Glasgow Courier. — 1844-01-02 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

FIRST IN THE FRAY ;" OR THE CHILD'S GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS. Jm the Freeman's Juvenal the totionstysis as an example of the Christian charity. the , ococord, the brotherly love, the loyal and constitutional spirit which pervades the press of the Repealers—just on the eye of the state prosecutions. We suppose the effusion to be preparatory to a plea in mitigation should the traversers be convicted:—  PAPA, WHAT IS" THS SAXON ?" The tyrant that came o'er the sea, my child, To fetter the fearless and free, my child— Whose murderous band Spread wo through our land, Leaving sorrow and serfship for thee, my child ! In the hour of disunion our bane, my child— He came, and as yet doth remain, my child. Ha! the bloodhound before Lapped full of our gore, And he growls for the blood-gorge again, my child Bnt the millions, divided so long, my child, Now fierce in their hatred of wrong, my child, With front to the foe, Are eager to show The deeds of the valiant and strong, my child. Come tyranny's wrath when it may, my child, We've a chief whom we trust and obey, my child, Let the contest assume (Jr glory or gloom, Thy lire shall be first in the fray, my child. T. Sr Athboy, December 24th, 1843.  Earthquake at Guerasey.—Extract of a letter dated Christmas-day :—" Last Friday, at about 10 minutes to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, there were two violent shocks of an earthquake, so terrible that people were shaken in their chairs, hearing at the same time a loud rumbling noise in the earth. I had gone to the library, and by the action of walking neither heard nor felt it, but imagine my horror, when I got into the High Street, to find it full of people, all looking up at their houses, expecting them to-fall with the next shock; their windows rattled, wardrobe doors that were locked were forced open, doors and gates of houses were seen to shake, all bottles, jars, and earthenware vessels which happened to touch each otherjingled tremendously— in short, it was appalling. I hurried borne as well as I could through the crowded streets, not knowing if I should find our house standing, as it is a new one and slightly built. Thank God, I found all safe, but Gl in an awful state of excitement. He was writing at the time, and being so q, uiet no doubt felt the full force of the shock. I assure you I went to bed in fear and trembling, not knowing but that we might be swallowed up in the night. However, it has pleased Almighty God to spare us hitherto. The general opinion here is that there has been some dreadful earthquake in France, and that the shock we had was the effect of it.  Mrs. Waller.—Mrs. Waller is out of danger, and recovering, though slowly. There are some persons in jail on suspicion of being concerned in this massacre. Two men are missing from the locality of Finnoe ; they are suppobed to be the tws stho were wouided, and that they will not diCto,igstiltheir wounds are healed.—  Ltinster Express. An unlucky blacksmith near Cirencester married ab _  montli ago a servant girl; who in a few days introduced to him a young woman, as a particular friend with whom she had formerly lived in service. The young woman was invited to pass a few days at the house, and as there was only one bed in it, the good-natured blacksmith slept elsewhere, leaving his only bed to hit wife and the female friend. One day, while he was at work, the wife and her "friend" decamped, carrying with them all they could lay their hands upon; and the poor fellow finds upon inquiry that the " fellow-servant" was a man in female attire.—Shreusbury Paper. At the assizes at Stafford, Sarah Westwood, aged 42. was arraigned upon a charge of having murdered her hu, hand, John Westwood, by the administration of arsenic. The evidence was conclusive, and she was found guilty, and sentenced to death. Upon being asked whether she had anything to urge in stay of execution, she affirmed that she was pregnant. A jury of matrons .was therefore empannellesi to ascertain the truth of this assertion, and a medical man was sworn to assist them in their investigation. On returning into Court in about twenty minutes they nega. tived the allegation.  OL•