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London, England, 1828-01-04 00:00:00

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POETRY.

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BATTLE OF NAVARINO.

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If T. CAMPBELL, =Q.

rßom THE NM MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

Hearts of oak that have bravely deliver'd the brave,
And uplifted old Greece from the brink of the grave,
'Twas the helpless to help, and the hopeless to save,
That your thunderbolts swept o'er the brine ;
And as tong as you sue shall look down on the wave
The light of your glory shall shine !
Per the guerdon ye soight•with your bloodshed and toll,
Was It slaves, or dominion, or rapine, or spoil?
No l your lofty emprise was to fetter and foil
The uprooter of Greece's domain I
When be tore the last remnant of food from her soil,
Till her famish'd sank pale as the slain !
Yet, Navarin's heroes! does Christendom breed
our deed?
The ban hearts that will question the fame of y
Are they men ?—let ineffable scorn be tbeir :needs •
And oblivion shadow their graves!--
Are they women? to Turkish serails let them speed,
And be mothers of Mussubnan slaves!
Abettors of massacre! dare ye deplore
That the death-shriek is silenced on Hellas's shore ?
That the mother aghast sees her offspring no more
By the hand of Infanticide grasp'd?
And that stretch'd on yon billows distabed by their gore
Illissolunghi's assassins have gasp d?
Prouder scene sliver haUow'd war's pomp to the mind,
Than when Christendom's pennons woo'd serial the wind,
And the Sower of her brave for the combat combfied,
Theit watch-word, humanity's vow;—
Not a sea-boy that fought in that cause, but mankind
Owes a garland to honour his brow!
Nor grudge, by our side, that to conquer or fall,
Came the hardy rude Russ, and the high-mettled Gaul;
For whose was the genius, that plann7d at its call,
Where the whirlwind of battle should roll?
•AR were brave! but the star of success twee all,
Was the light of our Codrington's soul!
Thai star of ;by day-spriog, regenerate Greek!
Mimed the Saracen's mix's, and strUck pallid Ms cheek
line fast flualsiag morning thy Muses shall 'Peak
~Wben their lore apd their lutes they reclaim
..th, first of their soap from Pamassues peak
be " Coiooy to Cbdriaegtas novae !"

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THE MURDER IN2IIkNTA4GILE-PLACE.
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INQUEST ON irliE BODY.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, T. Stsathists,
Zig. 'Coroner for Middlesex, and a Jury of Gentlemen
Oft highest respeetability,assembled at the Montague
..iliataisublic.huUse in Montague-street, Russell-square,
letisquire into the dreadfril circumstance,vonnected with
. the death of E.liz sheds Jeffe, aged 75 years, who was
so barbarously murdered at the house' of her master,
John Lett, Esq. No. 11, Montague-place, on Monday
bight last.
Mr. Justice Gawk* was summoned 'as a Jurot, but
Robert Baker, who was likewise summoned, .stateck
'thathe had seen the Learned Judge, who considered it
-Improper to attend. •
prix &sauna, the Coroner.—Certainly so. I will
• *latch his name out of the list, he ought not to have
been summoned. Can you attend, Sir Kthert?
'Sr 'Robert said he would stop, if the Coroner could
giot *do without hisser vices.
The CORONER said he had excused' Mr. Thessiger and
otbet Gentlemen conneetisd, with the psofes.sion ; and he
reated; if he were istAscisse'ilt, be should not be able to
t peptic d *itb the
Sr Robert theiseitthe would stoeintost willingly.
Mr. Thos. Malls; the Magistrate of the Police Pffice,
Bow street, now 'entered the room, and took his seat by
the side of Mr:Stirling.
The Jiiry were then sworn—Sir Robert Baker; Fore-
mans They then proceeded with the Coroner to view
the body. It was lying precisely a; it was found, be-
low emirs, in the housekeeper's room, and presented a
imbst horrid appearance. It was lying on the *her, on its
sight side, in a pool of congealed blood. The right
pocket was turned inside oat; but in a private pocket
inside was found a sowesiign,- and in the kir hand
packet was found her keys, and fivepence farthing.
Pere were two cuts in the throat, and the one that
caused her death was of considerable length and breadth,
nearly severing the head from the shoulders.
The Jury hiving retotned, the following witnesses
were examined tosteltingthe inquiry s--
Mr. Samuel Plum, surgeon, of 165, Great Russell
...Sweet, deposed as follows :—1 have this morning ex-
amined.the body of the deceased. I saw it first on Tues-
day evening last, at six o'clock. It had evidently been
dead souse hours. TIPP trarAea, or windpipe, and gullet;
• bad both been cut through, and also the large vessels on
the right side of the neck, but not on the left. Death hid
been produced by the loss of Mood Want the cut vessels.
The neckerchietof the deceasesthad been .thrust into the
wound. .1 at first thought it bad been placed there by
the hand of some person, but on lookingintore portico-
..hrly loth, I found that the side ofthe cede add kerchief
werisslirty.,and therefore my+ impsession then was, and is
still, that the neckerchief muse have been pressed in by
a foot. On the left• collar-bone were three or four round
bruises, apparently the marks of the knuckles of some
perum. I examined' the lower parts of the body : there
Owe finger masks and drops of blood on the thighs, bat
-.ea Other marls of violence. The neckerchief and rib.
'ben of the cap h been cut through by the instrument:
'he left-hand pocket was turned inside out. A razor-,
sheath (the lower half lay close to the head. No cutting
instrument of any filtd'bas near.
Coroner— Then the-facts you describe caused hetl
&ails. She could not have walked at all after shelled
received the cut ?
tdr. Plum—Ng, Sir, she could
.Im.; *else, must have'
died ,diedthir spot where the pool of bloodew olies. She
end f sheik] think she was locate-
isle of making any resistance. I examined her hands,
and found thentio be-staineW with blood.
• • Juror-au your judgment, 'could she 'have inflicted
theviounje herself ?.,e-
Mr.Plum—Decidedly not, Sir; it must have beers
a sues& arm that inflicted the wound. The foot masks
• vl 'the melt most have been dose afterwards:
MY. Courtneyerr WiWyou allow sue to ask if there
• more than the throat ?
more than
in your opinion, Jane
-as a razor,or a table-knife ?i
• might bate done
fornatay judgmgot whether
the right or Left hand ?
think the person who commit
been oa thebraitside, and have
• him. I s think is was a

vounti.
pockets emptied? ,
pocket was, drawn out, but i 4
was foetid. ,
her head ?
t there were ao nooks opos*
live at No. 11. Hatt-str
upholstertri limy; knowi
paw I Was preseot at Mr. Ito:
wheo the alarm was given.
nntraoce into the house. I
from the nest house, and

ii*Ty! eki2r4 than one cut in tb
y;lge. Plum—Two, Sir.
. ktdr.Vtiyine,y—Were they
1 ' iiitth i iblrp instruntentosicb i
''Sfr.:Plsini..A Labia knife i
Lrs l'irr.'coiiTilley—Can yes fe
t 1106 A *as inflicted by d
,
! . . 'Mr. co—l should.thini
i ` Or. :dad ilea have been
,
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I - :1 ' ;effaced the wouni
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"-, - dropped into the back area,
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