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    • BRADFORD, — (Wiltshike.) — Anm-CorwioAW ^ktitioss.—There was a hole-and-corner
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      ¦** " TEE NATIONAL ANTHEM . . ^ -taoasly dedica ted to " Daniel O'ConneH , " as 0 " * SJflBi of traitors , and the last of men . )

      BT XB . GCS . jif " Rule Britannia . " - ym Troth first lent her helping hand , pfj oppression * " ^' Pf . wetd s *" th- 8 m ! UD : ~ ^ ifis our Charte r—th e Charter of ear rights ; SeSkTen aids aumanity , and for cur freedom fifhta . , ^ ajjg a nd prifcsta , truth * deadliest foes , * £ Ls « d to cmsb tae heavenly birth ; 5 ^ * 21 tha t ay arose , ' T ^ Vkddened all the earth : TBs i * obi Charter—the Charter of our rights ; . Heiven ftids humanity , and for our freedom fights

      _ . . ijWsrr sought its due reward , ^ MxembliBfly that right was given dfwro-e to onried ' Deatb the BWai ?' " ** fli raw obtained th « approving smile of heaven : — Cois is o ** Charter— the Charter of oar rights ; Boreu aids humanity , and for our freedom fights .

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      FREEDOM AND THE CHASTEB 2 f t *— " Bright are the beams of the morning sky . " -naj * bright are the beams of dear woman ' s eye , B ^ h rapture her lips can impart , T ^ teSkter the glance of dear liberty , - Aad rreeter its charms to the heart . tb \ en « rea fountainof pleasure , iffparce from -whence happiness flows ; iiirho TS 5 dd not taste of this pleasure , ^ , fee honey bee sips of the rose . jj gu toast , then the toast , be our freedom , j S ftssh . breast that is manly approve ; ^ Tsw toast * ^ - n tne toasti & * uUr ^ edom , ^ dnint vheera for the cause that we lore .

      cinL-nire the cause of freedom en high , ^ jt e » & heart that is trusty approve ; facgenag ami hallowed by Ebertys sigh , Orf-riiab the charms , e ' en of lore , ata riiss hiji your ¦ voice * in transport , ^ jerCaarter its joys sha ll imp&ri ; « Whoars tkm devoted to freedom , ^ jrfd the only true balm to the heart . < to the toast , then the toast , be cur Charter , lU &dtbrtast that is maaly approve ; ba tie toast , iheu the toast , be our Charter , ^ nure cheers for the cause that we lore . Thomas Wheeleb .

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      jgj PAST—THE PRESENT . —THE FUTURE . A PROPHECY . BT AE . GUS . tfjs Giul her standard raised on high , ind mvEioBS gathered round , jMized to "win their rights , or die , gas aid the earth , in joy , with freedom ' voice 1 * 380 u-G ' -i » BdBaope * tremblicgliDrs combined , jo oMh the heavenly birth ; isi osce » gain , enslaved mankind , gj , for a sune , caused crowns to reign dominant en fits earth .

      JfcKAIfen ' i blood-saint conquering truth , Ds&sed ta " royal" gold , — 3 ^ hi JtsB ce * s freedom—slevr her youth , ± s 3 , to stone for murder , gave a king : and thus poor , - foul " was sold . JriSaesped on , with fleeting wings , JsJTJth it CHA 5 GE was borne ; OBpSitcame . and crowns and "klxiss asmshed , withdawn of truth , the silvery chequered EQKL Insight had been—the glowing san Ifed tlept in erittsoa eve , ftfTffit ntcra c * nie—the combat won , JM" mosarchs , " on their spangled thrones , what jastice could

      achieve-T »! Albion , Gaul , Columbia , too , StalHisks of freedom be ; hi » ith Truth ' * rays each will pursue 1 despot foe , and sink for eTer " royalty" in th tshih&med sea ; issoBamini . 1811 .

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      , - ¦ A CHARADE . £ jj £ ait , £ u > ' tis highly essential to life , It i » arlther in water nor air ; £ ¦ £ qsasst ptadxics it—it parts not with strife , & ] bys in tha loveliest , smiles of my wife , AasTit aiwriy baaishts ore . Iff acoBd , is met wMj at every torn -Where the light of the snn can be seen ; fit poor to possess it may labour and mourn , fto" liksHr Create—from the cottage tis torn , Fiifc-therleh it hath constantly been . ^ KdbCTwe ^ jDv third has been foste red with care , Jrom-ffiteaih ' estday of hi 3 iL e ; ltfetes » e » mnch , that he never could spare , Hae » aKio-w EuVjec ' -s their rightcoas share , Bat h filfine tae Qu = « ndom wixh strife .

      My rwrtk , has Daniel ' s faronrite been ; Hii p-jlitica ! course hath declar'd B iatiij in his Emerald Isle so green ; Tet in Dublin ' s city it never tr&s seen , Tho' perhaps it may shortly be there . Xj fifth , wia FinalUy Jaci , J should say Hi- Rasssllj u highly fcSU * m'd ; ** 8 w » i , it was with him some years since , in ilay , ¦ "W Wtiggsry -won him the g \ jrious day ; Wbu a , royjl achicTemsnt it seem'd I ** S ^ . ' ^ CiaEOt t el 1 " tThere lt i * ' "Ta in ev ^ ry tura in the land ; n fee « attry , loo , -nd in eTery lot , 1 » era > iefoe , in erery i * ot , Aad ia eytry aiom of Kk 2-j .

      , * Jl » 6 , a m , ; qS ; : ^ abundantly found , * « s especially not , in the North ; ** ^ sryTorksMreman welcomes the sound , AiUtelovsltest thing upon earth . **^ o nry enigiaa may Lappen to see , H » political cre ^ d whs * , " it may ; ™^ nii * toiea his notions may be , " * ™« f—if he knew what the answer should be , ** » rold lovs it , I venture to say . : " ^^ ly 3 rd , 1811 . j . C . Elliot . Answers in verae are requested .

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      THE INQUISITION . CHOECS OF IMPS-* & ' ¦ demon iBcarnate ! Iwariot , or Cain , j ^ toelrfh , Htrod , or Nero ;—^ Wd upoo eaith , thou appearest agsni A PPo ? yGn ! our mightiest hero ! ^ K ^ a we trace in the bills of mortality , ¦ ** " thy system , on laws of finality . APPOLTOS . -f ^ -I ' m playing the hypocrite , —carry j " «* tracts into Africa—teaching ¦ " Wads of 3 s . Paul—it isftwlUh to marry ! Os ^ iiy eta be preaching , sarna ^ wMte boadsmtn to slavery condemn , * " « wrt the yomg blacks , thus emancipate them . ' ^^ ap infautic . de , grave it in Latin , jjT * ' wffixate infanta new born !—Y flJei gn 5 r « purchase silk , lace « , and satin , — « s toy prodncii ^ n but corn . j *** . where wbe ^ : fields might flourish , let death ¦^ opmnv- rob millions and millions of breath !

      : fi : rst imp . ^^ of knowledge is stalking abroad , ^^ £ a , crouch , " Heath out cast-iion screens , ^^ 3 er the bri rbt intellectual ccrd ; Q ^ y ^ ^ e inftrMl machines , jj . , * " * » darz ' itd , so quench every beam , — ^^* ias inyisible vsp-jar of steam . j . SECO ^ D LXP . ^ } maltitadss perishing , pining for labour Igj ^^ eong 0 : darkness immure them ; ^« K nae dais txpostolate , sharpen the abre , ^ j ^^ e and torture dont cure them ! jj ir ? W 7 -women , repose them , —abash'd ' " truckle , — -when naked , their bodies are lash'd ^ _ THIRD IldP . jf ^ ff ^ weeping , for low of iu moth er ! lr » ., ? iailTeili 5 h to befriend him : Appri &" w ycjJieuu aim ;

      , tte ' lZ 1 Olra ¦* " ° e ensxted , we'd smother ' « i&n ^ T * 0 its motlier earth send him , JteZf . lmn ! -a child of the state—keep in awe , ' * lor the cat , to befit him for war ! Jt ^ APP 0 LT 05 . jj ** rter » aeb . innocents , w »» te them with torpor ^ feaS ^ . ^ » P them to cripple * ; 0 ; ttite ^ T . p of ^^ fr 0111 ^ » nippl e * 1 VaSS CTer let jastie « t ^ 6 t * ' - U Sttu ^^^ ^ omen—if others sbonld f » iL Q a ^ J **** Tietims , by demons were haefc-d , 081 « aW a . £ 6 rce ^ rae out of nnmber ; J" ^^ JT ^ ' ioDd » d « ¦» Mck'd ,-^ saisTZL— I 'Ot-usand men Blnmber J Wel 1 ftC ^ iT * " lon 8 thro > 0 UT TCTel * " « creatioc— region or devils ! Abtbvs Boon .

      Bradford, — (Wiltshike.) — Anm-Corwioaw ^Ktitioss.—There Was A Hole-And-Corner

      BRADFORD , — ( Wiltshike . ) — Anm-CorwioAW ^ ktitioss . —There was a hole-and-corner

      meeting held here , when . it was agreed to petition Parliament for a repeal of the Corn Law . Petition sheets having been obtained , they were sent pound the town foi signatures , whan a Mr . Baker went into a house in the Po Pize Ground to solicit their signatures , and he was told the man had been dead four months . The petition was , however , signed , and his signature attached . to it . What a pass the leaguers must be reduced to , te uso dead men ' s names J STOCKPORT . — Dreadf cl Accidkm . —On Friday evening week , a wagoner , ( George EJwes ) with Mr . Orreil ' 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 reFpected . Ho has left a wife and two children to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss .

      BXBlUnj'GHAK .-DTscnssioN on Socialism . —Mr . Lloyd Jones , the Socialist champion , and Mr . John Brin ^ ey , the parson ' s pet , had a regular " set-to" last week , in Ryan ' s Royal Amphitheatre , which was selected a . s the most convenient and appropriate place for tke display of intellectual and physical gladiatorship . The place , which is cipable 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 struggle for the post of moderator , or chairmen ' s chairman , Mr . J . L . Murphy was elected to fhai 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 , and at the close of the last evening ' s di-cussion , Mr . George White stood forward in front of the platform , to address , the meeting , and was received wiih jqu' 1 cheer 3 , intermingled with groans and hisses from the parsocs and respectable ? , accompanied wuh shouts of" He's a political demagogue , " " * He is a Caaiiist . " Mr . Brindley then stepped up with clenched fi * t ? , and told Mr . White that if he attempted to m \ ikc a speech there , he would have him taken into custody . A regular row then commenced on the plaifurra ; the parsons bellowing like so many bulls , aud Mr . Brindiey frothing at the mouth with rase . Mr . Murphy , moderator , insirted ' on Mr . Brindley and the parsons

      behaving ia a proper manner , or else he should be obliged to senu for the police , aud hare them taken into cu- ; o-jy . A rcsoiuuon was then proposed condemning the present siate of society and declaratory of the Guinion of the meeting respecting the argumeci * adduced by the disputants , but such was the uproar and confusion created by the parsons and their tools that n was impossible to hear a word . ihe resolu-. ioa "was however proposed , seconded , aud put by Llr . Southwell first and afterwards by Mr . Murphy and carried in dumb show , the parties ia the body of the meeting voting with their respective leaders , when they saw their hands held up . ( The Te £ olution -will be found in our advertising coSuias . ) Tnreo long , loud , and enthusiastic cheers ivere given for tha People ' s Charter ; three for Fear ^ us O'Connor , and three for the Incarcerated ChanLsts , alier which ibe meeting separated .

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      The . \ thbep . of visitors to the Zoological Gardens in April vras 11 ,-iOo , from which £ 394 ] ls . had been recei ved . The Pbice of bread in Paris for the first fortnight of tbe present month is fixed at 27 centimes the kilog £ amme- -aHout 5 $ i . the 4 ib . loaf . Tbe 5 UMBSE or corpora ! punishment ? irflicted in the roya ) sarv in 1833 amounted to 1730 , and in 1839 to 1 * 331 . It may be gratifying *•"> the calumniators of Irolar-i to learn thai tb-. re are only three prisoners for trial at the next arizes lor this county . —Uncommon Joui 7 i ai . It appears that tbe number of unions to which special and rot general rules hare been given by the Poor Law Conjrcis ^ ioiiers in 184 0 , is very nearly five hundred .

      It is believed that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Courc of Directors for tee transmission of the overland packets twice a month . - The friends of the celebrated Cnrran will shortly p ^ aee in the aisie of Christ Church Cathedral , Dublin , a cenotaph , in commemoration of that illustrious , irishman . 3 Iore Lawyers . —^ o less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of t ^ ieir inteutiori to apply to be admitted -attorneys of the Court of Queen's Beach on ; he last day uf tho present-term .

      We u > deestaxd that Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out by the overland India mail of this month , as Envoy to China , to snpersede Captain Elliot , acd with full power to settle all differences , Tjhe' Commxkder-15-Chief has ordered cricketgrounds to be laid cut at each cf the barrack stations throughout the United Kingdom , for the use of the officers and privates . Sixce tbe 1 st of Jannary , 1841 , there have been no less than 51 railway patients received into the County Hospital . Of these 27 have been di- charged cured , four have died , and one was dismissed . — Brighton Paper . It has bee > - dte'ded by the directors of the London a :: d Brighton Railway to open twenty miles of thai line from London to Haward's heath in June . The whole work will be completed and opened to the public Ln August .

      Cacse a > -d Effects—Ringing the Belles . —We are inform-d that since the new peal of bells was got to St . James ' s Church , iu the Pottery , marriages in that district have multiplied exceedingly . —Hull Rocking hem . As ma . vt as 4 , 048 bodies 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 Peckbam branch , has taken out no less a number than 3 t = 0 . It . appears from evidence taken before a Commituee of tbe Hou&e 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 .

      A . V . VIYEKSAST OF THE DEATH OF NaPOLSOX . —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 . Fathex Mathew a . vd theIPublica . m . —A Killarney-correspondent informs U 3 tliat the receipts of Saturday last , iu that town , of sixteen publicans , were seven shillings and four pence ! !—Kerry Examiner . At a shop "window , in the neighbourhood of Wai tech a pel , are a pair of India rubber shoes exhibited for saie , with & paper attached to them , on which" is written— " These Inger rubber shoes to be sold cheve . Warrenlid not to Leke . "

      A Hint to Emigrants . —If an emigrant to r ^ orth America , take out £ 1 in shillings and sixpenny pieces , the currency value of £ 1 in Upper Canada will ba 25 s . The same amount in silver crowns or half-crowns will pas 3 current for 245 . The value of a golden sovereign is rated at 24 s . 4 d . Petitions upon Sociaxism . —It appears by the Repor ; of a Committee of the House of Commons upon public petitions , that from the " 27 th January to the 30 th April , this year , 27 petitions , with 10 , 309 signatures were presented to the House on the subject of Socialism . " Breathe * ot his Name . ' '—A chip of aristocracy , living in the Broadway , had a very long and difficult name , and on a stranger trying to prononnce it t ' other day , his tougue got entangled in his teeth , and he could not get it disengaged until some one advised him to spell the word Dackwards . —Yankee Paper .

      Extraordisabt . —The cutter Fanny , when on her passage from Porte Macquarie to Sydney last trip , had a severe encounter with a tiger shark , who laid bold of hermfzen boom , and held on for Eome time with his teeth , until he was frightened off by some of the men attacking him . 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 an inn , dovrn east , was asked how the business men in New York were getting along , Oh , " answered the tiaveller , " maty of them have got upon their legs again . " How so , has trade got brisk 7 . " " Oh no , but many who rode in their coaches have been obliged to leave to walk . "

      The EiGHiT-THrRD anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital charity wa 3 celebrated on Thursday . Since the foundation of the charity near 7 , 000 females have been admitted ; a leading feature in the establishment 13 , that no young woman who has behaved well during her stay in the hospital is discharged unprovided for . A Teetotaller ' s Repaeteb . —Someamusementhas been occasion eti by the irroption of tee-totallers into Herefordshire , owing to a difficulty as to what would be done with the apples , supposing their system to be adopted . At a late meeting this subject was good-humouredly brought forward , and the reply of the temperance advocate waB , that he would make " dumplings" of thea .

      A large building is about to be immediately erected in New Windsor , by the dissenters , for a British school , " to be conducted upon " general principles , " as f « as religion is concerned , and without reference to any particular sect or creed . One gentleman residing bere ( Mr . Charriot ) has presented a donation of £ 1 , 500 towards the building fund , and other liberal eubscriptions have flowed in from various parties in tbe town aad neighbonrhood .

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      Rossim . —A letter from Bologna asserts that Rossini has just made to his native town the munificent present of 600 , 000 franca , to found a charitable establishment for old and infirm musicians . It is added , that lie intends to establish there a public and gratuitous school of singing , tbe direction of which he will reserve to himself for his own life . Fatal Accii > knt . —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 moving with great rapidity , when his head caiue bo violentl y in contact with a bridge aa to cause insiaut 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 V inquired the Recorder . ' ? Why , Sir , I hold my wife to be worth 500 dollars at least , without counting my own property . " "The Court is satified , " replied the Recorder , " take his bail . "— New York Sun . Look on this Pictubb . —John Douglas was sentenced at the Stirling Assizes , by Lords Justice Clerk and Moncrieff , on the 14 th current , to seven year e' transportation , for assaulting and striking a criminal officer , named Christison , on the nose , while in the discharge of his 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 . Barn-es . —We are truly concerned to have te record the demise , on Friday morning , a few minntes before eight o ' clock , at his residence in Soho-sgaare , of Thcmas Barnes , E ? q , editor of tho Times journal . He was in the 56 th year of his age only , and of a frame apparently so robu 3 t of health as to give more than comraou promise oF a ripened old age . Whatever the differences of political opinion , all parties will readily join in iho ono tribute of unanimous admiration of ihe talent and energy , extraordinary aud colossal as they were , which he displayed in the management of that justly influential and leading journal , oF which he was the presiding geniu 3 , and whose power and renown he had so greatly contributed to raise . — Evening paper .

      Petitions rfspectinq the Newport Riots and the Poor Laws . —The 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 ih April . We extract the following : —On the subject of the Newport riots , 28 petitions , 34 954 signatures . For Repeal of ih « Poor Law Amendment Act , 1 QU petitions , 35 . 037 signatures ; for alteration of it , 77 petitions , 10 , 97 i ) signatures . Against the Poor Law Amendment Bill , 248 petitions , 88 350 signatures ; for alterations of it , 258 petitions , 53 , 740 signature ? .

      TrjRXPisE Roads Bill . —This bill , brought in by Mr . Jervis , M . P ., and Lord R . Grosvenor , M . P .. proposes to enact , that no toll shall be demanded or taken for or in respect of any horse , ass , sheep , swine , &c , or of any wagqon , caTt , vehicle , or other carriage of any kind vvhatsover , which shall only cross any turnpiko road , or shall not pa ,-s above 100 yards thereon . The second clauses extends the powers of former acts to this act , &c . Discovery of a Curious Document . —Among the records at Guildall there ba ^ just been found a contract by which Charles I . gave over in mortgago ,

      so the Corporation of London , certain large tracts of Crown land in Northumberland , Durham , &c , for a loan of £ 300 , 000 of the theu currency . The ill-fated and misguided monarch never had the power of redeeming thes « lands , which thus merged into the city estates . The Corporation , however , thinking them too distant and too barren to be profitable , disposed of th-. m to the ancestors of the present great coal proprietors , thus unwittingly throwing away the richest and most valuable son in England , which would long since havo produced them a net profit of £ 400 , 000 per annum .

      Sad Mistake . —When a female member of the British Royal family holds a levee , it is customary for her to kiss tbe ladi > 3 of the nobility , and no others . It happened that the lady of the Lord Justice Clerk was , ou one occasion , among the Hnmber of those presented to the late Princess Amelia , who , aa ic 13 well known , was very deaf . " Stand by for my Lady Justice Cierk , " said the man in waiting . Meanwhile , same 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 !"

      Extraordinary Circumstance . —On Wednesday last , William Green , engaged at the Mitre Inn , in this city , as flyman , was ordered to drive a party out for an airiDg , but on arriving opposite tho Windmill public-house , in St . Giles ' s , he complained of having a pain iu his side , and requested a man to drive the fly for him , aad he then alighted and went into the house and borrowed a common . table knife , and pro ceeded onwards till he arrived near tho Hut publichouse , where he cut his throat , which he mangled in a veTy shocking manner ; he was soon afterwards discovered , and was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , where he was promptly attended by Mr . Wmgfield , surgeon , and now lies in a very precarious state . No cause could be assigned for the rash act . —Oxford Chronicle .

      Shameful Occurrence at a Funeral . —A man of tbe name of Tam Dowie , belonging to Kinross , having died , all his relatives were prohibited , by the last will and tesfament of this eccentric , from coming near his dead body , seeing they had not looked near him while living , 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 iheir progress to the church-yard , when a sister ' s ton of the deceased came forward and demanded the

      " head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignity- He refused . From wordo it came to blows- ^ -a regular fight then ensued between the two—and in the contest , the relative of the deceased kicked the eofnn with such force , that a » space was opened , displaying to the horrifying feeling of the bystanders , the body in its grave-clothes . The body wa 3 carried to the grave by the Kinross officials , leaving the brutal wretches to fight it out . Such a scene could hardly bo expected to occur among savages—horrible surely among Christians , iu the nineteenth century . —Stirling Observer .

      Rumours of Ministerial Changes . — We can state nothing on the subject of the probable cast of the new Government in any other shape than as a rumour . But we are at liberty to add that wo have been favoured with a sight of more than one list by parties 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 hand , it would be absurd to profess that we feel at all 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 ; aad , 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 Speacer 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 tho Colonies (¦) . 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 aa Lord President of the Council—an office without any active functions ) , to the Duke of Wellington , in order to give lo 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 vf ere there repeated the names of Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerston . —Morning Herald .

      Horrible Atrocity . — " About twelve years ago , " says the Nouvelliste des Ardennes ^ " the daughter of a farmer in tbe 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 tho character of confirmed madness . Tha husband 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 . He privately constructed a species of case formed of four planks , between seven and eight feet long , leaving one of the extremities open , and fixed it upright in hiB stable . Having enticed the poor creature to place herself in itlie closed the ease up , and there

      , left her standing utterly precluded from escape . He daily supplied her with food , letting it down from tbe top , Bhe having juat room enough in tho angles of her narrow prison to raise hex hand and carry it to her mouth . Of course she was constantly kept standing on her legs , without the possibility of changing her position . Thas was she confined for a period of nearly twelve years , till a short time ago , when Bhe was discovered and released . When taken out she had lost full a foot in hex height , and her appearance was more that of some nondescript animal than of a woman . She had no speech , but uttered inarticulate Bounds borrowed from the cattle whose voices alone Bhe 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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      Panrcs Albkkt . —A report has beea going thron / jh all the newspapers that Prince Albert is in a yeVy delicate state of health , and is consumptiTe—that he is going abroad for his health , and that perhaps the Queen would accompany him . We believe this , like many other foolish reports , originated with the silly correspondent of a morning paper .-We are happy to nave it in our power to give it a flat contradiction , ihe Prince was never ia better health , nor has be been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever , nor wish , to go abroad on account of )» s Health , w for any otuer reason . —Oxford Chrontcler- [ Who can indnlga the preposterous idea that tne Prince has any " intention to go abroad on account of his health , or for any other reason f' He baa got quartered on J <; hn Ball , " de monish" flows into his pocket ? , and he feels at home to a tye . — Printer ' s Devul ] ; J

      Cvriovs Case . —About Bix or seven years ago , Brotberton , the Edinburgh and Salton carrier , proceeded toSalton Hall , where be received from the butler and housekeeper of the family the sum of £ 80 . :-o pay for various articles obtained in 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 on 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 tho money , and contrived tho story of the robbery to divert BuspJcion 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 Lasswade , were implicated in the robbery , they both having peen employed at the time of the robbery with a shoemaker in tho village of West Salton . They were both apprehended , and , after investigation , tho men have been committed for trial . — Ayr Observer .

      Wealthy Vagrant . —On Monday night , an old Highlander arrived in Cupar from Dundee , on his routo to Edinburgh . After obtaining liberty to get lodging , and having received charity to pay the p a me ^ jio person ipvuid take poor Donate-in , He rhen applied to tne police , who accompiodated him with abed .. Upon being searched , as is customary , Douald declared that he -had . ' ' . no more but one penny , my dear . " However , Donald's word was not to betaken , and after beina divested of hisuDDer

      garments , n ^ eal bags , &c , he wa 3 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 small purse attached to his garter 19 s . 6 i . in silver —and iu a couoealed pocket iu his trousers Is . 2 | d ., which with the penny , amounted altogether to £ 6 . 0 s . D \ d .. When tho discovery was made , poor Donald ' s ' Oif < h ! Oigfv I" was truly pitiable—his whole corerhig was not worth the 9 ^ d . Next morning Donald wa * elevated on tfce top of tho coach for Edinburgh at his own ex pence .

      A Youra siiot by his Father . —For a long time past , depredations of an extensive nature have been committed in the gardens of Mr . Cooke , of Weston , to the perpetrators of which no chie could be obtained . Monday night , Mr . C . was alarmed on hearing some one on , his premises , and he accordingly got up , and , anned with a loaded gun , proceeded to scour the gardens in searching of the untimely intruders . After a brief search , ha discovered some one making off from the cucumber frames . He shouted " stop , " but tho trespasser did not heed tho cry , feVid 'Mr . Cooke accordingly levelled his gun &nvi fived . Tho fellow immediately dropped , and on Mr . Cooke seizing him , he was shocked at beholding his own son . It is necessary

      to state that this uufortunato youth is ono of tho worst description of characters , having been niore than onc 8 placed at tho bar for offences of a serious nature ; and there is too much reason to fear that through him tho robberies in his father ' s garden have been effected . It is a ruelaucho ' . y circumstance , but the youth has becoma so utterly incwvigible as to repel all sympathy in his behalf . On examining his person , at the station-house , the charge of the gun was found to havo struck his nuck and shoulders , though not to any dangerous extent . He was taken bei ' oro the magistrates , at Cliandos 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 season , 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 exetcise , vi . eU repeated , 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 lo write , when fatigued with Bitting , will be found highly beneficial to literary men . The constant use of soft stuffed seats is injurious . Rooms in which the sedentary are employed , should be

      warmed by fires in open grates , which assist ventilation ; not by steam , not water , gas , or close stoves . Never stand or sit with your back to the fire . Mental excitement is one of the moat 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 , cheerlul , and contented state of mind , and tho cultivation of feelings . Mental inactivity is scarcely less injurious than excessive exercise , giving rjse to hypochondriasis . In the choice of professions , the 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 . Marnage is favourable to health , but should not be contracted too early . Tobacco injures digestion , and relaxes the nerves . —Abridged from Mr . Cwtit ' s Work on the "Preservation of Health "

      Muuderof a Child by its Father . —An 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 under-porter at Addenbrooke ' s Hospital , and who dved 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 samo day , attempted his own life by taking a quantity of laudanum . He desired that his wife might be made acquainted with the

      oircumstances , 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 rtturn and murder her also : this he would not have her to imagine , for she was the beet of wives . Tho magistrates have committed the prisoner to take his trial on a charge of murder at the 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 on 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 , Luoas , Wood , &c)—Mr . Charles Cannon , a respectable looking man , carrying on an extensive business as « fishmonger , at St . Mary-at-Hiil , Billingsgate , appeared to answer to a charge of having assaulted his Bister , 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 house . He coaxed them to the door , and after getting them outside shut the door , and threatened to murder any parson 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 the defendant threatened to do for her with a fire shovel which ho held in his hand . He did Dot 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 evevy 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 his utter ruin . —A sergeant belonging to the city police station of Billingsgate , stated . that , during the last two mouths , the conduce of Mr . Cannon had been very strange ; he had purchased a quantity of ice-carts , and dressed the drivers and

      lour messengers at his own ex pence . 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 do with it ; did you help to pay forit ! Atihibstageofthe proceedings Mr . Camion produced one of his messengers to the Ice Company , and requested him to show hie top-boots and buckskin breeches to the Recorder and Aldermen , which he did amidst much laughter . A very painful scene here took place between the brother and sister ; the latter , with tears in her eyes , said that the life of every person in the houso was in tbe most imminent danger , and the former declaring he would not hurt one of them if the ; did not 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 dafeadaat was then removed in mstedr .

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      Hobribus I Horeiblk ! I La Presse states that one of the most extraordinary circumstances in the annals of a Constitutional Government has just oeoured in Sweden . The Miuisters of State there have been accused , not of having violated the laws of their country and abused their power , but of having brought their country to a state of unexampled prosperity ! " At this moment ( adds La Presse ) Sweden is 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 Bali . —At Union-Hall Police-office , London , on Saturday , Mrs . Louisa Leonora Toil , the landlady of the Montpelier tavern , Walworth , was summoned for allowing drunken and disorderly conduct in her house during a fancy ball heid there a few evenings ago . Inspector Campbell , of the P division , stated that he visited the defendant ' s house at half-past ono o'clock on Tuesday morning , at which time there were upwards of seventeen or eighteen personsi drinking at the bar . Hearing a noise andsereaming ap sfcairs , he proceeded there , and then d isco vered a large assemblage of persons of both sexes in a spacious room , in which he was informed that a fancy-dress ball was goiDg forward . He entered the room , and saw several persons in fancy

      costume , amongst which were three females dressed in the Swiss , Spanish , and Scotch fashion , all of whom were intoxicated , particularly the " Swiss , " who threw herself iuto 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 bo expelled ; and she in the . Scotch , kilt actsd with such indecency , promenading up and down the room with the kilt pulled up iu 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 spoko 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 tho bar . There was a

      band 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 compauy in the ball-room , and that he only noticed three " ladies" amongst tho company who were at all " distinguished in liquor , " and those were the three in the Swiss , Spanish , aud-Scotch Jresses , who were turned out of tho room . Fur his part , ha saw nothing objcctionablo 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 appear the defeudaut had anything to do with the getting up ot the ball , yet as she permitted a room on her premises to bo devoted to the purpose , she had , therefore , rendered herself amenable to the law , and having permitteddrunken and disorderly conduct therein , ho would inflict a penalty of 40 s . aud costs , on her for the offence .

      CoRo . vKit's Inquest . —Seduction and Sotcide . — Melancholy Cask op Dephavity . —On Saturday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , City coroner , at St . Bartholomew's hospital , on the body ot Elizabeth Wicks , alias Ann Jones , a young female , axed Hi , who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic , under the following circumstances : —The inquiry was opened on Friday se'nnit ; ht , when , from the evidence taken on that occasion , it appeared that on the Wednesday previous tho deceased was discovered sitting on the step of a . ioor in White-cros 3-street , 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 theu gave au account of herself , stating that four months back she was 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 Jiving with . The usual r < m d ! es were applied , but she sank and died . Yesterday , the following additional evidence was given : —E ' . izibeih 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 , but for the last two months her conduct had been better . About seven months back sho

      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 shamo and remorse so overpowered her feelings that she burst into tear ? , upon which her seducer struck her a violent blow in the mouth , for which he 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 , and , on a sudden , exclaimed , "Oh ! mother ,

      you have brought George to see me die . Sho had never seen the deceased drunk , nor had shebeen 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 threo months back , she was , through tbe instrumentality of Mr . Grove , the magistrate , admitted into the Refuge for the Destitute , but was soon after taken out on her stating tkat 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 be had known the deceased three years . About seven months ago , the deceased slept with him at her

      mother ' s house , during her absence iu the country . He had never been with her to a house of il ) -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 , aa ho subsequently became ill in consequence Of the connection . The last time be spoke to her was three months ago , soon after she came out of prison , when she wanted him to live with her , but ho refused . The reason he struck her was because sho called his mother a whore . Other evidence having been given , the Coroner made some forcible remarks on tiie depravity displayed throughout the case , and the Jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity , and , at the same time , they thought the conduct of the mother highly blanieable for the way in which she had brought up her child .

      An Incorrigible Impostor . — On Saturday , Catherine Murphy , an incorrigible vagrant , about thirty years of age , was brought before Mr . Combe , in the custody of police-constable No . 57 , £ 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 she pur : ued two ladies to the door of No . 43 , Doughty-street , and taw them give her some money , when he took her into custody . Sho 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 ofBce , 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 society , and stated that the prisoner was the most notorious imposUT in London , and she was in the habit of pursuing various modes of imposition for the purpose of cheating tho unwary . On one occasion an officer of the society saw her pursuing ladies in Rassellsquare , and importuningithem for chanty , with what

      appeared to be a child at her breast , which she occasionally kissed and hugged with affected fondness ; the officer took her into custody , and said that he would take her to the Mendicity Society , where she would be relieved ; but she refused to go , and resisted him in the most violent manner , and oreated 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 theBtationhouse , the " child ' dropped from her arms , and , on being picked up , it was found to be au 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 ehe bad to say to the charge!—Sho eaid , in a broad Irish dialect , that

      she did n » i beg . She bad been afflicted m her mind ev « r since the death of her husband , and * she had lost considerable prope ; ty through his death . She . was sometimes mad , and did not know what she did ; and she was always in this condition when she began to think of her husband . —Mr . Combe : But what have you to Bay about the rag child , oh 1 < A . laugh . ) —Prisoner : Sure , it was not a child at all . ( A laugh ) It was only a few old rags , that I was going to sell , wheu the officer saaed me , and then he swore that U was a child . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Combe said he never heard of a more impudent impostor . He enquired whether they had any register of her former convictions ?—Ho was answered ia the negative .- —Mr . Combe : It is fortunate for her ; if they were produced I would commit her for three months with bard labour to the House of Correction . I shall now commit her for one month . —The prisouer bellowed loudly , and , on being locked up , she expressed a wish that bar ease should not be advertised ia the newspapers .

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      World-Weariness . —Matilda Wilea , a young woman of d « licate and interesting appearance , was placed at the bar , at 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 ayoung man , who informed him that she had just before attempted to destroy herself in the New River , and that he apprehended she was about to renew tha attempt . She was standing at the time on the canal bridge , with an air of deep dejection , and looking 1 down wistfully at the water , and , just as witness was approaching her , she clambered upon the coping , and threw herself over . He succeeded , fortunately ,

      in catching hold of the skirts of her dress , but , on dragging her back , she struggled violently to disengage herself , and struck him in the face . On her way to the station-house , she said she was weary of her life , aud was determined to end it . The prisoner ' s mother stated to the magistrate , that in the early part of last summer the deluded girl bad tbe misfortune to form an intimacy with a silly 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 . Evpr siuco that melancholy event she had been miserable and broken hearted , and had made no less than three a * tempts on her lite previous to-the * one that was frustrated by the policeman . After admonishixiaj her upon the impropriety of her conduct , in feeliaij aad forcible language , which , however , did not appear to make any impression upon her , the magistrate delivered her up to her friends .

      Matbimony and Gin . —At the Mansion House , London , on Saturday , ayoung man named Warne , a journeyman cooper , was charged on a warrant before the Lord Mayor with beating hig wii ' e , and giving her . a black eye . The complainant , a good * looking young woman , with a handkerchief tied round her head , detailed along 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 tho stool of repentance Before the honeymoon was over he took to neglecting his work , and getting drunk , and when in that state he ill-treated her . A few nights back he was tho worse for liquor , and insisted upon having a lobster for his supper , aud when she told him she had no money to procure it , he jmnpad up from his seat and struck hor ablo * v , which caused a black eye . She was apprehensive he would do h «> r some serious injary . Tlie Lord Mayor inquired the cause

      of his behaving in this manner to her I The complainant said she . believed h « wa < jealous of her , but she would swear she had given him no oause . The Lord Mayor —Now , Warne , what have you to say to this conduct ? Defendant—Why , rny Lord , it's her fault ; there's a fellow she calls her cousin always coming , and I .-am quite sure she likes him better than me . The Lord Mayor—You are a foolish , jealous-headed fellow , and don ' t go the way to make any woman Jiko you . Treat your wife kindly , and you need be under no apprehensions from her cousin , I'll be bounds Defendant—So 1 did , my Lord , till I thought she had put the horns on my head . The Lord Mayor—Well , do it aj ; ain , for I am quite sure sho deserves to be weil used ; and I advise you to leave off getting drunk : gin and matrimony never agree together . The defcnda-vit was then ordered to enter into hi 8 _ own recognizinccs to keep the peace towards his wife . The happy couple then retired .

      Meat not Meet . —At the Mansion House , on Saturday , an Irishman , named John Coliins , was brought before Alderman Pirie , charged vmli having hawked about a starved sow for sale in Leaden hall Market . —Inspector Marchans stated that a very unusual-scene took place in Leadenhall Marker . A policeman stationed in tha ' , neighbourhood saw the defendant catrying upon his shoulders a dead sow , which had been regularly scalded , and drawn and cut for dressing ; but which presented suuh 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 bonee , and the only judgmetft 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 offered 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 bad lately come from Ireland , asked him how he could thiuk of selling a eow in such a condition ? Defendant— "Why , plaiso your honour , I thought to get a bit of bread for myself and the childther by it . ' Alderman Pirie" But it is not ; fit to be eaten . " Defendant—" . Oh I yis , 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 never killed that sow with a knife . If you killed her you killed her with starvation / '

      Defendant' * No , your Honour . Upon my sow ! 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 out . " Alderman Pirie— "Then you killed her to save her life ? '' ( Laughter . ) Defendant— " I offered her victuals , but she wouldn't have any thing , and then I bought her a pen ' orth of physic in a Dootor ' B shop ; buc to the divel she pitched the physic ; so I saw nothing for it but to rip her up . " The Inspector said that the people who followed the defendant aud 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 . Thero 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 Ptrie (» . o the defendant )— " You may go , but your pig shall be destroyed ; so you see you brought !* to the wrong market . "

      An Indian Story . —Ono afternoon , in the spring of 1829 , ayoung Indian , named Mickenock of the Ottawa tribe , on the eastern bank of Lake Michigan , having indulged too freely in the use of fire-drink , commenced a quarrel with , and finally Btabbed to the heart , a son of one of the chiefs . Knowing that he must suffer death by the hands of some one of the family whose relative he had killed , he immediately collected ail his own family and fled into the woods . The chief and his sons at once commenced search for the murderer—rio pains nor toil were spared to ferret out the , hiding place of the unfortunate and guilty Mickenock ; but the summer passed , the leaves began to fall , and no trace 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 , aud 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 bis friends , With all that was rrawspiring in the chief ' s wigwam ; and as soon as he learned tho chief ' s determination to avenge hia 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 was 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 , aud the council at length assembled . The chief communicated the intelligence which he had received from his eon's murderer , and it vras agreed that no business should be transacted uutil Mickenook should appear . The council sat 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 . Tbe eyes of the council and his little family were intensely fixed upon him . . At length Mickenock arose , and addressing himself to the chief , said , " I killed your son , he was ayoung brave ; he did me no wrong , he was my frieud ; I drank the fire-drink—the firedriuk made mo kill your son ; Mickenock is very sorry , and deserves lo 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 Wood of jour brother ; take it , and like a brave man avenge your brother ' s death . " This said , Mickenock instantly laid bare his whole breast . The brother spat upon his hand , clenched his knife with a deadly grasp , and drew ud his arm . Mickenock , pointing to the spot

      nearest heart , gave the word " Strike . " Instantly the brother plunged the knife to the hilt into the bosom of the brave Mickenock , who fell dead at his feet . The wife and children of Miekenoek beheld the whole scene , apparently without moving a mtuele ; but the moment he expired , they all feu upon and ; embraced him , ifiih sobm , and tears , and groans , and wailingi , which cannot be described , and altogether presented a picture of « ach unfeigned anguish and genuine sorrow , as to overcome and melt every spectator of the scene . After the wife and children of Mickenock had thus expressed their sorrow for about half an hour , tbe old chief thus addressed her : — "Wife of Mickeaock , we are satis fied your husband was a brave » an ; he died like a ' brave man ; henceforth yon are ray daughter , » ad your children are n » y children . Go into my wigwam ; you shall bo well treated , and live with me as my daughter ; these children shall Srowvp around me , and shall be taught to be brave like tfatir father . "Fnm tinNm * Tvrk Amtrimik

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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-ncseproduct549/page/3/