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     friend, Mr Gilbert Cherryripe. At 
     
     nine o’clock, which was considered a 
     
     fashionable hour, the hall was nearly 
     
     ful|,and the first country dance ( uad- 
     
     rillea had not as yet poisone the 
     
     peace and stirred up all the bad as- 
     
     sions of Hodnet) was commence by 
     
     the eldest son and presumptive heir of 
     
     old Squire Thoroughbred, who con- 
     
     ducted gracefully through its mazes 
     
     the chosen divinity of his heart, Miss 
     
     Wilhelmina Bouncer, only daughter 
     
     of Tobias Bouncer, F3qu justice of 
     
     peace in the county of Shropshire. 
     
    

    
     Enjoyment was at its height, and 
     
     the three professional fiddlers had put 
     
     a spirit of life into all things, when 
     
     suddenly one might perceive that the 
     
     inerriment was for a moment check- 
     
     ed, whilst a more than usual bustle 
     
     pervaded the reom. The stranger 
     
     had entered it; and there was some- 
     
     thing so difi‘orent in his looks and 
     
     manner from those ofany ofthe other 
     
     male creatures, that every body sur- 
     
     veyed him with renewed curiosity, 
     
     which was at first slightly tinctured 
     
     with awe. “ Who can he be i” was 
     
     the question that instantaneously 
     
     started up like a crocus in many a 
     
     throbbing bosom. “He knows no- 
     
     body, and nobody knows him; surely 
     
     he will never think of asking any bo- 
     
     dy to dance. We ought to be upon 
     
     our guard, I assure you.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     For a long time the stranger stood 
     
     alooffrom the dancers in a corner by 
     
     himself, and people were almost be- 
     
     ginning to forget his presence. But 
     
     he was not idle; he was observing at- 
     
     tentively every group, and every in- 
     
     dividual that passed before him.— 
     
     Judging by the various expressions 
     
     that came over his countenance, one 
     
     would have thought that he could read 
     
     character at a single glance—that his 
     
     perceptions were similar to intuitions. 
     
     'l‘ruth obliges me to confess, that 
     
     it was not with a very favoura- 
     
     ble eye that he regarded the great 
     
     majority ofthe inhabitants of Ilodnet 
     
     and his neighbourhood. Probably 
     
     they did not exactly come up to his 
     
     expectations; but what these expecv 
     
     tations were, it is difficult to con- 
     
     ceive. 
     
    
   
   
    
     At length, however, something like 
     
     a change seemed to come over the 
     
     spirit ot'his dreams. l-Iis eye fell on 
     
     Emin Sommers, and appeared to 
     
     rest where it fell with no small de- 
     
     gree ofpleasure. No wonder, Emi- 
     
     ly was not what is generally styled 
     
     beautiful; but there was asweetness, 
     
     a modesty, a entleness about her, 
     
     that charmedt e more the longer it 
     
     was observed. She was the only 
     
     child of a widowed mother. Her fa- 
     
     ther had died many ayear ago in bat- 
     
     tle; and the pension ofan oficcr’s 
     
     widow was all the fortune he had left 
     
     them. But nature hat! bestowed 
     
     riches ofa more valuable kind than 
     
     those which fortune had denied. I 
     
     wish I could describe Emily Sommers; 
     
     but [shall not attempt it. She was 
     
     one of those whose virtues are bid 
     
     from the blaze of the world, only to 
     
     he the more ap reciated b those who 
     
     can nnderstan them. ithout her, 
     
     the winter fire-side, or the summer 
     
     evening walk, is destitute of plea- 
     
     sure. Her winning smiles, her un- 
     
     clouded temper. her afl'ectionate gen- 
     
     tleness, must throw their hallowed 
     
     influence over the scenes where her 
     
     spirit presides,unconsciotis of its pow- 
     
     er, else they become uninteresting 
     
     and desolate. 
     
    

    
     It was to Emily Sommers that the 
     
     stranger first spoke. He walked 
     
    
   
   
    
     right across the room, and asked her 
     
     to dance with him. Emily had ne- 
     
     ver seen him before; but concluding 
     
     that he had come there with some of 
     
     her friends, and little acquainted with 
     
     the rules of etiquette. she immedi- 
     
     ately, with a frank artlessness,smiled 
     
     an acceptance of his request. Just 
     
     at that moment, young Squire 'I‘ho- 
     
     roughbred came bustling towards her; 
     
     but observing her hand already in that 
     
     of the stranger, he looked somewhat 
     
     wrathfully at the unknown, and said. 
     
     with much dignity, “ I, sir, intended 
     
     to have been Miss Sommers’s part- 
     
     ner.” The stranger fixed his dark 
     
     eye upon the squire, a slight smile 
     
     curled on his lip, and, without ans- 
     
     wering, he passed on with his part- 
     
     ner, and took his place in the dance 
     
    

    
     The squire stood stock-still for a 
     
     moment, feeling as if he hadjust ex- 
     
     perienced a slight shock of electrici- 
     
     ty. When he recovered, he Walked 
     
     quietly away in search of Miss Wil- 
     
     helmina Bouncer. 
     
    

    
     10 BI: CONCLUDID IN OUR NEXT. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     THE MORNING NEWS. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     \Vnunssnsv, APRIL l7, l844. 
     
    
   
   
    
     [@We have made a variety of 
     
     extracts from Colonial and American 
     
     papers, received by the last mail. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ova [inseam—The ice has now 
     
     fairly ‘ clearedout,’ and our rivers 
     
     are open. A wide sheet of water ap- 
     
     pears to the eye in the direction of 
     
     the East, West, and North Rivers ; 
     
     and if we may judge of the activity 
     
     which has prevailed in various parts 
     
     of this Island for some months past, 
     
     with regard to’building and fitting 
     
     vessels for the Fisheries, we may 
     
     safely venture to say that our spring 
     
     business will be one of unusual vigi- 
     
     lance and enterprise. May it prove 
     
     so, and may all who have engaged in 
     
     this useful branch of commerce re- 
     
     ceive ample returns for their trouble 
     
     and expenses. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     New BaunsWictt.—The House of 
     
     Assembly of that province has placed 
     
     .at the disposal ofthe Executive gov- 
     
     ernment, the sum of' £500,—for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     purpose of procuring medicaltreatw 
     
    
   
   
    
     ment for a disease which exists in 
     
     the County ofGloucester, and which 
     
     proves fatal. It appears that the 
     
     malady is among the poorer classes; 
     
     it made its first appearance in the 
     
     year 189-1, and is thought by some 
     
     medical men in the county to resem- 
     
     hle the leprosy ofthe 17th century ! 
     
     But by others, (DoctorsThomson and 
     
     Earle,) it is pronounced to be the ef- 
     
     fects ofthe mode of living and the 
     
     habits of the French people, among 
     
     whom the disease has appeared,filthy 
     
     in the extreme. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     |Q>There is an instructive tale on 
     
     our first page to-day. The sequel 
     
     will repay the trouble of reading the 
     
     story to the conclusion on Saturday. 
     
    
   
   
    
     [@Mr. John McDougall, grocer, 
     
     of Halifax, on opening a hogshead of 
     
     Sugar last week, discovere in the 
     
     centre 65lbs. of cord wood, of Nora 
     
     Scotio growth. The Times inquires 
     
     —“ how did it get there and for what 
     
    
   
   
    
     purpose 2” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sir Robert Peel entered on the 57th 
     
     year of his age on the 5th February last. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Nova Scorn -—Mr. Howe moved 
     
     in the House ofAssembly, that the 
     
     House resolve itselfinto a commit- 
     
     tee on the general state of the Pro- 
     
     vince, for the purpose of considering 
     
     the structure and position of the Ex- 
     
     ecutive Council. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     PIRACY. —'l‘he Boston Transcript 
     
     states the loss of the sclioouers Ze- 
     
     phvr, and Angelona, both belonging 
     
     to'Bostou. The Zephyr was bound 
     
     to Bombay from Canton, for a cargo 
     
     of opium, and had on board six hun- 
     
     dred thousand dollars in specie. It 
     
     is said that she was taken in the Chi- 
     
     na Sea by Pirates, and all on board 
     
     were murdered. The Zephyr was 
     
     sold to an American in Canton, and 
     
     the Angelona to a foreigner ! 
     
    
   
   
    
     (EPA Newtoundland paper states that 
     
     a labouring man in that Isl ind had receiv- 
     
     ed a letter by the last Mail, informing 
     
     him that he is heir to £8000 sterling. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     @Thcre are now baking in Phila- 
     
     delphia and New York-six thousand 
     
     loaves of Passover bread. which will con- 
     
     sume over one hundred and thirty bar- 
     
     rels of flour. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Flu a fashionable shop in Boston, 
     
     there are tuhes front the upper stories to 
     
     the desk ofthe cash clerk, through which 
     
     money is transmitted to him. There are 
     
     also signal bells and speaking trumpets. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Bull'an papers announce the 
     
     death of General Porter, in the 7lst year 
     
     of his age. He was Chairman of the 
     
     Committee on Foreign Relations in 1812, 
     
     who introduced the report declaring war 
     
     against Great Britain. 
     
    
   
   
    
     a?“ is said that Henry Clay will 
     
     take decided ground against the annexa- 
     
     tion of Texas with the United States. 
     
    
   
   
    
     YOUTHFUL Darnavrrv:—A coloured. 
     
     boy, aged 13, is on trial in Philadelphia 
     
     for poisoning a family of sis: .' 
     
    

    
     NEW BRUNSWICK. 
     
    

    
     [museums—The lumberiu sea- 
     
     son is drawing to a close. t has 
     
     been a very successful one, and the 
     
     quantity ot'lumber hauled upon the 
     
     ice has seldom been exceeded in any 
     
     one year. The St. Stephen’s Cour- 
     
     apt states that the Deal trade is ex- 
     
     erting attention and mills are prepar- 
     
     ing to furnish lumber for the Europe- 
     
     an markets. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The imports into the Province of 
     
     New Brunswick last year, from the 
     
     United States,amounted to £100,000. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mona W’ito ‘ CRITTERs.’-—A large 
     
     she Bear with two Ciihs,were caught 
     
     at Black River, near Miramichi,New 
     
     Brunswick, by a Mr. Malcolm Mc- 
     
     Naughton, on the 22d ult. The car- 
     
     case of the older animal, after being 
     
     despatched, was exposed for sale in 
     
     Chatham market ; the fat on the 
     
     rump, ribs and back, covering one 
     
     inch and a half. The two Cubs ar 
     
     thriving well,in the possession of their 
     
     captor. ________ _ 
     
    

    
     CANADA. 
     
    

    
     Another not of incendiarism has' 
     
     occurred at Hamilton, by which the 
     
     building erected for the use of Emi- 
     
     grants has been destroyed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Steamers have commenced their 
     
     regular trips between Detroit, Am- 
     
     herstbur h, Chatham,and other parts 
     
     in the estern District ; and also 
     
     between several parts of the United 
     
     States and Canada. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     stock, and some other article, 
     
    
   
   
    
     On Saturday-night hm 
     
     house of the av. Nth," 
     
     the Queenston Road, was and!“ 
     
     three disguised men ~on. arml- 
     
     ongaged in a scuflle with mm 
     
     keeper, another, pistol in hand i 
     
     the other inmates still, whil,’ 
     
     third employed himself in collet'lll 
     
     property to carry off. Thel "I! 
     
     keeper behaved in a most conno 
     
     manner, tore the mask fromlh:f 
     
     of her assailant, hit one of hishm: 
     
     and was not silenced until stunned " 
     
     a blow on the head from a horse - 
     
     tol. The weapon broke, and” 
     
     to lead to identification, were like” 
     
     the house. The affair is now um 
     
     going magisterial investigation. I 
     
     are glad to hear that the housek 
     
     er is not likely to sustain any" . 
     
     nent injury from the blow—h”... I 
     
     Chronicle. ° 
     
    

    
     [We have since learned that I 
     
     of the party has been appreb, 
     
     and clearly identified by the 
     
    
   
   
    
     inflicted by the heroic housekee .. 
     
    
   
   
    
     during the scuttle ] 
     
    
   
   
    
     We see it mentioned in En  
     
     papers, that Southampton is app' 
     
     ed the port of Emigration toCtna 
     
     under the Government arrangeme‘ 
     
     'I‘he brig “ Rainbow,” now incl. 
     
     will be the first to leave, with it 
     
     300 emigrants.—- Toronto Ho. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A public discussion has been 
     
     at Toronto in regard to Mil ' 
     
     and upwards of £2“) collected on! 
     
     occasion,was presented to the ll 
     
     of Industry of that City. 
     
    
   
   
    
     UNITED STATES. 
     
    

    
     PANIC m me New Your Sr - 
     
     Marmara—There was apsuic ' 
     
     Wall-street on the lam inst. at m 
     
     as in 1837. The EXpresssays:-" 
     
     war with Mexico necessarily: 
     
     quent upon the annexation of 'l' ‘- 
     
     (if not awar with Great Britain.) 
     
     looked upon as throwing open our 
     
     vigation, unprotected, to the p' 
     
     teering of all nations, for in we 
     
     such a war, no doubt, our r -- 
     
     would be a tempting prey to It 
     
     turers from all parts ofEuropt 
     
     of South America, under the « 
     
     ican flag. The agitation of thsT 
     
     as matter in Washington,thrt 
     
     seriously to affect more or lest 
     
     our trading-interests. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tue Oaacoa Question—It'll 
     
     seen by the proceedings ofC _ - 
     
     that the Senate on Thursdfl'nbl ‘ 
     
     decisive vote of 98 to "Mellie"d 
     
     Bropoeilion to give notice to 
     
    

    
     ritain of the termination 0i 
     
     treaty agreement for theyomt - 
     
     pation ofthe Territory 0‘ 0" 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     M atttco .-—Serious ditlitulties in 
     
     ticipated with the French Govt") 
     
     by the Mexicans. One of the  
     
    
   
   
    
     9 issue is the claim ofindemnity for"! 
     
    
   
   
    
     000 from Mexico for the expert” 
     
     war which ended with the mill!" 
     
     Juan de Ulus,in l838. Fallh" 
     
     plaint is made against the)“em 
     
     of Santa Anna, prohihlllfl ll“ 
     
     trade to foreigners, which c0ll 
     
     goods imported under former ls!!!- 
     
     Frencb Minister declares that tlm'l 
     
     is contrary to the law otnatiot: 
     
     express arrived from Mexico on it 
     
     inst.. from the French Minister. ' 
     
     ratches for the conipisggg °il; i" . 
     
     elite,the rport n w I 
     
     to request'h‘i'ni to delay bi! pro “la 
     
     parturs, and to assemble his A" 
     
     in the Gulf at Vera Critic