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MAILS.

The .‘lnilq by the Southern route to 3., MW. “'9” TMWTIO- Tfyuu River. are male npevrry .‘Inndny morning at I0 o’clock. Pitt. Maser, Courier.

The Eastern Mai's to Bay Faun“. Fair. Fold. \lonnt Pleasant, Lot 41, St. Margarep. Sl'Pe'm‘ sou‘lls‘eve'y Wednesday morn- it!" ‘0 “'6't'Ck-I‘A1'. Fit-:HAN. Courier.

11,. Western Mails to Bedaqna, (fascism- .Cavendisll. tlztnont llay. Lot 16, New ﬁlasgﬂw. New London. Park Corner: I’urt "til. I'riuce 'I'own, SI. Eleanon, 'l'ignish‘ Traveller's lleet —every'l‘hursday utorniugat too‘clot:l<.—thn.tnn BAP-RALL, Courier.

The Southern \Iai's to George Town- Wednesday and Saturday mornings at s o'. fuck. 'l‘o Belfast, Murray Harbour. Vernon ﬂit-er. \l'liite Sands—every Saturday at 9 (dink, A. M .-—SA :1 u at. 1. Mt ta, Courier.

POP I’LA R TALE S: ESCAPE FROM THE GUILLO- _T I N It).

Time had passed with this happy Mir in a continual round of pleasure iiiitil the event took place, which consigned so many ofthe clile Of France to the scaffold. he Pouilli and N—-—— were both of the royalist need; but_N—— adOpted the revolu. tionary principles to wreak his vengeance on the man. who, as he said. had robbed him of his happiness --tliev both had been suitors to the reigning beauty of Lyons: the consequence was, that De Poutlli immediately lccame the inmate ofa dungeon, there to Wait, until the moment had arrived when the revenge tl'N— could consign him to the guillo- tine. On the occasion of her ﬁrst Visit to her husband in prison she had been summoned to attend the wretch who was the sottrce of all her misery, in an apartment, the window ofwhich looked out upon the guillotine,where three unfortunate individuals were about to be executed, and addressing her, he said, without any introduc- tion—

"I‘here, feast your eyes upon the scene before you, and Consider that etc thrredays pass, the axe, which yottsee now about to fall on these miscreants, will sever the beautiful neck of your adorcrt.’

‘l.'nable to endure the sight, for at the moment he ﬁnished, the axe fell upon one of the unfortunate vretclies,’ related Mad. De Pouilli, “Isaak to the ground, and on my recovery, found him wathcing over me witlia look of anxious tenderness ~with my faculties, returned my sense of De Pouilli’s situation, and I eagerly seized on this moment to endeavor to procure his liberty. As his Wife did lane for him, bttt in vain-in vain I conjured him by every motive calculated to more the breast of man with compdssioné-all in vain! At Iastl touched upon the love be to often had professed for me. Ind

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named this as an opportunity to prow- hts sincerity. Hitherto he had gazed upon me with a voidttess of conn- tenaucs, but like oil thrown on fire. it revived the slttmbering ﬂame of hatrt’tl \vhichl had hoped to have subdued.’

“Can yott.’ said he, ‘remind me of those moments, and use them as arguments in his favort—Do you suppose that my memory only retains the recollection of my former love, and not the means by which my happiness was blasted? Can I forget that I had a rival—and that rival was the highborn. haughty and favored Do Pottilli. and that he now lies in prison waiting only my Command to die? No, no; do not deceive yourself, but hear the only terms on which he lives. The time is arrived when priestcraft and all its rules are set at nonght— freedom for heart and hand is amongst the blessings of the age. Consent to be mine—discard him front yourlove—antl he is free!,

He uttered this last sentence in a slow, impressive manner, that I might fttlly understand his meaning; and when he had concluded, Istill con- tinued to gaze upon him as it‘ bereft of my senses. Whether he thought favourably of my silence, I know not, but relaxing the severity of his countenance he approached me, and inquired whether I was prepared to purchase my husband’s life on such terms. The inquiry aroused me from the state of torpor into chlcit his declaration had thrown me,— every nerve seemed strung anew,— my voice was changed from that of supplication to that of desperation, as I bitterly reviled him, and rushed from the room leaving him motionless with surprise.’ As she ﬁnished her relation, she burst into tears, unable any longer to control her feelings, and wringing her hands implored the intercession of heaven in behalfof her husband.

A few mornings after, her husband informed her that N—-— had directed hitn to prepare for his eXecution on the following day. With this terrible information she returned to us, and the scene which tank place, was truly heartrending; she tore her hair —-beat her breast—called herself her husband’s destroyer—and vented curSes on the beauty which had murdered him; lastly throwing herselfon her knees before my sister, the implored her to save her hus- band’s life. I shall never forget the astonishment with which I gazed on my sister, as she said calmly—-

' Icannot save his life—it is for you to accomplish that.’ ‘ I!’ she cried wistfully," 0h! ifl knew how; —tell me- what 'can I do to save him?’ .

' Return to N ,’ replied she collectively, ‘ and say you consent to his proposal!"

We were positively aghast, and be- fore a word could be said, the con- tinued—‘ If you will be guided by me you shall suffer no dishonour.-—- Go to N—-—, l repeat—say that when your husband has his passport in his hand, and you see him from his windows if he pleases, patting. from death and danger, you will re- sign yourselfinto his bandsl—trust me for the rest and now begons.’-— Such an inﬂuence had Maris over

her weaker friend, that without ano-t

thsr word to any one, she departed: Half an hour had passed ere she re-l turned; pale and ghastly she entered the npartment,and sought by a ﬂood ot'i tears, to cast: her over-burdened, heart. I

Tlfe morning came, and after a, long interview with my sister, during which I was not present, she depart- with a kind of cheerfulness, thatl raised suspicions in my mind of heri sanity. I watched her from my win- '; dow whichoverlooked the prison,un- til she entered the gate, and it clos- ad upon her, I then thought it would i be forever!

Three months after, we were thei inhabitants of another soil, refugees} from our country sharing the same; roof with those whose sufferings had endeared them to tts,-— these were M. and Madame de l‘ouilli,—-the story ; of their escape is short. ‘

On the morning of her departure to the prison, after her interview with“ my sister, who gave her advice as to, the only course left her, she visited. the monster N , who was highly 3 pleased at her unexpected compli- ance,and everything was done as she' dictated. Night saw her husband- with his passport, in a post-carriage! on the road to England, and in a few hours, his wife joined him-~he hav- mg by a preconcerted understanding waited for her on the road,

The next morning spread the news of -—--—, having been found stab- bed in his apartment by some on- knowo hand; my sister's advice—se- cret advice—was now no longer a mystery!

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— mitt—IstCELlANEOUS.

A PARROT Swain—We have frotn a reliable source the following illustra- tion of parrot cunning. A certain wise parrot undertook to amuse himself by a walk in the garden. Acertain hungry cat espying him, creptsoftly behind him: poll was evidently disturbed by puss’s presence; and as he quickened his step, be cast frequent glances behind to watch

her movements; and as he saw the cat following hitn,he thus soliloquized “I be- lieve the beast will catch inc—on tny life I believe the creature will have me.” The cat at length crouched for a'spring, when the parrot mastering all his cour. age, faced suddenly about, and shouted at the top of his voice--“acat you beast ——scat you beast!” and away went puss in the greatest consternation, leaving poll to ﬁnish his stroll unmolested.

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who receives the castigation with all tnaeltneu, duly, return thanks for it, and then goes to make a complete transfer of it to his spouse, being careful to.hit her just as hard and as often as he has been hit himself.

TIIE WA TCHMAN

Pnosrncrs or CHRISTIANITY

communicate a fact, the probable consequences of which are of such a

2 nature as to cast into the shade, in

point of importance,the events which for the last few years have fixed the attention of Europe and the world up- on the “ hoary headed dynasty” of the East. The edict forbiding the. circulation ofthe Bible in China has been repealed by the Emperor him— self; and henceforth the word oftruzti is to have free course among the teeming myriads ofthat vast and im— portant empire. Are we prestnnptu- ous in saying in this act of the Em- peror of China, we see additional light thrown upon the purposes of the Almighty towards that long benight-

is: Comm—It is our pleasing duty to 1

ed portion of our world,where ‘bhrts— ‘

tianity has been hitherto unknown ex- cept through that corrupted forru - taught by the subtle politicians of the school of Ignatius Loyola? A few years only have passed since Mor- rison, the ﬁrst Protestant missionary, set his foot upon the shores of China and began that tvork which has im- mortalized his name, and placed him in the highest rank of benefactors of the human race. For months and years did this great man labour with unwearied diligence, under trials and discouragements more than sufﬁcient to have turned aside from his pur- pose any one who had not drunk deep into the spirit of the Divine Redeem- er. At length the whole of the in- spired volume was translated into the language of China; and the mighty lever was placed in the hands of the christian Church—by which the inhabitants of China we trust,are soon to be raised to the dignity and hap- piness of men made free by truth.— On completing in 18l9, the transla- tion of the Scriptures, Dr. Morrison

Font” I’soru, the Chinese! It is said that, in China, the married woman lie undera sort of interdict from the presence oftheir husbands’ fathers who may not speak to them or enter their rooms except on particular days. The father-in-law retains, however, an un- limited right of chastising the lady when she does any thing which he thinks wrong, but how is he to flog if he may not approach her! An ingenious expedient

is resorted to; the old man flags his son

expressed his feelings and convictions in the following language:—“ To have llIoses,David and the prophets,

Jesus Christ and his disciples, using 1 their own words, and thereby daclar- . ing to the inhabitants of this land the wonderful works of God, indicates, Iii. hope, the speedy introduction ofn' happier era in these parts of the'

War (I; and I trust that the gloomv darkness of Pagan superstition w

be dispelled by the day spring ,— from on high; and that the git eat ,idola of Bodho, and the numheiltsn

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