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[ "The Truth about Uncle Placide. 29 His companions, better judges than M. Grelart's guests, seeing that they lived with Placide, and that the \"wholesome and abundant food \" of the boarding-house left their heads clearer and their judgment more discriminating than those gentlemen, did not agree with their verdict. All geographer as he was, Placide did not strike them as a \" prodigy ; \" he was merely an obscure pupil. So the boys, out of pure mischief, pretended to entertain a great contempt for this patient and steady worker. They betted on his success or failure, not upon his work. Between two boys of the same capacity they always accorded the preference to him who had accomplished his task with the less apparent effort. Placide worked on steadily, but never got beyond a respectable mediocrity ; he had gained the ignominious title of a \" Sap,\" so his homely reputation for geography had not placed him in a very high position either in the college or the boarding house. From the very day of his entrance at the college he had been nicknamed \"Old Father Tranquil,\" in consequence of his perfect equality of temper. But he lost this title toward the middle of the third term. One day, as he was walking quietly with one of his \" chums,\" he stopped suddenly in his conversation, became white as a sheet, and hurried across the yard. Then ensued a scene unmatched in the annals of Grelart — one of those improvised and dramatic occurrences which upset public opinion at a blow, and reveals character where none had suspected its existence. A big boy was coolly torturing a small inoffensive lad,, by rubbing his head violently against the rough bark of one of the trees in the yard. The big boy was frightened at perceiving suddenly, within two", "\" The old-clothesman asked him the enormous price of fifty-seven sous for it.\" {Page 123.", "True as Steel. 202 ness of his joints permitted, and standing before Emile, gazed at him steadily over the rim of his tortoise-shell spectacles. \" Look there, now ! \" he said, placing his hands familiarly upon the boy's shoulders. His poor hands shook, and his voice trem bled as he spoke. \" I ought to have known it ; yes, I ought, for you are the image of your poor mother. Ah ! how fond your uncle was of her. I should have known that no one with a face like that would have spoken ill of a comrade, and that when you did that there was some joke underneath. AVhat a joke it is, too ! \" he continued, addressing Emile in a tone half affectionate, half in admiration. \" There was I twisting my neck to get a glimpse of the other young gentleman behind you. I will tell this to my son-in-law ; he loves a good joke, and he will laugh, I believe you.\" To Emile's great surprise, the behavour of \" Malassis \" now suddenly changed. The old tailor turned him round as if he were trying on a new coat, and made all sorts of grimaces. He felt the cloth, and was satisfied. \" Good stuff that,\" he said with a wink, \" and well cut, well put together, too. I need not refer to the buttons ; you must tear the cloth to get them off. Do you know that my son-in-law made that coat, Master Emile ? \" \" I think you mistake,\" was the reply. \" Petard, my uncle's tailor, is the son-in-law and successor of his former tailor, Comba leuf, of whom Bertrand has so often spoken to me. If you are Combaleuf, you cannot be Malassis ; and if you are Malassis, you cannot be Combaleuf.\" A roguish smile spread over the old man's face, his eyes twink led, and he had to take off his spectacles as he burst into a loud laugh. At length, when he could speak distinctly, he said, \" This is a better joke than the other. My son-in-law will never believe" ]

[ "§ki. ©utt0^an* f ♦ jffi/Uft&f Att is the Patron Saint of the Goldsmiths' Company of London — the word \"Dun\" means firm and \"Stan\" stone — (firm as a rock). He was born of noble parents at or near Glastonbury, in Somer setshire, in the first year of the reign of King Athelstan, A.D. 925. His father's name was Heorstan, his mother's Cynedryda. When his earliest infancy was over, his parents brought him to a neighbouring monastery, where they devoted him to the service of the church and altar, and here he received his earliest instruction and such teaching (good or bad) as the limited learning of the monks in those days could bestow. Owing to the influence of his uncle Aldhelm, the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was introduced to the Court of King Athelstan, who promoted him to office, about the King's person, and one of his duties was to play harp music, to lull the King to sleep, after the pleasures and fatigues of the chase. He did not long retain the favour of the King ; the courtiers, envious of his accomplishments, accused him of practising forbidden arts, and persuaded Athelstan to discharge him from", "b left his nobles at the banquet table to visit his mistress and her flatterers. Upon this, up rose Dunstan, followed and upbraided him, and tore him rudely from the arms of Elfgiva ; at the instigation of St. Dunstan, Archbishop Odo broke into the castle (whither the King retired) with a party of armed men, who carried off the lady and conveyed her to Ireland, after having disfigured her by scaring her face and bosom with a red hot iron. After this she ventured to return to England ; the Archbishop had her again seized by some of his retainers and put her to death by the barbarous process of cutting the sinews of her legs with their swords. Dr. Lingard does not deny the main facts, but adds \" that it was the usual mode of punishment in that age.\" But Dunstan's requital was to follow ; he was accused of malversation in his office (this was well founded) ; Edwy deprived him of his Abbacy and banished him ; and it is recorded that when an armed party were driving him from the church a sound was heard likened by some to the \"wheezy voice of a gleesome hag,\" by others to the bleating of a calf, but which was recognized most unmistakably by all as \"the exulting voice of the Devil.\" Murray p. 250. The monks under his rule were ejected from their houses and sent beyond the sea, and the monasteries, except Glastonbury and Abingdon, were destroyed. Dunstan's enemies gloried in his disgrace, and the King was delighted with being free from a man whom he hated and who had uniformly treated him with disrespect. Dunstan fled to Flanders, where he began to conspire how he could injure the King. The monks, enraged to the highest sense possible by the loss of their benefices, cried down to the utmost of their power the administration of the young King, whom they looked upon as the author of their disgrace, and by their lies and calumnies, which they spread far and wide, persuaded their votaries that Edwy was the most impious of men; whereas, if they had adhered to the truth, Dunstan was the originator of all the troubles.", "10 and was buried (so it is said) at Canterbury. His ambition has given him a considerable place in ecclesiastical and civil history, and his talents have rendered him famous, being a great patron of the useful and fine arts — in both of which he was a proficient — for contemporary biographers speak of him as a musician, painter, architect, and so skilful a worker in metals that he made many of the vessels in use at the old church of Canterbury with his own hands ; and there is also an illumination of a MS. in the Bodleian Library in which he is represented kneeling at the feet of the Saviour, said to be by his own hand. His age was 64 years, and he had enjoyed the Archiepiscopal dignity 27 years. Thus much of Dunstan, the Patron Saint of the Honourable and Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths ; and his emblems are a pair of tongs and a harp, in allusion to his skill with both these instruments. Before the Reformation the altar shrine was within the choir, but little or no trace of it remains other than some diaper work of open lilies — a part of the decoration. In 1508 Archbishop Wareham opened the tomb and found a body with a leaden plate upon the breast, inscribed Sanctus Dunstanus. A portion of the skull was then enclosed in a silver reliquary made in the form of a head. Dean Colet and his friend Erasmus saw the relic in passing through Canterbury in 1513, but no mention is made of it in Dean Stanley's Memorials of the Cathedral ; therefore, whether it be in existence at the present time is a matter of doubt. There is a wood carved gilt figure of this Arch-Prelate standing in the vestibule of Goldsmiths' Hall, holding in one hand his crook or pastoral staff, and a pair of tongs in the other. This was formerly the figure-head of the state barge of the Company, which was used to accompany the Lord Mayor on his water progress from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Hall to be sworn in before the (Cursitor) Baron of the Exchequer ; the barge ceased to be used when the Load Mayor relinquished the" ]

[ "IX Blossom and Bud : p. 99. \" Not Goodbye !\" : p. 100. To One Playing: p. 101. Harmony : p. 102. Morning : p. 103. Self-Deception : p. 104. Past Love : p. 105. Injustice : p. 106. A Creed: p. 107. Immortality: p. 108. Futility: p. 109.", "36 III. WITH swooning heat the glowing noontide heaves ; The boughs throw still grey shadows on the grass ; No sound is heard as weary minutes pass But drowsy hum of bees among the leaves. The wallflower's scent is heavy in the air Around the blazing trees, beneath whose shade, In days whose memory makes Despair afraid, My head was pillowed on her outspread hair. The day with heat and I with longing swoon. The white road quivers through the poppied corn Quite empty now. She came not in the morn That wearied slowly to this weary noon : Will she not come when silent stars are born And eve grows hushed ? Surely my Love comes soon ?", "89 The Sandhills at Leuchars. SINCE I am very weary, I will go away, Away from the horrible streets, the unthinking crowd, Over the moors and away afar to the sea, Down by the windy sands and the swift white spray, Where the broken music of billows, blown faint or loud, Shall sweep on the wind to me. There in the sun I will close my eyes, And scarlet the light shall glow, and the sun's warmth fall Over my face : I shall hear above it all The scattered song of an inland lark, And the white gull's cries. I will turn my face to the cool smooth sands, and all shall be dark. For I will lie in the sandhills, still in the sun, And there no sound shall be but the sea-wind's song, And the slow faint thunder of breakers borne along, With the rustle of flying sand, on the wind that seethes in the grass : And there as the long hours pass — I still and at peace in the sun — The sound of it all shall seem As the voice of a dream in a dream." ]

[ "586 MINISTÈRE POLIGNAC. Le 23 juillet, lord Stuart arrivait à Paris comme pour obser ver la révolution. M. de Mortemart, ambassadeur de France à Saint-Pétersboug, revenait en même temps à Paris. Ces deux personnages politiques avaient eu Téveil du coup d'État qui se préparait. Us interrogèrent M. de Polignac à ce sujet. Celui-ci s'efforça de dissiper leurs soupçons. M. de Mortemart apportait au Roi une lettre dans laquelle Mrae de Nesselrode exposait à Charles X le plan des ordonnances qu'on allait pu blier. Le Roi, à cette lecture, déclara que ce plan n'existait que dans Timagination de Mme de Nesselrode. Cependant, le 24 juillet, lorsque le projet fut adopté par Tu nanimité des voix du conseil, les ministres comprirent la gra vité des mesures qui avaient été adoptées, et plusieurs d'entre eux assurèrent le lendemain que leur sommeil avait été souvent interrompu par les réflexions auxquelles une démarche si pé rilleuse pour le trône et pour eux donnait lieu. Ils s'étaient avancés et personne n'osait proposer de reculer. Convaincus des dangers que courait le monarque, ils avaient espéré les conjurer, mais le moyen qu'ils employaient était si hasardeux qu'ils pouvaient douter de ses résultats. Leur position était bien difficile : s'ils ne se décidaient pas à agir, on les accuserait de timidité, de lâcheté; ils acceptaient donc leur part de res ponsabilité, en se rendant compte du péril qu'eux-mêmes al laient courir. Le prince de Polignac les avait rassurés en leur affirmant que les mesures militaires étaient prises pour que la résistance qu'on pouvait craindre fût à l'instant réprimée. «il doit se rendre.» Puis nous en concertâmes la substance. «M. Pozzo di Bi-go m'a dit souvent que Tempereur Nicolas ne voyait de sécurité pour les Bourbons que dans Taccomplissemenl de la charte. » « Je doute que Tempereur Nicolas ait écrit lui-même au Roi Charles X, ajoute M. Guizot aux Mémoires duquel nou3 empruntons ces détails-, mais ce que son ambassadeur à Paris disait au garde des sceaux de France, il le disait, lui aussi, au duc de Mortemart, am bassadeur du roi a Saint-Pétersbourg : « Si on sort de la charte, on va à une « catastrophe; si le Roi tente un coup d'État, il en supportera seul la respon « saliilité. » (Mémoires de M. Guizot, t. I, p. 36G.)", "650 MINISTÈRE POLIGNAC. « Alors, continue M. de Sémonville, voyant que la délibération se prolongeait au delà du temps nécessaire pour prendre une décision, nous sollicitons le maréchal de s'emparer des ministres et de les consti tuer prisonniers. II hésite; M. de Glandevez lui offre de les arrêter lui même. Le maréchal allait signer Tordre, quand la porte s'ouvrit; M- de Peyronnet parut, et ce coup décisif fut manqué. II ne restait plus qu'à partir pour Saint-Cloud. Le maréchal écrivit quelques lignes au Roi -, M. de Girardin s'offrit pour porter la lettre, de manière à ce qu'elle précédât notre arrivée à Saint-Cloud. Nous quittâmes les Tui leries. A quelque distance, nous rencontrâmes un homme qui nous dit : « Allez vite! » en nous montrant qu'on nous suivait. Nous jetons les yeux en arrière, nous voyons une voiture portant les ministres et faisant tous ses efforts pour nous dépasser. Nous arrivâmes en même temps et nous dîmes à M. de Polignac, avant qu'il entrât au château, que nous voulions bien lui laiíscr Thonneur de faire révoquer les or donnances et que nous attendions Teffet de sa démarche. Peu après, un huissier du cabinet m'invite à entrer; je trouvai M. de Polignac à la porte extérieure du cabinet. « Vous m'accusez, dit-il; j'ai dit au Roi que « vous étiez là, c'est à vous de parler le premier. » M. de Sémonville rend compte en ces termes de son entre vue avec le Roi : « Je crois, dit-il, j'ai toujours cru que les dispositions du Roi, queje voulais combattre en entrant dans son cabinet, étaient personnelles, anciennes, profondes, méditées, le résultat d'un système tout à la fois politique et religieux. Si j'avais eu un doute à cet égard, il aurait été entièrement dissipé par ce douloureux entretien. Toutes les fois que j'ai approché du système du Roi, j'ai été repoussé par son inébranlable fermeté; il détournait les yeux des désastres de Paris, qu'il croyait exagérés dans ma bouche, et les détournait de l'orage qui menaçait sa tête et sa dynastie. Je ne suis parvenu à vaincre sa résolution qu'après avoir passé par son cœur; lorsque, après avoir tout épuisé, j'ai osé le rendre responsable envers lui-même du sort qu'il pouvait réserver a Madame la Dauphine, peut-être éloignée à dessein en ce moment; lorsque je le forçai d'entendre qu'une heure, une minute d'hésitation pouvait tout compromettre, si les désastres de Paris parvenaient sur son passage, dans une commune ou dans une cité, et que les autorités ne pussent pas la protéger. Je le forçai d'entendre que lui-même la con damnait au seul malheur qu'elle n'eût pas encore connu : celui des outrages d'une population irritée. Des pleurs ont alors sillonné les yeux", "MINISTÈRE POLIGNAC. 746 choses ne furent poussées à cette extrémité, il faut avoir la sincérité de le reconnaître, que par Tascendant, devenu irrésistible, des mêmes ambitions exaltées qui, déjà, quinze années auparavant, avaient fait la révolution du 20 mars ' . n Nous ajouterons ici une réflexion : c'est que ceux qui impo sèrent cette révolution, que Topposition constitutionnelle de 1830 se borna à accepter et à soutenir une fois qu'elle eut été accomplie, firent quelque chose de très-grave, non-seule ment contre Tautorité royale, mais contre le gouvernement constitutionnel, le respect de la liberté légale, de la charte et des lois, ébranlées jusque dans leur fondement. L'inviolabilité royale ne fut pas seule à périr ; l'inviolabilité de la charte re maniée en quelques jours sous le coup des menaces de la rue, l'inviolabilité de la chambre des pairs, privée de son autorité, succombèrent également. On apprit ce jour-là, et on ne T oublia plus, qu'une insur rection victorieuse à Paris pouvait, du haut des barricades, tout changer à son gré, et la France perdit en même temps « la famille incontestée, » comme Tavait appelée Benjamin Constant, et la charte, qui serait devenue incontestable si elle était sortie intacte de cette redoutable épreuve. Le présent fut sauf; mais Tavenir appartint aux aventures et aux révolutions. 1. Voir le Second Empire et une Nouvelle Restauration, par M. Charles Dunoyer, t. II, p. 142. FIN." ]

[ "LONDON STREETS. 87 had vainly tried to eat a little tripe broiled after some wonderful fashion. The girl seized upon the potatoes ; and although they were so hot that she plainly could not touch them without pain, she squeezed them out of their skins into the pasty fluid in which the tripe was wallowing. At once she be gan to eat the grumous mess, and ate so hastily, almost voraciously, that she burnt her mouth. I told her not to eat so fast, but to take her time, and let the stuff cool. \" But I 'm so hungry,\" was her reply. She abated but little of her eagerness, and soon fin ished her portion to the last morsel and the last drop. Upon my invitation she ate some trifle more ; but when I asked her if she would have some beer, to my surprise she said no, adding, \" They 've no tap here.\" This is the case in many eating-houses in London, of the better as well as of the lower order. At one where, early in my London experience, I was eating a chop, I was asked if I would like anything to drink, and ordering a pint of half-and-half, I was surprised at the waiter's saying, \" Please to give me the money.\" To my look of inquiry he replied, \" We 've no license, sir, and we send out.\" This just reverses the prac tice in New York, where the keeper of a bar will add a skeleton restaurant and two beds to his establish ment for the purpose of making sure his license to sell beer and spirits. I suppose that there are not half a dozen restaurants in New York where ale and beer may not be had for the asking. When the girl had stayed her hunger, I led her to talk, to which she seemed not at all unwilling. She proved to be one of those simple, good-natured, com mon-sensible, but not quick or clever, women who abound in England. She told me a story, — with a", "196 ENGLAND, WITHOUT AND WITHIN. ov his disgust at the slouching, slovenly way in which they carried themselves. I was ready to believe what he said ; fov I had then just seen the Coldstveams in Montreal ; and I had before seen the Spanish vegu lav tvoops in Cuba, who, even the vegiment of the Queen, weve so small that they looked to me like toy soldiers to be kept in a box. After I had been in London a week or two, having previously visited other places, a London friend, who had twice visited \"the States,\" said tome, \"Well, I suppose you 've been looking at the people heve and comparing them with those you 've left at home ? \" \" Yes, of course.\" \" Do you find much difference in them really?\" \"No; very little; almost none.\" \" You 're right, — quite right. There may be a little more fullness of figm-e and a little more ruddiness ; but it 's been greatly exaggerated, — greatly.\" One reason for this exaggeration I learned from the re marks of two English friends to me in this country. Some years ago I took one, a gentleman who had traveled a good deal, and who held an important position in the Queen's household, — and a very out spoken man he was, — to a \" private view,\" at which, for a wonder, there was not a miscellaneous throng, but just enough people to fill the rooms pleasantly. As we sat together after a tour of the room, looking at the company, I asked him to tell me the differ ence between the people he saw there and those he would see on a like occasion at the Royal Academy. He sat looking around him in silence for so long a time that I thought he was going to pass my ques tion unnoticed, when he said, \" I can see no differ ence; none at all, except that there would not be quite so many pretty women there, and that there", "219 ENGLISH WOMEN. necessarily inferior in all these respects, who are ab sorbed in business, and who know little beyond their business, except what can be learned from the hur ried reading of newspapers not of the highest type of journalism ? In England there is not only accumulated wealth, but accumulated culture ; and of this the result ap pears havdly move in the men than in the women. It could not be otbevwise. Englishwomen are compan ions and friends and helps to their fathers, their husbands, to all the men of their household. They are not absorbed in the meve extevnal affairs of so ciety ; and society is not entirely in their hands. Men, men of mature years, form the substance of English society ; they give it its tone ; women, its grace and its ornament. Even in the English woman's drawing-room the Englishman is looked up to and treated with deference. The talk and the tone must be such as he approves. She finds her pleasure as well as her duty in making it such as pleases him. She is even there his companion, his friend, his help. No matter how clever or brilliant she may be, she does not seek tenir salon, like the French female bel esprit. No matter how beautiful or how fashionable she may be, she does not leave him out of her society arrangements ; unless, indeed, in eithev case, she chooses to set pvopviety at naught, and bvave an accusation of \" bad form.\" And should she attempt this, she would in most cases soon be checked by a very decided interposition of marital authority. One result of all this is a sobevev tone in mixed society than we ave accustomed to, and the discussion of gvaver topics in general conver sation." ]

[ "30 THE GHOST. Lieutenant. And will you not be angry, if I should happen to hit upon it ? Will you not be affronted, Madam ? Miss Dinah. Not I, truly. I hope I am too wise to be af fronted by any foolish comparison that you can make. Lieutenant. Why then I will tell you. I was going to liken you to a very odd-looking Fish, — which we often catch at Sea ; but we hold it in no estimation : and I am told there is a very comical Animal at Land ; which goes by the same name : and which nobody is very fond of. And it is called it is called — if I mistake not, it is called Miss Dinah. Well ! What is it called ? Lieutenant. An Old Maid. Miss Dinah. (Stammering with rage ;) Imp — p — pertinent P — p — p — p — puppy ! — You marine Savage ! — You Sea-Horse ! — You Hippo — po — po — pota mos ! Lieutenant. (Laughing.) Ha, ha, ha ! — ha, ha, ha ! I protest, Madam, if you do not stammer, that is the very longest word I ever heard in my life. Do me the favour to repeat it. (Mocking her :) \" Hippo — po — po — potamos !\" Was not that the word ? But here comes The Squire. Enter Squire Hearty. Squire. What ! Sister Dinah got here already ? This is very kind of you. And how are you, Sister ?", "THE GHOST. 50 Squire. Yes : and that is the Door we are going out at. —That is to say, if you have no objection to ac company me to the Stables. It is a custom I have observed all my life, to go and see how my Horses are taken care of after a long journey. Lord Chesterfield has said very finely, \" that good Servants should be looked upon as humble Friends.\" — Extending his thought a little further ; I say, that good Horses are our valuable, working Slaves : and it is but right that after they have laboured hard for us the main part of the day, we should look to their having a good sup per and a comfortable bed at night. Lieutenant. More especially as they are dumb Slaves withal ; and cannot themselves make complaint of their Feeders' neglect, or cruelty. Exeunt* End or tbe Second Act.", "THE GHOST. 59 Julep. (Laughingly.) To take another such corrective dose from me ; whenever you think fit. Ha, ha, ha ! Enter Miss Dinah Hearty, and Mrs. Hearty. Mrs. Hearty. I beg, Gentlemen, you will not stir. Mr. Blifil, pray keep your seat by Belinda. Blifil. I cannot be more agreeably seated, that is certain. Mrs. Hearty. True French politeness. Julep. Without one grain of English sincerity. Miss Dinah. (Aside to Belin da.) I hope, My Dear, you have been agreeably entertained by your Beau ? Belinda. Very much the contrary, I assure you. It is the veriest conceited, petulant Fop I ever met with. Enter Squire Hearty, & Lieu ten ant Blifil. Squire.' Soho ! Lad. Here they are. I wish I were as sure always of finding a Hare upon her form, as Women at their Tea-table ! Lieutenant. It is a good thing to be sure of meeting with the Ladies any where. And if for no other reason we Men ought to be fond of Tea. Squ ire. You will not take any : will you, Lieutenant ? Litu tenant. To be sure I will : and with particular pleasure if Miss Belinda will favour me with a Cup. Bf. LIN DA. That I will ; and with as many as you like." ]

[ "3 A DRAMATIC POEM. * Prince. It must not be. Seek not Xo change my purpose. What, did I come for this, That I should stand and view the precipice ; Hear thee recount the dangers there beneath ; And then dismay 'd retire ? Who is the man That dares to tell me so ? The brave Fabricius, Were he now here, would not such counsel give : Nor harshly chide me in the very course He once approved. Fabricius. What seems Fabricius now Of all his former counsel to recal ? Prince. When he foretold the storm that so afflicts This wretched land, — \" Prince !\" he was wont to say \" Such scenes will come to call your manhood forth, Such scenes this land will witness as may well Appal the stoutest heart : yet we, who stand Upon the height of power, are there not fix'd To be the timid watchmen of the state, That every cry should move us from our post : No ! if by death we may our country serve, E'en shrink we not from it in blackest aspect !\" Didst thou not tell me this, and urge me, often, To tread the hero's paths and do my duty : Then why persuade me to regain the seat Of solitude — inglorious solitude, Seeking my safety in a coward's flight ? b 2", "A DRAMATIC POEM. 5 Scoff at his wise commands ! He sent you here, (That night he sought those walls) you know he sent you, Seeing his foes increase his own grow less, To try to rouse the mountaineers to arm ; And charged you only with such aid to join him. Did he not so ? Prince. He did so. Fabricius. But go ! rush on ! Because your post — so lately perilous, A hope forlorn, as it was aptly called — Is hush'd awhile ; and war drives furious there ; Rush on, impetuous Boy, regard no more His magnanimity, — th' enlarged affection Paternal love and patriotism pure Blended, commixt, have studded in his bosom. With what effulgence that joint jewel shone When you — his dear, his only child — he bade Go where, and wherefore, you admit he did ; Go share the lowest soldier's roughest trials ; And be to all of such a firm example Of faithfulness 'midst dangers and privations. O no more need I state to prove that he On every soldier looks with martial strictness ; From every subject claims a due obedience. Alas ! unhappy and misjudging Prince ! Think not by that rash act you have design'd To serve and gratify a king like this : — With loud reproach, and frowns, and scorn, he'll meet you !", "73 A DRAMATIC POEM. I brimm'd at once the pride of ancestry !\" But — \" how exalted! and whence didst thou spring V \" Tbe wretched offsprout of a feeble race : An abject worm as that beneath my feet : The child of want, o'er whom a ragged roof 111 served to combat 'gainst the chilling blast To shield my infant limbs ; till artfulness Instinctive, rising in my manlier breast, Taught me to leave the barren rock of poverty ; And, like a wily cormorant, stretch my wing To feed on fatter shores ! \" [Pulls his sword a little out of the scabbard. O gen'rous steel, By what a thorny, trackless path thou hast led My daring feet up the ascent to power ! Yet place me, ere I rest, where this rude hand May grasp a crown ; and whoso thoughtless strives, By any mortal strength, to pluck it from me — Turn thou thy point against his victim breast : Drive mercy from his door ! [Here Cosri paces about his tent, striving to speak, and then pausing as if through inability to express his feelings sufficiently. Ambition ! kindred soul ! Teach me thy arts ; lend violence — the form Of tender justice ; falsehood — the winning lip Of truth ; seduction — all the smiles of love ; What open, undisguised oppression cannot, Dares not attempt, let — treachery secure ; Feed well the slave of wealth and flattery ; Pour on his lap the pois'nous gold ; and bend, If for an hour submissively to bend Be gain : but, trick'd and tranimell'd, when their necks" ]

[ "4 execution of the work proposed, and public opinion must ultimately overcome all opposition and not allow the want of military genius or of engineering enterprise to block the way. Let us, therefore, move with the irresistible force of the stream, and endeavour to meet the altered circumstances in a spirit of calm reliance upon our own resources. The advan tages of the Channel Tunnel will prove very much greater to this country than generally supposed. Only those who have watched the development of railway enterprise, and the extraordinary effect of traffic facilities on industrial activity and all that constitutes the vital principle of civilised life, can thoroughly appreciate the great results to be achieved by the successful execution of such a work. It is impossible to imagine twenty miles of railway of greater importance than the twenty miles proposed for the Channel Tunnel, and in this connection we may instance the Tay Bridge, constructed at a vast expense, as showing how large a sum of money it has been thought desirable to spend to shorten the distance between two districts already connected by railway, and whose importance, although great localhy, pales into insignificance with the interests affecting two of the leading nations of the world. And here it may be pointed out that not only France and England would be brought into immediate communica tion with each other, but that Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy (with her tunnels, in the construction of which she showed no fear), Austro-Hungary,and Russia herself would participate in the facilitated medium of intercourse, and pour their goods and surplus stores into the English market. So far from war being provoked by the construction of the Tunnel, political sympathy would be fostered between France and England, while all other countries (on purely selfish considerations affecting their trade and commerce withEngland) would resent any attempt to break the culvert of communication, and defend its integrity vi et armis. While some people formerly existed who advocated a freer com munication between this and other countries, there were others who contended for a policy of isolation similar to", "24 it is certain that the more people know each other the more they respect each other, the less barbarous and uncivilised do they think foreigners, and that facility of communication and facility of intercourse lead enormously to the development of kindly feeling and Christian charity. We must remem ber in what bitter hatred the great civil war between the Northern and Southern States of America was brought to a close, and how even good and great men despaired for many years of effecting a thorough and cordial reconcilia tion ; but where even kindred and a common country failed to cement real peace and substantial good feeling, the necessity of commerce and the noble bridges across the Ohio, the Potomac, and Missouri have triumphed, have reunited the disunited States, and linked our brethren beyond the ocean in assured amity and substantial concord. That facility of intercourse across the Channel will in crease the general trade and commerce of our own country is my undoubting belief. If we take France alone, the land of luxury and refinement, there can be no doubt that if our fellow-countrymen visit France more freely they will learn to want French goods, French silks, and possibly even French wine ; and a very good thing it would be for the peo ple of this country if they could be induced to drink light French wines instead of spirits, for notwithstanding the wonderful progress the cause of temperance has lately made in England, many of our people will require to drink some- thing. If Frenchmen and foreigners generally would visit ua they would give their orders in our markets. Undoubted evidence shows that the Channel prevents their comino- here and they are getting their machinery from Alsace instead of Bradford, pottery from Germany instead of Staffordshire, woollen goods from Roubaix and Rheims instead of York shire, arms from Liege instead of Birmingham, because of the trouble and inconvenience of coming across the Channel to order them. 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[ "PROPHECY OF ST. IGNATIUS. 83 't Years have rolled on, and that boy's proud name Is a household word in the homes of Spain ; He had' dreamed of honours in field and hall, Of wealth and power, he had won them all ; Yet his heart was sad when he knelt in prayer, For the mendicant's blessing was working there. Again did the prince and the beggar meet, But not as then, in the crowded street ; No throngs are shouting with loud acclaim Through the squares of the city De Borgia's name. No neighing charger with trappings bright, Bears the noble form of the Spanish Knight, He wears no helmet, no jewelled sword, And serves no king, but his suffering Lord. He has left the court, with its pomp and pride, That poor lame beggar his help aud guide ; At the pilgrim's feet he hath cast him down, He prays to be clad in the coarse grey gown, Aud banished for aye are the dreams of youth, In the strong bright light of God's radiant truth A wondrous triumph His grace hath won In that glorious sire, and his saintly son. H*", "filtj. i. A maiden said. to a Lily \"I go to the dance to-night, Wilt thou nestle among my tresses O Lily so pure and white?\" But the Lily answered: \"O maiden, I should droop in the heat and glare, And die in thy shining ringlets, Place the glowing carnation there.\" K*", "124 THE GOLDEN CIBORIUM. III. The little vase with care he sealed, And buried it within the earth, Which surely ne'er before had held A treasure of such priceless worth. IV. And then with many a tear and prayer He sadly went upon his way, Commending to God's holy care The spot wherein his treasure lay V. The danger passed and he returned, When lo, a wonder ! for behold ! The little crystal vase, is- now A rich ciborium of bright gold. VI. No allegory, dearest child, Is this true story I have told, And much I love this little tale Of the ciborium turned to gold." ]

[ "LAKES AND RIVERS— CLEAR LAKE. 113 thirty miles in length, and is in some places from ten to twelve miles in width. Its general depth is about forty feet — -although it is more than double that depth at what is called the Narrows — and it is 1,300 feet above the sea, or about the same elevation as Lake Geneva, in Switzerland. It is almost entirely surrounded by mountains and high hills, with here and there a lovely indentation ; and the lower part of the lake is picturesquely dotted with islands, all of which are beautifully wooded. The largest is called Elembenden, (Indian for Paradise.) Another very pretty island is called \" Ho-yem-den ; \" it is only a short distance from Sulphur Bank, (or East Lake,) and would make a summer resort fit for a king. It is owned by Mr. T. P. Madden and Captain R. S. Floyd, of San Francisco. Mr. Joseph Eastland, of San Francisco, also owns an island near by. The waters of Clear Lake fall from six to ten feet during the dry season, and empty into Cache Creek, whose waters flow into the Sacramento River. There are a number of pretty towns lying upon and adjacent to Clear Lake, among which is Lakeport, the county seat of Lake County, and the most impor tant place in the county. It contains about 1,000 inhabitants. It is situated upon a series of terraced elevations, and is abundantly shaded by the foliage of clusters of immense oaks. The landscape view is very beautiful. At the head of the lake is a little town called Upper Lake, with 400 inhabitants, a hotel and livery stable. The valleys in this vicinity are very beautiful and productive. Lower Lake is also a pretty place, and contains nearly 500 inhabitants ; it is situated some three miles away from the lower part of the lake. Sulphur Bank, or East Lake, is situated on the lake, and is ten miles from Lower Lake. There are large quicksilver works at this place, giving employment to nearly 300 men. There are already a number of chateaux upon the lake, the most pretentious and delightful of which is \" Kono Tayee,\" the summer home of Captain and Mrs. R. S. Floyd, of San Francisco. It occupies one of the prettiest spots upon the lake, and is nine miles by water from Lakeport, and a little over five miles from Sulphur Bank. It is directly opposite Konockti (or Uncle Sam) Mountain and Soda Bay. The Floyd place reminds one of the villas on our eastern lakes, except that at Kono Tayee many varieties of northern and semi-tropical fruits and flowers grow the year round. Even during the rainy season, when the moun tains surrounding Clear Lake are covered with snow, Kono Tayee may be described as a picture of summer set in a winter frame. The house is a noble mansion, of many apartments, and it sees few days during the summer months that said apartments are not occupied with others than the Captain and his estimable wife and darling little girl. This place contains several hundred acres ; and the aecacia, pepper, pomegranite and eucalyptus intermingle their branches with the indigenous oak and fir; the orange and peach nod gracefully to each other at each passing wind, as if proud of their luscious fruits; and the magnolia and the violet alike impregnate the evening zephyrs with their aromatic sweets. There is all at Kono Tayee that wealth and taste can appropriately suggest; and one can readily conclude, the moment he reaches the quarter-deck, (we mean veranda,) with its brass pieces in proper positions, that Captain Floyd has not", "LAKES AND RIVERS — McCLQUD RIVER. 121 evening. The water is so clear and pure, so free from sediment, that the opera tion, which has often been described, can be readily observed. It is very interesting to watch the female, with her head up stream over her nest, if I may call it, so intent on her maternal duties as to allow the observer to approach within ten feet or less, if he makes no sudden motion ; but more interesting to watch iho male with his combination of tender solicitude for his mate and frequent sallies to drive away the cloud of trout that wait a few yards below for the stray eggs that may be carried down by the current. When spawning, the salmon will not take the hook , but recruits are arriving daily from the ocean to rest in pools for days, and perhaps weeks, for their eggs to mature. When they first arrive, before spawning has commenced, they will bite at a highly-colored artificial fly, or even at a red rag. The trout are also greedy for the fly. After spawning season has SALMON FISHING- HAULING THE NET. arrived, neither salmon nor trout will bite at anything but salmon roe until the season has passed. 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[ "THE GOOD LORD COBHAM. 65 religious works ; but the abbot of St. Albans was shocked to see that the heads of all the saints had been either torn out or defaced. William Fisher, the dealer in skins, who had con ducted Oldcastle's rescue from the Tower, was seized in his house, and tried at Newgate before Nicholas Wotton, and three other judges, on a charge of break ing into the Tower, and carrying off the King's prisoner. Fisher, found guilty by a picked jury, was sentenced by Wotton to be hung at Tyburn, to have his neck chopped through, to have his head spiked, and exposed on London Bridge. After a chase of more than four years, the friars, who could not persuade the commons to betray Sir John, were base enough to buy him from a Welsh fellow named Powis ; a wretch of some local weight, who had won the friendship of Oldcastle by adopting his views about the monkish order and the Bread and Wine. The friars who got hold of Powis plied him with money to betray his master, until his virtue finally gave way, and he consented to act the part of Judas, on receipt of such wages as Judas got. He came upon Oldcastle by surprise, accosted him as a friend, and took him prisoner by a desperate fight. Wounded and weak, Sir John was brought to the Tower ; and, the King being absent in France, the clergy gave themselves no trouble about a second trial ; but, taking the old sentence of death to be suffi cient, they sent him to the gallows and the stake ; to the first as a traitor against his King ; to the second as an apostate from his Church. He was burnt in St. Giles's Fields, on the spot where King Henry had caught and hung the poor Lollard bands. Such is the story of a gallant warrior, a pious gentleman, and a faithful knight. Now, what is there in such a man to suggest the idea of Falstaff — a braggart, a coward, a lecher, a thief? Shakespeare was not the first to put this insult on vol. 1. E", "HER MAJESTY'S TOWER. 98 him lay. Law was thought to be on one side, right on the other side. Parliament had been asked to settle, unsettle, and resettle the order in which the throne should go, so often, that every point of law and of fact had become confused, except that which seemed to lie in the power of nature and of habit. Every man said the sceptre otight to descend upon the true heir. But who was that true heir ? Those who had the best claims by blood appeared to have very poor claims by law. As King Edward left no issue, his crown fell back ; first, upon his father's heirs ; next, upon his grand father's heirs ; then upon the heirs of Edward the Fourth ; afterwards, upon the heirs of George Plan tagenet, Duke of Clarence ; finally, upon the heirs general of Edward the Third. These lines were re presented by claimants more or less able to make good their right. The front rank consisted of not less than eight pre tenders ; all of whom were women ! Of these eight women, not one had a clear title ; two of them being aliens, while six were blemished in their birth. Here, then, was a situation for the opening drama : — eight females fighting for a crown which had never yet been worn on a female brow ! I. Princess Mary. II. Princess Elizabeth. The two sisters of Edward the Sixth had been set aside by Acts of Council, Acts of Parliament, Acts of the Church, and so far as state decrees could put the King's sisters out of court, they were out of court. Their mothers had been cast away on the ground that they had never been lawful wives ; their birth had been assailed ; their titles had been quashed ; their rank had been reduced ; their rights, as king's children, had been extinguished. These public acts had never been repealed. In his old age, their father had in some sort owned his daughters ; but the act in which this show of justice had been done was of doubtful", "HER MAJESTY'S TOWER. 382 the uproar passed ? While he was scheming, Oldcorne arrived from Hendlip Hall with an invitation for him self and train ; when he moved, together with Ann Vaux and his servant Little John, to Mrs. Abington's friendly house. Hendlip Hall, a Tudor house of vast extent, which stood on high ground and swept the country for many miles, had been recently built by Thomas Abington, on plans supplied by Little John, as a hiding-place for priests. Almost every room in the pile had a recess, a passage, a trap-door, and a secret stair. The walls were hollow, the ceilings false. The chimneys had double flues ; a passage for the fire, and a second for the priest. One hollow in the Avail was covered with most cunning art ; a narrow crevice, next to the fire place, into which a reed was laid from Mrs. Abington's bed-room, so that soup and wine could be passed by her into the recess, without the fact being noticed from any other room. Except the builders and the Jesuits, no one had a key to the whole maze of secrets ; but the local gentry were aware that the Hall had been contrived for the concealment of priests ; and when the proclamation against the Jesuits came out, Sir Henry Bromley of Holt Castle, an active justice of the peace, was not surprised to receive an order from the Council to search the house. His orders were minute. He was to surround the Hall with his men ; to set a guard at every door ; to suffer no one to come in, no one to go out, until the priests were found. The servants were to be watched by day and night, to see that they carried no food into strange places. The dining-room was to be carefully examined, and the wainscot pulled down to see if any passage lay beyond. The cellar floors were to be broached. Every room in the house was to be measured, so as to see whether the lower apartments corresponded with the upper in length and breadth. Even the chimney-stacks were to be pierced and probed." ]

[ "PREFACE. sPHE following Lecture was given at the Town Hall, Great Torrington, on the 17th of March, 1896, in connection with the Great Torrington Free Institute. It was originally given, in 1884, under the title of Torrington during the Civil War; but as I had gleaned in the interval much additional information from various sources, relating to that particular period of Great Torrington history, I found it necessary to make considerable additions and alterations in the original Lecture. Some of the facts mentioned necessarily appear in my paper on The Bloioing-up of Great Torrington Church, read at the meeting of the Devonshire Association at Southmolton, in 1894; but I trust it is needless for me to apologise for their reappearance", "26 A FEW PAGES OF from the hedges, and within their barricadoes, which were very strong, and where some of their men disputed the entrance of our forces with push of pike and butt-end of musket for a long time ; at last it pleased God to give us the victory, our foot first entering the town, and after wards the horse, who chased the enemy through the town, the Lord Hopton bringing up the rear had his horse shot dead under him in the middle of the town ; their horse once facing about in the street, caused our foot to retreat, but more of our horse coming up pursued them to the bridges, and through the other barricadoes at the further end of the town, where we had no sooner placed guards at the several avenues, and had drawn our whole army of foot and most of our horse into the town, but the magazine of near eighty barrels of powder, which the Lord Hopton had in the church, was fired by a desperate villain, one Watts, whom the enemy had hired with thirty pounds for that purpose, as he himself confessed the next day, when he was pulled out from under the rubbish and timber ; and the lead, stones, timber, and iron work of the church were blown up into the air, and scattered all over the town and fields about it, where our forces were ; yet it pleased God miraculously to preserve the army, that few were slain besides the enemy's (that were prisoners in the church where the magazine was blown up), and most of our men that guarded them, who were killed and buried in the ruins ; and here was God's great mercy unto us, that the general being there in the streets escaped with his life so narrowly, there falling a web of lead with all its force, which killed the horse of one master Rhoads of the lifeguard who was thereon next to the general in the", "GREAT TORRINGTON HISTORY. 59 Church, already referred to, I cannot refrain from again quoting from Westcott. He says : \"In the Church are divers very facete epitaphs, of which you shall read some. Upon John Clark and his wife: \" ' Two lie underneath this stone, Bather the two halves of one. Two they were, so like, so even Natured, statured, bred, that heaven Made them one by wedlock knot ; Whom e'en death divided not.'\"" ]

[ "REVUE d'anthropologie. 52 à cette règle, si l'examen d'une ou de plusieurs nouvelles pièces prouvait que l'on trépanait aussi par exception, les individus blessés à la tête, loin de considérer cette indication comme pri mitive, je croirais au contraire qu'elle n'est venue que tardive ment, lorsque les opérateurs, habitués depuis longtemps à traiter par la trépanation les affections convulsives spontanées, se se raient avisés d'appliquer la même opération au traitement des ac cidents convulsifs de certaines plaies de la tête. M. Prunières a encore supposé, — mais avec la plus grande réserve, — que certaines trépanations avaient été faites dans le but de guérir des caries ou des exostoses des os du crâne, en enlevant les parties malades. II s'est basé sur l'examen d'une perforation au voisinage de laquelle l'os était altéré (1). Mais je crois avoir prouvé que cette altération était l'effet d'une érosion posthume, et non d'une maladie de l'os (2). Je dois ajouter cependant qu'il existe des traces d'ostéite et de périostite sur une pièce décou verte par M. Gassies, de Bor deaux, dans une station préhis torique, à Entreroches (départe ment de la Charente). C'est un fragment de pariétal dont la partie moyenne présente des lé sions dues à une inflammation chronique de l'os, et dont la par tie postérieure a été excisée par une trépanation posthume (voy. fig. 24). Nous savons déjà que la trépanation posthume se fai sait habituellement, peut-être même exclusivement, sur les sujets soumis autrefois à la tré panation chirurgicale ; d est donc probable que la rondelle enlevée après la mort aboutissait à une ouverture cicatrisée, et l'exis- Fig. 24. Fragment de pariétal trouvé par M. Gassies sous l'abri d'Entreroches (Charente). Musée de Bordeaux. Gr. nat. aa, suture sagittale; bb, suture lamb- doïde; ab, échancrure de trépanation posthume sur l'angle lambdoïdien du pariétal. tence d'une maladie du tissu osseux sur une partie du crâne peu éloignée du siège del'ancienne opération chirurgicale, constitue (1) Bulletins de la Société d'anthropologie, 16 mars 1876, p. 152. (2) Même volume, p. 243-247.", "SUR LES TRÉPANATIONS PRÉHISTORIQUES. 53 un fait digne d'attention. Mais ce fait, auquel il manque d'ailleurs une preuve directe, — puisqu'd n'est pas démontré que la trépa nation posthume fût toujours invariablement associée à la trépa nation chirurgicale, — ce fait, dis-je, est unique jusqu'ici, et il est permis de se demander s'il n'est pas dû à une simple coïncidence. II n'y a pas de raison pour qu'un individu guéri de la trépanation soit à jamais soustrait aux chances communes des maladies ; il y a même une raison pour que l'ostéite traumatique provoquée par la trépanation laisse après elle dans l'os opéré une périostite et une vascularité exagérée, de nature à favoriser le développement d'une inflammation chronique de cet os, sur un individu d'une constitution défectueuse. Le fait unique de M. Gassies est donc très-loin de prouver la réalité de l'hypothèse de M. Prunières. U est certain d'ailleurs que dans tous les autres cas le tissu des os trépanés est dans un état d'intégrité parfaite; quand même cette règle souffrirait quelques exceptions, elle ne cesserait pas d'être très générale, et cela nous suffit, car ce que nous cherchons, c'est le but ordinaire de la trépanation, et non les applications plus ou moins exceptionnelles que l'on pouvait faire de cette opération. Or, d ressort clairement des faits que ce but ordinaire ne se rap portait ni au traitement des fractures du crâne, ni à celui des ma ladies des parois crâniennes, ni à aucune indication locale. On comprendrait d'ailleurs difficilement que des maladies visibles et tangibles eussent donné lieu à la pratique superstitieuse des tré panations posthumes et des amulettes crâniennes. Ce qui en gendre la superstition, c'est l'inconnu, ce sont les maladies inex pliquées, dont les causes latentes sont attribuées à des influences divines ou diaboliques. Parmi ces maladies, l'épdepsie et les convulsions de toute sorte tiennent le premier rang. Elles ont toujours eu le privi lège d'exciter l'épouvante, et de faire naître la croyance aux pos sessions. L'intervention d'un agent surnaturel paraît d'autant plus évidente que certains individus déploient dans leurs mouvements convulsifs une force infiniment supérieure à leur force ordinaire. II n'y a qu'un esprit emprisonné dans le corps qui puisse produire de tels effets. II s'agite, d s'irrite dans sa prison; si on pouvait lui ouvrir la porte, d s'échapperait, et le malade serait guéri. C'est ainsi qu'à dû naître l'idée de la trépanation préhistorique, et on va voir que cette hypothèse explique tous les faits d'une manière très-satisfaisante.", "56 revue d'anthropologie. jours ses cérémonies d'exorcisme. Taxil, au dix-septième siècle, consacre tout un chapitre à prouver que les démoniaques sont épileptiques (1). Tout le monde connaît l'histoire des convulsion naires, qui fut prise au sérieux en plein dix-huitième siècle, et qui s'est plusieurs fois reproduite de notre temps. Ces superstitions populaires, que nous voyons autour de nous, surtout dans nos campagnes, fleurissent bien plus encore chez les peuples incivi lisés. Ce ne sont pas seulement les affections convulsives qu'ils attribuent aux esprits : ce sont toutes les maladies qui troublent rintelligence. Les idiots et les fous sont chez eux l'objet d'un res pect mêlé de crainte; mais fis vénèrent surtout les épdeptiques, dont les mouvements et désordonnés témoignent de l'agitation de l'esprit emprisonné dans le corps. Ainsi la croyance aux possessions et à l'influence des esprits sur les maladies convulsives se retrouve partout, et elle devait exister sans doute chez les hommes de l'époque néolithique, car il n'est pas probable qu'ils eussent des notions physiologiques plus exactes que les Grecs anciens et que nos paysans modernes. L'idée d'attribuer des propriétés particulières à certains objets bénits, à certaines reliques, n'est pas moins générale. Ces pro priétés concernent souvent la prophylaxie de certaines maladies, et souvent encore d y a un rapport d'analogie entre la nature de la maladie dont on veut se préserver, et la nature de la substance de l'amulette. Ainsi, aujourd'hui encore, dans la Calabre, le peuple croit qu'une dent d'animal, percée d'un trou, et suspendue au cou des enfants, ou attachée à leurs langes, conjure les accidents de la dentition. II est donc très-plausible d'admettre que les hommes néoli thiques aient attribué à la substance des crânes trépanés une pro priété prophylactique relative à la maladie que la trépanation était censée guérir, c'est-à-dire à l'influence des mauvais esprits, manifestée sous forme de convulsions. C'est peut-être de là que vint plus tard l'usage médicinal de la substance du crâne humain dans le traitement de l'épilepsie. On en usa et abusa pendant tout le moyen âge, et même après la Benaissance. On citait le crâne des momies égyptiennes (mumnia) comme l'un des remèdes les plus efficaces contre l'épdepsie. Taxil recommande contre cette (1) Taxil, loc. cit., p. 149-159, liv, I, chap. vu, intitulé Que les démoniaques sont épileptiques." ]

[ "88 THE SILVER SICKLE. ill. Here, in this strange untrodden land, Where nothing known comes to my sight- Here, feeling forest-odours fann'd Upon my face, alone I stand And think that it is Christmas night. IV. There lie my fellow-wanderers now In sleep the wanderer knows alone, Who feels heaven's breath upon his brow, Whose shelter is the forest bough, Whose lullaby each forest tone.", "UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE. 151 talking once more, but only to repeat the incidents of his pre vious statement. The Count told him he had better go to bed, and be ready to start on the homeward journey in the morning. The Minister also retired to his bed, but the strange story he had just heard had such an effect upon his nerves that it was fully a quarter of an hour before he could sleep. The account given by the servant of the death of Claire le Maitre was accurate in every point. The unfortunate actress had stabbed herself with a dagger the blade of which had be come fixed at the cross of the hilt. She had died in the arms of the Prince Alexis. This tragic ending of a mimic tragedy created a great stir at Brussels, and indeed throughout the whole of Europe ; but though some people were found ready to declare that the actress had contrived that the dagger blade should be capable of inflicting a wound, and that the Prince Alexis was guilty of her death, while others asserted that the actor of the part of Romeo, who wore the dagger, knew well that it was deadly, but wished to be revenged upon the actress for having refused to listen to his suit, still the impression that prevailed generally was that the death of the girl was purely accidental. It is unnecessary to say that Prince Alexis returned to his own Court — that he married the amiable Princess Sophia, and subsequently succeeded to the throne — for these are matters of history. The portrait of the actress was the last picture he ever painted. It still hangs in the gallery at the palace which he occupied most frequently up to the hour of his death, and it is greatly admired even by visitors who have not the amount of perception possessed by the English lady who said— \"It is the face of a girl whose lover is painting her portrait.\"", "PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGES. JtAMHA Sc 3ftQWM£, Upholsterers. Cabinetmakers, 4 Carpet Importers, 63, HIGH STREET, -E*BELFAST*3- Beg to invite the inspection of those about to furnish to their large and carefully selected stock of Drawing-Room Furniture, Dining-Room Furniture, Bedroom Furniture, Hall & Library Furniture, Office Furniture. In the above departments will be found Furniture of the highest and most substantial class, as well as of plainer and less costly quality, both alike combining, in a marked degree, good taste and excellence. Every article has special attention in our workshops, and is made of sound and well-seasoned wood, and we are confident that Furniture of equal quality cannot possibly be had cheaper. CURTAIN\" AND CARPET DEPARTMENT. Textile Fabrics are constantly being added, immediately upon pro dnction. from the English and Continental markets. We make the subject of colour, both as applied to Decoration and Furnishing, a special study, and are in a position to greatly assist and guide oar customers in their selections. OPEBIEUCED WOBKUEH SEKT OUT TO CUT, ALTER AMD ADAPT CABPETS FOB OTHEB BOOMS. We will at all times be happy to wait upon Customers and submit Drawings and Estimates for the complete Furnishings of a House, Club, or HoteL Special attention given to re-upholstering and repairing of old work on the premises." ]

[ "33 the citizens took part with the soldiers, the women with their husbands, tbe children with their mothers. Massey even made frequent salleys, and only three men took advantage of them to desert. Tired of so long a delay, attended by neither glory or rest, the Royal army, in a spirit of revenge, licentiously devastated the country round ; the officers even frequently employed their men to carry off from his house some rich farmer or peaceable freeholder of the other side, who regained his liberty on payment of ransom. Within the camp was insubordination— without, the hatred of the people daily increased. An assault might have been attempted ; but that of Bristol, of such recent memory, had cost so dear, that none dare propose it ; the King only looked for success by starving out the place, when, to his extreme surprise, he heard that Essex was approaching. Prince Rupert, detaching a corps of cavalry from the army, vainly endeavoured to stop him. The Earl advanced without suffering himself to be turned from his road, driving the enemy before him ; he was now within a few miles of the camp ; already the King's horse had fallen back on the advance post of the infantry ; when, in hope of delaying the Earl, if only for a day, Charles sent him a messenger with proposals of peace. \" The Parliament,\" answered Essex, \" gave me no commission to treat, but to relieve Gloucester ; I will do it, or leave my body beneath the walls.\" \" No proposition, no proposition,\" shouted the soldiers, when they heard of the arrival of a trumpeter of the King. Essex continued his march, and the next day (the 5th of September), as he was deploying his army on the heights of Presbury, five miles from Gloucester, the sight of the King's quarters in flames informed him that the siege was raised. He hastened to enter the town, conveying thither provisions of all kinds, and loaded the governor and his soldiers with praise. Everything seemed to promise Essex a return as favourable as his expectations had been. For several days he had utterly misled his enemies as to his route. Cirencester, with a great store of provisions, had fallen into his hands ; his cavalry had sustained with glory several attacks of Prince Rupert and his dreaded horse. When approaching Newbury, en the 19th of September, he found o", "49 conveyed their sentiments to the audience with all the authority which followed their power, their valour, and their military exploits, united to their apparent zeal and fervour. The private soldiers, siezed with the same spirit, employed their vacant hours in prayer, in perusing the Holy Scriptures, in ghostly conferences, where they compared tlie progress of their soulsin grace, and mutually stimulated each other to further advances in the great work of their salvation. When they were marching to battle the whole field resounded with psalms and spiritual songs adapted to the occasion, as well as with instrumental military music, and every man endeavoured to drown the sense of present danger in the prospect of that crown of glory which was set before him. In so holy a cause, wrounds were considered meritorious — death, martyrdom ; and the hurry and danger of action, instead of banishing their pious visions, rather served to impress their minds more strongly with them. The King took the field on May the 7th, and on the 30th took Leicester by storm. On this, Fairfax was ordered to raise the siege of Oxford, which he had just begun, and to keep close to the King. He marched, therefore, on June 5 th, and being apprehensive a battle would ensue, wrote to the Parliament to dispense with Cromwell's absence from the House, and appoint him Lieutenant-General of the horse, which was granted, and he was the only member of Parliament who kept his post in the army after the self-denying ordinance. If this was owing to his intrigues, it must be equally owing to the opinion the Parliament had of his ability, rare courage, and talent for war. The King continued his march to the relief of Oxford full of confidence, Montrose* having gained another victory. On the first intimation of the near approach of the Parliamentary army, the King fell back towards Leicester, to rally his troops and await fresh supplies. The next day he was informed that the enemy was harassing his rear, and ' that Cromwell had joined the army. A council of war was immediately held, and towards midnight, notwith standing the opposition of several officers, who entreated that the * The Scots' General, in favour of the King. d", "61 the unruly and mischievous vagabonds of the town, and the shout that a runner was coming was sufficient to put a host of them to flight. In or about 1830 they were increased in number, and made much smarter in their appearance, being supplied with a handsome suit of blue cloth, with gilt buttons and scarlet collars, but not in a military style ; the coats were loose, with useful pockets to stow away a necessary supply of creature comforts, and other parts of the dress afforded ample accommodation to those who had been fortunate enough to obtain a watch while in the service, thereby enabling them to exhibit a large bunch of seals and keys, which not a few were proud of wearing. The night-guardians were watchmen,* composed chiefly of old pensioners and superannuated servants ; they wore drab top-coats with large capes, slouched hats, not unfrequently in bad weather tied on with coloured handkerchiefs under the chin, a leather strap round the waist, which held a large wooden rattle and staff, carrying in their hands a horn lantern ; and if the weather was very severe, they lapped their legs round with hay bands to keep out the cold. They shouted tbe time every half-hour, to let the thieves know where they were, or annoy some poor restless dolt, by informing him that it was \" half-past three and a cloudy morning.\" The rapid progress Birmingham has made since 1805, when its population was 70,000, has been far beyond the most sanguine anticipations of our ancestors. The present immense population is estimated at 400,000. Its artizans have always been held in high estimation for their superior intelligence, and the exquisite work manship and extreme cheapness of their productions, are perhaps unequalled in any part of the known world ; of which there cannot be a greater proof than in the frequent honours conferred on this town by the visits of royal and noble personages from every quarter * Many pranks were played on these \"Old Charlies,\" as they were then called, by the fast young men of that time. They were provided with watch boxes, which stood in the streets, aud there have been instances of some nearly losing their lives by being thrown into the caual, box and all, while in a state of drunkenness and asleep." ]

[ "Dorset 4 churches of Little Bredy and Long Bredy ; one close of pasture called Longe close in Little Brede, containing 2 acres ; one meadow there con taining 29(F) acres ; the moors, woods and hereditaments there called the Wythybere alias Wyth)berye, containing 3 acres; 100 acres of land and 50 acres of pasture there ; the advowson of the rectory of Winter. borne Stipleton ; the rectory and parsonage of Uploders alias Upton ; the tithes of sheaves and grains yearly growing in the vills of Uploders and Upton; the manor of Up Cerne; the advowson of the church of Up Cerne ; one messuage, 2 cottages, 3 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow and 40 acres of pasture, called Stroud's tenement, in Chetnoll, late in the occupation oi fohn Annetts, late parcel of the manor of Yetmister; the free chapel of Kingston Russell ; the manor or lordship of Stockwood ; one close of pasture in Stockwood called Wolterden, containing 16 acres ; one close of pasture there called Oatehill, containing 20 acres ; 2 closes of pasture there called West Parke, containing 80 acres ; one cottage and one close of pasture there called Dolerings, containing 8 acres ; one close of pasture there called Broade parke, containing 28 acres; one close of pasture there called Pryor's Wood, containing 5 acres ; 3 closes of meadow there called Hassilett, containing 20 acres ; one messuage, 40 acres of land, 10 acres of meadow and 12 acres of pasture, called Winter hayes, in Chetnoll, within the parish of Yetmister; one parcel of pasture called Winterhayes, in Chetnoll, containing 26 acres ; 2 meadows next adjoining the said parcel of pasture called Winterhayes, containing 7 acres; 3 closes of pasture in Chetnoll, called Furlongs, containing 16 acres ; 2 closes of pasture there called Home closes, containing 12 acres; one close of pasture there called Colfe hey, containing 3 acres ; one close of pasture there called Common close, containing 12 acres ; one messuage, one orchard, 120 acres of land, 30 acres of meadow, 10 acres of wood and common of pasture for all beasts in Carswell within the said parish of Yetmister; one messuage, 20 acres of meadow, 7 acres of pasture and 8 acres of furze and heath in Hermitage ; one close of meadow there called Longefeilds alias Upper Longefeild, containing 6 acres ; the moiety of the manor of Fillett's Court in county Oxford, and of 9 messuages, one dovecote, 2 orchards, 300 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 200 acres of wood and 20.. rent in Henley on Thames, and one messuage, one garden, 20 acres of land, and 300 acres of wood called Henley Parke in Henley. So seised, the said Robert Meller by deed dated 20th May, 9 James I [161 1], made between himself of the one part and Richard Swaine, esq., and Jasper Meller, esq., ofthe other part, granted to the said Richard and Jasper the manor of Faringdon, etc., etc., to hold to them and their heirs, to the uses mentioned in the indentures tripartite dated 10th May, 9 James I [161 1], made between the said Robert Meller and John Meller, esq., his son and heir apparent, of the one part, the said Richard Swaine", "fnqttisitiones Post Mortem. ■3 fohn Seymer, gent., late of Hampford alias Hanford, deceased, father of the said Robert, was seised of the manor of Hampford ; the site, capital messuage and farm of Hampford ; the rectory of Hampford ; io acres of wood, io acres of marsh (?), 9 acres of alders and 20 acres of land, with the water of a certain river called the Stower in Hampford ; the several fishing of the said water ; one messuage, 5 acres of land, 3 acres of meadow and 20 acres of pasture in Todbur ; 60 acres of meadow (?) and pasture in Marnehull ; and one messuage, 2 tofts, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 100 acres of land, 4 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture, 4 acres of wood and common of pasture for all beasts in Tileshede, Culston and Edington in county Wilts. So seised, the said fohn Seymer by indenture dated 15th February, 45 Eliz. [1603], made between himself of the one part and Richard Swayne, of Tarrant Gunvile, esq., and fohn Ryves, of Randleneston, gent., of the other part, in consideration of a marriage then to be solemnized between the said Robert Seymer, son and heir apparent of the said fohn, and fo an, one of the daughters of William Pitt, then gentleman and now knight, agreed that after the said marriage he and his heirs should be seised of the said premises to the use of him the said fohn Seymour for life ; and after his decease, then as to the capital messuage, site and farm of Hampford, with all the houses, barns, gardens, etc., to the same belonging, to the use of the said foan Pitt for the term of her life ; and after her decease to the use of the said Robert Seymer and his heirs male by the said foan ; and for default of such issue to the use of the right heirs of the said Robert Seymer for ever. As to two parts of the residue of the said premises in Hampford to the use of the said foan Pitt for life ; and after her decease to the use of the said Robert Seymer and his heirs male by the said foan, and for default to the use of the right heirs of the said Robert for ever. As to the other 3rd part and as to the premises in Todbur, Marnehull, Tileshed, Culston and Edington, after the decease of the said fohn, to the use of the said Robert Seymer and his heirs male by the said fo an, and for default, to the use of the right heirs of the said Robert Seymer for ever. Afterwards, to wit, on the 7th day of March, 45 Eliz. [1603], the said marriage was solemnized at Hampford. The said fohn Seymer died at Hampford nth June, 9 James I [161 1]. The said Robert Seymer being so seised, by indenture tripartite dated 7th March, 13 James I [1616], for divers considerations therein men tioned, granted to William Pitt, esq., and Arthur Squibb, gent., all the messuages, houses, buildings, gardens, lands, etc., in Marnehull, Lym borrowe and Todbere which were late the inheritance of the said fohn Seymer (all the trees upon the premises being excepted and reserved) ; to hold during the life oi Richard Seymer, brother ofthe said Robert, they paying therefore yearly 40...", "Dorset 42 of Tarrant Gunvile, the capital messuage farm and demesne lands of the said manor, the reversion of all the said premises, the yearly rents to the said manor belonging, the copices commonly called Roger Hayes copice, Piked copice, Stone deane copice, Rumble deane copice alias Fursie copice, Milway copice, and Lodge copice, situate in the parish of Iwerne Minster: to hold for the term of his life. Afterwards, the said Robert Swayne by deed dated 26th October, 2 Charles I [1626], in consideration of a sum of money to him in hand paid by Richard Swayne, junior, gent., son and heir of fohn Swayne, gent., deceased, late the eldest son of the said Robert Swayne, sold to the said Richard Swayne, junior, the reversion of all the said premises: to hold to him and his heirs for ever. After that sale, the said Richard Swayne, senior, attorned the said Richard Swayne, junior, and acknowledged himself to be the tenant of the said Richard of the said premises. Afterwards by indenture tripartite made 2nd November, 2 Charles I 1626], between the said Robert Swayne and Richard Swayne, junior, by the names of Robert Swayne of Tarrant Gunvile, gent., and Richard Swayne, junior, of Tarrant Gunvile, gent., grandson and heir-apparent of the said Robert, of the one part, the said Richard Swayne, senior, by the name of Richard Swayne, senior, of Blandford Forum, esq., brother of the said Robert Swayne, of the second part, and Richard Ryves of Childe Okeford, gent., and fohn Fussell of Blandford Forum, gent., of the third part, the said Richard Swayne, senior, agreed with the said Richard Ryves and fohn Fussell and their heirs that before the end of the then term of St. Michael the Archangel he would permit them to bring a writ of entry \" super dissesinam in le post \" against him : after which recovery so had, the said Richard Ryves and fohn Fussell shall be seised of the said premises to the use of the said Robert Swayne, grandfather, for his life ; after his decease, to the use of Richard Swayne, junior, and his heirs male ; for default, to the use of Robert Swayne, half brother (fratris dimidii sanguinis) of the said Richard Swayne, junior, and his heirs male ; for default, to the use of fohn Swayne, brother of the said Robert Swayne, junior, and his heirs male ; for default, to the use of Thomas Swayne, brother of the said fohn Swayne, and his heirs male ; and lastly for default, to the use of the right heirs of the said Robert Swayne, grandfather, for ever. Accordingly, in the said term of Michaelmas, 2 Charles I [1626], the said recovery was suffered between the said parties to the uses above declared. The said Robert Swayne (named in the writ) was seised of 14 acres of meadow in Iwerne Minster, called Sexayes, one small close there near adjoining the said meadow called Sexayes, one garden there lying between the vicarage of Iwerne Minster and the house late in the" ]

[ "HELEN HALSEY. 47 worldly concerns— they must have mo.e than suspected ray sincerity. The very excess of my fervour, must have made them doubt its purity and source. But a few years before — not five, — I had been notoriously avery vicious youth — noted for excesses, and recognised, with difficulty, any restraint. On a sudden, the change had been effected. Now, it is not denied that this change of heart, can bc effected by ruling powers of Providence, at any moment, — in a moment, — in the twinkling of an eye ,— but this change of heart must subdue the heart, — must teach patience, humility, and moderation. The individual must remember, with horror, his own pastoffences, aud must, in fear and trembling, approach those of others. If such a change produces any external results at all, it must be in this very particular. It must lead to great toleration. Mercy, not denunciation, will be the language ofthe newly reformed — humility, not arrogance, — patience, not imperiousness. There was no sueh show in me. On the contrary, never did self-appointed legate, more freely use God's thunder. Tbe Pope was not more imperious, when, setting his feet upon the necks of princes, he insisted that the act was done in his two-fold character, of man and father,— than was I in dealing with those very faults and vices in others, in which, but a little while before, 1 had notoriously indulged myself. But I had no help. My passionate and imperious nature was resolute to speaK out, exrcise itself, consistently with the part wliich I was now compelled to play, to tbe mockery of God and man alike. But there was a change at hand. In the midst of my successes— when I stood in the regards ofthe community as little less than a God — when thousands followed., and, without knowing or suspecting it, hundreds of poor women worshipped me — when my eloquence was most briliant, my exhortations mo3t urgent, my severities and rebukes most pungent aDd excoriating — my secret was discovered. It could not be concealed from one who had been among the first to follow — to worship me, and to love — my wife ! Without being a philosopher, her moral and religious instincts were true ; — there are religious instincts in every nature, to be brought out by education ; — to her my secret was betrayed on numerous occasions. Seeing me at home — in disabille — without those restraints ofdecorum in which I garbed my salf for the enconnter with others, she soon had sufficient proof that I was no saint. My passions, my temper, — my real nature — was not to be hid from her, and when the applauses of others filled her ears — when her friends eulogised my virtues, and congratulated her on her good fortune, in tbe possession of such a saint, — she only wept. She was no more to be flattered into happiness, than she was to be deceived bv externals. She could not conceal her convictions and feelings from me. Long did she strive to do so, but her Christian spirit triumphed. She revealed to me the extent of her discoveries, her fears, her wretchedness,— she implored me to repent in sincerity, or, at least, to forbear the profession which could only be dis honoured by my hypocrisy. She did not use this language, but this was the sub stance of what she said. She employed the gentlest forms of speech, such as were dictated by a still devoted heart and an ardent passion. But I flung her from me. She had doubly offended me, as she had discovered my secret, and, in doing so, had shown me tbat the love which she bore for me did not amount to the adora tion which alone I sought. My desires were of that imperious sort, that would admit of nothing qualifying in the homaje whicli I received. The while heart for me, or none, — and it must be a thoroughly confiding heart, a perfect faith, WzVzr questioning, always submitting, always assun d — with the old-time loyality of the serf — that ihe king could do no wrong. I flung her from me, — it was the Sabbath. — and, proceeding to my pulpit, I made the high ceiling echo again with the intensity of my exhortations. I was nevermore eloquent. I was stung, provoked, exasparated, — and, at such moments, my vehemence was a torrent that defied all let or hindrance. But my wife went not with me. From that day forth she was never more an auditor of mine. She prayed at home — in secret, and I well knew that her prayers were for me. But her firmness vexed me. Her superiority wounded me. Her keenness of remark annoyed me. She was no longer to be deceived ; and, whatever might be her external bearing— and it was exemplary]", "HELEN HALSEY. 48 —I felt that, though, perhaps, secure of her obedience,— I was no longer secure ofher respect. .'. , Thus passed several months, and, with my domestic relations such as I have de scribed them,— the constraints of my public career became more irksome. The redeeming circumstances by whicli 1 had been consoled, the applause and admi ration—though not by any means lessened,— began to stale upon my estimation. The field was a confined one— the audience was the same— I had already heard their wonder— it no longer gave me pleasure. It no longer rewarded my elo quence or stimulated my exertions. I felt, more and more, with the progress of every day, the intensest cravings for my freedom. That denied, what was all in possession ? The passion grew to morbidness, and, but for one event, the catastrophe which finally happened, would at once have taken place. My wife brought me a child— a fine, fair son, that, for the time appealing to the more ordinary human feelings, reconciled me somewhat to the restraints of my position. Caressing him, I felt how sweet it was to be a father. My wife seized the moment when she saw me most tenderly engaged in fondling him, to renew her entreaties and exhortations,— and, had my passion been less like that of a demon, I must have been overcome. I answered her gloomily, almost fiercely, and left, the room. It is not easy for you to imagine my feelings from this slight survey of my posi- tion. No man, whatever be bis nature, feels quite at ease in daily communion of the most confiding and affectionate character, with those whom he defrauds. Such was the relation in which I stood with my flock. Besides, mine was a diseased nature, and the fraud was one of tbe most extreme and vital character. Every encounter with my congregation was productive ofa struggle, and you may sup- pose many more struggles of conscience and prudence must have grown out of a position which exposed me to some of the most peculiar temptations. The office whicli I held is one of peculiar and scarcely limitable privileges and powers. The trial must be a great one, even where the professor is a really good man, conscious only of the best purposes. What was mine? That I yielded — that I did not always struggle, — that I frequently abused my trust, you may conjecture — it is not for me to relate. But, usually, the vicious man, if busy without, in a practice which wrongs his neighbour, is not often met at home with those rebukes and re- proaches, on that account, wliich he does not hear abroad. Ifhe himself does not offend against his wife, she is very apt, readily, to forgive his offences against others. Not so, mine ! Her love for n e, based originally on her convictions of my piety, was not sufficient to keep her silent when my secret was in her posses- sion, tier love for purity was greater. Her loyalty to God was superior to lhat which she felt for me ; and for this, I was indignant. Half-formed calculations, plans and purposes, of remedy and relief, began to fill my brain ; and at this time, had my sermons been scanned by a suspicious judgment, they would bave been found distinguished by a tone of bitterness and sarcasm, if not contempt, which, addressed as they were to my audience, would have tended, in no great degree, to render them satisfied either with their seats or my eloquence. It was then, too, that I amused myself at their cxpense,*with those nonsensical sermons, of which I have already given you some idea. You may imagine it did not increase my es- timate of the value ot their judgments, even when shown in my own eulogies, when I found them particularly delighted with these specimens of rigmarole. Hav- ing reached this stage, can you not guess the rest ? Having gained all that I could gain by the constraints which 1 had put upon my nature — having found these gains unsatisfactory, if not worthless — what had I to bind me to my home? My wife pitied rather than loved me, and the flock by which I might have been loved, was the object of my own scorn and dislike. I left them, — and, with a sense of joy iu my new found liberty, wh'ch I should find myself at a loss for language to describe. Y'ou cannot conceive the satisfactiou which I felt in writing a farewell letter to the heads of the church. I revenged myself in that for Ion\" months of bondage. I filled it with passjiges of most withering scorn. I avowed my own hypocrisy, but reminded them of theirs, and asserted my better claims tu God's favour, by the very proceeding by which, in the estimation ol the world, I had er-", "HELEN HALSEY. 66 whisper in the very accents ofa beloved one. I was young, — I could still dream — but that poor old man— who still plied his paddle, now right and now left, with a vigour of stroke that was really wonderful— he had long since ceased to dream . I offered to relieve him of his labour, but he would not. Indeed, as I knew nothing of the river, and as our dug-out depended for its direction upon the paddle, not upon the tiller — for it had none — any j.ttempt of mine would, in all probabi lity, during the night, have ended in mischief. Thus we went— both silent — both absorbed in thoughts which, as we mutually understood them, called for no utter ance. Sometimes the silence was broken by the howl of the wolf, the scream of the eagle, or the melancholy hooting of the owl, from one or other of the shores between which we stole, like some fairy vessel. At other times we could catch a moaning sound from the woods, like the far cry of one in distress, which was yet only the effect ofthe wind, rushing in currents through unlooked-for openings of cane, by which, in some places, the banks were lined — regions of the bear, presenting at times along the shore, a dense barrier fully a mile in depth. How melancholy sweet are thy numerous voices, oh solemn and mysterious night. I slept ! how long I know not, but I was wakened by the boat striking against the shore. I started and looked up. The old man was standing on the land, upon which he had already drawn one half of the canoe. \" Where are we, sir ?\" 1 asked. \" What time is it ?\" \" It is nearly daylight.\" \" 1 have slept, then ?\" \"yes, — very soundly ! you needed it, my son.\" \" But you, sir ?\" \"Ah! I need very little — old people need less than young. The work of reno vation is not so necessary io them.\" \" Do you know where we are, sir ?\" \" I think I do ;' but I may have erred in my calculations, as I was anxious not to go too far. We are, I think, about a mile above Baker's Landing. There is a saw-mill somewhere about, wliich we shall probably see by davlight. I wait for that, to be certain. Here begin the settlements, and here 1 propose to leave you.\" \" How, sir, leave me ? Will you not go with me, and live with me — my father, mother, all, will be glad to have you.\" \" No, Henry, I return to the swamp.\" \" Return ! Return to the swamp ?\" \" Yes! I have nothing now to take me into the world — much to keep me out of t — and here !' ' I strove vainly to shake his determination, and finally ceased to attempt it. I could not but think he was right. What had he to do in the world — what was the world to him — or he to it? His world was in the forest, there, with his child. At that moment, I half believed that my world was there also. Certainly, the more I thought of leaving it for ever, the more difficult it became to subdue my emotions. Day at length dawned upon us. The saw-mill was in sight, and a cluster of cabins running down to tbe very brink of the stream. The old man pointed tbem out, and taking from his breast a purse of half-eagles, forped it into my hand. I did not scruple at receiving it ; I had no money. What I had when I came into the swamp, had been taken from me, and never returned, when the myrmidons of Bud Halsey took me into custody. \" With this, Henry, you can easily procure a good horse at any of the settle ments along the river — most probably at this. There, God bless you, my son — go > — go, and be happy!\" We parted — good old man — but not without a hope, — and net for ever !\"" ]

[ "8 Round Dryden s Birthplace. close by a large building, now used as a barn, but which, it is said, was originally the guest -house of the castle. No doubt, had there existed in Dryden's time the same anxiety to preserve ancient records and to fathom past history that prevails now, a great deal of information might have been gathered from the ruins such as he must have seen them ; but in some respects we, in the present day, have the advantage of him, since we can regard with all the interest that time lends to a good piece of work that little cottage in Thorpe, which was built during Dryden's life, and which, if he noticed it at all, must have seemed too common place to deserve much attention.* t-:sag_JP7 -iWfe'pe wATEft.vVgv^^^s^y-^^- At Thorpe we are on the main road leading from Thrapston to Oundle. Turning to the right we get to Tichmarsh, while the other way leads to the Barnwells and Oundle. At Tich marsh there is not much of interest beyond the church. There are a few cottages with doors and windows of the universal Northamp tonshire type, but the manor-houses, as already stated, have quite disap peared. We have seen how Mrs. Creed adorned the church with epitaphs ; but she and * This cottage has been pulled down and rebuilt since the above was written.", "the writer has taken thoroughly in hand, identifying in almost every case the particular piece of literature that was meant to be indicated in it, and illustrating the whole with a variety of information bearing upon the numerous topics that call for remark in the attentive study of a relic of this kind. The books which were the companions of Mary, Queen of Scots, cannot fail to have an interest for all who study her career and character. To the students of books, altogether apart from their connection with the Queen of Scots, the volume will be found to contain much that is interesting, inasmuch as the list of works is given in extenso, with information about each which will be serviceable to historians and bibliographers. 225 Cosies only of \" THE LIBRAR Y OF MAR Y, QUEEN OF SCOTS,\" will be tastefully printed on antique paper with rough edges, in foolscap 4-to size, and handsomely bound. These will be supplied to subscribers only, at 10/6, and the price will be raised to ij/ on the completion of the subscribers' list, should any remain then for sale. Twenty-five copies only will be, printed on hand-made paper, and will be bound in Roxburgh with gilt top, price at One Guinea. Jhese copies will be numbered and signed. *„* SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING TO SECURE COPIES OP EITHER EDITION ARE REQUESTED TO FILL IN THE FOLLOWING FORM, AND SEND IT TO THE -> PUBLISHER WITHOUT DELAY. FORM OF ORDER. Mr. ELLIOT STOCK, 62, Paternoster Row, LONDON, E.C. Please enter my name as a subscriber to ~ tU £i6r<xrg of (ttUrg Quun of gSCOts* as described in the above pros- pectus, and forward copies to me as soon as published, on * paper, price Name. Address. Date.. * Here indicate whether a Hand-made Paper copy at 10/6 or an Antique Paper copy at 21) '- is desired.", "-1888-9. — Northamptonshire Notes & Queries, AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY JOURNAL. Devoted to the Antiquities, Family History, County Records, Folk Lore, Quaint Customs, &c, of Northamptonshire. Demy 8vo, printed in antique style, in the best manner, on toned papei. PRICE l/6. SUBSCRIPTION 5/- PER ANNUM (PREPAID), POSTAGE 6d. Part XVII. contains \"A Stroll ey the Welland\" (illustrations) Local Dialect The Will of William Rufforth, 1558 Sir Paul Pindar Sculptured Cross in S. Sepulchre's Sanctuaries Northamptonshire Folklore Wakerley Parish Registers Serjeant Family of Castor The Aubrey Family Meilals and Tradesmen's Tokens of North amptonshire War Medals : Crimea, 48th Regiment Kirby Hall : a Correction Churchwardens' Accounts at Towcester Cromwell in Northamptonshire Fitzwilliam Family Free Schools in Northamptonshire The Sheppard Family of Towcester Northamptonshire M.P.'s \" Burleigh House by Stamford Town\" Leper House at Towcester Old Northampton and its Rulers Illustrations .-—Bringhurst, co. Leicester, House opposite Church, S. side— Date Stone at Drayton by Bringhurst— P ockingham Castle, Outlying Wing— The Bede- House at Lyddington, pait of South Front— The Bede-House at Lyddington, part of North Front— Legend on Glass in Bede-House, Lyddington— Swan Inn, Harringworth —Incised Shield on the Tomb of Jacquenetta Digby, Stoke Dry Church— Chimney on a Cottage in Harringworth. Part XVIII. contains \" Round Stamford \" (illustrations \"Burleigh House by Stamford Town \" Thomas Haynes, a Northamptonshire Author Lord Mayors of London who were Natives of Northamptonshire. II. Sir Robert Chicheley Brackley School Northamptonshire Marriages and Deaths, 1787 English Country Life in the 18th Century The Grandson of a Sieve-Maker Relics of Naseby Fight Sir William Fermor History of the Hospital of S. John and S. James at Brackley (Pedigree) Northamptonshire M.P.'s Knotsford Monument at Malvern The Sheppard Family : — John Slieperde of Grimscote, 1525 Richard Shepard of Winwick, 1532 John Shepperd of Claycoton, 1539 Thomas Sheppard of Abthorpe, 1539 Northamptonshire Nonjurors The Vincents of Barnack, 1606 Modern Superstitions Clarke, Fry, and Howett Will of Thomas Bellamy, of Stonyard Fineshade Priory Sculptured Cross in S. Sepulchre's, North- ampton Rhyming Public-house Signs Disturbances in Northamptonshire, 1655 Nassington Vicarage The Garfields of Northamptonshire Illustrations .*— Tomb of Lord Treasurer Burghley in the Church of S. Martin's, Stamford — Roof of South Aisle, St. John's, Stamford — Top of wrqt iron Gates, Burleigh Park — Ceiling, Apethorpe —Ceiling, Long Gallery, Apethorpe — Screen in Apethorpe Church — Vane upon the Church at Apethorpe — Iron Cresting to Gates, South Porch, Apethorpe Church — Old Mansion at Apethorpe — Woodcroft Castle— Northborough Manor House— Portion of Monumental Slab found during the rebuilding of the North Aisle, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Northampton." ]

[ "What the New Arrival saw. 35 door opened, and a man confronted them on the threshold. A youngish man, of tall, slight figure ; his pale face, which had just escaped being handsome, bearing unmistak ably the signs of distinction, intellect, and power. Loveland could not recall another countenance that he had ever seen which, before the lines of character and thought had time to form, gave such evidence of talent and mental strength as this. It was well set off by crisp brown hair, but what made it stop short of actual beauty was the great squareness of the head and upper part of the face. Without being harsh, the lines were somehow wrong, but this angularity, which denied beauty, enhanced the sense of resolute talent within. Such was the man who now stood before them, with the strong beams of the moon throwing him into brilliant relief; such was Loveland's first sight of Carstairs. His expression, as he saw and recognized the party, would be hard to define ; but could one have analyzed it, it is doubtful if the merest trace of pleasure would have been found therein. However, he instantly regained his composure, and smilingly ushered them indoors. Taking up a lamp which he had left in the hall, he led the way into the drawing room, and apologised", "The Fall os a Star. 176 \"Come in!\" cried Royde. And in came — Edward Clavadel. The terrible irony of the situation in an instant flashed to the minds of the two hosts. But it was the fortuitous coincidence of blind fate, entirely unforeseen and un preventable. Clavadel hesitated, coming but a little way into the room. \" I — I did not know you had company — were engaged,\" he stammered, \"or I would not have disturbed you.\" Neither of the men whom he addressed knew how to bid him go or stay. Both hoped that Carstairs would go ; both won dered how the meeting would work out. And each felt above all the jar of Carstairs' laughter on her brother's ear. \" I would not have intruded,\" Clavadel repeated, breaking an awkward pause, \" only I shall be off probably before you are up to-morrow, and I should be sorry to go without good-bye, and thank you for your kindness and sympathy.\" \"You are leaving Caynham?\" Loveland asked mechanically. \" Yes ; my time's up. I can't stay here another day. I'm no drone, and idleness makes me brood, and more miserable than — there, it does no good. I'll get back to work", "The Twenty-sour Hours. 229 real wife to you ; let our hearts be joined, and let nothing, not even a shadow, come between them.\" The arms tightened round him, her lips were pressed to his cheek, and the proud, self-restrained Cecilia Raywood, strengthened by her very weakness, gave herself up to the sway of her over-mastering love. Not even Carstairs had ever believed her capable of a depth of feeling which could break down reserve like that. \" It shall be ! It shall be ! \" he exclaimed, giving kiss for kiss. \" With you, darling, by my side, I should never repent loss and retreat. Only let me wait till I can plan our future calmly ; give me time to recover my head. I am dizzy with excitement, aghast at the satire of my fate.\" Then, for a short half hour, they were lovers as they had never been before ; till, as the afternoon grew late, Carstairs rose in haste, almost unnerved, and took his leave. \" I trust you, Cecily,\" he said at their parting. \" Wherever I am, you will come to me ; whatever my fate, you will share it.\" She would have kept him there longer, but with a kiss he was gone. In ten minutes he had reached home, and had scribbled three lines to Loveland, \" No" ]

[ "East Grinstead and its Environs. 19 month, but is rather fluctuating both with regard to produce and buyers. There is, however, a good Fat Stock Show in connection with it, held a few weeks before Christmas. The other house, the Swan, has no speciality now. A large hotel near the station has been erected about thirty years. There are two or three other houses also open for public accommoda- tion, notably the Ship, which does not often contain a sailor; the White Lion, which is not so black as some may paint it. Here is the head-quarters of the Bonfire Boys' Society, who make a capital display on each recurring 5th November. Of the shops of the various tradesmen there are a goodly number — some of them extensive establish- ments — so that the visitor need not fear a lack of supply of any article required. The butchers are especially noted for the prime quality of their meat. There are several builders who carry on extensive works and employ a number of hands, and there is also a pottery, where some excellent ornamental work in terra-cotta is produced, besides which we may mention an extensive brewery. The Gas and Water Company are well established. The Water Tower is a fine piece of building, being ornamental as well as useful, and there is a capital supply of most excellent water. It is a good specimen of local ability, the builder (a resident) being Mr. W. Pledge. The literary productions of the town are not behind much larger populated places, and consist of the following works : — The Church Magazine (a monthly publication), and three w-eekly papers, viz., The East Grinstead Observer, The North Sussex Gazette and The Southern Free Press, the first-named having the most extensive circulation, as well as being much the largest in point of size, and containing more local news and other interesting matter.", "East Grinstead and its Environs. 60 having supped, retired rather early to bed. (What follows must be taken cum grano salis, since we are not in a position to vouch for its strict accuracy.) The happy folk are soon under the ban of Morpheus and quickly emerge into dreamland. About one o'clock the sleepers were awakened, the farmer jumping up suddenly and the wife being somewhat frightened by the unaccountable upstart on the part of her husband. To the enquiry as to the cause, \" only a dream \" was the grunted reply, and her spouse lay down to sleep again. Not for long, however, for again did he start up from the same cause. The same interruption having broken the sleep of the restless man a third time, he darted out of bed and struck a light. \" What do you mean ; surely, John, you are foolish,\" ejaculated the wife. \" Foolish or not,\" returned her spouse, \" I am off to Lewes, so if you don't mind I'll have a bit of breakfast before I start.\" \" Good gracious, man,\" said the wife, \"what time is it?\" \"Two o'clock,\" was the answer. \" What takes you to Lewes at two o'clock in the morning?\" \"A dream,\" he replied. \"Three dreams and all alike. I don't know what it means, but there's been a voice telling me to ' get up directly and go to Lewes' all night ringing in my ears.\" \"Why, John, surely you're not silly enough to believe in such nonsense ; why, people will laugh at you.\" \" Let 'em laugh,\" returned he, \" but I mean to go.\" And go he did. After breakfasting, he mounted the back of his sturdy cob, but progress was very slow owing to the bad condition of the roads. Lewes, at that time the principal town in Sussex, was reached after some hours wearisome travelling, and after putting up his horse at an inn, the farmer sauntered leisurely about the place, meeting no one that he knew and unable to ask a soul for what he was required. He was utterly ignorant upon that", "JOSEPH HAMMOND §wtor, JKaltster, ism, ©Mil, sin aud ©iat MERCHANT, NEWICK, nbak LEWES. Agent for F. C. HILLS & Co.'s ARTIFICIAL MANURES. Also Stores at Newick Station. PRICES 36 Galls. 18 Galls. 9 Galls. XXX ALE 54/- ... 27/- ... 13/6 XX ALE 45/- ... 22/6 ... 11/3 X ALE 36/- ... 18/- ... 9/- BA BITTER ALE 54/- ... 27/- ... 13/6 BB ALE 36/- ... 18/- ... 9/- B ALE 27/- ... 13/6 ... 6/9 T TABLE ALE ... 18/- ... 9/- ... 4/6 SS STOUT 54/- ... 27/- ... 13/6 S STOUT 45/- ... 22/6 ... 11/3 PORTER 36/- ... 18/- ... 9/-" ]

[ "\"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.\" — 2 Tim. it. 3. \"Fight the good fight of faith.\" — 1 Tim. vi. 12. \"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.\" — Eph. vi. II. ' Resist the devil and he will flee from you.\" — lames iv. 7. \" Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels.\" — Rev. xii. 7. \"They overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony : and they loved not their lives UNTO DEATH.\" — Rev. xii. 11. \"we receive this child into the congregation of christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under His banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.\" — Office of Publick Baptism.", "Che jgitanaartt of 3c£usf. 21 For bold assaults prepare, Yet never be afraid, Certain your triumph, but beware Of wily ambuscade. Then floating on the breeze I saw The standard of the cross unfurled, And all the host equipped for war Dispersed throughout the world, Engaged, I noticed, everywhere In works of charity and prayer : — Some bravely for the faith contending, Some earnestly the truth defending ; Some for grace and mercy pleading, Some for others interceding, Some mournfully their sins confessing, Some asking on their vows a blessing, Some grievous injuries forgiving, Some slanders silently outliving, Some patiently gross insults bearing, Some e'en the unrelenting sparing, Some standing by the sick and dying, Some on their own death-pallets lying, Some dangerous diseases nursing Midst noisome odours groans and cursing ; Some urging, counselling, consoling, Some arguing, reasoning, controlling;", "Cfje ©lection. 27 And round about the dragon, lo ! a brood Of wily serpents gathered to entice Unwary souls within their neighbourhood, Where ghouls and vampires dwell with asp and cockatrice. Lo 1 ever and anon before me passed With reeling steps a reckless profligate, Content himself quite unconcerned to cast Down that capacious maw with food insatiate. Full of unhallowed merriment and mirth A boisterous band of men and women came, As if there were no merrier place on earth, To play in wanton sport with those forked tongues of flame. Ah ! grey-haired eld was there and beardless youth, And bold faced hussies dressed in flash attire Dallied with graceless gallants at the mouth, And danced amidst the fumes, of that sulphureous fire. And some I saw, who had themselves immured In cells of self-complaisance, — piteous sight ! Towards its destructive brilliancy allured, Like silly moths beguiled by glittering gleams of light." ]

[ "2 V. Yet do not think the rich can never feel For all the woe the poor are forced to bear; You'll find the working-man may far more steel His heart, nor for their want and sorrow*s care. God's Holy Spirit must all hearts renew* Before we help as Christ would have us do. VI. Perhaps within that house no cloud has come To cast its shadow on the peaceful scene That reigns within that happy, stately home, Where joy, love, pefice, and wealth have always been Yea, ev'ry gift which Heaven alone bestows May fill their cup until it overflows. VII. O happy children, reared in such a sphere Where nothing but refinement meets the eye, And not a sound e'er falls upon the ear But that which breathes of love and purity ; May some of that sweet love that's poured on you Descend on others as refreshing dew. VIII. Time's golden hours again have rolled away, And Night once more her sable veil has spread. When each dear child may end its happy daj7 In slumbers pure upon the downy bed ; But not before a mother's anxious prayer Is raised to God for His protecting care. IX. Now, stooping down, she fondly kissed each child, And said, \" Sleep sound, sweet ones, you've naught to fear, Though storms .are raging, and the night is wild ; No sleet or freezing blasts can enter here, But God have mercy on all those at sea, And children without homes, if such there be.\"", "5 XX. But 0 ! what thousands must be brought in yet ; The evil grows — the root has not been touched Go, see their homes — the sight you'll not forget. Improve their dwellings, and the evil's crushed To some extent ; but, until this is done, Support Barnardo till the battle's won. XXI. I say \" the battle,\" for how sharp the fight Before our efforts heal so great a sore — A struggle between darkness and the light ! These dread abodes must fall to rise no more ; Come from the sunshine of a brilliant lite, Ye favoured ones, and try and end the strife. XXII. The struggling poor love not the rich and great ; They cannot love those whom they never see ; But for a season leave your pomp and state, And help and cheer them in their misery. Then you may find your presence will remove Their prejudice, and turn it into love. XXIII. It is not right to let the poor man live Where you would not alloAv your dog to be ; As Christian people, we are bound to strive For others' good, as of one family. \" One family,\" for we are taught to call God \" our Father \" — the Father of us all. XXIV. We sometimes magnify the crimes of those Who live in darkness, and whose rugged way Is strewn with thorns, without the perfumed rose But let us bear in mind, if our path lay Amidst such scenes, should we escape the curse Of such a life ? God knows ! — we might be w*orse.", "8 XXXV 'Tis little in comparison to that Which yet remains, the Prince of Darkness still Holds his ground, and we cannot win the combat With this many-headed Hydra,4 until We have more helpers, by the Spirit led, And with His Are, destroy the Serpent's Head. XXXVI. Love is the only power that can arise. And like a flood sweep all the dross away, That now conceals God's image from our eyes. Then farewell night, and welcome jocund day ; The gold that earth's defilement hid from sight Shall then shine forth and sparkle in the light. XXXVII. What love can do, Barnardo's life has shown, His wand of love has waved for thirty years, Above great deeps, where human wrecks were strewn, And thousands saved have dashed away their tears, And clothed, well fed, and taught, now take their place With those who run, and mean to win the race. XXXVIII. As wounded deer are shunned by all their kind, So Christ in peril was left alone to die, But they who have Christ's spirit always find A joy in helping when distress is nigh ; The love of Christ constrains our feet to go Where sorrow dwells, and tears scarce cease to flow. A WISH. May mercy's silv'ry wings of light surround The rescued ones, till Heaven at last is won, And may the life of him who sought and found Each little waif, be spared to labour on Free of debt, so fill his heart with every •loy, this thirtieth anniversary. 4 Hydra. A monster with many heads. When one head was cut off another grew, until ;i burning iron was applied to the wound." ]

[ "87 I^F, 8ii>, Standpunkte. Zielpunkte, Azimuth. der Vrdbogen Grdbogcn Gi. Min, See, in Ruthen, in Ruthen. Geseke Spitzewarte Erwittc Lippstadt Stromberg 17 54 31,»» 76 29 36,32 109 21 6,84 3.5812896 3813,2» 3245,75 3239,44 7389,82 5299,9» 3.5113144 3.5194695 Rietberg Dellbrück Ocrlinghllusen Paderborn Broxberg 139 13 34,96 162 59 52,6» 194 14 6,38 196 29 17,6i 242 17 22,44 251 3 23,»6 3.8686323 3.7169779 3.5799824 3.9997589 3891,74 9789,5» 3.7033766 5951,»» 7626,32 3.8823480 Große Egge Stromberg Soesterwarte Harsewinkel Dörenberg Nonnenstein Dreien 18 39 44,84 27 59 19,66 34 3 39,i8 117 52 29,87 292 49 48,84 236 11 56,6» 302 12 52,73 310 49 29,7» 350 20 7,32 3.9369756 4.0605721 3.6188180 3.7898110 3.7696375 8649,23 1,496,75 4157,3? 6163,28 5883,54 3844,73 6694,36 2888,yi 8119,74 3.5848657 Oerlinghauscn Hünenburg Rietberg 3.8257467 3.4605985 3.9999585 Stromberg Große Egge 4 55 6,»2 213 57 37,22 250 52 40,37 270 47 39,»5 3.6790520 4775,87 4157,37 Harsewinkel 3.6188189 Hünenburg Oerlinghausen 3.6789392 4774,53 7993,54 3.9927375 Rietberg 320 52 1,i, 3.7678530 5859,4, Hausheide Egge Dommel 15 51 50,33 26 27 20,64 57 52 49,89 82 45 27,67 3.8073760 4.1160564 6417,ß7 13963,53 Spitzewarte Lippstadt Brorberg 4.0671351 11 67 1,8, 4.0730962 11833,13 Hünenburg Qerlinghausen Fölmerstodt Pömbsen (Clus) Köterberg 83 54 34,58 132 21 55,4» 139 13 36,3, 179 92 49,6? 236 90 46,22 238 46 10,5, 3.1666728 4.1005812 3.9522123 3.4997663 1467,82 12696,23 8958,06 3160,53 3.33418,7 2158,65 3.86170,5 7272,82 4742,»6 Fiue Hercules Desenberg Karlsschanze 297 49 4,83 328 3 13,»2 3.6759961 4.1559637 14320,35 7796.76 329 34 37,6» 351 55 37,78 3.89,9126 3.5820101 3819,54", "123 d) zur Berechnung der Höhenunterschiede bei gegenseitigen Beobachtungen II) b' — K -^ 8. (2' - 2) bei einseitigen Beobachtungen: III) b' - b 8. Lot. - -^— — g^ V 2r8Iu.1\" ' Setzt man in der dritten Formel den beständigen Coefficienten „ 4 - S so wird sie- 2r 8in. 1\" b' — b 8 . Lot. (2 — ß 8) s- 112. Unter den verzeichneten Messungen finden sich vier gegenseitige vor, nämlich: Nr. 2 und Nr. 25 \" 26 „ ,- 35 \" 29 » \" 41 \" 28 \" \" 36; diese habe ich benutzt, um daraus die Größe K abzuleiten. Die Rechnung ergab : IN . n Die Gewichte dieser vier Resultate für K sind nach Bessels Verfahren mittelst des Ausdrucks -^- --/ 8 gefunden, wobei m und n die Wiederholungszahlen der beiden zusammenwirkenden Zenith- Distanzen, 8 die Entfer nung beider Standpunkte bezeichnen. Mit dem unter dieser Voraussetzung aus den eigenen Beobachtungen hervor gegangenen Werthe von K --- 9,15713 ist die Berechnung der Höhenunterschiede geführt. Das bei der Gradmesfung von Preußen gefundene K ----- 9,1379 durfte schon aus dem Grunde nicht benutzt werden, weil ich mit einem Wiedcr holungslreise gearbeitet habe, und bei Instrumenten dieser Art erfahrungsmäßig ein größeres K gefunden wird, was auch um so leichter erklärlich ist, als ein Mitschleppen des nur gebremsten Kreises bei der Bewegung der Alhidadc auch unter Beobachtung der größten Sorgfalt nicht ganz vermieden werden kann, wogegen es bei Instrumenten mit feststehendem Limbus nach der Construction derselben unmöglich ist. Es erübrigte nun zur Feststellung des beständigen Factors ß noch die Ermittelung des Werthes von in Ccntesimal- Secunden. Nach den der Berechnung der geographischen Längen und Breiten (§. 46) zu Grunde gelegten Dimensionen der Erde ist für die Breite der Hünenburg, welche nahe in der mittleren Breite der beobachteten Höhenpunkte liegt, der Werth von 17* Nr. Standpunkt. 2 und 2^ 2' 4 2 — 2y Gewicht. « < o < \" 2 25 2«. 35 Köterberg Wittetindsstein Wittetindsstein Hermanns - Denkmal Sparrenberg Wittetindsstein 100 47 21,26 99 96 93,i6 99 96 49,27 190 34 67,47^ 99 99 80,86 100 30 77,3» 99 58 73,32 199 61 68,X 0 44 14,42 0 31 16,74 0,16009 9,16495 222 249 2!, 0 30 58,i6 9,14365 244 4! 28 Sparrenberg Hermanns - Denkmal 0,16037 286 36 0 20 41,57", "Inhalt. Erster Abschnitt. z. 1-49. Netz der ersten Ordnung von 1-52. §. 1 — 16. Beschreibung der Standp u nttc in alphabetischer Ordnung » I — 8, §. 17 — 34. Winkelmessungen .- 8 — 22. §. 19. Dcsenberg, z. 2U. Dörcnberg, tz. 21. . Dommel, z. 22. Hausheiee, z. 23. Herkules, §. 24. Hohelohr, Z. 25. Hohenhagen, Z. 26. Hünenburq, §. 27. Köterberg, z, 28. Mord- kuhlenberg, z. 29. Nonnenstein, §. 3U. Kirch- thurm zu Rahden, ß, 31. Socstcrwarte, §. 32. Spitzewartc, §. 33. Wittctindsstcin. §. 34. Anschluß-Elemente auf den Standpunkten Herkules, Hills, Inselsberg 21. §, 35. Zusammenstellung der durch die Horizont-Ausgleichung festgcllten Azimuthe 22. ß. 36 — 43. Zusammenstellung der Dreiecke und deren Ausgleichung ,- 25 — 37. §. 44. Schlußberechnung der Dreiecke .. 38. §. 45. Vergleich un gen 45. §. 46. Berechnung der Längen, Breiten und Azimuthe 46. §, 47. Verzeichnis; der Breiten und Längen und der Azimuthe der Hauptlichtungen 48. z. 48. Verglcichungen 48. z, 49. Azimuthe und Entfernungen 49. Zweiter Abschnitt. z. 5N-89. Netz der zweiten Ordnung 52-92. Winkelmessung und deren Ausgleichung 57. z. 52. Brorberg, z. 53. Dellblück, §. 54. De- senberg, Z. 55. Dommel, z. 56. Dreien, Z. 57. Egge, z. 58. Fine, z. 59. Fölmerstodt, -§. 6N. Gesecke, z. 61. Große Egge, Z. 62. Harse- «i«tel,z.63Haushcide, z.64. Heilige Buche, §. 65. Hille, Z. 66. Hohelohr, z. 67. Hünen- burg, §. 68. Karlsschanze, Z. 69. Köterberg, z. 70. Levern, §. 71. Lippstadt, z. 72. Min- den, §. 73. Mordtuhlenberg, §, 74. Nonnen- stein, z. 75. Oerllnghausen, ß. 76. Pader- born, §. 77. Papenbrink, ß. 78. Petersha- Seite gen, Z. 79. Pömbsen, §. 80. Rahden, ß. 81. Rietberg, Z. 82. Saaiegge, z. 83. Soestcr- warte, -§. 84. Spihewarte, Z. 85. Strom- bcrg. §. 86. Wittekindsstein, «. 87. Wurzel- brlnk. §. 88. Breiten und Längen 85. 8. 89. Azimuthe und Entfernungen ... 85. Dritter Abschnitt. z. 90-93. Netz der dritten Ordnung . . von 93—102. Register der rechtwintlichen Ko ordinaten. ß. 9l. -Punkte erster und zweiter Ordnung '. . . 96. Z. 92. Punkte der dritten Ordnung 97. Anhang. z, 94 — 1N8. I.NachträglicheDreiecksmes- sungen ,'105—117. z. 95—98. Beschreibung der Standpunkte in alphabetischer Ordnung 105. Winkelmefsungen auf den Standpunkten §. 99. Hermanns -Denkmal, z. 100. Ida- thurm, -§. 101. Ravensberg, §. 102. Svar- renberg, z, 103. Hünenburg, Minden, Wil- tekindsstein 106. Z. 104. Zusammenstellung und Ausgleichung der Dreiecke HO. z. 106. Berechnung der Dreiecke 113. ß. 107. Bestimmung der Lage des Ravensberges durch Rückwärtseinschneiden 114. Z. 108. Breiten und Längen, Azimuthe und Ent- fernungen 116. §. 109 — 120. II. Trigonometrische Höhen- bestimmungen » II? — 130, z. HO. Verzeichniß der gemessenen Zenith-Distan- zen 117. §. 111, Berechnung der Höhenunterschiede .... 120. z. 113. Verzeichnung der Höhenunterschiede . . . 124. §. 114. Ausgleichung« -Rechnungen 125. Z. 120. Höhcnverzeichniß 129. Berichtigungen. Seite 4 Zeile 11 von unten find vor dem letzten Worte „bezeichnet\" die Worte «bestehenden Signale\" einzuschalten. Seile 98, zweite Zahlenreihe, Zeile 1? von unten, statt 37716,2, ist zu lesen : 3??N3,2i-" ]

[ "1° GEO. II. Sess. 2. Cap. 15. 18 That the said assessment shall be confirmed and allowed by and under the hands and seals of two Justices of the Peace of the City and Liberty of Westminster, which they are hereby authorized to allow ; and all such sum and sums of money so assessed, shall be yearly paid to, and received and collected by such person or persons, as by the Vestry to norni- Vestry, or in their default, by the Churchwardens, in wri nate Collectors. tjng under their hands and seals, shall be nominated, and for whom the parish shall be answerable, by quarterly payments, at the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, St. John the Baptist, St. Michael the Archangel, and the Birth of our Lord Christ in each year, the first payment to begin and be made at such of the said feasts Collectors to as shall next happen after such assessment ; and such Col pay the Rector ]ector or Collectors, so appointed as aforesaid, shall answ7er qua er y. . sajj yeariy assessment to the said Rector for the time being, at the said respective feasts as aforesaid, Collectors re- or within fourteen days after ; and that such Collector or fUSfD't 'l °o 0JCt' Collectors so appointed as aforesaid, refusing to act, shall forfeit to the King's Majesty, his heirs and successors, the sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for every such offence, to be recovered by any person who shall sue for the same, by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any of His Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, wherein no essoign, protection, or wager of law, or any more than one imparlance, shall be allowed. Collectors may IV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority distrain by war- aforesaid, That if any person or persons who shall be so rant from two . ' . . • r 1111 j Justices. assessed, when such sum or sums shall become due or payable, shall refuse or neglect to pay such sum or sums of money so assessed on him, her, or them, as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the Collector or Collectors thereof, by warrant under the hands and seals of two Jus- tices of the Peace of the said City and Liberty of West- minster, to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods of such person or persons, returning the overplus to the owner thereof, after deduction of reasonable charges for and about the making such distress and sale. Collectors not V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, paying the Mo- That if any Collector or Collectors, that shall be by virtue ney received by 0f this Act appointed for receipt of any sum or sums of rected by this money to be assessed as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect Act may be to pay any sum or sums of money which shall be by him sued for the or them respectively received, as aforesaid, as by this Act Church^ 1E *s directed ; or shall detain in his or their hands any mo- wardens, ney", "APPENDIX. -No. 2. 155 No. 2. 29° GEORGII II. CAP. XXV. An Act for appointing a sufficient number of Constables for the Service of the City and Liberty o/Westminster; and to compel proper Persons to take upon them the Office of Jurymen, to present Nuisances, and other Offences, within the said City and Liberty.^) \"VY, HEREAS by reason of some defects in an Act of \" Cap ,lb Parliament, passed in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act for the Act27Eiiz.c.i7 good Government of the City and Borough of West minster, in the County of Middlesex ; the public ways and passages are greatly obstructed, and many other an noyances and offences are daily committed within the said City and Borough : And whereas by reason of the great increase of buildings in Westminster of late years, and of some irregularity in the appointment of Constables for the said City and Borough, there is not at present a suf ficient number of those officers for the service of West minster : To remedy which said evils ; May it please your most excellent Majesty, that it may7 be enacted ; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the twenty-fifth day of June, one thou sand seven hundred and fifty-six, the Dean of the Col legiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster, for the time being, or the High Steward of the City and Liberty of Westminster for the time being, or his lawful Deputy, is hereby authorized and required (calling to his assistance the Burgesses of the said City and Liberty of Westmin ster, if the said Dean or High Steward or his Deputy, shall think fit) at a Court Leet to be holden for the said City and Liberty, on Tuesday next following the Feast of Saint Michael the Archangel in every year, yearly to appoint eighty able and fit persons (h) residing w7ithin the Eighty Consta said City and Liberty, being artificers, or persons using \"e.sn[°d be £>■ any trade of buying or selling (alehouse-keepers, vic- tuallers, ( \") Explained and amended 31 Geo. 2, cap. 17, (vide post). (b) Persons aged 63 years or upwards are exempted, by 31 Geo. 2, cap. 17, sec. 13, (vide post).", "APPENDIX.— No. 2. 161 ' I A. B. do swear, That 1 will diligently enquire and 29° i;EO. II. ' make true presentment to this Court of till such public ' \"'' -•' ' annoyances, and other offences, that shall be committed The Oath. ' in Westminster, during the time of my continuance in the ' office whereunto I am now appointed ; and that I will ' present no person or thing through hatred or malice, nor ' leave any unpresented through love, favour, or affection. 4 So help me God.' XI. Provided always, and be it enacted by the authority 40,, Fine on aforesaid, That in case any person who shall be summoned Persons sum as aforesaid to take upon him the said office of Juryman, moncd refusing 1 11 _• i- ii- to appear, or to shall neglect or retuse to appear according to the dircc- execute the tion of such summons, or appearing, shall refuse to take Office of Jury upon him the said office (being thereunto appointed), every man person so offending shall forfeit the sum of forty shillings ; which said sum shall be set upon him by the said Court, by way of fine, for such his contempt or refusal to take upon him the said office ; to be recovered in such manner as is herein after directed. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Dutyof the An said, That the Jury of Annoyance to be appointed as \"°>ance Jurv aforesaid, shall subdivide themselves into smaller bodies, Aspect to the not being less than twelve in each body, and they are Pavements, herebv authorized and required, as often as thev shall be Annoyances, ,. • , . . -iz-. -i • •\"•__ 1 Obstructions directed by the said Court, strictly to inquire into, and an(1 Encroach present to the said Court, according to their oath, upon ments in the their own view and knowledge, all defective or bad pave- publick Ways. . , ,, . ° ', . c „ 1 See 31 Geo. 2, ments, and all annoyances in, obstructions ot, or encroach- ca_ 17> sec 1; ments upon, any of the publick ways or passages within and as to ruin the said city or liberty ; and the said Jury shall give or uus Housss sce leave notice in writing of their intention to present the cap 78 Secs.ii> same, at the house or houses to which such defective and 7 1 . pavements belong, or to the person or persons who shall cause or suffer such annoyances, obstructions, or en croachments ; and if such pavements are not amended, or such annoyances, obstructions, or encroachments, re moved within fourteen days after such notice given, then the said Jury shall amerce the person or persons inhabit ing the said house or houses, or causing or suffering such annoyances, obstructions, or encroachments, in such sums as they7 shall think proper, according to the nature of the offence, not exceeding forty shillings for any one offence ; to be recovered in such manner as is herein after directed : And if any person or persons shall abuse or insult any of 40.. Fine on the said Jury of Annoyance, when they are in the execu- Persons insult. tion of their office, or shall any way obstruct them in exe- jn»°the Jury M cuting" ]

[ "i'm a self-made man, sie. 89 more than this — his spirit groaned Avithin him, and he thought — \" Could Howard, the prison emancipator, have witnessed greater abominations than these?\" The evening before he left Spinnerton he passed at Mr. Mavor's house, and then and there he told his friend of the vow he had made to spend his time, his talents, his life, in the work of the emancipation of the factory child. \" I knew it would be so, Sydney. I saw in you the predestined instrument of deliverance ; but I warn you you have no light task before you ; the road is a steep, hard, and discourag ing one. You will have to stand alone too ; not only will no man help, but almost all men will be arrayed against you. Can you bear this Aveight, this isolation?\" \" I must not think of what I can bear, but of what I have to do.\" \" Right ; but remember, there will be no romance, no fame, no honour in your war fare. A dull tale of wrongs close at home, which will be heard without interest, scarcely with patience, by the public. No blazon of banners, no blast of trumpets to cheer you on, such as encouraged the champions of", "133 I DEAW THE LINE AT MUSICIANS. like, mamma, it's the same to me,\" was Gladys' reply to the remark which was the occasion of the explanatory story of the concert supper. \" But I suppose from the way you take it, you do not know the real reason of Lord Netherleigh's favour for this violinist ? \" \" His skill in music, I conclude ; the Earl is fanatico for music, what other reason can there be ? \" \" No, it is not alone his skill in music. Pauline tells me the foreign people here all say that this Signor is Lord Netherleigh's son. There is some story going of a nun or an actress, or a princess, or something of that sort, whose tragical death made the Earl what he is. They say this foreigner is her child.\" (The reader who knows that Francesca's tragedy occurred some forty years before, and that Viotti was scarcely twenty-four at the present date, can here — if he or she prefers to do so — stop, and reflect upon the general inaccuracy of servants' gossip). \" His son, Gladys ! dear me, how ex tremely improper ! That certainly makes it an additional reason why he should be ex cluded from my notice.\" Rather inconsistent this, my Lady Long-", "182 PATTY'S DREAM. face. \" Oh, I did not mean that my lord. I have misled you, my lord, you have entirely misunderstood me. I should not have said what I did say. I do not wonder you mis took my meaning. Recall your words, I pray you, recall them, whatever motive prompted their speech ; they do me honour, but I cannot accept their meaning. I en treat you let your words be as though they were never spoken, and required no answer.\" \" That cannot be, Lady Gladys, they were spoken under no impulse of the moment. I have long been seeking an opening, an op portunity to say these words ; your seeming encouragement only hastened by a few minutes their utterance. I know in many, many respects, such proposals are unworthy of you, that my age, my defects, my health, are in unreasonable, if not grotesque oppo sition to your youth, your beauty, your bloom. But your mother told me that he to whom you were betrothed, though young, noble, and suitably your equal in all per sonal qualities, was dismissed from his suit, because he unfortunately lost the very ad vantages I have obtained in his place. Was it not so ? was not this the sole cause of your refusing Mr. Philip Sydney ? \"" ]

[ "chaucer's prologue. 21 Glossary. had been And he hadde ben somtyme in chivachie,* In Flaundres, in Artoys, and in Picardie, little And born him wel, as in so litel space, sund In hope to stonden in his lady grace. f EmbrowdidJ was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, white and reede. 'thcyn'u.c°n} Syngynge he was, or flowtynge al the day ; He was as fressh as is the monelh of May. Schort was his goune, with sleeves long an 1 wyde. could, horse Wel cowde he sitte on hors, and faire rvcle. feiate He cowde songes wel make and endite, IteiJ™} J«stne and eek daunce, and wel purtray and write. As for the young squire's manners-- Curteys he was, lowly, and servysable, carved And carf§ byforn his fadur at the table. And he had followed knightly deeds of war In Picardy, in Flanders, and Artois, And nobly borne himself in that brief space, In ardent hope to win his lady's grace. Embroidered was he, as a meadow brjght, All full of freshest flowers, red and wjiite* Singing he was, or flute-playing aff day, He was as fresh as is the month of May. Short was his gown, his sleeves were long and wide, Well he became his horse, and well could ride ; He could make songs, and ballads, and recite, Joust and make pretty pictures, dance, and write. Courteous he was, lowly, and serviceable, And carved before his father at the table. ■Oic Sk-oman* no more A Yeman had he, and servantes nomoo it pleased \"i At that tyme, for him luste ryde soo ; lum J J And he was clad in coote and hood of grene. A yeoman had he (but no suite beside : Without attendants thus he chose to ride,) And he was clad in coat and hood of green * Chh-achie : military expeditions. t See page 45, note t- t Mr. Bell considers that these two lines refer to the squire's complexion of red and while. Speght thinks it means freckled. But there is little doubt that the material of his dress is what Chaucer means, for there is n» other instance of Chaucer calling a complexion embroidered, and gorgeously ilowered fabrics emhroidered with the needle were peculiar to the period and in common use. § As it was the custom for sons to do.", "THE FRANKLIN'S TALE. 87 Glossary. And to him selve he sayde pryvely, cured My brother shal be warisshed hastely, sure For I am siker that ther ben sciences various By whiche men maken dyverse apparences, Swiche as thise subtile tregetoures pleyen, For oft at festes have I wel herde seyen That tregettoures withinne an halle large Han made come in a water and a barge, And in the halle rowen up and doun. grim ' ; Sometyme hath semed come a grym leoun, And sometyme floures spring as in a mede,* Sometyme a vine, and grapes white and rede, Sometyme a castel al of lym and ston, dispersed And whan hem liked voyded it anon. Thus semeth it to every mannes sight. And to himself he whispered privily, \" My brother shall be healed full speedily. For I am sure that there be sciences By which men raise divers appearances, Such as the cunning jugglers do in play ; For oftentimes at feasts have I heard say That jugglers playing in a hall so large, Have seemed to bring in waters and a barge, And in the hall they row it to and fro. Sometimes a lion fierce will come and go, Sometimes, as in a meadow, flowers upspring, Sometimes a vine, with rich fruit clustering, Sometimes a castle all of lime and stone, And when they w*ish, at once the whole is gone ! Thus seemeth it to be, in all men's sight.\" Therefore he thought that if he could find any old friend at Orleans, who knew anything of magic, he might help Aurelius to win the beautiful Dorigene. He went to his brother's bed, and gave him so much hope that he sprang up at once and started off to Orleans. When they were nearly arrived at the city, they met a young clerk, roaming by himself, who greeted them in Latin, saying, to their great wonder, \" I know the cause that brings you here,\" and, ere they went a step farther, he told them all that was in their minds ! This clerk was, you see, a magician, and having saved them the trouble of explaining their business, he brought them to his house, where he feasted them in splendid style, and showed them many wonderful visions. supper He schewed hem, er they went to soupere, He made appear, before they went to meat, Forests and parks, with wild deer fair and fleet ; There saw he harts that tossed their antlers Forestes, parkes, full of wilde dere ; Theres saw he hartes with hir homes hie, high, The greatest that were ever seen with eye ! The gretest that were ever seen with eie ! He saw of hem an hundred slain with He saw a hundred of them slain by hounds, houndes, While some with arrows bled of bitter wounds, And when the wild deer were no longer there, Came falconers upon a river fair. And som with arwes blede of bitter woundes departed He saw, when voided were the wilde dere, Thise faukoneres upon a faire rivere, Who, with their falcons, have the heron slain ; Then saw he knights all jousting in a plain ; hawks That with hir haukes han the heron slein. joust Tho saw he knyhtes justen in a pleyn ; t Bell's edition. This and the next six lines are not in Morris's edition. * This and the following line are not in Morris's edition.", "THE PARDONER'S TALE. 97 Glossary. two He wot wel that the gold is with us twaye, What schulde we than do ? what schulde we say saye ? person f Schal it be counsail ? * sayd the ferste schrewe, And I schal telle thee in wordes fewe do What we schul doon, and bringe it wel aboute. I graunte, quod that other, without doute, betray That by my trouthe I wil thee nought bywraye. He knows quite well the gold is with us two, What should we say to him ? what should we do?\" \" Shall it be counsel ? \" said the first arain — \" And in a few words I shall tell thee plain, What we shall do to bring the thing about.\" \" I promise,\" said the other, \" without doubt That I, for one, will not be treacherous.\" knowest Now, quoth the first, thou wost wel we ben \"Now,\" said the first one, \"there are two of twaye, And two of us schal strenger be than oon. look Loke, whanne he is sett, thou right anoonf wouldest Arys, as though thou woldest with him pleye, \\ rip And I schal ryf him through the sydes tweye, Whils that thou strogelest with him as in game, And with thi dagger, loke thou do the same. divided And than schal al the gold departed be, thee My dere frend, bitwixe the and me : might Than may we oure lustes al fulfille, aiCe And pley at dees right at our owne wille. us, And two of us will stronger be than one. Look, thou, when he is sitting down, and soon Rise up, as if to play with him, and I Will stab him through the two sides suddenly, While thou art struggling with him as in game, And with thy dagger, look, thou do the same. And then shall all this gold divided be, My dearest friend, betwixt thyself and me : Then all our wants and whims we can fulfil, And play at dice according to our will.\" Thus these two ruffians made tlieir compact to murder the third, as I have described. who This yongest, which that wente to the toun, close Full fast in hert he rollith up and doun The beaute of these florins, newe and brighte. O Lord, quoth he, if so were that I mighte Have all this gold unto myself alloone, throne Ther is no man that lyveth under the troone Of God, that schulde lyve so mery as I. And atte last the feend, oure enemy, buy Put in his thought that he schulde poysoun beye, ,iay With which he mighte sie his felawes tweye. For why ? the feend fond him in such lyvynge sorrow That he hadde leve to sorwe him to brynge : For this was outrely§ his ful entente slay To slen hem bothe, and never to repente. The youngest, who had gone into the town, Deep in his mind he tumeth up and down The beauty of these florins, new and bright. \" O Lord,\" quoth he, \" if any-wise I might Have all this treasure to myself alone, There is no man that dwelleth under the throne Of God, who then should live so merry as I.\" And at the last the fiend, our enemy, Put in his thought that he should poison buy, With which to cause his comrades both to die. For why ? the fiend found this man's life so foul That he had power now upon his soul : For this was utterly his fix'd intent To slay them both and never to repent * Shall counsel be kept between us ? literally, in schoolboys' language, ' Mum's the word — eh ? ' t Bell's edition. X Games which we now leave to children were formerly as popular with grown-up people. Hunt-the-slipper and blind-man's-buff were 200 years ago the common recrea tion of ladies and gentlemen, and wrestling and other romping was indulged in far more commonly than now by young men. Playing at ball was a favourite pastime. § Tyrwhitt. Outre/y, utterly, beyond all things. Vi.le H" ]

[ "CONSTANTINOPLE. 26 Durant la guerre de Tindépendance grecque, Syra avait gardé une entière neutralité et servi d'asile à tous ceux que la guerre et la désolation forçaient d'abandon ner leurs foyers. Aussi sa population, qui ne s'élevait pas auparavant à plus de cinq mille âmes, s'accrut de plus de vingt-cinq mille. Plus tard, grâce à ce même rôle de neutralité qu'elle s'était imposé, Syra devint forcément l'entrepôt de toutes les provisions envoyées en Grèce, dont le sol ravagé en tous sens ne produisait plus assez pour les besoins de ses habitants. D'un autre côté, il est juste d'avouer que lapiraterie, de 1821 à 1 822, con- ribua largement au bien-être de cette ville, au préjudice, il est vrai, du commerce européen, et particulièrement de celui de TAngleterre et de la France. La paix rétablie, les déprédations sur la mer cessèrent; mais aussi avec elles croula Topulence de cette île : les étrangers s'en éloignèrent, et les richesses que des évènements impré vus y avaient entassées disparurent rapidement; elles n'étaient plus alimentées par ce brigandage maritime que seule peut excuser la position désespérée où la Grèce était réduite à cette époque. J'examinai aussi, avec la plus vive curiosité, les chan tiers de cette île. Ils jouissent, à juste titre, d'une réputa tion universelle pour la construction de ces brigantins si remarquables comme marcheurs et comme voiliers. Le 22 août, nous reprîmes la mer pour la Turquie d'Asie. Le 26, nous étions de retour à Smyrne, et le 30 nous mîmes à la voile pour Constantinople.", "CHAPITRE II. CONSTANTINOPLE. Qui n'a pas vu Constantinople éprouve, à Taspectde cette ville, un étonnement, une admiration, un enthou siasme que rien ne peut égaler, quelle que soit d'ailleurs sur Tâme Timpression que puisse faire la description de ses grandeurs. * Cette ville, fortunée entre toutes les villes du monde, possède toutes les magnificences orientales ; elle remue dans le souvenir toutes les gloires du passé; elle éveille dans Tâme toutes les aspirations vers Tavenir ; son im mobilité aux mains des Turcs semble un appât de plus", "MÉHÉMET-ALI. 281 Comme Bonaparte, dont probablement il a voulu co pier une habitude, il aimait à se promener dans ses ap partements les mains derrière le dos. Il était rarement vêtu avec faste. II portait d'abord le costume des an îiens Mamelouks, auquel il substitua le tarcouche mi litaire au large turban, dont Teffet est si noble et si pit toresque. Ses vêtements ont toujours eu une telle sim plicité, qu'on Ta plus fréquemment pris pour quelqu'un de la suite du Pacha que pour le Pacha lui-même. Ses manières étaient dignes et bienveillantes. II ne s'entourait jamais d'une forte suite. Un seul fac tionnaire veillait à sa porte, ouverte à tout venant. Les jeux d'échecs, de billard et de dames lui plaisaient beaucoup. II ne se faisait aucun scrupule de prendre pour adversaires des officiers subalternes et quelquefois même de simples soldats; mais le plus communément c'étaient les consuls ou des voyageurs étrangers qu'il choisissait, pour le billard surtout. II était très-vif, très-impressionnable, et il parvenait difficilement à cacher ses émotions. Sa générosité était peu commune. II aimait passionnément les femmes. II est inutile de dire ici que toutes ses actions ten daient à s'entourer de la plus brillante renommée. A-t-il réussi à donner à son nom Téclat des grandes et solides réputations que certains individus ont ac quises parmi les hommes, et que les siècles consacrent en les augmentant? Nous ne le croyons pas. Méhémet-Ali est un homme d'un grand talent, d'une nature virile, mais peu soucieux des moyens qu'il em-" ]

[ "OCCIMIANO ANTICO C Aro I. Origine di Occimiano — I Liguri-Jadatini fondano il borgo sulla vicina collina — Tra- sferimento del borgo dal colle al piano — I Monaci Benedettini concedono il ter- reno a ciò necessario — Canone pagato dalla popolazione per questa concessione — Estinzione di questo canone. A chi da Gasale Sant'Evasio muove alla volta di Alessandria della Paglia, per la strada provinciale, costrutta sul declinare del secolo pas sato, dopo aver percorso un dieci chilometri circa, dopo aver attraver sato a mezza via l'antico borgo, o meglio Corte di Paciliano [ora San Germano, suburbio di Casale (1)], gli si presenta un villaggio di forme sin golari, che colpisce non poco il viaggiatore. — Ha la figura di un ret tangolo perfetto; le vie lunghe, larghe, e diritte, ben selciate; le case aggruppate in ceppi od isolati rettangolari, senza interruzione, linde e pulite; le piazze spaziose; gli edifizi pubblici, religiosi e civili, adorni di (1) Paciliano, nome romano, villa forse spettante ad alcuno del Romano Casato dei Pacili, cognome antichissimo della gente Turia, di cui fu un Caio Turio Pacile, Con sole di Roma nell'anno 314. È rammentato da Livio, IV, 12 e da alcuno de' loro liberti. Di Paciliano trovasi menzione nel Trattato dei Comuni della Lega Lombarda fattasi in Milano l'anno 1199. Da quest'atto rilevasi che fu un cospicuo borgo, con molta po polazione, ed un Podestà proprio, tra cui noverasi un Manfredo Marchese di Occimiano. Nel trattato d'alleanza con quei di Vercelli del 1219 latto in Campis Paciliani ultra Gatulam, nel dì primo di luglio, si assicura a quei di Paciliano in ogni evento l'assistenza dei Vercellesi. Questo borgo, già contado dei Cavalli di Casale, fu rovinato dal colle dove prima sorgeva nel secolo XIII. La sua chiesa principale in onore di S. Germano vescovo di Parigi venne edificata nel 1554, ed in questa circostanza cambiò l'antico suo nome in quello di S. Germano. La Chiesa maestosa presente fu innalzata nel 1780 sul disegno del Conte Magnocavalli. 1 — Novarese, Memorie Storiche sul Comune di Occimiano.", "3 Oriazzo, con la vicina pieve di S. Nazzaro ; presso la pieve di Santa Maria Ceresana in Roseto, regione una volta probabilmente molto ferace di rose; e presso la pieve di S. Lorenzo in Rialto (Rotaldo). Che il borgo di Occimiano abbia esistito prima in collina è tal l'atto che bastantemente si prova, oltreché dalla testimonianza di alcuni storici, dalle deduzioni che si possono fare dalle loro scritture, e da altri che nol dicono chiaramente, ma che pur lo lasciano travedere, eziandio dalla tradizione locale, che si mantenne, e si mantiene costante nella sua popolazione in torno a tale avvenimento, malgrado i molti secoli trascorsi ; dal rinvenimento di tombe e di lapidi mortuarie, presso le chiese campestri, poste suila collina; da fontane murate e ben conservate, che dovevano servire a sod disfare i bisogni d'una popolazione stanziale, presso di esse stabilita, e non già a dissetare solamente i coltivatori avventizi durante la sola sta gione estiva ; dalla etimologia del nome stesso di Occimiano dato al luogo ; e da altre memorie che per amore di brevità passiamo sotto silenzio. Non possiamo però e non vogliamo esimerci dalfaccennare l'autorità del Durandi, il quale a pag. 328 del suo Piemonte Cispadano dice chiara mente che « Questo luogo esisteva anticamente sopra il vicino colle al « cui piede poscia si trapiantò in terreno dei Monaci Benedettini, che « avevano ivi una cella (un convento), e a questi perciò gli uomini di « Occimiano pagavano censo. che ora (quando scriveva fautore) pagano « al vescovo di Casale succeduto nel diritto a quei monaci », come si vedrà in appresso. A tutte queste ragioni s'aggiunga ancora la tendenza degli antichi popoli a stabilirsi sulle alture per difendersi più agevolmente dalle ingiurie e dagli assalti di genti nemiche, dalle irrompenti acque dei fiumi e dei torrenti, dalle nocive esalazioni di acque paludose, dai contagi, ecc. e sarà cosi dimostrato il nostro assunto. Quando abbia cominciato ad esistere questo borgo, nelle presenti con dizioni delle scienze storiche, riesce impossibile di precisare; ma sondan dosi su prove ed argomenti molto probabili e verosimili, si può asserire, che la sua origine si perde nel buio dei secoli, che è di non poco ante riore all'èra cristiana, e che sorse per opera dei Liguri (1) come noi dimostreremo. Non è mestieri essere molto addentro alle discipline sto riche per sapere, che tutto il tratto d'Italia compreso fra il Po ed il Mediterraneo, tra le Alpi Cozie e la Trebbia, fu occupato da un popolo antichissimo chiamato Ligure, dal quale ebbe il nome di Liguria. Non tutti gli storici sono d'accordo nel fissare i limiti di questo pop»lo, ossia (1) Ligure, secondo Paolo Diacono, viene da Legume, di cui il suolo è molto ferace. Eustazio lo deriva dal fiume Ligeris della Oallia transalpina. I Celtologi lo deducono da parola celtica così: il Pellotier da Lli-guer cioè sedentari o stabiliti; il Freret da: Lli-gour, ossia gente marittima: il Bardetti da: Lli-gor, vale a dire montaneschi. Non mancano quelli che lo derivano dal personaggio Ligure, fratello di Albione, il quale lottando con Ercole fu sopraffatto.", "30 INTERPRETAZIONE E SPIEGA DELL'EPIGRAFE Questa iscrizione, così com'è, mi sembra addirittura di disperata interpretazione, a meno che non si voglia esser paghi di più o meno verosimili, o meglio, arrischiate congetture. Infatti, stando anche alla le zione del Durandi, antica di oltre un secolo, e quindi la più fededegna, poiché attualmente l'epigrafe, secondo il prof. Canna riesce tota evanida, tranne i due ultimi versi, si avrebbero pur sempre i versi 1° e 5° com posti di sillabe così bisbetiche, che sembra difficilissimo cavarne alcun costrutto. Tuttavia tenendo sottocchio le tre lezioni, Duraridi, Rivetta e Canna, e usando colla minore indiscretezze possibile della libertà che consen- tono le divergenze esistenti fra l'uno e l'altro, oso arrischiare l'inter- pretazione seguente. LAET (oppure GRAT, oppure EVANS) R. V. cioè LAETVS (oppure GRATVS) RECUPERATA VALETVDINE (Lieto, oppure grato, oppure esultante per la ricuperata salute). L'EVANS si avvicina forse di più alle forme del primo verso, ma le parole esultante, tripu- diatile riescono un po' poetiche pel caso nostro. Ciò non dimeno non sapendo trovare di meglio tiriamo innanzi. SAERVS FIRMANORVM VILLICVS SACR. HONI IOVIS V. S. L. M. cioè grato (lieto, esultante) per la ricuperata salute, Sero Villico dei Firmani consacrò ad onore di Giove, sciolse il voto. Riassumendo quanto precede, l'iscrizione suonerebbe cosi : 1. EVANS RECVPERATA VALETVDINE 2. SAERVS 3. FIRMANORVM 4. VILLICVS 5. SACRA VIT HONORI 6. IOVIS 7. V. S. L. M. Stando la epigrafe a questo modo, restano sempre a risolvere alcune difficoltà. È bene interpretato il 1° verso? Poi ritenendo così il 2° e 3° verso come sono, d'onde ricavare la VII cohortis del Rivetta e l'VIII del Canna ? Arrogi che l'indicazione della coorte, senza quella della Legione, sarebbe insufficiente, come chi ai giorni nostri indicasse il battaglione, senza accennare il Reggimento. Presso i Romani, come tutti sanno, la coorte era uno scomposto della legione, e di legioni ce n'erano parecchie. Quanto aWHonori Iovi mi pare che questi due dativi così accoppiati, non facciano un costrutto guari latino. Piuttosto se lo stato della lapide lo concedesse, vorrei leggere così : Sacr. Ilon. lovis, cioè Sacrum, Sacratum o Sacravit Ronori lovis, che allora sarebbe costrutto latino. Per ciò che" ]

[ "do you gather the roses . Dear Aunty Nell I pray? . \\ They fyang so sweet and lovely, J Wh>y do you t\"al<e them away? il fyey cry the pretty roses joee on th)is leaf a tear) I f^ey cry to leave the garden In t-l^e best time of tfye year.\"", "'| f^ere were once three younq K'^tens wt>o lived at their ease, Th>eir life was a long l^oliday, ll^ey were always contriving tfyeir master to teaze, jHnd mischief to do by t^e way. m lilley tore Tommy's picture book all into bits, Tt?ey drank up t^e milk for his tea. But Tommy's devoted to tf^ese naughty kits I loves my dear kitties\", says he.", "-» 3 , V. if /<^A^ jUrSessie's as tidy • *^^ ->#*<r . as tidy can be, s~\\ very areas' help to mother is she, One washes the china, and sweeps the ploor, 1 — ooks after her brother, and answers the door Ohe wabers tr^e flowers, and keeps rbe paths neab, Oboe's as qood as she can be, from r^er curls to her peeh. /i<ri E.V." ]

[ "SUNLIGHT AND SHADE. 60 A NOON-DREAM. t*^lWAS in a noon-dream by the summer bay, Spirit, thy vision rose upon my sight ; A presence which came floating o'er the spray Like a rich soul of odorous wind and light, That seemed familiar as one passed away, Gentle, beloved, returned from yonder height To guard and to inspire ; and all that day Most radiant phantasies, aerial, warm, And sweet as summer, vibrating at will, My fancy shaped : nor art thou gone, for still I dream of thee when sorrow and when night Are round me, and my fancy shapes thy form, And brow of meteor-beauty, that on me Glows from the levels of the star-dim sea.", "SUNLIGHT AND SHADE. 118", "SUNLIGHT AND SHADE. 174 there is in winter, especially in the country ; ay, and what gladness too ! As a writer has well ex pressed it, \"there is a charm in the homestead in winter which vanishes in the spring. The home bound toiler crunches beneath his feet the crisp rubbish of the farmyard upon which the evening frost has already seized, and leaves behind him for the night the swept snow-heaps upon each side the path and the icicle-hung eaves. As he steps over the threshold out of the bleak and desolate twi light, home seems a palace of comfort and warmth. In the old chimney-corner there is a blaze of flickering logs prepared for his return, and never has the glow and shelter seemed to him so grateful as when he closes the door upon the first aimless crystals of the gather ing snowstorm. With what tenderness it will settle, flake by flake, upon the farmhouse roof, the glebe land that stretches down to the river, and even, where it may, upon the ice-bound river itself ! We might think it the gentlest thing in Nature. It falls so y softly that the snipe, dibbling for worms at the water's edge, hardly heeds it, and up on the common yonder the wild upland receives the gracious oppressor without a murmur of complaint. Yet, one by one, the familiar outlines of the landscape are smothered out, and — except for the tall poplar, whose boughs refuse to hold the treacherous crystals, and whereon the robin still finds an unencum bered perch — all is muffled, wrapped, and buried in the cruel but dainty snow. Then, indeed, has man need of all his humanity ; for the snow, though it falls softly, freezes" ]

[ "Such Things are. 43 love of children ; but how could a blinded man perceive such facts ? So Florence seemed to prosper in her schemes, and on the morning when she left the home whose peace her presence had dis turbed, there was a gloom on every face, for even the rigid Thomson had been conquered by her smiles. ' I was so glad to help her,' said Miss Christina, with a sigh. ' She wished to make me feel it was a loan, poor thing ! and seemed so sorry to accept it. I told her I should not feel the loss. Only two hundred pounds, my dear, and she in so much trouble.' Susan was very sorry, and her pride was hurt. She could not undeceive the kind Miss Chrissy, who had parted, with such reckless generosity, from her hundreds ; but she could make a strong resolve to pay that money back in time with interest. With interest, and in time ! And she had nothing ! Only a kind heart and willing mind — treasures which it half appeared that", "62 Such Things arc. the eye of a clear-sighted mistress could see everything, provide for all their wants, and have a comprehensive judgment ! Susan was amazed at first by her unwonted busyness. It seemed like 'coming out;' and for that home-staying woman a long delayed enlightenment as to her mind and body's powers. But it did not last, that fancy for activity; and when the evening came, the last that for some months they thought to spend within their little sitting room, the kind, good creature owned that she was tired, and, trusting all her interests to Susan, laid her head upon her pillow, and slept with the unquestioning reliance of a simple child. The house in Orchard Street looked very dull, at least so thought the travellers, when, late in the evening of the following day, they arrived at their journey's end. September (as all those qualified to judge can certify) is of all months, and even to those who love its air and pleasures, the least agreeable of the", "Such Things arc. 107 There was certainly some excuse, both in Annesley's appearance and manner, for Susan's infatuation. He had arrived at that age when great experience of life, and of life also in its least admirable form, tells both upon the expression and the features, in a manner which sometimes leads infatuated young ladies to put faith in the mental power of one who looks so well endowed. His face was de cidedly handsome, although there was spread over it that peculiar look which long habits of dissipation alone can give. Nothing, how ever, could destroy the air of distinction which pervaded his whole appearance, and when we add that he possessed a ready flow of light conversation, and that most popular of social gifts — happy, joyous spirits, who can wonder that Annesley, poor — aye, far worse than poor — as he was, should find himself, almost in every society he frequented, a welcome guest ? That there was behind all these manifest advantages an extremely ugly reality, was known as a fact to some, whilst to the world" ]

[ "The ties of blood and race and speech, A common nature's kindly reach, The human reason, conscience, heart, All from their firmest holdings part. He, who his offspring never leaves, A bond from bis own spirit weaves.", "265 SOCIETY. that may not more surely be purchased there than in the spot of its manufacture or growth ; no specimen or modification of human nature does not in the huge fabric find a place ; nothing so low in the earth but there it may be seen at the foot of the ladder, and nothing so high but there it consti tutes the top. Yet this spectacle of numberless and enormous diversities is the very spectacle most urgently enforcing the argument of mutual and common respect ; for how marvellously composed, how subtly intermingled, how variously derived from every quarter, right and left, above and below, are the materials and elements of this civil prosperi ty ! Has any king prescribed, or conqueror intro duced, or caste created it all ? Who graded the street, along which the lordly carriage so smoothly runs ? Who hewed and laid the level pavement, clear in all weather for myriads of the gay population so leisurely to walk ? Who smoothed and planted and fenced the parks, whose blooming beauty is shared by crests and coronets with childhood's play and with mean attire ? Who reared the prince ly structures, around which liveried servants, solemn sentinels, and martial bands, parade ? Who cement ed the walls and vaults, within which treasure is here guarded, and there crime ? Who brought this inestimable sum and changeful richness of goods, for that comfort and luxury, from every longitude and clime, — fur from arctic, spice from tropic, coasts ? Who dived for the pearl, polished the diamond, wove the silk, crushed the grape, smelted the ore, sifted 23", "300 MANKIND. great sheet let down from heaven to earth, contain ing all manner of four-footed beasts, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air, for him to eat, teaching him the folly of his previous Hebrew pre judices about the Gentiles, — that is, all the rest of the world, — and admonishing him never after to esteem any man, of any nation, common or unclean, — a correspondence which, let me say in passing, is another of the many internal evidences of Chris tianity. Ah ! there is no dainty air, no grace of fashion, no conventional propriety, no horror of vul garity, so precious as this common humanity. But, in addition, there is a reason for honoring all men in the greatness of individual characters, pro duced by this tree of humanity, on which we, with the millions of our fellow-beings, grow. That mighty tree, like some trees in the vegetable kingdom, truly does not come into complete bearing at once. Only a multitude of leaves, slight and cheap expressions of its vitality, may for a while appear ; but at length, at intervals it may be of ages, appear its splendid flowering and its glorious fruit of moral grace and goodness, here and there, on a few of its branches. God did not cut it down because of this slow and late blossoming, and at first scanty ripen ing ; but, as with the fig-tree in the parable, he tended and cherished it the more ; till at last the holy and divine product, once so rarely seen upon it, which it was yet intended and planted to bring forth, unfolded oftener and more abundantly on its boughs. Though the tree is yet backward in many" ]

[ "History of Penrith. 135 Let me take this present opportunit\\- also of reminding you of the resolution the Chapter (in my time) came to, of giving the lease of Cum rew to the Curate ; the rather because I am told that strong applications will be made for the breaking of that good design. You remember I acquainted you with the backwardness of Mr. Rumnev in removing to his Cure at Canon by : my late admonitions have been as ineffectual as my former. I could wish that you and our brethren would signify your resentments of his misbehaviour ; and that, in case of further neglect, you will nominate another Curate to Your affectionate brother, W. CARLIOL. Bishop Nicholson wrote the following letter to the Lord Chancellor Cowper : MY VERY GOOD LORD. OCT. 15, 1 716. Your Lordship will herewith receive an humble petition from the Vicar and Inhabitants of the town of Penrith, in my Diocese, for a Brief towards the re-building of their Church, which is in a ruinous con dition. Our Justices of the Peace have backed this with their Certificate ; and I crave leave likewise to assure your Lordship, that your said Peti tioners are proper objects of compassion in this particular. Their parish js one ofthe most populous in the County of Cumberland; and the parishioners are generally well affected to his present Majesty's Govern ment, and the established Constitution in Church and State. My Lord, I am Your Lordship's most obedient and most obliged humble servant, W. Carliol. The brief was granted. The parishioners appointed trustees, who were to have sole management ofthe works. These trustees petitioned Bishop Bradford (Bishop Nicholson's successor) for a licence to take down the old church, etc. The Bishop, as a preliminary step, appointed William Sandford, Timothy Fetherstonhaugh, Wilfred Hudleston, and William Sisson, Esqs., John Cockell, gentleman, and John Christopherson, John Morland, and Joshua Benson, ministers of adjoining parishes, commis sioners, \" to inspect, examine, and consider the state and condition of the church.\" Subjoined is their report to the Bishop :", "History of Penrith. 141 from the gallery to the roof, are of wood, and what hurts the eye greatly, they are painted white, and the capitals are garnished with gold.\" This account was written in 1794, and since that year the hands of the \"restorer\" have been more than once over the interior surface of the church, cleaning and re-decorating. The last of these operations was done in the year of Queen Victoria's Jubilee (1SS7), at a cost of The present principal or western entrance through the tower was made through the walls, six feet thick, at the time of the re-building of the church, and the lower in ternal arrangements of the tower re-modelled to suit the altered circumstances, The tower is ascended by a spiral stairway, in the south-west corner, leading to the belfrey, where, in 1764, a peal of six bells were placed, and musical chimes connected with the clock discoursed sweet music every third hour. In 1889 two new bells were added, to make the octave, at a cost of £342. The cost was greatly increased through the necessity of one of the bells having to be broken up that the founders might make a correct assay of the composition. The six old bells cost ,£331 15s. 1 id. A new clock, with Cambridge chimes, replaced the old one in 1887, at the cost of which was generously defrayed by Miss Harrison, of Lynwood. The old musical chimes were then discon nected. The organ, in the gallery in the chancel on the south side, was erected to replace the old one in the west end gallery, by Wilkinson and Son, Kendal, the reconstruc tion costing The churchyard was closed for burials in 1850, and at that time it was beautified at the cost of Mr. Jonathan Varty, Stagstones, who also offered to re-pew the church", "History of Penrith 293 The banking establishments in Penrith comprise the Cumberland Union, King Street ; the Whiehaven Joint Stock, King Street ; the Carlisle and Cumberland, Little Dockray ; the Bank of Liverpool, Corn Market, which has recently purchased the premises at the corner of the Churchyard, opposite the Musgrave Monument ; the Post Office, and the Carlisle District, at Christ Church Parish Rooms, on Tuesdays. A Farmers' Club was established about 1845, for the discussion of agricultural topics and the advancement of the interests of farmers and agriculturists generally. The meetings are held monthly, on Tuesdays, in their 100m in St. Andrew's Churchyard, which is also used by them as reading room and library. The Penrith Agricultural Society was formed about 1830, for the purpose of improving the breed of horses, cattle, sheep, etc., its shows were intended to be held annually, but in the first three decades there were several occasions when the exhibitions were abandoned, and it was not until 1892 that the Jubilee Show took place. The show is now always held on the last Thursday in August, and is looked upon as being one of the best all-round Exhibitions in the North of England. Mr. John Thornborrow is the Secretary. Public houses omitted from the list on page 26S : Mitre, King Street Beerhouse, Castletown (gone) Joiner's' Arms, Castlegate" ]

[ "■ I .- . A TABLE of the SONGS. A C T I. AIR I. Love and Reason are always a jarring. page 2 2. When I the blooming Maid draw nigh. p. 3 3. My Dolly was the Snow-drop fair. Ibid. 4. Ton complain of your Rofes and Lilliet. p. 4 S- Wox'fL yo* fet in your Soil. p. $■ 6. Oh., how Love has rent my Heart ! p. 6 7. Whenever yeur Game. p. 8 8. On the rifing Dawn of Light. ibid. 9. Hope, thou Nttrfe of young Defire. p. 9 10. A buxom young Daughter. p. 1 1 II. At 'Twelve 6j the Night. p. 1-, 12. The frembling Pulfe difcovers. p. jy 13. Oh! tell us, Cupid, heavenly Boy. p. t£ 14. Take again this Ivory Knife. p. jg if. Take thy Comb-cafe, take thy Ferret ibid. 16. See the Six-pence that we broke. P- 19 17. I milk your Cows. p. 21 18. /*»* Paul Pillage. p. 22 19. Of ell Servants here's Choice, pretty Maids, ? jolly Boys. J |P- 23 ACT II. AIR 20. Wou'dyon be the Man in Fajhion. p. 24 21. See the fringing Coxcombs come, I, 2, 3, 4, J, 6. p. 27 «. Our Parent thus in Par adife. p. 28 Ai AIR 23.", "A TABLE of the AIRS. AIR 23- ?b\"s at the (heerful Dawn °f Day- 24 Shou'dlpine, as you fay. ay. In a mijly Morning the Shepherds gaze. 26 Wanton Boy. r-j. Tmr Years, dear Sir, compute. 28 Cupid *'/ a wanton Boy. P- 3t 20. Alt the Women who faw him were fond of the! p J Squire. 3.. Now the Bloom of Spring brealhes its Sweet-1 1 nefs around. ' J 31. 'The Merchant o'er Arabia' s Sand. P 1 32. W» ever-green Beauty the Country does crown, p. 4 33. 0-& Fyei Sir, «// wy B/»/&« \"/'• 34. My Father fain wott'd wed me to a Country ) J Squire a. 3j. Thus have Ifeen the Peacock ff read, f- \\] 36. Hither turn thee, hither turn thee, hither turnip thee, gentle Maid. * 37. From Spray to Spray. 38. A Wench, when in Love, is thejirangefi Thing ? under the Skies. §9. Then, when my bleeding Heart Jball break. 40. Thou foolijb Bumpkin, tell me now. 41. A Faggot, Thou, of pointed Thorn. H 42. The Peach. looks frep, with Velvet Skin. 43. The Rock, with conftant dropping wears. 44. You may Love, and you may Rail. 45-. Softer than the Breath of May. 46. Let Ralph in Beer his Pleafure take* 47. Love like the fly Thief is unfeen when he tniitu l\\ ACT III. I R 48 The Rifing Sun difpels. 49 Deluded by her Mate's dear Voice. j-O Vhru' Gardens roves the bufie Bee. $ 1. Thus we behold the wat'ry Bow. - p. I A r' ' AIR)", "The VILLAGE OPERA. Aft III 60 So the -Suitor in Fapion Has no Inclination To ought but the Fortune jn Purfie, Sir; It is not the Wife, But the Money for Life, That be takes, and for Better for Worfie, Sir. [Ex. Bet. Enter File. Sir Nick O' here is File : I will examine him fedately and coolly; examine him with Temper, as becometh a Magidrate. Sir do you know the Statute? Are you acquainted with (be Penalty annex'd to the Crime of Biting a Judice of the Peace? one of the Quorum, Sirraru? File. Sir ! L, \"*' . , , '. Sir Nich. Ay, Sir ! don't dare me in the Face with thofe impudent Hounds Eyes! but anfwer me diredly, without Pre varication, you Dog. File. To what, Sir ? ,$/> JV;Vi. Look ye, there is no getting the Truth out; I ne ver faw fo daring an Offender ! File. Really, Sir, I am at a Lofs Sir Nich. The Dog will dye hard ; I fee he will: Hum! File. Will you be fo good, when your Pafiion is a little a bated, to let me know how I have incenfed you: Your An ger, Sir? , SirNteh. You lye, Sirrah! I am not angry; I can not be angry ; it does not become a Magidrate ; but when a Rafcal thus obffinately denies every Article with which he is charged-—; File. You have not been pleas'd yet, Sir, to let me know my Crime. , ■Sir Nich. What Occafion is there for that, Sir ? Don t you know it your felf? Does not your Conference fly in your Face ? File. lam fo innocent, that — Sir Nich. I will have it out: Who is this SparkJhat pre tends to marry my Daughter, and calls himfelf your Matter. Fie. MyMader! pretends! Lord, S,ir! Sir Nich. Ay, Sir, for fam told he is a Counterfeit. File . Good Sir ! who informed you ? Sir Nich. Why, it came from my Gard'uer Colin, File. Colin! Sir Nich. Colin. File. Ha, ha, ha! Sir Nich, Why do you grin, Sirrah? „." ]

[ "Ch.I. SOUTH AMERICA. 113 employed our time to the best advantage, making se veral observations, particularly on the latitude and the pendulum ; but the proximity of Jupiter at that time to the Sun hindered us from settling the longitude. I also employed myself in taking a plan of the place, with all its fortifications, and adjacent coast. At length, all things being in readiness, we embarked without any farther loss of time. CHAP. II. Description of the City of Panama. PANAMA is built on an isthmus of the fame name, the coast of which is washed by the South Sea. From the observations we made here, we found the latitude of this city to be 8° 57' 48\"! north. With regard to its longitude, there are various opinions ; none of the astronomers having been able, from ob servations made on the spot, to ascertain it ; so that it is still doubtful whether it lies on the east or west side of the meridian of Porto Bello, The French geo graphers will have it to lie on the east side, and ac cordingly have placed it so in their maps; but, in those of the Spaniards, it is on the west : and I con ceive the latter, from their frequent journies from one place to the other, may be concluded to have a more intimate knowledge of their respective situations; whereas the former, being strangers in a great mea sure tb those places, have not the opportunity of making so frequent observations. I allow indeed, that, among the Spaniards who make this little journey, the number is very small of those, who have either capacity or inclination for forming a well grounded judgment of the road they travel ; but there have been also many expert pilots, and other persons Vol. I. I of", "Ch. IX. SOUTH AMERICA. 185 away; and by taking it out of the water, the Balza will luff\", or keep nearer to the wind. Such is the method used bv the Indians in steering the Balzas; and sometimes they use five or six Guaras, to prevent the Balza from making lee- way ; it being evident, that the more they are under water, the greater re sistance the side of the vessel meets with ; the Guaras performing the office of lee-boards, used in small vessels. The method of steering by these Guaras is so easy and simple, that when once the Balza is put in her proper course, one only is made use of, raising or lowering it as accidents require; and thus the Balza- is always kept in her intended direction. We have before observed, that this river and its creeks abound in fissi, which for some time in the year afford employment for the Indians and Mulattos in habiting its banks, and for which they prepare to wards the end of summer, having then sown and reaped the produce of their little farms. All their preparatives consist in examining their Balzas, giving them the necessary repairs, and putting up a freih tilt of vijahua leaves. This being finissied, they take on board the necessary quantity of salt, harpoons, and darts. With regard to their provision, it consists only of maize, plantanes, and hung beef. Every thing being -ready, they put on board the Balzas their canoes, their families, and the little furniture they are masters of. With regard to the cattle and horses, of which every one has a few, they are driven up to. winter in the mountains. The Indians now steer away to the mouth of some creek, where they expect to take a large quantity of fissi, and stay there during the whole time of the fissiery, unless they are disappointed in their expecta tions; in which case they steer away to another, till they have taken a sufficient quantity, when they re turn to their former habitations ; but not without faking with them vijahua leaves, bejucos, and canes, sot", "Ch. XL SOUTH AMERICA. 477 It must be observed, that the rocks and all the parts which this river washes, are covered with a crust of hardness little inferior to that of the main rock; and this increases its volume, and distinguishes itself from the original rock, which is something yellowish. The inference I would draw from hence is, that the Avater of the river is mixed Avith petri fying, viscid, and glutinous particles, Avhich adhere to the body they surround : and as by their extreme subtility they insinuate themselves through its pores, they fill the place of the fibres, Avhich the water in sensibly rots off and separates, till at length all that Avas leaf or Avood gives way to that petrifying mat ter ; which still retains the impression of the parts of the original, with its several veins, fibres, and ramifications. For at the time of its insinuation, the ducts of the wood, or leaves, serve for a kind of mould, by Avhich it naturally takes the entire figure of the body into which it has obtruded itself. An observation I made with some branches con- firms me in this opinion : for, having opened them, I found some leaves and bits of wood, which snapped on breaking ; and the inside Avas as large as real stone, the texture only remaining of its first sub stance. But in others, the parts consolidated by the stony matter snapped ; and the fibres, not having 3'et undergone a total corruption, retained the appearance of Avood, though some were, more rotten and decayed than others. I had also some leaves, the surface of Avhich was only covered with a very fine lapideous tegument, hut within were entire leaves, except here and there a little mark of decay. It is to be observed, that this matter much more easily fastens on any corruptible substance, than on the more compact and solid, as stones, and the. like : the reason of Which is, that in one it meets with pores, in which it fixes itself; but having 1" ]

[ "144 HAUNTED BY POSTERITY ' I grieve to hear such an appellation from the lips of the lady mother of the man responsible for the outrage,' said the preacher ; ' yet I cannot deny its justice. His backsliding was inevitable. He has fallen among evil communications and into evil ways.' ' I suppose he spends his days at drinking-bars in the company of actors and actresses, public singers, and other low creatures ? ' ' He does, madam ; and his nights in the tents of the Scarlet Woman.' ' Ah ? ' said she, in interrogative anguish. ' They all do it,' said the reverend gentleman, assuringly. ' It is the custom of the Philistines. They pride themselves upon being in all respects other than we are who live cleanly and upright lives. Whoso joins them is lost — lost to the society of the chosen, and lost to our heavenly home here after.' Lady Talgarth was conscientiously shocked to the utmost limit of her power ; but she seemed not altogether blind to the justice of the fate which had followed her son's backsliding. ' Have you known many of them, dear Dr. Bompas ? ' ' Editors, my lady ? Editors of the secular Press ? Not many, your ladyship. Like vials of wrath generally, they fear the light, because their deeds are evil ; and shrink into the darkness when ever a gracious overture is made. They instinctively feel that if they keep themselves to themselves they are securer in their iniquity, and so they hedge themselves round with measures protecting the seared carcass of their conscience from such influ-", "237 A MEMORABLE TWELFTH thoughts more seriously attuned to the great occasion of the Twelfth, when all exercises of vagrant humour jar upon one's nerves. I felt, indeed, that it might be my duty to requite our host for that ill-timed frivolity. Soon we were in the hall examining our guns, donning our cartridge belts, making friends with the dogs, and chattering with the gamekeeper and the gillies. How different all this was from my ordinary occupation in the morning : from the smell of proof sheets and the hum of industry to the fragrance and the silence of the mountains ; from a ' Ministerial Crisis,' as the only subject fit to absorb the mind of man, to estimates of how many grouse we were to bag, exclusive topic of the hour ! It was strange to me, and joyous. What startling novelties the game keeper and the gillies seemed ! One might have searched all the great Offices of State without finding their superiors in assured and agile pre occupation with the business of the day. What did they care about politics ? I watched them, and listened to them, as we were driving to the moor, which seemed a good bit away from the lodge ; and what I saw and heard raised the previous question on all my assumptions about the national life. Those men seemed beyond and above the fume and fret of London. They were remote from it, too ; hundreds of miles lay between ; and betwixt us and the fret and fume there were leagues upon leagues of country where people were as little touched by the morbid vigilance of the politician and the social reformer as they were. Were not we important Londoners, in our seething activities, given to mini-", "276 HAUNTED BY POSTERITY exacting than, I believed, they had become ; and had always been so ready for an earthworm or a frog that only very superior sportsmen had troubled them with flies. I would, therefore, be content to watch. If any of my young friends knew how to fish, or could be taught by Angus, I might pick up the reformed art from observation ; and some evening soon I would take a rod, and any fly-book I could find, and have an hour or two, in some remote corner of the lake, by myself. The fish I might land I would keep alive in a pail, and when his lordship addressed himself to his morning toilet he would find his bath a trout pool. We were into a fish immediately after quitting the jetty. I had seen him rising as we were seating ourselves in the boat. Lady Emily too had noticed him, and he rushed at her without delay. Iri descent in all shades of yellow and red and purple, he was a handsome trout. I saw him as he leapt into the air after his first rush. I feared he would break us in the second attempt, which was under the boat in violence ; but Angus, who seemed familiar with the exigencies of the lake, had the oars in the air, which left a fair field and no favour, while Lady Emily was skilfully paying out line and get ting her rod round the stern to windward. The change of posture told against the fish. At first the sun in our eyes and glittering on the ripples must have made it difficult for the angler to follow his tactics ; the whereabouts of the line could not be seen, but only felt ; a moment's slackness might have enabled him to shake out the hook, and dis appear, with a curl of his tail, in scorn. Now that" ]

[ "CESSION TO ENGLAND. 19 ment, was spread over an immense area, isolated, uncared for, and consequently, in some degree, drifting away from civilization. Happily, most of the people carried with them an attachment to the simple teaching and religious observances of the Reformed Church, whose beneficial influences pre vented them and their descendants from altogether relapsing into semi-barbarism ; and to the present time the traveller in the Interior will find the scattered \" trek-boers,\" rough and uncouth, salute their Maker at early dawn with prayer and praise, while every evening the patriarch of the family reads the accus tomed chapter from the cherished Bible. Those who lacked courage or inclination to follow these pioneers of the country into what was then \"the desert,\" continued their representations and entreaties to the Government to abolish the restrictions on trade, so that their industry might have its legitimate reward ; but not until near the commencement of the present century — just as its domination was coming to a close — did the old Dutch Company realize that thero was any mistake in its grasping commercial policy, or were steps taken to remedy the abuses which had been committed in its name. During the brief interregnum of British authority between 1795 and 1803, some restrictions were removed and beneficial changes introduced into the. general administration of affairs. This was followed by an extension of privileges under the Batavian Republic, who, for a short time resumed the Government, and whose last and best representa tive, General Janssen, in 1805 announced the new principle that \" the Colony must derive its prosperity from the quantity and quality of its productions, to be improved and increased by general civilization and industry alone.\" It was this officer who urged upon the farmers the introduction of merino sheep and the growing of wool — prophesying that the prosperity of C2", "175 UITENHAGE. bread, he soon discovers to his cost that sloth and apathy find no ready response there. If he be sober and industrious, and willing to work there is work of all kinds for him to do, and plenty of it if he goes the proper way to look for it.\" The amount of business done and the extent to which it has progressed may be gathered from the statistics of the port. These show that while forty years ago, the goods imported were only valued at £20,288, they amounted in 1872 to £2,447,280. The exports of produce in 1835 were valued at £33,000, and in 1872 they reached £3,137,400. Of the articles of colonial export con tributing to this large increase, the principal one is the staple of wool. In 1835 the quantity shipped from this port alone was 79,848 lb. In ten years it increased to more than 2,000,000 lb. In 1855 it exceeded 9,500,000 lb. In 1865 it extended to nearly 30,000,000 lb. ; and in 1872 it swelled to 39,396,927 lb. Although, with the exceptions mentioned, the country about Port Elizabeth is very uninviting, stretching for miles over the dry plains known as the Bay flats, the adjoining divisions abound in beautiful vegetation and picturesque scenery. Uitenhage is only eighteen miles distant, and will shortly be almost within an hours' reach by railway. The town was described many years ago as \" a pretty secluded spot, well laid out, and supplied with water from a spring in the Winterhoek Mountains, which gives 2,512,632 gallons in twenty-four hours. The consequence of this in conjunction with the salubrious climate and rich soil of the locality, is a profusion of fruits, trees, and flowers of the most luxuriant growth, addino considerably to the beauty of this part ofthe country.\" It occupies an area of one square mile, the streets are each a mile long, very wide and run at right angles with each other ; the footpaths on either side are separated from the road by watercourses, and in most", "286 CONSTANTIA. reasonable price,\"* and which they forwarded to their public sales at Amsterdam, from whence every court on the Continent was supplied. A similar practice was continued even after the cession of the Colony to England — the Government laying claim to what was termed the rights and privileges of the old Company, and a functionary known as the \" Fiscal,\" and some members of the Court of Justice, used yearly to repair to Constantia to taste and select the wines, some of which, it is said, were sent away as presents, \" to soften the temper of Ministers, and to sweeten the lips of Royalty itself.\" But after_ 1826, when the Imperial Commissioners of Inquiry visited the Colony, and investigation was made into the matter, the system was discontinued. Prior to this time, an intel- ligent and enterprising colonist, Mr. Sebastian Van Reenen, obtained possession of Witteboom, adjoining Constantia ; and convinced by reflection that the boundary which divided the two estates had not altered the nature of the soil or the climate, he planted exten- sive vineyards, which have been continued in the family, and are now equally as well known as the original Constantia. These magnificent estates are a prominent attrac- tion to passengers spending a few days at Cape Town. Situate about twelve miles from the city, and three or four from the Wynberg railway terminus, they are easily accessible, and in the course of each year are visited by many persons from every quarter of the globe, who all receive a courteous and hospit- able welcome. Mr. Van Reenen's property, which is maintained in a high state of culture and perfect order, is nearest to Cape Town, and more generally * While the public price of the Constantia wines was 80 rix-dollars per legger, the Company gave a \" reasonable price \" of only 25 rix dollars per legger." ]

[ "A GREAT DA Y FOR RADFIELD 3 inscriptions, and, now that their privations and sacrifices were rewarded, to all but a few the victory they had won seemed to be ample compensation. A great strike was just over. Throughout the winter, ever since the last days of November, the mills of Radfield had stood idle. Now, in the month of April, the operatives had forced their employers to accept the terms upon which alone they were willing to resume work. Both sides had combined and organized, both were well supplied with money, though for the last six weeks of the strike the workers had been on short rations. Both seemed determined throughout not to give way — not to abate one jot or tittle of their demands. Yet now an end had come, and the masters confessed themselves beaten. The principal owner of mills in the Rad field district, the Marquis of Aysgarth, was an old man, who left the control of his busi ness entirely in the hands of his son — his only son. It was this son, Lord Radfield, who had been foremost on the masters' side. i — 2", "[ 233 1 CHAPTER XV. in downing street. The Labour Minister set out from his office the next morning in no pleasant frame of mind to keep his appointment with the Prime Minister. He could picture to himself what would take place when he reached Downing Street. He would be shown into the presence of a suave old gentleman, who would talk quietly for some minutes, managing in the blandest and most polite manner to convey to his colleague — or perhaps 'subordinate' were the more appropriate word to use — that he had acted unwisely, and that he must not do it again ; he would eat humble-pie with as good a grace as possible, and he would be shown out again.", "IN DOWNING STREET 242 ' Come, come,' put in the Prime Minister, ' we can discuss this matter without heat, I hope. Perhaps I had better arrange it with Mr. Hewlett,' he said to the Home Secre tary, not sorry to have an opportunity of administering a slight rebuke to a man for whom he had little liking. ' Don't you trouble to wait. I will look over these documents presently, and let you have them back.' Arnold bent his head in silent assent and went out, concealing his annoyance with diffi culty. Left alone with the Prime Minister, Hewlett's resistance was not prolonged far. The vision of himself fallen from his high estate, and of another raised to his post ; of the difference between his present and his former income — -between his present and his former dignity and influence — this thrust itself vividly before his mind. ' Well, then, my lord,' he said, after some moments' conversation, ' if I give someone from a newspaper an interview, and tell him that my words as they were reported did not properly express my position, that" ]

[ "REVOLUTION 225 Butt was the chief speaker, and on his proposition, and without a dissentient voice, the resolution was passed, ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the true remedy for the evils of Ireland is the establishment of an Irish parliament with full control over our domestic affairs.' A new organisa- tion was founded under the name of ' The Home Government Association of Ireland.' The Association put forward a com- plete scheme. The arrangements for the future relations between England and Ireland were to be on the federal plan — Ireland to be exclusively mistress of Irish affairs, and the Imperial Parliament to have sole control over purely imperial affairs. Before long, the movement spread with the rapidity which always comes to movements founded on indestructible aspirations. Now, just as in 1843, the people had only to see a movement in savour os self government to flock enthusiasti- cally to its ranks. The long torpor that had followed the famine and Judge Keogh had at last passed away. The new life inspired by Fenianism had been made more vital by the destruction of the Irish Church, the first assault on the uncontrolled despotism of the landlords, and the many kindly- sentiments — not yet explained away — in the Lancashire speeches of Mr. Gladstone. Then the Prime Minister had passed another measure which transcended in importance any other of the great Acts which made his first Premiership so momentous an epoch in the resurrection of Ireland. This was the Ballot Act. For the first time in his history the Irish tenant could vote without the fear of eviction, with the atten- dant risks of hunger, exile, or death. The Ballot Act was an act of emancipation to the Irish tenant in a sense far more real than the Emancipation Act of 1829. From the passage of that Ballot Act is to be dated the era when, for the first time in her history, the real voice of Ireland had some oppor- tunity of making itself heard. The new force advanced against all opponents, and every constituency that had its choice declared with unfaltering fidelity in favour of the National candidate. Four bye-elections gave the new organ isation an opportunity of testing its strength. John Martin, defeated in Longford, stood for the county of Meath. There Q", "THE PARNELL MOVEMENT 234 years off; finally, in 1S74, he was sixty-one years of age. On the other hand, he had great qualities of leadership. He was unquestionably a head and shoulders above all his fol lowers, able though so many of them were, and was, next to Mr. Gladstone, the greatest Parliamentarian of his day. Then he had the large toleration and the easy temper that make leadership a light burden to followers ; and the burden of leadership must be light when — as in an Irish Party — the leader has no offices or salaries to bestow. And, above all, he had the modesty and the simplicity of real greatness. Every man had his ear, every man his kindly word and smile, and some his strong affection. Thus it was that Butt was to many the most lovable of men ; and more than one political opponent, impelled by principle to regard him as the most serious danger to the Irish cause, struck him hard, but wept as he dealt the blow. This sketch of the character of Butt will show the points in which he was unsuitable for the work before him. He was the leader of a small party in an assembly to which it was hateful in opinion, and feeling, and temperament. A party in such circumstances can only make its way by au dacious aggressiveness, dogged resistance, relentless purpose ; and for such parliamentary forlorn hopes the least suited of leaders was a man whom a single groan of impatience could hurt and one word of compliment delight. The plan adopted by Butt with his new party was to formulate the proposals of the party in a number of Bills to be brought before the House ; and it ought to be said, in jus tice to his memory, that he was the most unsparing of him self among all the members of his party in carrying out this policy. With his own hand he drafted the numerous Bills in which these proposals were embodied, leaving to some one of his followers the honour of proposing them to the House. There was one question above all others in which he took an in terest, and which he always kept in his own hand. This was the Land question. Butt's record on the Land question is, indeed, one of the most honourable chapters in his whole career. Harassed as he was by debt and by the demands of a large professional practice, he found time to write a whole series of pamphlets in defence of the claims of the tenants ;", "THE LAND LEAGUE 349 Farmers far and near, Long despoiled by plunder, Let your tyrants hear Your voices loud as thunder Shout from shore to shore Your firm determination To pay in rents no more Than ' Griffith's Valuation.' That's the word to say To end their confiscation ; That's the rent to pay — ' Griffith's Valuation.' Still more successful, perhaps, was the ballad of ' Murty Hynes.' Nobody, probably, has forgotten the story of the converted land-grabber of the county Galway, who was in duced to surrender a holding from which another tenant had been evicted. The poem in which T. D. Sullivan has cele brated this historic episode is, in the opinion of the present writer, one of the most felicitous compositions that ever came from his pen. The imitation of the style and tone of the street ballad in the following verses is excellent : — Come, all true sons of Erin, I hope you will draw near, A new and true narration I mean to let you hear ; 'Tis for your information I pen these simple lines, Concarnin' of the Land League, likewise of Murty Hynes. The place that Murty lives in is handy to Loughrea, The man is good and dacent, but he was led astray ; He did what every Christian must call a burnin' shame, But now he has repented, and cleared his honest name. For when upon the roadside poor Bermingham was sint, Because with all his strivin' he could not pay the rint, And keep ould Lord Dunsandle in horses, dogs, and wines, Who comes and takes the houldin' but foolish Murty Hynes ? But when the noble Land League got word of this disgrace, They sint a man to Murty to raison out the case ; ' I own my crime,' says Murty, ' but I'll wash out the stain : I'll keep that farm no longer ; I'll give it up again.'" ]

[ "365 QUETELET ON PROBABILITIES. 1. Lettres d S. A. R. le Due regnant de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha sur la Theorie des Probability appliquee aux Sciences Morales et Politiques. Par M. A. Quetelet, Astron. Royal de la Belgique, &c. &c. 1 vol. in 8vo. 1846. Chez M. Hayez, a Bruxelles. 2. Letters addressed to H. R. H. the Grand Duke of Saxe- Cobourg and Gotha on the Theory of Probabilities as applied to the Moral and Political Sciences. By M. A. Quetelet, Astronomer Royal of Belgium, Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, &c. &c. Translated from the French by Olinthus Gregory Doavnes, of the Œconomic Life Assurance Society. London. Charles and Edwin Layton, 150. Fleet Street: 1849. (From the Edinburgh Review, July, 1850.) Experience has been declared, Avith equal truth and poetry, to adopt occasionally the tone, and attain to something like the certainty, of Prophecy. In the contemplating mind the past and the future are linked by a bond as indissoluble as that which connects them in their actual sequence. Meta physicians may dispute concerning the nature of causation; and it will always, no doubt, be diffi cult to explain and demonstrate the objective reality of that relation ; but the reality, as an", "AN ADDRESS, ETC. 525 mark and ne plus ultra of our progress, thus at once rooted up and cast aside, as it Avere, by a tour de force, ought surely to have commanded all suffrages. It is understood, however, that we have not yet all M. Bessel's observations before us. There is a second series, equally unequivocal (as Ave are given to understand) in the tenour, and leading to almost exactly the same numerical va lue of the parallax, and not yet communicated to the public. Under these circumstances, it became the duty of your Council to suspend their de cision. But should the evidence finally placed before them at a future opportunity justify their coming to such a conclusion, it must not be doubted that they will seize with gladness the occasion to croAvn, with such laurels as they have it in their poAver to extend, the greatest, triumph of modern practical astronomy. M. Plana is Avell knoAvn to the astronomical world as the director of the Observatory at Turin, from Avhich have emanated some valuable series of observations. In conjunction Avith M. Car lini, he also carried on that extensive and im portant triangulation of the Savoy Alps, Avhich have made his name celebrated as a geodesist. His Avorks, too, on many other subjects, both as tronomical and purely analytic, are of great im portance, particularly his investigations on the subject of refraction prefixed to the Turin obser vations, from 1822 to 1825, published in 1828; those on the motion of a pendulum in a resisting", "598 MEMOIR OF FRANCIS BAILY, ESQ. perty of astronomers — a precious and a pious labour, of Avhich we have no examples, except in that spirit of loyal reverence Avhich prompted Pto lemy to secure from oblivion the observations of Hipparchus, and make them the foundation of all future astronomy ; and in that Avhich animated Bessel, when on the basis of Bradley's observations he may be said to have afforded the means of re constructing the whole fabric of the science. The catalogues Avhich Mr. Baily has re-edited are those of Ptolemy, Ulugh Beigh, TychoBrahe, Halley, Hevelius, Flamsteed, Lacaille, and Mayer : a mass of commentation, expurgation, and minute inquiry before Avhich the most stout-hearted might quail, since there is not one of them in which each indi vidual star has not been made the subject of a most scrupulous and searching examination, and in Avhich errors that had escaped all prior detection, — errors of reading, errors of entry, of copying, of calculation, of printing, out of number, — have not been detected and corrected. But for these labours, the cata logues of Ptolemy and Ulugh, indeed, must have remained sealed books to any but professed anti quaries ; and although we can now hardly ever have occasion to appeal to these earliest authorities for any practical purpose, Ave cannot but look on the labour thus cheerfully bestowed in embalming and consecrating their venerable relics as the sure pledge that our OAvn Avorks, if really Avorthy, will not be suffered to perish by time and neglect. But while we admire both the diligence and the" ]

[ "10 PENINSULAS. A Peninsula ia a portion of land almost surrounded by water. I. EUROPE. 1. Scandlnavlax 2. Danish 4. The Spanish 5. The Italian 6. The Morea 3. Brittany 7. The Crimea It is best to describe these Peninsulas as lying between two bodies of Water. 1 . Scandinavian — Norway and Sweden, lying between the Baltic and the Atlantic. 6. The Italian— Between the Mediterranean (Tyrrhenian Sea) and the Adriatic. 2. Danish — Between the Baltic and the North Sea. 7. Tns Morea — Between the Ionian and Ægean Seas (Archipelago). 3. Brittany — The North West of France, between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay. 8. Thi Crimea — Between the 4. The Spanish — Spain andPort- ugal, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. H. ASIA. 1. Anatolia 2. Arabia 3. Hindustan 4. Farther India 5. Malacca 6. Corea 7. Kamtchatka 1. Anatolia — Called also Asia Minor, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. 2. Arabia— Between the Red Sea and Persian Gulf.", "13 IV. NORTH AMERICA 2. pTint^rrowf^.\"-/^- 3. Lisburne , 4. Prince of Wales 7Tr , , , , 5. Romanzoff T1 * °f Ahaska 6. Newenham ' 10. Sable (1), South of Florida 11. Hatterasj. E. of UtlUed stntes 13. Sable (2), South of Nova Scotia 14. Race, S.E. of Newfoundland 15. Chidley, S.E. of Labrador 16. Charles, South of Labrador 17. Farewell, South of Greenland 7. Mendocino, I!', of United States 8. Corrientes, West of Mexico 9. Gracias a Dios, E. of Honduras V. SOUTH AMERICA. 1. Gallinas, the most Northern point <;,*' South America 5. Corrientes) r , c . 6. S. Antonio} of Buenos Ayres 7. Santa Maria, £. of Uruguay 2. S. Francisco, West of Ecuador 8. Frio -. 9. Thome I East of Brazil 10. S. Roque 1 11. De Norte, North of Brazil 3. Blanco, North West of Peru 4. Cape Horn, S. of Tierra del Fuego ISTHMUSES. An Isthmus is a narrow neck of land uniting two larger portions of land EUROPE. NORTH AMERICA. 1. Corinth, connecting lite Morea tcith Norl/iern Grece. 1. Tehuantepec, connecting Central with North America 2. Ferekop, connecting the Crimea with the Mainland of Russia 3. Panama or Darien, connecting Central with South America ASIA. 1. Suez, connecting Asia with Africa 2. Rra.w,connectwg Siam wiih Malacca SOUTH AMERICA. AFRICA. Panama cr Darien, a,- mentioned ubjve under Nort/t America Suez, </i mentioned under Asia", "By the same Author. SIXPENNY SCRIPTURE MANUALS. i. A SHORT BIBLE HISTORY, FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. II. THE WANDERINGS OF THE ISRAELITES: Settlement in Canaan, Government by Judges, &c. Life of Saul, David and Solomon. III. THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. Iii Parallel Columns. IV. SHORT PAPERS ON JEWISH HISTORY. Giving in connected form the times after the Captivity down to tho destruction of Jerusalem. V. THE LIFE OF CHRIST. IN SIX 8EPAEATE PAETS. Each Part uniform with the above, and at tlie same price. Part I. The Early Life, and the Appearances after the Resurrection. In Parallel Columns. Part II. Incidents up to the last Journey to Jerusalem. In Parallel Columns. Part III. The Last Week: Trial, Crucifixion, Resurrection, Sic. In Parallel Columns. Part IV. Miracles. In Parallel Columns. Part V. Parables. In Parallel Columns. . Part VI. Sermon on the Mount, and other Addresses, Discourses, iic. VI. THE TRAVELS OF S. PAUL. AU the above neatly and tastefully bound in cloth,and uniform in size and price. To be had of the Author only— Amesbury House, Bickley Kent— price ri. for a single copy ; 6 copies, 2s. lOd. ; 12 copies, 4s. Id. *. free by post." ]

[ "' An ABSTRACT of the ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENT of IRELAND, In the Year 1807. DIOCESE?. -j u u: u B u pq B o '5 w JS U ca 3 o X u 5 u 3 o B = U U So CQ « o C u ■ -o w .__ c 3 ■S 3 c u m o tfi S £ S |-s« §1 g \"0_ -3 *3 g- 3 £ u BOO ■- J3 — en 3 3 C % S °*°-_5r-c *_! O £ = £ _J u '_: 4. *S|*ll fill u .c = c n % ° SP c -a _> *■\"' o _C- «_• c en C O _Sj 4. -O — ■9 rt E e « t ***1 B u O £3 qj tn Ji! 8 _S«S | o =; JS _3 o B ed <_> > bQ e '{* -j o _3 U M C y_ c 2 ed c a. I ~T~ Ardagh Armagh Clogher . Derry \\ Down I Connor Dromore . Kilmore Meath Raphoe 49 24 74 43 26 3S 32 23 92 26 2 8 11 53 26 73 51 3 5 5 4 37 in 5? 29 1 1 12 14 17 14 15 46 22 6S 40 18 22 31 lsi 75 21 3 2 6 3 8 16 41 10 54 27 19 24 9 13 45 20 4 3 12 6 8 6 6 4 1 6 1 1 ■• •• 7 20 6 l 4 7 1 1 •• ■ 31 44 35 24 90 32 1 1 i 9 13 27 23 10 55 12 i 7 17 5 4 9 7 10 7 4 4 2 •■ •• •• 40 12 37 15 19 4 3 13 1 2 2 1 1 13 1 •• •• Province of Armagh. 427 <A 459 34 22, 199 35.9 6s! 2si2 34 71 37 14 .3 Dublin and 1 Glandelagh . S Kildare . • i Leighlin Ferns Ossory 87 26 81 10 39 57 54 35 63 15 6 1 1 •■ ■ . 43 44 43 62 14 21 30 22 2si 41 40 41 17 si 3 21 13 9 22 20 30 35 21 42 24 22 32 45 19 22 11 17 lsi 17 23 23 6 8 8 7 15 lsi 6 28 5 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 ■■ •■ 3 1 •• •• Province of Dublin. 279 113 249 57 103 1851 177 104' 142 44 71 10 ■■ < Cashel . . *Emly . . . Clo \\ nc $ Cork . . . i Ro«s . ... { Killaloe \\ Kilfenora . r Limerick . J Ardfert and j ' Aghadoe ii < Waterford I Lismore 31 22 74 44 22 42 e 47 20 12 31 1.9 6 36 ; 6 17 24 14 52 43 13 37 30 8 8 18 9 9 8 3 22 18 9 15 12 5 7 1 15 13 13 49 32 17 35 5 32 S 7 52 0,3 17 26 4 35 23 15 22 11 5 16 15 9 23 25 10 is l o 4 k; 6 l o 8 6 2S 11 5 8 2 19 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 5 5 l 20 11 •■ 7 2 1 2 12 3 2 1 1 • ■ •• 22 2 •■ 43 : 22 19 i 28 S 35 28 15 1 I 4 12 10 1 •■ 12 43 1 10 8 22 6 21 6 7 6 36 10 29 o 14 6 2 9 3 13 1 1 1 7 ; 24 n •• Province of Cashel. 3S6 203 2si5 140 1031 2/3 151 26 249 137 X) 115 22 3S J Clonfert and j t Kilmacduagh j Elphin $ Killala . . ( Achonry . . Tuam . . . 14 33 11 9 22 14 17 7 6 18 14 26 12 1.0 22 7 1 8 7 13 25 4 9 14 4 11 7 11 29 6 s 9 g 9 3 8 1 a 10 1 3 2 ■ • •• 4 •• •• 5 2 11 1 1 1 8 6 4 ■• •• •• Province of Tuam. 62 84 7 68 21 47 42 34 13 22 14 ■■ Total 1181 476 1057 23*8 45i 725, 830 351 5S5 140 279 87 26 21 31 .1", "B E A in the Diocese of Leighlin, and Province of Dublin. It is 2% vn. W, b. N. from Clonegal, It is situate near the River Slaney. The parishes in the Union of Barragh, are contiguous; their contents being 6955 acres. BARRETT'S GRANGE, in the Barony of Middle Third, Co. of Tipperary, and Province of Munster. According to the Ecclesiastical Report, Barrett's Grange is in Coolmundiy. See, Killenaule. BARRY, in the Barony of ShroAvle, Co. of Longford, and Province of Lein ster. It is 3\\ ro. W. S. W. from Cole-Hill. BARTRACH, ISLAND, off the Barony of Tirawly, Co. of Mayo, and Prov ince of Connaught. It is situate in Killala Bay. BASLICK, in the Barony of Ballintobar, Co. of Roscommon, and Provinceof Connaught: a V., valued in the King's Books at £]. sterling, being one of the parishes Avhich constitute the Union of Ballintobar. Baslick is in the Diocese of Elphin, and Province of Tuam. It is 3\\ ran. S. W. from French Park. See, Ballintobar. According to Mr. Archdall, St. Sacell Avas Bishop of Baisleac-mor in the time of St. Patrick : and which Abbey is now a parish church. BAUN-RICHEN, v. BAWN. BAWN, or BLACKNOW, in the Barony of Gallmoy, Co. of Kilkenny, and Province of Leinster: a Grange, being one of the parishes Avhich constitute the Union of Burnchurch. BaAvn is in the Diocese of Ossory, and Province of Dub lin. The Fairs are holden on Ascension-day, ancl 29th of October. See, Burn church. — \" Not far from Fertagh is a ruin, called Baun-richen, Avhich is said to have been part osthe ancient Monastery of Fertagh, and probably Avas the farm house belonging to it.\" — ArchdaWs Monast. Hibern. p. 351. BAWNBOY, in the Barony of Tullaghagh, Co. of Cavan, and Province of Ulster. It is 8fm. N. W. from Killeshandra. A village. BEAGH, in the Barony of Burrin, Co. of Clare, and Province of Munster. — \" Tliere Avas a Monastery here of the Third Order of Franciscan Friars. The Abbey of Beagh, and the ToAvnland of Abbey Beaghan, are mentioned in the Re cords.\" — ArchdaWs Monast. Hibern. p. 43. BEAGH, in the Barony of Kiltartan, Co. of Galavay, and Province of Con naught: a R. and V., valued in the King's Books at £2..5..0 sterling, and Epis eopally united to the R. and V. of Ardrahan. Beagh is in the Dioceses of Clon fert and Kilmacduagh, and Province of Tuam. It is 2^ in. S. b. E. from Gort. See, Ardrahan. — According to the Ecclesiastical Report, it does not appear \" that any dissolution of Unions, or other distribution of parishes in the Dioceses of Clon fert and Kilmacduagh, would be expedient; except perhaps in the single instance of Beagh, Avhich is at too great a distance from Ardrahan, to Avhich it is united, for the Parishioners to attend the Church there, or even for the Iucumbent resid ing in the parish of Ardrahan to discharge the occasional duties at Beagh. These tAvo parishes are moreover divided by the intervention of the parish of Kiltartan, 2", "I N C Glebe, at Ightermurrough, of 4 acres; at Kilcredan, of 11 acres ; and at Kilmac donouo'h, of 8 acres ; these are not contiguous, but Kilcredan is convenient to the church of that name, ancl Ightermurrough to its OAvn church: The Rev. George S. Cotter, the Incumbent (in 1806), Avho has cure of souls, and discharges the duties of Ightermurrough in person : the duties of Kilcredan are discharged by his Curate, The Rev. James Cotter, at a Salary of £50. per annum. Ightermur rough is in the Diocese of Cloyne, and Province of Cashel. It is 2f m. S. E. from Castle Martyr. The parishes in the Union of Ightermurrough are all con tiguous; their extent being 7 miles from North to South, and 6 miles from East to West. ILANMORE, v. ISLANDINE. IMLAGH, v. EMLAGH. IMLEACHCLUANN, in the Barony of , Co. of Antrim, and Province of Ulster \" In the territory of Semne, in Dalaradia. St. Patrick built an Abbey here for St. Coeman. Colgan supposes it to be the same as Kil-chluana, or Kilchoem hain, in Hy-tuirtre. It is now unknown.\" — ArchdaWs Monast. Hibern. p. 7. IMLEACHEACH, or, IMLEACH-BROCADH, in the Barony of Ballintobar, Co. of Roscommon, ancl Province of Connaught. According to Mr. Archdall, St. Brochad, brother to St. Loman of Trim, Avas Bishop here : Ave knoAV no more of this abbey. IMLEACH-ONA, or, THE FORTRESS OF ONO, v. ELPHIN. IMPHRICK, in the Barony of Fermoy, Co. of Cork, and Province of Mun ster: a R. and V., valued in the King's Books at _£0..13..4 sterling, being one of the parishes wbich constitute the Union of Lisgoold. Imphrick is in the Dio cese of Cloyne, ancl Province of Cashel. It is 4f in. S, from Charleville. See, Lisgoold. INBHERDAOILE, in the Barony of , Co. of Wexford, and Province of Leinster. According to Mr. Archdall, St. Dagain was Abbot of this Mon astery, which was situate near the sea. INCH, in the Barony of Imokilly, Co. of Cork, and Province of Munster: a R. and V., being one of the parishes which constitute the Union of Aghada. Inch is in the Diocese of Cloyne, and Province of Cashel. It is 4|m. S. b. W. from Cloyne. It is situate upon St. George's Channel. See, Aghada. Accord ing to the Ecclesiastical Report, this Benefice is too small to afford the means of comfort to a Resident Incumbent. INCH, in the Barony of Lecale, Co. of Doavn, and Province of Ulster : a R., united by Charter, by James I, in 1609, to the R. of Ardquin, and the V. of Wit ter ; a Church, in good repair : no Glebe House, or Glebe : The Rev. Robert Trail, the Incumbent (in 1806), Avho has cure of souls, ancl resides on his, other Bene fice, in the Diocese of Connor : the duties are discharged by a Resident Curate^ 4" ]

[ "HYERES, FREJUS, AND ST. RAPHAEL. 5 whose thick woody roots the bruyere or briar-root pipes are made. These roots are dug up and prepared for the Paris manufacturers by the peasants of the mountain valleys, who find it a remunerative occupation, though their industry bids fair ere long to extirpate this most beautiful and interesting plant. To the south-west of Hyeres, in the ravines and along the banks of the streams on the slopes of Mount Coudon, may be found the rare and lovely Syrian shrub, the Styrax officinalis, which is found nowhere else wild in the Riviera. It yields in favourable circumstances a resin from its bark, which is remarkably fragrant ; and its drooping clusters of white orange-like flowers are exceedingly beautiful and graceful. The neighbourhood of Hyeres affords ample scope for the most delightful and varied drives and walks. All the roads and paths are free, and the visitor may ramble without hindrance through the orchards and woods, or among the lonely valleys and hills. A favourite excursion is to the summit of Mont Fenouillet, about four miles distant, by a path that leads from the castle through dense thickets of arbutus, cork-oaks, and firs. From the top, a little above a small chapel much \\-isited by pilgrims, the view is indeed magnificent and extensive, finer than from any other coign of vantage. The archæologist will find much to interest him at the narrow neck of land on the shore called Pres-qu'ile de Giens, about three miles from Hyeres, where the remains of the Gallo-Roman town of Pomponiana were discovered in 1843, while excavations were being made near the handsome Gothic villa of St. Pierre des Horts. This naval station was founded at the end of the first century. The remains consist chiefly of a villa with baths, some vaults and foundations, and a part of a mole embedded in mud, seen at low water. The naturalist will also find in this place several rare plants and a large quantity and variety of shells ; while he will be charmed with the splendid maritime and umbrella pines which cover the beach, and make the air fragrant with their balsamic and health-giving odour. West from Pomponia is the small straggling village of Carquieranne, through Avhich the Toulon omnibus passes. It is romantically situated, and has to the west a striking peak about a thousand feet high, called Mount Negre. The railway has been extended to La Plage, where begins the Salins beach, so called from", "TURBIA, MONACO, AND MONTE CARLO. 149 compensates for the fatigue. But the carriage-road is much more convenient ; and winding round grey castellated rocks, and passing midway along the breast of lofty precipices— crossing deep gorges, and bordered in many places with romantic woods of olive, pine, and locust-trees— it affords a continual succession of the most enchanting pictures. The colouring of the rocks, from deep crimson to a pale lilac, with a soft bloom of weathering and minute mural vegetation upon them, and invested with the burning lights and the cool shadows of the passing hours, is most wonderful. On the ledges and in the crevices of the ruddy and ashen cliffs, where the sun shines hottest. THE TERRACE AT MONTE CARLO. convolvuluses unfold their great crimson trumpets, and cistuses shake out the creases of their rose-like blooms ; lilac mallows and scentless mignonette hang down in rich tufts ; and the tree euphorbia and the evergreen pistachio grow in dense bushes ; while the wayside woods, lit up with the golden suns of composite plants, cast a grateful shade, and afford exquisite glimpses of the coast-scenery between their branches. At Roccabruna the charms of the road are focussed into the most varied loveliness. That romantic village climbs up among great masses of broAvn conglomerate rocks that had fallen from the steep hill-side overhead, and been arrested half-way down the slope. Houses", "210 THE WESTERN RIVIERA. when the town of Bordighera was founded, about the middle of the fifteenth century, the projecting promontory on which it is situated was a much more pro- minent object than it is now, and the sea extended ATery much farther up to the very foot of the hill, form- ing a little creek or bordigue, which the fishermen used as a safe harbour. That the sea beat against the foot of the hill, during the Roman domination is evident from the fact that the old Strada Romana, or Aurelian Way, was carried along the slope of the hill, where traces of it have recently been found, whereas it would have run along the present plain near the sea shore, had that plain been in existence. The sea has been slowly and steadily retiring, owing to the aforesaid causes, for many centuries; and in this way an in- A STREET IN BORDIGHERA. crease of hmd for cultivation has teen acquired, which has been sub jected to special taxation by the communal council. Owing to the" ]

[ "impressions d'Égypte 47 La chaleur est étouffante dans cette chambre sépul crale. II semble que l'on a sur les épaules le poids de ces milliers de blocs superposés sur le plafond. Les fronts ruissellent. L'air est rare. La poussière qui vole les parois hâte l'asphyxie. Un Bédouin avec une bougie et un fil d'aluminium produit une lumière intense p iilouit. Bientôt, le souffle manque. On fuit éperdu dans le vestibule de pierre, on passe sous le bloc de granit, on remonte le boyau. Une bouffée d'air pur ra fraîchit, rend à la vie. On sort de ce trou, noirci, sali, déchiré, malade. C'est épouvantable. Les vingt-huit hommes, les six chameaux et les huit ânes n'ont pas bougé. Ils sont toujours là, impassibles, devant l'entrée. L'assaut recommence. On a presque envie de rentrer dans ce boyau, de subir un nouvel étouffement. Tout, philôl que ces importuns!... II vaut mieux se soumettre, enfourcher un âne ou un chameau, et aller au Sphinx. + + * >\\Le Sphinx, corps de lion à tête humaine, est enfoui dans le sable. Le visage seul est visible. Encore faut-il chaque année faire des travaux de déblaiement assez considérables, le désert, sous la violence des khamsins, jetant, ses tourbillons de sable sur ce monument qui serait le plus ancien de ceux que nous ont légués les Pharaons. Son existence serait antérieure à celle de Chéops; il aurait été consacré à la gloire d'un dieu so laire. La face a été meurtrie; le nez et les joues sont mutilés. Néanmoins, l'expression du visage est toujours belle. Le Sphinx doit être contemplé par un clair de lune.", "impressions d'Égypte 129 taine nous affirma que nous n'aurions pas le temps né cessaire pour mener à bien notre excursion. La roule était difficile et tortueuse. Les indigènes de Guirgeh ne la connaissaient que très imparfaitement. Nous nous perdrions en chemin et n'arriverions certainement à Bellianah qu'après le passage du Nesertari. A son grand regret, il ne pourrait nous attendre. Nous le rassurâmes sur ses appréhensions, lui certifiâmes que le lendemain, à trois heures, nous serions sur l'embarcadère de Bellia nah. Alors, il émit des doutes sur les moyens de trans port. Pas un ânier ne consentirait à marcher la nuit, à prêter sa monture pour une course aussi dangereuse. Nous hochâmes la tête d'un air de doute. Le capitaine, à bout d'arguments et jugeant probablement qu'il avait rempli son devoir envers l'agence Cook, nous salua et nous laissa seuls. Pas un de nous quatre n'avait sour cillé, n'avait senti faiblir son courage. Le Nesertari atterrit à Guirgeh le soir. A terre, un officier de police, prévenu parles marins du bord, traita notre expédition de folie, déclara qu'il ne répondait pas de notre sécurité, qu'il déclinait toute responsabilité. Nous le dégageâmes de toute crainte. Nous y mîmes même une certaine ironie, exaspérés que nous étions par les discours en langue arabe qu'il échangeait dans l'intervalle avec le capitaine du bord et qui nous fai saient douter de leur sincérité à tous deux. Le chef des âniers fut appelé. Dans l'obscurité, nous distinguions à peine son visage. Les ânes ne pouvaient se mettre en route avant huit heures du matin; un règlement s'y oppo sait. Cela nous parut louche, mais nous étions décidés à vaincre, à briser tous les obstacles. A la lueur d'une torche qu'un marin apporta, l'homme nous apparut en pleine lumière. Sur sa poitrine couverte d'un tricot de", "182 impressions d'Égypte sible. II faut faire de multiples détours pour éviter les écueils mauvais et les remous pervers. La cataracte n'est pas d'une rapidité très grande, néanmoins la des cente est lente. Les rameurs font mouvoir leurs rames sur le rythme plaintif d'un chant étrange dont ils scan dent les mots d'une voix rauque. Parfois, ils s'interrom pent brusquement, poussent un cri sourd et cessent de faire marcher la barque. Ces arrêts, se renouvelant à des intervalles assez rapprochés, font perdre beaucoup de temps, retardent l'heure d'arrivée. Toute protesta tion des voyageurs est inutile. Quand leur monotone litanie est terminée, ils se lèvent et crient tous en mêrn? temps : Hip ! Hip ! Hip ! Hourrah !... Thank You /Et ils demandent bagchich. Si quelque passager fait remar quer que ses compagnons et lui sont Français et ne sont par conséquent pas touchés par leur manifestation, les rameurs, sur un signe de leur chef, crient d'une voix plus forte encore : Hip ! Hip ! Hip !.. Vivent les Fran çais !. . Merci ! Les rochers, atteints par J'eau lors de la crue, de viennent noirs. Ceux qui sont trop élevés restent gris ou jaunes. Le soleil faitressorlir ces différences de cou leur d'une façon curieuse. A l'endroit le plus rapide de la cataracte, sur un bras du fleuve que les barques évitent à cause de l'impétuosité du courant, des nègres attendent les voyageurs que les rameurs font débarquer sur un rocher d'où la vue s'étend au loin. Ces nègres, sous les yeux des Européens, se précipitent dans le fleuve avec une poutre sur laquelle, après le premier plongeon, ils se mettent à cheval. Ils font ainsi la des cente de la cataracte, emportés par les flots torrentueux du Nil avec une vitesse insensée, se tenant très adroite ment en équilibre sur leur grosse poutre de bois. Ils" ]

[ "115 LOW PLAINS. are some others of greater importance. The largest of these is the plateau of the Sahara, or great desert of Africa, reaching from the Nile valley to the shores of the Atlantic along a dis tance of 2,500 miles, with a breadth which at one point amounts to 1,200 miles. It is estimated that two millions of square miles of land are contained within the 'area occupied by this plateau ; and several portions of it, some of considerable extent, are barely above the level of the Mediterranean. The greater part of the plateau is unsupplied with water, but the low plains, called oases, are generally provided with springs, which often rise to the surface, and which are supplemented by water ob tained by artificial borings. Most of these are on the eastern or Lybian side of the desert, and the largest is a hundred miles long and from one to fifteen miles in width. The others are much smaller. Those of the western desert are smaller, and much of this surface is covered with salt, owing to the evapora tion ofthe water of brine springs that rise through the lands. The larger tracts of real desert are without plant or animal — not even an insect is heard, aud no tree or shrub is seen during many days' travel. In the glare of noon the air quivers with t'le heat reflected from the red sands ; but the nights and early mornings are chilly, owing to the radiation into the cloudless sky. The traveller is frequently deceived by extraordinary refraction, or mirage, produced by the irregular heating of certain strata of the air above these vast plains. Water is apparently seen in large pools; aud the traveller and his camel are induced to hurry on in search of supplies which do not exist within hundreds of miles. About one-third of the peninsula of Arabia is a great ocean of sand, from which numerous branches extend into the central and comparatively fertile plateau forming the greater part of the country. The sands surround the plateau to the south west and east, while, to the north is a stony desert. Outside the sandy girdle is a Hue of mountain country, generally low. The great sand ocean itself is impassable, but the inlets of sand that penetrate the central plateau give an idea of its nature. It is indeed terrible. The surface is heaped in enormous ridges, two or three hundred feet high and perfectly loose. There is no halting when crossing these deserts, and the extreme difficulty of moving across hills and valleys of loose heated sand renders the transit dangerous in the highest de gree. There are no oases, and no fertile tracts, — scarcely even. the faintest show of vegetation.", "WATER, 222 in ordinary spring water, as to be almost universal, and it has been remarked that the more of this acid there is contained in the water, the greater is the quantity of alkaline bicarbonates. The presence of carbonate of lime, or limestone, in rocks of all ages, and the distribution of carbonic acid in the atmos phere, as well as in all cold spring water, and in the water of the sea, is a proof that carbonic acid has at all times played an important part in the construction and modification of the earth's surface. Hydro-carbons, either in the form of gas, (carburetted hy drogen) or in the form of liquid or solid bitumen, abound in certain mineral waters, and in some places the liquid varieties issue from the earth like water, in continuous streams of very large quantity. These are sometimes, but not always, con nected with water. Certain waters also are very bituminous. Some of the Auvergne springs are so ; while, on the other hand, some bitumens contain a marked percentage (sometimes 20 per cent ) of water. A considerable quantity of oxygen gas is present in these cases. Remarkable instances of bitu men and inflammable gas, rising through and with water, are seen at Baku, on the Caspian, in the pitch lake of the island Trinidad, and in Zante. Bituminous springs rise through the sea on the east coast of Zante. Other cases are known where the vapour of these bitumens, issuing from the earth, readily takes fire, and burns for a long time. The bitumen has often im pregnated the sands and limestones, and other absorbent rocks, to a considerable distance on each side. At Paterno, in Sicily, a mass of basalt is loaded with naphtha. Since the year 1854, various places hi North America have yielded enormous quan tities of rock-oil, a variety of petroleum greatly used for burning. It issues in strong springs, generally reached by boring. The oil often rises into the air in a jet like a fountain. In one case, it was thrown to a height of 24 feet above the surface, drowning the whole neighbourhood. From a few springs the supply has amounted to upwards of a hundred millions gallons in a year. Although not strictly connected with springs of water on the spot, these springs of petroleum belong to the same class of phenomena, and may thus be noticed in this place. Chloride of sodium (common salt) is held in solution in the water flowing from such springs ; and the phenomena of naphtha and petroleum springs, in various parts ofthe world, appear to be of the same nature.", "416 LIFE for the passage of tubular spines, and no calcareous skeleton of spiral form to support their arms, have been found all over the world. One of these recent species is in the Arctic seas, another in New Zealand, and a third at the Feejee Islands, while of the 250 extinct species, it won1, be difficult to say where they may not be looked for. Other forms, again, as Orthis, Calceola, and even Pmducta, though once extremely common and highly characteristic, are now, and have long been, lost. Crania and Lingula, met with in the oldest fos siliferous rocks, may be said to have remained almost un changed in strata of every period, the most ancient fossil shells offering absolutely no important peculiarities to dis tinguish them from their recent representatives. Of the bivalve shells, nearly six thousand extinct species are named and described, in addition to about half that number of recent species. These forms of existence, how ever, would seem to have been gradually increasing in relative importance, as the whole number of described species in all the Silurian rocks is less than 100, while the chalk alone con tains 500, and one part (the middle) of the tertiary series, 800. The larger natural groups are similarly represented. Thus the oysters, the scallops (Pecten), and some curious modifications of both groups are infinitely common, both in a fossil and recent state ; and the same may be said of the mussels aud the large group of ark-shells, which range through rocks of all ages. The fresh-water mussels (Unionidœ) are widely distributed in fresh-water formations, and can hardly be separated from existing genera. A curious group of animals, inhabiting very thick and mas sive shells like the receut Chama, seems to have been widely represented by numerous generic and specific forms in ancient seas, especially those of the lower chalk period (thence called \" hippurite limestone \"). These are among the most diver gent structures, and admit of great modification of form in the same species. The cockles, universally distributed now in space, are al most equally so in geologic time. Peculiar forms now limited to certain districts are found indicated in the fossils of the same districts, but with a wider range, and a group of allied shells (Lucina, Corbis, d-c, well known to collectors), are equally common in a fossil and recent state. The boring shells (Pholas and Teredo, the modern ship-" ]

[ "4 gewöhnt geworden , im Vertrauen auf das sichere Einkommen so zu sagen von der Hand in den Mund zu leben. Wir haben nicht nöthig , zu sagen , daß dieser Zustand für größere und geringere Gemeinschaften jeder Zeit ein gefahr bringender ist. So ging Rastatt dem verhängnißvollen Jahre 1848 entgegen. Damals war es eine Stadt von etwas über 6000 Einwohnern mit Zuzug der außerhalb des Festungskreises gelegenen Vor stadt Rhcinau, der innerhalb der Ringmauern gelegenen Au gustenvorstadt (Schwabcngasse, vom linken Murgufer bis zum Ottersdorfcr Thor) , Ludwigsvorstadt (Dörfie auf dem linken Murgufer bis zum Niederbühler Thor) und Georgenvorstadt (Calaberich, auf dcm rechten Murgufer bis zum Rheinauer Thor, so benannt von den während des Schloßbaucs hier an gesiedelten italienischen Werkleuten). Sie war der Sitz eines Oberamts, Postamts, einer Vezirks forstei, einer Bau-, einer Straßeninspektion, eines Lyceums, eines Phvsikats , eines Nebenzollamts. In Garnison lag da selbst eine Kompagnie Fcstungsartillerie, eine Kompagnie Sap peurs — beide von Oesterreich gestellt , ferner eine Abtheilung Festungskanoniere mit einem Major und acht Offizieren , und drei Bataillone des ersten und dritten Infanterieregiments, sämmtlich badische Truppen. Die Bürgerschaft und die übrigen ansäßigen Einwohner ver theilten sich in etwa 700 Häusern auf 12—13 hundert Fami lien; — dem religiösen Bekenntnisse nach gehörten ungefähr 5200 der katholischen, 700 der evangelischen Kirche an; den Rest der Einwohnerzahl bildete die jüdische Gemeinde. Die Angehörigen sämmtlicher Bekenntnisse, unter der Leitung wür diger Seelsorger, gaben ein schönes Beispiel religiöser Dul dung, ohne gegen den eigenen Kult gleichgiltig zu sein. An der Spitze der städtischen Angelegenheiten stand Bürger meister, Müller, ein wohlhabender Landwirth von wissen chaftlichcr Bildung, als Abgeordneter der zweiten Ständekam mer nach französischer Auffassungsweise dcm linken Zentrum", "38 nächst dem Kehler Thor gelegen ist. Dort haben sie sich theils auf der Anhöhe, theils in der Ebene, niedergelassen. Hierauf seien von der Murg her Soldaten, vorzüglich von der Fcstungsartillcrie, in geschlossenen Reihen anmctrschirt, ihnen voraus sei eine schwarz-roth-goldene Fahne getragen worden. Mit gezückten Säbeln hätten sie ihren Weg durch die Stadt genommen , seien sie am Versammlungsorte angekommen und durch einzelne Bürger da und dort begrüßt , bewirthet, zum Reden ermuntert worden. Es wurden nun eine Reihe redne rischer Erpectorationen vernommen , unter denen die des Sol daten Stark einen offenbar aufrührerischen Charakter ange nommen habe. Ich habe ein Beispiel dieser Beredsamkeit, dessen Aufnahme in den „Murgboten\" von dem Redner später verlangt worden war, im Manuskript vor mir liegen gehabt; es enthielt einen zusammengestoppelten Unsinn , bei dem man durchaus nicht klug wurde , was der gute Mann eigentlich nur sagen wollte. Abends entfernten sich die Gruppen, die Soldaten wieder in geschlossener Reihe , mit einer Ordnung, einem Ernste, einer Ruhe, die einen schneidenden Gegensatz zum Gegenstände der Verhandlungen, zum Benehmen des folgenden Tages bildeten. Es geschah dies noch zeitig genug , um gegen das Festungs reglement sich nicht zu verstoßen. Der Gouverneur entsendete noch den gleichen Abend denHauptmannZeroni von der Festungs artillerie nach Karlsruhe , den Kriegsminister von der Lage der Dinge in Kenntniß zu setzen. Derselbe erhielt über die Hal lung des Gouverneurs gegenüber den Soldatenversammlun gen die mündliche Weisung, die oben erwähnt worden ist. So ging man dem folgenden Tage nicht ohne Besorgniß ent gegen. In der Frühe des 11. Mai erfuhr man am Bahnhofe, auch in Freiburg haben Soldatenversammlungen stattgefunden, um sonst habe Oberst v. Röder versucht, sie zu verhindern, er sei in der Lage, das Kommando niederzulegen oder habe es schon gethan. Den gleichen Morgen wurde auf Befehl des Haupt-", "252 drohte ihnen mit dem Säbel , sie dienen ihm darauf mit einer Einladung, die besser von den damaligen Zuständen, als von Bildung und Gesittung dieser Leute zeugt. Er befiehlt ihre Verhaftung; Niemand führt sie aus. Die Sache wird auf die große Amnestie einregistrirt : „Wir verzeihen ihnen, sie Wissen's nicht besser.\" — Die Offiziere haben keine Lust mehr, in diese Sache einzu greifen. Selbst der unermüdliche Vaumer will keine Bomben mehr in's preußische Lager senden , er tadelt das Schießen. Es müsse wenigstens ein stillschweigender Waffenstillstand sein, so lange sich unsere Parlamentäre unter den Feinden befinden. Die jungen Leute, unsere Tischgenossen, fragen uns um unsere Mei nung über ihr Schicksal, Baumer um die Möglichkeit, sich eine Zeit lang zu verbergen, bis Entrinnen möglich sei. Wir schil dern ihre Zukunft mit den rosigsten Farben , um verzweifelten Entschlüssen vorzubeugen. „Vürgerwehr und Soldaten in die Heimath entlassen, dieOffiziere in ihre frühere Stellung zurück versetzt , vielleicht ein Bischen auf die Festung , die Rastatter Bürger mit Einquartierung und einer Kontribution gebüßt. Voill, taut.\" Wie der Ertrinkende nach dem Strohhalm hascht, geben sie sich täuschender Hoffnung hin, gegen die eigene Ueber zeugung. Auch die bürgerlichen Verhältnisse waren in stürmischer Brandung. Der Mangel an Mehl wurde fühlbar, man wollte jetzt mit Ernst zur Stauung der Murg schreiten, um Wasser in den Gewerbkanal zu bringen; in drei Tagen sollte die Arbeit beendigt sein. Es schien, als wolle man die Augen schließen über den Zustand der Stadt nach diesen drei Tagen. Das von Basel aufgefundene Geld war alle; man mußte neue Subsistenzmittel haben. Es wurde von der Stadt Geld verlangt , der Steuereinnehmer sollte das Ohmgeld zum Vor aus erheben und abliefern. Kühe wurden gegen Bescheinigung weggenommen, Wein*), Lederwerk, die noch vorhandenen Tuch- *) Banquier Meyer sah u.A.von der Ebersteinburg mit dem Fern rohre, wie vor seinem Hause ein Wcinwagen befrachtet wurde." ]

[ "175 MEDLEY. The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky ! The pleasant seat, the ruin'd tower, The naked rock, the shady bower ; The town and village, dome and farm, Each gives each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm. See on the mountain's southern side, Where the prospect opens wide, Where the evening gilds the tide ; How close and small the hedges Ue ! What streaks of meadow cross the eye ! A step, methinks, may pass the stream. So little distant dangers seem ; So we mistake the Future's face, Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass ; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colors of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear ; Still we tread the same coarse way, The present's still a cloudy day. 0 may I with myself agree, And never covet what I see ; Content me with an humble shade, My passions tamed, my wishes laid ; For while our wishes wildly roll, We banish quiet from the soul : 'Tis thus the busy beat the air, And misers gather wealth and care. Now, ev'n now, my joys run high, As on the mountain-turf I Ue ; AVhile the w*anton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep ; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now, my joys run high. Be full, ye courts ; be great who will ; Search for Peace with all your skill : Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor. In vain you search ; she is not here ! In vain you search the domes of Care !", "XIX. %\\t jsejjofllmistwss. ONE does not often meet with Shenstone's \" Schoolmistress\" now-a-days, and as every year makes her more of a rarity, we have given her a place in our rustic group. There appears to be no doubt that Shenstone, who learned to read from the old dame who taught the village school at Hales- Owen, his native hamlet, sketched from life, when he drew the old \" Schoolmistress,\" her blue apron, her single hen, and the noisy little troop about her. To us, however, in these very different days, the simple rustic sketch assumes some thing of the dignity of an historical picture. The little thatched cottage of the dame is still to be seen near Hales-Owen, as well as the gabled roof of the Leasowes, under which the poet was born. The old homes of England, whether cot or castle, are seldom leveled by the hand of man, and they long remain as links between successive generations. A few of the stanzas have been omitted, in order to bring the poem within the limits of this volume.", "430 WINTER. Then spake Holly, \" I am fierce and jolly, I will have the mastery In lands where we go !\" Then spake Ivy, \" I am loud and proud. And I will have the mastery In lands where we go !\" Then spake Holly, and bent down on his knee, \" I pray thee, gentle Ivy, essay me no villainy, In lands where we go !\" ii. Nay, Ivy, nay, it shall not be, I wis, Let Holly have the mastery, as the manner is. Holly standeth in the hall fair to behold ; Ivy stands without the door, she is full sore a cold. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Holly and his merry men, they dance now and they sing; Ivy and her maidens they weep and their hands wring. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Ivy hath a lyke,* she caught it with the cold, So may they all have that do with Ivy hold. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Holly he hath berries as red as any rose, The foresters, the hunters, keep them for the does. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Ivy she hath berries as black as any sloe, There come the owls and eat them as they goe. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Holly he hath birds, a full, fair flock, The nightingale, the popinjay, the gentle laverock. Nay, Ivy, nay, etc., etc. Good Ivy say to us what bird hath thou ; None but the owlet that cries How ! How ! Dating in the \\-ith century. THE SEASONS. A blue-eyed child that sits amid the noon, O'erhung with a laburnum's drooping sprays, Singing her little songs, while softly, 'round Along the grass the checkered sunshine plays. All beauty that is throned in womanhood, Pacing a summer-garden's fountain-walks, * Unexplained in any glossary" ]

[ "9 months before the arbitration commenced; and that on the faith of such renunciation, a letter of credit was delivered to them, that would otherwise have been withheld ! The arbi trators also rejected the claims for damages on the protested bills, not as a most unjustifiable and extortionate demand, but in compliance solely with \" the rigid rules of law,\" in opposition, it is clearly implied, to the natural dictates of conscience. That is, they \"felt bound, by the rigid rules of law\" (Rep. p 62) alone, to reject a claim for pretended damages, to the extent of more than $70,000, although not one cent of pecuniary loss was shown to have been sustained. And although the allegation that the credit of the houses had been, or could have been, affected by the protest of bills drawn by them, not on their own account, but as agents — not to be paid out of their own funds, but out of those of their principals — not sold, but re mitted for collection, — was on its face impossible and absurd. All this is strange — it is astonishing; — it will appear so to all who breathe an atmosphere different from that in which the arbitrators lived and moved, when they made their award and prepared their report. Yet all this does not necessarily imply dishonesty. It may be — we are bound to believe it is — delu sion.* Having made these explanations, we shall commence our task by replying to some accusations which, if not directly * We recommend to the attention of those who doubt the force of the preceding considerations, the following slightly altered passage, written by one whose deep knowledge of the human heart will be questioned by none who are acquainted with his writings. \" We cannot be acquainted with, \" or in any propriety of speech be said to know any thing, but what we \" attend to. If, therefore, persons attend only to one side, they really will \" not, cannot see or know what is to be alleged on the other. Though a \" man hath the best eyes in the world, he cannot see any way but that \" which he turns them. Thus such persons, without passing over the least \" the most minute thing which can possibly be urged in favour of their own \" opinions, shall overlook entirely the plainest and most obvious things on \" the other side : and whilst they are under the power of this temper, \" thought and consideration upon the matter before them has scarcely any \" tendency to set them right; because they are engaged, and their delibe- \" ration concerning an act to be done, or reflection upon it afterwards, is \" not to see whether it be right, but to find out reasons to justify or pal- '• liate it.\" B", "1% Defence by the Arbitrators. It is not our fault if these charges of deception and inten tional concealment shall appear to derive a new force from the defence that is attempted. We begin with the arbitrators, who seek to vindicate the houses against accusations which they never mention to have been preferred ; and the evidence in support of which, they have entirely omitted. According to the arbitrators, the houses and General Lallemand were themselves, when the building tracts that follow, from a letter of the Messrs. Ricardo to Le Roy, Bayard k Co. dated the 30th Nov. 1825 ; the letter was written imme- diately after the receipt of the last bills that were paid : — \" We have \"received your letters of the 22d and 3 1st October, aud find to our as- \" tonishment that you have drawn for £12,000 over and above the '• credit we have given you. Were it not for the great respectability \" of your house, we should have hesitated accepting the bills, for we \" cannot possibly conceive how these frigates can require so extraor- \" dinary a sum as £155,000 (sterling). We have conversed with the \" Deputies on this subject, and it appears that you could never have \" rightly understood each other, as they calculated the last credit we \" sent you would cover all expenses. This call for an additional \" £25,000, is an unexpected and embarrassing occurrence.\" We add some extracts from a subsequent letter of the 14th Dec. What may have been the motives or conduct of the Messrs. Ricardo, in their dealings with the Deputies, we know not, nor do we conceive these have any thing to do with this controversy. The good sense and truth of their reasoning we think it impossible to deny. \" We \" wrote to you on the 30th Nov. of which letter we now beg leave to \" send a copy. We there expressed our astonishment at the very ' large sum of money you required, and we observed we expected it \" would be more than sufficient to complete your undertaking. We \" have since had a long conversation with the Deputies on the subject, \" have read all the correspondence between you, and find to our re- \" gret and surprise, that great as the amount is for which you have \" already drawn, it is insufficient for the object ; and that you request \" to have funds deposited in the hands of bankers with whom you are \" in correspondence, to enable you to finish the frigates, which you es- \" timate will require $550,000 each. We cannot help expressing our \" unequivocal astonishment at the magnitude of the sum. We cannot \" understand how it is possible to expend above £220,000 sterling in \" the construction and fitting out two frigates. It is a most extrava- \" gant price, and could not have been contemplated when the comrnis- \" sion was entrusted to you. We do not speak loosely, for we have made many inquiries on the subject. The estimated cost of fitting out", "165 Greeks, and well offieered, our frigates of the first class would be able to destroy the strongest Turkish ships : and it appears to us, that in effect, this system of defence must present an insurmount able rampart against your enemies. The building of these ships will be attended to with the greatest care, and our united attention will be daily employed in inspecting and hastening the work. We feel honoured with the choice which you have made of us. We shall neglect nothing to procure ships which may do honour to our country and to the service for which they are destined. Referring ourselves to what General Lallemand writes to you, we have the honour to renew the expression of our perfect conside ration, and of our entire devotion. We are, Gentlemen, Your very humble and obedient Servants, LE ROY, BAYARD, & CO. G. G. &. S. HOWLAND. Messrs. Jean Orlando and Anpbf. Lubiottts." ]

[ "147 Chapter IV Our Last Skirmish in Las Villas BY dawn, Gomez was on the road back toward Manajanabo, with sixty men of the escolta ahead, twenty as rear-guard, and the impedi- menta tinkling along between. The Spanish column, when darkness had put an end to the firing, kept on toward Santa Clara, and camped on the San Antonio estate, just off the high-road, and quite near where we spent the night. It was daylight when we passed the gringos, and, as a precaution to guard against their attacking us, ten men from our advance guard, led by an aid named Tejedor, who on this occasion caught a Mauser bullet in the groin, deployed into the brush and began shooting into their camp. The troops were quick to form, and returned fire in volleys ; but the nickel-capped bullets pierced only leaves of the trees, or flattened on the stone-walls that bordered the high-road. Meanwhile our main force passed out of range. There is a great deal of safety in skirmishing with an enemy so fond of the defensive as the Spaniards. In fact, the glories of recent Spanish military his tory seem to be heroic defences, like Valladolid and Saragoza, where retreat was impossible, rather than gallant charges and attacks. To-day, with", "The Battle of Saratoga 213 ■&£ ,e2. As &e£0reJ*6- A' cAca-lee -jYfr/i (/<■■* , & ez-i. &œ,Srzd'0 <£yci*j4ro <?/&aa&:<YcY Aa^a-^& \". .» &#6>aaAe£. ,. .■ <■ Gy6as/.<r£- A^a^r<> &0ir-'*A'> r&ad<z/6> .,, CrffawieZr - /» af&œa&Z. -. >■ Gj^ffffe^e '&z6ri/& -&j>6t<y.0 t/$aAr<£. r^t^tt/Ht -&j><~^y*a ,. '■Da^n^^ &&r?c*ye> <yg*<xleZt cfg&oifezi., .. .. '. *. f •' •' picked up at Saratoga (one-third actual size).", "Appendix B 279 'Republic of Cuba — Lieutenant-Governor of Trinidad,' with the coat-of-arms of the republic in the centre. It reads thus: 'According to the faculties conceded to me by the law as lieutenant-governor of this district, I have seen fit to name you prefecto of Charco-Azul, trusting that you will know how to comply with the duties which the office imposes upon you in interest of the republic — Patria y Libertad — Cabargancito, December 10th, 1896. El Teniente Gobernador, Enrique Gomez. To the Citizen Juan Bautisto Place.' \" In the same article, Mr. Dawley, illustrating the difficul ties of a Cuban civil officer in Las Villas, continues : — \"The prefecto showed me many of his official documents, which are deposited in the archives carried around his secre tary's neck. These were saved from falling into the hands of the Spanish soldiers by the trusty secretary throwing himself into the bush and tumbling over a rocky precipice. He now exhibits himself with his shirt torn into shreds, minus a hat, and body badly scratched. He has shown me the public documents of two marriages officiated by the prefecto, and the proceedings in one case of breach of promise.\"" ]

[ "22 Nor least in memory's living fane Is eloquence enshrined ; The lips, that rarely plead in vain, Disclose a lofty mind. v. Alas ! for Him whose matchless word So long the Demos braved ! Oh ! could that voice again be heard, The land might yet be saved. Enter Messenger. Mess. Letters I bring from the Piræus, sent By one most friendly to Demosthenes. Where, may I ask, is that illustrious man ? Choi: Yon see him — there, before you. Mess. Noble sir ! These, to my charge commended, greet your hands — [He presents the letters And thus my duty ends.", "50 Breed independence and give strength to law, And how, too oft, — as by its mere expanse The sea, to every fitful gust a slave, Is fretted into fury, — some blind rage, Caprice, mere impulse, or unsparing fear, Goads the light crowd, amenable to none. And drives before the blast all sense of truth, Of reason, justice, mercy : — But enough ; — Time wears ; it must be noon ; a brief repose May smooth my flutt'ring spirits, and restore That calm which suits retirement ; silence reigns Within ; I'll lay me down, and there invoke The drowsy god, whose poppies, kindly strewn, Lull the strain'd senses. [He retires Cho. What poor things Are mortal bodies, e'en the best ! in age They must be humour'd, not o'erladen, lest The soul, crush'd by its heavier mate, should lose Its heav'n-ward spring and grovel in the mire. May sleep, thou best of orators, repair Thy wearied nerves, and give thee back thyself.", "65 ;> Boy. What, him, that godless ? — well, for pity's sake I do vour bidding. — Cho. That's my gallant boy ! I follow with my eyes. — See ! there they go — A pair ill-match' d, — the child the better man — His half-shaped legs the steadiest : down, below, E'en to the town I trust they'll find their way. Dem. It's something that he's gone ; a desperate man With touches of humanity too faint For conscience to make worth of; that poor bov, His guide, has parents, I presume, or friends, — I cannot wish him guardians. Cho. Doubt it not. Cho i'VS. The Weak and Innocent are seldom not upheld By some kind Deity ; the Strong, the Rich, the Wise, Relying on themselves, and fondly confident, Are proner far to fall ; their very strength betrays, And opens wide the pit when most they yield to pride. K" ]

[ "POOR MRS. DREW. 95 gleam in Mrs. Drew's eyes. And, alas, poor human nature ! he saw it there. For a real Christian title was reassuring in the maternal ears. There was a moment's pause, during which Mr. Walde grave's sharp, twinkling eyes had found time to rest for a moment on those fair young faces which interested him so much, and to note the singularly demure expression with which they all awaited the maternal pronouncement. \"In short, my tear matam, I found myself compelled to allow not one, but all the four to come down with me to Evington. But only as far as the door. There they all stand,\" and Mr. Waldegrave pointed dramatically in the direction of the outer hall, while a little flutter of amusement passed along the line of girls, and found vent in a sort of whispered titter of amusement, \"waiting humbly for your permission to come in and pay their respects to you. If you will not give it, why, then they must go out, that is all; and they must pick up their overcoats and trot back again to the station. And dat is all about it.\" And at this point Mr. Waldegrave turned, and, with his face so directed that Mrs. Drew could not see it, he bestowed upon the girls a look of sly mischief which made them all look demurely down to save themselves from a hearty laugh. Whether it was really the mention of the Honourable Thomas and his distinguished father which softened her heart, or whether there was something soothing to her feelings in the thought of four human beings waiting upon her nod in the hall, in pathetic humility, it is impossible to say. But, after the lapse of a few awful seconds, Mrs. Drew gave a gentle sigh, a faint and not too yielding smile, and then said :", "202 THE GIRLS AT THE GRANGE. see each other, and Cicely never talked to him for more than a few minutes. But these interviews, brief as they were, had certainly become the greatest excitement and the greatest pleasure of her life ; while he was an accom plished hypocrite if his own interest in them was not at least as deep as her own. Mrs. Drew had now cut off Cicely's solitary walks ; but on the day following that on which she learnt the news of Duncombe's engagement, the young girl con trived to slip out of the house in the afternoon, with some letters to take to the post for her sisters. She would not own to herself that she wanted to meet Duncombe, still less that she wished to do so in order to be \" nasty \" to him for what she chose to consider a deception on his part ; but it is certain that when she saw him sauntering along the village street as she came out of the post-office, she made a very long business of stamping and posting her letters in order to give him an opportunity of coming up to her. \" Good morning, Miss Cicely ! \" She gave him a cold, grave glance, and said, icily, looking down again at her letters : \" Good morning ! \" In that brief glance she had seen a look of agitation and distress upon his face. There was a pause, but he did not move away. When she had put the last letter through the slit in the front wall of the little white washed post-office, and had turned away in the direction of her home, he kept pace with her, diffidently. \" May I walk with you a little way ? May I speak to you? \" \" Oh, certainly, if — She did not finish her sentence, but quickened her", "2 F. V. WHITE & CO., PUBLISHERS, SI- CROEER (B. M.). A Third Person. 2/6 and 2/-. | Interference. 2/6 and 2/-. CROMMELIN (MAY). The Freaks of Lady Fortune. 2/6 and 2/-. CROMMELIN (MAY) & BROWN (J. MORAY). Violet Vyvian, M.F.H. 2/6 and 2/-. CALMOUR (ALFRED). The Confessions of a Door Mat. 1/- and 1/6. DAY (WILLIAM). Turf Celebrities I Have Known. 16,-. FENN (GEORGE MANVILLE). Cursed By a Fortune. 6/-. | The Case of Ailsa Cray. FARJEON (B. L.) The March of Fate. 2,6 aud 2/-. Basil and Annette. 2/6 and 2/-. A Young Girl's Life. 2/6 and 2/-. Toilers of Babylon. 2/6 and 2/-. FRASER (Mrs. ALEXANDER). A Modern Bridegroom. FETHERSTONHAUGH (The Honourable Mrs.) Dream Faces. 2/6. GRIFFITH (GEORGE). Briton or Boer P (Illustrated.) 3/6, GROSSMITH (WEEDON). A Woman with a History. 1/- and 1/6-. GRIMWOOD (Mrs. FRANK ST. CLAIR). The Power of an Eye. 1/- and 1/6. 14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C." ]

[ "BALAKLAVA", "BEFORE SEBASTOPOL 123 anything, I hope to be myself again. If anything has to be done I must go on for I could not trust the regiment to any one here. We are going on very quietly. The affair on our right which I mentioned in my last letter proved of more importance than I had then reason to believe. The enemy advanced in great force with lots of \"liquor on board\"; so confident were they of success, that they brought pickaxes and shovels with them to make trenches (they did not take them back). We buried 650 or thereabouts, and the Russians were at work on their side of the hill all night also. As the columns went into town again, two of our Lancaster guns sent a couple of shots right through their columns ; one is said to have knocked over a gun, and the other to have shot their General. I think they got more than they bargained for; I much doubt their trying another sortie. I do not think we shall have much to do when we attack the place ; the divisions that have not been engaged will form the storming-parties. Some say we", "152 LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA which I am to have a share. A clergyman in Yorkshire has sent the regiment out 200 pairs of socks. Mrs. Lynes has kindly sent me a fur coat and gloves, which will be most acceptable. Sayer's father has sent us six cases of brandy for the officers, and 200 pounds of tobacco for the men. When it all comes we shall be in clover. In the meantime, we are rather in the starving line, not we individually, we manage to get on very well, but the men ; they are dying off very fast. I have sent away seventy sick in the last three weeks, and have 105 sick left here. The night before last I was in the trenches on duty, and I had 200 men of the Guards as part of my guard. I discovered Holder, Parlby 's brother-in-law, who had just come out as the officer commanding. Such a night as it was too ; it pelted with rain from the time I went on duty till I came off. I must tell you about our duty in the trenches. At a quarter-past five in the evening I get on my horse (Bob) and ride to a hill opposite our camp. There I meet eighteen companies of different regiments of our brigade, and the" ]

[ "62 ther of those two powers had disarmed, it woidd soon have been compelled to submit to the dictation of the other. But England, protected by the sea against invasion, and rarely engaged in warlike operations on the Continent, was not, as yet, under the necessity of employing regular troops. The sixteenth century, the seventeenth century, found her still without a standing army. At the commen cement of the seventeenth century political science had made considerable progress. The fate of the Spanish Cor tes and of the French States General had given solemn warning to our Parliaments; and our Parliaments, fully aware of the nature and magnitude of the danger, adopted, in good time, a system of tactics which, after a contest protracted through three generations, was at length success ful. Macaulay. CHARLES THE FIRST Charles the First had received from nature a far better understanding, a far stronger will, and a far keener and firmer temper than his father's. He had inherited his fa ther's political theories, and was much more disposed than his father to carry them into practice. He was, like his father, a zealous episcopalian. He was, moreover, what his father had never been, a zealous Arminian, and though no papist, liked a Papist much better than a Puritan. It would be unjust to deny that Charles had some of the qualities of a good, and even of a great prince. He wrote and spoke, not, like his father, with the exactness of a professor, but after the fashion o intelligent and well educated gentlemen. His taste in literature and art was excellent, his manner dignified though not gracious, his domestic life without blemish. Faithlessness was the chief cause of his disasters and is the chief stain on his memory. He was, in truth, impelled by an incurable propensity to dark and crooked ways. It may seem strange that his conscience, which, on occasions of little moment, was suf ficiently sensitive, should never have reproached him with", "SECTION V ORATIONS, AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES O'CONNELL'S ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OP ENGLAND Englishmen, history reminds you that you owe all that you have of liberty to your Catholic ancestors. You owe to Catholic hands the frame, form and vital substance of that constitution of which you are proud, and of which you would have still more reason to boast, if its practical details were more in unison with the freeborn spirit of those Catholic times, when parliaments were annual, when the public revenue was under the actual, not the nominal control of the real, and not the virtual representatives of the people — of those Catholic times, when no single justice of the peace coul4 decide on the liberty of an Englishman without the verdict of twelve of his equals — of those Catholic times when there was not one single barrack in all England — and before the name of a standing army had been know*n to English ears, or tolerated by English usage. Englishmen — -you owe to your Catholic ancestors the institution of your hereditary Monarchy, which gives fixity to private individual property, by taking out of the lottery of faction or intrigue, the greatest prize in human existence — and deprives lawless ambition of the greatest stimulant to insurrectionary exertion.", "127 Butler, Of ammunition bread and cheese, And fat black-puddings, proper Food For Warriors that delight in blood. His puissant sword unto his side, Near his undaunted heart, Avas ty'd ; With basket-hilt, that would hold broth, And serve for fight and dinner both. In it he melted lead for bullets, To shoot at Foes and sometimes pullets; To whom he bore so fell a grudge, He ne'er gave quarter to any such. The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty. And ate into itself, for lack Of some body to heAv and hack. The peaceful scabbard where it dwelt, The rancor of its edge had felt : For of the lower end two handful It had devoured, 'twas so manful ; And so much scorn'd to lurk in case, As if it durst not sIioav its face. In many desperate attempts, Of warrants, exigents, contempts, It had appear'd Avith courage bolder Than Sergeant Bum invading Shoulder, Oft had he ta'en possession, And pris'ners too, or made them run. Samuel" ]

[ "8 Whilst son and daughter sat beside Their father's manly form, They little thought of grief or care; Their hearts with love were warm ; But bitter grief was borne that night Upon the raging storm, That night the villagers were roused A noble work to do, They heard the signals of distress And to the rescue flew. The fishers of Le Brunn, tho' poor Had hearts both brave and true. 'Twas that same night they risked their Upon the treacherous wave, lives And Richard Lee was found to be The bravest of the brave ; His willing arm was ever first To help, protect, and save. The crew is safely brought at last Across the surging sea ; But why stands ev'ry man aghast ? Why run the tears so free ? It is because they see no more The form of Richard Lee.", "\"Behind the dim unknown Standeth God within the shadow Keeping watch above His Own.\" James Russell Lowell.", "18 Then toilworn hands were tightly grasped As friend met friend once more, And such a scene was never known Upon the rocky shore. There surely has not been one since Nor ever was before. And Dick ? Ah ! Dick was happy then, And swiftly home he hied To tell to all the wondrous news That father had not died. And later when by him embraced, Their tears they could not hide. Next morn the father told to all His story strange and true, How he had drifted with the waves Till night to morning grew, And had been rescued well nigh dead, By kind old Captain Drew. The ship had borne him far away O'er oceans snowy foam, And over wide unbounded seas He had been forced to roam. Last night, thank God, he was again Close to his cottage home." ]

[ "a", "78 THE YEARS OF GLOOM. November, 1882. Not two months had elapsed since the defeat of Arabi, yet Egyptian affairs were already getting into a considerable tangle. With masterly skill the new comer extricated the Egyptian and British Governments from the mess into which they had drifted over the trial of the rebel leaders. With equal resolution and promptitude he quashed the unfortunate experiment of scraping together a foreign police-force from the most diverse quarters, from Anatolia, from Epirus, and even from Austria and Switzerland. The new Albanian guardians of the peace, who had already distinguished themselves by causing a riot in the streets of Alexandria, were disbanded. The process of recruiting in Geneva and other cities, which had been regarded with favour by the local authorities of those towns as a happy means of getting rid of some of their least desirable citizens, was summarily put a stop to. Having thus cleared the ground, our Envoy proceeded to lay down the general lines on which Egypt was to be restored to order and prosperity, and endowed, if possible, with the capacity of self-development. The policy of Lord Dufferin has been put on record by his own hand in a series of despatches, too good to be buried in a Blue Book, of which that of February 6th, 1883, is the most comprehensive and elaborate. It is impossible for any one well acquainted with Egypt to read those despatches without admiration. Their writer's mastery of the subject is extraordinary. Behind all his formal civility to the misleading catchwords, the impractical ideals, which he felt bound to treat with respect, there is a manly grasp of fact, and a clear appre ciation of the essential needs of Egypt, and of the true", "THE FOUR SYSTEMS. 323 foreigners and natives, and, in a small degree, with the criminal offences of foreigners. There is the system or no system of the Consular Courts, which deals with the great body of foreign crime. Finally, there is the system of the new Native Courts, which deals with civil actions between natives, or crimes committed by them. Of all these, it is only the Native Courts which the English have taken in hand, and that not till within the last few years. The Religious Courts, full of abuses though they be, are yet hallowed ground upon which it has been thought unwise to suffer the foot of the Christian foreigner to intrude. The system of the Mixed Tribunals is exceedingly difficult to modify, inasmuch as each modification requires the unanimous consent of the fourteen Powers who established them. Such consent could only be obtained after years of discussion, and in the absence of any crying evils in these Tribunals — with so many other things more urgently demanding reform — it has not been worth while to seek it, except for some minor changes. The Consular Courts, again, gross as are the scandals which frequently occur in them, can only be touched, either by extending the criminal jurisdiction of the Mixed Tribunals, or by improving the new Native Courts to such a degree, that foreigners can fairly be asked to submit to them. And the time is not yet ripe for so radical a proposal. There remain, then, only the Native Courts. These, no doubt, are the most important of all from the point of view of the general welfare, both because they affect the greatest number of people, and because it is through their development that the best way out of the existing tangle of jurisdictions can be found. But with these" ]

[ "27 die Hände: 4 Generäle, 193 andere Officiere, 5650 Mann (911 waren schon fahnenflüchtig geworden), 180 Geschütze, viele Vor räthe. 236 000 Thaler usw. Die Festungspläne sollen durch Verrath dem Belagerer bekannt gewesen sein?) Die Festung hatte sich also knapp vier Wochen nur ge halten und Bevern. der. bekümmert um ihr Schicksal, in Breslau den Kanonendonner von Schweidnitz herüberschallen hörte, hatte keinen Versuch unternommen, durch einen Angriff auf die vor ihm stehende österreichische Armee der Festung Luft zu machen. Die Sorge, hierbei an die doppelt fo starken Feinde Breslau zu verlieren, hatte überwogen. Friedrich II. war mit „solchem Betragen zum höchsten unzufrieden\" und hat auch dem Comman danten von Schweidnitz wegen der vorzeitigen Uebergabe Festungs strase auferlegt und bald darauf den Abschied ertheilt. Die Nachricht von dem Verlust von Schweidnitz war aber auch für den Sieger von Roßbach um so empfindlicher, als er bereits auf dem Marsch nach Schlesien sich befand, am 18. November in Königsbrück a. d. Pulsnitz, „mit sorgender Seele\" in zwei Wochen 45 Meilen zurücklegend, um sein Schlesien vom Feind zu befreien. Die Empörung über die Generalität von Schweidnitz, Rebentifch ausgenommen, war in dem Königlichen Hauptquartier um so größer, als Mannschaften der Besatzung während des Transportes in die Gefangenschaft nach Bekanntwerden des Roßbacher Sieges der Begleitungsmannfchaft entschlüpft und zum königlichen Heer gestoßen waren und die Generäle geradezu des Verrathes an der Festung und an den zu jedem Opfer be reiten Truppen bezichtigt hatten?) ') Nach Retzow I, 226 hatte General von Wallave den Plan gegen Belohnung an Oesterleich ausgeliefert, wofül er lebenslängliche Festungs haft verbüßte; nach Schäfer, Geschichte d. 7jähr, Krieges 1867, I, 421, that es Ludwig XV., dem Friedrich II. in den Jahren der Fleundschast die Pläne mitgetheilt hatte!! Die Liste der Gefangenen vom Regiment von Kreutzen siehe in der Anlage 2. X 2 2) Ausführlich erzählt v. Geh. Kriegsrath u. Cabinetseciet. Eichel in X Brief v. 30. Nov. 1757 an Graf Finckenstein. Pol. Coriesp. XVI, 64. Velgl. Kliegscanzlei IV, 887; Anekdoten u. Charatterzüge aus dem Leben Friedrich's d. Gr. I. 473. Von Rebenlisch, bei hier gelühmt wild, halte", "31 desselben Jahres dem Generalmajor von Kreutzen verliehen, den aber auch schon ein Jahr darnach der Tod abrief, worauf Generalmajor von Ramin das Regiment erhielt?) Zum Unter schied von diesem Kreutzen'schen Regiment Nr. 28 oder Iung- Kreutz wird unser Regiment, Nr. 40, wenigstens hie und da als Alt-Kreutz bezeichnet. Nun aber hatte der jüngere Kreutzen, bis er Regimentsinhaber von Nr. 28 wurde, als Oberst ein Grenadierbataillon geführt, bestehend aus je 2 Grenadiercom pagnien von Hautcharmoy Nr. 28, und von Treskow Nr. 32, so daß in diesem Jahr drei taktische Einheiten desselben Namens Kreutzen vorkommen, nämlich: 1 Grenadierbataillon und 2 In fanterie-Regimenter zu je 2 Bataillonen. Es ist daher in jedem Falle, namentlich wenn von einem Bataillon die Rede ist, zu prüfen, welche dieser verschiedenen Körperschaften gemeint ist. So focht z. B. nicht Alt-Kreutz tapfer bei Domstädtel, sondern Iung-Kreutz, nicht ersteres lag vor Olmütz, sondern letzteres usw?) Die jedesmalige Ermittelung wird dadurch noch schwieriger, daß nicht feststeht, wann die gefangenen Vierziger und Achtund zwanziger aus der Gefangenschaft entlassen und zu ihren Re gimentern gestoßen, bezüglich wann diese beiden Regimenter wieder aufgerichtet worden sind. Jedoch darf nach verschiedenen Unterlagen angenommen werden, daß die Auswechselung der 40 er Ende März zu Iägerndorf, an der Grenze von Preußisch- und Oesterreichisch- Schlesien, vorgenommen worden ist; sie geschah unter Ueberwachung seitens des preußischen Generalauditeurs von Pawlowsky. Denn Mitte April befiehlt der König, daß, wenn das von dem soeben erst aus der Gefangenschaft entlassenen Generallieutenant von Treskow belagerte und am 16. April wieder eroberte „Schweidnitz über l) Man beachte den Abgang an Generälen; schon bis zum Schluß des Jahres 1758 verlor Friedlich 43 Generäle. ') Die illthümliche Behauptung bei Lange, die Soldaten Fliedlich's d. Gr., Leipzig 1852, S. 108 ff. Vergl. zu obigen Ausführungen: Lange a. a. O. S. 291 ; Nachrichten v, d. Belagerung v. Schweidnitz u. Olmütz in Samml. ungebr. Nachr. III, 402 ff.; Journal des Füsilierleg. Iung-Braunschw. in ders. Samml. II, 102 ff.; ferner II, 185, IV, 115; Pol. Corr. XVI, 421, XXII, 596 beim Namen Kreytzen; G. Winter, H. I. u. Zieten, Leipzig 1886 I, 261.", "106 Colonne bis Iauernick marschirt waren, mit zwei Ferdinand und zwei Thadden die Infanteriebrigade Ziechen im ersten Treffen bildend, lagen anfangs hinter dem linken Flügel. Front nach Noidost, das erste Bataillon nahe bei Würben, das zweite gegenüber Neudorf zwischen den Quellen des Neudorfer Baches?) Anfang September erhielten sie aber den Befehl, mit zwei Iung-Braunschweig und mehreren Schwadronen nach Säbisch dorf vorzurücken, die dortige Höhe zu besetzen und die vom rechten österreichischen Flügel her bedrohte Verbindung mit Schweidnitz zu sichern?) Die Ausführung dieses Auftrages wurde dem Generalmajor v. d. Gablentz übertragen. Das De tachement rückte am 4. September früh 2 Uhr aus, besetzte die vor Säbischdorf gelegene Anhöhe und armirte sie mit acht Ge schützen. In der Batterie stand regelmäßig je eines der vier Bataillone, während die drei anderen und die Schwadronen als Reserve bei Säbischdorf, und zwar die Mühring-Husaren vor dem Dorf, die Zastrow-Dragoner westlich von dem Dorf hielten. Von unseren Füsilieren deckte das erste Bataillon am 6., das zweite am 9. die Batterie; vom 10. an wieder das erste, welches nun auch an dieser Stelle verblieb. Am 7. unterbrachen sie diese Thätigkeit für einen Tag, indem sie unter ihrem Chef und 20 Schwadronen unter Generalmajor von Bülow über Schweidnitz hinausrückten, um Schlachtvieh aus dem platten Lande für das eingeschlossene Heer zu beschaffen. Die zwei Bataillone blieben bei Pilzen am Schweidnitzer Wasser stehen, während die Reiterei 200 Rinder und 3000 Schafe zusammentrieb. Hiermit rückten sie wieder in ihre Stellungen bei Säbischdorf ein. wo sie bis zum 26. September blieben. An diesem Tag verließ der König das Lager. Die Russen hatten nämlich schon am 9. September die Einschließung aufgegeben, welche bei dem drückenden Futtermangel und den immer unerquicklicher werdenden persönlichen Beziehungen der Generäle Buturlin und Laudon untereinander kein Ergebniß ') Nach dem Plan zum Generalstabswert, 2) Tempelhoff V, 172, Tielte 56, Henckel 180. Journal Iung-Braun schweig a. a, O." ]

[ "37 HEADINGS FOE THE HEAETH. THE LOYELOEN SHEPHERDESS. [Richard Barnfield, the author of these simple but very pleas ing verses, although a contemporary and friend of Shakespear, is an almost unknown poet. Barnfield was one of the few suc cessful writers of the pastoral school; his imagery is truly Arcadian; and he never attempts to convert our shepherds and shepherdesses into those sentimental personages to whom we are introduced by Tirgil and Theocritus. Barnfield's poems are not without their blemishes, — they abound in conceits, the rhymes are frequently faulty, and grammatical construction is occasion ally sacrificed; but these defects are more than counterbalanced by qualities of an opposite character. Of Barnfield's principal work, \" The Affectionate Shepherd,\" only one copy (preserved in the library at Sion College) is known to be in existence.] If it be sin to love a sweet-faced boy, Whose amber locks, trussed up in golden trammels, Dangle adown his lovely cheeks with joy, When pearl and flowers his fair hair enamels ; K it be sin to love a lovelv lad, 0 then sin I for whom my soul is sad ! O would to Heaven he would but pity me, That love him more than any mortal wight ! Then he and I with love would soon agree, That now can not abide his suitor's sight. O would to Heaven, so I might have my fee, My lips were honey and thy mouth a bee ! Then shouldst thou suck my sweet and my fair flower, That now is ripe and full of honey berries ; Then would I lead thee to my pleasant bower, Filled full of grapes, of mulberries and cherries : Then shouldst thou be my wasp, or else my bee, — I would thy hive, and thou my honey, be. I would put amber bracelets on thy wrists, Crownets of pearl about thy naked arms ; And when thou sit'st at swilling Bacchus' feasts, My lips with charms should save thee from all harms; And when in sleep thou took'st thy chiefest pleasure, Mine eyes should gaze upon thine eyelids' treasure.", "READINGS FOR THE HEARTH. 101 Back flew the bolt of lissom lath ; Fair Margaret, in her tidy kirtle, Led the lorn traveller up the path, Through clean-clipt rows of box and myrtle And Don and Sancho, Tramp and Tray, Upon the parlour steps collected, Wagged all their tails, and seemed to say,— \" Our master knows you ; you're expected.' Up rose the Eeverend Doctor Brown, Up rose the Doctor's \"winsome marrow ;\" The lady laid her knitting down, Her husband clasped his ponderous \"Barrow. Whate'er the stranger's caste or creed, Pundit or papist, saint or sinner, He found a stable for his steed, And welcome for himself, and dinner. If, when he reached his journey's end, And warmed himself in court and college, He had not gained an honest friend, And twenty curious scraps of knowledge ; II he departed as he came, With no new light on love or liquor, Good sooth, the traveller was to blame, And not the Vicarage or the Vicar. His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rocks to roses ; It slipped from politics to puns ; It passed from Mahomet to Moses ; Beginning with the laws which keep The planets in their radiant courses, And ending with some precept deep For dressing eels or shoeing horses. He was a shrewd and sound divine, Of loud dissent the mortal terror ; And when by dint of page and line, He 'stablished truth, or startled error.", "107 READINGS FOR THE HEARTH. I saw her at a country ball ; There where the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal, sweet in that old Hall, Of hands across and down the middle ; Hers was the subtlest spell by far Of all that sets young hearts romancing, She was our queen, our rose, our star, And when she danced — Oh, heaven ! her dancing ! Dark was her hair ; her hand w-as white ; Her voice was exquisitely tender ; Her eyes were full of liquid light — I never saw a waist so slender. Her every look, her every smile, Shot right and left a score of arrows ; I thought 'twas Venus from her isle, And wondered where she'd left her sparrows ! She talked of politics or prayers, Of Southey's prose, of Wordsworth's sonnets, Of daggers or of dancing bears, Of battles or the last new bonnets ; By candle-light at twelve o'clock, To me it mattered not a tittle, If those bright lips had quoted Locke, I might have thought they murmured, Little. Through sunny May, through sultry June, I loved her with a love eternal ; I spoke her praises to the moon, I wrote them for the Sunday journal. My mother laughed, — I soon found out That ancient ladies have no feeling : My father frowned, — but how should gout Find any happiness in kneeling ? She was the daughter of a Dean, Rich, fat, and rather appoplectic ; She had one brother, just thirteen, Whose colour was extremely hectic ;" ]

[ "A WOMAN'S PEEILS. dreamed of going except as a first-class passenger. There was a great deal of fun going on — vulgar fun it seemed to me then ; and the girls appeared so different from all I had ever known before; but before the voyage was ended I got used to it, and I felt ashamed of being a prude, as they caUed me, and holding aloof from them. There was one young woman on board, a few years older than myseU. She was very attentive to me, and far more ladylike than any one else ; she tried to make friends wdth me, and we _t used to walk together. I thought the officers of the ship looked queer at her, and at me too ; but I did not know anything wrong then. She was always beautifuUy dressed, and I Avondered why she was going out. She called herself Mrs. Stanley, and pretended she Avas going out to her husband. Oh, Ella! if I had never seen that woman ! I believed in her, and she led me to ruin. When", "A WOMAN'S PEEILS? 51 \" And you to be so sly ! Just what ma says — no one knoAvs what them sly ones are up to!\" \" What ridiculous nonsense ! You never saw the original of that picture. I never have for years — long before I left home — so you see how foolish you both make yourselves. Give me my locket now, like good girls ; you have seen it enough.\" \" Not till you tell us his name. If you don't I wiU ask Mr. Donaldson, and tell him all about it.\" \" Mr. Donaldson ! he knows nothing about me, or my relations either,\" and (deceitful EUa) she laid a stress on the word relations. \" Don't he, though ? Why, it was he who brought him here!\" said Kristy, now thoroughly warmed to the game, and getting as loquacious as her sister. It was such a piece of news, she thought, to turn into Gaelic for ma's especial benefit ! e 2", "A WOMAN'S BEEILS. 72 nothing of him according to the usual routine ; but he seemed to adapt to his own views and such portions of his studies as struck his fancy, feelings, and read them by the light of his own inward feelings. A few years later he might have been more tolerated, but at that time it was lucky for him he was not at a public school, and yet not so ; for there he would have had that discipline of character which would have braced him for the battle of life which he, a penniless orphan, had to fight through the world. He had inherited his father's guileless simplicity of character in money affairs, and, in the study of the Greek Testament with his tutor, these now considered ante diluvian opinions were tacitly admitted. We say antediluvian, because some [parts of the New Testament are stiU admitted as a Christian code. Those parts which seem to inculcate the necessity of providing for our own relatives, for widows and orphans of our own" ]

[ "Salt Lake City to San Francisco. 33 were provided for opium smokers, each fitted for two smokers, who sit on the carpeted floor, and have the requisite paraphernalia placed between them, and thus they smoke their inner selves away into imaginary bliss, to wake up after a time, and find that after all they are still in California. C", "CHAPTER IV. FARMING PROSPECTS IN THE \" FAR WEST.\" jSj&^ijfj FEW days of quiet life in San Francisco having PM vj somewhat restored the Hermit's nervous energy, he next set out to visit the famous Yosemite Valley, an undertaking which requires a whole week fol ks performance. The first thing to do towards its accom plishment is, to determine on the route, for there are three, and then to secure a seat or seats on the coach, which will convey you across the plains and over the mountains, from the end of the first section of the journey which is per formed by rail ; the entire distance from San Frisco to the valley, including the \" Big Tree\" district, being about 200 miles. The Hermit and a genial friend, whose acquaintance he made on the Central Pacific Railroad — Mr. Horace Manuel, Banker, of New York — chose the Madera route, and secured the box seats of the coach for the journey ; the party consisted of seven tourists, and the start from San Francisco was made on a Monday forenoon. The travellers met on the wharf at the bottom of Market Street, crossed the bay to Oakland on board one of the passenger steamers, and then took the train for Madera. The train being one which stopped at all the stations, or dep6ts, as they are called on the road, afforded the", "Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. 79 house with those of his daughters, on either hand. In front of this vestibule is laid the enormous side-walk slab of blue-stone, 15 feet wide and 25 feet long, which cost $5,000. At the entrance of the vestibule, facing the avenue, are to swing the famous bronze gates, or doors, ordered in Europe at a cost of $20,000. The entrance hall is small, barely 1 2 feet wide, and lands the visitor in a square hall, out of which open the library, drawing room, and parlour on the east or Fifth Avenue side ; the dining-room on the south ; the picture-gallery or ball room on the west. To the north are the entrance-hall, of which I speak, and the grand staircase. The chief feature of the hall, which is 30 feet square, is a monumental fire-place and chimney-piece, 20 feet wide and reaching to the ceiling. It is of mahogany and Egyptian marble, and is said to have occupied 1 1 men for two years. The parlour, library and drawing-room are 25 feet square each, and are finished respectively in cherry, ebony and mahogany. The finish of the wood work is so perfect that it is like velvet to the touch. Through all the rooms, and through the whole house in fact, the magnificence is monotonous. Every room has its chimney-piece, upon which a fortune has been lavished in the way of carving. Throughout the first and second floor: there is not one inch of plaster wall to be seen, the walls from floor to ceiling, being panelled with marble, wood, leather, or tapestry. Up stairs, silk and satin are the chief wall-covering ; down stairs, it is marble and wood. The dining-room, a superb apartment, 36 feet long by 28 feet wide, has a chimney-piece almost as big as a house, and buffets of oak to match. The whole room is" ]

[ "109 IN THEIR RELATIONS WITH THE COLONISTS. in necessaries. Mr Boyd of Sydney, with unusual success, has succeeded in training the aborigines of Twofold Bay, whom he employs in his whale-fishing establishments there, and as sailors on board his yacht during short excursions from Sydney. The natives of the Twofold Bay district were also on previous occa sions employed in the whale fishery by the Messrs Imlay of that place, who gave them wages on the same terms as to their white servants. They lived in huts, cooked their food, and used utensils like others ; but after the fishing season was past, they abandoned all and returned to their tribes.* It is a common practice to have an aboriginal boy at the pastoral stations for assisting in tracking stray cattle and in other active occupations. The natives have been of great use to travellers from their knowledge of the country, their quick perceptions, and the facility with which they find water and the means of sustenance. In their new relations with the colonists, no useful department of civilized life appears to suit their disposition so well as that of the \" native police,\" a force which has been successfully organized at Port Phillip. They make no scruple of seizing their fellow natives, and are active and wonderfully intelligent in tracing out aboriginal offenders ; but it is not always easy to repress their summary system of justice, and a chance for chastizing a strange or hostile tribe is not to be resisted. In this manner a party of these blacks, who attended a late surveying expedition into the country towards Cape Otway, had attacked and exterminated * Phillip's Land by Dr Lang, p. 127.", "173 RAPID PROGRESS ; LAND SALES AND SPECULATIONS. the mouth of the Yarra Yarra, called after the reigning prince, and Geelong on an arm of the bay about forty five miles to the south-west.* The governor, after a short trip to the interior, in which he was accompanied by Buckley, whose extraordinary fortunes have been already alluded to, re-embarked for Sydney in the Rattlesnake. During the period of his excellency's sojourn in the district, Captain Hobson, who was in charge of the government cutter, had completed a survey of the bay and the harbour of Geelong. The town of Melbourne was laid out on the northern bank of the Yarra in the form of an oblong square, with the streets at right angles to one another. The principal streets are of convenient breadth, and promise for the larger population and more elegant structures of the future city an open and agreeable effect, in ac cordance with the climate of the country. But each of the considerable blocks which they mark out is traversed by a lane or \" httle street,\" affording a traffic entrance to the houses and stores ; and the cheaper sections of land in these localities have been bought up by the poorer classes, who \"are often too densely thronged in their narrow quarters. The site of the town, whose lands were subsequently the objects of such extravagant speculation, had been mapped out in half-acre portions called allotments, a term * Geelong is the native name of the locality where this town is situated. Portland was not laid out until about three years afterwards, when that part of the country was surveyed by Mr Tyers.", "278 GENERAL PICTURE the social evils of the colony, was the small proportion of the female sex amongst its population. The convicts were chiefly of the male sex ; by an estimate of the numbers transported to the colony from the commence- ment down to the year 1840, there appear to have been only 17 females to each 100 males.* The tide of free immigration to so remote a colony consisted also chiefly of the male sex. In the year 1841, the number of free male to female immigrants then alive in the colony was in the ratio of 100 to about 72. f This proportion, which had previously been still more un- equal, is now being gradually adjusted by the natural proportions of the rising generation, which, since the discontinuance of transportation, have been successfully prevailing in the great moral struggle, and substituting a better materiel for the old and vicious elements that are now being annually removed from the stage by the slow but effectual process of natural decay.} * Mansfield's Analytical View of the Census of 1841, p. 12. t The following table from Mr Mansfield's Analysis, p. 13, furnishes several particulars for 1841 : } The following table, composed from the census returns of Class. Males. Females. Total. Deficiency of Females. Born in the colony,.... Immigrants, Persons transported,... 14,819 30,745 39,604 14,630 22,158 6,770 29,449 52,903 46,374 189 8,587 32,834 Totals, 85,168 43,558 128,726 41,610" ]

[ "THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. 23 at the time caused the Esla to rise and become unfordable, and the French were twenty-four hours before they could repair the destroyed bridge and pursue. It now became important for Moore to gain by forced marches the moun tainous country beyond Astorga, where his army would be in comparative safety from cavalry ; and the troops were for this reason hurried on with great celerity, the sick being left in the rear, whilst a quantity of stores were destroyed. These forced marches, the want of regular supplies, the inclement weather, and above all the sense of almost running before the enemy, combined to shake the discipline of the army. Excesses and insubordination became general, and the \"Retreat to Corunna\" was at first marked by great disorder. Napoleon pursued incessantly, and on the 1st of January, 1809, arrived at Astorga. Here, however, he received a despatch disclosing to him some preparations for war on the part of Austria, and at once turning back, set off for France, taking with him a large portion of his army, and entrusting the pursuit of the British to a corps under Soult. It is sufficient to say that against this corps Moore showed a bold front, making a stand at Lugo and other points, and that this restored the spirits of the troops. The retreat became more orderly, and at last, after great hardships, the British force arrived at Corunna, a small portion of it having . been detached during the retreat by Orense upon Vigo, and the transports ordered up from that place to Corunna. In consequence of contrary winds, these transports did not appear off Corunna until three days after Sir John Moore's army had arrived there, but at last they sailed into the harbour, and the troops began to embark.", "THE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMY. 222 possession of these important heights throughout their operations, notwithstanding all the efforts of the enemy to retake them. The contest here was, however, very severe, and the loss sustained considerable. General Morillo was wounded, but remained in the field, and I am concerned to have to report that Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. H. Cadogan has died of a wound which he received. In him his Majesty has lost an officer of great merit and tried gal lantry, who had already acquired the respect and regard of the whole profession, and of whom it might have been expected that, if he had lived, he would have rendered the most important services to his country. Under cover of the possession of these heights, Sir Rowland Hill successively passed the Zandorra, at La Puebla, and the defile formed by the heights and the river Zandorra, and attacked and gained possession of the valley of Subi jana de Alava, in front of the enemy's line, which the enemy made repeated attempts to regain. The difficult nature of the country prevented the com munication between our different columns from moving to the attack from their stations on the River Bayas at as early an hour as I had expected ; and it was late before I knew that the column, composed of the third and seventh divisions, under the command of the Earl of Dalhousie, had arrived at the station appointed for them. The fourth and light divisions, however, passed the Zandorra immediately after Sir Rowland Hill had possession of Subijana de Alava; the former at the bridge of Nanclares, and the latter at the bridge of Tres-puentes ; and almost as soon as those had crossed, the column under the Earl of Dalhousie arrived at Mendoza ; and the third division, under Lieutenant-General", "THE VICTORIES OF THE BRITISH ARMY. 258 Maransin and Couroux's divisions were now flying in dis order, there was another work called the redoubt of Harastaguia ; and Clauzel, thinking he might still dispute the victory if his reserve division could come to his aid from the camp of Serres, drew the 31st Regiment from Taupin and posted it in front of this redoubt. His design was to rally Maransin's and Couroux's troops there, and so form a new line, the left on the Harastaguia, the right on the Signal redoubt, into which he threw six hundred of the 88th Regiment. In this position, having a retreat by the bridge of Ascain, he thought to renew the battle ; but his plan failed at the moment of conception, because Taupin could not stand before the light division, which was now again in full action. About 9-30 Alten, seeing the whole of the columns on the right, as far as the eye could reach, well engaged with the enemy, had crossed the low neck of land in his front. The 52nd Regiment first passed, with a very narrow front, under a destructive cannonade and fire of musketry, from entrenchments on the opposite mountain. A road crossing from Ascain, by the ravine, wound up the position ; and as the 52nd pushed their attack along it the enemy abandoned his entrenchments on each side, and forsook even his crowning works above. This formidable regiment was followed by the other troops. Taupin, though his division was weak and now diminished by the absence of the 31st Regiment, awaited the attack, being supported by the con scripts drawn up in his rear, but at that time Longa, having turned the smaller Rhune, approached Ascain in conjunction with Freyre's troops, and their skirmishers opened a distant musketry against the works covering that bridge. Panic seized the French, the 70th Regiment" ]

[ "90 ILLUSTRATIONS OF Jerusalem, its splendor may not have been equal, or even greater. Because all ac counts anterior to that period serve rather to swell than diminish the wealth of India, the power of its princes, and the vast extent and splendour of its cities. This view of the ancient history of Java assimilating that country, as has been done with the land of Sheba, naturally and stri kingly accounts for the mortification the Queen felt at the magnificence of Solomon ; and her previous incredulity regarding his glory. All circumstances, therefore, combine in supporting the conclusion of the ancient Sheba and modern Java being identified ; and we thus observe, in the mysterious dis pensations of Providence, though names are changed the places still exist; and that those ports to which the ancient Tyrians navigated", "113 ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY into Java anterior to the commencement of the Javan era ; \" for,\" says Sir S. Raffles, \" according to Sir William Jones, Saka is a name of Budha ; and the third Saka was Salavanah, who is believed to have lived at the same time with our Saviour, and represented to have corresponded with him in some of the principal features of his life.\" Saka, Budha, and Salivahana are, therefore, identified ; and in name cor respond with the Messiah ; because Saka is a corruption of Esah, or Esakka, the oriental name of Jesus ; and Budah is the manner in which David, or Dabud, the name of the Messiah's progenitor, accord ing to the flesh, would naturally be pro nounced by a Hindu. That name to him would appear to consist of Deobud — the god Budah ; and hence the epithet \" Son of David\" would be understood as equiva- i", "ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY. 137 view as the remarkable mountain or peak of tlie island Lingin;* which being the same with the Linga of Mahadeva, or Macal, of the Hindus, may, therefore, have been known to the ancients by the name of \" Malay Kal, or Mail Kal,\" \" the great god Cal,\" — commonly \" the Cal of the Malays.\" In Sinda we perceive the name of Sunda nearly unchanged ; and in the cannibals which peopled the neighbouring islands we find the sanguinary temper of the eastern pirates and inhabitants of Engano, por trayed as forcibly as it would be depicted to us by any of the unfortunate sufferers who have become victims of their ferocious disposition in modern days. * See note, at the end." ]

[ "INTRODUCTION. LXVII la période primitive de leur histoire, durant toute cette époque, un peu obscure d'ailleurs, où ils sont restés abandonnés à leur génie national, ils ont vécu dans les conditions d'une liberté fort étendue; ils ont joui des bienfaits de légalité civile et du droit commun politique. Les institutions histori ques représentent donc pour eux le' régime de la démocratie patriarcale. La démocratie, ils la veu lent comme nous; ils l'entendent autrement, là est toute la différence. La différence, à la vérité, est profonde; elle dé rive logiquement de leur méthode philosophique, c'est-à-dire de leurs idées sur la religion et sur Fart; c'est dans les sentimens humains, et non dans les combinaisons de la science, qu'ils cherchent les ba ses de leur cité idéale. Ils ont remarqué que l'une des principales sources d'erreur en matière politi que est l'application des principes généraux qui ont en vue Fètre abstrait à Péconomie sociale dont les calculs doivent, au contraire, prendre pour règle les rapports des individus. De l'individuà riiuina nité, il v a une relation, mais en quelque sorte hié rarchique; on n'arrive d'un terme à l'autre que par des associations progressives qui s'enchaînent et s'engendrent l'une l'autre. Quelle est la forme de ces associations? Faut-il entendre par là ces grou pes artificiels que certains docteurs modernes es saient de substituer à la liberté individuelle, l'as- e.", "ET LA CAPITULATION DES MAGYARS. 261 naire des erreurs du passé. Avec ses lois funestes et son esprit indiscipline, la Pologne devait fata lement succomber. C'est la raison que Skarga assigne à la décadence de sa patrie. « Vous servi rez vos ennemis dans la faim, dans la soif, dans la nécessité, dans la pauvreté, leur avait-il dit, par la raison que vous n'avez pas voulu servir le Dieu de vos pères dans la joie et dans l'abondance, et qu'au sein de votre bonheur vous avez méprisé votre souverain, votre prêtre, vos lois et vos ma^ gistrats, en vous retranchant derrière vos libertés infernales ! Ne craignez pas la guerre ni les inva sions; vous périrez par vos discordes intérieures! » C'est sans doute parce que ces discordes n'ont point encore entièrement cessé , c'est parce que le goût de ces infernales libertés n'est point perdu, c'est parce que la Pologne n'est point encore suffisamment corrigée de son penchant sécu laire à Pindiscipline, qu'elle n'entrevoit pas le moment précis où doit finir sa longue et doulou reuse expiation. Injuste serait toutefois quiconque méconnaî trait le progrès que les idées de pouvoir et d'au torité, naguère inconnues en Pologne, ont fait au milieu mème des divergences d'opinion produites par les révolutions récentes. Si, au commencement de la guerre de Hongrie, il y a eu de la part des généraux polonais une ardeur trop prompte qui", "310 APPENDICE. Le fils de Tserni-George n'a point les antécédens ni les titres personnels de Milosch. La jeunesse d'Alexandre s'est passée dans l'obscurité de l'exil et une misère qui ne présageait pas sa présente élévation. Non, le prince Alexandre n'a point ces séductions d'un diplomate et d'un victorieux dont Milosch savait si bien faire usage; mais, si le nou vel élu de la nation serbe ne possède point ces de hors brillans et ce prestige d'une renommée per sonnelle, il y supplée par une droiture de sentimens bien constatée, par une énergie de volonté qui n'a point encore faibli. Nous avons eu Poccasion pré cieuse d'entendre de sa bouche l'expression de ses sentimens et de ses vœux. Malgré la réserve diplo matique commandée à un prince protégé par la Puissie, on voyait assez clairement combien il te nait à Pestime de la France; mais, s'il semblait attacher beaucoup de prix à être apprécié chez nous, ce n'était point en ambitieux porté aux aventures. Il jugeait mieux des intentions et des intérêts de l'Occident. Lui aussi, il paraissait comp ter grandement sur l'appui bienveillant de la di plomatie française, non dans Fidée de créer des embarras au sultan, dans la pensée, au contraire, d'associer plus étroitement les intérêts de son peu ple à ceux de Pempire ottoman. Le prince de Ser bie, comme tous les patriotes intelligens qui ont coopéré à son élection , était convaincu qu'il n'y" ]

[ "ETUDES ET NOTICES HISTORIQUES ASÎlïE J»E BOI.EV\\ son élévation et sa chute. Parmi les nombreux spectateurs qui vont applaudir Anne de Boleyn au théâtre de la Monnaie (I), chaque fois qu'elle s'y montre sous les traits de Mrae Nathan, il en est plus d'un vraisemblablement auquel l'histoire de celte lemme célèbre est peu familière. 11 faut convenir que ceux qui ne connaîtraient pas d'avance ses aventures et son caractère, s'en formeraient une idée assez fausse, s'ils en jugeaient par l'opéra de Donizelli. Nous ne chicanerons pas l'auleur du livret sur ce point. Chacun sait que l'his toire ne doit pasètre étudiée dans les ouvrages dramatiques, plus que dans les romans : les romanciers, les faiseurs (I) Avril 1841. 111. I", "414 LES ROLLANDISTES. Leurs travaux, leur suppression sous» Joseph II (t7»a-f »8»)(l). Dans la séance de 27 oclobre dernier, M. de Beiffenberg donna lecture de Tanalyse, faite par lui, d'un manuscrit appartenant à notre honorable collègue M. l'abbé de Ram, et contenant quelques documents relatifs aux travaux des hagiographes qui furent chargés, sous le règne de Marie- Thérèse, de la continuation du célèbre ouvrage des xicta Sanclorum. J'eus Thonneur de faire observer à la commission que les Archives du royaume renfermaient une collection volumineuse de pièces propres à éclaircir, d'une manière complète, ce point intéressant de l'histoire littéraire de la Belgique; et, comme elle m'en témoigna le désir, je m'en gageai à lui présenter un travail qui serait le résultat de la mise en œuvre de ces matériaux. Je viens acquitter ma promesse. La résolution que la commission a prise, de continuer les Acla Sanctorum Belgii selecla, les avis qu'elle pourrait être appelée à.émettre sur les moyens de conduire à sa lin le grand ouvrage des Bollandistes, me dispensent de prouver que le mémoire dont je vais donner lecture rentre dans le cadre des travaux pour lesquels la commis- (I) Lecture faite à la séance de la Commission royale d'histoire, le 5 avril 1855.", "422 XVIIIe siècle par le chancelier de Brabant De Gryspérre, el augmenlé par Tarchevéque Humbert De Prœcipiano, dans le but d'écrire contre les jansénistes, ainsi que contre les autres ennemis de la société. Le Musœum Rellarmini possédait un fonds d'environ 50,000 florins de capital, outre beaucoup de manuscrits et une bibliothèque assez riche (1). Les discussions sur le jansénisme et le molinisme élaient heureusement lombées dans l'oubli. Les jésuites résolurent de donner à la dotation du Musœum une destinalion infi niment plus utile : ils conçurent le dessein d'en employer les revenus à la publication à'Analectes Relgiques ; déjà ils avaient rassemblé de nombreux matériaux pour cette entreprise, el ils en avaient même fait paraître le pros pectus (2), lorsqu'éclata la catastrophe qui anéantit leur ordre. (1) M. Delmotte a donné les mêmes délails sur cet établissement dans sa notice consacrée au marquis du Chastclcr, Archives du nord de la France et du midi de la Belgique, t. IV, p. 118. (2) Ce prospectus, imprime à Anvers, chez J. Grange, en 1775, forme huit pages iii-4\". II est intitulé : Prospectus operis quod mscri betur : Analecta Belgica ad XVII provinciarum Belgii tic ditioninn interjacenlium historiam dilucidandam perlincnlia, etc. U existe aux archives, une lellre du comle de Nény relative à ce prospectus, qui m'a paru assez intéressante, pour la transcrire ici; elle porte la date du 26 mai 1775, et cstadl-essce au secrétaire d'état, M. De Crumpipcn : « II y a déjà dix ans que j'ai proposé aux jésuites d'Anvers d'en- J treprendre l'ouvrage dont le prospeclus ci-joint a été remis à S. A. » le ministre plénipotentiaire. Jc leur cn avais Iracé le plan, dont « l'objet élait de rassembler, dans un ou lout au plus dans deux » volumes in-folio, tout ce qui se Irouve d'essentiel dans l'inimense ouvrage des Acla Sanctorum, sur la géographie, l'histoire »t Ia chronologie des Pays- Bas, surtout pendant le moyen âge. J'ai eu" ]

[ "83 Ist diese Vermuthung richtig, dann lässt sich auch vielleicht erklären, weshalb der Compilator diese Immunitätsurkunde, deren Ausstellungsjahr aus den Annal. Maj. Pol. nicht zu entnehmen war. in das Jahr 1232 versetzte. Er hat in der oben angeführten Notiz der Annalen gelesen, dass die polnischen Herrn mit den von Wladyslaw Odouicz der Kirche ertheilten Privilegien unzufrieden waren, und dieselben noch nach dessen Tode durch einen förmlichen Aufstand im .1. 1244 rückgängig machen wollten ; der Bischof Bogu chwal II. musste sogar zeitweise nachgeben. — Zum J. 1233 fand der Compilator in denselben Annalen eine Nachricht von einem Aufstande der grosspolni schen Herrn gegen den Herzog Wladyslaw Odonicz und dessen beabsichtigter Ersetzung durch den schle sischen Herzog Heinrich den Bärtigen. So mag nun der Compilator nach der Ursache dieses Aufstandes gefragt haben und ist vielleicht zu einer solchen Ant wort gekommen: wenn die der Kirche bewiesene Frei gebigkeit des Herzogs noch nach seinem Tode so viel Unzufriedenheit hervorgerufen hat , wie viel mehr musste dies der Fall gewesen sein unmittelbar nach der Verleihung der Freiheiten? Die Zeit der letzte ren hat der Compilator allerdings nicht gewusst, aber sobald er nur einmal zu der Ueberzeugung gekommen war, dass der Aufstand zum J. 1233 nicht ohne Zu sammenhang mit der Immunitätsurkunde gestanden haben könne, liess sich auch diese Zeit durch Com bination und mit Hilfe der Erfindungsgabe nicht schwer ermitteln; denn zum J. 1232, also unmittelbar vor dem Aufstande sind in den Annal. Maj. Polon. die bereits er wähnten Concessionen für den Posener Bi-", "IV. Zusammenstellung origineller Nachrichten in dq; grosspoln. Chronik. JJei der Verfertigung dieser Zusammenstellung liess ich mich durch folgende Rücksichten leiten. Der erste Theil der grosspoln. Chronik (bis 1202) kann, so weit ältere Quellen reichen, nur ganz untergeordneten Werth haben, von diesem aber sind die ersten neun Capitel, welche die Sagengeschichte behandeln, für einen Ge schichtsforscher vollends entbehrlich. Ich habe des halb die letzteren in diesem Falle ganz unberücksich tigt gelassen, obgleich sie manchen neuen Zug zur Sagengeschichte bringen ; sodann habe ich aus dem ersten Theile der Chronik durchgehends nur solche Stellen aufgenommen, welche auf irgend einer uns unbekannten Ueberlieferung zu beruhen scheinen und nicht willkürliche Abweichungen von der Vorlage un serer Chronik sind. Bei solchem Verfahren bleibt allerdings ein gros ser Spielraum für die subjective Beurtheilung ; dies liess sich aber nicht gut vermeiden; ich musste von", "118 machte. Es muss nämlich auffallen, dass in diesem äl- testen und besten Codex die Ghronik nur bis zum J. 1249 reicht, also die Zeit umfasst, für welche Gody- slaw noch gar nicht Zeitgenosse ist— Sollte nun die einzige einer anderen Gruppe angehörende Handschrift unvollständig auf uns gekommen sein? dann müsste man doch zu viel Antheil an der ganzen Sache dem bösen Zufall einräumen, der sich gleichsam zur Auf- gabe gemacht hätte durch Häufung immer neuer Schwierigkeiten eine Streitfrage für die Gelehrten zu schaffen. Der Zufall hat schon ohnehin ziemlich viel in dieser Richtung gesorgt, man darf ihn daher nicht zugeben, wo dies nicht unbedingt nöthig ist — Be- trachtet man aber H. als vollständig und Godyslaw als Autor, was wird dann mit dem übrigen Theile der Chronik von 1250 — 1272 geschehen, welcher nicht nur in die Lebenszeit Godyslaw's vollkommen hinein- passt, sondern wo er auch in 4er ersten Person auf- tritt?— Diese Frage hat sich Mosbach nicht gestellt; sie ist aber zu wichtig, als dass man sich über sie ganz einfach hinwegsetzen dürfte. Ausserdem erhebt sich gegen die Mosbachsche Hypothese noch eine andere Schwierigkeit; sie hängt ja ganz von der Bedingung ab, dass Godyslaw in der Zeit von 1295 — 12% noch gelebt habe. Alle Zeug- nisse sprechen aber eher dagegen als dafür; Gody- slaw begegnet uns als Zeuge in folgenden Urkunden; 1) 1252 Juni 1 — 4. (V. Nonas Junii) Bascho thesaurarius J). ') Codex dipl. Maj. Pol. I., Nro 599." ]

[ "Kurfürst Maximilian III. Joseph. 61 1770 1771 1773 1774. 1776, 1777, Gründung der Zeichnungs-, Maler- und Bildhauerschule in München. 8. Aug. Herzog Clemens Franz de Paula (1742), Präsi dent des kurfürstl. Hofkriegsrathes, st. Seine Güter in Böhmen fallen an Max III. Joseph. Missernte und grosse Theuerung. Einführung des Kartoffel baues in Bayern. 26. Febr. Neuer Vertrag mit Karl Theodor. Pactum suc cessorium. 18. Aug. Bulle des Papstes Clemens XIV.: Dominus ac Re demptor noster. Aufhebung des Jesuitenordens. In Bayern und Oberpfalz 515 Patres und Fratres des Ordens. Kollegien zu Ingolstadt, Landsberg, Mün chen, Amberg, Burghausen, Biburg, Landshut, Mindel heim, Ebersberg, Altötting, Straubing. Gesammtvermögen 7% Mill. Gulden. Dazu später die Kollegien von Neuburg und Sulzbach. Die Patres des aufgehobenen Ordens erhalten Lehrstellen an den öffentlichen Schulen. 17. Juni. Mitbesitzvertrag (Constitutum possessorium) zwi schen Max III. Joseph und Karl Theodor. Schulplan des Freiherrn Joh. Adam von Ickstätt, Direk tors der Universität Ingolstadt. 1. Mai. Adam Weisshaupt, Prof. des kanonischen Rechts zu Ingolstadt, stiftet den Illuminatenorden. 17. Aug. Joh. Adam von Ickstätt st. in Waldsassen (geb. 1702 zu Bockenhausen bei Mainz). 1. Sept. Kurfürstl. Schulverordnung für die kurbayerischen Lyceen und Gymnasien, verfasst von Heinrich Braun (mo dificirt 1799). 30. Dez. Kurfürst Max III. Joseph st. kinderlos zu Mün chen. (Seine Gemalin Maria Anna st. 1797). Ende der Ludwig'schen (Wilhelminischen) Linie. Bayern fällt nach den Hausverträgen an die Rudolf'sche Linie, zunächst an den Kurfürsten und Pfalzgrafen Karl Theodor. Die achte Kur mit dem Erzschatzmeisteramte (s. Pfalz 1653) erlischt. Die böhmischen Güter (1719) fallen an Karl August, Herzog in Zweibrücken. Bevölkerung der Stadt München: 37,800.", "Augsburg. Markgrafschast Bayern. 252 1. Gebiet des Hochstifts Augsburg 43 \\J M. mit 93,000 E. a. Stadt und Rentamt Dillingen mit Wittislingen und Kloster Ful- tenbach. b. 13 Pflegämter: Aislingen, Westendorf und Killenthal mit Kloster Holzen, Zusmarshausen'mit Dinkelscherben, Pfaffenhausen, Schön- eck a. d. Günz, Bobingen mit den zur Stral'senvogtei gehörigen Dörfern Göggingen, Inningen, Aitingen; — Schwabmünchen, Buchloe , Leeder, Oberdorf, Nesselwang , Füssen mit einer Bene- diktiner - Abtei , Sonthofen mit Hindelang und Oberstorf. Dazu viele einzelne Dörfer, Güter, Zölle. Mehrere Dörfer zu der Abtei St. Ulrich und Afi-a , zu den Stiften St. Moriz, Katharina u. a. 2. Reichsstadt Augsburg D/4 □ M. Stadtbevölkerung 28,000 E. Das Dorf Oberhausen unter bischöfl. Gerichtsbarkeit. Die Dörfer Gersthofen, Stettenhofen und Langwaid unter der Augsb. Landvogtei. II Markgrafschast Burgau. c. 1180 — 1300. Die Grafen von Ramsberg (Romsberg) und Rog- genstein aus dem Geschlechte der Grafen von Berg und Schelklingen im Besitz der Markgrafschaft B. 1301. Heinrich V. verkauft die Markgrafschaft B. nebst den Ful- daischen Lehen an K. Albrecht I. Herzog Leopold wird Markgraf von B. 1324. Dez. Vergeblicher Angriff K. Ludwig's d. B. auf Burgau. 1361. Die Mkgr. B. wird gleich den übrigen österr. Herrschaften in Schwaben von fremden Gerichten eximirt (wiederholt 1366). 1396 — 1439. Herzog Friedrich mit der leeren Tasche, Statthalter von Tirol, Mkgr. von B. 1457. Die Mkgr. B. wird an Herzog Ludwig von Landshut ver- pfändet, 1470 an das Hochstift Augsburg, 1486 an Herzog Georg von Landshut, 1498 abermals an den Bischof von Augsburg. 1530. K. Karl V. belehnt zu Wellenburg seinen Bruder Ferdinand mit B. 1559. K. Ferdinand I. löst B. wieder ein und übergibt die Mark- grafschaft 1564 seinem Sohn Ferdinand von Tirol. Oester- reich-Tiroler Linie bis 1665. Vielfache Streitigkeiten mit den Insassen wegen der Lan- deshoheitsrechte, mit der Stadt Augsburg wegen des Ge- leitsrechtes auf der Landstrasse von Burgau nach Augsburg. 1587. Interimsmitte] zur Ausgleichung der Differenzen mit den Insassen (1653). 1608. Karl, Sohn des Erzherzogs Ferdinand und der Philippine Welser, erhält die Mkgr. B., dazu die Landgrafschaft Nel- lenburg und die Herrschaften Hohenberg, Feldkirch, Bre- genz und Hoheneck als österr. Afterlehen.", "274 Register. Seite Bodenlauben 167 Bodenschatz 210 Bodenstein, A 169 Bodenstein , J 219 Böhm, Hans 169 Bonifacius 2 ßoos 259 Böschenstein 37 Brander 250 Braun. 60 Breitenstein, Seb. v 255 Brentano 259 Breyer 84 Bronner 60 Brucker 250 Brunner 50 Brusch 113 Bucer 100. 245 Burgkmair 244 Burkard 165 Burkart 179 Seite Dalberg, K 78. 104 Danner 224 Daub 66 David 240 Denis . 57 Denner 220 Deroy 74. 80. 211 Deuschlin 229 Diemuot 10 Diepenbrock 90 Diether 123. 144 Dietrich 220 Dietrich von Plieningen . . 38. 125 Dilherr 223 Diller 128. 162 Dinzenhofer 181 Dobda 3 Döderlein, Chr 225 Döderlein, L 94 Dohna, Graf von 133 Dold 169 Dollinger 96 Donellus 129. 221 Doppelmayr 224 Drach 161 Dunzel 100 Duraeus 149 Dürer 217 Drassdorf 216 Camerarius, J. 1 178. 219 Camerarius, J. II 222 Camerarius, J. III. (IV.). . . . 135 Camerarius, L 132 Camerarius, Ph 221 Cammerloher 108 Candidus 148 Canisius 40 f., 247 Capistrano 99. 112. 216 Capito 245 Carl 222 Caus 132 Cellarius 244 Celtes 32. 124. 168. 217 Christian von Birkenfeld . . 48. 149 Clavius 179 Cochlaeus 101. 218 Conrad von Alzey 119 Conrad von Passau 110 Conrad von Randeck , 241 Conrad von Würzburg 167 Conradus Philosophus 14 Corbinian 2. 105 Cornelius 86 Couviller 51 Couvillon 41 Cozroh 106 Crollius 151 Cronegk 208 Crusius 179. 261 Cuspinianus 235 Ebner, E 216. 220 Ebner, H 219 Eck, J 37 ff., 245 Eck, L 38 Ecker von Käpfing 108 Eckhart 172 Egl 98 Ehern 128 Eimmart 103. 224 Eisengrein, M 41 Eisengrein, W 163 Elias Levita 193 Ellrodt 202 Eiser 266. 269 Embser 152 Emmeram 2. 95 Engelberger 243 Eppelein von Gailing 215 Erast 129 Erhard 95 Erthal, Bischof 173. 182 Esper 208 Eustasius 1 Exter 152 Eyb, A. von 185 Dalberg, H 64. 141 Dalberg, J 124" ]

[ "35 waren hier in allernächster Nähe Ohrcnzeugcn eines wüthenden Ar tillcrickampfcs. Einige Kugeln sandte der Feind nach unserer Co lonnc, als er dieselbe noch auf flachem Felde stehen sah; sie schlugen hinter uns ein und richteten wenigstens unter uns keinen Schaden an. Als wir uns seinen Blicken entzogen hatten, richtete er das Feuer mehr dcr Batterie zu. Ich erinnere, daß das Gewehrfeuer, was vor uns wieder sehr lebhaft ward, gegen dies Getöse des gro ben Geschützes uns vorkam, wie wenn man trockenes Holz zerbräche. Der offcielle Bericht sagt darüber: „So hatte denn die Schlacht von Tagesanbruch bis gegen 11 Uhr gedauert, als der Feind auf seinem linken Flügel nicht mehr gedrängt, neue Kräfte gegen die Id stedter Stellung entwickelte. Diesen gegenüber wurde nach und nach der größte Theil der Reserve-Artillerie verwendet. Es entspann sich hier der heftigste Geschützkampf des Tages, und man glaubte cs noch nicht aufgeben zu dürfen, diese Position zu halten, da hier noch der größte Theil der 1. Brigade zur Reserve stand (das 3. und 4. Ba taillon und die 2. Abtheilung des 12. Bataillons). Der mehrfach angezogene dänische Privatbericht sagt : „Bald aber ward die Schlacht hartnäckiger als vorher wieder eröffnet. Ein fürchterliches Artillerie feucr entbrannte von beiden Seiten und dauerte ein paar Stunden bis nach Mittag fort; das Gewehrfeuer verlor sich ganz unter dem Donner dcr Kanonen. Einige 29 dänische Kanonen wurden aufge fahren um die Wege zu reinigen; die Kugeln flogen dicht wie Hagel längs denselben, Ströme von Blut und Wasser flössen hinab. Von den Höhen des Idstedtcr Passes feuerte das feindliche Geschütz, aus dieser vortrefflichen, gedeckten Stellung, hinab auf die Heide. Eine dichte Rauchwolke der brennenden Bäume und Dörfer hüllte Freunde und Feinde ein. Wald und Heide erzitterten, und es war gleichsam als ob die Wolken von der gewaltigen Erschütterung erbebten, denn sie zertheilten sich, der Regen hörte auf und die Sonne schien.\" (Ich glaube nicht zu irren, wenn ich, wie gesagt, meine, daß der Him mel noch wahrend der eingctretcnen Kampfpause heiter ward.) 3*", "37 theilung des 12. Bataillons (die letztere stand in Reserve und wurde nur ans dem Rückzüge mit verwandt) kam es, daß die beiden Ab theilungen auf verschiedenen Wegen sich zurückzogen. Die 2. Ab theilung ging von Schuby dircct nach Rendsburg; die 1. Abthei lung ging den für die 4. Brigade bestimmten Rückzugswcg. Warum wir (die 1. Abtheilung) nun aber, statt unsern Marsch nach den Hühncrhäuscrn zu nehmen, in welchem Falle wir dann nur einen kleinen Theil von Schleswig zu berühren gehabt hätten, den Wcg nach dcr Michaelisstraße einschlugen, kann ich nicht sagen. Vielleicht waren unsere Führer damals noch eben so ungewiß über den endli chen Ausgang der Schlacht, als wir selber; die Mannschaft dachte wenigstens nicht im Entferntesten daran, daß wir schon auf dem Punkt ständen, Schleswig zu »erlassen. Aber es war so. Wir mußten nun durch ganz Schleswig marschiren, und dieser Durchmarsch ist eben eins der traurigsten Erlebnisse, deren ich mich entsinne. Schon an und für sich war es ein Herzeleid im wahren Sinne des Wortes, die so treue Stadt Schleswig verlassen, so preisgeben zu müssen; nun aber standen an den Thüren die Bürger mit den traurigsten Mienen; Frauen und Mädchen grüßten und reichten die Hand zum Abschied , und dabei liefen die hellen Thränen über die Wangen. Sie hatten Körbe voll Brod, und uns begleitend, warfen sie den Hungrigen davon zu. Dies war hauptsächlich in der Altstadt der Fall; im Lollfuß dagegen sah es still und ausgestorben aus; eine Menge Bürger waren geflüchtet, und was zurückblic-b , mochte nicht den Durchmarsch sehen wollen. In dcr That, das war ein schwerer Durchmarsch. Unser Musikcorps aber spielte: „Schleswig-Holstein meerumschlungen\"; es ist dieser Tag wohl für lange Zeit der letzte gewesen, an dem die Stadt Schleswig dies Nationallicd gehört hat! Der Tag war indeß zu reich an Eindrücken gewesen, als daß der zuletzt empfangene unter den obwaltenden Umständen lange haf ten geblieben wäre Wir waren zu abgemattet, als daß nicht die Sehnsucht nach Ruhe alle andern Gedanken in den Hintergrund", "146 auch um die Umformirung mit sich vornehmen zu lassen. Das 2. und 3. Iägercorps war in dieser seiner Umbildung in 2 Bataillone bereits wieder bci der Avantgarde eingetroffen. Wir hatten gehofft, daß auch wir diesctwcgen auf ein paar Tage — länger wünschten wir nicht — nach Rendsburg verlegt würden. Allein Gerhardt hatte geäußert, er fürchte daß er uns aus Rendsburg nicht wieder bekomme, wenn wir einmal dort wären. Später gab überdies das Generalcommando scincn Plan auf, alle Cadres in der angegebenen Weise umzubilden; die Infanterie blieb so wie sie war. Dennoch hofften wir, einmal auf ein paar Tage von der Avantgarde obgclößt zu werden. Das 2. Bataillon war auf Etentcumühle vom 13tcn abgclößt worden; wil glaubten die Reihe käme nun an uns. Statt dessen erhielt unseie 1. Abtheilung Anfangs December Befehl das 1. Bataillon in Aschcffel abzulösen. Damit gaben wil denn für einige Zeit unsere Hoffnung auf. — In Aschcffel aber gewesen zu sein, glaube ich, hat Niemanden von uns gereut. Ascheffel ist ein reizend gelegenes Dorf; schon deßhalb gefiel es uns. Mehr noch sprach uns die Wohlhabenheit dcr Bewohner, die Etattlichkcit ihrer Häuser von draußen, die Reinlichkeit drinnen an. Besonders aber verfehlte die heitere Freundlichkeit der Dorfbewohner ihre Wirkung nicht. Die Mädchen des Dorfes fanden sich zum Tanz ein, wenn die Picoloflöte , die Trommel und der Triangel — allerdings cin Orchestcr eigener Art — sich Abends hören ließen. In Ascheffel hätten wir immer sein mögen — wenn der Dienst nicht gewesen wäre. Dieser aber war ein fthi schwerer, wie sogleich weiter erhellen wird. Es lag \"nicht in der Absicht , die jetzt besetzten äußelsten Ort schaften im Fall eines ernstlichen Angriffes zu halten. Dies beweist nachstehende Disposition Gerhardt's, die vom 7. Deccmbcr datirt ist : „Sobald die auf Vorposten befindlichen Bataillons von über- legener Macht angegriffen weiden, haben dieselben Meldungen nach" ]

[ "Wissenschaftliche Beilage zum Jahresbericht des Berlinischen Gymnasiums zum grauen Kloster. Ostern 1898. Die deutsche Kaiseridee und Kaisersage im Mittelalter und die falschen Friedriche. Von r Julins Heidemann. BERLIN 1898. R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlung Hermann Heyfelder. 1898. Programm Nr. 51.", "20 Leute halten dürfen, die nur eine äusserliche Ähnlichkeit mit Friedrich II. und Kenntnis seiner Gewohnheiten und Eigenheiten besessen haben. In ihrem Auftreten, in ihrer Haltung und in ihren Reden muss etwas gelegen haben, was nicht nur die Menge, sondern auch gebildete Männer für sie einnahm, denn sonst wäre es unerklärlich, wie sie auch nur eine kurze Zeit die Täuschung hätten aufrecht erhalten können, Kaiser Friedrich zu sein. Einer der Pseudofriedriche hat weit über ein Jahr die Kaiserrolle gespielt und in gar nicht übler Weise; und ein anderer in Lübeck die Huldigung der Vornehmen sowohl wie der Geringen empfangen, bis ein alter Ratsherr, der Friedrich II. noch persönlich gekannt hatte, ihn entlarvte. Wenn ferner einer von ihnen als Ein siedler bezeichnet wird, so ist auch daraus keineswegs auf einen geringen Bildungsgrad zu Schliessen, denn es flüchteten auch Leute angesehenen Standes aus der Welt in die Einsamkeit, wie der thüringische Graf Günther, welcher zur Zeit Kaiser Heinrichs III. um 1040 als Klausner im Böhmer Walde lebte. Die Zurückgezogenheit aus dem Leben hinderte einen Eremiten nicht an der Be obachtung der politischen Vorgänge; und in erregten Zeiten hat mancher seine stille Klause ver lassen, um sich an der Erörterung politischer Fragen zu beteiligen, wie der Einsiedler Nicolaus von der Flue, welcher 1487 im Stanzer „Verkommnis\" einen Zwist in der Eidgenossenschaft bei legen half1). Indes wer immer auch die Pseudofriedriche gewesen sein mögen, sie kommen hier nicht an sich in Betracht, sondern nur als Zeugen einer tiefgehenden Missstimmung des Volkes, welches die Wirren der kaiserlosen Zeit schwer empfindet und sich nach den besseren Zuständen unter den Kaisern zurücksehnt. Der erste falsche Friedrich, von dem wir hören, trat in Italien 1261 oder 1262 auf, wo die Ungewissheit über den Ausgang Friedrichs II. nicht minder gross war als in Deutschland2). Nach dem Berichte des weifisch gesinnten Chronisten Saba Malaspina3) war er ein Mann von niederer Herkunft mit Namen Johann von Calcaria, welcher bettelnd in Sicilien umherzog und dabei erfuhr, dass er eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit mit dem verstorbenen Kaiser Friedrich Jl. besitze. Dies soll ihn veranlasst haben mit der Erklärung aufzutreten, er sei der Kaiser und kehre nach Vollendung einer neunjährigen Bussfahrt zurück, um die Herrschaft wieder zu übernehmen. Bald sammelten sich um ihn Scharen von Anhängern Friedrichs, die ihn als Kaiser verehrten und mit ihm ein Lager am Aetna bezogen. Unerklärlich bleibt nach diesem Berichte, woher der niedere Bettler plötzlich die geistigen und militärischen Fähigkeiten gewann, die Rolle eines Kaisers zu spielen, denn die Erfurter Chronik4) die ihn Johann von Cocleria nennt, und der thüringische Chronist Johann Rothe5) berichten, dass er mit einem grossen Heere König Manfred bekämpfte ]) Nach den Annal. Colouiens. max. (Mon. G. h. Ss. XVII. S. 838) war es ein Eremit, welcher 1225 sich in Flandern uud im Hennegau für den Kaiser Balduin von Konstantinopcl ausgab. Letzterer, ein Graf von Flandern, hatte 1204 Kreuzfahrer nach Konstantinopel geführt, war von ihnen zum Kaiser erhoben aber schon 1205 getötet worden. Der Pseudobalduiu fand zunächst eine freundliche Aufnahme, wurde aber nach zwei Monaten entlarvt und in Lüttich hingerichtet. Nach den in Lüttich verfassten Jahrbüchern Reiners zum Jahre 1225 hiess er Bertram von Rais. 2) Dafür zeugt die Thatsache, dass nach einem erhaltenen urkundlichen Kontrakte zwei Edelleute zu Sangemignano am 10. August 1257 einem Goldschmied Braccio 60 Scheffel Getreide versprachen, nenn er nach- weisen könnte, dass der totgesagte Friedrich II. noch am Leben sei. Auf diesen Kontrakt verwies zuerst Brosch a. a. O. S. 23. 3) Abgedruckt bei Kampers a. a. O. S. 203. *) Mon. G. h. Ss. XXIV., S. 202. 6) Düringische Chronik, herausgegeben von R. v. Lilieneron, 1859, S. 426 u. fg.", "31 fort: Ex hoc fama venit, Fridericum adbuc vivere in Castro Confüsionis '). Dass mit diesem Aus drucke das Kyffhäuser Schloss gemeint ist, kann kaum zweifelhaft sein; aber nirgend sonst findet es sich als castrum Confüsionis bezeichnet. Wahrscheinlich ist das Wort verschrieben für castrum Cophese, wie das Schloss in dem Erfurter Chronic. Sanpetrin. zum Jahre 1 1 18 2) genannt wird3). Für die Lokalisierung der Friedrichssage am Kyffhäuser gab es mehrfache Gründe. Als östlicher Ausläufer und höchster Punkt eines zwischen dem Harze und dem Thüringerwalde west ostwärts streichenden Waldgebirges beherrscht der Berg die weite Ebene um Sangerhausen und die goldene Aue. Seine freie, der Sonne zugewendete Lage bot in der heidnischen Zeit den zur Frühlings- und Sonnenfeier sich versammelnden Volksmassen einen Festplatz ersten Banges dar. Man müßte schon aus diesem Grunde in ihm einen der am Harz und in Thüringen häufigen Wodansberge vermuten, auf denen der Licht- und Sonnengott Wodan oder Wotan verehrt worden ist. Nun aber hat der zu Sangerhausen verstorbene Gymnasialdirektor A. Ftilda aus einer Urkunde des am Südharze belegenen Klosters Walkenried vom Jahre 1277 nachgewiesen, daß in dieser Gegend in der That ein Wodansberg sich befunden habe, welcher der seiner Arbeit beigegebenen topographischen Karte zufolge am Kyffhäuser zu suchen ist4). Seine Annahme ist bestritten, aber nicht widerlegt worden, und für sie spricht der Umstand, daß noch in christlicher Zeit das alte Maienfest von der Bevölkerung der Umgegend am Kyffhäuser gefeiert wurde. Ernst Koch, der in seiner Schrift über die Kaiser Friedrichssage am Kyffhäuser die mit dem Wodandienste verbundenen mythologischen Vorstellungen bespricht5), gedenkt dabei des Kampfes, den nach alt germanischer Anschauung der rotbärtige Donar, der Gott des Frühlingsgewitters, gegen den Dämon des kalten Winters und dessen Gefolge, die Beifriesen, führt. „Neben und über dem Donnergotte — so heißt es wörtlich — steht Wotan, die Personifikation der wehenden Luft, und durch seinen Goldhelm als eine zweite Emanation des ursprünglich einzigen Licht- und Sonnengottes kenntlich\". Dem Lichtgotte zu Ehren wurde das Frühlings- und Maifest gefeiert, welches dem Volke teuer blieb, auch als schon das Christentum die heidnischen Gölter längst verdrängt hatte. Da die christlichen Priester die heidnischen Feste nicht beseitigen konnten, so legten sie ihnen wenigstens christliche Ideen unter, indem sie an die Stelle der heidnischen Götter christliche Heilige setzten und die Festgänge in Wallfahrten verwandelten. Aus dem Wodan- und Frühlingsfeste ging all mählich das Fest der heiligen Walpurgis hervor, welches am 1. Mai als Volksfest gefeiert wurde und in einzelnen deutschen Landschaften, wie in der fränkischen Schweiz, noch heute als solches gefeiert wird. Eine derartige Wandlung muß auch der Wodankultus am Kyffhäuser erfahren haben, denn Rothe erzählt in seiner Chronik6): Im 1433 jähre nach Ostirn entstand eine grosse fart kegn Kufhußen, do das heilige Kreuz große Zeichen that. Ostern fiel 1433 auf den 12. April, und der Ausdruck nach Ostern gestattet die Annahme, daß es sich um eine Fahrt zur Frühlings- ') Leibuitz: Script. rer. Brunsvic. II, p. 1115. 2) Herausgegeb. von Stübel in den Geschichtsquell, d. Prov. Sachsen 1, S. 119. *) Den Bericht des lingelhusius über Tile Kolup und Friedrichs Aufenthalt im Kyffhäuser Schlosse wiederholt der gegen 1500 lebende hessische Chronist Wigand Gersteuberger, aber er beruft sich dabei zugleich auf den 1341 gest. hess. Chronisten Johaun Rytessel. Danach würde der Kylfhäuser als Lokal der Sage schon vor 1341 genannt worden sein, was an sich nicht wahrscheinlich ist. Leider ist Rytessels Chronik nicht mehr vorhanden, so dass Gerstenbergers Angabe nicht mehr kontrolliert werden kann. *) A. a. 0. S. 30 u. fg. 6) A. a. 0. S. 5. ») A. a. 0. S. 679." ]

[ "THE RELEASE 200 part II dangerous than a little girl leading out a cow to browse on the banks, they arrived by daylight, all drenched with early dews, and with the remnants of shoes scarce holding to their feet, at good Dame Manon's, where Denny had decided on hiding his charge for the daylight hours while he reconnoitred Rouen. Dame Manon was as faith ful a Catholic as himself, and as ready to think it an honour and a blessing to receive persecuted nuns. She stood at her door with hands clasped, and a torrent of exclamations of pity and horror as they tottered and limped forward. She drew them into the hovel, and garrulously mourned that she had nothing better to set before them than the contents of her pot au feu. Then as she saw the bleeding, blistered feet, her exclama tions redoubled. ' Ah,' said Mere St. Hilaire quaintly, as she held up her foot, ' I never half understood the merits of the sisters Discace'es! ' Ah ! but the merits are even greater when you are suffering through wicked men ! ' said the good hostess, who was making ready quickly to heat some water to wash the poor feet. What next was to be done ? Sabots must be procured, but the purchase of five pairs in the village a mile off would excite suspicion. The Prioress had thrust on Mere St. Hilaire a bag which was found to contain plenty of money, so that there was no difficulty on that score, and it was decided that pairs of sabots should be bought by Manon, Denny, and Sœur Bonami in different shops, in the course of the day. Denny could reach Rouen far more promptly", "218 THE RELEASE PART II ' In my house ! No, that would never be,' exclaimed the old lady, fully sensible of all the claims of hospitality ; and off she set to mitigate Bond's zeal for the British flag, by persuading him of the rights of their voluntary guest. He cer tainly would ha\\-e found none of the women of the house on his side, for Caroline found the cook, who had braved him so unwillingly, and the housemaid sitting by perfectly entranced by his manners, conversation, and the story of the rescue of the ladies. The housemaid begged to make up a bed for him. ' She was sure he deserved everything they could do for the friend of the distressed,' and the cook chimed in with an em phatic, ' To hear him talk was as good as the players in the barn, and all true besides ! ' Nevertheless, it was far safer for the chivalrous deserter to be out of reach, and so Caroline was obliged to tell him most unwillingly. ' The saints' blessing be on you, madam, but never take it to heart. Sure and it is nothing but the luck of an honest free-trader, and what I've had to do night by night, over and over again. A hedge-side or the lee of a hay-stack is as good as I'd look for on land, nine nights out of the week ; and now the holy mothers is brought into port, I have the prayers of them, blessings on them, and one of them, mother St. Hilary, she give me this medal, which has been blessed by the Pope, and is not that enough to keep a man's heart warm ? ' And more than content with that reward, the Irishman disappeared into the night, and Mrs.", "CHAPTER XVI NUNS ABROAD The Paip, that Pagan full o' pride, Hath blinded us fu' long. Ballad, The two Mistresses Aylmer did not find their hospitality to the nuns of Ste. Lucie led much to their ease and comfort, and the younger certainly had the worst of it, for she had the misgivings of every one to hear, as well as displeasure at times from the nuns and Madame de Henisson. They were far too well-bred ladies to utter a word as to their accommodation, but they were dreadfully distressed and angry when they dis covered that Sœur Philomene had been allowed to see a gentleman — nay, one who had been her lover. Poor Cecile disclosed the fact unawares, and then found that it had almost destroyed their confidence in Caroline. 'But, que voulez-vous ? She is a heretic ! ' ' And no Catholic could be more good and kind to us,' said Mere de l'Annonciation. ' Though she might have known better than to cause such a scandal ! ' added Mere St. Hilaire." ]

[ "19 Court of Aldermen to restore Thomas Elliott to his office of Master of the Pewterers' Company, from which he had been formerly removed. 6th February, 1604. No. 252. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lords of the Council, informing their Lordships that the Pewterers' Company had agreed to receive Thomas Elliott again into his office of Master of the Company, upon his giving bond to the Company for such plate and other matters of charge as by his office were to be committed unto him, which custom is observed in many companies ; that at first he refused to do as they required ; some fresh objections being, however, taken against him, they have presented a petition, signed by two hundred of the Company, praying that he may not be put upon them, but that they may have free choice of such as are to hold the place of government amongst them. 17th March, 1604. No. 273. Letter from the Lord Mayor to Sir Edward Cooke,* Knt., Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, touching the Charter lately granted to the Cutlers' Company, and complaining that this new Charter was contrary to the usage and custom of this ancient City, and requesting him to examine and report upon the differences between the Old and New Charter. 12th October, 1606. No. 282. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lords of the Council, inclosing a report from the Court of Aldermen touching * Edward Coke, elected Recorder of London, Jan. 11, 1 591 (Repertory 22, sol. 342b); Solicitor-General, June 16, 1592; Speaker of the House of Commons, 1593; Attorney-General, April 10, 1594; Treasurer of the Inner Temple, 1596; Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, June 30, 1606; Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Oct. 25, 1613; sworn of the Privy Council, Nov. 4, 161 3. C 2", "51 No 222. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lord Keeper, informing him that in accordance with the order made by the Court of Chancery, the 29th May, in the cause depend- ing between Richard Coop and others, plaintiffs, and Baldwin Dereham, defendant, touching the custody of the children and orphans of the late Mr. Coop, they had referred the same to Mr. Richard Wheeler, Common Serjeant, Baptist Hickes, and others, who had held several meetings, but the plaintiffs would not appear before them, denying their jurisdiction. 26th October, 1602. No. 227 -. Letter from the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to the Lord Chief Justice, in reference to the suit now pending between this City and Mr. Caldecott, touching the orphanage of Peter Bouncher. 30th January, 1602. No, 239. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lord High Chan- cellor, certifying that the Court of Aldermen had taken into consideration the orphanage cause referred to them by the Court of Chancery on the 1st May, 44th of Elizabeth, and enclosing their certificate. 8th March, 1603. 243. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lords of the No, Council, concerning the marriage of Mary Noble, an orphan. 15th April, 1 604. PLAGUE. No. 234. Letter from the Lord Mayor to the Lord High Trea- surer, informing him of the steps taken to prevent the spread of the plague in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey. 1 8th April, 1603. e 2", "107 No. 28. Letter signed \"Jo Lincoln, elect Custos Sigilli \"* to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, soliciting the freedom of the City for Roger Pimble. 1st October, 1621. No. 38. Letter from Sir James Ley, Bart.,t to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen for the like for William Shereston. 8th March, 1621. No. 41. Letter from Sir .George CalvertJ to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, soliciting the freedom of the City for Gyles Home, a tailor, who had taken a house within Temple Bar without considering that he was a foreigner, until he perceived himself in some danger of being troubled. 22nd December, 1621. No. 73. Letter from Sir Robert Heath to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, requesting them to admit to the free- dom by redemption one John Tailor, a haberdasher, who had served seven years, but only five by indenture, his master having died. 2nd November, 1624. * The celebrated Lord Keeper Williams. Having taken orders, he was appointed to a small living in Norfolk. He became Chaplain to Lord Chancellor Ellesmere, and was made Dean of Westminster, 1 621. On the deprivation of Lord Bacon, in 1 621, he was appointed Keeper of the Great Seal, and the office was put into commission for a time to enable him to acquire a knowledge of the law. In the meantime he was made a Privy Councillor, and appointed Bishop of Lincoln. He was consecrated November 1 ith, 1621. He was installed Lord Keeper, October 9th, 1621 ; and translated to the Archbishopric of York, December 4th, 1 64 1. t Appointed Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, January 29th, 1621 ; Lord Treasurer, December 20th, 1624; created Lord Ley, December 31st, 1624; Earl of Marlborough, May, 1625. X Appointed one of the Secretaries of State for life, February 14th, 1619. I 2" ]

[ "de la Bulgarie. 203 entre les Valaques et les Bulgares pour s'emparer de Varna, qu'ils rendirent à l'empereur Isaac à la conclusion de la paix entre lui et le prince de la Bulgarie. Ses murailles furent alors réparées, et su rent fortifiées davantage. Mais après ce grand désastre cette impor tante ville de la Moesie inférieure ne se releva plus du coup mortel qui venait d'être porté à sa prospérité. Elle continua cependant à faire partie de l'empire d'Orient, ainsi que nous allons le voir, en consultant les annales Ecclésiastiques de l'Eglise de Constantinople. Odessus fut une des premières villes de la Moesie inférieure qui embrassa le Christianisme. Son premier evèque Am plias fut sacré par l'àpôtre St. -André, qui venait d'y prêcher l'Evangile, et c'est le même du quel fait mention St.-Paul dans son épître XVI, v. 8 aux Romains, les chargeant de le saluer avec ces mots: 'Ao-îcáo'iTnxe xòv AinTíXìav xòv àyaTCï)xóv jjlou áv Kupìco: saluez Amplias mon bien aimé dans le seigneur Le Quien, dans son ouvrage, Oriens Chriulianv.s (Parisii 1740 Tom. 3, in-fol.) nous donne la liste des premiers évêques d'Odessus, mais oubliant ou ignorant peut-être que cette ville reçut plus tard le nom de Varna, il nous donne aussi séparément la liste de ses prélats. Tout porte à croire que Le Quien s'est appuyé sur une fausse leçon du copiste de la Notice des archevêchés de l' Empire d'Orient sous le règne de l'empereur Andronic II Paléologue, où il est écrit Bápïjç au lieu de Bápvïjç. Voici le passage de Le Quien, où existent d'autres erreurs, outre celles que nous venons de signaler. VI. Ecclesia Odyssi. In eadem provincia (lloosiae inferioris). «Odyssus 'OSuo-crcç, Moesiae secundae civitas est Ptulomaeo ad «Pontum Euxinum cis Istri oslia existens inter Mesembriam et Dio «nysopolin, ut sert Strabo, apud quem 'OSeo-o-òç, Odessus scribitur, ut «apud Ovidium III. Trist. Eleg. IX. Odyssum vero dicit Ammianus «cui etiain una est ex potioribus ejusdem provinciae oppidis, Mysiae «quoquc censetur in Notitia Hieroclis et in veteri una Ecclesiastica, «in qua inter Archiepiscopatus numeratur ercapxìa Muo-ìaç, «■í)xo'. xal BápYjç Xe'yexat. Provincia Mysiae Odyssi sive Bar es. «Hanc quidam esse putant quae hodie Lemano vocatur.»", "de la Bulgarie. 205 «quoque Cantacuzenus, Tiberiopolis in Leonis Imp. Notifia sexage «sima tertia metropolis censetur |y' ó T^epcouTCÓXeoç. Perperam a «quibusdam pro Varna accipitur: utrumque disertissime distinguit «Nicètas Choniates in Alexio Comneno lib. 3. In laterculis urbium «quarum mutata sunt nomina, Tiberiopolitn appelatam fuisse Stru «minitza declaratur, utique a vicino flumine Strymone.» Mais dans cette Notice des Archevêchés de l'empire de Con stantinople, écrite par l'empereur Léon le Savant, et adressée à l'empereur Andronic Paiéologue 1), il est écrit: oS' ó ï^eptouTróXeoç i\\xoi Bápviqç Y) l'y \\ oúaa, o£. Ye'yove. Et plus bas on y lit: Ilepl Bàpvrjç. 'B Ba'pva, Xe'youat xcveç, aùxv) ècxh i\\ Tifk- P'.ou'tcoXcç. Atà xoûxo xai év x'fj'Exïe'ai oùx éupìaxexat xecjxe'vrj ouxe áv xaìç [XYjxpoTco'Xeo-t, oùxe e'v xaìç ápx'.STC'.<7X07t:aìç, tq éiua'x.OTzaÀç, àXX' ò Ba'pvïjç àuxòç e'orcv ó TijfepioinroXeòç, c'est-à-dire. Sur Varna. Quelques uns disent que Varna est la ville même de Tiberiopole. Pour ce motif on ne la voit pas indiquée dans la Notice ni parmi les métropoles, ni non plus parmi les archevê chés ou évêchés, mais le prélat de Varna est celui de Tibe riopole.» C'est ici le lieu de relever une autre bévue de Le Quien. Com me il y avait en Asie un autre évêché, qui portait le nom de Tibe riopole, il confond aussi les noms des évêques de l'Eglise en Asie avec ceux de l'Eglise en Europe. Ainsi le Ve Evêque de Tiberiopolis de la Frigie Pacatienne Theoctiste est indiqué pour le Ier dans la série des évêques de Tiberiopolis de la Moesie inférieure. V. Theoctistus. 1) Voici le texte de cet ouvrage. \"Exâeaíç tûv urcoxEinévoiv tiJ BaotXtít Km- CTavTivoura'Xei (juj-rpoiroXEiov iiri ty\"ç (JactXeíaç tou àotôí|ji.ou BaaiX£a>ç xupoû Av dpov'xou toû ÔEUTÊpou Ttôv naXaioXo'ywv. II se trouve imprimé, avec la traduction en latin, à la fin de l'ouvrage de l'historien Byzantin Georges Codinus Curopolatas, De offi ciis Magnae Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Parisiis 1648, in-fol., sous ce titre: — «Notitiae Graecorum Episcopatum a Leone Sapiente ad Andronicum Palaeologum, a P. «Jacobo Goar collectae vel recenser editae. I. Brevis descriptio finium sanctissimorum « Patriarcharum et Apostolicorum sedium enumeratio. II. Ordo dispositus per imperato «rem Leonem Sapientem, quem locum et seriem habeant Throni Ecclesiarum Patriarchae «Constantinopolitano subiectarum. III. Expositio Imp. D. Andronici Palaeologi Iunioris «quem locum nuno teneut Métropoles Constantinopolitano throno subiectae sunt.»", "de la Bulgarie. 221 comme ils le sont aux vents du nord, plusieurs fois il leur est arrivé de partir chargés à moitié et chercher un abri à Varna ou bien à Méssemvrie, (Pancienne Mesembria). C'est á ce rivage de Foun doukli, entre les deux rades de Varna et de Méssemvrie, que va se jeter le torrent nommé par les Turcs Kamlzick (c'est-à-dire le fouet), parce que ses eaux sont toujours écumeuses comme si on les fouetait, et qui a sa source au grand Balkan (l'Hémus). On le passe en bac, mais en hiver et au printemps, la crue des eaux est si grande, qu'il faut rester sur les bords quelques jours dans un mauvais Khan, si on ne veut aller au village voisin de Koparani, avant de pouvoir le traverser, quoique la distance d'une rive à l'autre ne soit que d'une trentaine de pas L'absence d'un pont se fait grandement sentir, et témoigne de Pinsouciance du gouvernement turc pour la sûreté de ses sujets. Kamlzick est l'ancienne rivière appelée Pa nis par les byzantins, car il n'existe aucune autre rivière navigable qui sépare les villes de Varna et de Méssemvrie, et non comme Pécrit M. Hammer (hist. de l'emp. Ott. vol. II). celles de Messem bria et d'Emineh, qui est le nom turc du mont Hémus, appelé Hémona par les Grecs du pays, et par les géographes modernes. La valeur de toutes les marchandises exportées de Varna par mer, pendant l'année 1847, qui fut si favorable au commerce de cette place, a été de plus de 15,000,000 de francs, dont les deux tiers ont été employés pour Pachat de blé et d'orge par les agents du gouvernement Français '). Le commerce d'importation n'est pas non plus sans importance. II consiste en amandes, caroubes, raisins secs et figues de Smyrne, riz, olives, huiles, café, sucre, poivre et autres épiceries, sel, savon, coton filé, toiles d'Amérique, draps, fers en grande quantité, im portés de la Russie et de P Angleterre, fer-blanc, articles de quin- 1) Le gouvernement de France de cette époque, craignant une disette, envoya des agents de commerce dans tous les ports de la Mer-Noire acheter une énorme quantité de graius, ce qui fit en hausser extrêmement le prii." ]

[ "83 te reizen. Men had ons aangeraden daartoe de geheele St. Lawrence rivier op te varen, en dit als zoo be koorlijk afgeschilderd , dat wij besloten dien weg te vol gen. Voor de verschillende daarbij te bezigen stoom booten kon men te Quebec een doorgaand plaatskaartje bekomen, terwijl tevens voor het vervoer der koffers werd gezorgd. De togt zou waarschijnlijk drie dagen en drie nachten duren, waarvoor niet meer dan 12 dollars per hoofd betaald werd , de voeding daaronder begrepen. Wij namen alzoo van Quebec afscheid, om Canada wederom Westwaarts in te reizen.", "205 gesteld uit bijzonder daartoe aangewezen regters. Dit is het algemeene regtswezen der Unie, maar bovendien heeft iedere Staat zijne eigene indeeling der regter lijke magt. Wat de een en dertig Staten aanbelangt, die te zamen het Noord Amerikaansche bondgenootschap vormen, deze hebben ieder hunne eigene Constitutie , eigenen rege ringsvorm en bijzondere wetten. In hoofdtrekken komen die regeringsvormen evenwel veelal op hetzelfde neder. ledere Staat wordt bestuurd door een gouverneur en een luitenant-gouverneur. De wetgevende magt is aan een senaat en een huis van vertegenwoordigers opgedragen. De luitenant-gouverneur is van regtswege president van den senaat. De regterlijke magt is verdeeld tusschen verschillende geregtshoven , vredegeregten , enz. — De meeste dezer titularissen worden voor korteren oflan geren tijd regtstreeks door het volk gekozen. De jury is overal ingevoerd. Later zullen wij , bij den Staat New York, te dien aanzien nog in eenige bijzonderheden treden. Aldus bestuurd, vormen de Vereenigde Staten van Noord Amerika de grootste Republiek, die ooit bij men schen weten op deze aarde gevestigd is geweest. Alles steunt daar op den volkswil; alles gaat direct van het volk uit, het is de menigte die regeert. Onbetwistbaar is het, dat juist door dien regerings vorm die gewesten de tooverachtige vlugt hebben ge nomen , welke men kent. Het is door die onbelemmerde vrijheid, gevoegd bij den aard der oorspronkelijke kolonisten , dat handel , nijverheid en landbouw zulk eene reuzenontwikkeling hebben gekregen. Er heerscht in geheel Noord Amerika eene mannelijke kracht, een geest naar vooruitgang, die ongeloofelijk is. Dagelijks ziet men er de bewijzen van, en de Amerikanen doen niets liever, dan zelven aan den vreemdeling hunnen toenemenden bloei te schetsen. Vandaar bezitten zij eene", "244 durende den geheelen overtogt zeer veel van zeeziekte leden. Treurig was het om haar te zien , wanneer zij nu en dan bij handzaam weder, voor eenige oogenblik ken, naar boven op het dek gedragen werden. Gedurende de eerste dagen was de felle wind ons gunstig. Het schip liep, met vele zeilen uit, meer dan 15 mijlen in het uur. Er moest evenwel met voorzig tigheid gevaren worden, daar de met onweerstaanbaar geweld invallende buijen onze masten soms op eene zware proef stelden, en eenige onzer zeilen aan flarden wegrukten. Met bewondering zag ik dikwerf in die oogen blikken de bedaardheid en vlugheid der matrozen, en de orde aan ons boord. Kort en krachtig klonken de commando's der officieren; onophoudelijk hoorde men het fluitje van den bootsman, dat, gevoegd bij het gezang dei matrozen , het brommen van onzen schoorsteen, het geloei van den wind door de touwen , het kraken van het schip, en het bruisschen en schuimen der zee om ons heen, mij dikwijls in de hoogste mate boeide. Groot was ook het getal vogels, dat wij in die dagen op zee ontmoeten , en die als afgemat op het dek nedervielen. Men zag er van allerlei soort , van de grootste katuil tot de kleinste mosch; allen door den hevigen wind van de kust verdwaald. Onze tijd werd op dezelfde wijze als in het heengaan doorgebragt, hoewel, vooral door het ruwe weder, onder de passagiers veel minder vrolijk heid en opgeruimdheid heerschten dan toen. Onder hen bevonden zich eenige goudgravers uit Californie, die ons menige belangrijke bijzonderheid omtrent dat land mededeelden. Volgens hen waren de goudmijnen aldaar op verre na niet uitgeput, en werden nog dagelijks groote schatten ontdekt. Het voortdurend slingeren, en werken van het schip maakte dezen overtogt veel minder aangenaam dan de eerste. Verscheidene dagen achtereen wierpen de golven zich met zooveel kracht op het dek, of stoven zoodanig" ]

[ "[ 8o ] CHAPTER VIII. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. The last bell had rung out over the crowded course, and in response to its harsh, metallic summons the men on the boxes in the Ledger and the ' leviathans ' of the paddock alike ' gave tongue.' Layers, whether Jew or Gentile, shouted aloud their strident chorus of 'Ten to one, bar three!' 'Six to four, Sardius !' ' Three to one, Higho !' ' Who wants to back one ?' ' The field a pony, I'll lay, I'll lay !' and the public listened as though it were the refrain of some new, strange song, and backed their fancies, and their tips, and their dreams, with a childlike imbecility born of greedy hearts and sport-saturated heads. Threading their way through the pressing, shouting mass, the twelve competitors for the Grand National slowly filed out into the straight. ' Don't be in a 'urry, sir,' said Billy, who was walking beside lo. ' Last out, first in.' As he spoke, Cohen, book in hand, rushed up. ' I'll lay you three hundred to one, Mr. Hatten. Remember, you promised to give me a turn.'", "THE YELLOW WAVE 270 completeness, sparing neither sex nor age in their onward march. Soon after daybreak on the morning of Cameron's escape from Isis Downs, the first of Dromeroff's trains approached Hughenden. Determined to give the women and children a chance to escape, Hatten had torn up the line about a mile from the town, and thrown up a rude breastwork of trees. Behind this feeble defence he had posted all his available force, but as he was totally without artillery, and short both of small arms and ammu nition, he recognised that at best he led a forlorn hope. Stopping the train some distance from Hatten's barricade, the officer in command of the attacking column began to derail his infantry. Forming them under the shelter of some timber, he led them on, while the Maxim gun in front of the engine poured a heavy fire over their heads into the breastwork. Afraid to waste a shot, Hatten ordered his men to lie down and wait. Advancing in open order and firing as they advanced, the Mongols came within fifty yards of the breastwork. Then, just as they closed on their centre and charged, Dick gave the word, and an iron hail poured into their crowded ranks. For an instant they wavered, then, rallying to theh leader's call, rushed on once more. But again a volley met them, and breaking, they fell back on their supports. As they retired, about fifty mounted men armed with Dick's lances charged their flank. But, opening on the advancing horsemen, the Maxim gun swept them down beneath a withering fire. Unable to withstand", "[ 4 ] ' The story is full of life and incident, illustrative to a large degree of the characters and customs and haunts and daring of the bushranger and his confederates, white and native, in the not very remote times when these undesirable products and adjuncts of the earlier settlement were so troublesome. The story will interest home readers quite as much as those of the Antipodes.' — Liverpool Daily Post. '\"Out Back\" is a good, straightforward tale. . . . Mr. Mackay knows his Australia, which is more than can be said of every Australian novelist.' — Sydney Morning Herald. ' The reader of \" Out Back,\" who looks for local colour and evidence of an intimate acquaintance with squatting and up-country incident of the older days, will not be disappointed in these pages.' — Sydney Mail. 'In \"Out Back\" Kenneth Mackay shows his knowledge of the true inwardness of Australia and the inhabitants thereof, and his work throughout shows that he has seen or lived — bushranging excepted — and become letter-perfect in the scenery of which he writes. . . . Kenneth Mackay is a word-artist in the best sense of the word.' — Sydney Bulletin. ' \"Out Back \" is full of incident, and gives an excellent description of social life in the \" back blocks \" during the bushranging period in the Australian Colonies. . . . The character of Captain Scarlett, the bush ranger, is very well drawn, and the interest of the story is kept up to the close.' — New Zealand Herald. ' \" Out Back \" is a book which argues extensive and intimate know ledge of station life, if, indeed, additional proof were needed in view of the author's contributions to Australian poetical literature.' — Freeman's Journal (Sydney). _A ' \" Out Back \" is a story of the Australian bush, and is full of vigour from start to finish. ... It is as interesting and exciting a story of adventure as one could wish for, even at Christmas-time.' — Poole and Bournemouth Herald. '\"Out Back\" has plenty of incident, and maintains the reader's interest to the close.' — Glasgow Herald. ' \" Out Back ' is a spirited tale of life and adventure, having a good plot, with love-making, bushranging . . . and many interesting pictures of native Australian customs and characters.' — Scotsman." ]

[ "Zweiter Abfchnitt. 94 Da sich der herzogliche Leibarzt Hieronimi sehr bedenklich über diesen Zustand äußerte, so sandte der König zur per- sönlichen Berichterstattung über die Natur des Uebels den Geheimrath Heim nach Hohenzieritz. Dieser fand ihren Zu- stand nicht bedenklich. Nach seiner Abreise verschlimmerte sich derselbe jedoch in der Art, daß die Königin das Ver- langen äußerte, der Geheimrath Heim möchte sie wieder be- suchen. Dies geschah in Begleitung des vom Könige dazu aufgeforderten Generalstabschirurgus Dr. Görke, welche den König sogleich nach ihrer Ankunft von der Lebensgefahr, in der sich seine Gemahlin befand, benachrichtigten*). Hier- auf verließ der König am 18. Juli Abends in Begleitung feiner beiden Söhne, des Kronprinzen und Prinzen Wilhelm, Charlottenburg und traf am 19. Juli Morgens gegen 10 Uhr in Hohenzieritz ein. Während seiner Anwesenheit bei der Königin bekam sie einen neuen Anfall von Brust- beklemmungen, worauf sie nach kurzer Frist die Ausrufe: Mein Gott, mein Gott, verlaß mich nicht! uud Jesus kürze meine Leiden! machte, auch bald darauf in Gegenwart der 2 Prinzen, der Aerzte und des Königs, dessen Hand die ihrige erfaßt hatte, plötzlich, aber unter minderen Schmerzen als man besorgt hatte, verschied. Nach Verlauf von einer Stunde trafen auch ihre Kinder, Prinzessin Charlotte und Prinz Karl dort ein, denen der König selbst außerhalb des Schloßhofes die traurige Botschaft brachte, daß er und sie das Liebste auf dieser Welt verloren hätten **). Der König kehrte tief betrübt mit seinen Kindern am 19. Juli nach Charlottenburg zurück und traf die Anordnungen zur Bei- *) f. Spen. Ztg. 1810, Nr. 86. **) f. Spen. Ztg. 1810, Nr. 87, Nr. 88, S. 2; Nr. 92. S. 1. Die Königin war das 4. Kind des Herzogs Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Mecklenburg - Strelitz und der darmstädtifchen Prinzessin Frieden.. Louise. Sie war am 10. März 1776 geboren, verlor ihre Mutter 1782 und wurde von ihrer Großmutter mütterlicher Seits, Louise, in Darmstadt erzogen. Dort lernte der König sie kennen, woraus die Hockzeit am 24. Dez. 1793 zu Berlin stattfand.", "480 Siebenter Abschnitt. mehr, wie es im Jahre 1808 von denselben für Berlin angeordnet war (f. deshalb 2. W., Bd. 2, S. 390—400), der kurmärkischen Regierung vom 13. Febr. 1810, Vol. » für 1810 resp. VII. Nr. 47\" geliefert, wie solches im Nachstehenden folgt: Benennung Namen der Gegenstände und deren Scheffelpreis. d°s der Reizen. Rog,gM. Gerste. Hafer. Erbsen.^\"' Monats. Städte. \" \"\" löffeln. Thlr.Gr.Pf. Thlr.Gr. Pf.Thlr.Or. Pf. Gr. Pf.Thlr.Or. Pf. Gr.Pf. Januar. Potsdam ... 2 1 — 1 5 10 - 23 10 19 6 1 23 5 8 - Brandenburg 2111441-3178118810- Neu-Ruppin 1 18 — 1 2 21 — 16 — 1 12 — 14 8 Prenzlow ...118— 1 1 8 — 21—13— 114 8 8- Rathenow... 122— 1 6 3 1 1 — 15 6 24 Februar. Potsdam ...122 6 1 411 1 2 9 19— 2 10 4 Brandenburg 1229 1 4 4 1— 8 18— 118 8 10 8 Frankfurt ...115 2 1— 4 — 23—15 4 1 6 4 98 Prenzlow ...1 7 2 — 22 8 — 20 6 12 4 115 8 8- Rathenow... 122— 1 3— 1 1—16— 2 Perleberg ... 1 16 22 20 — 16 — 1 12 März. Potsdam.... 2 14 1 2 8 1 19 17 4 121 5 1011 Brandenburg 1 22 11 1 4 10 1 1 4 18 — 1 18 8 10 - Frankfurt. .1168 16 22 3 17 415498 Prenzlow ... 1 17 22 10 — 18 9 12 8 1 11 8 8 - Neu-Ruppin 120— 1 2— 1 16— 19 Rathenow ..122— 1 3— 1 1 Perleberg ...116— 1 16—15— 18 — 12- April. Potsdam ... 2 4 — 1 4 2 1 2 4 20 4 1 17 10 18 10 Brandenburg 211 13 8 114 18— 1 18 868 Frankfurt ...121 4 — 23 22 41? 6 1 4— 8- Prenzlow ... 1 18 6 1 20—14 6 19 6 10 8 Neu- Ruppin 123— 1 20—17— 113 Rathenow ..122— 1 3— 1 1—18— 2 Perleberg. . . 1 16 — 1 17 _ 15 __ 1 10 — 12 — Mai. Potsdam ...28— 1 2 10 1 13 22— 117 8 10 8 Brandenburg 21— 1 3— 1 14 18— 118 8 73 Frankfurt ... Prenzlow ... — — — — Neu-Ruppin 2 1 1 22—18 6 114", "VI. Nach Weisung der Iiivalidenanstalten, deren Bestand an Bataillonen, «oiupagnieu, Offizieren, soustigeu Truppentheilen, deren Ci)ar!!isoii0l.'rle mid Vöhuuugsbelrag, sowie die sonst für Militairpersonen »»d deren Angehörige ausgesetzte» Pensionen nach dem Etat für 1810/li, XVI. !.! 2. 3, Ai,zal)l der Pro. !. 5, ere nnd andere 0. 7. X. Benennung Offizin llnleroffizi, Be trag -er Löhüung Provinzen, viüzial- Invalide,, >,* Civil Ipcrfoncn. (\"ar»ifo„«orle. Vemerk»n,*scn, der Kon, pagnien, <>' !!,,„-> offizicrc. 3 F.*ld 3 »,'cbel. l» 3 «- 3 *-- für ein,;. Züfamüie -2 ***:' *lne Invalidenanstalten. Bataillone Anstall, ,*n. <? 3 Thlr. T„,r. l\">. l\">*. >. Branden bürg. Das Iuvalideuhau« bei Berlin*«*) i z» 4 Komp. ! ,;n 1 Kon,p. , 3 9 13 0 51!» 0\"0 3 2X.312 2\" l, 3,575 *) Der Kommandenr dc« Juvaüdcn. banse«, (Generalmajor v, Tfebammer starb in, Angnst l6\"!» »nd folgte ihm der Oberst v. Balentini, *^*\") Da« «\"ardeinvalidenbataillon bcfcb \"iaior v. Pnttkammer, Der Etat von lxio/ü, Titel XVI, hatte unter den Titeln !, I!, III nnd IV neben stebende Summe» a»«gcworfc» mit Thlr. Gr. 318,345 20 ' das Gardeiüvalideübataillo» »\") , 3, ,0 ,X ,2 ,3\" 00\" , Pol«dam 30,313 die I. Provinzial- Invaliden- koinpagiiie l l , ,\" ,50 T rebbin in Brandenburg , f i» Raihenow ! in Prenzlan ! in :l,3>ppin «I.XOil 11, \"2\" !»,X!!0 ,\",.,30 ,\",3X\" 2\" die 2,, 3,, 1. u. 5. Provinzial- Invalidenkompagnie ,0 X\" XO, !»0\" l ,0 0. Pommcrn. die 1. n. 2. Provinzial-Invali» denlompagnie 0 2X 2X\" 3,12 l i< «in Ewincüiünde l in :»>ügenwalde 9,!',!» 11,273 3,,X3, ferncr nnler Titel V für die aneoangincn Garden in Pots- dam »,!d Werder 19,762 I I Tilel >! an Invaiidcnlbalcr I26,6\"0 Tilcl VI! >ni Invalidcn dcr Fcidiägerbatailloiie > ,008 — !i,et V,11, >,„ Pensionen nnd '^lartegeldcr fiir Th,r. <\">*. cilizierc 255,773 12 fiir Wittwcn u. Kindcr 53,501 4 sind .\",\"9,271 16 Tilel IX, dchuf« der nmt« banpttillien Reveniien davon ;,'blb>,r 3,975 Titel X, insgemein 1,200 zufammcn waren für da« In» valibenwefen an Löhnungen. 780,172 2 nach dem Etat für 1610/11 ansgefetzt. Hiervon ab für die Inva lideniüstitute 318,345 20 - bleiben für die Pcnsionaire aller Art 461,826 6 die 2. Provinzial -Invaliden kompaguie 2'» 2,6 2,0 in **,'lnllan, !3,0il2 7 Ostpreußen. die ,. Provinzial -Invaliden- koinpagnie , l 140 ,3,z in Tapian !!,25i» die 2.. 3. und 4. Provinzial Invalidenkompagnic 3 3 ,2 0\" ,2 0,x 720 , in prenßifch !<*»,,„, in Drlelsburg I in Fifchbanfcn ,3,0l2 ,3,102 13,315 l!,,3!l!» I'.Wcstprcußc», die 1. u. 3. Provinzial /uiva lidentompagnic die 2. Provinzial - Invaliden- koinpagnie -^ o 2X l 3,2 2!\" , j in Soldau l in Schwetz 7,,,x 7,X0\" 20,301 , ! 2<» , 2,<! in Ary« ,l,3x0 17 Schlesien. die 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. und 7. Provinzial -Invalidenkompagnic 2, !!X , , !»X\" !\"!>2 , in Löwenderg I in Palfchl,,» Ziegenbal« . in Habclfchlvcrdt / in Leobfchütz / in Bnnzlau i» Tarnowitz 7,-l!\" 7,l2\" 7,177 7,730 O.xo, 7,!,x 7,122 Die 6., 9., und 10. Provinzial Invalidenkompagnic l in Schiveidnitz ? i» Schweidnil, s in Coscl 1 1 ,207 11,304 12,239 94,183 3, l2 0\" ,2 648 72\" 3 da« Invalidenhau« in Ribnpct in Schlesien I ll 68 X\" 7,072 l. Zufammcn 2 B. 6 K. ,2 ,3 7, 32 107 520 !»3, 5569 ! 6188 3,3 3,X,:,!l," ]

[ "ÉTUDES SUR LE BRÉSIL. 102 constance qui paraît tenir autant à Tin fluence de la mer qu'à des conditions géo logiques. Au Brésil tous les goitres sont identiques ou à peu près, et ne diffèrent pas sensible ment de ceux que Ton observe en Europe, tant sous le rapport de Tanatomie patho logique que sous celui de la marche et du développement de la maladie. Ils peuvent acquérir un volume assez considérable pour suffoquer le malade. Chose digne de remarque, le goître au Brésil ne s'accompagne pas de crétinisme. Un goitreux épouse une goitreuse, ils don nent naissance a des goitreux, mais nulle ment k des crétins. Le docteur Faivre, qui a longtemps habité les provinces du centre et les a parcourues k diverses reprises; n'a rencontré qu'un seul crétin,-1 encore lanière n'était-elle pas goitreuse : il existe donc", "112 ÉTUDES SUR LE BRESIL. portants de la cavité abdominale se sont pris , le foie a augmenté de volume dans toutes ses parties , sans que le malade ait cependant éprouvé de douleur ni de fièvre; souvent même lorsqu'on a négligé de pal per le ventre dans les premiers temps de Taffection , on ne s'aperçoit de Thypertro phie de Torgane que par le volume de Tab domen. Cette période de la maladie, Thy pertrophie du foie , a produit des sym ptômes qui en sont le résultat mécanique. La veine-porte comprimée par T augmen tation de chacun des éléments constituants de Torgane ou de l'un d'eux seulement, ne permet plus au sang abdominal un libre retour au centre de la circulation; il s'é panche de Teau dans la cavité abdominale et une ascite se forme. Dans un grand nombre de cas , le volume de la rate s'est également accru, mais son hypertrophie", "118 ÉTUDES SUR LE BRÉSIL. giène suivie par ses habitants et à laquelle les noirs sont soumis. Le climat du Brésil, à partir de Bio jusqu'au fleuve des Amazones, est un climat très débilitant; les chaleurs y sont en général très fortes, très humides, partout elles ôtent toute espèce de force et d'énergie. Avec ces conditions atmosphé riques, les fonctions digestives languissent; il serait nécessaire de réveiller et d'exciter Tappétit par des stimulants qui soutien draient, en même temps, ces mêmes forces digestives. Cette hygiène, dictée par le simple bon sens, est-elle observée au Brésil? nullement. Les Brésiliens et surtout les noirs ont un système de nourriture peu en harmonie avec les besoins de leur climat. A Texcep - tion du porc, ils mangent peu de viande, et consomment en revanche beaucoup de farineux. Cette alimentation vicieuse existe" ]

[ "THE SQUATTING SYSTEM. 105 The result of these various preparations was the famous \" Orders in Council\" of March 1847, issued in consequence of powers in regard to the squatting question, specially granted by parliament to the Queen. By these regulations the whole of the waste or Crown Lands of New South Wales, whose limits it must be remembered still included the future Victoria, were divided into three classes, called re spectively the Settled, the Intermediate, and the Unsettled districts. On the Sydney side but little change was necessary to adapt the territory in that direction to this arrangement, as the two terms al ready in use there, namely, \" the colony within,\" and \" the colony beyond the boundaries of loca tion,\" answered generally to the two last respec tively of the new nomenclature. In the Port Phillip district, on the other hand, all was change. The Settled districts were comprised chiefly in certain circuits around the chief towns, namely, of twenty five miles around Melbourne, fifteen miles around Geelong, and ten miles around Portland and Alber ton. There was also a reservation of two miles on each side of the river Glenelg within certain limits of its course, and of three miles inland along the the principal New South Wales squatters mooted the subject of the fourteen years' leases. At the hospitable board of one of the largest of these squatters, I well recollect some of the earlier receptions of this proposition, which was then responded to literally by shouts of laughter.", "326 LEGISLATION. that aspect to the governor and his executive coun cil. The colonists Avere clearly of one way of think ing, and their appointed representatives of another. Public meetings began to be held, at which the council and the government were alike reprobated. Finally the leases were not issued, and the whole question was sent back for the reconsideration of the Home Government.* New Constitution. — The Home Government had invited the Australian colonists to amend their OAvn constitution. The supeiwising parent Avas at first disposed to take this matter into her own hand ; and accordingly six years ago, the scheme of a gen eral Assembly for all Australia had been mooted in parliament, and had been received Avith some pass ing favour, but happily afterAvards abandoned, or consigned for further consideration to the option of the colonists. The subject of the constitution had already been taken up by the Sydney legislature, whose discor dance of vieAvs on the question, although rather discouraging, Avas at the same time eminently in structive to the inexperience of Victoria. The in dications of confidence and good feeling shoAA'n by * A long fermenting dissatisfaction with the administration found some vent in the legislature in a motion of want of confidence, which was lost by the ominous minority of 1 2 to 14. The result of a major ity might have been curious, and must have developed some of the anomalies of colonial systems.", "32 APPENDIX. of imported articles should be subjected to duty, all others being left free. These selected articles are necessarily such as are of large and general consumption among all classes, in order to provide an adequate revenue ; and the condition of all classes in this and the adjacent colonies is happily such as to admit of their equal contribution to the general Government. A preference has been given to fixed rates of duty over the ad valorem principle. The following tabular arrangement exhibits in juxtaposi tion the propositions of the respective Chambers of Com merce, for a scale of Customs Duties for the undermentioned colonies : — The larger revenue requirements of Van Diemen's Land, haAre occasioned the affixing of higher rates of duty than are deemed necessary in the other colonies. That colony has been the first to cany out the new tariff arrangements, the Legislature having passed an Act to that effect, Avhich Victoria. N. S. Wales. V. D. Land. Brandy, gall. . . Other Spirits, do. . Wine — In wood, do. In bottle, do. . . Tobacco, lb. . . Sugar — Haw, cwt. . . Refined, . . . } as S. D. 5 0 S. D. 6 0 3 6 S. D. 12 0 9 0 0 9 0 6 0 9 1 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 Tea Coffee Beer — In wood, gall. In bottle, do. . . Dried Fruits . . Hops } 2 4 0 li 0 1_ 2 6 0 1J 10s. p. ct. 3 0 6 0 0 3 0 1J nil. 0 2 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 2 nil." ]

[ "80 klein bleibende Zitterpappel (kopuluz tremul» I..) dem hier nur selten vorbeisäuselnden Zephir ihre langgestielten Blätter entgegen! In dem Sumpfe hinter dem 8liro8-Vade fanden sich vor am 8. August: Letuli, nana; 8«.Iix ro8ml-r.nito.i2; Vnecinium 0x*s eooeU8 (mit Flüchten); 8vl*ertia perenni8; Oinerari«. 8ibiliel> I..; 8o«.bio3«« 8ueei8««; v***c>8ei*a rotunäiloli*» (verblüht); 6»Iium ulißi- N08UM ; re6ieuli«li8 8ee**>trum Carolinum (meistens verblüht) ; ?e 6ieul««ri8 v*«Iu8tl.8; Li6en8 eernu»; 8eKoenu8 «Ul>ri8eu8 I.. Am 7.-9. August auf und zwischen Felsen: lle-Mie« tr«n8 8l.v«mie*, (verblüht); Viol» «tmbi^u«. (mit Früchten); 6i.mpl.uull. earpatkic«. ; l'risulium n^rarium und n-sbriäum ; Iiubu8 8»x«itili8 (mit Flüchten) ; Nieracium murorum und pilo8e«ll. ; vr«.d«, nemo l«»Ii8; Impl«tien8 noli tan^ere; «Vrnie«« montan«.; vulF» ri8; Nibe3 alpinum und Lra88ul««ri«l (mit reifen Früchten) ; 8e<lum 6l«8'fpl.iIIum, 6n»pl.«>lium äieieum ; «^8plenium u. f. w. In dem Eingange zur Bären- und Eishöhle blühten noch: lno8ekl.t6.in«. ; Noelirin^il. mu8eo8; Lllleobäelon luteuin; Ulllleri; 0Kr*s808pIonium «.Iternilolium ; 0xali3 Auf der Wiese und in lichten Waldungen vom 8. biö 15. August: Vil.ntl.u8 8upert>u8; l.»Ieup8i8 letraliit und ver 8ieolt>r; 8««mbucu8 r«.eemo8l. (mit Früchten) und Übu!u8; <3eum urb««num; Lpüobium monwnum; 1'armentiIIi. reptl,n8; 8l.lvil» ßlulin«**» ; kicÄlil. r»nuneuloiäe8, l^altkl. p»Iu8tli8, 1'roII>u8 eure p»eu8 (alle 3 noch blühend); Oarlinl. l,cl.uli8 (noch nicht ganz blühend); 6u.en.euii. autumnale; k^rol*. 8eeun6«. und unillor». Uieraeium umdel.atum ; tientinn«. ?noumonl«nll.e, el>mpe8tri8 und eruei*.w; Liäen8 tripartitl. ; Oamp«.»«!«. persicilolil«, rutunäilolia; ßpirae» ulmilolia; «V8tranti«. m^oi*; Vl.ceii.ium Viti8 I<l««e» (mit Früchten) ; 8trepwpu8 »mplexiloliu8, ?er8. (t. Früchten) ; tüonv«.. lari» verticilllltl. (t. Flüchten); Lalium ß*I««ucum; I^onieer» ni*;l» und Xylo8tsum (3eide t. Fr.); Oiloae*. «.Ipin»; Iili8l. »Ipin«» (ver-", "85 1305 an der Seite ihres unternehmungskräftigeu Gemahls die ge bildete Welt (Wien) verlassen und auf fast u.ibetretenen Pfaden mit unsägliche!! Beschwerden die urwüchsige Wildniß betreten habe.*) Die Geschichte tritt höchst anziehend gleichsam in das Gcwand der Sage gehüllt auf und ist zu interessant, als daß sie einem Bilde von Borßek fehlen dürfte! L. Geschichtliches. Einst kehrte, so erzählte Frau Zimmethshausen , von seinem auf den östlichen Abhängen der Karpathengebirge weidenden Schaf* heerden ein brustkranker Szelystyer Walache durch diese einst rauhe Gebirgsschlucht in seine Heimath zurück. Erschöpft von Blutaus werfen und Reiten, legte er sich auf einem etwas freien sumpfigen Grasplätzchen nieder und gab alle Hoffnung auf, seine noch ferne Heimath je wieder zu sehen. Er lag kurze Zeit; da fühlte er bren nenden Durst. Doch, ach! er war nicht im Stande eine Quelle aufzusuchen. «Horch! Da rieselte etwas wie fließendes Wasser in unmittelbarer Nähe dem nahe« Graben zu ! Er zog sich mit Mühe hin — und siehe! wie frisch, wie einladend sprudelte eine krystall klare Quelle perlend, knisternd und kollernd wie siedend, wie wenn ein lebendiger Hauch dieselbe belebe. Er trank — .und trank, und trank sich satt und — gesund ! Auge, Geruch und Geschmack schon zeugten: dies sei kein gewöhnliches Wasser! Und die Wirkung? Wie im Nu kehrten die erlöschenden Lebensgeister zurück, er fühlte sich gestärkt und das Vlutbrechcn verließ ihn zur Stunde. Nach 3tägigem Aufenthalte und fleißigem Trinken füllte er^ seine hölzerne Flasche mit der köstlichen Himmelsgabe uud ritt wohlgemuth und munter der theuren — wieder gewonnenen — Heimath zu. Es konnte nicht fehlen, daß er hier oft und oft seine wunderbare Ge nesung erzählte. Auf einem Ausfluge in das Hermannstadt nahe liegende Szelystye wohnte einer solchen Erzählung einst auch ein ») Sie theilte mir die Erzählung auf mein und eines Freunde« A»su cheu von Schäßburg bereitwilligst mit.", "206 fast plötzlich in eine ganz andere Gegend versetzt. Die Thäler gehen fast parallel vom Bergrücken dem, demselben ebenfalls fast parallel laufenden, Großkokelthale zu, gewöhnlich von beiden Seiten von steilen Beigseiten eingeschlossen. In langen Reihen kleiden die südlichen und westlichen Sei ten einladende Rebenpflanzungen, während auf den Bergrücken und auf den östlichen Seiten entweder mächtig« Buchen ihre Aeste schaukeln oder Saatfelder ihre Aehre wiegen. Eine günstige Lage, ein milder Himmel begünstigt die Reife und Erndte der köstlichen Früchte beider. In einem dieser Querthäler führte uns ein schmaler Weg in etwa 1'/» Stunde von dem Bergrücken zu unserm Ziele — nach Birthälm. Zwar sandte bei unserer Ankunft schon die westliche mit Weingärten bepflanzte Berghöhe ihre Schatten über die an ihrem Fuße gelegenen Wohnungen; doch konnten wir nicht umhin, dieselbe noch flüchtig zu besteigen. Denn schon be friedigte hier die weiche süße Beere die langgehegte Sehnsucht mit ihrem köstlichen Safte und entschädigte die Mühe des Berg steigens ! Wir kehrten zum Nachtquartier zurück, als eben der letzte der drei Glockenschläge der Abendglocke ertönte. Es ist dieser drei malige Glockenschlag aber eine Eigenthümlichkeit unserer evange lisch-protestantischen sächsischen Ortschaften und besteht darin, daß in kleinen Zwischenpausen nach der Nbendglocke die Glocke noch dreimal angeschlagen wird. Es bedeutet derselbe, daß die Bewohner des Ortes an die Dreieinigkeit glauben und wurde von dem zweiten evangelisch-säch sischen Superintendenten Mathias Hebler eingeführt, als sich der Unitarismus im Vaterlande verbreitete und auch unter den Sach sen Propaganda zu machen suchte, zum Zeichen dafür, daß die Be wohner des Ortes eben nicht zu der Partei der Unitarier gehörten, sondern fest an dem evangelisch-protestantischen Glauben hielten. Wie sehr Superintendent Hebler sich um den Protestantismus im" ]

[ "OR, ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN 45 seize hold of some prominent peculiarity, and to introduce this distinguishing trait, in all times and in all scenes, the difficulty would be removed. I should only have to pre sent to the reader a man whose conversation was nothing but alternate jest and quotation — a due union of Yorick and Partridge. This would, however, be rendering great injustice to the character I wish to delineate. There were times when Vincent was earnestly engrossed in discussion in which a jest rarely escaped him, and quotation was in troduced only as a serious illustration, not as a humorous peculiarity. He possessed great miscellaneous erudition, and a memory perfectly surprising for its fidelity and extent. He was a severe critic, and had a peculiar art of quoting from each author he reviewed some part that particularly told against him. Like most men, if in the theory of philosophy he was tolerably rigid, in its practice he was more than tolerably loose. By his tenets you would have considered him a very Cato for stubbornness and sternness ; yet was he a very child in his concession to the whim of the moment. Fond of meditation and research, he was still fonder of mirth and amusement; and while he was among the most instructive, he was also the boonest, of companions. When alone with me, or with men whom he imagined like me, his pedantry (for, more or less, he always was pedantic) took only a jocular tone ; with the savant or the bel esprit, it became grave, searching and sarcastic. He was rather a contradictor than a favourer of ordinary opinions ; and this, perhaps, led him not unoften into paradox ; yet was there much soundness even in his most vehement notions, and the strength of mind which made him think only for himself was visible in all the productions it created. I have hitherto only given his conversation in one of its moods ; henceforth I shall be just enough occasionally to be dull, and to present it some- times to the reader in a graver tone. Buried deep beneath the surface of his character was a hidden, yet a restless ambition ; but this was, perhaps, at present, a secret even to himself. We know not our own characters till time teaches us self-knowledge ; if we are wise, we may thank ourselves ; if we are gnat, we must thank fortune. It was this insight into Vincent's nature which drew us closer together. I recognised in the man, who as yet was", "362 PELHAM ; ous allies less destructive to others than ourselves. But I was not of a temper to brook the tauntings or the en croachment of my own creature : it had been with but an ill grace that I had endured his familiarity, when I abso lutely required his services, much less could I suffer his intrusion when those services — services not of love, but hire — were no longer necessary. Thornton, like all persons of his stamp, has a low pride, which I was constantly offending. He had mixed with men, more than my equals in rank, on a familiar footing, and he could ill brook the hauteur with which my disgust at his character absolutely constrained me to treat him. It is true, that the profuse ness of my liberality was such that the mean wretch stomached affronts for which he was so largely paid ; but, with the cunning and malicious spite natural to him, he knew well how to repay them in kind. While he assisted, he affected to ridicule, my revenge ; and though he soon saw that he durst not, for his very life, breathe a syllable openly against Gertrude, or her memory, yet he contrived, by general remarks, and covert insinuations, to gall me to the very quick, and in the very tenderest point. Thus a deep and cordial antipathy to each other arose, and grew, and strengthened, till, I believe, Hke the fiends in hell, our mutual hatred became our common punishment. ' No sooner had I returned to England than I found him here awaiting my arrival. He favoured me with fre quent visits and requests for money. Although not pos sessed of any secret really important affecting my character, he knew well that he was possessed of one important to my quiet ; and he availed himself to the utmost of my strong and deep aversion even to the most delicate recur rence to my love to Gertrude, and its unhallowed and disastrous termination. At length, however, he wearied me. I found that he was sinking into the very dregs and refuse of society, and I could not longer brook the idea of enduring his familiarity and feeding his vices. ' I pass over any detail of my own feelings, as well as my outward and worldly history. Over my mind a great change had passed ; I was no longer torn by violent and contending passions ; upon the tumultuous sea a dead and heavy torpor had fallen ; the very winds, necessary for health, had ceased : \" I slept on the abyss without a surge.\"", "404 PELHAM ; myself brought upon him ; and I make no doubt that I shall hear, in a few days, the whole history of the departed diamond, now in my keeping, coupled with that of your honour's appearance and custom ! Allow that it would be a pity to suffer pride to stand in the way of the talents with which Providence has blessed me ; to scorn the little delicacies of art, which I execute so well, would, in my opinion, be as absurd as for an epic poet to disdain the composition of a perfect epigram, or a consummate musician the melody of a faultless song.' ' Bravo ! Mr. Job,' said I ; 'a truly great man, you see, can confer honour upon trifles.' More I might have said, but was stopped short by the entrance of the landlady, who was a fine, fair, well-dressed, comely woman, of about thirty-nine years and eleven months ; or, to speak less pre cisely, betiveen thirty and forty. She came to announce that dinner was served below. We descended, and found a sumptuous repast of roast beef and fish : this primary course was succeeded by that great dainty with common people — a duck and green peas. 'Upon my word, Mr. Jonson,' said I, 'you fare like a prince ; your weekly expenditure must be pretty consider able for a single gentleman.' ' I don't know,' answered Jonson, with an air of lordly indifference — ' I have never paid my good hostess any coin but compliments, and in all probability never shall.' Was there ever a better illustration of Moore's admo nition — ' O ladies, beware of a gay young knight,' i£c. After dinner we remounted to the apartments Job em phatically called his own ; and he then proceeded to initiate me in those phrases of the noble language of ' Flash,' which might best serve my necessities on the approaching occasion. The slang part of my Cambridge education had made me acquainted with some little elementary knowledge, which rendered Jonson's precepts less strange and abstruse. In this lecture ' sweet ancl holy,' the hours passed away till it became time for me to dress. Mr. Jonson then took me into the penetralia of his bedroom. I stumbled against an enormous trunk. On hearing the involuntary anathema which this accident conjured up to my lips, Jonson said— ' Ah, sir ! — do oblige me by trying to move that box,'" ]

[ "A BURIAL AT MA CHER US. 181 A wanton's wreathed smiles, Stirring the tetrarch's blood with harlot glance, These, these, O grief and woe, Have crushed our hopes, and laid them in the dust ; Yes, these have brought him low, The proud Herodias triumphs in her lust, No hero's death was his, Ten thousand warriors looking on to cheer ; He might not taste the bliss Of those whose heart has known nor doubt nor fear. Weary the slow, slow days, The stifling dungeon, and the sultry air ; Weary the long delays Of hopes that bordered almost on despair. Once there had come to him, With brow that told its tale of sinless youth, And speech not dark or dim, That showed Him born true vessel of the Truth, One before whom he bowed, And fain had sought a blessing at His hand ; And lo ! from out the cloud, The voice of power that few might understand. Yea, from the opened sky He heard the words which bade him worship there", "384 THE POETS' BIBLE. Hearts with grief and care o'erladen, Hearts brimful of hope and joy, Come, and greet in death's dark hall Him who felt with, felt for all. Men of God devoutly toiling This world's fetters to unbind, Satan of his prey despoiling In the hearts of human kind ; Let, to-night, your labours cease, Give your careworn spirits peace. Ye who roam o'er seas and mountains, Messengers of love and light; Ye who guard truth's sacred fountains, AVeary day and wakeful night ; Men of labour, men of lore, Give your toils and studies o'er. Dwellers in the woods and valleys, Ye of meek and lowly breast ; Ye who, pent in crowded alleys, Labour early, late take rest ; Leave the plough and leave the loom ; Meet us at our Saviour's tomb. From your halls of stately beauty, Sculptured roof and marble floor, In this work of Christian duty Haste, ye rich, and join the poor.", "MARY SEETH TWO ANGELS SITTING. 403 Thus in whispers low they talk, Sighing on their early walk, Of the work that has been done Ere the rising of the sun. AVho will climb into the sky, Bring redemption from on high ? AVho will light the dreary grave, And the dead and dying save ? All is done that thou wouldst do ; All is finished, soul for you ; Life is born, and death is dead, Day is shining, night has fled. Thomas Toke Lynch. \"Mary seethtwo angels sitting,\" etc. — John xx. 12. Angels twain were sitting In the vacant tomb ; Lights of day were flitting Through its silent gloom ; Angels brightly shining, Light of common day, Mingling and entwining Where the Saviour lay. Often in our sorrow Angels may be seen," ]

[ "Spontaneous Combustion and Explosion 42 (5.) Some petroleum spirit placed in large jar, and light applied in 10 seconds gave an explosion ; (no smoke, or hardly any). 6 10/74. Grand Junction Canal Company's Wharf, City Hnsiii. Was shown (by Mr. Warlow and Mr. Witton) a cask of benzoline. It was standing on its end, and although its bung was covered with a tin patch there was considerable \" weeping \" or leakage therefrom. The benzoline was from Leon, Clere, and Charles, 21, Commercial Street, Spitalfields. The \"weep ing \" was rapid. In about half a minute enough came out to thickly coat a finger. Put some on pieces of sponge into a bottle. On following morning on examining the bottle I found it broken (on burning a bit of the sponge I found it very inflammable). Transferred the remainder of the sponge to another stoppered bottle, and took it up to Dr. Keates, who, in my presence, removed stopper and applied a light, and pioduced a small explosion. 8/10/74. Went to Mr. Keates to Barringer & Co.'s, Hackney Wick. Mr. Barringer (junior) gave us two samples of the material, one of which was refined benzoline, the same as delivered to the Grand Junction Canal Company (and one of \" naphtha.\") He said they delivered the two casks of benzoline to the Company on 14th September, and on 29th two more, because the first two had not gone. On October 7th, Mr. Hughes wrote that all four were on board the \" Tilbury.\" Afterwards I returned with Mr. Keates to his laboratory. Dropped 20 drops of refined benzoline into a long glass; it took about 18 seconds to drop, and at one minute from first dropping applied a light, and a sharp explosion occurred. Then dropped 20 drops of crude benzoline into glass, almost immediately applied a light, and it burnt down, with blue flame. SERIES B. 10/10/74. Took some of the refined benzoline over to the Arsenal, and there carried out with Mr. Abel some experiments in his laboratory; tempera ture 61 ° Faht. (1.) (This had been commenced by Mr. Abel before I came) with petroleum spirit. Placed some in a saucer in a box, 2oJ inches x 8j inches x 5J inches deep (total cubic content 1031-4062 inches — rather over half a cubic foot). The lid was laid loosely on, and at the end of 10 minutes a lighted wax taper was slowly introduced, and on arriving at about one and a half inch from bottom of box an explosion took place throughout the box. (2.) Same repeated, but using some of the same benzoline as was on board the \" Tilbury.\" Result. — A more violent explosion, and this was obtained when taper was about half way down the box. (This experiment seemed to show that this sample of benzoline was rather more volatile than the \" petroleum spirit \" previously used.) (3.) A few drops of benzoline were placed in the bottom of a glass jar 12'' deep and ij\" wide. At end of half a minute a taper was introduced, and at end of 9 inches from bottom explosion occurred, and flame flashed down to the bottom. (4.) Some benzoline in saucer placed in wooden box as before. Hole", "XX put some water and provisions in it, in case the fire should break out, and be compelled to abandon the vessel. An explosion took place the following morning, blowing off the fore hatches. The decks had become very hot. Some time after another explosion took place, blowing off the lazarette hatches in the cabin. The smoke increased, but no flames issued. We sighted a sail, which bore down to us and sent us assistance. The smoke and heat had increased so much that we could remain no longer on board, and we all left the ship and went on board the other vessel, being the \"Glenlyon.\" Before leaving our vessel the carpenter scuttled her. Au explosion blew off the main hatch just as we were leaving her. On first discovering the fire we had no hopes of extinguishing it. I saw the cargo shipped. The coals were perfectly dry, the hatches were properly battened down, and the ship was tight. From what I could judge the fire seemed to be general. Henry John Bastard. Before us, this 18th September, 1868, John Campbell, R.M., F. S. Read, Assessor. John Masson, duly sworn, deposes : I was carpenter of the barque \"Cattosield,\" and remembered when the vessel was first discovered on fire, on the 24th August. I examined the coals, ami found them very heated ; smoke was issuing from them. We battened down the hatches. The smoke increased to such an extent that the men could not remain in the forecastle. The following morning, between 5 and 6 o'clock, an explosion took place, blowing off the fore hatch. Some time after another took place, blowing off the lazarette hatches. The smoke and heat had so much increased that we could not go below. During the day we sighted a vessel, and sent us assistance on board. The smoke had become so dense and the heat so great that we could no longer remain on board, and we abandoned the vessel and went on board the other, which proved to be the \"Glenlyon.\" Just as we were leaving the ship another explosion took place, blowing off the main hatch. After we got into the boat I scuttled the vessel by cutting a hole with an adze at midships, just above the copper line. We then sailed in the \"Glenlyon.\" I think it was then about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. I saw the vessel about 5 o'clock. There was smoke issuing from all parts, but no flames were visible. The ship made no water ; she was quite tight. I did not see the cargo shipped. John Masson, Carpenter. Before us, this 18th September, 1868, John Campbell, R.M. F. S. Read, Assessor,", "LVII Table from Mr. Gray's Memorandum Showing the Number of Coal-Laden Vessels which were Reported as Missing During Ten Y'ears Ending 31st December, 1880, Distinguishing the Vessels which Sailed on Short Voyages from those which Sailed on Long Voyages,* and also Distinguishing Steam-Ships from Sailing Ships. [No. 6.] * Following the classification adopted by the Royal Commission, \" Long Voyages \" are held to include all vessels except those bound to European or Mediterranean ports. SAILING. 'TEAM. TOTA Year. Long Short Voyage. Voyage. Total. Long Voyage. Short Voyage. Total. Long Voyage. Short Voyage. Grand Total. 15 7 8 15 1871 7 8 1872 11 22 33 1 1 11 23 34 1873 7 25 32 2 2 4 9 27 36 1874 17 29 46 1 4 5 18 33 51 1875 3 23 26 3 3 3 26 29 1876 8 19 27 1 2 3 9 21 30 1877 6 18 24 1 3 4 7 21 28 1878 5 9 14 3 3 5 12 17 1879 5 20 25 1 4 5 6 24 30 1880 7 19 26 1 3 4 S 22 30 76 I 192 268 7 25 32 83 217 300" ]

[ "36 [CHAP. II. SOUTH AMERICA ; EAST COAST. All this west coast of San Matias is bold and steep-to. From the point of the Sierra, to the southward, the coast is chiefly cliffy, but with intervals of low land. The cliffs are moderately high, from 100 to 200 feet nearly perpendicular. They are composed of loose earth, or diluvium, but mixed with shingle and vast quantities of fossil shells. At high tide the shore is sandy ; at low water it is rocky. port san josef This great basin, though 26 miles in length and 11 wide, was called Port San Josef by the Spaniards; it is free from in terior obstructions or danger, but the entrance has an unpleasant appearance owing to a rocky ledge crossing it, over which the water ripples so much that a stranger would hardly think it safe to enter. Eleven fathoms is the least depth that has yet been found in that channel, but the tide sets so strongly over the narrow ledge that sounding upon it is not easy. Many vessels have entered at various times, and as no one has yet en countered danger it may be supposed that none exists, excepting within half a mile of either point. Both east and west heads are moderately high and show distinctly from seaward. They are bold cliffs, rising abruptly to 100 or 150 feet above the water. Their colour is the same as that of all this coast, where a yellowish sun-burnt appearance continually meets the eye.* Under water, from each head, the above-mentioned ledge of rocks extends across, causing, when the wind opposes the tide, a heavy rippling. The best anchorage is in the bight to the eastward of the eastern head. Northerly winds send much sea into the southern bight. Masters of vessels who have been some months at anchor in this gulf speak very unfavourably of it. They say that a short heavy cross sea gets up with any strong wind, although the gulf is nearly land-locked. Fuel may be cut in the south-west part of the bay, from stunted shrubby trees, but near the shore there is no appearance of fresh water. To the eye, all is barrenness and desolation. How such a spot could have been selected for a colony is surprising. f From the east side of Port San Josef to Norte point, a distance of 27 miles, there is a continued cliff from 60 to 100 feet in height. No high land appears in shore ; all looks low, bare, and sun-burnt. No danger lies under water, but to small vessels the races of tide which are sometimes met between San Josef and Norte point, are rather troublesome, if not dangerous. From Norte point to Valdes creek the land is low, mostly a shingle beach, and off this piece of coast are the worst tide races, being occasioned by the rush of water across shoals and focky patches lying from 2 to 10 * See View on Chart No. 1,263. f Remarks of Lieut. Wickham, R.N. 1833.", "121 CHAP. IV.] PORT ALBEMARLE. PORT EDGAR. distant. Tho entrance is between two bluff heads, very narrow, and, with the wind northerly, very difficult; indeed, it would be almost impossible for a square-rigged vessel to enter at such a time without warping. Wood Shoal. — In going to Port Edgar, it would at all times bo advisable to make the land well to the westward, as Wood shoal is only 9 miles S.E. by E. from the heads ; it extends 3 miles in an east and west direction, and in some places is a mile wide. The soundings to the north ward of it are regular, 15 and 16 fathoms, with straggling kelp about a quarter of a mile off. The reef is well marked by thick kelp, and the least water found was 1 1 fathoms ; but having been seen to break during southerly gales, it may be much shoaler in some places ; and as thick patches of kelp always indicate danger, it had better be carefully avoided. tides. — There is but little tide at the entrance to Port Edgar. It is high water, full and change, at 7h. 15m. ; the rise is 6 feet. directions.-— When the wind is between west and south-west, it is very baffling and squally, therefore good way should be kept on the vessel, and the western shore well closed, even to the edge of the kelp, where there are 4 fathoms only a few fathoms from the rocks. By these means a vessel may shoot in past the heads, so as to get the steady breeze ; and with fresh way, this may be easily done, as the entrance between the two heads is not much more than half a cable in length, and about a cable broad. When once within the heads, the harbour opens out suddenly. The rocks on both sides the entrance are bold-to ; there are from 15 to 17 fathoms in mid-channel. As a secure harbour, Port Edgar is second to none. It has a great advantage over all the harbours to the northward and westward of it, having a moderate depth of water for some distance outside. When blowing hard from the northward or westward, so as to prevent a vessel from entering the port, an anchor may be dropped in from 15 to 20 fathoms sandy bottom, anywhere under the ridge that forms the western point of entrance, and which extends N.N.W. and S.S.E. about 4 miles. With these winds the water outside is quite smooth ; and if they should veer to the southward, so as to make it necessary to weigh, the port will be open to leeward. Port Edgar should not be quitted after a southerly gale without a com manding breeze, as the swell is heavy without the heads, and continues some time. But northerly winds generally following a breeze from the southward, there is little fear of a vessel being detained.", "254 [chap x. SOUTH AMERICA ; WEST COAST. should be guarded against, the land behind being a low sandy beach, and not then distinguishable. huapacho head, a light coloured cliff, bare at the top, and broken at the seaward extremity, forms the north point of the peninsula of Lacuy. The low extremity of Huapacho is sometimes called Tenuy point ; probably it extended farther seaward, and was more remarkable formerly. The stream of tide is strong hereabouts, and must be allowed for, accord ing to the direction of the ship's course. LIGHT. — Corona point or Huapilacuy light is a fixed white light, varied every 2 minutes by a, flash, at an elevation of 197 feet above high water, visible in clear weather from a distance of from 12 to 18 miles. This light is seen over the land of Huapacho ; vessels therefore approaching Port San Carlos from the southward, after rounding Hueehucucuy head, should continue steering to the N.E., until the light bears S.E. by E., when they can haul to the southward. The tower is circular, 32 feet high, and painted white. It stands on the high part of Huapilacuy point, S.E. by E. \\ E. 1^- miles from Huapacho head, with the west point of Sebastiana islet, bearing N. by E. f E., centre of Cochinos island, E.S.E., and Hueehucucuy head, W. by S.* port san carlos lies south of the peninsula of Lacuy. The entrance between Aguy point and Cochinos islet, is about 2 miles across, and from the island the port extends to the westward for nearly 6 miles, with an average breadth of one mile. About 3 cables south from Arena point is a patch with 3 fathoms on it ; the plan is so complete that no further remarks need be made. The town of San Carlos de Ancud, about 180 yards square, with a flag-staff in the centre, stands on Guilmen heights, at the southern entrance of the harbour. On the north side there is a strong well built stone store-house, and opposite to it is the church, also of stone. sebastiana islet, 160 feet high, lies N.E. \\ E., 4 miles from Huapacho head. A shoal called the Achilles bank extends 4 or 5 miles westward from the islet, over which there is considerably disturbed water, rippling and swelling during a calm, but during a gale breaking in high short seas. About 3 miles from Sebastiana there are 6 fathoms at low water on this ridge, and at 2 miles about 4 fathoms. When on the ridge, Chocoy head, at the entrance of the Chacao Narrows, is hidden by Sebastiana, and on no account ought a vessel to get near this islet, for there the tide runs strongly and with dangerous eddies. * By the Chilian notice of March 1860, the longitude of this lighthouse is given as 74° 01' W., but on Admiralty Plan, No. 1,313, Huapilacuy point is in 73° 55' 45\" W. Corona point should be the Huapilacuy of the Admiralty Chart, not Huapacho." ]

[ "CHAPTER VII. SST ?§ T was Plaster morning, but hardly as cheer- S/j fiS ful as it should have been to commemorate Jis set the Resurrection of our Lord, for the rain a *~~!j>M 3 £• j , I, stiH fell in a steady drizzle, and everyone appeared depressed. The Senora Vidal was parti cularly blue, for she had lived for some weeks in anticipation of an unusually fine bull-fight, which was to have taken place that afternoon. But the gloomy, forbidding appearance of the sky, with its mantle of lowering clouds, was not encouraging, for if it did not altogether prevent the spectacle it, at least, augured a smaller and less interesting concourse, for there were many who would prefer to forego the bull-fight rather than risk a drenching. The poor Senora fumed and fussed and paid small heed to the excellent music and magnificent Easter services. She went, of course, but her thoughts would stray to the longed-for recreation, and instead of listening to a superb Ave Maria, she was strain ing every organ to hear if the rain was still falling. Inez tried to soothe her, though she herself was secretly wishing that it might not clear. This day was a sad one to her. It was the second anniversary", "THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER. 175 and placing it on the floor, leaned forward to listen. Vargas was speaking. \"It is useless to try to deceive me,\" he said. \"Pedro saw you both as you walked around the wall and tried to open the door of the old chapel. When I told you to see that Mademoiselle wanted for nothing, and told you to cheer her, I did not mean that you were to aid her in any plan of escape. You were enlarging upon your orders. Remember you are in my service, and must do my bidding. Ifyoudonot you will receive nothing, but if you faithfully execute all I tell you I will pay you double the amount I promised. I do not condemn what you did, for it will serve to inspire her with confidence in you. Ingratiate yourself with her as much as possible, but report everything to me.\" \"Very well, Monsieur.\" \"Can I depend upon you? It will mean double pay, you know.\" \" Certainly, Monsieur ; I will do anything you wish.\" \"Well, now go in, it is near the dinner hour,\" and they separated. Inez now knew that she was underground, but she had no further time to continue her investigation, for Lafarge would be seeking her. She was now more alone than before. Lafarge, who had been some consolation, had been bought over by the enemy, and she could depend on no one but herself. While thinking of these things, however, she had been quietly retracing her steps. She was tired and the spiral staircase made her dizzy, but she did not dare to stop. When she reached the top, she felt almost ill again ; but Lafarge was knocking. \"What is it, Lafarge?\" she called.", "THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER. 194 whisper a few words of encouragement to her, and depart to come again a little later. To all other visitors the same answer was given, \" Mademoiselle is quite ill, and Madame can receive no one.\" The day passed slowly; to these three it seemed unconscionably long. Every time the bell rung they were inspired by fresh hope; it might be a message from the detective, perhaps Inez was found; and after each fresh disappointment they became more dispirited than before. They dined early, and the two men resumed their measured pacing in the salon. Evening was upon them and still no news, and as the twilight deepened they became yet more disheartened, their dejection augmenting in proportion to the increasing gloom. About half-past eight the bell was again rung, but this time it had been pulled in a more imperative manner, as though by some one who was not in the habit of being kept waiting. Intuitively both men stopped and listened, but the door was closed and they heard the maid go into the Senora's room. Then the Professor shrugged his shoulders, and Gerald muttered an imprecation, and plunging his hands deeper into his pockets, recommenced his pacing. Presently the Senora's door opened and she entered excitedly, waving before them a telegram. \"Look! read!\" she exclaimed. The Professor impetuously possessed himself of the paper, but Gerald, with the trepidation engendered by his emotion and the many disappointments he had this day undergone, stood still, vainly endeavouring to master his agitation. The Professor read the telegram and passed it to him without a word. \"Think I have found the lost." ]

[ "20 such carbonate of lime acquires the property of again. becoming soluble in water. To such as are unacquainted with the action of chemi cal subjects, it would appear very strange that one sub stance by being combined with another, should often give to the compound, qualities totally different from the qualities of its constituent parts separately; but it may be noted, that chemical union is distinguished from me chanical mixture, in no instance more than in this, viz. that two bodies may be mechanically mixed in any pro portion whatever, but they refuse to combine chemically, excepting in known, precise, and exact proportions : for example ; A can be mixed with B, twice B, three times B, &c. &c. ; but A can only be found to unite chemically with half B, or four times B, as we may suppose by way of illustration. Hence it happens with respect to lime, that it can combine with different doses of carbonic acid ; with the first dose or saturated, in the first degree, it forms chalk or carbonate of lime, and is insoluble in water, and is mild instead of caustic ; but when it is combined with a second dose, orsaturatedin thesecond degree, it forms the acidulous carbonate of lime already alluded to, which is perfectly soluble in water, and which consequently con tains a considerable proportion of carbon, capable through such liquid medium of being conveyed to the digestive organs of plants.", "23 large portions of this aerial acid are poured perpetually into the atmosphere, either from the air respired through the lungs of animals, from the innumerable torrents of our chimneys, the various stores of our different manu factures, and from other operations of nature and of art, which are constantly going on ; so it necessarily follows, that the air itself, or that grand magazine of fluid which we are doomed to breathe from the moment of our birth, would speedily become so polluted qnd unfit for the purposes of respiration, as like the atmosphere of the Black Hole at Calcutta, to become instantly destructive to life, in lieu of yielding the energetic spring, the source of animation itself to animals. This, however, is most providently remedied by the fall of succesive showers, agitated by currents of air in every direction, and afforded under tbe most favour ble circumstances for dissolving and presenting to the earth, the superabundant carbonic acid which the air contains. While the showers thus purify the air, they bring down with them the carbonic acid to the soil in successive stores; whence it appears that there are two prolific sources whereby calcareous matter contained in any soil, may become speedily impregnated with any quantity of carbonic acid, with which it can combine chemically. By this time, the reader will perceive that lime of itself has no power of becoming the nutriment of plants, and barely does so in consequence of its tendency to", "32 so great a quantity of oily manure. The dung of swine is thought to be richer than that of other animals, and when made into a compost, is held to be well adapted to both grass and arable land; and it has been laid down as a maxim generally, that the fatter the animal, cæteris paribus, the richer the dung. Manures for lands worn out by hemp, rape, or flax, should be laid on with alkaline substances, such as soap, ashes, marl, aud absorbent or calcareous earths, as chalk, &c. Marl is to be considered as an absorbent earth, and the best kind contains a large portion of chalk or lime-stone, diffused intimately through a portion of clay ; hence lime mixed with clay constitutes a sort of artificial marl, and may be advantageously employed where it can be obtained at a moderate expence : however, all natural marls contain some portion of sand. Lime itself may have a tendency in soil to bind mecha nically the looser particles, and thereby prevent the so luble portions of the manure from escaping beyond the reach ofthe root fibres of the plant. It is generally believed that lime acts upon an unsub dued soil of clay more particularly, by opening and di viding it, so that other manures may readily, by this means, come into contact with every part of it, and the fibres of the plants be at liberty to spread themselves :" ]

[ "MB. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. 62 them each a penny roll and sixpence a-piece, sent them off to Minshull Vernon, thinking they could not do much harm till lie came. And like a majestic master as he now began to be, fie followed next clay with his newly-acquired horses. CHAPTER XIV. CUB HUNTING. Having already intimated that Mr. Romford did not stay very long with the Heavyside Hunt, and not having Brown, Jones, and Robinson in the field, the reader will not expect us to dilate much on the peculiarities of the country, or to tell who gave Mr. Romford \" white broad Who gave him brown ; Who gave him plum cake And sent him out of town ; \" but would doubtless rather that we trotted on with our story to the more permanent scene of his great sporting career. To this end, therefore, we shall be very brief, merely observing that he got through his summer very comfortably, fishing where he liked, shooting where he liked, and, generally speaking, doing pretty much what he liked. The harvest was early, the corn was cut and carried in good order, and he satisfied himself that the litters of foxes were both numerous and strong. He had heard nothing of Jog or his check ; nothing of Mr. Holmside, the treasurer of the Stir-it-Stiff Poor Law Union ; nothing of Mr. Nathan Levy and his rent ; and nothing of Mr. Soapey Sponge, either about his shop or his wife. Altogether, Mr. Romford felt like a new man — like the Turbot on its tail himself. If he ever thought of Oncle Gilroy, it was only to bless the day on which he stared into AA_lkinson and Kidd's shop window, and was insti gated to become a master of fox-hounds. Thanks to the generosity of his brother masters, or the gullibility of their huntsmen, he had now a most promising entry of hounds. If they were only as good as they looked, thought he, they would indeed be hard to beat. And he would stand by the hour in the kennel, criticising their shape and their make, incontinently culling samples of his beard, until he was actually sore with the operation. And as the glad day approached for trying the pack, he was more and more", "292 MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. Ketherington's nursery-garden, and had a dance among the winter-cabbages and Brussels sprouts. The sound of voices and of horses' hoofs on the stones now roused the inmates of the straw-house, drawing forth a joyous yell, and when Jack Rogers shot the bolt, every hound bounded out full cry, and spread in all directions. Bouncer made straight for the dairy, Rantipole rushed into the scullery, while Prodigal and Poulterer dived up to their ears in the pig-pail. \" Get on, and blow your horn ! \" now cried Romford, unused to such riotous proceedings, and dropping his whip-thong, he pro ceeded to lay it into the offenders with hearty good will. Jack Rogers aided his endeavours, and by the time thc fat boy appeared in front of Dalberry Lees, he had as many hounds about him as if he was making a cast. Unfortunately, however, Miss Watkins's Shetland pony was careering about the park, and certain anony mous hounds, thinking, perhaps, he would do as well as the stag, proceeded to charge him with vigorous determination, while a few others broke away at a cow. Then the horn and whips were at work again ; the fat boy inflated his cheeks till they looked like bladder-balloons, and Rogers and Romford raced round the re spective detachments of deserters to whipcord them back, at which AVilly AVatkins's horse denoted his delight by sundry squeaks and bounds in the air that nearly sent onr friend over its head — \" Oh, for Alr. Stotfold's weight to keep him down ! \" thought AVilly. The rule of Mr. Stotfold's hunt was for the Master to hunt the hounds as long as he conld, after which Mr. Rogers was at liberty to take them, and, both carrying horns, the arrangement answered very well, as Jack was always ready to face any place his master declined. And Jack, who was a bit of a courtier, always magnified his master's performance. \" That was a most terrific jump you took iuto the Adderley Road, just below the windmill,\" he would say ; or \" I never saw a man ride over a brook better than you did over Long Kitlington Burn — wouldn't have had it myself at no price ; \" the said Burn, at its best being about three yards wide, with sound banks on each side. But let us pursue the Benicia Boy. There not being much chance of a scent where the preliminary bunt had taken place, the fat boy had nothing for it but to cast on till he came to virgin soil, and it was not until he neared farmer Badstock' s fold-yard that the redoubtable AVideawake dropped his stump of a stern, and AViseacre endorsing the move ment with his tongue, the rest of the pack were good enough to take their opinions from him, and, gradually closing in, at length assumed somewhat the appearance of a pack. \"Hoop!\" screeched", "MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. 362 Mrs. Sponge tried on names when she changed her's from Sponge to Somerville. Sir Reginald Rover, Sir Arthur Archduke, Sir Timothy Trotter, Sir Peter \" No, no,\" said Betsey, \" let's have something that is neither too fine, nor too low — something that will sound so natural as not to create suspicion or inquiry, that will come trippingly off people's tongues.\" \" Suppose we call him Sir Roger de Coverlcy,\" suggested Mrs. Somerville, still thinking of the ball. \" No, that would be too theatrical,\" said Betsey ; \" but we might call him Sir Roger something else — Sir Roger Russell, Sir Roger Brown.\" \" Sir Roger Ferguson 'spose,\" said Facey. \" \\Tery good name,\" rejoined Betsey, \" very good name. Your servant, Sir Roger Ferguson,\" said she, rising and making Good heart a low curtsey, just as she curtseyed for an encore at High bury Barn. And the man of the H's finding there was no halterative, was at length obliged to submit, and ultimately came in to the humour also of having a star to decorate his coat on the occasion. This Betsey Shannon undertook to procure from the same quarter as she did the liveries ancl the uniform for Mr. Proudlock the keeper. Behold, then, the auspicious evening — a bright starlight night — with her now noble horse-dealer arrayed in a gentlemanly suit of black, relieved by his glittering star ancl snow-white head. Mr. Romford, on the other hand, was gay and gaudy, scarlet Tick, white vest, with his El Dorado shirt puffing out in front beneath a white tie, altogether a very passable swell, ancl on very good terms with himself. The ladies, we need scarcely say, were quite differently dressed to what they were at the Beldon Ball, for who can be expected to appear twice in the same costume — certainly not Mrs. Somerville, oi her fair friend Miss Hamilton Howard (vice Shannon), who had all the resources of London dressmakers at their command. Nothing to do but send off the order, and have the things down in no time. The coronetted Beldon Hall note-paper was as good as gold in the London market, and Madame Elisa and Co. could never see too much of it. It was always lying about their show-rooms. Considering that there was so much money in Doubleimupshire, so many teapot-handle-makers, so many Teu-and-a-half-per- Centers, it was strange that they should have no better ball-room than what the old town-hall at Butterwick, built on the principle of Goldsmith's - Chests contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day,\"'" ]

[ "Das Weschichisstu§ium mit einen Vielen und Fragen. Ein Beitrag zur Philosophie der Geschichte. t>on Alfred Zippe, Gl'innl-sillllciiicl, -M'M- Berlin. Verlag von Wiegandt Grieben. 189,.", "4 Erscheinungen so erforderlich, als gerade in der Gefchichts philosophie. Mit dieser universalen historischen Anschauung muß aber zweitens auch eine Kritik über die bedeutendsten syste matischen Behandlungen und Forschungsprinzipe Hand in Hand gehen, damit der eigene philosophische Standpunkt in Bezug auf die Ansichten Anderer klar hervortritt und begründet ist. Den kritischen Weg Hit Rocholl') in umfassender und meisterhafter Weise bechritten, so daß seitdem die früheren geschichtsphilosovhishen Systeme als überwunden gelten können. Jedoch ist r auf wesentlich literarhisto» rischem und kritischem Stawpunkte stehen geblieben, die Konsequenzen seines epocheiachenden Werkes sind mehr negativer Natur. Seit dem Jahre 1878 ist die geschichtsphilosophische Literatur wesentlich bereicherlworden. Die beiden neuesten Schriften von Bedeutung in diefer Richtung von Karl Fischers und Hinneberc) haben viel neue Gedanken gebracht und sind vom Verfsser gebührend berücksichtigt worden, jedoch kann er sich den Ausführungen derselben nicht durchweg anschließen. Dieser steht zu sehr auf dem naturwissenschaftlichen Sandpunkte der Gefetzmäßigkeit l) Die Philosophie der seschichte. Gekrönte Preisschrift. Göttingen 1878. 2) Ist eine Philosophie be Geschichte wisfenfchaftlich erforder lich bezw. möglich ? Progr. Äenburg. 1889. ') Die philosophifchen Gindlagen der GeschichtZwissenfchaft. Sybels Histor. Ztschr. 1889. Bd. 63. S. 18—55.", "90 wenn ein Volk auf der ersten Stufe des Absolutismus stehen bleibt. Nicht minder ist es ein Mangel, wenn ein Volk sehr spät oder überhaupt nicht jenen Gleichgewichts zustand erreicht, sondern seine Kraft in diesen Kämpfen um die Prärogative im Staatsleben verzehrt. So schwächt es sich nach außen und wird leicht von fremden Völkern abhängig. Je entwickelter ein Volk ist und je mehr es sich von der ersten Stufe des Staatslebens entfernt hat, desto bedeutender ist der Einfluß der Individuen aus dem Volke auf seine Geschichte, desto gebundener die «berste Gewalt, desto unstetiger und gefährlicher aber auch die Politik und die Lage eines Volkes. Denn es ist ganz verkehrt zu meinen, daß Majoritäten geeigneter seien, die Politik zu handhaben, als Einzelne. Die Einzelnen sind besser in das Getriebe der Politik eingeweiht, sie tragen die historische und moralische Verantwortung und ersinnen selbständige, individuelle politische Gedanken und Kom- binationen, während die Majoritäten die verschiedensten Interessen in sich vereinigen, bei Weitem nicht das Gefühl der moralischen Verantwortung haben können und sich in ihren Gliedern auf einander verlassen und gegenseitig decken und schließlich der Einheit des Ideenganges ent- behren. Auch zeigt die Geschichte, daß in kritischen Lagen, wie z. B. bei Revolutionen, die Energie und der Radi kalismus der Einzelnen und Minoritäten die Majoritäten terrorisirt und ihr Gewicht bedeutungslos macht. Die Politik, Gedanken und Ideen sind zwar Eigen tum der Individuen, aber kausal bedingt von der Politik" ]

[ "VENICE. 32 earlier compositions having perished. These eight mosaics have much merit, and are evidently a good deal later than those of the cupolas, the porch, Murano and Torcello. '— Lord Lindsay' s ' Christian Art. (The Piazzetta dei Leoni, on the north side of the church, is named from two red marble lions erected by Doge Alvise Mocenigo, in the eighteenth century. Here are the Palace of the Patriarchs, and the desecrated Church of S. Basso, built in 1670.) From S. Mark's the traveller must turn to the Palace by its side, of which till a few years ago it was only the chapel (Cappella Ducale). The courtyard of the palace is always open : its chambers may be visited on week-days from 9 to 4; entrance 1 fr. A Palazzo Ducale was first built in 820 by Doge Angelo Participazio, the first ruler of the Venetian colonists. This was a Byzantine Palace, and we know from contemporary writers that it was of great magnificence. Probably it somewhat resembled the ' Fondaco dei Turchi.' It received great additions during the twelfth century, especially from the Doge Sebastiano Ziani, who ' enlarged it in every direction.' In the fourteenth century the great saloon was built, with many other important additions ; but the palace of Ziani still remained, though contrasting ill with the splendours of the later build ing, and so strong was the feeling that it ought to be rebuilt, that, to save the vast expense, and fearing their own weak ness, the Senate passed a decree forbidding any one to speak of rebuilding the old palace, under a penalty of a thousand ducats. But in 1419 a fire occurred which destroyed part of the old buildings ; a decree for rebuilding the palace was passed under Doge Mocenigo in 1422, and the work was carried out under his successor Doge Foscari. ' The first hammer-stroke upon the old palace of Ziani was the first act of the period properly called the \" Renaissance.\" It was the knell of the architecture of Venice — and of Venice herself. ' A year had not elapsed since the great Doge Mocenigo : his patriot ism, always sincere, had been in this instance mistaken ; in his zeal for the honour of suture Venice, he had forgotten what was due to the Venice of long ago. A thousand palaces might be built upon her burdened", "VENICE. 72 previously existed here, and his bridge is to be seen in the great picture of Carpaccio in the Accademia. In the 16th century all the great architects ofthe period— Fra Giocondo, Sansovino, Palladio, Vignola, even Michelangelo himself — contended for the honour of designing the new bridge. The prize was obtained by Antonio da Ponte, by whom the exist ing Ponte di Rialto (span of arch, 91 feet ; height, 24^ feet; width, 72 feet) was begun in 1588 under Doge Pasquale Cicogna. It was abused at first, but criticism was soon silenced, and on even the smallest engravings of the time it is designated as '// Famoso Ponte.' The footway of the bridge is lined with shops. ' Le Rialto est certainement un coin unique ; la se pressent les barques noires chargees de verdure, qui viennent des iles pour appro visionner Venise, les grands radeaux charges de cocomeri, d'angurie, de citrouilles et de pasteques qui forment des montagnes color^es ; la se heurtent les gondoles, et les gondoliers s'interpellent dans leur idiome venitien qui e'veille 1'idee d'un gazouillement d'oiseaux ; la aussi se tiennent les pecheurs, dans un marche grouillant, vivant, noiratre, curieux par 1'aspect des batisses et par les types des marchands ; et, comme un contraste elegant, sur les marches du pont, devant les boutiques des joailliers, s'arretent les filles des differents quartiers de Venise, cedes de Cannareggio, de Dorso-Duro, celles de San Marco et de Santa Croce, venues de tous les coins de la ville pour acheter les fichus colore's dont elles se parent, les bijoux d'or finement travailles, les perles de verre brillantes de Murano, ou ces boules de verre bul beuses irisees de vert, de bleu, de rose ; tandis que, drapees dans leurs vieux chales gris qui ne laissent voir que leurs profils edentes et leurs meches d'argent, les vieilles femmes du Rialto trainent leurs sandales sur les marches et se glissent dans la soule, cachant sous les pans de leurs tabliers les mets etranges qu'elles viennent d'acheter a tous les marchands de friture en plein vent qui se tiennent aux abords du Rialto. ' — Yriarte. Close to the bridge is the Church of S. Giacomo di Rialto, said to date from the earliest foundation of the town, but possessing no remains of its antiquity. Over the high altar is a statue of the patron saint by Alessandro Vittoria, re markable for its calm and stately attitude and the simple folds of its drapery. The statue of §, Artfonjo is by Giro/amo Campagna,", "VENICE. 74 AVednesday in Passion Week to receive the Indulgence left by Alexander III. in 1 1 77. Last Altar. Bonifazio. The Madonna in glory. We must now return to our gondola at the little wharf near the bridge, one of the most picturesque sites on the Grand Canal : ' Venice is sad and silent now, to what she was in the time of Cana letto; the canals are choked gradually, one by one, and the foul water laps more and more sluggishly against the rent foundations ; but even yet could I but place the reader at the early morning on the quay below the Rialto, when the market boats, full laden, float into groups of golden colour ; and let him watch the dashing of the water about their glitter ing steelly heads, and under the shadow of the vine leaves ; and show him the purple of the grapes and the figs, and the glowing of the scarlet gourds carried away in long streams upon the waves ; and among them the crimson fish baskets, plashing and sparkling, and flaming as the morning sun falls on their wet tawny sides ; and above, the painted sails of the fishing boats, orange and white, scarlet and blue; and better than all such florid colour, the naked, bronzed, burning limbs of the seamen, the last of the old Venetian race, who yet keep the right Giorgione colour on their brows and bosoms, in strange contrast with the sallow, sensual degradation of the creatures that live in the cafes of the Piazza, he would not be merciful to Canaletto any more.' — Ruskin, ' Modern Painters. ' We should visit the little piazza which opens to the Rialto, on the S. Mark's side of the canal (where the artist Vincenzo Catena lived, and died September 1531), for the sake of some very interesting examples of the third order of Venetian windows in one of its houses. ' The house faces the bridge, and its second story has been built in the thirteenth century, above a still earlier Byzantine cornice remaining, or perhaps introduced from some other ruined edifice, in the walls of the first floor. The windows of the second story are of pure third order, and have capitals constantly varying in the form of the flower or leaf introduced between their volutes.' — Ruskin, ' Stones of Venice,' ii. vii. Here is the Church of S. Bartolommeo, to which the great merchant prince Cristoforo Fugger presented a noble picture of Giovanni Bellini, now in the Bohemian monastery of Strahow. Close to the Rialto on the left is the very handsome" ]

[ "81 SICKNESS. — PRELIMINARIES. time of One of the speakers, and hoping he might not be there. Kate at length consented, at Alfred's earnest entreaty, to go, thinking she had better do all she could to further her sister's future comfort, and supposing from his eagerness that he and his father had either signed the pledge, or intended to do so, at the ensuing meeting. Mr. Norton here came in to bid them farewell. He em braced Letitia, saying, \" Farewell, Letitia ! I cannot con scientiously congratulate you on the issue of this affair. I do not know anything against Churchill from my own observation ; but the opinion of all your friends cannot be erroneous. It is too late now to try to change your opinion. There only remains to do the best you can under the circumstances. Above all, insist upon his signing the pledge, that he may not be tempted to excess. Allow me to add that I regret anything I have said which may have hurt your feelings. You must consider that it has arisen solely in my affection for you, and my desire to see you make that decision which should conduce to your happiness.\" And with this he took his leave of her, and went in search of Kate. Having found her, he said, \" Well, I have come to say farewell. You must not get down hearted, and write to me often. I suppose I shall have to come down soon again. Good bye, my love : I see your faith ful swain coming down the road.\" Her brother's departure at this critical juncture of affairs caused her heart to swell with grief, which was fortunately relieved, so soon as he had fairly gone from the house, by a copious flood of tears. Very soon afterwards Trevallyan's arrival was announced, and she went down to receive him. \" You were in so great a hurry,\" said he, \" to send me off this morning, that I had no answer to carry to my mother. But how sad you look. Has Churchill gained his suit?\" \" Yes, and I much fear Letitia will have to pay the costs. I foresee much misery in store for her. But what could I do ? \" \" I do not see that you could have acted otherwise than as you have done. There is no resource left but to let things take their course.\" G", "144 THE SISTERS OF GLENCOE. ing-gown hanging loosely about him, weeping piteously, his tears falling fast on the cold face of his dead wife. \" Oh, brother! \" said he, \" what a wreck is here ! \" \" Now, come,\" said Mr. Norton, fearing his reason was affected, and determined to humour him, \" you know your wife is better off than she could be in the happiest circum stances here.\" \" But I have killed her, Norton.\" \" If you think so, let her perfect spirit rejoice that her death has been your life. Remember, your boy demands of you that you should make up the loss of his mother to him ; if you give way to despondency and grief, your little boy will be a double orphan. Come with me to your room ; you are quite cold. 1 have not yet heard from any one the par ticulars of my dear sister's death.\" So saying, he conducted him gently across the passage and duwn the stairs. Whilst passing Kate's bedroom door, he said, \" Miss Lee and my wife are with poor Kate ; I will come with you.\" \" Yes,\" said Alfred, \" the sight of one of them is enough to upbraid me to-night.\" Mr. Norton led the poor fellow to a seat, when he said, \" Well, now, let me see ; I must tell you. W7hen I became alarmed I was sitting with Letitia, Kate having just left us, when all at once, taking hold of me, she said, 'Alfred, look! look ! ' I was startled. When she said, ' Nurse, what ails my baby ? ' I looked, and saw the little creature quite black in the face. The nurse raised it up, poor Letty trembling violently, when at that moment the cannon which had been placed on the gorse bill behind the house was fired. I had just left the bedside to look at baby, which nurse was about to put into a bath, when a gurgling sound from Letitia attracted my attention to herself. I turned round to find the bed-clothes and herself covered with blood. The agita tion caused by the sudden illness of her child, combined with the shock occasioned by the report of the cannon, had caused the rupture of a blood-vessel. The rest you know. The fearful harrowing sight will follow me to my grave.\" Mr. Norton did all he could to soothe him, hoping that the sad and sudden visitation would be blessed to him, and that his ruling passion would receive a death-blow in the awful desolation which had levelled with the dust his amiable wife and her innocent offspring.", "148 THE SISTERS OF GLENCOE. your thoughtless father, that he would make her so bad a husband ! \" \" Hush ! \" said Trevallyan : \" we must forget what is past, and do what lies in our power for the motherless baby and its bereaved father. Kate, my love, I do hope you will retire at once. I will try to get my mother here to-morrow to see you. She has been grieving much for your trouble.\" It was a sorrowful night for the poor desolate girl. The last time she had slept there — only a week ago — her sister was in the next room. Now that sister had left her, and in the same room was the little orphan with its nurse. What gave most poignancy to her feelings was that she felt conscious that her darling sister's heart had been broken by a drunken hus band. It was but little alleviation to her wounded spirit to know that that husband was as deeply afflicted by his loss as herself, and that, when unexcited by liquor, he had been generous and affectionate to his wife. The one dead fly had \" poisoned all the precious, ointment.\" Although Letitia had said to her sister, \" The causeless curse shall not come,\" yet still it had come, and swiftly too. Not through the instru mentality of another's wish — no ; it was the natural conse quence of her own act. She had vainly and presumptuously thought that she, a girl of eighteen summers, whose every want had been anticipated by others, and who knew literally nothing of the strength of temptation, could conquer a foe which had numbered thousands and tens of thousands in its train, and which had defied the strenuous efforts of hundreds of ardent and energetic philanthropists ; and, let us add here, \" Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers, Of such as do offend, Makes less the sin. For each particular crime A strict account will he exacted ; And that comfort which the wicked take — Fellows in misery — Takes nothing from their torments.\"" ]

[ "29 BIJLAGEN BIJ HOOFDSTUK I. patriotes qu'il existait des idees plus avantageuses pour la Hollande que celles dont ils étaient occupés. Depuis le 12 de ce mois j'ai suspendu toute discussion relative au pro jet des colonies; ainsi j'ai prévenu les ordres contenus dans votre lettre du 15. Les voies sont préparées de maniere que si 1'ambassadeur du Roi re goit ordre d'entrer en négociation, il aura la certitude de n'être exposé de la part des patriotes a aucune discussion longue et difficile a terminer. Als een openlijke aanbeveling van zijn persoon door Z. M. onmogelijk is, verzoekt hij „de bons ofices secrets,\" want de invloed van Brantsen is veel te gering. 21. — grimoard aan vergennes '). — La Haye 27 décembre 1785. — Mistroostige brief, gesteld na het lezen van eenige schrijver betreffende regels uit een particulieren brief van Vergennes aan Vérac. — Verzoek om naar Parijs te mogen gaan ; over een maand of wat kan hij dan misschien als gene raal-majoor terugkeeren, zonder achterdocht op te wekken. Vóór dien tijd kan de zaak van zijn indienststelling niet geregeld zijn. 22. — vérac aan vergennes -). — La Haye 23 janvier 1786. — Het vertrek van Grimoard biedt gelegenheid hem dezen brief mede te geven. Wat de hoofdzaken betreft, het sterker maken van Indië en het overleg met Frankrijk aldaar, is de memorie van Grimoard uitstekend opgenomen door de patriotten, maar in de détails was veel dat niet toepasselijk was. Salm is door de patriotten gemachtigd de gansche zaak met Vergennes te bespreken. On entrera ici en négociation sur ce point lorsque vous jugerez qu'il en sera temps ; mais vous avez du voir que nos amis avoient une sorte de répugnance a, traiter ici une affaire de cette importance par une voie qui ne seroit pas ministérielle, et il sera nécessaire alors que vous ayez la bonté de m envoier les instructions, dont j'aurai besoin. L'opération préli minaire et indispensable, comme vous 1'avez jugé vous-même, Monsieur le Comte, est de retirer des mains de la compagnie des Indes la partie d'ad ministration relative au militaire. Les patriotes s'en occupent avec zèle et sont même dans le cas de se flatter que ce ne sera pas sans succes. 23. — BERAADSLAGING IN HET PERSONEEL BESOGNE VAN UOLLAND :1). Besoigne O. 1. G, 25 Mey 1786. Praesentibus omnibus. Op missive O. I. C. van 17 December 1785 4) nopens defensie. Gijzelaar: ibi 6) breed de etablissementen verhandeld. Quaeritur of raed zaem dat Leden Besoigne kwamen in gedetailleerde nagang van dit werk, 1) A.E. 2) A.E. 3) R. A., nalatenschap-Van Wijn, portefeuille n\". 37. 4) De missive van de XVII aan de Staten-Generaal is van 22 November 1785; van 17 December is de resolutie van Holland waarbij deze brief in handen wordt gesteld van het personeel besogne om advies. 5) NI. in het als bijlage bij den brief der XVII gevoegd rapport der kamer Amster dam over den toestand der weermiddelen in Indië.", "BIJLAGEN BIJ HOOFDSTUK III. non dans toutes ses prérogatives, du moins pour 1'essentiel. Il s'agit pour le présent seulement d'arrêter 1'explosion d'une guerre civile dans les Provinces, et de faire retourner le Prince d'Orange a la Haye, en lui faisant restituer le commandemant de la garnison. Comme on peut prévoir que le triumvirat aristocratique, qui emporte a, présent tout par la force et la pluralité dans les Etats de Hollande, fera tout au monde pour soutenir sa résolution du 28 Juillet, sous prétexte de ne pouvoir pas la révoquer sans déroger a, la souveraineté des Etats, le Roi a fait proposer a la Cour de France un biais, par lequel la dite résolution pourroit être changée sans préjudice de la Souveraineté par la réserve que les Etats pourroient donner eux-mêmes des ordres a la garnison de la Haye dans des cas pressans. Le Comte de Goertz tachera de faire gouter et agréer eet expediënt, et il paroit que la Cour de France doit 1'agréer et y contribuer, si elle agit sincèrement pour la conservation du Stadhoudérat. Si 1'on peut aussi trouver quelqu'autre expediënt qui mène au même but, il faut le saisir également. Dès qu'on sera parvenu a faire restituer au Prince d'Orange le commandement et a le faire retourner a la Haye, on pourra ensuite travailler a un arrangement général entre les partis, sur lequel il n'est pas besoin d'instruire le Comte de Goertz d'avance, d'autant plus qu'il acquerra les meilleures lumières en Hollande même sur eet objet important et fort étendu. Tout le succes de cette négociation dependra de la concurrence sincère et efneace de la Cour de France par 1'infiuence décidée qu'elle a gagnée en Hollande depuis 1'alliance conclue avec cette République, et aussi le Comte de Goertz doit faire tout son possible pour faire agir le Comte de Verac selon le plan susdit, pour obtenir de lui qu'il retienne les aristocrates et les fasse consentir a 1'arrangement proposé, ou qu'il concoure a faire tourner la pluralité des Etats d'Hollande pour le même but. Cependant il ne laissera pas de menager les anciens amis et partisans du Prince d'Orange, de les rassurer et de les encourager par 1'assurance de 1'intervention eflicace du Roi, sans pourtant leur promettre une assistance guerrière comme ils demanderont peut-être. Il tachera même de modérer la fougue du ministre d'Angleterre le Chevalier Harris, de le retenir de toute idéé d'une révolution, et d'empêcher toutes les mesures violentes, qui ne pourroient tourner qu'au plus grand danger et désavan- tage du parti Stadhouderien dans la situation présente. Il ne lui sera pas difficile de faire comprendre au Chevalier Harris, qu'il ne s'agit pas de mettre la République et le Prince d'Orange entièrement a la discrétion de la Cour de France, mais que 1'essentiel est pour le présent, de préserver le Stadhoudérat d'une destruction totale et de le conserver pour d'autres tems. Le Comte de Goertz sentira bien lui-même par tout ce qu'on vient de dire, qu'on ne peut pas lui prescrire une instruction précise sur la methode et la maniere d'entamer sa négociation soit avec 1'ambassadeur de France, soit avec les Etats-Généraux, soit avec les Etats d'Hollande, ou les Regens particuliers de chaque ville. Le Roi abandonne tout cela a, sa prudence pour prendre les mesures les plus convenables solon les circonstances. 11 se concertera autant que possible tant avec la Princesse d'Orange qu'avec 19 i", "26 pleegt hierbij met Harris aanvankelijk geen overleg, III, 63 ; zijn wankel- moedigheid in het najaar van '86, 118 — 121 ; zijn gesprekken met Ray- neval, 147—148; plundering van zijn huis, 205. Rendorp (mevrouw), III, 74. Rengers (familie), meester van twee grietenijen, II, 239. Rengers (Epko Sjuck Gerrold Juckema van Burmania), grietman van Wym- britseradeel, leider der friesche aristo- craten, II, 243 noot; III, 114, 148. Reynst (admiraal Pieter Hendrik), I, 133, 222, 243, 244, 246; II, 14, 18. Ridder (Mr. Jan Pieter de), patriotsch regent te Utrecht, II, 222 ; burge- meester in 1786, II, 223. Rockingham (ministerie — ), in Enge- land, I, 234. Rodney, engelsch admiraal, verwoest St. Eustatius, I, 191. Roomschgezinden, hangen de patriot- sche partij aan, I, 287-288. Roth (Mr. Jacob Anthony de), III, 186. Rotterdam, Prinsjesdag van 1783 te — , I, 273; — ongeregeldheden in 1784, II, 68 vv. ; magistraatsbestelling aan de Staten getrokken, 72 ; patriotsche magistraat en anti-patriotsche vroed- schap, 72 — 73 ; — patriotsche reques- ten, III, 150—151; remotie, 182; oranjerevolutie, 272. Roumiantsev, II, 29. Rousseau, I, 70. Roavroy (de), III, 279, 280. Royer (Mr. Alexander Hieronymus), secretaris van Gecommitteerde Raden, III, 198, 201, 207, 221, 223, 285, 301—302. Itijsti' (Mr. Hendrik), secretaris van Alkmaar, lid van het personeel besogne tot de zaken der Oost-Indische Com- pagnie, III, 8. Kijsscl (Albert van), generaal-majoor, bevelhebber van het hollandsche cor- don, III, 90, 188, 192, 210. S. Saksen-U'eiinar (Karel August van), weigert zijn troepen aan de Republiek te verhuren, II, 19; voorvechter van den Duitschen Vorstenbond, II, 30. Salni-Kyrburg ( Frederik, Rij ngraaf van) , werft voor de Republiek een corps van 1800 huzaren en jagers, II, 19 ; op reis langs duitsche hoven, 19; gaat in Aug. '85 naar Parijs met een ge- heim aanbod van vijf millioen tot afkoop van 's keizers vorderingen, 105—106; zijn verleden, 105—107; bij Frederik de Groote te Potsdam, 110; beveelt aan dat de Prinses zich met de patriotten zal verstaan, 111 ; begeert den rang van veldmaarschalk, 157—158; vertrekt in Maart 1786 wederom naar Parijs, 159 ; onderhoudt betrekkingen met andere ministers dan Vergennes, 173 — 175; tracht zich nogmaals op te dringen aan de Prin- ses, 180; wordt door haar afgewezen, 184 ; terug uit Parijs, 188 ; — zijn indische plannen, III, 19 — 20 ; werkt Grimoard tegen, 24 ; onderhoud met Grimoard, 28—29; wordt op verlan- gen van Amsterdam niet tot opper- bevelhebber van het cordon benoemd, 90; bezoek aan Utrecht in Oct. '86, blz. 112; onderhoud met Rayneval, 144 ; naar Parijs in Maart '87, blz. 167 ; tracht zijn heerlijkheid Bokstel te verkoopen, 170; terug naar de Republiek, 173; zijn deel aan de remotie, 185; in Mei naar Utrecht, 189 ; verlangt het commando over het cordon, 194; wordt maréchal de camp van het fransche leger met een jaar- geld, 215; tocht naar Woerden op 28 Juni '87, blz. 227 ; zijn gesprekken met Kahlenberg, 260—261; zijn plan om Willem V op te lichten, 262; op 14 September naar Woerden, 262 ; op 15 September wederom daarheen, 26 ; verlaat Utrecht, 000 ; te Uit- hoorn, 279; verlaat het land, 280; zijn uiteinde, 281. Salm (legioen van), de driemannen over- wegen het in den Haag te leggen, II, 160 ; wordt in Hollands dienst opge- nomen en te Heusden gelegd, III, 76-, gaat naar Utrecht, 189. Sailine. fransch minister van marine en koloniën, III, 12. Sautyn (Mr. Jan), burgemeester van Amsterdam in 1748, I, 13, 24." ]

[ "38 NORWICH CASTLE. filth of their houses to be carried and cast into the ditch of the castle, untill it was forbidden by Hen. Wyot, constable of the castle of our lord the king, &c. \" Charges and expenses done for amending the ditches of the castle, for carrying out the muck there by command of R. Gardiner, maior ; to avoid the great displeasure of the king had against this city, by reason of the aforesaid ditches so filled with muck by the citizens. Imprimis, paid to the said Hen. Wyot, the constable, which was given him in regard that he should not inform thereof to the damage or grievance of the city, 40s. Item. Paid to the didalmen and other labourers, for carrying the muck out of the said ditch with (sinefectorio) a wheel barrow unto the lane opposite the messuage of John Carlton, 28s. 6d.1 \"At an assembly, 11 April, 20 Hen. VII., ordained, that if any inhabitant within this city shall henceforth be taken in carrying muck or other filthy, things, and putting them into the ditches of the castle, or in the ditches without the walls of the city, or in any lane used for people to walk in, every one so taken shall forfeit for every time Ad. \" And in 26 Hen. VIII., ordained, that no person shall ley, or cause to be leyd, in or upone the castill dike, medowe, cokey lane, or eny brent ground within the citie, any colder, &c, under peyn of 2s. for every offence. \" And also in 27 of the same king, it was ordained, that no person shall kepe or putt to fede any mare, shepe, or lambe, upon the castille ditchez or medew, nor onye comone, grene, or lane, within the citie ; payne of x\\d. for every mare, and xiid. for every shepe or lambe so taken. \" At a court of maioralty, 15 June, 3 Ed. VI., sir John Godsalve, knight, came and declared that when he is lieftenant to the king's majesty of his castile of Nor wiche, he informeth the court that diverse inhabitaunts nere the said castill have noyedand cast into the dikes, dung, &c, to the hinderaunce of the defence of the same, and desireth reformacion. And he was answered, that Mr. Maier hath had a vigylant eye to the premyses, but as yet no offenders can be proved, &c. And thereupon the said sir John Godsalve saith that he wold get license to build one of the towers, and then watch the said offenders, and that thei should come at their perells2. \" At a court of maioralty, 16 July, 12 Jas. I., two labourers ordered to carry away all such muck as they have cast in or near the castle dikes, and that this week, upon pain of whipping, never to offend the like. \" At an assembly 3 June, 14 Jas. I., it was decreed, that the market for cattell shall be kept in the castell dykes, and not elsewhere. 1 Comp. Camer. 5 Hen. VII. 1490. 2 This occurred five days before Kett's rebellion.", "JafJic IhiMsheJ bvtfv S, ■ \\don April 23\\~**j83i ■", "PI. IV. ■~" ]

[ "36 THE MISTRESS OF COON HALL. pretty, intelligent-looking girls; all in slight mourning of grey trimmed with black. There was rather an awkward pause, no one exactly knowing what to say or do next, to break which the Major asked Grace when she expected her mother. \"Almost directly,\" she answered; \"they were to arrive a quarter of an hour after you did.\" \" That is right,\" said the Major. While he was put ting a few inquiries to Grace as to how they had sped during his absence, Florence spoke to Isabella, with a free and rather flippant manner : \" What a lovely day you have had for travelling.\" \" Beautiful.\" \" Would you not like to take off your bonnet, you must be so very warm ? \" Isabella did so, but gave the speaker such a look out of her deep dark eyes, so like a savage animal roused from its lair, that Florence, positively frightened, drew back a few paces. To a man with a keen sense of the ridiculous like Major Kempthorn, the whole scene presented a most comical side : Grace, with her nervousness at acting deputy-lady of the house without knowing what to propose; Florence looking startled and confounded ; Miss Berriton sitting bolt upright in her chair, looking repression itself; and the back ground formed by Ada in a low wicker chair, reading, and Herbert pulling a flower to pieces by the win dow. He felt that he must laugh when, to his relief, the door-bell rang ; but he had only reached the draw ing-room door when he met a tall girl in deep mourn ing, but with a fashionable hat stuck on the back of her head, who advanced towards him, saying,", "THE MISTRESS OF COON HALL. 127 hard man. His first wife, whom he married when he was very young, never contradicted him, and their life was tolerably happy ; but she died, and then he married again, a young and extremely beautiful lady, but one of a fated family.\" \"Joe,\" interrupted Isabella, \"you must be precise both in names and dates, if what you tell is to be used as testimony to clear up the mystery that hangs over that part of our family history.\" \" I never knew the lady's name, Miss Berriton, only that she was a near relative of her husband's, and that the step-daughters strongly resembled her. Nothing but discomfort and misery followed the marriage : she quarrelled with her husband's eldest son. Geoffrey Berriton was proud and violent, but he knew there was one person to whom he must bow, and there was peace between father and son; and it was Geoffrey's part that the old man took, not that of his young wife. Things were, however, put straight again for the present, and when soon after she gave birth to a little daughter, she was nursed by the step-daughters with kindness and affection, and all seemed to be going on well ; but before long the trouble broke out again and could no longer be concealed from the household, the servants, and the tenants. One of the first to know was my father (for I am of gentle blood, Miss Berriton), then tutor to some of the younger boys ; he had ventured to raise his eyes to one of the daughters of the house, and they said that Rose Berriton, of a gentler mould than her sisters, was not indifferent to him. Geoffrey was the first to discover the passion, and he swore that it should not be, terrifying his sister by the violence of", "THE MISTRESS OF COON HALL. 173 CHAPTER XIII. Love fears nothing ; shrinks not at pain and death ! But what if love prove but false passions whom then have we lo help us but thou, formerly despised, but still honest friendship? Theee was a feeling of constraint over the Kempthorn family the next morning; all knew it, though none spoke of it. There was an attempt indeed to ascribe their silence at breakfast to the fatigues of last night, but Grace at least felt that no amount of mere weari ness could account for the anxiety on her mother's face, for her father's gloomy and abstracted expression, or for Alice's heavy eyes and want of appetite. Isabella alone showed no signs of the late dissipation, but she kept her lips tightly closed, as if afraid of letting out some secret against her will. Breakfast over she accompanied her guardian to his study, where he was in the habit of employing her as secretary, finding her neat penmanship and clear head more useful in these perhaps more masculine occupations, than his wife did in those domestic matters in which she would so fain have interested her. About eleven o'clock, when they were thus engaged, a ring came at the bell. \" Max Thesiger, I should think,\" said the Major. Isabella instantly rose. \"Do, not go,\" said her guardian. \"Max cannot have anything to say to me that requires a private interview.\"" ]

[ "CHAPTER VII. MR. AND MRS. ESSINGTON ELL, Fred, what are we going to do to-day ? Can't you suggest anything or any place to go and see ? for I am quite tired of work, and so is Joan, too, I'm sure, though she wont own it. Look at her ! working away like a galley-slave. Do put that rucheing away, dear ; and come and talk, and be idle for a few minutes.\" Thus Nanny Ormskirk, addressing alternately her cousin and Miss Thornherst, one fine sunny morning at the beginning of February. The hard frost of the day before had given way to the soft ening influence of rain during the night, and the wind having changed again, the blue sky was showing overhead, while the ah was mild and even warm in sheltered places. The two girls were alone, working, in the drawing-room when Mr. Armstrong was announced ; Mrs. Ormskirk always breakfasting in bed, and never rising until it was time for luncheon, and Mrs. Donne being occupied in reading the morning paper to her mother. Mr. Ormskhk was in London, where, as I have before mentioned, he resided principally ; finding attractions in his neat little suite of bachelor apart ments and club (both of which, moderate as was his income, he always managed to keep up) that", "THE CONVERSATION IN THE STUDIO. 181 for resuming the subject ; \"so I really must tell you what I think about it. I know beforehand you'll disagree with me ; but that is no matter.\" \"No matter ! no matter what I think, rebel?\" \" Not a bit ! If you talked till Doomsday you wouldn't make me say differently — much as I think of you. But, oh, Julian ! there are things that are stranger than even love itself. Things which have grown with your growth, and been your cherished opinions for years, cannot be quickly thrown aside or killed,even by the condemning fiat of some one who — who is very much respected and liked. The opinions, if correct ones, cannot alter materially, or even change somewhat, until the causes which have given rise to those opinions be either done away with or rendered harmless. Even your affection cannot wholly atone to me for years of hopeless helplessness in this world, and the possibility of my having died young without ever having known any happiness at all, with the chance of going straight to hell if I died. For I was not resigned to the fate that had placed us in our woful position ; I saw but the agency of supremely foolish human beings, where I was told I should have recognised the rod of a chastising Providence. Few people take a whipping with grace — least of all those who are conscious of having done nothing whatever to deserve it. They feel all the time as though the chastisement must be a mistake — not intended for them, but being really designed for some one who has had the good luck to escape it. So that while suffering the pain, you haven't even the feeling that you are sacrificing yourself for another person — that it is a voluntary", "204 JOAN GOES TO RADFORD. case, Joan, it is clear to me your destiny is to marry a farmer — a gentleman who farms his own land, of course, I mean. Well, nous verrons,\" with another sly glance, that had the effect, joined to her words, of bringing a slight rush of colour to her already blooming cheeks with which she felt very angry and could have well dispensed with. Why is it that people who can blush, are generally so annoyed with themselves for so doing ? and that those who can't, would give any amount, if they had it to give, to be able to do so occasionally ? \" Isn't this a pretty lane,\" Mrs. Essington added, kindly changing the subject, as she turned the pony's head out of the village road, and entered a narrow way, whose path was of deep red soft sand, and which the high banks and the higher trees that surmounted them made dark and very picturesque-looking. \" Look up ! see — there is quite a roof of branches over our heads. I have taken this road as a short cut home ; instead of going the village again, this lane runs along at the back of Radford, and we shall be at home in less than five minutes now.\" \" Doesn't the pony know his way ! how quickly he has begun to go !\" rejoined Joan, relieved by the diversion thus effected in her favour. \" Doesn't he ? Animals are so cunning.\" And away the little pony-chaise flew, and in another minute or so, Joan looked up to what she told herself would in all probability be her last English home before she returned (if she ever did) an old woman from the Antipodes. A comfortable-looking red-brick building in the modern villa style, only in lieu of having the ortho-" ]

[ "114 Some Stained Pages. than face Mr. Blakeford, when a thought struck me. I had the little bundle loosely tied up in a handkerchief, and in it the bread and meat. This might quiet the dog; and with a courage I did not know I possessed, I hastily tore it open, and taking a couple of steps into the yard, called out, in a loud quick voice, ' Here, Leo, Leo !' throwing the bread and meat towards where I believed the dog to be. There was a rush, a snarling whine, and the dog was close to me for the moment. The next, as I heai'd him in the darkness seize the meat, I was across the yard, with one foot on the pump, and as I raised myself the front door was flung open, and I heard Mr. Blakeford rush out.", "Some Stained Pa.ges. 188 Straight up to the top, and then it's right, right, right, all the way.' ' I understand, sir.' ' Good luck to you then, be off ; here's my sergeant.' I should have stopped to thank him, but he hurried me away ; and half forgetting my weariness, I went along the street, found at last the road at the end, followed it as directed, and then in the street of little houses found one where the light from the lamp shone as my guide had said. I paused with the key in my hand, half fearing to use it, but summoning up my courage, I found the door opened easily and closed quietly, when I stood in a narrow passage with the stairs before me, and follow ing them to the top, I hesitated, hardly knowing back from front. A deep heavy breathing from one room, however, convinced me that that could not be the back, so I tried the other door, to find it yield, and there was just light enough from the window to enable me to find the bed, on which I threw myself half dressed, and slept soundly till morning,", "Some Stained Pages. 198 ' You're quite right,' he said ; ' it ain'4 no shame. What ! Have you done ?' 'Yes, sir — yes, I mean.' ' Won't you have that other cup of coffee ?' ' No, thank you.' ' Then I will,' he said, suiting the action to the word. ' Well, now then, youngster, what are you going to do, eh ?' ' I'm going to try and find Mr. Rowle's brother, sir, at a great printing-office,' I said, searching my pockets, and at last finding the address given to me. ' Perhaps he'll help me to find a situation.' ' Ah ! p'r'aps so. They do have boys in printing-offices. Now, if you were a bit bigger you might have joined the police, and got to be a sergeant some day. It's a bad job, but it can't be helped. You must grow.' ' I am growing fast, sir,' I replied. ' Ah ! I s'pose so. Well, now lookye here. You go and see Mr. Rowle, and hear what he says, and then come back to me.' ' Come back here ?' I said, hesitating. ' Unless you've got somewhere better to go, my lad. There, don't you mind coming." ]

[ "21 ikke bragte dem paa en ganske anden Maade. De samme Mænd, som overøste Tropperne i Paris med Roes, have senere, da de ikke længer commanderede dem . erklæret, at de ingen Magt havde over Tropperne at disse ikke vilde marchere mod Fjenden, at de vare aldeles ubruge lige og have lagt Skylden for det uheldige Udfald over paa dem Den Fremgangsmaade, Regjeringen anvendte og som forte og nødvendigvis maatte føre til, at den tabte næsten alle sine Tilhængere og kastede dem over i sin Modstan ders Leir, bestod i, at den lod. som om den antog den her skende Mening, uden at gjøre det af Hjertet og gav det Udseende deraf ved store Proclamationer og smaa Hand linger, men forøvrigt lod Alt gaae, som det bedst kunde, og greb saa lidt ind som muligt, hvorved den meente at skyde Ansvaret fra sig eller ialtfald skubbe det ud for saa senere at finde Leilighed til at kaste det over paa Andre. Saaledes have Advocaterne gjort i Frankrig som andensteds. Da Regjeringen den 4. September stillede sig i Spid sen for det nationale Forsvar, var Paris for den ; hvergang den gjorde Noget, ja endog hver Gang den lovede at gjøre Noget, var Paris for den ; og det var først da det blev klart, at dens Handlinger vare Blendværk og dens Løfter Bedrag, at Paris stillede sig mod den. Den Enighed, der herskede, da Paris var bleven inde spærret. Fredsforhaabningerne tilintetgjorte og Alle belavede sig paa at modstaae Fjenden, var ikke af lang Varighed. Folk som Jules Favre og Ernest Picard, der under den forrige Regjering bestandigt havde forlangt alle mulige Fri heder, ogsaa Presse- og Forsamlings-Frihed, kunde ikke begynde med at undertrykke disse. Avisskrivere og Klub-", "98 Der blev gjort store Anstrengelser for at hidføre en Forsoning. Flere Mairer havde endog opnaaet, at Comi teen lovede den 20. at trække sig tilbage til Comman dantskabet paa Place Vendome og overlade dem l'H6tel de-Ville; men da de kom for at tåge det i Besiddelse, sva rede Comiteen, at den havde raadspurgt Souscomiteerne, som havde sat sig imod Overeenskomsten, ja endog truet med at anvende Vold, og den var derfor nødt til at blive. I Assem bleen forelagdes forskjellige Lovforslag til at berolige Byen, saasom Valg af et Municipalraad paa 80 Medlemmer, der skulde vælge Mairerne, Valg af alle Nationalgardens Offi cierer, Love om Leien og Vexelfristen, medens samtidigt Ordensvennerne begyndte at slutte sig sammen inde i Paris, hvor 2. Arrondissements Mairie blev deres Centrum. Masser af Proclamationer og Protester bedækkede Murene, og næsten alle Blade, der ikke tilhørte det radicale Parti, sluttede sig sammen for at erklære Valgene til Communen, der vare fast satte til den 22., for ulovlige. Comi teens officielle Organ of fentliggjorde Bladenes Protest, kaldte den et Attentat paa Folkets Souverainitet og tilføiede, at „Comiteen vilde respec tere Pressens Frihed, det vil sige, den Ret, alle Borgere have til at drøfte, kritisere og laste dens Handlinger; men den for langer det souveraine Folks Representanter respecterede og taaler ikke længer, at man ustraffet angriber dem ved at opfordre til Ulydighed mod deres Anordninger og Befalinger. En streng Undertrykkelse vil blive Følgen af saadanne An grebs Fortsættelse.\" Valgene bleve imidlertid udsatte til den 23., og idet Comiteen fremstillede disse Valgs Betydning. opfordrede den til at stemme paa „bekjendte, Sagen hen givne, intelligente, redelige og modige Socialister, hvorved ikke allene Hovedstadens og Republikens, men hele Frank rigs Velferd vilde være sikkret.\" Endskjøndt Comiteen saa ledes tydeligt viste, i hvilken Retning den vilde gaae, af viste den dog ikke Forslagene til en Overeenskomst. I", "311 Vi gik med en Lampe ned i Dreierens Kjælder, fik en Mand med som Veiviser og Oplukker, gik igjennem en Mængde store, fortrinlige Kjældere, hvis Indhold viste, at havde Pa riserne under Beleiringen lidt af Sult , saa havde de ingen Mangel havt paa Viin, og vi naaede ad denne Vei min Led sagers Huus. „Her skal De see en Hest, sagde han og gik ind Stalden. Der kom før en Husar og satte den her, idet han sagde, at han strax kom igjen for at hente den.\" „Hørte han til de Federerede eller til Linien ? ' spurgte jeg. „Det veed jeg ikke ; men en Husar var det. Jeg sætter Hesten ud paa Gaden. hvis han ikke snart kommer, fordi jeg ellers kan komme i Forlegenhed, da der ere mange slette Mennesker, der bilde Tropperne alle Slags Løgne ind.\" Vi gik op paa Tåget. Han havde seet rigtigt : Tricoloren vaiede fra Montmartre. Trocadéro og l'Arc-de-Triomphe i Liniens Haand var for de Federerede Tabet af den sydvestlige Deel af Paris; Montmartre tåget, var Paris' Fald. Slaget var endt, Slagteriet begyndte. Oprøret var knust, Ødelæggelsen stod tilbage. Tropperne havde fortsat deres Fremrykning. Ad de ydre Boulevarder, å cheval paa Seinen, og ad den indre Bou levard rykkede de langsomt men ustandseligt frem. Mont martre blev angrebet baade iiidefra Byen og fra den ydre Side, hvor Tropperne vare rykkede over det neutrale Terrain, som nu aabnedes for dem af Preusserne; thi da disse saae, at Op røret vred sig i sine sidste Krampetrækninger, fik de pludseligt en varm Sympathi for Liniens Sag, tilbageviste alle federerede Flygtninge og afbrøde Jernbanelinierne. En stor Mængde Skyts var ophobet paa Montmartre; Høien og de tilstødende Gader vare besatte, men der var intet ordnet Forsvar, ingen Ledelse, ingen Samvirken, ingen Com mando; Modstanden var ikke, som man havde ventet. Bag" ]

[ "A bachelor's blunder 94 Cunningham, it is true ; but they haA'e ahvays seemed to me to pull uncommonly well to gether. And then, you knoAv, she is very comfortably off.' ' Oh, I see ; you set Captain Cunningham doAvn as a fortune-hunter.' ' We needn't call him names,' said Dick. ' When a man is hard up, he naturally prefers a rich Avife to a penniless one.' ' Even if she is years older than himself and spiteful into the bargain ? ' asked Hope. But as soon as she had said this her con science rebuked her and she exclaimed : ' Hoav ill-natured I am— quite as bad as she is ! Why do you let me speak like that about your sister ? ' ' I don't mind,' ansAvered Dick, with his quiet, good-humoured smile. ' Do you mind anything, I Avonder ? ' cried Hope, half laughing, half provoked. ' Would you mind if I set the house on fire ? ' ' I'd rather you didn't,' Dick confessed. He added, after riding on in silence for some minutes : ' I knoAv I'm a phlegmatic sort of", "BERTIE IS LECTURED 97 under Avhich even the most forbearing of mortals cannot help triumphing a little over their less fortunate friends, and whatever may have been the good points that Dick had dis covered in his sister's character, he Avould hardly haA'e ventured to name forbearance as one of them. From making disagreeable speeches to Hope she did, however, forbear (for she Avas in an excellent humour) ; and the latter, not being called upon to under take her oavii defence, Avas able to Avatch Bertie Cunningham, in Avhose proceedings the few Avords that had fallen from Dick caused her to take a neAV and lively interest. Certain it Avas that the young man Avas very attentive to the heiress that evening ; and if some degree of reluctance Avas visible in his attentions, that only made them and him the more contemptible. Hope's oj^inion of Captain Cunningham, Avhich, after so many fluctuations, had lately been rising rapidly, began once more to sink to a Ioav ebb. Also she felt very angry Avith him, and did not stop to ask herself why she should be angry Yol. II. H", "A bachelor's BLUNDER 246 turn her back upon them and to shake the dust of their city off\" her feet. Bertie Cunningham she did not blame, being convinced that he was as innocent as herself; but, knOAA'ing that their future intercourse must be more or less constrained, she Avas not anxious to receive him, and trusted that his engagements would prevent him from showing his face at Farndon before the end of the season, at least. But it is needless to say that in this ex pectation sheAvas disappointed. She had not been long at home Avhen. looking out from an upper AvindoAv one fine afternoon, she descried Captain Cunningham riding across the park, and as she watched him passing from sun light into shade and again into the sunlight, © © © ' it comforted her to reflect that she could not be called upon to grant him a private inter view. In the presence of a third person he would hardly, she thought, display a trouble some curiosity as to the cause of her change of residence ; and even if he did, her half mourning costume and the deeper trappings and garb of woe worn by Carry would be a" ]

[ "158 A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. the pacification of the kingdom. The earls of Chester and Northampton, the two most powerful enemies of a settled government, followed him almost immediately to the grave. Prince William, the only remaining legitimate son of Stephen, did not oppose himself to an accommodation ; and the efforts of Henry of Winchester were finally crowned with success. An ecclesiastical council was summoned, in the names of Stephen and Henry, to meet at Winchester. The king and duke entered the city to gether, with a splendid train of bishops and nobles, amid universal testi monies of rejoicing. The synod, under the guidance of bishop Henry, was not long in arranging the terms of the peace, which was confirmed by the oaths of all present. Stephen and Henry then visited London, and after wards Oxford, in company, and were everywhere received with the greatest demonstrations of joy. The treaty having received the sanction of the great council of the kingdom at Oxford, Stephen made public its con ditions in a charter, whereby he declared, that he, the king of England, had appointed Henry, duke of Normandy, his successor in the kingdom, and heir by hereditary right; and had \"given and confirmed\" the said kingdom to him and to his heirs. The duke, on his part, not only con firmed to William of Blois all his present estates and honours, but con siderably augmented them. Henry soon afterwards returned to Normandy ; and Stephen, now truly a king, proceeded to establish order in his do minions. He had made some progress in the work, and had demolished the castles of some of the robbers who infested the land, when he was taken ill, and died, after a few days' sickness, in the nineteenth year of his troubled reign. His body was interred near his wife and eldest son, in the abbey of Faversham, which he himself had founded some time before. Prince William did not survive him many years. Obstacles to peace removed. A treaty arranged. Nov., 1 1 53. Stephen appoints Henry his heir. Henry returns to Normandy. Death of Stephen. Oct. 25, 1154- Upon the death of Stephen, the government was assumed by arch bishop Theobald, who succeeded in maintaining tranquillity until the arrival of Henry — a period of more than six weeks. The primate assumes the government. Chart* Steph. E. Gervase. Jo. Hag-tut. Hen. Huntingdon. J. Brompton.", "io6 A CHRONICLE OF ENGLAND. native Christians, having pronounced against the enterprise, a retreat to Ascalon was ordered, and executed amid great suffering, dejection, and anger on the part of the army. Having reached Ascalon, Richard vigor ously commenced the restoration of its defences. All, from the king of England downwards, laboured with their own hands at the ruins, until a supply of workmen arrived and completed the task. To arrange some dif ferences which had broken out among the allies, Richard then paid a visit to Acre : and while there, knighted with much pomp the son of Saffadin. Retreat of the crusaders. Richard fortifies Ascalon. He knights a nephew of Saladin. From an early period bitter dissensions had prevailed among the crusaders, upon the rival claims of Guy de Lusignan and Conrad, marquis of Montferrat, to the throne of Jerusalem. The subjects of Richard, the Pisans, and the Hospitallers took the part of Guy, while the marquis was supported by the French, the Germans, the Genoese, and the Templars. Richard, however, seeing that the majority of the crusaders were in favour of Conrad, confirmed 'iis election : but before his coronation the new king was murdered ;n the streets of Tyre by two members of the sect called Assassins. Henry, count of Champagne, a nephew of the kings of England and France, was raised to the throne in his stead : and Richard, to com pensate Guy, gave him the island of Cyprus. Dissensions in the Christian army. Conrad chosen king of Jerusalem. His death. These arrangements restored at least a semblance of harmony to the crusading army, and all men cried out for a renewed advance upon Jeru salem. Richard had ere this meditated a return to his own kingdom, from which he had received the most alarming accounts of his brother John's intrigues with the king of France. Now, however, he declared that no danger to his own interests should withdraw him from the crusade before the following Easter. The army accordingly once more advanced to the neighbourhood of Jerusalem ; driving the Turks before them whenever they ventured to make a stand. But, on reaching Betenople, near Emaus, within a few miles of the Holy City, Richard announced that he would not risk his reputation by undertaking, as commander-in-chief, so arduous a siege with such diminished numbers; but, that if it pleased the other princes to proceed, he would follow as a comrade, not as a leader. A council of war, chiefly on account of the excessive drought of the summer, confirmed the opinion that the siege should not be undertaken : and the crusaders in great discontent — which was somewhat mitigated by a brilliant combat under the lead of Richard, and the capture of a rich caravan — began to Seeming harmony among the crusaders. Renewed advance on Jerusalem. Richard refuses to undertake the siege. The siege abandoned. June 23, 1192. R. Jloveden. G. Vinesauf. 11. l'titfi,'Csli:ille.", "HOOK III. FROM THE ACCESSION OF EDWARD I. TO THE DEPOSITION OF RICHARD II. EDWARD I., LONGSHANKS. iSgg|p^W'sHE body of Henry was no sooner laid in the tomb, than Bjm g'tejjf the earl of Gloucester, with all the assistant nobles and ! %-jSsf fsfeS^S clergy, proceeded to the high altar, and swore fidelity to «*^S4wffl Edward, though they knew not whether he was alive or I ___^n^ut_iS dead. In the meantime, his cousin Edmund, earl of Corn wall, and Gilbert of Gloucester, were unanimously appointed regents. In the spring of 1271, Edward had proceeded to the Holy Land, and, by the mere news of his arrival at Acre, had sent the sultan Bibars Al Bondocdar back into Egypt. As, however, the whole force at his disposal did not exceed seven thousand men, the prince called to his aid the Christians of Cyprus, and endeavoured to direct against the Turks the rising power of the Tartars. Meanwhile, he led an expedition as far as Nazareth, and twice afterwards defeated the Mahommedans in his excur sions from Acre. Unimportant as were these successes, the growing fame of Edward excited the fears and the hatred of the sultan. By the express orders of Bondocdar, an Assassin was sent against him. This man, by frequently bearing letters and presents from an emir who feigned a desire to embrace Christianity, obtained after a short time easy access to the prince. At length, one evening, having found Edward alone in his chamber, and reclining on a couch, the Assassin suddenly drew a concealed dagger, and sprang upon him. But the prince, catching the uplifted arm, wrested the dagger from the miscreant, and slew him with it ; not, however, before he had received more than one wound from the poisoned weapon. When he recovered, perceiving that no efficient aid was to be expected from the Eastern Christians, and pressed by his father to return, he took advantage of a truce for ten years which the sultan, in fear of a Tartar invasion, had concluded with the king of Cyprus, and embarked for Europe. Edward accepted as king. Nov. 20,1272. Regents appointed. Edward arrives at Acre. a.d. 1271. His suc- cesses. The sultan sends an Assassin against him. Failure of the attempt. Edward returns to Europe. On his arrival in Sicily, he was received with the highest honours by Charles of Anjou. During his stay, he received the intelligence of his father's death, and of his own accession to the crown of England. From He visits the king of Sicily: M. Westm. N. Trivet. Guil. Tiipoli. Ibn Ferat. Chron. Mailros." ]

[ "10 It is well worth while to be present at some of these popular English holiday meetings, which take place six or eight times in the course of the year, aud to be one amongst them. But above all ou the three days of Easter. Then in fine weather you would see these people clean aud homely in dress — father and mother, with their whole family, baby and all, with or without perambulator, — seated in family groups on the slopes of Primrose Hill, iu the simple, but, to them, only too rare enjoyment of the fresh air aud the warm sunshine. Some girls and boys enjoyed running down the steepest part of the hill, arriving out of breath at the bottom. Boys performed feats of gymnastics ou cross-bars, placed there for the purpose ; a man aud his wife or two men swing long ropes, aud young children tried how often they could jump. It was surprising to see how well some of them kept time. My wife aud I enjoyed Avalking up aud down amongst them, for we saw they did uot notice us at all, so full were they of the rare enjoyment. Oue sorrowful face we saw that day, aud only one. It was a little child about five years old — she was standing at the bottom of the hill, weepiug bitterly. A girl about 10 or 12 went up to her, and taking her little hand asked what it was ? — \" I can't fiud father,\" sobbed out the child; \" I want to go home.\" — \" Don't cry,\" said the elder girl, \" I will take you home.\" —", "11 The little sorrowful face brightened up directly, and full of trust she put her hand iuto that of her friend, pointing with the other the way. I could not help asking, \" Do you know this little girl? \" — \" No, not at all.\" \"You do uot then know where she lives ? \"■ — \" No, uot exactly.\" \" Then how can you take her home ? \" — \" Oh ! she will show me.\" We watched them as they went ou, hand iu hand, in the direction the child pointed out, and saw them pass out ct the gate towards St. Mark's Church. Thus early do the children of the poor learu self-reliance, aud mutual help ! It was a surprise and pleasure to me, as au Italian, to see how the English, on festive occasions, like these, keep order amongst them selves. Not a gen-d'arme, — uot a national guard, — not oue sjDy. Nor, at that time, did we see even English policemen; aud the people that day, we were assured, had numbered 20,000. It is in England alone that the people meet iu such large numbers, aud yet no disgraceful scenes and sanguinary quarrels arise — even ou the arrival of Giuseppe Garibaldi, when he was welcomed by many thousands, order was com pletely maintained; aud the reason for this is found in the fact, that iu Englaud true practical liberty exists, aud has existed for years, aud this educates the human being to become really worthy the name of Man.", "14 calamities against which no human foresight, on the part of the sufferers, is of avail — aud which will remain indelibly in the annals of Loudon. The sleep was broken by oue of the most terrible explosions of gunpowder, powerful enough to throw down masses of stones. I expect the oldest inhabitants of London do not remember a similar. Por myself, I remember the explosion of the powder-magazine in the defence of Venice, recorded iu my Autobiography.* Aud, more fearful still, I remember, during the same defence of Venice, the explosion of gun powder under the bridge, called the Piazzale, when it was blown up, and many hundreds of soldiers were destroyed; — and the beautiful placid waters of the Lagune were covered with their bodies. They had taken shelter in the powder-magazine, which was considered bomb proof, to avoid the heavy bombardment of the Austrians. It did not avail them. The explosion occurred — destroying as I said, many hundreds of these brave meu. I had beeu with them just before the fatal moment, but had beeu called away to assist two wounded soldiers. To see their limbs in pieces on the water, and to know that they belonged to my fellow citizens who were fighting for their country ! A few * \" My Life, and what I learnt in it : \" An Autobiography. By Giuseppe Maria Campanella. R. Bentley & Son, 8, New Burlington Street." ]

[ "THE CURE OF SAUL. 10 While flow around the northern Plain, ArBurus wheels his nightly Wane. Reett. Thy Glories, too, refulgent Moon, he fung -, Thy myftic Mazes, and thy changeful Ray : Song, O faireft, mildeft of the ftarry Throng ! Thy folemn Orb of purelt Light Guides the triumphant Carr of Night O'er Silver Clouds, and lheds a fofter Day ! SoxgandChoir.Yo. Planet s, and each circling Conflellation, In Songs harmonious tell your Generation ! Recit. ace. Oh, while yon radiant Seraph turns the Spheres, And on the ftedfaft Pole- Star Stands fublime ; Wheel your Rounds To heav'nly Sounds j Choir, And footh his Song-inchanted Ears, With your celeilia! Chime. Recti. In dumb Surprize the lift'ning Monarch lay j (His Woe fufpended by fweet Mufic's Sway) And", "THE CURE OF SAUL. 12 Joys divine in Circles move, Link'd with Innocence and Love. Choir, Hail, happy Love, with Innocence combined ! AH hail, ye Sinlefs Parents of Mankind ! i PART", "A SACRED ODE 17 Calm his Soul, your Beams impart, And pour your Comforts o'er his Heart ! — » Recit. ace. Behold, obedient to their great Command, The lifted Dagger quits his trembling Hand : . Smooth'd is his Brow, where fallen Care And furrow'd Horror couch'd with fell Defpaif i No more his Eyes with Fury glow ; But heav'nly Grief, fucceeds to hell-born Woe^— ■» Song. See, the Signs of Grace appear t See the Soft relenting Tear, Trickling at fweet Mercy's Calif Catch it, Angels, ere it fall ! And let the heart-fent Offering rile, Heav'n's beft-accepted Sacrifice ! — Recit. acc.Yet, yet again ?— Ah See, the Pang return* I Again with inward Fire his heaving Bofom burns.! Now, Shepherds, wake a mightier Strain £ Search the deep, heart rending Pain y Till the large Floods of Sorrow roll, And quench the Tortures of his Soul,. C Almighty" ]

[ "NEVER PERFORMED. An occasional Prelude, on the happ^ recovery of HIS MAJESTY. RECITATIVE. Angels of Harmony, from Heaven de- scend ! Sweet ministers of praise, your succour lend ! A Nation in distress relief implor'd, And now rejoices in a King restored ! solo and chorus. (Handel.) Joyful prospects now appear, Heav'n restores our Monarch dear ! Loyal Britain's lyre and lute, At such blessings can't lie mute : Happy then your voices raise, Peals of gratitude, and praise! duetto and chorus. (A?ne.) Whilst all the air shall ring, And ev'ry trembling string, With ev'ry varied voice, In union sweet rejoice ; To sound and sing, GOD SAVE THE KING!", "the TRIUMPH OF TRUTH- PART I. overture. (Haydn.) recitative. Zorobabel. J* O Israel's God united raise The tribute, song of praise ; Let ev'ry grateful voice proclaim Jehovah's awful name. Double chorus. (-Solomon. Handel.) Praise the Lord with harp and tongue, \"l Praise him all, ye old and young ; !• He's in mercy ever strong. ■* Praise", "THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH. 28 The will of Cyrus be in full obey'd. Be you Zorobabel the governor ; From tribute free remain our firm ally, And may the God of Truth direct your ways. air* (Hatidel.) Safely go in joy and peace, Here your grief and woe shall cease ; None your sacred work shall spoil, None Molest your hallow 'd toil. [Exit Darius and the Persian lords. RECITATIVE. Pharez. \\Vhen we look back on all our troubles past, The scenes of danger and the years of sorrow, How doubly welcome is the sound of joy ! The dawn of glorious liberty appears, Its rays expand and throws a lustre round air. (Handel, from the Anthems.) Long by adverse motion, Tost by dire affliction's ocean ; Of raging winds and waves the sport : Now" ]

[ "77 CHABTER VII IN SOUTH AFRICA. ADY BAEKEE'S record of her ex- periences in South Africa, some years ago, is full of interest. Wishing to travel one day from Maritzburg to Durban, Lady Barker secured a seat in the post-cart, and set out, as she says, packed so tightly7 on the coach-box that she had the mail-bags under her feet and the driver's elbows in her ribs. The horses were gaunt-looking animals, ill-favoured and ill-groomed, but all in good condition and able to do their work in first-rate style. Each had a name, and these were generally those of well-known public characters, which sounded some what oddly under the circumstances. \" Did we come,\" says Lady Barker, \" to a steep hillside, up which any respectable English horse would expect to walk in a leisurely and sober fashion, then our driver shook out his reins, blew a shrill", "84 Heroines of Travel olive green thrown over his shoulders, black embroidered waistcoat, loose white trousers stuffed into high boots, and a dead gold kafiyeh on his head, bound round with a cord of camel's hair. A couple of pistols in his sash, and a scimitar by his side, showed that he was ready for any emergency.\" Even in the route between Jerusalem and Jericho all the men they7 met seemed to be armed, as if no man's life or property was safe. Every Syrian had his gun slung over his shoulder, a couple of pistols in his belt, and a dirk or scimitar at his side. Even the shepherd boy7s were armed. At the midday halting - place the party was watched by about a dozen Arabs, armed with long guns. One of these men was the father of the sheikh in charge of the travellers. Hani the guide welcomed him with delight, and kissed him with great effusion. He then introduced him to the members of the party as \" a capital fellow.\" The camp for the night was pitched close to the ruins of ancient Jericho, and in the evening a number of natives came from modern Jericho and asked permission to perform their national dance for the amusement of the visitors. The guide admitted that the proposed performance was not beautiful, but, shrugging his shoulders, said, \" They have their customs.\" So permission was given. Mrs. Sumner was cautioned beforehand not to show any signs of fear, no matter what, she saw or heard, and she afterwards admitted that the advice", "Heroines of Travel 136 into the stream, and the occupants of the carriage were buried beneath the vehicle. Happily, no bones were broken, and they speedily extricated themselves and continued their journey on a stage-coach, which fortunately came up at this moment. Before they reached their destination, however, they7 were fated to have another adventure, for again the horses bolted ; but Lady Dixie and her companions, jumping out, escaped with a few cuts and bruises. It is not to be wondered at that the party now made up their minds to perform the rest of the journey on foot, which, accordingly, they did. Embarking again the party sailed southward, entered the Straits of Magellan, and finally dis embarked at Sandy Point, a miserable, tumble-down town, which had then been recently7 devastated by a band of rebels. Here several days were spent, buying horses and dogs, and engaging guides, and packing the provisions which they had brought from England in suitable bundles for transit on horseback. At length all was in readiness, and a start was made for the pampas. The first few days of their march were made exciting by7 the constant watchfulness which they had to maintain over the pack horses. If from any7 cause, such as the cords of the pack becoming loose and causing the contents to rattle, an animal became restive, its companions would instantly take to their heels and scamper off across the plains. Snap went the cords, and the packs fell off, and those in pursuit" ]

[ "134 THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. daughter, felt fully satisfied as to the ultimate attainment of his object; and, blinded by infatuation, construed all Edith's blushes and little exhibitions of uneasiness and restraint in his presence as certain proofs of her growing preference. In such a nature as his, however, passion had now obtained so complete an ascendancy, that he could submit to no further delay, and supported by her father, he never anti cipated any serious opposition to his pro posal. There might be a little tiresome timidity or bashful reluctance on her part to confess her true feelings ; but he never expected anything approaching to resolu tion or decision from such a gentle, loving, and affectionate girl as Edith Maxwell. The event was already settled in his own mind, that she must become his Avise, if now pressed by her father's recommendation, and his own passionate pleadings. He never had given Edith credit for the firm ness she exhibited — never thought her capable (if uninfluenced by any deep regard for himself) of disputing her parent's", "175 THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. hear such Avelcome neAvs, and as my sister is noAv married to Mr. Chetwynd, to whom I am going on a visit for a few weeks, I will first consult him upon the matter, and per haps he may assist me to recover my rights.\" \" No doubt of it, my dear sir ; Mr. Chet- Avynd is a client of ours, and being ex ceedingly Avealthy, a few hundreds would be nothing to him, and if he will send me instructions to proceed we will lose no time in commencing operations, and the opinion of counsel shall be forwarded to you at Dropmore without delay.\" We need scarcely say Avith what a light heart and joyful anticipations John Eger ton left London after his interview with Mr. Misterton ; and it will be readily under stood how Chetwynd, with his generous feelings, offered at once to assist his bro ther-in-law with any sum he might require to re-instate him in his property. Mr. Misterton's views being confirmed by counsel, proceedings were commenced forth with against the illegal possessor of Har-", "KOW IN COtTBSE OF PUBLICATION, HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIMARI OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR MODERN WORKS. Each in a single volume, elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, price 5s. A volume to appear every two months. The following are now ready. YOL. I.— SAM SLICK'S NATURE AND HUMAN NATURE ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH. Messrs Hurst and Blackett have very fitly inaugurated their Standard Library of Popular Modem AVorks with this admirable volume. With regard to this we can truly say :— Who can tire of the genuine sallies, the deep wisdom wrapped up in merry guise j S?e sirle-sPhthng outbursts of genuine wit. in the pages of Haliburton? 'Nature and Human Nature' is particularly full of all these qualities; and to those who love a frond laugh, when they can enjoy it accompanied by good matter for reflection, and who have not yet read this production of Sam Slick, we can heartily recommend this elegant Ldition.\"— Critic. The first volume of Messrs Hurst and Blackett's Standard Library of Cheap Editions forms a very good beginning to what will doubtless be a very successful undertaking. rsature and Human Nature' is one of the best of Sam Slick's witty and humorous productions, and well entitled to the large circulation which it cannot* fail to obtain in its present convenient and cheap shape. The volume combines with the great recom mendations of a clear, bold tvpe. and good paper, the lesser, but attractive merits, of being well illustrated and elegantly bound.\"— Past. VOL. II.— JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. \"This is a very good and a very interesting work. It is designed to trace the career from boyhood to acre of a perfect man — a Christian gentleman, and it abounds in incident both well and highly wrought. Throughout it is conceived in a high spirit, aud written with ereat ability. This cheap and handsome new edition is worthy to pass freely from hand to hand as a gift book in many households.\" — Examiner. \" The new and cheaper edition of this interesting work will doubtless meet with great success. John Halifax, the hero of this most beautiful story, is no ordinary hero, and this his history is no ordinary book. It is a full-length portrait of a true gentleman, one of nature's own nobility. It is also the history of a home, and a thoroughly English one. The work abounds in incident, and many of the scenes are full of graphic power aud true pathos. It is a book that few will read' without becoming wiser and better.— Scotsma n. \" ' John Halifax ' is more than worthy of the author's reputation. \"We consider, in deed, that it is her best work. There are in it many passages of beautiful writing. The closing scenes are deeply pathetic, and few will lay down the book without tearful eyes. 'John Halifax' is a picture, drawn with a masterly hand, of one of nature's gentlemen. Everybody who ever reads a novel should read this oue.\" — Critic. \" The story is very interesting. The attachment between John Halifax and his wife is beautifully painted, as are the pictures of their domestic life, and the growing up of their children ; and the conclusion of the book is beautiful and touching. ' — Athenæum. VOL. III.— THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. BY ELIOT WABBURTON. \"Independent of its value as an original narrative, and its useful and interesting information, this work is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reverent and serious spirit.\"— Quarterly Review. \" A book calculated to prove more practically useful was never penned than ' The Crescent and the Cross ' — a work which surpasses all others in its homage for the sub lime and its love for the beautiful in those famous regions consecrated to everlastine immortality in tho annals of the prophets, and which no other writer has ever depicted with a pencil at once so reverent and so picturesque.\"— -Sun. [continued on 1IIE following pages.]" ]