Not a word to each other, we kept the great pace
Neck by neck, stride for stride, never changing our place;
I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight,
Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right,
Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit,
Nor galloped less steadily Rowland a whit.
'Twas moonset at starting; but while we drew near
Lokeren, the cocks crew, and twilight dawned clear;
At Boom a great yellow star came out to see;
At Duffield, 'twas morning as plain as could be ;
And from Mecheln's church-steeple we heard the half chime,
So Joris broke silence with "Yet there is time!"
At Aerschot, up leaped, of a sudden, the sun,
And against him the cattle stood black every one,
To stare thro' the mist at us galloping past,
And I saw my stout galloper, Rowland, at last
With resolute shoulders, each butting away
The haze as some bluff river headland its spray.
And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back
For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track;
And one eye's black intelligence,-ever that glance
O'er the white edge at me, his own master, askance !
And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon,
His fierce lips shook upward in galloping on.
By Hassalt, Dirck groaned, and cried Joris, "Stay spur,
Your Roos galloped bravely, the fault 's not in her,
We'll remember at Aix "-for one heard the quick wheeze
Of her chest, saw the stretched neck and staggering knees,
And sunk tail and horrible heave of the flank,
As down on her haunches she shuddered and sank.
So left were we galloping, Joris and I,
Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky;
The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh,
'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff, Till over by Dalhem a dome spire sprang white,
And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!" VOL. LXXXVIII.
How they greet us"—and all in moment his roan,
Reed neck and croup over, lay dead a stone:
And there was my Rowland to bear the whole weight
Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate,
With his nostrils like pits full of blood to the brim,
And with circles of red to his eye-socket's rim.
Then I cast loose my butf-coat, each holster let fall,
Shock of both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,
Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear,
Called my Revised his pet name, my horse without peer;
Capped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good,
Til at length into Aix Rowland galloped and stood.
And all I remember is friends flocking round
As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground,
And no voice bat was praising this Rowland of mine,
As I poured down his throat our last measure of wine,
Which the burgesses voted by common consent)
Was no more than his due who brought good news from Ghent.
[N.B. The figures with Crotchets refer to the History.]
ACCIDENTS-Fall of a viaduct at Barentin,
10; frightful colliery explosion at Risca,
thirty-five lives lost, 14; two on the
South Eastern railway, 18; fatal fire-
work explosion, 22; fatal explosion at
Dover, thirteen lives lost, 37; family
poisoned at Liverpool, 37; at Oxford,
to Mr. Singleton, 39; on the Eastern
Counties railway, 61; on the Brand-
ling Junction railway, 62; at the
Hungerford steam-boat pier, 63; on
board H. M. S. Caledonia, 82; at the
Balcombe tunnel of the Brighton rail-
way, 99; on the Eastern Counties
railway, 111; on the Brighton and
Hastings railway, 128; on the Not-
tingham and Lincoln railway, 134; on
the Sunderland and Newcastle rail-
way, 137; on the Great Western rail-
way, Farringdon Road station, 138; at
railway works, near Aberdeen, nine
lives lost, 143; coal-pit explosion,
near Glasgow, six lives lost, 143;
boiler explosion at Newcastle, 157; of
a railway bridge near Reading, 171;
explosion of fire-damp at Rounds Green
Colliery, near Dudley, 175; several
colliery accidents in Staffordshire, 183;
to the Emperor of Russia, 189; on
the Manchester and Bolton railway,
191; steam boiler explosion at Bristol,
195
ACTS, List of, passed in Session 1846;
Public General Acts, 395; Local and
Personal Acts, 399; Private Acts,
printed, 417
Ether, discovery of the extraordinary use
of, in surgical operations, 199
Algiers, the French in, Abd-el-Kader de-
feated by General Jussuf, 7; dread-
ful sufferings of a detachment under
General Levasseur, 7
Amateur Theatricals-The Elder Bro-
ther, 1
Antiquities Under Covent Garden mar-
ket, 16
Army-The new regulations, rewards
to the non-commissioned officers and
privates, 4
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES-Account
of the discovery of the new planet
Astræa, and M. Le Verrier's (Neptune),
455
BANKRUPTS AND INSOLVENTS, table of,
423
Belgium, change of ministry in, [298];
destitution in, 199
BIRTHS, 209
BORNEO-Settlement of Mr. Brooke as
rajah of Sarawak in Borneo, dissen-
sion among the native princes, [383];
the piratical chiefs excite the anger
of the British Government, and se-
veral nests of pirates are destroyed,
[384]; at length the Sultan himself
is attacked by a British squadron un-
der Sir T. Cochrane, and compelled
to fly, [385]
Borneo, attack on the pirates in, 146
BRAZILS, the-Speech of the Emperor
on opening the Legislative Chambers,
[350]
BUTCHERS' MEAT, average price of,
422.
CANADA-Speech of Earl Cathcart to
the Canadian Parliament, [374]; alarm
excited by the free-trade measures of
the British Parliament, address of the
Legislative assembly [377]; speech
of Earl Cathcart on closing the Ses-
sion, [379]
CHINA Accounts of disturbances in,
142
Coroner's Inquests --Extraordinary mor-
tality in a family, 13; on Mr. Richard
Dresser,hydropathy, 85; on Mr. Haydon,
91; on two brothers, suicides, at Not-
tingham, 100; on Frederic John
White, private, 7th Hussars -flogging
in the army 105; on the Baron de
Bode, 149; on Mr. Alsager, 171;
death from starvation, 176; on a child
Coroner's Inquests-continued.
sent in a basket to Nottingham, 180;
on the master and mate of a French
ship, suffocated, 182; at Cambridge on
Elizabeth Howe-power of the proc-
tors, 184
CRACOW-insurrection in Silesia, pro-
visional government organized at Cra-
cow, [304]; the city taken possession
of by the Austrians, [304]; and by the
Russians and Prussians, [305]; Édict
of the Emperor of Austria annexing
Cracow to the Imperial dominions,
[305]; city taken possession of by
Count Castiglione, his manifesto an-
nouncing the determination of the
Three Powers; final extinction of
Polish nationality, [307]
DEATHS-Ailsa, marq. 282; Alexander,
D. A. 243; Allen, hon. J. W. A.
286; Alsager, T. M. 297; Anderson,
A. 303; Anderson, J. 238; Anderson,
rev. sir C. J. 247; Anderson, W. 292;
Anhalt Dessau, duchess of, 239; An-
nesley, F. 261; Ansley, col. B. 286;
Anson, S. 293; Arbuthnot, lady, 269;
Armour, R. 241; Armstrong, mrs.
296; Arundel, F. V. J. 302; Ash-
hurst, W. H. 261; Atholl, duke of,
284; Atkin, T. T. 262; Atty, It. W.
F. W. 253; Austria, archduke of,
238
Baker, lady, 286; Balchild, maj. G.
E. r. m. 285; Baldwin, rev. C. F.
297; Balfour, capt. W. r. n. 241;
Balmer, G. 249; Baring, lady, 270;
Barker, M. H. 265; Barlow, sir G. H.
312; Barneby, J. 300; Barrington,
sir J. 237; Bayly, gen. sir H. 251;
Beauchamp, cntss. 252; Beauclerk,
adm. lord A. 304; Bellamy, J. 312;
Beresford, J. C. 269; Bessel, dr. F.
W. 245; Blagrave, mrs. 239; Bloom-
field, lord, 275; Bodham, mrs. 234;
Bond, W. 293; Bondé, lady, 281;
Booth, D. 303; Boothby, sir W. 251;
Bouverie, mrs. 253; Bouverie, mrs.
265; Bramah, J. J. 284; Brockman,
rev. T. 270; Brooke, dame, 293;
Brown, r.-adm. E. W. 293; Buddi-
com, rev. R. P. 265; Buller, rev. J.
296; Bunbury, T. 256; Butler, hon.
P. 261
Calkin, J. 314; Cameron, lady,
239; Campbell, rev. H. 241; Camp-
bell, sir A. 270; Carnac, sir J. R.
239; Carrick, earl of, 250; Cassini,
count, 234; Cathcart, lady, 297; Ca-
ton, mrs. 297; Cawley, comm. J. 253;
Cayle, J. 262; Chandle, capt. 314;
Cholmondeley, C. 302; Churchill,
miss, 296; Clarke, mrs. 252; Clark-
son, T. 287; Clavell, capt. J. 244;
Clay, E. S. 239; Clowes, rev. J.
290; Coates, D. 252; Cohen, J. 237;
Colborne, W. N. R. 246; Collard,
r.-adm. V. 245; Colquhoun, lady,
295; Compton, sir H. 238; Colton,
rev. H. S. 261; Crotty, dr. 292;
Curran, R. 304; Curzon, adm. hon.
H. 253; Cust, miss, 252
Dallas, lady, 249; Darley, G. 298;
Davie, sir H. P. 237; Davies, col. T.
H. 304; Dawnay, visct. 255; Dealtry,
B. 293; Dedel, baron, 279; De
Krusenstern, chev. 292; D'Oyly, rev.
G. 236; De Vitre, It. J. r. n. 314;
De Bode, baron, 290; D'Harcourt,
marq. 264; De Kotzebue, O. 245;
De Pollon, count, 313; De Melfort,
lady, 299; De Sablenkoff, mad. 305;
De Taaffe, cntss. 293; Disney, gen. sir
M. 251; Doneraile, visctss. 240;
Douglas, lady, 246; Doyle, capt. sir
B. C. r. n. 274; Dragonetti, D. 250;
Drummond, lady, 302; Dryden, rev.
L. E. 238; Dunkin, J. 314; Dun-
more, dr.-cntss. 256; Dyke, sir P. H.
274
Edgell, r.-adm. H. F. 264; Edge-
worth, F. B. 293; Edgeworth, mrs.
290; Edmonstone, mr. 243; Elphin-
stone, maj.-gen. sir H. 252; Edwin,
It.-col. F. 304; Errol, earl, 250;
Erskine, hon. H. D. 315; Ewart, C.
246
Fetherstonhaugh, sir H. 295;
Fletcher, capt. W. r. n. 256; Fletcher,
rev. W. 248; Field, B. 249; Fisher,
T. R. 296; Foley, E. T. 248;
Forbes, sir J. 243; Forrest, sir D.
297; Foster, mrs. 250; Fraser, lady,
296; Freebairn, A. 280; Frere, rt.
hon. J. H. 234; Fyers, maj.-gen. P.
Gage, J. 314; Garrett, v.-adm. H.
250; Gisborne, rev. T. 247; Glan-
ville, F. 261; Goold, T. 268;
Goolden, W. 249; Gordon, It.-col.
J. 294; Grant, sir M. G. 298; Gran-
ville, earl, 235; Green, lt. J. 295;
Green, lt. W. P. 294; Gregory XVI.
Pope, 258; Grenville, rt. hon. T. 305;
Griffiths, col. F. 294; Grimston, hon.
miss, 294; Groves, mrs. 261; Gywn,
J. F. 243
Hale, hon. mrs. 249; Hall, mrs.
300; Hamilton, lady, 293; Hamilton,
lady R. 297; Hancock, r.-adm. R. T.
244; Handley, H. 264; Harris, J.
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296; Hawker, J. 249; Haydon. R.
262; Heales, lt. T. r. n. 298; Hein-
rich, prince, 269; Hesse, landgrave of,
304; Heward, sir S. 249; Hoare, rev.
R. P. 249; Hobhouse, lady, 315;
Hodgson, gen. J. 237; Hodgson, rev.
J. 233; Hood, mrs. 302; Hood, visct.
253; Homfray, mrs. 314; Howard,
lord, 312; Hume, J. 294; Hum-
phreys, J. D. 285; Hunter, gen. D.
244; Hunter, miss, 305
Isham, sir J. V. 280
Jefferson, S. 239; Jones, capt. W.
r. n. 256
Keith, capt. hon. W. r. n. 234;
Kempe, A. J. 280; Kerr, hon. J.
253; Kildare, bishop of, 274; Kil-
kenny, earl, 267; Knight, H. G.
240
Lake, sir J. 304; Latham, rev. T.
254; Latham, R. 239; Lawrence, T.
286; Lees, lady, 252; Lees, sir E. S.
287; Le Keux, J. 248; Leslie, miss,
254; Leycester, rev. O. 264; Lid-
dell, miss, 261; Lipscombe, G. 296;
Liston, J. 245; Liverpool, dr.-cntss.
294; Logier, J. B. 267; Lover, mrs.
297; Loxdale, J. 248; Lumley, hon.
S. H. 297; Lumley, maj.-gen. sir
J. R. 243; Luxcombe, rt. rev. M.
280
Macaulay, H. W. 287; Macgregor,
lady, 249; Macgregor, sir W. 248;
MacKinnon, mrs. 298; Maclaren, col.
J. 234; Maister, H. W. 239; Man-
ners, lady, 296; Mant, lady, 248;
Marsh, J. 262; Martin, It.-col. R. F.
267; Martyn, mrs. 314; Maxwell,
mrs. 296; Mayo, rev. C. 243; Met-
calf, lord, 282; M'Gregor, B. 298;
M'Nevin, D. 267; Miller, sir W. 254;
Mitchell, gen. G. 314; Money, rev.
E. K. 238; Moore, hon. mrs. 286;
Moore, rev. J. 262; Moore, rt. hon.
A. 234; Montague, hon. miss, 262;
Morgan, col J. 297; Mountsandford,
lord, 287; Muirhead, lady, 262; Mur-
ray, H. 243; Murray, sir G. 270;
Muskerry, baroness, 287; Morgan, sir
C. 303
Naylor, T. 290; Newby, rev. G.
253; Newcome, rev. W. 255; Nichols,
mrs. 237; Nightingale, sir C. 304
Ongley, hon. F. H. 281; Osborne,
hon. D. A. G. 254; Otway, sir R. W.
254; Owen, It.-gen. R. 285
Pakenham, T. 294; Park, A. 250;
Partis, mrs. 238; Pascoe, J. 238;
Paterson, R. 253; Paxton, lady, 301;
Penfold, rev. G. S.; Pennant,
lady, 301; Phillips, gen. sir C. 262;
Phillott, It.-col. J. 297; Plunkett, hon.
E. R. 256; Portal, W. 241; Praed,
W. T. 266; Preston, lady, 280; Pres-
ton, sir R. 281; Prichard, H. 299;
Pring, D. 299; Prussia, princess W.
of, 249; Purcell, P. 256
Ramsay, lady, 237; Reade, lady,
312; Reigo, canon, 298; Richards,
R. V. 265; Rodney, baron, 255;
Rollo, lord, 315; Romney, cntss. 261;
Rose, mrs. 238; Rothes, dr.-cntss.
255; Rowles, S. 314; Rowley, adm.
sir C. 233; Rycroft, sir H. 292; Rus-
sell, maj.-gen, lord, G. W. 267
Salm-Salm, prince of, 281; Salt-
marshe, P. 299; Samo, J. 245; Sa-
mouelle, G. 241; Saunders, gen. S.
248; Shee, mrs. 253; Shelley, lady,
280; Shortall, lt.-gen. J. 304; Sim-
mons, R. 285; Skipsey, r.-adm. W.
245; Slade, capt. J. r. n. 296; Smith,
capt. T. r. n. 236; Sorell, It.-col. sir
T. 247; St. Asaph, bishop of, 284;
Stewart, P. M. 296; Stillingfleet, rev.
H. A. 282; Stourton, lord, 302;
Strathmore, earl, 281; Stuart, D. 280;
Sutton, F. H. 256; Swale, col. R.
303; Sydenham, J. jun. 301; Sykes,
lady, 255
Taddy, mrs. 280; Tagore, baboo D.
272; Talbot, J. 252; Talbot, lady,
247; Taylor, rt. hon. sir B. 294;
Tegg, T. 252; Templetown, visct.
286; Thomond, marq. 279; Thomp-
son, lady, 282; Tindal, sir N. C. 265;
Toker, capt. T. R. 264; Tonna, mrs.
267; Trench, adm. hon. W. C. P.
275; Trenchard, W. T. D. 285;
Trevelyan, sir J. 256; Tufnell, hon.
mrs. 261; Turner, mrs. 304; Turner,
sir E. 293
Ude, E. 249; Uniacke, N. F. 304
Vassall, capt. sir S. L. H. 258;
Vavasour, C. 252
Wade, col. T. F. 301; Wakefield,
capt. G. 238; Wakefield, D. 269;
Waldegrave, earl of, 289; Walker,
W. 286; Waller, T. G. 241; Wal-
ton, rev. J. 251; Warburton, rev. R.
E. 255; Ward, G. R. M. 256; Ward,
R. P. 274; Weld, P. 250; West-
minster, march. 300; Westwood, R
299; Wetherell, sir C. 276; Wel
mrs. 234; Whithead, lady,
White r.-adm. T. 297; Whitme
240; Whittingham, J. 279; W
col. E. 248; Williams, sir
Winchester, It.-col. R. 270
ton, dr.-entss. 296; Wode
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