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      *** " THE NATIONAL ANTHEM . wmtas ptaonsly dedicated to " Daniel O'Connell , " as *^ the first of traitors , and the last of men . )

      BT AEGUS . Air— " Rule Britannia . " YTien Troth first lent her helping hand , Toonell oppression ' s reign ; ne err of Justice filled tbe land , And sp ^ ECT 0 SS the main : ~ This is oar Charter—the Charter of eur rights ; Heaven aidi hnmanity , and for out freedom fights . . vyjrs and priests , troth ' s deadliest foes , E ^ red to crush the heavenly birth ; « at lo nifci still that cry arose , And gls-Mened . ml the earth : This is out Charter—the Charter of out rights ; Hearsn aids humanity , and for om freedom fights tha

      f teu i&br . ur sought its due re-ward , ^^ 4 tremblingly t righ t gi ; rhen -rreng -was buried " neath the sward , And rca £ obtained the approTing smile of heaven : — Tii * is oar Charter—the Charter of onr rights ; BtaTcn aids humanity , and for our freedom fights .

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      FKEEDOM AND THE CHARTER J j ^_ - ii Bright are the beams of the morning sky jjjosgh bright are the beams of dear woman ' s eye , Ttuazi rapture her lips can impart , Ye - t-Kii ^ J ^ £ laac « of dear liberty , And swccitr its charms to the heart . jo joys are a fountain of pleasure , A scarce from "srhence happiness flows ; lien '" ' ' -- ' ¦ " " euid not taste of this pleasure , As the honey bee sips of the rose . jfcen tie toast , then the toast , be our freedom , I ^ t eac h breast that is m anly approve ; jhen the toast , then the toast , be our freedom . And nme cheers for the csubc that ire love .

      gjise , raise the cause of freedom « n high , jjel each heart that is trusty approre ; jbe oS&izg thus hallowed by liberty' 3 sigh , Oa :-riTa } = the charms e ' en of lorn . jten rais ? high your Toices in transport , Oar Charter its joys shall impart ; jlj £ tours thus devoted to freedom , Yielv- the only true bilm to the heart *> Uien th = tcast , then the toast , be our Charter , Let eieiibreast that is manly approve ; Iben tte uait , then the toast , be our Charter , ix-. L nine cheers for the cause that -we love . Thomas Wheeleb .

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      -THE PAST . —THE PRESENT—THE FUTURE . A PROPHECY . ET ARGUS . fThiZ Giszl ker standard raised on high , And asillions gathered round , Prepared to irin their rehls , or d : e , Then did the earth , in joy , with freedom ' s voice resound . Bot Europe ' s trembling kings combined , To crush the heavenly o : rtfc ; And , obcs wain , enslaved mankind , So , for a time , caused crowns to reign dominant on the earth .

      den Albion ' s blood-saint conquering truth , Diffcsrd bis " royal " gold , — Boachl France ' s freedom—slew her youth , And , to atone for murder , gaTe a king ! and thus poor ( rani was sold . Bat time sped on , with fleeting wings , And with it CHA 5 GE W 3 S borne ; Osnrd it came , and crowns and kings Garnished , -withdawn of truth , the silvery chequered mom . lor might had been—the glowing sun Hjd slept in crimson eTe , lie light morn taine—the combat won , Told " m anarchs , " on their spangled thrones , "what justice could achieve .

      Tes ! Aloion , Gaul , Columbia , too , Shall jinks of freedom be ; And with Truth ' s rays esch will pursue A despot toe , and sink for ever " royalty" in th un : athomed sea : Anno Domini , 1841 .

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      A CHARADE . My Srst , tho 1 tis highly essential to life , I : is neither in water nor air ; Earth carLcot produce it—it parts not with strife , It play 3 in the loveliest smiles of my wife , And it utterly banishes care . My second , is met with at every tnrn Where the light of the sun can be seen ; The poor to possess it may labour and mourn , Tho" labr-ur create—from the cottage tis torn , With the rich it hath constantly been . By Melb-jnm ? , my third has been festered with care , From the earliest day of his life ; He luTes me so much , that he never could spare , His oto fellow subjects their righteous share , Bat is piH'v the Qaeendom with strife .

      My fourth , bss Daniel ' s favourite been ; His political course hath declar'd It dwdls in h : s Emerald Isle so green ; Yet in Delia ' s city it never was seen , Tco' perhaps it may shortly be there . My ifth , with Finality Jack , : I should say Mr . Russell ; is highly esteem'd ; At S&ond . it was with him some years since , in May "When ' iVidrgery woe him th- glurions day ; Whit a royal achievement it seem'd I Hy sixth , why I cannot tell where it iB not , Tis in tVrry turn in ihe iasd ; In the &iuntry , t ' . o , ana in every lot , In eTcry ktnie , In every pot , And in cTtrv atom of . sacJ .

      My last , is no : quite so abundantly found , iiore especially not , in the North ; And every Yorishirsmsn welcomes the sound , As the I ' - 'Vciicit thing upon earth . Who e ' sr et eniama may happen to see , His puiitical cre ^ d w hat it may ; However mistaken his notions may be , Por Marseif—if he knew what the answer shoold be , He would love it , I venture to say . ~ & r ± : May 3 rd , liil . J . C . Elliot . Answers in versa are requested .

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      THE INQUISITION . CBOBCS OF IMPS . Hill i d ^ mon incarnate ! Iscariot , or Cain , Anas ^ clech , Herod , or Nero ;—Disguii'd upon earth , thou appearest again Aj-t-.- ' . yon ! our mightiest hero ! Thy p-j * er we trace in the bills of mortality , Sasr-u is thy system , on laws of finality . APPOLTON . Be silent , —I'm playing the hypocrite , —carry These tracts into Africa—teaching The -words , of S '_ Paul—it is foolish to marry ! Fimlity evti \> e preaching , Oar B-^ i Ting white bondsmm to slavery condemn , Root ont the yenng blacks , thus emancipate them

      Encourage infanticide , grave it in Latin , Alq suffocate infants new born . 'Fr ^ -ni f ^ rsigner's purchase silk , laces , and satin , — Yr-. i , ary production but com . In India , where wheat fields might fionzbh , let death R * r opiam , —rob millions and millions of breath !

      FIRST IMP . The spirit of knowledge is stalking abroad , Croash , crouch , * nesth our cast-iron screenB , And sunder the bright intellectual cord ; Prepare the infrrcal machines . OETTl-sk-n is dazzled , so quench every be&m , — Eihaie the invisible vapour of steam . SECOM ) IMP . That ' s multitudes perishing , pining for labour Jin denceons of darkness immure them ; should some dare expostulate , sharpen the sabre , If famine and torture dont core them . ' wrractcry women , expose them , —abash'd Tatyii trockie , — -when naked , their bodies are laah'd

      TH 1 BD IMP . An infant is weeping , for loss of its mother ! No relative nigh to befriend him ; Appolyon ' s own law once enacted , we'd smother The brat—to its mother earth send him , To scourge him !—a child of the state—keep in awe , "epired for the cat , to befit him for war !

      APPOLTOK . 'Se ' er Binder snch innocents , ira « te them with torpor Then mangle and -warp them to cripple *; Utfunine anatomise erery pauper , Drain each drop of milk from their nipple *! 0 ! miacreenu , ever let justice tike bail , — «» y 11 castigate women—if others should fsiL la Spain , nTiug Tietimg , by demons Trere hack'd , Cocsnmed in fierce fitme ont of number ; on lorn beds of torture , now hundreds are rwk'd ,-ln China three thousand men slumber ! £ ™»^ prospers ;—ere long thro our revels " ell render creation—a regien of devils I Aethtb Boos .

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      B&ABFOBJ ) , — ( Wiltshixe . ) — Anti-Corn-Liyr Eehtions . —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 round the town for signatures , whon 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 «? nature attached to it . What a pass the leaguers must be reduced to , t « use dead men ' s names !

      STOCKPOBT . — Djieadfcl Accident . —On Friday erening week , a waggoner , ( George Elwes ) with Mr . Orrell ' s waggon , wnich wa 3 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 , andwas much respected . He has left a wife and two children to mourn their untimely and irreparable loss . BIRmHTGrHAlVIi—Discussion on Socialism —Mr . Lloyd Jones , the Socialist champion , and Mr . John Brindley , the parson's pet , had a regular " set-to" last week , in Ryan ' s Royal Amphitheatre , which was selected as the most convenient and

      appropriate place for the display of intellectual and physical gladiatorship . The place , which is capable of holding 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 persons , was j filled as if by magic , as soon a 3 access could be had . j Much excitement was manifested both by the j audience in the boxes and the gallery . A chairman I had been chosen for each side , and after a struggle j for the post of moderator , or chairmen's chairman , j Mr . J . L . Murphy was elected to that office . We j cannot enter into the argument , which was continued I during three evenings , and concerning which we i have received communications from both parties , j showing that each champion satisfied his own j backers . The place was crowded each evening , and ; a ! the close of the last evening's di .-cus » ion , Mr .

      ; Gso . roe White stood forward ia front of the j platform , to address the meeting , and was received I with Jond cheers , intermingled with groans and j hisses from the parsons and respectables , accompanied with shouts of ** He ' s a political demagogue , " j * He is a Chartist . " Mr . Brindley then stepped up j with clenched fists , and told Mr . White that if he j attempted to make a speech there , he would have ; him iaken into custody . A rega ? ar row then com-I menced on the p 3 a : form ; the parsons bellowing like so many bulls , and Mr . Brinclev frothing at the i mouth with rage . Mr . Murphy , moderator , i irisi .-ted on Mr . Brindiey and the parsons j behaving in a proper manner , or else he should be j ob : ig ? ii to .-end for the police , and have them taken

      j into custody . A resolution was then proposed con-; demn : ng the present state of society and declaratory I of the opinion of the meeting respecting the argui meat * adduced by the disputants , but snch was the I uproar and confusion created by the parsons and j their tools that it was impossible to hear a word . The resolution was however proposed , seconded , I and put by Mr . Southwell first and afterwards by ' . Mr . Murphy and carried iu dumb show , the parlies i in the body of the meeting voting with their respective leaders , when they saw their hands held up . ; ( The resolution will be found in our advertising ' ¦ colums . ) Turee long , loud , and enthusiastic cheers ; were giveu for the People ' s Charter ; three for j Feir ^ Tis O'Connor , and three for the Incarcerated I Chartists , after which the meeting separated .

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      The number oi" visitors to the Zoological Gardens in April was 11 . 405 , from which £ i& 4 11 s . had been rece : red . The Pjuce of bread in Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is Sxed at 27 centimes the kilogramme—about 5 f d . the 4 ; b . loaf . The kcmbeb . oi corporal punishments iiflicted in the rovai navy in 1838 amounted to 1 , 730 , andiu 1839 to l " . 3 yi . It mat bfi grat-fyicg to the calumniators of Ireland , to learn that there are only three prisoners for trial at : he next as :: z .-s for this county . —Roscommon Journal . It appears that the number of unions to which special a ; : d no : general rule 3 have been given by the Po ^ r Lxtr Cooimistiouers in 184 0 , is very nearly five handrid .

      It is bciieved that the Government of India has determined to apply to the Court of Directors for the transmission of the overland packets twice a month . Thefhiends of the celebrated Curran will shortly place iu the aisle of Christ Church Cathedral , Dublin , a cenotaph , in commemoration of that illustrious irishman . Mobe Lawteks . —No less than 168 gentlemen have given notice of their mention to apply 10 be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen ' s Beach on the last dav of the present term .

      We c . ndkrsta-nd that Colonel Sir Henry Pottinger has gone out by the overland India mail of this month , as Envoy to China , to supersede Captain Elliot , and with lull power to settle all differences . The Comma . nder-is-Chief ha 3 ordered cricketgrounds to be laid out at each of the barrack stations throughout the United Kingdom , for the use of the officers and privates . Sixce thc 1 st of January , 1841 , there have been no less than 51 railway patients received into the Cunnty Hospital . Of the ^ e ' 27 have beeu discharged cured , four have died , and one was dismbsea . — Brighton Paper . It has bees decided by the directors of the London and Brighton Railway to open twenty miles ot that Hue frofti London to Haward ' s heath in June . The whole work will be completed and opened to the public in August .

      Cause a > d Effects—Ringing the Belles . —We are informed that since the new peal of bells was got to St . James ' s Church , in the Pottery , marriages in that district have multiplied exceedingly , —Hull Rockiii ' jhum . As mam as 4 , 048 bodies have been taken ont of the Grand Surry Canal within a period of twenty-sii years ; ai : d Taylor , who keeps the boat-house on the Peckham branch , has taken out no less a number than SCO . It appears from evidence Iaken before a Committtee o ; the House of Commons on the subject of txe House of Commons' Library , that there is no complete set of the printed papers of the House in Britain .

      A > . VIVEESABT OF THE DEATH OF > APOLEO . N\—The grand mass on the occasion of the anniversary of the Emperor Napoleon was celebrated on Wednesday week , in the Church of the Inralides , near Park . "Father Mathew and theJPublican * . —A Killarney correspondent informs us tfaac the receipts of Saturday last , in that town , of sixteen publicans , were seven shillings and four pence 1 1—Kerry Examiner . At a shop window , in the neighbourhood of Whiteecapel , are a pair of India rubber shoes exhibited for saie , with a paper attached to them , on which is written— " These Inger rubber shoes to be sold chew . Warreiitid not to Leke . "

      -A Hint to Emigrants . —If an emigrant to Isorth America take out £ \ in shillings and sixpenny pieces , the currency value of £ 1 in Upper Canada will be 25 =. The same amount in fcilver crowns or half-crowns will pas 3 current for 24 s . The value of a golden sovereign is rated at 24 s . 4 d . Petitions upon Socialism . —It appears by the Report of a Committee of the House of Commons upon public petitions , that from the 27 tb January to the 30 th April , this year , 27 petitions , with 10 ^ 3 Ufl signature ^ were presented to the House on the subject of Socialism . "Bkeatiie not his Name . "—A chip of aristocracy , lmng in the Broadway , had a yery long and d-fficult name , and on a stranger trying to pronounce it t ' other day , his tongue got entangled in his teeth , and he c ' uld not get it disengaged until some one advised him to spell the word backwards . —Yankee Paper .

      _ r Extraordinary . —The cutter Fanny , when on her passage from Porte Macquarie to Sydney laEt trip , had a severe encounter with a tiger shark , who laid bold of her miien boom , and held on for some time j with his teeth , until he was fiightened off by some | of the men attacking him . Part of his teeth may yet be seen in the boom by any person desirous of inj spectiug it . —Sydney paper . i - A " Sew Version . —A traveller stepping in at an j inn , down east , was asked how the business men in j New York were getting along , " Oh , " answered the j traveller , " many of them have got upon their legs again . " ' How so , has trade got brisk ? " " Oh no , I but many who rode in their coaches have been obliged [ to leave to walk . "

      The Eightt-thisd anniversary of the Magdalen Hospital charity was celebrated on Thursday . Since the foundation of the charity Dear 7 , 000 females have been admitted ; a leading feature in the establishment is , that no young woman who has behaved well duriDg her stay in the hospital is discharged unprovided for . A Teetotaller ' s Rxpartrb . —Someamuseinenthas been occasioned by the irruption of tee-totallera into Herefordshire , owing to a difficulty X 3 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 wa * , tbat he would mike " dumplings " of them .

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

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

      A blacksmith , named Osborn , offered himself as bail at the Court of Sessions for a prisoner whose trial wa- « put off till next term . " Are you clearly worth 500 dollars above all your debts ! " inquired the Recorder . " Why , Sir , 1 hold my wife to be worth 509 dollars at least , without counting my own property . " "The Court is satified , " replied the Recorder , " take his bail . "—New York Sun . Look on this Picture . —John Douglas was sentenced at the Stirling Assizes , by Lords Justice Clerk and Monorieff , on the 14 th current , to seven years' transportation , for assaulting and striking a criminal officer , named Christisou , on tbe 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 . Barnes . —We are truly concerned to have te record the demise , on Friday morning , a few minutes before eight o ' clock , at his residence in Sono-square , of Thomas Barnes , E > -q , editor of the Times journal . He was in the 5 b " th year of his age only , and of & frame apparently so robust of health as to give more than common promise of a ripened old age . Whatever the differences of political opinion , all parties will readily join in the one tribute cf unanimous admiration of the talent and energy , extraordinary and colossal as they were , which he displayed in the management of that justly influential and leading journal , of which he was the presiding genius , and whose power and renown he had so greatly contributed to raise . — Evening paper .

      Petitions respecting the Newport Riots and the Poor Laws . —The Twenty-stcond Repors of tho Committee on Public Petitions has ? just been printed , with an account of the petitions sent in from the 27 ch January to tho 30 th April . We extract the following : —Ou the subject cf the Newport riots , 28 petitions , 34 , 954 signatures . For Repeal of ilie Poor Law Amendment Act , 109 petitions , 35 087 signatures ; for alteration of it , 77 petitions , 10 , 979 signatures . Against the Poor Law Ameudinent Bill , 248 petitions , 88 350 signatures ; for alterations of it , 258 petitions , 58 , 740 signatures .

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

      * . o tho Corporation of London , certain large tracts of Crown land in Northumberland , Durham , &c , for a loan of £ 300 , 000 of the then currency . The ill-fated and misguided monarch never had the power of redeeming these laud . « , 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 proprietor ? , thus unwittingly throwing away the richest and most valuable soil in England , which would long since have produced them a net profit of £ 400 , 600 per annum .

      Sad Mistake . —When a female member of the Briti .-h Royal family holds a levee , it is customary for her to kiss the ladies of the nobility , and no others . It happened that the lady of the Lord Justice- Clerk was , ou one occasion , among the number of thof « presented to the late Princess Amelia , who , as it is well known , wa 3 very deaf . " Stand by for my Lady Justice Clerk , " 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 I "

      Extraobdinary 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 airing , but on arriving opposite tho Windmill public-house , in St . Giles ' s , he complained of having a pain in his side , and requested a man to drive the fly for him , and he then alighted and went into the house and borrowed a common table knife , and proceeded onwards till he arrived near the Hut publichouse , where he cut his throat , which he mangled in a very shocking manner ; he was soon afterwards discovered , and was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , where he was promptly attended by Mr . Wingfield , 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 the name of Tarn Dowie , belonging to Kinross , having died , all his relatives were prohibited , by the last will and testament 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 their progress to the church-yard , when a sister'a son of the deceased came forward and demanded the il

      head" from him who was appointed to that honourable dignity- He refused . From words it came to blows—a regular fight then ensued between the two—and in the contest , the relative of the deceased kicked the coffin with such force , that a space was opened , displaying to the horrifying feeling of the bystanders , the body in its grave-clothes . The body W 3 s carried to the grave by the Kinross officials , leaving the brutal wretches to fight it out . Such a scene could hardly be expected to occur among savages—horrible surely among Christians , ia 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 we 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 m new arrangements thai are to be suggested to-morrow ; and , from that very circumstance , may be hereafter disposed to countenance , ( tacitly , at least , ) the impression that they were never designated to such appointments at alJ . In one " list , ' tht-u , we . have seen Lord John Russell associated with Earl Spencer tor his premier ; and in another , Lord John as Premier , with Earl Spencer as First Lord of the Admiralty , Mr . Macaulay for Home Secretary , the Earl of Clarendon for Foreign Secretary , Lord Howick for the Colonies (!) . 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 tho event , we have seen the premiership accorded to Sir Robert Peel ; a position in the Cabinet ( such as Lord President of the Council—an office without any active functions ) , to the Duke of Wellington , in order to give to the new Government what it is naturally anticipated would prove the prestige of his grace ' s name ; and the Foreign Department to the Earl of Aberdeen . In none of these lists were there repeated tho names of Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerston . —Morning Herald .

      Horrible Atrocity . — " About twalve years ago , " says the Nouvelliste des Ardennes , " the daughter of a farmer iu the arrondissement of Mezieres was married to a young man of a neighbouring Tillage . After a few months , the wife was attacked with symptoms of mental alienation , which in a little time assumed ail the character of confirmed madness . The husband took her back to her father , conceiving that in his hands there would he 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 ia his stable . Having enticed the poor creature to place herself in ithe closed the ease up , and there

      , left her standing utterly precluded from escape . He daily supplied her with food , letting it down from the top , she havinjj just room enough in the angles of her narrow pneon to raise h er hand and carry it to her mouth . Of course she was constantly kept standing on her legs , without the possibility of changing her position . Thus was she confined for a period of nearly twelve years , till a short time ago , when she was discovered and released . When taken out Bhe had lost fall a foot in her height , and her appearance was more that of eome nondescript animal than of a woman . She had no speech , but uttered inarticulate sounds borrowed from the cattle whose voices alone Bhe had heard during the whole period . A judicial inquiry i » making into the case . " The details ot this case are so strange and unnatural that we cannot suppose them to be true .

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      Prince Albert . —A report has been going through au the newspapers that Prince Albert is ia a very delicate state of health , and is consumptive—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 4 naTe it in our power to give it a flat contradiction . The Prince was never in better health , nor hag he been even indisposed ; and he has no intention whatever , nor wish , to go abroad on account of ins health , or for any other reason . —Oxford Chronicle . —[ Who can indulge the preposterous idea that the Prince has any " intention to go abroad on account of his health , or for any otherreason ? " He bas got quartered on John Bull , " de monish" flows into his pockets , and he feels at home to a tye . — Printer ' s Devil . 1

      Cpbious Case . —About six or seven years ago , Brotherton , the Edinburgh and Salton carrier , proceeded to Salton Hall , where he received from the butler and housekeeper of the family the sum of £ 80 , to 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 the money , and contrived the story of the robbery to divert suspicion from himself . Within these few days , however , information was received at the County Police-office that a man named Mitchell , living in . the Grassmarket , and another named Peaston , living in Lasswade , were implicated in the robbery , they both having been employed at the time of the robbery with a shoemaker in the village of West Salton . They vvero both apprehended , and , after investigation , the men have been committed for trial . — Ayr Observer .

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

      more than ho intended should bo known . In the inside of the cuff of one of tho sleeves of his old coat , was found three pound notes , neatly stitched there , and in tho other two in the same manner—in a small purso attached to his garter 19 =. 6 d . in silver —ai : d in a concealed pocket iu his trousers Is . 2 ^ 1 ., which with tho penny , amounted altogether to £ 6 . 0 s . 9 \ d .. When the discovery was made , poor Donald's " Oigh ! Oigh ! " was truly pitiable—his whole covering was not worth the 9 $ d . Next morning Donald was elevated on the top of the coack for Edinburgh at his own expence .

      A Youth shot by his Father . —For a long time past , depredations of an extensive nature have been committed in the gardens of Mr . Cooke , of Weston , to tho perpetrators of which no clue could be obtained . Monday night , Mr . C . was alarmed on hearing some on < s on his premises , and ho accordingly got up , and , armed with a loaded gun , proceeded to scour the gardens in searching of the untimely intruders . After a brief search , ho discovered some one making off from the cucumber frames . Ho shouted " etnp , " bat the trespasser did not heed tho cry , and Mr . Cuoke accordingly levelled his gun and fired . T . ie fellow immediately dropped , and on Mr . Cooke seizing him , ho waa shocked at beholding his own son . It is uecessar )

      to state that this unfortunate youth is oiii ! of the worst description of characters , having been more than once placed at the bar for oifrnces of a serious nature ; and there is too much reason to fear that through him the robberies in his father ' s garden have been effected . It is a melancholy circumstance , but the youth has become so utterly incorrigiblo as to repel * all sympathy jhi his behalf . On examining his person , at the station-house , the charge of tho gun was found to have struck his neck and shoulders , though not to any dangerous extent . He was taken before the magistrates , at Chandos House , on the following day , but the unhappy father declining to appear against him , ho waa discharged with a severe admonition . —Hath Journal

      Hints on Health . —Avoid exoess of food as the principal souTce 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 hoar afterwards . Never eat things out of sesison , nor much of dishes to which you are unaccustomed . Much liquid at dinner delays tho digestion . Avoid intemperance . Water is the most wholesome beverage . Excess of fermented liquors is highly injurious . Useful exertion is indespensable to health and happiness . Muscular exercise , well regulated , is conducive to longevity . The sedentary should walk whenever they haro an opportunity . Never continue exercise after it has become painful . Standing at a high desk lo write , when fatigued with sitting , will be found highly beneficial to literary men . The conscant uso of soft stuffed seats is injurious . Rooms in which tho sedentary aro employed , should bo

      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 most prevalent causes of disease , producing dyspepsia , monomania , and insanity . Few things tend more to tho preservation of health and tho prolongation of life , than the maintenance o ( a calm , cheerful , and contented state of mind , and the cultivation of feelings . Mental inactivity is scarcely le « s injurious than excessive exercise , giving rise to hypochondriasis . In tho choice of professions , tho talents , disposition , and natural bent of the mind of the individuals ought to be studied . Trips into the country to watering and sea-bathing places aro highly beneficial to those who live in towns . Marriage is favourable to health , but should not be contracted too early . Tobacco injures digestion , and relaxes the nerves . —Abridged from Mr . Curlis ' s Work on ( he "Preservation oj Health . "

      Murder of 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 tho horrid deed through dread of the Union Workhouse . The unhappy man had , on the morning of the same day , attempted his own life by taking a quantity of laudanum . He desired that his wife might bo made acquainted with the

      circumstances , because as he had murdered the child whilst she had gone out , ho was afraid she might , when she discovered what had occurred , fancy ho would return and murder her also : this he would not have her to imagine , for she was the best of wives . The magistrates have committed the prisoner to take his trial on a charge of murder at 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 waa held on tne body of the child , and a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the father was returned .

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

      He did not strike her , but she was so alarmed that she was near jumping out of the window , by which she would have lost her life . —The defendant said , his wife , sister , and family had made him a bankrupt , and were using every possible exertion to ruin him ; he had been twice placed in a madhouse , where he underwent the most cruel persecutions . He did not owe more than ^ 300 , and was worth £ 20 , 000 . He had established a fish and ice company , and had three excellent shops , but the whole ot his family were bent on his utter ruin . —A sergeant belonging to the city police station of Billingsgate , statedUhat , during the last two months , the conduct of Mr . Cannon had been very strange ; he had purchased a quantity of ice-carts , and dressed the drivers and four messengers at his own expence . 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 jou to do withit ; did you help to pay for it ! AtthiMtageoftbe proceedings Mr . Cannon produced one of hii messengers to the Ice Company , and requested him to how hiB top-boots and buckskin breeches to the Recorder and Aldermen , which he did amidst much laughter . A very painful scena here took place between the brother and sister ; the latter , with tears in her eyes , said that the life of every person in tho homo was in the most imminent danger , and the former declaring he would not hurt one of thorn if they did not lock him up in a madhouse . The defendant was ultimately held to bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for three months , and to give twenty-four hours' notice of bail . The defendant was tbea remoTed ia custody .

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      Horrible ! Horbiblb !! La Presse states ** that oue of the most extraordinary oircamstances in the annals of a Constitutional Government has just occured in Sweden . The Ministers of State there hare 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 tho happiest countries on the face of the earth , the merit of which is dse to the King . Formerly the nation was loaded with debt ; at present there is an excess of income over the expenditure ; but it is alleged that the ministers produced this prosperity by violating the constitution , and that they must account for the responsibility they have incurred !"

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

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

      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 company in the ball-room , and that ho only noticed three " ladies" amongst the company who were . at all "distinguished iu bquor , " and thosfwero the three in the Swiss , Spauish , and Scotch ilresses , who v / ure turned out of the room . For his pavt , he saw nothing objectionable in the oomluc' o ' any of the company , although some of the " ladies' ' were a little lritky , and enjoyed themselves . Mr . Traill said that although it did not appear the defendant had anything to do with tho getting up of the ball , yet as she permitted a room ou her premises to bo devoted to the purpose , she had , therefore , rendered herself amenable to the law , and having permitted drunken and disorderly conduct therein , he would inflict a penalty of 40 s . and costs , on her for tho offence .

      Coroner ' s Inquest . —Seduction and Suicide . — Melancholy Case of Depravity . —On Saturday , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , City coroner , at St . Bartholomew ' s hospital , on the body of Efizibt'tli Wicks , alias Ann Jones , a young female , aged J }{ , who destroyed herself by swallowing a quantity of arsenic , under the following circumstances : —The inquiry was opened on Friday go'nni ^ , when , from the evidence taken on that occasion , it appeared that on tho Wednesday previous the deceased was discovered sitting on the step of a door in Whito-cro 3 s-streat , labouring under the tifects 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 . Sho then gave an 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 sho became an outcast upon the town ; and that the cause of her taking the poison was a quarrel with another unfortunate girl she was living with . Tho usual remedies were applied , but , sho sank and died . Yesterday , the following additional evidence was given : —Elizibeth Kernell said the deceased was her child by a former marriage , and the last timo she saw her alive was ou 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 she

      discovered that her child was suffering from a loathsome disease , when she said , on being told of it , that nhe 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 tears , upon which her ( seducer struck her a violent blow in the mouth , for which he was taken beforo a magistrate . The deceased from this time was continually robbing her . Tho proceeds of the things she stole waa 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 . " She had never seen tho deceased drunk , nor had shebeen turned out of doors , but all her misdoing * sho attributed to George Partridge . Mr . James Tilt , usher to the Worship-street police court , said he knew the deceased from her being continually brought to that court on the charge of robbing her mother . About three months back , sho was , through the instrumentality of Mr . Grove , the magistrate , admitted into the Refuge for the Destitute , but was soon after taken outonhor stating that , she was in the family way . Tho girl was of the most depraved habits , and had frequently been in tho House of Correction . George Partridge , the young man alluded to , said he had known the deceased three years . About seven mouths ayo , the deceased blept with him at her

      mother s house , during her absence m the country . Ho had never been with her to a house of ill-fame , nor had ho received any money from her , and ho was certain that he was not tho first person who had slept with her , as he subsequently became ill in consequenco of the connection . The last time he spoke to her was three months ago , soon after she came out of prison , when plie wanted him to live with her , but lie 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 the depravity displayed throughout the case , and tho iury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity , and , at , the same time , they thought the conduct of tho mother highly blnmeable for the way in which sho had brought up her child .

      An I . \ coRRiGrrsr . E Ibipostor . — 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 , E division , at a London police office , charged with begging . The constable having been sworn , stated that , on Friday afternoon , about five o'clock , he was on duty in Doughty-street , Brunswick-square , when he saw the prisoner following several ladies , and importuning them in a most impertinent manner for alms , and he watched her until she pursued two ladies to the door of No . 43 , Doughty-street , aud faw them give her tome money , when he took her into custody . She resisted in a most violent manner , screamed out , and used every effort in her power to incite the

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

      appeared to be a child at ner breast , which she occasionally kisseJ and hugged with affected fondness ; the officer took her into custody , and said that he would tako her to the Mendicity Society , where she would be relieved ; but she refused to go , and resisted him in the most violent manner , and created a large mob and she then screamed out , and exclaimed , "Oh , my child , " and used every effort to iucito the mob to violence towards the officer , who was maltreated ; but on their road to the stationhouse , the ** child ' dropped from her arms , and , on being picked up , it was found to be an effigy , consisting of nothing but rags . ( Laughter . ) The prisoner , with the assistance of similar materials , assumed the appearance of being enciente . Her

      case was registered as one of the most infamous that was ever recorded in the society ' s ; books . —Mr . Combe asked the prisoner what aho had to say to the charge ?—Sho said , in a broad Irish dialect , that she did nes beg . She had been afflicted in her mind ever sinco the death of her husband ; and she had lost considerable property through his death . She wa 3 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 say about the rag child , eh ! ( A laugh . ) —Prisoner : Sure , it was not a child at all . ( A

      laugh ) It w *» only a few old rags , that I was going to sell , when the officer taied » e , and then he swore that it wai a child . ( Laughter . ) — Mr . Combe said he never beard of a more , impudent impostor . Ho enquired whether they had any register of her former convictions 1—Ho was answered in the negative—Mr . Combe : It is fortunate for her ; if they were produced I would commit her for three months with hard labour to tbe Houae of Correction . I shall now commit her for one month . —The prisoner bellowed loudly , and , on being locked up , she expressed a wish that her « ase should aot be advertised ia tho newspapers .

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      World-WEARIHK 5 S . —Matilda Wiles , a yoan / j woman of delicate and interesting appearance , was placed at the bar , at Worship-street Police-office , on Saturday , on a charge of having attempted to destroy herself . PoL ' ce constable G 69 stated that , ou Friday evening , he was on duty in the City-road , when the prisoner was pointed out to him by a young man , who informed him that she sad just before attempted to destroy herself in the New River , and that he apprehended she was about to renew the attempt . She was standing at the time on the canal bridge , with an air of deep dejection , and looking down wistfully at the water , and , just as witness was approaching her , she clambered upon the coping , and threw herself over . He succeeded , fortunately ,

      in catching hold of the skirts of her dress , but , on dragging ner back , she struggled violently to disengage herself , and struck him ia the face . On her way to the station-house , she . "aid she was weary of her life , and was determined to end it . The prisoner ' s mother , stated to the magistrate , that in the early part of last summer the deluded girl had the 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 . Ever since that melancholy event she had been miserable and broken hearted , and had made no less than three attempts on her lifo previous to the one that was frustrated by the policeman . After admonishing her upon the impropriety of her conduct , in feeling and forcible language , which , however , did not appear to make any impression upon her , the magistrate delivered her up to hor friends .

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

      ol his behaving in this manner to her ? Tho complainant said she believed ho was jealous of her , but aho would swear she haU given him no cause . The Lord Mayor—Now , Warne , what have you to 6 ay to this conduct ? Defendant—Why , my Lord , it ' s her fault ; there ' s a follow 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 tion ' t go the way to make any woman like you . Treat your wife kindly , and you need be under no apprehensions from her cousin , I'll be bound . Defendant—So 1 did , iny Lord , till 1 thought ' she had put . the horns on my head . The Lord Mayor—Well , do it a ^ ain , for 1 am quite sure she deserves to be woil u ; -ed ; and 1 advise you to leave off getting drunk : gin and matrimony never agree together . Tno defendant was then ordered to enter into his own recognizances to keep the peace towards his wifo . The happy couple then retired .

      Meat not Meet . —At the Mansion House , on Saturday , an Irishman , named John Collins , was brought before Alderman Pirie , charged with having hawked about a starved sow for sale in Leadenhafl Market . —Inspector March ant stated that a very unusual scene took place in Leadenhall Market . A policeman , stationed in that neighbourhood saw the defendant carrying upon his shoulders a dead sow , which had been regularly scalded , and drawn and cut for dressing ; but which presented such an appearance as uo animal ever before exhibited . It was , in fact , tho mere ghost , of a sow , for not a morsel of flesh was to be seen upon the bone ? , and the only judgment that could be formed of the poor objoct was , that she died of a consumption . As

      such pork could not be fit for human food , and as it was well known that there were sausage-makers who would nothesitate 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 had lately come from Ireland , asked him how he could think of selling a sow in suoh a condition ? Defendant— " Why , plaise your honour , I thought to get a bit of bread for myself and tho childther by it . ' Alderman Pirie" But it is not fit to be eaten . " Defendant— " Oh yis , yis . Its fit enough , or if it an't fit to eat Hb 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 sowl I tuck the

      breath out of her in thft 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 O Defendant— " I offered her victuals , but sho wouldn ' t have any thing ,, and then I bought her a pen ' orth of physic in a Doctor's shop ; but to the divel she pitched the physic ; so I saw nothing for it but to rip her up . " The Inspector said that the people who followed the defendant and his pig were anxious to be allowed to burn the latter upon the spot . It was , indeed , quite impossible that any body could think of using her as meat . There was an huagry-iooking dog iu the next room , that growled at a person who threw a bit of the pig to him to eat . Alderman Pirie (' . o i . he defendant)— "You may go , but your pig shall be destroved ; so you see you brought it . , to the wrong niarket . "

      An Indian Story . —One afternoon , in the spring of 1829 , a young Indian , named Mickenock of the Ottawa tribe , en the eastern bank of Lake Michigan , having indulged too freely in the use of fire-drink , commenced a quarrel with , and finally stabbed 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 all his own family and fled into the woods . The chief and his sons at onco commenced search for the murderer—no pains nor toil were spared to ferret out the hiding place of the unfortunate and guilty Mickenock ; but the summer passed , the leaver 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 relativeof Mickenock upon whom he could satisfy this darling desire of tbe Indian heart , but no one could be iound ; all the family and blood relatives were with him in his hiding-place . Despairing at length of either finding his enemy or avenging himself on any of the blood relations , the chief determined to avail himself of the privilege allowed by Indian custom , and toavenge himself on a relativeof the wifeof the murderer . Mickenock , although effectually concealed from the old chief , was nevertheless conversant , through some of his friends , with all that was transpiring in the chief ' s wigwam ; and as soon as he learned the chief ' s determination to avenge his son ' s death upon one of his wife's relatives , he

      immediately sent in word to the old chief ' s wigwam , that , upon the day of the meeting of the great council , which 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 , and the council at length assembled . The chief communicated the intelligence which he had received from his son ' s murderer , and it was agreed that no business should be transacted until Mickenock should appear . The council fat 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 , aud formed a circle round him ; then taking out his flint he struck a spark and lighted his pipe , and smoked it in silence . The eyes of the council aud bis littlo family were intensely Sxed upon him . At length Mickenock arose , and addressing himself to the chief , said , " I killed your son , he was a young brave ; he did me no wrong , he was my frieud ; 1 drank the fire-drink—the firedriuk made me kill your son ; Mickenock is very sorry , aiid deserves to die . " Then turning to the eldest brother of the deceased , he drew a knife from his bosom . " There , " 6 aid Mikenock , " is the knife that drank the heart ' s blood of your 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 np his arm . Mickenock , pointing to the spot nearost heart , gave the word " S . rike . " Instantly the brother plunged tbe knife to the hilt into the bosom of the . brave Mickenock , who fell dead at his feet . The wife and children of Mickenock beheld the whole scene , apparentl y without noving a muscle ; but the moment he expired , they all fell upon and embraced him , with sobs , and wan . and groam , aud wailing * , whioh eannot be described , and

      altogether presented a picture of tueh mafeigned anguish' and genuine sorrow , aa to overcome and melt every spectator of the teene . After the wife and children of Mickenock had thus expressed their sorrow tor about half an hour , the old chief thus addressed her : — "Wife of Miskenock , we are satisfied your husband was a brave » an : hedi « yike a brave man ; henceforth youjfR ^ ft&K ^^ Sid jour children are my childrea « -Goiafc | Hn WBG * hkl you shall be well treated / fitfl ^ pHiia % ^ ' | ^ smBiy S — ttVJLIIMIHI ^

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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-ncseproduct855/page/3/