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LXIII.

Dost thou look back on what has been,
As some divinely gifted man,
Whose life in low estate began
And on a simple village green;

Who breaks his birth's invidious bar,
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance,
And grapples with his evil star;

Who makes by force his merit known,
And lives to clutch the golden keys,
To mould a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper of the throne;

And moving up from high to higher,
Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope
The pillar of a people's hope,
The centre of a world's desire;

Yet feels, as in a pensive dream,
When all his active powers are still,
A distant dearness in the hill,
A secret sweetness in the stream,

The limit of his narrower fate,

While yet beside its vocal springs He played at counsellors and kings, With one that was his earliest mate;

Who ploughs with pain his native lea And reaps the labour of his hands, Or in the furrow musing stands; "Does my old friend remember me?"

CV.

Ring out wild bells to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,

And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the care, the want, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease,
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

INDEX.

[N.B.-The figures within crotchets refer to the History.]

ACCIDENTS-On the East Lancashire
Railway, 1; at Wombwell's menagerie,
the "Lion Queen" killed by a tiger,
6; a boat of the Stromboli overset, five
persons drowned, 14; frightful cata-
strophe in an union workhouse at
Limerick, twenty-seven persons killed,
16; to a boat of the Ganges at Salamis,
16; to an English traveller (Mr. F.
Strickland) in the United States, 17;
dreadful boiler explosion at New
York, sixty persons destroyed, 20;
fearful explosions of the powder mills
at Hounslow, 32:-colliery explosions
and mining accidents-at Haydock
Colliery, 34; at Little Usworth, 74;
at Airdrie, 93; at Bent Grange Col-
liery, Haydock Colliery, Houghton
Pit, 129; at Duffryn Mine, Morfa Pit,
and Abergwydden Colliery, 157:-rail-
way accidents-explosion of gunpow
der on the Glasgow and Dumfries
Railway, 81; at the Liverpool ter-
minus, 86; on the Edinburgh and
Glasgow line, at Cowlairs, 94; fall of
the Bricklayers' Arms Station, 103;
on the Eastern Counties line, at the
Brentwood Station, 116; on the Great
Western line, at Wootton Bassett, 119;
double collision on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway, near Hud-
dersfield, 139; collisions on the Eastern
Counties Railway, 155; on the Leeds
and Selby line, 156-at the Clifton
Rocks, death of Miss M. Craven, 37;
to Mr. Lowndes, at Liverpool, 53;
fall of a bridge at Angers, 221 sol-
diers drowned, 57; to Mr. J. H. T.
Wawn, 61; explosion of a powder
fleet at Benares, 63; collision on Lake
Erie, thirty-eight persons drowned, 65;
to the Rev. H. James, at Beachy Head,
70; at the Hampstead Ponds, 75;
explosion of gunpowder on the Glas-
gow Railway, 81; fatal accident to
Sir Robert Peel, 81; steam-boat ex-
plosion at Bristol, 92; fall of a mill
at Stockport, 93; to Mr. J. W. Dutton,
in Switzerland, 96; explosion of the
ammunition factory at Rendsburg, 99;
boat accident on the Mersey, nine

persons drowned, 102; collision at
sea, the Minerva and William Rush-
ton, 102; ballooning, several acci-
dents, death of Lieut. Gale, 112; ac-
cident to a diligence in Spain, seven-
teen passengers drowned, 114; explo-
sion of fireworks in Spitalfields, 115;
blowing up of a line-of-battle ship at
Constantinople, 131; death of Lady
Carden, 138; explosion in a French
line-of-battle ship, 139; boat accident
at Worthing, eleven men drowned,
142; boiler explosion at Halifax, 143;
sewer accident in Scotland Yard, 153;
explosion of a Portuguese frigate at
Macao, 160

Acrs, LIST OF, 13 & 14 VICT.-Public
General Acts, 363; Local and Per-
sonal Acts, declared public, 367; Pri-
vate Acts printed, 372; Private Acts
not printed, 374

Aleppo, dreadful massacre of the Chris-
tians at, 143

Antiquities-Roman remains at Lymne,
the Portus Lemanis, 85; ancient re-
mains in California, 86; the Nineveh
marbles, 136; sale of rare books, 8.
ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS-THE SEARCH FOR
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, 437
ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES, 431
AUSTRIA. See GERMANY

BANKRUPTS, TABLE OF, 417
BAVARIA. See GERMANY
Belgium, dreadful inundations in, 101;
Her Majesty's visit to the King, 103
BIRTHS, 164

Britannia tubular bridge opened, the
first train through, 28

Burglaries and Robberies-Robberies
by the use of chloroform, 13; daring
robbery in Guildford-street, 14; adroit
letter-bag robbery, 56; robbery at
Charlecote Hall, 64; robberies. by
George Hacket, the burglar's daring
escapes, 77; robbery and attempt to
murder Mr. Cureton, 119; burglary
and murder at Frimley, 122; pre-
valence of burglaries at this time,
126, 157; burglary at Holford House,
the robbers shot, 131; great robbery

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Burglaries and Robberies-continued.
of a jeweller's shop in the Strand,
133; robbery and strangulation of M.
Adolphe Dubois, 155

Ceylon, select committee on the affairs
of, indignation expressed at the con-
duct of Lord Torrington, [50]
China-Destruction of the great pirati-
cal fleet of Shapng-tsai, 11; another
piratical fleet destroyed, 56; death of
the emperor of China, 71
CHOLERA, THE-Sketch of the progress
of the cholera of 1848-9, 422
Colliery explosions and mining acci-
dents-At Haydock Colliery, 34; at
Little Usworth, 74; at Airdrie, 93;
at Bent Grange Colliery, Haydock
Colliery, Houghton Pit, 129; at Duff-
ryn Mine, at Morfa Pit, at Abergwyd-
den Colliery, 157

Colonial Affairs-Great interest felt by
the public on the subject; Lord John
Russell's able development of the
views of the Government, [26]; the
Australian Colonies Government Bill,
[33]; Affairs of Ceylon-Report of the
Committee, indignation expressed at
the conduct of Lord Torrington, [50];
The West Indian Islands-Sir E. N.
Buxton's resolution respecting free
and slave-grown sugar [51]. See PAR-

LIAMENT

CORN, HAY, STRAW, CLOVER, and
BUTCHERS' MEAT-Average prices of,
416

DEATHS-Aberdour, lady, 288; Abra-
ham, R. 286; Adeane, hon. mrs. 256;
Alexander, mrs. M. 233; Allan, sir
W. 209; Allen, mrs. S. 233; Allen,
rev. J. 255; Alsager, mrs. H. 279;
Amedroz, H. F. 213; Ansell, H. 283;
Arbuthnot, miss M. 201; Arbuthnot,
rt. hon. C. 253; archduke Ferdinand
D'Este, 276; Arkwright, C. 290; Ark-
wright, E. 287; Arteria, H. 204;
Ashmore-275; Atkinson, mrs. 249;
Atkinson, R. 207; Atwood, T. H.
Van, 253

Bailey, J. 263; Baird, hon. mrs.
236; Balfour, maj. 247; Balzac, m.
de, 254; Banbury, mrs. J. 265;
Banks, P. W. 252; Bankes, mrs.
M. E. 217; Barclay, mrs. I. 249;
Barneby, mrs. S. 287; Barnes, lt.-gen.
sir J. 269; Barraud, W. 275; Barth,
W. 214; Bartley, mrs. 201; Bartolini,
203; Bassett, capt. 196; Bathurst,
It.-gen. sir J. 220; Beauclerk, rev.
lord F. 222; Beauharnois, march. 229;

Deaths-continued.

Beaumont, comm. 268; Becher, sir
W. 275; Belgians, queen of, 270;
Bell, W. 290; Benning, mrs. J. 282;
Bentinck, mrs. S. 209; Beresford,
rev. C. C. 286; Beresford, lord W.
271; Berkeley, rev. J. R. 216; Ber-
nard, dean, 212; Bernard, hon. T. J.
212; Betty, comm. C. W. 219;
Bianchi, 226; Bickersteth, rev. E.
207; Bickerton, lady, 212; Biffin,
miss S. 269; Bigge, C. W. 198;
Bingham, capt. 270; Bissett, lady C.
215; Blackden, mrs. E. 284; Blagg,
capt. 269; Blainville, m. de, 227;
Blake, general, 209; Blois, sir C. 255;
Blount, capt. 275; Boles, lt.-gen. T.
219; Bolton, lord, 248; Bonney, mrs.
C. 289; Booth, sir F. 203; Boothby,
J. B. 274; Bordwine, mrs. E. 221;
Borrer, J. H. 208; Bosanquet, C. 236;
Botfield, W. 289; Boulcott, J. 272;
Bourchier, mrs. M. 271; Bourne, mrs.
A. 234; Bouverie, adm. 276; Bowes,
mrs. C. M. 207; Bowles, rev. W. L.
219; Boyer, gen. 246; Brace, capt.
229; Bracken, capt. J. 277; Bracken,
T. 287; Brandram, rev. A. 289; Bray,
miss M. 213; Breen, lieut. 211;
Bremer, adm. sir J. J. G. 208;
Bridges, mrs. S. L. 200; Bromet, dr.
234; Bromley, R. 290; Brooke, mrs.
T. 235; Brown, mrs. E. S. 282;
Browne, mrs. A. H. 229; Browne, J.
213; Browne, R. D. 237; Brumell, J.
249; Brydges, lady I. A. 227; Buchan,
It. gen. sir J. 233; Buckworth, lady,
213; Budd, G. 250; Bulkley, col. R.
273; Bulstrode, mrs. C. 271; Burdett,
H. St. A. 236; Burdett, miss S. 217;
Burges, R. A. W. 282; Burnell, B. B. P.
232; Burnley, hon. W. H. 290
Burns, dr. J. 235; Burrowes, R. 235;
Byng, lieut. hon. J. R. 225

Calhoun, J. C. 216; Calvert, R.
286; Cambridge, H. R. H. duke of,
245; Cameron, maj.-gen. sir A.
264; Campbell, col. A. 213; Camp-
bell, lt.-col. P. 232; Campbell, maj.
A. 267; Campbell, sir D. 271;
Campbell, sir E. A. 256; Campbell,
lady, 208; Canch, maj. 211; Can-
tilupe, visc. 236; Carden, lady,
276; Carmichael, sir A. G. 227;
Carpenter, capt. 269; Carrington, sir
C. E. 196; Carson, dr. 276; Carter,
E. 252; Cartledge, T. 276; Cart-
wright, sir T. 221; Carwithen, rev,
W. 222; Caslon, H. 232; Castledine,
T. 283; Chalmers, miss A. 269;
Chalmers, J. 282; Chaloner, rev, H.

Deaths-continued.

282; Chapman, Abel, 198; Chapman,
A. 290; Chetwynd, sir G. 229; Chi-
chester, lady Anne, 206; Children,
mrs. E. 212; Churchill, lord F. 250;
Clanny, dr. W. R. 200; Clark, H. M.
270; Clarke, G. 228; Clarke, I. B.
198; Clarke, mrs. S. 225; Clifford,
mrs. W. 266; Clinton, lord W. 266;
Clode, J. 235; Clogher, bp. of (Tot-
tenham), 225; Cloney, T. 209; Coates,
comm. 207; Cobb, W. 213; Cockburn,
D. P. 226; Cockburn, G. 266; Cock-
burn, R. D. 235; Coghill, adm. sir J.
236; Collier, capt. H. 273; Connop,
N. 237; Constance, col. 269; Cope,
miss T. 276; Copeland, capt. 248;
Corbett, lady M. 284; Cornell, G. 220;
Cornwallis, march. 284; Couch, capt.
J. 199; Courtenay, rev. F. 289;
Cousins, R. 216; Craig, sir J. G. 212;
Craigie, col. 235; Cranstoun, G. 236;
Craven, gen. 213; Craven, miss M.
213; Crawford, countess of, 280;
Crawley, rev. J. 271; Creswell, J. B.
202; Crewe, rev. W. 220; Crosse, dr.
234; Crucefex, dr. 212; Cruttenden,
It.-col. 256; Cumberland, lady A. 250;
Curling, E. S. 214

Dakins, rev. dr. 200; Dale, T. 243;
Dampier, lady, 204; Daniell, It.-col.
F. 276; Daniell, Mrs. M. 226; Darell,
lt. J. S. 287; D'Arley, lady, 253;
Daubeney, rev. H. 269; Davies, rev.
W. 197; Davis, comm. 226; Davis,
W. 274; Dawson, J. F. 228; Deacon,
J. 229; de Barnard, C. 216; Deering,
J. P. 211; de Gaja, mrs. M. 213;
Delap, col. J. 276; D'Este, archduke
F. 276; Dickson, comm. W. 284;
Dickson, miss J. 284; Dickson, S.
274; Dickson, sir D. J. H. 198;
Dilke, mrs. D. 279; Divett, mrs. 234;
Dixie, sir W. W. 249; Doherty, chief
justice, 266; D'Ossoli, march. 249;
Douglas, lady Scott, 226; Dowlin,
mrs. 217; Drane, lieut. T. 222;
Draper, T. 237; Driffield, lt. J. 274;
Dromore, dean of, 265; Du Bois, E.
200; Ducane, capt. C. 281; Dukes,
T. F. 207; Dulcken, madame M. L.
220; Dunboyne, lord, 243; Duncan,
J. 231; Dunraven, earl of, 250;
Durant, maj.-gen. 268; Durnford, lt.-
gen. E. W. 212; Dutton, hon. J. W.
251; Dyke, G. J. 206; Dyas, capt.
225

Eden, capt. 211; Edwards, dr. R. C.
254; Edwards, sir J. 222; Elderton,
lieut. 226; Elliott, lady, 234; Elliott,
miss G. 236; Elliott, W. 279; Ellis,

Deaths-continued.

col. 251; Elsdale, rev. dr. 251; Evans,
W. B. 282; Eykyn, R. 213; Eyre,
hon. mrs. 282

Fane, J. 269; Farr, T. 234; Farrell,
R. 255; Faunce, maj.-gen. A. D. 211;
Ferguson, D. 211; Fielden, sir W.
229; Finch, lady S. 225; Findlay, R.
267; Fitzgerald, lt.-col. 234; Fitzroy,
hon. mrs. 249; Fleming, + bp. 248;
Flower, sir J. 229; Ford, rev. J. 207;
Forman, T. S. 290; Forrest, lieut.
209; Forrester, C. R. 202; Forster,
C. S. 281; Forsyth, hon. mrs. 273;
Franklin, miss E. 200; Fraser, miss
C. 283; Fremantle, sir W. 271;
French, J. 215; French, Louis Phi-
lippe, king of the, 256; Fricker, miss,
265; Fourdrinier, mrs. M. 266; Fox,
G. C. 237; Fox, miss M. F. 288;
Fullerton, lt.-col. 225; Furgusson,
lady H. 264; Gale, lieut. 266; Gal-
loway, gen. sir A. 218; Gardner, E.
290; Garnett, rev. R. 268; Garrett,
comm. 281; Gay-Lussac, m. 227;
Gibbs, mrs. C. 208; Giffard, mrs. 251;
Gilbert, W. 243; Gladstone, miss C. J.
220; Glover, mrs. 248; Godolphin,
lord, 208; Gordon, adm. 290; Gor-
don, J. D. 250; Gordon, J. D. W. 289;
Grace, Sh. 243; Graham, C. E. 265;
Graham, maj. 201; Graham, lady,
236; Grant, comm. A. 218; Grant,
sir J. M. 284; Granville, F. E. 267;
Grassini, 207; Green, T. 281; Green,
col. W. 275; Greenhill, G. 288;
Greenwood, rev. C. 236; Grey, lady
E. 280; Griffiths, miss C. E. 213;
Griffiths, C. R. 237; Grimshawe, rev.
T. S. 209; Guest, T. N. 242; Guille-
mard, mrs. M. P. 288; Gunnell, S. R.
266; Gurdon, mrs. A. 288; Gurdon,
mrs. M. 279; Gurney, K. 236

Hallam, H. F. 273; Hallifax, T.
212; Hamilton, sir G. B. 265; Ha-
milton, mrs. G. A. 282; Hammond,
gen. sir F. 282; Hammond, mrs. M.
274; Hancock, mrs. H. S. 253; Han-
key, miss E. 290; Hanmer, rev. J.
269; Hanmer, J. W. 250; Harring-
ton, lady, 272; Harris, J. G. J. 273;
Hart, T. S. 284; Hartley, H. R. 230;
Hartopp, mrs. H. 235; Hatherley,
It.-col. 200; Havilland, lady, 202;
Hawker, mrs. E. 269; Hawkins, dean,
202; Hawkins, Mrs. E. 221; Hay,
lady, 234; Hay, lady J. 284; Heath-
cote, R. E. 232; Hemsworth, H. D'E.
276; Hervey, lord W. 226; Hewitt,
lady Mary, 213; Hibbert, mrs. S. A.
221; Higham, S. 226; Hill, Hugh

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