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-XN TI1B LIFE OF A CITV BKLLE."
BY T. f. ARTHUR.
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ervE first. -!
.Isn't sheV glorious creature? said my ! lad in every sense f the word.
yqun fnenJ .vlerwyn, Kl--nuin(j as he j 'Merwyn half vexed me by his dissent
p3l8 toVA.-Ja a bj-iuiiful gul nmuJ Flo- ting silence.
nns AlIcoln, the dauliier of a insrcli.ini Just then he observeel that "Miss"Mal
reputed to be rich. '.We were at a party, colm looked pale. Going over quickly to
and thaojeci iof. retn ifk sat or rather re- where she was, he inquired if she were
clioeJ ue.ir us'bt-'i soU", with a graceful not well, and learned ih.it some particular
abaudou, or rather. inUjlei:ce, m tier whole
air and attitude ihal indicated one born and
raised in idleiiess and luxury.
'Sha is a fine lookiiig girl, certainly,
I replied. " .
.Fine 'lookihgl" said my enihrsiastic
yourg friend, in surprise half mi'lined to
be offended at the coldness with which I
expressed myself. . Fine looking, indeed!
She's a perlect llebe; a very iuipersoud-
tioli of youth and beauty.
l"?iu one can den v that she is a very
lovejy anJ beautiful girl, said 1, , to this,
..ij... : .:
"UUl BUB laCKS dlllUMIIUU.
What vou sneak of us a fault. I con-
sider her greatest- charm. 1 never met
anv one so free from all vulgar hurry and I
excitement - An exquisite ease dist.nguish- j
es alt ner actions, anu sue reiniuusyou, in ;
nearly every, thing, of those courtly ladies
t. - i
who give such a charm to iureigu aristo- :
cratic society. Certainty, 1 have not met,
in this country, with any one who has so
perfectly the air ot a high-bred lady as j
rloriue Malcolm." - ' . j
To understand this perfectly, the reader :
must be told that Merwyn had recently re-'
lurueu iroin a luuruiruugu ruurope, ivium
er he had been permuted to go by a weal-
thy father, and where. hJ had 'discovered.
HHe most oi "our young men who venture
abroad that hi our form f social inter-
course, and in all that gi.V fashionable
society iu true excellent nd tirci--ness,
we are -sadly deficient. L'!rlo11
mmiHrg. h;ihitH. and ilrjis wrft bri.tu'.ht
home and twined by the young man. wfto ;
- w . . - - - - t.
as a natural consequence, became a favor-
he among the ladies, and was thus encour
aged in his billy imitations of things .anti
American, and therefore in America ridic
ulous.; In the eyes of sober-minded, sen
sible people, who did not know him well
enough: to see- that there wa a more
substantial ground work, in his. character
than all this, would lead a casual obser
ver infr Merwyn: was Mewed as a
mere fop whose: brains had grown out
upon his upper Up: in the shape of a mous
tache. : .':' . L.T2::0'
' tJuch a man was my friend Henry. Mer
wyn
Iknuw his better qualities, and es-J
teemed them: at the same time that I saw
his weakness, and bore with them, for the
sake of the good lhat was iu him. liehad ,
been raised in asickly atmosphere, aud his
mind had taken an unhealthy tone; but he
was honorable, and rigidly jusi in all his
actions towards others.
As for the young lady he so warmly ad-
mi.I -I?lfrirfcA 1 L.rd m I stfili; '
know her as we know those into whose .
society" we are but occasionally thrown. I
She was a fine, showy girl, with a face of
more than ordinary beauty; but to one of;
my tastes, uninteresting for the very Tea- !
on that she proved so charming to Mer- I
wyn. This genteel langour, this elegant :
indolence, ' this distinguishing repose,,
never much suited my fancy; 1 like to see '
the soul flow into the bodily organism, and
thrill us every nerve and sentiment. I ;
line 10 sec 111c eye turn, uie ups quiver, : iouiki iim wuuv uacit. iovaiu 111c uuici.
and the whole face glow with animating , He was a young man plainlyf.'.dr-essed,
thought. ' This makes beauty tenfold more . and looked as if he were a . clerk in; a
beautiful,' and, gives to even plainness a ' store, or, it might be, a small store -kee-charm.:
": ! per himself. As he came back'l fixed
"By a high-bred !ady," I leplied to Mer- j my eyes upon his face try ing to make
wyn's particular praise of Miss Malcolm, ; out who it was who bore such familiar fea
"ymr mean I presume, a woman who is t tures. i' .
entirely artificial." " My old friend Merwyn!" I exclaimed
No,"-he quickly answered, you .put ' as he passed in front of where I stood,
a construction on my words that 1 do not He called my name in return, and then
acknowledge to be fair. Uy a high bred ; we graspeil each other's hands eagerly,
lady, I mean one that possesses that pecu- j r "The last man in the world I expected
liar ease and grace, that expuisite repose , to meet." . .
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and that charming elegance ot manner that i
comes from a rehneu taste aud long asso- ' to meet you, was returned. This is m
.ciation witli thoswho move in the highest deed a pleasure. . When did you arri ve,
rank in society: -In fact, it is hard to fix and. how long do you intend to stay in
in words all that goes to make up a well . It
Ved lady; but, when -you meet her, you
Know, ner at a glance."
' VAqd you say Miss Malcolm comes nea
ter to. the high bred counlv ladv.than anv
.woman 11 nas oeen your lortuue to meet
on tiiis i'tils of the the Atlantic?
. She does.-- In -Paris or London she (
"would find herself at home in the first cir-
cles op fashion; Now just look at Miss
'Watsrin. who sits near lier. boh nnr;.. 1
as stjAT as a: post; and then observe how
7 . f6'lt I
gracefully Florine reclines on those cush-
iQns like" a verv aueen." 'There vou-have ,
ae : exact difference between amerc vulgar . feel, under the great change of circumstan
Prl and a true lady. I es that had taken place.
rTne was a diflVrence between the two
individuals ihu? rvferr--d to- a-very mark
ed differeure.' Miss Watson looked like
a girl of thought and aciion. while the oth- I
er rrnosed languidlv between' the cushions
: of a sof.i, the very, picture of imloleiic.
" "1 see nothing ulgar about Miss.Wal
son, said I. -. 4,And 1 know thai ' there is
noihinu'vuhrjr about" lior. bhe is a true
perlum used oy a lady who s.it near was
so unpleasant as to maue her feel faint.
lie immediately proposed that she should
go into 'an adjoining room' where were
fewer persons, and get a place near one of
the windows,' offering his arm at the sami '
time. JShe arose, and 1 saw her pass out
slowly. She was in fact ' in the very
prime and vigor of young life; yet surroun-
j " "J 'J J
I !! us im u:ia h t'vt'rj Iiivurv .mil I -
gauce she had grown inactive,' and felt
even a small effort as burdensome.
Tri-
fling causes affected her; and she imagined I
a physical inability to do a thousand things
which iniht have been done with scarce-1
ly an effort. I
" The vry sympathy and concern m ini- !
lested by Merw n who was -ilie lover of'
:i7i. - i.i. II---.
rionne, maue uer ieei mai wie-was rc-aii,)
indisposed; and she languidlv reclined on !
tiie sola to wincii lie Had conaucteu tier,
with the air of an invalid. Finding lhat j
she (lid not grow any better, Merwyn. iu a j
little while proposed that she should "go j
home and had a carriage ordered. ' Wan- j
deriug into the apartment to which they
had gone. I saw him bringing her shawl
without which she could'uot pass into (he
dressing room for fear tf cold, and saw
her meet the attention with a half averted
lace, anil a want ot eiiort, mat matte me
icei us ii i wuuiu ime 10 nave ruusru uer
by means of the wires from an electric
"A beautiful couple they will make, ,
id l 10 mv sen, as r tonne arose anu weni j
out, leaning heavily on tlo arm of the
j't.'U i man, "io pass uir uu me sLuruis.
"ana oer the rough pl-cs of this trouble-
Rrmu w" rM. A summer breeze will be
too roiuh lor that young creature, and than anything else helped to sustain me.
the odor of vioitis loo siiinulating for her We were living with my family, and had
nerves." : v - t ' j one child. My father of whose inisfor-
A few m inths subsequent to this they tunes you are aware, had obtained the
were in irried, and not lon afiervvard I j office or President in an Insurance corn
removed from the city aud did not see j pany, with a salary of two thousand a
them again for some years. Bull learned year, and ih s enabled him still to keep his
in the meantime, with sincere regret, that ' family around him, and though luxuries
a great ."commercial crisis" through which, ; had to be given. up his income afforded
th country passed, both of , the families every comfort We had a room with
oT this young couple had beeu reduced
to comparative poverty. A sigh for the ;
human summer flowers I have mentioned j
w.ts the simple 'response to the news. 1
A couple of years afterward I met them I
again.
. . SCENE SECOND.
During a journey through the western
part of Ohio, I had occasion to stop for a
Tour rt'tl'6 in ttiA liftlp trkWll af Oil
the day after my arrival, a man whose
face struck me as being familiar, passed
the door of the tavern in which I was
standing. A sort of a doubtful recognition
took place on both sides, but neither of us
being certain as to the other's. identity, we
did not speak and the man passed on. I
looked alter him as he moved down the !
street, wandering in my mind who he could j
be, when I saw him stop, and after appea- j
ring to hesitate about something, turn I
. 11.1 l. ..!.
"And, certainly, I as little expected
"I came here yesterday, aud . hope to
resume my journey to-morrow. .
Not so soon?" Merwyn said.stil! tight
ly holding my. hand. ; ?Ypu must stay
longer." s
: "I am doubtful as to that," I returned
But is this your place of sojourn in the
world?." v 1 n . I - -
. "Yes, foj the pesent, seeing that J can't
c 1 u. ..
111JLI il ucucu,
There, was a manly cheerfulness in the
way this was said.whiahI could not have
hf - Viv,i o nndKU r,, . mo .
"And your ladd ?" 1 fell some hesitation
even while 1 asked this question.
Very well thank you! was cheerfully
replied.-V" We live a mile, or two from
town and you must go out. ana spenu a
night with us before you leave,.
r lonne
will be delighted to see you.. -,
4;It would.be quite as peasanvfc-rjne to
meet her.V .1 could but answer; yet even
while I spoke I felt that our meeting must
re mind, the wife of my friend so strongly
of the past; as to make it any .thin;
t rr
bat
pleasant. . -
"How long have y oa lived heret1.
About two years, '
lt is almost the last place in which I
expected to meet you. What are you
doing?" ' ' . " .
"Merchandizing in a small way, J had
no profession, when kind fortune knocked
i us all in the l ead, and so I had to turn
my hand to the first thing that offered.
which happened to be a clerkship in a
store, at three hundred and sixty dollars
a year.- This .was' barely enough to keep
body and soul together; yet I was thank
ful lor so much, and tried to keep down
a murmuring spirit. At the end of a year,
having given every satisfaction to mv
employer, he said to ine. one day 4you
have shown far more business capacity'
than 1 thought yon possessed, and I, think
vou are thj , very man I want to go out
west, with a stock of goods. Can you
i .17" ..ivt.. .. .I..H
couiiiiauu iuy i Jmdu -noi a umwr,
1 fear," was my reply. "I am sorry for
mat, saut lie, "lor 1 want a man who is
able to lake an interest in the business.
Don't you think you could raise, a couple
of thonsaml dollars ' in cash?" I shook
my head doubtfully. We had 'a good
deal more conversation on the subject.
"When I went home, 1 mentioned to
mv wife that Mr. Ij , mv employer,
had said, and talked much about the pro
position, l'exprossed a great, deal of re-
gret at not hemg ahle to lurnisli capital,
as ine oner l nau receiveu was plainly an
advantageous one, and would give me a
inir Otnlt 111 Uie World. "WOUld VOU be ?
willing to gooff to the west" 1 asked of j
fioiine, while we talked over the subject,
Wherever )u think it best to go, I will
go cheerfully," was her brave answer. w
Thus far she had borne our change of
fortune with a kind of heroism that more
them, and, though my income .was small.
we had all lhat health and peace of. mind
required.
On the day after the conversation "with
my wife about the West, sho met me on
coming
home to dinner with so happy.
yet meaning smile on .her. face, that 1
could not help inquiring what it meant.
As 1 sat down by her side, she drew from
her pocket a small roll of bank bills' and
Iim iw I i iKin( rA ....1 ktilin r- Un I
capital 3 011 want." 1 took the money,
Land unrolling it in mute surprise, counted
! out the sum of two, thousand dollars!
'; "Where did this come from, I enquired,
; She glanced across ihe room, and my eyes
followed trie direction her's had takeu. . I
missed something. 1 was her piano!
Lxplatn yourself, Florine, Isaid That
is easily done," he replied as she looked
tenderly in my face. - "l.have sold iny
piano and waich, my diamond pin, brace
.
ici auu iiii. dim uvery arui'ie 01 . je.Weiry
and bijouterie in my possession, hut
Aw, hohliiig up the wedding ring, "and
1 . 1 ..: 1 .. 1 , ,
..... -ju iiuic me :uuue . 4 caniKii
" ,MMV ",ur" 1 was anfctea hy this.
JJut, no matter. I used the two thousand I
dollars in the way proposed, aruUiere 1.1
am. Come wa k down to my store, with
me, anu lei us cnat a little about old limes
there.
1 went, as invited, and found Merwvn
with a small Jut well selected . stock of
goods in his store, and all the evidence of
a. thriving business around him. ' : i
You must go home with me this after
noon," said he as I arose to leave him.-
alter having imd an agreeable talk for an
hour. I live, as I. told you a short distance
in the couniry; so you will stay all night,
and come in with me in the morning The.
stage leaves here at five o'clock,' and "pas
ses within a short distance of my house.
Florine will be delighted to see you."." "
, I consented, well . pleased with this ar
rangement, and at five o'clock was seated
in the stage bv. the side of my old friend.
who bore as little "resemblance to one of
your curled, perfumed and moustached
exquisites what he had once been 'as
could be imagined. His appearance was
plain, substantial and business-like.' . c
Half an hour's rjdq broughi us to our
stopping place, j " : "V. . . ." 1
"I live off to the" right here,1 said Mer-
wyn, as we left the stage, "beyond that
piece of wood. Ten -minutes .--walk will
bring us to my door. We prefer the
country for several reasons, the principal
one of which is economy. ' Our cottage,
with fi'm acres of! ground, costs us only
fifty dollars a year, and we have the whole
of the land worked on shares ' by a neigh
bor, thus more. than clearing 'our rent.
Then we have plenty of fruit and milk for
ourselves and children, and fresh air and
health into the bargain.''
But don't Mrs. Merwyn . find it very
lonesome bat hsre?' 1 enquired.
"Oh, no. Wp hay two children, and
they, with a very clever young" woman
who lives with us . more as a friend than
a domestic, although we pay her wages,
give. Florine plenty of society through the
day, and I come in by night-fall, and
sometimes earlier, to make the evenings
all she could wish. - At least I have Flo
rine's own declaration for this." The last
sentence was uttered with a smile.
As we walked along, the means of my
meeting with Mrs. - Merwyn, turned my
thoughts back to other times. A beautiful
girl was he fore rne, languidly reclining
upon a sofa, overcome by the extract of
some sweet herbs, the perfume of which
had fallen unharmoniously upon the sense.
A hot-house plant, how was it -possible
j that she could hear the cold, bracing at
, mosnhere of such a life as that she was
. . - .
; nnv living, n nen last I saw tier, sne
W;s but a tender summer flower, on whom
the warm; sun shone daily, and into whose
hosom the night dews came softly with
refreshing coolness -
Silently I walked along with my mind
full of such thoughts, when an opening
in the woods through which we were
passing gave me a glimpse of a woman's
figure,, standing on the second rail of a
fence, and apparently on the look out for
some one.
; -Thj intervening trees auicklv hid her
; afrani from mv view. In a minute or so
' afterwards wivimmerged from tne tn-es
f..i o hrl ,1 cl:,.ra 17. . I ...n.,..-. I
had se.-n. who was lo k n- in anoiher
.tir
direct on from lhat in wlixli we- were
coming. -We. were c ose upon her b-fire
she ooserved us 'I h-n the voico of
Merwyn, who called vFlorinc!" startled
her and she turned upon us her beautiful
young face. glowingVith health, .surprise
and pleasure. 1 paused iu as tonishmeni.
VVas that the ind-dent; languid city belle
who could scarcely Sit erect' evi-11 with
the aid of cusirons, now standing firm
and straight on a. fence rail, and 1 ok
ing tnore lovely and graceful than she
had 'fVv; y seemed' in my eyes? '
She recognised me in a moni-nt, and,
springing (V'-i.. t he rail. came bounding lo
wad ine, fuR:o overflowing rof life, and
spirits. Gristing my hand, she exjoes
sed the warnest pleasure at seeing an old
fare, and ask-d m a doen of quv-stions
iiefore I cuul I answ r one.
I found them occupying a neat little
bird's licit of a C'ttage. irr which wer
wo as weet little children as I have ever
st-eii. While I sat and talked v:th Mer
wyn, holding one ch.ld .upon my knee
find fie the other. Florine busied herself
in getting the su;pe Her only domest'c
was away. Ever and anon I caught a
glimpse of her as she passed in and, o il
of the -adjoining n 0:11 where she had
spread the tahl-. A very long time did
not elapsed before I sat down ; with iny
old friends ton meal that I enjoyed as
well as : ny I have ever eaten. ''he
warm whit- biscuits'wer b'lked by Florine
sweet l.utter she hnd herself churned, so
sli sn'l mid the cake and nreserves ii-i:h
her own. '
..I a,n s,irpr ised at ". all .this." said I.
after l-a "How is it 'possib'e for yu to
1
! be cji
lAcrtnl mirl nnr nnilcr ti f 1 n
Vhang. ?. How was impossible for you 'to
coaie o efficiently into a mode .-flife, the
very antipodes of the one to which you
we,- b ru, ahd in which vou were edu-
r ued1" ' "
Mi.fortunt?." rcplipd Merwyn, "brings
out whatever is efficient in our characters.
This has been partic Tarlr the case with"
us. We U id both led artificial lives and
had false, views of almost everything, a i
a blowiTtue golden palace in' which we
had lived was dashed to pieces.' We were
then thrown cut into the 'world but uotiiuiy
to depend upon hut our inJiv d.iul itso.ir-
ces, which we're, at first." ycuinav well
believe, exceedingly small. The sudden
ness with which our fashionable friends
turned from us. and the entire' exclusion
from fashionable society that followed,
opened our eyes to the utter' worthless
ness of much that we.had looked upm
s pfi primary consideration. The nece$
sity of cur ciicumstances turned cur
thi ushtj- at the same time, to-things oi
real moment, the true irnpot lance of hich
grew . daily m;'re. a parent."; Thus w
vere j:re'p;ired'for 'j'V'iier. u-ns that hod
not'bt'en takn. a j 1 1 )cli , I am glad it
say we'aie' atle to tjke:' cheerfully, , We
now lead a true aod useful life,' and 1 am
ur Flo-i wi I j in me in saying I but
it ia happier life than evt r w o b:foie.
"Yes with all my heart. replied, the
young wife. "1 have food heblth, goe d
spirits, and a cl ear ronse'ence'; and, with
out thes no on can b happy
'Sji'II." rimarked Merwyn, "wv look to
2riowinr bettT offm th- wo -Id. and hop.
ine day. to te surrounded by at least a
portion orthe pVcauce and luxurt' of early
t'rnes B it unlil that 'day co.nes, we will
enjoy the good th'ngs uf life that fall lo
our uv; and should it never come, we,
will have lust cvthinj by vain anticipa
tions.." When I pnvtrd 'with my old friends on
the next day. I felt that their hi was !
yr.nl compnrUrn, 11 ore hlejsseil 'tlmn it
wo'd have been had not misrortun" visited
them and wished, from my heart, il at
all who had met with ' similar reverses
would imitate their good example. Still I
wondered p.t t change I had seen; and,
at times, couid ha rdiy real:2e its truth. -
A BirnELOR'S KF.VEF.1E.
Fifty to day! Fifty; little chance now
of my having a wife and a house full of j
"lime responsiniuues. as ranny nm
calls them. Ileieho! I'm getting to be
no, .not a "middle-aced .gentleman," for
I've been that, any time the last ten years;
no. Im a pentleman declining in years,
and may adVerlise fora housekeeper wiih
out giving a handle to scandal to make
free with mv character. Twentvfive
years ago. and I should have affronted -k cia I Sidanes. met with tl.e wairxt ajprora
"the man who foretold this; that I should lion of the Heforrflers: The dames of
be sittmff this day in an arm-chair, news- Co1dcn and Bright appear in the list. , ;
paper in -hand, breakfast before me. foot' . The subject of ihe Agricultural districts
on a cushion, and only one cup and two has been again before the House of Lor is
ess3 on the'table. Newsprtprrs are stupid but without leading to an new results.
thimrs: Il much rather chat over tnv I " The present abuses of the Uniteriiiy
morning meal. Why the deuce am I not
married! Nohody makes tea fit to drink
now; and the toast never comes up to me
hot. What capital tea Lucy Smith used
to make. Poor Lucy; 1 wonder what
made me think of her? People said Lucy
and I would certainly make a mach, and
so we should, I suspect, if it hadn't been
for that cursed cousin of hers. 1 m sure
she would have married me if I had asked
her; but kept putting off and putting
!nt putting off and putting it off
day after day, and he -cut me out and be
hanged to himl I was a young gentleman
then, and thought I could marry whenever
I liked. They went away to the west
aud got rich; he's a member of Congress,
and she has grown fat,' and rides about in
her carriage, with two or three grown up
daughters; pretty girls, too, as I m tok,
but they'll never be like their mother. I've
a ribbon of hers, that she used to wear
round her slender waist, and I bribed her
little brother 10 steal it for me, , with the
loan of my fowling piece; and sometimes,
when it rains, and 1 feel., sentimental, I
take it out of my writing desk, and look
at it awhile. I think 111 throw it in the
fire but I don't though, and .the e it is
ei in the secret drawer with my moilier,
picture, and ths last lock of ray own hair.
They make capital wigs now, by the
way; nobody seems to suspect that my
curls are not the natural crop. Lucv used
to say that my hair was beautiful and I'm
almost certain she cut off' a lock once,
when I was asleep on the sofa. 1 wonder
whether . she's lost any of her . splendid
teeth; mine have stood it out preuy well,
but they're going. Parmly said hers
would last a long time, and he ought to
know. I must go to him and get htm to
to make mo a doiiple of new ones. What
shall 1 do with myself to-day? I've g'u
en up business aud made "..money enough
to last ins; my time. I've no one to leave
it to when I'm none;'"" Where's the use"
of going on adding dollar 10 dollar, and
acre to acre; unless one has children to
set up? . Mine marriages in the paper to
day!. ISi me husbands aud nine wives crea
ted since yesterday morning. I dare say
they'll all have young sprouts ay lour
apiece on the average; ttiat's th rty-six
little mouths 10 be siuu'ed wilh bread and
butter, and seventy "iwb little feet to buy
shocs for, and two hundred and eighty
eight little lingers to wash and keep clean!
No fool of a job that for the nine papas
and mamas! 1 was always rtmarkabl
lond of children.
, - .There'is a new married couple moved
uuo tiie nouse ua; .tr.e way, on purpose
u plugue iiie,; I do believe; .they eeui lo'
be ,ery fond of each other, and dreadlui'.y
nappy. -: Tnerot's a gig comes to the dour
every afteruoyn- and he hand i.is wife in
so - carefully, and. she smile's at; him so
brightly as they drive off, that I'm almost
iempted 10 wish they niight break ilieir
necks belord ihey come back. That's a
nice looking girl thai has come to stay
I with them during tne honey moon; she s
lih hrii!iH sicfpr nr aiiniullnnir 1 Ajrt 93'i
ihe prettiest foot and the mosi roguish
jyes I've ever seeii except Lucy Smith's.
( wonder it she's engaged to be married;
. don't see any very suspicious young
.ii en come to the door, and ''"But what
the deuce is it to me whether she is or
'n'4- J'm ru o!J fa Uelor, and -fnaat
down to the grave without htvutg anybody
i cy lur tne. 1 fchoiutl li&e uiouti-to
se the girl nearer; it's easy enough to get
introduced into the house, and though I'm
too old to marry, there's no reason, that 1
know of, why an old f How like ice shd'd
not do the polU tiling -ma new rrr er
into the. neighborhood. J've a new crit
coming l.o'uie, that my nrlis: su) swill
make me look fificcu years. J'ounger
rather irajerti:H:nt by the way. ..Andrm
not so amazingly old, after all. Wbt?n I
sat down to breakfsstl t fell rather bluish,
and' thought myself ,iie. a ft!eihu.a2c-i.
Pob. no such thing-, I can walk as briskly
as ever almost -I can ride, sing. dan,
no, I'd better leave out ihe dancing: but
whr.t of that! I'm a good looking middle
1 aged man, tired of living a'onc, and h?ug
me but 1 11 make one more , try for the
ring, if I die for it. There's a preiiy girl
over the way and I'll s?nd over a basket
of grapes with my compliments. - . ; ,.
ARRIVAL OF THE
" England. '"
The organixationof the Parliamcntnty
Select Committee for the reduction of ofS-
Royal Communication .
. Lord John Russell lias refused toettcnJ
the commission to Ireland.-
Sir Robert Peel is Slid to have waited
on the Queen and immediately after on the
Ditkeof Wellington. The Times hewe'-
er, attaches ' no . particular importance to
the event; but the Herald and oilier Lcn-
'don papers say it is rumored that. Lord
; John Russell will be raised to fh'e Upper
Mouse anti inus maKe way lor oir jaaes
Graham in the Cabinet. Also that Lord
Palmerston will be succeeded ia the" For
eign Secretin ship ; by Lord Clarendon,
and that Charles Wo'bd will shortly vacate
the office of Chance If of. " , . ' ."
Ad ices from AustrTlia slate the Govern,
ment had put Smith O'Brian under petty
restraints for his refusing to adopt a ticket
of leave. . The matter has been brought
before Parliament, arid an inquiry is lb be
instituted.. . , ,
The ne w steamer "Asta. of the Cor trtl
line, arrived at Liverpool f.orri .Clyde on
Friday. " She. is said to have made ii in
141 miles, f er l our. She will sad for Ubs
t ju on ihe IS.h inst. . f
The Court of the Queen's Bench una-:
imously refuse to gr:!ni the Btshbp'of
Exeter the rule ol praying against the
cision of the Ecclesiastical Cort in the
Giahamease. 4 -V
Immigration in less general than hereto-
1 fore.
Th 'crops thrnaghout '.he United Kinr
dam pfOmise' Well. . . i ,V
.. . il c France. .. .
; The fJoyerninent Bill for givir. the
transportation law a retrospective, effect,
has been defeated . in the Assembly by a
large majority. .The presumed object of
the Govcrnmrnt was to obtain .authority
whereby Barbier, Blanque. , Rapnil and
b"her tl"d mgerous characters'Trnight be sent
out o. the conntrv. . . 1 he defeat .01 the
J measure caused the Minister of ihr Interior
j to throw up.his pori 'folio, with reproaches
upon the Assembly for, refusing to support
him in what he called his arduous and
t iankless attempts to maintain publico. der.
He was subsequently prevailed upon lb re
tain his office. . , ' - , . -."''
In referenre to the approarjiing elctt'on
for Paris, a corrppoh Jent of the London
Chronicle say sr -"The only . subjects of
interest to "the people, ot France, at the
present moment are decidedly i:i favor of
Eugene. Sue.' The city appears to be five
sixths on the Democratic candidates. The
Moderates appear to be ery saner.inc in
the be'ief.thAt L'e CIcrc wT.l br cl?rted by
a large, m.-joruy. n.:; -,.
As the VlfC:.i apprca'c!is, business cn
the Bourse declines.' .
On" Mon 1 iv and Tuesday the r-rost-fition
Journals and 11 'he news venders
stdN were destroyed, a r.d the newm?n
erres'eJ by the Police." On Wednesday
c-'pies uf ilie proscri!'Cd journal were rei.d
'oud on Boulevards, to great bod'es of
the peop'e, in deff.inc6 of the Pol'ee.
Six comnanies of the National GurJ
have been suspended for electing a Social
ist Captain. . ;
A Te Deum was performed on the 20;h
for the Pope's return to Rome, "to' which
Court M.". Ravmqiid has byen appointed
Plenipotentiary. ' ""'
STEAMER NIAGARA!
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