The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-29 00:00:00

THE LATE ANEW DUCROW.

"1
will n,Ot change my horse with any that treads
1.113"7.1 four pasterns. He bounds from the earth as if ha
entrails were hairs. When I bestridt mid. I itiat 1. I
am a hawk ! He trots the 'air t the earth sings when
he touches it. He is a subject C:Jr a Sovereign to 7eason
on, and for a Soveret-iis Sovereign 41 ride on
Ducrow's favottrit:e passage.

With the exception of Philip and John, the
two Astleys, equestrian annals cannot, we be-
lieve, furnish a finer instance of a more consum-
mate horseman than the late Mr.. Ducrow,
Those who are familiar with the feats of this
description, which are recorded in andent pages
as having been performed by the Centaurs of
Thessaly—the hottelmeii in the Campus Martins
at Rome—the equestrian heroes of Olympic
days—and, at a later period, the Arabs of
the desert—have, witnessing his performance,
unequivocally acknowledged that the former
however marvellous, found themselves altoge.
ther surpassed in the perfect and masterly
powers of skill and display exhibited by Mr.
Ducrow in handling the reins, taming his steeds,
and managing then) with a control as absolute
as it was extraordinary.
The father of the deceased was st Dutchman,
who, at the beginning ef the present century,
came over to this conntry exhibitina- as a gymnas-
tic performer, and expert in feats of strength. It
is related, as an instance of his muscular powers)
that he could lift by his mouth a round table on
which a child stood, and so remain for several
minutes. He performed fbr tome time under old
Philip Astley, Andrew Ducrow, his sun, was
remarkable in his younger years rather for ,
verness than industry. His first essays in the
equestrian line were at Astley's and the Surrey
Circus; he then performed at Pranconi's in Pa-
ris, and having realised some money there, re-
turned to Astley's, where, it is said his feats
were not at first much esteemed, the novelty Of
his new style of riding not being understood Af=
ficiently well to be appreciated, At Paris he
subsequently purchased a mad, and visited in
succession with it, Rome, Italy, and the Alps.
On. his return to. England, he was engaged at
Drury-lane Theatre to take a prominent part in
the " Cataract of the Ganges," a piece
which then attracted the public greatly, and
was brought out in opposition to " Tintottr the
Tartar," then produced by Elliston at Covent
Garden. Davis, who was then lessor of Astley's`,
saw, and was struck by his talent, &min& hitn
as a rival, engaged him for a seaspetit At the
expiration of this time, Davis tieing unwilling
to renew the lease on ttag ttrms proposed, gave
up the theatre, when Ducrow joined in co•part-
nership with Mr. West, a wealthy it entle.inan
from America, and under their united conduct
the ,Aniphithe!lire opened trresh. At this period
the celetn'ated pieces of the "Battle of Water-
loo," the " Burning of Moscow," and " Ma-
leppa," first appeared before the public ; the
twn former were got up for representation by Mr,
Amherst, who is said to have been a natural on
of Lord Amherst, the Ambassador to China.
After a run of successful seasons, Mr. West
having realised, in comenbn with Mr. Ducrow, a
very considerable fortune, retired to Devonshire,
leaving his son thereafter to eo-operate with Mr,
Ducrow at the theatre. In justice to Mr. Ducrow
it should be stated that everything new- and
novel in the ring was solely the production of
his own active mind, which was. always fertile in
its peculiar line. The date at which Mr. Ducrow
entered into copartnership with Mr. West, wan
shortly after the winter of 1822-'23, when he ttrok
Astley's for the exhibition of his stud, Mr.
Charles Dibdin then retiring n.om the concern,
having suffered a loss of about 1,400/. during
fourteen Weeks' management. Mr. Ducrow took
it at a rental of 1,400/. per annum. During the
last year the rental was 2,200/.
Mr. Ducrow's most celebrated and best acts
of horsemanship were the " Moor defending hit
Standard," a "Tar's Vicissitudes," the " Cantles
of St. Petersburgh," the " Wild Indian," the
" Peruvian," the " Tyrolitu Bhepherd, and Swiss
Milkmaid," which last character was performed
on all occasions by Miss Woolford, who, indeed,
before she became Mrs. Ducrow, was for a long
time the chief attraction of his thNitte, and drew
crowds by the accustotteed gracefulness of her
action and the skilftil management of her steed.
The deceased has Vvo children by her.
Miss Woolfbrd was very early a debutante at
-Astley's., and many theatrical people of about
thirty years' standing will remember her at the
Amphitheatre under Astley's management as a
little girl with a lung crop, and of intelligent
and pretty manner. She had two brothers also
at the same time with her on the stage, who haVe
since died in America; she kars as amiable
and good character; her agtl. alont:27, apd
had been married to Mr. DticroW-about fbur years.
Ducrow, when he first came to this country,
designated himself by the foreign title of " Mon-
signor," but this he dropped in later years; his
voice, however, which was always characterized
by a peculiar tone, bore testimony to his foreign
extraction to the last.

Of Ducrow's favourite horses, one in particular
attended him throughout the whole of his career,
and was called by the unpoetical name of John
Lump. This faithful animal, now superannu-
ated, has gone down to die in peace at a farm at
Harrow ; it was originally purchased at Bath,
and was always prized by Ducrow fur its mus-
cular power and steadiness of action.
Mr. Ducrow's first Wife, Margaret, was, we
believe, born at Liverpool, and at the time of her
death was stbout 38 years of age ; a monument
was erected to her by Mr. Ducrow, at Kensal-
green, where she is buried, and where one will
also be built over himself. Ducrow's brother,
long known at the Amphitheatre as one of the
best clowns in the metropolis, lies interred along
with the deceased equestrian's father in Lam-
beth Churchyard.
Ducrow was in person about five feet eight,
and of a well-developed form, but slight: his
countenance was expressive on the stage,--there
was decision about the mouth, and the nose was
prominent. A friend of the deceased actor's at
Lambeth, who possesses a wax model of him, con-
siders him to have borne a very strong likeness, as
far as mere appearances were concerned, to Kean.
It is well known that a long intimacy existed
between them ; they interchanged constant visits,
and Ducrow attended the funeral of his friend
at Richmond.

Danson, who was long scene-painter at the
Amphitheatre, and who coloured the scenery of
the last Covent-garden pantomime, has produced
a painting of him, which is, we believe, in the
possession of Mrs. Ducrow, and from which
woodcuts have already appeared.
One of the most spirited lithovaphs, and we
believe the only one of any of Mr. Ducrow's
equestrian performances, is in the possession of,
and now on sale at, Mr. Miller's, adjoining the
theatre which was the scene of his extraordinary
performances for nearly twenty years. It repre,
seats Ducrow as Charles the Second, on his fit-
mous horse Bucephalus, in one of its most ani-
mated positions.

THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RAIL-

WA Y -TRAIN CONTROLLER.

On Thursday afternoon a private lecture was delivered
by Dr. Bachhoffner, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution,
for the purpose of explaining the peculiarities and ad-
vantages of a recent invention tor controlling the motions
of raitway-trains, the authors of which are Messrs.
Wright and Bain, the latter of whom is known to the
public as the ingenious contriver of the electrical clocks,
upon which principle out is now going in front of the
Institution. The agent employed in this railway-train
controller is tiectricity ; and its application, as in the
instw.:e of the clock, is effected by means of an electro-
Ilagnet. The object contemplated by the patentees is
to compel the galvanic fluid to act as a preventive against
any ordinary accidents to which railway travelling is
exposed, and this they purpose accomplishing by first
laying down wires along the whole length of a line be-
tween the rails, and then furnishing the locomotive with
a galvanic battery, and a pilot engine with an electrer-
magnet, electrical communication between both being
established by curved springs which travel along and
upon the wires. When this electrical communication is
broken, which it would be in the case of impending
accident to the train, an instantaneous warning is
given to the engine-driver, by which means the'danger
is avoided ; and should the engine-driver, or his as-
sistant, take no notice of such warning, the interruption
of the voltaic current immediately puts some self-acting
mechanism in motion, the result of which is that the
steam is by it shut off, and the breaks put down. The
pilot engine we have mentioned is first started at about
two miles a-head of the passenger or goods train.
Should a slip of earth take place, the stoppage caused in
consequence to the pilot engine would be at once com-
mumcated to the advancing train, and a similar effect
would be produced were the earth to fall betwepn the
pilot engine and the train. In
1t
manner, if a side
gate were left open 'l-
might crop: ~..irough which carts or carriages
tfai, one me tram would be stopped, and were
_..
• accidentally.to get upon the wrong rails, and thus
oecome exposed to the danger of Meeting another, col-
lision beta een the two would be prevented. The same
may be observed of one train overtaking another. An
explanation of the scientific and most ingenious means
by which these effects are produced would be unintelli-
gible without drawings, but enough has been stated to
explain the general objects of the invention.

LIT.EIRAT UWE:,
JOURNAL 6.0..0 A TOUR IN GREECE.
Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1842.
In an introductot;
notiCe to these volumes,
the author, says, that Since the revo-
lution, " the whole appearance of Greece and of
its townt and villages, has been changed, but un-
tirtunately not for the better. The old Greek
population, on entering on their new career of
independence, have assumed in many respects, a
new and improved chartteter, Many favourable
traits, which had been smothered under the
Turkish oppression, have been brought to light;
and the natural talent of the race, universally
acknowledged to be great, although for the pre-
sent perhaps little little faVottrecl by circum-
stances, will, ails to be hoped) daily obtain a Wider
and more beneficial field for its display ; while
the anomalous features which the sudden transi-
tion from bondage to independence could not fail
to stattip oh the character and habits of a lively
people, render the study of both replete with
amusement as well as instruction," Ihe "ano-
malous features" in the characters and habits of
the Greeks) Width Mr. Mure here speas of, are
described by him with great spirit and, appa-
rently, with great fidelity, in these volumes,
which are the result of a short tour through the
country made in the spring of the year 1858; in
the course of WhiCh tour he Visited. successively
Parnassus) ti lysSes' celebrated Island of Ithaca)
the fitr-famed Corinth, Thebes, Athens) arid
Delphi—in fact, every spot deal' W the scholar)
the poet, and the historian. With the first sight
of Parnassus our author WaS apetially de-
lighted: lie deStilbeS it as an insulated moun-
tain; Of Vast elevation—being upwards of seven
thousand feet high, and possessing an aspect of
calm and majestic sublimity. Here is his sketch
of a summer evening spent in its immediate
vicinity t==-
' "1t was, a ettiink eittilig. The sun had set
WA tout ; but the western halt of the sky still
retikblett that brilliant mixture of orange-' ptirple; and
gold, peculiar to the twilight of southern latitudes, while
from the opposite horizon) the shades of night
_had al-
ready begun. tO OVerspread the landseape: The last
heamq Of expiring daylight graditally beettme fainter
and fainter behind the Anew of Parnassus. The few
stragglers of the fleas that had enlivened the surface
a the rtiftlB were now slowly disappearing in the gloom
of the valley towards the haulier, *hell a common abode
for the night awaited thlttaelves and their masters. The
interruptioit *llich the tinkling of the bells, the occa-
isivS:Ai tow of an ox, the bleat of a goat, or the wild cry
of the herdsmen, becoming fainter and fainter in the
distance, gave to the stillness of the scene, tended rather
to increase than detract from its elitct, Looking up the
llain towards Parnassus, the first object, a little to the
ft, was a feuntain, round which were still lingering a
row squalid, but not inelegant, female figures. Beyond,
rose the Acropolis, with its broken walls and towers,
looming in irregular masses on the brow of the cliff,
below which the position of the theatre was marked by
a bright mass of a yellow-red) or brown colour, on the
face of the rock. Behind; Was visible in the distance a
corner of the tufted, citadel of Panopea ; and further on,
in the same directioii a round ,lunt at the foot of Par,
liassus, could still !be recognized as the Acropolis of
Daulis. At the extremity of the' plain, more broadly
projected by the yet vivid rays of the departed sun, the
colossal summits ottl*,,Osegvox'lntain itself, bounded
the landscape,' 01.±?;:7-,...'
Of course) whilt.lfOigi3O ~4ver the lonian sea,
Mr. Mum did noVorilit'thltTortunity of paying
a visit to Ithacailie.;kingttftn of Ulysses, the
hero of the Odys elehrated island
he tells us, that ssii4o encetnent of the
present century) the:atfeof ,glish classical re-
search has rescued-it friOni-the.,,,tscurity in which
ibr ages it bad htin ;!Ilid it: as now become a
chief object of attentiOli 'with Ole numerous tra-
vellers who annually visit the Archipelago. Its
chief town, Valtry, extends in one narrow stripe
round the extremity of the horse- shoe port, whence
it derives its name. Its houses are for the most.
part whitewashed, and of cleanly exterior, but
small ; a large proportion of them consist of but
h Sitigle floor, and the place offers no church or
other public building making tke least external
show. Speaking of the population of Greece and
its islands, our author states that the Govern-
ment Returns give Ultimo as the gross amount ;
and that the principal city, Athens, was consi-
dered in 1838 to contain 20,000 souls. The stand-
ing army on the 'peace establishment numbers
13,320 ; the navy consists of thirty-two vessels,
large and small, the largest a twenty-gun cor-
vette; and the gross ordinary revenue of the
country for MO exceeded 500,0001., and it has
since been on the increase. Those who desire to
make themselves acquainted with Greece, not
as it was, but as it at present exists, tql find
much to answer their purpose in this entertaining
and instructive Work, which abounds in useful
facts; and descriptions as remarkable for their
graphic excellence as their accuracy.

THE PRINCE or WALES.—In order to accus-
tom his Royal Highness to the ceremony of sprinkling
with water at the baptismal font, the little Prince has
been seasoned km the last week with a small squirt, and
Luz every morning been submitted to gentle treatment
from a diminutive watering-pot.—Punch.
Thp

C Ea, iityLE OF- G HQ`, JAN. 26

(room A CORRESPONDENT.)
The celebration of the Royal Christening was on an
extensive scale here. The shops were closed, business-
suspended, the streets decorated with flags and ever-
greens, as were the ships and vessels. The poor were
supplied With coals, beef, &c. The Miss Wards, with
their accustomed liberality, gave a dinner of roast beef
and plum pudding to the children of the National School,
(about 200), besides other charities to the amount of 501.
The guns of the Royal Yacht Squadron and other bat-
teries were diseharged, The brass band paraded the
streets t there were large dinners at the principal inns.
About 60 gentlemen were assembled at the Vine, and
did justice to a most excellent dinner. By the liberality of
Lord Yarborough and Mr. G. H. Ward, the table was
bountifully supplied with game. Mr. Alderman Barnes
took the Chair, and we noticed he was supported by
Admiral Ratsoy, the Rev. J. B. Atkinson, the Collector
of the Customs at this port (Ambrose Foot, Esq.), Dr.
Huffmuster, the Belgian Consul (H. Ross, Esq.),
Capt. Smythe, and the principal inhabitants of the town
and neighbourhood, Mr. Moore filled the Vice-chair.
" The Queen," " Prince Albert," and " the Prince of
Wales," with other appropriate toasts, were drank. The
gentlemen of the Newport Glee Club very handsomely
joined the party, and added much to the harmony of the
evening. We will not say one word of the good feeling
which pervaded the whole room ; on such an occasion
who would dare to introduce a subject, or a word, that
could by possibility mar the general joy.
There was another large and happy assemblage at the
Grapes Inn, and a ball at the Georg Inn, where they
danced the daylight in, and all were glad and gay.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, JAN. 27. This day a Convocation was
holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following
were conferred :

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.—Rev. Thomas Evans, of
Oriel College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.—Edward Rawnsley, of Brasen-
nose College ; Gilbert Sandbaeh, of Brasennose College;
Rev. Edward William Garrow, of Brasennose College ;
Charles Edward Thornhill, of Christ Church; Rev. Henry
Combs, of St. John's-College; Edward P. Witts, of Mag-
dalen Hall l F. A. Iremonger, of Pembroke College ;
Rev. H. Steel, of Jesus College ; Rev. G. A. Blakely, of
Worcester College.
BAcnELons or ARTS. —W. E. Rawstorne, of Christ
Church ; G. Phillimore, of Christ Church ; M. Portal],
of Christ College ; J. P. 13. Blackett, of Christ Church;
C. Bimebil, of Christ Church ; T. P. Wilson, of Brasen-
nose College ; C. H. Langhorne, of Exeter College ; N.
Midwinter, of Magdalen Hall ; T. Jones, of Magdalen
Hall.

BAcIIISLOR i t Music.—G. 3. Pye, of Madalen Hall.
A Convocation was afterwards holden to elect the Pro-
fessor of Poetry, when the Rev. J. Garbett, of Brasen-
nose College was chosen without opposition.

STATIONERS AND PAPER MAN U-

FACTURERS' PROVIDENT SOCIETY.

A dinner of the Stationers and Paper Manufacturers
Provident Society took place on Wednesday, Sir James
Williams in the Chair, for • the purpose .of presenting
their Honorary Secretary, Mr. John Eggar Cooper, with
a piece of plate, as a testimonial for his valuable ser-
vices, The Chairman, who is President of the Society,
was supported by Messrs. Dickinson, Garesser, Gardi-
ner, Chater, Towgood, Smith, Wiggins,lEvans, and most
of the principal paper manufacturers and wholesale sta-
tioners in London, _ .

In proposing prosperity to the paper trade the Chair-
man alluded to its importance at an article of universal
consumption, and to the pleasure it gave him, as one of
the oldest members of the trade, to preside over so highly
respectable an assemblage of its members, and his hope
that a meeting like the present would banish the rival-
ries of trade and unite them heart and hand in the work
of beneVolthce and good feeling,
The piece of plate, which was a candelabrum, was
formally presented to Mrs Cooper by the Chairman, who
said, I have observed the opening talents of that gen-
tlemen. I think highly of his legal attainments, which,
in a straight manly course, will, I trust, lead him to emi-
nence in his profession, and I was so fortunate as to in-
troduce him to my excellent friend Mr. Clark, whom you
all know to be universally esteemed, whose example has
been, and I have no doubt will further be, of great advan-
tage to him. We are met 'to present a piece of plate to
our friend as a small tribute of grateful acknowledgment
of his unbought services. I know not whether the honour
conferred vu us by rolittliary subscription for purchasing
this article, or the honour conferred upon Mr. Cooper by
its presentation, be the greater. He might have made a
heavy charge, but no payment could have produced in
him a greater desire to meet our views, and foster the
beginning of our exertions for the benefit of the trade.
Addressing Mr. Cooper, he said—" Receive this plate as
a proof of our esteem, and also of our earnest wishes
for your happiness; may it be handed down as an heir-
loom to future generations, accompanied by the blessing
of the Almighty Father of all Mercies."

Mr. Elton, the yOuthful midshipman on board
the Stromboli, whose sentence for writing an irritating
letter to a superior officer is exciting so much attention
in the naval and military circles, is the nephew of Sir
Abraham Elton, of Clifton, near Bristol ; and Mr.
Crewe Reid, the Syrian traveller, who was the cause of
the quarrel between Mr. Elton and Captain Williams, is
the son of Crewe Reid, Esq., of Laverton House, near
Southampton, grandson of Mrs. Crewe, whose wit and
'
beauty drew forth complimentary verses faom the cele-
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RUSSIAN TYRANNY-A ROMAN-

TIC STORY.
(Prom L' Audience.)
At a recent sitting of the Criminal Court of
Tarnbof, a province of Russia, 283 peasants were
tried on a charge of putting to death a Russian
noble, under circumstances of a shocking but ro-
mantic character, of which the follpwing are the
details:—

On the evening in question all was merriment
in the chateau of Sokolin-Slaw. Gaiety and fes-
tivity were the order of the day. Around a table
richly and plentifully supplied with the choicest
viands sat twelve young officers wearing the costume
of the Straroduburo regiment. The owner of the
chateau (M. Meerzeloff), aged abOut 22, had
assembled his comrades to celebrate, in a manner
worthy the occasion, a piece of good fortune which
had happened to him, and to co:nmence with
gaiety the enjoyment of an immense patrimony, of
which he had just come into possession. " An-
other glass of champagne," said Meerzeloff, tak-
ing up the bottle, and pouring forth its sparkling
contents.

" To the health of the child of fortune," cried
all around, as they followed his example in filling
their glasses. "In good faith," said one of the
guests, " good cheer is a good thing, but we are
wanting at this moment in the greatest charm of
human life." ‘V hat is that?" demanded the
atilphytrion. " The ladies," was the reply. " Ah,
the ladies I" re-echoed all around. " They are not
wanting," said the host. " Behold those young
beauties. They shalt be to you as the houris of
this terrestrial paradise." He pointed as he spoke,
and twelve young females were seen entering the
chambers singing in chorus the favourite airs of the
country. The little of reason which remained to
the host and his guests now disappeared entirely.
At the dessert the male attendants were dismissed
and Meerseloff, who declared that he was deter-
mined to make his old comrades happy, directed
each of his guests to choose the one of the band of
singers which was most to his taste.

Accustomed' from the cradle to a blind obe-
dience, and well assured that they should find nei-
ther protection nor defence among the serfs of
Sokohn-Slaw, the poor girls upon whom the choice
of the officers fell quietly submitted to their fate,
with one single exception, namely, that of Maryna,
the most beautiful, of them all, who, taking advan-
tage of the moment, fled from the castle, and di-
rected her steps towards the country. " What is
this ?" cried Meerzeloff, on hearing the rumour of
her flight, " what savage dare shake off my yoke ?
Kej-Ivan ! Alexis I fly in pursuit of Maryna, and
let her be brought back without delay." One of
the men to whom this order was given was the bro-
ther of Maryna, and the other her affianced hus-
band. They obeyed his commands, however, as
they were compelled to do, and went after the fu-
gitive like dogs in pursuit of game, and ten minutes
had scarcely elapsed before poor Maryna was
brought back pale, trembling, and bedewed with
tears. But as soon as she was restored to the
castle Maryna and the other damsels were arrayed
in gorgeous dresses, and decorated with a profu-
sion of gems and flowers ; and, night having ar-
rived, commenced in a saloon refulgent with light
one of those brutal orgies which the Russian
nobles, with their half savage ideas, call a " Supper
of Eden."

By midnight the sound of music had ceased in
the chateau. Those of the serfs whose duties did
not keep them at their posts had dispersed in the
village. Kej-Ivan and Alexis, the brother and
lover of Maryna, had retired to a cabaret, where,
to chase away the thoughts that disturbed them,
they were drinking freely.
During this time Maffa, the favourite of Meer-
zeloff, was burning with jealousy. Her master had
not allowed her to go down to the banquet, lest
her beauty should have attracted the attention of
the other officers. She had, however, notwith-
standing this, been a witness of the " drama of
love," and, enraged beyond measure at what she
beheld, resolved to be revenged upon her faithless
lord and lover. She accordingly went to the
cabaret where Kej-Ivan and Alexis were drinking,
and reproached them with their want of spirit,
saying, " Base wretches ! you sit here drinking
while robbed of your sister and your wife !" They
denied that they were the base connivers at their
,own dishonour, They were rather the victims of
their tyrannical lord. Ala& continued to taunt
them until they became greatly incensed, and were
on the point of ill ,treating her ; hut she said, " For
shame rather be the avengers of your own wrongs
than the assassins of a helpless woman," and con-
tinued to work upon their feelings until she at
length made them swear that they would take no
rest until Meerzeloff had fallen under their aven-
ging hands. " Vengeance!" now became the cry,
and in less than half an hour that cry was repeated
by a band of 400 peasants who bad been assembled
by Kej-Ivan and his friend.
In about three hours after this, and just before
the dawn of day, while the occupants of the chateau
were locked in the first embrace of sleep, a band of
nearly 400 peasants, each 'bearing a truss of straw,
surrounded the mansion, which, like most of the
residences of the province of Tambof, was built
of wood. At a given signal they set fire to the
fence which surrounded the chateau, and then re-
tiring to a distance, armed with muskets, axe.,
pitchforks, and scythes, they waited until the Seig-
neur of Sokolin-Slaw and his guests should be
aroused from their slumbers by the conflagration.
Meerzeloff, the first alarmed by the light, rushed
out and tried to clear the gate ; but the contents of
a musket, which extended him upon the ground,
told him what his guests had to expect. The lat-
ter presently appeared, sword in hand, resolved, if
possible, to surmount the two-fold obstacle opposed
to their escape by the flames and the infuriated
band of peasants. A terrible and bloody encounter
now u
in which the officers were fortunate
enougn but one of their number, Captain
h
hok to place,lose
Dranberg, and ultimately effected a retreat into a
small wood, overcome with fatigue, their hair partly
burnt from their heads, and their clothes torn to
tatters in the deadly encounter with the peasants.
Four of their number were dangerously wounded.
As soon as the officers had fled, the peasants
ran to the rescue of the females, and then returned
to gratify their feelings of revenge in the most
savage manner. They made a tremendous fire of
fir-wood, and as soon as it had become clear and
bright threw the living body of the unhappy Meer-
zeloff into the midst of the glowing furnace.
Maffa, repenting too late of her jealousy, in vain
supplicated them to spare the yet breathing suf-
ferer ; and in reply to het troublesome entreaties
they actually took her and threw her into the fire
after him. They next proceeded to burn down
the chateau, and to destroy every thing that had
belonged to its unfortunate owner.
As soon as the occurrence reached the ears of
the Emperor Nicholas, his Majesty ordered that a
judicial
lad the result was the appre-
hension and trial of 283 of the peasants.
dtakeplaceinto the circum-
aniccieasl
oi inquiry q
theuir y
osho
as e
n
s
The above facts having been detailed in evidence,
the Tribunal condemned the prisoners in the first
place to receive 100 blows of the knout—a punish-
ment almost equal to a sentence of death, since sel-
dom does more than one in ten survive it; and,
secondly, that all the survivors should be sent to
labour for life in the mines of Siberia.
The Emperor, in consideration of the cause and
prov
ocation of their offence, has commuted the sen-
nce to banishment in the Cauecasus ; and those
s of
capable of bearing arms are to be enrolled in the
Cossack t theine.

though we
fact, that in a district genutirse?,,, "
In howremlaatinoyn
wishessu pe r i tnot
e----anci
we cannot state how often the
times the police of the county can be seen in the course
A correspondentthe
men on duty are seen by their superintendents in the
et
of eventh i s subject, aw eek
county, yet we may leave our correspondent and our
extend-
ing from Selston, twelve miles west; to Gonalston, ten
miles east ; Stapleford, six miles south ; to Oxton, nine
readers to judge from
miles north, there are only ten policemen, and a popula-
tion of 70,000. One man has a circuit of at least twenty
miles.—Nottingham Review.
A poor widow, named Azimont, of the com-
mune of Brax, near Toulouse, was condemned to pay a
small fine for some slight offence against the Forest-laws,
but being unable to raise the money was liable to impri-
sonment. A gendarme named Marteau, and one of his
comrades, were sent to arrest her. Iler distress was
great, and her pleadings for mercy strengthened by the
cries of her four children. This made such impression
upon the humane feelings of Marteau, that leaving her
in charge of his comrade, he hastened to the Receiver of
the Domains, paid the fine with the costs, amounting to
23f., and then returned to the widow with the discharge.
This benevolent act coming to the knowledge of Mar-
shal Soult, he iranlediately, as Minister of War, sent
orders for the.appointment of Marteau to the first vacant
brigadiership in his Legion, and being also aware that
the gendarme possessed nothing but his pay,-rcroitted
him ill be had paid for the wid9w.

STATE OF THE HoSititY AND

LACE TRADES.

There is, as yet, no improvement in the de-
mand in any of the numerous branches of the
hosiery or the lace trades ,• in fact, if vre are to
believe the workmen, the demand is decreasing,
instead of increasing. This state of things. ex-
tends equally to silk, cotton, or worsted hosiery,
in the latter of which there is nothing, hi any
part of the world, in the shape of competition;
yet the distress at Leicester is such, that the po-
pulation are begging in mobs of 200 or 300.
We are pained to state, that the silk warp
blond hands, who have been advanced in their
wages by one house for some months, have been
again reduced the eighth of their wages. At
the same time, blond nets have been lowered in
the market considerably, as the rest of the ma-
nufacturers absolutely refused to advance the

wages.
The excitement in the villages still continues
respecting the abatement of the price for;making
cotton hose. The damage done to the frame at
Westhorpe, It appears, was not very serious,
aqua-fortis having been poured upon the needles
and sinkers during the nigh.t. The needles, in
most cases, are rendered unfit bT work ; but the
sinkers will, most of them, be n'.7`49 to work
meet-
again, after the roughness is taken o. _4- ffing of deputies, from about twelve of the villa1;418,
was held on Monday, who came to the determi-
nation of resisting the reduction. A list of prices
given by the other houses in the trade, has been
presented to the house in question, which they
object to, on the ground that the document only
states, those that are giving a high price, and not
those that are giving low prices, and conse-
quently it is not satisfactory. In the meanwhile,
some of trie villages, such as Arnold, in which
about 800 frames are employed, are in a state of
great excitement, and soma acts of violence and
insubordination have occurred._ Nottinahtsm Re-
mew.