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London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

interest is unabated throughout. The whole history is
stirring end animated, thou in many places highly
improbable—scarcely within the bounds of possibility,
but then we mu3t remember " le vrai n'est pas toujours
le vraisemblabie." The fo lowing is one of the artful strata-
gems of the m:st artful of men. The Bushrang,r has
been betrayed and given up during his sleep, by his com-
panion (Grough), tempted by the promise of a high
reward. Suddenly awakened, and finding himself a cloie
prisoner, Mark's sang froid and ready wit do not desert
him:—
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" The soldiers instantly placed handcuffs on the Bush-
ranger, and then they considered that they had him hard
and fast. Mark submitted to this ceremony in silence. Ile
made me reproach to his comrade; disembling his thoughts
he bent his whole soul to the taking of a sure revenge.
There was a general pause for a few moments ; after which,
the soldiers intimatvd to Grough that, notwithstanding the
service he had performed, he must consider himself their
prisoner; and without further parley they placed handcuffs
on him also.
" Brandon lo(led at the handcuffs on his partner's wrists,
and l,oked at the river, and smiled complacently He had
formed his scheme. Then he spoke:—
" You have betrayed me ; but I will not reproach you;
the reward was too great a temptation.'
" ' Lord love your heart,' said Grough, 'its all in the way
of business! If I had not done it, Mark, somebody else
would; better fora friend to get the reward than a stranger.

" said Mark.
"The soldiers said nothing; they had their duty to do, and
they would not insult their captive. They rather pitied
Mark, and they looked on his comrade with the disgust with
-which all generous minds regard a traitor.
"Brandon and Grough were standing a little apart; the
former took the opportunity to wink to the latter.
" What is it?' said Greugh, coming nearer, but keeping
out of Mark's reach.
" The sovereigns,' whispered Brandon.

"'What sovereigns?" -
" The sovereigns from the brig; a thousand of them; I
planted them. You may as well have them too.'
" Hah,' whispered Grough, his avarace excited by the
gold; ' Mark, you're a trump ! where are they ?'
Come a little this way,' said Mark. He advanced to
the edge of the river. The foaming waters hardly allowed
Grough to hear what Brandon said; he advanced nearer to
him.
" There are a thousand of them,' repeated Brandon.
"' Where are they ?' eagerly asked the greedy Grough,
bending his head towards his betrayed comrade.
" ' Come nearer,' said Brandon.
" Where are the yellow hove?'_ _ _

In hell !' suddenly exclaimed the Bushranger, darting
his body against the huge frame of the burly traitor, and
precipitating him into the raging tide Go,' he said, raising
his voice, 'and seek them there!'

" 'Help!' cried the wretch, struggling with his manacled
hands in the furious; help! my hands are fastened! help!'
"The soldiers ran to the water's edge, and while the con-
stable remained by the side of Mark, they followed down by
the bank of the river, with a vague idea of rescuing him
But whether it was that their hearts were not in the work,
and that they thought it served the rascal right, or that the
furious waters too suddenly overwhelmed their prey, they
could do nothing to save him. But the agonised shrieks of
the dying wretch broke fearfully the solemn silence of the
wilderness; and when his last convulsive cry rose in the air,
even the stout hearts of the soldiers shuddered for a moment
at the sharp echo of the adjacent woods!"

THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF DEAF-
.NESS AND DISEASES OF THE EAR, AND
THE TREATMENT OF THE DEAF AND

DUMB. By William Du ton, M.I?.C.S.
Until within the last few years the diseases of the
ear appear to have been treated with inattention and
neglect by the members of the medical profession. In
oases of deafness, if syringing with warm water did note
remove the complaint, it was looked upon as incurable,
and the patient was told that his case was beyond the
reach of medical or surgi, al assistance. Under such
circumstances, the unfortunate patient was almost
forced to have recourse to the quack, who, if be
did harm in most cases, did also in some, it
must be confessed, cure that disease, which
the regular bred medical practitioner had declared to be
incurable. This opprobrium medicorum, however, is now
removed. Sir Astley Cooper seems to have been the
first who scientifically investigated the pathology of the
ear, and brought the dis, ases of that organ within the
domain of surgery. His labours have been followed up
most diligently by many other scientific surgeons, not
the least among whom is Mr. Duften, of Birmingham,
who, in the work under consideration, has recorded the
results of his experience in perspicuous language, and in
a manner that cannot fail to be advantageous both to the
profession and the public.

TABLESfor EARTHWORK, LAND, CURVES,
and GRADIENTS. By J. B. Huntington, C.E.
Considering the extreme complexity of tha systems usu-
ally adopt, d, and remembering that no work of a precisely
similar character has hitherto appeared, we must con-
fess that we are surprised at the precision, we may even
say the adroitness, with which simplicity and elabora-
tion are combinei in the present volume. It is a book
which the many thousand practical men, engaged in
the formation of railways, will find either absolutely
indispensable or exceedingly acceptable. The plan
which Mr. Huntington has evidently kept before
him, is facility in what we may term the mani.
pulation of his profession. as applied to " earth
work, curves, and gradients." This he himself
announces to have been his intention : " The
great obj, ct I have endeavoured to keep in view has been
utility, especially to students in civil engineering. I
have, therefsre, avoided all subjects the investigation of
which is merely ingenious without practical aim." And
this aim we believe to have been approached as closely
as could in all reason be expected in a production so
novel in its treatment. One part, especially, deserves
particular commendation for its perspicuity of arrange-
ment and general copiousness ; we mean the calcula-
tions of Earthwork from Base 20 to Base 36 inclusively;
and the Essay on the Prismoidal Formula, at p. 173, is
also deserving of praise for its ingenuity. A theodolite
could scarcely be more necessary in the operations to
which it is dedica!ed than this volume of " Tables."
Mr. Huntington has lightened the task and smoothed
the pathway of many a young contemporary, while, at
the same time, he has ensured a greater degree of accu-
racy in the preliminary labours of any new company,
whether for the construction of railways, roads, or canals.

THE WELSH PRESS.
On Tuesday evening a dinner was given at Dolly's Coffee-
house, Paternoster-row, by several gentlemen connected with
the principality of Wales, to Mr. James Rees, the proprietor
and publisher of the Carnarcon and Denbigh Herald, to re-
cord their sense of the talented and judicious manner in
which that journal has been conducted during the period of
his management.
The chair was taken by John Williams, Esq., of Oxford-
street, supported in the vice-chair by William Jones, Esq.,
solicitor, of Greenwich.

The cloth having been removed, and due honour having
been done to the usual loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN rose to propose ihe toast of the evening,
" Health to Mr. Rees,and and success to the Carnarvon and
Denbigh Herald," observed, that having narrowly
watched the principles on which that paper had been con-
ducted since its establishment, and always feeling a deep
interest in the welfare of North Wales, he had with no ordi-
nary pleasure sought the acquaintance and friendship of Mr.
Rees, as of a patriot and a benefactor of his country. Ile
considered that the successful establishment of a liberal
paper at Carnarvon was one
petnh e greatestthut
district benefits
e f
that one man could confer
the principality tendingto elevate society, and to
give the public mind anw onward directi6n. Mr. Rees
bad conducted his paper ith
spirit and honesty, and
was a man determined to these4reaet cause of the people by
advocating those measures which tend to emancipate them
from the influences of ignorance andopi 3
was ression. When the
las first mooted
subject of the endowed schools of
Wales
moreiiiie might be
ht
the Herald rendered its assistance to exposemuch
many instances
of the shameful abuse of their funds,
done were the efforts of the Herald seconded by t
proprietary of Wales ; but he regretted to say that the
Welsh gentry, as a body, were lamentably indifferent to the
improvement of the lower classes. Indeed if the Welsh
population were lower in the scale of civilisation than their
fellow-subjects in other parts of the empire, most Of the fault
lay at the door of the Welsh gentry. Mr. Williams then
adverted at considerable length to the Herald's able
advocacy of the Reform Bill in its original integrity,
the extension of the suffrage, the right of the industrious
poor to relief, its opposition to an irresponsible rural police
force, and the support of those great measures now under
discussion by the Le4isla'ure, when free-trade principles were
much less fashionable. Ha also adverted to the publication
by Mr. Rees of the Amaethydd, a monthly. supplement
given with the Herald, containing information in the Welsh
language on agricultural subjects. The toast was received
with great applause.
Mr. REEs said, I hardly know how to express to you the
pleasurable and grateful feelings which you have excited. I
am sincerely grateful for the kind way in which you have
introduced me to the friends around, and the flattering man-
ner in which I have been received ; and I experience heart-
felt pleasure to learn that my humble but sincere exertions
to make the Carnar von and Denbigh Herald useful and bene-
ficial to the principality are appreciated. It is true, that it
has ever been my price and study to make the Herabl inde-
pendent ; but I must not take the whole credit of its conduct
to myself ; I am associated with a gentleman to whom I
have entrusted the political and literary department of the
paper, and who has, I am bound to say, after some years' ex-
perience, discharged the trust reposed in him honestly and
honourably. When the Herald was first announced in the
year 1830, the proprietors then promised that it should con-
tain early and full reports of all public meetings and occur-
rences which might happen in the district. Since I have be-
come the proprietor I have spared neither trouble nor
expense to fulfil that promise. The paper was
also promised to unmask every abuse; to the best
of my ability I have fearlesilv performed the task, however
irksome at times the task might be. Indeed there is nothing
that my means will permit, and the support I receive will
warrant, that I willa a
not do, not only to maintain the proud
a
position I occupy tairnalist in North Wales, but to make
the paper eqa an
al to 6 journal in the kingdom. It would
hardly ;become meenumerateth the benefits which I may
conceive have accrued to principality by the establish-
ment of the Herald; b‘u,thathmeerae are, I flatter myself, some
y recal to mind many instanees
amongst the company
in which abuses have beenexposed,ra and the rights of the
subject vindicated. I shall now say, that your appro-
hation of the course I have hitherto pursued will be a sti-
mulus to me to continue in the straightforward path I have
distant day the Herald
marked out; and that at no very
equal
will be, in size as well as in talent and independence,
to any contemporary print. I againnn thank. you most
e4r in which you have
sin-
cerely for the kind and geinneyropuus
lniciecon .uct.
testified your approval of
gentlemen,anim aDchr,e.rLteedwaist
On the health of those patriotic
and Mr. Hugh Owen, being proposed,
considerable length on the merits of thet they
yifferent systems of
education in Wales, but we regret that space will not permit
us to publi,,h their interesting remarks.
Several other gentlemen, including Messrs. W. Thomas
O. W. Thomas, J. James, and 0. Rowland, addressed the
company on subjects of interests, chiefly that of the educa-
tion of the lower classes of their countrymen.
We may remark, that it was unanimousky resolved to
revive the Gwyneddigion Society.
After v. rious toasts, including the health of the Editor of
the Calnarron Herald, the, Chairman and Vice-Chairman,
Mr. Davis of Wigmore-street, &c. &c., the company
separated.

Preparations are being made for the reception of the
ministers, nearly 500 in number, expected to attend the
Wesleyan Conference, which will be held this year in Bristol.
Bristol Journal.