"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.*
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.
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!
[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,
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,
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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