rate the declaration which I then mace, thatI never can, nor will, while life and reason remain, consent to apnion with my cousin Edward.”

This auricuncement wrought no apparent change ' in Sir Arthur, except that hebecarne deadly, almost lividly pa'le. He seemed lost in dark thought for ‘1. minute, and then with a slight effort said, “ You have answered me hon- estly and directly ; and you say your resolution is unchangeable ; well would it had been other- wise !—but be it as it is—I am satisfied.”

He gave me his hand—it was cold and damp as death; under ,an assumed calmness. it was evident that he was fearfully agitated. He con- tinued to hold my hand with an almost painful

, ressure, while, as if unconsciously, seeming to i forget my presence, he muttered, " Strange. ’ strange, strange, indeed! fstuity, helpless fatui- ty l” There was‘here a long pause. “ Madness indeed, to strain a cable that is rotten tothe very heart—it must break—and then—all goes.” There was again a pause of some minutes, after which, suddenly changing his voice and manner to one of wakeful alacrity, he exclaimed, “ Mar- garet, my son Edward shall plague you no more. He leaves this country on to-morrow for France 7—he shall speak no more upon this subject—ne- ver, never more—whatever events depended up- on your answer must now take their own course: but as for this fruitless propOsal, it has been tri- e’d enough; it can be repeated no more.” At these words he coldly suffered my hand to drop, as if to express his abandonment of all his pro- jected schemes of alliance; and certainly the action,'with the accompanying words, produced upon my mind a more solemn and depressing ef- fect than I believed possible to have been caused by the course which I had determined to pursue ; it struck upon my heart with an awe and heavi- ness which will accompany the accomplishment of an important and irrevocable not, even though no doubt or ‘scrnple remains to make it possible that the agent should wish it undone.

“ Well,” said my uncle, after a little time, “ we now cease to speak upon this topic, never to resume it again—remember you shall have no farther uneasiness from Edwardrgthe leaves Ire- land for Franceto-morrow ; thingjwill be a relief to you ; may I dppend upon your honour that no word touching the subject of this interview shall ever escape you '1" I gave him the desired assu- rance ; he said, “ It is well—I am satisfied—we have nothing move, I believe, to say upon either side, and my presence must be a restraint upon you, Ishall therefore bid you farewell.” I then left the apartment, scarcely knowing what to think of the strange interview which had just ta- ken place.

‘On the next day, my uncle took occasion to tell me that Edward had actually sailed, if his intention had not been interfered with by adverse circumstances; and two days subsequently, he actually produced a letter, written, as it said, on board, and despatched while the ship was get- ting under weigh. This was a great satisfaction to me, and as being likely to prove so, it was communicated to me by Sir Arthur.—-During all this trying period, I had found infinite consola- tion in the society and sympathy of my dear cou- sin Emily. I never in after-life formed a friend- ship so close, so fervent, and upon which, in all its progress, I could look back with feelings of such unalloyed pleasure, upon whose termination I must ever dwell with so deep, so yet unembitter- ed regret. In cheerful conversation with her, I recovered my spirits considerably, and passed my time agreeably, although still in the utmost seclusion. Matters went on smoothly enough, although I could not help sometimes feeling a momentary, but horrible uncertainty respecting my uncle’s character ; which was not altogether

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trying interviews, whose particulars I have just detailed. The unpleasant impression which these conferences were calculated to leave upon my mind, was fast wearing away. when there oc- curred a circumstanCe, slight indeed in itself, but calculated irresistibly to awaken all my worst suspicions, and to overwhelm me again with anxiety and terror.

I had one day left the room with my cousin Emily in order to have a ramble of considerable length, for the purpose of sketching some favour- ite views, and we had walked about half a mile, when I perceivad that we had forgotten our drawing materials, the absence of which would have defeated the object of our walk—Laughig at our own thoughtlessness, we returned to the house, and, leaving Emily without, I ran up stairs to procure the drawing books and pencils which lay in my bed-room. As I ran up the stairs, I was met by the tall, ill-looking French woman, evidently a good deal flurried. ” Que veut, Madame i” said she, with a more decided effort to be polite than I had ever known before. " No. no—no matter," said I, hastily running by her in the direction of my room.--" Madame,” cried she, in a high key, “ restez ici si vous plaits, votre chambre n‘est pas faite”—your room is not ready for your reception yet. I continued to move on without heeding hen—She was some way behind me, and feeling that she could not otherwise prevent my entrance, for I was now upon the very lobby, she made a desperate at- tempt to lay hold of my person; she succeeded in grasping the end of my shawl, which she drew from my shoulders, but slipping at the same time upon the polished oak floor, she fell at full length upon the floor. A little .frightened as well as angry at the rudeness of this strange woman, I hastily pushed open the door of my room, at which I now stood. in order to escape from her, but great was my amazement on entering to find the apartment pro-occupied. The window was open, and beside it stood two male figures ; they appeared to be ,examining the fastenings of the casement, and their backs were turned toward the door. One was my uncle; they both had turned on my entrance, as if startled ; the stran.

- ger was booted and cloaked, and wore a heavy broad-leafed hat over his brows; he turned but

unwarranted by the circumstances of the two‘

for a moment, and averted his face; but I had seen enough to convince me that he was no other than my cousin Edward. My uncle had'an "011 instrument" in hishand, which hehastily 00"- cealed behind his back; and coming towal' ' me, said something, as if in an explanatory tone , but I was too much shocked and confounded to understand what it might be. He said some- thing about “repairs—window frames—cold. and safety.” I did not wait, however, to ask 01' receive explanations, but hastily left the room- As I went down the stairs I thought I heard the voice of the Frenchwoman in all the shrill volu- bility of excuse, which was met,.howeve|'. by suppressed but vehement imprecations, or_ Wilt!t seemed to me to be such, in which the vorce of myiconsin Edward distinctly mingled. ( To be continued.) (From the Morning Post.) RECEPTION on THE rmvv COUNCIL—PUBLIC OPINION.

On Saturday, as the public had been ledOto understand for some days previously, a Privy Council was assembled at Buckingham Palace, for the purpose of receiving her Majesty’s an- nouncement of her intended marriage wrtli Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg.

Considering the shortness of the notice given to the Privy Councillors, and that almost all of ,them, not immediately in attendance on the court, are at this time ofthe year at a distance from London, the number present was con- siderable. According to the Gazette Extraor- dinary, no fewer than 8'2 obeyed the summons.

It was naturally to have been expected that, under the strong excitement existing at this moment, the assemblage of so many public men of various political opinions would be converted into an opportunity for the exhibition of some demonstrations of popular feeling. Such de- monstrations did take place, and they were by no means of an equivocal character. As the members of the Privy Council left the Palace, the crowd, which was for the greater part corn- posed of persons of respectable appearance, collected at the northern gate, and signified, certainly without any ceremony, the general opinion of the distinguished persons as their carriages passed out in rapid succession. Many ofthe less known or lees prominent characters were allowed to pursue their way in silence; but that was far from the case with the leading men of political parties.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was received with general and hearty cheering, and similar marks of respect were bestowed on the Archbishop of Canterbury; but, on the ap- pearance of the Duke of Wellington, the enthu- siasm was such as to remind us of the hurrahs that some five-and-twenty years ago hailed his Grace’s return to England as the conqueror of France, and the pacificator of Europe. The Duke bore evident marks of his late il ness; he looked pale and thin; but there was an anima- tion in his countenance, as he acknowledged the cheers of the people, that gave satisfactory proof of the undiminished vigour of his mind; and feelings. , » , .

Sir Robert Peel had only arrived in town from Tamworth at twelve o’clock, and was not in his own carriage; yet the people were too intent on recognizing him to be deceived by this unavoidable tl'aoestic. The Right Hon. Baronet was greeted with a warmth of feeling that must have been as gratifying to him as it was demonstrative of the sound state of public opinion. Lord Hill, too, as in some sort the official representative of the army, came in for a full share of the popular applause, in spite of the rufliian attacks lately made on his lordship by a man for whom the only excuse is, that he knows nothing of what belongs to the character ofa man of honour, and cannot understand the claims of an honourable profession.

We have hitherto spoken of her Majesty’s opposition; we have a very different story to tell other Majesty’s ministers.

Disapprobation of the most marked kind was the rule, and some cheers to Lord Cottenham the exception, in the reception of the members of the government. The three cabinet ministers especially distinguished by public execration were the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Palmer- ston, and Lord Melbourne; and the biases and groans lavished on all of these were never ex- ceeded in intensity, as far as our experience goes. Lord Melbourne’s carriage was the last to leave the palace, and after it had remained for a few minutes under the portico, it. drew off amidst the yells of the crowd, under a mistaken impression that it contained the premier. The chariot was empty. Ityproceeded at a walk through Buckingham-gate, in the direction of the side entrance of the palace in Pimlico, and many persons Were in consequence attracted to that quarter; but the carriage was almost instantly turned round and driven once more into the fore court of the palace. Still there was some uncertainty about the matter, as the gate from which the other privy councillors passed out had been closed, and the horses’ heads were in_ the opposite direction. However,- the prime minister finding delay useless, at length took his seat and screwed up his courage to face the storm: and we are bound to admit that he acquitted himself well. The groans with which the noble lord was assailed might have disturbed the equanimity of manv a man; but the only visible effect ‘produced on the premier was a certain ghastliness in the smile which he assumed for the occasion. The assembled multitude followed the carriage as far as they could keep pace with the horses, and the only cheers that afforded a miserable con. trast to the general burst of disapprobation proceeded from three particularly shabby-looking men, the wear and tear of whose lungs éan hardly have been adequately remunerated by

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I alace, her Majesty feet off forfihnd» iii? laedldtilfag greeted by her assembled subject? in the most-respectful and afl‘ectignate “ganglia; ' ’s proximity to_t,l:e<;cse;ifioths h; ' L en lace under her win 0 _ I igsivtiiiiess pthe public opinion of her ministegtsé Her Majesty must have been able to apprecis‘ the falsehood of the insmuation so pertinaciou g made, that disapproval of the governmentfgvga

synonymous to the crown.

About half an hour after the, privy counci

ODDS AND ENDS.

An Irish Smith wrote 7a few years ago to a, friend in Montreal, stating that he had a great deal to communicate to him,hut declined to do so in the present letter, as. herfwaitedgpnttiil the penny post was established—firm acci which have recently occurred-on the premises of firework-makers show the absolute necessuy of those engaged in such a perilous business having theirimanufactory in an insulated sttua- tion, and riot in the midst of a populous neigh- bourhood. The subject seems to have been overlooked by the framers of the New Police Act—Mrs. Harding, the Wife of the unfor- tunate Mr. Harding, expired late on Sunday evening. A Coroner’s inquest was holden on Monday night, and a verdict was returned of “accidental death.” Mr. Daunt, formerly M. P. for Mallow, lies dangerously ill at'Derry- none-abbey, and has been incapacitated from travelling with Mr. O’Connell 'of late. He is, we understand, private secretary to that learned gentleman. Snow fell “last >Wednesday in Belgium as it did in Paris. letter from Ant- werp states that during the two. preceding nights there was a frost there; with mud blowrng fresh from the north~east.—’——i'-Lord Stanley is expect- ed at his residence in St. James’s-square, from Knowsley Park, for two or three days. The Earl of Derby’s party have had abundant sport, shooting on the Well-stocked game pre- serves. The noble Earl is still unable to walk without assistance.———The Earl of Yarborough

passage from Gibraltar in the Kestrel. His lordship’s youngest son, the Hon. Capt. Pelham, and his bride, have been passing the honeymoon at Malta, where Captain Pelham’s ship the Wasp is stationed.———The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the Ladies Browne have arrived at Naples, where they will winter. The noble marquis, we hear, still suffers much from gent. Viscount Borington will return to Saltram early in the ensuing (month from his tour in Spain and Portugal, when a series of splendid theatrical fetes will be given by the Earl and Countess of Morley at the above seat. The late Lord George Beresford has bequeathed the whole of, his property to his three surviving daughters, the Hon. Misses Beresford, who are residing with their aunt, Lady Anne Beresford, sister of the lord primate, at Armagh. The Marquis of Waterford and Lord John Beresford attended the interment of the noble and gallant lord, in the mausoleum of the Beresford family. Lord and Lady De Grey have been seeing a succession of visitors at their splendid chateau since the assembling of the Yorkshire hussars, of which the noble earl is colonel, for duty.

is now completed, and will be occupied by the earl next month. Sir Robert Peel, Bart, M. P., accompanied by Lady and Miss Peel, left by the railroad on Tuesday morning for Dray- ton Manor, Staffordshire. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager will visit Sir Robert Peel early in the ensuing week. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., is at Tredegar, his seat in Wales, where the venerable baronet intends staying until after Christmas. Viscount and Viscountess Rodney are staying at Tredegar.-——Sir Henry Hugh Hoare has presented the sum of $650 to the Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education, and Mr. Walter Long, P., 5625 to the same board. .Alderman Scholey has left $610,000 to be applied to charitable purposes in his native parish, Sandal, near Wakefield. Bills have been, affixed on ‘several houses in Abingdon street, including the renowned Chequers public house, by the House of Lords, announcing that they are to be sold preparatory to their theing pulled down, to make way for the new Houses of Parliament.——Prince Henry the Twen- tieth(!),of the oldest branch of the reigning Princes of Reus-Greiz, has recently espoused the Princess Caroline-Ame]ia-Elizabeth ofHesse the eldest daughter of his Serene Hiahnes; Prtiice Gustavus of Hesse. (We believe iii the extstence ofthe principality

of Reuss—Greiz.b t have not been able to find it on the map of Gd:-

many.)—-——His Royal Highness Prince Geor e of' Cambridge“ attended by Col. Cornwall, wgill make ahshort segour in Paris en route from Berne The prince has been fifteen months i the grand tour.——

. The late Right Hon.

Sullivan who expired at his seat, IIicliiiilg: Lodge, near Colnbrook, on Friday last, in his 91st year, was a commissioner of the board of control for 30 years, and retired from office on

the formation of Viscount M ‘ ' . elbourne’s - tration. admmls

churning of the Qtotuuiat legislature.

On Tuesday last His Ex Il ' Governo _ I , ce ency the Lieutenant WhiCh h;- ixp3ilred to the Council Chamber, in front of

eceived by a nerd of h ‘ Regt., and havrng taken hiegseat, uni::s:lg:fiiiil::§£i r'iphnzmsaplgirli‘g the fittelqdariice of the House of Assembly, aeran to ouseh' ‘- tepded, His Excellency was pleasegildgolilecrilihdmgl With;th follovving Speech to both Houses.— 1'. Preside t d ' . Legfiluge, mgonor ls Gentlemen of the Mr. fpeaker, and Gemch 2/;

have called you together at the usual sea-

at- 6 Session

of the House offlssem-

the pittance that persons of their appearance would probably receive for their exertions.

son of theyear, as bein the best ' ordinary course of the piihlic businesslilt‘ed to the

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and his son-in-law, Sir Joseph Copley, barn,” have arrived at Cowes, after a tempestuous"

——The new mansion at Wrest, in Bedfordshire, '

performing s

5 :' «Iashall, at the earliest period, is

A counts to he laid before you. _ Tiuj ' ,V ‘ Stufe'upon Roads and Bridges will he» . V” j q exceed sum appropriated to that m h“

.'but as this expenditure lines” 13.. ; cessary, in consequence of the heavy gala mu, ; which the Island was wanted on the I3th_of September, I cannot doubt that it Will recs". ydur sanction. - Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen ofthc'H'suss gm"... .. bly; ' . - ve much pleasure in communicating to e sanction of Her Majesty’ sGovernmem, f the liberal sum of£l500, but of the ‘accrumg produce of theSales pl" ‘ Crdiviiéiilrands, to the erection of}! Butlding m Charlottetown, asgn Asylum for menus persons, and other object’lgibf charity, tlie_terms-‘ stated by you,. in your address uponthat Imps”.- tant subject, presented to me duringt the last. session. _ , v . M

It is with peculiar satisfaction thatI am en-y _ abled to congratulate you upon the increased. 5 prosperity which has marked the progress of the past year in every department of our productive industry. ‘

The influx of emigration—the wealth and: sinews of a new country-e-lias not been” equalled in any former_,s€aspu; and, notwithstanding a partial failure‘fof .thesvheat crop in some parts of the colony, we have-"reason to be thankful for a plentiful harvest... .

The Revenuegex’hibits an derably exceeding that of the preceding year;

service; ;

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increase consi-

aid a largesum into the Provincial Treasury.

The Estimates for the current year shall be prepared with a due regard to the wants of the Colony; and I rely upon your accustomed liber- ality to vote such supplies as the exigencies of the Public service may require. Mr. President, and Honorable Gentlemen qf the Legis-

lative Council ,- Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly ,' It will be my duty to lay before you com- munications which I have received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies; and I shall avail myself of the usual medium of conferring with you by message, upon all other subjects oflike import. With a fill] reliance upon your zeal and diligence in the discharge of your legislative duties, Ihave every hope, that your united deliberations will be productive ofthose objects for which alone we are assembled—the happiness and prosperity of the inhabitants of this fine Island.

.At the close of the Speech, the House of Assembly wrthdrew, and His Excellenc soon afterwards left the Court House. Among the ladies in the Council Cham- ber we observed the Countess of VVcstmorland, Lady Mary Fitz Roy, Miss Fitz Roy, 6L0. &c. A salute was firedvby the Militia Artillery, from two field pieces pla- , ced _in front of the Court House, on His Excellenoy’s -. Ieavtng Government House, and again, on his quitting ‘ the Court House. The day being remarkable fine, the concourse of persons assembled to witness the ceremony was unusually large. The Attorney General presided at the Council Board. Mr. Haviland’s duties as Colonial Secretary will prevent his attending in his place in the Legislature. 'In‘ the House of Assembly, after the Governor's Speech had been reported and read, the following Com- mittees were appointed .— To prepare the drought of an. flddress, in answer to the Speech—Messrs. Rae, D. Macdonald, Fraser, Clark, Hon. 1; S. Macdonald. Engresssd Batik—Messrs. D. Macdonald, Gormnn, Forbes.’Rae. " . ' Public flccounts—Messrs. Longworth, Tliomson,Rae, Frgser, Pplmtii, Han.SJ.la. Macdonald, Clark. norm 5— on. . . acdonald o . .

Mr. Palmer. ’H n M" Pope’and

lftcpiring Laws—Messrs. Le Lucheur and D. Material!- :1 . Good Correspondence—~I'Ion. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Rafe; Clarkl} bongworth, Thomson.