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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

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THE THERISTROCAULODON,

The following are curious traditional opinions of the North
American Indians respecting this extraordinary animal, now
exhibiting at the Lyceum.

TRADITION OF SHAWNEE INDIANS

Ten thousand moons
ago, when
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covered this land of the sleeping sun—long
man, with thunder and fire
ruin garden of nature—a race of
animals wingsf the wind to
inthis
were being, huge as the frowning precipice, cruel
as the bloody panther swift as the descending eagle, and
of in ht
as rribleg • The Pine crushed beneath
and the lake shrunk when they slacked their
their feet,
thirst ; the forceful javelin in vain was hurled, and the barbed
as the angel
arrows fell harmless from their sides. Forests were laid
waste at a meal, and villages inhabited by men were destroyed
in a moment. The cry of universal distress reached even thee.
regions of peace in the west ; when the good spirit interposd
to save the unhappy, his forked lightning gleamed an around, of
while the loudest thunder rocked the globe • the bolts
the
heaven were hurled on the cruel destroyers ;lone,
mountains echoed with the bellowings of death,
him even
killed except one male, the fiercest of the race, andhe
mounts the
the artillery of the skies assailed in vain ; .
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bluest summit that shades the resources
toltnance ; the red
andall was
and, roaring aloud, bids defiance to every r'
lightning that scorched the lofty fir
1 at length, mad-
glanced only on this enraged monster, till
of the west, and
dened with fury, he leaps over the waves
in the wilderness in
there reigns an uncontrolled monarch
and firedt
iv. the knotty oak,
despite of omnipotence

TRADITION OF THE UPPER CREES INDIANS.
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The Upper Crees, a tribe who inhabit the country in the
vicinity of the Athabasca River, have a tradition with respectn.
to animals which they state formerly frequented the moun-
tains. They allege that these animals were of frightful mag-
nitude ; that they formerly lived in the plains, a great dis-
tance to the eastward, from which they were dualls, d
by the Indians to the Rocky Mountains; that they destroyedto th
eir
size, smaller animals ; and if their agility was equal
heir
size would also have destroyed all natives, &c.
One man, in 1816, has asserted that hisgrandfather
him he saw one of those animals in a !mountain
he was hunting, and that on hearing its roar, h Pass when
eyes, and
pared to thunder, the sight almost left his , which he com-
heart became as small as an infant's, that his

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and the officers and privates of the 17th Lancers, and the
military generally, tor their excellent and efficient conduct,
when aiding
characterised with much zeal and moderation,
the civil power to preserve the public peace, and to protect
property within the borough.—Leeds Intelligencer.

LITERARY NOTICES.

Bradshaw' s Journal. Vol. 3. Parts 1,2, 3, 4. WalmsleY,

Liverpool.
The success of " Chambers' Journal" induced many enter-
prising publishers to commence similar undertakings.
Scarcely any of them have stood their ground for any length-
ened period—from what causes it is not for us here to en-
quire. Sufficient to say that Bradshaw's Journal has kept
the even tenor of its way, successful and succeeding, and has
at present a very extensive circulation. Nor is this to be
wondered at when we look at the quantity provided for the
small amount of the price and the quality of the material.
In the parts now before us there are as many clever articles
and papers to be found as in any magazine of four times the
price. Here we have in each part an average of 80 pages of
neatly-printed, highly-interesting matter, and several first-
rate engravings, illustrating the literary portions of the
work, all of which are evidently written expressly for it. In
part No. 1, we find " Haddon Hall" and " Darwen Paper-
mills." In No. 2, " The Pier and Harbour of Leith,"
" Dublin Bay," and medallion portraits of Dalton, Bacon,
and Newton. In Part 3, the illustration is " The Viaduct at
Stockport." Part 4 are "Peel Hall," near Worsley—" Sack-
ville-street, Dublin"—and " Glen of the Downs," Ireland.
Of the literary department we can speak with unqualified
praise. There is an originality about the contributions, a
freshness, a vigour, that cannot fail to be appreciated by the
reader, be he either one that is fond of light reading, or more
at home in the ponderous truths of philosophy. In part No.
1, we find some amusing letters from Mr. J. Critchley
Prince, one of the *anchester poets, detailing his progress
in a pedestrian tour down to the south of England. Several
articles, by Laman Blanchard, enrich the pages—as well as
excellent tales by different parties. The description of Dar-
wen Paper-mills will be found exceedingly well worth peru
sal. There are twenty subjects in this part, the price of
which is only id Part 2is full of good matter :in this is
commenced some extremely good articles on Ireland, in
which the write putsforth his views of men and things there
in a style that may compete with that of the best writers of
the day. " A few days in Ireland" is the title of the papers,
and we recommend them to notice. A clever tale, entitled
" Emily Herbert," runs through the number, which contains
also a variety of other matter. Part 3 contains several very
charming poems. In No. 4, the Irish papers are continued,
besides an infinity of agreeable reading, both useful and
amusing. In fact this periodical we can conscientiously re-
commend to notice, as one that for its cheapness is accessible
to the poor reader, and for its originality and excellence of
contents may lay claim to a place on the tables of the wealthy.
How it is got up so cheaply and so well is remarkable. It
emanates from Manchester, although published in London.
Really Manchester quite gives us the go by in literary mat-
ters. Its poets are all talented, from Charles Swain down-
wards. We can show nothing like them. We safely recom-
mend Bradshaw's Journal to notice.

PARIS CORRECTIONAL POLICE.

(From the Gazette des Tribunaux.)
A SPECIMEN OF THE PARIS SWELL MOB.

Eugene Adolphe Lepartois is placed on the bane des accuse's
on a charge of robbery. The prisoner is a young man of a
tournure assez dislingue, and dressed with une grande re-
cherche. His hands are incased with pale straw kids of a
dazzling clearness, and with his elegant double eye-glass he
views the court and those around him with the easy well-bred
air of a man who only waits the hearing of the case to esta-
blish his innocence of the charge which, by some strange
accident, has been laid to him.
Madame Montlouis, the complainant, stated that about 10
o'clock on the previous evening she was returning from a
visit to a friend in the Rue Neuve de Luxembourg, to her
own residence in the Rue Chauchat, when she was much an-
noyed by a young man following and talking to her. Finding
that she would not reply to what he said, he made some re-
mark which much alarmed her, when a well-dressed man
came and said to him, " How dare you insult the lady ? go
on about your business, or I will make her cause my own."
Upon this the fellow went away, and the other approaching
with a tone and manner of the greatest politeness, well calcu-
lated to inspire confidence, said, " Permit me, Madame, to
offer you my arm ; you may be again annoyed, and I shall not
leave satisfied if Ido not see you out of danger." The bearing
of the young man, the service rendered, and the fear of further
insult, induced her to accept his arm, and as far as his bear-
ing was concerned she bad no reason to regret se doing, for
he was most respectful. Having arrived at the corner of
the Rue Chauchat, she thanked him warmly for his kind-
ness, and intimated that she was at her own door. At this
moment she felt a tug, and then another, and the next mo-
ment her gallant cavalier had taken to his heels with her
watch and chain ; and, in spite of her cries for assistance,
he at first got clear off. but was taken at the other end of
the street by three young men who were coming from the
opposite direction. The lady having made her charge, he
was handed off to the station. The thief was our elegant
friend at the bar. _ _ _

President.—Was the watch found upon him ?
Madame Montlonis.—He had thrown it into the street
when apprehended, but one of his captors picked it up and
restored it to me. _

President (to ihe prisoner).—What have you to say to this
charge ?
Prisoner.—What, sir, would you have me say ? I have
been made a victim to my own politeness, that 's all.
President.—What ! do you pretend that you have been
made a victim ?

Prisoner.—Certainly ; I don't think I have much the ap-
pearance of a thief.
President.—Do you then deny having stolen the lady's
watch ?
Prisoner.—l am incapable of such an act.
President.—But do you recollect that the watch was picked
up close by you at the moment of your apprehension?
Prisoner.—This is the very circumstance which explains
the matter. I suppose the lady's chain caught one of my
buttons, and when I quitted her broke, and let the watch
fall to the ground.
The Avocat do Roi here interposed, and said he had not
interrupted the prisoner's line of defence, but he begged now
to state, that he had already been six months imprisoned for
stealing a watch at the exhibition of pictures.
The prisoner said no more, but resumed his seat, biting
the fingers of bis straw-coloured kids, in evident chagrin at
this aspersion on his character, and maintained an unbroken
silence, while the President sentenced him to 12 months'
imprisonment.