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t ittra Mu. THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL. WRITTEN BY JAMES STONEHOUSE. ompond by F. Shrivall, and sang by him at the Theatre Royal last evening. Oh ! speed not thus swift sailing bark, And breeze not now our canvass fill; While yet one glimpse of yonder isle, The ling'ring daylight leaves us still; For we may never see again Yon fast-receding blesse strand; — Our homes are many miles away From our own beauteous Mother-landl When wand'ring through the forest wilds, Or sailing o'er some sunny sea, Shall we forget the gentle ties That bind us, Mother-land to thee! Tho' from the shores we sadly rove, And feel we are a pilgrim band; Within our souls there still must dwell Sweet thoughts of thee, dear Mother-land! Can we forget thy vallies calm; Thy forests wild and tow'ring hills: Thy fertile plains and sunny fields ; Thy rolling floods and chrysta: rills ? Shall we from mem'ry coldly chace Thy landscapes, blest by nature's hand? Where'er our dwelling place may be, We still must love thee, Mother-land! When in the distant woods we kneel, With thankful hearts on Sabbath day; Shall we forget the holy spires, Where we were taught in youth to pray? Altho' within some leafy nook Our humble Pane may meekly stand: Thy name in prayer shall blended be, Oh! well-remember'd Mother-land ! Then speed not thus swift bounding bark, And breeze not now our c ,nvass lill; While yet one glimpse of yonder isle, The ling'ring daylight leaves us still : Night closes now—and all is gone— Yet see where burns a glowing brand — The lighthouse shines !—a bright farewell Thou bidst thy children, Mother-laud I " THE RIVER. (Translation from the Swedish of Esaias Tegner in the " Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review.") In silence, where the new-born river swells, I sit, and watch the offspring of the sky; In rocky cradle yet the infant dwells, And sucks his mother cloud, that wanders by. Look ! in the woods the heavenly child is growing, Dreams of the glories of his destined race ; The sun and moon he clasps, while onward flowing, With passionate longing in his young embrace. No more content beneath the pine-tree's bough, No longer to the mountain clefts he clings; The tumbling rocks how wild he chases now, How madly from the precipice he springs! ' Come, follow ! follow to each stream he cries, From thirsty sands, from the sun's scorching ray, Come brothers! where the fruitful valley lies ; Down to our common home I lead the way.' And all the rattling children of the rain Hear and obey the young adventurer's call; Like monarch-heart his stream now swells amain, And woods and rocks before his fury fall. The conquering hero pours his dark blue waves O'er the wide I lain, revered by every one ; Gives the parched fields new life, whose sides he laves, Baptizes with his name—and passes on. And poets' songs are to his name addressed, Proud navies on his lordly waters ride, Rich cities hail him as a welcome guest. And meadows, glad with flowers, cling to his side. They cannot hold him back : with eager haste Fair fields and glittering spires he hurries by ; Unceasingly rolls onward, and at last Sinks in his father's bosom,—there to die l'i HINTS FOR PEDESTRIANS, PRACTICAL AND MEDICAL. (From an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of Liverpool.) BY 31 EDICUS. (CONTINUED FROM OUR LAST.) 18. The body must be put into the best possible con dition. A warm bath will be of service here, by cleansing the surface of the body and opening the pores of the skin, so as to allow more freely of that transpiration which is always insensibly going forward ; that which we call perspiration being only the condensation of the former, so as to render visible that which in its natural form is invisible, rising as steam from the surface of the body. A gentle dose of medicine will be also beneficial, (as likewise before a sea voyage, diminishing greatly the sickness, though this fact is unfortunately little known,) along with which full diet shculd be reduced down to something lighter, and suitable for easy digestion. 19. The feet have the chief burthen to sustain of this manly exercise, and, in order that they may discharge with satisfaction their incessant task, will require the most special attention and care. The condition of the nails, existence of corns or bunions, &c., should not be overlooked : as they are to undergo prolonged pressure by the upper leather 6! the shoes, any neglected state of these at starting may soon produce a discomfort and pain that might prove the most serious drawback to the ease and pleasure of the trip. If, by undue length or improper mode of trimming, the nails have any tendency given to them of growing into the flesh, inflammation, with acute pain and consequent disability from walking, will ensue. 20. Corns• may be generally rendered easy by bathing them in warm water, applying a drop of oil, and then cutting them down carefully ; lastly, soap the cut surface a little, take a bit of common lunar caustic, and gently touch the soaped and cut surface of the corn once or twice ; after a little time, wipe off the soap, and apply a small bit of diachylon plaister, spread either on leather or linen—some cut a hole in the centre of their plaisters ; in a few hours the tenderness so common will have sub sided, and the cut surface, where touched by the caustic, wil have a brown or blackish look, when the poessure of the shoe can he comparatively well borne. Mind not to apply the caustic beyond the hard horny spot, or you may make a sore where it touches the sound skin. 21. If you should happen to be teazed with that in flamed state of things over the large joint of the great toe which is called a bunnion,t wet it, soap it, and draw gently the caustic over it, so as to touch each part of the surface once. This process, from the caution here enjoined, may require in non-medical hands a repetition two or three times even before a full relief is obtained ; however, this is better than, by overdoing it at first, to irri tate the inflamed part. In a day or two there will be a marked diminution of the pain and swelling. The bunnion is mostly seated on the upper part of the large joint of the great toe, and often inflames from increased walking ; and, from the bending of the joint at every step, painful pressure is made on the inflamed and cushiony cluster of corns or bunnion, causing thereby great distress in the art of setting down and raising the foot on the ground. 22. Chilblains must not be passed over, though this is not the place to enter upon any scientific statement or curative details, other than a very simple allusion to their cause and cure. Damp and cold, conjoined with a constitutional aptitude, as languid circulation, &c., are the remote and near causation ; extremes of temperature suddenly experienced, spirituous potations, and sedentary habits, increase greatly the tendency to such. The feet should be kept dry, and of an uniform temperature. The subjoined quotation is so much to the point, thy.t it ought not here to be omitted, from an author from whose work several of these early hints are culled :—" Sportsmen, therefore, in snipe or grouse shooting on the moors, may always avoid them (chilblains) by a careful attention to the dryness of their feet, both during the period of their day's sport and after their return ; but let them remem ber that the feet, if damped only by perspiration, are as * Corns consist of a horny developement of the outer or scarf skin in technical language epidermis—arising from united pressure and friction which sets up an irritation in the spot (being a law of all vital oeonomy.)—the corn is a hard tubercle with a crown and stem or root as it is improperly termed—being exactly like a carpen ter's nail, the crown or head is flat and rough unless polished by rubbing against the shoe—the stem is conizal, horny, and pointed, there may be two or three stems—the points of which piercing down towards or even quite through the true under-skin, and sometimes penetrating the capsull of a joint when seated over such, cause the well known exquisite pain by irritating the delicate expansion of nervous fibrils with wich the skin &c. in every part of the body is beautifully supplied. They are chiefly classed into hard and soft. The latter being of the same structure as the former, only from being situate in a part where they are kapt moist hresent their cha racteristic softness and marceration of crown, in fact; diehard corn is most commonly on the outside of the little toe, where the principal pressure with friction of the shoe occurs. The sides of the nails, the sole, and the heel, are obnoxious also to these pests of the feet. From what has been stated it will be evident that to cut off the head of the corn is only v. temporary relief, and not a radical cure—this is only accomplished by cautiously digging out the tail or stem, wsich may be seen with a magnifier, and which any steady handed person may do for themselves by the folowing method, which can be only very briefly described in this already prolonged but useful note :—put a drop of oil on the corn (where soakingin hot water and rubbing with a rough towel or thy finger nail will not remove it— only practicable in an infant corn)—with a pen knife cut away a little of the head, if very large and protuberant—then cat cautiously - - round it so as to loosen it by degrees out of its bed, and thus to clear the stem at last by means of grubbing round it as you would do in digging out apiece ofstick frozen in the ice—a sharp pointed bodkin isthe most accessible instrument to the generality of people, though an imperfect substitute for the lancet pointed quadrille of the chiropo dist : by such means, delicately and dexterously employed the point of the stem may be got at, when it may be forced up, lifting at the same time the crown by the fingers, or far better a small pair of forceps or strong tweezers—thus with care and without pain may this thorn, as it literally and figuratively is, be removed. Not a drop of blood should be drawn—and if all the stem or stems(where more than one so acting for each) are eradicated by dint of patience and cautious practice—pressure on the spot will test the success of the operation by the most welcome relief obtained from all pain, ' place a slip of diachylon plaister on the part and round the toe, and then another of gold-beaters skin, or oil-silk, and leave undis turbed for some days, when the plaster should be removed : first, ex. .tracting any old or new stems, observed to have been left—thus guard ing against the continuance of the cause—a complete cure may be et ffeeted. If a corn has excited inhumation, known by redness arennd and shooting pulsating pains, rest and emollient . applications, suoh as a linseed poultice, a fig, &c., will relieve it. N.B.—Avoid by all means the cutting of a corn till it bleeds, which may be very serious, especially in advanced life. Bunnions is a many stemmed corn , seated in tumefied flesh, bulbous, flabby, scarf-skin comes off in flakes, stems like millet seeds roundish and conical. Callosities are only thickenings of scarf-ikin, superficial, insensible, they may be not only cured but paevented, by rubbing with pumice stone or sand paper. The value of the above will prove itself on giving attention and trial for length of note. Apology will be needless therefore. Substantially quoted from a rare book bublished 20 pars ago— " The art of preserving the Feet," Colburn, London, 1818. liable to the disease as if the wet were to penetrate through their shoes or boots. Care must, therefore, always be taken to dry the feet on return from shooting, before any refreshment is taken, and most especially before the feet are placed near a fire.": It is better to walk up and down a room after drying wet feet or cold feet, than to put them before the grate to be toasted. Gentle friction with flesh brush, horse-hair scrubbing brush, and the use of such stimulating applications as brandy, whiskey, turpentine, can de Cologne, campho rated spirits of wine, &c., will often dismiss the promise of " itchy chilblains." if inflamed and very tender, cooling lotions will be best. A little acetate of lead solution (sugar of lead) in rose-water, or equal parts of acetate of ammonia solution and rose-water, or common water, or brandy or vinegar and water, or rubbing with snow in winter, may be resorted to. Enveloping the part in oiled silk will be of great service and comfort after the employment of foregoing. The progress of a chilblain, if not discussed early, is to form a blister, which bursts, and developes a troublesome, sluggish ulcer, that, in addition to soothing and digestive appli cations, often calls for constitutional remedies, which rump be here left as belonging to the province of the family medical attendant ; only, every pedestrian should know the outline of those common annoyances, which may, at any period of his rambles, bring him up for a day or two's rest at some little country inn, where physic is not likely to be the first-rate qualification of the gude wife, and yet it may be that no other " medical skill " is is within reach. 23. The nails are generally quiet in their behaviour, or, at least, may be kept so by the scissors; however, a word need not be despised hereupon. If they are suf fered to grow too long, they have in the foot an especial tendency to grow downwards and inwards or backwards, often causing serious discomfort, either by " growing into the flesh" at the sides, or by the pressure made upon them by the upper leather of the shoe. On the other hand, if too short, they do not defend the pulpy extremities of the toes, the exquisite endowment of which, with a minute nervous network for maintaining great sensibility there, whereby danger may be warned to the body, would be diminished : both too long and too 1 short may interfere with the firmness of the step by im peding that due expansion of the toes, whereby the base of the locomotive pivots extended is for further security. The best mode of trimming them is by cutting them off square, and not too short, lest the bed of the nail should 'be injured. It is stated that hard walking" has actually had the effect of forcing off the nails of the great toe, attended by loss of blood from rupture of small vessels connected with the epidermis" ! Nails will grow again where Ois ever does happen. Extreme cold will cause them to drop off too, as every oneknows, being then " frost bitten." lf, by the pressure of a shoe too short in long walking, the corner of the nail (generally the great toe) has been forced into the flesh, and become very painful, cutting out such corner is not always the best plan, but, with piece of glass or knife edge, to scrape thin the convex portion or back of the nail, from root to free the edge. This will draw out the offending part, by the middle of the nail having been thus artificially weakened, so as to let the sides collapse nearer to each other. If the nails are split or cracked, or injured by any accident, fold them round with plaister, to defend them. 24. There is such a thing as "riding" of the toes, as it is called. This is where one toe bends over its neigh. bour, and is very prejudicial to good or long walking. Such requires proper surgical advice and treatment, unless where it is only beginning, and will submit to being kept in its place by a ribbon interlaced amongst the toes, so as to bind all in their places. 25. Sometimes the nails will hook round towards the next, and this is not uncommon to a partial extent. It is a source of much annoyance to the pedestrian,:§ and is to be remedied very differently from the way which he would naturally adopt, viz., cutting away the hooking part ; but he must cut often the opposite side, on the plan of "flogging the willing horse." He will say, Posibly very true ; but how, he will inquire, dces it so happen so ? It is replied, Because the more a nail (or the hair) is cut, the faster it grows ; and thus the hooking tendency is counterbalanced. The science of medicine is not without its analogous facts of a far more striking cha racter.t! The shoes must be neither tight over the toes nor short in the length. 26. Immoderate Perspiration will be the lot of some few readers of these " Hints." This is an annoying condition of the feet, though not unhealthy in itself, whilst the odour is so disgusting where it is excessive. It is needless to say that extreme cleanliness and neat ness is here of moral obligation and medical utility. Let such avoid the folly of attempting to check it, unless they desire to pay the penalty of injured health thereby. Let black stockings be avoided, for the dye increases the disagreeable smell. Woollen should be always worn. The feet should be very rarely washed, but wiped occa sionally with a moist, often with a dry, towel. Socks should be often changed. 27. "As it often happens during the day that the healthiest feet are affected with a redundant perspira tion," remarks the author of the " Art of Preserving the Feet," " which feels inconvenient as the body cools, it is always proper, as soon as exercise ceases, to change both stockings and shoes, drying the feet hastily with a proper towel, and using, at pleasure, the spirituous sponge." By giving attention to these, and the follow ing quotation from an experienced military officer, Col. Shaw,T the feet will be best provided to cope against flinty roads and long exertion. The Colonel remarks— " The great difficulty in walking is to k ee p the feet in good order. This can be done if a little attention be paid at the first. For some days before starting, dip your feet in hot water as often as possible for a few moments ; then rub them quite dry. Let this be done morning and evening, till you find the feet quite free from a damp feeling. Provide yourself with a good-sized tin box, full of the best yellow, or, as it is called in some places, soft soap. It has something the appearance of honey in the comb. Before start ing in the morning, rub the soles of the feet, especi ally about the heels and toes, well with the soap, until it has the appearance of a good lather for shaving; and then put your woollen stockings on. Let this be done every morning before starting, and - you will find, even in the hottest or wettest weather, you will he able to do a great deal of work, and at the end of the day find your feet cool and free from blisters. Instead of washing the feet at the end of a journey, rub them first with a damp cloth, and then dry them completely. In some places on the Continent it is not possible to get this soap ; but in almost every apothe cary's shop you can purchase stag fat, which does very well ; if you cannot get stag fat, buy goose fat or hog's lard. With these fats I first rubbed the feet with spirits, which is an improvement ; but nothing will stand comparison with yellow soap. Have your stockings washed as often as possible ; and if they have not time to dry during the night, they can be easily buckled on the outside of the knapsack. By attending to these directions, and by instantly rubbing yourself dry, and putting on fresh flannels and linen at the end of your day's work, and eating as much animal food as possible, yet drinking no more than .is necessary, both body and feet will get into the highest possible condition." 28. Cautions.—Those who have not a high instep, in other words a good arch, to the foot, will not be able to walk so long and so far as those who are gifted with a well-turned arch of their foot. The flat foot, or splay foot, does not receive the shock of the weight and force of the body in progression as favour ably as the proper arched foot• ; and, consequently, the structure of this foot sooner feels a sense of weariness, and takes on inflammation. In the foot regiments a well formed man in other respects would be rejected if he have a very flat foot. Avoid getting damp feet, and remaining long so. Avoid the habit of putting them on the fender for warmth. Avoid opening a blister, particularly before the end of your journey. It is painful at the time, and the foot gets sore afterwards. Get a needleful of silk ; therewith thread the blister ; leave the silk in, tying the two ends together ; next morning cut off both ends with the scissors, leaving the silk in the now flattened blister undisturbed. I The art of preserving the Feet, &c. " In the army it must be peculiarly disadvantageous ; and in pedestrian excursions over Wales or the Lakes, or in walking matches, it often operates like a bill of suspension of Habeas Pedes."—Art of preserving Feet. II If the reader has any thirst for this kind of knowledge and illustration of natures adaptive code of laws, such works as Dr. Arnott's "Elements of Physic's," and Dr. Davis's "Manuel of Health," will gratify him. If Memoirs of Peninsular Campaigns. • There are three arches in fact to the foot, all tending to dimin ish shock, and present a modifying elastic resistance to pressure. NOTICES. Abbotsford edition of Waverley. Part 33. Cadel Edinburgh Philip; South Castle-street. . . - - ---- Volume IV of this noble edition of our great novelist commences with "The Bride of Lammermoor ; " and it will be gratifying to the subscribers to observe that, in every respect, this part is equal to those which have preceded it. The steel engraving represents " Fast Castle, Berwickshire," and is a very beautiful specimen of drawing as well as of engraving. The wood illustra tions are all of a high order; but one in particular is quite a gem. The subject is " Dick Tinto and the author of the Bride of Lammermoor;" or, we may as well say, the author of Waverley, for his is the portraiture which is presented to us, more life-like and spirited than any of the more pretending likenesses which we possess in such abundance. The painter is Lauder; and it is admirably cut by T. Williams. " Dick Tinto and the Sign Painter" is a scarcely less perfect production. Lancaster Castle, its History, and Associations. By J. Hall. Whittaker, London : Taylor, Liverpool. The object of this pamphlet is to supply all the infor mation which can be obtained relative to Lancaster Castle and its associations. Much interesting and important matter connected with the history of the place has been gathered by the author, and many curious circumstances are narrated connected with the unfortunate inmates. It appears that annually a mock election takes place, amongst those confined as debtors, for the representation of the THE LIVERI'O ancient borough of John O'Gaunt. "On this occasion," says Mr. Hall, " the business is carried on with equally as much spirit and opposition as any election in the country. Deputations wait on individuals most likely to become candidates ; committee meetings take place ; ban ners are suspended from the windows of the various rooms ; in short, every preliminary relative to an election is gone through. Hustings are erected purposely in the yard ; and some days previous to the nomination, the castle pump, which stands in the centre of the yard, is plenti fully bedecked with addresses, squibs, &c., &c. Some of the addresses, we are told, are written with talent of the highest order, and would do honour to an occasion of the sort under any circumstance, in any borough or county in the kingdom. In the instance of nomination, speeches of an hour's duration are not unfrequently made by the respective can didates to parliamentary honours for this very ancient bo rough ; these speeches, often most eloquently delivered, are listened to by the constituency with all the gravity or derision becoming the occasion. Questions are put to the candidates in the usual form ; the answers to which are greeted, as the case may be, either with cheers or groans. We are told the hustings, on the day of election, pre sent a very animated appearance. There may be seen the returning officer, town-clerk, poll-clerks, proposers and seconders ; reporters, com mittee-men, together with a host of friends and admirers of the various candidates ; In some instances, the latter amount to half a score ; indeed there has been known a dozen candidates. On the last election there were four ; two conservatives, and two holding liberal principles. We are informed the conservatives were returned in 1842, as is generally the case ; and, from what we can learn, liberals have in no instance had the honour of a majority of the suffrages of the constituency of the borough of John O'Gaunt. The day of election is one of much bustle and anima tion ; even bribery is very frequent ; the value or amount being generally from half a gallon of ale to a leg of mutton ; the latter bribe being most in vogue. This day is generally carried on with so much spirit, that it is not unfrequently found necessary, for the better preservation of the peace of the borough, to adjourn the poll. This occurred at the last election, when the poll was adjourned two hours. To such a height is party spirit carried, that the excellent governor of the castle permits the various officers on the debtors' side of the gaol to vote, when the numbers are nearly even. At the close of the poll last year, the numbers were as follow : Torie5.... Liberals...... Giving a majority to the tories of 63." SELECTIONS. No VARIETY IN ENGLISH DRINKS.—The drinks ain't good here ; they hante no variety in them neither ; no white-nose, apple-jack, stone-wall, chain -lightning, rail road, hail stormginsling-calabogus, sivitchelflip, gum ticklers, phelm-cutters, juleps, skate-iron, cast-steel, cock-tail, or nothin'. but that heavy stupid black fat porter.— The Attache"; or, Sam Slick in England. FAMILY FLEA s.—When the late Lord Erskine, then going the circuit, was asked by his landlord how he had slept, he replied—" Union is strength; a fact of which some of your inmates seem to be unaware; for had the fleas been unanimous last night, they might have pushed me out of bed." " Fleas exclaimed Boniface, affect ing great astonishment, " I was not aware that I had a single one in the house." " I don't believe you have," retorted his lordship, " they are all married, and have un commonly large families.—New Monthly Magazine. TORIES, WHIGS, AND RADICALS.—" He said he could tell a man's politics by his shirt. 'A. Tory, Sir,' said he, for he was a pompious old boy was old Blue-Nose ; a Tory, Sir,' said he, is a gentleman every inch of him, stock, lock, and barrel ; and he puts a clean frill shirt on every day. ' A Whig, Sir,' says he, 'is a gentleman every inch of him, and he puts an unfrilled one on every other day. A Radical, Sir, ain't no gentleman at all, and he only puts one on of a Sunday. But a Chartist, Sir, is a loafer ; he never puts one on till the old one won't hold together no longer, and drops off in pieces.' "—Sam Slick in England. FASHIONABLE COOKERY.—VeaI, to be good, must look like anything else but veal; you mustn't know it when you see it, or it's vulgar; mutton must be incog., too; beef must have a mask on ; any thin' that looks solid, take a spoon to ; any thin' that looks light, cut with a knife; if a thin' looks like fish, you may take your oath it is flesh ; and if it seems rael flesh, it's only disguised, for it's sure to be fish ; nothin' must be nateral ; natur is out of fashion here. This is a manufacturin' country ; everything is done by machinery, and that that ain't must be made to look like it ; and I must say, the dinner machinery is parfect.—The Allachi; or, Sam Slick in England. GARRICK'S OTFlELLo.—Deter mined to judge for him self in regard to the merits of Garrick's acting, Quin, on the night on which his rival was announced to perform Othello, secured himself a place in the pit of the rival theatre. About this period had been published Hogarth's famous prints of " Marriage a la Mode," in one of which it will be remembered, is introduced a negro footboy en tering the aparment with a tea equipage. To the quick fancy of Quin (naturally on the watch to turn his rival into ridicule), it may really be imagined that there appear ed a ludicrous similarity, between the appearance of the footboy and the blackened face and diminutive figure of Garrick. Accordingly, when the latter made his re-ap pearance in the third or fourth act, Quin suddenly exclaim ed, loud enough to afford amusement to half the pit— " Here is Pompey, but where are the tea-things?"— George Selwyn and his Cotemporaries. AMERICAN CONVERSATION.—It was rather barren of interest, to say the truth ; and the greater part of it may be summed up in one word--dollars. All their cares, hopes, joys, affections, virtues, and associations, seemed to be melted down into dollars. Whatever the chance contributions that fell into the slow cauldron of their talk, they made the gruel thick and slab with dollars. Men were weighed by their dollars, measures gauged by their dollars ; life was auctioneered, appraised, put up, and knocked down for its dollars. The next respectable thing to dollars was any venture having their attainment for its end. The more of that worthless ballast, honour and fair dealing, which any man cast overboard from the ship of his Good Name and Good Intent, the more ample stowage room he had for dollars. Make commerce one huge lie and mighty theft. Deface the banner of the nation for an idle rag; pollute it star by star; and cut out stripe by stripe as from the arm of a degraded soldier. Do any thing for dollars! What is a flag to them!--Martin Chuzzlewit. AN OLD MAN'S REMINISCENCES.—" I have seen and remember so much, that my life already appears very long ; nay, the first part seems to have been a former life, so entirely are the persons worn out who were on the stage when I came into the world. You must consider, as my father was minister then, that I almost came into the world at three years old. I was ten when I was presented to George I. two nights before he left England for the last time. This makes me appear very old to myself, and Methuselah to young persons, if I happen to mention it before them. If I see another reign, which is but too probable, what shall I seem then? I will tell you an odd circumstance. Nearly ten years ago I had already seen six generations in one family, that of Waldegrave. I have often seen, and once been in a room with, Mrs. Godfrey, mistress of James 11. It is true she doted ; then came her daughter, the old Lady Waldegrave; her son, the Ambassador; his daughter, Lady Harriet; her daughter, the present Lady Powis ; and she has children who may be married in five or six years ; and yet I shall not be very old, if I see two generations more! but if I do, I shall be superannuated, for I think I talk already like an old nurse." —Letters of Horace Walpole. MODE OF DEFENCE FROM THE ATTACKS OF ELE- PHANTS.-Troops of slingers were also employed ; the effects of their missives, however, on the elephants them selves, were not of much avail, but the skill of the slinger was directed against the guide, at whose death the animal was left without control, and became useless, if not hurt ful, to the troops on his own side. Soldiers fully armed, and from whose armour long sharp points projected, were sent especially against the elephant, which, on account of the nature of the armour, was unable to take the man in his trunk without inflicting on himself a dangerous wound. These were supplied with l ong spears . A not h er class, armed with a species of axe, sought nothing else but an opportunity of ham-stringing their huge opponent; a mode of warfare borrowed from the Eastern nations, dangerous, but most effectual. Carrobalistas were also brought into service against them : these were usefnl only while the elephant was stationary, as neither the nature of the machine nor the skill of balisters enabled them to hit an object in motion. Fire, however, afforded the best means of stopping their attack and putting them to flight; torches, arrows, and javelins, to which some lighted com bustible was attached, were used with invariable success. All animals are afraid of fire, and the elephant shares in the general dread. Mr. Crawfurd, however, relates a very singular anecdote, showing how far training and dis cipline will get the better even of his fear. " A mock fight was represented at Saigun, in which sixty elephants charged a fence made of fascines, and branches of trees, and defended by a line of soldiers discharging rockets and small arms. The elephants broke through it, and pursued those who defended it, until stopped by their riders. Good order and discipline were preserved, and the commands for advance and retreat given by trumpet and beat of drum. In another instance they did not succeed so well. The elephants were made to attack, two and two, the effigy of a lion and tiger spitting fire, and accompanied by many soldiers discharging fire-arms. Very few of the elephants ventured to attack these objects ; but, in spite of all the efforts of the riders, ran away. One of the conductors received twenty blows on the spot for not doing his duty." The last means of defence against elephants which we shall mention, was that of the inhabitants of Megara. This city, says Xlian, was besieged by Antipater, who had brought before it a great number of elephants. The Megareans procured some hogs, besmeared them with a resinous gum, set fire to this, and drove the burning brutes towards the camp of Antipater. The elephants, terrified at the horrible cries of the hogs, took flight, and spread disorder through the army. Some centuries after, Khosroo the Great was besieging Edessa, and had, by means of his elephants, who were fnrnished with towers, i o ta w n e t r s: to A t l h l e m wall, eans a come so near the ramparts as to be enabled to throw a k id i i nd c o a f us p e l d at a fo g r r m ea f t ro a m iar t m he to to t p he of in t hat? the tower from roool soldier e r irtvhee recommendedt o away theele t r ia h t an a ts liv h i a n d g f h a o il g ed s , ho ti u l l l d a beu n ßoman g of the wall, which . was accordingly done. We can easily fancy the noise which would ensue. Th e elephants, frightened at the cries, quickly turned, and, in spite of all the efforts of their conductors, rushed a r La n y t Thisioned by a L./IEI li a a t o li? of Pliny, th a e nd elephant a _ to the hog is e jana and Colonial Quarterly Review. L STANDARD. BARGAINING.—The habit of making what are called " cheap bargains," does not appear to me worthy of being classed under this head; because the principle of economy would inspire a wish to pay an equitable and fair price for a good article, rather than a low price for a poor one ; and in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, articles offered for sale as being remarkably cheap, are of very inferior qual ity. But, above all things to be guarded against in ma king bargains, is that of taking advantage of the poor. It is a cruel system carried on by the world, and one against which woman with her boasted kindness of heart, ought especially to set her face—that of first ascertaining the position, or degree, of necessity of the party we deal with, and then offering a price accordingly. Yet, how often do we hear the expression—" I get it done so well, and so cheaply ; for, poor things, they are in such distress, they are glad to do it any price !" And a pitiful sight it is to see the plain work, and fine work too, that is done upon such terms. A pitiful thing it is to think of the number of hours which must have been spent, perhaps in the endurance of hunger and cold, before the scanty pit tance was earned ; and to compare this with the golden sums so willingly expended at some fashionable miliner's, where, because the lady of the house is not in want, the kind purchaser would he sorry to insult her feelings by offering less.—Mrs. Ellis's Wives of England. EMPLOYMENT OF ELEPHANTS IN WARFARE.—To render the elephants more terrible in battle, they were not only partially covered with red cloth—a colour which was supposed to excite their rage ; but the forehead, and more particularly the ears, which the animal raised and flapped in his passion, were also painted either white, blue, or red,—the latter colour more particularly, as being more terrific, as well as for the reason just given. Plumes of feathers, small flags, and bells were attached, both to raise the fury of the animal and to inspire the enemy with greater fear. Sometimes they were covered with plates of steel to protect them from missiles and from sword cuts. Those on the medals which were struck by Caesar in consequence of his victory at Thapsus, are thus de picted, as are those also on the medals of the Julian family. The tusks, too, were commonly tipped with steel ; while the breast plates with which the elephants were protected, were furnished with long sharp projections, to render the charge upon the opposing troops more effectual and deadly. To the trunks of some, swords and scimitars were ad pted, which the animal had been taught to use with considerable address : the Sultan Acbar is said to have had many of these sword-bearing elephants in his army. To increase its violence to the greatest possible degree, or rather perhaps to overcome its natural timidity,—for notwithstanding its use in warfare, the elephant, as we have before observed, is a timid animal, —intoxicating drinks or stimulating drugs were given to excite its fury in the day of battle. In India a fermented liquor extracted from rice was employed for this purpose; in Ceylon, opium was used ; and in Europe, wine in which spices and aromatic herbs had been infused. "And to the end that they might provoke the elephants to fight, they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries." —1 Maccabees, ch. 6, ver. 34.—Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review. A SCENE OF HORROR.—I went with two soldiers of the 18th down a street to the right, to a large house, which I concluded belonged to a Tartar of consequence : we burst the door open and entered. Never shall I forget the sight of misery that there met our view. After we had forced our w ay over pile s o f f urn it ure , pl ace d t o bar ricade the door, we entered an open court strewed with rich stuffs and covered with clotted blood ; and upon the steps leading to the " hall of ancestors" there were two bodies of youthful Tartars, cold and stiff, much alike, ap parently brothers. Having gained the threshold of their abode, they had died where they had fallen, from the loss of blood. Stepping over these bodies, we entered the hall, and met, face to face, three women seated, a mother and two daughters ; and at their feet lay two bodies of elderly men, with their throats cut from ear to ear, their senseless heads resting upon the feet of their relations. To the right were two young girls, beautiful and delicate, crouching over, and endeavouring to conceal, a living sol dier. I stopped, horror-struck at what I saw. I must have betrayed my feelings by my countenance, as I stood spell-bound to the spot. The expression of cold unutter able despair depicted on the mother's face changed to the violent workings of scorn and hate, which at last burst forth in a paroxysm of invective, afterwards in floods of tears, which apparently, if anything could, relieved her. She came close to me, and seized me by the arm, and with clenched teeth and deadly frown pointed to the bodies — to her daughters—to her yet splendid house, and to her self; then stepped back a pace, and with firmly-closed hands, and in a hoarse and husky voice, I could see by her gestures spoke of her misery—of her hate, and, I doubt not, of revenge. It was a scene that none could bear long; consolation was useless; expostulation from me vain. I attempted by signs to explain, offered her my services. but was spurned. I endeavoured to make her comprehend that, however great her present misery, it might be in her unprotected state a hundred fold in creased ; that if she would place herself under my guidance, I would pass her through the city gates in safety into the open country, where, doubtless, she would meet many of the fugitives ; but the poor woman would not listen to me ; the whole family were by this time in loud lamentation ; so all that remained for me to do was to prevent the soldiers bayoneting the man, who, since our entrance, had attempted to escape.—Closing events in China. Loss OF MAJOR BOYD'S AND CAPTAIN ANDERSON'S CHILDREN IN THE RETREAT FROM CABOOL.-It was about this period of our melancholy adventures that Major Boyd and Captain Anderson heard of the loss of their children ; the major's youngest, a boy, and the captain's eldest, a girl. These poor babes (for so they may be called—the eldest was not five years old) had been placed in camel-panniers; the boy with his mother, Mrs. Boyd, on one side; and the girl, under charge of Mrs. Main- Waring, on the other. Mrs. Mainwaring, notwithstanding she had an infant of her own in her arms, generously vo lunteered the charitable office, seeing that Mrs. Anderson had two other children to take care of, the youngest scarcely a week old. The above little party were all on the same camel in the middle of the pass ; the beast was shot, and lay down, leaving its helpless freight a stationary mark for the bullets of the Affghans. Shortly a Hin doostanee sowar took Mrs. Boyd on his horse, and car ried her safe through the pass. The other lady, the kind hearted Mrs. Mainwaring, was nearly sharing a more wretched fate; she had just contrived to dismount with her own infant from the fallen camel, when an Affghan horseman rode up to her, and threatening her with his sword, desired her to give him the shawl with which she was clothed ; while she was urging some vain remon strance, a grenadier sepoy of the 54th contrived to force his way to her rescue ; which he effected by discharging the contents of his musket into the body of the Affghan. Leaving little Boyd and Anderson to their fate, he then gave his arm to his fair protege, and with the gallantry of a cavalier of olden time, supported her failing steps to near the exit from the pass ; here, poor fellow ! he was fated to end his career, and he fell by a bullet from one of the stone breastworks. It now became the chance of a spirited young fellow, a private in the 44th, to afford aid, which be did by giving one arm to the lady's assistance, and bearing in the other the infant she had herself until now carried. Thus, as evening was closing in, did this little party reach the halting-ground. A weak and deli cate woman, used to all the comforts and luxuries of ci vilised life, having walked a distance of five or six miles, the whole way through snow more than ankle-deep ; in many places sinking to the knees through the thin coating of ice that covered the stream flowing through the pass ; forcing her way through the shoals of camp followers, all equally eager to get clear of the mouth of the pass, (to so many, in truth, the jaws of death,) and for more than half the distance carrying in her arms a child of ten weeks old. Still, hers was a happy case compared to that of others ; she had surmounted her difficulties, and could press her infant to her bosom. But how was it with Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Anderson ? They had now to learn, that in the confusion and hurry of saving the ladies, their children had been left to the tender mercies of the ruth less Affghans. Who could guess what would be the fate of these poor babes ! Happy, surely, would their parents have been, could they have been assured that the sword had ended their miseries : but to fancy them living to be come the slaves of Affghans! Who shall venture to de pict their anguish ?-7 he English Captives at Cabool, in Bentley's Miscellany for July. VARIETIES. Dr. BlRCH.—There has been no good scholars since birch rods went out o' school and sentiment went in.— Sam Slick in England. !Any one can now rise from his bed in London, break fast on the sea shore in England, lunch in Boulogne, spend a few hours there, and be back in London to dinner. Glass may be beautifully frosted with Epsom salt z. Glauber salts, sal ammoniac, or blue stone, dissolved in hot water, and applied with a brush whilst hot. An original Chinese letter has been presented to the Mechanics' Institute at Mansfield. Contrary to the Eng lish mode of writing, the ink is white, and the paper black or dark coloured. On an average, 47 female servants commit suicide an. nually in the river Thames, and of 250 females who lately applied for admission at a Magdalene asylum, 120 were servants. An American, describing the prevalence of duelling, summed up " They even fight with daggers in a room pitch dark." "Is it possible ?" was the reply. " Possible, sir ?" returned the Yankee ; " why, I have seen them." A PARODOX.—The Hereford Times of Saturday last, in allusion to the death of the favourite horse Henley, says—" After he had run the Stanage Stakes, and was taken to the stable, he could neither stand nor lie down !" Pat says, that " nothing can be aisier than to repale the union of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ire land. It is only necessary," he says, "to transpose two letters, and they will become Untied Kingdoms at once." A GENTLEMAN who had drowned a butterfly in whisky, so as to preserve it, was remonstrated with by a young lady for his cruelty. Another lady present remarked that she did not think it was at all cruel, as it had died in such good spirits. A SINGULAR PARISII.—A correspondent informs us that the parish of Merthyr-rnawr, in this county, has no public-house, no shop of any kind, no Dissenting chapel, no doctor, no lawyer, and no paupers. It, however, con tains several octogenarians.—Swansea Journal. A writer in the United Service Magazine describing a visit to the falls of Niagara, says, " We waded through deep and soft snow; saw orpeth, 1842,' and other names carved on a tree, and then reached the Terrapin rocks." A MAN WITH SIX \VII , Es.—A man named Robinson was'arrested a few days since in Illinois on a charge of passing counterfeit money. In searching him they found upon his person letters from six wives, all living, that he has married in different parts of the country. He had a wife with him at the time of his apprehension.—New Fork paper. MEMOIR OF MADEMOISELLE LENORMAND, THE CELEBRATED PARISIAN FORTUNE TELLER. A thick and impenetrable veil has again fallen between us and futurity. The hand that was enabled to raise this veil is dead. Mdlle. Lenormand has been removed from her practice in the occult sciences by the hand of death. The death of this celebrated woman cannot fail to pro duce a great sensation in a world where she had a very extensive clientele amongst the very first classes of soci ety. Established on the most solid bases, accredited by extraordinary success, and patronised by the most famous names of our age, the vogue of this modern sibyl main tained itself during 50 years in the midst of revolutions and vicissitudes of every kind, coming triumphantly out of every trial, braving doubts, scepticism, railleries, and instilling mysterious convictions into the most rebellious minds. From the earliest age Mdlle. Lenormand was put in communication with heavenly bodies; she was only seven years of age when she felt herself suddenly endued with this supernatural intelligence. Her de'but in the art of divination took place in the convent of the Benedictines, where she learnt her first catechism. The youthful scho lar predicted that the head of the convent would be soon discharged. She was put en penitence for this prediction, but it turned out to be a true one. She followed her pre diction up by pointing out the name, the age, the titles and history of the individual who would succeed to the office. Several candidates came forward for the situation, but the successful one fully agreed with the description giv.!n by the youthful prophetess. There was in this success an evident opening to future fame which was not to be neglected, and, on leaving the convent, Mdlle. Lenormand set herself up as a fortune teller. The moment was favourable to such a wild and romantic plan ; agitation and disorder reigned abroad, the future was veiled in clouds, there was nothing but dark ness in the horizon, and the sibyl was welcomed in the midst of such gloomy uncertainty and formidable enigmas. Hers was, alas ! but a sad privilege, to be enabled thus to read the book of fate. What scenes of blood did it not reveal to her! and the cards often fell from her hands whilst reading the horrors which they foretold to her pro phetic mind. After the people of the court, who for some time com posed the majority of her customers, the cave or the sibyl was visited by the ferocious Montagnards. They had been informed that the Humans had been in the habit of con sulting soothsayers ; they had heard of the sibyl of Cumes ; and those who now consulted the citizen Lenormand con sidered themselves quite on a par with the Gracchi, the Scipios, and the Brutuses of that day. At a late hour one evening three men presented them selves at her house, and smilingly told her that they came for the purpose of learning their future destinies. She took their hands in hers and recoiled with horror. " Do not be alarmed," said the younger of the three, " speak unreservedly' our minds are strong, and what ever you may have to reveal to us, we shall hear it with out dread." Not being able to conquer her emotion the sibyl con tinued to turn over her cards, and could not find courage enough to deliver her oracle. At length, however, she yielded to their encouraging word', and her three visitors received with shouts of laughter the sinister fate she pro nounced to be reserved for them ; and their gaiety was not cowed even when they heard themselves doomed to meet a tragical end. " It is clear," said they to each other, on leaving the place, " that the oracle is deceived ; if the revolution de stroys us, we shall all fall on the same day, on the same hour, and in the same place." " That is true, replied one of them, " and that woman knew not what she was talking about when she said I should fall before you two, and that great honours will at tend my funeral, while, on the contrary, your last moments will be insulted by the people." " She has calumniated the people! Suppose we denounce her to the Tribunal ?" " Bah ! Some licence must be given to a prophetess." The sibyl of Cumes was never molested. Saying this, Robespierre, Marat, and Saint Just, for those were the men who had just consulted their fates, r paired to the Committee of Public Safety, where they talked of any thing but of Mdlle. Lenormand. The death of Marat, which happened shortly after, verified part of the prognostication of the oracle. Saint Just and Robe spiere returned soon after this event to the sibyl, but she was very much on her guard in her remarks, and did her best to weaken the effect of her first prediction. Unfor tunately on succeeding consultations she was less discreet, and her prophetic ardour brought her at length within the walls of a prison, from which she was led to execution. Occupied alone with observing the fortunes of others, she allowed herself to he surprised by dangers which she might have avoided by consulting the lines in her own hand. The re-action of Thermidor however saved the life of Mdlle. Lenormand. It was never known whether she had ever foretold this event. The persecution of which she had been the victim brought Mdlle. Lenormand even more re nown than before. _ _ _ She had scarcely returned to her house before she was visited by a young woman dressed in mourning, and with a very sorrowful countenance. " Your grief is legitimate, madam," said the sibyl, " but you must have expected the blow which has reached you ; this misfortune was indispensable to the realisation of a prophecy which had previously been made you." " What ! You know ?" cried the young widow, raising her thick black veil. " I know that a brilliant fortune has been predicted for you." And that prediction " Will be realised." These words, if not a consolation, were at least some what of a soothing balm poured into the wounds of the sorrowing widow. Josephine Beauharnis turned her re gards by degrees from past misfortune to carry them to wards a more brilliant fortune. Her Creole imagination was raised by these two predictions which, after art inter val of 20 years, promised her a crown. The Parisian sibyl had confirmed the oracle pronounced many years before by a fortune-teller of Martinique. This was enough to raise the fame of Mdlle. Lenormand, and to make her quit the rage amongst the fine ladies of the Di rectory, Madame Tallien, Madame Recamier, and a num ber of elegant and spirituel women, whose white hands opened quite a new era in the salons of the Luxembourg. The double prediction of our heroine was, however, at this time threatened in its fulfilment. The widow of Vis count de Beauharnis espoused a young officer without fortune, but just made a general, and who had solicited in vain to obtain a command. "Josephine." said her friends, "you have committed a folly which you will one day repent." " It is true," thought she, " that in marrying thus, I have lost the chance of realising my promised fortune." The dreams of ambition had, however, been sacrificed, without regret, for the feelings of the heart. Before, however, riveting still closer the bands which were about to bind her future life, the amiable widow desired onca more to consult Mdlle. Lenormand, and she prevailed on Bonaparte to accompany her on this visit. The sybil examined the hand of her visitor, and, after consulting the cards, said, " Nothing of your future fate is changed." _ _ She then took the hand of the young general, which she contemplated with great emotion. The lines traced on that hand pointed out to her the plans of campaign, and the glorious route by which he was conducted to power. Bonaparte repaired to the sybil through pure complaisance to the charming caprice of his lady-love, but with a mind perfectly incredulous as to the renown of the prophetess ; but when the sybil spoke to him of his secret designs, of his warlike projects, and of the fortune of his arms, he listened to her with astonishment. " I will endeavour to realise your predictions," said he, on retiring. "And I," said Josephine, leaning with pride on the arm of Bonaparte, " I have no doubt of the brilliant for tune that is in store for we." At another time Madame de Stael went to consult Mdlle. Lenormand. This was under the consulate. The events which had been predicted by her were being ra pidly accomplished. On Madame de Stael presenting herself to the sibyl, the latter immediately said : " You are earnestly engaged in some proceedings which you are about to take to-morrow, but which will give you but little satisfaction." Madame de Stael was in fact to have an interview the next day with the First Consul. Bonaparte knew that the illustrious writer had spoken against him, and had even made common eause with some of his adversaries. Never theless the conqueror of Montenotte and the Pyramids might, in this instance, accomplish a fresh conquest; he was anxious to attach to his car one of the first women of the age, and the precious acquisition might be ma de a t the expense of only a fe w fair words and a paltry indemnity of 1,200,000 f., which was claimed by the daughter of M. Necker. The great captain thought, however, that this was paying rather dearly for such a conquest. He re ceived her in the midst of a numerous circle, and instead of leading her into one of those subjects of conversation in which the whole brilliancy of her talent would have shone forth, he first addressed her by the question:— " Have you seen the Pie Voleuse 7' It is the most attractive piece of the day." Surprised by this unexpected question, Madame de Stael felt at a loss for an immediate answer, when the consul added : " They say that we have also the 'Pie seditieuse This last remark deprived the lady of all her intellectual faculties, she sought in vain for a reply, and the consul not wishing to increase her embarrassment, turned from her and entered into conversation with another individual. Besides the particular causes of complaint which Bona parte bad against the lady in question, he had in common with many other great men, a deep-rooted dislike to all learned ladies. After this memorable conference Madame de Stael thought of the remark of Mdlle. Lenormand. She re turned to the sybyl, and ever after continued to her a confidence Nthich one of our doctrinaire ministers has respectfully kept up. The high destinies promised to Madame de Beaubarnais had been realised, but that strange piece of fortune was to be followed by a melancholy reverse. One morning the Empress Josephine entered the presence of the Emperor in a state of great agitation. " I am aware of the project which you have in con templation," said she, you wish to sacrifice me to reasons of state policy. The act of divorce has been already prepared." This was true. The Empress had been correctly in formed. But from whom had she received the informa tion ? How could she have learned it but from one of his intimate advisers? was the question which immediately suggested itself to the mind of the Emperor. " I will discover the author of this treason," said he, "and whoever he may be will find a means to punish him." " Be assured," replied Josephine, " you have no traitor in your family, nor among your councillo rs . Sh e who an nounced my elevation also predicted my fall. I have learnt the whole from Mlle. Lenormand." The i os fresoyatol )eTi ottwhl:rmBninelts;ll; s Il i tem, - taken jaict,9uhnialuma,conn,rteesnin.oas.abwfn.lei. before ert the after prefectthis u f scene,pu 1 itchae. sibyl Os beep sal di low ciwr inoal o n, ari sicynsuthoolaefsneitet.gdtrheni:eraafaintlnnidrsgda youeoi t dlhf h l aet e whrvhyieo o es, u f fib, had : c doo e ubt o eghet f halfal t uktr h a l t nermned,tasaydh:yeeci dsi lim n r c tod t oi i ss e. o d n iwa e l ; Z. cte , t :lc efoourar to t ° cll . :: tell, No," she replied ; " I thought I was se P hi ;" Wig' w toic h oTcn o ahs h oei fo a r d nFeap t ol h rluy e oc n ahecjeha, told him which, she drew from her pocket' a nd eon range them on the table of the ministeri r his ers ividi s Fondle' then recollected that 600 n 8 te_ ladyS bides very high, but that he would rise still higher. 2000 00 0 d u l/ The first part of this prophecy alluded to an w hoa ts . mounted in a balloon, and made the voage, lie re ps in presence of the assembledy inbabitranttiscllo7 i''lntsiesiall fatal to Pilatre du Rozier. This estaliabeag.'.teb, on to represent in the chamber the d e partur e en atb i t ti l d Mdlle. LeaS"ss,s, minister sharply reprimands 1 been dsyso7, on some of the predictions which she had his all' Loire The lnferieure. Thus did one ascension lean!' .... while the lady tranquilly continued arrangul 0 r knave of clubs." g , a su n al oan d ftdiFrib afterwards redic tliendg ttoheb is she ° oGetr t o o f o tb i t le to be repudiated : could not conceal her error. For two Yea r- rois sided in the Rue de Tournon and flattered the of to of the Fauborg St. Gerrnain;by raising the ir l i r e P i e t iost sr ti e predictions. This was certainly conduct of t siee , lsYi sibyl 3 , 1 Mdll e.that s h e Lenormand woul dbe y se P n d t i all probability, remain°-uicnb:lnowirnedtelmr ertied! t, b e s ° l grateful character towards the Erntisretis'sc./01reeP3;(1YosiP"brs had loaded her with favours. But Joseptnne t. _ t or been already u Jo ledge. O w Fouche said not a word about the divorce, an .. 00 141 . the vogue re3l4; i •00.- y fora ~• Will .." e 0 " How do you know that? replied.. cause to "here •is a knave of clubs here, which will ea". 01°4 let out sooner than you think." "Ah ! the knave of clubs will have the cres t ~ will he ?" fr soa " Yes; for it represents the Duke de Rovigo, ii „ t e o . nes - a to 01 cessor. gdm A oi ar l o e end x cd a t il i e b r ra h i e re n . red h , e r with persecuted for predicting the restoration ; o dserf fall whichof t he she empireha d r ee s v d t t e o o r r n e : d e rt u i M s i : o in d . y en: l e l l i d w e P . • ll:l-4:ee s i s lt l ge iel l if 6 tb7s and dm was every day rising; and she continued to g? ss S OIP7 increasing her fortun, which constantly contitus;l:ol, For forty years Madlle. Lenormand elidedro tse I s rue de Tournon. The cave of the Sybil Iva! ° deal laws of 0 , faptthteheepsrbsclooptnhtoeomtfeatoshfewthliaetdhcyothuerat.e words, t ,',70 6,1 111 nsultationre 0 if The rof • librarian license of t F o; r tairntacdee, was, a i‘ n i d di a i es. under i.4t therefore ehni sorm a n designation e very m e oc s e e° o ° , n x Pl u i b e a etia f r s e r;i : 1 4 si °l o I ti a legal character in order to have a f ee t thi.' o o take: se t aLli • tb st ye P V P* stood in the columns of the " Alcaanacb tb 11 l lady 00 soli the ringing a bell the servant opened visitor was ushered into a room which bad , t he r - l ir rotb rf i n Es ° o .l sibyline character about it. She entertaineu eitstso, contempt for anything like the symbols of / olloio sWI g r '". plexion ia h l S lm i t gl a b akr l ruke of light Souvenirs Prophetiques," " La Reponse a,r e ed a' wi.etehnireeoriscraeanfkeilad jasubtfoort!utpe'sy7sso6?Areiel six other productions, more or less cabalistic. bers9, Mdlle. Lenormand was not long in Ina kirl isita ° or, .70::,ehiaisne,egrsLwhheeesalrbf:i accountts andof ma avni u s visit st.o the t a h n e semi-oriental style. The rest of her e t .' s t or' ordinary description, or as it is describe 0 ; . owe ° " What ' is your pleasure," said sbe, visitor. d 10 4 ' 0 " Madam „ _ ,I am come to consult you• willfg very well. Take a chair. What gag le , 1 have at 6f, 10f, 20f., and as high as 400 C 61 °0 d O le fli di Very well ; draw near that table 00 hand." If " Here it . " cp. oar" Is (presenting the right hand . is I, " Not that, give me your left band. vyrd sits.," What flower do you prefer ? What g ° l l - 61(e di° 11 /3 ' ref repugnant to you ? ' These questions were answer s be .0 01 notonous and nasal voice, and at each OOOO " Very well, e car ds . time, which she presented to the visitor!, s eta'O r , them with your left hand." She then 1 0 ' 1 0 cher, on the table, and delivered horoscor Por yourfollow' stet lity which • it was sometimes difficult to o.h Yg e havewThailinaitesrteaadlwina;ttrparere' befoul, particularly happy in her delinea • of the obv 111 "on Ding, for o t tastes, and habits of the con 0 0 0 person . ies e . fr o A could not have drawn from a skill in pli"eisly "he', scarcely looked the person in the face but a b osh rso A i n a/ • se as ras , different combination of the cards, a;lu - ;00 41'4 u rarely deceived. She never failed to raeg i t tie g, age highly ;cat iai o s ri na l , udltsauueatrrttdoemedar ,0, l bi v uohe nut lanes es f r bdae(wte.2baaoi ydisfs)as n.l%vi 'dents of the past life of the party eon s° her P rl IN who have had recourse to her declare that , ice tio o. o o. sing or 0 0 accompanied it with excellent a dvice. , A the P P , - ere always eetfowrittuhnae o "Thanks to Mdlle. Lenorman d, " I " ''-- Pr - 6vs „ s 1 ~ se , V,, " 1 have for thirty years been able " . ,1 Isl a , th e services of either a physician or a law Ye r r fail 00,4 xclaimed another great I d " have r a to ,r„ t to w suit the sibyl h l a have ` w enever 1 have been g2°.,,-;eorol'' VI sot • lise, and they have always de" - A )1 0 ,4 4 , succee predictions." ~isa' le r p f ofP' MS It is not known whether Mdlle. I,e°- d I' 10 1 behind her erve b ey i 0 memoirs, or has Pr es se, s mil which she has received from * different Pa r " - rg ' prove a valuable property. 000 1 1 e sir • ... A Amorw the 0 most celebrated of her reg Issasalless,,S be • mentioned Prince Tall y and Darra! kensc, General Moreau, and e- r'of o tbers' i ted i' r the ladies of the Parisiana number _ _ sse e as s beast mon d e cons tt , . D a she had also caries o d with sever al , 1 00 04 n ence guished personage! ' u " c hat She has • * • , its said, died worth upwar stira. hat ss lll her papers would be worth more tharl.l, sr oo ---_,---,--- ---------- ess Sti sss socll s sg Il ° A LOVE LETTER.-The following rasr„„ssioootiV transmitted. a few days since, by ag,s e- si ° . se °r e' the object of his affections -" It wool' be tic IP to u r attempt to describe the in'describablY e' lts o o , olPi one spark of the prometheal fire o felt I". 'pt e ' tes ,01 darted into my soul, when first I the . t tloCosso charms; then it was that my min d, forg o e il w ia re s r g p glistening's of the thousands of glow°ereeraPtil ttait along on this terrestrial sphere, be, e , en' h b 5 te ,5 6 , 5.0 "1 the transcendant glory of your ange" e S t r i ig ninsofi l sOa l the pencil of a Raphael, the sublinse, -" g e tbrlS' i ce , and ennobling powers of a Milton, or then'thou,so spirit-stirring conceptions of a Byron, e s iag - he e l o lli ° i I attempt to sketch taint 'des of Y ° e t''" Il r f somei ~,sest e e , s excellencies • . , but what pencil carrot c f 1 to f ie 0 , in e of toli lightness of that , . form' which partakes more of spirt hose geri,ot blood,) under the gentle pressure of o, e ser," he it fragrant flowers which offer themselves ° loci ""if 4 for your walk scarcely for a monies t d, es A Yl op ris but crushed without losing their elasticity, and, es by a gentle zephyr, erect therg„' te p e ° o f 1 0; conscious of the honour which yours f°°loe tlio t , tr them. What paint could g i v e th T ) , to al siirA cheeks, of which it would be faint Pra't, refr t leP l- O r combine the ° eta beior t f I A . chasteness of the pure lily ? What Ps •ke • ll' r • s .li wit di A , symmetrical proportions of that fa,ir. o h o ro ge r r i flits over rather than walks on tb s et4 o s ol'o i sweetness of the blushl° ca g i 4 0 1 buoyancy of an etherial enchantress • te r& hi tllee0; describe those exquisitely-ehiselled feg o s# l . o e,v;i4 tlest smile speaks volumes to the soulfrathedi'eltbeoood ble perceptions of woman, as concentrate with ten thousand brilliant imageries °- JigY ° ll le aVd r ing person ? Hail, Music! thou charmer, to 0 0 i ii,' breast, let me invoke th aid in atteroPt.'lla,e 01, jor ° ," idol of my soul. But myusic! ! w here Is. geew Fr, r sin ea el) most enrapturing symphonies will IV' wi th s uastia' A rr ° f ilea or harmonious discord when compare?, ,i p' ar ea,'s ISO cadences of that sweet voice ? "you,oo9s, words, imageries, poetry, and Illute:aj clrnstasee'sro ficient, and the portrait which I s" ° t e t ibi c ;i I t te ' assistance would always appear a vile ..i g ill ;, 10 retained the impression of the adorable % t ag, 1 0 1,s to I ask myself, can one so utterly un w o f e Peso gain the possession of this essence t I gsa i f i srpla Count it not treason, fair seraph, that ta n a ° o o,e'seg with more intense interest than tg' s , I inf) gloating over his hordes of filtbY W e lt,' ° g g ' tal oir t me to love you ; for I would not be et AO A ll ie you. Bid me, if you please, to knockboe oeirostoi one of the horns of the moon, lad e t o isla %I ° o /1 0 ,11 11 a teaspoon, or take up one of the ram fet c ,t 0 t ed/ a pair of sugar • tongs ; command l e , al re tell so , ,0 don, the Pyrenees, the Peak of Tell o e to ; i on 90 for a set of chimney ornaments; b'u t i e s, 0tt,... v,10 1 ,10 4 Celestial Empire, with its wall, Pag e 9 tearyssa g fa? sticks, and a host of mandarins ig ii _ 0 0( 1 j yrtli , convert Mount Etna into a snowbt,',"etSts,sesa an ice cream ; bid me to make the toriesettlearh7/160 a shuttlecock, and the Andes into a b v e islor_b,s At, amusement ; bid me to fetch Yo u t tbr'eat'aeir; for a C ° J rolling pin, the trident of Neptune tO re • bid ire .sw a b s 1 1 Pompey' • a coxcomb's impudence; bid grains of sand in the Arabian d e sert ' y ot l , 4 bal e it s pillar for a bodkin; t s, ou tbe A ~ length of a lawyer's conscience, or.!_ontlgssir ,/ to e to r de it 1070, mage to Jerusalem on my elbows, r 1 t he 0 ' 1 , 4 41 uuP o r, I a the edge of a rainbow, or choP Y ° ber; . 0( 1 into wax candles for your bedcharn h p iffl e 0 0, mend me to accomplish a thousand a u ti e w fedi to . off , and, animated by your smiles, , I n a 6bc) tbo ggi lsb ti rM the most herculean task. is- - t he 0 1- or. - rf' enough to say that I cannot wield 0 i se e tb eW Heaven like the thunderer, Ye t 1/11 gS, d l 11 ° I P ) Venus I cannot, in the nature of tblnssooo o f , love like Jove. So that whatever e,° b `c e t aslt i oV Oa: upon me, never set me that imp et one i O O O 6 11 1 •0 ; 0 0 1 that word be hope, and then let love my heavenly captivator. ' 3) " ligh t° . 0 ( f 1 4 tbebroteir fti ( ' the thunders roll; let the storms lab tb,_ t tbe s winds howl; let her thousand foes .. 0 a .i. t o , 0 04 seas of trouble threaten to enguiPaiends'sert9,ool,. vortex of irretrievable despair; let_ o f pO e v c s ° e l f l e let adversity, with her grisly tra r l a g b ie oP i iiiitl,abe r e s ll 's wild hurricane of tempestuous rage, ' r oe , 1 0 ° r,O i t, pursue me, and render me kithhe poss l i c oo' ba air the fickle jade fortune, yet t , •eli 0 119 1.1 aid' s sai •re h e 0 , your love, I feel that any state in , te esS, os oro6 must be not only supportable, but e plol , s lot ble. - Your love is indeed the vile bo i ,41 1 It is 'the stone that will change a' ,OW lel ° 6 , „ flig:410 0 Love in France is an opera ; ''', pi exs Italy a comedy; and iu GerrnanY ~, i l~ 13AN KIN tio 4 lbe I, Rothe tr e 041: 4 1 1 1 :414 1 . 1 1 ,1 1/ :; d4 f : r I t t t‘r:f - , 001 k the anBR4 '`"1( kietiee s ° b , are t h( AZath b e i Vie 1 , 1 : 4 11 4 4tat: tt Z 44l4 i : Iv • *e ttlqtit o ,_ NIP ba ln th:k k tt% 14 4 11 ' 11 S ; ' 14 1.4 kia:°" th Ta A "iti• tet 4 ' l 00 1 t be weh "' , 111 1. „ 141 .6 4 t 141