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see, if miairtern cm't whip in their men in time for the d i , + s i o n ' * CP*inIy Blario tmk that note bdpllt -the hiqh c : the t,r dr poitr;nc, wm ~~~~r~ mat pOInt.' ,So, upan this, the d"kc - imme- .~ l in t eb to Afndl'c-.' I P ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ ~ Y that & f e y c r k r e n f l e d to writs a grand o p e n for the Acw3in1ie.' ' G o n e In his yndrt to the Bfeditcrrrinenn.' ' S o t a bit of i t ; tho article WM w r l t f ~ n by quite nllother pmon.' ' Brilliant h ~ t of fore-shrrrtming that rwtninly.' 'They do say a t the clubs thRt corn- mlttw ,,,ill mke no relnrt' seen to-niE,t?q

him p"ya'' 'Grisi very go:ooll in the last act.' 'Capital story of old IWWk' ' Grlt brick Rom Paria b d n y : Garcia will be )]ere.'

; ' Toa high Tor his voice: Costm trnnrpored i t ' 'Qujte

I different from PmWs style.' 'Doze111 WM the oriptnnl.' 4 you don't may I R - c l ~ h t black bslla 7 ' ' ~ h o old duke in his box.' 6 N~~ -uodwbkj hit; ' Contnrlb p.o.' 4 said ML. r l\dmjmbjtr in the nppr notrea.' "henranI a hitcll.' 'capih1! ha, ha!' And 00 forth in thin style a quick patchy m o g a i c - ~ o r k of talk kept up by bun-

1 dredrr of the most koowlng men OF t he world, nnd the rbort rpirittrrllc of artilrta anrl men of IettPrs in

I b o d o n . How, to make much a of convenation

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t he lobbies an4 cornmlttes-rooma of TRlr HOUW-in sho?t, nll t h ~ t relatea to what the Frrnr l t call the c m u m ' r ~ des an!ons. T h e peruljar conrersntion.1 tone- l ld l t . R~T. yet intellectual-tllua encendered. rind mnde nlorc L~witc1riny rtlll n- tt fl(1.1ts lr81n1 h w to boy, re- c r ~ r i n g the pror.~ful or pipmnfr mntributlnns of rlcrer ,,d nccon~pl~rllrrl somen. fnrrnlng that prnnd auurce of opemtlc pmt~ficlrtion-ther than thv n~rlai,.-to which r p h a w no ol'rcn n l lud~d , and In thr cllnrms of whtch lies the true 8ecrt.t uf tbc p n n a ~ ~ m t p n p u h i g r ~ t h r e r t n ~ n cIansca LIT aociety uf the Itmilinn ( ))rm To t!,e pn'11ege of atlmi6aion to thin spc1r.a of lntrllcch~al nnd mocinl enjrryrllent no man can nmprrt r ~ t l ~ o u t r e ~ t n l n q ~ ~ 1 1 f l ~ % t \ o n a - ~ l t h t ~ r t h a t of wel~lt h, i n t ~ I l ~ ~ ~ n r e . nnd 10~111 p o ~ ~ t i o n . on the one hand, or thnt Hun hy tile In tc [ l ec tu~ l pnrcr \shich e l e ~ a t r * ita p w m r n r tr, t l ~ e mnlc of a literary or artistla nr>tabrlity of ttle day am t h ~ othrr. .\fnny n curlrrua pol~ticnl secret hnr been whiap~rl'd, nirlny a brlllrnnt artlr lc h : ~ s been qnletly concocte~l, ntnny a r u c r r ~ r i u l l~ tcrwp ent0rpri.e lrarn h ~ e n flnt d~*cuwed, rartl~ the volrca nf Gr~a i , L ~ n d , or Gmrcin r i n p n ~ in theenrfi of the ir~trrIocntorq. Anrl ~n an"t11~r worltl than thnt of joumsltrm o r 1~ttern-thnt rnratlc yet tl~renrlharc, that puertlr yet powerful, that n i i l ~ v e t t i ~ a t rnn~icaL cirrlr! of th+.m>msrlr 1nrr;mr of I . t~g l~sh ~rrstocr:!cy-hnn m!mv n scand?l ha* been h r n , how mnny n tnatclr Ilm l&n disra-nwl, how m n p m alliance of pr~rlc on ill6 one mric nnd polrt an tho othcr hsr been a r m n p d , whllc t l l ~ rlr.ll Sir quivered , pB*")lIC, it iO *brbus that the ,,coplo mnat mn- , tinllnllT m tile h&a of rn=tioR u p n a common , ground. For the higher-elma 01 ttieatrco it in calm-

latcd that there are abut fifty audicnce+that ir, that I nfter n piPce l i ~ a been parlormed fifty n i ~ h t s , the num-

ber oi persons likely to KO to we i t once will l l s r e bren 1 exltaartcd, nnd the nudiences wiII hepin to fdd off if not

re~nli~rcml fur a tlme by tlie nmallcr number w h o AIC i hkrly to E. to nn i ~ m m p i n mend tlmr. Thus n dr,unn uf fair attrmtion romeq. an t h e ort!inary Murne of tl~lnpcl. t n the c l o * ~ of i t q run. W ~ t h the Orern ~t 1s ~ e r y d l f l ' e~n t . In no nmall d ~ ~ r e e , mwk d t e r ivrrk. itq audlrnres nrc the rame. The r - a s d v~qitora contrlbutc

w1t ld11r sucliblc ~ e n l r l r of I : l ~ - a i n ~ or 5 ln~nr t . and tho l"'m ot n ~ ~ l n u d i n ~ imnteuN nromcd lor*

t " ; ~ $ ~ P ~ ~ ~ i ~ ~ , ~ : ~ ~ , ' ~ t ~ , " ~ ~ , ! t tm mr,dcthlt of nfi,tocrrl,,r. eTrlurir.Fnesr hand, And l ~ t e r n r r anv, nrtirtlr cxv lu r~r~ncrn upon the o t h e r 4 r x w mtitlrdly nparemt on a common ncvl nputral prounct Thew, withirl thnt cllarnlcri c l v l e nf yellow or rrlnlanrl fe-tnonrrl bores, ynt11t.r nialrt nftcr night the ~ l r t t e r i n g r n n n u n d n l Rnuli.11 mwt 11. 11tenrv. .nil r r t ~ * t ~ c nblla- 1 brltr. Thr ca*llrl! v~aitor fro111 t 1 1 ~ country, a l ~ o m ~ k c s n 11, int I I ~ h ~ n r l n ~ tho p r i ~ ~ r o rlrmna uf the day-the I,el~al<~ner who CH 1.1~1~mnl1y ~ l r n p ~ In to li~tt-n to R 1%- rourltc opera, i l ho IF R mrimlrinn, nr t c ~ npplrud

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m rornpnrnt~vely amnll amount to ttic trcnsury. I t i-. In fact, to tltc sui l~cr i ] ) t~on lint. to the regulwr rent6 paid by thentrlcul situnrlnns, nnd frrr whlclt t l m ~ twrr~ins tntltlrd to kt out ccrt tin hr~xea for whnt snma they pleaw, t h : ~ t tlie mannpement clurfly lookn f~rr re~mburscrnent. 'I'he rxpcl la~~a or the 0pf!rn, thrrefow, bcinq immcnv. and tlin clrilc r j f cnntrtbotorq to t!rcrn l~mitcif, ~t 1s obrioun t l ~ n t t h e Italinn O p ~ m murt Iw nn exprnnlvo l u r u r ~ . Jhit t l ~ c fnrt iq tlint i t a peculinr advantnycrr are ~ncnn~pi t i l r le wlth cl~enpne*r T l l roa the Opern open tm the p~nernl public, niid n* u plnm of btmilinr P W I ~ intercnursc it 18 r u ~ o e f I st onca: I t 8 p m l u i r f~nRlrn, ln fiwt, h ~ ~ i g the nrirrthr of ctrnrerqihlo people whorn j o n know anal 11y a tiom you are aurrounaic~l. 'The i n t d n r t i o n ol' au- dicncea completely rary lne werp evening rnllst n m a - a a r ~ l y a n n ~ h l l n t ~ thr verv mmn rourcr: of ~ t a nttmc- tion.

And n o r here w i n comer in n featare i n opmtic I ph~lomophy which is of first importance. T h ~ r e am

two grncrai clnsq~~s rf hstit~lGa. The flnt and 1nrgt.r i n con~poned of the aubacrthern, md by them of ronrw the whule m u s t a ~ l f n b r ~ r Ir. no f&r nr money pwJr, r u p p r t d . But n l onp-ex idnu rush rn dwrrca t h l t frvo rntra'r 6hnlP Ibs ncrordetl to a certain pmportiorl of p ntl~rnen connectPd w ~ t h litcratarc, nr t in ~ t n chief Irr~~nchrm, and journnliam. Thrnc f ~ r m the ~ c r n n d ntrrl n l ~ n ~ r r ~ r * d l y minor rlnra of hn lu tuh ; hut to the lcmvrn of tn!rnt :Inti r p s r k l r n ~ srprrt rrhrvh they iatroilnrc, no s l ~ p h t part of the plcrrrar1t ronrernstional tnnn m rhn- r;~r.trristic of tho t lpera i a ~luc. H e l l ~ v ~ d Crnm t h r ~ r drqkr, their pinnw, or their maela, the Opcm 11 tho g r ~ t r f u l fmnn to wl~irtr thev lovc to convcrpr--there to rrtarl the l ~ t m r y and artiit ic pomip of the rlny, to hear an'! rhnt over the hiindred inr~denta, anerdoten, and on c l ~ l r of the rtudlo, the cloh\ t he rorskwr of tho tbentrcu,

fnr t rur~te aikticer, if he \IP nn arlmirf-r of the d u n ~ h t r s u t y of o~mot~on-ltrc arpnrn of hut onr-lrnlf nf that r h l r h la p o i n ~ on nrcrunrl thrrn. Ti t11 t l ~ t l r eye0 r ~ r r t t w l u p n the f i tam thpy know nothinu of the thournnrl intcrlurlr-8 contrnllnlly plav~ng hefr~re the rl~rtnrn. Knowll~u rrrily ahat t h r manhpcment nr the l~l,rettrnt cltonn~n to trrl tllrm, they arc u ~ ~ n k ~ l l i v l tn m n n w t llnlf r ~ f tllp r~hmn- "tan* of thc evcnrrlq w ~ t t ~ tllerc faintlv-whrmperr.rf w- yurt* of np-tlc rl~plornary whirl1 tho ~ l ~ i t l ~ t w i ~nalrrakd or rclrred in nn u n ~ q w c t e d I~trarwner* ur the pxrlsion of n p~rt i r i t lnr snn-wit11 eytLq ~ r v l rum. in f ~ i t, keenly nnrl wiclrl? own. they nit nu d l4 thv rrultnn in the ' Arnblnn h'rplrts," t l c l ~ ~ h t t 81 with tire rnn l of tho h~r,la, but u t t ~ r l y u r ~ w l t t i n ~ the ~loublc pl~asurtd xhlc.11 hcl,lngprl to 111s vizlcr, who not only 11rnrrl the rennnoillr mrrwc. hot ahnoe lnitiatel orauns ~~nrlr.rstoorl t h o secret mcnnrng of ' c re ry twitter of the ptmve.'

Snch, then, frllntly ~ndlcnteal. nrr nna or two of the m r e t iniluenw+for rrcrut tr, tlic mama of t l r ~ pihl lc t h c r undrmhtccllv nrc--wblch make tl~r. I tn l~an < l p w ~ ~ the'forrr~~alrthlc. r1v.1 whii 11 ~t proves it-elf ti, nll p11~cv.o of inalipnoun umuremrnt. Thr mlut~kcl t v lcrn ntrgl semi-cnniitp .nth whicli i t is n-prrfe4 try mnnv rl<jvrxr and pntriutrc pop1,lr in their re~prt for our nwn Itbul- ilrnntc! drnrnm, nrp frrondrrl uprm a nerrrnity r l ~ i ( - h frrqttmtly mmpplr them to met hut ltnlf tlie ~ i r fn r t ? . Tlic vnaup, md, tn fnrt, n o n w ~ i n ~ c ~ l cl~nrut. R U R I I I ~ ~ tlln rornmoll wnnr of the t nuntry, ths t A smnll I)llt tblvlll\ - intpllljient rind re f in~ r l por t~nn of the r - r rnl~r i~lr~~ty wa~r~lrl prrnrvtJrr in grrlna to rn 11lncr nf nnilut nlrrlt u l ~ l r l t nfT~)rrlr.al them no mtcr t r r tn r r~~~r~ t , m c r ~ l y ts.r.n11~1 It wua, in r l l l r ~ r 1s t i rn~~ , ' f~tnh~onnhl~.,' fndrn nwny i l l nn 1"- avant hrforc n ~ r r d w t k n n w l r ~ l ~ t ) i thi* rn*mw. l 'r- t*j~lt* p tn tho O p r k junt lwrnlln~~, n f b r a 1-mrtnin fnnhltrci which they Irkr, thtsy nm morn ninllwul n t thn 4 )[r*rn

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Snsan reproachfully : ' I hope 'twill be long again before you are awoke in such a way out of your flrst aleep.

'Indeed I hope to too, Suaan,' replied the little girl in a contrite voice ; ' for I could not sleep again when I wanted, and I feel-oh no weary--so sleepy now !'

But when night came again there was no quiet rest for Emily : the disturbed houm of the night before ; the excitement, and, above all, the rich cake, had done their buainets ; and there she lay tossing, hot and feverish, wome and worse, as the hours rolled on. For many a day rhe lay thuq her loving father, her indulgent aunt,

promised tl~emselves and one another that, if restored

her faithful Susan, watching in turn8 beside her; for many a day, with vain regrets and sinking hope, they

to them again, she should be more judiciously trented. She was a t length reatored, and, unlike mmt ' vows taken in pain,' the resolution was kept.

Circumstances favoured her father'e. wish to remove his little Emily for the present from her too indulgent au~lt. Hie. employer had an Irish property which he desired to place under Mr Mansell'r management, and as constant personal ruperintendence was necessary, he agreed to flx his residence there. Emily'a scvere illnenl, as is often the cama in youth, had altered both her cha- racter and constitution : her mind matured and expanded aa rapidly as her bodily growth. Living chiefly with her papa, and talking much with him during her week8 of convalercence, she felt-perhaps for the flrst time--how

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ance of a recent instance of ingratitude, he felt a t if all the time he had spent, all the beneflta he had conferred, were at once swept away. We all have had auch mo- ments. Well for us not to be quite rolitary then ; and with a yearning for companionship, Mr Mansell till lingered, half-tempted to call up the life and expmsion of those sweet, tranquil features, and hear one more loving 'good-night' before he retired to rat.

After long trial and forbearance, he had found h i m d compelled to bring ejectments against some refractory tenants. They still kept porseasion ; and warning8 and

forcible measures ; and mistaking his indulgence for

threats had been mutually exchanged. A t t h i ~ point Mr Mnnsell had paused, still reluctant to proceed to ' timidity, a threatening notice had been lent him on the previou~ evening, with the usual hieroglyphia of a m a n and death's head. warning him to drop hit proceedingo or quit the country.

Well-intentioned, judicione., and popular, thi i wes the flmt mistance he had met with, and he felt i t moat len- sitively ; almmt ready to arraign himself for a rtate of things which too often forms the rule instead of the exception. Musing t h u ~ , he lingered, a8 we have add, by his child's bedside, his feelingr gradually calming down under the unconscioun influence of the peaceM #lumberer. A t laet, as he turned away, the movement, or the light of his candle, awoke her suddenly, and her opened eyer rented full on her father'r troubled face. ' What is the matter, papa ?' she exclaimed, even a t a

glance comprehending that he did not look like his urn? d f . 'Are you ill? In any one ill? Am I wanted? i and pushing back her bright curls, she started from her pillow, and gazed with a look of alarm into her father'r face. ' No indeed. my poor child ; what a shame for me to

awake you! I am nearly M bad as Aunt Caroline long ago, though, unlike her, I have nothing pretty to show. Good-night now ; go to sleep again,' and with another kiss he would have passed on, his own heart lightened by the tittle interruption to hi8 thoughts, had not Emily thrown her arms round him, and detaining him, whis- pered-' Something was the matter, my own papa; I saw it in yourface. I think I saw it in my sleep. Were you tired, or sorry, or angry? Which was it, pupa?' and her eyes flxed earnestly, as if involuntarily reading h* heart. ' Angry l Was i t with yon, Emily ?' and quickly

the inquiring gaze brightened off into her own m e e t conflding smile, as she looked rather than said how far such an idea was from her thoughts. ' T l ~ e n with whom. my own child? What could put auch 8 thqugllt in your little head? Do you often nee me angry?

Another smile. and a deprecating wave of the head; and the colour mantled on her cheek as she p layfdy answered, ' You know I gave you choice of three reasons-tired, sorry, angry. Why, papa,, why did you fix on the most unlikely and the wont ? And again the searching eyes were raised a moment to hir face, the, wlour deepening to crimeon a8 almmt as quickly she looked away. ' There in aomething in your question, Emily,' mid

her papa gravely, laying down hi8 candle, and seating himself by Iler W i d e ; 'for once you are right in everything : I am tired, sorry, angry ; but, again, what put the notion into that sleepy little hen! ? ' Oh, papa! indeed I am wide awake. Then seeing

her father smile, she added quickly, Don't I know your face too well? Couldn't I :end it8 passing thonghtr, even if I never had the key ? ' Well ; and the key 7 ' inquired her father, still

rmiling. She answered earnestly, ' P a p 4 you will think me

very foolish ; perhapa very vain. Indeed I did not mean ever to have spoken of i t ; but now,'added #he, brightening up, ' now that you have made your little confession. I mny make mine; now that I know you are a l r e d y anxious, I need not fear to make you to-for I do believe i t is uLl about the one name thing. You

i precious she was to him ; how dearly rhe loved him : and , I

it was with a sense of indescribable delight she heard her father say, that though leaving much to which he wan attacl~ed, removing from familiar wenes and friends, he wan sure he should never feel !onely with auch a companion as Ilia 'good little Emily.

Soon rhe dearly liked their Irish lodge, with i h rorea, ita lake, and its wild mountain view; their Irish Molly too, with all her endearing epithet8 and eloquent his- brier-their English servants hsd been dismiseed, ' not pull in^ well with the natives,' and Molly took a pride as well as pleasure in verifying her retort that ' they were no loss. One English lady, who had the care of Emily's education, alone remained in addition to the family; and she judicionsly led her little charge to ap- preciate all that was admirable, ae well ae merely amue.- ing, in the national character, so that the jiber and mpercilious air, which had given so much offence in the domeatica, were soon forgotten in the unaffected interest and cordiality testified by the other members of the family.

Thus time wore on for three, or nearly four years ; during all that while Emily had been blessed with un- interrupted health. According to the old maxim, she lay down with the lamb and rose with the lark, and had probably forgotten what it was ever to awake out of her 5 r r t sleep till the morning dawned. She had grown as rosy-cheeked and as merry as any little Irish lass ; as obliging, as intellipent, able and ready to help herself and those about her; and though, in one solitary visit, Aunt Hamilton declared she would be spoiled for a fine lady, she was obliged to admit that she promired to turn out something better stilL

I t was Chriatmns, and Mm Blandford, Emily's gover- neor, had gone to spend the holiday weeks with her relatives. Emily-full of importance, trying to follow d l her friend's directions, to fUI her place and her own a t this bus seamn-had at last gone to rest, tired yet happy, angwas fast asleep in her little white-curtained bed in the dressing-closet outside her father's room. I t was there she had always slept, and i t was his nightly habit, a8 he passed through it to his own, to pauw a moment beside his little daughter with a whis- pered prayer and a soft kiss on her cheek, which, though i t never unclosed tho eyelids, was acknowledged'even in rleep by a half-formed smile. Thin night the pause was longer, the prayer more

fervent; ~orrowful thoughts were busy in his heart- the prepondernnce that the little evil often assumerover the much @-and in the diiappointment and annoy-

&ding, as they never would have done at home. *On the Uw and Abum of Aloohollo Llqums in H d t h .ad A few months more brought a vinit from Aunt Hamil- ~ i - BY ~ i l l f . m B. 0-ter a ton, when thir instance of Emily'r diplomacy WM nar- ~ q y m kr the u n t d t p d LO&. : bilplrr. IW. 1

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IWorkl wiaha, we work like slaves, and where's the I good of i t l B b m t impatiently from her listener. Emily's eyea rested for a moment on his indolent lounging flgure, his IpL in his kets, his pipe in his mouth; then

. turned to the ne& garden, the disjointed footway, the broken thatch. He understood her glance, and moodily muttered, ' I t was not always no.'

'No. smly,' replied Emily with much animation; 'even I can recollect it so different when this time two y e m I was here. Do you remember, Michael you were digging that square for the early cabbages, the little boys weeding the right-hand border, Mary was making up a nice pink frock for the baby, and old Nor ry4he had no rheumatism then-she was spin- ning away in the sunshine at the door? Have not I a good memory now ? '

The women had drawn near within the cottage, and low exclamations of mingled wonder, pleasure, and regret accompanied her words, bnt they did not inter- rupt the conversation Michael's lip quivered, and after a moment'e silence, he civilly replied, And I have my memory too, miss, or maybe matters would be worse with others before now!'

'Do you know, Wchael, I have heard that already 7' replied Emily frankly. Then,unheeding his startled look, she continued, ' You will hardly think I remained awake nearly the entire of lant night thinking of you and ours -not with fear'- added ahe. replying to his gence, ' but planning, and at laat hoping to do you some good.'

There was no doubting her simple earnestness; Michael implicitly believed her, nor even thought it strange that one like her should take an interest in hi8 fate. She continued, This prospect is surely gloriom, this home very dear, but sin and sorrow changed even Eden itself. You have s u l r e d much, you have erred much, Michael: I do not aay which haa caused the other, but the effecta of both are plain, and it will be hard to effaw them here. In another land it would not be so; in n land where so many of your countrymen-and not the wont of them -are going: new companions. new habits, new fortunes may await you there. Thii was my thought h t night, prompted by something I had heard. I thought to speak

I to Norry to-day, but am twice better pleased to meet yourself; for, Michael, if you w i l to make up your mind to emigrate, I will ask papa to give you the means, and though, indeed, 'tis all my own idea, I am sure he will not refuse!

Michael's countenance, which had been gradually roftening, again assumed its determined expression, imagining himself called on at once for a decision; but Emily hastened to add in still kindlier tones, 'Take time to consider; then come down to me: whatever you decide on, at anyrate we sha'n't fall out;' and then with a gesture of farewell #he hurried away.

YoUy had been an admiring witneaa of her young mistress's persuasive powers, and many a glance ex- changed between her and the two women over Emily's shoulder showed their mutual appreciation of her pro- pod. They knew well that Michael had no other chance against the bad associatea and bad practices into which he had fallen; and to nee him break with them completely, before he wan driven to 8ome lawless act, waa a blessing almost beyond their hopes. The re- ~ d t m a y beanticipated: Michaeland his brothers, think- ing they liad a t last a favourable opening through the young lady's ear, made one effort more to obtain the term1 they wished; but finding that outof the question, they yielded to Emily's advice, sanctioned by her father's approval. Nothing could have been more satisfactory to him: he wished to make examples, not victims. Those who were still able to retain their farms redoubled their exertionr to become good tenants, while the others, fur- nished with aufEcient funds, were borne by the next spring breezesin safety a c r m the Atlantic; there, turn- ing over a new l e d they have every proapect of BUC-

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rated with affectionate pride by her hther. h d scarcely concluded, when hb sister abrnptly replid, ' Richard, you ought now to think of llending Emily school!'

Mr Mansell opened hi1 eyea very wide as he m- echoed her womb, ' To school? What! part wit11 my dar- ling Cpmpanion now that she neems, if prxsible, doubly dear? ' Yes, for that very reason. Do you remember long

ago how bitterly we repented awaking her too -1~) YOU are doing the very same thing now yoaraelf.'

'Ah, yes! I remember,' replied the father, recovering from his atart with a long sigh of relief. 6 I awoke her once too. But the result was completely d3erent Be asnured, my dear Caroline, that everything &pen& on the awakening cause. Let us only stlow reason good, and all will be well, even though we may neem inoppor- tunely to arouse them out of their Firat Sleep.'

DB CABPENTEB ON ALCOHOLIC LIQUORB. ALTHOUQH alcoholic liquors and their eff- on &e human system have been the subject of investi@on among medical authorities for many y e w the pubtic will no doubt put a high emtimate on a new report by p

hyniological authority of such reputo as Dr Carpenter. &he work before uso b a prize essay, which gained that distinction (with one hundred guineas) in a competi- tion where f l h n writers entered the field. The author h t expounds the influence of alcohol on the physical, chemical, and vital properties of the animal tissues and fluids, and showm by many incontestable p r d that thin influence is of an evil character, rendering the phrase inlocricatbn peculiar1 appropriate etymologically, -tag that it implies aimpry poilooin, Among it. effecta on the health of the human subject we are particularly struck by it. concern with the filling of our lunatic asylums. In returns from 98 such institutions in Eng- land and Walen, it was found that out of 12,007 canes, no fewer than 1799, or nearly 15 per cent, were net down to the more of intemperance, beaides 551 more attributed to vice and nensaality, ' in which excessive use of alcoholic Liquors must have rhared.' lunatic asylums, the proportion of those w h o % a y r come insane from intemperance b usually much larger than it t in asyluma for the reception of lunatica from the higher classee, among whom intempemnce is lens frequent, while cam of a purely moral and intel- lectual nature operate upon them with greater in- tensity.' One curious articular in worth notice, that Dr Hutchison of the elasgow Asylum found an in- crease in the proportion of lunacy from drinking during the yeam 1845 and 1846, in consequence, as he thought, of ' the excitement in which the commnnity wan kept by that universal spirit of gambling which seized on society like an epidemic mania'-there beiig ' a great connection between general excitement and a for stimulants!

The London coal-heaven, bsllasters, and draymeu, will drink as much as two gallons of porter daily, and even spirita beaideq and they usually have an appeu- ance of great bodily v i g o w o long at lesat as their labour is csmed on in the open air; but their constitu- tiona break down early, and when they sustain an in- flammatory attack, or any I d injury, it i~ exceed- ingly apt to run on to a fatal termination, ' in conne- quence, it L evident, of the deficient plasticity of the blood, the low assimilative power of the solids, and the general deprension of the whole vital energy, resulting from habitual over-excitement. Fox-hunting quirer, who spend the evenlng over the bottle, are also noto- rionsly bad subjects for medical or su rg id tzeatment,' owing to the imperfect condition of their nutritive functions. In remarkable contraat to the-the h y -

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preoenta to the eye a icttue not to be equalled by Dutch or ~ lemiah d o o f

In other reqecta the pearant of the lagoons aims a t an inkrior standard of luxnry. His house i, by far the finest portion of h b psessionk The style of firni- tore, though comfortable, is inferior ; and in the matters of h s and food the most primitive theories evidently prevail. Here, h o m e r , as in moat other parts of Europe, we behold the extremities, ea i t were, of two syl temethe one which i, going out of date, and the one which ts coming in. Much bigotry k no doubt often displayed In the attachment of some persons to old habit8 and customs, not otherwise valnable or respect- able than from their mere antiquity; but iu several parts of Italy the advocates of novelty are seldom in posseasion of so much comfort ea they who abide by the habita and customs of their forefathers. T h e e for the most part are content with the coarse manufactures of the country, which, rough and uncouth in appear- ance, supply the requisite warmth, and are extremely enduring. On the other hand, the imported goods within the reach of the poor, though gay, and of bril- liant eoloors, are too otten of the most Aimsy texture, and melt away from about the persons of the wearers almost like vapour. The two classes of peasanta view each other with secret mnten~pt ; but the old fashion is rapidly dying out becnnne it k old, wlde the new chiefly triumphs pcrhaps because i t is new.

A native, when questioned on the nubject of the recent innovations, observed that the lower clasm of the population would have the means of providing for their necessities if they were not so eager after lrurnriek The females are given to expensive d m , which depriven them of the meana of supplying themnelver with more necessary articles. The gluttony of the artisans has become proverbial amongst ua: what is not spent in finery in dress is consumed in pampering the appetite. In consequence of the prosperity of the straw trade, which lasted from 1818 to 1825, luxnry spread through- out the country; and it would excite a smile, were it not a mbject for regret, to observe the country-folb in embroidered stockings and pumps, with large velvet bonnets trimmed with feathers and lace; but in their homes they, as well aa the artisan, in the town, are miserably o r ; and they who are even genteelly dresned when abroad, have rarely more than a miserable palliease for a bed at home. Deprived of the advantages of the rtraw trade, the situation of the country-people, eape- cially those of the mountainous parts, is very diatreming.

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except among those who am engaged in i b production. This will account for the wry little that is popalnrly known of the borax lagoons of Twca~~ , or of tbe - of pennants by whom they are renderelprofitable.

W O B D S w O R T H A N D H I S P O E T R Y . AMONG the poeb, ea well M other literary chsracten of the last twent y e w , death has vindicated his m- tion. Within t k t term the public has lost Scott,Hogs, Crabbe, Lamb, Coleridge, Southey, Campbell, Barton, Elliott, Bowles, and Wordsworth. Moore remains in a very precarious state of health; Rogers and Mont- gomery-the former at eighty-eight, and the latter a t seventy-nine-* ,till living and well, but, from their advanced years, naturally approaching feat the term a t which the destined return of humanity to its primary elemenb is inexorably wigned by the covenant of existence. Wordsworth died at Mount Rydal, h h reai- dence, near the head of Windermere Lake, on the 496 of April Iart, after an indirpoaition of considerable durn- tion. He had just entered upon his eighty-first year, having been born on the 7th of April 1770 a t Cocker- mouth in Cumberland, where his parent8 resided, re- spectable persona of the middle clans of wiety.

When young Wordsworth war old enough for in- struction in the dead language,, he war placed at Hawkenhead grammar-school, then under the master- nhip of Dr Wordaworth, a relation of hia family. He was distinguished for attention to h h dutien, and wan obnemed to be very partial to the study of the claasiw. He mote verses at an early age. When a youth of eighteen or nineteen, he produced a poem entitled ' An Evening Walk, A d d m e d to a Young Lady,' which appears in his published works. In 1793, m n after he had graduated at St John's College, Oxford, he com- mitted to the press ' Sketches in Verse taken darin a Pedestrian Tour through the French, Swks, an8 Italian Alp.' These pieces, though deficient rome- what in harmony, showed strength, a command of rivid imagery, which, if not well defined in outline, wea full of warmth, and breathed the trne spirit of poetry. This undehednem belonged rather to that tendency to generalise which ia often found in youn writers, than to peculiarity of diction. In thia regar! no one wea ever freer from error than Wordsworth, hir fault lying rather in an opposite direction, and h h style being remarkable for lnmplici% sometimes even to meagrenem.

In I797 Wordsworth went with a favourite rioter population in the district of the lagwnr than elsewhere; and indeed i t may almost be said that these persons for the moat part offer a striking contrast with their neighbow. Notwithstanding the nature of the vapoun by which the air they breathe is impregnated, they are said, upon the whole, to be healthy and long-lived; and their regularity of employment, the goodness of their wages, and their constant renidence on the same rpot, with many other causes, combine to render them one of the moat thriving sections of the Toscsn population. It mnrt, nevertheless, be admitted that we want several data for correctly appreciating their condition, and these could only be supplied by one who shonld remain a long time among them. The ownem and conductors of the works are too much absorbed by the love of gain to pay much Attention to the state of the labourers, who, 88 in mort other parta of Italy, lead a retired life, and are reserved and shy of communicating with strangen On ordinary topics they will converse with you freely enough, hut the moment you allude to their domestic concerns, they shrink into themdvea, and decline entering into explanations. Thin, however, they amally do in the most civil manner, affecting ~tapidity, and carefully avoiding the leaat appearance of rudeness. Even in the neighbouring towns and v-, the la- boarere of the lagoo118 are little known ; and the produce of their manufacture, though erported to France and England, attracts little notice to the country itself,

into Somemetahire, where he becime a sojourner abont two miles from Coleridge, who lodged at Nether Storey. The name of his midence ass Alfoxton, and it wa8 there that the first interview between the two poeta took place. Alfoxton was an old house amid the Quen- tock Hillr. I t wa, surrounded by tranquil and de- lightfnl wencry. I t belonged to a gentleman, then a minor, named St Aubyn. Here, almost ftom the time he left the university until he went to hi^^ permanent red- dence among the Enghh Ink-, he continned to wide. He paid, indeed, a short vidt to Qermany during that time in company with hh h t e r and Caleridge. He visited Klopstoclr at Altona, and wan the only one of the party who could converse with the venerable Ger- man, Coleridge not sperrking, and scarcely able to r e d French then or afterwards, and though reading German, by no meana able to me it in conversation. Worb- worth, therefore, then young and enthusiashc, had the convenation with the aged and feeble poet l h ? i l ~ to him& This excumion to Gfrmany p ~ ~ p a l l y confined to the Hartz Moun-ns, and to then lmme- diate vicinity. A year III -c% and 8 WJOW wme short time in Dometclhire, comprised the whole of the movementa of Wordsworth he settled down f ind7 among his native mountainr.

I t ww at Alfoxton that Wordaworth'r M r u idea mpecting poetry wan to .have been der+qped, and there he pat them into ~~SC&X in hir dnt eiktroa d the

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cnbummm money by inst.lmentr f a the pwpow of emigrating in a body. They o d d not rare ol individuals, be- cauw they would conrt.ntly feel a craving to break on the money they had collectad; and they could not ven- ture to club their savings, es they must n e c e d y repose wnfldence in one of their number. Placed in thin dileqma, they wished m to take entire charge of the fund, and give i t up to them at a certain time when they came in a body. We entered on the trust; the putier paid in their savingr regularly; and when the required sum was collected, the depositon unitedly re- claimed it, and. as we believe, emigrated to Canada Thir little incident affords a melancholy insight into the condition of the working-clasnes, who, for want of mutual co-operation in money mtters, let nlip a thou- nand opportunitiem of improving their porition and cir- cumstance~

I t seems tolerably evident that, after all that loan mieties can effect, emigration on a general 8cale must depend on individual euningr m d elf-denial. With reawnably steady employment, and emigration as a clear and deflnite object set before him, the mechanic, ploughmao, shepherd, or any other member of the in- dustrious orden, has only himself to blame if he realise not the means of transporting him~elf and family to even the most distant of our colonial pc~clesliona, in almost any one of which thew in, with industry and nelf-denial, ' a world to be had for the winning!

According to late accounts, emigrants of all clmses, on arriving in New York, are expoled to serioua i m p - sition and annoyance from pemonn who waylay them on pretence of rendering advice and assistance. An Eng- lish gentleman, who gives his name, has written to the editor of the ' Timea' on the subject, and his account of affairs on landing is so important to intending emi- grants, that we tranrcribe i t into our pages :- ' I arrived l u t week by one of the London .liners,

having 178 steerage and twenty cabin p~srengere on board. As soon as the health oficer had left the ship, we were boarded by a swarm of toutera for the various boarding and conveyance homes, steam- boats, and railways, and a Bcene ensued which defles description. The violent behrriour, foul language, and contradictory statements of these men quite bewildered

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way to 5a 6d There h an excellent mie ty here, sup- ported by the principal m e d a n k , which supplier every information gratis to emigranta p r o d i n g to all p&o, and endeavours to obtain them employment ; i t ia named " The Br i t i~h Protective Emigrant Society ;" but it is out of i k power to twist the greater part of thore who most need i b mistance. Other mieties imitste itr circulars, &c and the m n e n of c o w do all they can in their power to prevent emigrants from applying there at alL To the secretary. Mr C. H. Webb, I am much indebted for his courtesy and information, m d have learned from him that not one of the 200 perrons who accompanied me from England had found hir wny to the a c e of the society.'

A C H I P F R O M A S A I L O R ' S LOG. IT wan a dead calm-not a breath of air-the sails tlapped idly againat the molts; the helm had lolt its power, and the ship turned her head how and where she liked. The heat was intenae, so much so, that the chief mate had told the boabrain to keep the watch out of the sun; but the watch below found i t too warm to sleep, and were tormented with thirst, which they could not gratify till the water was sewed out. They had drunk all the previous day's allowance; and now that their scuttle butt was dry, there was nothing left for them but endurance. Some of the seamen had con- gregated on the top-gallant forecastle, where they gazed on the clear blue water with longing eyes.

'How oool and clear it looks,' said a tall, powerful young neaman ; ' I don't think there are, many sharks about: what do you say for a bath, lad8 ? ' That for the sharks I ' burst #most simultaneously

from the parched l i p of the group: 'we'll have a jolly good bath when the second mate goes in to dinner.' In about half an hour the dinner-beU rang. The boat- swain took charge of the deck; some twenty sailon were now stripped, except a pair of light duck trousers; among the rest was a tall, powerful, comt-of-Africa nigger of the name of Leigh : they used to joke him, and call him Sambo.

'You no swim to-day, Ned?' said he, addressing ma I Feared of shark, heh ? Shark nebber bite me. B u p

the unfortunate emigranb ; and their confunion waa complete when, on reaching the wharf, a crowd of car- men and porters joined the throng of "mnnera" I t was almost impossible for even the cabin passengen to free themselves from the importunities of them men, and had I not received the greatat assistance from the oficere of the ship and the custom-home (of whose courtesy I cannot speak too highly), I am certain my own luggage would never have reached the truck in safety, the ship^ between us and the wharf, ar well es the wharf itaelf, being crowded with penons of the lowest class and character. Of the subsequent fate of the majority of the emigrants I cannot speak from observation (though I am informed that they are gene. rally plundered most cruelly); but for the following I can vouch, haring been the means of exposing and pre- venting the i m p o s i t i o n d gentleman proceeding to the .Western States with his family, wan cbarged L5, 11s. for the cartage of his goods from the ship to the canal boat (lm than two miles), the name things having been removed from the Regent's Park to the London Doch for 30s. This claim was enforced with such violence, and accompanied by such threats, that i t wes with difi- culty I persuaded the parties concerned to allow me to take the responaibiity on myself, and bring the man before the police authoritien. On doing so, his claim was reduced to L.2,lOn.; but I am threatened with per- ronal vengeance and a legal procers for the recovery of the whole amount, and was subjected to such insult and threak (even in the polisofice), an would, I am cer- tain, have deterred many people from carrying the matter out. I may add, that another fellow-parseager, with but little luggage, which was not removed a mile, wol charged I*1,?r., whioh ru xedaaed in tbe u m e

pose I meet shark in water, I swim after him-him run ! like debbel' I was tempted, and, like the rest, was soon ready. In quick succession we jumped off the spribail I

yard, the black leading. We had scarcely been in the water flve minutes, when some voice in-board cried out, ' A shark ! a shark !' In an instant every one of the swimmer8 came tumbling up the ship's sides, half mad with fright, the gallant black among the rest I t was a fabe alarm. We felt angry with ourselves for being frightened, a n m with those who had frightened U8, and furious with those who had laughed at ua In another moment we were all again in the water, the black m d myself swimming aome distance from the ship. For two succemive voyages there had been a sort of rivalry between us: each fancied that he was the best swimmer, and we were now testin our speed. ' Well done, Ned I' cried some of the safore fkom the

forecastle. ' Go it, Sambo !' cried some othen. We were both straining our utmost, excited by the cheers of our respective partiaanr Suddenly the voice of the boatswain wae heard mhou,ting, ' A shark ! rr shark ! Come back for God% sake !

Ley aft, m d lower the cutter down,' then came faintly on our ear. The race instantly ceased. A8 pet, we only half believed whnt we heard, our recent fngllt being still fresh in our memories.

Swim for God's sake I ' cried the capkin, who was now on deck : he has not yet seen you. The boat, if possible, will get betw,een you and him. Strike out, lad* for God's eake! My heart stood still : I felt weaker than a child es I gazed with horror a t the do14 fin of a luge shark on the starboard quarter. Tho h in the water, the pemphtion dropped from me z e rain : the Mack WM otriking a t like mad for tba rhip

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