it endured omnipotent. All it want- ed was that strange lack in every El Dorado, namely,money; and. backed \"llh twelve thousand pounds, the heir apparent’s friendwas an ofﬁcer forth- ‘V'lll. and a colonel ere long, with as many shares in the really good mines lus English skill and wealth helped to reﬁt, as in the speculative marts of Europe soon tripled his capital. ‘ Make hay while the sun shines, my good fellow,’ wrote his astonished agent: ‘ with thirty thousand against your name in the bank of England, you can set up for em eror yourself, if your friend‘s papa should be oust- : d.’ The consummation thus slight- ly alluded to was not far off, and a man too amiable for the set he acted with. was thrown back on that ' post of honour’ in civil commotions, a ' private station.’ With his retire- ment terminated all Guy’s interest in the affairs of New Spain; but the military ardor there imbibed,had tak- cn deep possession of his soul, and disgust at revolutions becoming ming- led with admiration for the S anish character, he longed to trans er his sword to the cause of Spain. Hand- ing over to his friend. for a large ad- ditional sum,his remaining interest in the still prosperous mines they had jointly explored, he joined—already more than half a Spaniard in com- plexion, ideas, and language—the Peninsular army. Previous,however, to this removal, and to possible col- lision with his own countrymen, he nvailed himselfofa sabre-cut in the face in his last skirmish, which would enable him to defy recognition,to de- sire the banker to spread the report of his death, and to pay over, on the faith ofit, the £5000 which, as part ofhis father’s personals, pride had always made him wish should fall to his brother.

The deeds ofgallantry ofthe pseu- do-Spaniard were not long in attract- ing the attention of the English gen- eral P——. intercourse with whom and his stat? so far revived in Guy’s breast long dormant English feelings, that avowing himself of British ex- traction; and taking as such the well- known Irish nom de guns of Nugent, hejoined as a volunteer the standard of his country, and took a prominent share in most of the battles in which it waved triumphant. The contest ended, he came to England loaded with ribbons and orders,with the fame and mein ofa hero, and what heroes seldom have to boast of—a large and accumulating fortune. For this he had, from the ﬁrst, but one use and

ad really, after the ﬁrst shock, grad ed his brother ; and, forgetting that is boyish love for her had never been returned. he had a sort of sa- tisfaction in learning that she was ex- travagant, and had half ruined her husband.

‘ She must ruin him quite before I shall be satisﬁed !’ was the ejacula- tion ofone who, as the handsome and distin ue millionaire, Count Nugent, was the lion of the London society, with which it cost his sister-in-law so much to keep up. It was not long ere an estate ying close to Bere Park, and most desirable for its possessor, came into the market. But while. even at the market price. it would have inconvenienced Sir Geoﬁ'ry to buy it, (as Lady Anne and her friends kept urging him to do,) it rose sud- denly and provokingly in value, in consequence of the appearance ofa competitor in the person of the Pe- ninsular hero,General Nugent,whose professed predilection for a residence i shire no one could compre- hend. And still less was his conduct understood when, after remaining in the ﬁeld long enough to raise the pro-

erty some thousands to the purchas- er', he ,withdrew from it just in time to see it knocked down at the en- hanced price to Sir Geol’fry.

70 DE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.

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PARIIIAN ratcx. Ashort time ago,a,French lady of fashion, young, gay, and lovely, decided upon the purchase of a shawl. The ‘ ltue Richelieu’ is celebrated for sheps abounding with that sine qua non of Paris belles, and thither the lady went. After, of course, a long perplexity of choice, the one which was charmnnt, delicieux and all that sort of thing, was chosen. Little,poor lady ! did she dream how one from without was watching all her proceedings within ! But to proceed.— l‘he choice being happily effected, the purchaser turned to the ‘ eomptoir,’ where, as usual, swell dressed woman sat as book-keeper and receiver general. Scarcer had a billet dc banque for ﬁve hundred francs been laid upon the desk, when a dashing bearded and moustached man entered, made direct to the lady, gave her a tremendous box on the ear, with the words, ‘ Very \vell. madam; l’ll teach you to buy shawls without the permission of your husband.’ ’l‘helady fainted—the man took up the billet dc banque, put it into his pocket, and look- ing unutterable things, departed. The tnen and shop girls of the establishment hurried to the aid of the unfortunate wife -—snlts and smelling bottles at length restored her to her senses—with one

destination. He had not lived so much of late among his own country-. men without inquiring, as if idly,l about the proceedings ofthe baronet.l of Here Park, who—his elder bro-' that being new seven-and-twenty—‘l had been for some three or four years «y'age. These had sufﬁced to make him, as Guy predicted,an embarrass- cd man;! not from either vice or pro- t'trsion;-itt his personal expenditure, but facility of disposition, and a fool- ish dislike of bein outdone in triﬁes by those around iim. To this had been added the expense entailed by a high connexion; for a certain Lady Anne—the daughter of a neighboring peer, designed front infancy,by coun- ty gossip, for his brother—had trans- ferred herself, nothing loath, to the rightful heir; for whom, to do her justice, she had in the nursery days manifested the most decided prefer- ence. This was, perhaps, the only

accord a shower of pity fell upon the tuartyr, and otabusc upon the man.— ‘ Oh, Madam! how I pity you! He is a brute, a monster ! How sorry] am for you thatyou have such a husband.’ ‘ My husband ! He is no husband of mine; he is a thief !’ The reaction wasinstant: all within the shop ran into the street and shouted stop thief! stop thief! much to the astonishment of many innocent pedestrians, and countless sylphieer, ‘ ci- tadirtcs,’ and other conveyances which chanced to be passing. The clever rogue had long since effected his escape, with the calmness and dignity of an oﬁ'ended husband.— Chef. Lookeron.

It is stated in the American papers that the extremely mild weather of the season has opened the Hudson River, and enabled the steamboats to resume their trips between New York and Albany.

part of his possessions which Guy .

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THE MORNING NE‘VS.

stamv, Janusav ‘20, I844.

News room EUIton.—AI soon as we receive the intelligence per steam- er Britannia, which was to leave Li- verpool on the 4th instant, for Hali- fax, we will spread it before the pub. lie in an extra sheet.

[@We have read the excellent letter of Mr. Moon: on the Fisheries, published in the Royal Gazette of the 16th instant. "We shall endea- vour to notice this article in our next number.

IGSome articles intended for this No. have been unavoidably omitted.

50MB. Rooat’s China and Earth- enware Establishment, we are told, is well worth a visit. The articles are of an excellent and durable qua- lity, and are offered at- reasonable prices;-—a|l that we can add is, call and see for yourselves.

Posr-Orrics.—Nearly the whole ofthe Press, in this city, complained not long since ofthe half-dollar tax upon Newspapers, and called loudly for its abolishment. They have now obtained their desire; and we venture to assert, that before many weeks are over, they will be sick enough of the new tax, of one half-penny a pa- per.—.H:c . (Her.

Benatuns.—The Bermuda Royal Gazette of the 5th December, con- tains the following melancholy ac- count of fever in the West Indies:—

FATAL Eptnsmc is run \Vas'r lN- mss.—By private letters, received on Friday morning at Wooiwich from the West Indies, it appears that the fatal epidemic alluded to a few weeks agoin our columns, at the same time as the an- nouncement of the lamented death of Lieutenant Colonel Arabin, commanding the Royal Artillery at Bermuda, conti-

nues to prevail to an alarming extent; Captain Sir Henry Chamberlain, Bart, who succeeded Lieut. Colonel Arahin,3 having fallen a victim to the fever, and i Lieutenantand Adjutant Jenkins, of the: Royal Engineers.

In addition to the above ofﬁcers, nine gunners and drivers ofthe royal artillery? and 37 privates out of a company of only :‘ about 7tl~ royal sappers and miners, have died and about l‘lO ofthe reserve battal-‘ lieu of the 2tlth Regt. of the line at pre- sent serving on the Bermuda station.— The epidemic, so far as the accounts have yet been received seems toleonﬁne its ravages to St George’s only, which is the group. Almost every family in it has been laid prostrate, and there are but few in the island who have not had to mourn the loss offriends and relatives. The island may truly be said to represent one vast sick chamber. No statistical accounts have yet been received in“ this country of the deaths among the civil population of that island—the private information only relating to the military: but it will be seen, that atnong that por- tion of the melancholy prospect, that numbers more will speedily follow.

FDr. Franklin observed—“ The eyes ofother people are the eyes that

should want neither tine houses nor ﬁne

furniture.

CAI.UMNY.—Slation is a so" g ill'ory, and a man who takes .3 ca, voluntarily sets himself up,“ mark, at which every low mind... person can level his abuse. ",4 have been no exceptions to thigh it is impossible for any man to ' cape censure.who stands high “one: for notice, Insigniﬁcance is a 1,5, ter shield against calumny, 1h." the great and good qualities in. were eversfound in the human brew

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Hnsasa'n we run TUBE mam —The Governor of Pensylvani. in, issued a warrant for the eXPClllllllltl James Dolan and Bridget Dolan 0, Friday the 16th of February | tween the hours of l00’cloek,'AM and 2 P. M---'l‘he.y were comical of murder in the ﬁrst degree in But. ford county.

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SHon'r Conarsmr.—'l‘he 8t Lory. Era of the 28th ult. says :—‘ A1,", couple were united in the holy hotltllol matrimony, this morning, on board“, steamer Arkansas Mail. The ceremo" was perfortued in the regular way, in, cabin, to which the parties repaired! the deck. The courtship began autumn as we learn, on the passage ofthe bout this place. The groom hails from to. and the fair one from Indiana.

Issuanscrion smono THE Nrc or Mars :12 as .—Captain Trttndav,ot't schooner Agwan, which sailed frbml tanzas on the l9th ult, reports that thy had been a short time before he sailed; insurrection on an estate about thin miles frotn Matanzas. The overseer" wife and three daughters were tnurdenl The military turned out and subdued r ne'groes after shooting about sixty.

FROM Rio JANEtRn.-—Tlle h' 'l‘arquin, which arrived at NeuYort- left Rio Janeiro on the 9th ult. I that day a letter was received f Montevideo, stating that the Frenc had blockaded that place. It app! that the French Consul (Pichon)ht remonstrated against the use oft flag ofltis sovereign by the so called the “ French Volunteers. in consequence of which, theyreso ed to relinquish it and also chan' their name to the " Legion ofl luntecrs.” lnthe mean timel appeal from the Consul to theK' AdmiralBrown ofthe Buenos Ay - squadron was still blockadiug M tevideo on the 16th of Octo on which day he issued a proclt' tion prohibiting the entrance 'I said port, of vessels bringing arm of war, fresh or salt meat, calllt fowls.

FROM Hana-The Angeline rived at New Orleans Dec. 7. 1 Port Republican (formerly Port Prince.) Several plans of I vernment had been suggestedr none adopted. The island reml. quiet. A new rumour by this am states that the Haytieu Govern‘ has received overtures from. Britain, for certain commercial vileges, for which England oﬂ'en a consideration, to redeem I French claims for indemnity as the island,taking in return the b of Hayti. Provisions of Hell scription were very plenty. 3“ bacon and hams the market watt overstocked—hams selling at 367_ piece. A good deal of sicknesh said, existed among the slI'PP'“‘ the island.