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II.

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.

III.

'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 !"

IV.

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.

V.

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
His fierce lips shook upward in galloping on.

VI.

and anon,

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.

VII.

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.

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VIII.

"How they'll greet us"—and all in moment his roan,
Rolled 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.

IX.

Then I cast loose my buff-coat, each holster let fall,
Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all,
Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear,

Called my Rowland his pet name, my horse without peer;
Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise, bad or good,
Till at length into Aix Rowland galloped and stood.

X.

And all I remember is friends flocking round

As I sat with his head 'twixt my knees on the ground,
And no voice but 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.

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]; Edict
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;

Deaths-continued.

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, lt. 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, visetss. 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,
lt. 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.

255

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, It. 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.

Deaths-continued.

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-
kerny, 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, lt.-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,
ars. 237; Nightingale, sir C. 304

Ongley, hon. F. H. 281; Osborne,
hon. D. A. G. 254; Otway, sir R. W.
254; Owen, lt.-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. 293; Pennant,

Deaths continued.

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, It.-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, lt.-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, viset.
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; Wells,
mrs. 234; Whithead, lady, 299;
White r.-adm. T. 297; Whitmore, T.
240; Whittingham, J. 279; Wildman,
col. E. 248; Williams, sir J. 284;
Winchester, lt.-col. R. 270; Winter-
ton, dr.-cntss. 296; Wodehouse, lord,

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