Be _, you, THE LAWYER REFORMED. The town clock had already struck ten. The wind moaned dolefully, as it found its way through the crevices of the di- lapidated cottage, and as the rain pattered on the window, it told how coinfortless was all without. On that night - many a family drew closer around their comfortable fire- ‘sides, as they listened to the elements raging around them. one poor building to which we have alluded, » comfortable hearth, but every thmg looked nely. ‘There was but a single room, and that rniture of the meanest quality. The wretched ing beds, the broken chairs, the naked walls, the hand- ful of coals, almost expiring on the hearth, told of poverty in its most naked form. On one of the beds Jay a female, whose countenance, sallow and emaciated, indicated the ravages of grief, rather than of disease. The close observer could still detect there the lingering traces of beauty. By the expiring embers sat a young girl, perhaps of seventeen, clothed with a thin calico gown. Poverty and suffering had not effaced the beauty of her countenance, but her eyes were red with weeping, and her cheeks, pallid with grief, were still most lovely. Shivering with cold, she was steadily pursuing her work, for that was the sole dependence of the family for daily food. ‘ “Julia,” said the mother, “do lay aside your work and go to bed. You will perish with cold.” : _ «But, mother,” replied Julia, brushing away the tear which was gathering, “1 promised Mr. , the tailor, that 1 would have it done this evening, and besides, there is no- thing left in the house to cat in the morning. So that [ must finish this, before I sleep.” And again she plied her needle with renewed assiduity. 7 Bat where was the father and husband, all this time? Dead? No. Gone to sea? No. An.unfortunate debtor, im- mured in prison ? No. But he was tippling in a Coffee House, upon the fee he had that day secured by accident, for trans- acting a little piece of law business, And who was he ? Once he was the most splendid lawyer in the city of ———, but now was an outcast drunkard. The fearful habit of taking a little had wound a chain around him which he in- effectually struggled to break. One after another of his clients left him, and one after another of his friends forsook him, until, almost unawares to himself, he found himself penniless, houseless, friendless, and a street drunkard. His companion suvk under the blow, and became an invalid. His beautiful Julia, raised in luxury and tendertess, for a while grieved, but as want, absolute want, pressed, she aroused herself to meet the exigency. For a year she had supplied the scanty living of the family, whilst the unnatural parent was expending every cent he could get for the mad- dening liquor. Bat it was evident that her strength was ually sinking under the task. ee : «Julia, my daughter,” again said the invalid mother, in a voice feeble and choked with grief, “what is to become of us? 1 feel that I cannot stand it much longer, and you will die from exposure.” : “QO no, mother, don’t say say so,” replied Julia, in a tone of assumed cheerfulness, but which trembled with emotion, «for God has not forseken us yet. He will sustain us.” _. 09, whowould have supposed that we could ever have been reduced to this !—Dear George, they lay all the blame on him, but it belongs to those who made him a drunkard. He was generous and noble once; and would have scorned the idea of seeing his wife and child suffer want! But now he does not notice it! and we soon shall be gone, I feel it!” And here the disconsolate woman burst into tears, and Julia, - notwithstanding all her efforts, wept aloud But God had seen the suffering of these two lovely beings, d prepared deliverance for them. ‘The father had found is way home amid the peltings of the storm. The window curtain was drawn a little aside, and through a broken pane of glass he had heard all that passed. His heart was pene- trated, remorse fastened on his soul, and he bowed down and solemnly vowed, that, God strengthening him, he would never again drink a drop of alcoholic drink. He rose from his knees another being, and as he entered his dwelling, still somewhat under the influence of liquor, lie addressed his wife and child in a tone of affection which had not saluted their ears for months. Both started at it, as though some voice had addressed them from heaven. But little was said. The morning came, and the first thing the father did was to - search out the Washingtonian pledge, aud sign it—Now he felt that be wasa rescued man, and the enetgies of his mind, as if relieved from*bondage, again acted with their “former powers. He sought the court room, and as he enter- ed it, his former partner saw the change, and shaking him by the band exclaimed, ; > “ You have reformed, haven’t you, George 2” ; “Yes, by God’s help, Lhave; and a few moments ago I aigapd the pledge.” 2¢ lawyer, amazed, held up his hands, and. exclaimed, “Gracious heaven, what cannot the Washingtonians ac- complish !” - ; His former associates and admirérs crowded around him, to shake his hand, and in five minutes the street drunkard was reinstated. The reformed man’s eye moistened as he . frequently ejaculated, “God bless you, my friends, for this.” “ But, come, George,” said Lis partner, with all the$fami- liarity of former days, “come, you must plead the cause of this widow, whose property is at stake, and here is the fee,” and he placed in his hand a $100 bill. “If we gain the cause, it will be increased to #500.” The reformed ine- briate seemed stunned with astonishment, as prosperity thus poured upon him, but ina few moments, with his former vigor, and acumen, he was eliciting the evidence in the ease. The room was thronged with people, who listened to ee wich the intensest interest. At last he rose to plead the case, and as his splended mind, under the ex- citement of his strange situation, and the desire to acquire what he had lost, burst into strains ot surpassing eloquence, a deep murmur of pleasure was heard throughout the room. The jury after a moment’s consultation gave their verdict in favor of his client, and as that was pronounced by tlfe fore- man, the audience burst into loud applause ; in one moment more the widow’s agent had placed in bis hand the stipula- ted fee. Tt was near sunset, and Julia, worn down with incessant labor, was looking despondingly into the street, when sudden- ly a carriage stopped before the door. In a moment more, a servant bearing a bundle knocked at the door. “4 Is this the house of Lawyer 2” said he, addressing ulia. » © Ves,” she replied, “but my futher is not at home.” “1 was told to leave this bundle with you, and deliver his note,” and he handed the articles to the wondering girl. The hand-writing was her father’s, but what it could mean Was more than she could imagine.—But let me give you a the little note as explanatory. “Dear Julia—Use the. articles of clothing in the bundle The Do not delay, for LI wish to see “Your Father, George.” Bewildered, she rushed in to her mother, and read the note. Hope sprang up in the soul of the disconsolate wife, and invalid as she was, unassisted, she arose from her bed. “J see how itis,” said she, “God has saved my dear hus- band! Come, let us go immediately to him!” Both sobbed with joy as the sunshine of happier days dawned upon them, In a few moments more, the happy wife and daughter were locked in the passionate embrace of the'reformed drunkard. It is unnecessary to trace it farther, but suffice it to say, that Lawyer ——— ina short time recovered his property, his influence and his friends; that his wife recovered; and that from that day forth, the father, mother and daughter were among the happiest of the happy.—Cinn. Morn, Star. ‘ ° for yourself and mother, and come immediately to me. carriage will wait for you. Tae Temperance Pieper.-—It is not unusual to hear men who profess to be friends of temperance urge objections to the signing of'a pledge. They say that it is uumanly—that it implies a distrust of one’s own firmness and power of self- controul. This is about the rankest nonsense that can con- veniently be uttered, and we have been astonished to hear it from men who ought to know better. Only think of men who require a pledge in the most trifling transactions of life seriously arguing against it in one soimportant. The man who signs a pledge docs it, not for his own good alone, but’ ‘| for the good of those around him ; the pledge is the form of initiation, the bond which binds bitin, in common with others, to perform a specified work. It is nothing more or less than a moral contract which binds him in common with others, to performa specified work. ft is nothing more or less than a moral contract with a community of men to witness its fulfilment. Political parties require pledges, and partisans cheerfully give them. _A man is not support- ed for office or power who has not boldly avowed his prin- ciples. And the wisdom ofsthis is plainly to be seen, for when the day of trial comes, and the leader is tempted to betray those who have sustained him, his pledge, publicly given, binds him fast. “He cannot break that pledge with- out forfeiting the confidence of his friends, and exciting the scorn of his foes. Now, in the temperance cause, a mab may resolve to drink no more, and for years he may faith- fully adhere to his resolution, but at last he finds himself so situated, that it is difficult to abstain: extreme importunity of those among whom he is thrown, and scoffs, soon break down his: secret resolution, and he falls. Not so with the publicly pledged man. _ His pride, as well as his conscience, is aroused. [He thinks of his friends and companions, of what they will say; he remembers that if he drinks, he vio- Jates a solemn obligation, and the world will no. longer place confidence in him. Here are inducements enough to make the weakest man strong. The history of the tempert- ance pledge is, after all, its best recommendation. By 1ts power men, who had in vain formed secret resolutions that they would drink no more, have been reformed. It has made them strong when temptations surrounded them ; they knew that it was the last hope, that it was the only thing to which they could cling for life ; and when appetite demand- ed, and false friends entreated, they stood firmly by it, and were saved. Nothing can be urged against it. Ibis manly and noble to declare publicly that we are temperance men. It appears to us that no man can refuse to take this pledge without subjecting himself to asuspicion that he doubts his resolution to keep it; it isa sort of half acknowledgment that he loves the poison, and does not wish sacred!y to pro- mise that he willabstain from it—American. A Hint to Smrras.—The cutting of bars of iron or pipes with the chisel isa laborious and tardy precess. By the following mode, the same end_ is ‘attained more speedily, easily and neatly :—Bring the iron to a white heat, and then, fixing it in a vice, apply the common saw, which, without being turned in the edge or injured in any respect, will divide it as easily as if it were a carrot! Roasrep Icx.—tt is said that the Chinese viands in gene- ral are disagreeable to Europeans, as they do not use salt in their cookery, but do use an jmmoderate share of pork fat, besides ginger and garlic. At supper parties, given at hou- ses of entertainment, the dainties provided are often furnish- ed with great labor and expense—and are principally recom- mended by the difticulty of precuring them. A German ‘traveller who visited Pekin, says that a favourite dish in that city 1s roasted ice, which is enormously dear, as very few cooks possess thie skill and dexterity necessary for its preparation. A lump of ice is taken upon a sieve, and after being quickly enveloped in a sort of paste made of sugar, eggs and spices, is plunged into a pan full of boiling pork fat or lard. The grand point is then to serve it up before the ice has time to melt. What may be the peculiar attraction of this dainty dish it would be hard.to say, for though frozen inside it burns the mouth when first tasted, ; Wolitics any W ews. Deara or THe Earn or Leicester.—We have to an- nounce the death of the Earl of Leicester, which took place on Thursday morniug, at his seat, Longford Hall, in the county of Derby. Earl Leicester, we believe, died at the | advanced age of eighty-nine. He came into the Hense of| Commons for the county of Norfolk, as Mr. Coke, in the Pay- | liament elected in 1774. He was one ofthe last surviving friends of Mr. Fox, and acted constantly on the principles of that statesman. He was justly called the Father of im- provement in British agriculture. His loss will be’ deplor- ed by a happy and prosperous tenantry, made independent, and encouraged to follow his example, by long leases and moderate rents, Sappie a M. de Sismondi, the celebrated Mien died on-the 25th ult, at his country seat, near Geneva, in the 69th year “of his age. hors 2 het Return oF Boz.—Danerrous, Excess or Joy.—Mr. Dickens is again in London, safe, from his transatlantic tour, which, we have no doubt, will soon produce a.new harvest of stirring adventures and graphic delineation of character. The return of the distinguished novelist was marked, as we learn from a friend, by an impressive and painful incident in his family circle. Immediately on their return, the happy parents rushed to see their children. A fine boy, six, years old, was roused from his sleep for the purpose; and no! sooner had the little fellow caught a glanee of the faces so! much endeared to him, and so long absent, than he. burst into a transport of delight, which it was found impossible to suppress. Joy was now converted into grief. The deli- rium continued, and on Friday several physicians were in attendance, almost despairing of recovery. Powerful'means | were applied, and on Saturday he was so much better that his speedy recovery is anticipated.—Jnverness Courier. Largest Steam vEssEL in THE Wortp.—Woonwicn, July 17.—Orders were received at Woolwich, during the past week, to build a war vessel, of very large dimensions, to be named the Dragon. The order has been countermand- ed, so far as regards her being built at Woolwich, but she will be immediately commenced at Sheerness or Chatham, most probably at the latter port. Some idea may be formed of the stupendous magnitude of this vessel when it is stated that her engines areto be of the immense power of 800 horses. The Devastation, and other first class steamers, at present in the service, have only engines of 400 horse power. Expense oF THE Canapran: Insurrection.—Amongst the Parliamentary papers just issued is the following :—Es- timate of the further amount that will probably be reqnired for the year ending 31st of March, 1843, to defray the ex- penses of the service in Canada, consequent upon the late insurrection in that colony. For pay, clothing, &c. of the militia and volunteers, £108,000.” A remarkable fine specimen of the Egyptian or mummy wheat is growing in a most luxuriant state in the gardens of the Bath Royal United Horticultural ana Botanical Society. It is of the awned kind, and has been produced from one grain, It was sown in the spring of this year, and altowell to take its course. The.grain itself, in-appearance, is not un- like that grown in this country ; but it appears far mo 0- lific, as the ear, when full grown, measures seven inches in length, from which a quantity of side branches shoot, which before the plant comes to perfection will doubtless be much larger than they are at present. The ear is very unlfke the wheat now in cultivation in England. 'The seeds were pro- duced from a mummy imported in 1839, and some of the grains are now deposited in the British Maseum. The stalks of the plant are very-strong, and the wheat promises to ripen well.— Bath Chronicle PHorocrarnic Parntinc.—An artist at Rome, named Roudoin, has just succeeded in taking photographic draw- Ings on stone, and printing fromit. In that way he printed a lithograph of a nebula of Orion. [This is printing, at se- cond hand, from nature herself; bringing the firmament within one move of the press! The next process will be, to print speech and music warm from the lips.]—Spectator. Enetanp anp France.—A striking illustration of the comparative wealth of the two countries is given by the re- cent remark ofa great statesman in France, who said, “of all the facts he ever heard of in the history of the world, the most astonishing was the statement of Sir Robert Peel, that 7d. in the pound on English income, would raise £4,- 000,000; and he added that 7d. in the pound in France would not pay for its collection.” : Succession or THE FRencu Crown.—It is a remarkable historical fact, that for the last two centuries (that is, since the aecession of Louis XiV. in 1643) no French king has transmitted his crown to hisson. Louis XLV. and XV. were succeeded by their grandsons, and since the death of Louis XI. it is well known no son has succeeded his father on the throne of France, She Colonial Werard. ~ » d Aus- Tourxey.—it is believed that France, Fn beauties fa tria have determined on reso TE rr arkish nonentity, as a. the pacification of Syria. Signs “ bie See gabechttl: political power, multiply daily, and it — Sc ae Mic tion of Koozif’s name for that of Izzet, a Sule “Atlas, nistry, that such a corpse can be resuscitated.—. wy 16. : ” eae Be the ore Liternogly om ation Se » received private letters fromm Ohina, wnt ; Sarit Sie * cau Pottinger to Hongkong reg oreo his intention to join the 5 pee eer opnyon Bg d proceed with it to Pekin. 1e g | : ? ria en Hongkong ade ih ag Hid Heap ee eect ed to take all responsibility on bimsett, ae ‘