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AUGUST 8,185 3,

on until about three years since, when we were intro-
duced
to Mrs. Tom Ashton, who appeared an unwieldly,
brazen-faced, flippant, middle-agel lady. " Why, what-
ever induced him to marry such an unsuitable person?"
asked we whilst discussing the wonder. " I'll tell you,
my dear," said an old gentleman, "she had thirty thou-
sand pounds, and that was the heaviest`dibber' Tom
has ever been knocked down with." -" Indeed," we ex-
claimed, "and that levelled him with the married and
happy, did it ?" "Query," returned our old friend,
" just watch him and judge." Sure enough Tom sneaked
about the rooms as though he were afraid of meeting
what belonged to him, and seemed to have lost all his
" big talk" and self-esteem. "So you are really mar-
ried, at last," said we as we greeted him in a quiet cor-
ner. Tom avoided answering, but we sat down and
talked of old times. "Do you remember the scarlet
beans ?" we asked with a smile. " Ay," said Tom, with
anything but a smile, "they were happy days then.
What a fool I was ever to pull up those beans ! but
never mind, have you any commands for Australia ?"
and sure enough within six month, Tom Ashton went
to Australia, but without his wife. Ah, Tom ! our
wooden dibber gave you an ugly blow on the face, but
we sadly fear the golden dibber will leave you an uglier
mark on your heart, and that the fate of our second
sweetheart is worse than that of our first.

LITERATURE.

Loreitzo Benoni ; or, Passages in the Life of all
Italian. Constable and Co., Edinburgh.
The reader may form whatever opinion he
pleases as to the object of the author, for the work
may be considered a work of fiction, an auto-
biography, or, what it appears to us more strictly
to be, reminiscences of early days, written by an
Italian refugee. The thoroughly English style in
which the book is written proves beyond doubt
that the author must have lived long in this
country. The first half of the narrative is con-
fined to the childhood and school-life of Lorenzo,
which, but for the occasional introduction of
amusing anecdote and description of particular
character, . and a brief sketch of the manner in
which Italian education was carried on some thirty
years ago, would prove tedious to the reader, if
his risible faculties were not awakened by the ex-
traordinary precocity of children of from ten to
thirteen years of age ; for certain Lorenzo Benoni
had an overweening self-esteem as a boy. On his
leaving college he becomes a great dandy, which,
however, he is soon ridiculed out of by his uncle,
a matter-of-fact Genoese merchant, who, in all his
after-troubles, is his staunch friend. His mode of
life is a sample of that of the generality of the
Genoese merchants at that time :
"Uncle John's style of living was, like that of the
greater number of the burghers of Genoa at that time,
simple, and even parsimonious. The house in which
he lived was situated in a narrow dirty street, as most
of the Genoese streets are. It was choked up in front
by another mansion rising just before it at the distance
of a few feet, and at the back overlooked a filthy yard.
In buying this house, some twenty years before, my
uncle had been determined by the single consideration
that it was not above five minutes' walk from Banchi,
and that it was sure to let. As 'to air, open space, or
light, he had thought no more about them than if things
of the kind had never existed. Air, light, and prospect
were superfluities ; if you could have them into the
bargain, so much the better, if not, you did just as well
without.
" The suite of apartments which my uncle occupied on
the second floor—the other stories were let—was spa-
cious and lofty, but dark, and looked empty and cold.
It was, however, be it said to its credit, deliciously cool
in hot weather. The walls were whitewashed, and their
nakedness was rather set off to advantage, than con-
cealed, by the half dozen or so of old family portraits
that hung here and there. Thinly scattered through
the apartments, at a great distance from each other,
there stood a few old-fashioned, heavy, dark pieces of
furniture, looking so lonely in their corners as to make
one feel sorry for them. An ancient Venetian mirror,
six feet in height, a dozen old chairs covered with faded
yellow velvet, and an enormous clock in tortoiseshell of
exquisite workmanship, constituted all the luxury of the
drawing-room. But the walls of this drawing-room,
which was very large and lofty, were, by a happy excep-
tion, filled to an inch by pictures of the best Italian
Masters, No arm-chairs, no sofas, no carpets. no lamps,
nothing of all that contributes to comfort. Uncle John
did not feel the want of it, or rather was not aware that
there was such a thing in the world. He had, in
common with most of his countrymen, a strong pre-
judice against fire, which he declared to be very in-
jurious to health, and the only chimney that existed in
his apartment had been accordingly walled up. His
only precaution against the cold, sometimes intense,.
consisted in rubbing his hands, or, in extreme cases, in
going out to walk.
" His meals were of patriarchial simplicity. A cup of
coffee for breakfast. For dinner, soup, most frequently
the national minestra asciutta (that is, a pottage of
macaroni or other Italian paste, boiled for a short time,
then drained dry, and seasoned with gravy and par-
mesan cheese), a dish of meat or fish, a salad, and fruit
or cheese. For supper, a dish of boiled vegetables with
oil and vinegar, and nothing more. Such was the fare,
from which he never deviated, but which he imposed on
no one else, for his guests—when he had any, a thing of
rare occurrence--always found an excellent table at his
house. And on state occasions, such as his own birth-
day for instance, Uncle John would give us a truly
princely dinner, both as to the profusion of choice dishes
and wines, and as to the luxuries of linen, china, and
plate."
Being destined for the law by his father (who,
be it known, was an affable and agreeable com-
panion to the world, but a sulky old bear at
home), he enters the high college, of the manage-
ment of which, and the conduct of the professors,
the author's own words can best express :
"It was strictly required of the professors that they
should call over the roll of their auditors at the beginning
of the lecture, and mark down those who might be
absent, After three absences thus proved, the protes-
t sor was forbidden to give his signature to the student's
t card, which occasioned a loss of three months. No-
thing so provoking was ever invented—nothing giving
rise to so many acts of servility on the one side and of
gross partiality on the other, as this confounded system
of calling over the names. It was a sword of Damocles,
continually suspended over our heads, and really put us
at the mercy of our professors, for where was the student
sure of not being three times in three month s a minute
after the hour, and who might not want a little in-
dulgence on this score ? For the youth of independent
character, who was above condescending to entreaty,
the fatal cross was scaroely ever effaced, whereas it I
readily disappeared for one who could bow low, and
make himself acceptable by fawning.
" The letter was everything, the spirit nothing. The
student who showed himself assiduously at the lecture,
espeoially if very submissive, even although he never
looked at his books, stopped short at the most simple
question, and conducted himself in other respects no
matter how, fulfilled the letter of the law, and that was
sufficient—he was irreproachable. On the contrary, a
conscientious young fellow who was above cringing, let
him be ever so studious, ever so unimpeachable in his
morals, was unmercifully pounced upon at the least in-
fraction of the letter of the law. The aim was to form
machines not men. The University was like a huge
press destined to squeeze out of the rising generation all
independence of spirit, all dignity, all self-respect ; and
when I pass in review the noble characters which never-
theless have escaped from this bed of Procrustes, I
cannot help thinking with pride what strong moral ele-
ments our much-slighted Italian nature must possess, to
come forth pure and vigorous from such a deleterious
atmosphere.
" A kind professor, who might sympathise with us—
and there were some such—dared not give way to his
good-will so much as he might have wished, for he knew
that lie was watched as well as we, and that an unfavour-
able report might cost him his chair. The professors
and the students were equally subjected to the espion-
age of the servants of the University, such as porters,
beadles, janitors, watchmen, Ste., &c., who were all in-
formers—informing being a condition, sine qua non, of
their obtaining and keeping their places. These wretches
did their best to overhear our conversations, which they
reported after their own fashion, sending up notes con-
cerning various individuals. They felt their power, and
used it like uneducated creatures as they were—that is,
by conducting themselves with rudeness and insolence.
And the student who might be tempted to make one of
these men know his place,
entered upon a perilous un-
dertaking, for between the affirmation of a student
that of a servant, the latter was sure to obtain ca1
re'
deuce."

Navik i bakri
pirate safer
Farsli ilak
Messeri Ferak

Avni
Sherif numar •

Feajri Befit

During this part of his career, being about
twenty-three years of age, he, together with his
brother and some old college associates, begin to
take part in the political agitation which then agi-
tated Italy. The machinations of the Carbonari, to
which sect they belong, is, however, discovered,
and the little party is almost annihilated by the
sudden arrest of Fantasio, their leader, who is,
however, only banished from Italy ; and at Mar-
seilles again infuseglife and vigour into his party, and
organises another conspiracy, the fatal termination
of which took place in 1833. The tyranny exer-
cised over the inhabitants of Northern Italy, and
what the unfortunates suffered, is vehemently de.-
pieted, and many examples of injustice and oppres-
sion are given as examples, although the public
need them not, for they have but to read the daily
accounts from Milan, or any of the Italian states,
to meet with parallel cases
"Piedmont lay prostrate under the worst of all des-
potisms, the despotism of the sword. Military
gover-
nors and commandants lorded it over the country, like
true Pachas. The power of these menthe
3b.uellina literally
;diction of
unlimited, daily encroachmFnts. on
the civil authorities became inevitab,lei;e afnerd
eitniptili.eemney
inex-
tricable confusion and constant sftruu g
Ch a state ,of things,
which were the natural results of
such
where to seek
the peaceable citizen, whof knewcourse the sufferer. The
nor to find justice,.
fol-
lowing fact may.givwefassoome idea of the dignity and mo-
deration these high uncAtioneanriteisemduinspnlaeytehdavillingthreaidise.d
charge of their duties. .
which the king chanced to be
his hat as tithe arriage i
drove by, .GONhepmonrwiotfh Gtheenomaesstudden
ly
virulent a ttuksee.d,
him, and, loading
knoCked his hat ogff his head. It sot chanced
etfh(ya,tentehais,
gentleman belonged to one of the firs
and was moreover personally known to, and highly
esteemed by, the Emperor Alexander of Russia, with
whom he frequently corresponded. To these circum-

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stances, and on a demand from his powerful patroi s . ,h„,,Zj-7J...>-,.: 'A
owed the satisfaction, eventually afforded him, 4' • 'fir. :a's st c-.Y.i2;l> ~.;
removal of the Governor of Genoa to another •-•- `7 ~`4 4;:-.*1 n-_:.14,:t 1.44
meat. But how many acts of similar, and even o riAti,....\s"`*-Vs,:'*'`,-
gross misconduct, were left unpunished, for a singl ditiikA:fs, .73.--:.." 1- Z i
that was not entirely so l ' \,4'.,:sj s .-
. s' s
"The sway of the Commandants in the small towipasa- v isUl k! k
as arbitrary and unlimited as that of the Governors, aillos' "- ' • • '
still more immediately oppressive. In populous cities
individuals escaped notice, but not so in country towns,
where each man was known by name and by sight to
the Commandant, and where, for instance, it became an
unpardonable crime to pass before the little Pacha with-
out taking off your hat.
" Next in authority, or rather in unlimited power, to
the military, were the clergy, and the monks of every
hue, especially the. Jesuits. This celebrated sect had,
as it were, enveloped the whole kingdom in a net.
They had establishments at Voghera, Nice, Aosta,
Chambery, Turin, and Genoa. These two last towns
were their head-quarters. They had, moreover, under
their influence and immediate direction, many brother-
actlra:t
tse
girls,
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Raphael
t, h the .
,L
stadfcoi.re s
children,w
.of i
tt
hi such
hoods, half religious half political, such as the Ignoran-
uColifttoi
Sea.prhe., themultiplied
Dorothea
m emeans Congregation
nsofofr youcaction,
ti 0 of p
it is not surprising that they succeeded in monopolising
public instruction. Primary schools,
colleges, univer-
sities, all were under their authority. The ,J
• •
ca
spirit reigned at Court, among the high esuiti
functionaries,
and invaded every branch of governmental or functionaries,
judicial
administration. In short, to get on at all, affilia • ton,
real or supposed, to this sect, was necessary. B
of the confessional, and by corrupting servants, mteshaneys
obtained possession of domestic secrets, which they eom.
municated to the police, thus causing divisions in fami-
lies, scandalous law-suits, and reprimands ; in short, all
the variety of measures termed economical (econornida,e),
a general name for all kinds of arbitary injunctions, and
petty interference in all and every act of private life,-on
the part of the police. Two Jesuits offered to the direc-
tor of police of Genoa to furnish him with all the infor.
mation he could desire. .
"The bishops, whose affiliation to the sect was nearly
general, supported the Jesuits with all their might, and
were in their turn supported by them in the most arbi-
trary and unjustifiable actions. The Bishop of Acqui
caused a Jewish girl, afflicted with mental alineation, to
be torn from her family, on the plea that she had mani-
fested some inclination to become a Christian. The
mother and two brothers of the unfortunate girl, guilty
of having claimed her, instead of redress were thrown
into prison. The only daughter of the Belgian Charge
d'Affaires at Turin fell in love with a young man whose
situation in life forbade his aspiring to her hand. Her
father was a Protestant. It sufficed that the young girl
had whispered into the ear of a lady connected with the
Jesuits that to marry her lover she was ready to become
a Catholic, for the father to find one night his daughter
carried off. After infinite search, it was discovered that
the young lady was under the protection of the Ladies
of the Sacro Cuore, but all the demands and solicitations
of the diplomatic body failed to obtain the restoration of
the misguided girl to the parental roof.
" No warrant was necessary to put a citizen into pri-
son. The governor, the commandant, the director of
police, the fiscal advocate, the justice of peace, the
mayor, the carabineers, down to the lowest agent or spy
of the police, each had a right to arrest ; but if it was
easy to get into prison, it was terribly difficult to get out
again. A prisoner might be set at liberty to-day by
order of the magistrate, and to-morrow an order from
the governor, the director of police,the commandant,
would send him back to confinement. One fact among
a thousand.
" The Marchioness of -- brought a criminal action
against the mayor and common council of the burgh of
Pecetto, for some alleged trespass on her estates. The
Senate (the highest law court) non-suited the mar-
chioness, and acquitted the defendants. The judgment
of the Senate seemed an insult in the eyes of the family
of the marchioness, which was powerful, and had friends
at court. So one day the mayor and the common coun-
cilmen of Pecetto were arrested and carried to the prisons
of Turin. The barrister who had defended the cause
before the Senate hastened to the director of police, and
showed him the senatorial decree of acquittal. The
director merely answered with a smile, • The Senate has
pronounced well, but I have done better,' and so sent
away the lawyer without any further explana-
tion. The prisoners were not released till it pleased
the marchioness that they should be so, and were ob-
liged to promise that they would in future ' behave like
honest men, with the fear of God and man before their
eyes.'
" A political prisoner, who had been long detained in
the fortress of Mondovi, made repeated applications to
the commandant for permission to be shaved. The com-
mandant referred the question to the governor of the
province of Cuneo, who granted the requisite authority
by the following dispatch, which I give verbatim :
'fhe prisoner shall have his hands, arms, and legs tied
to a chair. Two sentinels shall be placed, one on his
right, the other on his left, and behind him sa soldier
with a naked sabre. Fronting him shall stand the com-
mandant, with the major of the fortress on one side and
his aide-de-camp on the other. In this attitude,' con-
cluded the dispatch, ' the prisoner is permitted to have
himself shaved at his ease and pleasure I' (con tutto suo
comodo)."
Lorenzo about this time fell desperately in love.
A fair Italian, the sister of one of the Carbonari,
overhears him taking the oath of that society ; and,
with the sudden and wild affection of an Italian wo-
man, writes to him. Italian love-making and Italian
lovers have been so often written on that little
need be said on the subject, except that, true to her
nature, she first loves to distraction, grows jealous,
trifles with her lover, vows revenge, and as a
climax, when he is on the point of being arrested,
she warns him of his danger, and is willing to sac-
rifice everything for him. At length the fatal day
arrived when all was to be brought to light.
Hundreds were arrested, and. tortures of the most
revolting nature resorted to by the unscrupulous
authorities to obtain confessions, and many of the
unfortunate prisoners were forced to make false
statements to be spared further torments, and to
be released by death. The unfortunate Lorenzo,
at length, after hairbreadth escapes and great suf-
fering, reaches the French shore, where he is re-
ceived with open arms by his friend Fantasio. His
less fortunate brother Caesar, and other of his com-
panions, were shot or hanged without even the
show of a trial.
So ends the narrative of Lorenzo Benoni, the
Italian patriot. Whither he went, or who he is—
who were his companions who, under fictitious
names, have figured prominently in these pages—.
he leaves no clue. They alone who took part in
those disastrous struggles will be able to identify
the master mind of Fantasio, or the chivalrous
devotion of Caesar Benoni.

THE TURKISH SQUADRON.

(Front the Press.)

We have just received the following particulars, im•
portant at this moment, respecting the present state of
the Turkish fleet, which is described to us as being,
generally speaking, in capital order, and animated with
the best spirit. We can vouch for the authenticity of
the information we give, in all its details, excepting as
to the names of some of the Turkish vessels, which we
are doubtful whether we have rendered quite correctly:—

IN BUYUK SERVAN.
Guns.
. 42 .
.. 40 .
.. 24 .
IN BUTURDERE BAY.

Item.
500
. 400
.. 400
.. 200

Faizi Marbout 2O
Mahmoudieh 124 1220
Mookbiri sourour, 550 h.p. (5.).. 26
Mezhoudiek 118 ll4O
Nesimi safer SO
Peiki Messerit SO
Shoe all i bakri 54
Nuzretiek 74
Kaidi safer 46