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find much to instruct, amuse, delight him ; and
even the contemplative man ,OTEMBER 8.
"In populous city pent" According to the plan arranged for the army of the
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will learn with pleasure that,. within the confined. Crimea for the sth c.lovember, I made the following
season. dispositions :
precincts of his smoky home, he may, with some• Aw old farmer, who feared neither God- or man, had Lieutenant-General Soimonoff, who commanded the
—ee success, and comparatively little trouble, possess hired a devout negro; and to get some Sunday work out right column, had directions to range his troops in order
soldier's
character is a compound of- gentlee, nesseese andcite manliness, himself of thriving settlements of these industrious of him, he would, always plan a case of "necessity" on of battle before daybreak, and to execute an offensive
Saturday, and on Sunday would put that point to the man's movement by placing his left flank upon the left bank of
without both of which qualities he is incomplete. Of our colonists, who will cheer him with their sone, of
ise conscience. One morning, old Sambo proved refractory ;
Peninsula heroes, none was more gentle or brave than e gratitude and joy as they present to his emulation• he would " work no more on Sundays." The master then the ravine named Kilene-Bulka, so that, profiting by' the
Hill. And there is one more. Need I name him Pfacilities which the ground offered for his movements, and
examples of unceasing and unrepining toil, go- argued with him that it was " a case of necessity ;that
was a stern man in the service—was the Iron Duke ; but for action, he might turn the forces of the enemy stationed
he had a rough lot to deal with, and no bed of roses to verned by prudence and. foresight, and rewarded the Scriptures allowed a man to get out of a pit on the near the source of that ravine.
Sabbath day, a beast that had fallen in." " Yes, massa,"
lie on, between his countrymen, his allies, and the enemy by happiness and plenty. The habits of the bee, The left column, under the command of Lieut.-General
rejoined the black, "but not if he spend Saturday in dig-
the latter being his least difficulty. But see the man of and the political constitution of their well-balance Pauloff, had orders to occupy, with twelve battalions of
become the man of peace, and judge him thus ; for I monarchial ovvernment, have been so often adduced -in-
e u• de pit for de very purpose." Regiments of Chasseurs of Borodino, Okhotsk, and Tarou-
warb HOGG'S INSTRUCTOR.—The papers announce that at tine, and two companies.of the fourth battalion of Riflemen,
qn it is the warrior who makes, when the and descanted on, that, to do more than merely Glasgow there has. been a positive panic in pig iron. Our and to clear the defiles covered with thick_ brushwood
fi
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'non of peace. It is ,
reier to it now-a-days, is to undertake a work of own notion of pig iron is derived from our having seen an situated beyond the Tehernaya-Retchka, whilethe rest of
enough that he was the idol of the children of his friends,
of those young beings who saw nothing in him but a supererogation : still, so seldom have we seen the iron ring suspended to the nasal organ of the pig, and we the troops advanced by the new road called that of the
mild old man. They did not know of Torres Vedras, or polity of the hive so well displayed, or the lessons have always had an idea that there must be a good deal Sappers. Then, forming in order of battle between the
Vittoria; but they knew that he kept a stock of shillings, so tersely put as they are by Mr. Wood, that we of what is called " paying through the nose" for such an ravine Kilene-Balka: and the defiles in question, that
new from the mint, in his pocket on purpose to give them. cannot e p quo mg the annexed escription of hl t.d • ' article. We can thoroughly understand a panic among column was to act at the same position as that of Lieut.-
the pigs themselves with respect to the iron in question. General Soimonoff.
They knew him as their silver mine. Yet, his name was
the Iron Duke. A name that will last as long as history. THE CONTEST FOR. SITFREMA.CY. We presunie that the money market will not be seriously Very unfortunately, the column of Lieutenant-General
He was the Iron Duke. Yet, Copenhagen, the horse he The young queen learns how, we wish some one
affected, for as the panic relates to iron "in the pig- the Soimonoff, instead of taking the position indicated above,
great Jew capitalists will have had nothing to do with it. passed by the right bank of the ravine Kilene Balks, and
rode at Waterloo, was, by his order, turned out to grass would tell us—that there are other young queens, succes-
for the remainder of his life, as a reward for bearing him sors and possible rivals, in the hive. She, too, grows —Punch. immediately upon the break of day, without waiting for
safely through that day of days ; and though he gave excited, whilst, unlike the old queen, she knows not what HINTS TO SCOLDING WIVES.—"And I dare say you. the arrival of the left column, made a rapid movement in
short answers to impertinent correspondents, reminding Ito do between conflicting impulses. She rushes to the have scolded your wife very often, Newman," said I, advance—a movement, however, which it was forced to,
that he was Commander of the Forces, and not a Jack-of- I cells—she will tear them open—she will sting the tenants once.—Old Newman looked down, and his wife took uP make by the sharp fire from the rifles of the enemy, who,
all-trades ; yet, if they could help it, his old servants never Ito death—she will—but no ; the cells are powerfully the reply : " Never to signify—and if he has, I deserved not being threatened upon his left flank, was able to con-
left him—and blessings for kind deeds, and kind words no i guarded, it is for the community to determine in a legiti- it."--" And I dare say if the truth was told, you have centrate all his forces between the source- of the Kilene-
less good for them than deeds, done and spoken to the I mate mode how these vast questions are to be dealt with ; scolded him quite as often."--" Nay,"' said the old woman, Balka and the valley of Inkerman, upon ground very easy
poor, and those dependent on him—blessings fervent and . they warn her away; they bite her if she resists. She with a beauty of kindness which the world cannot excel, of defence. The first line were the regiments of Tomsk
strong, and humid in the eye, and more numerous by far would even be in danger, lint that, in case of extremity, how can a wife scold her good mare who has been work- and Kolyvan, followed by the Catherinenburg Regiment
than its own scant silver hairs, followed, in God's good she is in possession of some magical words (we tell a ing for her and her little ones all the day ?It may be aof Infantry. Behind the flankof these right
time, that laurelled head to the grave. fairy tale) that in an instant render the sentinels motion- man is peevish at times, for it is he- who bears the crosses under the command of Major-General, Jabokritsky, the
she again of the world; but who should make him forget them but infantry regiment of Boutyrsk, and the chasseurs of Oug-
Amongst the other contents are " Zaidee : a ro- less. But if, taking advantage of this calm,
approaches the forbidden ground, they recover themselves, his own
canownwitnessed scold much when the scolding is all on one infantry, as a reserve to cover the right flank, according
the commercial and social condition of the world— this, most interesting scene more than . once. He describ es side."—Bultver. to the plan of attack by the left bank of the Kilene-Balka.
Part II.," upon which we shall have more to say at the young queen at such a time as standing with her FOREIGiN COOKEEY.—Captain Oldmixon, in his Glean. In order to escape from the murderous fire from the
a future opportunity ; " The Jew : a tale from the thorax against a comb, and crossing her wings upon her ings from Piccadilly to Pera, while residing at Naples, rifles of the enemy, the regiments of Tomsk and Kolyvan,
Russian ;' " Prospects of the Modern Drama ;" formed themselves into columns of cnmpanies, and rushed
back, keeping them in motion, but not unfolding them, thus remembers, in touching accents, the fleshpots of his Preceded by a train of skirmishers, also armed with rifles,
whilst she emitted the dread mysterious sounds, which native land :—" 0 how I long. for some of our own nice,
and " a few personal recollections of Christopher were responded to by the weaker and hoarser cries of the savourY, relishing dishes ! what would I not give for a upon the enemy, supported by the battery of position No.
North," by Samuel Warren, the author of " Tenthebattery of position
yet pent-up unborn queens that she seeks to destroy. And curry or good rump-steak and oyster sauce ? I had green 2, of the 10th brigade of artillery ;
Thousand a Year." what is it the bees want her to do, but learn the lesson Peas —but there is no such, thing as stuffed duck ; all No, 1, of the 16th brigade ; and the light battery No. 4,
bequeathed to her by her predecessor—leave the hive with their dishes, like the French, are only pre-eminently of the 17th brigade. The Chasseurs pursued the enemy
By Thomas de Quincey. Edin- another colony, and relinquish the rights of sovereignty insipid ; this insipidity has crept round the coast from without stopping. The 2d battalion of the regiment of
burgh : James Hogg. over the parent community in favour of one of her help- France of late years. Thirty years ago the Italian dishes Tomsk, and the first two battalions of Kolyvan, rushed
less sisters. And so, at last, she departs, and a second were much better; they have even banished onions and upon a battery of the enemy and spiked two of its guns.
-
This is the fourth volume of these most agree- 1 colony is speedily in course of establishment. Possibly most herbs; sage, parsley, horseradish, beetroot, not a Then the Ist and 3d battalions of the Catherinenburg
able and fascinating miscellanies. The volumes a third, and yet a fourth, and a fifth, may fellow ; the thing left ; mock turtle, mulligatawny, white soup, or any regiment of infantry rushed in advance and upon the
have been published seriatim, as the miscellanies number of swarms being determined, no doubt, in ordinary of our seasoned delightful soups, are unheard of. So of right across the Kilene Balka,, and carried by assault a
themselves were launched before an admiring pub- ' circumstances, by the number of the bees, and the heat of any dish. Roast beef, or mutton and currant jelly, or Part of- the enemy's camp, where they spiked four guns.
, tte hive. But
t whenhe the last swarm has departed, and boiled turnips, caper-sauce, stuffed turkey or goose, any of This successful movement was stopped by the loss, almost
lie piece-meal ; and each of the volumes, like the
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marriagable daughters of the prolific housewife, 1 of the royal cells can no longer preserve their efficiency,
inhabitants so lessened that the guards our homely hashes, would be exquisite compared to the simultaneously, of Lieut.-General Soimonoffs mortally
messes they set before one; and yet we travelled English wounded; Major-General De Villebois, commander of the
transcends its predecessor in numeral array of the remaining young queens emerge as they please, two continue to talk such un-English nonsense of continental 2d brigade of the 10th division of infantry ; Col. Zagos-
virtues, and strength of individual attraction, lor three at a time, and civil war, alas ! does at last take cookery ! Yes, it is the fashion—So-and-so has a French kine, commander of the 10th brigade of artillery, and the
elevationdinners ; now, I should say that would commanders of the regiments of Catherinenburg, Tomsk,
To what extent of moral and intellectual place. But, what an admirable mode of making civil war cook—gives capital
they may ultimately soar, if the series be con- 'it is. It is the monarchs who fight, and who are but few be the very reason why I would by all means avoid his and Kolyvan, which lost at the same time their comman-
in number, and must, therefore, soon bring the contest to table, if I cared to eat any - dinner at all ; still I might ders of battalions and a great number of officers killed or
tinued in the same ratio of progression, in number lan end; it is the bee-people that look on, quite content to hope in this continental flood of tortured insipidities and wounded.
and excellence, it is not an easy matter to deter- I pay allegiance to the conqueror. Of course no bee-subject affectation, that some despised English dish might smoke The regiments of the brigade of Chasseurs of the 10th
mine ; and, albeit having grazed our corns against can thus be in danger, by espousing the wrong side, of on the sideboard." division of infantry, and the 2nd and 4th battalions of the
losin his property, or his infantry regiment of Catherinenberg were obliged to de-
rank, or having his temper exas- MELANCHOLY STATE Or MR. BULL'S HOUSEKEEPER.
the protuberances of fluxional demonstration,
peratedf by defeat and humiliation ; the contest affects —lt was within a few weeks scend to the upper part of the ravine, where there is a
scratched our spectacles on the hard-grained par- noneo youngOthese things.of her inexplicable appear-
ewaartechmetetwer
theytst. ante at the head of Mr. Bull's family, that this ancient
tides of surds, and floundered to the thither side of aspirants for Lethuse ms,
stone quarry ociteurarerfy
Major-general
nberirsal farLiticilitkskplac
s? the ?snattryis oTipn,ot.
the binomial theorem, we confess ourselves as yet rush at each other; each seizes with her teeth the antennae femaleserved fell
iij into
qualtatlloefwnwer
words—" somnambulism.e Iv' moaning Fib; citron No. 2 ofj thege 10th brigade of 'artillery,e and the
of position
to have found no formula by which to determine of her rival ; they cling in mortal combat so close together, about the House," and putting some questionsrna to her, an-d
No. 1, of the 16th brigade, with the
that head, belly, and breast are mutually opposed. Butlight batteries Nos. 4 and 5 of the 17th brigade,
*he result of that interesting problem. Avoiding finding-that her replies were mere gibberish, sent for' me.
nature has made occupied a height situated behind the ravine of Kilene-
' the future, in regard to Mr. them aware of their value, or possible I found her on a bench in the Upper Servants' Hall, evi-
Talue, supposing there were no other incipient sovereigns dently fast asleep, (though her eyelids were open,) and Palka, and to the right, parallel with its direction. The
literary • creations, let us in the hive ; and of the danger of instant death to both, breathing stentoriously. After shaking her for some time infantry Regiment of Boutyrsk was posted at the left
with the requirements of should they in that position launch at each other the fatal with Mr. Bull's assistance, len • " quired, Do you know flank of the battery, that of the Chasseurs of Ouglitch at
the right flank, and the first brigade of the 16th division
..e volume opens—after some brief dart. So they separate by a tacit mutual consent, and who you are ?" She replied, " Lord ! Abby Dean, to be of infantry remained in reserve behind the right flank.
explanatory notices to fit the papers into the would apparently leave the combat to be determined sure !" I said, "Do you know where you are ?" She
Almost simultaneously
of sllulttaneotiiilselynewith thet oafticikassoef theofah
at some other time. But that will not do for the bees. answered with a sort of fretful defiance, "At the head of
niches which they respectively occupy at the pre-
s‘tv,als stand
knowno swh iillloy
i-
ss htaol 1 ten matter.
oThey 1 Mr. Bull's establishment." I put the question, " Do you divisionroutino and Borodino,n formedgimenpasrtly into courlsumns of
sent time, as compared with those allotted to them Theymust can
adfheilirtruheler.
at the period of their original publication—with ment to stand still because the would-be govesgoryseranre knnoNovo7inhat jclhravllutl? dtloietntr-e?rp"
et
interposed, nredplo was,
cl" Yes
companies, and preceded by two companies of the 4th
battalion of riflemen, and all their men armed with rifles,
the well-known essay " oe7 Murder considered as cowards? Certainly not. So the rivals are again driven with some heat, that this was the utmost satisfaction he
~ took part in the action. The movement of these troops
one of the Fine Arts," which, when first published together into the arena, no matter how often the queens had been able to elicit " from the confounded old woman," assisted in forcing the enemy to give way before the rapid
in " Maga," the literary queen of the civilised seek to evade the mortal issue, until at last the stronger since she brought her boxes into the family mansion. She attack of the right column. Afterwards, when the regi-
one seizes the other by the wing, curls her extremities was smartly blistered, daily, for a considerable time
world, created an immense and startling sensation ments of the 10th division of infantry descended into the
• under the body, and inflicts the death-pang. Mustard poultices were freely applied ; and caustic was
This, as all the world knows well, is put forth in ravine, those above-named also took part in the fire against
Having given Mr. Wood so much space, in which used as a counter-irritant : setons were inserted in her
the form of a quizzical lecture, purporting to be neck ; and she was trotted about, and poked, and pinched, the enemy, and the combat was warmly continued, with
delivered to a societyofamateurs,though
not • • •
to speak for himself, we must close our remarks on
almost unremittingly, by certain servants very zealousalternate AI
success. . ore than once the enemy was closely
practitioners in the art of murder. It contains his interesting and cheap, as well as valuable, little
. in their attachment to Mr. Bull. I regret to state that surrounded and driven back upon his right flank, but,
many and happy jocular hits at that morbid craw- work, by stating that it is practical and instructive under this treatment sharply continued at intervals from having all his forces concentrated there, he resisted our
ing for the horrifying details of murders, and the in the management and treatment of bees, not less that period to the present, she has become worse instead attack. Towards eight o'clock in the morning, after a
march which presented very great obstacles, the rest of
hunting after incidents in the lives of criminals, than it is suggestive and amusing. . of better. She has now subsided into a state of constant
the troops of the left column reached the steep heights—
and confirmed somnambulism, from which there is no
which the boasted civilisation of the nineteenth of a viz.: the Regiment of Chasseurs of Okhotsk, the Infant
, Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. Edited human hope of her recovery. The case, being one
try Regiments of Yakutsk and Selinghinsk, with the
As as yet done very little to abolish. In comatose mature, is chiefly interesting for its obstinacy.
,quisite, though delicately-expressed by Robert Bell. London :J. W. Parker and Son. Its phenomena are not generally attractive tp the image- batteries of position No. 3of the 11th brigade of artillery,
`iirer draws pictures of many of The copy of Waller now before us is the eleventh nation. Indeed, lam of opinion that at no period of her and No. lof the 10th brigade, and eight guns of the bat-
' sires of those detestable scenes volume of a new and annotated edition of the invalided career has any moment of brilliancy irradiated tery of position Nvoieltoffltahe 17th brigade. I placed these
' -hrated homicidal tragedies, English Poets. When completed, this edition will, the lethargic state of this unfortunate female. Herf pro- batteries
0 the afterwards two batteries
st
of
fhisi extremity of which
leur, or exaggerating it is intended, include the imposing labours of ceedingsdrearst
somnambulists
nhairotcoclnanor
wli7oinit
we
ehose
have
ha e amosretliable r: the Don, which could not take part in the horse
earin ceolyisoe-
--, into pungent , those mighty minds by which the English language cord. She will get up and dress herself, and go to Mr. quence of the position occupied by the enemy being too
and literature have been elevated to the proud Bull's Treasury, or take her seat on her usual bench on distant.
During the battle the battery of position No. 2 of the
position which they hold, and which they are the Upper Servants' Hall, avoiding, on her way, the
entitled to hold. It is also intended to include in knocking of her head against the walls and doors, but 10thn brigade of artillery, eight guns of the battery of posi-
it those graceful and too-frequently fugitive '
pieces, ►giving no other signs of intellectual vigour. She will 11
sometimes sit up very late at night, moaning and mutter-whichh No. 3 and the light battery No. 4 of the 17th brigade,
had lost many men and horses, was replaced by the
which, under the denomination of Lyrical and ing, and occasionally rising on her legs to complain light
of batteries. Noe. 1 and 2of the. 10th brigade and No. 3
Ballad Poetry, have done so much to elevate the of being attacked by enemies. (The common delusion the 11th brigade, which remained in position until
the
national character and purify and exalt the national that people are conspiring against her, is, as might natu- end of the affair.
sentiment. To such an undertaking all classes rally be expected, a feature of her disease.) She will fre- In order to support the battle which was going on in
must wish well ; and when we add that the quently cram into her pockets a large accumulation of Mr. theraYine, in advance of our right flank, I directed upon
that point the regiment of
edition is very handsomely t • Bull's bills, plans for the improvement of his estate, and Chasseurs of Okhotsk, which,
go up, is beauti- other documents of importance, forming its 3rd and 4th battalions '
and will drop the same. . into columns by coin-
fully and correctly printed, furnished • h • with copi- without any reason, and refuse to take them up again parries, made a resolute movement in advance, and took
live notes, and enriched with a care- when they are offered to her. Other similar papers she possession of a redoubt of the enemy with nine guns,
and well-written biographical and i will hide in holes and corners, quickly fore•etting what she three of which were carried off and thrown into the ravine,
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' ^ author, and is published at a I has -
done with them. Seses's all f winging and the others spiked. Colonel Bibikoff, commander of
in 1 the regiment, and the greater portion of his superior and
I wle subaltern officers, were wounded in this attack. The
But it is a curious illustra enemy, on his part, continued to bring up fresh troops to
se:a disorder that the spot where a portion of the French troops arrived

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of her bonnet a sharp knock or jerk, as if to carry it
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fiting by a deep ravine which covered the left flank of our
having, Which forced the regiment of Okhotsk to fall lack. Pro-
from the prospectus, as Luau .. ,v. mvu uj me speei. ~mculAy, ovum ..... ~,,,..a,......., ~ ~.,, m.--, of her
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men before us, the editor is possessed of enthusiasm stupor that if she once went out, no earthly, considers- position, I again successively ordered to advance the regi-
tions would prevail on Mr. Bull to let her In again,--, ments of Yakoutsk and Selinghinsk to support our left
and intelligence, and indotriously ails himself, oule4old Words. , . flank in the ravine, The regiments of Yakoutsk charged

has never stirred an inch beyond the door