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THE WIDUNG-GA'l‘lJ.

[Iron Cbsinbere's Journal.) .

It was ntshbesring-time at Grsenside, in the ‘.31, .¢...my—-tlie last Saturday ofJuIy, the ill! whence the earthen doors of our small churches have their carpeting renewed with rushes fruit- Miseton More. ' ‘here were two wagons full of mm; “,1 upon the itoues’ heads that drew their: waved their feathery tops; and in the drivers hats. like kiiighily pltinies, they sodded; and upon‘ each ofthe band that followed. playing

saue ‘e, they kept messtire with thoturie ; end bound up gracefully with wreaths tit wild- lovvers, and carried by young girls, still came the Mtnetori rushes in procession. W here tltll twin-rivers run into the Mere. they grow upon I batik ol sand, and in the little bay beyond. under those inoasgrown rocks whose heads are purple with the heather. This is a great holiday with as at Greensido ; the shops--there are but two in the village-—are shut, as thouirh it were Sl||ld|l'~

and the church-bell is planning : it is the same which tells for service and ktrells for. burials, but no one can rrtistalre its tones today for artythin_~.v but inerrint. tit. Every urchin in the place I! having his pull at it, rind, as many as cart. togeth- er, so that it never gives two tiriltlea alike. to be carried up by it into the belfry, and so hit heads against the rafters, is rare fun. Our wo- alten-folk are employed for days upon these 8"!‘ leads, and every household striv--s that out of It all be chosen the rualibesring queen.

‘The fewer the ribbons the better, Phaibe.’ was Dame Forrest's advice to her daughter upon this occasion ; and Phtebe—who was but s_evt-n- tsen, and likely to err upon the ribbon side- made a simple girdle of blue flowers round ‘her rushes, and was proclaimsdfieoen by acelaniation. ‘Hail, beautiful Phebe orreat l hail, pretty queen of the rushhearing. It was the proudest moment of her young life, walking at the. head of her subjects ; as it was too, without question. that of her mother, whose eyes, however, were filled with tears ;proudest. trio, of lreonsrd Hlldla lI6|' lover, whose loolt never strays away from her, nor relsnes iii itsirtssdinets: one would think he is watching a deer in Martindale, lest it should creep out of rifle-range. A powerful yottnll f|'ll"‘l'r with a fine face. but for a little too much sell-will about the moutli. lie has the Ieett-st foot tsfter rt hill-fox in Weaimorelaiid, and is the kinii of the dalesnicn liert-abouts in the wrestling rintr : and the fear of the men and love of the women have spoiled him .; he says he Vtlll marry Phebe Foi- rest whether she will or no-—atid Plicebo says no —which seems a station sort of wooii-g.

There was butonc iii Llreenside that summer noon. who had not vet acknowledged Plioehe his queen, and tli it was not for lack of love. not loyalty neither. Frank Meredith, the laiitlscape- peititer, who lodged in the farmliouse on the hill —he was the rebel : he had been there for the last three years, rriitil his portfolio was filled ti- overflowing, and scarcely a rock ltl Westinorclatit had escaped his caiiv-as-a ; but still he uavt: n- sign ofdepsrirrie. The artist flood was iiotv roll ing over our lleitullftll valley for the fotirtlt lim- eince his arrival ; brit however pleasant lit.- hreilircn—lrowever lovely was High Crag, ltl wave ever bore him t-lllt it ftirthertliantlie llr'.I-_'l| bouring dalcs. t.'etiaii.ly his liovrie-view was so berrutilnl, as not to be excelled elsewhere : th- grassy mountain-side sloped down to the river and woodland from his door, and lllinetori .‘.lerr: lay not sofar beyond it. but that every snott-~ white sail upon its boson ‘could be secii. 'l'wo sycaitiores gave forth perpetual bee-tntssic to the song of the dancing broolt within his aard-,n ; and towering behind and above the farrriliotise. crow- ded tho whole eiouutain-world. Still, there was something beyond the beauty of its larrdecapethst year after year, chained Frttiik Meredith to Green-

eide—its gossips said. They had found out all about him before the second year was otit: how that he was a black sheep, and hail disgusted his noble family, end was allowed a pound a week, upon condition of keeping out of their way ; which was not Frank’s history at all, nor anything like it. He was itideed of an eiicient stock of painful respectability, and had shocked it a great deal by his inartificisl behaviour. He was by nature vulgar, or at least had preferred laiidscape-pai_rrt- ing to airy gerrtlemanly profession ; and having been intoxicated with sortie slight success, pursued it; which was his relatives‘ account of the mat- ter. And his uncle, indeed. front whom he should have inherited thousands _snd tons of thousands, and chariots and horses,did, we know.

0 dis herit irn for making negua of his particular It

s e -t be fellow put but water and sugar, sh, to my 58, at eighty-lour_ shillings a dozen’- and the fseaily following suit to ll‘Il_l‘l¢h uncle. washed their aristocratic hands of him, leaving the young artist to live as lie could_ upoa e_ hun- drs year ofhls own, and upon his cunning in water-colours.

HASZAl{1)’S*tiA'l.E'l"l‘li DECEMBER. 6. _ _

place than that on which the perftct moon was then outpouring her silver treasure : the songs of the holiday-makers had not yet ceased, but came up from the valley beneath on rt gentle wind, which set the clouds afloat over the mountain- but could not bend the fir-trees _on their crests ; the lake lay sleeping with a quiet srriile,

E n. as 3

lgrellol diflicutly, so as to have become of late by far his most formidable antagonist. Frank wt-ll knew by whose uiicleikly hand the desire to be ‘king at Carol’ had been_carved upon the wlIlllIlfl- ‘gate, and be determined, if it were possible, to l horrible Leoniird’s pride on the niorrow in presence of tliu three counties.

Mm a maiden drflmmg ,,,-p,,.,,_ 1, I, of love,‘ Uur tti-estlirig in the rtorih is a Vt‘f_V different too, the painter dreams as his charmed ey-erlllltlleflruln prize-figlitiiig,and l_s|iotild be sorry Wanda, 0",, me ,,,,,,,e ; M, “P, m, PM-[ed mil, , it it ever grew to he like it : ltispeldutti that airy 3 "mp, ",0, I, he WM, 8" mg WM, acyogg the serious hurt bclalls the coriipetitura, and victors gate. How many hall-believers before him havelntl Vttuqtalietl appear to be equally in good- dom, me “me, in ‘ha, um, place 3 uuw mg , liurriour. Tito hoirour of being lfI‘|lI0 last two or onwd bl, ,. cu, along “H, ,,c,,,,, ,,-m. the three pairs-—muclr_inor_e that otbeing sole conque- varioris desires of men ! some of them in sober I'or—ts esteemed lar higher tliirii the prizes theor- pm”'and gmngin “mpg. mu‘, bu, .“ «of [he selves, whit-li_. indeed, are of no great value. “rm. “,,hy_s 1 Wrestling at Lerel, to a youili who is only expe-

‘A woodbiney Cottage and Kowe' is, alas, the best of them. ‘4000L.’ is the limit ol one eriihi- tious morttil'e wishes ; and ‘A five pound note’. contents srrother. ‘Carriage and Pair,‘ exceed- ingly well cut, and with a flourish, must, we think, he syouug lady’s vision of bliss, and ‘Susan’ as unmistakably a young gentleman's. ‘King at Carol’ is the most remarkable inscription and would puzzle nirrny to decipher ; but Mere- dith, who is an excellent wrestler himself, and. well conversant with Westmoreland aspiratioiis,§ recognises at once the darling hope ofsonie young , athlete that he may win the clianipion's belt stl the approaching meeting at Carel (CIl‘lIlle).l Frank Meredith smiles again and again at all.‘ these things, but nevertheless, he draws forth his; penknife, and begins to inscribe a little wish of, his own 'P’—that has something to do with rtintirig, or perhaps power : ‘PH‘—thatl may possibly be the way in which an eccentric! genius may spell fsirie : ‘PH(EBE l‘0llREt‘T Pl —-the note of admiration is our own—-is what it last came to l I

‘And here she is,’ said a sweet low voice as hel finished the inscription, and the queen of the, ruahbeaviog was standing by his side. She had laid aside her scsptre, and taken the wreath of flowers lroiri her hair. but looked no whit less lovely than before. Frank gazed at her an in- stant, as though she were indeed a supernatural visitaiit who had obeyed his call. and then convin- ccd ltirrrsell of her humanity by an embrace. was very ltandsoine, and, although still something ttio youtlily in figure, liitd a frame well knit and active. ' ‘be two seemed. in that time and place. to be lit llllllllirlritrls of sonic. in.-w lgden Ggfdrn,

‘I could not mine before.‘ she said, ‘Frank, for Leonard Ill toe tire dance \\l|lr him three dances on the green tlit-re '. and as it is, I fear ho, linll suspects us’ \ shrill scrcarii coriclritled the rttiiteitce, as the huge form of ilie young dalcs- iiian strode iir between the pair.

‘l do suspect you, Pltcebte, (M d l blush for you,’ he said. ‘Go you llttllld to y -or mother, went-.h_ at once ;and for this ytitiitg _t_'t‘.lillt’flI:|n, I \|lll t'dl(v' his cliaslieriieiit into tir_\ on it hands’.

~|)ori't move it stop, l’litt-lit-, c.r«~|:iitiied l~'rarrk. liy what right, iiitiii, do yoir dare iiiirvrfcre be- l\\cPii her and iiie !’

‘lit-carrse l airi her cousin, i\lr. lllten,-tliih, arid allllll be her llllebfllltl. ilcflltst’. I would not have your blood upon my liarids, wlriclr, as ilit-to is .i tiritl lll llUZl\'L‘II, would be them if dtslioiiotrr'

‘.‘lll:llL'€. str 9’ tliiiridt-ictl l"r‘arik. ‘Go lrtiiiit-, l’lr(t be. Nay,’ he added. as lit’ saw lit-r ii:-sitatu ItiltJ.iVt.' such angry lulk trig.-ilrt-r, ‘we are not gtriii; to fight, dear.’ Arid slur (il).'_\'t‘Ll liirii iii- srariily.

'l‘lre rwo young lIll‘fl stood . ppu.-ire each 0lllI‘l'. lace to face, and there was no t'ii‘.\:tl’tllCt5 iii t’llllt.‘l,5 eyes.

‘If, Leonard llirrls, you f.'dlIlt' up lrcro to stand between the and her who is to l:.: riiy t\‘llt,‘, I will ilirash you to-nrorrow, big as _\riri arc, in a iriiriii- niy ; it you really cairiu to rl--it:.rrl lllt‘ purest and lJt‘§l «,_tirl on earth lflllll llllll ton .~lll|[ltlSL‘tl to he ti villarir, l for;_tive and liorioirr you’.

‘I tlid think you meant l.ll>l‘l)', Mr. .'\lt-ierlrilr,’ sai.l Leanord frankly ; ‘but non , l loo liltttll you, Icotiless you do not secxir like it sediiccr. With regard to Plitobe licirig your tvift.-, that shall never be ; and as to the ihrrrslring to a muni- iiiy, let us try at once.’

‘I lirrve promised not to harrii yoti to-night,’ returiicd Frairk.

‘llut to-irrorrotv,‘ said the young giant, ‘I shall he at Carrel in the wrestling ring.‘ ,

Frank lwstlaled :i iiiorrieiit, and lllt'll replied? with incet-tug : ‘And I shall be there also, Loon- nrd Hrids ;’ and each took his way lll silence to, his own home. '

The two young men were not without respect; for one another at heart ; Frank Meredith knew, that amongst the dalesrnen, with most of whom; he lrrnrself was perfeely well acquainted, Leonard was considered highly; it was true that he lied lorbiddsii any to aspire to the hand of Fllmbfl. save himself, but this pre-eminence ofhisexcused‘

’t.'lll)U;'_lI tvlicri i~ti'ippetl.

'rlericed iii contests with his rreiizlrbour drslelllllll,

is what speaking in the House of Coiiinions is to a Cicero of ‘the Urrioii’ at Cambridge or Oxford. Tliere are a great number of pairs, and a young and uriltriowir wrestler rarely ‘stands up’ more their one or two, and there are thtiiiseiids of spec- tators to applaud or criticise. Raised and covered se.ris for those who fear the rain or love high places, and forms let otit at a lower rate, enclose the arena, rind it pleiiiiful sprinkling of the masses lie down within upon the grass. The umpires also stand wiihiii to watch the combatants, that the fall be not attcnipled until each has obtained a fair liold—orre srin under, and one over, and that when they have oirce grappled, neither shall let go.

Two men came forward chosen as the first pair by lot, and strip themselves, except to their shirt aird drawers ; they have been weighed in a iieighbuuririg field, and are light or heavy weights as they are under or over eleven alone. ‘I hey shake hands before conrrnencing, and endeavour after a hold, each seeking for the best purchase, and grspliog tightly when it is once found. Their comes the tug and the tussle: their arms are almost at a stretch , their faces, which were:biit now seen over each other's shoulders, have dis- appesrrd ; the backs of their heads are alone visible, drawn down on a level with their spines. ' ire strain for a few inintries is very great, but it

oes not coinrntitily last long ; one of them is

He dragged downward, and touches the ground with

his knees, or their legs mingle Iltgelllel‘; and, alter rcvolviiig twice or II-rice with great velocity they both come to the ;_rronnd—ilie uppermost being of course the wrnrrer. The cries of tuniiiiy Aiiibleside " ‘lloiiny Nititlitvaite !’ or it-hatevt-r may be the dttclliirg-plat-cs of the fL'SllE('|l\'€ athletes, never cease. 'l'trt: pl”-;,,,e ,,g .3u“"y ye“ one‘ puzzle the sirarigt-r a good dual. aitl begins to think it some exirerm-ly populous district ; but ‘ "ii We‘ It-cans lllllc orru—rlie smaller or the two ltiiiiipt-l Hits. At this ptii-liculitr Carol rncctin , the light itiid lictivy tvrt-stlers were iuixctf. rind the rizcs rnnde goncrttl irilliout regard to weight. We of(ii't~t-risirlo liiid 8t3\‘L‘l‘.'ll likely votitlrs, but Lconnrtl llirrls \\'llS cur In-51: man "by far, uu,-1, to our :i<toirislrirrciit, we sl:|\\' the young painter di'iiwiii;.: his lot :l1llt)ll,-_‘.~t the rust. itt wlioiii l.:.-oirrtrd threw it coiitcriiptuous Stllll(', :iritl wits t.'\’ldt‘llll_V tlisiippoiritod at not lining in the piiir with liirii. l-'i'rinlr .\li.-rtttlitli looked fragili- Utio itricicnt wrcstli-" —nuw with 0llt.' lr-,_r_ niirl one tirrn only, their fr-lluws lrrtviiig l)l_'(‘l| lIlti\\'fl ttwriy by priwtlcr- blrtsrs in l.itiigdrilo—wlio ttlwiiys nttoiitls this scciio of his liil‘llllél' ft-tits, iisstirt-d me that ‘ tlic lrunirylziil \\'tIllltl lltlliI‘tIl\'t'1llllll\\'1ll'l.illl3lllltlllleil l\lltllllllt‘l'\l he did look l‘.ll.lit‘l‘ tiiispisli ttltout tho w;ii.~'I. i.i~i first ooiripr-‘tilor was it Izirgc iiriil pnwt-r-l'iil follow; tiritl \\'lll‘n. uftor it long; B[l'll;I:_;‘lt', i-'r:tiii< oust hint to tire curtli liv tlilrie ‘ swirl-,:iii;; li_tpi,-'—tl.c kiir,-c tlrrowri iiilwnrd slraii-ply rrgairrst tlre ndi'crstiry's tlrigli—-tlicrc :ti'~.~c ii ',:i'r-:ttt-.ry of tistoiiisirctl jay. llo was :iftor\\'arrl.s' lticky iii his drawing for some time. and olitztirrctl pretty easy victorios: his l»._-riuly ttiid _\‘otrt!ii"tilnriss, the smile upon his f.it-c us he shook llillitlrl lit-fore t‘ill,‘lI corrlcst, :irrtl the syiriprttl.isiirg loolc, witliotit it trace of vnirnt, with wlricli lrc rt--,;iirdt-tl liiri iinsucct-s.-=l'ul ri- vals, iiiiitlv.‘ liirri popular '.t itli the whole llS:!UlIl- lily, itllit-it tlicr-c wits not one iruroiigst tliciii who could hope for his final success. .\'c\'cr- tlrclcss, it did so lirippcri tliitt the day wore tin,

bird the pairs grow fewer and l'ewcr, until

Lcoiiiird llirtls rind Frttnk Meredith nltiito * stood up,‘ of llll competitors. Tlroro hnd l)t.'L'f| it quiet dctcririiiiiition riliotit the latter tlirougli-

lout. like the t-oiiccnlratt-d purpose of i'evorigr-,

wlricli littd jtruiriptctl liiiri to tttltc the lll_lItlllt_'.\‘t pains in t-very coiitcst, while the foriiit-r had thrown his opponents to right and left like it riirtdriinn, its though they intercepted his it -

preach to some more worthy antagonist; both'

ad opened their lot-tickets with greediness, and read them with dissppointmsnt ; each

him soniewhst is the psinier’s eyes, who made, Hired. up till now, a combat with his particu- allowance for his arrogance as he would hevallflr foe. Tho embroidered cbempion‘s belt,

outing game rushbaaring night, he stards on

for the like pretensions in a higher rank, where a! and the honor of being * king st Usrel,’ must

‘pd [auto never bed a more lovely d elliiig-

du “N”. “In” "M Ind. hm, G,,,¢,,,.,,i,, lortune as well as a bride might have been tlisj needs now remitiri with one of them, and the

. - 0,, ‘M ,,,,,,,,-t an prize. and heir-triggering, twt-nty-peeing cottain ,:‘:“,'l?.|.::_fi.|d. ",4 .,,,,,|‘:5,,. the monopolist. On the other hand, n_aid shaky-pips. shes not with i.rrrt,wo...ioiiti Hmh V,"-0'4 freely, own. Ih-t {hate us "°ll'"'l!_ to day, the instruments of his beloved art. for he , “"0 l“’“l° ‘l?°‘" ,"]"l‘ M°'°d"l'i 5'" l’l°'"V °l ha "in. ml, “aw ‘in, [mm nu, w,.y,,,,‘.n,,,. pltiek and spirit. lhe young painter had long mm... q|ti:§”pooiie legend has attached this ' suggky stgivltig? and to none with a more har-

mestoes stssss than to this at Grssrtsids 'l'lis'“|'°f|l|h =

i

". mu, ",0" ,. ,5. accusionied himself to Westmorelsnd a one, and three falls; and it was evident front

was especially skrlftil in wrestling, me big it in ning tlist the design of the _ litherress and activity for what he wants in weary Meredith out. Frsnkitistsnt y obtained 50"’ Gllllflttftl I! Pfl|’l|0|ll'||' “WW , been thrown by the young his bold, but the other refused to clasp his.of experiments sirico I849. In order! ll- fdalssntss often enough, but each time with the own hands for a greet while, so thstthe etrsiii certain the brat composition to

excitement grew intense. It was evident that Leonard Hit-ds thought seriously of the task i before Iriiu,antl would not let slip a ehttiree of lsucccss through contempt ofliis loss sturdy ,i-ival. They were to wrestle for the

stronysr woe to

of

ithe Bureau of Yards and

might fatigue his ants . Men shouted to the young painter to of. is, to; 1,. wits a favourite. so we hstesid, and mi-an bud rnsde himself msiiy oldies through l||‘l0~ games; but Meredith gave solissd to us in his excitement, forgettin that toltimsdf none had ‘laid down,’ while to is foe no loss than four had succumbed without an slut, leeving him by so much the fresher. Frank sulsredss we feared : after many loosinga. iirwbieh bis object had been greatly obtained, baoiisrd took up earth in his lnii.ds~ris is the custom for the firmer hold—lor the first time; and we knew the struggle was nigh. Both of them ‘ held ’ at once and together, strained to their utmost shoulder to shoulder, and then head to head, rs idly whirled round for a second or two, end fslll—-Hirds uppermost. '

The chances sgrtinst Meredith were now two to one, and his strength seemed failing besides. Some s ks to him lltttteringl of his bsvin obtainegotlie second prize; siideven his i-lva , as he shook hands after the fall, said something toathe sanyls elect, to which Frsnk answered in a one w is or, theow him , and be ‘ kingpof Cat-cl‘ after all. It steda’ if the psinter‘s darling hope wsa now to be the winner of the wrestling match. In the second trial, they took less care for holding, as Leon- nrd found he could not play t some gains twice, and both pled at once, as if with books of steel. 1‘ e dsleaman clasped his rl ht leg round his rivslls left, and bout the also or body backwards like a read. With over mus- cle at fullest stretch, and the veinsstsndtn out on their foreheads, but without s trace of ero- city, they stood—models of power end firmness. I-‘or upwards of a minute and s hslf they stood, every instsnt of which we expected Iferedltli to give way, with the whole wei ht of his men thus thrown upon him, and he imself of the perpendicular ; but all on a sudden, Leotterd'e

o -clasp failed; we saw it ble, end their re ax. and almost instantly, ts so at s fright- ful disitdvsntsge, the young giant was thrown heavily. A great cheer burst from a thousand throats, but not so much as s smile earns over Meredith. Althou Ii his rival flllierod him- self up. and retire into the tent without dil- culty, Frank knew that lie was seriously hurt. An ovcrstrttined sincw had indeed given we ; nnd while the spectators were itwttitiiig t 0 issue of the lust ‘tie,’ the contest was virtttslly titer, and the victory remained with the young painter. At present, none knew this but the two combatants. 'l‘lre victor followed the van- quished to where he was siting nlorio, rind took his hand. ‘You're king, sir,’ said the poor giunt, ‘ through this cursed strain.’

- You rutist have thrown riie, else. Leonard,’ exclrtiiricrl l-‘r.-ink honestly; ' and it is not fair that you should be de rrived of your honours by an accident: your it-art was set upon this victory. its I lriroiv by wlirtt was written on the \\'isliing;-gate, and I shall “ lay dozvn” to you, Lcnnrird llirde.'

Leonard lifted liirnselfup with pain to creep Iris rit‘ril‘s linnd, and tears were standing in his eyes, us. after it little pituso, he said : ‘Thank you, thank you. sir! oir't wonder tat Phra- lic Forrest's preferring so generous it follow to me. I-‘rorri what I read, too, on the Wishin - gate last night, I think I know the dearest wis ofyoiirs too, .\lr. lllercditlr. What interest I uiiiy have with my aunt. her mother. I beg then, to trarisfor to you. I took too ritriclr upon me cvcry wuy. trusting to this brute strength of mine, rind I out litly liuiiihled.'

‘.\'riy, then.’ said rnnk, ‘ you have more rozisoii to be proud of yourself then ever, and liirtc conquered at Carol indeed ’

'l‘lit-re was great disappointiirent and rat disripprohrttitin when it was known that lcr_e- tlitlt had given up so good a chance. and ‘ laid down‘ without it struggle to his antagonist. It was thought that there would be no living at Urcorisitlc now, for tho uirs the victor would he sure to give himself. But from that dly, on the contrary. was our young dslesmoii alter- ed, in all points for the better: and Fr!!! .\lci-t-dith, on his part, was amply consoled for his loss of the kingslrip at Cure , by his gain of the ipicr-ii of the rushbcnring. And thus did the good fnirios of the Wisliiiig-gate give to each rirnri the gift he desired. ‘

'l‘llF. TEREIH), OR SHIP \VOIM.

[Front the scientific American.)

The last number of the U. S. Nautical Mugnziiie contains it paper on the above subject, by James Jarvis, Esq., read by him before the National Institute at Vl'ssb- ' too. The iiitrodriction to his paper is to on, as he says himself, from various autlrors—especiully Recs an Tredgold. We will pass over this and observations and experience as briell II possible, its it is worth a thousand little! more than all we have found in the Old authors referred to. _ . v