The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-03 00:00:00

MEMORIAL TO BELLOT.

(Front Punch.)
One noble heart the more hath ocean stilled,
A heart that throbbed with brave humanity
And generous fortitude, which nothing chilled
But the grim water of the frozen sea :
Down to the deep, in doing well, went he.
No son of England—yet shall that be said,
Such kindred with the hero as we claim ?
For we all mourn a brother in the dead,
Although from France he drew his birth and name,
Honour to France, increased by Bellot's fame.
Shall that fame have no other monument
Than pile of toppling ice-crags for a tomb,
A frostwork chantry, where, through cleft and rent,
The north wind sings his dirge, and sunless gloom
The Northern Lights are cressets to Mune.
He died for England—so did one who might
Like him have perished, yet not so have died ;
And when his spirit wakened into light,
Nelson, perhaps, was first that welcome cried,
Remembering what like fate his youth defied.
But had the floe engulphed that fearless boy
Chasing the sea-bear on its faithless track ;
Our more than Hector—for he saved.our Troy—
It then had been our heavy doom to lack :
And valour, unrenowned, had gone to wrack.
Not so with him in glorious fight who fell,
For fellow-man, with elemental foes.
They for their native land who die, die well ;
But better yet, more notably than those,
Died he who sank amid the Arctic snows.
His country was his kind—in noblest strife,
Whose victors only suffer—did he fall ;
Thus did this gallant tar lay down bis life:
Rest his brave soul with such good sailors all,
Beneath the flag of their High Admiral !

ESCAPE OF Two PRISONERS. Shortly before the
closing of the Marylebone police court on Monday,
Addey, the jailer, went into one of the cells to bring out
a prisoner, when he found that two men who had been
loocked up, one of them charged with highway robbery
and another with felony, had made their escape. In
the ceiling of the cell was an iron plate perforated, and
fastened by screws, which had by some means or other
been drawn out. An aperture was thus afforded for the
egress of the fugitives one of whom left behind him a coat,
and the other a jacket. They must have made their
t
way over the roof, and alighted in Paddington-st.T ,
One prisoner was an associate of Hackett, thebu!g
who some time ago escaped from a cell at the iMarl-
borough Police-court.
CORONER'S INQUEST.- -On Tuesday Mr. G. S. Brent
held an inquest at Islington, touching the death of an
infant three weeks old, the son of Mr. John Canham
Read, of Rydon Cottage, .Rydon-street. The child being
compounded for it, at
slightly " chafed " a lotion
New North-road, and a
wasNealso sent home. at the
Mr. Atrill's, 1, South-street,
prescription for Mr. Read ,Y
same time. There being no labels on the medicines, the
child's grandmother gave it one of the powders, thinking
it was a cooling medicine; it however caused the child's
death. After a long inquiry the jury returned the fol-
That the deceased's death was caused
lowing verdict—"
by taking the poisonous powder in mistake, and that
great blame was attributable to the druggist who sent
the powder for not using sufficient caution in not pro-
perly labelling it.
Sr. MARGARET'S, NEAR RICHMOND. The beautiful
estate, on ,the banks of the Thames, a short distance
from Richmond-bridge, comprising
ie noble mansion
built by Cubitt, from the designs
of Mr. Vulliamy, for
the Earl of Kihnore
y, and the picturesque park of 75
acres, has just been purchased from the noble lord for
the Conservative Land Society. The estate has a mag-
nificent river-frontage, affording most picturesque and
extensive views. It is immediately opposite Richmond-
gardens, and is within a short distance of three stations
on the South-Western Railway. It is proposed to insure,
as far as possilire,4the erection of first-class houses, in
order to render the purchase a real public improvement
in this charming suburb.

Died at Forge, Canonbie, on the 9th ult., Mrs. G. G.
Richardson, well known to the literary world by her
poetic and other publications. She had read extensively,
and few possessed a mind so highly-cultivated, or could
render themselves more agreeable or instructive as com-
panions. She had a just sense of religious truth, and
her mind was deeply impressed with its principles. She
was well acquainted with the Holy Scriptures, and with
the writings of the best Divines ; she was also charitable
in word and in deed. She lived greatly respected, and
died much lamented by all who knew her.—Dumfries
Courier.

[For upwards of 20 years it was our happiness to
enjoy the close and continuous friendship of Mrs. G. G.
Richardson ; and not only have we a melancholy plea-
sure in adopting every word of eulogium which our con-
temporary bestows upon her memory, but we have no
hesitation in saying that such a combination of moral
worth and intellectual acquirements, snactified by a firm
faith in Divine revelation, as was exhibited in Mrs.
Richardson's character, is very rarely to be met with.
Her's was one of the most generous natures we ever
knew. And let us add that in her uniform demeanour
she was remarkable for all those qualities which consti-
tute the true Iady.—EDITOR MORNING ADVERTISER.]