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CHAPTER 111.-THE ORDER FOR THE COAT

Rifole would now have given ten of the best years of his
life to have been able to read ! Unfortunately, plump little
Agatha partook of the ignorance of her husband. Nothing
better could be done tha►► for the tailor to run with all speed
to Pont Neuf, and apply once more to Joseph Rigois. None
of Rifole's neighbours had inspired him with sufficient con-
fidence to suffer him to initiate them into his affairs.
Rigios took the letter with considerable nonchalance, which
Rifole presented to him with a trembling hand. He broke
the seal and read what follows, after having previously placed
on his nose the formidable pair of spectacles before men-
tioned :

" M. Jacques Rifol6 will come to take measure of a coat
" for M. the Minister of Police, to-morrow, Friday, at seven
" o'clock in the morning." _

Rifole thought he should evaporate with joy at this an-
nouncement of a favour on which be had reckoned so long.
lie appeared to pass at once from Tartarus to Elysium. He
took the letter, gathered up the envelope, threw a crown of
six livres upon the desk of the public writer, and ran to re-
join his wife perhaps even with more speed than he left her.
" Our fortune is made ! " cried he. She held out her arms,
and they embraced each other with an excess of rapture that
made all their neighbours believe they had won a prize in the
lottery.

county

Once the welcome letter received, they no longer thought
of quitting Paris and returning to Tours. They commenced,
on the contrary, to project a splendid shop, worthy of the
illustrious customer, whose name should sparkle in letters
t
of gold upon their signboard. But that which was now most
indispensable, was, to deserve the favour with which the
minister honoured them, and to gainsthe good graces of his
excellence in the interview of the following day.
Rifole closed not an eye all night, so occupied was he with
the thought of finding himself in the presence of so great a
personage. He studied the salutation he should make ; he
repeated the words he should say ; he felt his heart beat with
emotion and fear in contemplating that his scissors and his
needle would perhaps make a coat for a minister—an embroi-
dered coat—a coat that would be seen by the emperor !
It is hardly necessary to say that next morning Itifole was
early stirring:wee (witted his bed by three o'clock, and soon
after five be quite ready. Shaved with extreme care, his
hair exquisitely arraaged, clothed in his best, and with hat in
hand, he awaited with anxiety the hackney carriage which he
had ordered to call for him. .
At length the coach came up. Rifole embraced his wife,
who attended him to the door, and assisted him to mount the
stePs•
Agatha returned speechless, and in a flatter of agitation,
inwardly praying to heaven
to
nothat nothing should mar the pros-
e about
pros-
perity which appearedblessi them. Her heart beat
;o quickly, hope. seemed sodeferred, and her anxiety so great,
that she determined to aply herself to her work, to change
the current of her thougphts.
She stepped up, therefore, to the chamber of her lodger,
who had gone out that morning still earlier than Rifole, and
commenced making his bed, and setting his little apartment

in order.
Ten minutes had hardly elapsed, thus occupied, when she
heard the noise of a carriage. She ran to the window. It
was Rifole returning.
The tailor, looking aghast and in an indescribable state of
agitation. climbed up the stairs, four at a time, and darted
into the chamber. " I shall go distracted, said he. 66 /
don't know what lam about. I went to take an order for a
caat, and forgot my measure. Where she! we find paper fit
to make one ? All the shops are shut, and time presses, for
half-past six is about to strike."
" Now do not trouble yourself in this way, my dear
Jacques," interrupted little Agatha, taking hold of the first
sheet of paper which came to hand. " See here.
She gave six sheets to Rifol6 which lay upon the table of

the lodger.
"
" This will do," exclaimed the tailor. I will cut and
sew together my measures on my way. I havey got alt else I
want—my scissors, needle and thread. Adieu.
Rifole jumped into the coach, and once more departed.
Arrived at the antechamber of the minister, lilfole.had
alent y of time to make up. his measures, for it was long
fter nine o'clock before the valet de chambre came to con-
duct him into the presence of the minister.

CHAPTER IV.-TILE MINISTER OF POLICE

The tailor expected to see a great lord, fierce-looking, 6ier-
bearing, and disdainful. Ile found, on the contrary, a man
mild and benevolent, with a smiling face, and one who tried
to put at his ease the protege ot his friend Pere Lombois : he
appeared even to interest himself in the simple chatter of the
Tournese. Rifole took the measure of the coat like an artist
who knows well his business, and asked his excellency what
day he desired to try on his garment?

On my return from Kilkee to Limerick, I visited the re-
mains of the city walls—the scene, of several gallant repul-
sions of the beseiging army in the olden time—and also the
celebrated " stone," on which the " treaty" was signed. I
bid farewell to my kind and hospitable friends in that town,
and embarked in the Nonsuch canal-boat, at the City of
Dublin Company's station, to pursue my route homeward by
the Upper Shannon. There were as many passengers on
board as could well he accommodated—ladies and gentlemen,
soldiers and their wives, emigrants (both families and indi-
viduals) about to avail themselves of a free passage to New
South Wales—and others. The parting with their relatives
and friends, of the poor but decently-clad peasantry, who thus
hoped to ameliorate their condition by expatriation, was
deeply affecting. They embraced and kissed each other,
some weeping aloud, and others uttering doleful lamenta-
tions, similar to those 1 had heard on a like occasion at Kil-
rush : men and women and children all giving ample demon-
stration of that warmth of kindred affection so peculiarly
characteristic of the humbler classes-in Ireland.
The Nonsuch is built of iron, is 80 feet in length, and

boats of the same material used on the Ai
Scotland, and introdu

I on some of AI

raven by bar

canals in this
ne driver, at a

pace of about five or six miles an hour. '!'he fare, at " the
better end," by this vessel, and others in continuation of the
navigation, to Shannon Harbour, a distance of 691 miles, is
eight shillings ; and thence to Dublin, by the slow or night
boat-92 miles—ten shillings. When empty, the Nonsuch
draws only four inches of water ; but when loaded, as we
were, with luggage, mostly piled on the top, as on the roof
of a stage coach, it drew about nine inches.
The canal takes, at first, a southerly direction, in a straight
line, so as to cut off a northerly curve or wins
Shannon, the two forming here a D, or delta

ng_ of the
By this

means a Considerable distance is save

n the navigation, and
Ile canal is pent up by locks

several sh3llows are

at its commencement at Limerick, so that a
" the salmon leap"—of 9 feet 6 inch(

After moving up the river for a short distance above the
delta, and level with the lower part of the canal just passed,
we entered a longer length of the canal, on the north bank,
in which there are several locks, leaving Castle Troy (before
described) on the south. On coming up to the first lock,
near the mouth of " Blackwater" river, a tributary of the
Shannon, it became evident that the boat was much too long
for the space between the two gates, and, (not being initiated
in the mystery,) I became curious to know by what process
the vessel would be raised to the level of the canal above.
This was speedily shown, and its novelty and ingenuity ex-
cited in those who, like myself, witnessed it for the first time,
no little wonderment and admiration. The passengers, who
placed themselves close to the bow of the boat, were requested
to walk some distance aft, into the fore cabin, or on its top,
for a short time, and immediately on their compliance the
bow of the boat, for a length of about twenty feet, was hoisted
up by means of a tackle fixed to a small mast at one end, and
to the top of the stein at the other, until it stood perpen-
dicular, or at a right angle with the keel,—the hull, at the
point of flexion, being constructed with a water-tight joint,
or hinge, right across ! The reefing of a sale is easily under-
stood ; but taking a reef of a vessel's hull, and thus reducing
her length, was an operation for which we were not prepared,
and it was at once acknowledged to be simple, ingenious, and
somewhat laughable. When the boat was thus curtailed of
her " fair proportions," the lower gate was closed, and, the
water, being admitted into-the lock, she was rapidly raised
to the higher leiel, and the bow being again lowered, the
" None-Such" (properly so called) proceeded on her course.
The invention is one of those of our enterprising and talented
townsmen, Charles Wye Williams, Esq., of the City of
Dublin Company, to whom the country is indebted, as
the principal originator and promoter of that steam navi-
gation which has already reached a scale of magnitude and
importance which has established a new era in the history of
maritime communication. The same gentleman has recently
taken out a patent for the improvement of steam-engine fur-
naces, and effecting the combustion of the inflamable gasses
from coal, or, -in other words, preventing, to a great extent,
the creation of smoke ; which he scientifically sbowq, when
once produced, cannot be consumed, and that, too, on prin-
ciples involving very considerable economy in fuel.
We passed several other locks on the line of latteral canal
which we had now entered, in the same manner, and enjoyed
what may be called ae aquatic ride in our floating omnibus,
without the annoyanceot the noise of wheels, through uninte-
resting rural district—leaving the neat Hamlets of Clonlara
and Erina on the north bank. and again entering the stream
of the Shannon a short distance above the beautiful village of
Castle Connell, which, lying on the south of the river, is not
visible from this route. On the opposite side, on elevated
and wooded ground, stands a fine seat called Doonas. A
short sail up the river prought us to " O'Brien's Bridge,"
and the village of that name. The bridge is an ancient stone
structure, of rather rude but strong masonry. It originally
contained fourteen arches ; but. two of them, on the norti,
end, having become dilapidated, one arch of larger span was
substituted for them, by which its uniformity is somewhat
marred. We passed under the larger arch, and held our way
northward and eastward, for a few miles on the expansive
bosom of the river, passing a succession of several islets in
its middle, and entering a third portion of canal, of about two
miles in length, in a fine country, on the west side of the
river, and which terminates at Killaloe, a considerable town,
in which is the Inland Steam Company's principal station,—
a distance from Limerick of fifteen wiles. There is here a
Cathedral. Just before reaching the town, we passed the
demesne and mansion of the bishop, " Clarisford House,"
situated on a well-wooded slope, ion the west bank. The
house is a fine square building, with a pavilion roof. Killa-
loe is on the Clare side of the niter, on elevated hilly ground ;
opposite to,and communicating with it by an old bridge (also
of thirteen arches) is Ballina, in the county of Tipperary,
which may be termed a suburb.
I had not an opportunity—our stay being so short—of
minutely inspecting the town. The Cathedral is a plain
building, in the Gothic style. Nearly opposite to the bishop's
throne is a neat white marble monument, raised by the friends
of the late John Grantham Esq., in token of respect for his
memory. Mr. Grantham was for some years the Inland
Navigation Company's Acting Agent, and superintendent for
the line of the Shannon. He was an English engineer, and
had the merit of first introducing steam navigation into the
interior of Ireland. The vessel which he employed was a
small iron steamer, built in 1824, and now at work in some
of the upper lakes of the Shannon. The trade then com-
menced has since increased to that pursued by the extensive
company now navigating that river and its canals, and spread-
ing its beneficial influence throvighout that interesting 1
country. Many amusing stories are told of the wonder and
admiration at first evinced by the country people on the ap-
pearance of Mr. G. with his little steamer, which they re-
garded with the most profound awe. Now, however, steam-
vessels of a much larger class have there become compara-
tively numerous, and are no longer considered objects of
curiosity ; but the generous and kindly feeling which sub-
sisted between Mr. Grantham and all classes of the commu-
nity in Ireland is not forgotten, and his name is still cherished
with feelings of the warmest regard.
In the immediate vicinity there are some interesting re-
mains of several small ecclesiastical buildings, one of which,
consists of little more than thelivy mantled gable end of a
chapel, with a small gothic window, and surrounded by a ce-
metery, in which—judging from the old headstones—" The
rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep." An ancient stone cross
will also invite the visitor's attention. The canal passes the
town, and terminates a short distance higher up the river,
which here emerges from the southern extremity of Loch
Derg,—the most extensive of the chain of magnificent lakes
with the waters of which the stream of the noble Shannon co-
mingles in its downward course from Loch Allen to the
ocean—a distance, as before stated, of upwards of 230 miles.
Here there are large eel weirs at the confluence of the lough
and the river, and the quantity of eels, also salmon, annually
,caught is said t 6 be immense. We here landed, and trans-
shipped ourselves on board the Lansdowne, a fine large iron
steamer of one hundred horse power, and a hundred and

thirty feet in length of keel. This vessel was built at Killa-
loe, the materials being taken from Liverpool. We found, in
addition to the ladies' cabin, a most commodious general
cabin, with a fine Irish marble chimney-piece. supported on
each side by a Grecian column, and a blazing fire, which the
slight chill of the morning rendered doubly agreeable. Capt.
Collins, who was in command of the vessel, and to whom 1
presented a note of introduction from my kind friend, W. G.
Sibthorpe, Esq., of Limerick, was: most polite and obliging,
affording me, as we steamed along the Luke, - every informa-
tion of which he was possessed relStive to the numerous ob-
jects of interest or curiosity that presented themselves in the
continually changing panorama around us. Ile had been
bred a regular seaman, and though now destined to be lite-
rally " a fresh water sailer," his experience is quently
called into requisition even in this inland navigation, the
lough, from its extent, and its height above the level of the
sea, (71 feet) being subject to gales and squalls, particularly
in the winter season, which rouse its deep waters into what
may be called tumultuous and threatening waves. Soon after
starting, we sat down to an excellent and cheap breakfast,
served in the principal cabin. Anxious, however, to behold
the lake and mountain scenery by which we were now proxi-
mately surrounded, several of my romantically inclined fel-
low passengers and myself despatched an adequate share of
the repast with rather more rapidity than good breeding, and
returned above board, aware that, amidst the chances and
changes of this life, comparatively few strangers have fre-
quent opportunities of enjoying, while in that speedy and de-
lightful motion which the gigantic powers of steam happily
supply, the beauties and sublimities of what may be termed
an Irish inland sea.
The southern extremity of the lough, near Killaloe, is con-
tractaednionblbereexadpathn,seof but it soon widens out, in irregular form,
into
w-ater,
shores,with
backednelyind indented, el
lofty y
diaiid,
rangesfor
the most part, thickly-wooded
presenting the richest variety of undulations and boldness
of mountain scenery. Shortly after leaving the station we
observed the extensive slate quarries of the Imperial Mining
Company, on the eastern or Tipperary side,—indicated by
excavations on the face of the hills'
material thrown out to arrive at the valuable and t helhr
tukg lee
massesf
e r of
I r e
land is here rich not only in slate and flags but in a superior
description of marble, in the preparing and polishing of which,
for the use of the adjoining districts, and even for export to
increased
places more remote, many of the inhabita9 arewere profitably
employed, though their numbers might be ts
the
navigation of the Shannon taken Lull advantage adnvdantage of and
aun-
proved, as it would be did its inviting
a
tiow through even the most sterile and unpromisingvai l l e
waters
parts
n f
Enzlaml• - - -

bearer
alosunglhill isislDanedrrcyloCseasttolet,hethleanseatthe
of Captain
Head,
ruins of a
castle, and behind it a col y and slate-yard. and theo n
side, (in Clare,) and which here forms a widen theba opposite
the seat of Major Purdon, on a wooded slope, wyi,thstanus
a fine
southern aspect. Here the lough appeared to be from
a 'n
to, occasionally, a mile and three qurrters wide, and is,fortle
length of about five miles, in a direction from S.W. to N.E.,
with handsome seats on each side, backed by rising ground
terminating in mountains.
The Tipperary shore is the richer in soil and woodlands;
but since the introduction of steam navigation, prosecuted as
it is with great spirit and liberality by the Dublin Inland
Steam Navigation Company, under the peculiar auspices of
our townsman, C. W. Williams, Esq., cultivation is rapidly
creeping up the face of the hills on the northern side of the
lake, both in Clare and Galway. We passed Scilly Island,

THE LATE INFAMOUS ASSAULT ON

A LADY

(From the Dublin Freeman's Journal of Tuesday.)

Yesterday, Mr. Robert Caldwell, solicitor, of 191, Great
Brunswick-street, for whose apprehension two arrests had
been outstanding for many days, was brought in custody of
Police-sergeant Kennedy, 8 B, before the magistrates of Col-
lege-street police-office, charged with having assaulted, with
intent to commit violation, the wife of Mr. Corbett, of Fitz-
william-place, barrister. Both parties move in the most re-
spectable circles of society, and occupy high standing in their

Mr. John Adye Curran appeared for the prosecutor, and
Mr. Fitzgibbon, Q.C., was counsel for the prisoner.
From the evidence of the prosecutrix, it appeared the pri-
soner had been on friendly terms with Mr. Corbett for the
space of a year and a half, during which they had various
transactions in the way of business. The prisoner had been
frequently at Mr. Corbett's house, his presence there being,
however, occasioned, for the most part, by professional affairs,
though on two occasions he had dined there. On Monday
se'nnight he dined with Mr. Corbett and his lady, and on the
Saturday following be proceeded to the house of the prose-
cator in Fitzwilliam-place, under the pretence of paying the
visit usually exacted by etiquette, after the acceptance of such
a compliment. Having knocked at the door, he inquired of
the servant whether Mr. Corbett were at home? The ser-
vant answered in the negative, saying that his master had
just gone out, which, however was not the case; but Mr.
Corbett being in dishabille at the time, had given directions
that to should be denied. The prisoner then inquired
w!.ether Mrs. Corbett was at home, for that if so, her pre-
sence would suit his purpose as well? The servant replied
that his mistress was in the study, to which apartment the
other was unhesitatingly admitted. The prisoner having
found the lady seated in an arm chair, saluted her courte-
ously, and drawing over his own chair in the vicinity of the
lady's, they conversed for a few minutes upon ordinary topics.
Presently, however, his conversation assumed a different
tone—he talked rapidly and with great fervour, and began to
praise the eyes of his companion, which he averred were
bright above those of all other mortals. He then spoke more
undisguisedly, and throwing himself on his knee, he lamented
the situation of his fair companion, and assured her, with
great impassionment, that he grieved that her heart was not
at her own disposal, for that if she were single she should
not be without an offer. Fired with indignation at hearing
herself addressed in such a strain, the lady rose in high dis-
pleasure, and told the prisoner that such words were unfit
for the ears of a married woman. and informed him, that if
he did not immediately leave the room she should ring for
the servant to turn him out. She was proceeding accordingly
across the room, with the design of summoning the servant
with the bell, when the prisoner sprang from his seat with
desperate violence, and spreading his hand over the lips of
the lady in order to stifle her so effectually as to render utter-
ance impossible, he told her that all her resistance would be
in vain, for that she was in his power,—" nature was irre-
sistible, and she must submit." The prisoner then pro-
ceeded to take liberties of the most infamous nature with the
lady, the details of which are, of course, utterly unfit for
publication. A deadly struggle ensued, the fortune of
which was as yet doubtful, when the lady, descrying a large
case-knife lying in a silver bread-basket upon the table,
seized it in desperation, and made a fierce plunge at the
breast of her assailant. The prisoner, in his effort to
elude the blow, which must have been fatal had it taken
effect, with such excessive violence was it aimed, let go
his hold of the lady's mouth, and succeeded in wringing
the weapon out of her hand. The lady, uttering the most
clamorous shrieks, rushed to the door, closely pursued by her
assailant, who brandished the knife in the air, and had al-
most felled her to the earth, when Mr. Corbett, who was in
the lower part of the house, in the act of fastening his straps,
when his wife's screams first reached his ear, ran up stairs,
having seized, in the exigency of the moment, a fork, the only
weapon which lay at hand. On the instant of Mr. Corbett's
arriving, his lady had effected her escape from the room, and
having exclaimed in tones of agony, " The knife ! the knife !
Look ! look to Caldwell i " she fell upon the lobby almost
lifeless from exhaustion. Mr. Corbett stepped over her and
rushed in the direction of the study, where the prisoner yet
remained, but one of the servant-maids, apprehensive that
blood might be shed in case her master and the prisoner
should meet, ran past the forrner.with the speed of lightning,
and succeeded in entering the room before him, shut the door
in his face, and bolted it from within. Mr. Corbett, con-
ceiving that his lady was dying, so utterly devoid of anima-
tion did she appear, then turned to her assistance, and hav-
ing raised her drooping head from the ground, was leaning
over her on the lobby, when the prisoner, suddenly darting
from his ambuscade, sprang down stairs. Mr. Corbett
seized a bootjack, and hurled it at the head of the prisoner,
whom he pursued down stairs with terrific speed, and might,
perhaps, have succeeded in overtaking him, were it not that
the same servant maid who had already interfered, threw her-
self in the course of the pursuer, and by tripping up his
heels, terminated the chase, and secured the present escape
of the prisoner.

Mrs. Corbett, a young lady of very prer.ossessing manners,
and great personal attraction, was examined at great length,
and deposed, in a very becoming manner, to the facts de-
tailed in the foregoing statement.
The prisoner, a tall, athletic, well-proportioned man, aged
about 36 years, and who was dressed in very fashionable at-
tire, when called upon for his defence, stated that the lady
had made warm and repeated professions of attachment to
him, and he was only presuming on the encouragement he
had thus received in acting as he had. The prisoner then
produced four or five letters, signed, for the most part, " Your
affectionate Caroline, and all of which contained professions
of the most passionate regard.
Mrs. Corbett being cross-examined by Mr. Fitzgibbon,
denied, in terms of the most unmitigated indignation, all
knowledge whatsoever of these documents, the production of
which appeared to excite in no one more surprise than in her-
self. It was " false as hell," the assertion that she had pen-
ned any such compositions. She had never given the prisoner
more countenance than became an honourable woman ; she
never walked with him in the street, nor ever had had inter-
views with him in private.
Mr. Corbett deposed that he did not consider the letters to
be_written, any one of them, in the hand-writing of his lady.

Mr. Curran observed that there was no post-mark what-
ever upon the letters, and some of them were written in dif-
ferent hands.

The magistrates said that such a case bad been made out
as left but one course open for them, namely, to take the in-
formations of the complainant, and hold the prisoner in surety
to stand his trial at the next commission.
The pyisoner entered into his own recognizance for £lOO,
and two sureties of £3O each, to stand his trial at commis-
sion, and was thereupon liberated.

COUNTY PETITION

(From the Cork Constitution.)

Letters from London wouldn't do. The " free and inde-
pendents" were'nt to be " blarneyed" out of their money in
that way. They saw no reason why they should pay some
six or eight hundreds for the very important information that
the committee to try the election had been struck. They
thought that they might trust the newspapers for that ; they
knew that they could get it quite as expeditiously, and some-
what more economically, through those vigilant vehicles as
through Mr. O'Connell, and they resolved that, if they must
pay, they would have some " palaver" for their cash. Ah
sirs ! that " adjournment" was ominous. Mr. O'Connell
understood it better than the silly ones whom it is alter-
nately our duty to chastise and to instruct. Ile saw that the
game was gone. He saw that the men wouldn't give their
guineas unless they knew for what. He saw that they were
pondering whether it was not better to husband their strength
for a general struggle than to fling it away on a skirmish in
which they could not win. He saw that his presence was
necessary=that it might shame, it it did not awe them, and,
regardless of the flourishing assurances about unanimity and
all that, he throws himself into a train, and hies him hotly
and hastily for. Cork. The following letter heralds his ap-
proach :

" TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF CORK.
"London, 16th March, 1842.
" FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN !—I respectfully solicit the
Committee of the Liberal Electors to do me the honour of
meeting me in Cork early in the forenoon of Monday, the
28th of March instant, to conclude all arrangements neces-
sary for the defence of the Return at the late Election. I
intend to be in Cork on the evening of Satuaday, the 26th,
so as to be ready to meet the Committee at as early an hour
as may suit their convenience on Monday.
" I do implore the Electors to complete our preparations
for the defence on
.that day. We must not sacrifice our
vigilance to the sentiment of contempt of the paltry and
most untenable attack made on the free choice of the Elec-
tors of your County.

I havelet,lroreeu,
shr oet nvhoeeur rm too
dbe faithfulmodest
sdeervmaanntd,.
Money—
" DANIEL O'CONNELL"
There, gentlemen!
money—money, is all he asks ; and how can you refuse it?
Remember the amount of your obligations. You areau lr'.
culturists ; agriculture, you know is often a perilous pursuit,'
and of the peril Mr. O'Connell endeavoured to relieve you.
It is no fault of his that your toils are not transferred to
others. Had he had his way, light is the labour that would
be henceforth your's. Not a thought need it cost you about
your corn. There would be no uneasy nights—no wakeful
watchings of the weather. Your pickings and your plough-
ings, your harrowings and your harvestings would be at an
end; and what a world of trouble would he saved you then !
As to corn, there would be enough and to spare. Italy or
Germany would supply it, and ask nothing in return but
your gold. This is the service Mr. O'Connell would have
done you, and it is hard if you do not help bias in his need.
It is his " last kick," and where shall he turn if he be re-
jected here ? Come, gentlemen ! a liberal largess, for he
wants it, and will want it more before the inquiry is at an
end. tieed not the rumours that reach you from the east
and from the west. if others be indifferent, or dissatisfied,
or suspicious, that must not operate with you. Out, then,
with your money. You know, as he told you in a former
letter, all the costs are to be saddled on the tories, and you
are to get your contributions back ! The speculation is safe.
Where there is nothing to lose, you may venture without
fear.

IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUALITY.—In the Nisi Prins
Court, at York, on the sth instant, an attorney, named
Edward Sykes, brought an action against Georgiana Leary
for £6OO, for work and labour done as an attorney. Mr.
Dundas was prepared to defend the case ; but the defendant's
attorney not appearing when called upon, the jury found a
verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought.—Leeds
Mercury.