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Article THE SCOT AND THE RED CROSS KNIGHT. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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The Scot And The Red Cross Knight.
In its fearful descent , Through Ms shoulder it went And came through the right side again ; The vain Templar , Le Jay , With one groan breathless lay , Head , trunk rolling red on the plain .
When Ms band saw him fall , Coward fear seized them all , The Southerns retreated in flight ; For few knights there were , Who for life ever dare , Cross swords with the Wallace in fight . PILGRIM .
MISCELLANEOUS . October 16 . —BOTH houses of parliament were destroyed by fire ; but such has heen the alacrity and perseverance of the builders employed , that there is every prospect of their temporary re-erection for the despatch of business by the middle of February . October 29 . —The Earl of Durham was tMs day entertained hythe Lord Provost and merchants of Glasgow in a most distinguished
manner : upwards of 1500 persons were present . The arrangements vied with the late memorable entertainment given by the City of Edinburgh to Lord Grey . November 13 . —The Melbourne ministry was this day most unexpectedly broken up by the king , and the Duke of Wellington was called in to his majesty ' s councils , who deferred any arrangements until the arrival of Sir Robert Peel from the Continentwhither Mr . Hudsonthe
, , queen ' s messenger , was immediately despatched to command the attendance of the right honourable baronet . December 13 . —Sir Robert Peel arrived and accepted office . As far as the public papers announce , the following is the probable fist of the present cabinet contrasted with that under Lord Melbourne . Present . OMce . Late .
Sir Robert Peel . First Ld . of Treasury Lord Melbourne . Ditto . . Chan , of Exchequer . Lord Althorp . Lord Lyndhurst . Lord Chancellor . Lord Brougham . Earl of Rosslyn . Lord President . Marquis of Lansdowne . Lord Wharncliffe . Lord Privy Seal . Earl of Mulgrave . Duke of Wellington . Foreign Secretary . Lord Palmerston . Lord Aberdeen . Colonial Secretary . Mr . Spring Bice .
Mr . Goulburn . Home Secretary . Lord Duncannon . Mr . A . Baring . . Pres . Board of Trade . Mr . P . Thompson . Earl de Grey . . First Ld . of Admiralty Lord Auckland . Lord Ellenborough . Pres . Bd . of Control . Mr . C . Grant . Mr . Henries . . Secretary at War . Mr . Ellice . Sir E . Knatchhull . Paymaster of Forces . Lord John Russell . Sir Henry Hardinge . Secretary for Ireland . Mr . Littleton .
Sir George Murray . Master-gen . of Orel . . Sir J . Kempt . Sir Edward Sugden . Lord Chan , of Ireland Lorcl Plunkett . Mr . F . Pollock . Attorney-general . Sir John Campbell . Mr . Follett . . Solicitor-general . Mr . Rolfe .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Scot And The Red Cross Knight.
In its fearful descent , Through Ms shoulder it went And came through the right side again ; The vain Templar , Le Jay , With one groan breathless lay , Head , trunk rolling red on the plain .
When Ms band saw him fall , Coward fear seized them all , The Southerns retreated in flight ; For few knights there were , Who for life ever dare , Cross swords with the Wallace in fight . PILGRIM .
MISCELLANEOUS . October 16 . —BOTH houses of parliament were destroyed by fire ; but such has heen the alacrity and perseverance of the builders employed , that there is every prospect of their temporary re-erection for the despatch of business by the middle of February . October 29 . —The Earl of Durham was tMs day entertained hythe Lord Provost and merchants of Glasgow in a most distinguished
manner : upwards of 1500 persons were present . The arrangements vied with the late memorable entertainment given by the City of Edinburgh to Lord Grey . November 13 . —The Melbourne ministry was this day most unexpectedly broken up by the king , and the Duke of Wellington was called in to his majesty ' s councils , who deferred any arrangements until the arrival of Sir Robert Peel from the Continentwhither Mr . Hudsonthe
, , queen ' s messenger , was immediately despatched to command the attendance of the right honourable baronet . December 13 . —Sir Robert Peel arrived and accepted office . As far as the public papers announce , the following is the probable fist of the present cabinet contrasted with that under Lord Melbourne . Present . OMce . Late .
Sir Robert Peel . First Ld . of Treasury Lord Melbourne . Ditto . . Chan , of Exchequer . Lord Althorp . Lord Lyndhurst . Lord Chancellor . Lord Brougham . Earl of Rosslyn . Lord President . Marquis of Lansdowne . Lord Wharncliffe . Lord Privy Seal . Earl of Mulgrave . Duke of Wellington . Foreign Secretary . Lord Palmerston . Lord Aberdeen . Colonial Secretary . Mr . Spring Bice .
Mr . Goulburn . Home Secretary . Lord Duncannon . Mr . A . Baring . . Pres . Board of Trade . Mr . P . Thompson . Earl de Grey . . First Ld . of Admiralty Lord Auckland . Lord Ellenborough . Pres . Bd . of Control . Mr . C . Grant . Mr . Henries . . Secretary at War . Mr . Ellice . Sir E . Knatchhull . Paymaster of Forces . Lord John Russell . Sir Henry Hardinge . Secretary for Ireland . Mr . Littleton .
Sir George Murray . Master-gen . of Orel . . Sir J . Kempt . Sir Edward Sugden . Lord Chan , of Ireland Lorcl Plunkett . Mr . F . Pollock . Attorney-general . Sir John Campbell . Mr . Follett . . Solicitor-general . Mr . Rolfe .