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I C K ET. —Jan .

d. 8. d. s. d.
0 I Veal
'2 Pork 3 8 4 6
s. ; Quarter old Pigs l2s to 16s. each.
!, and trade very dull.

.PITS DURING THE WEEK.

IN heat. j Barley. Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. s. to s.
Blandlord 61 3.5 25 42
Brigg.... . 66 70 34 38 18 21 35 40
Cambridge . 70 37 29. 34
Chard 56 72 32 40 18 22 34 40
Huntingdon— 58 *74 36 41 2:1 27 28 40
Long Sutton.-- 62 72 34 37 IS 24 31 37
Louth 69 75 34 39 20 25 30 34
66 76 36 43 20 26 38 42
Newark --- (34 78 32 47 '24 32 37 46
Nottingham 68 76 33 45 23 22 44 48
Peterborough 63 73 37 40 1!) 25 34 35
Plymouth 61 78 30 42 22 27 37 42
Pontefract . 85 25 45
Sleafonl (35 70 36 38 22 28 41 43
Uppingliam ..—... 67 75 34 42 2,5 34 34 44
Wisbech 66 76 26 22 27 36 40

CUESTER.—Whrat, per 751b:105. 6d. to 105.91., Barley, 38 Vs
os. Od. to (s. 6d. ; Oats, 491 b. 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d.
NANT wicti.—Wheat, per 75th. 9a. to 1;s. od.; Barley, 38
grts. tis. Od. to 6s. 3d. ; Oats, 56Th. 4s. Od. to 4s. 3d.

LEEDS CORN MA R KET.—Jan. 11.
Wheat, Norfolk and Sullblk, 601 b.
----- York. and Lincoln. 601 h,
Barley, Norfolk and Suil'olk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire lfis. to 425.
Grinding

Beans .. 631 b.
255. to 345. i •
Oats, Potatoc
--dealing, Foreign ild. to 12d.... English 13,1. to 14,;(2d. per st.
Shelling 7s. to 365. per load.
Rapeseed, English, 25/. to 271 Foreign, —/. to —l. per last.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Jan. 11.
WHEAT, English, Wed lute, per 701 b.
.---------'-. R
9 0 10 4
Scotch, Welch, and Manx
10 '2
Irish, White 9 6 9 10
___.--- Red
---- Foreign
10 10 11 3
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 11 4 0
--...-- Irish
--- Foreign
B ,iii,Liv, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 44 0 47 0
----- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. ...
Feeding
4 4 4 8
IlvaNs,
English, per Imperial quarter 44 n 48 0
Irish, &C.
38 0 42 0
-- Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter
56 0 58 0
Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. 5l 0 56. 0
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 33 0 :35 0
INDIAN CORN, per +lO19.
75
RYE, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter
I mpoßs or GRAIN for the Week ending Jan. 10.
Wheat. Oats. Barley Flour. Oatmeal.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brlclrish, Ste. Scks. Loads.
14,359 1b,610 1,103 6 I
56 1,394 I 1,637
. • - • , , •

On Tuesday, the 2Sth of last December, a young
country lad, dressed in a new blue smock -frock, good
shoes, &c., was brought before Mr. Marriott, the
sitting Magistrate at Queen-square police office, by
Mr. Howell, oise of the inspectors of B. division of
police. The lad, it appeared, had been wandering
near Westminster Abbey, and on being questioned
by some gentlemen, said he was endeavouring to
find out his uncle, but all the direction he had was
" Charles Hopkins, a sawyer, London." He was
completely destitute, with the exception of a small
bundle, containing a clean pair of stockings, a shirt,
and a Bible. Mr. Howell said, that the lad had been
given into his charge, as he had no home to go to,
and he had been taken care of at the station-house
for the night. The lad's statement was as follows
—He said that his name was Joseph Hopkins, his
father had been a sailor, and about two years and a
half ago he placed himself with a Mr. Joseph Gore,
a farmer, at Chilwell, about four miles from Liver-
pool, from which port his father had sailed for Ness
York, but on the voyage had fallen overboard,
and his mother had been dead many years. He
was 11 years of age,and had continued with his mas-
ter until no few days ago, when, from the distress
of the times,. he bad been obliged to sell off and
discharge his sers;:es. Ile received from hie mas-
ter 30e., and with this sum travelled to London.
At Northampton he slept in a room with a Jew
pedlar, who robbed him of all his money. The
landlord of the house gave him Is. 6d., and he still
continued his journey, and on the road he met with
a drover, who gave him his meals to assist him to
drive his cattle to London. He did riot expect to
have any difficulty in finding his uncle, as he under-
stood that he lived at Pimlico, which he thought
was a street. Mr. Marriott advised the lad to find
his way back again to Chilwell, and ordered him to
be discharged. A gentleman, who happened to be
present in the office, found the poor lad outside
crying bitterly; he questioned him minutely, and
from the artless and intelligent manner in which he
repeated his story, he believed him. He geit the
lad a bed for the night in the neighbourhood. He
was strictly questioned by several of the officers,
who all believed his story to be correct, and on the
following day the gentleman got him a situation with
Mr. Gowlaud, of No. 56, Nelson-square, Black-
friars-road, who was highly pleased with the lad.
The boy repeated his story, and Mr. Gowland
wrote on Monday, the 3d ofjannary, to his master,
and also to the High Constable in that neighbour-
hood. The lad appeared highly delighted with
his situation, and executed every command with the
greatest alacrity. He appeared to be grateful for
the least kindness, and shewed the utmost
attention and assiduity. So far (lid he pin the
esteem of his master, that he tV a S intrusted with
various small sums of money to purchase article,
in the neighbourhood, and on one occasion was sent
to a house with some valuable plate. On Tuesday
the lth instant, his mistress sent him to a butter-
shop in Blackfriars-road to buy some eggs, and gave
him a shilling and some halfpence. The lad ran
into the kitchen for his hat, and again coining int,
the parlour said he was sure the shilling would hr
sufficient, and put down the halfpence. He went
Out, but never returned since. Every inquiry was
made for him, but in vain. It was now supposed
that the lad tees a gross impostor, and that he had
been leagued with thieves to rob the house, and this
suspicion was in some measure corroborated by the
following circumstance :—About eight o'clock the
same evening that the lad disappeared, a young
fellow, about eighteen years of age, of rathe.
a forbidding appearance, called at Mr. &low-
land's house, aad requested to speak to him. He
said that he understood that he wanted a servant to
look after a horse and gig, and clean knives, &c. Mr.
Gowland inquired who sent ;inn. The stranger re-
plied that a mall had sent him, but lie did not knoss
who he was. On being further questioned, the stranger
said that he lived in Windmill-street, New-cut. lie
was told he was riot wanted, and accordingly went
away. Information was given to several of th'e
police stations of the circumstance, with a descrip-
tion of the boy if he should chance to be picked up,
but no tidings could be heard of him. Yesterday a
letter was received from the High Constable of Pres-
cott, near Chilwell, to whom the boy's statement had
been sent, to inquire into the truth of his story,
and contrary to every, expectation it was stated to
be perfectly correct. Not only did his late master, Mr.
Gore, give him the highest character for honesty and
integrity, but all the
,he highly respectable farmersclergy-
man in the neighbourhood
raisfChilwell also bore testimony to
.The
of the boy, and offered to do
joinedtae: excellent i)o of parish
o
character
any thing in his power for him. The case was now
involved in more mystery than ever. The circumstance
of his leaving the halfpence when he went for theeggs
showed that he had no intention of absconding, and
leaving his clothes and Bible behind him (the latter
lie
c consideredu h
greatest treasure) confirmed that
ft
strange lad calling the same evening
about t. The his
place, sent by a man he knew nothing
about, coupled with the excellent character the lad
ate
has received, has occasioned tome feasktd,and dark
surmises. Several old police-officers 'were yester-
day consulted, and but cue Opinion could be formed.
The unfortunate orphan, there is little doubt, has
been trepanned by some diabolical villain, for pur-
poses which we scarcely dare mention, but which
have not been uncommon in Scotland. Windmill-
street. is notorious as being the resort of thieves of
every description, and if rumour is in any way to be
relied on, worse characters than thieves infest that
street. Information of the above mysterious cir-
cumstances were yesterday given to L division of
the police, at the, station-house, in the Waterloo-
road, where a full description of the lad's person and
dress was taken down.

CAUTION TO LEARNED GENTLEMEN.-
We are authorised to state that some impudent scoundrel is
doing about town actually cheating the lawyers ! How-
ever incredible this Tiny appear, it is en unquestionable
fact; and the way in which he does it is this :—ln the
iieeness of a corch-porter, he comes to the house or cham-
bers of the Learned Gentleman he intends to cheat, with
a neatly-done-up tape-tied parcel, directed to the Learned
Gentleman, and hewing in every respect the outward
semblance of a regular law parcel from the country, with
a coach-office ticket tucked under the tape, on which
ticket divers claims in money are set forth as and fur the
carriage and porterage thereof. The time at which he
brings the said parcel is in the evening, after office-hours,
when the clerks have loft,
and when the Learned Gentle-
man himself is either at dinner, or a party, or at a theatre,
as the case may happen to be. Of course the maiden or
foot-boy of the Learned Gentleman pays the charge for
carriage and porterage, as set forth in the ticket, and
takes in the parcel, never doubting that the transaction is
perfectly regular and correct; but when the said parcel
comes to be opened afterwards, either by the Learned Gen-
tleman himself, nr by some other person legally authorised
so to do, instead of law papers and instructions, nothing
is found to be therein contained save and eecept divers
pieces of pasteboard and old packing paper. In this way
many Learned Gentlemen and highly-respectable solicitors
have been made 2ninus from three to five shillings each ;
and the only satisfaction they have been able to obtain, by
inquiry at the coach-office from which the parcel purported
to have come, is, that they know nothing about it, far-
ther than that they have had more than twenty conunun.t-
cations from Learned Gentlemen who have been treated in
the same way.

Mr. INGHem, of Westoe, then rose to move the
first resolution. In doing so, he observed that tote
resolutions treated the subject under three heads—
the justice and expediency of Reform; the claim of
South Shields to be entrusted with the privilege of
sending its own members to a reformed Parliament;
and the methods by which the Reform was to be
effected. As to the first, it would not be necessary
for him to dilate upon it at any length ; and that for
a reason which might appear a paradox. This was
perhaps the first public meeting that had ever been
held in South Shields on this subject; whereas
Parliamentary Reform had, elsewhere, been the topic
of periodical exhibition. The subject was now worn
nearly bare, and in order to create any excitement
corresponding with the real importance of the crisis
the speakers had found themselves driven to a vehe-
mence of invective, and an exaggeration in their
schemes, that would revolt the calm sense of a
meeting like the present, if introduced there, and
were, indeed, unbecoming the sobriety of English-
men, discussing a question of vast moment.—(Hear.)
He should, therefore, without dwelling on the evil
of the system to revile it, state the substance of the
first resolution ; which was, that the representation
had departed from the true constitutional principle,
that those who bore the burthen of taxation should
elect representatives who had to fix its approbation
and amount.—(Cheers.) In proof of this principle
it would be pedantic to affect any research into early
history; and, indeed, such research would be su-
perfluous : for education had spread so generally,
and sound information was conveyed in such popular
and obvious forms, that the mere passenger in the
streets, who looked through the bookseller's window,
might learn enough to decide the question.—
(Cheers.) The question was as to the principle of
our Constitution—the answer " liberty;" and the
rest of liberty the controul of taxation.—(Hear.)—
In various free countries there had been various tests
of freedom. In some, it had been the election sf
Magistrates ; in others, the command of the military
force. With us, it had ever been the regulation of
the taxes. In early periods of the Constitution, the
Parliament of Edward contained Knights of the
Shire, elected by the Freeholders, and Burgesses,
chosen by the Freemen of the Boroughs. The
Freeholders sustained the assessment on lands, and
the Freemen, who were, in those days, the house-
holders and master tradesmen of the towns, bore the
greatest charge of all the taxes on moveable goods,
because, at that period, the stocks of their trade
were, almost, the only personal property known
in the country. The history of Parliament
shewed, that, from time to to time, as the wealth
and population of the country shifted, some
towns were adopted into the class of Parliamentary
boroughs, and others omitted. That (said Mr. I.)
was the genuine practice ; and what the Reformers
now proposed was not innovation, but a return to
the approved old course.—(Loud cheers.)—lt was
a panic fear to imagine, that, by adapting the
Legislature anew to the wants of the country, we
should be pulling down the fabric of our liberties.
These had only been placed in danger by the com-
paratively modern practice of considering the pre-
-cut arrangement permanent.—(Hear.)—And that
*tic!) practice was of no more than comparatively
modern origin was established by the fact, that it
was not a century and a half since the arrangement
was altered, that the county of Durham might be
Amitted. And why ? Because, as the preamble of
ihe Act stated, it had been bound by the statutes
of the land, without having a voice in the choice of
the members by whom those statutes were im-
posed !—(Hear, hear.)—Ought not the law for
Durham then to be the rule for Shields now ?
(Cheers.)—Was not the present importance of
South Shields, as contributing to the Revenue, pro-
portionately greater than that of the entire county,
when the franchise was granted to the latter ? Open
the book of their Customs, and they would find, in
every page, entries of the wealth brought to the
treasure of the nation, by the industry of their ma-
nufacturers—manufacturers unequalledin the country
for the extent, the enterprise, and solidity of their
dealings.—(Cheers.)—lt was not, however, their
manufacturers only, but the proprietors of the
nt:ighbouring collieries, expending great sums in
wage=, that were laid out on taxed articles, that
ought to be admitted to the franchise; and, above
all, the owners of their shipping, the great authors
of the wealth and strength of the country, whose
interests were, perhaps, the most important, and
the least protected, of any.—(Great cheering.)—
In saying that the shipping interests of the country
were unprotected, he did not mean to deny that
many Members of Parliament, from the north of
England, had occasionally listened, with much
courtesy, to the applications of the town. It was
not fitting, however, that this protection should de-
pend upon the courtesy of any individual : it ought
not to be the task of the people of Shields to beg
around, amongst the Members of the House of
Commons, for protection as a matter of grace.
They ought to have some representative of whom
they might demand it as a matter of right—some
one appointed by their favour, and responsible to
it—familiar with their local interests, accessible, at
all times, to their call, and ready with his efforts,
on every emergency, to avert any evil that might
threaten, or to improve any opportunity that might
have a promise of good.—(Cheers.) Arid if the mag-
nitude of their local interest required this boon of
the elective franchise, the character of their popu-
lation proved that they deserved it. He would
refer the Magistrates to bear witness to the orderly
character of their townsmen; who brought, in com-
parison with other towns of equal population,
neither paupers to the workhouse nor criminals to
the gaol.—(Hear.)—ln Shields, a communion of
kindly feeling pervaded every rank. In that which
was the main traffic of the place, there was not
the distance, between the employer anti the em-
ployed, which might exist elsewhere : it was not
with the ship-owners as with other capitalists,—
that their early years had been spent in merely
speculative preparation for their business ; for most
of them had learnt their calling practically, having,
in their youth, been themselves at sea, and they thus
knew, by experience, that their prosperity depended,
not so much on the wise and liberal outlay of capital,
or even upon the skilfulness of the master, as on the
enterprise, the courage, and laborious and faithful
discipline of the crew. With this cordial sympathy
running through every rank, he was indifferent to
whom, amongst them, the franchise might be given
—and however widely it might be extended he
should apprehend no evil; for he felt well assured
that all the excitement of an election would pass by,
not merely without any breach of the law, but with
out even any breach of good neighbourhood.—
(Hear.) As to this, hoietever, the third division of
their resolutions, they dictated nothing. They knew
that his Majesty's Government, who had to bring

for '•ol'r'te.measure ;if Reform; would have to elect
a .fl.r.st enauyeplatirtr; so as reasonably to satisfy all;
and it would be to embarrass, not to strengthen,
them in their duty, if the meeting were to urge
upon them any opinion foanded upon partial views.
--(Cheers.) Mr. Ingham then thanked the meet-
ing for the attention they l,iiedstgiokn-e,nabhist,e,r,bNi;nilglicthelriye
said, he was well aware
was exclusively due to the
consideration
trattlitoeyn fietslt
too the thisn question,
in which it had been
brought before them ; and he concluded by moving
the first resolution,which was seconded by Mr. Hen-
GRAVE, of the Shields and Newcastle Bank.
The CHAIRMAN then said, Olt before any glees-
tion was put to the meeting upon the particular res' -
luiions, it would be right to invite any gentlemen
who wished to express his opinions upon the subject
of Reform generally, to present himself to the meet-
ing. For his own part, he said, he had ever been
he friend of Reform. From want of it, they had
gone to war with America, on grounds which a re-
formed Parliament would have scouted, and had left
the country, at the end of that war, in 200 millions
of debt.—(Cheers.) From want of it, too, they
had rushed into a war with France, which increased
that debt to 800 millions, and had produced all the
distress which, perhaps, had brought the meeting
together eo zealously ro-day.—(Cheers.) Ile was
glad to meet them, and approved of their activity :
but he feared that, in what they sought from the
Legislature, their wishes would be disappointed.—
(No, no.)
Mr. KIRKM then rose and said he must state
the result of his own experience as a ship-owner, as
to the shameful extent to which the shipping; inte-
rests were neglected. If any remonstrance had to
be made to Parliament against the most destructive
measures, it was with difficulty a Member could be
prevailed upon to undertake it ; and when the
grievances of the ship-owners were stated to the
House, they were too often met with sneers and de-
rision.—(Hear.) This ought not to be. It was not
only the shipping, but the great manufacturing inte-
rest of the town, that required encouragement. Look
at the inexhaustible tracts-of coal and lime in the
neighbourhood. There was no limit to the prospe-
rity to which the town might rise, if it should receive
adequate protection. It was not his habit •to urge his
opinions in public; but the pressure of the occasion
overcame all reserve.—(Cheers.)
The first resolution was then put and carried.
Mr. JOHN BRANDLING (the owner of the South
Shields collieries) stood forward to move the second
resolution, and was received with great applause.---
He stated that it was only on the night before he
had learnt that the meeting was to take place, and
he had hastened to attend it at the first summons.
He rejoiced to mix with such a meeting—to join a
body of men for whose opinions he had much regard,
and with whose interests his own were deeply in-
volved—especially on an occasion which promised
much benefit to the neighbourhood, and, at the same
time,concerned a cause of great natiohal moment. When
he spoke of his own interests there,he hoped he might
be allowed to say, that beyond :my profit these might
render to him, he rejoiced in the comforts they oc-
casioned to others—in the numbers who found em-
ployment in the collieries, and deserved, by their in-
dustry and good conduct, all the comforts they en-
joyed.—( Cheers.) And as a coal-owner, he felt, as
they all must do, how thoroughly their cause was
embarked with that of the ship-owners.—(Hear.)
He knew how nearly the same commercial causes
affected the prosperity of both ; and he could not
but most earnestly hope that they should obtain, in
a Reformed Parliament, the protection that had
been withheld from them under the present system.
—(Cheers.) It was a discredit to the country that.
their great Rational interest should have been so
long neglected in the representation—that Shield=,
and Sunderland, and Whitby, and other shipping
ports, should have been debarred of representatives,
while many petty towns around them, as Northal-
lerton, Ripon, and Richmond, have had their's.—
(Hear.) He called the shipping the great national
interest ; for however we might admire the gal!an-
try of our soldiers, and be thankful for their services,
it was to the seamen of England that we owed the
most. In peace they were the best friends of eur
commerce ; and, in war, the wooden walls of Old
Inglund were emphatically the national defence.—
(Cheers.) And it was not merely the interest of
the ship-owner—it was not even the interest of
those, Eke himself (Mr. B.), throve by his pros-
perity—that representatives were required to pro-
tect. The honest and gallant sailor must have some
one to speak for him.—(Hear.) Who was there
that knew not there were hardships in his lot, which
every man with a British heart would strive to re-
medy ? It was grievous to think of the miseries of
impressment.—(Cheers.) A reformed Parliament
should look to this : there should be patriotism
enough amongst us to engage the sailor in our de-
fence, by the comforts and honours of the service—
not to drag him into it by a press-gang.—(Cheers,)
Let those who lived at ease, and who were safe by
the sailor's peril, contribute the bounty for the King's
ship; and let as not, in the misfortune of another
war, have to man our navy by the press—our own
shame, and the sailor'. sorrow.—( Hear.) Their
worthy Chairman had foretold that the meeting
would be disappointed in their wishes. There,
however, he (Mr. B.) differed from him. The
prayer of their petition must be heard, for it was a
just prayer ; and if they persevered, it would be
granted.—(Cheers.) His Majesty's Government
had promised largely to the people, and we expected,
of right, a liberal performance; but those premises
could never be ratified, unless there was a strong
popular feeling to support them in their measures.
The CHAIRMAN and Mr. Brandling mutually ex-
plained. We understood the Chairman's doubts to
apply to the wording of the requisition, which
asked for Representatives in the plural; and which
die worthy gentleman thought was more than could
be granted.
Mr. BRANDLING observed, that however he might
have mistaken the purport of Mr. Fairless's remarks,
be never could so fur mistake his intention as not to
avow that, on all occasions, it was most favourable
to the prosperity of the place.
We regret that we have not space to give, at
length, the speeches of Mr. Salmon, Mr. Fell, and
the other gentlemen who addressed the meeting
later in the course of the proceedings.
All the resolutions were discussed and voted se-
parately ; and not one dissentient voice was heard
throughout the day.

It appears that the overtures for the suppres-
sion of the book called The Turf' have terminated unsuc-
cessfully, and that it will be published forthwith. We
understand it will contain a full expose of some recent
transactions in high places which will rather astonish the
Sporting world. Let the Meltonians and the Jockey Club
look to it. Will they be able to exclaim, after reading
this book " our withers are unwrung ?"

MAKING AN ODD FELLOW.—One evening
last week, a neighbouring farmer arrived in Sheffield, as
he said, to be made an Odd Fellow ! He had heard that
odd-fellowship was a good thing, and lie liked to partake
of good things. While he was waiting in an ante-room cf
a celebrated hotel, not a hundred miles from the Town-
hall, a gentleman, knowing his object, inquired how he
felt—" Oh," says the farmer, " weel enough." "
very well you do," says the other, " as you will be better
able to stand the rubbing of a red-hot
,flat-sided poker on
your left hip, which is now preparing." " Ay, what
do they dO that for?" " To prevent your running
away ; and so as they may know their members."—
He was sure they should not sear him, and never a
man in England should do it ! The time, however, ar-
proached for the farmer to undergo the initiative operation
of being made an Odd Fellow, which ceremony the party
commenced by tying a handkerchief over his eyes. This
immediately recalled to the farmer's mind the " flat-sided"
poker, the horrors of which brought on an alarming fit
of trembling, during which he exclaimed they should not
bluft him, and, spreading his long arms, he instanter laid
half a dozen of the operators on their bark•. Having
thus extricated himself, the farmer scampered down rails,
ordered his hore immediately, " and Aelpit on throull
mud and mire," till lie arrived at home more like Buns's
" Tarn Shanter," than a dauntless candidate for is
mystic sash; having, as he
lowship Iris.
said, got enough of odd.fei-

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PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A

LATE PHYSICIAN.

Go up to the room, then, Betty, and see if
she wants any thing ; and tell her it's half-past
nine o'clock," said Mrs. J—. The servant
accordingly went up stairs, and knocked at the
bed-room door, once, twice, thrice, but received
no answer. There was a dead silence, except
when the wind shook the window. Could Miss
J— have fallen asleep ? Oh, impossible ! She
knocked again, but unsuccessfully as before.
She became a little flushed ; and after a moment's
pause, opened the door and entered. There was
Miss J— sitting at the glass. " Why, la,
ina'm !" commenced Betty in a petulant tone,
walking up to her, " here have I been knocking
for these five minutes, and"—Betty staggered
horror struck to the bed, and uttering a shriek,
alarmed Mrs. J—, who instantly tottered up
stairs, almost palsied with fright. Miss was
dead. I was there within a few minutes, for
my house was not more than two streets distant.
It was a stormy night in March ; and the deso-
late aspect of things without, deserted streets,
the dreary howling of the wind, and the inces-
sant pattering of the rain contributed to cast a
(loom over my mind, when connected with the
intelligence of the awful event that had sum-
moned me out, which was deepened into horror
by the spectacle I was doomed to witness. On
reaching the house, I found Mrs. J— in violent
hysterics, surrounded by several of her neigh-
hours who had been called in to her assistance.
I repaired instantly to the scene of death, and
beheld what I never shall forget. The room
was occupied by a wl.lite curtained bed. There
was but one wind.'ow, and before it was a table,
on which stood a looking-glass, hung with a
little white drapery ; and various paraphernalia
of the toilet lay scattered about,—pins, brooches,
curling-papers, ribands, gloves, &c. An arm.
chair was drawn to this table, and in it sat Miss
.I. stone dead. Her head rested upon her right
hand, her elbow supported by the table ; while
her left hung down by her side, and grasping a
pair of curling-irons. Each of her wrists was
encircled by a showy gilt bracelet. She was
dressed in a white muslin frock, with a little
bordering of blond. Her face was turned to-
wards the glass, which, by the light of the ex-
piring candle, reflected with frightful fidelity the
clammy fixed features, daubed over with rouge
and carmine—the fallen lower jaw, and the eyes
directed full in the glass, with a cold dull stare
that was appalling. On examining the counte-
nance more narrowly, I thought I detected the
traces of a smirk of conceit and self-complacency,
which not even the palsying touch of death
could wholly obliterate. The hair of the corpse,
all smooth and glossy, was curled with elabo-
rate precision ; and the skinny sallow neck was
encircled with a string of glistening pearls. 'lrThe
ghastly visage of death thus leering through the
tinselry of fashion—the " vain show" of artificial
joy—was a horrible mockery of the fooleries of
life. Indeed it was a most humiliating and
shocking spectacle. Poor creature ! struck dead
in the very act of sacrificing at the shrine of fe-
male vanity ! She must have been dead for
some time, perhaps for twenty minutes, or half
an hour when I arrived, for nearly all the animal
heat had deserted the body, which was rapidly
stiffening. I attempted, but in vain, to draw a
little blood from the arm. Two or three women
present proceeded to remove the corpse to the
bed, for the purpose of laying it out. What
strange passiveness ! No resistance offered to
them while straightening the bent right arm, and
binding the jaws together with a faded white
riband, which Miss J— had destined for her
waist that evening. On examination of the body,
we found that death had been occasioned by
disease of the heart. Her life might have been
protracted, possibly for years, had she but taken
my advice and that of her mother. I have seen
many hundreds ofcorpses, as well in the calm com-
posure of natural death, as mangled and distorted
by violence ; but never have I seen so startling a
satire upon human vanity, so repulsive, unsightly,
and loathsome a spectacle, as a corpse dressed
Jar a ball !—Blackwood.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Monitcur of Wednesday.)

" PARIS, JAN. 11.
" DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
" The Minister of Public Instruction thinks it his duty
at this moment to give some advice to the youth in the
schools. At a very recent epoch the tranquillity of study
was nobly interrupted, one single duty preponderated over
all others, and, whether in combatting for the defence of
the violated laws, or subsequently in contending against
anarchy, the youth in the schools have 'mid their debt,
and have deserved well of the country. But an honour-
able devotedness must not be succeeded by a disorder
without object. What mind that reflects a little does not
perceive this necessity ?
" An ordinance of the sth of July, 1820, forbids the
students, whe her of one faculty or of different faculties of
the same order, or of divers faculties of different orders,
to form among themselves any association, and to act or
to write in a collective capacity, as if they formed a cor-
poration or association legally recognized. In case of con-
travention, proceeolings are instituted by the academical
councils, and application is made to them of the penalties
of discipline determined by the 19th and 20th articles of
the said ordinance.' _ _

" These regulations, without which order, and conse-
equently labour, is impossible in the schools, will be strictly
enforced. The Minister of Public Instruction puts the
pupils of the schools in mind of them. His duty is to
have them executed, but lie trttsts that this warning will
be sufficient for the loyal youth, who will not be disposed
to be hurried way by the influence of passions which pay
no regard to the future.
" The Minister of Public Instruction,
" BARTHE."