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      HTMX TO T . TTVKRTY . s ^ set liberty , waifi tJiee ! too long imst thou slumbered—Can ihj dreams be so dear that they temp : to sleep vn Cast away thy gilt chains , and the xoiees unnumbered -Of a glad world shall tell that thy thraldom is done ' Qb < shall not , ere long , that soiled -mirror be shirered . " JFlach is firm iriili the sighs of pale glory for theeiud the "bright Sabbath dawn , in which millions delivered SbaBBft their festiymii to the God of the Tree ? X&se the wings of the morning , fly over the irorld—There is many a land -where the tyrant is lord : — Yes . oh shall not in all thy proud flag be -unfurled .

      . And the tree of life girt by thy chenibim-sword ! Ihe Persian , -who dared -Kith the scourge and the fetter Insult the free iraves of the Hellespont-sea . Did he £ o , sacred Freedom ! aught iriser or better TTiq-n iSose -R"ho lay scourges and fetters on tint ; y ^ iiy -t ides trill yet rise in their strength and their scorn To -frash erery -restige of slavery array ; 2 nd -Si ? thrones Trill grovr pale in the light of thy morn , As lie night-stars are drowned in the gold -vvuv ^ of day fee 33 oo 3 of redemption -noH f = weep o ' er the earth . TV ~» ? 'Kv own v ^ eior-ar-k un the - ^ elu ^ e zna ^ i ri * 3 t- ; And the peace-hall owed olive ttQI be rhe first birth Of the tvurld , -svhen al length the proud waters subside .

      Thc ^ , - then , shall arise , in its splendour millennial . The siai of free Truth o ' er the mountains of nrnr ; AcJ Earth shall again w « r the verdure perennial . Azl < 3 tJie amaranth > he wor ? in her paradist-prime . Ti ^ rr . 2 .: U-uith in th ^ v . iMcrness fresh ^ yrijiirs * ha 11 Tien at Iciniia ia iLi desert ~ trange wsit stall bio ji : i TViile each yc * ar . a > h jas ^ . -. nil } rivet rtrt nrmrr E"i £ rj bond of ii » e ri ^ rlit ~ u liich the nation ? rrsunir . Say not . thini m-z . thr ace . -wLich the poets call srnldcn . Has passed from this bleak irorld for ever a *» a \—That no smbrsxst of jcvuiist v . ill ever emboUni Tcr ragle to mourn to the throne of rhe daj : Air ? ady—alreadv—the iron ? are starting

      Tt ( 'TH the hanils of tht myriads they piniom-il «> l ^ nj ; Airci j ! y the beams of yonnj : Freedom are darting On the statue they tv-arm nil it haiis them in syn ; ' . Is the World of the TV ^ st the bright ensign ofi ' -ni ^ v . I * i- ctjes o ' er nation ? enfishtened and tree ; j&S ~ c-c-n win all join in the spien « £ d ttramonion Prom tie oeart of the land to the isle of thr > ea : r-iffcid it , that any unhallowed Alliance Should hold the crushed nations for ert-r in thrall—That 1 **/ ctt should Ion *; bid their imperial defiaiu- * To iht ? reason , the faith , and the glory of all ' Ho , maniintl vrJH yet -nrakc to a loftier duty . Tiso - > i ?> t -Rinch ezijuins ihenj TO ^ ttiV inio -la ~ . e » : And IQcir tivc ^ i nill be opened , though laie , to the beautr Of Truth that ennoble * , of Freedom that saves : Thy first steps , lovely liberty ! sometimes may falter—Set thy march trill not cease , nor thy banner be furled T 31 thy conquering hand > hall hare reared a proud altar lit the Gud of the Pree . o ' er the thrones ofu -nrorld *

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      COSISGSBY ; or / THE ^^ : W GENERATION . By B- D'Israeu , ! NLP . London : Colburn . Great ^ iariboroagh-street . We liSTe somewhere read that the meaning of the irortis " patroniiiiig an author , " is the borrowing" of his last new -work , reading it , and lending it to one ' s entire circle of friends . It must have been the actihir bj somebody , on sonic such principle that i-au > ed us to recerre our eopy of ComK < j ? bp some months afrer xbe xLaie of put > iication . VnforrnnnidT loo , irheD recerred , -n-e vere too bnsihr orcujiied -nriih other and indispensable duties , to allo-w of us fiay-ins innnedi 2 . re attention to Mr . D"Israeli ' s -work . This ioar ax > olo 2 T to the author and our readers fur hnvini : >? emniglT negletted till no-w by far the ni * ' ^ i i-opular Xovel oi l < a . ¦¦

      PreTiGTB to the appearance of ('• -rmn-j . -ly . though ^ Tobc ? Eughnd" wa- not unknovm to iame . still the TJ&ny -wit .- anythinir l > ut popular . Scarcely tolerated in Parliament : sneered at by the pre *> . and untrnst'e-d i > y the masses : The position of thi > section -pas 20 T at all an enviable one . The parry is still small—rait its position norr is -widely different to what it -s-as only six -months past . The pan Taken by ^ ome of the Toung Eiurlanders , partic-nlarly by the atrthor of C < i . h :-j . 'hiJ , in the < li > rii « sions on the F . wtoiy Bill and the Sugar Duties BUI , proved that th ' t . section . tLomrh acting generally -with the Conservative party , vere fey uo means the trammelled slave ? of Peel : and the intitriH-ndent tone and bearing assumed and maintained bv Mr . If Israel and his oomnatriot > . -while it

      aroused The hostDiry of some , "won the rv >}> ect of a greater xmiaber ot the men of all parties ; ai : d Yomrc England-will assuredly enter upon its legislative duties in 1 ^ 4 S , much more favourably situated to advance its mission than it met the opening senate of the preceding year . The conductors of the press , excepting the mere ministerial hacks of the Peel Government , have xiropped their sneers , and , on the contrary , have a > - stnned a tone at once coneHiatorT and approbatory tointrJs Toung England , -while " the masses are ai any rate so far favourably predisposed by the Manchester and Bingley demonstrations as to offer a -willing ear to what the apostles of the " 2 vew Generation * ' have to advance . True , they axe by no TnpflT ? 3 satisfied -with the declaration that it is to " manners , not laws , " * thai they must look fur their redemption from slavery and misery : stili they are Trilling to believe that " Young England means " -weD , and ; s cnlv , perhaps , too vounq— 'Jgreenj—to riehtiv

      fathom the causes of existing soeial evil * , and the -mpa-ns ! jt -which they mav be remedied . With this feeling the masses , therefore ,, now regard rather hopefully than hostOely the movements of their declared mends . The future -will tell whether this iopefnl ferfiug- is destined to be rewarded or < 3 isappolntei-It iniis ! nor be supposed that we ascribe the altered position of Young , England to the publication of CoTurvziry . its appearance has doubtless tended to popularize the parry whose views it ha ? been supposed to represent ; but other circumstance ^ , some oi TrhicL we have aimied , have been the priiic-i jiaJ t-anses Oi the sltered lnfeition of that party . TVt havo dwell Upon that favourable- posation . because , although C < mingrjv ha ^ hv this time lost its early freshness , the pre ^ rnt standing of Mr . D'h ? raeli and " his friends Trill unaoabtedly , in the eyes of our reader ; , inve > t "with in- ^ reased iutt-i ^ est the work now before u > .

      We must not deceive our readers . If they anticipate tuthid in C' jidnofhv any '" full , true , and particular avt-ouni" of the principles and plans of 1 oung Englan-i , they will be disappointed . "V W- were ^ -o . But we reserve any further general comment to another opportunity . The tale oj > en > with the hero , young Ooninjjsby , a boy of fourteen years of a ^ e , loitering in the waitingroom of a lurase in the vicinity of . St . JamoVsquare , ¦ sraitinc die arrrral of a certain personarc . to whom * & shj-. 'i pjt ^ eutly introduce the reader . We must first sire ;? ome aeronnt of

      CO 5 ESUS . 3 T . He wf . s the orj-lian child of the youngest •>{ the t « o sons of tlii .- Marquess of ilonmonth . It « a- a family faino ^ s Zjt its hatreds . The eldest <* d hated bis ikther : and , it - ^ a = ?~ aid , in sjdie had married a tidy To whim ) that faii ; - ^ - tvas ariaclied , and tvith whora Lurd Moinnouth thtn meditated a second alliance . This eldest s . > n lived 4 t Kat'ir * , and had several children , but mai-. itained no Coaaac-.-n either viiih his parents or his nati-. i- country . On the -itlirr hand . Lord ilonmouth hated hi- younger son . tvi j tad married against his consent a woman to whom that soi . -sras deroted . A system of domestic persecution , sastaii ^ ri by the hand via master , had eventualh broken tg > thf r .- _ lth ( . fits riclim , who died of a iVve-r iu n foreign Couatrj , -niitrr lie liad suueht = omr refujr .- from his credrr'

      —His th-Iotv rerunu- *! to England with htrr cLUil ; and . £ •>! ha-rirj a relarion . and scarcely an aciuaiutance in the worM made an appeal to her husband ' s iither , tht-- »«« ltni = ~ t uoKe in Xngl ^ Tid , and a man trbo was often prodigal , and occasionally jrenerons . After , wmc time and mo « trouble , after unrent and repeated , and what ¦* o nldi ^ - - - # . stYiur . ] heart-reDdinj : solicitations , theanorne 5 < tl I _ - _» rd ii ^ jniuoTitli ^¦? T \^ ^ -upon the -Ri « l *» M <> f fcis Client ' s 5 _ » a . andinfoUJrtl her of his lordship * ' < ln .-isk > n . Providec shr care up her child , and permanently resided ia ys : z * h-r remotest counties , he was authorised t » malie h-r . in f . iur quarterly payments , thf > mr i \ allo- « - anrr tjf iir » -r hundred pounds , that beins the inc- «» iue tliat Loni J ! -. « ni « uih- who -Has the shrewdest : ii- < - <> iraianr in thr eoantr } . iiad calculated a lone « -.. ma : i mi ^ iit \< .-r ? d ^ i- ^ -nzIj : —iixr izj >» 'U in a > n ^ t 22 n ^ trker t «? K-u in thv t- -. « uiir ' CfWe > Ui : jJaEJL

      By L ' . rd Monmouth , the n-ader will mvlt-Manil , i > Eieait tiie ate notorious and profligate Maruaev 4 > i Rertfor-L The unha ]> py mother of our hem vr ?> imt it > ng the recipient of his lordship ' s bounty : t . V " -. Ci-zuTi ^~ . h \ il 5 cd the > amc da ^ tiia : h ? -r ii'ln-r-iilii « » i- maJt a Mar . 5 Ues ^ . lie dcsentil ld ^ honours ibr i' -ur voirs hr Lad inheritetl ! E tlie !! ' ¦ :: < < ff i ' = .. uj —? ns hii been xnenzt ***! . h \ lii ~ inttms-c T . jliri ,. ii uiid kispartE ^ a : tan > . lo tec ; and tlit- ^ try day Le u > iid . ~ eJ ? .. t ;? Mar- ^ iiisite he commenced sapj > in ? fre > ii <" "rp < jrap' > Ji .- , ir f tte > = < jildiiz for the stra-n berry leaf . IKs honours > tre tr . ~ -lahned in the JLaiiuOit Gv :-tte , and her-dei-rasi-* t > = aut e \ rn nonced in the Conutii diro ^ icir : but ti : v altars .. f > t-mesis are beneath every oatraped root anil Sir dirarb of this unhappy lady , apparently without aii * jroily friend or an earthly hope , desolate ami deserted . szs-3 dTis ^ xn o-bscure povertj . -nas not lor ^ otti-j ; . The person for > rlioin ConingsbT wa ? iajpatieBtlv " ^ siting figures hrrgely through the work , we may tli ? refore as well at once introouce the reader to

      i £ B . EIUBT . He -who uttered these words was a man of middle size and age , originally , in all probability , of a spare habit , but cow alittlr- inclined to carpnlemrv . Baldness , perhaps . Contributed to thfr spiritual expression of a brow -prhich "Was , ho-K-erer , essentially intellectual , and gave some tfcaracter of openness to a countenance which , though not iH-faToured , was unhappily stamped by a sinister * fcarart £ T which was not to "be mistaken . His manner ^^ fcssyj but " rather audacious fhan - » rell-bred . Indeed , 7 » iale a Tisage -Hiich might oflierwise be described as landsome was spoilt by a dishonest glance , so a demeanour lha ± was br no -mcji-as deficient in self-possession ani Slriliij was tainted hy an innate niLjarfiy , itMcIj in Tnelongran , though seldom , jet surely develt ' m . . > .

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      Mr . Rigby is a still living parsonage , said to be a once notorious Secretary of the Admiralty . The following is bitter as gall , but we think the sketch by do means pverdrawn ; it is true to the life : — , Mr . Rigby was a member for one of Lord Monmouth' .-boroajrhs . He was the manager of Lord Monmoutli ' .-Parloamentary influence , and the auditor of his vast : estates . He was more ; he was Lord Monmouth's companion when in England , his correspondent when abroad -=-hardly his counsellor , for Lord ilonmouth ne * er required advice ; but Mr . Rigrb ^ could instruct him In mat ters of detaiL which Mr . Ri » l > y made amusing . Ripby was not a professional man ; inded his origin , education ,

      early pursuits , and studies were equally obscure ; but he had contrived in good time to squeeze himself into Parliament , by means which no one could ever comprehend , and then set up to be a perfect man of business . Thr world took him at his word , for lie was bold , acute , and voluble ; with no thought but a good deal of desultory information ; and though destitute of all imagination and noble sentiment , was blessed with a vigorous , mendacious fancy , fruitful in small expedients , and never happier than when devising shifts for great men ' s scrapes . They say that all of us have one chatice in this life , and so it was with Rigbv . After a sti-ujrjrle of mam } ears , after a series of the usual alternatives of > Tr _ aIl sucCi * £ * e > aud oivil ! fVjlmv-s . after a

      tew cievensh speeches and a good many cleverish pamphlet-, with a considerable reputation indeed f < T pasijuiuadc ? . nj'j .-t of which he never ivrote . anil articles in reviews to ivhirii it was whispered he had c-intribiitrtt , Rizby . ivh » had ;» lr « -ady intrhrued himself iut . > a sub <> rdian :- uSr .-. mt-t with Lord Monmouth . Hv wa- iusi . ! -.,-a-lima ! that L .-rd 5 !< -i < . mout ]» wanicfl . i \> r L <> rd Munnioiith a ' -A ;;' -- ! " - "he . l uj » . i : i lr .: man n . irure with the cal !'' ius e , \ c >• ¦{ -i j . M-kei . 11 : sunr . - Hig 1 » _\ . and br determined T «> bn \ !; i : i > . H-- bought liiai : v .-ith hi- clear lit-nd . ! ii- imlefaii-^ aW- indu-trA , his audacious tongue , and his ready and mwrupuk . us peii ; nith all bis lampoon- : .-iil liis prhatr r , ^ : n >> ir-. am ? : di In- pV .-tical himr . ii-. - . It w ;» a g i pu : Tha > r . K : ? b ; . i ^ rani-.- a crcal )> t-r-onairf . an . i L <> n ] M ^ ii-mvath " - : nan . * * ilr . Ki-b \ had a cl : i > sical retreat .

      ; i ' - -:- « 2 Lstaiit xtmiii tlii- estabiishiiicn ; . which lie estcriiUHt a Tii . - ' - 'uluin . Tht-rr . -um-uiided b _> his b' : sl- a : id books , hr « r . 'te hi- ! aiup « j > : i- and articles : : nassacred a she-liberal i : jiias th <> i ; r fi * tha : no one c » u'ri lash a woman like Hmb-. i . rut up a ri-injr jrenius . whuse politics Here iliflVrent m < in his <<« : i . . t sat-rinivl soiiie iinhapjri w-retfb nh » had br-ni ^ MT hi- claim ? In-fi -re Parliament , pmving . l' \ sarhlt-d eirrarrs fr \ im ^> . 'Si-j ; 1 . ' corresl '" n < Jfnt'f that n < i otic c- ) uiJ rt fer t >> . that thf maU > iutt-nt , instead <> f l > eing a \ ii-tim . -was . , > n ilie contrarv . a defaulter . Tadpole" awl Taper would bai-k Rigby fur a " ¦ slashing reply" again * : Uie lieid . Here . : •">*• _ at the t-ad <> : a busy week , he found ii . » cca-Monally cr < n * eaient to entertain a clever frit-nd " two t > l" t-quiM » cal reputation , with whom be had In-conuac < 3 iiaiiiteO in furm ^ r days of equaJ brotherhootl . Xo one v . as more faithful to his earlv friends thaw Mr . \\\ % h \ parriculariy if they could write a squib .

      The opening of the story is laid in the interregnum week of 1 SJ 2 . when Lord Grey resigned , and the l > ukeTras - summoned to form a cabinet . Ri «; by has joined Coningsby , when The door was suddenly thrown "pen , and two indhiduab , in a slate of * er > great excitement . ru _ -hed iuto the apartment . . '" Ri ; jb \ . Rigby )'' they !>> rh t-ii-lainietl at the same moment . "" By G— . they ' re < _ > u :. " " Wbo told you ?~ ' ¦ Thr best authority . ne of then : sel \ e-. "' " VVho . who ' " Paul EvelMi . 1 nirt him a- I pas .-ed Knvikes " . and be

      told me that Lord tirey had re .-ismed . and tin- king had accepted his resignation . " This piece of news Mr . Kicby refuses to give crvtlence to , that gentleman being extremely jealous of any one giving him information , seeing that it lowered his reputation as thv oracle of the party for whom hi * played the not unprofitable pan of understrapper . Tlu * new- is however confirmed , despite all Mr . Kigby ' s calculations to the t'uiitniry . This settled oil . Coiring- > by . accompanied by Ri- ^ by . departfnmi tLe house in St . -ianies "?— . quaix * ior that ot his uraudfatliiT the M : iniui > . to whom he U about to l > e iiitnxluiv < l for the first tinic . ( Ti < i ~ : evuiuW'i . )

      > 'RANrK > BRoWN , THK BLIND PUKTKSS . "Wi- an * chiefly indebted to the AO' - - n--i > ui for tinfoilowui- ; n ; t » st interest ini : sketch . — Sundry beautiful litrlr pi !^ . - ^ .- . > : ' ji . rfr . i . } : ct » iu ^ a ;> j-viidvA to thvm the sizi-i . uri of Frai . ci- » liruun , Stran-irlu ! , " ha ^ t- apj > t-un-d m our i ^ 1 ulu : i > . ip > ui tiuie i < ujijv . duriiig ; he Li- ; cijrhlt-eu mouth .-. OhC of tin- im .-i ri'jiwtc * tb— :-. entitled "Thr First . " originally aj' - pt-are-l in die A-f ^ fjiv , for 1 ^ 44 . edited by llie CoiUitt—•¦ I Klesriugt-ja . a :. ii : r >> U ! a n > lf added t > j tin .- }> .. < in . 1 <\ thr fnir CTiitrc ^ -, «< - Irani :, fur iLr nrs ; tiiur . tisal tinautli--rt- ~ A ¦¦ ! thr HT-- v . h ;< :. we . in viuni-n wi' . h tiiou-vaud- ! - _ : >> ri . hud -, ^ really aiiib'rti , were « ritu : i b \ a bund j : rl :

      Tbe aiilixuncrmeiit of a » o : uiliv i > f poeliis b % thi * > al > u-Frames Brown ext-ireil our curiosity about the authire ?> . We felt interested about Ler history , and U-nsr'l to know hun . id a remote tillage in the north of Irelaml . a young woman , depriicU ••!' moBt of the ordinary helpto kDowledge—having no intercourse with nature , L-. \ i-ep ; through b . > . > ks . and doomed to Ihe in solitary darknes-. in the midst of al ! the Ivauties of the external world—> lt . njd nevertheless ha \ e reared :. ¦ teiiipje iif beauty iu hrr own mind , and found therein iiot only joy and rejoicini ; herself , but to all others wh'ijii thr pre ^ s lias brought ¦ s < rithi 3 i reach - > f her innueucc . Tbe editor of Mis- Brown ' s i-oetiis well xiiscOfs

      ' The btorj Of Mis- Brown ' s nn-ntal eduration is w < .- \\ wnrch telling . b <^ tli for its owni interest and for its e : iample . It is at oui-e curious and instructive to watch : > strong mind deieloping itself under condition- of w * Bj aud physical aiivantage . > o great—gropins . by the ai * l of it = jMjer if instinct , through the darkness of which 1 was conscious—appropr iating to itself every thing whence ii eouid draw nourishn > ent . in tbe barren element .- !>• which it ¦ iviii surrouiidsMl—fastening upon all tlmt eyul'l help it ouwaxd , while , byii .-owji undirected eiier / ie-. i ; w ^ i > st ruggling upward- to thr light .

      The poetess is uf humble birth , and first saw the light : t Stranorlar . a smaU \ illage in tbv county l > onegal ( wherr her father then -. ia » . ami still is . postmaster } , eight-aii ''< - t "* . elitv year- a « " *< 'Hid for * A- Li £ i fi *»«* only eii ? bt » - * ij ui" ; ithf later . Ai th ; i : ttudt-r age thf snmU-pux , \ isitin _ her in its severest form , consigin-d her to the bliudiiess amiii wiiich > he ha > had i" work lit-r way to all her intellectual treasures , —add ^ s thi loss uf the ! i » . > st important oi tbi sen-es in youtli to the difficulties of a remote and unfurnished position , llyw by lie vice- of her own—tht prompting-of a clear natural intellect—by what process of-elitrainuig she learned to see into the world of thought .

      when llie visible world was closed agaiust her , and made the unpromising ><> il about her yield intellectual fruit , it is pleasant to learn in the Wurd .- of her own simple narration . IJer early calaniiry iliss Brown does not remember ;—¦ >•• . the forms of the ouier sct-ne liaie not folltnved into bii world of meditation . t « vr \ her with their dim shadows . The hues and shapes of actual things , as they prescut tiieruj » dvt = s tti tht seni ? i ^ hieh she nas l « jst are . haj » pi 3 y Ivr ht ? T . an uttt-r blunk < r -. fn lyjueLiorv : un < l slie liathus l > ecn saved that iin her case life-long ; perj . lesity 01 the mind , born of the i ain atteui ]> t to renew fadiug udpressivusaud restore tht image ofa far and doubtful j >

      astsomething vl which they have felt who have striven in * ain to 5-unmiou back into the lield of memory the refractory spirits uf a dream . Her mind has thus been left more clear i < j uc * in the conditions to which it was limited , and tier tuncy undisturbed by an irritating effort and a vain regret . Indeed . * " said iliss Brown . ' -In-collect very little of my infant year- at all . I never received any regular education—but ^ ery early felt the want of it ; and the nrst rime I remember to hai e experienced this feeling strongly . was about the beginning of my seventh year , when I heard our pastor ( my parents being members of the Presbyterian cliurrb . ) preach for the first time . On the occasion alluded to . I vras particularly struck by nianv words in the sermon , - » : > irh . though in common usr . 1 did not then understand ;

      and fn » i"i that time adojited a plan for acquiring information on tlii- subject . When a word unintelligible to me hapj « -nt- < l t «> reach my ear . I was careful to ask its meaning from any person 1 thought likely to inform me—a habit which was . probably , troublesome enough to the friends and uru . uaintance of my childhood ; but by this method I s-xju acquired u eon--i < leruble stock of wortls ; and , wlivn furlhi-T ad \ alicfd in life , enlarged it still niore by listening attentively to my young brothers and sisters reading o ^ cr the t ; i--k- re < juin- 'i af the village school . They were generally obliged to commit to memory a certain portion of the Iiirli ii : ury and English ( Grammar each day : ajid by hearin" : fci-m r-.-ad it aloui ! frequently for tliat pur } io .-e , as my iijfii ; i"ry » a > better than theirs ( perhaps rendered so by aT-i-T- > rix ; - ; . 1 learned tli < - l ; l .-K inixdi > i » umr tbiin they , and fT .-ini-iU-U heard them ivt « - ; it it .

      - V ! y fi r- ^ t : ii- 'iu : iin : an < - < »' nh bonks na- > ; irtv . i >; jnly f- ' . rmi-d ann >! i ^ - ? : tlu . — »} iicii ar < most common in country n !! : iie-. Susan ' -ray — The Negm Servant—Tin- Gentle > hi-p ] = er-l—ilunp . l ' ruk ' r , Tra \ el ; aud , of course . Kob . ii-. rt ! rru-oe . w ere among the rir-t of my literary friend-, fi . r 1 have otten heard them reitd by my relative-, and rilneiislvr to liaie take !) a stnin-ie ilelight in them , when 1 am vure they uerv not half under .-Toixl . B < x > k- > have been ^ Jvra >^ - H-an-i in ujir reni"V- nerjlilx-urlun-d . and were : ) iu « -b Murr . — ¦ in my t-bild } jvx . <) ; Irut rh < - t-rai-iiig fur Xnowledse which then cunimt-iici ' d grew with my m'owtli ; and as 1 had no l »> oks of my own in those u ; i \ - s olily resource wa ? - borrowing from the few acquaintances ;! had . ¦ to -. juie of vhoni 1 owe obligations of the kind that will !>> ler be forsotten . In this uay 1 obtained the reading ol m : my \ aluable works , though generally old one- ; but it v . ^ s ; i gre at day forme nhi-n the iirst of 5 ? ir W ^ ltt-r Si-titt ' i works fell into mv hands . It was " The Heart of Mid

      Lothian . ' and wa > lent nit- by a friind , whose family were rather better provided with books than most in our neighbourhood . 3 fy delight in the work was very great , even then : ar . d I contrived , by means of borrowing , to get acquainted , in a very short time , with the greater part of the works of its illustrious author—for works of fiction , abont this time , occupied all my thoughts . 1 had a curious mode vf 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 1 probably owe the extreme tenacity of memory which I now possess ; but , like all other good things , it had its attendant evil , —for I have 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 qmriay that I can scarcely find anything again which I nave once laid aside . But this misfortune has been useful n teaching me habits of order .

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      " About the beginning- of my thirteenth year ( continues Miss Brown ) , 1 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 irom that time began to lose their value , compared with the far more wonderful Romance of History . But books of the kind were so scarce in our neighbourhood , that Hume ' s History of England , and two or three other works ou the same subject , were all I could reach , till a kind friend , who was then the teacher of our village school , obliged rue with that voluminous work , the Universal History . There t heard , for the first time , the histories of Greece and Kome , and those of many other ancient nations . My friend had only the ancient part of the work ; but it gave me a fund of information , which has been subsequently increased from many sources ; and at present 1 have a tolerable knowledge of history .

      " In tht * pursuit of knowledge , my path was always impeded by difficulties too minute and numerous to mention ; but the want of sight was , oi course , the principal one . which , by depr iving 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 wbo could read . I sometimes did the work J-si ^ ncd to them , or rendered thum other littlo serviefs ; for , like most persons similarly placed , necessity and habit have made me more active in this respect than people in ordinary circumstances would suppose . The lighter kinds of reading wen- thus easily managed : but my your . g relative *; were often unwilling to waste their hi-r-.-i . jli and time with thy drier , but more instructive works which 1 lutU-rK ¦ , ivefc ; re- * 'd- to tempt thum ti » tliis , I used , In way of rcciiuipcust * . to relate to tlu'iu long stories , and even novels , which perhaps they had formerly read but fonrof . en : ami tliu . - . mv 'iii-morv mav bo said to have

      earned supplies lor ltselt . About the end of my nfteenth year , having hoard mui-l" of the Pittti . 1 obtained the loan of Pope ' s trajwlat ; - > D . That was a great event to me : but the eft'ect it prinlucod on me requires some words of explanation . Kroni mv earliest years I bad a great aud strange luvu of p-. n-try ; and could commit verses to memory with greater rapiiiity than most children . 15 ut at the close of my seventh year , when : i few Psalms of the Scotch version . Watt ' s Dhiuc songs , and some old country songs j which certainly were not divine ) , formed the whole of my poetical knowledge . I marie my earliest artempt in versification—upon that first and most -uhUnic } cs * un 'if childhood , the Lord ' s Prayer . As years increased , im lme of poetrv and taste for it increased

      al-n . with increasing knowledge . The provincial newspapers , at times , supplied nie with specimens from the works yf the best living authors . Though then unconsciou- of the cause , I still remember the extraordinary dc'ight which those pieces gave me , and have been u-to'ii .-hed to find that riper yeu . ru have only confirmed the judgments of childhood . When such pieces reached uir , 1 never rested till they were committed to memory ; and afterwards repeated them for my own amusement , when alone , or during those sleepless nights to which I ha \ e been all my life subject . But a source of still greater amusement was found in attempts at original composition : which , for the first few years , were but feeble imitations of everything 1 knew—from the Psalms

      tii Gray ' s Elegy . When tin * poems of . Burns fell in my way , they took tlu * place of all others in my fancy ; and this brings me up to the time when I made my first acquaintance with the Iliad . It was like the discovery of a new world , and effected a total change in my ideas on the subject ofi > ofiry . There was at the time a considerable manuscript of my own production in existence *—which of course I regarded with some partiality ; but Homer bad awakened me . and , in a fit of sovereign contempt , 1 committed the whole to the flames . Soon after I had found the Iliad , I borrowed a pro .-e translation of Virgil , there beins " ° poetical one to be found in the neighbourhood : and in a similar manner made acquaintance with mnnv of the classic authors . But after

      Homer -. the work that produced the greatest impression on my mind was Hymn ' s Phihli' Hurohl . The one had induced nn- to burn my first manuscript , and the other made me resolve against verse-making in future ; for I was then far enougli advanced to know my ov \ n deficiency—but without any apparent lman- for the requisite improvement . In this resi . Jution I persevered for several years and occupied my mind solely in the pursuit of knowledge - . but owing t" : idvn-e circumstances , my progress was necessarily -N > a . ll . ni'i ;; , however , in the . summer «> f the year 134 U , h .-ard a friend lead the Mory <> f 1-a IVrou .-e , it struck unthat there was a remarkable -imilar ity between it and the ' : i i t .-luu- « l in an oltl country > ong called the ' Lost ^ hip , ' wUU-h 1 ! . j ;»> UvarJ in mv childhood , Tht- solig in

      question w ; i- ' \ .-rv low composition ; but there was one line a : the termination of each verse which liauuted mv imagination , ami 1 fancied might deserve a tatter poem . This line , and the story of I . a I'erou .-e , together with an irrv--j-iil » le im-iiiiarion t *> poetrv . at length induced me to hreak the resolution I had so Iiinjr kept ; nnd the result w : i- the little JX > ein called La Porous ** , which will be found at page ^ 07 of this vo lume . Soon after , when Messrs . " ¦• aim and Cameron commenced the publication of their l .-ifh Puiiiy J > r-irii'il , I was seized with a strange desire to contribute something to its page-. My first contribution was favourably received , and I still feel grateful for the kiuilnes ^ and eneuuragement be . ^ towed upon me by both tli— editor antl the publishers . The three small pieces vi . ' iich I contributed to that work were the first of mine th : it ever appeared in print , with the exception of one of mv early productions-which a friend had sent to a

      prov ii . cial pajnfr . The Irish / Yimjf Journal was abandoned . ii the completion of the first volume ; but the publishr-i .. . with jrreat kiu < lue > s . * tr-nt mr on ** of the copies , mill tin- was the first book ot" any value that I could call my ¦ vvn ! But thi * gift was still inure esteemed as an env oiiragement . and the first of the kind . " AWat this time . Miss ' Brown heard of the Athenceum , ^ •' ¦ addressed a number of her small poems to the Editor . Aftr-r considerable delay , and when she had given up all for List , "the arrival ( she says ) of many numbers of the r-t . raal . and a letter from the Editor , astonished me , and gratified a wish which had haunted my very dreams . } roni that period my name and pretensions have been r . i ' Ti- before the public , many poems of mine having ap-;¦• : ; ied iii the pages of that publication , in Mr . Hood's Mair .-i .-. inc . and in the AVfy&Uv , edited by the Countess of l " . ! ----ingto ! i . " Vi ' v subjoin a specimen of Miss Brown ' s poetry : —

      LET IS KUTITRN . " Let ui return ! " saiil tht > bi-okt-n In-art Uf the mountain hermit ' s tale , When he saw the morniug mists depart From the summits grey and pale : For he knew that the fan-palm cast the shad < - t if it- ever-glorious green . Where the love of his blasted youth was had . And the light of her steps had been . Ali ! thus , for ever , the heart looks back To its young hope ' s funeral urn—To the tender green of that early track , To its light let us return ! The lines of our life may be smooth and strong And our plea ,-ant path may lie "Where the stream of affection flows nlong In the light of a summer sky ;—But woe for the lights that eavly want , And thf shades that early fall . And the prayer that speaks of the secret puin , Though its voice be still and small . ' To the sweeter flowers , to the brighter streams , Ti . the household hearths that burn , Still bright iu 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 winter ' s snow—For we saw them not through the flowery prinu Of our summers long ago : Yet the spring is green and the summer bright As they were in the years of yore , But on our souls the love and light Of their gladness come no more ! Back—back to the wisdom of the years That had yet no loss to mourn—To their faith , that found no place for tear 3 . To their jov , let us return !

      Wf have paused , perchance , by the quiet gra » 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 . The soul of onr better days . Back—back 7 to the living wave we drew . With them , from a purer urn—To the path of the promise lost to vievr . And its pearr—let us return ' .

      A BUWL OF " i'USCli ; ' F 11 E < H BREWE 1 K Sd . NS Of ( iLOBT . ' IlECBriTING AT BlEMlNGHAM . Half-a-crown obtained under false pretences commonly fon « igns the impostor to dreary limbo . Men , on the other hand , may be tricked from their families and thernsdrt * . and the sharper be rewarded for the juggle . To Ik- sure , there is property in the half-crown piece : look rt the royal countenance in its sweet complacency—listen to the metallic music of the ring : it beams and vibrates , jn ' -oj-crtji . " but where is the property in human bodie .-ii ; oved by human breath ? The cheater in goods and chattels is abominated , punished . Jhovv the recruiting wrgeant is an allowed man-stealer , a permitted swindler , with streamers in liis cap .

      Within these few days , Glory has hung out her prozai ^ sorv wreaths at the King ' s Arms , Sreelbouse-lane , UiruYin * zhani . 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 , dueky , come and be killed . " Listen to tlit- strain : — Wasted , 000 unmarried , handsome , and gay young fellows , from 18 to 25 years "f age , for her Majesty ' s 55 th Regimekt or 1 'oot . " 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 fellows .

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

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      see enrolled in the ranks of the royal corps , icith flowing Streamers in their caps , the true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity !" And thusi is man , the paragon of animals , led to be shot at , by flowing streamers—by valour , courage , and fidelity , at sixpence per yard ! " Any gallant young fellow so disposed , ' will apply to Serjeant O'Naill [ ominous name ]! King's Arms , Steelhouse-lane , icho on entering the service of her Majestywill be taken care of , and invited to drink her health in a flovring bumper , and no mistake !"

      Ilospitable 0 'X . uu—invitation most delightful ! The bumpkin drinks—feels , or hardly feels , the homicidal shilling slipped into his hand , and he is enlisted—N aixed . ! 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 w ere suddenly stricken dead within him , and he was left no other than a machine of bone and muscle—u marching , counter-marching , cuttiug , stabbing , pipe-claying instrument : Great are the miracles worked by the O'Naills ! We . once read a story of ; i huge ogre , who , playing upon a drum-heard wrought by the devil out of witches ' skiu , entered a town , and drumming and drumming , led all the men away by their ears to his bone-strewed cavern . Ami then and there he threw aside his music , and gnashing his teeth and blaspheming the while , he took his victims and ate them one by one , as a hedger would eat spring onions . We forget the ogre ' s name , but we think it was something like O'aill ;

      Oh , Birmingham youth—whoever you mav In—look with stony eyes upon the jovial , rovstering courtesies of thu great scduvir-Siiu . ' . Though yon may be an AUonis —that is , a Brummagem Adonis—do not believe yourself either "handsome" or '' guy "—hut ugly , irredeemably stup id : so ugly , that your plainness would do no credit to a battle-neld : so obtuse , that even the awakening cauc of the drill-serge'tiit would be lost upon you . Again , you have not a roving mind—yi > u < lo n . < t nisli to see the world ., Resides , a mind may . not rove at its own sweet will" accordini ; to ami ; regulations—and the wtirld is a poor thing to tseo , with musket in hand and rounds of ball cartridge at your hack . Oh , youth , stay at home , and see Birmingham .

      And then the the laurels of the fi- ' itli foot ' . " What , in truth , are laurels ? Dissect , analyse them . You maywith tji touch of fancy—trace in them the veins of withered hearts . Test them by the moral chemistry , and what are they ' . Blood and tears , tears and blood ! A honiieiuai wreath , giideti by the world ' s great h ' e . ' And so , Birmingham lads , cultivate eoluwbvts , duckweed if you will , but avoid laurels . They are a plant of death , manured by human hearts . And next , the " flowing streamers "^—the " true emblems of valour , courage , and fidelity ; " Emblems , indeed , are they ; but vk-vv them aright , young men between eighteen and twenty-five , and you will sec in them the flesh-tearing , torturing cat ; in reality , the " nine hard cords about twenty-one inches long , each cord having nine knots ; " although appearing to your dazzled gaie—cheated as it is by the father of war—as so much nattering riband ;

      In the United - Service Mugaziiu : ( No . 183 ) , there is an article devoted to the doings of the cat—the weapon with which Madame Glory rebukes her naughty children : — " Men have declared to me , " says an officer , " that the sensation experienced at each lash , was as though the talons ofa hawk were tearing their flesh off their bones , " Hear General ; Sir Charles Napier on the cut—the real streamers of the recruiting sergeant : —• " I have seen many hundreds of men flogged , and have always observed that when the skin is thoroughly cut up or

      flayed off , the great pain subsides ; and they bear the remainder without a groan . They will often lie as without life , and the drummers appear to he flogging a lump of dead raw flc / h . The faces of the spectators ( soldiers ) as-Kunied n . look of disgust ; there wa » a low whispering sound , scarcely audible , issuing from the apparently stern and silent ranks—si sound arising from lips that spoke not , but that sound was produced by hearu that felt deeply . . . . The low sound sometimes resembled what may be called fnijiny , aud may be occasioned by an increased flow of tears into the nostrils . "

      The heart sickens at this , and an unutterable filling uf disgust and indignation must possess the reader . Wo might have paused ere we Committed the horror to our page , but that we utterly denounce that einty humanity which shrink * from the contemplation . of wrong because of its hideousness . There are abominations—however demoniacal—that mutt lie placed before the startled eyes ofa too easy world , and this , Hugging— -this blasphemy against the divii . ii- nature of man—is uf them . Young men of Birmingham—nuy , of all Knglandtake these things to \ i > nr hearts , and consider we )] the streamers of a Sergeant O'N : iill . They look tine and gay ; l > ut they will tear the flesh like " the talons of a hawk . " They an- silky and soft ; yes . soft as tin- paw ofa sleeping cat : hut oh . young viui \ " from eighteen to twenty-live , ' ' W sun- of it—that cat h ; v ^ el ; v . \> ! ** £ .

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      Fatal Accident . —I'lerkk . nweix . —Monday momini ; , whilst Mr . G . Littlewood , lamp contractor , Upper King-street , Bloomsbury , was driving a horse ill a chaise cart along A vlesbury-street , Clerkenwell , towards the green , the horse , a vicious animal , suddenly took fright and dashed forward with fearful rapidity . On descending the hill on the west side ot the sessions-house the horse fell andfoiled over . The sudden jerk threw the driver out of the cart , and his

      head came with great force against the kerb-stono . Constable < i 102 , ran to his itssistance . and found that Mr . I . ittlcwood ' s skull was knocked in . lie was conveyed in a state of insensibility to a surgeon ' s near the spot , who , seeing- his hopeless state , directed his removal to St . Bartholomew's , where he was conveyed in a cab , and after receiving every attention from the house surgeon , expired at half-past eleven . Mr . Littlewoud has left a wife and family . lie was about forty .

      Convictio . n for Poacuixo . —Beiijiamin Shak <* shaft , labourer , has been convicted before W . 1 ,, C'hilde , ¥ . >¦<{ ., aiul the Rev . T . Woodward , fov being fbmul tin lands , at Cleobury Mortimer , armed with a giln , in pursuit of same , and has been sentenced to three months' hard labour , and at the expiration of that period to find sureties not to offend ac . tiiist the ( Jame Laws for the term of one year , or in iVfault to bo further imprisonoil for the spjiee of * i \ months . — W / .--biini V ] irt / iiirh > .

      MKL . vNfiroL'i Nmi ' tVKEf k . —On . Monday morning intelK < RMH * e was received of the total wreck of the smack Jam * and Leany , Captain James Quavle , Ik « - longing to l ' ort St . Mary , Isle of Man , with tV loss of the master ' anil three female passengers . She had . sailed on Sunday week irom AnJn'Jass , 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 lisle 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 the yale split her sails into pieces , and she was driven at

      the meiT-y of * the waves for nearly 24 hours , when she went ashore at high-water-mark at Bisphamwith-Norbreck , near PouI-ton-Ie-Fylde , about 10 yards from the shore . Some of the passengers leaped into the water , and escaped to the shore ; the others , in the roll of the vessel , were washed overboard , and amongst the number four ill-fated individuals , Capt . Qnayle and three of the female passengers , were unfortunatclv drowned . Another woman had a narrow escape ; the swell was carrying her away when her husband seized hold of her and saved her from a watery grave . All the bodies were subsequently found—two on the beach at Norbreck , and the other two at RossaU . They were interred at Bispham on Wednesday last .

      Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Tuesday evening before Mr . UiKgs , at the Barley Mow , Ilukestreet , Grosvenor-square , on the body of Mr . Henry Seabrook , aged fifty , the landlord of the above' house . It appeared that on Monday night week deceased weut 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 no 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 iman , and that perhaps accounted for the severity of the injuries . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Death from Age anp Want . —A poor man , apparently between sixty and seventy years of ago , on the evening of Wednesday in last week , asked charity at Doxford New-houses , in the county of Northiunlierland , and hi * request w ;»* granted . II is feeble and forlorn condition made an impre > su » n on his benefactors , and shortly after his departure it occurred to them to go in search of him with a light , tearing that some mischief might overtake him in the dark . Their friendly search proved ineffectual . Karly on the following morning the * shepherd of Roekmoor House found ; him ii < a field adjoining Sheldrake quarry , quite dead . Nothing could be traced about tne dies .- } to lead to the discovery of his name or connections ; three-halfpence and a small quantity of tobacco and snuff were found in his pockets . His clothes , hat , and stick remain at Roekmoor House .

      Deaths of CuiLDiit . N niy . M Siffocatiox . —On I uesday Mr . Wakley , M . !' ., held an inquest at the Southampton Anus , High-Street , Camden-town , on the body of James Lavell Lindfield , a remarkably fine child , aged four months , the son of Mr . Alfred Lindfield , vf 71 , Ar ] ingtuii- "> treet . It appeared from tlie evidence that tht- child had been accidentally suffocated in bed . Mr . Wakley also held an inquest the same day at the Bricklayers' Arms , Little Clarendonstreef , 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 .

      Pi'BUc 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 twice publicly whipped , for picking the pocket of William Till , at ' Folkestone fair , underwent one portion of his corporeal punishment , at the hands of the gaoler , in the | market-pkee here on Saturday forenoon , at half-past eleven' o ' clock . A considerable number of persons hod assembled to witness the degrading exhibition , which seemed i however , to induce oftly a feeling of disgust and indignation at its savage barbarity .

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      Bow Accident—Six Lives { Lost . —We learn , with extreme regvet that six men | inhabitants of J ' ort-Glasgow , are supposed to have been drowned in the Clyde , between Gourock Bay a | nd that place , on Sabbath evening . About ten o ' clock on Sabbath forenoon , Mr . John Miller , alongj with five other men , left Port-Glasgow in a small boat , for the pui-pose of sailing to Gourock Bay , on a visit to the master of the brig Lochinvar . The boat reached its destination before twelve o ' clock , and tKe party remained on board the Lochinvar till about j 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'Farian ' s Point , and ; since then none of the individuals on board have ieither been seen or heard of .

      Dar . ADFiL Occurrence at a Buick . Kiln . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital , on the body of Jeremiah Cray , aged thirty-five vears , a man of Herculean frame , but at the same time attenuated , andfhis muscular form reduced by want and privation , j From the evidence it appeared that the deceased was employed at a brickfield , and having bought some : potatoes , he had proceeded to the kiln for tiie purpose of roasting them , when , overpowered by the vapour , he had fallen asleep , and his clothes had become ignited . When discovered , he was in a complete blaze from head to foot . Ho was taken to the hospital , but all assistance was in vain . The jury returned n verdict of ' Accidental Death . " ' i

      Mklancholv Sin ii > k . — On : Tuesday cveiiuiir an inquiry was gum * intn before Mr . Iliggs . at the I ' nion , Jermyn-street . t <> investigate , ; tin * circumstances at-. ¦ endiiij ; the death of Ivlward Ajrthur May , Esq ., aged 24 , nf 17 . Duke-street . St . James ' s , the son of Sir Stephen May , Bart ., who put : i . period to his existence . The first witnesn examined was Charles Bel / oni , the landlord of the house . IT , Duke-street , who stated that deceased ' s aunt had taken a furnished lied-room at his house , and the deceased arrived on Friday last , having just come from Madras . The last time witness saw him alive was when lie eaine home at eleven o ' clock on Sunday night : he asked for , and was supplied with , Mtine bread , butter , and porter . On the following morning deceased ' * cousin , Mr . Brinsley dc Courcy Nixon , enine about half-past ten o'clock to call him up , when he found , the doov of his room fastened on the inside . He had not done so before . An entrance was effected bv a door which

      communicated with another room , andlon merely looking into the room and seeing some stains of blood on the bed , witness immediately ran and j fetched Mr . Miller , a surgeon , who , on examination ^ said he had been dead several hours . The manner of the deceased gentleman was very stranire , and witness was of opinion he was not right in his mind . lie was found undressed in the bed . with his throat cut , and lie had evidently inflicted the wound with the table-knife , which had been sent to him with bread'and butter ( the knife was produced , covered with blood ) . His clothes were much the worse for wear . i Suicidk ix a 1 ' olicf . Station . —On Tuesday Mr . Higgs held an inquest . it ttie Chequers , Tothill-strcet , Westminster , on the body of Sarah Edinsor , aged thirty-seven , a woman of notorious bad character , who committed suicide in the ! New-way police station on Saturday hist . The j ury , * after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict , " That deceased destroyed herself whilst in a state of intoxication . "

      Melancholy Instance of Destitution . —On Saturday evening last , an inquest was held at Oakley . Oxfordshire , before . ' . W . I ' owley , K , sq ,, on view oi' the body of William Hawes , aged forty-four , a labouring man of that place , who expired on the previous Thursdsiv evening t ' roni Injuries received by fiilling from an oak on Wood Farm , Warmiiighall , 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 groat distress , the parish ! authorities having refused to find the husband labour . On the 4 th . deceased , with hi . - * wife .-uid daughter , not having any food in the house , or miiucyj to purchase food with , went out for the purpose of ' -getting acorns for sale .

      ] t appeared that they sold the acorns at from Is . to Is . 2 d . per bushel , and that they had obtained from three tu six peek .- , per day . 'jOn the day in question , while deceased was up in a tree beating the acorns down , and his wife and daughter were entuwjed in picking them up , lie fell from a distance of about twenty-live feet on to the gnumd . For a time he appeared to be dead , and did ; n < it speak for about an hour . The daughter went back to Oakley , about a mile and a half , to try and get a car t and horse to convey him home , and did hot succeed , but seeins some men at work on the road , she took two of them with her to the spot . While the daughter was gone to Oakley . Mr . Chillin'jwortli . the occupier of the farm , was attracted to the spot , and he kindly caused

      the i » oor fellow to be conveyed home , and . sent on to Brill for a surgeon , who met Hsnves on the way to his cottage . The wife said the parish 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 ilook out for himself ; that they at times had not had a bit of bread for two days together ; that on the day of the accident they were entirely without food or money , which was the cause of their going to get the acorns to sell . The coroner reminded the jury that their inquiries were as to the cause of death : that they had not to inquire as to the cause that Induced the deceased to go in quest of the acorns . | IIe thought it a case in which there could l > e no diiiibt . It was clear that

      deceased e . imc by his death ( accidentally . A verdict to that effect was returned ; The scene that presented itself at the habitation of Hawes , on our accompanying the jury to view the body , we shall ever remember . It was wretched in the extreme , and bespoke the utmost privation and poverty . The abode appears , with three others , to have been formed out of a uarn ; the drainage around them bad ; no chambers in them , save ohi the ground floor , where the poor inmates nave to ilive , cook , Ac , with a thatched roof . The habitation is only about twelve feet by nine , an earth tiour with a few stones laid in , aud from the floor to the roof entirely open . On an olr | bedstead l .-iv deceased , find bv the side of it was

      another for his three- children to rest on , the bedsteads fiilJy occujiyintc t ' ull <> nc half'i'f ' flit * place , and but few articles for domestic use . For live veal's he had kept from the parish funds , not having received a sixpence . He had risen from his pillow long before the break of day , aud tnidged off to Buckingham . Bieestei ' j Oxford , Thanie , Aylesbury , and other markets and fail's , in hopes of getting a job of droving to enable him liouourably «* t ! id 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 hint , and he was told to do as he could .

      Love a .. vd Suicide in the Metropolis .. —One of those melancholy- events , fortunately of rare occurrence in this country , took jplace at an early hour on Monday morning , at the east end of the metropolis . About « i quarter j > . isf one o ' clock , a . m ., police cojistable M'Kenzic , 371 K , was called to the house of Mr . William Duckett , No . 9 , Raven ' s-row , Mile-end , where he met Mr . Davis , tlie surgeon , of Constablerow , Mile-end , who had also lieen hastily summoned , entering at the same time , j They were ushered into a back parlour , fitted up «* is a sleeping apartment , where , lying across the bed , they saw the bodies of a young man and a young woman , the former that of Charles William Duckett , son to the proprietor of the house , who was absent at the time , and the latter , that ofa pretty young woman , named Elizabeth Williams , about 20 years of agej to whom the unfortunate

      young man had for some time past paid his addresses . Lying beside each body wen ? two teacups , which had recently contained sonic sort of liquid , leading to the conclusion that both must { have drunk off the fatal draught at one and the same moment . On looking about the apartments the I constable perceived two phials , which be banded to jMr . Davis , who , from the odour which thev 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 bet ^ n 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 , Lucasstreet , Commercial-road , with a request on the envelope , signed with the initials of both the deceased , that it should lie forwarded to the address immediately .. Duckett and Miss Williams had

      been long attached , but advei-xe circumstances having intruded to prevent their union , it would soem as it' despair of their ever ( joining together prompted them to thir- rash and tiiri-gira ! conclusion . The father is an accountant ; his son was 21 years of age , and Miss Williams ^ . For upwards of nine year * , the unfortunate young persons were attached to each other , and were neierknown to have quarrelled . On Sunday 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 somewhat alarmed . Soon afterwards two brothers of the ill-fated girl visited Mr . Duckett , and inquired if his sou or their sister had been seen , she not having marie her appearance , and the lateness of the hour induced them to think that thev had met

      with some accident . Unpleasant feelings of alarm were then entertained by all . Messengers were dispatched all round the vicinity in search of them ; but of no avail . At last , between one and two o ' clock , whilst Mr . Duckett was searching about the house , in the hope of rinding some letter which would mention where they had gone , lie discovei-ed that Ids son ' s bed-room was fastened on ihe inside , the key bdug ; in the door . It being surmised that he had returned unknown to the family , and had retired to bed , the door was broken open , and there the bodies of the voung couple were stretched on the bed , life having been extinct apparently for some time , with their arms round each other ' s neck . As the bodies lay , it appears that they must have sat on the end ot the bed when they committed the act , and fell backwards . The girl was respectably connected , her father being a surgeon in the Cannori-street-road . The young man had been a clerk in the Tower Hamlets Court of Requests , Whitechapel , but had been for some weeks I

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      past out ot employment . The corpse of the young woman ; who was attired in a black satin dress , y ntu jewellery on her fingers , and her hair done qs in ringlets * lay on the face , while the left arm rested on the chest of * her betrothed , his right arm being under her head ; - and he lay on his back . He was dressed . Neither of their countenances were distinct . Montrose . — Ingenious FiuuD .- ^ Some tune 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 case , of fraud and . imposition , by Ann Burnett , of Brechin , will fully stand a comparison . Some weekg

      ago this voung lady gave out a report that she was 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 , a suit also for the captain , bed aud table linen , &c . for which he was to pay on coming up here to consummate the happy event , and make her his loving wife . . Amongst the furnishings , Miss Burnett did not forget the good things of tills life , in the shape of eatables and drinkables , but ordered a considerable

      quantity of whiskey , rum !' , wine ! 11 tea , sugar , cheese , and la-st , but not least , a noble turkey ! ' . ! all wliich . on the faith of the captain ' s letter , she received . These , ! u *« ever , being perishable articles , soon disappeared , and no doubt she and her quondam friends had , at l ( . * a _? t , for one night got glorious , " o ' er a' the ills o' life victorious . " To keep up tlie 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 Juiibt looked upon as a finishing stroke , which would , lull all suspicion or doubt oil the subject . On the Mundiiv , 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 Brought } - Ferry , and she is now safely lodged in gaol . One of her accomplices , suspected of being the writer of the letters , Jamea Adam , weaver , is also in custody . Part of the goods have been recovered in a pawnshop in town . — Montrose ' SV-mJard .

      OpKSiMi or the Letters . —Tlie 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 by the post mortem examination which , the bodies underwent in the course of Monday afternoon by Dr . Letliby . The scent of prussic acid was immediately detected on their being opened , and on the content * 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 , having 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 of Stepney . On the envelope being broken open it was found to contain two epistles , both of which were addressed to that young lady , and written in the handwriting of Duckett . One was a piece of poetry in 24 verses , and is a beautiful piece of penmanship . The title is , "The Last Lay of Two Broken Hearts , written and composed by (' . A . D ., " executed in the illustrated style in old Knglish , with a variety of inks . It bears the date of Nov . 8 , but it has evidently been written aa far back a , s September , which date was erased , but which is still partially discernible . The theme shows a wild paroxysm of love on his part , manifesting the mosfc fervent attachment to the ill-fated girl . He bids , adieu to his parents and all other relations , and prays forgiveness . Povertv had blasted his prospects , and

      " Siuoe Fate had inarr'd their earthly bliss , they would sL-t-k an early grave . " ' The same wild strain is displayed tlu-oughout the whole piece" liis Lizzy begging that his grar < * might be her grara also . " The Ian image 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 , that his mind was in 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 ( Mis 3 Chapman ) had received that epistle they would be in the sweet sleep of death . " Fate had ' niarred 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 . " Bothljproductions had cleep 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 Duckett , aged 21 , and Elizabeth . Williams , aged 27 , the two young persons who destroyed themselves b y taking prussic acid , under the very extraordinary circumstances before detailed .. iii the course of the proceedings the Coroner had handed to him a letter , which was contained in an envelope with a black border , found lying on the table iii the room where the bodies were discovered , addressed ' * To Miss Margaret Chapman , 21 , Lucasstreet , Commercial-road , " cousin to Miss Williams .

      The enclosures were read : one consisted of poetry , . addressed to Miss Chapman , beautifully written and illuminated in various coloured inks , entitled " 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 thou the scene ; look here , and thou shalt find The spirit wounded with sternest sorrow ' s dart—The madden ' 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 , Finn bound together in one holy tie . Forsake we cannot , and we ne ' er will part ; Together live , and then together die , " At the conclusion of the poetry was written the following : —

      '•' -This is the holy vo « - freely given from both our hearts . We have lived for each other . We solemnly , and without reluutance , 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 auothev . Elizabkth Williams and Charles Wm . Duckett . ' 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 Duckdtt only . It exhibited great despondency , and informed Mis « Chapman when she received that , he and Elisabeth " would be sleeping the sleep of death , for she had told him ' If vou die without me you will be my

      murderer . '" Among the evidence received was that of Mr ; William Henry Duckett , the father of the male deceased , who deposed , Charles -William Duckett was my son . 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 haa been very depressed , and at other times much excited . I never heard my son speak of getting married , but it is my opinion that he feared his circumstances would never enable him to do so , and preyed on his mind , a candidate for a lucrative situation above twelve months since , and being unsuccessful he had ever since been desponding . lie 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 W illiams ; they reciprocated liis affection , and in one of them of recent date she expressed herself Very unhappy , and stated that she cared " not how

      soon the tune 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 beard 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 L succeeded in opening it . On entering I saw my son and Elizabeth lying on the bed , locked in each other ' s arm ' s , and quite dead . ( Witness here became much affected ) . Other evidence was heard and the jury consulted , and ultimately returned a verdict that thie deceased persons , Charles WilliamDuckett and Elizabeth Williams died from imbibing a certain quantity of pnissic acid , but by whom or how administered there was not sufficient evidence before the jury .

      Coal Prr Explosion . —Another Death . — -Thomas Topping , one of the men seriously injured at the recent colliery explosion at Pemberton , died oa Friday morning , thus making five who have forfeited their lives by this accident . Oldham . —Afflicting Affair . —On . Monday forenoon last , the body of a young woman , of the name of Sarah Partington , daughter of Joshua Partington , a power-loom wearer , resident at Rc-yloy , near 1107-ton , was found in a small pit , near Birchenlee Mul , about two yards in depth . It appears that early < m the morning she was missed , her father had beat lier with a rope , but not severely , in consequence of re ports which had reached him as to her conduct . ! The deceased was eighteen years of age , and possessed of some personalattractions .

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  • 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-ncseproduct962/page/3/