f m ffjg gston chronicle 1 nec ltfli- nec roputo seu 1tr0que voi x saturday hkcember 5 1829 no xxiii the cabinet confesses recreant guilt hath stained thine heart and thro the clondvofijroili aod sbamo mine eyes behold thee as thou art thy fortauee wrecked thy wiorth the same 4j brighton magazine as his majesty thoughtfully laid in his bed a very strange whim camo into his head ftconfess all bis ministers twas a good sfc3 wk you know said he smiling ivedoae no great sin save by voting the catholics might be brought in at one arthurs command tho i own sir that i am not likely to suffer in pocket thereby for i bold is please the church protestant keys i joke ipfcand til net as their father confessor odd zook i so be posted his messenger straightway lo town tohring him the cabinet sinners all down and he bade them with both whip and spur to be quick as he fain would be saving their souls from old nick for theyre d d said he for apo6tacy the messengers started and soon they came back with the batch of apostates a precious bad firstme hoary dictator advancing was seen followed close by bis renegade subwhip perin lord double sir jamie solicitor wig ajrfmy lord papmotte with his hair a la ndtfrowd of subservient lickspittle v- knaves mtk m vesev fitzgerald spring rice and then slaves and they cried whew whew what shall we do bui they had not a moment for broaching a plan tsretne royal confessor his office began and first tho dictator knelt down at his feet ilis career of political sins to repeat m i ooce was an advocate father he eighd for the protestant church but ive lately believed all my former professions and what is still worse i advised my good master to steer the same course so im leagued said he to back popery and is this then you doublefaced rat all the sin j yenve committed sinco you as a statesman came in alas my good father no no many more joet as henious i live in old age to deplore one husky seduced me to turn a free trader but soon i kicked out that presumptuous invader of all the wise plans our forefathers did follow egad sir and beat him at scribling quite hollow tho still ive essayd to keep up his free trade asfor turkey by george i could cry out tnyeyes fen 1 think how ive treated our ancient allies 1wi should in my folly have ever allow d cunoing nick the young czar to have burked poor mahmoud i fat ill hasten it is not too late now may- l hnp frmjriog russia to terms and redeem the i 75r weak step mjthen hail don miguel as the portuguese king as for queen donna gloria shes on tho wing so we shant hear much moro viscount villa flor wne whisperings followed he then was dismiss i md his whipperin entered next worst on tholist who thought with a jesvitcrmge and a smile f mean servile submission the priest to 4 beguile he sternly rebnked him and bade him kneel down your sww said the priest are the talk of the town be sub mumbled some words about lost reputation jd ratting and sacrifice made for the nation and swan riverjob blubberd forth with a sob nd there he knelt trembling a pitiful wretch j if waiting the pleasure of cotton and ketch as if wishing forsooth that hed never been born but the priest eyd him sternly in silence and scorn then observed you perchance sir may i venture to hope degraded apostate backslider and ratter begone siri scorn to speak more on the t matter tho i once believed and was by you deceived he sub thus dismisad next camo in my lord double whose equity bill was a farce and a bubble 1 cunning device that the world might forget iwheturud bira from protestautism to rat lord double was followd by lord papil- lotte sir jamie and others of scarce any note who were little else mora than passd by in review and with such marked contempt that thoy looked rather blue or chagriod for they thought it betokend that tliev would bo shortly dismissd both from office and pay- and away nicy all went to naalafourcfette where the hungry were filld aud the thristy made wet lord how the did gorge by the grace of king georgo from the john bull melancholy suicide and inquest wednesday an inquest was taken at st 15 rtholomevs hospital before thomas newman esq he coroner i she said or did for the city pro tent an the body of a mrs brooks of wellyard little bri- fine young female named elizabeth i te examined have known hie de- will not attribute it to disrespect 1 really knew not what to say i could not but assent- to the truth and justice of your re marks but i was surrounded by difficul ties i could notsav yes and while a sha dow of nope remained 1 would not refuse i should certainly have come this eve ning hut for elizabeths words and a circumstance or two that camo to my knowjedgc i ttiought it ws a premedi tated meeting ami 1 expected to meet o- thers whom 1 should be sorry to affront with great respect i remain honoured lady c addressed mrs brown 2 barnards inn fetterianc postmark sept 18 mrs browns examination resumed- on my communicating the contents of the letter the deceased became exceed ingly distressed she afterwards frequent ly told the children she would destroy her self but she talked so much about it we thought she would not attempt it on the thursday before her death she received information that the young man had mar ried another woman she attempted to see his wife but failed and on her return appeared to be in greater distress she left me on saturday in the interim between she was dreadfully affected she talked strangely and appeared not to know what the jury consulted for abqut ten mi nutes and returned the following special verdict that the deceased eliza leach destroyed herself in a state of insanity and at the samo time they think it right to ex press that there is some blame attached to the conduct of mr dale of holboro for selling the arsenic and as for the hitherto unheardof cruel conduct of the young man william willis their opinion is so decided ly against him that they have not words to express themselves the investigation lasted a considerable time and excited the most intense interest leach who committed suicide under the truly painful circumstances detailed by the following witnesses mrs brown wife of mr w t brown of barnards lin examined i was ac quainted with the deceased for the last month she had lived with me as a servant i had known her six or seven years she was about 23 years of age when she first came into niv service she was very low spirited she had been engaged toa young man who had courted her in the i ceased two years- saturday week i saw her at this hospital when she told me she had taken a pennyworth of arsenic she said she got it at mr dales the corner of p inuin fnnvwj i ssxi hi why she did so and she said i was mad at the time and did not know what i was about- mrs jodfrce examined i knew the deceased tor tho last eight years she was outasked at church her wedding gown made anl a room taken for her and her i intended in fetterlane she told me the sabbath school report for the kingston chronicle colborne sabbath schogl report for 1829 a sabbath school has existed in this place for six years past uoer the designa tion till dec 1828 of the craraahe sab bath school during which period e trust by the blessing of tre almighty e seutial good has been affected among the numerous scholars who from time totiej have attended it for religion instruction in november last a pubic meeting w called for the purpose of making some terations in its management and for thcrwise taking such measures as under the divine blessing might leud to advance u cause of religious instruction among u young people in thii neighbourhood wht the following ie le in way of marriage the banns had been pub- ring wa bought and that on the very lished and the day fixed the night before sunday they were to be married the the marriage was to have taken place vounsman took anoth r woman to church the deceased received young man stating a letter from the and was married by license the deceased that his aunt and 1 think has never been right in her mind grandfather would not consent the mar riage did not take place i know the man myself and i sent for him his name is willis he came and i talked young since that event last the evening she came tion and trouhle and officebeareri were elect for the year entuiug jnrxh a krfjrr hwrpsdw john steele esqr kice president messrs thomas webb 1 isaiahmerrimao c teachers david brodio joseph a keeler esqr treasurer mr john irwiu librarian mr brodie having proposed somo alter ations in the management of the school the meeting judged it expedient to adopt litem and he was requcstej to carry them into effect on sabbath the 15th iost af- ter tho usual exorcises of tho school had saturday week in j gone over io the presenco of a confi- to i ill of agita- j dcrabie number of the parents of the scho- 1 lara and otherfricnds of the institution said that she had with el to rnnlj tj bken ar idsised on her 0 one if teachers real over the fellow- with him but coum get no answer ami th8 an mdt wilh report the proceediees oflastymr lp7akatss a told methatl bought of 5 p kll his appointment the next day 1 received drowning herself and ou my endeavour ing to peisuado her from it she said it is uo use calking i shall never have rest any more sho was a very good girl and beloved by all who knew her mr gojret- soulhy dresser to mr vin cent oucefthe principal surgeons at the hospital stated that on saturday week he saw the deceased and she told him she a letter from him the letter was produc ed and read by the coroner it was as follows respected madam i hope you will jardon my boldness for presuming toad- ress you but as you take such an appa rent interest in my elizabeths welfare and as some apology is due from me for not keeping m appointment i hope you will excuse me my failure on sunday was through going to black heath on sun day to consult my father on a very deli cate subject as you have wished mo to give a decisive answer to poor elizabeth tl iier deth w hich took place ou monday i parents and guardians of the young pvo- twelve muths have now elapsed siuce the sabbath school in this place came un der the superintendence of its present teachers and they now come forward with the report of their proceedings du riii the past year they entered upon the very important duties entrusted to them with much difs- donre of their abilities but relyinjron ning with christs sermon on the mount matth 5tb 6th and 7th chapters next conversation with nicodemus john 3 1 c 21 christs farewell or consolatory dis courses john 14th 15th 16tb- and 17th chapters discourse concerning the sheep and tho good shephard jchn10th chap- tor conversation with the woman of samaria john 4 1 c 14 and tho sub ject which now engages our attention is the discourse on occasion of healing the in firm man at the pool of bcthesda there is still a wide field before them which if continued in by their successors will serve to occupy their attention for several months to come we have said that the mode of instruc tion which has been persevered in for the past year if rightly managed by the teach ers and their instructions properly attend ed to and appreciated by the scholars is well calculated to impart an enlarged scriptural kuowlcdge to them for whose benefit it has been devised it would ill become the teachers to speak of themselves or of their labours conscious as they are how far they have failed in the discharge of their most im portant trust the only consolatory thought is that it has been their desire to be faithful it wonld have been most gra tifying to them as undoubtedly it would liavo becu to you had iho teachers been able to appeal to their scholars as proofs of their faithfuloess and their labours had been acknowledged by god this they aro at present uiktbto to do this the most delightful of earthly rewards is yet denied v i iv ih jf tii jbjh cildv- itttr- deavours ignoranco prevails to an alacm- iug extent and as far their as knowledge ex- tendsno decidedly saving impressions have boon made on the minds of any ofthoir charge they would hope however that they h3vo not laboured altogether io vain the seed that has been sown may yet ve getate and yield an abundant harvest ft is with spiritual as it is with natural things the winter may ho long and severe the spring uncongenial but if even a small part f vegetative strength yet remains it will you cousutueuts the all i can say is that 1 regret to state that it is impossible i can ever marry her nor should i havedelayed communicating ku mueh to her heftoe now weit ft nut reluctance to part for ever from her a de sire of sparing her wounded feelings and night last upon a post mortem examina tion there were found slouching ulcers in the stomach and such morbid appearan- ttfb icihimi t li i m tll ilj ilt- lc- u in patients who have died from the nflects of arsenic the evidence heing here clos- a hope that i might yet get over my difli- j ed the beadle announced to the coroner culties which hope has now completely i that the young man willis was preseut vanished i am aware that i am placed in a particularly suspicious situation and that whatever i advance may with pro- friety be doubted i repent that 1 regret eing unable to unite myself to elizabeth i have no complaint to make of her she aod was ready tn be interrogated if the jury thought fit willis was then directed to stand for ward and on heingsworn he was asked his name he said his name was wm willis that he was a compositor and that has always conducted herself as far as my j he lived io gatestreet lincolns inn- knowledge extends with the strictest vir tue and yropriety neither do i doubther affection or her capabilities to undertake the duties of a wife she has behaved to my satisfaction in every respect ncr did my intentions experience any change till within the last month heaven knows that i loved her dearly and love her still she hinted that 1 never had any intention to marry her what other motive could i have i call upon her to testify if ever by word or deed i gave her cause to blush great difficulty i had to persuade my re lations to giv their consent and to the tardy consent of my aunt 1 attribute all the misery of having the feelings and af fections of my heart torn asunder of be ing stigmatised with the name of deceiv er and liar i cannot write to her and when in her company were i testifier death i cannot say we must part will you madam have the kindness to inform her of the fact in as gentle a mrn- ner as possible i am determined not to state the exact reason and resign myself to the consequence i am aware of the importance which may be attached to this letter but if punishment is her object i will patiently submit to it whether im prisonment or personal castigation the former perhaps may be a charity and as for the latter the stings of conscience are much more painful the more severe she is the less will it upbraid uie one thing greatly distresses me and fills me with concern her deserted state good god it maddens ine to think what a fool i have been i have toiled hard to bring eve ry thinjr to bear and when all was ac complished to let the cup slip from my lips i deceived her when i told her my aunt refused her consent if she were to go to edmonton perhaps they would bes tow on her that portion of love i feel con vinced they will now withdraw from mo would that it could be so honourable lady elizabeth says that you were of fended at my silence when you condes cended to talkto me i hope madam you field in reply to questions ftom the coroner he stated ih a sih thai be is married pie under their care after having detailed to you the operations of the past year to say who are to be their successor in the your young charge that knowledge wach is abc to make them wise into salvation- the mode of instruction which tbo teach ers had adopted was in some measure ex plained to you at iho commencement of their labours but it may be deemed ne cessary again without going into much detail merely to state in general terms the plan which with little variation they have been enabled to pursue the scholars were divided iuto two classes those who could read well and were capable of learn ing from g to 10 verses of the sacred sciip- tures weekly and those who could only that he bad becu two years acquainted read a little together with those who could with the deceased and had fully intended to marry her and had the banns published not read at all to tho former class was given out weekly from 6 to 10 veres which were to be correctly committed to memory during the week and on which hthcy wire to ho minutely examined on the following sabbath thiswith reading a chapter explained to them as they went along by question and answer formed lo marry hie uo- their exercises each succeeding meeting ceased lie appealed to tho corouer who- the other class was heard what they had ther he was houud to auswer and heing at st andrews church but it was no true that the day for the marriage was fix ed nor was the wedding ring bought nor the deceaseds dress prepared a juror having asked him whether he had been keeping company wilh his present wife while he was promising lo rnarrv the de- informed ihat he was not ho refused but said he bad a particular reason for not marrying the deceased which however was no way prejudicial to her character he had every reason to believe the deceas ed was attached io him she was not aware of his marriage his present wifo had no properly ho declined telling when ho was married the foreraau of tbo jury in very strong terms expressed on behalf of the jury their indignation at his treacherous con duct and the duplicity with which he had acted throughout towards the hapless girl if said the foreman there is no punishment for you in this world there will bo licreaftcr unless by due repent ance you atone for your wickedness in be ing instrumental to the death of this poor young woman who loved you to distrac tion and whom you have so grossly de ceived axd in fact murdered willisho is rather a welllooking young man appnrcd to feel deeply the force of the foretaaus remarks and said in a fac toring toae apparently proceeding from deep contrition that no man in the world more deplored tbo awful death of ouo whom he had always loved and whom he knew to he strictly virtuous his feel ings her so overcame bim that ho shed tears learned from watts hymns on which simple queslioos were asked aod those who bad not acquired the art of reading in a degree to fit them for committing any portion to memory were a9ked such simple questions as the teachers judged mostsuit- able to their capacity the plan of instruction adopted for the first or senior class is very geoerally used iu well regulated schools when catechisms are not introduced and if the passages of scripture aro judiciously chosen and the catechetical part rightly managed on the teachers part and if the scholars on their part attend regularly and faithfully to the instructions imparted it is unquestionably a mode by the observance of which a mi nute and extensive knowledge of the scriptures of truth maybe acquired the teachers commenced with enfor cing fil a parental duties as onjoined in eph- 6 1 c20 which occupied two sabbaths the yonng peoples attention was next called to the duty of keeping the sabbath day holy and to the sin and danger of ne- leciiug this most important duty since then with ooly ono exception when they called the attention of their young friends to the shortuess and uncertainty of time on the first sabbath of the year theyhiivc been going over tho discourses ofchii as detailed iu the four icvangclists beglu- slrcw itbeif and when tho frail bodies of the teachers are sleeping in the dust and their souls have gone to their last account aomo one of their interesting charge may rise up in the great day and call them blessed this hope is animating and en courages them to go on in their labour of love as the instructersof your children or iu some other portion of the great chris tian vineyard and though no permanent good may be effected though the bless ing of heaven without which no real good cau be achieved may be withheld yet if one bad habit be corrected by their instru mentality or one sin prevented they have not laboured in vain tbo teachers however cannot in the discharge of their duty allow this opportu nity to piss without addressing a word to their constituents or iu sumo measure explaining why so litilo success has attend ed their labours and first wc would ad dress ourselves to christian parents who have sent their children from the purest motives said that we are ouly professedly your hum ble assistants in tho great work of making your children wise unto salvation if there fore you do not follow up our eudeavours by proper and unwearied exertions at home and above all if you do not follow up all by prayer with and for your chil dren and their teachers you need not feel imperative command to remember the aabbatbday to keep it holy and instead of this spend it in business or in pleasure 9 it is in vain that we enforce the third com mandment on our scholars if they are ac customed at home to hear the name of god used fprofancly on tho most trifling occasion and indecent and obscene lan guage used every opportunity wo may urge tho duties of the fifth commandment upon our young people but how can it be expected to have any influence upon their conduct when they see those who aro old er than themselves living as if they were under no obligations to worship and serve and yield all holyobedieuce to the common parent of all our father who is in hea ven oh my friends how awful the con sequences that may follow the neglecting to set a holy example before our children and the being regardless of their religious instruction now awful both in this world and the world to come the evils which naturally flow from such conduct are suf ficiently apalling to what cm disobe dience in children the want of natural af fection and the innumerable vexations which parents are generally subjected to be traced but to the sinful neglect of train ing up our children in the way thoyshould go but there are evils in another world still more awful our children were giv en us in the kind providence of god foe our comfort and lo be trained up for heav en and happiness but if we by our crimi nal neglect of using the means appoint ed by god for the attainment of this blessed end bring eternal misery and woo lipun uitrseivesv and our oiftpnu the case is dreadful in the extreme what was the reason why the rich man mention ed hy our saviour wished lazarus to bo sen t to prevent his brethren from coming al so into the place of torment was it com passion ah no for in that awful placo sympathy is unknown but tho fear that tho reproaches of his companions in siu would add to his own misery and woo let un godly and irreligious parents take care lost their children instead of becoming a bless ing as thoy were intended they shonld prove a curse to their hoadaad add to theii misery in eternity if therefore we would have ourchildrea rise up at last and call us blessed let not parental instruction be neglected and let us embrace every help that a kind provi dence brings within our reach for assisting us in this interesting and important work the sabbath school is one of those helps let us encourage it more than heretofore and let it be the anxious endeurour of every parent to strengthen the bands of tho teach ers of their children by every means in their power we have already stated some of those means and others might be men tioned which aro nearly of as great impor tance suffice it to say that regularity of at tendance and minute attention that the childreu have their prescribed exercises cor rectly committed to memory are dutios which arc so essential to tho prosperity of tho school that we cannot urge them too strongly on the iods of those who have tho care of the young siucothe commence ment of our duties iu this school there have boys in all 92 scholars a good many of whom however came only for the sake of oovelty and of course soon gave up their attendance the meeting then proceeded to elect of fice bearers for the ensuing year jos a keeler esq president iu the chair it was then moved that the president and surprised that they make but little pro- suipixuiwiii i vicepresident be so hated to retain their cress in divine knowledgo aud tl at uo sa- b lo respective olhces which was unanimously vine imoression has been made upon their i vi ng iiupi raiuds- the carried amoug i in- christian parents exertions his children to prove effectual must i j waa the slatc thal t ie apostio says instant in season h r l0 t sc which rendered it difficult for him to at- be as the apostio says and out of season and we aro firmly per suaded that when the proper moans have been used accompanied with fervent pray er for the blessing of heaven that has ne ver been withheld it is lamentable how far short parents professing religion come in this respect and it is dreadful to see hov awfully and signally the retributive judgemnts of hea ven follow the neglect of parental instruc tion when the sins and crimes of their off spring do as in the case of eli of old bring down their grey hairs wilh sorrow lothe grave our instructions to our children are all necessarily defective but when eve ry exertion that love and prudence can de vise has been used though we dare not acquit ourselves yet we think when suc cess has been denied us we may in some measure be permitted to take up the lan guage of david and say il though israel be not gathered yet shall i be glorious in the eyes of the lord and again though my house be not so with god yet hath he made with me an everlasting covcoautor- dered in all things and sure this is all my salvation and all my desire though be make it not to grow for the comforts of parents who may be thus visited wc would remind them of the promise i will be their god aud the god of their seed after them dutto irreligious and ungodly parents wo are constraiued with much affection to use other bnguage can it be expected that your children can profit by our instructions in the school while you uso no means to enforce them by precept and by example at home can wo look for praying children iu nrayerless families 7 is it reasooablo to expect that your children will reverence aud sanctify tho sabbath wheu their parcuis aud the older branches of the family neglect the tend and that mr isaiah merriman has now the superintendence of a school near his owu house it was therefore moved that mr david brodie be requested to take the charge of the school for the ensuing year which mo tion was carried unanimously the following gentlemen were then elected to form a committee for taking the charge of the library for collecting funds for its support and for otherwise defraying the expenses of the institution viz messsra ozen strong josiahpfarran g stephen jr john irwin the meeting was then closed as usuaj by praise and prayer the 79th highlanders from sadies recollections fighting with tne bayonet the small village of fuents de nava was the spot where our forces were concentrat ed the lines advanced our regi ment was opposed to the 8th ot bona- parlesjimperial guards upwards of 1500 strong we gave them four successive volleys and then closed upon them with the bayonet dreadfully destructive was this unsheathed weapon and never wa i more nimbly handled in tho field of battle than at this time they fell in heaps before it never can any pen portray tbo horrors of such a scene pressing forward and presenting the purple steel to those that remained wr trampled upon the dcadoio dying and the wounded alike unheeded and un heard tho renwipsof thru ajwurcnttv