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From Boawitl’s Country Year Book.

One fine, b’ustering, autuma day, a quiet and venerable looking ald geatle- man might be seen, with suck in hand, taking fis way through the streets of Lei- eester. Lf any one had followed him, they would have found him directing his steps toward that side of the town which leads to Charnwood, The old gentieman, who was 2 Quaker, took his way leisure- ly, but thoughtfully, stopping every now and then to see what the farmers’ men were about, who were ploughing un the stubdles to prepare fer apother year’s crop. tle parsed, also at this and that farm-house, evident!y having a pleasure in the sight of rood fat cettie, and in the flocks of poultzy—fowls, ducks. geese, and turkeys, dusy ehout the bera dow, where the soued of the flail, of the ee@ip- ple, asthey there term it, wes already héeeed busiie kwcekinyg cut the corn of the

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praise to spring out of bis heurt, just as lowers spring out ofa vernal tree in the re-kineled warmth of the sun.

The old labourer Jeaned reverently on his spade as the worthy man talked to hin. His grey locks, uncovered at his labour by any hat, were tossed in the autunn wind, His dim eyes were fixed on the distant sky, that rolled its dark masses of clonds on the vale, and the deep wrinkles of his pale and feeble temples seeined to g ow deeper at the thoughts passing within him. He was listening as to a sermon, which brought together bis youth and bis age; his past and his future; and there vere verified on that spot words which Jesus Christ spoke nearly two thousand years ago— ‘Where two or three are together in my name, there as Lin the midst of them.’

He was inthe midst of the two only. There was a temple there in those open fielle, sanctified by two pious hearts,

eolemn orctan, nor veice of congregated greg pravers, nor any preacher but the ever-

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all adjourned, (for now the farming men were coming Ino the kitchen, ) where they sat for the evening.

tea over, the two gentiemen again had a pipe, and the conversation wander- ed over a inultitude of things and people known to beth.

Rut the night was come down pitch dark, wild and windy, and old John Bas- ford had to return to Leicester,

‘To Leicester! exclatiied at once man and wife ;*to Leicester” No such thing, He must stay where he was—where could he be better?

John Basford confessed that that was true, he had great pleasure in conversing with them; but then, was it not an un- warraniable liberty to come toa stranger's house, and make thns free ?

* Not in the least, the farmer replied ; ‘the freer the better!’

‘The matter thus was settled, and the evening wore on; but in the course of the evening, the guest, whose simple manner, strong sense, and deeply pious fechng, had sade a most fryorabie Impression on hie entertainers, hinted that te had heard

lest Sere pateed harvest, Cur old friend t ° Lao nviarGie Cae, whe there and : : for thanah voa dene pander, do not knew P thee foiled His promise and was gra- some strange rumors regarding this house hits. ke was bath wt the Ome ee sp x ase made more holy. aod that, in truth, had been the cause : ‘ « hia ‘ ee | LS elas ” { our old friend waa trudving on, id than d eeain iuened to set Tor whieh had aitracted hia taither. ide pause On the beow of « hil). at « s , bh thee okt lebaarte tine a hoard, in fact, that a parficuiar chain- on aame rustic bridge, cactiag its rae Se annie ghee, Oe this house was haunted ; and he obliging arch over a brookiet. and tnt the old man’s faca—the a oe time felt eae rie the fr@ek suturausl air; and efor jooking Patranger iia tonlv cheered biia by hia iv. pare © mga - = i — begged aground him, ened iO Hise € aazaittn ens i ut lett somethin rta cheer him iis favor nugnht ve granteu hin. *Au. a wed, ail be autiiul? and a he i when ! w rone, A3 he had opened this subject, an wenton again. But it would not de! ' eiriend pow went on witha more | evident eleud, and something of an un- before he wee d he serrested again b¥ b dk pod me Ee skirted the mem pleasant surprise, had fellen on the clustere of Meh, yey black berries, he uy bla paik of Readvwate, famous for the countenences of both man and wite.-~lt iny from some olf hawthorn hedge; or] atade of Lady Jane Grey, and the visit of} deepens }as he proceeded ; the farmer by cluderaoipnls, bagging by the wag- jher school ster, Rover Accham. He hed withdrawn his pipe frem his mouia, side through the copse. fn all these na- i went op into a region of weeds and hills and aid -icomwthe table; and the woman tural beauties our old weefarer seemed At somes #@ren or eight mice from Lei-] had erisen, and tooked uneasiiv at Uyeir to have tie en) gion ofachild.. Bisek-| coats r, he deow negra voltary farm honge, } guest. The moment that he uttered the berries went into his avsuth, aad rut within the ancient thasta of “he forest « fl wish % sleep m the haunted roo, both into his pockets; and se, with » quiet ; Charnwood. i, wae cerain'y @ lonely exclaimed In the same nan ES herr iG Irqinirtiny and thoughtful, eat thoaghifally t piace amid the woodlands and ihe id] ‘No, never)? they exorarmec ; never, cheesti! Joos, the geod o]4 man went ov. } sutumn fields, Evening woe fart drop | OO NAY copsigeration! They had made ping down; aad av the shade of might f ute firm resolve on that poont, wiica no-

fide seemed buued tor 4 long weil, and yet 1o be mm ne harry. ty one piace he stenved tu talk to avery eld iabonrer, woo “was cleaning outa advch. end if Wirt had been Hear, you would heve heard that there diaeonree Was of te pra daye and tie changes 1a that port of the cour- try, wie cts the old labourer thought were yery weuch for the worse. And worse they were for him, fer formeriy he was young and fail of | fa, now ha was ofd ant gearty emg of l.ze. Then be eas hogan, sang songs, tnade love, went to wakes aod merry makings. Now his won dave, sod hie marrying daya and hie reorriesd dogs were Geer, old dame, who in these young, buxom caves Waa & ronnd faced, rosy, pPiNiny, and howt heurted dameet, wad sicad, and his childten were nareied, and enough to do. [nm those Gaya, the poor fellow wes wirony and ikea Y, hed wea feer aud ne cero: iM these he was weak and totterngs had beea palled and fereassed 2 thousand Ways | anit wee it i) aa Be was, like ao old dry wex-—-1. 2. 4 hemlock ar Cow purs- giostalz, hollow ead dry, tobe Knocked gown and trodden ivtoe the dust aome

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Vin anre enough, thoes dass were much beter days than these days were tohim. No comparizon, Bat Mr. John Resford, our old wanderer, was taking a thore cheertal view of things, and telling the nearly worn-out labourer that when the nicht came there followed morning, and that the next would be a heaveniy wormng, shining on hils of glory, on waters of life. an cities of ihe blest, where no sun rose, and no sunset; and w'iere every joyful creature of joyint youth, whe had’ been dear to him, and true to him and God, would agai meet him, and thake times such as.svonid cause songs of

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roared down the rocky valley, John Gas- ford went upto the farm house, however aa if that waa the obicet of his journey, sl a Woman opening itat he kaock be oon disappeared wtttin.

7 1d beso i nes owt ot Now our old friend wos a periect

busifess weh the inhebftania, though aay one watching hie progress Ailner would have been quite satisiied that he was not vandering without an obtest. But tre inerely siuied that he. was somewhat fargued with his walk from tie town, and requested leave to restawhile, In suck apimce, such & request 19 readily, wind even giadiv grented.

‘Phere wes a cheerful fire burning ona brit, clean hearth, The kettie was gnyipng on the fob foe tea, ana the con- trast of ihe in-door comfort was sensitiv heirvbteaed by the wild gleom without.— The demons Wile, who het admitted the gtrangé?, #o0on went out, and calied her hasbaud from the fold yard. Ke was a pion, besrty sort of man; gave cur friend

+ hearty shake of the hand, sat dowa, and

hegan to copyerse, A jivie time seemed to establish a friendly interest between the stranger and the farmer and his wile. Jona Beeiord asked them whether they world allow hii to smoke a pipe, whicd was not only readily secorded, but the farmer joined him. "They smoked and tulked alternately of the country and the town—Lejcester being the farmer's mar- Ket, and as familar to hin as his own neighodourheed. He seon came to know. too, who his guest was, and expresses mych pleasure in the. visit. ‘Tea:wae

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Toe guest expressed himself disap- pointed, but did not press the maiter further et the moment.--He contented hineelf with turming the conversation quietly upon this subject, and after a woile found tbe farmer and his wiie gen- rm to hin every thing that he had h@ard. Ouee mere, then, and as incidentally, he expressed his reeret that he could net gratify the carlog:ty which had brongnt him oo far; aud, before the tima for retin ing arrived, agnin *ventured io express how mach which he had now heard had increased his previous desire to pass a nicht inthatroom. He did not profess to yelieve himself invuinerable to fears of such a kind, but was curious to convince himselfol the actual existence of spiritual agency of thia character.

The farmer and his wife steadily re- faaed. They declared that others who ad come with«the same wisk, and had heen allowed to gratify it, had suffered such terrors 9s bad nade their after lives sniserable, ‘The jast of these guests was a clergyman, who received stich a fright that he sprang from his bed at midnigat, | had deseended, gone into the stable, and saddling his forse, had ridden away at full speed. Those things bad caused them to refuse, and that firmly, any fresh experiment of the kind.

The spirit visitation was described to be generally this: At midnichr, the stranger sleeping in that room would hear the laich of the door raised, and would in the dark perceive a light step enter, ane ag with a stealthy tread cross the root, and approach the foot of the bed. "Phe curtains would be agitated, and some-

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cold would touch his face.

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Was SCAGNOsa.

Wednesday, dannary 8, E851,

om ween donapalbcdmmteetane saiigey-ae-abendltinaieenmannedia—on ae Arrival of the English Hall.

About twelve o’clock on Monday night the Courier arrived with the English, Co- lonial and American Mails. The Eng- lish Mail reached Halifax on Friday morning last in the steamship Niagara, making the passage from Liverpool in a liitie more than twelve and a half days. We give below a summary of the most interesting news,

Liverpoon, December 21.

The Papal exciternent is wearing oat fram sheer exhaustion, to be renewed when Parliament meets on the 4th of February. The ides of March, when the culininating point will probably be at- tuined, may prove as fata! fo the Premier as io Ceasr. He cannot approach the session without useasiness; ard he will assuredly miss the aid ef the great spirit whe winged his way so tnexpectedly to angiker world towards the close of the jast session. [t will be interesting to witness the change which the Papal ag- syession will have on the state of parties, for assuredly a great eifect will be pro- duced by it.

Lorp Joan Russece’s MANIFESTO += t is reported thatthe feeling of the whole body of Bishops ofthe Estahlished Church hes been sounded as to what course 1% might be deemed advisable that the Lrish clergy should take in reference to the rresent movement in Englend against the aearessious of Rome, and that, so far, the spirit of the answers, with oue exception, had been in accordanee with the advice stieged to have been given by his Grace the Lord Primate, namely, that in the present stage of the agitation it would be nodesirable that the Lrish Church should rnterpose in a qnestion not, clrectly at lecst, affacting the interests of the Trish branch of the Established Church. The Bishop of Cashe) (Dr. Daly) 1s reputed to be the prelate who holds a diferent oping, ion frour that entertained by the rest of ihe episcopal bench,

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, K. C.K. it is positively stated, relicves View Adiniral the Earl of Dundooald, G.C.B., se Commander-in-Chief of the North Ane erican and West fudia Station,

Every thing connected with the Great industis} Exhibition, is going forward awimimingly. [umense preparations are’ being made t ensure the most unbound

ed success.

The governorship of St. Helena has

been offered to Sir James Emerson Ten- neat, late colonial secretary at Ceylon. It is confidently stated that, within Ure last few weeks, Mr. Hudson has cleared from £40,000 to £50,000 by speculation

in tbe Lancashire and Yorkshire Rath?

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Mrs. Jermy, whose hoshand was asea® -

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