amuses himself with the contemplation of misery and guilt!’

‘ And yet, George. I should have thought that our road high spirit would have borne all th a rat or than’ lle pans .

‘ You are right, Mr. Mor ii. I vvould_bave encountered any amount 0 resent pain, if by so doing. I could have re eeiiied the future from its abiding shame. I would have braved publicity, ridicule, everything, to have rescued my name from dishoiIour—-to have regained the proud freedom I had lost. You are right in judging me so, but I was hindered.’

‘What could hinder on’ In such a case, your own judgment only should have been fol- owed. You only had an ed. an no one, no one had a right to restrain you 1'

A smile-but how bitter a smile—curled the lip of Stuart, and his proud nostril expanded with a look of wearied scorn.

‘ My friend,’ he said, ‘ you are a law or : you should know something of the Englis law of divorce. Do you not understand.’ he added, as Mr. Morgan looked u inquiringly. ‘Doubt-

HAS7.ARl)’S GAZE'l"I‘E, AUGUST 9.

ty perhaps; but rarely has there failed then to some a season ol universal rain that swells the torrent. and, raising it suddenly from its bed, inundates, and covers, devaatates the whole ral- lv)'- I the countries which have suffered art the present oosasion, those adjoining or in the Alps have been most severely visite In other regions the inundation: have brought partial des- truction ; but in the Alps, not only all crops have beeti destroyed. but the soil so turned and covered that the labour ofs year in ty not be able to bring the same ﬁeld again into cultivotioti. Nor can this labour be even attetnpted, until the govern- ment engineers have fl’alt)|‘t:tl Ilia roads. embank- ed the rivers, and forced them to resume their old beds. Let us hope, inenowlnle, that the auccour so generously poured in from soniany quarters will be distributed to the rurzil population as well as to the towns. Whole I‘.-iiniliee of the former have not only lost their houses, furniture. and cattle, carried off by the torrents. but their very ﬁelds have disa peared. and the comfortable and industrious lanrlled proprietor of yesterday is but a beggar to-day. A)l the attendant circumstances of these inundatione. it must be admitted. do very

governinent guarantee.

-5350.090 Block. “P0 W50 51'-Sued °lP'°‘°"l. back again, the Customs-officers conﬁs-

being the amount required to complete the cute ‘hem 3

first section to Woodstock. Of these I7, 500 shares, 4000 are to be appl'0prlate=tl tn. the English proprietors ofthe St. Andi-cw’s and Quebec Railroad Company (forming class C shares), and 53500 to the local gov- ci-uint-nt, so that only 11,000 shares, or £220,000, will now be offered to the public, Four thousand ofthese are class A shares, and to be entitled to a government guaran- tee ot'6 per cent for ‘25 years, commencing on the completion to \Voodstot:k, with bonus ofl6, acres per share. The other 7000 shares will form class B, and will be en- titled to 15 acres per share, with 6 per cent interest during construction, but no Separate certifi- cates are iti each case to be issued, one representing the right to the dividends of the railway, and the other representing the

luntl.

7 50. sents ti party of peasants returning home at evening frotn harvest work, soon after it shower, and various others engaged in

'l‘lic French and English

iWt.‘le not aware of this, and have been -(listigreenbly surprised by the discovery

fthe fact. .-‘.n appeal to the Russian

Government is talked ol.

Pitics or s LANDSCAPE er Rusi:ns.—- At the sale of Lord Orford’s pictures,

last Saturday, a celebrated landscape by

Rubens, called the Rainbow Landscape, fetched the extraordinary price of $22,- The subject of this picture repre-

farming ctnployriients ; a group of cattle

watering. and a brood of ducks hurrying to a pool, display all the magic of Rubens’

A mass of wood on the right

A deposit of £2 per share is to be

paid on allotment. The undertaking is pro-

_visionall_y registered under the Limited, Liability Act, and is to be incorporated by

Act of Parliament. The Earl Fitzwillinrn

is chairman, and amongst the directors are

Mr. H. W. \Vickhain, M ., chairman

of the Luncasliii-e and Yorkshire Rtiilwtiy

Company, Mr. Henry Mnudslay, and Al-

derman Sir llertry Muggeridgc.

less my cause was goo —doubtless I should pencil. have gained a decision in my fitvour; but’- his lips and_his hand closed quiclrly—‘I could

not pay for it!

little liotioiir or credit to the French Government School engineers, so expensively kept up. Even in some Alpine Vallrys, English engineers had been able to construct railways which have not suffered, whereas many of the French royal and itiiperial roads have been totally destroyed. The great road to the Alps. as the passage was called from Grenoble to Briaiicon, was only coinpletetlt in 1852. ll is the most recent effort of French road-tiialting scictice. and it has been completely swept away. The millions stink in it are lost, and the labour of ten years fruitless. Yet on the other side of the Alps in another vitlley also traversed by torrents from the most lofty peaks, lﬁnglisli engineers constructed, not many years since, a railway (we speak of that from Turin to Sass and the Mount Cenia); and of this railroad not a single foot has stirred, not a single bridge been damaged. 'l'lic rains were nevertheleest just as copious in l’iedmoiit, and nearly as tre- mendous in their ellects, as in France. There are some centuries of Chinese history altogether taken up with the struggles ofthat people, led by intelligent snvereigoe.to conquer their great rivers, to conﬁne them to their natural beds. and to make proﬁt of the alluvial soil created in the valleys by ese gigantic streams. A Chinese monarch in those old days derived his popularity troin bis conquest over the waters, not from the slantzhter of liuinrin foes , and higher places have been as- signed lo the deiﬁed heroes who rescued territo- ries from the rivers, than to those \\’ll(l conquered them from living eiietiiins. It might wortliily be e office ol'a Napoleon of peace to take example from such Chiume derni-gods. One oftlie floods which occur but once in 1 century has just visited 'rance, marking I856 as s year of disaster; andi some millions of teinpornry siiceour. accompanied l by some personal presence and syinpzithy, have: already done niiicli. lint a series of works of art that would permanently protect the most rich and industrious regions of that great country from

fortnsn perspective, which is lost in a delightful distant lniitlsenpc ; ti rniiibow, with a grand sweep, unites the colouring of the whole in the richest harmony. This celebrated chef tl’ oeuvre is one of a pair which formerly adorned the Balbi Palace at Genoa.

(To be continued.)

TROUBLES OF THE LYONNESE.

From it friend who has just visited the scenes of the recent inuntlatinns in Franse we received melancholy accounts of the ravages and miseries that have befallen both the country and the town pop ation. It is difficult to in which have sul- fered most. Lyons itself is built on high ground between the Saone and Rhone; but its numbers had so increased beyond the narrowness of its ac- commodation. that large masses of its at-tizaii poor were long ago compelled to transfer their residences to the other side ofthe rivers. and especially ufthe Rhone. Onils left bank, scattered over a plain as low as its bed. the working-class reared its abodes, and formed a new town of its own, called Les Brotteaiix and La Guillotiere. The Rhone, coming from Geneva, sweeps routid the northern extremity of these scattered villages. or this plain, in order to enter Lyons; and they are protected from it by two lines of mounds or dyltes, which look like lortil'ic.1tiona.thouah their pur- pose is but to keep out the river. lt wastlirough and over these mounds that the stream burst on the last days of May, and precipitated its current through the devoted suburbs. 'l'o depict the ruin it has left would be. impossible Stones, mud. and mortar were of course swept away, or assimi- lated to the soil; and planks, tiles, crocltery, or fragments of liouselitild furniture, alone remained to bear witness of what once were habitattous. Of sortie of the workshops the ironwork and en- gines might still be seen ﬁrm and exposed, though all the walls and roofs arotind and above had disappeared. The barracks alone appear intact. Is it that the army, stronghold and institutions,

A young lady having been invited toa military hall, inquired, with great situ- plicity, if all the ladies were expected to bare arms !

Why is it impossable for a butcher to be a strictly hottest nian ? Because he steals his knives!

Quin be2..g asked by a lady, why it was reported that there were more wo- men than men, replied, “ it is in conformity with the arrangements of ne- ttire, madam ;wc always see tnore of heaven than earth.”

A toper lntely risked another, if he be- icved in the appearance of spirits. 'l‘o- per No. 2 answered in the negative, but added that he believed in their disppetir- ance, as some one had but ti short time previous purloined it bottle of Jamaica from his pocket!

A lady on leaving her home, was ad- dressed to the following offset by her little boy : “ Momma will you remember

'l‘oo Tnni-:.--The less you leave your children when you die. the more they will have twenty years afterwards. Wealth inherited should be the incentive to exertion. Instead of that, “ it is the title deed to sloth. ” The only money that does a tiian good is what he cums liitnsclf. A ready-made fortune is like ready-made clothes, seldom ﬁts the man who comes into possession. Ambition, sti- mulated by hope and ti half-ﬁlled pocket- book, has at power that will triumph over all diﬂiculties, beginning with the rich man’s coiituiiiely, and leaving olfwith the envious man's inalicc. ’

lnon lIoitsi;s.—Russitin journals state at ti late fair at Nijcgorard, an iron house was to be seen, t'()lllp0S€(l oftinteclitinibcr, bed room, and kitchen. The front was ornamented with coltimns, and had three windows ; the walls, roof, staircase, 6.50., were all of iron. lts weight was nearly 26,000poiinds, and its price equivalent

are alone able to defy the rniit which hefalls mew mmhcal devuminns mm” W, more , _ to buy me it penny whistle ;and let it be everything else in France‘! That the minds of Conmblgm '0 ‘M 2,0” "“h'e Fmmh-pmpeliul to ubout.,~$l2tl0. Two men could take 3 religious one’ that [ can use it on sun- ‘he ‘mun Pulmlauon of Lyon ‘imam’ ‘M lie Government than t3V€ll.Ill8 bold policy oferccting 1‘ dow" '" ‘me day; and '3 only required day !"

affected by the inundation and its conseqeiices, it would be unrensonble to suppose. The presence of the Emperor. the prompt succour given by the Government. the subscriptions that have poured in from the rest of France. the large and generous tribute from England, may not unfairly be ex. , pected to change the long-standing moral and political discontent of the Lyonnese into something more rational, hilanthropic, and liutiiano The J I 4 _ Archbishop of yonsindeed, whoie apoliticisn "Y .' , , p

and theologian ofttie same scliouland calibre as v The prospccltis ot the New Brunswick

P0lli.‘lIac_,lClll the arlizans, that the inundation ,anpl Canada Railway and Land Company

wasa punisliiiicnt sent from Iletivun for their, is iggucd_ Tm; company is l'orin(:t]_for the llilblls °"‘|"'ll\"|'l§ ""l.'«‘-tlilllldallﬁii W‘ ll|"l’Jl'“lll"‘} ~pui'posr-, .ol' |Mti't:li:i.~tittg Ilia‘ railwnv and; our pct-pt‘ in it tries , rave oer-n, gu y,u ‘; . - __ I _ - _ sliich habits for thrill’s, sake during, these tlear,‘;lé"'I."'l°ge“‘C°l‘ll|‘- 5!. -\3(lfl0\V ismip‘ii’t'le:1il,l:sx.l::¢.i times, iliey.are nevertheless able to ptiint for_' ‘"l"“}' omplmﬂyt 9" 0" {iv l 3 8 answer to the other side oftlie Rhone, where the ,ll_l‘3i P‘“'ll°" " the ll“ ll: . 0"d5l°¢k._ B ygll-to-do cttizensheep their shnps,opsn., and ply =dtstnt_tcé front St. Andrew 5, yvlierc thc lirtc ,cpiiirnenx:es,;of about 90 lIlllCS._ Ol this

the workpf busincespas well as plertstire on Sun-

rlayt Wi|lt°Ulrl||lV108l.|“lT¢I‘¢'l in‘ the leuthlrurn ll"? Ttiistaiioe, ‘.21 miles are already .littislted, at

vsngeanceo tie evcmens ‘ t Isl; rigorous, ' , £3009 . '1 _ Tl .

doctrine, that of attrtliutiua ilirecly to Providence : (.:l°:t m:.flx:°:::‘:"'.un°“0hp:tl "pf-irzi.

the accidents ofiiatutc. lathe eartlmuaketvliich l '' :ay.’: if G J 1 T I k and, GR " tlitis form ‘a inii,intrtink,l_inc to tp§_Cnnddns

qfprivate individuals were Cl’Ick8(l,il0ll.§l|j\k£ll, the churches and the adjoining hahiiptloiis ofilie _ 4 , _ ‘ through British l.crritory. ,1! tstntcntioned, .ao.indieativ.0 of, the importiincc of the‘. pn-

two days to put it up again.

INDIA Rusnt-Iii LINING FOR Vitssr:i.s.—— A plan has been devised for lining ves- sels with ti continuous coating of India rubber as it snfegunrtl against leakage. lt is intended to apply the lining within the frame of the ship, nnd beneath the ceiling. The edges of the sheets, wliicli are proposed to , be from otte-foiirtli to tlirt-e-fout'ths,ol' an inch in thickness, are to be cutiicnted by heat, and the gum, it is believed, will be as durable as the wood itself. ’ ‘ '

ii dyka against the encroachments of Russia. :- CAPITAL Pu.visiiiitsa"r.—The committee appointed by the Lords to take into ‘con- sideration the present mode of . carrying into effect capital punishments has present-, ed its report, wliicli contains the following recommendations : —l. hat executions should in future he carried into etfect with- in the precincts of the prison, or in some place securing similar comparative privacy. -2. That

NEW BRUNSWICK AND cstuns iuiuvsr no LAND coMI'AN\'.

We clip the following interesting report

from the article oftlie London Express, of

ii certniii number of official ivitucsses be present. at the execution, and sign a,,dcposition to liuving witnessed it." ' . That such spectators as the local a_ut'liorities see fit to admit he also allowed totheprcs ent.—-4., ,iTlial_l,lic exact time ofthe cxedution be made known to those without, as, for ipsttincc, by the tolling ofa hell, which shrill cease“ at the moment of execution, and the hoistingnt the ,tiutc',of'a blac flag. . - . , Muitnca iii rur. CRIMEAN Cs'tttt*.'-—Clottsr by the Inkc’i_-.rna'ti‘tt Stnonttmevnt, which has just hcerfcumplcted, 'n part of Si!" perd,'on'

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An ‘ARAB. Winow -—When an Arab woman ilitetitls to marry again Ltt'ftcr_tlic tlentli ofher 'liiisbn_nd, she goes tlid night before to the grave of her first husband, Here she kneels, and prays him not to be oil},-iided-—tiot to bejoalous A,s, however, she tears he will bsoli‘etided.tind jealous, the widow brings .with her it donkey lu-

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prints were utterly dcstrovcd. It seemed apt

the fury of the storm was peculiarly. rhrecte

‘iist the lItlC3.' and the uncharitable ofcoursc . - , ~ . , 5 - 1 - u the allern'oon of the ’flf5th _ tine, "it covered‘ (.lf¢'_lIV,¢qllmenl8 .iheref_roni quite as I‘l)l|l_|‘tl apd ‘§l:ﬂ::vI:g.ﬁt‘l)t;I:“ tlrhi &0l.'.plo0§.‘IS4l.'..”1hs?dFI;?w§ dentvith _lt_|lG goat.skius qt 'l_lie th.o.body of afyotftig Irilrll Wh'o had"bté, pg.‘ ||1j|u$._|l»lll0lO_9fCI|‘dkllll do Btllllldlulﬂwllll tpe ' ’ ' prayers ended. .3l|0tPl'00€.6€l8 10 P0" 5."! cgnify marge ea; h,g"r|,.-any

r-ettce irtrtrtirely, closed,-byiice dusing ‘six months ol'ttie year. Amongst the privile- g‘e'_’s"r'i‘¢$,;oi;tled by "the ctllonitil govcmmeifil to tbeoreigiiial ttnde;-takiiig' an'dp,ewly,)ti-ans‘-, ° {erred to this company. 3|"='=?7lb° frettgtnat

the grave- the water, to keep. the,

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artist of Lyons. Comtnon.sciiae,pp'u,i .out,;ou the at pr hand. that the churches Qt‘, igpe suf- fqrerl.niost simply beoausp tliey were the. truest and lie tpllest buildings. ‘In the same way in the iidnatrie s,wbti have suffered. most from inundations, out is thy who have isioatcrow e and multiplied on river sides and. at_ri'ver‘eontlue,n- use, because of the wsterpoutet; which they had learned to employ. Inthe regions adjoining the Alpq there is smal,lV;fa,rti ity on I e nittuniaitis or on the tnountain sides -, _9‘_l)0iil.0tlll pl’ tbe,,v_qlleye _ y_ _whaIt lips ‘poured down the hills. But the va la s are traversedby torrents ; and to render avai ah e, ls-liileprotecting the soil_t'rom these torrents, has been the chic occupation and care uftlte industrious s ricultu- rist. And he snjoyatlie fruit ofsuch.lti our, it_ may be,.fot a long series of years, sixty or seven-

beiti' ‘cut'froirr' . , _ _ _ car to ‘ear, nnd'hl§“‘cletHes’ 'ttiltﬁi"oﬂ‘.' A’ husband cool under the irritating citc shoe, stick‘, p‘oiiclt', 'p"dc|mf.b°*o|(', at “P4,, of #1413699-¥1lJ°|lU°.l*1l'~¢ s1o=¢:s..w~l.-rlnwﬁ 8 su‘>c'ks.'n.nd 8° e‘i'"'v'*‘,l '.='l."l*!=»' We ‘Md wpllsgturatedlliitn, she d¢_:pIit‘ts.. ~ ., . close lb ;an_d from the 'cotit‘chts‘ of 'thd ofupwards of-. , acres of valuab '

_, I B, _ 1, TI_ “E r h poclret- <‘i‘6_lt‘,rjsr't¢‘l] éipdnsivc character ‘of t p I -,1, d ‘, ,_ nsstss ANK4N0’t‘E§.— pie 'ng_is ' the nrlic cs _oun. , to is supposed to he l'3'3a‘.'.i§~"}5'.“.‘t'.'e° ffiiifuliﬁtniir .55 '.‘Lai..'L‘§, an‘ ‘Freticln omcérs in the crimeuwtto either ztxam-who merchant on tra%l|i3i’ ll utirantee ofa minimum dividendofﬁ per have sold horses and other property to t:°“l_l°_m_°“,- The 90°“ “"3” ""“‘l‘°d WY‘ cegit. on 280.000 for 25'Veﬁl"| 00mﬂlBh¢iHi. Russians, ‘ltauve ma 'e v'e'f9.sorl’Y bargains ‘he "““‘:‘l9 J‘; "mi ‘N’ I °“Xh! °“l “"5 , 1' - f, '|- w d- ’, _’ |~ « _ - - lgclt"ha_ t e" ctters A.‘ p. '. At‘ the 2.’:-.;r“.';.:.°::‘:..':":t‘ ‘;;....:.: “$32.. -'W,' ‘"5’l‘i‘»l°n‘3i‘i5’i?‘3"’?~3'«‘é3“.i1: “'3s°s*i°h. or at rt. through any part of the province, of New nymycp ' f uh_ - . n - « *"'“¢l9|.°l lire” W0“? minded °‘'°,‘'”l° ‘"0 Brunswick The total capital is ﬁxed at ;".'ll)i’t9 ess’"°l ‘bite ': 0" tphm' F.|'6_Itch author-iritics, and the mlihlwaa ‘. , ‘ ii ting ieir_ _ pot a ton an I ey $00 000’ m «N00 shin" of ﬁn web’ leave the country and art; openly sent.

burie’d next day on the field of-Iiikemian. of which only 17,500 shares, representing‘ ‘-' °"".”P°"d”‘.’ °f "'9, D""lf"”"'3- _