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THE FLIGHT OF XERXES.

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I saw hint, on the battle eve,
When like a King he bore him !
Proud hosts in glittering helm and weave,
And prouder chiefs before him :
The warrior and the warrior's deeds,
The morrow and the morrow's merds—
No daunting thoughts came o'er bins ;
Ile look'd around him, and his eye
Defiance flash'd to earth and sky !
Ile look'd on ocean ;—its broad breast
Was cover'd with his fleet ;
On earth—and saw from East to West
His banner'd millions meet
While rock, and glen, and Cave, and coast,
Shook with the war-cry of that host,
The thunder of their feet !
lie heard th' imperiAl echoes ring,
Ile heard, andfeir himself a King !
I saw him next alone ;—nor camp,
Nur chiefs his steps attended,
Nor banners blazed, nor courtiers' tramp,
With war-cries proudly blended:—
He stood alone, whom Fortune high
So lately seem' to deify,
lle,who with Heaven contended,
Fled, like a fugitive and slave,
Behind, the foe,—before, the wave !
He stood—fleet, army, treasure gone,
Alone, and in despair !
While wave and wind swept ruthless on,
For they were monarchs there :
And Xerxes, in a single bark,
Where late his thousand ships were dark,
Must all their fury dare ;--
Thy glorious revenge was this,
Thy trophy, deathless SALAMI!

CURE FOR DYSENTERY.

A decoction of the roots of blackberry bushes (re-
bus occidextalis), is a safe, sure, and speedy cure for the
dysentery.—This receipt was obtained from the Oneida
Indians."
The foregoing, copied from an American newspaper,
reminds us of another medicine for dysentery, derived
from the same vegetable, which ought not to be lost. It
was an article constantly introduced into the medicine
chests sent to the West Indies from Bristol, by a physi-
cian of that city, whose name sse do not recollect, and,
being very efficacious, was much inquired for after his
death, some forty or years ago. It was communi-
cated to the writer of this wide by his daughter—a
Mrs. Letham—who has also been dead some years. It
coesisted simply of the common blackberries, gathered
when ripe. They were put into an oven, not very hot,
to exhale all moisture from them and when quite
crisp and dry, were reduced to powder, and then kept
in well closed bottles.—We are not informed what
quantity formed a dose, or hew often it should be exhi-
bited, but we are assured that It operates as a powerful
and safe remedy.—Mechanies Oracle.
The nsate of the physician alluded to was Dr. Quin.
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The election of a representative for Cemblidge is
expected to take place on Friday next; the day, Flow.,
ever, cannot be axed until the arrival of the writ. It is
generally supposed that no opposition to Marquis
generally supposed that no opposition to Marquis
GatfiArl, will be offered on the present occasion.
Although Government has not received any recent
official dispatches from India' an Officer has, within
these few days, arrived from Madras, who has cam-
municated some extremely interesting details relating
to the Burmese war, and the views entertained on that
topic by the most able and intelligent Officers stationed
in that country. Of the result of the war, there exists
no doubt in any quartet ; but, for the sake of nume-
rous petty Governments, which are entirely dependent
on the British power in India for their tranquillity,
and the peaceable possession of their legitimate terri-
tory, it is deemed ibsolutely necessary to shew, that
we can, at any moniEnt, ihcrease the number of British,
troops, a force, every way more formidable than the
native army. It is also inlortant, that no violation
of the dignity or rights of England, or her East Indian
Allie., should be committed with impunity. The Bur-
mese troopsare stated to be, principally, a sort of mi-
litia force, and, although not formidable in the field,
there have occurred some extraordinary examples of
passive courage in the stockades, where they have suf-
fered themselves to be cut down without any attempt
at surrender or self-preservation.
Tuesday last, Benjamin Charge, late a driver of the
mail-cart between St. Alban's and Aylesbury, was taken
into custody at the fotmer place, at the instance of the
General Post Office. By Act of Parliament, a driver
of a mail-cart is forbidden to admit passengers on his
carriage; or without lawful excuse to be beyond his
stated times, on penalty of a month's imprisonment for
each offence. Charge has been convicted of bothsof-
fences, and committed for two months to confinement
arid the labour of the tread-mill.
We understand that the linen-weavers of Barnsley
.have respectfully petitioned their employers for the
restoration of their fents, or a small advance of wages
in lieu of them. The masters are unanimously re-
solved not to restore the fents, as it would re-open the
door for many frauds and larcenies ; but several of the
principal houses ate well disposed to grant an advance
of wages, which, it may therefore be hoped, will
gained by the weavers. The trade of Barnsley is
flourishing beyond all precedent. The journeymen
spinners, in a number of the mills at Hyde, near Stock-
pm; have turned out for an advance of wages. On
Monday last the hands who have already quitted their
employment paraded through the place, and it is
thought their numbers will shortly be greatly aug-
mented by the aidition of others, who have given their
ma-tens notice to quit, The hands that will then be
out of work we have estimated as high as 10,000.
The cotton-spinners of tilasgow, after standing out for
about font months, have been subdued, and have re-
'rued to their wo:k, submitting to a temporary de-
of ten per cent. from their wages, as a remu•
to the masters for the loss endured in conse-
of their strike. It is understood that the mac-
, meet in a month, and deliberate how long the
ion shall be made.—Leeds .Mercury.
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ith I'it, at Middleton Colliery, continues in such
that it has not yet been deemed prudent to open
are happy to find that the subscriptions at
and its neighbourhood, for the relief of the
and orphans of the unfortunate men who suf.-
-.the late dreadful accident at the Middleton
J, amounts to about 1,0001. The liberality dis-
by people of every rank in life is highly praise-'
: the workmen in the different manufactories
made collections among themselves, and thus
considerable sums, some of them amounting to
and as far at 201. •

LADY MOSTYN. •
We garcon Saturday some account of the fatal ac-
cident which happened to this Lady. The following
are additional particulars from the Worcester Herold :
" A few clays ago, an infant son of Sir Edward Mostyn,
Bart. of Spi ing Bank, near this city, shewing symptoms
of an attack of scarlet fever, the remainder of the chil-
dren were, in order to prevent its further spreading
among them, sent to the house of Mr. Parry, a farmer,
living at Red Hill, which is a short distance from
Spring Bank. On Tuesday last, Lady Mostyn, their
most excellent and amiable mother, walked thither early
in the morning, to pass the day with them, and, as she
directed, the close carriage was there to fetch her away
at nine o'clock in the evening. The approach to Mr.
Parry's house from the high load is up a short but steep
ascent, near the top of Red Hill. At the moment the
carriage had cleared the gate, the off wheel slipped into
a watershoot, the violence of the jerk occasioned by
which was such as to throw the coachman from his seat
to the ground. He, however, almost immediately re-
coveied his legs, and running to the horses, which had
got into a gallop, succeeded in laying hold df the
traces, and lastly of the reins. The near animal now
began to kick violently at him, and his leg catching in
his breeches pocket, he was again pulled down, conse-
quently he once more lost the reins, and the wheels
passed over both 'his knees. Upon this, the horses,
I loosed from all restraint, set off at full speed towards
Spri:ig Bank, and, in endeavouring to turn into the
road to it, about 300 yards from the gate at Mr. Parry's,
brought the carriage against two posts with great vio-
lence, splitting both. They then took again towards
the high road, and continued their furious career. Lady
Mostyn had to this time kept herseat, but it is supposed
her flight at the situation being increased by the con-
cussion, she took the fatal resolution of
.jumping out.
Besides the coachman, a footman was in attendance
upon her Ladyship. The latter, who had got down at
the gate, to open it, was in the act of stepping up behind
when the coachman fell, and ran forward to the coach-
door, but was unable to retain hold of it, owing to the
rate at which the horses were going. He then 'followed
the carriage with all the speed he was able, and about
twenty yards from the entrance to Spring Bank, he
observed something in the road, which he at first
though: was a coat or shawl, fallen from the carriage,
but on approaching it, he found it to be his mistress,
lying flat on her face, with her eyes closed,- and bleed-
ing profusely at the nose. He spoke to her, but
she returned no answer, being in a state of complete-in-
sensibility. He then took off his coat, and wrapping
it round her, placed her on the bank ; b 1 this time the
coachman came up, and he remained with her whilst
his fellow-servant went to the house, and procured as.
sistants, by whom she was conveyed home in a large
chair, scarcely :hewing the least signs of life. In this
interval a Gentleman who was passing, acting from the
impulse of the moment, attempted to bleed her Lady-
ship, but little blood issued from the punctbre. The
footman then came off to this city for medical aid, and
Dr. Hastings, Mr. Rayment, Mr. Carden, and Mr. Ste-
phenson, sen. and jun. were promptly at the bedside of
the unfortunate Lady. Tliey found her right shoulder
dislocated, but the most extensive injury was on the
left side of the head, which was contused and swollen
to that degree that they immediately pronounced her
case destitute of the smallest hope. She remained
throughout the night, and Wednesday, in the same
state,ber eyes closed, and apparently perfectly uncon-
scious of her situation, and until about six o'clock yes-
terday morning, when she expired. On examining, next
day, the spot where her Ladyship fell, it was found to
be full seven feet from the track of the carriage ; the
fatal mischief, therefore, must have ensued from the
great violence with whioh she pitched upon her head to
the ground, and not from her clothes catching in the
wheel, as has been stated. Sir Edward was absent
at Leicester at the time of the accident: a dispatch
was sent off to him the same night, and he arrived
at Spring Bank about five o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon, but it was deemed by the Medical Gen-
tlemen molt prudent, if possible, to keep him from
beholding the truly deplorable state of their -pa-
tient, her face being so dreadfully disfigured, and
not a feature was .recognizable, and with which he
most reluctantly complied. Sir Edward, we under-
stand, remains in A state of the most inconsolable
affliction at the loss of his affectionate and inestimable
wife, and the devoted and fond mother of his eleven
children. It is due to the feelings of the coachman
and footman to say, it was owing to no neglect of their
usual care and attention to their beloved and valued
mistress, the melancholy occurrence took place, which
has, in so afflicting a manner, deprived them of her.
After the deceased bad so unfortunately sprung from
the carriage, the horses slackened their pace, and
arrived at the Barbourne gate at a trot; the keeper
threw open the gate as usual, not knowing that they
were without a guide, and in passing throup, the,
carriage came is contact with the post, by which the
splinter-bar was broken ; after proceeding a little fur-
ther they were stopped. Lady Mostyn was, we under-
stand, about thirty-five or thirty-six years of age, and
was the daughter of --Blundell, Esq. of Crosby-
house, Lancashire. An Inquest has been held upon the
body, and a verdict of Accidental Death' returned."'
be I moniremen

FATAL MisTAas.--Mrs.George, a gardener's wife
Southgate, Chichester, administered, on Saturday week,
to her infant child, four months old, two tea-spoonsfull
of laudanum, under the idea that it was Godfrey's
Cordial, for which she had purchased it at a chyrtaist's
shop in that city. Immediately the fatal mistake was
discovered, medical aid was resorted to, but, alas! it
was unable to save the life of the child.
Within the last few days, whiskey has fallen 6d. per
gallon. And how is this fact to be accounted for ? By
the competition of the distillers, or the recent dullness
in the coin market, combined with an opinion that
grain will fall still lower. The two last causes are not
perhaps -to be wholly overlooked ; but the first we
should think the most influential of the whole. For the
last twelve or eighteen months the distillers of Scotland
have been prodigiously busy : the business has paid,
and in these days of superabundant capital, a paying
business generally leads to a glut in the market. But
the depression in question cannot, we suspect, be of
long continuance; sooner or later the trade with Enr
land must be thrown open, even were it for no other
purpose than to protect the Revenue. The smuggling
warfare that so long raged in the Highlands of Scot-
.land, has now been transferred to the Scottish border,
and every day is adding to the number of the pet sons
engaged in the illicit traffic.
Esaagost. —ln our account of the trial on the part of the British
Consut Boulogne, against Dr. Venom, in the Sun ofThursday,
for " Lord Thatriz" read * -Laird bane

ROBBERY,with EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE•

As Mr. Staines, surgeon, of Winslow, was riding
from Buckingham, on Tuesday evening, between the
hours of 'nine and ten o'clock, he met the mail-cart re-
turning in haste, about half a mile from Buckingham,
when the driver., in very great agitation, accosting him,
stated that the keeper of Padbury turnpike was tied to
the gate, and he supposed nearly murdered. Mr. S.
advised the driver to make haste to Buckingham for
assistance,- whilst he gallopped on to the relief of the
sufferer. When he aimed at the gate, he found the
keeper with his hands tied behind him, his body fixed
with cords to the bridle gate adjoining the dour-post,
and one leg fastened to it by means of the door chain
and a padlock. Having freed him from the gate, and
perceiving his features much distorted, and his voice
very much obstructed, he proceeded to -examine the
face, when he found an extraordinary projection in each
cheek. Upon his introducing his finger into the month,
he discovered it to have been occasioned by a piece
of wood, of about four inches long, and the thick-
ness
of a swan's quill. That being removed, lie gave'
the following account of this most extraordinary trans-I
action:—" A little before nine o'clock, a man called out
Gate ! I answered, Coming, Sir, and unlocked the
door. As soon as I got out, I was knocked down by a
man in a drab-coloured great coat, about five feet ten
inches high, who threatened to kill me if I cried out. He
then lifted me up, and began tying me to the gate. A
shorter man in a jacket stood by, without interfering; a
third, still shorter, in a short smock-hock, assisted, and
produced cords from his pocket. They all went into
the house, and I heard them breaking open the till,
from which they took the day's receipt. From a shelf
they also took two Buckingham one pound note, one
sovereign, and eighteen shillings in silver, leaving eight
shillings in the cupboard, which they had overloolced ;
they came out, wished me good night, and ran fast
away towards Padbury.“—The keeper had received
one blow on the left temple, which appeared by no
means to have been severe. He quitted the charge
of the gate that night, but returned to his duty the
next day at ten o'clock.

In the beginning of last week, considerable sensa-
don was excited in Kennington, in consequence of a
rumour which was circulated throughout the whole
neighbour hood, that a lad, the stepson of a Mr. Pod-
derford, had been beaten in such a cruel manner by
his father-in-law as to cause- his death. The lad, it
appeared, died suddenly, and some of the people resi-
dent near Mr. Pudderford's house, upon hearing of the
event, industriously propagated a report all over Ken-
nington that they had seen the father-in-law beat the
deceased in a shameful manner a few days preceding
his death. The parish-officers having been informed
of the circumstances, considered it their duty to make
them known to Mr. Jammer?, the Coroner for the
county, before whom an Inquest was held on the body
of the deceased, last Friday, at the sign of the Winds
mill public-house, at Kennington, the result of which
was, that after several witnesses were examined, who
gave extremely conflicting evidence on the subject, Mr.
IfOotro, a surgeon, was called, who deposed that he
examined the body of the deceased, and perceived no
marks of external violence ; he then proceeded to open
the body, and discovered that the liver and other inter-
nal parts were considerably diseased, which he had no
doubt produced death. The Jury returned a verdict
-of "Died by the visitation of God."
A GUOST.—At a farm in the parish of Redruth, and
near the town, there is a dwelling-house which has long
been reported to be haunted. Several tenants, who in-
habited it in succession, quitted it after a short rest.
dente, alleging that their slumbers were so much dis-
turbed by the nocturnal transactions of their ghostly
visitants, as to render their removal necessary. How.
ever, as the tales they circulated were in general dis-
credited, a new tenant was speedily procured as the
vacancies followed in succession. Some time in the
month of June, 1816, the good woman of the house
intimated to her husband, that on the falling of any
heavy substance on the kitchen floor, it produced a
hollow sound. On hearing this, he resolved to search
into the cause of so extraordinary a circumstance; and
having dug ap the floor, he discovered, at some depth
below the surface, two large stones, covering a kind of
vault, apparently filled with cinders. Having removed
these, he found some black mould, intermixed with
teeth and fragments of human bones. These were care-
fully preserved, and being submitted to the inspection
of a surgeon in the neighbourhood, he concluded they
were the fragments of some full-grown person. No-
thing has transpired that can tend to unravel this mys-
tenons deposit. The house was again forsaken by its
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inhabitants, and we know not whether it be yet te-
nanted. It is singular that the under-surface of the
stones which covered the vault had all the appearance
of having been exposed to the acticn of fire. Oa this
phenomenon, if such it may be Termed, but one opinion
can be entertained, so far as the human remains will
furnish evidence, and probable conjecture May be al-
lowed to speak. It seems to have been the body of
some person that had been murdered and reduced to
ashes, to conceal the fact ; but by whom the act was
perpetrated, with what circumstances it was attended,
iti what age it was committed, we must be content to
leave unknown, until the earth and sea shall give dp
their dead.—Pnouth Journal.
An event equally horrible as extraordinary has
just taken place at Toulouse, in France. There are
four victims, amongst whom is the author of the
crime. Elie Francois Triboulet, aged 44, lived in a
state of concubinage with a woman named Sangere,
whose husband has been for some years undergoing a
sentence of hard labour, to which he had been con-
demned. The fruit of this adulterous intercourse was
a child aged eighteen months; there was also in the
house another child belonging to the woman, born
seven years ago. Triboulet dreading the return of
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her husband, whose term punishment was nearly
f expired, sold his furniture, nd determined to remove
to another part of the countr . He wished the went in
Sangere to accompany him, but she, having lately
suffered from his brutal treatment, refused. Rendered
furious by what he took for a mark of her contempt
and hatred, he strangled her with a handkerchief,
afterwards found fastened upon her neck+ be then
struck senseless the two children, whom he placed
u ith their mother upon the bed, under which he put
fire, and then placing himself alongside his victims, all
four soon fell a prey to the smoke and flames. The fire
was soon perceptible to the neighbourhood, the police
was sent for, and on breaking in the door, the first
object that presented itself was the body of the
woman upon the floor, the feet towards the door, and
the head testing upon - the bed, and the left hand
hanging down; all the clothes were on fire.

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