The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-01 00:00:00

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thundered when

NTIC STORY

Froml

ludience

aof. a
rge of
sofa

of the Criminal Court of Taait

tried on a ch:

f which the followit

s merriment in the dia.
festivity were the order
and plentifully supplied
t 12 young officers wearing the
regiment. The owner of the
ged about 22, had assembled his
n a manner worthy the occasion, a
hich had happened to him, and to
le enjoyment of an immense patri-
)me in possession. " Another
azeloff, taking up the bottle,
contents.

Gaiety and
t:a.i" ,i,.►,t,

what is that?" de-
anting," said the
They shall be to you
He pointed as he

They are not

3eau ties

iales were seen entering

rus the favourite airs of the country.
:h remained to the host and his guests

At the dessert the male attend-
eerzeloff, who declared that he

.
to make his old comrades happy, directed
a to choose the one of the band of singers

cradle to a blind obedience, and well

ither protection nor defence
f Sokolin-Slaw, the poor girls upon whom
officers fell, quietly submitted to their fate,
:ception, namely, that of Mauna, the most
all, who, taking advantage of the moment,
le, and directed her steps towards the coun-
his ?" cried Meerzeloff, on hearing the ru-

•
' what savage dare- shake off niy yoke ?
ly in pursuit of Maryna, and let her be
at delay." One of the men to whom
a was the brother of Maryna, and the
husband. They obeyed his commands,
!re compelled to do, and went after the
pursuit of game, and ten minutes had
re poor Maryna was brought back, pale,
ved with tears. But as soon as she was
e, Maryna and the other damsels were
ssses, and decorated with a profusion of
id, night having arrived, commenced in

light, one of those brutal orgies which

half savage ideas, call a

I of music had ceased in the chateau.
le duties did not keep them at their
ne village. Kej-Ivan and Alexis, the
ryna, had retired to a cabaret, where,
;hts that disturbed them, they were

la, the favourite of Meerzeloff, was
Her master bad not allowed her to
,lest her beauty should have attracted
her officers. She had, however, not-
a witness of the " drama of love,"
measure at what she beheld, resolved to
faithless lord and lover. She accord-
? Jet where Kej-Ivan and Alexis were
iched them with their want of spirit,
]es ! you sit here drinking while robbed
ar wife !" They denied that they were
their own dishonour. They were rather
Maffa continued to taunt
.ne greatly incensed, and were on the point
, but she said, " For shame! rather be the
)wn wrongs than the assassins of a helpless
)ntinued to work upon their feelings until she
in swear that they would take no rest until
fallen under their avenging hands. " Ven-
'came the cry, and in less than half an hour
by a band of 404 peasants, who had
ej-Ivan and his friend.
as after this, and just before the dawn
ccupants of the chateau were locked in
of sleep, a band of nearly 400 peasants,
s of straw, surrounded the mansion, which,
.!sidences of the province of Tambof, was
At a given signal they set fire to the fence
1 the chateau, and then retiring to a distance,
ets, axes, pitchforks, and scythes, they
'eigneur of Sokolin-Slaw and his guests
om their slumbers by the conflagration.
,t alarmed by the light, rushed out and
• but the contents of a musket, which
ground, told him what his guests had
• appeared, sword in hand,
)le, to surmount the twofold obstacle op-
by the flames and the infuriated band
fible and bloody encounter now took
officers were fortunate enough to lose
mber, Captain Dranberg, and ultimately
to a small wood, overcome with fatigue,
,t from their heads, and their clothes
'eadly encounter with the peasants.
•e dangerously wounded.
cers had fled, the peasants ran to the res-
and then returned to gratify their feelings
lost savage manner. They made a tre-
mod, and as soon as it bad become clear
e living body of the unhappy Meerzeloff
e glowing furnace. Maffa repenting too
, in vain supplicated them to spare the
er ; and in reply to her troublesome en-
ly took her and threw her into the fire
xt proceeded to burn down the chateau,
' ;rig that had belonged to its unfortu-

y rannical lord

latter presently

amber wer

had reached the ears of the
[eyed that a judicial inquiry
circumstances of the case, and the
Irehension and trial of 283 of the peasants.
have been detailed in evidence, the Tribu-
,risoners in the first place to receive 100
equal to a sen-
_An does more than one in ten sur-
,.y, that all the survivors should ha
in the mines of Siberia.

is majesty ord

punishment ahr

ieration of the cause and provoca-
:ommuted the sentence to banish-

capable of bearing arms
regiments of the line.

!ALL ELECTION

Bassett has retired,

t Sir (

les Lemon will walk over ti

I. baronet will offer no factious oppositior
overninent.— Western Luminary.

t Mr. Webb

Idressed a letter thrc

gh the Titnes

'question n

of burtlicn as the penny postage," and
not fear the result:" He also reminds
as placed a printed pamphlet in his
'n what he ought to do. If Sir Robert
uions in the way of pamphlets ad-
\dajeet, he would be a greater miracle
s said that he could dictate to an
same time.
iot affect such extraordinary powers,
,uld be content to believe that his printed
unavoidably neglected by Sir Robert, as
by the public at large. Perhaps Mr.
es that the public would read it if Sir Ro-
t. The suspicion comes naturally to the
'arks, from knowing that Mr. Webb Ball
I trying to push himself into notice as a
t, by differing with " great men." He
Spencer, Earl Fitzwilliam, the present
t Peel, and others of equal eminence,
at
sting
for the formation of the Agricultu-
-square, by obtruding his advice
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to a lector at the

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'esponsibility " (these wer
not take it ! And who i
hes his hands of all re
taken, and "for one doe
]e Chronicle: eager to sna
bps him thus: "Mr. Web

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Webb 11 nil thinks, that because his
the farmers of England, he
But influence is no more

honty to,

tncre presumption will never
.....ence which well-directed talent alone can.
sr. Webb Hall—the definite article is necessa-
the question' is not only very
at it was 20 years ago
gay not the questionbut that it is
be asked of him
inions are " not only very different
teen years ago, but differing every
‘.!en said to prevent PI•;
sconeeption
•in and the value of his opinions.
igbt not to " fear the result"
' for one," hut not to speak
'rifted father did so

aTs that

he now extinct bor‘d'uci