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 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'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.
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.
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;
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.
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.
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,
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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