Dec. 28,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



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was Mr. Henry Carden, who resided near Templemore. 

 It was stated that he was fired at yesterday, and died 

 soon after. No details are given. The Tipperary papers 

 contained some weeks since accounts of proceedings on 

 the pa»t of Mr. Carden against some tenantry. 



Limerick. — The following is an extract of a letter fur- 

 nished by the proprietor of the Limerick Chronicle in 

 Aiiticpation of the regular publication of that journal. 

 It should be remarked that the late Earl of Limerick, by 

 his l*st will, bequeathed a sum of 500/. to be distributed 

 amongst the poor of that city, and yet they could not 

 permit his remains to be deposited in their final resting- 

 place without indulging in one of those displays of bar- 

 barity which bespeak, to say the least, an imperfect state 

 of civilisation: — "Limerick Chronicle -Office, Monday, 

 2 o'clock. — The funeral of the late Earl of Limerick has 

 just passed our office, and such disgraceful conduct as 

 took place was never witnessed in a civilised country. 

 The yelling of the mob was terrific, and the tenantry 

 who attended to pay the last tribute of respect to their 

 landlord were assaulted, and their scarfs torn to atoms. 

 The relatives of the deceased, in their carriages, received 

 similar treatment, having been pelted with stones, and 

 compelled to take refuge in the houses adjoining the 

 cathedral. Lord Monteagle and Sir A. De Vere were 

 amongst those who were so treated. Lord Monteegle is 

 son-in-law of the late Earl ; and Sir A. De Vere, nephew." 



Belfast. — The Mayor and inhabitants of this town 

 have invited Sir H. Pottinger to a public dinner, as an 

 acknowledgment of his services to the mercantile com- 

 munity. Sir Henry has accepted the invitation, ?nd 

 promised to avail himself of it as soon as he can make 

 arrangements to visit Belfast. 



SCOTLAND. 



Edinburgh. — It appears by the Scotch papers that it 

 has been determined to erect memorials in this city to 

 "Wallace and Bruce, but some doubt exists as to the 

 nature of the monuments. The Scotsman states that the 

 idea of a Tower on Arthur's Seat is objected to on the 

 score of taste, and also from the expense attendant upon 

 the conveyance of materials to the summit of the hill. 

 The proposal to erect a fountain and statues in the North 

 Loch is condemned as wanting in grandeur and effect ; 

 while another proposal to erect a colossal statue on Ar- 

 thur's Seat, and another of Bruce on the summit of a 

 tower on the castle rock is again rejected, and a building 

 after the model of the Temple of Theseus, at Athens, is 

 suggested. — It is said to -be in contemplation to celebrate 

 the Centenary of the Rebellion of '45, next August, in the 

 West Highlands. 



Glasgow. — This city on Friday and Saturday last was 

 visited by the densest fog ever remembered in this part 

 of Scotland. It came on on Friday soon after daybreak, 

 and people had literally to grope their way in the streets 

 at midday. In the suburbs it was necessary to use 

 torches, and all the traffic of vehicles was entirely sus- 

 pended ; the steamers in the river either brought to an 

 anchor or went aground, and several persons lost their 

 lives by falling into the canal. The fog lasted till Satur- 

 day morning, but the hard frost by which it was accom- 

 panied still continues. 



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went off heavily, for it is not remarkable for. splendid [ Papua, which is inhabited by a ferocious population, in 

 fcenery, or recommended by humour or ingenuity. whose country no Europeans have as yet made establ: 



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Covent Garden. — The pantomime at this theatre 

 was entitled " Harlequin Crotchet and Quaver, or Music 

 for the Million." The first b e is the Hall of Dis- 

 cord ; the body-guard of the Demon is a baid of brass 

 instruments, endowed {with mo*ion as we'll as sound ; 

 to these the Demon rises in a gigantic drum, 

 from which he emerges, and, after lamenting the 

 pro-- of music, he summons Shirp, Flat, and 

 Natural, three of the ordinary masked spirits of Pan- 

 tomime to aid him in spreading discord, he bavin 

 already gained them over from the canst of Apollo and 

 Melody — the last the good genius of the plot. He 

 '.so engages them to carry off Young Crotchet who 

 is in love with Miss Semiquaver, the daughter 



of Dcmisenvqu-M-er. Apollo seuds Mercury to i l- 

 lenge the Demon to a trial of skill, a pantomime, and 

 a scene succeeds in which Mereurp command! the 



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'STficatricals. 



The Pantomimes. — The theatres have been crowded 

 as usual this week by holiday-folks anxious to see the 

 Pantomimes. 



Drury-Lane. — At this theatre the subject is " Har- 

 lequin and Robinson Crusoe." The first scene repre- 

 sents Crusoe wrecked on the desert island, and carrying 

 out his cargo from the ship, which lies high and dry 

 on the shore. Some laughter was excited by the 

 acting of Mr. Payne (Crusoe) in this scene, who dis- 

 played much broad pantomimic humour. We next 

 find him introducing himself to a party of Caribee In- 

 dians, with some of whom he dances the Polka in a 

 very whimsical style. His man Friday (Mr. Wieland) 

 now makes his appearance on the stage, and a laugh- 

 able scene takes place between him and his master in 

 the latter's house, " built with his own hands," when 

 he teaches his servant how to cook a leg of mutton 

 and boil a pudding. While they are seated at supper 

 with a party of young Caribs, other Indians rush 

 in ; the scene changes to the old wreck, and Crusoe 

 immediately afterwards is seen taking his departure 

 by the •• Waterman" steamer for London-bridge. 

 The usual transformations now take place : — The 

 Caribee King is changed into the Clown (Mr. T. Mat- 

 thews), his club-bearer into Pantaloon (Mr. Howell), 

 Prince Paramatta into Harlequin (Mr. Wielano), while 

 Miss Carson comes forward as Columbine, the first 

 scene of the pantomimic transformations is the exterior 

 °f a music-shop, wherein the Clown and Pantaloon, 

 while playing on the violoncello and bassoon, are suddenly 

 lifted up into the air, and let drop again on their music- 

 stools—an ingenious trick, which was much applauded. 

 The exterior of the Insolvent Debtors' Prison, wh'ch 

 hanging to the baths and wash-house for the labouring 

 daises, was a very bustling affair, but deficie.it in point, 

 except in the solitary instance when the warm-water baths 

 *ere thanged into boiling-water baths by the mal-adroit 

 pumping of the Cloicn, and the bathers come out parboiled. 

 The trick of Harlequin in the bag with his head cut off 

 was also ingtniouslv managed ; but the concluding scenes 

 were exceedingly heavy, and were scarcely redeemed by 

 the humorous gunner in which the Clown sang the ol 

 *ong of " Hot Codlins." The last scene of Her 

 Majesty's christening the Royal Exchange was, compa- 

 ratively speaking, flat, and indeed the whole pantomime 



position, ... .. 



by music books, with trumpets doing duty for chimneys, 

 and the front covered with notes. The Demon offers 

 old Demisemi to change all these notes into gold if he 

 will give him his daughter. He consents and the trans- 

 formation takes place, in a very effective manner, every 

 dot being turned to a sovereign. The down was Mr. 

 C. Marsh ; Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchanl ; the two 

 Harlequins, Messrs. Smithers and Frampton ; the 

 Columbines, Misses Massall and Ryalls. The comic 

 business includes hits at most of the topics of the day ; 

 the best of them was a Lord Mayor's procession, with 

 the " man in brass," and placards hinting at "parish 

 settlements," &c, which produced roars of laughter, 

 and the washing-houses of the people, with a lecture on 

 bathing, the Clown including a dissertation on soap. 

 The gaming-houses, photography, union dietaries, cheap 

 tailors, and miraculous pills, all furnish their quota 

 of fun. The last scene, presenting an exterior, which 

 changes into a clockmaker's shop, with all the pen- 

 dulums moving, and clock-dials walking about the 

 stage, was capitally managed, and told exceedingly well. 



Haym arket. — The entertainment at this theatre 

 consisted of a connection of dioramic views in Switzer- 

 and of a very superior class, and of a fairy extravaganza, 

 founded on a well-known tale of the nursery by the 

 Countess D'Anois, entitled •■ Graciosa and Percinet." 

 The piece turns upon the love of King Uxorious, 

 a widower, unexpectedly bewitched (Mr. J. Bland), 

 for the Duchess Grogon, a maiden lady of very 

 uncertain age, who is the owner of a capital cellar 

 (Mrs. Stanley), and the jealousy of the latter against her 

 step-daughter, for whom she conceives an inveterate dislike 

 at first sight, which she evinces by inventing every method 

 of torturing her. In working out her plots against Gra- 

 ciosa ample opportunity was afforded for introducing a 

 very sprightly and unexpected collocation of words, which 

 as they fell upon the ear called forth shouts of laughter. 

 Miss Julia Bennett, as the Princess Graciosa, a model 

 for daughters, and Miss P. Horton, as a Fairy Prince, 

 and the perfection of lovers, each sustained the charac- 

 ters throughout in the most effective manner. Several 

 duets were executed by them during the progress of 

 the piece. The ballet evinced that great care had 

 been taken in its preparation. A number of tiny 

 dancers were introduced incidentally, and, judging 

 from appearance, they could not have been, on 

 the average, more than five or six years old, yet 

 the greatest order was preserved ; and Masters Dot, 

 Trot, Tiny, Tip, Mite, Atom, and Grain, together with 

 Misses Midge, Mok, Speck, Spangle, Drop, Pinshead, 

 &c, exhibited a perfect miniature of the elder ballet. 





i$tfsceIIam:ous. 



Dr. fTolff.—We are glad to find, from letters received 

 from Trebizond of the loth November, that Dr. Wolff 

 has arrived in safety at Teheran, on his way to Tabreez 

 and Erzeroum, on his way to England. 



The Ancient Frescoes in East IVickham Church.— 

 The churchwardens have entirely destroyed these inte- 

 resting remains. Great efforts were made by the British 

 Archaeological Association to preserve them, and letters 

 on their behalf were forwarded, by order of the Association 

 when at Canterbury, to Archdeacou King, and the Bishop 

 of Rochester, but the result has proved that they were 

 unsuccessful. It was urged by the churchwardens and 

 the ecclesiastical authorities that the paintings were not 

 worth saving; but several eminent artists had pro- 

 nounced them to be fine examples of church decorations 

 of the 13th century, and it was hoped that at least the 

 better preserved portion would be spared, and that other 

 paintings in the church, from which the whitewash had 

 not been removed, would have been examined. 



Strasburu Cathedral.— Tut Paris Press* > states that 

 the belfry of the Cathedral of Strasburg has devuted 

 considerably from its perpendicular within a short time, 

 Hud has inclined more than six feet, calculating between 

 the elevation of the summit and the base. A catastrophe 

 is feared, which the most skilful architect is incompe- 



T&aS^iiiii to Oceania.-Jhe ^ Paris paper 

 announce the departure from Lyons tor^gl^jtM. 



Epale 

 Ocean 



"t Ef Ma' E5*J hwSTS M first proceed 

 to S dnev, in New Holland, and thence repair to bis 

 IceVe" ^hich compnse. New Guinea, the land of 



ments ; the Carolines, the Archipelago of Salomon, and 

 all the islan I situate under the equator. M. I le 

 assisted, during several ye M. Pompallier in t 

 ing the natives of New Zealand. 



British Eni prise. — The Monte Videan papers i 

 tioo some particulars of a British enterprise, one of w 

 remarkable features is a ship sail in.- on a level of 1 

 feet above the sea. In 1326, says the account 

 Rundcll and Bridge, the London jewellers, purchased the 

 gold mines of Sipuani and the emerald mines of lllimanf, 

 aud sent over Mr. Page as their agent These mini ire 

 situate on the banks of the Lake Chiquito, 248 English 

 milrs long, 150 in breadth, and hitherto unfathomed in 

 many parts. In the neighbourhood of Sipuani are other 

 productive mines, belonging to General O'Brien and an 

 Englishman of the name of Begg. The only vegetable 

 produce of the district is a species of red potsto, c.lltd 

 ma, and a few nutritious plants ; but to the f 



the -«ke, at Copacatana aud in the valleys of the !■ i, 



are cultivated maize, barley, and fruit-bearing trees 

 The difficulty of feeding, in their own scanty r< , the 

 large body of Indians working in the mines, suggested 

 the idea of building a vestel for the navigation of the 

 lake; and General O'Brien and Messrs. Page an<l Uegg 

 determined to make the attempt. Mr. Page purchai 

 an old brig in the port of Arica, stripped her of her 

 anchors, sails, and rigging, and succeeded, with extreme 

 difficulty, in conveying the hull to the mouth of the A polo* 

 bambo, whose waters fall into the Chiquito Lake. Thither 

 he brought workmen from Arica, built stocks, and, after 

 two years of painful and unceasing labour, succeeded in 

 launching his vessel on the lake, and opening a regular 

 communication with the produce of the valleys of the 

 Bolivia. The brig is well found in all things — sr.ve for 

 her want of anchors, which it has been impossible to 

 carry to such a height. General O'Brien and .Mr. Begg 

 are reported to have executed other works of a boldness 

 not less surprising. They have transported a steam- 

 engine across the Cordilleras, dug through the metal- 

 liferous hills of Lacaycota, a canal 2000 feet in length, 

 traversed by nine locks, and laid down a railroad at 

 its extremity for the conveyance of their ore. In this 

 Lake Chiquito is the Island of Titicaca, assigned by 

 tradition as the cradle of the earliest Peruvian cirilisa- 

 tioo, and the sacred burial-place of the ancient ±* of 



the country — Athenmum, 



An Ant'diluruui Relic The Presse states that there 



has been discovered near Bonn the carcass of an enor- 

 mous crocodile, which, by the nature, and the t forma- 

 tion of its scales, differs entirely from all species of that 

 animal hitherto known. Tbeie animals arc rii-ided into 

 different species, according to the countries they inhabit. 

 Those of the Nile bear no resemblance to the crocodiles 

 of the Ganges or the caimans of America. It would 

 appear by the recent discovery, that before the Deluge 

 the Rhine possessed a peculiar species of crocod If. 

 The Valley of Jeho.shaphat.—\X. the last meeting of the 

 Institute of British Architects, a very interesting paper, 

 describing some remarkable tombs in the Valley of Je- 

 hosbaphat, near Jerusalem, was read by Mr. J.J. lea. 

 The tombs more particularly noticed were the pillar of 

 Absalom and the tomb of Zechariah. The tatter is cut 

 entirely out of the solid rock. It consists of a square 

 base, decorated with Ionic columns, and has a pyramid 

 on the top. The whole mass is supposed to b? i it 



is the height of the surrounding rock from which it has 

 been excavated, and is separated from it by a space of 10 

 feet. The pillar of Absalom is near to the tomb, and is 

 also partially cut out of the rock, but on the solid square 

 base there is erected a conical top, the interior of w n 

 is hollow. Near to these ancient monuments is the 

 cemetery within which the apostles are supposed have 

 retired during Christ's agony on the mount. Absalom • 

 pilar andZecharuh's tomb have given-rise to much spt« 

 culation respecting the periods of their erer i. Some 

 travellers have ascribed them to the periods in which the 

 individuals whose names they bear lived, but Mr. Scoles 

 is of opinion that they are of much more r< cent dates, 

 and from the mixed styles of architecture tbey exhiVwt he 

 conceives them to have been constructed by the R .ans 

 about the time of Augustus. Being situated in the deep 

 valley of Jehoshaph it they have escaped destruction during 

 the many sieges Jerusalem has endured. At the entrance 

 of the cemetery there are four columns, and the interior 

 consists of many chambers excavated in the rock. The 

 aper was received with much applause, and the thank! 

 of the meeting were cordially given to Mr. Scoles f.rhis 

 description of these interesting monuments. 



Discoveries at Xbtcveh.— The news of the progress of 

 It, Botta's excavations at Khors^bad, near I 

 Palestine, are always interesting. There are at pre>eut 

 160 workmen engaged thereon, and besides the wal.s, 

 which are covered with sculptures and ir lptmns, 

 many annuities of a peculiar and at present inex ole 

 nature are met with. For example, under the Urge 

 bricks, of which the floor consists, are stone repositories, 

 which are filled with small clay enamelled figures n 



and beasts, without eSftfelB* on the t ace indicating 

 the existence of such repositories, or there being any- 

 thing within them to explain their consent*. In ther 

 place they d ; scovered »t rows of earthen < ;s _of 

 a remarkable size. A on a brick floor, led 



with human bone«, and similar to th which have 

 been found at Babvloo, Ahwaz, and other place?, irv 

 South Persia. The' palace seems to have been I 

 plundered before its destruction, for neither J* * 

 nor instruments, nor even the small cylinders SO 

 rous in the neighbourhood, are anywhere found 



