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      HY 2 £ S TO LIBERTY . gweet Liberty , wakethfee ! too long hast thou slumbered—Can thj dreams ~ be so dear that they tempt to sleep on ? Cart swaj thj pit chains , and tie Toices unirambered Of a glad world shall tell that thy thraldom is done J Oh i shall Dot , ere long , that soiled mirror be shivered . Winch ia dm -with the sighs of pale glory for thce And ibe bright Sabbath dawn , in whichinillions deBvered Shall Bft their first hymn to the God of the Free ? Take ti-e wings of thermorning , H ? over the -world—There is many a land -where the tyrant is lord ;—Tet , ob snail not in all thy prond flag be unfurled , And the tree of life girt by thy cherubim-sword ! The Persian , who dared -with the scourge and the fetter Insnlt tie free "waves of the JleHpspont-sea , Did be do , sacred Freedom ! aught wiser or better Than those -who lav sconrsres and fetters on ihe-t ?

      ' , thy tides will yet rise in their strength and tlu-ir scorn . To wash every vestige of slavery away ; And the thrones vnU growr pale in the light of thy morn , ^ s the night-stars are drowned in the gol d waves of day Ose flood of redemption will sweep o ' er the earth . Thai thy own victor-ark on the deluge may ride ; And lie peace-baliowed olive wili be the £ ra birth Of the ivurld , when at length the proud waters subside . Then , oh ihen , shall arise , in its splendour millennial , Tlie nm of free Train o " er the mountains of time ; And Eanii shall again wear the verdure perennial . And the amarauth sLi- wure in her paradiw-priine . Tbers at length in the wilderness fresh springs shall murmur , Tien at length in the desert strange roses shall bloosu , "While each year , as it passes , will rivet jet Anner T / rerr bond of tile xhrhts -which the nation ? n > nnr .

      Say not , think zi-- > i . The E ~ e , which the potts call" golden Has passed fi-olii tliis- Keai -world for t-rer a-naj— . That no sunburst i * f promise will ever embolden "Tbe eaclD lo mount to die throne of the da ? I Already—alreadj—The irons are starting y ^ ram the hands uf rhe nrrriad ? they pinioned > o Jodj Already the beams of yuang Freedom are darting On the statue they warm till it hails them in s « . > ng ' . In the World of the "West the bright ensign of Tnion I * floating o ' er zuitioiis txtligiitened zind rr-esr ; And soon will all join in the splendid comii : union From the heart of the land to the isle of ihe sea . ' Terbidli . that auv unhallowed Alliance

      Should hold tbe crushed nations for < Ti-r hi thrall—That ikefea should lung bid their imperial defiance To tfcr reason , the faith , and the glory of all . " 2 » o , mankind will yet wake to a loftier dun . Than that which enjoins them to sink into slaves : And their eye- will be opened , though laic to the beau ;\ Of Truth that ennobles , of-Freeui-m that saves ! Tfcv first steps , K » rely liberty ! sometimes may falter—But thy march w 31 no : cease , nor thy tanner be furU-d , Till thy conqnering hand # haD have reared a proud altar To ihe God of the Free , oVr the throces of a world '

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      C 02 CIXGSBT ; or , THE NETT GOKRATRO . " . Ej- B . l ) 'lssizu , iLP . London : Colburn , Great M ^ lborough-street . We iave somewiere read that the moaning of the words " patronisiiK an author , " is the borrovrinsr of Ms last new ~ vrork , reading it , and lendim : it to ute ' s entire curie of friends . It musi have been ibe actui ^ by ? cnnebodT , on > ome sneli principle that caused us 10 receive our cojrr of Coningdni some monrJis after the date of publication . Unfortunately too , ¦ when received , we "were ioo busily occupied with other and indispensable duties , lo allow of us paying immediaie attention to Mr . IT Israeli ' s w .-rk . This is our apology to the author and our reader * for having seemingly neglected till now by far the inu&t popular JSov-el of " lS 44 .

      Previwifc . to the appearance of Con ^ . ! j . -hy , though " Toun £ Encland" -was not unknown i « tame , ^ tiJJ the pam wa > auythin ^ but popular , bcaifely tolerated in I ' ariiamt-Hi ; sneered at by the press ; and umnisu-ti by The iua »* f » ; the position of this section was nut at all an enviable one . The party is still small—but its position now is "widely ili-L-rent to what it was only six months jtast . The part fcien hy some of the ~ 5 ouag Hnglanders , particularly Ly tbe author of C-Listno .-l-v , in the discussions on tke Factory Hill and the > ugar Duties Bill , proved that this section , though avlimi senerall ; with the Conservative party , were bj no means the trammelled slaves of Peel : and the independent tone and bearing assumed and maintained bv Mr . 1 ) ' Israeli and his eompatriot . % while ii

      aroused the hostility of some , won iht- itspect of a greater number of the men of all partio : and Yount : indanJ will assuredly enter upon its legislative Juries jnl ^^ , much more faTourably situated t >» advanee-i ^ missioii than rt mex the opening senaiv of the precediDg year . The t-onductors of the prt-ss , exc-eptinir the mere ministerial hacks of the Peel Government , have dropped their sneers , and , on the contrary , have assumed a Tone at once conciliatory and approbatory towards Young England , while the masses are at any rate so far favourably predisposed by the . Manchesier and Blnidey demonstration- * as to olfer a TrHIin < : ear to "what the apostles of the * ' ^ ew

      Generation" have to advance . True , they are by no means satisfied "with the declaration that it i * to " manners , not laws , "' that they must look for their redemption , from slavery and misery ; still they are Trilling to believe that Young Engiaiid means m-ll . and is only , perhaps too young—/ ; rprtr = >}—to rightly fathom the eanses of existing social evil ? , and the means by irhich they mar be remedied . With thi .-ieeling the xn 2- * ses , therefore , now rc-jnrd rather hopefully than to ? tilely xhe movement-- «> f their » leelared iriends . The future wiD tell wheiher ihi > hopeful fveVmg i > destined to be rewarded or dlsip-¦ porni-ed .

      2 ; must not be snppf » ed that we ascribe tbe alicnH position of Yonn ^ Enrfand to the pultHcation . of CcmingAry . Its appearance has doubtles ? tended to popularize the party whose views it has been supposed u > represent : but other circumstances , somi' »¦ "whicb we have named . haTe been the principal cau .- -t ^ of the alt » :-red posirion of that parrv . We have tfn . vli ¦ ai » on that tarourable position , because , although Cc * iL-~? rb" has by tbi * time lost its early freshness , the ] j-- ? M ct stan "Israeli and his frien-l ^ "will undoubtedly , in the exes of our waders , invi- ^ t "with increased inierest the "work now before us . We must not deceive our readers . Jf they anticipate to find in C-ymngriij any "full , tree , and particular stx-ount" of the principles and plans of Young England , they will be disappointed . We were so . Bnt -we reserve -any further general comment to another op-portunitv .

      The isSe opens -frith the hero , young Conimjsby , a boj of fourteen Tears of age , loitering in the waitingroom of a house in the vicinity of SL James ' s-square , ^ aitiiig the arrival of a certain personage , to whom " we shall presently introdnce the reader . We must first "ire some account of

      COXISGSBT . He wis tht orphan child of the youngest of the two sons of iht ilarquess of Monmouth . It was a famil ; femocB for its hatreds . Tbe eldest son bated his father : and , It was said , in spite had married a lady to nhom that father was attE-ched , and with whom Lord ilonmouth then meditated a second alliance . This eldest son lived Xt Xap !**? , and had seversl children , but tn ^ ' rnrainf ^ no conn ? =-n either with his parents or his native country X > n thr > 'thtrr hand , Lord Monmonth hated his younger Son , "b ! j « liad married againstiis consent a woman to whum that son was devoted . A system of domrsuc persecution , sustabied by the band of a master , had eventually broken Up tbel ^ alth of its victim , who died of a fever in a foreign country , -rrhere he had sought some refuge from fiis creditor * .

      Bis iri 3 oK T 5 erm-a » -d ro Engrland -tritS iier child ; and . Hot having -a r&Lta . ^ n , and scaredy an acquaintance in the wotIiI , made aa appeal to lier husband ' s father , the wealthiest noble in England , and a man who was ofteu prodigal , and oct-asionally generous . After some rinie and nior » trouble , after urgent and restated , and what would iave seemed heart-rendmg solicimtions , the attorney uf " 2 » urd MurLmuutb called "upon the ¦ nidovr of his client '? £ on , and informed hex of his lordships * decision . Proiic-r ' - slie gave cj * her child , aud ptnua-mrutlT j-esided in or . c < f the remotest counties , be was auihori = tNl to make L-. t . in four qnarterly paymeni ; :, tLe yearK allowance of tnree hundrt-d pounds , that being the income that Lord iS' . iiEwuth , who was the shreiviles ; accountant iu thr <\ a' . ' tI ' , hud i-aJt-nlnied a Io&k woD ^ a ii might irri deccEtlj exist upon in a smrJl market toi \ : i in the coursn of WestjBorthmd .

      By Lord Monmonth . the reader will understand , is meant the late notorious and profligate Marquess of flertftrd . The unhappy mother of our hero wa » not long tbe recipient of his lordship ' s bounty i r ) . Mr =. Corringsby died tip saB ? e day th ^ t lii-r £ ather-in-*»» ira « made a Marque ? -. He Qcserv ^ -d his Loisourf . Tie f-. rxr votes he Irad inherited in tin- House of Coaiffions bad been increased , by bis intense \ oiition and unsparing means , to ten : and tbe very daj ic -was raised to Ms ilar-juisate he commenced sappmgiri -h corporations , and irii ? -svorking for the strawberry leaf . His honours were proclaimed in the London Gazetit , and her decease was aot even noticed in the Oxmtg Curxnddt ; but t ± ir altars of Xemesis are beneath c \ ery outraged roof , and the death of this unhappy lady , appart-EtlT without an earthly friend or an earthly hope , desolate and deserted , and dying in obscure poverty , was not for -otten . "

      The jerson for ¦ whom Coninesby w ^ impatiently ¦ waiting £ gnres largely ihroueH the vork , ire may therefore as well at once introduce the reader to

      MR . BIGBT . He -who uttered these words was a man of -nriflrUp size * &a age , originaBy , in an probability , of a spare habit , bntnow t little inclined to corpulency . Baldness , perhaps , contributed to the spiritual expression of a brow which was , however , essentially intdlectnal , : md gave some ehararter of openness to a countenance which , though not rO-&voured , was unhappily stamped by a sinister rfraTacter which iras not to be mistaken . His manner ¦ was e&sj , bnt rather andamons fhan well-ired . indeed , TMle ft -visage "which might otherwise be described as handsome was spoilt by a diihonest glance , so s demeanour-ihatwasbyTio means deficient in self-possession » ad fedHtjr was tainted bj aa innate vulgarity , whiuh in ttie lonf ran , thongh Kiaom , jeJ jurely develo pec - :.

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      Mr . Rigby is a still living pon-onase , said to lx- a once notorious Secretary of the Admiralty . The following is bitter as gall , but we think the sketch by no means overdrawn ; it is true to the life : — 3 ir . Rigby was a member for one of Lord MonmonrlVs boroughs . He was the manager of Lord Monmout ' uV Parliamentary influence , and the auditor of his vast istates . He tpes more ; he was Lord Monmouth ' s companion when in England , his correspondent when abroad —hardly his counsellor , for Lord Monmouth never required advice ; but Mr . Bigby could instruct him in matters of detail , which 2 Ar . Rigby made amusing . Rigby tras doi a professional man ; inded ilis origin , education , earfy yursaits , and irtndies Trere equaljj obscure ; but lie had o ^ ntrived in good rime to squeeze liimself into

      Parliament , by means ¦ which no one could ever comprehend , and then set up to be a perfect man of business . The world took him at his word , for he was bold , acut « . 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 iancy , fruitful in small expedients , and never happier than when devising shifts for great meu's scrapes . Thej say that all of us have one chance in this life , and so it was with Rigby . After a ^ trug ^ le i-f niany years , after a series of the usual altt rnarives m" small successes and small failures , after a few cleTcri > h spewbes aud a gix > d many elevens ]] yamphlrts . with a considerable reputatiou indeed fur liasquiaades , luasl of » - } iit .-h he nt-ier yrrottr . and artii-Jt-j

      in reviews to which it wa > tihkpurtd he bad i-ontriWu-d , Rigby . who had already intrigued himself into a subordinate office , mtt wiih Lord ilonmouth . He vras jjuft : } ie awimal that Lord Monmouth wanttd , for Lord Munmouth always l > M > ked upon hunia ' . i nature % vith the callous eye ui a ji > ckey . He sun ^ -jird RJgb . i , and } u- dett-nnined to Inn him . He bought him : with his clear hf ad . 'his iiidri ' utigable industry , liis audacious tongue , and his ready and unscrupulnu . - pen : « ith all his lampoun < -: all hi * private memoirs , ami all hi > political intrigues . It was a h < km 1 purchr . se . Bight became a great j > ersonagi-. and L- > nl ilonmomh ' * man . ? * Mr . Rijjbv had a classical lvtri as . not distaut from this establishment , which he esteemed : i Tusculun ; . There , sum » unded 1 ^ his busts and books . In

      « Totc hi- ' ainpt-oiis and articles ; massacred a she-libcr ; J ( it Tras tbtiuglit that no one could ' ash a woman like UvAy ) , cut up & rising genius , whose politics were diftfrent rrom his ivn . or sacritiivd some unhappy wretch who lmJ "broii ^ rbl liis « -laiTt : i , before PaLrlinni ^ nt , pro ^ -injr . bv garbled esrracbv fnim official corTospondtnce that no one could refer tr > , that the malcontent , instead of bein ^ a vu-tiin , was . on the contrary , a defaulttT . Tadpole and Taj / er would back Rigby for a " slashing reph" agahis : the field , llere , too , at the end of a busy week , he found it occasionally i-onveuient to entertain a clever friend <•> two of equivocal reputation , with whom he had becom . acquainted in former days of equal brotherhood . No .. ; ie was more tuthful to his early friends than Mr . RuV particularly if they could write a squib .

      The opening of the story is laid in the interreinium week of 1 S 32 , when Lord Grey resigned , anJ the Duke was summoned to form a cabinet . Rigby has joined Ooningsby , when The door was suddenly thrown open , and two indhiduals , in 3 state of » t-rv great excitement , rushed into the apartiiieut . "" Ru ; bv . Ru * bv ! " tbt-v both eielaiuu-J at ilie same mwrDeut "Y . \ G , tbei ' rr out . ' ' Whii tuld you ! "" ¦ " The best authority . one of themselves . " - tvl ,. .-. who < ¦' " Paul Evelyn . J met him a ? I jiasst-il Hrookcs ' . and he to : *! me that Lonl Cirey had resigned , and the kin : ; had accepted his resignation . "

      Ihis piece oJ news Mr . rugby refuses lo give credence to . that irentleanau being extremely jealous of any one giving him inforaiation , seeing that it lowered his reputation as the oracle of the party for whom he played the not unprofitable part of understrapper . The news is however confirmed , despite all 3 ir . Rigby ' s calculations to the contrary . This settled on , Coninffsby , accompanied by Righy . depart * from the houM' in bt . Jame ^' s-. ¦ s qua ^ e for that of his graiicLtarher the Marquis , to whom he is about To bv intitxluced for the fiist time . i T-j l-e cvntinutil . )

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      " About the beginning of my thirteenth year ( continues Miss Brown ) , I happened to hear a friend read a part of Baines ' s History of the French "War . —It made a singular impression on my mind ; and works of fiction frdnr'that time bsgan 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 three other works on the same subject , were all 1 could reach , till a kind friend , who was then the teacher of our village school , obliged me with- that voluminous work , the Universal History . There 1 heard , for the first time , the histories of Greece and Rome , and those of many other ancient nations . Sly 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 preseut I have a tolerable knowledge of historv .

      " In the pursuit of knowledge , my path was alwajs impeded by dimcultie-s t «« minute aud numerous to me « - iioii ; but the want of siglit was , of course , the principal one , which , by depriving me of 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 was early taxed to gain time for those who could read . I sometimes did the work assigned to them , or rendered them other little services : for , like most persons similarly placed , necessity and habit have made iup more active in this respect than people in ordinary circumstances would suppose . The lighter kinds of reading ivere tbus easily managed ; but inv voiiujr relatives were often unwilling to waste their breath and time with tile drier , but more instructive works which I latterly preferred , to tempt them to this , I used , by way of recompense , to relate to them loug stories , and even novels , which perhaps they had formerly read but forgotten : : md thus , m . v memory maj be s ;; id to have earned supplies for itself .

      " About the end of my fifteenth year , having heard much of the Mad . I obtained the loau of i ' ope ' s translation . That was a great event to me ; but the effect it produced on me requires some words of explanation . From my earliest years I had a great and strange \ ove ^ poetry -. and could commit verses to memory with greater rapidity than most children . Hut at the close of my . seventh year , when a few Psalms of the Scotch version , Watt ' s Divine songs , aud some old country songs {¦ which certainlj were not divine ) , formed tlie whole of my poetical knowledge , I made my earlk'st attempt in . versification—upon that first and most sublime lesson of childhood , the Lord ' s Prayer , As years increased , my lore of poetry and taste for it increased also , with increasing knowledge . The provincial

      newspapers , at times , supplied me with specimens from the work * 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 , I nev er rested till they were committed to memory ; and afterwards repeated them for my own amusement , nhen alone , or during those sleepless nights to which I have been all my life subject . 13 ut a source of still greater amusement was found in attempts at original composition : which , for the first few years , were but fi-eble imitations of evwvthing 1 knew—from the Psulins

      to t » ray " s Elegy . ; ffhcu the poems of Burns fell in my way , they touk the place of all others in my fancy ; and this brings mo up to the time when I nmue my first acquaintance with the Marl . It was like the discovery of : i new norlil , 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 1 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 had fount ! the Hind , I borrowed a prose translation of Virgil , then- being no poetical one to be found in the neighbourhood ; and in a similar manner made acquaintance with uiaiiv of the classic authors . But after

      Homer s , the work that produced the greatest impression ou my vninil wa .-. Byron '; - Child- ? Ihtrohi . The one had induced me to burn my first manuscript , and the other made me resolve against vcrse-makinsr in future ; for I was then far enough advanced to know my own deficiency—but without any apparent means for the requisite improvement . In \ h ' i ~ resolution I persevered for several years , and occupied my mind solely in the pursuit of knowledge : but owing t « a'Uerse cirrurastawes . my progress was necessarily slo " . Having , however , in the summer of the year 1840 , herml a friend read tbe story of La l ' trn'ise , it struck me that there was a remarkable similarity between it and the <> m- related in aa old country song called the 'Lost Ship , ' which I hn < l heard in my childhood . The sung in ijues-; ioii na- <<{ u-ry h- \\ composition : but there « a > one line at thr termination of each \ erse whicb haunted my imagination , and I fancied iuij ; ht deserve a better poem . This line , and the storv of La Perouse ., together with an

      irresi-siilili- iueliuation to pnetrj , at length induced me to break tin- resolution I had so long kept ; and the result was the little poem called La Perouse . which will be found at piij ^ e 2 u 7 ot * tni ^ volume . Soon sifter , wlvn Messrs . Gunn and Cameron commenced the publication of their } rUh Penny Johcjw ? , I was seized with a strange desire to contribute voinetlnng to it > pages . My first contribution was favourably received , and I still feel grateful for the kindm- >» and encouragement bestowed upon me by both the editor and the publishers . The three small pieces uiiicli I contributed to that work were the first of mine that ever appeared in print , with the exception of one of mr early productions which a friend had sent to a provincial paper . The Irish fermy Journal was ; vbi » nuv > neu on the completion of the first volume ; but the publishers , with invat kindness , sent me one of the copies , and this was the first book of any value that 1 cyuld call my own f Hut the jrift was still more esteemed as mi oueuurajlement , arid tbe first of tbe kind . "

      About tlii . s time . Miss . Ur-jwii heard of tbe Athwtmm , and addressed a number of her small poems to the Editor . After considerable delay , and when she had given up all for lost , " tbe arrival ( she says ) nf many numbers of the luurnal . mid a letter from the Editor , astonished me , and gratified a wish which had haunted my very dreams . From that period nn name and pretensions have been ' . u-iri- before the public , many \ im-ins of mine having a \ ipi-are * ' in the pages oi " that publication , in -Mr . Hood ' s Magazine , and in the K-vpsakc , edited by the Countess ot Bh-ssingtoii . " We . subjoin a > pc :-iincn of Miss . Brown ' s poetry : —

      LKT IS RETI'R . N . "" Let us return ' " said the broken heart Df tbe mountain hermit ' s tale , VTheii lie saw the morning mist * depart From tire summits grey and pale : For he knew that the fan-palm cast the shadi Of its ever-glorious green , Where the love of bis blasted youth was laid , And the light of her ste ]> s had been . Ah : thus , for eveT , the heart looks back To its young hope ' s funeral urn—To the tender green of that early track , To its lighvlet 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 the 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 learn'd the truths of time—But they came with the h inter ' s snow—For we saw : them not through the . flowery prime Of our summers long ago : Yet tbe spring is green and the summer bright As they were in the years of yore . But on our souls the love and light Of their gladness come no more ! Back—back to the wisdom of tbe years That had yet no loss to mourn—To their faith , that found no place for tears . To their joy . let us return !

      We have paused , perchance , by the quiet grave Of our young who early slept—And since they left us many a wave O ' er our weary bark hath swept ; But , far in the morning light enshrined , They gladden our backward gaze , Or wake , like the breath of the summer ' s wind , Tbe soul of ouv better days . Back—back . ' to the living wave we drew , With them , from a purer urn—To the path of the promise lost to view , And it > peace—let us return . '

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      a bowl of ¦¦ ruxcnr fhexh brewed . Sons of Globt : — Recruiting at Birmingham . — TInlf-a-crown obtained under false pretences commonly consigns the impostor to dreary limbo . Men , on the otlier band , may be tricked from their families and themseJres , and the sharper b < = rewarded for the juggle . To be-sure , there is property iu the half-crown piece : look rt the royal countenance in its sweet complacency—listen to the metallic music of the ring : it beams aud vibrates , property ; but where is the property inhuman bodies moved by human breath ? The cheater in goods and chattels is abominated , punished . . Now the recruiting sergeant is an allowed man-stealer , a permitted sivindler , with streamers in bis cap .

      Within these few days , Glory has hung out her promissory wreaths at the King ' s Arms , Steelhouse-Iane , Birmingham . Glory has hung the walls with invitations to enlist . Yes ; the old harridan has put her trumpet to her lying mouth , and once more played the familiar air of " Ducky , ducky , ducky , come and be killed . " listen to the strain : — Wanted , 500 unmarried , handsome , and gay young fellows , from 18 to 25 years of age , for her Majesty ' s 55 th Regiment of Foot . " In these days of peace , Glory has become squeamish in her tastes . Or , perhaps , the bullets are particular , and , like the fair , prefer above all , handsome and gay young cllo-ws .

      " Those who are of a roving mind , and with to see the world , a better opportunity cannot offer . The bounty is risen to all such as are willing to enter this gallant corps , whose honourable services in every quarter of the globe have often been so highly spoken of , and laurels gained , too scmerocs to kention : therefore , all who have a good and honest heart , follow the example of those you now

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      see carolled in the ranks of the royal corps , with flowing streamers in their caps , the true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity !" 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 , Steel house-lane , who on entering the service of her Majesty will be taken care of , and invited to drink her health in a flowing bumper , and no mistake !"

      Hospitable O'NiiLi . —invitation most delightful ! The bumpkin drinks—feels , or hardly feels , the homicidal shilling slipped into his hand , and he is enltsted—Nailed ! 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 ' tie was left no other than a machine of bone and muscle—a marching , counter-marching , cutting , stabbing , pipe-claying instrument ' . Great are the miracles worked by the . O'Na ills ! We once vuiid a , story of a huge ogre , who , playing upon a drum-head wrought by the devil out of witches ' skin , entered a town , and drumming and drumming , led all the men away by their ears to his bone-strewed cavern . And then and there ho threw aside his music , and gnashing his teeth and blaspheming tlie while , he took his victims and ate them one by one , as a hedger would eat spring onions . We forget tlie ogre ' s name , but we think it was something like O ' Naill .

      Oh , ULrminghaiu youth—whoever you may be—look with stony eyes upon thr jovial , roystermg courtesies of the great seducer N ' aill ! Though you may be an Adonis —that is , a Brummagem Adonis—do not believe yourself either " handsome" or " "—but ugly , irredeemably stupid : so ugly , that your plainness would do no credit to a battle-field : so obtuse , that even the awakeiiiuz camof the drill-sergeant would be lost upon you . Again , you have not a roving mind—you do not wish to see the world . Besides , a mind may not rove at " its own sweet will" according t <> armj regulations—illld tilt uorid is a poor tiling to see , with musket in band and rounds of ball cartridge at your buck . Oh , youth , stay at home , and see Birmingham . And then the " the laurels of the - vt ) i foot ! " What , in truth , are laurels ? Dissect , analyse them . You maywith a touch of fancv—trace in thenl the veins of

      withered hearts . Test them by the inorul chemistry , ; uiil what are they ? Wood and tears , tears and blood ! A homicidal wreath , gilded by the world ' s great lie ! And so , Birminghani lads , cultivate : coleworts , chickweud if you will , but avoid laurels . They arc 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 tweuty -five , and you will see in them the flesh-tearing , torturing cat ; in reality , the " nine hard cords about twenty-one inches long , each ccrd 'having nine knots ; " although appearing to your dazzled gaze—cheated as it is by the father of war—as so much nattering riband . In the United Service Magazine | Nc . 1 * 3 ) y there is an article devoted to the doings of tin- cat—the weapon with which Madame Glory rebukes her naughty children : —

      • ' Men luive declared to n \ v , " says a" trttu ' tv , " tlv . it t \ w sensation experienced at each lash , » va . i" afi Illvwgtl till ' talons of a hawk were tearing their flesh off their bones . " Hear General Sir Charles Napier on the cat—the nal streamers of the recruiting sergeant : — '" I have seen many hundreds uf men flogged , and have always observed that when the skin is thoroughly cut up or flayed of £ tlie great pain subsides ; and they bear tlie remainder without a groan . They will ut ' wn lie as without life , and the drummers appear to be ilogynitr < i Jump of dead raw flesh . The faces of the spectators ( soldiers ) assumed a look of disgust ; there was a low whispering sound , scarcely audible , issuing from the apparently stern and silent ranks—a sound arising from lips that spoke plot , but that sound was produced by heart * that felt deeply . . . . The low sound sometimes resembled what may be called tniffiiuj , and may be occasioned by an iucre <( scd flow of tears into the nostrils . "

      The heart siikciis at this , jmil an unutterable fri-Hutf oi disgust ulitl \ mli ^ nati «> n must j »»» sset' ^ the r < - ; uU * r . ^ v irii ^ 'ht l iave paused ere uc coiimiitted tin- horror to <> ur page , but that w « utterly denounce that eiixv hunuuiity which shrinks from the contemplation of wrung because uf its hidcoiiMicss . Then * are abominations—luiwcier ( lcilluiiiacal—that mu . it br placed before th . startled eyes of a too easy world , and this tlu ^ iuj , '—this blasphemy ajruinst the divine nature ot ' man—is of them . YoUJif ; limti of Itil'iuiiujliaui—nay . of all Ku- ^ land— - take those things to your heart .-, and consider well the streamer * of a Sergeant O'N ' uill . The ) look tine and pi > ; but they will tear the ne « b like " the talons of a hawk . " They are silky and soft ¦ . yes . soft as tbe paw uf a sleeping cat : but oh . youn ^ nun " from , eighteen tu twenty-Hie " be Sllivofi * fh . Mt t : tt h : i . i- ] : l « s ' O .

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      Fatal Accident . —Glf . rkenwell . —Monday lnornin <; , whilst Mr . ( J . Littlcwood , bimj ) contractor , Upper King-street , Bluomsbury , was driving a horse in a chaise cart along Avlesbury-street , ( . 'lerkenwoll , towards the jjreen , the horse , a vicious animal , suddenJy took fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity . On descending the hill on the west side of the feisions-hoiiso the horse fell and rolled over . The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the cart , and his

      head came with great force against the kerb-stone . Constable < J 102 , ran to his assistance , mid found that Mr . Littlewood ' s skull was knocked in . JJe 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 lie was conveyed in a cab , and after receiving every attention from the ( muse surgeon , expired at half-past eleven . Mr . I . ittlcwood has left a wife and family . Lie was about fortv .

      Conviction for Poachiso . —Uenja . min Shakeshaft . labourer , lias been convicted before W . L . Child ** , Kj ^ i ., and the Hev . T . Woodward , for boinjj found on lands at Cieoburv Mortimer , armed with a gun , in p . urxuit of game , and has been sentenced to three months ! hard labour , and at the expiration of that period to find sureties not to-offend aaainst the ( ianie Laws for the term of one year , or in default to be further imprisoned for tlie space of six months . —>' " // . < - buni Vhrvhicl ? .

      Me&ancholv . Shipwreck . —On Monday movninif intelligrnce was received of the total wreck of the smack Jane and Lenny , Captain James Qua vie , belonging to l ort St . Mary , Isle of Man , with the loss of the master and three female passengers . She had Railed on Sunday week from Ardglass , Ireland , for Port St . Mary , in ballast , having on board , besides the captain and crew , eleven passengers , seven men and four women , most of them going 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 before 12 o ' clock , she was overtaken by a severe storm of wind and rain . The fury of tlie gale split her sails into pieces , and she was driven at

      the mercy of the waves for nearly 24 hours , when she went ashore at high-water-mark at Hisphamwith-Norbreck , near l'oulton-le-Fylde , about 10 yards from tlie 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 Koized hold of her and saved her from a watery grave . All the bodies were subsequently found—two on the beach at ISorbreck , and the other two at Kossall . They were interred at Bisphaiu on Wednesday last .

      Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening' before Mr . Higgs , at the Barley Mow , Dukestreet , Grosvenor-sqiiare , onj the body of Mr . llem-y Seabrook , aged fifty , the landlord of the nbovo house . It appeared that on Monday night week deceased went down into the cellar to do something to the barrels , and was at the ton of the first flight of stairs upon his return , when he missed his 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 . He was a very heavy man , and that perhaps accounted for the -severity of the injuries . Verdict , " Accidental death "

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

      Deaths of Cniu > it £ N fhom Slffocatio . v . —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 Air . Alfred Lindfiela , 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' Arms , Little Clarendonstreet , 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 16 th of July "last , to six months' imprisonment in Dover gaol , and to be twiee ^ publicly whipped , for picking the pocket of William Till , at Folkestone fair , underwent one portion of his corporeal punishment , at the handBofthe gaoler , inthe ^ majrket-place h ere on Saturday forenoon , at half-past eleven o ' clock , A considerable number of persons had assembled to witnesa the degrading exhibition , which seemed , however , to induce only a feeling of disgust and indignation at its savage barbarity .

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

      Dreadful Occurrence at a Brick Kiln . — On Tuesday evening Mr . IJaker hel / 1 an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Cray , aged thirty-five veal's , 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 bouglrt some potatoes , he had proceeded to the kiln forithe purpose of roasting them , when , overpowered by the vapour , he had fallen asloep , and his clothes had become ignited . When discovered , he was in ai complete blaze from head to foot . He was taken to" the hospital , but all assistance was in vain . The jury ri-turiifd a verdict of ' Accidental Death . " I

      Mkla . mhoi . y Si lcinii . — On Tuesday evening an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Higgs , jitthe Union . Jennyii-street , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of Edward Arthur May , Esq ., aged 21 , of 17 , Duke-street , ; St . James ' s , the son of Sir Stephen May , Bart ., wlio put a period to his existence . The first witness examined was Charles Belzoni , the landlord of the house , 17 , Duke-street , who- stated that dwfaKt'd '< aunt liafl titken a furnished l > ed-room at his house , and tlie deceased arrived on Friday last , having just come from ; Madras . The last time witness saw him alive was I when he came home at eleven o ' clock on Sunday ni < : Ht ; he asked for , and was supplied with , some bread ; butter , and porter . On the following morning deceased ' s cousin , Mr . Brinsley de

      Coitrey 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 . He was found undressed in the bed , with his throat cut , and he had evidently inriicted the wound with the table-knife , which had been seut to him with bread and butter ( the knife was produced , covered / with blood ) . IJis clothes were niiiL ' h the worse for wear .

      Suicide is a I ' olice Station . —On Tuesday Mr . Hings held an inquest at the Chequers , Tothill- « treet , Westminster , on the Iboclv of Sarah Kdinsor , aged thirty-seven , a . woman of notorious bad eharaeier , who conn-uitU'd suicide in the New-way police station on Saturday last . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict , " That deceased destroyed herself whilst in a state of intoxication . " Melancholy Instanve ok Destitution . —On Saturday evejiinj ; last , an inquest was held at Oakley , Oxfordshire , before J . W ; Cowley , Esq ., on view of the lx > dy of William Hawes , aged 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 , Wamiinghall , on the

      4 th inst . From the evidence of the wife and daughter of the deceased , it ; appeared that the family , consisting of deceased , his wife , and three children , were in jri-cat distress , the ; parish authorities having refused to find the husband labour . On the 4 th , deceased , with his wife- ; and daughter , not having any food in the house , or ; money t <> puivh-ise food with , went out for the purpose of getting acorns for sale . It appeared < bat they ! sold the acorns at from Is . to K . 2 d . per bushel , and that they had obtained from three to six pecks peri < W- ^ ^ ie l'a - l uestion , while deceased was up in a tree beating the acorns down , and his wife arid daughter were engaged in picking them up , hei fell from a distance of about twenty-five feet on to the ground . For a time he qppeared to be dead , and did not speak for about an hour . The daughterjwent back to Oakley , about a mile and a half , to try and get a cart and horse to convev him home , arid did not succeed , but seeing

      some men at work onjthe road , she took two of them with her to the spot . I While the daughter was gone to Oak ley , Mr . Chillingworth , the occupier of the farm , was attracted to the spot , and he kindly caused the poor fellow to be conveyed home , and sent on to Brill for a . surgeon , who met llawes on the way to his cottage . The wife said the pariah had not found her husband any work for five years ; that he had recently applied for labour , and was refused , being told that he must look out for himself ; that they at times had not had a bit of bread for two days together ; tilat oh the day of the accident they were eutirely without ! food or money , which was the cause of tlieir jroinc to get the acorns to sell . The coroner reminded the jury that their inquiries were as to tbe cause of death ; that they had not to inquire as to the cause that induced the deceased to go 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 efl'cct was returned . The scene that presented itself at the ihabitation of JIawes , on our iiccompanyliu ; "the . iuVy to view the body , we shall ever remember , it wiw wretched in the extreme , and U » spi > ke the utmost ' ¦ privat-ion and poverty . The abode appears , with three others . to have been formed out of i \ l >;\ m ; the drainage around them bad ; no chambers in them , save on the ground floor , where the poor inmates have to live , cook , etc ., with , a thatched roof . The habitation is only about twelve iWt by nine , an earth Hour with a few stones laid in , and from the floor to the roof entirely open . On an old bedsteiul l ;\ v tleeciased . and bv tlie side of it was

      another tor his three children to rest on , tlie bedsteads fully occupying full one halfof the place , and but few articles tor domestic use . For five years he had kept from the parish funds ; not having received a sixpence . 1 le had risen from his pillow long before the break of day , and trudged offito Buckingham , Bieester , Oxford , Thame , Aylesbury , and other markets and fairs , in hopes of getting H job of droving to enable him honourably and honestly to support his wife and children . We have it on oath that at times 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 he was told to do as lie could .

      Lovj > and Siicide ; in the Metropolis . —One of thostf melancholy events , fortunately of rare occurrence in this countryj took place 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 JK , was called to the house of Mr . William Ducket ^ No . 9 , llaven's-row , Mile-end , where he met Mr . Davis , the surgeon , of Constablerow , Mile-end , who liad also been hastily summoned , entering at the same time . They were ushered into a back parlour , fitted up a 9 a sleeping apartment , where , lying across the bed , they saw the bodies of a youii ' g man and a young woman , the former that of Charles William Duekett , son to the proprietor of the house , who was absent at the time , and the latter ,

      that of a pretty youn <* woman , named Elizabeth Williams , about 20 years ^ f 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 l . must have drank 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 , having examined the bodies , he pronounced it as his opinion that

      the deceased parties had been dead several hours , 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 , Lucasstrectj Commercial-road , with a request on the envelope , signed with jthe initials of both the de- ^ ceased , that it should be forwarded to the address immediately . Duekett 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 coming together prompted them to this rash and tragical conclusion . The father is an accountant : his son was 21 vears

      of age , and Miss Williams 22 . r or upwards of nine years the unfortunate ] young persons were attached to each other , and were never known to have quarrelled . On Sundav afternoon ; they had 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 time they returned , the family became sonic what alarmed . Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr . Duekett ,, 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 , j Unpleasant feelings * of alarm were then entertained by all . Messengers were dispatched all round theivicinitv in search of them : but

      of po avail . At last , ' between one and two o ' clock , whilst Mr . Duekett 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 bejhg in the door . It being Burmised that he had returned unknown to the family , and had retired to bed , tbe door was broken open , and there" the bodies of the young couple were stretched on the bed , life having been extinct apparently for some time , with their anus round each other ' s neck . As the bodies lay , it appears that they must have sat on the end of the bed when they committed the act , and fell backwards . The girl was respectably connected , her father being a surgeon in the Cannon-street-road . The young man had been a clerkj in the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests . Whiteehapel , but had been for some weeks

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      past outot employment . The corpse of the joung woman , who was attired in a black satin dres 3 , with jewellen- on her fingers , and her hair done up in ringlets , " lay on the face , while the left armrested on the chest of her betrothed , his right arm being under her head ; and he lay on hi » back . He was dressed . Neither of their countenances were distinct . Moxtrose . —Ingenious Fratid . — Some time ago we observed a paragraph in the Glasgow Courier , under the above head , regarding a new system of . thieving in that city . But for novelty , we think the following ease of fraud and imposition , by Ann Burnett , of Brechin , will fully stand a comparison . Some weeks ago this young lady gave out a report that she wa 3 about to be married to a Captain M'Lean , of

      Aberdeen , whom she represented as a man of considerable property . To enable her to carry out the fraud , letters were written to her , dated we believe from Aberdeen , purporting to be from the said captain , and authorising her to purchase her " providing "—in other words , dresses ot every description for her own wear , U'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 bis lovinc wife . Amongst the furnishings , Miss Burnett did not loi- ^ -t the jxood things of this life , in the shape of eatablys and drinkables , but ordered a considerable quantity of whiskey , rum ' . ' . wiue 1 ! ' . tea , sugar , cheese , and last , but ' not least , a noble turkey !!! all which , on the faith of the captain ' s letter , " she received . The . io . however , being perishable articles , soon disappeared , and no doubt she and her quondam friends had , at least , for one night got glorious , "o ' er

      a' the ills o' life victorious . " To keep up the deceit , however , another step was still wanting , viz ., the proclamation of banns . This , too , was gone about in the same business-like manner , and "booked" she was on Saturday week , and proclaimed in the parish church three times on the following Sabbath . This was no doubt looked upon as a finishing stroke , which would lull all suspicion or doubt on the subject . On the Mondav , however , some suspicious circumstances 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 , Sivewright , went in pursuit / and caught the "bonny . bride , " we understand , at Brouchty Ferry , and she is now safely lodged in gaol . One of her accomplices , suspected of being the writer of the letters , James Adam , weaver , is also in custody . Part of the goods ¦ have been recovered in a pawnshop in town . — Alontrose Standard .

      Opening of the Letters . —The doubts that prevailed in the vicinity of this melancholy occurrence as to the actual poison with which the young couple had destroyed themselves , were finally set at rest dj the post mortem examination which the bodies underwent in the course of Mondav afternoon by Dr . Lethby . The scent 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 ounce of the pure acid was extracted . From inquiries instituted , it appears that Duekett purchased it at Batley ' s , in Fore-street , Cripplegate , haying procured it by representing himself to have been sent by a druggist who deals with the firm . The bottles , which were found on the mantel-piece , and which contained it , were labelled " Sheild ' s Prussic Acid . " According to the request of the deceased , incribed 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 her residence , and opened in the presence of Mr . Porter , the constable ot Stepney . On the envelope being broken open it was found to contain two epistles , both of whicb were addressed to that young lady , and written in the handwriting of Duekett . One was a piece of poetry in 24 verses , and is a beautiful piece of penmanship * . The title is , "The Last Lay of Two Broken Hearts , written and composed by C . A . 1 ) ., " executed in the illustrated style in old English , with a varietv of inks . It bears the date of Nov . 8 . but it has evidently been written as far back , as September , which date ' was erased , but which is still partiallv discernible . The theme shows a wild paroxysm of love on his part , manifesting the most 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 raarr'd their earthly bliss , thev would ' si'i-k an early grave . " The same wild strain is displayed throughout the whole piece—•• His Lizzy begging that his gTaTe might be her grave also . " The language of it shows the unfortunate writer to have been a most intellectual young man , but the extravagant outbursts of his passion which it displays proves , almost beyond a doubt , thathis mind was m some way affected . The second is written in the same superior stvle , and bears the date of the day ,

      last Sunday , on which he effected his fatal purposes . The tenor of the letter fully confirms the supposition 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 " that ere she ( Miss Chapman ) had " received that epistle thev "Would be in the sweet sleep of death . " Pate had marred his bliss in this world—he was prepared to leave it , and she for whom he had lived , had told him " If you die without me vou will be my murderer ! " and to use the words of Lady Jane Grev , "Death had no terrors . " Both ^ productions had deep black borders round them .

      The 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 Duekett , aged 21 , and Elizabeth Williams , aged 27 , the two young persons who destroyed themselves by taking prussic acid , under the very extraordinary circumstances before detailed .. In the course of the proceedings the Coroner had

      handed to luiu a letter , which was contained in an envelope with a black border , found lying on the table in the room where the bodies were discovered , addressed "To Miss Margaret Chapman , 21 , Lueasstreet , 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 " The Last Lay of the Broken Hearts . " The verses were 24 in number , but the following extracts will afford a fair sample of the composition : —

      " Change tlxou the scene ; look here , and tbou shall fina The spirit wounded with , sternest sorrow ' s dart—The ma ^ en'd brain , the wild , the wandering mind—The cheek that's blighted , and the broken heart . " We've loved each other , joined in hand and heart , Firm bound together in one holy tie . ; Forsake we cannot , aud we ne ' er will part ; Together live , and then together die . " At the conclusion of the poetry was written th © following : ¦*—" This 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 an ^ CnA-BXEs Wm . Dcckbtt . " Signed at No . 9 , Raven-row , Mile-end Gate , " London , Nov . ' 8 , 1844 . "

      : The other letter bore date the 24 th inst . ( the day of the occurrence ) , and was signed by Duekett only . It exhibited great despondencv , and informed Mis * Chapman when she received that , he and Elisabeth " 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 Duekett , the father of the male . deceased ,, who deposed , Charles William Duekett was mj son . . He resided with me . I was aware of his attachment 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 mv opinion that he feared his circumstances would

      never enable him to do so , and preyed on his min d , a . candidate for a lucrative situation , above twelve months since , and being unsuccessful he had ever since been desponding . He was 21 years of age , 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 herself very unhappy , and stated that she cared " not how soon the 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 his mother , and returned about half-past eight . I heard nothing until shortly before twelve , when the brothers of Elizabeth came and asked for their sister . I went with them home , and on my return I

      observed that the key was not in the door of the front parlour , my son ' s bed-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 qnite dead . ( Witness here became much affected ) . Other evidence was heard and the jury consulted , and ultimately returned a verdictthat the deceased persons , Charles William Daokett and Elizabeth Williams died from imbibing a certain quantity of prussic acid , but by whom or how administered there was not sufficient evidence before the jury . ; CoAiPiT Explosion . —An other Death . —Thomas Topping , one of the men seriously injured at the recent colliery explosion at Pemberton , died on Friday morningi thus making fire who have forfeited their lives by this accident .

      Oldham . —Afflicting Affair . —On Monday forenoon hast , the body of a young woman , of the name of Sarah Partington , daughter of Joshua Partington , a power-loom weaver , resident at Royloy , near Royton , was found in a small pit , near Birchenlee Mifl , about two yards in depth- It appears that early on the morning she was missed , her father had beat her with a rope , but not severely , in consequence of reports which had reached him as to her conduct . ' The deceased was eighteen years of [ age , and poaseaeed of some persoDalattractions .

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      FRANCES BRUWX , THE BLIND POETESS . We are chiefly indebted to the Ati-n < eam for the following most iiitert *> iing skett-h : — Sundn beautiful littltr pit-ce * vi jH ...-trj . ' having nj .-}> eiidt-u U > tla-lu llu- siLUjalure uf " Fr ^ iic-es Brown . < tns-U » 'rtaT , * " nave a . ] . ijnr ^ rt .-d in our t-ijumns , from tinit- i < lime , during vht- last eighlt- te added lo the }«> i-m . i >\ the fair editre . - ^ , « t learnt , fur the first time , that ;! . autbore-j of tbv ier > es which Tie , in common \ t : < h thousands more . i :: id >¦¦ jrreatlv admired . Mere writ :. u br a biii : < i irirl :

      Tbe announcement of a ^ ulunic of poems by the >; i : j : i France * Brovvj > en-ited our curiosity about the air . ' .:-.-Ttss . We felt interested about her liistorv , and lmi . rd to know huB , iu a remote village in the uorth of Ireki -I , 3 , > uuiig uunun , Ue ^ rncd of mos t of the ordinary in jlto knowledge—Imsing no intercourse ¦ svilh nature , e- \ n jn through books , and doomed to live in solitary darkiit- ^ s . in the nlitlst of ^ U "the beauties of the external worldshould nevertheless huve reared a tt-myle of Leajitj in li « .-r OWj mbud , and found therein nut osilv jo \ and rrjoi-mj . herself , but to all others whom the j > re ~ s has br «* u . ;' . ;• within reach of her influence . The editor of Hiss Browi / s put-ms well observe ? — "The story of iliss BnnraV mental education is v .-. 11 worth teliiug , both for it > own interest and for it- . \ - aanplr . It is u ! once cunous anil instructive to vtaTri :. strong miiitl de % eloping itself under conditions of >¦ ¦ :, and physical iidv ^ ntii- ^ e , > u CTeul—trr ^ ljin ;; , bv the ... »

      < ..: iis- jMJciic iii ^ zizurv , tiiroui ; xi tlie darknc >> of win * ' :. i was conscious—apj > ri . }> riat : i ) : j to it .-elf e ^ erything « l : i -.- ¦ ¦ il could 'Iniw uouri > nuie : il , in th-. - bjirrt-n eleineu ; - i- . . which it r . a- . lrrvuiid' / d—fastening up » u all that <¦¦¦ . ' . ' ¦ . hclji il <• : ¦ « ard . "while , in its i . wn uudirectid i-: it * nrie- n was ^ truSirli ; -: ' . ' u }> vc-. irds to thr light . " ' The jx * eurs- is- f > l humble birth , and first saw tbe ligh : ; il ^ trnii'irlar , a small village in the county I ' mjegal lv i < -n herfather then "was . and still is , j » ostma « ter ) . eiuht-o .. 'itwenry \« ir > ago—and fnr th * Ins' timr only < -i ^ l : i--i . months later . At that tender age tbe sm . ill-poi , vi > i !;! i ^ her in its severest form , consijrnedber to the blindness aniiu which she hi .- ii : i'i t <> work h « -r wa ; i to all her intellect ; . ul tr < = 2--ures , —addinjr the loss < . 2 tMt mo = t imjKjrtaiit of : h < senses in youth to the difficulties of a remote and unfurnished jjosition . How by devices of her own—the promptings of a clear natural intellect—bv what process of

      selftraining she learned to see into the world of thought , "when the visible "world was closed against her , and niadttbe unpromising soil about her yield intellectual fruit , i : L « pleasant to learn in the words of her own simple narration . Her early calamity Hiss Brown does not remember ;—» o , tbe forms oi tbe outer scene hare Dot followed into lier world of meditation , to vex her vrith their dim shadows . The hues and shapes of actual things , as they present thetnselres to the sense which she ha ? lost are , happily for her , an utter blank—even to memory ; and she has thus been saved that [ in her case life-long ) perplexitv of the mind , born of the vain 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 tu 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 was limited , and ner fancv undisturbed bv an irritating effort and a vain

      res . ** Indeed , " said Hiss Browiv , " I recollect vary little of my infant years at all . I never received any regular education—but very early felt the want of it ; and tbe first time 1 remember to have experienced this feeling strongly , was abont the beginning of my seventh year , when I heard our pastor - { my parent * being members of tbe Presbyterian church ) preach for the first time . On the occasion alluded to , I was particularly struck by many words in the sermon , which , though in common use , 1 did not then understand ; inj from that time adopted a plan for acquiring information on this subject . When a word unintelligible to me happened to reach my ear , I was careful to ask its meaning

      frojn any person 1 thought likely to inform me—a habit which was , probably , troublesome enough to the friends and acquaintance of my cbildbood ; but by this method 1 soon acquired a considerable stock of words ; and , when further advanced in life , enlarged it still more by listening attentively to jut y onnjr brothers and sisters reading over the tasks required at the village school . They were generally obliged to commit to memon a certain portion of the l / jciionary and English Grammar each day : and by hearing them read it aloud frequently for that purpose , as my inenjorj was better than theirs ( perhaps rendered so by nect-ssity ) , 1 learned ibe task much sooner than they , and frequently heard them repeat it .

      ¦ " . My rirst acquaintance with books was necessarily formed amongst those which are most comnioa in country villager . Susan Gra % —The Segro Servant—The Gentle Shepherd—ilungo Park ' s Travels—and , of course , Hobinson Crusoe , w tre among the first of my literary friends , for 1 have often btair-d them rtsad by mj relatives , and remtlliber to have taken a strange delight in them , when 1 am sure they were not half understood . Books have been always scarce in out Ttmote neighbourhood , and were much more so in my childhood ; but the craving for knowledge which then commenced grew with my growth ; and as 1 had no books of my own in those days , my only resource was borrowing from tbe few acquaintances 1 had , to some of whom I owe obligations of tbe kind that lvill neier he forgotten . In this way I obtained the reading ol many valuable works , though generally old ones ; but it ¦ was a great day for me when the first of Sir Walter Scott's ¦ works fell into my bands . It was ' The Heart of . Mid

      Lothian , " and was lent me by a friend , whose family were rather better provided with books than most in our neighbourhood . . My delight in the work was very great , even then ; and 1 contrived , by means of borrowing , to get acquainted , in a very short time , \ 5 itb tbe greater part of tbe ¦ works of its illustrious author—for works of fiction , about this time , occupied all my thoughts . 1 had a curious mode of impressing on my memory what had been read—namely , lying awake , in the silence of night , and repeating it all over to myself . To that habit I probably owe the extreme tenacity of memory which I now possess ; but , like all other good things , it Sad its attendant erfl , —for I hare often thought it curious that , whilst I never forget any scrap of knowledge collected , however small , yet the common events of daily life slip from my memory so quickly that I can scarcely find anything again -which I have once laid aside . But this misfortune has been useful n teaching me habits of order .

      3kri$Nrt0, &Lt;Pffroce0, Snaunstjei, St.

      3 kri $ nrt 0 , < Pffroce 0 , SnaunstjEi , St .

  • 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-ncseproduct835/page/3/