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ery head was on its pil'ow when they landed on the shore;
resence bade the crew " Wait here for me.
Ding, when the sun has left tl.e sea."

He was yet in manly vig

h his lips were ashen white,
s, in his eyes a clouded light;

ur, thoug

he blinding mist so sure,

'en both of house and

And he knew the purple ridge

'twas CullodeO where he stood

He had known it well aforetime—

ot, as now, so drear and

When astir with battle's horror,—reeling with destruction's clot ;
Now so peacefully unconscious that the orphan'd and exiled
Was unmann'd to see its ea cones=, weeping weakly as a child ;
And a thought arose uf madness, and his hand was on his sword—
But he crusted the coward impulse, and he spake the bitter

vho perished for your king

In the misty wret.
I can hear your s

i see your tartans swing—
ho to Saxon never knelt;
the fortunes of the Celt !

.rrior, and his feat

ores wore the

the First one of

his nam

Better plunge in t

,t his life betrai'd

e pro' ect him, that o'erlook Culloden's plain
,ather hlo'soms red as life-drops of the slain'
your hunted children from the vengeance of the foe
Did ye rally back the flying for one last despaiting blow
No! the kingdom is t - -
And our boot

, than go down in shame and Shade

Dabbled
Did ye h

ust rot in

'' He is s

and the humbled clans obey,
vim disdain usurper's sway.

k in wine's oblivion for whom Highland blood was

e wretched cateran shelter'd, with a price upon his

ike hounds by scourging, crouching from thzir

And I tread my native mountains, as a robber, in the night;
spite of tempest, spite of danger. hostile man and hostile sea,

sauCu lioden, I ha

aze on t

So he pluelo,l a tuft of heather that was blooming at hi.; foot,
That was nourish'd by dead kinsmen, and their bones were at

he strode unto the strand,
y 11-her band;

ith a m,

Saw the Moray Firth the

ig with the tide, and ne'er agair
ger or the schooner of the Dane

TOWN EDITION.

ARRIVAL OF. TIIE CALEDONIA.

FIVE DAYS LATER FROM NEW YORK.

By the arrival of the Halifax mail steamer, we have
news from New York up to the 30th ult. The news from
Mexico are important. Gen. Arita, who at the date of
the last arrival was at Monterey, at the head of 15,000
Mexican troops, had been removed from his command,
and Gen. Mejia placed in his stead. Yutacan had de-
clared its independance, and severance from the Mexican
Republic. The State of Taumaulipos remained in a state

tion of hostiliti

1 a number of citizens of this st

,ndfor protection, until they form

said to be the result of the misrule cat
dictators of Mexico.

An expedition from the Stat

sing to Califor-

SUDDEN DEATH OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
TINDAL.

It is with feelings of the most unmitigated regret we
have to announce the melancholy fact of the sudden de-
mise of that excellent and universally-esteemed lawyer,
Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal, Knt., many years Lord

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,whicli event took
place at Folkstone, on Tuesday night, at half-past seven
o'clocic, in the presence of his son, Captain Tindal, seve-

1 members of.his family, and his medical attendant, Dr

Pennington

By this event the new Whig government have had
placed at their disposal an important piece of patronage ;
and Sir Thomas Wilde has, on the very eve of his seeking

to be re-elected for the boroug

he vacant Chief-

h of Woiczster, been placed
usticesbip. The following particu-
' the deceased may interest our

it Nicholas Conyngham Tindal was in the 70th year of
zenerally

avinz t

old Essex family, and that his father, Robert Tindal, who
was a solicitor, resided for many years, if not the whole of
his life, at Chelmsford, in Essex. Alter the usual course

bridge

ucation, he entered at Trinity Uoliege, uam-
in the year 179.5, and within four years of that pe-
riod—in 1799—he took the degree of A. 8., and that of
A.M. in 1802. In the former year he was eighth wran-
gi r and senior Chancellor's nedal-list. In the month of
October, 1801, he was elected a fellow of his college, and

held the fellowship for eight years. Immediately after
taking his master's degree, he became a student of Lin-
coln's-inn, by which society he was eventually called to
the bar. His connexion with Lincoln's-inn probably gave
rise to the common error that he nad been a Chancery
barrister ; but, on the contrary, his practice was limited
to the entnninn law enorts_ Shortly after his admission to

Lincoln's-inn, he entered upon practice with very consi-
derable success as a special pleader, and Lord Brougham
was among the number of his pupils. There can be no
question that a young law student could hardly have cho-
sen a safer guide, for a man more thoroughly learned
than Mr. Tindal even then was, in every department of
the law, could scarcely be found within the range of
the profession ; and he was espeeally celebrated for
what is called " black letter learning." His high re-
putation brought bins so many clients that at a very
early age he thought it safe to go to the bar, and accord-
ingly vie find that he was called in Trinity Term, 1809.
In the same year he married the youngest daughter of the
late Captain Thomas Symonds, tI.N., and, of course, re-
signed his fellowship. A numerous family were the issue
of this marriage, but the wife of Sir Nicholas died many

In the Court of King's Bench, and on the
Northern Circuit, every year brought Mr. Tindal addi-
tional reputation as a lawyer, but very little fame as an

years ago

always expound a principle; he could give the history of
any statute, and with great perspicuity set forth its pro-
visions ; he could argue any point, however apparently
hopeless, and impeach the validity of any legal document,
however apparently sound ; but a knavish witness could
elude his examination, and an apathetic jury were never
warmed by his eloquence : yet he had what the profession
calls a " capital business ;" and a large income rewarded
his learning, his industry, and his high reasoning faculties.
The natural process by which lawyers seek achiancement
in their profession is to get into parliament. Mr. Tindal,
however, enjoyed a distinguished opportunity of appearing
before one house of parliament long before his election as
a member of the other. A bill of pains and penalties
was preferred against the Queen and George IV., and
in one of the most extraordinary proceedings that our
his

ory records Mr. Tindal was called upon to bear his
part. He, conjointly with several others, was counsel for
the Queen. How far his astuteness and knowledge ren-
dered him an efficient assistant to Her Majesty's Attorney-
General was a matter not very apparent at that period.
That he was capable of giving valuable hints to his more

neutralize the dazzling ingenuity of Copley, or to cope
with the wily manoeuvres of a cloud of Italian witnesses.

queen's

advocate, he obtained w'ith the public little additional re-
putation from his share in this extraordinary inquiry. We
now follow him to the House of Commons, to which as-
sembly, in the year 1824, he was returned by the Wigton
district of burghs; arid here also we can say but little for
his qualifications as a public speaker. His manner was

his political and historical

knowledge displayed itself to small advantage ; it bore upon
few questions, and not even upon tho,e with much power.
One would have expected that his talents and learning as
a lawyer must have often entitled him to enlighten the
House on legal difficulties, yet he had not a popular mode

of discussing even questions of law. Nevertheless, a better
man for the office of Solicitor-General could not be found
amongst the Tory lawyers in the month of September,
1846, when Sir C. Wetherell became Attorney-General, in
'consequence of the elevation of Sir John Copley, after-
wards Lord Lyndhurst, to the Mastership of the Rolls.
At that time Mr. Tindal became Sir Nicholas, but he still
ernained without any very material increase of profes-
sional fame, nor was he called upon during the tenure of
office to assist in any important prosecution on behalf of
the Crown. Sir J. Copley, who had represented the
University of Cambridge, became Lord Chancellor in the
year 1827, during the Canning Administration ; thereupon
a vacancy occurred in the represen'ation of that constitu-
ency, and Sir Nicholas Tindal solicited its suffiages. Mr.
William John Bankes, though also a Tory, went down to
Cambridge to oppose Lim ; the result •cit the polling was
470 for Sir Nicholas Tindal, and 378 for Mr. Bankes. He
bail been chosen for Harwich at the general election in
1826, but of course readily withdrew from that borough
to enjoy the honour of representing his alma mater.
Eventually, however, he became perfectly satisfied with
two years' possession of this much envied distinctiOn.
Gout, irritability, and Sir Thomas Wilde, combined their
united virulence to drive poor Lord Wynford almost be-
side himself. The chief seat in the Common Pleas there-
fore became vacant, and a prize within the grasp of the
Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel represented Oxford,
Sir Nicholas Tindal, Cambridge; the one was leading
Minister in the lower house, and the other second law
officer of the Crown ; the one proposed Catholic emanci-
pation, the other supported it; the one retained his place
in the Cabinet and lost his seat for Oxford ; the member
for Cambridge gave up his seat for that university, but
obtained a seat upon the bench; and in the month of
June, 1829, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
which position he occupied during the lone period of 17
years; although, under the 6th of George IV., cap. 83, he
might, at the end of 15 years, have claimed exoneration
from the toils of that high station. Death, however, has
at length deprived him of its honours and relieved him of
its labours.

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. Waghorn is in Vienna malting arrangements for
the conveyance of the Indian Mail by Trieste.
The Penny Magazine has closed its career, after an ex-
istence of fourteen years.

The amount of tlie Cobden testimonial has now reached
upwards of X 33,000.
English coal is to be had in every part of the civilised
world : there are detots at Rio Janeiro, at Odessa, at

. . .
Archangel, and at Constantinople.
The Town Council of Oxford have appointed a com-
mittee to provide suitable public bathing places free of

charge

' Tne preservation of ancient footpaths for the enjoyment
of the public is ac, akening general attention in the cities
of the South and West of England.
SIR ROBERT PEEL IN LEEDS.—On Sunday week Mr.
Abraham Peel, of Sheepscar, Leeds, had an infant son
baptised at the parish church, " Sir Robert."
A pupil of the veterinary school of Alfort died a few
days ago, after three weeks' intense suffering, from having
in dissection caught the glanders from a.horse.
A watchmaker of Cardiff is said to have invented a
self-acting ball, that will run on a level, and keep in mo-
tion for an indefinite number of (say 1,000) yt ars.
Barnard Gregory, formerly of the Satirist newspaper,
has taken the Newcastle Theatre.—North British Adver-
tiser.

At the West Kent quarter sessions three young men

P indlciment
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ADVERTISEMENTS.—The Gazelle

fedicale de

Pt,', is s

tes that Morrison expended

e years

1830 and 1844, the enormous sum of £lOB,OOO sterling

in advertising his nostrum

A mine of antimony has been discovered in New Corn-
nock (Scotland). It is the only one of the kind in Bri-
tain, and contains a great mixture of arsenic and cop-

VALVE OF LAND.—The Ford Abbey estate, conris'ing
of about 1,200 acres, with the park, situate in the Vale of
The Are, Dorsetshire, was last weck sold by auction for