Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-04-06

ders, and spears g'imncIipg. and here and thc.c
face fearlly frightened by the glare of the torches
Yet she could that all moving forward like
the waters of the rvers tide in the darkness aud So
lcmnity of the night. And anon she bcheld, in the
| gloom, sullcn and terrible form walking alonc as
if eschcwcd by all, and his arms were bare TO the
| shoulder and he carried cleaning axe. Then
came youth of noble air and haughty carriage,
whom she discovered TO be the Lord Alexander.
He, too, was alone; and the soldiers that lined the
way followed him with adniring eyes as hc passed.
| The next that came was Duke Murdoch, leaning on
the arm of Bishop Wartaw; aud they passed, and
then there was void for some time but soon Il
mouruful breathing of compassion was heard, and
The guards fell backward, aud turned aside their
heads to shun the sight that coming. Sibilia
dartcc towards it Il fearful momcntary glance, aud
She saw old and palsicd hand, bearing cruciix,
coming totterngly forward. 1t was the aged Earl
of LcnnoS, accompanied by P,icst, whose arlu he
grasped for support with feeble and fdltcrug steps
he passed slowly along.
| Sibilla was melted by the sad sight, that she
wrung her hands, and into the farthcst corner
of the chamber and wcpt. And when the violence
of this grief abatcd she returned to the Window and
opened the easement, and listened with an eager
ear. All was silent-then low murmuriug rose
from the multitude beyond the wall-again there
was sudden silence and then she heard the fall of
Il heavy stroke. An awful moan followed, and the
echoes that dwell in the abbcy-csaigs and in the
valley and cliffs of Dcmict, sulleny responded to the
sound. Then a dreadful voice made proclamation
of some terrible event, but the tenuur thereof she
could not hear, nor was there any response.
The bell tolled again, and again there silence,
and second stroke fell more heavily than the first,
and TIC dreadful voice again made proclamation.
Again the bell tolled, and then there rush
ing sound parting waters, in the midst of which
Sibilla heard the dcath-aXc fall third time but
when the voice of the cxccuoncr began to make
proclamation a Shrek wild. so bowling, and so
full of sorrow, arose from the multitude that she
felt If the very earth shuddercd ut the sound, and
swinging po,EerleSs from her hold, sunk the floor
| in swoon.
| The Spacwife, like Meg Merries, is in every
place dealing out her gloomy predictions TO all the
principal characters, particularly to the Duke. who
consplrcS against the life of his Sovereign in the
hope ard belief of becoming King. The most dar-
ing and notorious character i'll this novel is Sir X.
Graome, who with the other consprators, at last
accompanies the repeated prophecy of Anniplc, by
giving the King eight and ttcenty ,co,oids." The
work concludes with the private marriage OF Lord
James with Siba and their flight TO Ireland. AL
together, this is novel of very superior cast
The dclincaton of the character of the Duchess of
Albany, is powerful and touching; her RoInan-likc
behaviour, and her answer to the herald who
nounccs the execution of her aged father (thc Earl
of Lennox) her husband and her sons, are very
tinr.