The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-02-07
From the Correspondence Of the Evening Post.
sl aCl{ LONDON, Jan. 3, 1914.

Since my last (per Garrck) number Of events have
taken place, interesting in themselves, though not of
any marked importa nee in social political point Of
view. Dea IN has be- very busy, and has carried of
one or TWO persons OF note amongst the rest the gal
liant old Lord Lynedoch, at the m3ture aye of 81 -
Few men have faced death more frequently, for his
military career extended the whole period Of the
French revolvt onary war, including, of course, the
rise and downfall OF Napoleon; and yet he did not
enter the army until upwards of forty years of age
There l. touch OF romance aboat his private hsto-
~, Very early in life, when plain Thomas Graham,
Esq, CT BoIgowan, Perthshre, he married daughter
OF Lord Cathcars, 10 whom he tenderly attached
They lived together for nearly twenty wears when
the lady died. The shCck which this event gave Mr.
Graham was so ere almost unse,lle his Tea.
son. His friends and medical advisers recommended
that he should travel, and it const ucnce oil
falling Into military society at Gibraltar that he first
formed the idea of enttring the army-a resolution
which be after carried into effect He saw much
hard service, repeatedly distinguished himself in the
battles OF the Peninsula, several times thanked
by Parliament, and was finally raised TO the peerage
and, then iiyour years after the death of his wife,
the tough old lords career closed quietly in his bed
Another eminent individual Who has lust departed is
J. c. Loudon, Esq He was man Of peace, but la
bored hard With his pen, that the titles of his works
alone would make toeTable catalogue. His great
work was one on "Ornamental Gardening" md the
laying out of parks and pleasure grounds which was
published at expense Of 10000 pounds He will
ects connected with the useful and elegant pursuits
of horticulture and Horticulture.
A capital poem lately appeared in the publication
called Punch" entitled +" The Song of the Shirt"
1t is from the pen of the faceous Thomas Hood, of
punnng no'orie'y, but whose happest efforts after
all in tue serious vein--witness his noble poem of
Eugene Aram. 1 he circumstances which have called
forth this Song of the Shirt" of very painful
character. Ii appears that the sopseers OF London
(mostly Jews) have actually succe, ded in breaking
he nrIce of ac la IN
muneration three half pence Cor stque three cent
pei shirt True the shirts run together in the
slightest manner, and then palmed off on the unwary
sailors but STILL the money be earned by this
of work will hardly suffice to keep body and soul to-
gether.
You may see some notice in the papers Of shirts
made at ta,fhing apiece but this IS not so hard
case the other, because in the latter instance the
makers are women, supported by the parish, whe
Their they make shirts or not and these farthngs
were more in the light of ''pocket money! II is
miserable thing, however to labor thus depreci-
ated. But il is true saying that "one half of the
world knows not how the other lives" Yet the gi
gantic metropolis where these things are done, in
creases in wealth and extent daily. 1t appears from
q recent government return that since 1929 no less
than As, 900 houses, forming $50 new streets and
squares, have been added to its huge proportions.
The defeat of Sir James Graham's Education Bill
has had the effect of awakening attention to the inn
portant subject of education The different Christian
for the establishment of schools The Church OF
England subscription is expected shortly to reach
900 900 pounds. The WesIeyans anticipate recev-
ing similar sum in the course OF the next seven
years, and the Congr gatonalists calculate upon 1t0,
900 pounds at once.
The winter asszes have been distinguished by two
or three Of great atrocty. A aborer named
KetIe5and was tried fer the murder Of his son. but
in consequence Of some unaccountable jury freak,
was only found guilty of manslaughter A man named
Onh nff hp IF faith
by shooting him. and is left for execution Ii appear
ed however in the trial that the father had been an
execrabc character. He persuaded his to enlist
as soldier, aid afterwards to DESERT and then made
the knowledge Of his secret available as means of
pundering the out Of the wages that ought have
gone to support his family. lady named Charlotte
Bayden has also been tried for throwing her husband
out of the window
This case however belongs rather TO the comic
department. The happy couple had beep at the
Mr.. and Mrs. Bayden to " d ink deep they de-
parted On arriving at home the lady began to
scod and the gentleman in order to avoid the noise,
opeaed the window, and put oI tn his head and shout
ders upon which the cnraged lady came behind him,
and catching UP is legs, shot him into the street
Fortunately he was not killed. The good naured
blockkesd got into the witness box in order TO
mend his wife to mercy, and convulsed the court with
laughter, by prefacing his recommendation with
history Of Mrs. tlaydens conjugal irregularities!
An East lndtaman named the OXI0rc, win cargo
valued at 100000, has been lost on her passage from
Calcutta "A young nobleman, Lord Inveruric, was
killed lately when hunting in Northamptonshire.
Both Sir Charles Napier the "hero Of Scinde," and
Sir Henry Po,tirger about to return to England
in consequence OF iIl-heath Tempieton, the vocal
st following in the track Of Wilson, has just got up
an anmcnt founded the story Of Mary Queen
Of Scots
Accounts have been received from New Zealand,
Of 2oth june of disastrous event which had taken
place in Cloudy Bay, near Cooks Straits, in conse
qusnce Of dispute between the settlers and natives,
respecting some land, the result Of which was that
nineteen Enxishmcn and several natives lost their
lives. The statements not very clear or explicit
bu, appears that the natives resisted the occupation