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MINES.—Even amidst the continued failures ate
houses, the unparalleled depression of the funds, aerti
ruinous fall in the value of railway speculative Prop the
generally, we have much gratification in learningthaol
mining share market maintains a firmer position 'lig
could possibly have been expected under these Pen ho
events. The business in the share market, this weell,so
been well supported, and several large transactions ;tip
taken place, whilst many others are in course of neg ligi
tion. We may, therefore, fairly assume that capitsd
have discovered that mining property, when pare be
under the influence of precaution and discretion, mate.
considered a far safer investment than usually COn
plated. Mining Journal. ~ Ir.--
MORAL AND PHYSICAL CO URAGE.--Liellt . " .a-ry
was at the storming of Morne Fortunee, in the 'cps!
Indies ; his behaviour on that occasion excited ge'),,ol
leave
brother,of absencew h ow was
admiration. He was the first to ascend the breach, 1,44
stoderseitruornas
gallantry was recorded in the orderly book, and /1 ,f,
plant the King'snie u t
ncolourant.
co,
on, 0 the :pt.:1,1:1.n
aratei dv
eorucln. e _
jortii,
recommendedt for immediate promotion. Strange tonZi
the following morning he waited on his
ricrenneqe4,
too lerentlea:l,g
the
service.
go
and to resign his commission in favour of a. Y °IT°
colonel, surprised at this extraordinary request befog
part of a young officer with such bright prospects
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him, very naturally asked him what motive induce" 00
to make so singular a proposal ; when the- youtig V'
frankly told him, that when the troops were roovingeped
ward for the attack, and the enemy's fire had °Pottle
upon them, he felt a strong—almost an unsurmonn_toi
—disposition to fall out, and he believed that nothing
the rapidity of the advance; and the shouts of the:1;0
prevented him from disgracing himself ; but after 5 ;ost
time, he added, his brain was on fire, he knew 11°L, the
he did nor where he was, and he found himself"4,o
summit of the breach with the colours in his ha.t"atiolif
knew not how ; but he added, not without some heel Atioo
that he felt the profession of arms was not his Oct had
and fearing that at some future period he might 10, 00
sufficient moral courage to overcome his lein.l. it 1f65
desirous to leave the service with honour, ivin'' ,
still in his power.—. Dr. Milligan. Amplete`lj
A FANCY FAIR.—At last their wares were C- or Sl4
and sent in, to the great exultation of Mrs. Lacqaolistit
equal admiration of the lady-committee, who trig 010°'
declared that Misses Lacquers' stall would be the tell'
attractive and confer the greatest benefit upon! pit
sury of the association—whose sole end was charitY!.uper
those good christians never gave a thought to the utiu,orig
of consumptive, heartbroken girls who were sera
og,,,,jeori
for a slender livelihood—in many cases to suppoarrnt
_o: .
besides themselves—by manufacturing the very s F ,101 l ot
of things offered at the fancy-fair, with the ex cePan°
their being better made and much cheaper than the.e „if
teur articles. Or if they did once think about it, usoet
feeling was in all probability one of vanity, in being D.,
to compete with regular manufacturers, without haYlut;
been brought up to labour. And of course the Ha. 11,4/
able Kensington Pump would sooner wear ijie' 1155
a of -
braces painted upon velvet by the f •
air alies, or
Lacquer herself, and exhibit them at waterl; coat ill
other occasions on which he had to take off Or.
public, than a pair of the same kind ornamented loot
body knew who, and bought at a bazaar. new Cites
one expect it would be otherwise ; although a beW, . 5 ist:,
smile of thanks- was all the change be got for 11'
who ht' 0P
pound note ? And young Fitzmoses also, ea 0
the inclination and none of the ability to becora to
about town, did not at all grumble at buying tga tar
pen-wiper for the purposes of charity ;it was such e tb"
chance, also, to get the opportunity of " chaffin, g„e tii,'
refined daughters of the west end, whilst mai'l'l‘e7,per
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purchase, just as if they had been common stall-
at the counters of the Pantheon or Soho Bazaq'utesei
was very pleasant and agreeable to all parties, helg4olell
by the good they felt they were doing in a hot bo(191
point of view. It was impossible to.benefit eversit foil
and although every article that was sold took a eri,,cello'
the board of some industrious female artist, yet it yr
the treasury of the - " Ladies'-babies'-bib-and- lad
general-loan-association" ; and the various youq_'"„iilY
who kept the stalls were so much delighted with tlifore
lic exhibition of their own wares and attractions--. 400
tified at the compliments paid to both by the gltts Jibe;
purchasers—including even the officers who lia" D-0,3 tli"
rally allowed the band of their regiment to play I roil
occasion; but who, however, did not buy a grbe: societ,
things—that they almost hoped' the funds °fret that the,
would get into an embarrassed state once tnlLni' .—Net'v
might again have the pleasure of assisting t
.'t
rah History of Stuck-up People. ',slaver Seel3o
fr
BF.ETHOVEN.-At first, the fingers of the 0. h the
to frolic over the keys, as though they toy u,
brations of the strings. The sounds were sportiq,ioti4
jocund ; they rippled like laughter ; they were mol'o
as the merriment of a coquette. They then merfeTtilbY
a sweet and warbling cadence—a cadence of in't3"„ioll
tenderness, the very suavity of which was rendered ;A
piquant by its lavish variations. The measure chi toy
with an abrupt fling of the treble hand 1 itpiched 1311075 c.
air quaint and sprightly as the dance of let—reess, tit!
odd—sparkling on the ear like zigzags: it tan _
mo A,
shower of notes : it was the voice of agility _
sd , er;
meet : it was grotesque and fitful, droll in its ab ur_a_..,tV
fusion, and yet nimble in its amazing ingenuity. ,11;P:dit
ally, however, the humorous movement resolve%Ptiee:i
into a strain of preternatural wildness—a strai
_esi.i
made the blood curdle, and the flesh creep, and the s ;
shudder. It abounded with dark and goblin Passagejtioc
was the whirlwind blowing among the crags of the f tlit4
frau, and swarming with. the cries of the witchq,`",o ;
Waipurgis ; it was Euridice traversing the corrinov,
hell ; it was midnight over the wilderness, with the ' due,
drifting before the moon ; it was a hurricane on t :0,4
sea ; it was everything horrible, weirdlike, antl...,qsaPj
tuous. And through the very fury of these r-stit!
there would start tones of ravishing and gentle be, bet,
the incense of an adoring heart wafted to the bnee.j,
yens through the lightnings and lamentations of Nroo,,
Again the musician changed the purpose of his inirl,oro
tion : it was no longer dismal and appalling, It ' 007,
thetic. The instrument became as it were the,. 6
of sadness, it became eloquent with an inarticulaZor
it was a breast bursting with affliction, a voice u 031:,
with sorrow, and a soul dissolving with emotions• mei,
the variable harmonies rose from pensiveness into irvi
from frenzy into the noise and the shocks of a greilo fy
tle ; they swelled to the din of contending armies',"
storm and vicissitudes of warlike deeds, and swell,.
into a paean such as that of victorious legions when
"Gaily to glory they come.
Like a king in his pomp,
To the blast of the trump,
„grid
And the roar of the mighty drum."
As the triumphant tonesof the instrument llea'_.„o'sr ii
ro
its recesses, and filled the apartment with a tf_,."-is'
majestic sounds, as the musician swayed to and" rru.,4
enthusiasm of his sublime inspirations, and enbann
divine symphony by the crash of many and ablegi
cords, the Rosicrucian gazed with awe upon the
sire grandeur of his countenance. The itnpetu,„' id
superb imagination imparted an inconceivable dab' y''
..„, 1
every lineament, to his capacious forehead, to his dd.
and distended nostrils, to the fierce protrusion 1 if'
under lip, to the mobile and generous expressioVi
mouth, to the tawny yellow of his complexion, .., ri
brown depths of his noble and dilated eyes. Tinefd
something in unison with the glorious sounds that, ,'
berated through the chamber even in the enorine, 1/
tour of his head, and the gray disorder of his broifio,
seemed to exult in the torrent of melody as it gli.`"ve4
the piano and streamed out upon the dusk of the e. 01!„/
While Cagliostro was listening in, an ecstasy of aclll2,efjf
he was startled by a sudden clangour among 1" i
notes—the music seemed to he jumbled into co 1:, Aft
and the ear was stunned by a painful and intolern'a
101
sonance. On looking more intently, he perceil7o
the comdoser had let one band fall' abstractedly
key-board, while the other executed, by itself, 9 for
of extraordinary difficulty and involution. Then, „40 d
first time, the thought struck him that the runstliti,
deaf. Alas! the supposition was too true : Beeth°
cursed by the loss of his most precious faculty' air
who appreciate the full splendour of his gigantic
* * who worship his memory with a devotion ills
his compositions, can sympathize in that terrible
_,.,
tion of the powers of hearing, by which his art
dered A blank, and the latter days of his life wew
tereti,—.Blaekwootry Magazine,