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London, England, 1852-06-11 00:00:00

journal to Stella, assuring her that "he loved her better
than his life, a thousand million times," and that "he
had not had one happy day since he 1:41 her."
At length Swift left Lorp.lon—his ambition cli,--
cppointed in not having been marls a bishop—and he
Vi-;..a pnsioncd off for life with the deanery of Dablin,
whither he removed. Vanessa remained behind, with
the deadly shr.ft fixed in her bosom. Nothing but
correspondence remained, and letters flew ceross the
channel. The rumour of the Doun's illness produced in
her the most intense anxiPty, and the wrote to him in
a strain of the deepest firction.

Swift reAded for about a year in Ireland at this
bz-in&g. Stella and. Mrs. Dingley to Dublin.
and piecing them "in lodgings near tko deanery."
Poor Sella bad now !Ken it Ireland some thirteen
1
ear 6! Waiting, oh how patiently! but still tiOpe•
She was now a woman of thirty, and Swift
had- reached the mature age. Of forty-six. The. hap-
piness of Stella's life was staked on 'Swift's fulfihnept
of his promise to her ; from hope de-
ferred, endthe heart preying
.must thee into the
seemed like o' `e 6jaking
tomb. We•
on itself, fell upon her,
and e
contess there w.,s a want of woma.,
Hates in Stella 's ooncluet throughont; but remember-
ing Swift's es influnnee over her, Carly
training of her. hiss cred Profession, and his oft-repeated
declarations of devotion and love, shall.wc not find ex-
cuses enough for poor 8:01
now that hisr of inclou
raises to isources W need not invent any far-
In%
woreWhld n,ort
tint Difielahnibe wptrictl-,
fetched theory to answer thie s queetion.
is—Vanessa . was in England. The short answer
And to England the Dean
retuned in
There his intercourse and correspoudenc3 willthnlra'atii7esl43.
was resumed, and increased in warmth
tolld her r
the
t
perhaps more than his. But he never
trnth,—thet had engaged himself °
While in England on thir-. he wrote hi
noth
p er.
entitled " Cadence to Vanessa," in which he
qs.vesoeta
apologetic history of the rise and progress of the gives
ss'a
love for him, in the frigid artificial style of the day.
Yet, it is obvious from that poem, that Swift, though he
.
attributed all the ardour to her side, loved to linger over
the picture which he drew. lie is far from giving her
any discouragement, for he says:--
But what success Vanessa met
Is to the world a secret yet—
Whether he at last descends
To act with less seraphic ends,
Or to compound the business, whether
They temper books and love together,
Must never to the world be told,
Nor shall the conscious muse unfold.
He a'so addresses lines " To Love," which he sends to
her about this time—lines which she treasures next her
heart, and they are only brought to light after her death,
when they are found in a concealed place in her writing-
de:4lc.

But he must return to Ireland again, whither -Va-
nessa promises to follow him. He writes to dissuade
her: he says, " If you are in Ireland when I am there,
I shall see you very seldom; it is not a place for any
freedom; but it is where everything is known in a
week, and magnified a hundred degrees. God Al-
mighty bless you! I would not answer your questions
for a million; nor can I think of them with, any ease
of mind." Bat Miss Vanhomrigh did follow Swift to
Ireland, %hither she went to take possession cf a
small estate, left to her on the death of her father.
She took up her residence beside the Dean, end saw
him often. Poor Stella—the faithful, deToted Stella,
now growing old—her position was more hopeless
than ever! The Dean would/ break into fits of rage
against Vanessa, telling her ho would not have gone
to see her at Cellbridge (where her estate was, aad
whither she soon removed) "for all tho world;" that
she " wanted discretion,"—ending one of his letters to
her with " a fig for all your letters and messages!"
Vanessa replies in a strain of grief and love, bordering
on despair, and the Dean is mollified again, and:now he
" will see her in a day or two," assuring her that "it
goes to his soul that he does not see her oftener," and
that ho " would give his whole fortune" to remove her
difficulties. Vanessa replies--" I know it is quite im-
possible for you to burn my letters without reading
them. . . . Once more I advise you, if you have
any regard for your own quiet, to alter your behaviour,
for I do assure yca I have too much spirit to sit down
contented with this treatment."

Bat poor Vanessa was in the toils, and had no help
but to fret end vex herself, until her suffering became
quite agonizing. She know now of her rival, Stella, and
the pangs of jealousy were added to her E,...fferings: his
intercourse with Stella, though as guarded and concealed
as the Dean could contrive it, yet became known to her.
Stella, too, knew of the Dean't: intimacy with Vanessa,
and she secretly sorrowed and suffered. We can now
pity the lamentable Dean in his miserable predicament,
though we can find no excuse for the imprudence, if not
the villany, which had placed him there.
"If you continue to treat me you do," wrote the
imploring Vanessa to him, " you will not be made un-
easy by me long. It is impossible to describe what I
have suffered since I saw you last. I could have borne
the rack better than those killing, killing words of yours.
Sometimes I have resolved to die without seeing you
more, but the resolves, to your misfortune, did not last
loug.-I must beg you to see me, and speak kindly
to me, for I am sure you would not condemn any one to
suffer what I have done, could you but know it.
When I complain, then you ere angry; and there is
something awful in your looks that strikes me dumb. Oh!
that you may have so much regard left that this com-
plaint may touch your soul with pity. Did you but
know what I thought, I am sure it would move you to
forgive me, and I believe I cannot help telling you this,
and live."

Was ever despairing love more elcquent? What
heart would not have been melted by this agonizing
appeal? Bat Dean Swift's was cot. He went on buoy-
ing the woman up with false sympathy, and would not
say the word that would have set her free. Ile was in
a labyrinth, nod went on temporizing with both women,
harsh, cruel, and by turns repulsive to both: often he
repulsed Vanessa with extreme coarseness. This could
not last long.
Stella
.wa,3 sacked with agony, and Isy on her sick-
bed; she was reduced to a wreck, and was brought to the
verge of the grave. Swift, alarmed at her state, brought
his intimate tiiend and old tutor, the Bishop of Clegher,
to visit her, and inquire from Stella what would restore
her peace of mind?. The answer he brought back was
this;—" That for many years she had Patiently borne
the tongue of slander, but thathitherto she had been
cheered by the hope of one day becoming his wife; that
'of such an event she now saw no probability, and that
consequently her memory would be transmitted to pos-
terity branded with the most unmerited obloquy." She
also communicated to the Bishop, that for Swift she had
refused other eligible offers, influenced by his advice and
conduct. _

The Dean could no' longer hesitate to take a decided
step; he was united privately to Stella, in the deanery,
by the Bishop of Clogher ; bat on condition that their
union should remain a secret to all the world, and that
they should continue to live separate us heretofore. And
Swift never acknowledged Stella as his wife.
What is most lamentable to add ie, that Swift con-
cealed his marriage from Vanessa, and continued to visit
end correspond with her, keeping up even a more fami-
liar intercourse than betcre; of this, Stella was aware,
but she could not prevent it; the man was now her hus-
band. This went on for years. Vanessa became ab-
sorbed by the unhappy passion that consumed her life.
Writing to hint from her home at Cellbridge, in 1720,
four years after the Dean's unhappy marriage, she said
—" For God's sake, write to me soon, and kindly, for in
your absence your letters are all the joy I have on earth,
and sure you are, too goodnatured to grudge one hour
in a week to make any human creature happy.—Cad
(her familiar name for him), think of me and pity me."
At length the secret came out! Irritated by the
dean's neglect; and occasioual coolness and rudeness, she
discovered the retreat of Stella, and wrote directly to
her, asking the nature of the relation that subsisted be-
tween her and Ssvitt. Stella replied, that they were
married I Stella did more; she sent Vanessa's letter to
the Dean, who, filled with, sudden rage, mounted his
horse and rode to Marley Abbey, where Vanessa was
atayiag, burst rudely into tho room whore she was, end
with a look of fury, throwing her own letter on the
table, rushed from the room in the E 31120 paroxysm of
rage, remounted his horsy and rode on. The blow
killed her; in three weeks poor Vanessa died of a
broken heart.

was " tho most miserable man in
Ireland."
like Stella; loved " not wisely, but
o wonder
Vanessa,
Swiftness a,
too well." What a miserable recompense was theirs,
for so many years of waiting and wearying for the
bright day that never camel Even after Vanessa's
death, Switt would not recognise Stella as his wife. She
died is 1727, after protracted suffering, of which her
mental agony was not the least. Swift remained a prey
to poignant regrets, and with Stella's lite all domestic
happiness departed from his home. He died in 1745.
what a tragedy is contained in this brief history I

TIER AIAJEF,TY'S THEATIUL—The Queen's box tit
her Majesty's Theatre was yesterday (Thursday) evening
occupi d'a by the Marchioness of Ely, the Ladies A.nna, Cathe..
rine, and Augustus Loftus, Lady Jane Hay, Captain George
Dashwood and party. Amongst the noble and distinguished
individuals honouring the performance with their presence
on this occasion we observed the following :—His Grace the
Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Leinster, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Sligo,
Yne, the Dowager
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Abo
Lady Ward, the Countess of Harrington and
Seer Jane St.
Maur Stanhope, the Right Hon. the Foreign Secretary, his
Excellency the American Minister, M. and Miss Abott
Lawrence, and the First Secretary of the American Legation
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Miss Dawson, Miss Parnell and
party, Lord Ward, Lord George Paget, Lord William Lennox,
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Viscount Renelagh, Lord Sandys, General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Lady Augusta
Stanhope, Colonel Lockyer Freestun, M.P.,
Freestun, Mr. H. O'Donel Clayton, &c.
box St
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.--Tde Queen's , his
and Mrs. Lockler
the Royal Italian Opera was occupied last evening '-'s;va..
Excellency the French Ambassador and the CouDte:tend
lewski and party. Among the fashionable enniPaiLY; a the
ling the theatre were—the Marchioness of Ilastia''',, jrnerton,
Ladies Edith and Bertha Hastings and Captain 'led TZ.N. , the Earl and Countess of Sand
lies-
borough,
the Earl and Countess of 'viell' the
Earl
Lady
fh the Earl
Elizabeth Yorke, the Earl and Countess a °.,t*C Butler, the
mad Countess of Glengall and Lady Maragt-1, the Countess
Earl and Countess of Stamford and
WmrinVi°scount Sydney,
of Jersey and Lady Clementine. Villiers, V,
13entivoghe
Viscount Dupplin, Viscount Chelsea, '''''
and the Hon. Mite
Hardsvickerd,
d'Aragon, Lord' and Lady Carrintou.. bans and Mrs. and Carrinton, L
.10t°tIfe Hon. Miss Gage,
Miss ord Cranstoun, Lady '1 "
Spalding, Viscountess Gage ana Blake, Lady Catherine
Lady Wallscourt and the Hon. isliisreon Parke and Lady and
Harcourt and Colonel Harcourt, 133
Miss Parke.
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;0, ItArlisea affecting the railway
Committee proceeded with the
arations of which is adjourned
interests,. the further BlLL.—Yesterday the
o„COmnsittee affirmed the principle of the
to this day. The ,iv_w-Flability; no operations to be 90_.
clause for giving lini!te°,f 'the proposed capital of 800,0001
taenced until one
13 MbScribed for, a id per cent. paid up.