1842. ] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
minstrel Blondel, who discovered him in his prison by 
singing ey stanza of. a ca! ourite fis ich was answered 
b 1 captiv: i 
ey Pe ioe Pas 
ga OPg. 
from its being associa ne 
scenes of the ger h spitatina a 
quet of ardes du corps, the loyalty of the as- 
a burst of raha asm by se aed 
rd, O monroi!” T 
s of the castle, and Gaibended 
to by the royal prisoner within, is a sweet melody, and 
e duet. The whole o i 
gee 
$ 
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any 
5 
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a 
fe 
s 
SS 
ery an 
he best kind, perk altogether the getting 
up of the piece was eyetn nable 
heey eee ae 
, s Melts dalle hy 
Wasps’ —The danger of inconsiderate offers is 
illustrated by ‘the following snecdo te which appears in the 
otlem n that county, who was 
ritish Museum, it has, 
Serre Were 
0 volumes, taking 
w teen niles an 
in Paris, of 650,000 volumes, must, 
by an! poe calculati tion, have not less gas twenty miles 
ar 
ima 
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ein that colony 2500 aie 
600 i 
Ores 
are 1200. iam 3000 ¢ 
Cost of Siri ‘kes. —Ti 
of late years, among the Glasgo 
the Manchester cotton spinners, 370,000/. ; 
400,0007.: Leeds 
ae 
bl 
e put together, and yet been praduotien 
of no Wtitietor sults. 
Statistics of erie vity.—The fi saan details are ex- 
tracte urious boo a y tly 
oe 
i ae lied in in 
f ofthe last centu icy. 49 uae 
bs: oui 180 years of age ose seven reac! 
™ ifn our —_ a 146, four 155, one 159, 
se 168, 2, one 175. The official returns of 
mah ues ow tat there were in that empire, in 1814, seven 
age eet of | had 
te 
eee 
> 
rsons who-had passe 
2 » 111 were Sey 121 to 
to 155, one w: 
’ eam tleed — 
bal 
~ 
a 
ultrade, 
v 
boys, who died upwards of ninety years later. In 1 
died ‘at d . Ni de Vigé, 118 years old; 
_ he was passionately fond of shooting, id good 
sport not long his death; he was 
100 when he married. In 1757, a farmer o r 
Tulle, named c, died at the age of 115 ; he never 
had a. day’s , Was m 1 9 
hich union he had several children, and was 102 when 
€ tin as 
second time, by 
he married the third time.’’ ition to these facts, 
we may state that there has just died, at yin a woman, 
aged 103 years, called Madame Lan o has left 
ci on behind her, the youngest of Me is 78 
These examples ity 
D 
doh e two English centenaires, Thomas Parr and 
enry Jenkins, one of whom, are any be- 
lief in statements of this kind, lived to 15 ears, the 
other to 169. There is also another example in England, 
ohn Forester, of Cumberland, who is said to have died 
aged 138 y pe om ving a daughter 104 a rs old. But 
in all these in s, it is necessary to bear in mind that 
no one cain ge ays een proved by the r rogiatetn of birth, 
or by such Bat as would be admitted in a court of law. 
aia EWMARKET SECOND Ocroses MEE 
oni ieee ing ¢ ommenced to- cto under very 
The ies were unusually full, the wea- 
eath a poate — a large and fashion- 
g 
d-Alsemacie’s Tilcho 
Goodman’s pitnarene praia Even betting. 
» &e. 
three-year-olds 
Won p fosae — Stradbroke’s one Diddler 
ting Mr. 
Monpa 
taiadiinhdacs 
ther fine, a the b 
able assemblage 
ype Phe 
Ad 
ican iteapaeies of 20 soys. each, for 
evs, “a 1 subs, )— 
Se eae a beati: oyce’ ym am by 
The following were not placed : : Col, Peel’s Cameleon, 
Mr. 
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8 
i 
foll 
Sune rtland’s g. by Glen ier? Etwe! ats idee 
Gratwicke’s Clementina, and ae Betting 
to 4 on the field agst Camele Diddler, 5 to 1 agst 
Tragedy, (t.) and 4 to 1 agst Pelerine (t.) on by a length. 
Match, 5001. ; h, ft.-—Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius (Lye) beat Mr, 
Pettit’s St. Francis. 6 to 5 on St. F Won easy by a length, 
Col s Garry O (Nat) beat Lor marle’s Ralph. 
ees 3; h. ft. Even betting. Won by a neck. 
01. for two-year-old colts and fillies.» -T. Vc m by Mr. 
Ongley" s The. Queen beating ome 
ee Se re: ai, 
The 
but wer ced: . «Payne's A om tag Aes Moloch, 
. Stevens ce. by Hornsea, bony G. Clarke’s f. 
rd Strad e’s c..Nylghan, Mr. Eddison’s pas 
Wales, Lord Exeter’s c. by Beiram, Mr. Jones’s Master Shien 
neral Yate Rooksnest, Col. Peel’s Seringo, and Lord 
Lowther’s c. by Bay ae leton. Betting—5 to 2 agst Queen of 
the Gypsies, 4 to 1 Mr. Payne’s filly, and 7 to 1 agst Hornsea 
on a le 
a — by. Mr. Etwall’s Dis- 
alind, Duke of Bedford's 
John 0’ G: tits St Parents: Mr. Stephenson’s Ghuz- 
nee, and M: n’s Barba. Betting—6 to 5 agst John o’Gaunt, 
9to 2 agst Discord, 4to 1 t St. Francis, 4 = Bar 
nd 5 to 1 st salind (taken). Won by a length. 
Duke of Bedford’s Oakley received forfeit from Lord Eglinton’s 
Melior ; T.Y.C.; 
300, 
Lord ‘Albemarle’s But Talo received forfeit bp one Mr. Osbaldes- 
ared. 
re f Ab, M, (3 subs:) 
ng oO! Peak (Edwards), beating Mr. 
ppe. Betting—11 to 8 on the ai the 
1 the running, and won by t nea se ofa 
h. ft first half o 
Thornhill’s ‘Menal 
Peak, who made al 
length. 
UES — Match for 1002, h. ft. T.¥.C.—Lord Albemarle’s 
Minaret, (Robinson) beat Lo; rd Kelbu urne’s Retainer colt. Betting 
—7 to4on Minaret. Wonina osm 3 by two lengths. 
Mr. ayne’s Cecil (Nat) beat Duke of Bedford’s Magog. 
Ean 150, h. “ 7 to ripen ate defeated in a can- 
r by two length 
The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sovs, each, 20 ft.; T.Y.C. (26 subs.) 
‘ol. Anson’s Napier Fe Batier), beating Col, Peel's 
wing also started placed : _ 
erry, Mr. vgs — e’s y Bol whe Se 
esty, a nd Mr. Watts’s c. by Y axley. et tinge ep hihdyane 
Napier, —— eg Yaxley sal 3 to 1 agst Testy, and 4 to 1 agst 
by ahead after a splendid race. 
Lord exe Celia (Dar ting), beat _— wonvenen Nune' 
T.Y.C. 200, h. ft. Betting— 5 on Nun two len Soe 
Lord Exeter's Albion Saeutees forfeit faont Mr. Ceevillo’s Gun- 
ter. oR. 
The Cirewtic aoe of 25 sovs. — Pee we. cen 300/. added 
he se 
who was 
2 
= 
SEO 
<3 
by the Gra nd Duke Cesarewitch; t e 50/, Ce- 
sarewi urse, two ees and a ok aga Won = oR 
Clark canus (T. y, jun.); beating Duke of Grafton’s 
Florence: The following also started :—. G 
. Graydon’ scius, All 
Lord s Ralph, Major 
Yarburgh’s Heslington, Mr. E Etwall’ s Thistle- whtieney Mr Isaac 
Day’s Tamburini, Mr. I ait, Lord Chest esterfie a 
Lord inton’s Blue Bonnet, e Portland’s The Gleaner, 
Mr. W. 8S. SI ey’s f. by Bizarre, and Duke of Beaufort’s An. 
spach. Betting, 7 to2 it Bellissima, 10 to 1 » 10 
to 1 agst P t, 10 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet, 13 to 1 agst Lord 
Kelburne’s colt, 14 to Lagst n tol 8 
20 to t Ma Mie, 20 us, 20 to 1 agst The 
P y nearly r have given t 
proceeded in this manner for nearly half-a le beyond the gap, 
wh roke down, and t! was taken by 
The Bizarre filly ran 
Ti 
s said, fro ds. The winner 
eubbacl by Messer, — bet and was cleverly ridden by a son 
of the late William of Ascot Heath. 
EDNESDAY.— al 
bey to be sold for sol. re} 
weet 
The fete owing also start ee but ee 
Blazer, ttit’s popitacsss ‘Lord ‘Aber ate’ 
. Smith's. pr pete e, Mr. Osbaldeston’s eS - by the Sadiler, 
Trumps, and Lord Ex s f. by S 
es of 10 sovs. each. T.Y.C.—The 
(9 * ae ee a oar. Rogers's 
to 1 
4tol od Sweetie t, 4 to 1 agst Rowland, and 6 to 1 a 
— — ie unnin: ‘ollowed by Sweetmeat, 
rey isan Min e Hornsea colt waiting webiste ome 
Kept in this reir: to ame sores, where Sweetmeat gave up, t ; 
Hornsea colt joined the front rank, and a pretty race A stat 4 
between the four, the Hornsea colt wether Soe cleverly abana TE 
ig tery seer 
&¢.—Won by Mr. Rogers’s Prosody 
Dawson’s The Biddy. The follow 
ing al rted, but were not 
placed :+ Mr, W. Bignold’s ille, Sir S.. Spry’: e 
r. I. Day’s Viola, Mr, Key’s-Image, Duke of Grafton’s Utopia, 
a — baldeston’s Woldsma Betting—2 to 1 eee Wolds- 
t Utopia, 6 1 Camille, 6 1 agst-The 
pet ni ry tol —- _ pe 6 to 1 agst Seeanteen Woildsman 
cut out the work to WwW groun Prosody and The 
Biddy headed him together to end, Prosody win- 
foie pecan 
ning by a head only. 
fo i Peel’s 
Eglinton’s Augu' 
THurspay.— Mat teh. —Lord Kelbnime’s Give Hima Name (Nat) 
beat Lord Eglinton’s Jamie Forest; 3 last three miles of Be. 
a length, eee 
€) beat Lord Kelburne’ ¥ He hase 
7. Quo M s, Mr. Etw: 
Mr. Wright's ah Fran ae Cioister, cen f Osbald 
peace arin Mr; Boyce’s c. by Hymen, dam by 
f. by Ishmael, out of Bal 
to Confasionée re and.Lo: 
to ! agst Sis ionée, 7 to 1 agst Y. Quo 
Minas, 7 to Vagst hodanth "e 7 to 1 aget Ma a f oo t vo. 30 
Aspatria, and 7 tolagst Lasso (w as third), 
by two lengths, 
Match.— Duke of Bedford’s — Boge na received forfeit from 
Mr. Payne’s Johnny ; o Y. CO. h. ft. 
ato. 
Tne SpectaL erm abd ren —The tr the pri- 
soners have ee e 
with few ex 
public, and much of the intere: 
Since our alae 
ulting constables at Stoke. upon-Trent ; othersfor pelting 
yeomanry with stones, &c. 
or other of these classes. 
fire 
ity rs found 
guil hing and ing the cara of the Rev, Mr. Vale, 
noticed in our last, were “pays aa on Monday. Lord C 
Justice addressed them in 
three 
tating Ellis, were “ound gui Peoton 
of this com 
of the prisoners severing 
ZOE 
ee 
portation ‘for life. 
merous prisoners were pp along arious terms of imprison- 
for bur, saeneatee: and robberies during the 
of 0° a 
mort argon - An 
mitted to vail. ~The trial 
nareint lecturer west arson, 
Mr. elling- , and fi uilty. 
hem implored for mercy, saying th that rare wife and a oes 
family. A His rior regretted his but his duty com- 
pelled him 
ard labour.— > 
the house of Mr. Parker, of Sh 
ilty, and peatgunaa to transportation for various terms. 
et ng oe for the burning of Dr. Vale’s house were 
also re d guilty. he other cases present no feature of general 
eaecines arene rsTER.— On Thursday, the 10th, the 
S opened in this city by Lord nae 
Mr. Baron peered ane — er dcdat The Grand 
od M yd 
having been sworn, an E of Oldfiel ns 
inted chairman, Lord et ad dthem a’ 
length, After alluding to the circumstances which brought them 
together at this un n, his Lordship said, ** We cannot 
refiect on the occ which have recently taken place inthe 
anufacturing districts wit t mixed emotions of compassion, 
and, if [may say so, indignation—compassion at the weakness 
and ignorance of ltitudes, who imagined: they 
had in view vio. 
ever fail to do, become 
victims: 
r misery _— a and many of 
em ponishment indignation at t contrivances. 
those*who, t rv 
