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      HTM 5 TO LIBEBTT . Street labertj , Trake thee 1 too longiiasi thou ilombered—Cos . "thy jfrontn g be dear that they tempt to sleep on ? Ctst awaj thv g 3 t chains , and tie roices nnnnmbered Of a jlad world shall tell that thy thraldom is done ! < Jh 1 shall not , ere long , that soiled mirror "be smrered , TFhicb is dim -with the sighs of pale glory for the *—And tie teiglit Sabbath dawn , in which mnUons delivered Shall lift their first hymn to the God of the Pree ? Tite Ihe "nin £ s if the morning , Sy over the -proiid—There is many a land -where the tyrant is lord ;—let , oh shall not in < M thy proud -flpg be tmforlcSi , J . na the tree of life £ irt by thy cherubim-sword ? The Persian , who dared -with the scourge and the fetter Insult the free waves of the Hellespont-sea , Pad he do . sacred Freedom I aught -wiser or better

      Than those who lay scourge * and fetters on thee ? Jo , tiy tides will yet rise in their strength and their sccra , To -wash every vestige of slavery away : And the thrones will p \ ra pale in the light of thy morn . A * the n ! rh :-5 tars 4 ire drowsed in the cold waves of day i O ^ p flood \ -f redemption wiU sv , v-ep oVr the earth . That thy n > victor-ark ob rhr dr ! nre nj 2 v ride ; ' A ~ Q tht ; -jiic ^ -ha " ll < TRc- (] oiiv . -nil ] bt- -h- first birth Of ; h » w-rl-i . wLen 21 It-nstli the pr >» ud w . ater ~ snl >^ id--Tts- ~ i . - i-b thin , sbiii ari ? -r . is ii . ~ > j . ] ri ; ui > ur millennial Ti . ~ - £ 3 vf rrvi- Tru : L >¦* . r ;;• = uK > a ; 'Uuri ~ -Tf tiiuv irj tarth -Liu ? : ^ . ii . » --ar ' - ) : . "t raitr ^ jttt-iiui . il . Ad-i tii- i-Riuract : ) -h- * ¦«> .- ; : i . h--r j < . ; rr . Ji-ir-pnm ! -. Ti » f ^; a ; leinnL : ¦ : : " ¦ - - . ii > !' -ni ! - « vv-- ' > - \ -nv . z ^ -i :. il !

      liii-rTii ^ r . Th = s i ^ l \ -r ^ zrJh yz th- fitt er : ~ traj 5 s ;< r- ' ~ r < s ! , ru l Lli . i-5 Wtil-c ca » r % r ^ r . a-- i" ] -u ** es . . vil ] rjT » -: yt-r firmer X > cij bond « -f li «* rijib-ts vtbich tbr nation * rvsnnir . Say cot , think coi . the age , which the poets call gi-lden . Bi-s passed from this bleak world for ever avtay—That to sunburst of-promise wiU ever embolden The eagle to mount to the tiirvne of the day ! Already—already—the irons art starting FTvm the ha-mls of the myriads theT pinioned so 3 ocg Already the beams ofyoung Freedom are darting Ob lie srame they warm till it Viaiit them in song ? jB tie "World of the "West the bright ensign of Tnion Is floating o'er nations enlightened and free ; And soon irill all join in the splendid commomoa Prom the heart of the land ro the is 3 ? of rhe sea ? FcrMa it , -thai ainr anhaDpwed Alliance

      ShoTjld bold the crushed nations for errr in tbrall— That ¦ Aefrw shonld long- bid their imperial defiance To the reason , the faith , and the glory of all . ' Ho , mankind will yet wake to a loftier duty , Than fhar which enjoins them to sink -into slaves ; And their eyes ¦ will be opened , though late , to the beant ; Of Truth that ennobles , of Freedom that saves ! Tip ? first steps , lovely Liberty ' . sometimes may falter—Snl ttiy -march wiD not cease , nor thy banner be furled , TID inj conquering hand shall have reared a proud altar To ihe God of the Free , o ' er the thrones of a world !

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      COSIKGSBT ; or , THE NEW GENERATION . Bt B . iyisujnT ., M . P . London : Colbnrn , Great > &dborocgh-street . TTe oaxe somewhere read that tie meaning ofiiie irords " ja&onMng an author , " ' is the borrowing of Us last netr work , rea ^ iiif it , and lending it to one ' s entire circle of friends . It mw have been the actins bt somebody , on some such principle that caused i » s to receive our copy of Cvniuaiby some months sAer the date of publication . Uniortunateiv too , irhen received , vre vrere too besilv i » ecnpie ^ with other and indispensable duties , to allow of us paving : vmnitdi ^ xe sttcntion to Mr . !> 'Israeli ' s work . This i > tsar aiK » I « rv 10 the author and our readers for hiiviiiL '

      seeminEiv neslecteci till eo-s V . v iar the lai- ^ t j « opuLu 5-Tei of " l-44 . Previous xo the appearance of ' wii '/ iw * , thoiish " Tt-. r . T > tr Frla ' nT ) fi ' ~ n ; is sol unlmowij to fame . ~ tll ! ihe panv tras anjihing but wpnlar . Seareely tokrssa ia Farlianitai : > neered at by the press , and iatrcsied by the jiia * e > ; the position of this section "was net at all an enviable onv . The party is , still ^ raaT—bm iis position now is widely different to what it Tas only > . is months past . The part taken by some ef the Toung Endanders , partieularly by the author #£ € otun < f * by , in the discussions on tie Factory Bffl and the Sugar Duties Bill , proved that tlri « section , . though acting generally -svith the Conservative party , Tvere fer no means the trammeDed shves ofPeel ; and ^ ie independent tone and bearing assumed and

      maintained by ilr . D'lsraeli and his oomparriots , while it aroused the liostiKty of some , "won the respect of a EreaiCT innnber of the men of all parties ; and Young England -will ass-oredly enter upon its legislative duties in 1845 , JBTieh more favourably situated to advance its mission than It met the opening senate of the preceding year . The conductors of thepress , exceptingthe mere ministerial hacks of the Peel Government , have dropped their sneers , and , on the contrary , haye assaraed a tone at once conc 3 iatory and approbatory wiraj-ds Toung England , -while * the masses are zs any rate so far favourably predisposed by the 3 iancbest « r and Binglev demonstrations as to oner

      2 Trilling ear to -what the apostles of the " New Generation "" have to advance .. True , they are by no jneans satis £ ed ^ nth the declaration that it is to " manners , not , lavr */ ' that they must look for their redemption Jfrom slavery and misery ; still they are silling to believe that Young England means -well , and i » only , perhaps , too young—{? grt&i ) —to rightly ikthom the causes of existing social evil * , and the means by -which they may be remedied . With this feeling the masses , therefore , now regard rather hopefully than hostilely the movements of their declared Mends . The future "will tell whether this hopeful feeling is destined to be revrarded or di ^ vj > - wanted .

      It must not be supposed that -we ascrib ? tie altered postioa of Yoang " Ensland xo The publication of Coninod-y . Its appearanr-e has doubtle <> tendeo tt > popularize the party vrbo ^ e views it has been supposed to represent : bnt -other circumstanct-s , somt- « i irhieh "wt have named , have been thepriucjpa ! eansp > ef the altered position of that party . We have dw ^ lt upon that favourable position , b « -au > e . althomrb Com / tpsby has l » y this time lost its earjy freshne ^? , tbe present vtandin ? of 3 Ir . D'l . « raeli and his frieiid * ¦ Rrai ' trndonbiediT , is the eyes nf our readers , invest Tith increased interest tbe "work now before ns . We must not deceive our readers . If they anticipate to find in Ctmincthv any ** full , true , and particular account * - ' of the principles and plans of "i oung England , they "will be disappointed . We -were so . Bet ire reserve any further general comment to another opportunitv .

      The tale opens with the hero , young Coningsby , a boy of fourteen vears of a § e , loitering in the -waitmgr-3 x « m of a bouse in theTzcmitr of SL James ' s-square , "aJtmjrThe arriral of a certain personage , to whom ** diall presentiy introdTiee the reader . "We must & £ t gite some account of COKI ! fGSBT . 3 e iras the orpban child -of the yonngest of the ' two ions of the Marqness of Monmonth . It was a family femoni for its hatreds . The eldest _> on hated his father sad , it -was said , in ? pite had married-a ladv to whom

      that lather -was attached , and with -whom Lord Uonmontb Tifu meditated a second alliance . This eldest son lived » t Naples , and had several < diildren , bnt maintained no tcanexion either-with his ^ parents or his native co nntrr . te the other hand , Lord Monmonth hated his vounger SG 2 ,-whohadmarri * 4 HE 2 iimliiseonspnta-R-omau towhom ist sod Tras devoted . A system of domestic pfcrseennon , mstained by the hand of a master , had eventually broken z $ the health of its victim , who died of a frver in a foreign ioxintry . vtbere he bad slight soiQe i-efoge from hi

      His wiUcrw rexuraed xo England vrith her child : and , to : harsing a reiaii-. m , and Mrarcely an acquaintance in it TK-rld , » aade ais aj'peal to her hatband ' s iather , the 'seEi'iitst nobl& is Ensland , and a saa who was ofteii Trt-digal , and occasionally jrcnt-rons . After M't lime ssi znt-Ti- trouble , nftfcr urgent and repeated , and what * 0 c 2 d have s « jue « l heart-rendiii ^ ~ oEtita . tioas , the attorl « - 'f 1 ^ ,-rd ?> I'jninoTiili « illrd u ]> ori the -Bid >> w of Li > "Ban " * ** , zi . andinfuranrd at-T of his Ji-rdships" deri ^ ioa . ¦ rrMc- ^ d she yave up j . trr i-lnld , and permanent !} rt-ridfd -3 is * - iji the- reiE'jiest counties , ise was authorised to Eik" - ter , in ihbj quarterly payments , the ytariv-allyw-•^¦ - ^ 01 three hundred pound * , that beicsr the income that icrt * Unumoath . -who -wa . s the > hrewde > t ai-c-ountjint in * ¦— - i- **" iiitry , bad calculated a 3 ont woman might ver * < fe-enti % -tiist upon in a small market Iowti in the county

      By Lord Mt > niQt > nth , the reader ~ wil \ undemand , is Efeiiii the late notorious and profligate Marquess of aotford . The unhappy mother of our hero was not -CEE the recipient of his " lordship ' s bounty {?) . ^ — < " < ining ? by died tht sanae day that her fathex-in-- * " 'tis nuidea&rcuo . ' . He deserved his honours . Tt-t 1 OVT votes be had inherited in the Htmse of Coib-JSO 31 S cad been increased , by Ms inttnsfe volition and cu-^ "saug- mea ns , to ten ; and the -rerx day be tkis raised to isi iiirq-aisate be eommeneed sapping fresh corporations , itQ was -Bt . j-jdBg lor the strawberry leaf . His honours - "art proclaimed in the london Gazette , and her decease " •«« "cot e-ren m > nce& ~ xa the Cotoitg < Xironi 6 U ; bnt tbe ^ fcrs of Xemtsis are beneath every ontraged roof , and '• & «• death of this nnbsppy ~ &&r , apparently without an •^ ftaiy ftiend or an earthly hope , desolate and deserted , lB ^ jin ? ™ <> DS"n-e poverty , -sras not forgotten . f ie person for "whom Goningsby was impatiently * 2 iting 5 gures largely fhrtruEn the "work , vre may Kereiore as well at once inbtxJnee the reader to

      JEE . KIGBT . - if Trbo altered these words vras a man of middle size wi ig ^ ^ risiaajjTj m all probability , of a spare haliit . tstaoiv a little inclined to corpulency . Baldne « . perhaps , t waibBted toihe spiritual expression of a bruw which *^ hoTrever . e ^ sentiallT iatellectnal , and £ &vc s » uie 1 I * racttr of openness to a countenance vvliich ,. thoujrb ^ -- uu- aToured . -r-s . s uiiba-Dpily stamped by a rinisr < -r t ^ iracttj wiich vras not to b ^ mistaken . Hi = maniici *^«^ - bin rather a ndarioas t 2 ia n - well-bred . Indtrd . ¦ Jale a visage -H-hicb mjfht otherwise be dtscrit't-d as ^ ^ f "" ^ spf * V disfconept glance , io u df - ^ rff S ^ t "was bj no means deficient in _ self-posse >* 5 on J , 3 £ cfllt 7 was tainted by an innate vnlg-aritr , TFjach in - iotgTBn , AoBgb BclSom , yet sxa *!> - derelo jtc ii » . :.

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      Mr . Rigby is a stall living parsonage , said to be a once notorious Secretary of the Admiralty . The following is bitter as gafl ; bat we think the sketch hj no means overdrawn ; it is true to the life : — Mr . Rigby was a member for one of Lord ilonmoath ' i boroughs . He was the manager of Lord Monmoutif * Parliamentary influence , and the auditor of his vast estates . He was more ; he was Lord Monmauth ' s companion when in England , his correspondent when abroad — -hardly his counsellor , for Lord Monmouth never required advice ; bnt itr . Bijjby could instruct Mm iu matters of detail , which 3 Ir _ Rigby nude amusing . RJpbv was not a profesHonal mau : reded his origin , educatit > u , early pxjrsuits , and studies were equally obscure ; but he bad contrived iu good time to squeeze himself into

      Parliament , by means which no one could ever comprehend , and then set up to be a perfect man of business . The world tooi him at his vvord , for he was bold , acute , and voluble ; with no thought , but a good deal of desultory information ; and though destitute of all imagination and noble sentiment , was blessed with a vigorous , mendacious fancy , fruitful in small expedients , and ne-.-er happier than when devising shifts for great ism ' s scrapes . They say that all of us have one chance in this iife . aiid so it W 3 S with Rigby . After a struggle of inar . v yt&r--. after a v . -ries of the usual altei ; iati-. ep of -iv . all sTic-t—**»•> and small failures , after . ' . ff .-. t-leverish MH-whe * . ; nd a jrood imisv t-lf-v « -ri = h pamphlets , with a niii ^ iderable re }> ula . t ) on ijiilr-pd ti > r I . ; t > quiuadx--. 1 : 1 . : ..: ' -.. inch ht- m--vr wrote , ur . d nnii !*

      ia r < r \ . v \ , ; ,. > . ¦ s . i , - . .: ^ . ; i ^ wiii ^ -nti h : ul ciw . rib . r . i \ i . K : t'i " "i . ' ¦ •¦}; ¦ :: ^>) a ,:. ^ , h nKsiswil hit : iM !} " ml-- a > ul > ' -r . ii-; . ; . ; . ¦ ! .- * - ; - ¦ ¦ -. , ¦ ¦• «; : !; Lord M-.. H 2 i ; tiuth . il-. nav j-jsi .. ^ iliUlJui tijai 1- Tii M >» n ? n' » alii waaitvd , i-jr i- * » rJ M-.-Tinj < u : Th ; w ~ i »» i .-. ik- ^ : j >> n :, - . ! : ; .. ;¦ uaiuj ' i' Wi ' -h ihi- L : iiiuu >»> t u ' . -: H ^ -j }; , -. ; - >•;<¦(! ? ii ;} - . i . : ind In < j .-: c ! ij ! iufj ii . ! . ¦ ¦¦ hvr : > . Jit t ^» .:-ji > i hi » i . with hi > clear head , hi . * iniWativ : a \ iU indn 5 trv . hi ^ audaciuu- iorigue , and his read ^ .. ml uns « . Tup \ iii > -. u . j ^ -:: ; v \ ith all hi . * l ^ mj > oo : is ; all liis pri > a . ' i 2 en ! oir > , aE > l ; i 3 i his p'Oitical iutrigues . It « a » a ^ r >« "i purchase . } i ; - _ 'bv brcamv a great personage , and Lord Monmouth "; - inan . * * Mr . Rigby had a classical retre ; ii . not disTiint n ^ -ra thi > establishment , which he esteemed a Tnsculum . There , surrouuded bv his busts and books , i : < -

      wrote hi ? lanipiH-u * and articles ; massacred a she-liberal ( it | wa * tlu . ' j ^ bt that no one could lash a woman like HSgbj ¦ ) j cot up a rising genius , -rrhose pclitics were iHif .-rent from his own . or sacrificed some unhappy wretch w );< . had brought hi * claims before Parliament , proving , by garbled extract * from official correspondence that no >> ue could Ttrier to , that the malcontent , instead of beiuy ^ victim , ii-as , on the contrary , a defaulter . Tadpolt ami Taper -rrocid back Kigt > v for a " slashing reply" a ?; a . \ is ' . the field . Here , too , at the end of a busy week , he found it occasionally convenient to entertain a clever friend <> r two of equivocal reputation , with whom be had bef ' -nn acquainted in former days of equal brotherhood . Mo . on was more faithful to his early friends than Mr . Rii : b _ . particnlarly if thev could write a squib .

      The opening of the story is hud in the interregnum week of 1 & 32 , when Lord Grey resigned , and the Duke was summoned to form a cabinet . Rigby has joined Coningsby , -when The door was suddenly thrown open , and two individuals , in a state of very great excitement , rushed into the apartment . " Rigby , Rigby . ""' they both exclaimed at the same moment . " By G— , they ' re out . " ' Who told you i " - The best authority ; one of themselves . " ' - who , who r - ¦ Paul Evelyn . 1 met him as I passed Brookes ' , and hi to . d uie that Lord ( irey had resigned , and the king had accepted his rc * iirnation . "

      This piece of news Mr . Rigby refuses to give civdence to , that gentleman being extremely jealmts of any one giving him information , seeing that k lowered his reputation ; is the oracle of the party for ¦ whom he played the not unprofitable part of understmpper . The new ? 1 « however confirmed , d < 'spit <* -: il ] Mr . Rigby ' * . calculations to tbe contrary . This titled on , I ' oiiiutr ^ by . at-ct'iupanied by Rijrby . < lcpart-s ; rum the house > : s St . . fanies ' s-- ^ quan- for that »! ' \ v * p-andjalber the Marquis , to whom he is about t « if intrtKluce'l Jor the tirst tinie . ¦ 7 U e-c ciTtiuiit'i-i . )

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      " About the beginning of my thirteenth year icontinueB Miss Brown ) , I happened to hear a . Mend read a part of Barnes ' s History of the French War . — It made a singular impression ou my mind ;¦ and works of fiction from that time began to lose their value , compared with the far more wonderful Romance of History . But books of the kind were so scarce in our neighbourhood , that Hume ' s History of England , and two or thTee other works on the same subject , were all 1 could reach , till a kind friend , -who was then the teacber of our village school , oW % ed me with that voluminous work , the Universal History . There I heard , for tne first time , the histories of Greece and Rome , and those of many other ancient nations . My friend had only the ancient part of the work ; but it gave me a fund of information , which has been subsequently increased from many sources ; and at present I have a tolerable knowledge of

      history" In the pursuit of knowledge , my path was always impeded by difficulties too minute and numerous to mention ; but the want of sight was , of course , the principal one , which , by depriving me 01 the power of reading , obliged me to depend on the services of others ; and as the condition of my family was such as did not admit of much leisure , my invention lvas early taxed to gain time for those who could read . I ^ onietinK'S did the work assigned to them , or rendered them other little services ; for , like -mist person ? similarly pliiced , necessity and habit ha . e made me mure active in this respect than jvv . j . le ^ n onlinar \ l ire uinstaiiees would supjioM . The ii > : l > t .-r kind- »! reading vw-it thus < -asih inaii . igrd - . b . it un >« u \ re rvlatiw * « ov oi ' w-n . mwUHiv .: ti > v . isiv tii' -iv i-rt-alli and ihiii « iili tbe di'ii r . but more instructive vwrk * . v ! iii ) i 1 latteri * pivferreil . i > ' ttuijn them to this , ! n ? 'I , S ^ v . ^ j ll ^ rtH ¦ J ! ll |¦ I ¦ n ^• ¦ . t" r . l .-iTt : <• tlum l « Mift . ~ l > irj >> . a" < l tWi ! iiit \ i- ! s . 'Ai > ifii j ..-:-hajiH tlw \ i ; a « l lT . » niH"rl \ rotii t' ^ l <)!~ 'otti-ii : .: i ) il tijus . uiv un : ifir \ > nav )><• * . t ; i 1 to hav < -

      eumed mpphe * lor itSi ! l " . Alnuit the end uf my niteeiitli year , having beard much of tbe llhi' 1 . I obtained the loan of Pope's translation . That was a mvat event to me : but the effect it produced on me require . * some words of explanation . From mj earliest years 1 had a great and strange love of poetry ; and could commit verses to memory with greater rapidity than most children . But at the elose of my seventh year , when a few Psalms of the Scotch version , Watt's Divine songs , and some old country songs ( which certainly were not divine ) , formed the whole of my poetical knowledge , I made my earliest attempt in versification—upon that first and most sublime lesson of cliildhood , the Lord ' s Prayer . As years increased , u >\ l !> ve of r poetrv and taste for it increased

      also , with increasing knowledge . Tbe provincial newspapers , at times , supplied me with specimens from the works of the best living authors . Though then unconscious of the cause , I still remember the extraordinary delight which those pieces gave me , and have been astonished to find that riper years have only confirmed the judgments of childhood . When such pieces reached me , 1 never rested till they were committed to memory ; and afterwards repeated them for my own amusement , when alone , or during those sleepless nights to which I have been aU my life subject . But a source of still greater amusement was found in attempts at original composition ; -which , for the first few years , were but feeble imitations of everything I knew—from the Psalms

      to Gray ' s Elegy , when the poems of Burns fell in my way , they took the place of all others in my fancy ; and this brings me up to the time when I made my first acquaintance with the Iliad . It was like the discovery of a new worid , and effected a total change in my ideas on the subject of poetry . There was at the time a considerable manuscript of my own production in existencewhich of course I regarded with some partiality ; but Homer had awakened me , and , in a fit of sovereign contempt , 1 committed the whole to the flames . Soon after I h : id found the Mud . 1 borrowed a prose translation of Virgil , there being no j «» vtiral uive to be found in the ij-ighbourhood ; and iu a similar manner made acquaintance with manv of tbe classic authors . But after

      Homer ' s , the work that produced tbe greatest impression • v ! my mind wa > IJyron ' s ' 'l < ild < ' Harold . The one bad induced )!)•• t « i burn 11 ) % rir .-t manuscript , and the « . th-r made tii . v r— -ohe against \ crse-iuuking in 3 unm- ; for I was iht-n far enough advanced to know my own dencielici—but without auy apparent means for the reipijriiv improvement . lu tbis resolution 1 pi revived l \> r s-cveral \ vars , and occupied mv mind soli-h in tbe jmrsuit of knowledge ; but owing to adverse circumstances , my progress was necessarily slow . Having , however , in the summer of the year 1840 , beard a friend read the story of La Pt-rouse , it struck me that there was a remarkable similarity between it and the one related in an old conntrr song called the ' . Lost Ship , ' which 1 had heard in hiy childhood . Tbe song in question was of very low composition ; but there was one line at the termination of each verse which haunted my imagination , and I fancied might deserve a better poem . This line , and the story of La Perouse , together with an

      irresistible inclination to poetry , at length induced me to break the resolution I had so long kept ; -and the result was tbe little poem called La Perouse , which will be found at page 207 of this volume . Soon after , when Messrs . Gnnn and Cameron commenced the publication of their Irish Penny Journal , 1 was seized with a strange desire to contribute something to its pages . My first contribution was favourably received , and 1 still feel grateful for the kindness and encouragement bestowed Upon me by both the editor and the publishers . The three small pieces which I contributed to that work were the first of mine that ever appeared in print , with the exception of one of my early productions which a friend had sent to a provincial paper . The Irish Penny Journal was abandoned on tbe completion of the first volume ; but tbe publishers , with great kindness , sent me one of the copies , and this was the . first book of any value that I could call my own ! But the gift was still more esteemed as an encouragement , and the first of the kind . "

      About this time , Miss Brown heard of the Atheiueum , and addressed a number of ber small poems to the Editor . After considerable delay , and when sbe had given up all for lost , --the arrival ( she says ) of many numbers of the journal , and a letter from the Editor , astonished me , and gratified a wi-h which had haunted my very dreams . From that period my name and pretensions have been more before th > - publiv . many poems of mint having appeared in the pages <¦ : that publication , in Mr . Ifood's MujriLzine , anil in tin : Ktrysakf , edited by the fOUUteSS Of Blefssingtun . " ^ We su !> ioin a Mn-cimen uf Mjns Brown ' s poetry : —

      LET IS RET 1 . KN . " Let u- r < turn " -:. id the broken heart Of the mountain hermit ' s tale . Wlieij be saw the morning mists depart from the ssuuiinits grtrv and pale : For be knew that the fan-palm cast the shade Of its ever-glorious green , Where tbe love of his blasted youth was laid , And tbe light of her steps had bem . Ah ! thus , for ever , the heart looks back To its young hope ' s funeral urn—To the tender green of that early track , To its light let us return ' .

      The lines of our life may be smooth and strong And our pleasant path may lie Where the stream of affection flows along In the light of a summer sky : — But woe for the lights that early wane , And the shades that early fall , And the prayer that speaks of the secret pain , Though its voice be still and small ! To tbe sweeter flowers , to the brighter streams , To the household hearths that burn , Still bright in our holy land of dreams—To their love let us return !

      Tis well we have learo'd the truths of time—But they came with the winter ' s snow—For we saw them not through the flowery prime Of our summers long ago : Yet the spring is green and the summer bright As they were in the years of yore , But on our souls the lo * e and light Of their gladness come no more ! Barti—back , to the wisdom of the years That bad yet no lo ^ s to mourn—To their faith , that found no place foT tears , To their jov , let us . return ' .

      We have paused , perchance , by the quiet grave Of out y « nvn- » whi > earlj « l «> t—A n > l sine tbej left us many a wave ' >' er our v . ear \ hark hath . swept ; But , far iu : h < uiorning light enshrined , The \ jrladdeji ,, ur hai-kward gaze . Or nak » -. hkv On hnath of tbe summer ' s wind . The soul uf our better days . Hack—back ' . to tbe living wave we drew , With ih (~ iii . fnuii a . piirer urn—To tbe path of tbp promise lost to view . And its peace—let us return ' .

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      see enrolled in the ranks of the rojal corps , with flowing streamers in , their caps , the true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity !" lp- And thus is man , the- paragon of animals , led to be shot at , by flowing streamers^—by valour , courage , and fidelity , at sixpence per yard ! "Any gallant young fellow so disposed , will apply to Serjeant O'Naill { ominous name ]! King ' s Arms , Steelhouse-lane , uyho on entering the service of her Majesty will be taken care of , and invited to dritik her health in a flowing bumper , and no mistake !»

      Hospitable O'Naill—invitation most delightful ! The bumpkin drinks—feels , or hardly feels , the homicidal shilling slipped into his hand , and he is enlisted—N ailed From such ecstatic moment he is at her Majesty " s service to cut , stab , burn and destroy , as though all human will and human conscience were suddenly stricken dead within him , and be > as left no other than a machine of hone and muscle—a marching , counter-marching , cutting , stabbing , pipe-claying instrument . ' Or . at are the miracles worked by the . O'N ' aill ? ! We once read a story of a . huge , ogre , who , playing upon a drum-head wrought b y Uie devil out of witches ' skin , entered a town , and drumming ' . and drumming , ltd all the men away by their ears to his hone-t-trewed cavern . And then and there he threw aside his music , ami gnashing his ti itb and blaspheming the while , he took his > icrims and ate them on .- hj one , as a hedger would e . it spriug onions . We forget the oirr < '< name , l > ut ne tliii : i . it was foiiifthin'r liKv O'N \ u , i

      Ob . HiviningliHUi \ uu \ h- —whoever yon may be—loon with stony eyes upon tin- joviaj . mystfring courtrfii s oi the givat sed . ir r N AIM . : T 1 iouk 1 > »< u may hv ; tu . * •!•> .. j-—that i < . a Krumuiivirein Adunis— ¦ I *> not bd'u v .- y ..,, r-. ' . citli .-r liancjso . mc" or " g : n "—but u ^ ly . ivr , < l , , m . i ' . h stupid : so tiglj , that your plainmss would do 110 credit to a huttle-tield . * u obtuse , that cvvn the . kiwakwnug ian , of the drill-sergeant would be lost upon juii . Again , you have not a roving n , i : id—you do not wish to see the world . Besides , a mind may not rove at " its own sweet will" uccoi'ding to amiv regulation .- !—and the

      world is a poor thing to see , with musket in hand and rounds of ball .-cartridge at your buck . Oh , youth , stay at home , and see Birmingham . And then tlje " the laurels of the 55 th foot ! " What , in truth , are laurels ? Dissect , analyse them . You maywith a touch of fancy—trace in th « m the \ t-ins of withered hearts . Test them by the moral chemistry , and what are they ? Blood and tears , tears and blood ! A homicidal Wreath , gilded by the world ' s great lie ! And so , Birmingham lads , cultivate coleworts , chick weed if you will , but avoid laurels . They are a plant of death , manured by human hearts .

      And next , the "flowing streamers "—the " true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity . " Emblems , indeed , are they ; but view them aright , young men between eighteen and twenty-five , and you will see in them the flesh-tearing , torturing cat ; in reality , the " nine hard cords about twenty-one inches long , each cord having nine knots ; " although appearing to your dazzled gaze—cheated as it \ s by the father of war—as so much flattering riband . In the United Seroke Magazine ( No . 183 ) , there is an article devoted to the doings of the cat—the weapon with which Madame Glory rebukes her naughty children : — " Men have declared to me ,, " says an officer , " that the sensation experienced at each lash , was as though the talons of a m « k were tearing their flesh off their bones . " Hear General Sir Cuarltss Napier on the Cat—the mil streamers of the recruiting sergeant ;—

      " I have seen many hundreds of men flogged , and have ahvajB observed that when the skin is thoroughly cut up or fiuyed off , the great pain subsides ; and they bear the remainder without a groen . They will often lie as without life , and the drummers appear to be flogging a lump of dead raw flesh . The faces of the spectators ( soldiers ) assumed a look uf disgust ; there was a low whispering . sound , scarcely audible , issuing from the apparently stern and silent ranks—a nouiul arising from lips that spoke not , but that sound ivas produced by hea > t > that felt deeply . . . . The low sound sometimes resembled what may be called suijjituf , aud msiy be owu » i < nied by an l > icreased How of tears into the nostrils . ' '

      The heart sickens at this , aud : m unutterable ( t-eliug of disguFt and indignation must possess the reail'T . Wo might Juive paused ere we coiiiinittcd the ln > m » ' to our page , but that we utterly denounce that uaay humanitj which shrinks from the contemphiti" : i of wrong because of its hideousnesB . There are abominations—however demoniacal—that must l ) e ploced before tbe startled eyes of a too easy world , and this flogging—this blasphemy against the divine nature of man—is of theui . Young men ; of Birmingham—nay , of nil Englandtakei these things to your hearts , and consider well the streamers of a Sergeant O'Naill . They look fine and gay ; but they will teai' the flesh like " the talons of a hawk . " They are silky and soft ; yes , soft as the paw of a sleeping cat : but oh , young men " from eighteen to twenty-five , " be sure of it—that cat has claws ! 0 .

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      Fatax Accident . —Clerkexwell . —Monday morning , whilst Mr . G . Littlewood , lamp contractor , Upper King-street , Bloomsbury , was driving a horso in a chaise cart along Aylesbury-atrcet , Clerkenwell , towards'the green , the norse , a vicious animal , suddenJy took fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity . On descending the hill on the west side ot the sessions-house the horse fell and rolled over . The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the cart , and his bead camp with great force against the kerb-stone . Constable O 102 , ran to his assistance , and found that Mr . Littlewood ' s skull -was knocked in . He was conveyed in a state of insensibility to a surgeon ' s near the spot , who , seeing his hopeless state , directed his removal to St . Bartholomew's , where he was conveyed in a cab , and after receiving every attention from the house surgeon , expired at half-past eleven . Mr . Littlewood has left a wife and family . He was al > out forty .

      Conviction fur Po . \ rinxo . —Benjamin Shakcshaft , labourer , has been convicted before W . L . Chllde , Esq ., and the Rev . T . Woodward , for being found on lands ai fieobury Mortimer , armed with a gun , in pursuit of game , and has f > wn sentenced to three months' hard labour , and at the expiration of that period to find sun-ties not to offend against the . -UaHie l , aws for tlie U'mi of one year , or in default to lie further imprisoned for the space of « ix months . —sdi . < - burii < 'hronirle . Mklancholy Shipwrkck . —On Monday . mnrni-ng intelligence wiw received of the total wreck ( if the sma « k Jane and Leany , Captain James Quaylc , belonging to Port St . Mary , Isle of Man , with the loss of the master and three female passengei-s . She had sailed on Sunday week from Ardglass , Ireland , for Port St . Mary ,, in ballast , * having on board , besides the captain ana crew , eleven passengers , seven men and four women , most of them coins out to service

      in Douglas . The Jane and Leany had got within a mile and a half of the Isle of Man , when , on Monady night , shortly b e fore 12 o'clock , she was overtaken by a severe storm' of wind and rain . The fury of the gale split her sails into pieces , and she was driven at the mercy of the waves for nearly 24 hours , when ahe -went ashore at higU-water-mark at Bispliamwith-Norbreck ,: wear Poulton-le-Fylde , about 10 yards from the shore . Some , of the passengers leaped into the water , and escaped to the shore ; the others , in the roll of the vessel , were washed overboard , and amongst the number four ill-fated individuals , Capt . Quayle and three of the female passengers , were unfortunately drowned . Another woman had a narrow escape ; the swell was carrying her away when her husband seked hold of her and saved her from a watery grave . All the bodies were subsequently found—two on the beach at Norbreck , and the other two at Rossall . -: They were interred at Bispham on Wednesday last .

      Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening before Mr . Iiiggs , at the Barley Mow , Dukestreet , Grosverior-sqtiare ,. on the body of Mr . Henry Seabrook , aged fif ty , the landlord of the above house . It appeared that on Monday night week deceased went down into the cellar to do something to the barrels , and was at the top of the first flight of stairs upon his return , when lie missed liis hold of the banisters and fell over and over to the bottom . He was much hurt ! On Saturday inflammation of the brain commenced , and he died that day . fie was a very heavy man , ; iml that perhaps accounted for the severity of the injuries . Verdict , "Accidental death . "

      Death from Ace and Want . —A poor man , apparently between sixty and seventy years of age , on the evening of Wednesday in List week , asked charity at Doxford New-houses , in the county of Northumberland , and his request was granted . His feeble and forlorn condition made an impression on hi « benefactors , and shortly aftev his departure it occurred to them to go in search of him with a light , fearing that some mischief might overtake him m the dark . Their friendly search proved ineffectual . Early on the following morning the shepherd of Rockmoor House found him in a field adjoining Sheldrake quarry , quite dead . Nothing could be traced about the dress to lead to the discovery of his name or connections ; three-halfpence and a small quantity of tobacco and snuff were found in his pockets . His clothes , hat , and stick remain at Roekmoor House .

      Deaths of Cihidbbn fbom Suitocation . —On Tuesday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Southampton Arms , High-street , Camden-town , on the body of James Lavell Lindfield , a remarkably fine child , aged four months , the son of Mr . Allied Lindfield , of 74 , Arlington-street . It appeared from the evidence that the child had been accidentally suffocated in bed . Mr . Wakley also held an inquest the same day at the Bricklayers' Anns , Little Claren donstreet , Somers-town , on the body of a child which had been found dead in bed by the side of its mother , under nearly similar circumstances . In both cases verdicts of " Natural death" were recorded .

      Public Whipping . —Aaron Walker , who was sentenced at the Folkestone quarter sessions , on the 10 th of July last , to six months' imprisonment in Dover gaol , and to be twice publicly whipped , for picking tr . e pocket of William Till , at Folkestone fair , underwent one portion of his corporeal punishment , at the lianda of the gaoler , in th < ynarket-place here on Saturday forenoon , at half-past eleven o'clock . A considerable number of persons had -assembled to witness the degrading exhibition , which seemed , however , to induce only a feeling of disgust and indignation at its savage barbaiity .

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      Boat Accident—Six Lives Lost . —We learn with extreme regret that six men , inhabitants of Port-Glasgow , are supposed toi have been drowned in £ he Clyde , between Gourock Bay and that place , on Sabbath evening . About teni o'clock on Sabbath . forenoon , Mr . John Miller , along with five other nten , left Port-Glasgow in a small boat , for the purpose of sailing to Gourock Bay , on a visit to the master of the brig Lochinvar . The boat reached its destination before twelve o ' clock , and the party remained on board the Lochinvar till about four , when they again took to the boat and rowed off for Port-Glasgow . The master of the Lochinrar watched the boat till it doubled M'Faaton ' s Point , land since then none of the individuals on board have either been seen or heard of . 1

      Dreadfi-i , Occuruekce at a Brick Kiln . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Cray , aged thirty-five years , a man of Herculean frame , but at the same time attenuated , and his muscular form reduced by want and privation . From the evidence it appeared that the deceased ! was employed at a brickfield , and having bought some potatoes , he had proceeded to die kiln for the { . purpose of roasting them , when , overpowered by the vapour , he had fallen iisli-i-p . ami ! iis c ' othes had become ignited . When discovered , lie w ; is in a complete Haze from head to foot . Hi ' was taken to the hospital , but all assist-. iiu-i -, vas iu vain . The jury returned a verdict ot ' ' Aeciil' -: i ; a ! l > ath . " :

      Mki . \ n < i \<> i . v < i u me- — •• ' » Sin- ^ lny venintr an in (( i . ii'y was irone into Wore Mr . l [ iy _ r < . at the l uif > n , . Icnuyn-Mivet . to i / ivt ^ tiiiate the i-ifrumstances attending the death ni" Kdwarjl Arthur May , Kmj ., age * I 21 , of 17 , Duke-street , St . | James ' s , the son of Sir Stephen May , Bart ., who put a period to his existence . The first witness exAminedjwas Charles ltakuni , the landlord of the house , l 7 , Duke-street , who stated that deceased's aunt had taken a furnished bed-room at his house , and the deceased arrived-ou Friday last , having just come from Madras . The last time witness saw him alive was whep he came home at eleven o ' clock on Sunday night ; lie asked for , and was supplied with , some bread , butter , and porter . On the following morning deceased's cousin , Mr . Brinsley de

      Courcy Nixon , came about ; half-past ten o clock to call him up , when he found the door of his room fastened on the inside . He had not done so before . An entrance was effected by a door which communicated with another room , and on merely looking into the room and seeing some stains of blood on the bed , witness immediately ran and fetched Mr . Miller , a surgeon , who , on examination , said he had been dead several hours . The manner of the deceased gentleman was very strange , and witness was of opinion he was not right in his mind , j He was found undressed in the bed , with his throat cut , and he had evidently inflicted the wound with the table-knife , which had been sent to him with bread and butter ( the knife was produced , covered with ( blood ) , nis clothes were much the worse for wear .

      Suicide in a Police Station . —On Tuesday Mr . Higgs held an inquest at the Chequers , Tothill-street , Westminster , on tbe body j of Sarah Edinsor , aged thirty-seven , a woman of notorious bad character , who committed suicide in the New-way police station on Saturday last . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict , " i That deceased destroyed herself whilst in a state of intoxication . " Melancholy Instance of ; Destitution . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest ; was held at Oakley , Oxfordshire , before J . W . Cowley , Esq ,, on view of the )» dy of William Hawes , agqd forty-four , a labouring man of that place , who expired on the previous Thursday evening from injuries received by falling from an oak on Wood Farm , Warminghall , on the of the and dau gh

      4 th inst . From the pvitlen ^ e wife - ter of the deceased , it appeared that the family , consisting of deceased , his wife , ' and three children , wwe in irreat distress , the parish authorities having refused U > fi'id t !) p IuisIwikI j ;» bonr . On the 4 th , deceased , with liis vife n * j

      appeared to be dead , aud did not speak for about an hour . The daughter went back to Oakley , about a mile and a half , to try and get a cart and horse to convey him home , and didjnot succeed , but seeing some men at work on the road , she took two of them with her to the spot . While the daughter was gone to Oakley , Mr . Chillingworth , the occupier of the farm , was attracted to the spot , and he kindly caused the poor fellow to be conveyted home , and sent on to Brill for a surgeon , who met Hawes on the way to his cottage . The wife said the parish had not found her husband any work for tfive years ; that he had recently applied for labour , and was refused , being told that he must I look out for himself ; that they at times had not had a bit of bread for two

      days together ; that on the day of th « accident they were entirely withont food or money , which was the cause of their going to get the acorns to sell . The coroner reminded the jury that their inquiries were as to the cause of death ; that they had not to inquire as to the cause that induced the deceased to £ 0 in quest of the acorns . He thought it a case in which there could be no doubt . It was clear that deceased came by his death accidentally . A verdict to that effect was returned ] The scene that presented itself at the habitation of Hawes , on our accompanying the jury to yiew the body , we shall over remember . It was wretched in the extreme , and bespoke the utmost privation and poverty . The abode appeal's , with three others , to have l > een formed out of a narn ; the drainage around them bad : no chambers in them , save on ; tlie ground floor , where the poor inmate * have to live , cook , Ac , with a

      thatched roof . The habitation is only about twelve feet by nine , an earth floor with a few stones laid in , and from the floor to the roof entirely open . On an old bedstead lay deceased , and by the side of it was another for bis three children to rest on , the bedsteads fully occupying full one half of the place , and but few articles for domestic use . For five years he had kept from the parish fun ds , < not having received a sixpence . He had risen from his pillowjlong before the break of day , and trudged off to Buckingham , Bicester , Oxford , Thame , Aylesbuiy , and other markets and fairs , in hopes of getting a job of droving to enable him honourably and honestly to . ' support his . wife and children . We have it on oath that at tunes he went to four fairs without earning ' anything , and yet when he , about a month before his-death , went to the Oakley vestry begging for labour , it was refused him , and h ' f » was told to do as he oould :

      Love and Suicide in the Metropolis . —One of those melancholy events , fortunately of rare occurrence in this country , took p lace at an early hour on Monday morning , at the east end of the metropolis . About a quarter past one o ! clock , a . m ., police constable M'kenzie , 371 K , was ! called to the house of Mr . William Duckett , No . 9 , jRaven ' s-row , Mile-end , where he met Mr . Davis , the ! surgeon , of Constablerow , Mile-end , who had also been hastily summoned , entering at the same time . They were \ ishered into

      a back parlour , fitted up as a sleeping apartment , where , lying across the bed , they saw the bodies of a young man and a young wonian , the former that of Charles William Duckett , sori to the proprietor of the house , who was absent at the time , and the latter , that of a pretty young woman , named Elizabeth Williams , about 20 years of age , to whom the unfortunate young man had for some time ) past paid his addresses . Lying beside each body were two teacups , which had recently contained some sort of liquid , leading to the conclusion that both must have drunk off the fatal

      draught at one and the same moment . On looking about the apartments the constable perceived two phials , which he handed to Mr . Davis , who , from the odour which they emitted , at once perceived that they had contained hydrocyanic acid ; and , haying examined the bodies , " he pronounced it as his opinion that the deceased parties had hcenNlead several honi-s , no doubt from the effects of the ' poison . The constable also found a sealed letter , addressed in a female hand , on mourning note paper , to [ Miss Chapman , Lucasstreet , Commercial-road , with a request on the envelope , signed with the initials of both the deceased , that it should be forwarded to the address immediately . Duckett and Miss Williams had been long attached , but adverse circumstances having

      intruded to prevent their union , it would seem as if despair of their ever coniing together prompted them to this rash and tragical conclusion . The father is an accountant ; his son was 21 years of age , and Miss Williams 22 . ; For upwards of nine years the unfortunate young persons were attached to each other , and were never known to have quarrelled On Sunday afternoon they hail tea at Mr . Duckett ' s house , and took their departure about half-past five , at the same time stating that they were going to church , at which period they seemed in excellent good spirits . The evening wore on , and eleven o ' clock having arrived , the usual tiine they returned , the family became somewhat alarmed . Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr . Duckett , and inquired if his son or their sister had been seen , she not having made her appearance , and the lateness of the hour induced them to think that they had met with some accident . Unpleasant feelings of alarm

      were then entertained by all . 1 MessengerB Were dispatched all round the vicinity in search of them ; but of no avail . At last , between one and two o ' clock , whilst Mr . Duckett was searching about the house , in the hope of finding some letter which would mention where they had gone , he discovered that his son's bed-room was fastened on the inside , the key being in the door . It being surmise )! that he had returned unknown to the family , and liad retired to bed , the door was broken open ^ and there the bodies ot the young couple were stretched on the-bed , life having been extinct apparently for some time , with their arms round each other's neck . i As the bodies lav , it appears that they must have sat on the end of the bed when they committed the act , and fell backwards . Tbe girl was respectably connected , her father being a surgeon in the Cannon-street-road . The young man had been a clerk in the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests , Whitechapel , but had been for some weeks

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      past out ot employment . The corpse -of . thfyjaopg woman , who was attired , in a > black satin di « B ,. ; fpia jewellery on ier fingers , and , her iuiir i ^ il ^ . 'tfe | n ringlets , lay on the face ,., while " the left aim rested on the chest of her betrothed , his right arm "being mpfer her head ; and he la ; on his back . He was dreaeed Neither of their countenances were distinct . k Montrosb . —Ingenious FRAUD .-r-Sbme tiiiie agjk ^ rft obeerved a paragraph in the Glosgmo Courier , unoer the above head , regarding a new system of tfwvpg in that city . But for novelty , we think the following case of fraud and imposition , by Ann Burnett , ia Brechin , will fully stand a comparison . SortM ^ week * ago this young lad y gave out a report that she \ iraat about to be married to a Captain M'Leah , of Aberdeenrwhom she represented as a man of considerable '

      property . To enable her to carry out the fraud , let » ters fere written to her , dated we believe from Aber deen , pm-porting to be from the said captain , and authorising lier to purchase her '' providing" —in other words , dresses ' of every description for her own wear / a suit also for the captain , bed and table linen , &c ., for which he was to pay on coming up here to consummate the happy event , and make her his loving wife . Amongst the fumishim ; s , Miss Burnett did not forget the good things of this life , in the shape of eatables and drinkables , but ordered a considerable quantity of whiskey , rum ! ' . wine ! ! ! tea , sugar , cheese , and last , but not least , a noble turkey ! !! all which , on the faith of the captain ' s letter , she

      received . These , however , Iwing perishable articles , soon disappeared , and no doubt she and her ( jUO ) i ( liirU frroiHlst had , at least , lor one n i <^ ht £ Ot glorious , " a ' er a' the ills o' life victorious . " To keep up the deceit , however , another stop was . still wanting , viz ., the proclamation of banus . This , too , was ^ me about ia the same business-like manner , and " booked" she was on Saturday week , and proclaimed in the . parish church three times on the following Sabbath . Thi 8 was no doubt looked upon as a finishing stroke , which would lull all suspicion or doubt on the subject . On

      the Monday , however , some suspicious circumstance * occurred which led to inquiries , but the bird having flown * and the whole affair turning out a gross fabrication ( the letters being forgeries ) our active officer , Siyewright , went in pursuit , and caught the " bonny bride , " we understand , at Broughty Ferry , and she is now . safely lodged in gaol . One of her accomplices , suspected of being the writer of the lettei-s , James Adam , weaver , is also in custody . Part of the goods have been recovered in a pawnshop in town . — Mtmtrose Standard .

      Opsnuto of the Letters . —The doubts that prevailed in the vicinity of this melancholy occurrenp * as to the actual poison with which the young couple had destroyed themselves , were finally set at rest by the post mortem examination which the bodies underwent in the course of Monday afternoon by Dr . Lethby . The seent of prussic acid was immediately detected on their being opened , and on the contents of the stomach being carefully analysed on Tuesday at the above institution , upwards of half an ounoo of the pure acid was extracted . From inquiries instituted , it appears that Duckett purchased it at Batten ' s , in Fore-street , Cripplegate , having pr ^ cured it by representing himself to have been sent tar

      a druggist who deals with the firm . The bottles , which were found on the mantel-piece , and whiek contained it , were labelled " Sheild ' s Prussic Acid . ** According to the request of the deceased , in . cribed on the letter found in the apartment , and directed to Miss Chapman , in Lucas-street , it was delivered in the course of Monday afternoon at hir residence , and opened in the presence of Mr . Porter , the constable of Stepney . On the envelope being broken open it was found to contain two epistles , both of which were addressed to that young lady , and written in the handwriting of Duckett . One

      was a piece of poetry in . 24 verses , and is a beautiftil piece of penmanship . The title is , " The Last Lay of Two Broken Hearts , written and composed by 0 . A . D ., " executed in the illustrated styfe in old English , with a variety of inks . It bears the date of Nov . )* , but it has evidently been written as far- Lack as September , which date was erased , but which ig still partially discernible . The theme shows a wild p aroxysm of love on bis part , manifesting tbe-mast fervent attachment to the ill-fated girl . He bids adieu to his parents and all other relations , and prays forgiveness . Poverty had blasted his prospects , and " Since Fate had marr'd their earthly bliss , they iroold

      seek an early grave . The same wild strain is displayed throughout the whole piece^—" His Lizzy begging that his grave might be her graTB also . " The language of it shows the unfortunate writer to have been a most intellectual young man , but tbe extravagant outbursts of his passion which jt displays proves , almost beyond a doubt , that his mind was m some way affected . The second is written in the same superior style , and bears the date of the day hist Sunday , on which he effected liis fatal purposes

      The tenor of the letter fully confirms the supposrtxp * that has been entertained amongst the friends and relatives , that he had prevailed upon the miserable girl to forfeit her existence with his . It states " thai ere she ( Miss Chapman ) had received that epistle they would be in the sweet sleep of death . " Fate had marred his bliss in this world—he was prepared to leave it , and she for vrhom he had lived , had told Mm '' If you die without me you will be my murderer I" ani . to use the words of Lady Jane Grey , " Death had ne terrors . " Both ^ productions had deep black borders round them .

      Thb Suicide at Mile-End . —The Inquest . —On Wednesday at noon , Mr . Baker , coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex , and a jury of the inhabitants of Stepney , assembled at the Fox Tavern , Russell-street , Mile-end , to inquire into the deaths of Charles William Duckett , aged 21 , and Elizabeth Williams , aged 27 , the two youn <; persona who do * strayed themselves by taking prusaie acid , under tbe very extraordinary circumstances before detailed .. In the course of the proceedings the Coroner had handed to him a letter , which was contained in an . envelope wlih a black border , found lying on the table m the room where the bodies Mere discovered , addressed "To Miss Margaret Chapman , 21 , Lucasstreet , Commercial-road , " cousin to Miss Williams .

      The enclosures were read : one consisted of poetry , addressed to Miss Chapman , beautifully written and illuminated in various coloured inks , entitled " Tbe Iiast Lay of the Broken Hearts . " The verses were 24 in number , but the following extracts will afford a fair sample of the composition : — IT " Change thou the scene ; look here , and thou shalt find the spirit wounded with sternest sorrow ' s dart—The tnadden'd brain , the wild , the wandering mind— . The cheek that ' s blighted , and the broken heart . " We'te loved eacfc -other , joined in hand an'd heart , Fii-jn bound together in one holy tie-Forsake we cannot , and we ne ' will part ; Together live , and then together die . " At , the conclusion of the poetry was written the following : —

      " Tbis is the holy vow freely given from both our hearts . We have lived for each other . We solemnly and without reluctance , mutually consent to die together ; testifying to the truth thereof , we . have subscribed our names , thus proving our perfect will to share the grave in the arms of one another . " Elizabeth Williams and Charles Wm . Dcckett . " Signed at No . 9 , Raven-row , Mile-end Gate * . " London , Nov . 8 , 1 SU . " The other letter bore date the 24 th inst . ( the day of the occurrence ) , and was signed by Duckett only . It exhibited great despondency , and informed Mias Chapman when she received that , he and Elizabeth " would be sleeping the sleep of death , for she had

      told him ' If you die without me you will be my murderer . "' Among the evidence received was that of Mr . William Henry Duckett , the father of the male deceased , who deposed , Charles William Duckett was my son . lie resided with me . I was aware of his attadiment to Elizabeth Williams , and approved of it . I have observed lately that at times he has been , very depressed , and at other times much excited . I never heard my son speak of getting married , but it is my opinion that he feared his circumstances would never enable him to do so , and preyed on his mind , a candidate for a lucrative situation above twelve months since , and being unsuccessful he had ever since been desponding :. He was 21 vears of ase . and

      had known Elizabeth Williams nine years . The witness here produced a large packet of letters he had found in his son ' s box , addressed to him from Elizabeth Williams ; they reciprocated his affection ^ and in one of them of recent date she expressed heiS ^ self very unhappy * and stated that she cared ^ aot how soomthe time came to die with him . I last saw my son alive at half-past five on Sunday evening , when he went out to go to church . I went to church-with Mb mother , and . returned about half-past eight ; I heard nothing until shortly before tw . dve , when ± fce brothers of Elizabeth ^ anie and asked for ; their sister-I Went with them home , and on my return I ob »

      served that the key was not in the door of the front parlour , my son ' s bei-room . I tried the door , and finding it locked , procured another key , with which . I succeeded in opening it . On entering I saw my son and Elizabeth lying on the bed , locked in each-other ' s arms , and quite dead . ( Witness here became mncfi affected )! Other evidence was heard and the jury consulted , and ultimately returned a verdict that the deceased persons , Charles William Duckett and Elizabeth Wilhaxris died from imbibing a certain quantity of prussie acid , but by -whom or how adnjiinistered there was not sufficient evidence before the jury .

      Coal Pit Explosion . —Another Death . —Thomas Topping , one of the men seriously injured at the recent colliery explosion at Pemberton , died on Friday morning , thus making five who havg ^ rftttpdUbek lives by this accident . vj -S ^^ ± 2 £ ?[ iffi \ » Olbham . —Afflicting AFFiMk ^^^^^^* O noon last , the body of a younfflJTOW ^ . ^ tKfrMa * ' w of Sarah Partington , daught er ^^^ p ^^ iffi ^ g loom resideni

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      A BOWL Of ¦ PUSVH . " FEWI } BR £ WEI > . Pons of Glory ' . — Uzcrvitikg vr Bikhixgha'M . — Half-a-croivn obtained under false pretences commonly consigns the impostor to dreary limbo . Hen , on the other hand , may be tricked from their families and themselr-u , aiid the sharper t-e reivarded for the juggle . To be sure , there is property in the half-crown piece : look rt the royal countenance in its sweet complacency—listen to the metallic music cf the ring : it beams aud vibrates , property ; but where is ihe property in human bodies moved bv human breath ? The cheater in goods and chattels is abominated , punished . Now the recruiting sergeant is au allowed nmn-stealer , a permitted swindler , with streamers in his cap . ut

      TTitliiu these fen- days , ^ lorj- hung o promissory wreaths at the King ' s Arms , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . Glory hap " . ng the walls with invitations to enlist . Yes ; the old li ridan has put her trumpet to her Iving mouth , and oni more played the familiar EUT vi - Ducky , ducky , ducky , .-ome and be killed . " Listen to-the strain : — ' Wakted , 500 ramiarru-d . handsome , and pay young fellows , from 18 to :. 'd years of age , for her Majestj ' s 55 th Kegiment or Foot . " ' lu these days of peace , Glory has become squeauiish in her taste * . Or . perhaps , tin- buUuts are particular , and , like the fair , prefer above alj , handsome and pay young fellows .

      " Those who are of a roving mind , andtcis / i to see the tcvrid , a l > crtcr oippcrrauiiy cannot oiler . The bounty is risen to all such as are Trilling to enter this gallant corps , whose huEOUrable services in e \ ery quarter of the globe have o / ten b&oi so hig hl y ipokcn of , and laurels gained , TOO nthesocs to mention : therefore , all -who have a good and honest heart , follow the example of those you no-w

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      FRANCES BROWN , THE BLIND POETE >< . We are ckietiy indebted to the Axheiyxum for tii--following most interesting sketch : — Sundry beautiful little pieces of poetry , baviu-r aj < - ptruded to them the signature uf "' Frances Brown , Srranorlar , " ha . ve appeai-ed » n our columns , from time 1 > _ time , daring tbe last eighteen month * . One of tbe nios ! exquisite of these , entitled " The First , originally ap . peared in the Keepsake , for 1 S * 4 , edited by the Countt- * - < jf Blessington ; and from a note added to the poem , t >\ tbe fair editress , w learnt , for tbe first time , that the authoress of tbe verses which we , in common with thousands more , bad so greatly admired , were written bv a blind girl !

      The announcement of a-volume of poems by the sanir Prances Brown excited our curiosity about the authoress . We feJt interested about her history , and lonjred to ! kBOW how , in a remote viHajfe in the north of Ireland , a young-woman , deprived of most of the ordinary helps Xo knowledge—having no intercoursfc with nature , except through books , and doomed to live in solitary darkness , in the midst of ail tee beauties of the external vroridshould nevertheless bave reared a temple of beauty iu her own mind , and fwind therein not only joy and rejoiij : i ^ herself , but to all others whom the press has brought within reach of her influence . -The editor of Miss Brown ' s poems well obser \ t- > — " The storr oi Miss Brown ' s mental education is wi-U

      wi > rth telling , botn for its own interest and for it- \ - ample . It i » at once curious and instructive to wall )* a strong miad developing itself under conditions of > i- 'i ; J and physical advantage , so great—groping , by the aid of its poetic instinct , through the darkness ot" ubii-h ~ . t was conscious—appropriating tu itself everything wb * -i- it vould < lr ^ v . noax ^ bmei : ! . in tbe barreu clemt-LT- 1 vviiivfa it was surrouadtd—fa ^ -ttning upon all that i- < -uiil help it or-ivarti , ' .-. hilt , 1 »> ; ti fira uuiiirt-t-I < rd ent-rjrit-. i ; vras strapping upwards Iu lilt lijrht . " Tb- _ piH-I ^ s i > > A huinbit birth , aiid erst saw thv ligh . . a Stranurlar . a -ti- ¦< : I viila ^ re iri tbr t-iHiim Donegal oviiMhc-rfatirf- thru v >^ , and ; ni ) is , postmaster ; , t-ig ! i :-.. r - mouths later . At that u-udrr age tbe -mall-poi , lisiuiv .: htriii its » c ^ t ; rc > t junii . co ^ iguedht r ti > the blindness iuni' 1 vrhicii she has had to « ork her » va \ to all ber intelltclua )

      treasures , —adding the mss ol the most importan senses in jo-alb tu the diSh-ulaes of a remote and uuiurr-ished pysiTWn . How by devious of her own—the promptia £ s of a clear natural intellect—by what process of selftraining she learned to see into tbe world oi thought , when the visible world was closed against her , and made the unpromising soil about heryield intellectual fruit , it is pleasant u > learn in the words of her own simple narration . II er early -calamity Miss Brown does not remember ;—s > j . the forms uf the outer scene bave not followed into her world of meditation , to -vex her with their dim shadow s .

      Tbe hues and shapes uf actual things , as thev present tiiemselvts to ih . e sense -which she has lost are , happih for her , an utter blank—tven to memory ; and she has thus been saved that ( in ber case life-long ) perplexity of the mind , born of the -rain attempt to renew fading impressions and restore the image of a far and doubtful pastsomething of which they have felt -who have striven in vain to summon back into the field of memory the refractory spirits of a dream . Her mind has thus been left more clear to act in the conditions to which it ivas limited , and ner fancy undisturbed by an irritating effort and a vain recret .

      " Indeed , " said iliss Brown , " I recollect very little of my infant years at all . 1 never received any regular education—but verj early felt the want of it ; and the first time 1 remember to have experienced this feeling strongly , was about the beginning of my seventh year , when 1 beard our pastor ( my parents being memhers of the Presbyterian church ) preach for tbe first time . On the occasion alluded to , I was parricalarlj struck by many words in tht eevm » ii , which , though in common use , 1 did not then understand : asd from that time adopted a plan for acquiring information on this .-ubjert . When a word unintelligible to wi ? happened to reach nrv ear , 1 was careful to ask its meaning

      frym any j « er < ou 1 thought likely to inform me—a liabit which was . probably , tr > juble ^ vme enough to the friends £ Dd acquaintance •>; " uiy childhood - . but by this method 1 soon acuuirs-d a con » j < lrralJc stock of « urd « •_ and . uh' -n further advanced jn iife . eniiu-geo ii -nil more by bsteiiiiiy ; cneuiheiy to luy youiifr brothers ami > isters reading otrr Iht task- required a ! tijt isDi ^ e scbti-j . They were jre « fntlly obliged to con . mit tv memory a o-rtain portion of the Im-tiuiiar ; . and English lirauimar each day ; and by htarins : them read it aloud frequently for that purpose , as my memory v » as better tLau theirs ( perhaps renderc-d so by DecrrSbity ) , 1 learned the task mucii sooner than they , and frtsjuentlT hesaxd tbtni rep « i ' . ii .

      " ily first acquaintance witii lx _ K » ks « as necessarily formed amongst tbost which art most common in country villages . Susan Gray , —Therein * Servant—The lientle Shepherd—i £ nngt > Park ' s Travels—and . of course , Jtobinsoa Crusoe , w ere aicong the fcrst of my literary friends , for 1 have uften beard them read by my relatives , and remember to bave taken a strange delight in them , when 1 am sure they were not half understood . Books have bef d always scarct in war remote neighbourhood , and were much more so in my childhood : but the craving for knowledge which then cummeuced grew with my growth ; and as 1 had no books of my own ia those days , my only resource was borrowing from tbe few acquaintances 1 had to some of whom I owe obligations of the kind that will never be forgotten , in this way I obtained the reading ol rnanT valuable work- , though generally old ones ; but it was a great day for me when the first of Sir Walter Scott ' s

      ¦ works fell into my hands . It was ' Tbe Heart of llid Lothian , ' and vras lent me by a friend , whose -family were ratber better provided "Piib books than most in our neighbourhood . My delight in the vovk was very great , even then ; and 1 contriTred , b ; means of borrowing , to get acquainted , in a very short time , with the greater part of the works of its illustrious author—for works of fiction , about this time , occupied all my thoughts . I had a curious mode of impressing ou my memory what had been read—namely , lying awake , in tbe silence of night , and repeating it all over to mTself . To that habit I probably owe tbe extreme teuicitv of memory wkich 1 Dow possess : but , like all other good things , it had its attendant evil , —for 1 have often thought it carious that , vrbilst I never forg- < -t ,-uri scrap of kno-wledge collected , howevtr small , yet tl >< - common events of daily life s ' . ip from my memory so quickly that 1 can scarcely rind anything again which 1 have once laid aside . Bui this misfortune has beui u-s-ciul .. n teaching me habits of ordtr .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct515/page/3/