The Cardinal drew
Off each plum-coloured shoe,
And left his red stockings exposed to the view;
He peeps and he feels
In the toes and the heels.
They turn up the dishes, they turn up the plates,
They take up the poker and poke out the grates,
They turn up the rugs,
And examine the mugs:
But no-no such thing;
They can't find the ring;
And the Abbot declared that when nobody twigg'd it,
Some rascal or other had popp'd in and prigg'd it.
The Cardinal rose with a dignified look,
He called for his candle, his bell and his book!
In holy anger and pious grief,
He solemnly cursed that rascally thief!
He cursed him at board, he cursed him in bed;
From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head;
He cursed him in sleeping, that every night
He should dream of the devil, and wake in a fright;
He cursed him in eating, he cursed him in drinking,
He cursed him in coughing, in sneezing, and winking;
He cursed him in sitting, in standing and lying,
He cursed him in walking, in riding, in flying,
He cursed him living, he cursed him dying!-
Never was heard such a terrible curse;
But, what gave rise
To no little surprise,
Nobody seemed one penny the worse!
The day was gone,
The night came on,
The monks and the friars they search'd till dawn;
No longer gay,
As on yesterday;
His feathers all seemed to be turned the wrong way; His pinions droop'd, he could hardly stand,
His head was as bald as the palm of your hand;
His eye so dim,
So wasted each limb,
That, heedless of grammar, they all cried, "That's him!
That's the scamp that has done this scandalous thing!
That's the thief that has got the Lord Cardinal's ring!"
The poor little Jackdaw,
When the monks he saw,
Feebly gave vent to the ghost of a caw;
And turned his bald head, as much as to say, "Pray be so good as to walk this way!" Slower and slower,
'Till they came to the back of the belfry door,
Where the first thing they saw,
'Midst the sticks and the straw,
Was the ring in the nest of that little Jackdaw!
Then the great Lord Cardinal called for his book,
And off that terrible curse he took;
The mute expression
Served in lieu of confession,
And being thus coupled with full restitution,
The Jackdaw got plenary absolution.
When those words were heard,
That poor little bird
Was so changed in a moment, 'twas really absurd';
grew sleek and fat;
In addition to that,
A fresh crop of feathers came thick as a mat!
His tail waggled more
But no longer it wagged with an impudent air,
No longer he perch'd on the Cardinal's chair.
He hopped now about
At matins, at vespers, he never was out;
And, so far from any more pilfering deeds,
He always seemed telling the confessor's beads.
If any one lied, or if any one swore,
Or slumbered in prayer-time, and happened to snore,
That good Jackdaw
Would give a great "caw,"
As much as to say "Don't do that any more!"
While many remarked, as his manners they saw,
That they never had known such a pious Jackdaw!
He long lived the pride
Of the country side,
And at last in odour of sanctity died;
When, as words were too faint
His merits to paint,
The conclave determined to make him a saint; And on newly-made saints and popes, as you know, It's the custom at Rome new names to bestow,
So they canonized him by the name of "Jem Crow!"
[N.B. The figures within crotchets refer to the History.]
ACCIDENTS: two men suffocated at Lam-
beth Palace, 7; Scott, the American
diver, hung, 8; on Gloucester and
Birmingham Railroad, 14; nine men
drowned at Clare Island, 15; at
Vauxhall Bridge, 15; to H. R. H.
Prince Albert, 22; on Grand Junc-
tion Railway, 23; boat's crew frozen,
30; falling of two houses in Fleet-
street, 30; man buried alive in St.
Bride's Churchyard, 34; at Dowlais
Iron Works, eight men killed, 44;
explosion of ballast dredger, 47; at
Ashton Church, near Wigan, 55;
Rev. Mr. Freeman killed, 62; at
Rotherham, sixty-four lives lost, 62;
at an ice-well, 63; on the Thames,
three lives lost, 65; of steam-boat
Erie, one hundred and seventy lives
lost, 69; at Virginia Water, 72; fall
of St. George's Hall at St. Peters-
burgh, 75; on Great Western Rail-
way, 78; on North Union Railway,
death of Rev. R. Joy, 78; on Bristol
and Exeter Railroad, 82; London and
Brighton Railway, four lives lost, 84;
at the Victoria Theatre, 91; explo-
sion of a steam-boiler at Manchester,
seven persons killed, 91; Ensign
Rushbrooke drowned at Portsmouth,
95; at Blythe, ten lives lost, 98;
explosion of gas-works at Dundee,
117; sudden death in railway-car-
riage, 119; on the London and Brigh-
ton Railway, 119; on the Great
Western Railway, twenty-five persons
killed or injured, 120; explosion on
Bristol and Gloucester Railway, 125,
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Apprentice Law-important decision
Argentine Republic, Treaty with, for
suppressing Slave-trade, 454
Artesian Well at Grenelle, 34
Blakesley, execution of, for murder of
Mr. Burdon, 108
Boulogne, completion of the column at,
73
British Association, meeting of, at Ply-
mouth, 67
British Museum, robbery of books at,
97; number of visitors in Christmas
week, 124
Buckingham Palace, third intrusion of
the boy Jones at, 36
Byron, Lord Byron's servant, Mustapha
Ali, brought up at Queen-square, 68
CANADA-Legislative Union carried into
effect by Lord Sydenham: his Ad-
dress to the Legislative Council; and
sudden death, [319]; documents illus-
trative of the affairs of, 431
Canton: the forts at the Bogue destroyed,
[278]; passage of the river forced
up to and above Canton; the forts
and batteries destroyed, and the city
at our mercy, [278]; city saved by
the extraordinary convention of Capt.
Elliot, [283]
Census, the, for 1841, 412
Cheese, enormous, presented to the
Queen, 7
CHINA-Unhealthiness of Chusan, [276];
expedition sails to the gulf of Peche-
lee; Captain Elliot cajoled into sail-
ing back to Canton, [277]; nego-
ciations being protracted, active
operations resolved on destruction
of the Bogue forts, [278]; truce;
insincere; operations renewed; pas-
sage of the river forced up to Can-
ton, destruction of the forts and
batteries; Canton at our mercy,
[279]; extraordinary convention of
Captain Elliot, [283]; disappoint-
ment of the chief officers; Captain
Elliot superseded [283]; Despatches
illustrative of the war with: destruc-
tion of the Bogue Forts, 468;
forcing Canton river, 478; capture
of Canton, 493; terms of agreement
with the Chinese officers in Can-
ton, 513; rocket practice in, 43;
narratives from, 85, 102; news from,
through United States, 76; inter-
esting Chinese flag at Cossey in Nor-
folk, 50; a returned ball, 52
Church Rates - Mr. Easthope's reso-
lution negatived, [82]; his bill
read first time, and dropped, [82]
Churches, new, 41
Chusan, great mortality of the British
troops at, [276]; statement of, 21
Collisions at Sea-the Robert and Hun-
ter, 15; the Governor Fenner, one
hundred and twenty-two lives lost,
25; the Mary Scott, nine lives lost,
49; the John of Riga and the Pros-
perator, eight lives lost, 66
Commisssion of Lunacy on Richard
Weeks, a pensioner of Greenwich
Hospital, 122
Confidence-Sir R. Peel's motion of
want of confidence, see Parliament
Cooper, Sir Astley, his funeral, 29
Copyright Bill-Mr.Serjeant Talfourd's
Bill thrown out, [89]
Corn-laws-proposed alteration in, [90,
92]; discussion in the Lords; public
excitement, [115]
Coroner's Inquests-on a child, 10; on
Thomas Hinman, 26; on William
West, 30; at Windsor, on Lieut.
Ellis, 32; on George Veitch, 80; on
Sir Francis Chantrey, 111; on Lady
Lucy Forrester, 111; on Philip
Courtenay, esq. 115; on Mr. R. J.
Greenlaw, 116.
Darmes, the regicide, execution of, 60
D'Aumale, attempt to assassinate the
Duc de, by Quenisset, [250]
DEATHS.
Abernethy, Jas. 177; Alexander,
Right Rev. N. (Bishop of Meath),
172; Alsager, Rich., (M.P.), 181;
Amesbury, Lady, 197; Anderson,
Dr. 188; Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaum-
burg, Princess, 188; Annesley, A.
182; Anstruther, Lady, 195; Arabin,
Serjeant, 239; Arbuthnot, Hon. Jean,
223; Audouin, 238
Baillie, Geo. 238; Barnes, Tho-
mas, 201; Barrére, Bertrand, 178;
Barrie, Adm. Sir R. 208; Barring-
Deaths-continued.
ton, Viscountess, 189; Bauer, F.
175; Bawden, Mrs. 212; Bayntun,
Adm. Sir H. W. 176; Bayley, Right
Hon. Sir J. 225; Beaumont, Barber,
202; Beckwith, Lady Mary, 210;
Beltz, G. F. 228; Bennet, Hon.
Gertrude, 183; Bennett, G. 229;
Beresford, Lord James, 199; Beres-
ford, Rev. J. 172; Beresford, Right
Rev. G. de la Poer, (Bishop of Kil-
more and Armagh), 227; Bergami,
192; Berkeley, Hon. Augusta, 200;
Biddulph, Sir T. 214; Birch, Samuel,
238; Birckbeck, Dr. 238; Blag-
don, J. 174; Blair, James, 219;
Booth, Lieut-Col. 201; Bramah,
Fras. 175; Breton, Robt. 177;
Bridgman, Col. 200; Broke, Adm.
Sir P. de V. 179; Brown, Edward,
201; Browne, Dr. Jas. 197; Bruce,
Sir Stewart, 191; Buck, J. P. 223;
Bush, Geo. 229
Calvert, Nicholson, 196; Cam-
bridge, Rev. G. O. 200; Camp-
bell, Admiral Sir P. 214; Canning,
Hen. 185; Cannizzaro, Duchess of,
180; Carpenter, Rev. J. P. 217;
Carr, Right Rev. R. J. (Bishop of
Worcester), 199; Carr, Ann, 181;
Carrick, Dow. Countess of, 215;
Catalan, Cardinal, 191; Cathcart, Hon.
and Rev. A. H. 225; Chantrey, Sir F.
231; Chaveau Lagarde, 188; Chet-
wynd, Lady, 213; Chitty, Jos. 187;
Cline, Margt. 190; Clitherow, Jas.,
227; Clonbrock, Lady, 211; Clon-
curry, Lady, 210; Cludde, E. 174;
Collingwood, Sam. 179; Conway,
Lieut. J. W. 172; Conyngham, Lady
Albert, 197; Cooper, Sir Astley,
186; Corry, Right Hon. S. L. 199;
Cotton, Captain Willoughby, 187;
Courtenay, Philip, 238; Courtenay,
Right Hon. Thos. P. 213; Cowan,
Dr. R. 225; Cowper, Henry, 174;
Crafer, Thos. 181; Creed, Lieut. R.,
188; Cresswell, R. E. 192; Croker,
Captain, R. N. 193; Cromie, Sir W.
189; Crown, Admiral, 200; Cullis,
Commander, 211; Curzon, Hon.
Caroline, 202
Dalyell, Sir J. 184; Dannecker,
224; Dawson. Very Rev. R. H. 173;
Day, Alex. 181; De Pozzi, Mrs.
221; De Moleyns, Colonel Hon. E.
214; De Candolle, 219; Denison,
Mrs. L. M. 222; Dibdin, Thos.
221; Don, David, 239; Donkin,
General Sir R. S. 200; Downie, R.,
221; Drake, Lady, 222; Draper,
Hon. E. A. 197; Drury, Rev. H. J.
T. 190; Dufferin, Lord, 213; Dun-
das, Vice-Adm. Sir Thomas, 193;
Dunlop, Capt. R. G. 189; Durham,
Countess of, 237; Dyer, George,
189; Dyer, H. M. W. 202
Edwards, Adm., 172; Edwardes,
Sir H. 219; Egmont, Earl of, 240;
Elgin, Earl of, 229; Ellis, D. 184;
Ellis, Lieut.-Col. Hon. A. F. 519;
Elwyn, W. B. 211; Evans, Rev.
A. B., 211
Falmouth, Earl, 241; Fellowes,
Admiral, 218; Ferguson, Gen. Sir
Ronald, 195; Ferguson, Robt. (M.P.),
175; Feuchéres, Barronne de, 183;
Feversham, Lord, 213; Fitzpatrick,
Lady Anne, 238; Fleming, Adm.
Hon. C. E. 173; Forsyth, Hon. J.
227; Fortescue, Hon. Mrs. 219;
Fortescue, J. I. 174; Fortescue, Earl,
210; Fourdrinier, C. 185; Francia,
241; Fraser, James, 224; Freeling,
Sir G. F., 237; Frend, Wm. 188;
Fuller, Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. 227; Ful-
ler, General, 203; Fust, Flora L.
190
Galvini, Professor, 202; Gamba,
Bartolomeo, 201; Gardiner, J. esq.
174; Gascoyne, Gen. J. 218; Gil-
christ, Dr. 181; Gleich, Jos. Aloys,
189; Godwin, Mrs. 210; Goldsmith,
Jos. 214; Gordon, Lady W., 223;
Gordon. Col. G. E. H. 218; Gordon,
Gen. Thos. 197; Gordon, Lieut.-
General, 171; Gosford, Countess,
211; Gould, Mrs. Eliz. 215; Gre-
gory, Dr. Olinthus, 185; Griesley,
Lady, 178
Halkett, Capt. F. 178; Hall,
Robt. 202; Hallyburton, Lord Doug-
las G. 240; Halstead, Adm. Sir L.
W. 199; Hamilton, Adm. Sir G.
M. 241; Hansard, Luke Graves,
200; Hare, Lady, 190; Harewood,
Earl of, 231; Harrison, William
Henry, (President of United States),
194; Harrison, Sir G. 185; Har-
rison, R. J. 229; Harrison, W.,
224; Harvey, Adm. Sir Thos. 203;
Hatfield, 183; Hatton, J. E. D. F.
183; Hawkins, John, 213; Henley,
Right Hon. Robert, 184; Heron,
Major, 211; Hesketh, Mrs. A. M. 189;
Hesse, Electress of, 185; Hewett,
Comm. W., 174; Hill, "Tom," 176;
Hillier, Lieut-Colonel, 210; Hoare,
Sir H. H. 215; Hodgkinson, C. E.
172; Holmes, Capt. 183; Home, Earl
of, 227 Home, Lady, 203; Hook,
Theodore, 215; Hope, Dr. James,
202; Horton, Sir R. W. 204; Hud-
dart, Sir J. 193
Ingram, John, 183
Jackson, Dean, 215; Jacob, G.
240; James, Thos. A. 215; Jeremie,
Sir John, 199; Johnstone, Sir G. F.
201; Johnstone, Sir W. 189
Keener, Comm. 205; Kelly, Mal.
208; Kemble, Elizabeth, 182; Kent,
Comm. 194; Kilmore, Bishop of, 227
Lacy, Capt. 212; Laidlaw, James,
214; Laporte, 223; Lascelles, Row-
ley, 192; Lee, Lieut-col. Sir F. G.
229; Le Mesurier, Lieut. 178; Le
Noir, Mrs. E. 218; L'Huillier, Si-
mon, 166; Liddiard, Rev. W. 226;
Lister, W. C. 223; Lister, Mrs.
193; Littrow, Von, 175; Lord, Per-
cival B. 178; Lorton, Viscountess,
224; Lothian, Marquess of, 229;
Lovegrove, S. 174; Lyster, Lieut.-
Macdonell, Mrs. Ronaldson, 196;
Mackenzie, Sir A. 199; Maclehose,
Mrs. 229; Malmesbury, Earl of, 221;
Marlborough, Duchess-dowager of,
194; Martin, W. F. W. 194; Mason,
Rev. R. 180; Maitland, Gen. 210;
Mathew, Lady Elizabeth, 238;
Maude, Sir J. A. 228; Mc Gregor,
Sir E. J. M. 209; Mc Grigor, Lieut.-
Col. C. 190; Mc Nevin, Dr. 212;
Me Unwin, Mrs. Princess, 184;
M'Lean, Dr. 199; Meath, Bishop of,
(Alexander) 172; Meetkirke, Adol-
phus, 203; Melliti, Count Miot de,
178; Melville, Viscountess, 221;
Merriman, Thos. 202; Meux, Sir H.
195; Michell, Brigadier-General E.
T. 183; Molyneux, Lieut.-Col., 203;
Molyneux, Sir Thos. 237; Molyneux,
Colonel, Hon. G. 218; Monaco,
Prince de, 224; Monson, Lord, 224;
Moore, Mr. 177; Morgan, Miss E.
223; Mostyn, Sir E. 213; Mottley,
Admiral, 203; Mountain, Mrs. 212;
Murat, M. 210
Nares, Rev. E. 215; Nares, G. W.
A. 217; Nethercote, M. A. 183;
Niemcewicz, 205; Noel, Francois,
184; Nott, Rev. G. F. 228; Nurse,
Capt. H. 215
O'Connor, James, 200; O'Neill,
Earl, 192; Ongley, Hon. S. H. 183
Page, Rich. 187; Parsons, Rt. Hon.
L. 189; Paterson, Admiral, 190;
Pearson, John, 197; Pechell, Captain
G. 177; Pechell, Dowager Lady
Broke, 228; Peel, Jonathan, 215;
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