THE NEWS a 
16 
(Jan. 1, 
the Post-office, and questioned the prisone 
piris contradictory statements. While Sows 
with m Sculthorpe, a pp Fag one 
en 
family of (Edipus. His two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, 
after their father’s death, contended for the be yt ls 
of the Theba tre, and fell by each other’s hand 
the coats 
— 
je | pres very inci- | Jay 
always ayopathising Pi 
ask the parrot for a kiss, but the invitation w was 
declined by the whole of th slitely 
ho e board- -roði 
When the laughter which followe d “had cease d, Mr. 
Davis again asked, Wel 
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are 
takea part n the action of the 
he informs of her determi- 
nation, in spite of the King’s decree, to inter the body of | e 
her brother. Ismene attempts in vain to dissuade her, 
ang De e The nobles and counsellors forming 
jutting 
forgotten t 9 emeryt and, when e. about it, he could n 
t had become of it. He was pr: ceedi ng wi 
e: 
go eon’s accession, It is a vigorous and poe Silia | wás 
desoription of the horrors. of the strife between the 
brot f joy for the cessation of 
ahs ord. In 
S 
th and then m- 
ced: purr a litt ie, after, whi ch ae. wt p mein 
tofa 
y person pre 
el necessary ? 
ginal owner, Mr. D Mr. Fullam said Mr. M 
was a most teste tn person, and he could bring proof 
that he boug: ti it the parrot in July last for i a 
ht ł but it w: 
The 
z 
ng 
a yous family. Mr. Justice Putten said that he 
ught of his fa milybefore he committed the offence. 
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arg the music the originality o 
Mendelssohn’ s genius is at once appar ent. who 
sometimes the voices divide (gern into aan and 
sometimes chant in a kind of rı oe There is z“ 
S of words or phrases; b the who le poem 
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In this manner 
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rent i ad 
act eS, re 
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next scene, rak presents posh in eto | 
eer bier, before Cre informs him that the 
body had been apices Me Tan ‘one e had eluded the 
vigilance of the guards.. Creon eigari e soldier 
with de: ath, unless he can discove r the eri nal. _The 
concurred in 
what had fallen from the Jury. 
should be take 
e every pains n toprevent such mist: 
SBisceliancous, 
A New Witness i in a Co urt of- Law.—The following 
the 
| tensity peri from 
b 
B a serans to Mr. Davis 
Pralongaon OF Life. 
a ore in Europe, gravely that 
Professor Van Gras selbach, of Stockholm, has brought 
toa state of 
ung American, w is 
létt 
mbyt the arietis a cold, of degrees of it- 
less to greater, so as to cause 
the human body to become perfectly torpid, in which 
state eit may remain for a hundred or a to usan yas 
Torning Posh 
to the laws. The soldier discovers that the ara 
of Creon’s decree is Antigone, and 
to the King, who commands Antigone to be brought ht be- en Police-office, Dublin: — Mr. Jones vis 
fore him, and condemns her to death. Anglesca-strect, summoned Moore, of the ang i 
£ 
The musica a Mr. 
cene which follows i is equally novel and: beautiful. Creo detaining a parrot, his property. Mr. Fullam eee 
for the _Gefendant. _ The complainant stated tha at he 
=e 
BIRTHS.—On the 26th ult., at Milton, the LApy F. Mrumws 
of a daughter—2d inst., at Brighton, Sr berries of the 2 
inst 
eS 
rd e mota bising waha 
of grief a 
undle of papers). If his forehip permitted him, he 
peer read a statement of the s about to 
commence reading fro om the | ‘aforesaid papers, when 
mi Hitck — With pen raiprenco 
hat paper, did you lose a parrot, and when? Com 
$ heka your worship, I lost a parigi and a very 
| good one too. re: Follam—The parrot is here, or at 
hea, bri 
se r geal. ve 
footings of very fi 
poetry. aot delivered gia sep celia with the | W 
musical inflexions of recitative, but is sim ply € declai imed, 
ea ofp time it ied t 
is accompanied by 
a 
e manner as reci iative, every > bres 
ances ha = by a chord, ora brief imsirumental 
phrase fall of enei yang expr 
tomb, in spite 
and prayers of an ip ver Hæmon, 
kiena ee nad soothsayer, then center 
indignation the cruel and unnatural co 
Dismayed at these denunciations s, the 
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unday erening, “the 
di d 
kora they 
28th of Aya ‘tai, he 
iet the bird, and see it after that until 
Erie evening last. covered 
cloth, was carried into the board room amid a 
shout of laughter. aa cage was r placed is the dock.) 
Witness—I will giv the who f the parrot 
will not prove my phe. e is my ae witness 
E Fullam—And do you swear, sir, that Mr, Moore 
im ? Witness—No, c ertaialy not, for I don 
thi a he did ; but it may iy been stolen by some per- 
son, and sold. to au Moore; $ lost it at all peera and 
it was either stolen taken away, which comes to the 
same ' thing in n the end, so peg as lam concerned. The 
and sg me take him on my finger 
and ask hi r three questions, and 
answer to my satisfaction and pen of all presen 
ive sai the case. J} ullam intend to have 
rm ? Jf m do, wha 
e 
ruS, aa the ‘moral of = tragic tale. 
tragedy to the En glish stago is 
The language is pure, clas- 
th 
y vi igor us; in tk y 
beautifal Pat ra The pectoral of Antigone was pe 
formed by Miss Va ndenho off, who exhi hi ited tragic po owers 
in 
factar of Creon. The other parts were respectably sup- Bim Sw 
sta? Sess oh F SS 
in the a xecution of the musi | behind—Get him a Koram, pra sg aughter )— 
middle A Thich the parrot pe: penad ‘whaling 
| Take r time, Miss Lucy,’ miak of the 
most boisterous mirth, _Mr. ia im e ex- 
d ju 
GREEN, Of adaughter— e-place, 
d oyal Engineers, of a sôn 
, the . Mrs, E. P. Bow 
VERIE, ofa R cath inst., at 57, Eaton-square, Lavy R 
GREYVILLE, of a daughter—4th inst.,“at Clapham-rise, the, lady 
pary M. Evans, Esq , of a daughter. 
MARRIAGES.—On the 12th Nov., 1844, at Bellary, A- 
Civil Service,“ eldest son of Dr. 4a 
LA FASSE 
Ma EM 
land, Esa, a *pruit-hill, cou wil Londond TI 
DEATHS. —On the Ist i 
gretted by all a tiendas E 
Burde 
riya 
‘ate St S 
—Ist inst., -n q 
TC 
at 47, 
7 = ands- 
ee = inst., at his brother's hour. 6, Portiand- dace Wa rs 
rors: road, R, PATERSON, Een Eg oe e firm o 
terson, solicitors, Size-lane, City, aged 
post- -paid. 
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WANT PLACES.—All Letters to be 
——— a 
Gentleman $ 
ete 
eonnoute 
U io pi cara set to Bryss- 
. Unexcep pn ne greets 
and abilities. = . O., 14, Sh noid aA 
stone-squar oe on 
S HE AD Ga 
of age, with 
t situ: Aris in conse! 
whom he epee 
NTLEMEN 
N AND GE d Man, 
DENER. —A martie 
presen 
with 
absolu 
pci favourable. I 
mpa ape and pea applaud sad Phas parts F the 
produced a g impression o on on the audien 
amined b net 
him. What w rords did you teach him ? 
Her 
was un neovered, and me A aai stared about the "boar 
success, all k 
charge of a 
pn psi = 
hous: 
Dai sea E refi 
pere rectitude. 
o is abiiy z Zs Pos st-office, 
ENER, i 
am. and said, “ Come, old fellow w, give me a kiss.” The ebi ird, 
which is a very pretty one, thrust its p out of the 
twisted gyren, pii kissed Mr. 
CEN » CRIMIN. Office béry.— Rober 
BAD G 
mily. —A respecta 
s Fa 
sive a prie praction in se 
m 
t Cou L Po st Robbe: 
Halen, 33, a ponon of respectable oo who has ad 
for 20 a Walthamstow, was indict: vot = having, 
while in t ree oe the i ever Post: office, zzled the 
sum ne i tee, the mon Her Majesty's greaat an 
General. The Solicitor- General, p papom, and Mr. Adol- 
cted the pro: jes — eared | pi 
“th 
pebes whilst the by-standers were almost, Bsmt with 
laughter. A fat young fellow here came forward, and 
met that the bird would do the same to any one in the 
mor therefore it was no proof that he belonged to 
Mr, Mr. Davis said that the parrot would not 
kiss as pee but himself, ea sae the lad not to 
the experi the unheeded, and 
F: 
peared that the prisoner had th 
Office at Walthamstow, in Essex, an 
‘Woman, named Carter, took a letter emcaned to her husband, 
lieved to 
cae a for a y 
nent The bird looked at him for a A ret bristled u 
papi ad. | its feathers, stretche d out its neck, an eize ed the bo Ee 
< 
afterw: pri: 
postage was is. rend — a sre ar: 
‘The letter ne 
marred, oat Fs 
pe he 
Horribridge, Ta 
ents in the United ee a 
d. He is 
o Testimoniale oy "ability, an 
pon mily of distinction, 
to A.Ž., Robro' gh 
OVERSEES 
STEWARD OR an the 
Gen ks mos mpelled by wo bas of health to 
bee = the ILE. I. is ne sadia m re 
ds 
o hand at the | by the lip, 1 before 
‘ot some suspicion, it could be loosened, mar the shouts of the lad soeg | 
to Waltham- _ the laughter had a a very excellent effect inde eed. 
: Bie y CR tad 
i a cl 
r, Catbush, 
a good 
oat of er 
jirect 
eet to Le ¥-5 
