The National Register. — London, England, 1815-07-09 00:00:00

TUE NATIONAL !MOISTER. 4 46 Pant with fresh ardour at the trumpet's sound, Anti t tUa.i A% tth lengtheo'd strides, the intervening ground. Now man on man—on squadrons, squadrons rush, — And strong battalions, whole battalions crush,— EntUriate valour. equal valour dares; Swot ds clash with swords, and mimic lightning glares ; Charg'd with quick death, the swift-vt ing'd ballet speeds, And many a heart of many a hero bleeds.— 111-fated soldier, not thy heart alone Deep-pierc'd, most bleed--nor single be thy groan ; Far hence, perhaps, some anxious friends attend, (For who so wretched as to have nO friend!) Who racer watch, and with impatience wait, The monroftil tirlings of thy doubtfid fate : With fearful haste the fatal death•list read, That name's thee' numbeed with the glorious dead ! Still many a verse shall boast, with pitying pride, How British heroes bravely fought and died— How many a gallant soul, to Heaven now fled. A Hero consineed, or a Hero bled!. A Knot cut off' a nation's faitlifill staff, That nation's sighs shall be his epitaph! But brighter scenes reclaim the Muse's lay, To boast the close of that tremendous day— That day which saw dismay'd our deadliest foe, His prostrate eagles in the dust laid low ; Saw our lov'd Hero foremost in the fray, Where'er the battle rag'd, and danger lay ! Saw him, while fearful odds assail vain, Thrice in the hollow square the shock snstain ! There, like a Sire, whom valiant sous surround, Secure the warrior st ,, od ! while with one sound Exulting burst this animated cry— '. Save ! save ! our Leader, or, defending, die." At length the flying foes confess defeat ! Then Britain haird her victory complete ! And that proud day shall ever sacred he. Uuconqueed WkLLINGTON-i0 Heaven and Thee ! CURIOUS AEROSTA11011: Mr. Krous, a German, produced on Monday last an exhibition quite new to the inhabitants of London. The spot selected for the present exhibition was, the Angel Car. (lens, Lambeth-walk, which is an extensive trap-ball ground. Mr. Krous having inflated a brilliant dolphin, let it off; the Tittle object glided along greatly to the satisfaction of the multitude, but being rather out of his element, struck against a tree instead of a reek, and got entangled in the branches. In this situation one of the spectators endea voured to remove it with his umbrella, but the point being sharp, the dolphin was harpooned, the gas flew out of the puncture, and the . itsh vanished. The next attempt was more successful ; a large wild boar ascended upon his feet in grand style, and produced the loudest shouts among the spectators. The wind being from the east, he went away due west, towards the famous hogs of Hampshire; a large dog followed, which had a good effect. It was obvious that these figures were pfoperly poised, by making the lowet• pal is heavy. The third display was the form of Henr y the Fourth, of France, in an c i en t cos t ume , muc h larger than life. Some time elapsed before this effigy could be filled mith gas ; however, when sufficiently inflated, the inao and horse made a noble appearance. A globe or balloon fastened to the head of the figure by a small line, kept the . whole up right. Having cleared the trees, the horse made a few irre ekilar plunges in the air, exciting surprise and admiration ; hcANcrcr, at last, he flew with great rapidity in purbuit of the JULY 9. Boar. The exhibition ended with the inflation of a figure of the limpei or of Russia, which only mounted six feet. A letter was fastened to each fieure, with this subscription " Pray open this letter, and be particular as to the•direction within." The contents informed the person who might find the articles where to send them, and promised a reward. Two of the turostatic figures, which were set off from the Angel Inn, Lambeth, have been returned to Siur Brous. King lienrri the :Fourth was found on %V imbleton Common ; and the Dog was discovered about five o'clock on Monday evening, in a wood in the park of Sir John Frederick, at Burwoud, near Walton upon-Thames. LAW INTELLIGENCE.- COURT OF CHANCERY-YESTERDAY. WALTER V. MAUNDE. This was a question arising out of the %till of the late Mir Clinks Booth, which had been pending for some time. The Lord Chan cellor this day delivered his judgment. Sir Charles, it appcared o died some years since, and being at the time of his death possessed of ve-y considerable real snd personal property, he left it all in trust to Messrs. Rnddle and Ward, respectable Stock-brokers, to be by them distributed amongst his heirs and next of kin as they should think equitable. Messrs. Huddle and Ward, however, died without having executed their trust. and by assigmnent the trust divolved on Messrs. Brays, eminent solicitors. Messrs. Brays proceeded to carry the trusts of the will into execution with all possible expedition, and adjudged that the four next of kin to Sir Charles were entitled to his property. Against this decision the heir at law filed a hill in Chancery, and the cause came on to be heard before the Master of the Rolls, who decided that the four next of kin were entitled to the property. Against this decision an appeal was made by the heir at law to the Lord Chancellor. and the question has been for some time under consideration of his Lordship, who this day gave his judgment in favour of the four next of kin, thereby establishing the previous decision of the Master of the Rolls. ACCIDENT'S AND OFFENCES. ANOTHER DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—We are sorry it should so soon again be our painful duty to record another of those melan choly accident., which have so frequently, of late, occurred in our coalmines. On the morning of the 47th ult. an explosion of in flammable air took place in the Isabella Pit, at Sheriff Hill Colliery, by which Mr. Foggett, viewer ; Robert Fogget, underviewer ; George Fogget, deputy overman ; John Scott, overman ; William • Wind, Nicholas Codling, George Richardson and James Young. deputy overman ; ako George Wood and Hugh Barker, boys, were • unfortuentely killed. During the night of the 16th, a fall of the roof, accompanied by a feeder of water took place ; the water passing into the dip workings, filled them up so as to obstruct the current of sip, and an accumulation of the hydrogen gas ensued. When Mr. Scott, the overman, went down the following morning, he observed that the ventilation of the mine was nearly suspended . , and immediately stopped the pit's crew from going in to work until lw could investigate the cause of the stagnation. This he etterled in a short time, end restored the ventilation partially. He then sent to Mr. Fogget, for his advice and assistance, who went down the pit without loss of time, accompanied by his two brothev, the parties above named, and John Ledger, a boy. Had Mr. Scott not acted with this caution and judgment, it is more than likely that the lives or the whole of the crew woeld have been lost. Mr.Fog gett, accompanied by John Seca t Mud the other parties, then pro ceeded jot,) ti.e wHikings, to ma's e• such a change in the ventilation as would restore the pit to a safe ••VOrk ive state again. While they were employed in this operation, the hydrogen backed against the content of atmospheric air , and exploded at the lights, which were placed to w indward of the foul part of the workings, Mr. George Fe.!let heir,; 111, was obliged to icave his two brothers and their companions before the aceideet happened, and nearly reached the !mown Of the pit, accompanied by Robert Copeland, who was em ployed in the rail e,,v, wheo they felt the shock of an explosion. They immediately returned, and hail proceeded to isithin WO yards of the place where Gen. Fuggett had left his brothers, when Cope had found it impracticable to go.further with W . 4)ty, on account of the after-damp. lie (heti advieeti George Ft•gget to return with misilw; a