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nothing about all this yet,’ he continued, looking sarnestly at the young gir .

‘It will be very hard to keep it from him, uncle” |

‘But it must be kept, rejoined Vincent in a decided and somewhat, grave tone.

Susan was silent; for she knew there was no appeal “um such a decision. “It was very difficult, however, for her to keep this secret from her lover; and it would have been still more so, but that Charles was so fully .ccupied at this moment, that he had little leisure for

onversation. :

About a fortnight afterwards, on a fine holiday, Vin- ‘ent proposed to the young people that he should treat them toa drive. ‘ And afterwards, continued he, ‘ you can go out together, and enjoy more of what is going on.’

This they joyfully acceded to. At the end of a few minutes’ drive, to Charles’s great surprise the carriage stopped at the door of the mugasin which had formerly belonged to his old master.

‘What is the man about ?’ he inquired rather. impa- wiently.

‘We-shall see, we shall see, replied the old man smiling.

The steps were let down. Vincent, leaning upon Susan, got out, and entered the shop. Charles was about ‘to follow them, when the name of ‘Caries Vincent, in large gold letters, placed above the en- trance, arrested his eye. For a moment he stood petri- fied; the next he hastened into the shop, and embracing his uncle and cousin in a transpoit of joy, exclaimed, ‘ Ah, this is your secret! and you have kept it from me all this time,’ said he reproachfully to Susan.

‘Tt is the last I will ever keep from you,’ she replied, jeoking somewhat confused.

‘Yes, yes; it was all my fault; so don’t scold her. No scolding to-day, repeated the old soldier, hobbling into the back room, ‘where a Huge block of wood was burning brightly on the hearth, and a smal! table was laid for dinner. The furniture was plain, but neat, and ihe tablecloth white as snow. Vincent, shaking his nephew by the hand, said, ‘Charles, you are welcome az the master of this house.’ 7

‘Thank you, thank you a thousand times, uncle ; but,’ turning to his cousin, ‘I do not care to be the master of it, unless Susan promises to be its mistress.’

‘And so she will,’ interrupted the old man. ‘ Don't you remember her promise 7”

‘ Yes, but I wish her to repeat it once more.’

‘Susan blushed, and gave him her hand.

Need we say What a happy and joyous evening fol- towed this explanation.

Before many days had elapsed, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vincent were installed in the formal possession of their new habitation, Susan carried the same cheerful and elastic spirit into her married life which had sustained her in her earlier and more trying course; and even in her busiest moments, she found leisure to talk with the old soldier, as he sat by the fireside in a comfortable arm-chair, with his beloved pipe and pouch placed con- venient-at his side.

A yéar passed away, and the first anniversary of their wedding-day found this happy trio still happier than on the eventful day which fixed them in their present com- fortable dwelling. 3

At supper, the old man drank to the health and pros- perity of the young couple. a

‘Thank you, good uncle,’ said Charles; ‘and what- ever share of enjoyment may be mine, I have to thank

you for much of it, as it was you who first taught me that happiness does not lie in wealth or distinction, but ina life of honest industry, and a mind at peace with itself. You, too, I have partly to thank, continued he, smiling and looking at his wife, ‘for having given me here a greater treasure than ever I hoped to have pos- sessed, had our expedition into Spain been crowned with the most entire success.’

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he had unloaded them, took one of them and presented it at his fair bride, saying, with the most winning flattery.

‘Now, maiden, repent of these crnelties you have been guilty of towards me—my sleepless nights, my days of anxious hope. 1 will revenge myself! Fair tyrant, you shall die with your instruments of torture about you, that enchanting smile, and those killing ringlets !’

‘Pray, do not suffer me to linger, said the con- figing girl, laughing merrily at his agreeable nonsense. ‘Fire?

He did so, and shot her dead!

Who can paint his horror? After a pause he rung the be!l—his servant entered, and his master locked the door, and said, in a singularly marked voice—

‘William, did you load those pistols

The unfortunate wretch, horrified at what he saw, mechanica!ly answered, ‘ Yes!’

His master instantly shot him dead with the undis- charged pistol.

After this in a state of insanity he wrote an exact account of the occurence to the bereaved father, and concluded by telling him, that two hours ago he was made the happiest man alive, and that now, as the ob- ject of his Jove lay dead at his feet, he should finish his wedding day and his life, by falling on his sword, if his heart did not break before he could complete his inten- tion. This sad epistie being finished, he put an end to his life.

The body of poor William, whose carelessness had led to the fatle catastrophe, was interred in a church yard, and the corpses of the lovers, attended by the half- bewildered aunt, were brought to London, and privately laid in one grave, in the parish where the now wretched father had once lived a prosperous and happy man.

How ro cer a Wire anp a Fortone.—The eleva- tion of Mr. Labouchere, now a member of the British Cabinet, is rather a singular story, In 1822, Mr. La-

Amsterdam, was sent by his patrons to Mr. Baring, the celebrated London banker, to negotiate a loan. He dis- played in the affair so much ability as to entirely win

‘Faith! said he one day to Baring, ‘your daughter is a charming creature. I wish | could persuade you te give me her hand.’ ‘ Young man, you are joking; for seriously you must allew that Miss Baring could never

chere,~ if [ were in partnership with Mr. Hope?’ ‘Oh, that would be quite a different thing ; that weuld entirely make up for all other deficiencies.’ Returned to Am- sterdam, Labouchere said to his patron, ‘You must take me into partnership.’ ‘My young friend, how can you think of such a thing? itas impossible; you are without fortune, and—— ‘ But if I become the son-in- law of Mr. Baring?’ ‘In that case the affair would soon be settled, and so you have my word.’ Fortified with these twe promises, Labouchere returned to England, and in two months after married Miss Baring, because Mr. Hope had promised to take him into partnership; and he became allied to the house of Baring on the strength of that promise of marriage.

O’Connett’s ‘Cuarnacter or Lorp Noreury.— The seemly gravity of the bench was in the hands of a bad keeper when committed to the care of Lord Nor- ‘bury. All who remember him as he presided in the court, can bear witness that nothing appeared to delight him so much as the uproar of merriment created by his ‘volleys of puns. * Whatis your calling and occupation, my honest man?’ he once asked a witness. ‘ Please your Lordship, [ keep a racket court.? ‘So do I. re- joined Lord Norbury, in gratified allusion to the racket which ‘his witticisms ‘constantly excited in court. It was an appropriate joke at the burial of a joking, hang- ing judge—that test of a butcher’s apprentice that Bro- phy the dentist told m2. When they were burying

‘Norbury, the grave was so deep that the ropes by which

they were letting down the coffin did not reach the

LOVE, REVENGE, AND SUICIDE.

bottom of it. The coffin remained hanging at mid depth,

In the year 1730, a young London merchant having!while some one was sent for more repe. ‘Aye, cried

* i ° | won the affections of a lovely girl, also obtained the

a butcher’s prentice, ‘ give him rope enough, don’t stint

the esteem and confidence of the English banker.},

become the wife of a simple-clerk.’ ‘ But,’ said Laboa,,

os Demapeneibaces uemettane tne comtemeteranne ee ee ithe Steamer, to receive additional subscriptions.—\y. jvascolieon, Aug. 16.

| he Potatoe Rot is doing its work on all parts of the ipeninsula. In one or two fields which we have exam. ‘ined the disease has appeared in a somewhat alt ered form, commencing at the base of the vine and ext end- ing upwards. — Mulifax paper.

The potatoe blight has again made its appearance We saw a field in this vicinity yesterday, which Was seriously affected with its blighting influence.— Yq, imouth Herald.

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NEW BRUNSWICK.

The St. John New Brunswicker says:—

Weare glad to learn that the crops in all parts of the Province look most luxuriant. The reports relative to the appearance of the disease among the potatoes are we rejoice to say, unfounded. From all quarters we hear of the most gratifying accounts.

CANADA.

Upwards of two thousand. persons have taken the pledge of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors, at Laprairie, since Sunday last. The greatest number of ‘them appear to be of the ‘rising generation’ This is | another instance of the rapid progress which the tem- perance cause is making in this section of the world owing to the philanthropic exertions. of the: clergy.= Montreal Pilot. ! or

We are glad to learn from all sides most excellent accounts - the crops. “On ee of Montreal noth- ing can be more promising. ‘The country is perfectly lovely. Instead of herbage parched by thereat of the fsun, as is generally the case at this time of the year, everything is looking as green and as pleasant as in June ; the trees thick and clustering, and the grass full of promise for the farmer. We see that several fields are already cut near the city, and in a few days more

bouchere, a clerk in the banking house of Hope, of hay making operations will generally havé coinmenced.

—We suspect, too, that the late rains have checked the grass-hoppers, as we hear nothing more of them.— Pilot.

We are sory to perceive that the dreadful crime of incendiarism is rife at Cobeurg, Canada. West. The local papers state that there have been six or seven at- tempts within the last few months. The property hither- to destroyed has been empty houses, and the progress of the devouring element has fortunately in every case received a timely check.

A man named Dugald c. Macnab, some time Editor or something else about the Prince Edward Gazette, and at another time connected with the Perth Constitution- jalist, was committed for trial by John Bell, Esq.,. the sitting Alderman on Tuesday last, on three distinct charges of forgery, and-ebtaining money under false pre- tences. He was to be brought up again for further ex- amination om another charge of a similar nature.—T'or- onto Globe.

A furious wild beast, supposed to be a Lioness, escap- ed from some menagerie, has committed great depreda- tions amongst the sheep, pigs, and cattle in St. Maurice County, Lower Canada. ‘The animal has been seen ‘accompanied by two cubs.

General Tom Thumb is on a visit to Quebec, giving exhibitions.

Fre ar Niagara.--The Pable Rock House and stair case on the Canada side, at Niagara Falls, were burned down on the night of the 25th ult. A stable, containing several horses and carriages, near the hotel. was burned at the same time, and both fires are attribut- ed to incendiaries. ‘hose who saw the burning of the Stair Case and the Table Rock House, describe the ‘Scene as one of surpassing beauty and grandeur, throw- ing the great cataract, the rising mist, the American |Falls and the islands, out in bold relief, while the river ‘appeared like a grand rolling sheet of liquid fire.

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Newrounpianp.— Fire Engines surpressed in Water | Street.--Yesterday, Mr. Minto, the Engineer of the ‘Water Works, tested the capacity of the Fire-Plugs for supplying a powerful current of water im cases of

consent of her father, to whom she was an only child.|him! He was the boy that never grudged rope to alfire. ‘Lo the plug opposite the premises of Messrs. ‘The old gentleman had a singular fancy that they should poor body! It is told of Lord Norbury, that when! Baine, Johnston & Co. a sett of hose was attached, and be married at the same village church where his own! passing sentence of death on a man convicted for steal-|the cock being turned so as to allow the water to rush

her aunt; and the happy lover, taking his own valet, set; —O’Neil’s Irish Recollections.

piace, a letter full oftransport was despatched to the father ; the wedding had first taken place, the bride had veen pronounced nearly as handsome as her mother; although the bridegroom, wore tio ‘shoulder knots, open sleeves, or pantaloons” he might still compete with the bridegroom of earlier days in appearance. After the ceremony, the happy cotple took a walk im the vicar’s garden; and the valet aware that they would soon leave the place for their future destination, went into the refreshment; and knowing that his master had drawn the charge from his pistols the night before, and that the state of the roads required every precaution,

oat for Westmoreland. Soon after their arrival at that.

Colonial and United States News. NOVA SCOTIA. GREAT IRISH MEETING, Thore was an immense gathering of the Irishmen of Halifax last night, at the Parochial School Room—

hundreds having gone away, who were unable to gain admittance.—The Meeting was addressed by the Very

took this opportunity of reloading them: Upon their: ed, with enthusiasm and unanimity. About £200 was

return from the stroll, the young couple went into their ‘room, and the gentleman, seeing his pistols laid where

ho had left them the night before, and being sure that

Rev. Mr. Connolly, Wm. Hackett, Esq., and Messrs.! Condon and Morrisay, and appropriate resolutions pass-| The Baltimore Pafriot has received very late news

happy union took place; and being a sufferer fromsthe|ing a watch, he said to the culprit, ‘My good fellow,|out with only one-fourth of its full pressure, a copious gout, he placed the young lady under the charge of) you made a craspat time, but,egad, you caught elernity.’ stream was discharged with much greater force than we

ever saw propelled by the most powerful engine; and 'which was played with ease against the walls, and on |and over the roofs of the adjoining buildings. ‘The re- rult. satisfied every one present that four hese might, 1m case of fire, be attached toeach plug, which would forcibly discharge such streams of waters on a burning building as to extinguish the fire ina few minutes, and ‘that the risk of loss by fire was now so much reduced at to yield an ample return for the expenditure on the Water Works.—Verw/foundland Courier.

WEST INDIES.

from the Island of Jamaica.

subscribed in aid of the League Fund. A Committee! A severe shock of an earthquake was felt over the appointed for the purpose, will attend at the Room this island on the 9th ult. It proceeded north-east, and was

evening. and subsequent evenings, until the arriva! of| accompanied with a terrible noise, and the vibration of