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"If the flame which but now to me you swore,
Burns as strong as it did before,
Go, pick up my glove sir knight."
And he with action quick as sight,
In the horrible place did stand;
And with dauntless mien,
From the beasts between,

Took up the glove with fearless hand:
And as ladies and nobles the bold deed saw,
Their breath they held through fear and awe.
The glove he brings back composed and light,
His praise was announced by voice and look,
And Kunigund received the knight

With a smile that promised the deed to requite,
But straight in her face he flung the glove-
"I neither desire your thanks nor love:-'
And from that same hour the lady forsook.

THE FEMALE CONVICT SHIP.*

BY THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY.

THE tide is in, the breeze is fair,
The vessel under weigh;
The gallant prow glides swiftly on,
And throws aside the spray;
The tranquil ocean, mirror-like,
Reflects the deep blue skies;

And, pointing to the destin'd course,
The straighten'd pennon flies.

Oh! none of those heart-cradled prayers

That never reach the lip,

No benedictions wait upon

That fast-receding ship:

No tearful eyes are strain'd to watch
Its progress from the land;

And there are none to wave the scarf,
And none to kiss the hand.

Yet women throng that vessel's deck-
The haggard and the fair,

The young in guilt, and the depraved,
Are intermingled there!

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The girl, who from her mother's arms
Was early lured away;

The harden'd hag, whose trade hath been
To lead the pure astray.

A young and sickly mother kneels
Apart from all the rest;

And with a song of home she lulls
The babe upon her breast.

She falters, for her tears must flow,~
See cannot end the verse;

And nought is heard among the crowd
But laughter, shout, or curse!

'Tis sunset. Hark! the signal gun ;— All from the deck are sent

The young, the old, the best, the worst,
In one dark dungeon pent!
Their wailings, and their horrid mirth,
Alike are hush'd in sleep:
And now the female convict-ship
In silence ploughs the deep.

But long the lurid tempest-cloud
Hath brooded o'er the waves;
And suddenly the winds are rous'd,
And leave their secret caves;
And up aloft the ship is borne,
And down again as fast;

And every mighty billow seems
More dreadful than the last.

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Three times the ship hath struck. Again!

She never more will float.
Oh! wait not for the rising tide;
Be steady-man the boat.
And see, assembled on the shore,
The merciful, the brave ;-
Quick, set the female convicts free,
There still is time to save!

It is in vain! what demon olinds
The captain and the crew?
The rapid rising of the tide

With mad delight they view.
They hope the coming waves will waft
The convict ship away!
The foaming monster hurries on,
Impatient for his prey!

And He is come! the rushing flood

In thunder sweeps the deck;
The groaning timbers fly apart,
The vessel is a wreck!

One moment from the female crowd
There comes a fearful cry;

The next, they're hurl'd into the deep,
To struggle, and to die!

Their corses strew a foreign shore,
Left by the ebbing tide;
And sixty in a ghastly row
Lie number'd, side by side!
The lifeless mother's bleeding form
Comes floating from the wreck ;
And lifeless is the babe she bound
So fondly round her neck!

'Tis morn ;-the anxious eye can trace
No vessel on the deep;

But gather'd timber on the shore

Lies in a gloomy hcap:

In winter time those brands will blaze

Our tranquil homes to warm,

Though torn from that poor convict ship
That perish'd in the storm!

INDEX.

INDE X.

[N. B. The Figures within crotchets refer to the History.]

ABERDEEN, earl of, his correspondence
with lord Stuart de Rothesay,
respecting the French expedition
against Algiers, 354
Accidents: explosion of a powder-mill
at Dartford, 16; Mrs. Manley of
Hatton Garden, burnt to death, 19;
fall of the floor of the auction room
at the sale of lord Eldin's pictures,
51; death from wrong medicines,
52; Mr. E. Hatfield wounded by the
explosion of a box designedly filled
with gunpowder, 60; two girls killed
by the fall of a tree in Hyde Park,
86; the "Benlomond" steam-boat
burnt, 87; two persons killed by
falling down Beacon Hills, Breck-
nock, 115; wreck of the "Amphi-
trite," 126; fall of a house on Saffron
Hill, 131; fall of quarries in France,
176; eleven persons drowned near
York, 178

Acts of parliament, mislaid, found in
Ireland, 145

list of general, 276;

local, 280
Advertisements, reduction of duty on,
[145]

Adulteration of tea, and seizure of it,
143

Agriculture: report of the select com-
mittee on, 341; improved condition
of labourers, 349; table of prices of
wheat, 353

Agricultural interest: the marquis of
Chandos' motion in favour of, [150];
committee appointed to inquire into
its condition, [151]

Alexander column, St. Petersburg,

486

Algiers, correspondence relative to the
French expedition against, in 1830,
354; its ostensible and avowed ob-
jects, 370

America-see Brazil, Buenos Ayres,
Columbia, Mexico, United States.
Amphitrite, convict ship, wreck of,
and great loss of lives, 126
Antiquities: foundations of Julian's
palace at Paris discovered, 11; ante-
diluvian skeleton found near Bed-
ford, 12

Architectural improvements, 486
Arson; J. Carter, malthouse at Lam-
bourne, 38; J. Cooper, stables, &c.
at Foxhill, 42; S. Wilkins, combing
shop at Bridport, 48

Ashley, lord, his factory bill, [205];
opposition by ministers to its going
into committee, [207]; carried into
committee, [208]

Assizes and Sessions:-
Bedford Thos. Crawley, murder of
Jos. Adams, 102

Cork: Lieut. Wall, indicted for steal-
ing jewellery, being on the person of
Miss Hargrave, whom he had in-
duced to abscond with him, 58
Derby: S. Chadwick, murder of Sus-
annah Sellers, 59

Dorchester: S. Wilkins, arson, 48
Exeter Mr. Milford, &c. as seconds
in the duel between Sir J. Jeffcott
and Dr. Hennis, 105
Gloucester G. O. Parsons, &c. robbing
a clerk of the Dursley Bank, 62; J.
and T. Berryman, robbery, 64
Lancaster: J. Roach, murder of D.
Maggs, 121

Manchester: R. Harris, stealing a box
(his own property) from a carrier's
warehouse, 24

Nottingham: W. Clayton, murder, 52
Old Bailey: W. Johnson and S. Fare,

murder, 1; T. Marshall, &c. murder
of the boy Paviour, 68; W. Guest,
purchasing stolen notes, 71; Henry
Berthold, stealing a boa, 159; G.

Fursey, stabbing Brooks a policeman,
in the Calthorpe Street affray, 319
Oxford: J. Cooper and Joel Wicks,
arson, 42

Reading: J. Carter, &c. arson, 38
Shrewsbury: G. Hayward, murder of
J. Corser, 112

Taunton Brooks, &c. murder of P.
Chasey, a drummer, in 1808, 65;
Jas. Wheeler, &c. election riot at
Frome. 294

Warwick: W. Betteridge, &c. election
riot at Nuneaton, 308
Wisbeach: Eliz. Seymour and J.
Brittain, burglary, 117

York: J. Pickler, robbing South Kir-
by church, 44; Bayntun v. Cattle,
electioneering expenses, 45; R. Ro-
binson, shooting at J. Pick, 100
Assessed taxes, Sir J. Key's motion
for their repeal, [155]; sale of goods
distrained for, 73; resistance of pay-
ment of, 141; deputation to the
attorney-general respecting, 142;
assault on a collector, 143; seizures
for, in Marylebone, 151; hand-bill
respecting, 152; procession of the
Marylebone association, 155
Atheistical witness (Julian Hibbert),
evidence of, rejected, 159
Attwood, Mr, his motion for inquiry
into existing distress, [149]; do. for
committee on the Bank remunera-
tion, [176]

Autograph letters, sale of Mr. Ander-
don's collection, 28

Babington, Dr., death, 221

Baden, discussions relative to the de-
crees of the Diet, [277] the printing
the motion against them prohibited
by government, [278]; M. Winter's
defence of the measures of govern-
ment, [279]

Baillie, Colonel, death, 219
Ballot, vote by, Mr. Grote's motion
for, 1214]

Bank of England, its application for a
renewal of its charter, [165]; go-
vernment's plan relative to it, ib.;
Lord Althorp's resolutions, [168];
the charter granted, [170]; debate
respecting making its notes legal
tender, ib.; ditto on remuneration
to be granted it, [174]; bill brought
in, [178]; passed, [179]
Bank of the United States, the presi-
dent's hostility to it, [299]
Banking system, and banking compa-
nies, proposed alterations" relative
to, [167]

Baring, Mr. recommends, that Bank
of England notes should be consi-
dered a legal tender, [172]
Basle, occupied by federal troops, and
obliged to yield to the terms of the
Diet, [283]

Bavaria, Rhenish, riot at Neustadt,
[281]; trial of Dr. Liebenpfeiffer,
ib., who is imprisoned, but escapes,
[282]
Bayntun, captain, action relating to
his expenses at York election, 45.
Beaches, formation of, 492
Belgium (see Holland) convention
with Holland, [268]; dissolution of
the Chambers, [270]; king's speech
on opening the session, ib.; distress
of the manufacturers, [271]; condi-
tions imposed upon it by the project
of convention between Holland and
France, and Great Britain, 376;
communication from the English
and French governments to the Bel-,
gian minister, Van de Weyer, 401;
his reply, 402; note of the Belgian
envoys to the conference in London,
403; relations of the United States
with Belgium, 417.

"Ben-lomond," steam boat, burnt, 81
Berri, Duchess of, discussion relative
to her detention, [231]; ministers
refuse to bring her to trial, [232];
she avows her marriage with Count
Hector Lucchese Palli, [233]; is
allowed to leave France after being
delivered of a daughter, ib.
Birmingham Union, demand the dis-
missal of ministers after their refusal
to repeal the assessed taxes, [159]
Birmingham, new Town Hall, &c. at,

487

Bishoprics, proposed consolidation of,
in Ireland, [113]

Blackwood, captain, anecdotes of, 427 ;
his account of the action between
the Brilliant and two French fri-
gates, ib.; letters of Lord Nelson to
him, 429; Captain Blackwood's let-
ters to his wife, 433; that describ-
ing the loss of the Ajax by fire, 439
Boothia, discovery of the continent so
named, by Captain Ross, 148
Bottomry, case of, (the Orelia) 87;
the Eliza, 88

Boyne, plan for blowing up the wreck
of, 141

Brazil; insurrection in the province
of Minas Geraes, [304]; revolt at
Bahia, [305]; message of the re-
gency to congress respecting the
return of Don Pedro, [306]

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