The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

A BELGIAN SORCEREI(.

A Brussels journal of Sunday furniiiim4 tts
with the following history of jugglery
upon ignorance and superstition. A .intlyticY•
man at Uccle, named Hertveld, had the reputes_
tioti of beioo the roust o
ost redoubtable of zrcvl'er•-;*
His fame reached the ears of a peasant iv ho liad
a daughter about 17 years of age, suffering from
a complaint, which was in truth no other than
pulmonary phthisis. The father, impelled by leis
natural affections, unguided by education, d..c.tfr-.
mined to consult the sorcerer. liertvela ilm"C-
diately obeyed the summons, and ewe with
a most awful-looking hook, which he, opened
with mystic signs, and unuttered over :it some
incantations perfectly uninteliktilde.,. to • the
• family, and certainly equally so to himself. This
dune, ise inqtdred the seat of the disease, and
Cunt commanded the peasani to. dig a hole
in the floor of his cottage, which was neitin.u7
paved nor floored. A pickaxe was got, aed
the l.i,hi made. When of &vex:ilia 11
t •
around hint, had adroitly thrown Having
.•
hastily eonnted- the pins, he exclaimed -tte.the•
fa:her. "Your daughter is saved! • There, are,
only '2.7 pins, but it there had been one mmeothe:
must. have died." He then explained that these
phis belonged to as many witches,. who used -them
in torturing- the young woman; but lbra sum .of
money to he divided among them he could in-
duce them to forego their malice.. The deluded •
father gave him 151 r., which he said would do.
The pine! silon, With all t!:e pins in it, Wag Iheul
!AMMO i:l to the fire by tho pretended •soreerer,. •
who, in order, as he said, to avoid:•contnini-
natioe, 'oak it tip with a pair of tongst,;,This -
erficie consumed, the rogue offere(Ftte•show• the
party tile Devil himself, assuring thetwarat
a mild be perfectly harmless, as be •woold innke
itiin appear in the shape of a -black'-beetle.
With fear and trembling they caluseiitett, •
and even gave 10f. more for .d.his • Night
or the enemy of mankind. HaVing-poeket•ed
the -money, Hertveld led his dupes into, the
stable, awl the pickaxe was again set to work.
The hole being termed, by the same- sleight-of-
hand he praduced a very ordinary small box, iii
whiele he said, his Sit anic Majesty was enntinedr
This was carried into the cottage, and Opened
by llertveld, with a re.Tetition of •
giery. Tine beetle was ,to• the --as-
tonished and terrified eyes of the fiitnilr, al{ or
whom devoutly crossed themselves to r
ace's t sass
evil, influence, Their curiosity being' satiated, -
the box and the Devil were committed to the
flames, as the most appropriate beriln•and the
sorcerer took his departure. The poor girl's sttf-
IMngs continued undiminished, and ''the-' poor.
deluded people suspected the frau,L.that had
het n imposed upon them.• An. informa-
tioa was laid agalnst Hertveld, • and he
and his cabalistic volume were beting-ht
fore the inaej,trate. The book proval to be an
old distignred History of Joseph 11., not one
word or which could Hen veld read, rot- be-ilOrs -•-•
not know one letter in the alple:het:. ',11(3"11(1.0."
pastor was committed tbr trial. —0(.
Messer ny

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THE WORLD SOME EIGIETY.'
YE,Alls AGO. .
A Newcastle Chronicle, dated March 1. 17(43,
,tlt;ch has recently fallen into our liand-s,,con-
ains some odds and ends of old world-intelli-
gence that seem worth reprinting : • •
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THE CORN TRADE.—The first paragra-dh, that
catches the eye is the following, under date .
Loudon, February -.20 Twenty thonsand--::
quarters of wheat have, since the . frrst of
this month, been shipped at , -.Yarmouthli
tbc exportation." Then follows the annohnee..
meta, that on the 18th the Royal as:-ent, A%as,
given to the following, among other
An Act to prohibit the expw*tiort,o( corn„
grain, malt, riu'al, flour, bread, bisctnt, andstarK4;-
for a limited time." "An Act thr
importation of corn and grain, from his Ma.:
jesty's colonies in America into t his kingdo.m.,-;fin..
it limit( d time, free of duty." "An, Aet
al:owing the importation of'vats anel oat-m,01: into
this kingdom, for a limited time, duty fr4.g!!
Following, in natural consequence, the Act 1a,,;,:
quoted, is this patagraph, dated I.'nal.o;!, 1"):-14,
:—" No It.sa than 60,C00 quarters . of ,•.0,1.ts
have been commissioned front ttolland„inqe the
late Act passed, for importing that (.14141)1(1%1hr .
duty free."
•
TIIE COAL TRADE.---" A Bill I'ol'
he statute measure of coals at Newcasae.•ant,l •
Sunderland, and for malting t trenty ehuldrons to
a ktel, is i_reparing to be laid before anaug,tist
assembly :"—the " august assenibly,b.eitig hooe„
oilier titan the old., rotten, Lorouglunongering
House of Commons, then too. sacred :a . ,to
• be even named in print prorant, .
FOREIGN FREE TR inc.—" HAMBITECH, VEIL
11.-1 t's said that the King or PrusAtt dertutattoi,,;
of this city a total exemption of duties ltirailk, •
goods titit go from Itetice into his domittions.,',- •
;11ATrimoy 1.:L.-110w oddly the, .141160'44
%%•ou!el read in the c•olutnns. of out: NeWasele
namesake of the present date !--7",A few days
ago was married, at Askha in, in NV estmoreland,
Thomas castleb ow of Water-M il lock,
Cumlrerland, to Miss Stelley of Ask ham 5.
sprightly, yeatecl. and well-accompli,shcif OictE#
lady, with a fortune of 3,6001." •
FREE TRADE REJOICINGS IN 1766.----" EfiraCt
of a fetter from London."—.‘ On Friday, the
affair of the American Stamp Act was reassumed
in a certain great assembly (Parliamtm),, a lieu
a great patriot, by way of recapitulOon of the
facts of a former oration, held forth for:11,0.1a au
hour; every whisper was hushed, and,every 6itt
attentive. He %vas seconded by 6. C. who gained
great applause, and by several others who gallied
a great majority.
Several of our principal merchants attended
this tueetiw, after the breaking up' of %vide!),
they ordered the bells in the city to be rung,
and the ships in the river to display their
colours. And it is now concluded thitt the
great bat' to trade is removed or repealed ;
some say it is to remain as it stanth and die ;
others that 'tis • suspended for five. years.
Be it as it will, 'tis all over; trade., has got
a line fillip.—All people are full of Spirits, and
joy is seen glistening on every countenance,.
'lids has been a busy day, arid not. less than
10,000 letters will be dispatched of this c vent to.
night. The great orator is now -toasted, The
Patron of Commerce, by way of addition to his
tnlter patriotic titles:"

AN EPISCOPAL WIT.—" The Right Rev. the
Bishop of B , preaning lately in the city,
observed that die Christian religion was, at this
time, in a condition not much unlike that of its
great Master ; for, betiveen superstition on the
one hand, and enthusiasm on the other, it was
crucified between two thieves."—Verily' the year
of grace, 1844, bears a strong flintily lilieue..ss to
its predecessor !—Durham Chronicle. •

LOVE AND SUICIDE.—Sotne weeks ago a young
woman, eared Mary Whiteley, Aho had lived as housekeeper
with Mr. Hay, surgeon, in Park-square, was missing, anti, from
the cire.unistt nee of her clothes being found on a post
near tlio river side, there could be little doubt that
she had sought a watery grave. Day after day, however,
the river was searched in vain for the body,,-and. boos
began to be entertained that she was stilt alive. • Tbpse
hopes hate proved to be greundlesq. On Wednesclur.lkt,
upwards of three weeks from the day when she Waffs-niiised
her body rose to the surface of the water, and ts•m'slit'6:-
vered flaming down the river Aire, betwixt thelood-gates Mitt
the dam, at Knostrop. From the investigation which took
place at the inquest, held on the same day, it appeared that an
attachment had subsisted fur some time previously between
the unfortunate woman and a fish dealer called Roi Cert Arm-
strong. The intimacy, however, had been broken-6ff, ana
Armstrong was going to be married in a sho.t time-td another
woman. The jury gave in their verdict, " Found Arowneti,
but by what means there was not sufficient evidenet,
—Leeds Times.

SUDDEN DEATH is A BALL-HOOM.—A truly a*ful '
instance of the uncertainty of life occurred at Ross, on Wetlnes:, •
day se'nnight. A party of friends had met to spend'ilni eVeriiing
at the house of Air. Thomas Edwards, New-street,. when ;dee
of the party, Miss Etiza Fisher, who resided within, a few:mites
of Ross, on standing up to kin a quadrille, became sttddctilyfite-
disposed, and before medical assistance could be procuredt„thr
vital spark had fled. The deceased was much be o)'ed 'and '
speeivel by a large circle of riequaintance.--;MoninoziMAO •
Merlin. ‘.'t
CAPT. WAKEFIELD.—The late Commander Arthur
Wake field, .R.N., whose lamented fate we recordedlast weeki •
was in the 44th year of his age at the time of his
was the third son of Edward Wakefield, EN.; of -Burnham,
E -sex, the author of the well-known statistical and
tie'
accouot of Ireland. Captain Wakefield entered.' tile
at ten dears of age, and first sailed in the Nisus fripatk, With
Captain Philip Beaver, whose expedition to ilulatna;• and
other services, are matters of history. Ile was, sukviequetitli
present at the taking of Batavia and the hie of. Frillier, and
in the land engagements of Bladensburgh 'and 'Washingtan,
where he served as aide-de camp to Admiral SW Gedige. •
Cockburn. lie was afterwards for some time in ehinmatta
of a brig on the coast of Africa, where he eaptitced,ieveral. • -
slave ships after obstinate engagements and boarding. front ,
beats away from his ship. It thrice °centred to him t? joMp -
overboard and save the lives of shipmates at sea.' NW efficers
were better known or more highly considered in the natty thair
the subject of our remarks. Before his promotion to the rank 6`.‘
coornander he nas much sought after as a lieutenant; and •
-was seldom at home many days between leaving, a ship paid off
and being appointed to another newly put in commis-i0n...,
had serve it in all parts of the world, and left the coniMiinit ye
theittg
he .R
foundationl ia a nian tohiu
tsh
es t eNattni
s-ef,r)ig.att ec,ens,ltionri t 1 iin tehfoe re,
e. ur eorroafki
`New Zealand Company.
4111,
Nelson, and it will be difficult to find a wee
le,.ssetriafi4ittia_
worth had made him respheti!stcc.dollcuidliabteolroyvemad nbyne.airladnasdisrdrs.al ••
sensed of his energy and ability in the
Casette.
nt
Company's affairs.—New Zealand 6,aze s
SUICIDE.—Mr. Crisford, the landlord bl the
inquest was held on the body, when the jut yreturxittl A verdict
an) 11 'Ya r rtell'OF e I iendgi
Monday,
Hotel, a
bn;agrouwnniivnears.
of .‘ Found Druwockl."— Cambridge Indtpdit#l4(.4,3 wthi,

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