The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-10-29 00:00:00

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE EIGHT HON
SIR JAMES GRAHAM, DART.,

Our readers will learn with regret, of the :milden
death of Sir James Graham, Bart, M.P., for Carlisle.
We regret to learn that the mournful event occurred
on Friday morning, at Notherby Hall, the family seat,
in Cumberland. The telegram announcing the sad
intelagence was received in Lmidon by Major Graham,
brother of the lamented Sir James, late in the afternoon.
We are informed that for come months past the right
lion, baronet has laboured under symptoms which
denoted that his heart was affected, and his medical
advisers, so we are informed, prognostionted that when
his desth occurred it would be sudden.
The late Sir James Robert George Graham was the
eldest sun of Sir Janus, the first baronet, by Lady
Catherine Stewart, the eldest daughter of the sevei.th
Earl of Galloway, and was born Joue, 1, 1792,
consequently be was in his 69th year. Ile married, to
July, 1819, Fanny Callender, youngest daughter of Sir
James Campbell, of Ardinglass, by which lady, who
died in 1857. he leaves issue Frederic Ulric (married to
the eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Somer.
set)and several sons' and among his daughters two are
married, one to the Hon. E. Dunconibe, M.P. and the
other to Culouel Baring.
In this short and hasty sketch, it is hupossible to
give more than a brief outline of his political career,
eztending as it does over five-and•thirty years. Be
represeuted Hull in parliament from 1818 to POO. In
April, 1842, lie succeeded to the baronetcy on the death
of his father, and two years afterwards he WAS returned
for Carlisle on the Whig principles. His abilities soon
became apparent after lie entered the House of Com-
loons, sod he WM deemed a great acquisition to the
Whigs. In 18:8.1 he was elected representative for the
county, and was one of the most strenuous and zealous
advocates for the Morin Lill, as he hail previously been
for the repepeal of the Test Act and for Catholic
Emancipation. On the formation of Earl Grey's
adminiatration, his talents were so much appreciated,
especially in mastering details, that without official
experience he was placed at the bead if the Board of
Admiralty, as First Lord, and, as customary for that
high functionary of state, hail a seat in the C ibinet.
After the Reform Bill in 1832 lie was elected for the
eastern division of the county of Cumberland, which
he represented up to 1837. In May. 1834, dissensions
in Earl Grey's cabinet arose oil tho Irish Church
question, which lcd to the retirement of Sir James
Graham, together with Lord Stanley (now Earl Derby,)
the late Duke of Richmond, and the late Rail of
Ripon. The miring secession of talent from the
government occasioned the early dowers' of Earl
Grey's ministry. On Sir Robert Peel coming into
power Sir James Graham was sought to join the
ailininiatration, but lie and the other members of the
" Derby dilly" declined to join the ministry, and pub-
licly stated at the hustings that lie had " no confidence"
in Sir Robert's administration, which lie subsequently
supported by his votes in Parliament. At the general
election in 1837 lie had the mortification of being re-
jected by his former constituents, and remained out of
the House of Co 11111111 l until the following evasion,
when he was elected for Pembroke. In 1841 lie was
elected for Dorchester. That year, on the late Sir
Robert Peel being called upon to form a ministry, Sir
JIMICII Graham took office under that illustrious states-
Mall as Secretary of State for the Home Department—
an office he held until the dissolution of the govern-
ment in June, 1848. During his tenure of officio under

Sir Robert Veil, he was mil of the ablest supporters
of the reveal of the corn laws and of the new com-
mercial policy that eminent statesmen and Ida political
friends inaugurated. From 1847 to 1852 lie was repre-
sentative for the borough of Ripon, when in the latter
year he was elected for Carlkle, which city lie has since
sat for in the House of Commons. 'On the Earl of
Aberdeen coming into power as First Lord of the
Treasury, in December, 1852, Sir James was appointed
First Lord of the Admiralty. Ha remained with the
earl's ministry till the fatal vote on Mr. Roebuck's
motion, "That a select committee be appointed to
inquire into the condition of our anny before tiebastomil,
and into those departments of the government whoee
duty it has been to minister to the wants of that army."
From that period be did not seek official employ: he
was offered office on the formation of the present
ministry, but declined in favour of other'', whom he
thought better calculated to forum an efficient govern-
ment.
The late respected baronet was an able administrator
of public affairs. Although lie took at the two last
general elections the extreme aide of Libcraliam, ho
enjoyed the esteem and respect of • large circle of his
political opponents. It cannot be said that Sir James
was ever a popular man, bet he was always • formidable
opponent in the House of Commons and on the hustings.
lie was a I).C.L. of Cambridge, elected in 1835; and
was Lord Rector of Glasgow Untvermity in 1840.
The late baronet is succeeded in the baronetcy and
estate by his eldest son Frederic Ulric, born April 2,
1820, and married to, in October, 1852, Lady Herinione
St. Maur, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset. The pnsent baronet was attached to the
embassy at Vienna in 1842, and subsequently the Ist
Life Guards.
'The Duke and tracheas of Somerset, Lord and Lady
Faversham, lion. E. and Mrs. buncombe, the Earl of
Galloway, Colonel and Mrs. Baring, the links of Marl-
borough, amid other personages of rank, are placed in
mourning by his decease.

KING DEATH.
He came to a merry making
Fending in • rid) Inane hall—
Oh ! after their mirth and laughter
Ile will conquer thew all.

Ile came to • ship on the ocean,
Tossed by the teuipest blast :
The men were brave and true,
But they all were his at last.
Ile mute to a lonely cottage
Where Grim Want held her away:
lie smiled a ghastly smile
And boie them all away.
Ile came to • student working—
Working with heart and soul;
Ile held his anus wide open—
That atudent has found his goal.
Wareham, Oct. 23. 0. I'.

PIIRMIMIVIS RILL—The annual meetings of the
United Kingdom Alliance was held at Manchester on
Thursday. The attendance was very largo and
influential, there being, it is said, no fewer than 300
ministers present. The report explained that the com-
mittee, acting upon the advice of Lord Bronxllion and
other influential friends, had 'mutinous' the introduction
of the F. rmissive Rill into the House uf Coninions.
The principal speakers at the Free-tiade Hall demon.
'Oration were Sir John Forbes, Rev. T. C.. Fox, of
Durham; Mr. H. Coesham, and Mr. W. Lawson, M.P.
These gentlemen energetically urged in favour of such •
change in the law as would bring the liquor traffic
under popular control.
NOVEL CHALLENOIL —The barristers timidly in
attendance at our borough quarter sessions, finding
nothinv to do there on Monday afternoon of a legal
character, thought they might as well amuse theinselves
in the constrained leisure into which they were plunged
by • genie at hockey. They forthwith visit, d our
Grammar Sthool, and challenged the boys to plow The
head master, nothing loth, and feeling sure his boya
would beat the barristers, forthwith gave them holiday,
and the gains commenced. The game had not gone on
long before it was quite evident that the confiaence of
the master would be fully borne out by the skill of the
boys, and that the barrister.' might retire to their
benches satisfied of the present superiority of many
juveniles over an equal number of men, if no( in the
solution of nice points of law, certainly in the atitive
cunning of the game of hockey. The challenge of the
barristers was instantly and cheerfully accepted, the
game was cleverly &nil skilfully played, hut it is a fact
to be mentioned in Chancery that the boys banged the
barriaters.—Bnry and Norwich Post.

The Bishop of Waidograire, in his Visitation Charge,
the delivery of which commenced last week, charac-
terises the teaching of the " Essays and Reviews" as
" Deism at the least."
A curious scene occurred in the Third Court at the
Old Bailey fiesaion, on Tuesday, where a difference of
opinion arose between the presiding judge on the one
side and the jury and counsel on the other. A I Ilan was
charged with discharging a gun in the ditection of a
train running on the Brighton line and wounding the
driver ; Mr. Commissioner Kerr thought there was no
case for tise jury; the counsel for the prosecution
insisted on proceeding with it, awl the jury found the
prisoner guilty. The judge, however, so far carried his
point by sentencing him to pay a small fine.
PUSCIa'n PULPIT LUZINGI.S.—CIeTemen. and students
preparing to take orders, are advised to make a trial of
these lozenges, which are highly efficacious in making
clear the voice, and rendering the utterance articulate
and distinct. They are also wamiuted to cure that
painful stammering and lingual hesitation with which
I so many nervous preacher' are afflicted; 'nil to impart
• level, smooth, and glib pronunciation to those whose
elocution was neglected in their childhood, or whuae
tongues have long been tied by sumo impediment of
speech. Another of their benefits is, that they assist in
strengthening the voice, and so enable weak-lunged
clergymen to make themeelvez distinctly hoard where
previously their preaching was so utterly inaudible that
it could do little good. They act, too, as preventatives
of that dropping of the voice towards the close of a
long sentence, to which as many parsons are so pain•
fully addicted; while at the same timethey tend gmdually
to cure such oral tailings as affected inability to roll
the letter It. Mr. Pond has at his aids • ',mock or two
of testimonials, which thoroughly attest the truth of
the above assertions, and which. as nobody of course
can be doubtful of his istateinents, he will not insult
himself by putting into print. He need only add, that
if one trial won't prove the facts which have been
mentioned, the purchaser will be at perfect liberty to
make another; aid a third, and even fourth or Atth
will be allowed to all who pat satirical money in their
parse.—PsatA.

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Two men, respectively named Schofield and Stansield,
mill operativev, wore stabbed on 'Saturday night, at
Dewsbury, in • quarrel, originating in a dispute about
• dug. Schofield is badly, if not dangerously wounded,
and Stausfield received a nunibet of ugly cuts. Two
,nen named Stubley and Galloway are in custody,
charged with the brutal assault.
A mise fight which cause off on the 14th inst., at the
?rem, near the Can, has resulted in the death of one of
the parties aligned iss it, • man nanical David Richards.
Ilia opponent, whose name is Pugh, and ((air persons
engaged as seconds or otherwise in the fight, have been
apprehended, and the coroner's jury returned • verdict
of manslaughter against them. The immediate cause of
the death of Richards was a blow on the aide of the
right oar, which fractured the temporal bone.
/ex Awri.i PUSITIOX.—A sad accident occurred last
week to • miner named Mark Smith, at Camborne. It
appears that the unfortunate man and his comrade,
John Stevens, bad finished their "core" in the shaft,
2.32 fathoms from the surface, and had ascended to the
1) fathoms level for the purpose of getting a bucket.
to change in the 140 fathom level, which, having pro'
cured, lie again made his descent, holding the bucket in
ono hand and grasping the staves of the ladder with
the other. Ile descended in this manner the length of
one ladder, nine feet, when, in turtling to take the
next laddet, he missed his hold, and fell 10 fathoms
down the shaft, when he, as it were, with a death grasp,
!biennial to catch hold of a piece of timber and held
himself in that painful position for the space of twenty
minutes, well knowing that if he relaxed his bold that
instant he must be dashed to the bottotn of the mine,
probably a shapeless, mans, but with the awful certainty
-a lifeless corpse. In this truly horrifying position,
suspended, his comrade found him, and it was hut the
work of a moment to ieleasie him. Although prosi•
dentially rescued from an awfully imminent death, the
poor fellow's injuries were very severe. He received a
large and deep scalp wound which had to Le sewn up,
a bone of his knee was broken' beside,' receiving other
dreadful injuries on the body and legs. About three
o'clock 011 Saturday morning he was drawn to the sur-
face in the skip, and conveyed to his inelanohoir home,
where every surgical and medical ald,are being rendered
by Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Greenaway, but from the
mature of his injuries there is net the slightest chance
'

that he can survive long.
Fein 117rUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A drexdful accident
occurred on Wednesday morning on a bee of railway
in course of conatruction between SlireasburY and
Welshmxml. The line is completed as fmr as Minsterley,
about six miles from Shrewsbury ; but the parties
engaged on the works, in cousequence of the difficulty
of finding accommodation is the shape of lodgings in a
country district, heed in Shrewsbury, and were sew-
veyed monde; and night to and from their work. On
Wednesday morning, as an engine and several
trucks were nearing Ilanwood, a village about three
miles from Shrewsbury, the coupling chains between
two of the trucks suddenly snapped while the train was
goirg at • rapid pace. The speed was no great, and the
accident so instantaneous, into throw the truck, which
was full of men, off the line, when it turned right over
and fell down tier embauktucnt. On assistance being
procumd. it was found that two of the pour fellows
were killed, and about twelve others seriously injured—
one so severely that he died in the Shrewsbury far-
riery in a couple of hours alter the accident. The
other parties injured were promptly attended to, and it
. is not supposed that any of the other cases will end
fatally.
Fs:shrub EXPLOSION AT A POWDER MILL.-0110 Of
the powder mills at Itallincollig blew up on Wednesday
forenoon, and five men were killed. The building that
blew up was a small wooden house in the western part
of the works, and was situated on the same site as that
which blew up in August, 1859, though used for a
ilifferentpurpose, viz., that of • pressing mill. Throe of the
bodies were found utuch mutilated. but the other two
have not been found. It is supposed they were in the
canal, which was being searched. The quantity of
powder in the home at the time was small.
THE PECKHAM lionictoe.—On Thursday, Mr.
William Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest
at the Heaton Arms, Peckham, on the body of theme
Allen, aged 48, time-keeper to the Peckham and Cam- I
berwell Omnibus Amoociation, who died from the
effects of injuries inflicted on him on the 21st Mat. by
a pugilist named Henry Budd. The jury having pro-
ceeded to 5, John's Cottages, Cow-road, to view the
body, the following witnesses were examined : John
Allen, omnibus driver, brother to the deceased, identi-
fied the body. Samuel Wells, labourer, 25, Sophia-
terrace, Camberwell : I knew the deceased, John Allen.
On Monday afternoon I Kew him at the corner of Rye-
lane, reading a paper. Ho was on the footpath, near
Mr. }tabbies shop. I saw Henry Budd, or "Brighton
Bill," conic on the foot pavement, and go to Mr. Allen,
who was sitting on a chair, and atrike him on the face
twice. He struck him with his open hand. Mr. Allen
said, " Go away, you fool," and podlied him to got him
away. Deceased stuck his shoulders against Mr.
Cocking's window, and Budd took him by the hair and
said, "I'll give you • cross-buttocker," and placed his
leg behind him and threw 1m iinbaek wards ouhia head. De-
ceased came on to the pavement, and blood flowed from
his right ear. I picked him up ; he was unable to
stand, and I took him to the doctor. Budd followed in
a few minutes, and said "I'll serve you out. I'llgive you
a wormer." Rudd was the worse for liquor. No one
had said or done anything to him. The inquest was
ultimately adjourned to a future day, to give time for
• postanortem examinatiuo.
SINGII, %II AND FATAL ACCIDRSTS.—On Thursday
evening Mr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, Matt.
toted inquiries at St. George's Hospital, under the cir-
cumstances attending the death of John Robins, aged
51, and Sarah Lloyd, aged 37. The first case was that
of a cab accident, which, according to the evidence of
various witnesses, took plane under the subjoined sin-
gular circumstances. On Monday the deceased Robins,
. cob driver, went to Edward Riley, • cab proprietor,
of 115, New-road, Chelsea, and toll him of a fare to
take up at 34, liana-piece. They proceeded together In
Ililey's cab, with Riley as driver, to the above addre
where • lady got in. After taking her to several
places they returned to Hans.plaire. where the lady dis-
charged them, and as Riley was turning the cab round,
the weight of deceased, WIIO was upwards of 12 stone
overbalanced the cab- both fell off, sad the vehicle
fell upon Robins' crushing him in • frightful manner,
causing alnicist instantaneous death from loss of blood.
The other case, of Mrs. Sarah Lloyd, was attended with
equally singular circumstanced. Some time since the
deceased, while shout to ait down in a chair at her resi-
dence at Southend, Kensington, slipped and fell on the
floor with such violence as to fracture her thigh, and
she died on Monday from exhaustion arisiog froin the
fracture. The jury returned a verdict of ^ dtqcideetal
Death" in both cases. The coroner congratul4te4 Abe
medical officer of St. George's Hospital on theorems
be bad adopted in not performing posf-morfem exeassie-
Lions in these cases without the consent of the de-
ceased's friends and the coroner's written order, wislch
he thought ought to go forth to the public, in view of
the fact that a contrary practice of hacking bodies
about without the proper authority used to be a subject
of serious complaint against this institution.
DESTRUCTIVE FIR/S.—The premises of Mr. G. B.
Nodule, gasfitter and ironmonger, Providence-plum,
Upper Kennington-lane, were found to be on fire on
Thursday morning, at • quarter to two o'clock. The I
inmates exrrienced much difficulty in effecting their
escape, saving nothing whatever but the night deserve
they had on. Before the engines could reach the spot
the fire extended throughout the house, amt it speedily
became a ruin. The adjoining house, occupied Imy Mr.
Matthews, received much injury, the side window ease-
ments being burnt out. About an hour afterwards
another fire broke out at No. 62, City-road, occupied
by Mrs. Field, chenille head-dress maker, which was
entirely distroyed, and the next house sustained much
damage.
SINGULAR AND FATAL Accinrer. —On Monday
afternoon an inquest was held at Wigan on the body of
Mary Pennington, wife of Edward Pennington, of
I Schofield Lane, Wigan, and who wan employed on the
pit brow of the Yard Coal-pit, belonging the Inee
Hall Cool and Canal Company. was engaged
as usual at eight o'clock on the morning of the 27th
oh., when the bell rung for breakfast, aid she with
another woman, proceeded towards the eabin where '
they winally had their meals. Deceased's companion
was a little in advance, &Ltd she was startled by &fearful
shriek, and on turning round she saw the poor woman
lying across time pit in which the fiy wheel of the
engine revolve*, her head resting on one pillar and
her foci on the other. Amaistanee was obtained, when
she was found to have austained a severe scalp wound,
• compound fracture of the knee, and an injury to the
arms. It appears that the fly wheel is protested by a
railing, but the deceased having placed her breakfast on
the boiler to wane, disregarded all precautions, and
actually passed through the wheel, which was stationary
at the time. The engineer having to raise the rope in
time shaft, unfortunately inured hid engine, and caused
the catastrophe described. The poor woman lingered
till Monday, when she died. Verdict, "Accidental
Death."

THE Rev. DR. CONKING OIN THE " INTERIOR Or
Tile Eaßrkl."—ln one of his lectures at Manchester, last
week, on the "Prophecy." Dr. Cumming said be had
consulted Sir Roderick Murchison as to the trutff ill the
statement be (Dr. Cninining) had made at his last
lecture in Manchester—nainely, that the interior of the
earth was a burning cauldron. Sir Roderick replied
that " no one but an ignoramus would dare to deny it."
And when be (Dr. Cumming) quoted the wards of
Peter in support of his statensent, Sir Roderick replied
that not only was Peter scientifically correct, het that
Job gave him (Sir Roderick) the hist idea et the gold
mines in Australia, and that Job was the best geologist
he knew. (Laughter.)
'llte L.,z! uLaDiraga.—The lazy man is one of the
biggest sinners on earth ; if liri does nothing else, he
1 breaks one of God's greatest commandments. There
was • very strict Sabbatarian gardener wise was very
hard upon hill master shout his obeereauee of the
Sabbath. His master said to him, " Why you break
the cowniandineuta yourself." "how" said Ile 'gardener,
" I dont work on a Sunday." " Nu," tooth the
master, "nor on any other day. Jute...repeat
the commandment." The gardener obeyed, end when
he came to 'aua days shalt thou labour, and do eilt Owe
hash to do," his master said," There, stop there Meat is
as much a part of the commandment as *lag ' the
aeventh day is tits Sabbath.' "--(Sperveon.) 7-
Vincent Collucci, the Italian artist, whose 'frauds
upon a lady named Johnstone have so often been
before the public, was tried at the Central Criminal
Court on Wednesday. The COW was clearly proved
against the prisoner, and the jury scarcely took live
minutes to consider their verdict, which was ODO of
ilty. The Lord Chef Baron then senteloced the
cave to three years' penal servitude —a pdaieltinent
which he richly deserved. ,
tit olli
Itsyner, the signalman on the Hampstead ; ;traction
Railway, siurrendered on the coroner's imp for
trial at the Central Criminal Court no Wedu
oivltt
two grand juries having thrown out the bill ag • i
no evidence was offered and he was disettargod.
The trial of the Rev. Mr. Holloway, for steeling pa,r-
MIS from railway stations has beenpee&tcll the
nest Sessions at the Central Criminal Court.
One curious case was brought before *Weal
Criminal Court, on Tuesday, in which a girl . 61 of
jealoualy accused the wan with whom she of
being concerned in several burgLsries at Ohs ', and
that she assisted him in disposing of the ty. She
afterwards laicism° reconciled to her ur, and
whited to retract her statements; but her el' mie was
held good, at least against hermit, and ales eft found
guilt, of feloniously receiving. 1

VOttTIT.

SILENCE.

There is • silence big with woe.
The' leted stags of settled grief,
When wadi's& tears have owed to flow,
To the sad Reeding heart's relief.
'TM passion's stanitee..-binto ha'
Of hideous anew., die steeps ia
Her heart is still insatiable,
And unrelasing is her pain ;
While like an asp, the worm of care.
Sucks the rich stream of life away;
Till miles the demos of despair,
Exulting o'er his prey.
There is a silence big with joy,
The full heart's throbbing elopeenee,
When love upraised to ecstasy,
Defies the power of utterance.
'Tie pauivies Crowe—the soft eye's ray,
Half shrouded in the lid, reveals
What thrilling rapture bears the sway,
Awl gently o'er the bosom steals;
And as It meets a glance in tarn,
As soft, as sweet, as fondly given,
Such Ares of wild delirium burn
It MIME Om earth were heaven.
There is is silence of the heart,
Where humble resignation dwells,
Though care thrusts in his poisou'd dart
And like the ma deletion swells.
'Tis passirm's catin—no riaing wind
Con rale, and no stone o`ereway
The erilibrium of the mind,
Which are to heaven's decrees give way;
For power divine enchains self-will;
When He who by his mighty nod
Stays nature's shocks, exclaims "Be still,
And know that I am God,"
There is a silence of the night,
When nature's murmur sounds no more;
When darkness steals the realms of light,
And spreads his wings the welkin see.
'Tis passion's n.si--o'ssweening 'tonight
Gains some relief, the fever'd beak,
The throbbing heart with mini& fraught,
A little respite found from pain.
Illush'd is the city's busy hues;
A silent hour the village Meow,;
And the wood's choristers are dumb,
Inviting to repeal.
But there's a silence deeper still
Than these—the silence of the grave,
Wlitn the fond bosom's every thrill
Finds net beneath oblivious wave.
'Tie passion's end—the mourner's sob
And langones sigh are heard no more;
The flutter of delight, the throb
Of love, of hope, of fear, are o'er;
Not aught that silence e're shall break,
Till the last trumpet's !cadet voice
The tenants of the earth shall wake
To tremble or rejoice.

THE BISHOP'S BREECHES.
Bishop Bondere looked at the clock, jumped up
hut ily, and called to his servant, "Hers Joseph, emu
311,1 help me dress I it is high time I mu ready."
Joseph hurried off to the wardrobe, and brought out
the good bishop's pontifiads and artieles of dress, among
witch was a pair of black silk breeches, We earnestly
reoaest our readers not to shake their headset the name
of this essential article of dress. They play an impair.
taiit part in this tale of ours, but with all proper deli.
airy. We will only remark that it seems I. us very
suspicious that the • name of this innocent pine of
clothing ill now-a-days never mentioned in polite moiety
—to the pure all things are pure.
As the bidlop was putting thew on he noticed that
thy were torn, or more properly ripped open, " Give
me another pair," said lie, " and take these to Agatb,
and leave word to have them mended neatly."
Agatha was the right reverend prelate's tailor.
But' Joseph had just come (ruin the coentry, so that
he did not hnow that respectable artist, and had never
even hoard his name. He know, however, that not far
from the bishop's palace, was a convent known by the
name of theiiisterbood of St. Agath. This, it occurred
to him, must be the meaning of Agatb, and, being a
simple-minded soul, he easily made up his mind that
the bishop mud be in the habit of haring all the need'
fel repairs of his garments done by hie spiritual
daughters. So he wrapped up the breeches, went to
the cloister, and asked for the abbess.
The venerable dame, as soon as she learned that one of
the bishop's serving-men was waiting with a message to
her, aupposed that some important communication vas
to be made respecting the affairs of the convent, so slis
horned to the parlour, and ordered the messenger to be
sent for. Ho entered the room, made • clumsy bow,
and began, "the Lord Bishop greets you well, and
sends you here • patent he wants you to care ;" so
*eying, he opened his bundle, gave the breeches Into the
hands of the abbess. which she had just before raised to
heaven in astonishment, and hurried off. In horror and
disgust she threw the pantaloons (to use the potashest
word we can) on a chair, and said to herself—What
shameful, unheard-of audacity ! Our bishop must be
mad, or else he must he like St. Augustine, who says, in
chapter thirty-one of his Confessions, "that though
druukeness is far from me, yet hu intoxication some-
times overtaken thy servant." Then she began to reflect
what was to be done in this critical emergency. In her
first despair she was almost tempted to seise on the
offending garments with the tongs and let them he cow
sumed by fire; but ale moderated her fury, and finally
decided to call a grand council of the virgin sisterhood.
Tim great bell of the convent brought together all It.
inmates. They formed • curious anuotts circle round
the abbess, who had covered the corps's &heti with •
cloak. " Bishop &malice, my dear sisters," so she
began, "has offered us a gram insult, in sending to us,
with a request to repair certain injuries it is alleged to
have suffered, • piece of clothing, the Tal7 Dime of
which • modest nun will not allow to par her lips, much
less take the article itself in her hand. With these
awful words she removed the cloak that covered the
monster. The nuns uttered a shriek of horror, and
tied.
The abbees, however, called them back, assuring them
to allay their fears, that the objectionable black silk
hail twen again covered up. They returned dutifully,
but held their fingers before their eyes the whole time.
The question was submitted to the female conventicle,
whet was to be done in this ticklish business. The opi-
nion of • large majority was decided, that though it
would never do to make an enemy of the bishop, still
nothing should tempt them to take hold of the unmen-
tionable article. After a long discussion, the abbess
conceived the idea of giving the job to • novice named
Antonia, whose year of probation was not half out, and
consequently, being less sacred than her sisters, might
be perhaps induced to perform so worldly an office.
Antoine was the daughter of a rich farmer, • tenant
of the bishop's, who bad sent her to the convent because
she was Lent on marrying the sou of • poor neighbour.
The yours& lady bad uot yet lost her love fur the world,
and sighed sorely to get back to it. When the abbeis
seed for her, and dated the work she was wanted to do,
she conceived a faint hope that it might be of some ad-
vantage to her • so she unhesitatingly agreed to do it.
The nuns laughed, and whispered to each, other, as Anto-
nia, as cooly as possible, took the breeches under her
arm and retired to her cell. The repairs which had pro-
duced such a completion in the convent were very slight
and might have been done in five minutes. But Antonia
was thinking of other things than sewing. As soon as
She had finished, elm pulled out • concealed inkstand,
and began to write 'letter to her Frederick,the presence
of the breeches acting like that of a familiar spirit, to
keep away all intruders. Just as she was at the end of
her epistle, the heavy tread of the old abbess was beard
along the corridor, coming nearte and nearer. If OW
should be caught writing a love-letter. Antonia hardly
knew in her confusion what to do with her blllet-dows,
so she slipped it into one of the pockets of the breeches,
took them on lire lap again, and began to sew zealously.
The abbess asked, as she came in, "Are
/ou ready,
child?' "Not quite yet, gracious lady, was the
answer, " How, you lazy one!" said the lady abbess,
and clapped her huge spectacles on her noes to examine
the work. "The torn place is repaired, is not that
all r " There—there are sonic buttons loose besides,
:Pedant." "We have no call to fasten them on.
Nothing is gained by excessive seal." So saying she
took the breeches from the damsel's lap, end bid diem
under her :look. Antonia, anxious to recover bar
letter, insisted on carrying them for the abbess, and
was so zealous in her politeness as almost to use form;
but it was in vain, the abbess prevailed.
The nest day liappeued to be the bishop's birthday,
on with-h lie gave • grand entertainment, to which all
the prelates and nobles round about were invited. The
cups went round fast and full, for his reverence loved to
see his guests merry. And merry enoisgh they were
when our out acquaintance, Joseph, the dined
servant, came in bringing a oeat little baaketof flowers,
which he said liad been left with the porter as • birth-
day present, by erne person or persons unknown.
he bishop smiled as be looked at the delicate taztere
of the basket, and said, "I wish I was sure of •
cardinal's hat its lam that is a convent present. You
wit, gentlemen, I em in the good graces of the venerable
sisters. There is some pretty present below the
flowers, I'll engage." He turned out the flowers, and
soon came to • eolid body, pinned up iu silver paper.
He showed it round the table in triumph, and &al.
lenged his guests to guess its contents. Each ose
phrophesied something prettier than his neighbour, till
the bisbep opened the paper, and out cease his old
breeches! The roars of laughter with while his petal
was welcouied confused him so much that be could not
at first find or reek an exorZsation. Bak a few qua-
lions to Joseph made all , sod • second chorus of
' laughter arose, in which the right reverend joined se
heartily as oily one.
The bishop dressed I self early the nest day, rness•
in to go the convent and explain the unlucky mistake
which los servant's stupid), hail occasioned. Ile deter-
mined to put on the eventful pair of breeches in qua-
lion, by way of compliment to the ladies who had cc'
paired them. As be was putting die rinse into one of
the pockets, he frit a folded paper. oh lb, wicked
sisters !* thought he, at fiat, they have been eroding
me in • tailor's bill. When he opened ths letter, how-
ever, he read as follows.
Dean Fain. —Rejoice, rejoice! I have found out a
way to do • serVll3o to the bishop, in a small way
amulets, indeed. What do you think I I have turned
tailureas to his holinem and begun my duties by mend-
ing a pair of black silklgreeehes, yesterday. See him if
you can, sad tell him how much lie is indebted to me.
without kuowing it. Tell hits the only pay his tailoress
will take is her discharge from this--
Here the numuseript ended abruptly. The good
bishop laughed once again at the merry boldness of his
tailoress, and resolved to pay her for her labour in the
way she denral. After making his excuse to the
abbe'', he sent for Antonia, who oonfeeed, at ones, the
authorship of the letter, and, Inure, the small vocation
she felt for a monastic life. The bishop, we have said, was
a kind man, as well as • merry : he used his in.
1111eDGC with Antonia's parents so •uccessfully, that, In
a little time, she hail left the convent, and married
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We understand that the drswback 'valved upoo
their stook of payer on tits 1,4 October, by Kew& I.
S. & A. RObililo4l, assoontott to the kéipsPan
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