , four have died , and one was dismissed . — Brighton Paper . It has bees decided by the directors of the London and Bnghtrtl Railway to open twenty miles of that line from London to Haward ' s heath in June . The whole work will be completed and opened to the public rn August .

      Cause and Effects—Ringing the Belles . —We are informed that fcince the new peal of bella was got to St . James ' s Church , in the Pottery , marriages in that district have multiplied exceedingly . —Hull Rocking ham . As ma . \ t -a 3 4 , 048 bodie 3 have been taken out of the Grand Surry Canal within a period of twenty-six years ; and Taylor , who keeps the boat-house on the Peckham branch , has taken out no Ies 3 a number than 300 . It ak > ear 3 from evidence taken before a Commitaee of the House of Commons on the subject of tie House of Commons' Library , that there is no complete set of the printed papers of the House in Britain .

      AliMVERSABT OF THE DEATH OF ISAPOLEON . — The grand mass on the occasion of the anniversary of the Emperor Napoleon was celebrated on Wednesday week , in the Church of the Invalides , near Paris . FaTHee Mathew and the ^ PublicaM . —A Killarney correspondent inform 3 us thac tho receipts of Saturday I&it , in that town , of sixteen publicans , were seven shillings and four pence I I—Kerry Examiner . At a shop window , in the neighbourhood of Whitecbapel , are a pair of India rubber shoea exhibited for sale , with a paper attached to them , on which is written— " These Inger rubber shoes to be sold chepe . Warreiitidnot to Leke "

      A Hint to Emigrants . —If an emigrant to I ^ orth America take out £ \ in shillings and sixpeuny pieces , the currency value of £ 1 in Upper Canada will be 25 i . The same amount in silver crowuB or half-crowns will pas 3 current for 243 . The value of a golden sovereign is rated at " 243 . 4 d . Petitions cpox Socialism . —It appears by the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons upon public petition ? , that from the 27 ih January to the 30 th April , this year , 27 petitions , with 10 , 3 L' 9 signatures were presented to the House on the subject of Socialism . "Breathe not his Name . "—A chip of aristocraey , living in the Broadway , had a very long and difficult name , and on a stranger trying to pronounce it t ' other day , his tongue got entangled in his teeth , and he could not get it disengaged until some one advised hun to spell the word Dackwards . —Yankee Paper .

      ExTRAOBDiXAsr . —The cutter Fanny , when on her passage from Porte Macquarie to Sydney last trip , had a severe encounter with a tiger shark , who laid hold of hermizen boom , and held on for some time with his teeth , until he was frightened off by some of the men attacking Mm . Part of his teeth may yet be seen in the boom by any person desirous of inspecting it . —Sydney paper . A New Version . —A traveller stepping in at &n inn , down east , was asked how the business men in New York were getting along , " Oh , " answered the traveller , " many of them have got upon their legs again . " '' How so , has trade got briskA" M Oh no , but many who rode in their coaches have been obliged to leave to walk . "

      The Eightt-thibd anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital charity was celebrated on Thursday . Since the foundation of the charity near 7 , 000 females have been admitted ; a leading feature in the establishment is , that no young woman who has behaved well during her stay in the hospital is discharged unprovided for . A Teetotaller ' s Repaktee . —Someamusementbas been occasioned by the irruption of tee-totallers into Herefordshire , owing to * difficulty u to what would be done with tbe apples , supposing their fjstem to be adopted . At a late meeting this subject was good-humouredly brought forward , and the reply of the temperance advocate wa 4 , that he would make " dumplings " of them .

      A largi building is about to be immediately erected in New Windsor , by the dissenters , for a H British school , " to be conducted upon " general principle ? , " M far as religion is concerned , and without reference to any particular sect or creed . One gentleman residing here ( Mr . Caarriot ) has presented a donation of £ 1 , 500 towards the building fund , and other liberal subscriptions have flowed in from various parties in the town asd neighbourhood . '

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      Rossini . —A letter from Bologna asserts that Rossini has just made to his native town the munificent present of 600 , 000 francs , to found a charitable establishment for old and infirm musicians . It is added , that he intends to establish there a publie and gratuitous school of singing , the direction of which he will reserve to himself for his own life . Fatal Accident . —A fatal accident recently took place on the railway between Paisley and Glasgow . One of the guards , named Barclay , contrary to instructions given to him , was amusing himself cutting capers upon the roof of one of the carriages , with his back to the engine , which was movipg with great rapidity , when bis head came so violently in contact with a bridge as to cause instant death .

      A blacksmith , named Osborn , offered himself as bail at the Court of Sessions for a prisoner whose trial was put off till next term . " Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all your debts ! " inquired the Recorder . " Why , Sir , 1 hold my wife to be worth 500 dollars at least , without countiug my own property . " "The Court is satified , " replied the Recorder , " take his bail . "—New York Sun . Look on this Picture . —John Douglas was sentenced at the Stirling Assizes , by Lords Justice Clerk and Moncrieff , on the 14 th current , to seven years' transportation , for assaulting and striking a criminal officer , named Christison , on the noBe , while in the discharge of hiB duty : —And on this : —Lord Waldegrave nearly killed a policeman , and has been sentenced to six months in the Queen ' s Bench , a mere nominal punishment to him . Truly may we sing the old tune— " There ' s a law for the rich , and another for the poor . "

      Death of Mr . Barnes . —We are truly concerned to have te record the demise , on Friday morning , a few minutes before eight o ' clock , at his residence in Soho-sg . uare , of Thomas Barnes , Esq , editor of the 71 mes journal . He was in the 56 th year of his ago only , and of a frame apparently so robust of health as to give more than common promise of a ripened old age . Whatever the differences of political opinion , all parties will readily join in the one tribute of unanimous admiration of the talent and energy , extraordinary and colossal as they were , which he displayed in the mamgementof that justly influential and leading journal , of which ho was the presiding genius , and whose power and renown he had so greatly contributed to raise . —Evening paper .

      PETITIONS RFSPECTING THE NEWPORT RlOTS AND the Poor Laws . —Tbe Twenty-second Report of the Committee on Public Petitions has just been printed , with an account of the petitions sent in from the 27 th January to the 30 : h April . We extract the following;—On the subject of the Newport riots , 28 petitions , 34554 signatures . For Repeal of ihe Poor Law Amendment Act , 109 petitions , So 987 signatures ; for alteration of it , 77 petitions , lO , Ors signatures . Against the Poor Law Amendment Bill , 248 petitions , 88 350 signatures ; for alterations of it , 258 petitions , 5 U . 740 signatures .

      Turnpike Roads Bill . —This bill , brought in by Mr . Jervis , M . P ., and Lord R . Growcnor , M . P ., proposes to enact , that no toll shall be demanded or taken for or in respect of any horse , as 3 , sheep , swine , &c , or of any waggon , cart , vehicle , or other carriage of any kind whatsover , which shall only cross any turnpike road , or shall not pass above 100 yard 3 thereon . The second clause extends the powers of former acts to this act , &c . Discovert of a Curious Document . —Among the records at Guildall there has just been found a contract by which Charles I . gave over in mortgage ,

      ' . o the Corporation of London , certain large tracts of Crown land in Northumberland , Durham , &c , for a loan of £ 300 , 000 of the then currency . The ill-fated and misguided monarch never had the power of redeeming these land ^ , which thus merged into the city estates . The Corporation , however , thinking them too distant and too barren to be profitable , disposed of thrm to the ancestors of the present great coal proprietors , thus unwittingly throwing away the richest and most valuable- soil in England , which would loni ; since have produced them a net profit of £ 400 , 600 per annum .

      Sad Mistake . —When a female member of the Briti ? h Royal family holds a levee , it is customary for her to kiss the ladies of the nobility , and no others . It happened that the lady of the Lord Justice Clerk was , on one occasion , among the number of thof presented to the late Princess Amelia , who , a 3 it is well known , wa 3 very deaf . " Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk , " said the man in waiting . Meanwhile , some meddling person whispered him that his announcement was incorrect , the lady being a commoner . By this time the kiss preliminary was about to be performed , when out bawled the man of office through a speaking trumpet , " Dont kiss her , Madam , she's not a lady ! ' '

      Extraoedinart Circuhsta ! tce . —On Wednesday last , William Green , engaged at the Mitre Inn , in this city , as flyman , was ordered to drive a party out for an airing , but on arriving opposite the Windmill public-house , in St . Giles's , no complained of having a pain in his side , and requested a man to drive the fly for him , and he then alighted and went into tho house and borrowed a common table knife , and proceeded onwards till he arrived near the Hut publichou = e , where he cut his throat , which he mangled in a very shocking manner ; he was soon afterwards discovered , and wa 3 immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , where he was promptly attended by Mr . Wingfield , surgeon , and now lies in a very precarious etate . No cause could be assigned for the rash act . —Oxford Chronicle .

      Shameful Occurrence at a Funeral . —A man of the name of Tain Dowie , belonging to Kinross , having died , ail his relatives were prohibited , by the last will and testament of this eccentrio , from coming near his dead body , seeing they had not looked near him while liviug , and certain acquaintances of the deceased were appointed to do the particular honours of the burial . —Accordingly , none of the relatives appeared until the funeral company had commenced their progress to the church-yard , when a sister ' s eon of the deceased came forward and demanded the

      " head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignity . He refused . From words it came to blows—a regular fight then ensued betweea the two—and in the contest , the relative of tho deceased kicked the coffin with such force , that a space was opened , displaying to the horrifying feeling of the bystanders , the body in its grave-clothes . The body was carried to the grave by the Kinross officials , leaving the brutal wretches to fight it oat . Such a scene could hardly bo expected to occur among savages—horrible surely among Christians , in the nineteenth century . —Stirling Observer .

      Rumours of Ministerial Changes . — We can state nothing on the subject of tho probable cast of the new Government in any other shape than as a rumour . Bat we are at liberty to add that we have been favoured with a sight of more than one list by pauit-B who -were certainly in communication , in the course of Monday , with some of the distinguished individuals whose names we are about to give . Of course , as , on the one band , it would be absurd to profess that we feel at ail responsible for the eventual accuracy of any of these anticipations , so on the other , it would be unreasonable , in testing them , hereafter , by results , to forget that , from the very nature , of the case , they who may have been really designated to a particular department to-day , may

      be replaced or overlooked in new arrangements that are to be suggested to-morrow ; and , from that very circumstance , may be hereafter disposed to countenance , ( tacitly , at least , ) the impression , that they were never designated to such appointments at all . In one "list , " then , we have seen Lord John Russell associated with Earl Spencer for his premier ; and in another , Lord John as Premier , with Earl Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty , Mr . Macaulay for Home Secretary , the Earl of Clarendon for Foreign Secretary , Lord Howick for the Colonies ( f ) . In another the Duke of Richmond has

      been named as Premier , Lord Stanley as leader in the House of Commons . In another list , which we should say is much more likely to be confirmed by the event , we have seen the premiership accorded to Sir Robert Peel ; a position in the Cabinet ( such as Lord President of the Council—an office without any active- functions ) , to the Duke of Wellington , in order to give to the new Government what it is naturally anticipated would prove the prestige of his grace ' s name ; and the Foreign Department to the Earl of Aberdeen . In none of these lists were there repeated tho names of Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerston . —Morning Herald .

      Hobrible Atrocity . — " About twelve years ago , " says tbe Nouveliiste des Ardennes , " the daughter of a farmer in the arrondissement of Mezieres was married to a young man of a neighbouring village . After a few months , the wife was attacked with symptoms of mental alienation , which in a little time assumed all the character of confirmed madness . The huBband took her back to her father , conceiving that in his hands there would be a greater chance of her recovery . The father received her , but soon finding the charge too onerous , contrived the following means of disposing of her . Ho privately constructed & species of case formed of four planks , between seven and eight feei long , leaving one of the extremities open , and fixed it upright in his stable . Having enticed the poor creature to

      place herself in it , he closed the ease np , and there left her standing utterly precluded from escape . He daily supplied her with food , letting it down from the top , she having just room enough in the angles of her narrow pmon to raise her hand and carry it to her month . Of course she was constantly kept standing on her legs , witbont the possibility of changing her position . Thus was she confined for a period of nearly twelve years , till a short time ago , when she wa « disoovered and released . When taken oat she had lost full a foot in her height , and her appearance was more that of some nondescript animal than of a woman . She hid no speech , but uttered inarticulate Bounds borrowed from tbe cattle whose voice * alone she had heard during the whole period . A judicial inquiry is making into the case . " The details of this case are so strange and unnatural that we cannot suppose them to be true .

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      Prince Albert . —A report has beea going through all the newspapers that Prince Albert is in a very delicate state of health , and is consumptive—that he is going abroad for his health , and that perhapB the Queen would acoompany him . We believe this . like many other foolish reports , originated with the silly correspondent of a morning paper . —We are happy to have it m our power to give it a flat contradiction . Ihe Prince was never ia better health , nor has he been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever , nor wish , to go abroad on account of his health , or for any other reason . —Oxford Chronicle . — [ Who can indulge the preposterous idea that the Prince has any " intention to go abroad on account of his health , or for any other reason ? " He has got quartered on John' Bali , " de monish" flows into his pockets , and he feels at home to a tye . — Printer ' s Devil . ]

      Curious Case . —About six or seven years ago , Brotherton , the Edinburgh and Salton carrier , proceeded to Salton Hall , where he received from the butler and housekeeper of the family the sum of £ 80 , m > pay for various articles obtained m Edinburgh . On his way home he was , according to his account , set upon by two men , who knocked him down , and cut away the pocket containing the money , with which they made clear off . Investigation was set < m foot in every direction at the time , but no trace could be obtained of the robbers , and the case was allowed to drop , not without some suspicion attaching to the

      carrier himself of having kept the money , and contrived the story of the robbery to divert suspicion from himself . Within these few days , however , information was received at the County Police-office that a man named Mitchell , living in the Grassmarket , and another named Peaston , living in Laaswade , were implicated in the robbery , they both having been employed at the time of the robbery with a shoemaker in the village of West Salton . They were both apprehended , and , after investigation , the men have been committed for trial . — Ayr Observer .

      Wealthy Vagrant . —On Monday night , an old Highlandier arrived in Cupar from Dundee , on his route to Edinburgh . After obtaining liberty to got lodging , and having received charity to pay the same , no person would ( take poor Donald in . He then applied to the police , who acoommodated him with abed . Upon being searched , as is customary , Donald declared that ho had " no more but one penny , my dear . " However , Donald ' s word was not to be taken , and after being divested of his upper garments , meal bags , &c , he was found to be worth

      more than he intended should be known . In the inside of the cuff of one of the sleeves of his old coat , was found three pound notes , neatly stitched there , and in the other two in the same manner—in a = mall purse attached to his garter 19 s . 61 . in silver —aud in a concealed pocket in his trousers Is . 2 ^ ., which wiih tho penny , amounted altogether to £ 6 . fls . 9 £ d .. When tho discovery was made , poor Donald's " Oi ^ li I O ' igh 1 " was truly pitiable—his whole covering was not worth the 9 $ cl . Next morning Donald was elevated on tketop of thecoack for Edinburgh at his own expence .

      A Youth shot by his Father . —For a long time past , depredations of an extensive nature have been committed in the gardens of Mr . Cooke , of Wcston , to the perpetrators of which no clue could be obtained . Monday night , Mr . C . was alarmed on hearing some one on his premises , and he accordingly got up , and , armed with a loaded gun , proceeded to scour the gardens in searching of the untimely intruders . After a brief search , he discovered some one making off from the cucumber frames . He shouted " stop , " but the trespasser did not heed tJie cry , and Mr . Cooke accordiHgJy levelled his gun and fired . Tne fellow immediately dropped , and on Mr . Cooke seizing him , he was shocked at beholding his own son . It is neces 3 arj

      lo state that this unfortunate youth is one of the worst description of characters , having been uiore than once placed at tiia bar for offencas of a serious nature ; and there is too much reason to fear that through him the robberies in his fathers garden have been effected . It is a melancholy circumstance , but the youth has become so utterly incorrigible as to repel all sympathy in his behalf . On examining his person , at the etation-house , the charge of the gun was found to have struck his neck and shoulders , though not to any dangerous extent . He was taken before the magistrates , at Chandos House , on the following day , but the unhappy father declining to appear against him , he was discharged with a severe admonition . —Bath Journal

      Hints on Health . —Avoid excess of food as the principal source of dyspepsia . Five or six hours should elapse between meals . Commercial and professional men should avoid long fasting . Do not hurry from dinner to business ; rest an hour afterwards . Never eat things out of seison , nor much of dishes to which you are unaccustomed . Much liquid at dinner delays the digestion . Avoid intemperance . Water is the most wholesome beverage . Excess of fermented liquors ia highly injurious . Useful exertion is indespensable to health and happiness . Muscular exercise , well regulated , is conducive to longevity . The sedentary should walk whenever they have an opportunity . Never continue exercise after it has become painful . Standing at a high desk ( o write , when fatigued with sitting , will 00 found highly beneficial to literary men . The constant use of soft stuffed Beats ia injurious . Rooms in which the sedentary are employed , should be

      warmed by flre 3 in open grates , which assist ventilation ; not by steam , hot water , gas , or close stoves . Never stand or sit with your back to the fire . Mental excitement is one of the most prevalent causes of disease , producing dyspepsia , monomania , and insanity . Few things tend more to the preservation of health and the prolongation of life , than the maintenance of a calm , cheerful , and contented state of mind , and the cultivation of feelings . Mental inactivity is scarcely less injurious than excessive exercise , giving rise to hypochondriasis . In the choice of professions , tho talents , disposition , and natural bent of the mind of the individuals ought to be studied . Trips into the country to watering and sea-bathing places are highly beneficial to those who live in towns . Marriage is favourable to health , but should not be contracted too early . Tobacco injures digestion , and relaxes the nerves . —Abridged from Mr . Curtis ' s Work en the "Preservation of Health . "

      Murder of a Child by its Father . —Au occur rence of an exceedingly distressing nature took place at Cambridge on Thursday evening week . John Newitt , a respectable and well-conducted labouring man , lately uuder-porter at Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , and who lived with his wife and children in the Falcon Yard , Pettycury , almost severed from its body the head of his infant son , seven weeks old , aud then gave himself up to the police , stating that he was led to commit the horrid deed through dread of the Union Workhouse . The unhappy man had , on the morning of the same day , attempted his own life by taking a quantity of laudanum . He desired that his wife migtit be made acquainted with the

      circumstances , because as he had murdered the child whilst she had gone out , he was afraid she might , when she discovered what had occurred , fancy he would return and murder her also t this he would not have her to imagine , for she was the best of wives . The magistrates have committed the prisoner to take his trial on a charge of murder at tho next Assizes . The unhappy man who has been induced to commit this horrible crime , appears to be remarkably quiet and inoffensive in his demeanour . During his examination he conducted himself with the utmost decorum , and at times appeared deeply affected . An inquest was held ou the body of the child , and a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the father was returned .

      London Sessions ;—Extraordinary Scene . ( Saturday . )—( Before the Recorder , Aldermen Farebrother , Lucas , Wood , &o . )—Mr . Charles Cannon , a respectable looking man , carrying on an extensive business as a fishmonger , at St . Mary-at-Hill , Billingsgate , appeared to answer to a ohargo of having assaulted his sister , on the night of Thursday last . — It appeared from the evidence that Mr . Cannon has recently been made a bankrupt , and on his going home about twelve o ' clock on the night above named , he found two messengers from the Court of Bankruptcy in the houBO . He coaxed them to the door , and after getting them outside shut the door j and threatened to murder any person who let them in again . In a short time afterwards Miss Cannon , hearing the wife of the defendant calling for assistance , she ran into her room , when tke defendant threatened to do for her with a fire shovel which he held in his hand .

      He did not strike her , but she was so alarmed that she was near jumping out of the window , by which she would have lost her life . —The defendant said , his wife , sister , and family had made him a bankrupt , and were using every possible exertion to ruin him ; he had been twice placed in a madhouse , where he underwent the most cruel persecutions . He did not owe more than £ 300 , and was worth £ 20 , 000 . He had established a fish and ice company , and had three excellent shops , but the whole of his family were bent on hiB utter ruin . —A sergeant belonging to the city police station of Billingsgate , stated ' uhat , during the last two months , the conduct of Mr . Cannon had been very strange ; he had purchased a quantity of ice-carts , and dressed the drivers and tour messengers at his own oxpence . On one occasion he bought a large quantity of Salmon for Is . 6 d .

      a pound , and sold it for Is . ( Loud laughter)—Defendant : Pray , Mr . Policeman , what have you to Ao with it ; did you help to pay for it ! At thifcstageofthe proceedings Mr . Cannon produced one of hismeuengers to the Ice Company , and requested him to show his top-boots and buckskin breeches to the Recorder and Aldermen , which he did amidst much laughter . A very painful sceu « here took place between the brother and sister ; the latter , with tears in her eyes , said that the life of every person in the home was in the most imminent danger , and the former declaring he would not hurt one of them if they did cot look him up in a madhouse . The defendant was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for three months , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail . The defendant was then removed in custody .

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      Horrible ! Horrible ! ! La Presse states <( that one of tbe most extraordinary circumstances in the annals of a Constitutional Government has just occured in Sweden . The Ministers of State there have been accused , not of having violated the lawgof their country and abused their power , but of having brought their country to a state of unexampled prosperity F " At thia moment ( adds La Presse ) Sweden 19 one of the happiest countries on the face of the earth , the merit of which is due to the King . Formerly the nation was loaded with debt ; at present there is an excess of income over the expenditure ; but it is alleged that the ministers produced this prosperity by violating the constitution , and that they must account for the responsibility they have incurred ! ' '

      A Fancy Ball . —At Union-Hall Police-office , London , on Saturday , Mrs . Louisa Leonora Toll , the landlady of the Montpelier tavern , Walworth , was summoned for allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house during a fancy ball he ) d there a few evenings ago . Inspector Campbell , of the P division , stated that he visited the defendant ' s house at half-past one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , at which time there were upwards of seventeen or eighteen persons drinking at the bar . Hearing a noise and screaming up stairs , he proceeded there , and ( hen discoveredla large assemblage of persons of both sexes in a spacious room , in which he was informed that a fancy-dress ball was going forward . He entered the room , and saw several persons in fancy

      costume , amongst which were three females dressed in tho Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch fashion , all of whom were intoxicated , particularly the " Swiss , " who threw herself into the most grotesque and disgusting attitudes ; and her conduct was of so objectionable a nature , that she was compelled to be carried out of the room by main force , and sent away in a cab . The woman in the Spanish dress was also obliged to be expelled ; and she in the Scotch kilt acted with such indecency , promenading up and down tho room with the kilt pulled up in such a manner as to shock those of the company who possessed any degree of moral feeling , and in the end her expulsion was also deemed expedient . The inspector added , that he spoke to the defendant on the subject , but she appeared to be totally ignorant as to what was going forward up stairs , saying that she had enough to do to attend to the bar . There was a

      baud of music in . the room , and the noise made by the company could be distinctly heard in the road . The waiter of the Montpelier stated that he attended on the company in the ball-room , and that he only noticed three " ladies" amongst the company who were at all "distinguished in 1 / quor , " and those were tho three in tho Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch dresses , who were turned out of the room . For his part , he saw nothing objectionable in the conduct of any of the company , although some of the " ladies " were a little frisky , aud enjoyed themselves . Mr . Traill said that although it did not app « ar the defendant had anything to do with the getting up ol the ball , yet as she permitted a room on her premises to ba devoted to tho purpose , she had , therefore , rendered herself amenable to the law , and having permitted drunken and disorderly conduct therein , he would inflict a penalty of 40 s . and costs , on her for the offence .

      Coroner ' s Inquest . —Seduction and Suicide . — Melancholy Case of Depuavity . —On Saturday , ait inquest was held before Mr . Payne , City coroner , at St . Bartholomew's hospital , on the body of Elizabeth Wicks , alias Ann Jones , a young female , a ^ ed 18 , who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic , under the following circumstances : —The inquiry was opened on Friday se ' nnight , when , from the evidence taken on that occasion , it appeared that on the Wednesday previous the deceased was discovered sitting on the step of a door in White-oross-streat , labouring under the effects of poison . A cab was procured , and she was driven to the hospital , where she at first denied that she had taken poison , but ultimately acknowledged

      that she had . She then gave an account of herself , stating that four months back she wa 3 in a comfortable situation , but ; was seduced , and lost her place , and from that time she became an outcast upon the town ; and that the cause of her taking the poison was a quarrel with another unfortunate girl she was living with . The usual mnrdies were applied , but she sank aud died . Yesterday , the following additional evidence was given : —Elizabeth Kernell said the deceased was her child by a former marriage , and the last time she saw her alive was on Tuesday week , when she left home early in the morning . She had formerly been a girl of very bad habits , out for the last two mouths her conduct had been better . About seven months back she

      discovered that her child was suffering from a loathsome disease , when she said , on being told of it , that she had been seduced by a young man , named George Partridge , who , to accomplish his purpose , had drugged some drink , of which she partook . They passed the night in a house of ill fame , when in the morning shame and remorse so overpowered her feelings that she burst into tears , upon which her seducer struck her a violent blow in the mouth , for which ho was taken before a magistrate . The deceased from this time was continually robbing her . The proceeds of the things she stole was spent upon her seducer . About three weeks back , the deceased appeared very bad in her mind , aud , on a sudden , exclaimed , "Oh ! mother ,

      you have brought George to see me die . " She had never seen the deceased drunk , nor had she been turned out of doors , but all her misdoings she attributed to George Partridge . Mr . James Tilt , usher to the Worship-street police court , said he knew the deceased from her being continually brought to that court on the charge of robbing her mother . About three months back , she was , through the instrumentality of Mr . Grove , the magistrate , admitted into the Refuge for the Destitute , but was goon after taken out on her stating that she was in the family way . The girl was of the most depraved habits , and had frequently been in the House of Correction . George Partridge , the young man * alluded to , said he had known the deceased three year 3 . About seven months ago , tho deceased slept with him at her

      mother s house , during her absence in the country . He had never becu with her to a house of ill-fame , nor had he received any money from her , and he was certain that he was not the first person who had slept with her , as he subsequently became ill in consequence of the connection . The last time he spoke to her was three months ago , soon after she came out of prison , when she wanted him to live with her , but he refused . Tho reason he struck her was because she called his mother a whore . Other evidence having been given , the Coroner made some forcible remarks oa tho depravity displayed throughout the case , and tho jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , and , at the same time , they thought the conduct of the mother highly blameable for tho way in which she had brought up her child .

      An Incorrigible Ibipostor . — On Saturday , Catherine Murphy , an incorrigible vagrant , about thirty yea'B of age , was brought before Mr . Combe , in the custody of police-constable Ho . 57 , E division , at a London police office , charged with begging . The constable having been sworn , stated that , on Friday afternoon , about five o ' clock , he was on duty in Doughty-street , Brunswick-square , when he saw the prisoner following several ladies , and importuning them in a most impertinent manner for alms , and he watched her until Bhe pur . ued two ladies to tho door of No . 43 , Doughty-street , aud saw them give her fcomo money , when he took her into custody . She resisted in a most violent manner , screamed out , and used every effort in her power to incite the

      crowd assembled to violence towards him , and he had considerable difficulty in taking her to the station-house . Pursuant to his instructions he took her to the Mendicity Society ' s office , Red Lionsquare , where she was recognised as a well-known and incorrigible vagrant , who had been repeatedly in custody , and convicted under aggravated circumstances . — A clerk connected with the mendicity society attended with the registry book of the Bociety , and stated that the prisoner was the most notorious imposter in London , and she was in the habit of pursuing various modes of imposition for the purpose of cheating the unwary . On one occasion an officer of the society saw her pursuing ladies in Russellsquare , and importuningithem for charity , with what

      appeared to be a child at ber breast , which she occasionally kissed and hugged with affected fondness ; the officer took her into custody , and said that he would Jake her to the Mendicity Society , where she would be relieved ; but she retusid to go , and resisted him ia the most violent manner , and created a large mob and she then screamed out , and exclaimed , " Oh , my child , " and used every effort to incite the mob to violence towards the officer , who was maltreated ; but on their road to the stationhouse , the " child ' dropped from her arms , and , on being picked up , it was found to be an effigy , consisting of nothing but rags . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner , with the assistance of similar materials , assumed the appearance of being enciente . Her case was registered as one of the most infamous that was ever recorded in the society ' s books . —Mr . Combe asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charge 1—She * aid , in a broad Irish dialect , that

      she did net beg . She had been afflicted in her mind evtr since the death of her husband , and she had lost considerable prope rty through his death . She was sometimes mad , and did not know what she did ; and she waa always in this condition when she began to think of her husband . —Mr . Combe : But what have you to say about the rag child , eh 1 ( A laugh . ) —Prisoner : Sure , it was not a ehild at all . ( A laugh , ) Ii was only a few old rags , that I was going to tell , when the officer « a » ed we , and then he swore that it wa » a ehild . ( Laughter . )—Mr Combe said he never heard of a more impudent impostor . Ho enquired whether they had any register of her former convictions!—He was answered id the negative . —Mr . Combe : It in fortunate for her ; if they were produced I would commit her for three months with iiard labour to the House of Correction 1 shall now commit her for one month . —The prisoner bellowed loudly , and , on being locked up , she expressed a wish that her « ase fchonld sot be advertised in the aewspapera .

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      Would-Wearikem . —Matilda Wiles , a joaog woman of delicate and interesting appearance , was placed at the bar , ai Worship-street Police-office , on Saturday , on a charge of having attempted to destroy herself . Police constable G 69 stated that , on Friday evening , he was on duty in the City-road , when the prisoner was pointed out to him by a young man , who informed him that she bad just before attempted to destroy herself in the New River , and that he apprehended she was about to renew the attempt . She was standing at the time on the canal bridge , with an air of deep dejection , and looking down wistfully at the water , and , just as witness was approaching her , she clambered upon the coping , and threw herself over .. He sneceeded , fortunately ,

      in catching hold of the skirts of her dress , but , on dragging her back , she struggled violently to disengage herself , and struck him ia the face . On her way to the station-house , she said she was weary of her life , and was determined to end it . The prisoner ' s mother stated to the magistrate , that in the early part of ( ast summer the deluded girl had the misfortune to form an intimacy with a siliy romantic youth , to whom she became passionately attached ; and in a fit of mawkish and maudlin sentiment of the French caste , he induced her to believe that they were doomed to misery in this world , and it

      were better to end their lives and woes together They accordingly each took a strong dose of poison , the effect of which proved speedily fatal to her monomaniac lover , but by the aid of prompt remedies , the life of the infatuated girl was saved . Ever since that melancholy event she had been miserable and broken hearted ; , and had made no less than three attempts on her life previous to the one that was frustrated b y the policeman . After admonishing her upon the impropriety of her conduct , in feeling and forcible language , which , however , did not appear to make any impression upon her , the ma gistrate delivered her up to her friends .

      Matrimony and Gin . —At the Mansion House , London , on Saturday , a young man named Warne , & journeyman cooper , ' was charged on a warrant before tho Lord Mayor with beating his wile , and giving her a black eye . The complainant , a goodlookiug young woman ; with a handkerchief tied round her head , detailed a long list of grievances , from whence it appeared that they had been married about four months , more than three months of which time she had stood on the stool of repentance . Before the honeymoon was over he took to neglecting his work , and getting drunk , aud when in that state he ill-treated her . A few nights back ho was the worse for liquor , and insisted upon having a lobster for his supper , and when she fold him she had no money to procure it , ho jumped up from his seat and struck her a ulcv , which caused a black eye . She was apprehensive he would do her some serious injury . The Lord Mayor inquired the cause

      of his behaving in this manner to her 1 The complaiuant said she believed iio wa ^ jealous of her , but she would swear 6 he had given him no cause . The Lord Mayor —Now , Warne , what have you to say to thia coadvust \ Defendant—Why , my Lord , it's her fault ; there's a fellow sho calls her cousin always coming , and I am quire sure she likes him better than me . The Lord Mayor—You are a foolish , jealous-headed fellow , and don ' t go tho way to make any woman like you . Treat your wife kindly , and you need be under no apprehensions from her cousin , I'll be bound . Defendant—So 1 did , my Lord , till I thought she had put . the horns on my head . The Lord Mayor—Well , do it again , for I am quite sure she deserves to be welru ? ed ; and I advise you to leave off getting driiuk : gin and matrimony never agree together . The defendant was then ordered to enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace towards his wife .. The happy couple then resired .

      Meat not Meet . —At the Mansion House , on Saturday , an Irishman , named John Collins , was brought before Alderman Pirie , charged with having hawked about a starved sow for sale in LeadenhaU Market . —Inspector Marchant stated that a very unusual scene took place in Leadenhall Market . A policeman stationed in that neighbourhood saw the defendant carrying upon his shoulders a dead sow , which had been : regularly scalded , and drawn and cut for dressing ; but which presented such an appearance as no animal ever before exhibited . It was , in fact , the mere ghost of a sow , for not a morsel of flesh was to be seen upon the bouee , and the only judgment that could be formed of the poor

      object was , that she died of a consumption . A 3 such pork could not be fit for human food , and as it was well known that there were sausage-makers who would not hesitate to turn any thing that ever hobbled upon four legs to account , witness ordered that the man who off-red the poor sow for sale should be brought before the Lord Mayor , to receive a lesson on the subject . —Alderman Pirie , who observed that the defendant had lately come from Ireland , asked him how he could think of selling a sow in such a condition ? Defendant— " Why , plaise your honour , I thought to get a bit of bread for myself aud the childther by it . ' Alderman Pirie" But it is not fit to be eaten . " Defendant— " Oh

      yip , yis . Its fit enough , or if it an ' t fit to eat its fit to pick . It an ' t long deceased . ( A laugh . ) I only kilt it a little while ago . " Alderman Pirie— " You nev » r killed that sow with a knifo . If you killed her you killed her with starvation . " Defendant" No , your Honour . . Upon my sowl I tuck the breath out of her in the proper way . She wouldn't walk , and I couldn ' t afford to nurse her , so I turn'd her inside outl" A Iderrnan Pirie— " Then you killed her to save her life V * ( Laughter . ) Defendant— "I offered her victual ? , but she wouldn't have any thing , and then I bought her a pen ' orth of

      physic in a Doctor ' s shop ; but to the divel she pitched the physic ; so X saw nothing for it but to rip her up . The Inspector said that the people who followed the defendant and his pig were anxious to be allowed to burn 'the latter upon the spot . It was , indeed , quite impossible that any body could think of using her as meat . There was an hungry-looking dog in the next room , that growled at a person who threw a bit of the pig to him to eat . Alderman Pirie ( ' 0 the defendant)— " You may go , bnt your pig shall be destroyed ; so you see you brought lfc to the wrong market . "

      An Indian Stoky . —One afternoon , in the spring of 1829 , a young Indian , named Mickenock of the Ottawa tribe , on the eastern bank of Lake Michigan , having indulged too freely in the nse of fire-drink , commenced a quarrel with , and finally stabbed to the heart , a son of one of the chief b . Knowing that he must suffer death by the hands of some one of the family whose relative he had killed , he immediately collected all his own family and fled into the woods . The chief and his sons at once commenced search for the murderer—no pains nor toil were spared to ferret out the hiding place of the unfortunate and guilty Mickenock ; but the summer passed , the leaves be ^ an to fall , and no ti ace of him could be found . Almost in despair , the old chief , burning to

      avenge the death of- his son , looked about for some relative of Mickenock upon whom he could satisfy this darling desire of the Indian heart , but no one could be found ; all the family and blood relatives were with him in his hiding-place . Despairing at length of either finding his enemy or avenging himself on any of the blood relations , the chief determined to avail himself of the privilege allowed by Indian custom , and to avenge himself on a relative of the wife of the murderer . Mickenock , although effectually concealed from the old chief , was nevertheless conversant , through some of his friends , with all that was transpiring in the chief ' s wigwam ; and as soon as he learned the chief ' s determination to avenge his son ' s death upon one of his wife ' s relatives , he

      immediately sent in word to the old chief s wigwam , that , upon the day of the meeting of the great council , which waa . then , soon to be held , he would deliver himself up to atone for the life of his son . The chief received the information with evident gratification . A few weeks passed away , the great lodge was erected , and the council at length assembled . The chief communicated the intelligence which he had received from his son ' s murderer , and it vras agreed that no business should be transacted until Mickenock should appear . The council tat in silence until about twelve o clock , when suddenly the brave Mickenock bounded into the midst of the council , calmly surveyed the assembled chiefs , and sat down in silence in the

      centre of the lodge ; his wife and children immediately followed , and formed a circle round him ; then taking out' his flint he struck a spark and lighted his pipe , and smoked it in silence . The eyes of tbe council aud' his little family were intensely fixed upon him . At leDgth Mickenock arose , and addressing himself to the chief , said , " I killed your son , he was a young brave ; he did me no wrong he was my friend ; I drank the fire-drink—thefiredriuk mace me kill your eon ; Mickenock is verj sorry , and deserves to die . " Then turning to the eldest brother of the deceased , he drew a knife from his bosom . " There , " said Mikenock , is the knife that drank the heart ' s blood of your brother ; take itand like a brave man avenge your brother's

      , death . " This said , Mickenock instantly laid bare his whole breast . The brother spat upon his hand , olenohed his knife with a deadly gratp , and drew up his arm . Mickenock , pointing to the spot near est heart , gave the word " Strike . " Instantly the brother plunged the knife to the hilt into the bosom of the brave Mickeuock , who fell dead at his feet . The wife and children of Mickenock beheld the whole scene , apparently without novin * a muscle but the moment he expired , they all fell upon and embraced him , with tobs , and tear * , and groans , ¦ ud wailingi , which eannot be described , and altosuch

      gether presented a pieture of anfeigued anguish and genuine sorrow , a * to overcome and melt every spectator of the tcene . After the wife and children of Mickenock had thus expressed their sorrow for about half an ^ V ^ WWJpM&SUfc fied your husband was a bravM | ttuMK »^^^ 2 ^ . brave man ; henceforth joiylB |^ p » pgjiMfcjj j % ^\ daughter ; these children BhljjW § il 3 ffl [ B 8 ffii 8 &fc ^*? l and shall be taught to be bTJKgyJiM ^ O < By ^ SS * 7 'H ' . VXS

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct379/page/3/