Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-09-17
REVOLVING PICTURES.

In our late files of English news, we met
with recital shocking to every sensbility
of an ordinary nature, and placing in the
strongest possible light and contrast that
wretched and outrageous policy of England,
which robs the laborer of his daily hire to
build up and sustain an unproductive, thrift
less, and consequently oppressive aristocra-
cy. We read, that in the western district
of Mlddlesex, a woman named Harriet Jones.
aged Al, suspended herself from her bed
stead, by cord round her neck. "The iu
rv viewed the body, which, from its skeleton
appearance, indicated the most appalling
starvation, while nothing could be more sad
denng than the naked ,comfortlcss apartment
e front kitchen in which it lay" Her son
gave in testimony, that her husband died six
months since, and had been i'll two years
His mother supported herself by washing and
plcdging. He had brother and sister, who
with their mother, were starving during the
past six weeks, having little or nothing to
eat during that period. He had another
brother with friend His mother was star
we'd, and was, in his opinion, insane from it,
as from being exceedingly cheerful she be-
came silent and melancholy.
Again we read, in the same column, (and
our readers must pardon us the long extract
for although disgusting it is necessary as
follows:
DEATH AND BUR1AL-PBINcE ALBERT's
FAvoRIrE GREYHOUND, YEos.'-A most
beautiful greyhound, to which both her
Majesty and the Prince were greatly at
tached, his Royal Highness having had it
from a puppy, upwards of twelve years
since, died suddenly at Windsor Castle OF
the evening of Thursday the lst instant.
The Queen, fearing that the favori;e bitch
had not come fairly by her death, mmcd-
ately commanded the presence of Mr..
Brown (the surgeon to The household at
Windsor CASTLE at the Palace. the royal
surgeon forthwith attended, when post
mortem examination of the dog, then and
there took place. but no discovery was
made to Indicate any other cause Of her de-
ceass except old age, the animal being up
wards of II years old. We may observe
that - Yeos,' who has been the conslan,
companion Of the Queen and her llustrious
conSort, was the only one of the royal
quadrppeds who had the run Of the whole
Palace; the only place from which she was
excluded by rcya! command being the
kitchen. Early on the morning following
The death Of lhe.' poor dog" Mr.. Whitman,
clerk of the works in the Office of her
Majesiy's Woods and Forests, received the
commands Of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert to make the necessary preparations
for the inlerment Of the deceased at s
O'Clock that evening; the Prince hlmst II
having selected retired spot for the vault
in the slopes between the castle and the
grotto.
The Prince, however, visited the spot
early The next morning. and had the earth
on The top OF the stone slab removed for
the purpose Of having a view OF the length
and breadth Of mauSoleum, which contains
the remains Of his favorite bitch, the loss
eli which his Royal Hghness and also the
Queen deeply deplored. The deceased
~ eos" when out with Prince Albert and
his brother, the rcigning Duke of Sake.
Goiha, shooting in the royal preserves al
Windsor, met with 4 very narrow escape
from death about three years since. The
Duke Ernest accidentally shot The dog,
which had crossed ia the track of Il hare
| just as he had leveIled his gun, and severity
wounded her that her life was despared OF
| However, after upwards Of six weeks skill
full treatment by Mr. Brown, the Queen
sturgeon, the bitch was restored TO heal h.
TO The great joy Of her Majesty and her
ilustrious consort. The daughter OF
" Yeos'' which was bred by the Prince al
Windsor Castle, broke her leg while cours'
ing, during sever frost, with his Highness
in the winter. The leg was set by Mr.
Brown, TO whom the Prince presented q
beautiful silver mod die Of \ eos, as ties
timony OF his high opinion Of the royaI
surgeons skill in The matter Of canine trac
lures and gun-shot wounds. 1t is The IN
tention of Prince Albert to perpetuate the
breed from the only daughter of leos
agreeably 10 the wish of the Queen.
Mr.. Bate, carpenter and undertaken, Dir
Lawrence, bricklayer. and Mr.. Barley
stone mason. TO the office of the Wood:
and Works, received instructions from !ht
clerk Of the the works, 10 construct tht
coffin and mausoleum without delay -
The coffin TO contain the remains OF eos,
was composed Of wanscott, ihicky studdet
with silver gilt nails, ,astefIlIy lined will
Salisbury flannel. and beautifully finishes
Throughout. 1t was three feet six inches
in length, and fourteen wide and ofthe or
thodox shape. The mausoleum was con
structed of the finest stock bricks, the in
terror OF which was covered with thicl
coating Of white wash. On the Top wa.
a slab of The fines; York stone; the whole
being about six inches below the superin
cumbent earth. The funeral c3rtege Sc
out from the castle, proceeding through
the Oranges into the Slopes, at s O'Clock
on Friday evening; the coffin being born'
on two mems shoulders, preceded by som'
of the royal domestics, and followed b,
Herr Bender, first lagher 10 his Roya
lllghness Prince Albert. |, was the inlen