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London, England, 1856-10-21 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21.

PiMAPS the most deep•thoaghted of Catvcna'a
Tales is one in which he illustrates the unexpected
manner in which Death steals upon as. Three
mattress in a tavern hosting of the death of a boos
sompanion, ark who killed him, and are told it was
nobody bat D.ath. In their drooken bravado they
set out in search of this Death, to revenge themselves
for the loss of their comrade by killing him. On their
way they meet an old, old man, who, in reply to their
inquiries, tells them that Death is on before. By
the way side they Sod some money, which
they agree to conceal and abate among themselves.
A sequestered cock is sooght oat where they may'!
divide the treasure unseen by anybody. One of
them is despatched to the town to bring food and
wine. Avarice tempts him to put poison in the
viands that he may obtain the w►ole. Meanwhile
his fellows have entered into a similar conspiracy
spinet him, sod on his return embalms an opportu-
nity to stab him. They then partake of the poisoned
food and die. The old man they met was Death,
who is often nearest to as when there in least show
of his presence.

Of the immerge multitude which flocked
to the Surrey Gardens on the evening of Sunday
last, there was probably not one who had
the slighttst presentiment that he was about to wit-
ness a scene es appalling and scarcely lees fatal than a
battle. Same went in search of instruction; others
la search of excitcntent ; others, again, in the faint
hope of ridding themselves of ennui. But none
dreamed of danger. Even among those who are
prone to make the uncertainty of life their theme of
conversation, tkire was not one in all likelihood
who applied to himself the words of Seriptare—" This
night thy soul shall be required of thee." All are hushed
throughout the immense Hall, aye the preacher
upon whose accents they hang in breathless Altus,
when a slight Wiling is hoard—the vibeatioe, we are
assured by one who was present, of a glass shade over
a more than tonally powerful jet of gas. Two or
three of the audience cry oat " Fire l" At this ill-
omitted sound the bulk of the congregation loss all
eeltpoesession. Each feels his urn alarm heightened
by contagion from his neighbours. Some ory out,
o The roof is falling." The human mesa heaves and
surges hke a tempest-tossed eta; mad rushes are
made to doors, windows, and staircases; the weak
are borne down by the pressure, and in the intensely
selfish "gots, of feet the rest trample over them;
others crowd into narrow passages oe hec-
tically precipitate themselves from high windows;
the wailing of the wounded, the elamorees shrieking
of those who are 'operated from their friends*
heighten the medium of the moment; and, after an
aimless straggle of less than an hoar, eight mutilated
corpses are discovered by the dim light, while
Many maimed for life halt away, or are borne
if by the survivor,. And all this fatal panic was
utterly causeless. There never was any appearance of
firs; the roof and wells of the building are still cow
peat and strong as when the builders clamed from
their labonia. Thus Death steals upon us when
lout in our thoughts, and effects his purposes with
weepoes incogniseble to mortal sense.

But men are not satisfied with sash a view of the
matter. They must have some one to be angry
with ; some one to blame for causing the miaeiisg
Accordingly se find Mr. SPORCLON and his Meade
attributing the alum to a plot of the swell mob, seek-
ing to create confusion in o►der that they might have
as opportunity to Vander. The tinkling of the
over-beated glass shade appears to have suggested
this idea. They megnified it iato the sound eta beU,
and the pound of one bell they speedily magnified
—ea in the story of the three black crows
—into the sound of many bells. Mr. Super-
intendant LUND has dirposed of this fallacious
notion. He, who knows from loog experiem the
habits of thieves, remarks that the alum was given
by perms in the very centre of the assembly, and
that swell-mobsosen would have *sleeted a position
ow the door, as favourable to the exerting of their
peculiar industry. But Mr. LUND is is hie turn
equally infelicitous in hie attempt to explain the
origin of the panic. Without condescending to
assign any reason for his belief, he attribothe the
alarm io *cols enemies of Mr. Brxention, desirous to
annoy that gentleman by dispersing his hearers. It
is really too mush to cell epos unto make such an us-1
charitable assumption without egkrieg oaCiets of
evidence. Nor is it at all necessary. History
is toll of precedents of fatal and outmode/ panics
produced without any adequate men The obvious
aim of the author' of the two expleastiom to which
we have adverted, is to piece Mr. ernozox sad his
friends In the attitude of martyrs to the sapidity or

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