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POETRY

ENGLANI

gland, awake

thy all is at stake
hall of the Queen,

he destroyer is seen.
perverting the truth—
a enslaving thy youth;
arough the breadth of the land

ul-slaying brand.
Lstand him ? Not musket or swor
pure Wori of the Lord.
this be thy shield,
Papist must yield.

are fouiid

.1 abound

hiy daughters be told.

idden slave

nd, for His h
from slumber

--....-.--..-

WORLDLY VOICE

31 CHARLES SWAIN

Me-Not for 1844

bright and better sphere,
de leaf, worn and sere—
were born !

spendthrift Rosi

s on the careless night ?
)r unwholesome blight—
. . .

wind that blows

h and abbey wall ;
thy fond shadow fall,—
thee not !

u Worldly yoice;—,

Leir brief mission given,

soar again to heaven,

ied the Rose.

,us hearts in secret done

he selfish shun,
even bestows !

ove debarr'd !
.e the World respects—

which Pride negleets—

e and prove
alating Mar

hat holy theme conve,

ad his God

CARDINAL DE RETZ

OR
THE COURTIER'S PLOT

BY PET

R POPJOY, Esq

For the Liverpool Standard,

tPTER I

Croissi ; how be marries, an
the widower some twe:
; and further, how he

Ity year

nent of the nineteenth century, Baron
Croissi, still in the very prime and
wearied with the solitude of his old
upon committing matrimony. With
was to do ; he therefore without
fair hand of a noble lady in the
ose amply dowry enabled him to
le had incurred during the wars,
which had almost become unte-
id neglect. The result of the
n. This event filled the breast
h joy and pride ; for more than
cient name was destined to be
-th of this son, if one might
ighbours, was the only satisfac-
the married state, for it was
nly, that the brave and daunt-
Henri Quatre was not able to
's lady, and therefore suffered
roness, however, did not live
)ert de Croissi had made his
on did not exhibit much re-

at the circumstance, it is hard
ally were as to the state of wed-

, during which time Baron de
le life of a quiet country gen-
irmlessly in the scabbard, and
:1) fed in the paddock. The

e De Croissi was confided to a❑ old abbe, a
man, but who it was suspected fostered
ith Protestantism. We wish we
f Croissi profited by the lessons
nfortunately he knew nothing.
ssessed no taste for study ; but,
he frankness, the bcnhommie,
d soldier of Bearnais. From his
omitable and irascible tempera-
" strange manner with his in-
:ism. At eighteen a notable
we. Albert, all at once, ap-
ssity of concealing from those
irmities of temper. On a sud-
, and thoughtful ; and under
n to the paternal will, he hid
reigned within his heart. The

racterised th

with his progress, began to re-
accomplishment, and a model
le neighbourhood to take pat-
Hardly had Albert attained his

the cloven foot protruded itself ; throw-
sk of hypocrisy he had hitherto worn, he
• ':r a rigorous account of the fortune
ion him from the maternal side; and
k himself to Paris, to reside with
• whose interest at court held

)id advancement

l the Baron find himself alone.
red more than ever lonely. At
state is felt perhaps more acutely

any things to amuse are i

hear of Albert; and though

) look for his return, yet h

awakened resentment, and
anger, determined once more to
~cl, him, his choice fell on a hand.
ae daughter of honest parents; good
aiper, and good sense, making up for a
nth and the absence of rank and station.
the outcry made by Albert at this mesalliance.
Baron, who could at one time have resisted the
est foe, had fallen off in his courage; and though
-ing with his antagonist, was opinionative
,tance from him. The marriage,
and though Albert did not attend,
_cted with, much to the enter-
he neighnouring nobility, who made it a
'ears afterwards Fabien de Croissi
-ans lessened the gossip in the
The Baron found himself

le of 1€

31e at a dis.

,fore, to,

remony was proce€

went c

hich by no

ast in t

His handsome

gild the

„gptful of the
Notes Notwithstanding
oy one of those whims which
in the human heart, that which
_,laced from his memory the remembrance
was precisely the means by which it was en-
the more deeply. In spite of all his efforts, the
,uld not but consider his wife as a stranger, whom
.....ated in a moment of caprice, and whose vulgar
castes and homely habits, placed in striking contrast with
the aristocratic defects of the first Baroness de Croissi,
'ere brit too obvious to escape notice. As for the poor
looked upon as nothing but a sort of intru-
ld not sustain the eclat of the family. The
were naturally carried back towards the yeti-
'le old stump—he who alone could continue
genealogical tree. Thus the Baron became
'e and melancholy, and his griefs—per-
hastened him to the tomb.
,e supplicated, with so many entrea-
, the presence of his eldest son—he so urgently re-
jested his attendance, that the young courtier was com-
pelled to quit Paris suddenly, where he was pursuing his
ambitious projects, to receive the paternal benediction.
Ills arrival at the mansion-house smoothed the last mo-
ments of the Baron, who had sought this reconciliation
for a long time, so that he might die in peace. Latterly
Albert had not shown himself so hostile as formerly to-
wards his mother-in-law and his young brother. The
veteran recommended the two warmly to him ; and. con-
in the promise Albert made him of watching over
'le old Count died in the arms of his eldest-born

him for

ed him

he had el

babe, he wa
der, who co,

aps his regrc
On his deal

hbed

CHAPTER II

ne how Fabien and his Mother manage the De Croissi
Fabien falls in lore, after being left an

estates, and ho
)rphan.

The Baroness de Croissi, and Fabien aged fourteen,
found themselves at the mercy of an imperious man
well, STATISTICS OF A BEE-HIVE.—The" masses" of every
considered their existence as a stain upon the honour of hive consist of two kinds of bees, the workers and the
his house. After the death of the old man they were drones. The fist are undeveloped females ; the second
wishful of escaping from the tyranny which would inevi- are the males. Over these presides the mother of the
tahly be exercised to weigh upon them by the new lord of hive, the queen-bee. The number of workers in a strong
Croissi, but they were both of them deceived as to the in-
hive is above 15,000, and of drones, about one to ten of
these. This proportion, though seldom exact, is never
tentions of the mysterious Albert. To their great as-
tonishment he announced to them with much gracious- very much exceeded, or fallen short of. A single family,
ness. that he desired that nothing should be changed in where swarming is prevented, will sometimes amount,
the mansion house, and that his mother-in-law and his according to Dr. Bevan, to 50,000 or 60,000. In their
brother should continue to hold the same state as formerly • wild state, if we may credit the quantity of honey said to
that as for himself he would return to Paris, leaving be found, they must sometimes greatly exceed this num-
to them the management of his property, of which, never- ber.—Quarterly Review.
theless, they should render him once a-year a true' ac- OLDEN TIME.—In 1351 the price of labour was regu-
count. He was convinced, added he gallantly, that his lated in this country by parliament ; and it is remarkable
estate could not but prosper in the hands of a lady, whom that " corn weeders and hay makers, without meat, drink,
his father had considered worthy to be his companion. or other courtesy demanded," were to have one penny
This generosity, which the baroness and her son were far
from expecting, excited their gratitude to the utmost. Iper day ! In 1314, the pay of a chaplain to the Scotch
bishops, who were then prisoners in England, was three-
Bothhalfpence per day. Although wages were so low, things
had been accustomed to hear the old man speak of
et
Albert, only with the most profound respect, and this at that time were so cheap that 24 eggs were sold for
noble conduct tended to augment the regard that had been penny ; a pair of shoes for fourpence ; a fat goose for two-
inspired for him. As we have said the Bareness was of pence halfpenny ; a hen for a penny ; eight bushels of
poorad n
family. If therefore she quitted the
chateau' she wehnecaet.ln
13
for two36. wheat
shillings;
per
rd
quartera fat
twoox for s
hng
s ixi -i
na n
s ; a fa
i d -e ig It -t
other step to take but to entera convent. On the
Pence.
totheerhand Fabien as
y.
—Fleetwood's
Younger brother bad no right to sheep sixpence ; a fat goose twopence ; and a pig ore
pro opert y which his father left ; and this law which en- I Penn h—Fleetwood's Cheonicon Precios.