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•■■»■■■ I' "1 ll ■■■■-•■■■■ ONEBYONB. OwK by one the sands are flowing,a'« J.. J One by one the moments fall, .< SOme are Coming, some are going; i not strive to grasp them all. f. I One by one thy duties wsit thee, J-et thy whole strength" £ °,t0 each; Let no future dreams elate thee, Learn thou first what these can teach. One lay one (bright gifts from Heaven) i Joys are sent thee here wlow; Take them readily When given, Ready, too, to let them go- — One by one thy griefs shall meet thee, Do not fear an armed band- One will fade as others greet thee, J Shadows passing through the land. Do not look at life's Ion.; sorrow; See small each moment's pain: •. God will help thee for to-morrow, So each day begin again. • • a <r. Every hour that fleets so slowly j jf»s its-task to do or bear; ■' LUPinoua the Orown, and holy, If thou set each gem with care, i re witli regretting, .Or for passing hours despond;" •*— Hor, the daily toil forgetting, '■! • • v ?. Uooktooeagerly beyond.' •> .<• r Hours are golden links,.God's token ■' Reaching Heaven; btit oiie by One • Take them, lest the chain btj broken' JEre the pilgrimage be done. ADELAIDE AM* PROCTER.
THE REVIEW OF THE VOLUNTEERS…
THE REVIEW OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN '"j.' HypE PARK. Saturday, the 23rd pf June, will henceforth be a memorable date in the military annals of the nation, as the day that saw the culminating point of the revival of -the military spirit of the British people. Something—an: impulse, an influence, an instinct, ptrhaps--it is.difficult exactly to define it—has passed oter the land, entering into the heart and life of our manhood. In a few short months of preparation the soil of this Commercial and industrious England echoes tlje tread of legions of soldiers, and the1 rarely accorded gleams of this summers, sun have, glanced back from thousands of bayonetk Hosts of men trained to occupations of peace, to whom war and military life a: year ago appeared so foreign that a conviction of a national unfitness for them had gone abroad in the world, have turned from the beaten paths pf their ^ordinary pursuits, and—almost as by the wave of an "•ebchanter's wand—appear tanked side by side with the men of war from their youth," and in no essen- tial quality inferior to them. ■ i During.the iljorning of Saturday the various corps from the country which intended to take part in the review arrived in London either by railroad of steamer, [ and were welcomed by large crowds who had assem- bled to witness-their arrival: The WooltV'ich local .force of Artiltery and Riues, consisting of abont l^OO men, was Conveyed to London in three steamers. '■Jfhey. arrived at Westiirinster bridge about 12 o'clock, ahd. marched through, Birdcage-walk and up Cori- stiti^ti«n«hill to Hyde^parjc. The first corps which' arrived at the King's-crossi station Was ..the 2nd Dur- hjam Artillery (Marchionei of Londonderry's), and it r,y \fas followed during tlie morning by the 1st, 4th, and ojth Northampton Hifie Ccbps, the lstand qth Derby, amd the 7ii Stafford (Button-upon-Trent)i, the~14th Worcester, and the 20th CSieshire. There also came tb the same station the 3rdj Oth, and 25th Lancashire, aul from^Manchester, and jn«inbering together about- lj,6D0 ^n» a^d; the 1st Nottingham,;(Kobiu Modd-i Rifles), nearly 600 strong. The following corps were ib the course of -the forenoon brought tO'tlie Pad- dington station.:—The .Ist Gloucester, the 3rd and ;dth ditt;o, the 1st, 2ndy and 17th SorQerset (Batli), e Island Sod. Warwick, the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and ;dth Berkshire, and the 2nd Oxford the 1st Hertford (Hertford), 2nd ditto (Watford), aiid the 3rd difto' (St. Alhan's), were also aniong the arrivals. Nearly, all fh'ese'coips had bandij with them, and upon reach-, iig tlie platlorms of;the' several stations they were' formed into line, and afterwards marched off 'to. (hiir e respective rendezvous. About upon The /sev-qral corps, in, the metropojis < began to toaster at their head-quarters or parade grounds, where they tfere inspected by their com- njaoding officers, and formed into columns for the riarcli to the Park. The gatiierings were regarded \^ith much interest by the public; and the assemblies of the principal corps were attended by considerable crowds, who in many cases loudly expressed their admiration of the soldierly appearance and bearing of the Volunteers. The first battalion of the 1st .(xitjMof jjondorr^mustered at the-Guildhall, whence ,tbey m^rclied to Christ's Hospital, and joined the Second battalion which had assembled there., The two battaliops united under the command of Lieu- tenant-Colonel ifieks, and marched through Snow- hill, Fatringdon-strefet, Fleet-street, and the Strand to Hyde Park. The 2nd Cityot Lohdonmustered in G ray's-inn. The Inns of Court Corps, familiarly known UDcÀer its old title of the" Devil'g Own, assembled in the' Inner Temple Gardens where a lunch had been provided for them by the Benchers of the Middle Temple. The Hon. Artillery Com- pany assembled at the head-quarters at the Artillery ground, Finsbury, with two guns belonging to the company, and mounted Artillerymen. After being inspected by the officer commanding-in-chief, they marched from the Artillery-ground by way of Moor- gaTC Street, Cheapside, and the Strand. The Queen's Westminster RiflesulUsterèd. twelve companies strong in Carlton-terrape, the, Scottish in Atlelphi- tierrace, the Irish at Burlington-house, and tbe Civil Service Corps iii the jquadrangle of Somerset-house, where they were joined by the corps formed of the students at King's College.. The scene along the various lines of march to- wards Hyde Park was most interesting. Omnibuses from all parts.of. the.town, heavily laden bothoqtsrde and in, carriages, cabs, and other vehicles; besides great crowds of pedestrians, were all making their way in one direction, andtowahls one-point; while with them and through them, now passing easily and without let or hindrance, and anon almost stopped by the throng of carriages and pedestrians marched the long black, green, gray, or blue lines of the Volunteers. In some of the principal thoroughfares flags had been hung out^-Aiid almost all the windows were filled wiili ladies aftS children. Perhaps the march through the Strand and the streets communi- cating with it was the most imposing, because the several corps which had to reach the. park by that line had arranged to meet at certain times and at fixed places on the route, so as to form a continuous column, and so great was the sympathy displayed by the public that no interruptions-wete.experienced, except such as arose naturally.fittm tlie great number of vehicles which were about, and the generally crowded state of the streets. The Hon. Artillery Company started from Finsbury at one o'clock, marched through the city and up Fleet-street, and joined 1st and 2nd battalions of the City of London Bifies, the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 39th and 40th Middle- sex, the 2nd City of London, which started from Gray's-inn, with another division from Finsbury- square the 2nd and 3rd Tower Hamlets, the 33rd Middlesex (Tottenham), the 1st Essex (liomford), the 2nd Essex (Cranbrooke), the 3rd Essex (Brent- wood), 4th Essex (Chelmsford), and the 7th Essex (Kochford). These (2,800) at Somerset-house took hp Lord Bury s 21st Middlesex (the Civil Service Regiment). Passing the opening from Waterloo- bridge, this long line joined to itself another column, consisting of 909 men three Surrey regiments-^the £ tli (Reigate), the 14th (Dorking), the 16th (Egham); five Kentish Regiments—the 5th (Canterbury), the 9th (Chatham), the 19th (Rochester), the 26th (Maid- stone), and the 31st (Leeds Castle); the five regi- meats «f Oti^ue Ports«-the"'lstr-1(-HTtstings):, the 2nd (Rnmsgate), the 3rd (Rye), the 4th(Hythe), tlie: :5th (Margate), with two from Sussex—the 1st (Brighton) and the 7th (Horsham.) At the Adelphi the Scottish (!9th Middlesex) and the Working Man's College Corps fell in, and thus, with 4,509 men Charing Cross was reached Here the 1st Kent (Gravesend), the 5th Kent (Blackheath), the 9th Kent (Plumstead), the 10th Kent, (Royal Arsenal, Woolwich), starting from Westminster Bridge, at half-past 1, joined the column, to which also by this time, had been united three additional Essex regi- ments, the 5th (Plaistow), the 8th (Stratford), and the 9th (Silvertown), coming from Fenchurch-street. On entering the Mall, St. James's Park, on the way to Constitution-hill, 14 Kentish corps starting from the back of the Poor Law Board added 1,560 to the thickly gathering masses of gray and green coated riflemen—viz., Uie 3rd (Lee), the 4th (Woolwieh), the 7th (Kidbrooke), the 9th (Chatham), the 13th (Green- wich), the 18th (Bromley), the 21st (Lewisham), the 25th (Blackheath), the 27th and 34th (Deptford), the 28th (Charlton), the 32nd (Eltham), and the two battalions of the 26th from the Royal Arsenal, Wool- wich. At Carlton-terrace, Lord Grosvenor's Tegi- ment, the Westminster (Queen s) fell into the column. At Buckingham Palace six Surrey regiments from 8t; George's Barracks, the 2nd (Croydon), the 4th (Brixton), the 6th (Eshei), the 8th (Epsom), the 9th ("Richmond), afnd the 11th (Wimbledon), added their forces, the concluding aggregation accruing at the top of Piccadilly, from Colonel the Hon. C. Liudsay's 3rd battalion, cpnsisting of the II tit, 12th, and 13th Middlesex, and Captain the Earl Spencer's 4th bat- talion, whi^ included the London Irish. A some- what similar anarch took place on the north side of the town, regiments from St. Pancras and Padding- XZa Vlt0 colui»n, and proceeding together to the Marble ATch and th* Bayswater Gate. — f; '» |i»l )4> c. v.; r jAg I o' I Two or three hours befjpre' the time fixed for the arrival of even the first of the.Volunteers.the crowd began to collect in--Hyde Park, and to surround the large spacf which h/id] been serdpKft Tor the eVQlu- tionsof the troops^ .and which was occupied by de- tachments from each of-the regiments of Guards, a regiment of Life GUartf.< and' "the 10th Hft^zars. At 0 first the people were scattered.. ohly. tliinily. around this area, But- as the morning wore on the crowd thickened and closed^uj)/ s andibg in one continuous circlet varying.. from five, to nine or ten persons deep, The- carriage*drive; both by the shore of the SerpQp.tiiiq ao<J TtP Uie.so^lj of Rotten- row,was covered with Qarriagea, an*l. along- tl+at, por- tion which jrttnrf: by the side of the |Bayswater-road and which more closely., approached, jtheipace occu- pied by the troops^he horses had been removed from the vehicles,vand a long line of carriages were stand- ing packed closely together. Most of these carriages were occupied by igaily dressed ladies and children and upon the roAd there were to be seen many par- ties of equestrians, both ladulprand gentlemen. The -windows, balconies, and in-«»ny- eases the roofs of the houses in Patk-Iane; itf' th'd Knightsbtidge and Bayswater road. were, .crowded. witli spectators, most of thept Indies;" In some-case? stages bad been erected Upon" the! rbofs%ajV4* coyer^d^ with starlet cloth, which, -contrasting with -tlie lighter colours of the ladies' dresses, and the more sombre; hues of the gentlemen's habilip)en.ts»..produced.. a very striking and agreeable effech The- crowd- ih the park was probably the -mosr'nmnerotiv,thwt, bas*d%,er- been as- sembled in liUldQn. ,tn1.t .^titerM .W.ii was irregu- larly over a large extent of -ground, it -is impossible 1 to fo)-m any estiipate of'fts; actual ltnmbets.' The Board of: X^orks. !and ilie Warl Djffice brought a tremendous- outside pressure on themselves by pro- viding platform accOmnAbdktiOh" for a large number of spectators. A range of sloping, galleries had been jeiejcted facing the ground, ansLparallel to Park-lane,, ithe lioustS: of wbickbackdi it..Grosvenar-gate was tlte 6enitfe^f tHis line, and between it and the gal- lery the Royal standard .was^ planted. The plat- forms accommodated about 17,000 persons, and .tb.ere were nearly:ten times.thit uiimber ol ,applica- tions for tickets of admission. Below the galleries (and in frontt)f them-, a-space*much- too- narrow, as} itjpToved, Wa's raHed lb,'dfid' t6 'th'i's sj)aC6" officers in uuifQW1 !ap4. Yplofltpers,' pot ,1J\. their ranks for the day, werp. adiaitted. The general public fringed tbe j vpark-with~a4ivii>g-border{.botvastit was absoiutely nocessary to-keelythe gromMt-clear, no transgression ,of the limtte* was ^feYvnlftfed td-those who had no cards, 'flie jorder '.fb this Vffect *was'enlbrced"bj the Guards and a, strong Iwdy of police. The ground on V IjilfW which the Volunteer balt^ons took; Up their ppsf- j tions.as they.arri.vftd»itretched .across, the whole of the park, so. that. when- the ibrmatiou. was. complete, the extrdmeright-ef-fche liBe-waa flanked bv the lofti, houses at-Albwt;gate, and the ieft by'the Bay swatter- road." Theplace of each corps was'Marked out by flags, :T. Several companies weie on the ground before two 0 clock, but. a( .that hp.ur .^Ijey "began to arrive in quick succession the long, line -of. men, the distant clash of maoy different bands, aud some" light clouds of dust (that ought always to obscure a marching body, and is as indispensable to a military picture as smoke) had, altogether, an.excellent effect. At four o'clocfc, the firsC gun" of the Royal salute apprised all that. Her -Majesty ..was. entering the Park. A isuccession -of • -oheers from- the extreme l^t announced it also. A detliclnneJÚ of Life Guards headed the procesrion, which pessed from left to right along-thefront of the-galleries; ■ • Her Majesty was in atf Opeft carriage, with the' King of the Belgians, the Princess Alicei' and. Prince Arthur. His Royal Highness Prince. Albert, in uniform, rode by the side of the oarriage, near whioh were also the Princeof Wales aud-Prince Jnles of flolstein- Glucksburg. Aidas-de-Catnp, Equerries, the Adju- tant-General, and -other high 'military officials pre- ceded the farristge. It "Wafe"immediately" followed1 by tTie veneraMe Lord ComBermere, who was old in service before, most, .of t)i'e soidiers on tbe ground were born, for he counts 70 !years, oot.of age, but of duty. His horse was led, and every attention was paid to tbe veteran warrior. He wore his Order of the Bath and the-uniform of his regiin-eut, the Life Guards. —1» the two- other -carriages were the Prtncess Loi!ti £ e, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and Mr.1 S: Herbert, Secretary at War; Prince Leopold. Pnncess Helena, the Duchess of Cam- bridge, add the. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. In the line of the procession followed the Lords-Lieutenants of the counties to which the seve- ral Corps gf -Volunteeis belong. It was half-past four o'clock when the 1st Hunting- donshire Mounted Rifles passed her Majesty; and at-, a few minutes to six o'clock the 25th Cheshire closed the review, which lasted without intermission for quite an hour and a half. Those who have not seen < large bodies of troops under similar circumstances can scarcely calculate the time required for 20,000 or, 30,000 men to pass any given point, even without obstacles, and with everything prepared for the operation We believe that some of-the -companies were larger than the previous return to the War- oflice made them, and that the total number on the ground-was considerably above 20,000. The general impression produced by the appearance and bearing of the Volunteers was very favourable, and there was but one opinion oftheir efficiency-that it did infinite credit-both-to-.the men and officers. Her Majesty left the ground at six o'clock, in the same order as she' arrived, but some time elapsed before the public could get clear of the enclosures. Tlie. difficulty, of getting a large hody of troops out of the park has almost become a military axiom, but the difficulty is not insuperable. The Volunteer officers solved the problem without eonfusion; except a little crushing at the gates but the crushing was more among the spectators than the troops. The amount of exertion required to bring-these 20,000 men into the park at a fixed hour must have been immense; nor is tlie sacrifice in time, labour, and actual cost a trifling one. It can only be roughly estimated. Great as the number seemed oo the field, it was only a fraction of the whole body. The ■preparation for -the transport to London must "have 'betun, 'at the distant points, W the previous day. Through the whole of Friday night and in the early dawn and during the morning of Saturday the rail- way trains were starting from the provincial cities and arriving at the London stations. The review itself was only a part of the day's display, and not the most difficult. Many of the corps must have been under arms and on the route nearly the whole of the previous night, and most of them returned on Saturday evening. In London the course of business had been unsettled for two days previously, and on Saturday was almost suspended. Factories, banks, offices, the inns of court, allsent their representatives to the ranks.- The general public, as if by- agree- ment, made the occasion a national holyday. An attempt to calculate the numbers of the population that London sent to Hyde-park, and to every point, spot, and.elevation trom which the park can be seen, would be utterly vain. Throughout the day the people displayed the live- liest and most sympathizing interest in the appear- ance and movements of the Volunteers. When the review terminated, the Duke of Cam- bridge expressed to the officers of the Volunteers the c gratification of her Majesty at the display on the field; it was communicated to the different companies before they were dismissed. Notwithstanding the immense multitude in the park,- and the pressure-of the-erowtl at-different points, the whole proceedings passed off without any serious accident. Indeed there were only two mis- haps on the field; the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Otho Fitzgerald were both thrown from their horses, but without severe injury.
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1 THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON…
THE REV. C. H. SPURGEON ON THE BADEN CONFERENCE. The Rev. C. H. Spujgeon, who is just now making a tour on the Continent for the benefit of his health, happened to be at Baden Baden at the time of the .Imperial, Royal, and Ducal gathering at the end of last week, and gives his views of their meeting iu the following letter to the. British Standard:-— "THE KINGS AND THE EMPEROR. I am now in Baden Baden, refreshed by my rambles and renewed bi my rest. "There were no less than nine crowned heads in this little .town during Saturday and the Sabbath which has just passed. One could hardly walk in any direction without stumbling upon a Grand Duke or being run over by the horses of an Emperor. Some of the; largest hotelai; being favoured with regal tenancy were so crowded with the attendants and households "of the Kings that they could not receive otdinary travellers, whose, patronage they had afore. time .courted aq.d enjoyed. Tftfe Emperor of the French passed through Strasburg on Friday, at about five o'clock in the afternoon. There were great crowds in the streets, a liberal -display of flags and streamers, and great multitudes of soldiery. The Emperor seemed to be enthusiastically >received in this border city of France although J cart not speak; with authority as to the' cpeers which he received, for our conveyance was ordered lntb baok streets quite out of the'line of route, and we were at too great a distance to have. ljeard ,the shouts of tlie populace. Every one ap- peared to be happy and full of excitement, and when .werodealoag.the streets after the Emperor had departed we were struck with the number of country1 people, who had evidently come from'their rural homes to aee the. great sight. The whole city was like a great fair, and t he tricoloured flags-and garlands df oak leaves presented a most attractive appearance as'tlrey decorated the quaint old-fashioned houses of the older streets, and the elegant mansions of tlx? new. yie very guards at the frontier relaxed their severity, ^nd.thfe most polite of, bows was an adroi-- riftble substitute for the rigid examinatiou of which many trayellem oomplaitl, On the German side of the ,river the town of Kehl Was resplendent with the orange and red oolours of the Grand Duke of Baden. 1 suppose thfe, mhabrtants have a sufficiently large ad- mixture^ the French element to account for their heing seized with the Ioaperiaf fever, as well as their olpposite neighbours of Strasburg. "If the people of Kehl received" the Emperor heartily they were tlie only Germans who would have done. so, for everywhere throughout Belgiiim, Prussia and the small German kingdoms, he is either dreaded or execrated. It is the universal belief that he will never be content until he has completed the natural bo™da?tfhme by subduing all the territory od the west of the Rhine to bis Imperial sway. If tlie JSngtoh are », fr,esds to NapoLn, eveu further, and are more anti-Imperial than our. selves. On Saturday the Emperor might he seen early in the morning walking,in the garden, leaning upon his walking stick, and looking more decrepit than his age' might justify. It i £ a theme for great gratitude that her is, not a young mad, and that, be his ambition "bat it may, he has no great time before him iu fhich to work out hjs political adventures. On horseback or iu his carriage, all msn confess his noble bearing and no signs of decay are;manifest, but when be is walking the- spectator foresees that the greatest of men are mortal. During the greater part of the day the Emperor returned the visits of the Princes who had waited upon him in the morning. Possibly the laws of etiquette may in this case have been very agreeable to the great one, for it enabled him first to see all the Princes together, and then to give them a lesson privately-and individually. Who can tell what devices were in the heart of the mighty? who shall fathom the depth of the thoughts of Kings P May the Lord rule and over-rule, and out of every evil may His.glory spnng 1 .1 he;Princes and Dukes may have rejoiced at the coming of the Lord of France, but the people wondered what all could mean, and forebodings of evil were neither rare nor frivolous. As for the little Kings, they came to this place like moths to a candle. Uninvited and unexpected, they must needs come forth to the presence of the potentate, if not to be lacqueys to his pride, at least to sun themselves in his superior glory. It is to be hoped that the dex- terous player has not succeeded in throwing the apple of discord'among those minor monarchs divided, they would soon be overcome; but united, they might oppose a serious barrier to any aggrandizement he may contemplate. I like not to see either thieves in company or kings in conclave. Eagles come not to- gether unless they scent the prey. All may be well and the meeting may be a friendly visit and an exchange of courtesies, but uneasy thoughts will suggest themselves for, when the wolf inspects the sheepfo ds, and dines with the shepherds, the silliest of the sheep are troubled at nightfall. When the Emperor came forth from the hotel to Ins carnage, the populace of Baden gave him unmis- rb e fitl ence of tbeir flings towards him. peverai gentlemen have assured me that the hissing as very ar in excess of the lew notes of acclama- vrf' r 7iVen. ^ie Conversation-house, where the visitors were assembled, the hisses were Fery distinct, and must have been an unpleasant, sound Fery distinct, and must have been an unpleasant sound to one who breathes the air of flattery and eats the pread of adulation. When the" Graud Duke after- wards appeared, the people cheered him very heartily, as if to show for whom the sounds of disapproval had peen intended. "After all, as far as I can judge, it is not what he lias done, but what he may do, which causes this ill- feeling towards him. "Some men would.have done less and have had more credit for it, but this man Continues to mar all his good deeds by a crooked i policy which leads most men to suspect his best ^ctions, and to impute to him designs which may be £ ery far from his thoughts. Worse men than he have been belter liked; ana yet there is no injustice in this treatment of him, for his conduct courts sua- picion, and his dark reserve creates distrust. Sunday was the great day of discussion, delibera- tion, arrangement, or whatever else may have been the end and aim of the interview. How little is God in the thoughts of the great, when His own day is the chosen season for their councils, aud that, too, when no crisis is impending, aud no immediate dis- aster compels them to hasty deliberations Here were all the days in the week all equally available, no haste compelling, no wars alarming, and yet none of their own six days will suit them; they must usurp God's peculiar day, as it they were lords of the Sabbath, or irresponsible to the laws of Heaven. What but con- tusion can be the result of such councils ? Will not the Lord be avenged on such a people as this? The companies of country people who filled the roads were very interesting to observe, and as I looked from the windows of my quiet chamber upon the gaiety which the advent of these Princes had caused upon a day consecrated to rest and worship, I could not fail to remember that men in high places have vast responsibilities, and God alone knows how much of the sins of the nations will be visited upon the heads of their governors. They are not only partakers of other men's sins, but creators of evil. Surely there are chains of darkness of unusual weight reserved for these ringleaders in rebellion. The Emperor left for Strasburg at ten o'clock p.m., and his train started in the midst of a silence more profound than I bad ever remarked before. Standing on the edge of the crowd, I was astonished to the utmost at a stillness like that of death—a quiet which was not broken until the cause of it had de- parted then every man breathed freely, and as the Duke of Baden rode back to his castle the people gave him loyal cheers, which contrasted with the gloomy silence with which the Gallic despot had been greeted. To my mind there was a something- truly dignified in this noiseless censure. To hiss might be but a display of weak impertinence, but to be sternly «•-» ,iu>:uw silent was the noble rebuke of resolute minds. I obght, to have said that, on Saturday there was a fine iHumiaation at the Gonversation-house, whioh is tlie g^and resort of 1116 Company who-are staying in the neighbourhood, and the buildings in which is concen- trated the gambling for which the" town is famous. Beyond this one, display I did not perceive a flag or a lijgfit upon any house or hotel., This was very strange to me, for if in any English town there had been but one King, much less nine, there would have been some sort of display, unless, indeed,. the unpopularity of one of the number had been great eaoagh to. com- pel the people to ignore the existence of itbe other C, etght. fUl "What wonderful times we live in, for I have no doubt that the people of London know more about whajt was done in, Baden yesterday than I do to day, and merchants upon 'Change are talking of the very matters which I upon the. spot can only surmise and guess. May the end be such that the nations have rest and the kingdom of Christ may fully come ,I-"
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY oN BOARD…
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY oN BOARD A STEAMER. A terrible tragedy occurred on board the Red River packet, B. L. Hodge, on her late trip from Shreve- port to New Orleans. It appears that a man calling himself B. L. Sleath, came on board the boat iit Shreveport, and registered himself as a deck passenger for New Orleans. On the second day out this inan came to the clerk,of the boat in a state of excitement, and complained that some men on the deck were en- deavouring to kill him. He desired to be transferred to the cabin, which was done, but he still exhibited signs of in-sanityupon this particularisubject. Be- tween two and three o'clock on the following morning Sleath suddenly stepped up behind one of the^entle- ltien in the cabin, named F. G. Jernigen, atld caught liim around the head, drew a bowiq knife, and at- tempted to cut his throat. He was prevented from making a fatal wonnd by Jernigen catching the blade of the knife in one hand and Sleath s arm with the other. He" however, received a severe wound across the throat. Just at that time a gentleman named Charles M. Fort, coming out of his state-room iuto Ole cabin, was fatally stabbed by Sleath, and expired in a Jew moments. He resided in Springfield, Robert- son; county Tenn. Another passenger, named R. J. Lyle, of Nashville, Tenn., being rotiged by the noise, opened his state-room 'door to' look out, and was im- mediately stabbed by Sleath. He expired without a groan, the bowie knife having penetrated through the heart. At this juncture the captain went into the cabin and succeeded in getting the knife from Sleath, and then secured him. The murderer had upon his person at the time of his arrest several other knives and a revolver. He is a deformed creature, small in stature, broken back", and about 28 years of age. He said he was a native of Virginia, and that be had been teaching a school in Texas. The reasons given by him for committing the deed were that they were the parties who were seeking bis life, although they had never met before. The-excited crowd on board the boat were disposed to tise violence towards the homicide, but this was pre- vented by the interference of the captain, and Sleath was given in charge to the police at New Orleans.
--NEAPOLITAN ATROCITIES IN…
NEAPOLITAN ATROCITIES IN SICILY. The Rev. Geo; W. Bridges, of Beachley Parson- age, has again addressed the-Times on this subject, thus:— I was on a visit to Mr. Marston, the American Consul at Palermo, whose influence among the Sicilians was almost equal to that of our own vene- rable, talented, and highly-respected Consul, Mr. Goodwin, and adjoining whose house was the prison into which we had seen the 48 sbirri, the hated spies and torturers under the Neapolitan system of police, just then humanely brought to save them from the rag-ing vengeance of the infuriate mob. With that gentleman I immediately joined the returning crowd, curious to see the place where they had been captured, which was at the distance of some streets and when we reached it we found the excited popu- lace venting their harmless indignation by merely throwing from its windows the papers, books, and furniture, until their attention seemed to be drawn to a portion of the building into which they had not penetrated—had not, in fact, discovered any visible entrance. It was soon, however, found and forced, as has been described, and the scene then disclosed within excited such a fresh outbreak of quite un- controllable fury as threatened that foul and horrible outrage which actually ensued, and which, for our own safety, called us homeward, past the prison where the sbirri were secured, but not before we had time to realise the ustoundiug scene before us, which impressed us with the idea that the ill-fated apologist for the bodies affixed to the wall spoke false in the vain hope of saving his life, inasmuch as they hung there loosely, and crouching almost on the floor their flexible weight bearing them down far below the points of suspension, in writhing attitudes such as expiring sufferers might be supposed to die in, and which would not, we imagined, be the case had they been nailed as rigid corpses. We noticed, moreover, that some of the rooms, all opening into each other, appeared to have been used as mere charnel chambers—not uncommon in Sicilian houses and convents—their tiers of stone shelves mostly piled with bones and rags others, especially the largest, seemed adapted to living sub- jects, for there stood vessels, or the remains of them, eridentlv used for food and water-sufficient proof of what had been so long transacting there! However, we hastened homewards, soon heard the volleys of musketry which disposed of the wretched sbirri, and met the shrieking mob of men and alas women, tri- umphantly bearing .on poles and bayonets their bleed- ing heads and dissevered limbs, with wild expressions of the most savage execration—admitting, certainly, of no palliation except in the frightful provocation- the maddening, the overpowering conviction that they were that avenging the blood of their own parents, children, or relatives, who had so long been missing, and whose fate had been till now a mystery. I have reason to believe that the last sad act of this frighful tragedy rather injured the immediate cause of Sicily-so utterly disgusted some whose high position might have enabled them to serve it, and whose sympathies had hitherto been with the re- volutionists, but who had not actually witnessed the intense provocation in those fearful chambers, or visited them nntil they had been somewhat cleansed from their foul contents, and their worst features so effaced, that their ears were thenceforth almost closed against the popular report of them, and their reputed horrors appeared only as one of those hideous tales with which the streets ef Palermo are confes- sedly too often rife.
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MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. On Friday, Mary Rollinson, after brutal ill-treat- ment by her husband, expired in the Southern Hos- pital, Liverpool, having been, since Tuesday, in the greatest suffering. The facts of this case are briefly as "follows:—Ou Tuesday, the husband of the deceased, Thomas Rollinson, a labourer, residing in Mason-street, Toxteth-park, returned home to his dinner, when he found the house locked up, and ascertained that his wife had been drinking with two female neighbours, and that the three women were then in bed in the house. He broke open the door and, on■ .meeting hi. wife, who bad been aroused b^ the noise he said, «Is not this a nice sight for a IZ who has been at work all day, wheu he exnecls to have his dinner V" More words took place and in i furious passion Rollinson struck his wife 'a dreadful blow on the head, either with a saucepan or a Scl 2nedeLere?oethe°tbeingi dcar UP°" •ll 8round, and rendered her at once ohe afterwards underwent a most painful operation, several surgeons being present, but without any good effect, as she gradually succumbed, and died at two o'clock on Friday morning. tII 7. ?• f ,!J'f
! A ROMANCE IN THE LAW"; COURTS…
A ROMANCE IN THE LAW"; COURTS 1 The Irish papers report a case wh'fcii was trieil'last week in. the Queen's Bench, and which hroughtJW110 light some incidents!df a singuhWly .atiWge^^chkractfeK The facts aire thus briefly statpd lirtne year Terehde Burns, the son of a rail aWay front a person in that to#n to whom'ha ^3 been apprenticed to lfeaffi the business of*'h Satp&n^ and enlisted in the 48 th Regiibeht ;fdr^' 'petUj(i OT 1 seven '^ears. Sliortly afterwards the' regfmetlt' Ordered out to Sydney, ^nd proceeded' to the XSofe^t'3 ?r' f^.fpbark for that distant' c6l6riy. TWo'cTays after sailing a young woman of bonsiderablk jMt&Mi, attractions, .pamed;Marg^;etTLytich, who tid i time had'remained concealed in' the ftrWipOrtr Wg*' } discovered'oh board, and declared that' she liadToN1 bwed her ^sweetheartyTertofc, Tfce faqt wasm^e^ known to the captain: Otth'e'.shfe, artf the.office**>f 5 ^regnnput, an^it Was, determined'that the demotion « Of the raff Peggy, aS she was" called;should' n<5t te. unrewarded. A cerfeihony of.^maTriag^ 'hetw'efefi^ Terence and StkrgaM WaS gorife* delay, in.-the presence of the colonel of the and tlie officers, fiie" 'comtffantlei4" iif 'tne' t'^ns^rt^ officiating in the absence of a chaplain, and t&eliapRy~ pair lived togetheT man aiVd wife a<i £ iiig' the four months wtiich the Vo^ge'occupied. A yourig officer who was present at the fcferemony, Captaju (afte £ warcf9 hlajor) I)ruit, and .Who acled'o'n the occasion'asi-clerk^ r^adinp "the responses from' a Prayefifiqo]^ be- comes a chief"vacto?in tlie.strange^evetyi^story;' the arrival of the' regiment at Sydney, the frail ana' faithless JWy deseyted Terence, an'd transferred W • allegiance to the, gallant captain.Vfth ^honisfie''1 W her death; 'in; the v^r 1&2V, ''ferT^a-'r survjve^ her only three month's, and',d?ed possessed 6f considerable property id, Australia'd ihree h6hse»'T in Earl-8<yept? Dublip, thje subject of1;tlie action! H« f sold, out when thfe regihient was orderp^ to lndia,1 some years after their arriva/ iii Sydney, and'-continueu to reside until his decease iu,the co^n^u"^reMe-tf Burns relurned to.'Ireland in'18i;g?jwhen l^oeriod of seryicoj had expired, and about'the; ve^r ^30; £ r married Eu?a Siangan, who Tp'.now 'h.li wfcfow,. jTe" died,,in iSiT", leaving' louj'c{urdrea.snrvryin«.tu>^ the yearlS-25 Major Druit' and Margaret liynphp'r^ Burns (which .shp yas in point o^ law .i^ stQJ a qjaes-1* tiou to be decided)'were inAfri^d/ •;SWJfcmldi-fn Vere born to them—twd before the mnwitige fend fdail diir —of whem two daug^iter^ survive and tw» dead.—By the majors will his children have"bettOm« possessed of .the' Auslraiiati propertyi' fenll ^he'1?wt>'< daughters and their' htisbaads have brought an ej^0t*> ment to recover possession of the three, hdtisei E^rl-street, against their father's'bi other, as heir-at-law. BYCORWR-t, &'tcldiüht&s:eóteredifor" the defendant, subject to be tarried into a 'verdifct-for^ the plaintiffs, 'should tlie Gout*t;-hfe<,edfter ,h6*di ttiafe-' the matriage on bohrd 1he'«tebip was ncrttVftKd^ #i| was valid, the inai^riage lof iii'the Burns, becomes void, and ifcd-: idHoe- lUa'nriAgly' cannot sustain the action. The ease wfll be vif frvtii- ■ ■ ■■ ■ i « • ): j.- i
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GARDEN OPERATIONS.. /■ -V PLANT DEPAHTMENT.—GOKSBBVATO»Y,: &ci—j out- of-dooT,flowors'uAy soail,be expected in abundKaoeyd nothing should be brought here at present but what. iw » well grown, and bloomed, nor should, any plants be r allowed remain here that are at. all -sli^Uby,; |for it f seems a waste of means, and cpruinly betrays bad management to,occupy glass houses, with planu..cif w- ferior interest to such as are pleatiful in the-open air 'rut, It is not desirable, however, to crowa the house with." flowering plants; the aim should father be to .haVe a f moderate iiumber of handsome specimens effectively' arranged, which will yield more solid interest and pleasure than a greater atobunt of floral display frogn-i plants of no individual merit. A thin arrangement of pot plants will also be advisable on aocoaat of the; per..1 manent occupants of the beds or borders, Which, afcititid'. season should be allowed, plenty of space, in, order tof secure strong and well ripened wood, wil^omj "wbicb they need not be expected to bloom 6ncly. Usp every, means to keep down insects. Give clear weak manure-, water to young growing specimens, and re-pot any that. are intended to ha veahother shift this Reason, so- as ttt7 have the pots well, filled with roots be-fore Winter." Maintain a moist growing atmosphere, and1 Syfinire* vigorously any planet at all infested with red- spid«r Encourage backward plants bf orehids wsth plenty of, heat and moisture while that can be done safely. 8e«' that plants on blocks and in baskets am properly supplia4 with moisture at the rootjto prevent .any Mistake in- this matter, carefully examine every plant- at least once a week, and immerse any found to be dry in tepid water until the niaterial about the roots shall have become well soaked. Syringe lightly morning and evening, and sprinkle floors, &c., in order to keep the atmospheM thoroughly moist. .) FLOWEK GARDEN AND SHRUBBERIM. -— Remote" suckers from roses and clear the steitos of wild shoots. Strong shoots of chrysauthemirtns may now be layered in pots to produce dwarf coaipaot bashes. Thow. ia pots may soon receive their final shift. Carnation* and picotees will soon be in bloom let plants in pots be moved under an aivuiog like that used for tulips, Rere. they may be arranged on a raised platform or not accord- ing to taste. Picutees may be grouped on oneatdeand carnations on the other, taking cafe that the',tallest plants are behind, and at the same time contrasting the colours as much as possible. Pipings may be put in oa: a gentle hot-bed. Layering may also now or very »ooa' be proceeded with. Much of next year's success depends on this matter. All seedlings should be marked, noticing their various properties us to form^ colour, and substance, &c.. Ranunculuses may be taken up as soou as the foliage 'has turned yellow for should Wet' weattfer 'ton" tinue they might emit ivesh fibres, and it taken up then they are likely to be Worthless. HARUlf FitUtT and i KITCHEN Garden.—- Eodiva t may now be planted, without dtlay. High manuring is* necessary to have it in perfection. In planting succeed- iog crops keep raising, the beds: higher as. uue season decline;. Koep sueuession beds of horn, ctkirots duly- thinned. Let a good breadth of grduud be prepared for winter spinach; trench it thoroughly "and let it be heavily manured. It generally succeeds best in beds' slightly raised. Continue getting out cape and other' broccoli, aud al;o some late cauliflowers. An adtuinn mushroom bed may now be made; throw the dittig together toftfrnient for a few days; when half dry; Aix^ one ttiird of loamy soil with it to k»epincfaieokany Jurtfh«r fermentation; and tread or beat hard while making tbe- bed, forming the spawn boles immediately it is finished, to assist in keeping down the heat. Strawberry runners > should be procured for new plantations without delay Those who cannot spare ground for a nevy tJaatauoa may prick them out ia prepared beds about six iaohes apart, and remove them with bulls iu Ootober or m tbo early part of February. COTTAGERS' GARDEN.—If not already done take ad-' vantage of the present showery weather to plant out all kind of winter greens; stir the soil frequently among growing crops, and keep down weeds; Secure- dahlias and hollyhocks, if any, from winds, and waiter-the forner with manure water. Guard them also as much u f possible from earwigs, which are apt to disfigure: then bloom. Inverted flower pots with a little dry moss in them make good traps dry bean stalks also answer the same purpose. ;—
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v.. A GOOD ONE.—There was an anecdote that William L^dd, the 'Apostle of Peace,' used to tell Upon himself with infinite gusto. When the tem- perance movement first came into notice, Mr. Ladd* though an ardent 'reformer,' was not quite prepared to go the entire pledge. Hs was- willing to eschew. tuna, gin, brandy, sour cider,' and all that; but he couldn't go the abandonment of; his wine,-his rich,, mellow, heart-warming wine!' :li Met, he had grave doubts about the possibility of getting'sawed' upon the generous fluid. His wine cellar was gating, low, but everybody was signing the pledge, and, it must be replenished in a shady way, 0* toot all. Being at Portland about this time. he bou-ght a barrel of fine old wine, employed Uncle 'Siah,: a well-known team- ■ter, to haul it to Minot, saying, Here, take- this- tarrel of' oil'with the other articles.^ He reached home first, and after seeing the 'oil' carefully deposited in the cellar, he came to the door to settle for the hauling. Well, Uncle 'Siah,' said the cap- tain, rubbing his hands,' I really Wish I had some* thing good for you to drink; but the temperance folks are making such a confounded noise, we a—a—have to banish it entirely from our houses.' But Uncle 'Siah had already a bit of brick in his OOt. and was holding himself rather unsteadily by' tbe;.rW>heei. 4 It's n-n-no m-m-matter, cappen, he hidcuped;' n-n- n-not the least kuc-kuc consefliief-sequenee • conse! I d-don't need any—I w-w-was dry, b-b-b-but 1 took a g-g-good swig out of ypur c-c-cask. Its ca-hic- apital oil, cappen! Pure w-w-winter strained, and no m-m-mistake.' The captain came; out a rank teetotaller at the next temperance meeting. • During an inquest on a young man whose death Was said to be caused by wetting postage stamps with his tongue, a Yorkshire schoolmaster stated, that he licked a good many heads a-day, and never felt my the worse for it. A KNOWING ONE.—It is said that there is a skipper in New York who has so often crossed the Atlantic he knows every wave by sight. Thomas Fuller, who was a very lively writer, but rather addicted to punning, was occasionally repaid his puns with interest. He was exceedingly cor- pulent, and, as he was out riding with a friend named Sparrowhawk, he could not resist the opportunity of cracking a joke upon him. Pray, what is the differ- ence,' said he, between an owl and a sparrowhawk ?' 'An owl,' replied his friend, c\$fidler in thehead, Ailler in the body, and fuller all over.' ■' SPIRITED YOUNG LADY.—A gentlemen being in company with a sprightly damsel of about fourteen, was somewhat annoyed by her playing trickery- At length he exclaimed, Now, my dear girl, do be still!' This touched the chord of feminine vanity which is sure to vibrate. Assuming an air of importance, and retiring a pace or two, she drew herself up in a posture of self-defence, and responded, • Girl, indeed! I am as much of a woman as you are I shall no longer give you my countenance, sir." —" I'm sure I don't want it, madam, for I've seldom been a plainer one." Why should lawyers be classed as members of the feminine gender ? Because they arefee-males. A sleepy churchwarden, who sometimes engages in popular games, hearing his minister use the words, w Shuffle off this mortal coil," started up, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed, Stop, stop !—it's my deal." The Dulfe of Wellington was once refused ad- mission into the commander-in-chief's office by a soldier new to London while Queen Victoria's pre- decessor, William the Fourth, was kept waitJRg outside a certain part of Windsor Castle, through an official's ignorance of the royal identity. "You can't pass, old 'un," said he; nobody's allowed to |>ass here after dark, except the King and the 4 U What do you ask for this article ?"' said Obadiah to a modest, young miss in a shop. Fifteen shillings, sir-it is a superb article. You_ are a r it little dear, are you not ? said Obadiah. Why, all the young men tell me so," she replied, dropping her •yes and blushing. Obadiah came straight away. JUSTICE BELLWOOD.-A score ot such men in office as the worthy ojd magistrate such lovers of the country, such haters of oppression, so upnght, honest, noble, and devoid of. all selfishness, venerating even the worst part of our laws, only because they Me old, and holding them sacred through a fear that if they were altered, the whole grand and ancient pile would crumble into ruins-—these would in e be worthy rulersl Oh! who wpixld. pot bear with uch men-who would not love. them for themselves alone, and pardon their honest prejudices, well know- ing that if the yoke was heavy, they would be the greatest bearers of the 'burden, nor would they do aught but what would better the condition of man- kind. Let our rulers but possess a people s love, and they must trust life and soul in their hands. J ustice Bellwood was no contemner of the cOiiimdn herd, but looked upon every honest and virtuous man as a brother, believing all men of ability and integrity as Worthy of holding a hi?h and honourable station in the land, as any whom the king has made :— A belted knight, a marquis, duke, and a' that." 1Ie despised those hollow champions of liberty; those big drums that thunder and thump, and mis- lead the multitude, and when the hour of danger comes, aje the first either to inform against or desert them. «e had more respect for a band of robbers who stood true to each other, than such cowardly agitators as these.—Gideon Giles the Roper. MUSICAL TASTF.—A late noble statesman, more famous for his wit than his love of music, being, asked why he did not subscribe to the ancient con- certs, and it being urged as a reason for it that his brother, the Bishop of W did Oh,' replied his lordship, tifl was as deaf as my brother, I would subscribe too.' x ,T ODD FORESIGHT.—Lady Margaret Herbert asked somebody for a pretty pattern foi- a nightcap. « Well,' said the person, what signifies the pattern of a nightcap ?' Oh child,' said she,' but you know, in case of fire!' A Yankee paper say, Our glass went clear thirty degrees below nothing, and would have gone much lower, but it wasn't long enough.' Another paper says, I We have no thermometer in this town, so it gets as cold as it pleases.' A gentleman was speaking of the kindness of his friends in visiting him. One old annt, in particular, visited him twice a-year, and stayed six months each time. Jaii'i
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The Annual. Meeting of the Archaeological Institute will be held at Gloucester, during the week July 17 to July 24. Barl Ducie and the Bishop of Gloucester are' to be the Patrons ot the Congress.' the: ciit district abound in objects ot interest to the antiquary antl T 5 T\Ug °rbrito«8 if weSJT: Beading, June 13. la the revaew of Leelie'd' Autobiography m the Athencm*,you quote fromi* dauPMm C'V1,t°ld by K°gerS- The child' "%hter of Dr. Doddridge, and the anecdote appears to ave struck the late Kujah liammohun fioy. It was mea-- tioneG in a sermou which he heard. the late Kev. W ot i>ath) preach, and which he atked that preaoher'A leave, at^ his own expense, to' print for distribution, atiiong Ins friends. In the copy sent by the HajaS. (o the pieacher he had drawn a pencil line round lb#* ancedote in question. The sermon will be found in the" seventh volume of Jay's works, and I transcribe the' passage as it appears there:—' When Dr, Doddridg* asked his little daughter, who died so early, why every- body seemed to Jovp her, she answered, 1 eannot tell, unites it be becaose I love everybody." This was net only a striking but a very judicious reply. Itaocorda- with, the sentiment of Seneca, who gives us a love charmA And what do you suppose the secret is f » Love say* he, 'in order to be loved.' I am, &c. W M Slooombb,' ,1/1 f