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      THE BATTLE OF NASEBY . .. g BisB-THEiB KiSGTrs-cnwss-ASD-inEiK-XoBUS « OE * 5113 W 1 M-1 BK 3 OF-1 BOS , Sergeant in Ireton's Regiment . and

      * , „ » w forth io triumph from tbe North , fl ^ sKffiSK ^ ** j ««» ta-t ^ HLU « e doth your rout send forth a joyous shqnt ? Asd fXnce be the grapes of the wine-press which ye T «« the root , and hitter was tho fruit , 0 b e j orimson was the juice of the vintage thatwe trod ; iDJe Sp ied on the throng , of the haughty and tho TrhTsateiBthehtgh places and slew the saints of God . . «« -ibout the noon of a glorious day in June , T hat we saw their banners dance , and their cuirasses

      d £ tbe Man of Blood was there with his long essenced iaftstley , and Sir MannacMe , and Rupert of the Rhine . T ? . servant of the Lord , with his bible and bis sword , Tie General rode along us to form us for the fight , fl ien a murmuring sound broke out , and swelled into a Among the godless horsemen upon the tyrant ' s right .

      tad hark ! like the roar of the billows on the shore , The cry of battle rises along their charging line I Tar God ! for the Cause ! for the Church ! for the Laws For Charles Eing of England , and Rupert of the Rhine fm furious German comes , with bis clarions and his His bravoea of Alsatia and his pages of Whitehall ; Tiey are bursting on onr flanks ! Grasp your pikes : —close vonr ranks : — j 0 * r Rupert never comes but U > conquer or to tan . T ey are here :-ihey rush on . We are broken-we are oSteftis borne before them like stubble on the blast . 0 Lord ? P ^ forth thy might ! - O lord defend the right I ° iS hack to back , in God ' s name , ana fight it to the

      last . . gout Skippon hath a wound :-the centre giveth fla ^ Hark ! -What means the trampling of horsemen ffhS baSdo I see , boys ? 'Tis be , thank God , 'tis he , BeSp another minute , Brave Oliver is here . Their heads aU stooping low , with their points all in a ifkTa whirlwind on the trees , like a deluge on the Our cSsfera have burst on the ranks of the Acearsfc , And at a shock hare scattered the forest of his pikes . Fast fast , the gallants ride , in some safe nook to hide , Their coward heads predestined to rot on Temple-bar . tod he-he turns , hefiies v-shame tothose cruel eyes , That bore to look on torture , and dare not look on war .

      Tools , your doublets shone with gold , and your hearts were When ye hissed your lily hands to your lemans to-day . And to-morrow shall the fox , from her chambers m the rocks * Lead forth her tawny cubs to howl above the prey . Where be yonr tongues that late mocked at heaven and hell , and fate , ,. , And the fingers that once -were so busy with your blades ; lour perfumed satin clothes , your catches and yonr lour stare-plays sndjour sonnets , your diamonds and vour spaces I Dora down , for ever down , with the mitre and the

      With the Belial of the Court , and the Mammon of the PflDfi * There is woe in Oxford Halls ; there is wail in Durham ' s Stalls , , ,. The Jesuit smites his bosom : the Bishop rends his cope . And She of the seren hills shall mourn her children ' s ills , And tremble whea she thinks oc the edge of England ' s sword * And the Kings of earth in feax ^ shali shudder when they hear . , „ j What the hand of God hath wrought for the Houses and the Word .

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      Memoirs Of Alexander Bethu&'E. By W. 31'...

      Memoirs of Alexander Bethu & 'e . By W . 31 'Combie . Aberdeen . "We love at times to shot our ears to the din of party politics , the strife and bickering of personal feuds of the mere ephemera , that , gnat-like , dance and flutter in the sunlig ht of to-day , and to-morrow are no more . "We love to turn at times from these things , and , with slat eyes , make pictures in the mind , and win a cnp of Messing to refresh as on our weary pilgrimage , torn the toil and heroic endurance of some unknown martyr of the poor . We quit the surface of things ,

      and go down to the deeps of Human . Nature , which are as rich in hidden treasures as the unexplored depths of old Ocean . After all the hymns of praise and triumph sung to the World ' s Herpes , the nniuown heroism , the unwritten poetry , and the unchronicled greatness of the world , are its proudest possessions , and its most glorious graces . What grander spectacle can we contemplate than that of a ftoble Life , wrought out and built up amid suffering and martyrdom , between mud walls , and beneath a roof too low to stand upright under ? Mont Blanc , the Pyramids , St . Peter ' s , in Home , have no snch

      agmficance , they are dwafted in such a prevailing presence . Many such of God ' s own lion-hearted heroes have lived , and are living this noble life in the frequentl y foodless garret , or tireless cellar , whose moral glory g ilding their lives , sheds a divine radiance , such as eclipses tbe splendour of their heroism , whom the world persists in calling great . We have known Buch , horn in untoward circumstances , where light never comes , and where birth means a sepulchre for the sonl , who have possessed the true metal which resists the blows of adversity , and who seemed to rise from the deep waters of sorrow and afflictionlike the

      , lfinds of E gypt from the overflowings of the river ^ ile , all the more fertile and fruitful . Surrounded by scenes which might well appal the bravest heart , yhere the children of labour are born and baptised , in the tears of misery—born to be used up like machines as surely as corn is grown to he eaten—born to be sapped of all the finer human feelings , in the Spring of life , and to be crusht out of existence in tte workhouse , that last article in the catalogue of a poor man's miseries ! Bountiful Nature , like a kind

      mother with her silent magnimity , bares her beautiful bosom , and invites all her children to the bounteous banquet of life , but they may not share . She brings the beautiful spring mornings to bless the world , and all is life and beauty ; she sends the soft Bummer nights clad in the beauty of a myriad golden Stars , but brighter is the gold they have to coin from heart and sinew to fill the money till of the taskmaster . Toil is their tenor © of life—suffering their inheritance ! And , in circumstances like these , we have known men who have dared to be noble , and to whom

      heroism seemed the natural way of living . God's blessing on them , though the world never heard of them , though their names were never blazoned by the trumpet of Fame . Surely , they have not lived their heroism in vain!—surely , it is gathered up to a life heyond life ! ? It is difficult for pride to put its ear to the ground and listen to the teachings of Iowly ^ auity , ' but , if it would , how much it might learn . ^ ° at a picture to weep exulting tears over , is that of jji e poor seamstress in 'Alton Locke' ( copied from tte life ) . reinirinn . while xfnrninn . that her deformitv

      ^« / ier unmarfcefa & Je among those who purchase th t y ' -ed name of Love ! And what a sweet , sad story ° real heroism is contained in the life of the brothers jethDne . It is beautiful twin music . One in their J tashi ys , their sufferings , and their joys ; the one ji ving the other onl y just long enough to write j aei uoirs . Alexander is set at the age of fourteen « throw earth out of a ditch so deep that it needs the engQi ofa grown man ; he is twice blown np in parrying and left for dead , recovering slowly with to Li ° aU eye ' Jdui * lefore he is thirteen » nas * eat stones bv the way side , during the most in-«** cold . He takes to the weaving trade , and , by bnH rate exertions « saves ten pounds , wherewith to * s and begin work with his brother as apikil ^ "s out , a y is rendered abortive by the fiLftn 1825-26 in their trade 5 B 0 tne Y return to £ fruB i a ^ onr at fourteen-pence a day . John , in a to , P * ° ^ ° taskwork , over exerts himself , and ruins

      ffator ? afor Iife - He nexfc works knee-deep » WL- D f * December frost , which lays the But f t consumption which destroys him . 2 bi 3 E 5 ? S ive , 1 P . «» d poetry they will write , rain Z .. ** cabia which lets in the wind and the ' corr ec * uig their spelling with an old copy of the

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      ' Christian Remembrancer . ' The onl y thing which tempted them to fret , being 'kept at home by rain and snow . John himself dying , has managed to save fourteen pounds out of his miserable earnings , to be expended on his brother ' s recovery from the second quarry accident ; yet , in this poor hut , lig hted by one single pane of glass , in the long summer evenings they write poetry , and ' Tales of the Scottish peasant life , ' and a work on practical economy . This last work was published without a sale , perhaps owing to their Edinburgh mentor , who castrated the work , which had too many ' violent political allusions , ' though Alexander , in the following passage , pleads for their retention : —

      Talk to many of religion , and they will put on a long face , confess that it is a thing of the greatest importance , and go away and forget the whole . Talk to them of education , they will readily acknowledge that it is " abraw thing to be weel learned , " and begin a lamentation . ' . which is only " shorter than the lamentations of J eremiah , because they cannot make it as long , on the ignorance of the age in which they live , but thev neither stir hand nor foot in the matter . But speak to them of politics , and their excited

      countenance and kindling eye , show in a moment how deeply they are interested . Politics are , therefore , an important feature , and an almost indispensable element in such a vtork as mine . Had it consisted solely of exhortations to industry and rules of economy , it would have been dismissed with an " Ou mj , its braiv for him to crack that way , but if he were what vie are , 'deed lie wad just hae to do as we do . " In these days no man can be considered a patriot or a friend of the poor , who is not also a politician .

      They are now turned out of the old house , the estate having changed hands , they must quit , to find lodgings for themselves and their aged parents where they may . They set to and build a house with their own hands and the aid of £ 30 from the sale of their writings . This house stands to this day , and let it stand , as a hallowed shrine , to all who love ' worth ' and worship heroism . Let it be one of Scotland ' s pilgrim stations , akin to Burn s grave . These men aretrne heroes , masculine , worshipful , and grand . Tho' Alexander never lived to realize his early dream of 'Earning nine hundred pounds by writing a book like Burns , out of which he would buy all the boys in the parish new " shoes with iron tackets and heels , " and send them home with shillings for their

      mothers , and feed their fathers with wheat-bread , and milk , with tea and bannocks for Sundays ; and build a house for the poor old toil-stiffened man whom he once saw draining the hill-field " with a yard full of gooseberries and an apple-tree . " * Tho ' he goes down to the grave a lost thing , hia golden dreams and sparkling hopes unaccomplished , he is a hero in the eyes of his poor God-fearing old mother , as he brings her scrap by scrap the proofs of their dead idol , John ' s poems , which she has prayed to he spared to see in print , and when the last half sheet is read , loses her sight for ever . He is a hero in onr eyes , and in yours , reader \ The brave Alexander , how touching is this trait . Ho used to get up in the cold winter mornings , and wear John ' s clothes to warm them for the dying man before he got up .

      Alexander only lived four years after his brother ; friends began to gather round him , but too late ! and he lay down in his brother ' s grave . Such men as these are the true salt of the world , and give a savour to existence . It were worth living , if but to hear of such heroic histories . Think of these brave Bethunes 0 thou toiling suffering child of poverty , and hold on —thyjlot may be dark , and sad thy destiny , yet shalt thou find a glory in it from which thy bitterest tears may win sweetest sunshine ! Thou mayest be

      straining weary eyes upon the future , and find nothing but cold , cheerless , and starless night ; but hold on , for out of the darkness cometh the blessed light , and the snow-drift and wind , the cold and the rain , that pierce through poverty ' s walls and windows are not the only influences that permeate there ! Tet , looking on the patient endurance and the sufferings of the poor , we cannot help bitterly thinking that it would require far less heroism and bravery to end their sorrowings and martyrdoms than are uselessly expended in bearing and prolonging them .

      Hlstoibe Be Ia Repubuqt/E De Venise Sous...

      HlSTOIBE BE IA REPUBUQT / E DE VeNISE SOUS MAmk . Par M . Anatole de la Forge . Vol . I . Paris : 1852 . The historyoftheheroicstrngglesof theoppressed peoples of the earth since 1848 has yet to be written . The general attempts alreadymade have been rather glorifications of individuals than records of the acts of tho people . Nor is the present an exception . Though a deeply interesting narrative , and a valuable contribution to contemporary history , it is more the story of Daniele Manin , than of the people of Venice . But this will always be the case until the people become , as they should he—everything . They will find historians enough then .

      Daniele Manin has one great merit in our eyes . He struggled nobly to release his country from the grinding oppression of Austria . He was not so much a revolutionist as a patriot . He was a Republican , but , first of all , a Venetian . Betrayed into the hands of Austria by "the brutal selfishness of Napoleon , Venice lay prostrate under the feet of the despotism of the House of Hapsburga wretched province of the heterogeneous empire . Though sullen and full of hate , the Venetians entered for some time into no active opposition . But events progressed , and the day at last arrived when an opportunity offered for resistance . When the people were ready and the hour was come , the man was not found wanting .

      Born in 1804 , received a doctor at seventeen , married at twenty , at twenty-four Manin was already preparing himself and his country for future independence . He in 1831 tried to touso his country to insurrection ; but he was an unknown lawyer . Manin then looked around , him for a lever on which to raise opposition . He knew well that to try insurrection and to fail was death to his country ; he , therefore , resolved to get np a pacific agitation , which should

      pave the way for future action , and gam himself that position which was necessary to his being useful . A railway was proposed to bemadofrom Milan to Venice . There was aPeoplo ' sline , and an Austrianline . Manin and all the patriots , unable to agitate politics , got np railway meetings , created an excitement in favour of the people ' s line , balked the government , and did more than was ever done before to rouse up the hopes of the people . The following will in part explain how : —•

      At a meeting of shareholders in the railway , attheBreza Palace , Manin showed great civic courage . He asked , in order to discover fraud , the verification of the deeds of all members present . A frightful explosion of cries and murmurs greeted his words . Calm in the midst of the tumult , Manin , his arms folded , remained standing . During this time , a commissary of police put his hat on , and , approaching the orator , bade him be silent . " Is this an order or a piece of advice 1 " said Manin . " If it be advice , I do ' not accept it ; if an order , it is unjust , and I will yield only to violence . " Electrified by these noble words ,

      the public ros ? . Cries of" No violence" were mingled with murmurs of indignation against the commissary . Confused rumours circulated through the hall with regard to the inclination of the crowd without . The agents of the government knew not what to do . Manin , motionless on his bench , complete master of his thoughts , repented , with imperturable san g froid , "I claim to be heard . " The right was given him , and , in tbe midst of the most majestic silence , he maintained his right . Emilie Bro glio , after him , spoke on tbe same side ; their motion was adopted ; pp . il , 42 .

      We have no space to narrate the history here of all Manin ' s means of action . One , however , of his acts we must record . Manin appears like almost every foreign Democrat , to consider Cobden a Republican—a mistake which will only be corrected by time . Cobden would be a Republican if the Republic ' were gained , and the people would trust their destinies to him ; but little do Italians understand of the selfishness of the Manchester School , their optimism—and , above all , their stupid ignorance . But , in 1847 , the nations of Europe looked on Cobden as a revolutionist . Their mistake was excusable . How many in England knew of the existence of Kossuth and Manin before 1848 ?

      The arrival of Cobden in Venice was a great event . He bad inst made a triumphal voyage through all Italy . Every , where he had been received with honours usually accorded to Sovereigns . Pezzata had , from Milan , requested Manin to receive well the illustrious chief of English Reform . Cobden had been fifteen days at Venice , and was about to deoart . and nothing had been done . The wife of Manin , an ardent soul , fall of patriotism , said constantly to her husband , " It is a disgrace to Venice , if she does not make a demonstration in honour of such a guest . " Manin went to the Cabinet de Lecture , of which Parana was the President and where met the patriots of the town . He found no one there , save tbe President , to whom be explained the obiect of his visit . By common consent , the two friends went out at ten o ' clock at night , on to the Place St . Mark . Coin" ' from group to group , they obtained , in an hour , a considerable number of signatures . Prinli , who was

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      one of the commissaries of the meeting , took upon himself to ask of the police permission to celebrate a banquet . It "was granted , on the express condition that Manin should not speak . The Austrians began to know the value of this ' intrepid enemy . Kest day an imposing multitude was present at this banquet , prepared in the island of Guidocci . 'f ommasi figured among ' the subscribers ; but , faithful to his solitary habits , he did not come , satisfied with sending a magnificent address , full of noble and serious thoughts . Lacatello , the editor of the " Official Gazette" of Venice , to the great astonishment of the spectators , read a very energetic speech . Cobden answered , in courteous and eloquent language . IIo thanked tho Venetians with effusion , for the hospitality offered him ; nnd said flattering thing of tho Italian population

      and particularly of Venice , while he roused their enthusiasm , when speaking of the part he expeotod them to play in future events . The banquet concluded ; all present rose , and took back Cobden to his hotel , following the great canal to the sound of music , and bv the light of torches . That night the whole town was alive ; the windows hung with carpets , and adorned with flags , as on days of great ceremonies , were lit up , and formed a vast garland of lights , reflected under a thousand vivid forms in the mirror of the water . Venice seemed like a vast globe of fire , impended as if by enchantment between two immensities—tbe sky and tbe sea . Old men never recollected having been present at such a spectacle . Such was the homage rendered by the people of Venice to science courage and talent , in the person of Cobden . Certainlv '

      when going back from this splendid fete , when tho last songs had ceased to resound , when the last light of their illuminations were extinguished in the thickness and silence of tha night , more than one inhabitant , before he went to sleep , might justly say to himself , that a people who would thus receive an illustrious guest , could not be , as Austria pretended , a people dishonoured and dead to all sentiments of liberty and nationality . Some days after Manin went to see Cobden . " I have been all through Italy , " said he , " and everywhere I have been well received , but nowhere have I received so solemn an impression as at Venice . Questions of political economy are well studied ; at every step I have met men well instructed and

      versed in these matters , less foreign than in many countries of Europe , but , what has struck me above all , is the mortal hatred felt towards Austria . A Neapolitan lady said to me , ' I would give the blood of my four children to see them expelled from Italy . '" Cobden did not appear to understand the ardour of this sentiment in independent States , such as Naples , Florence , Rome , " "Who , " said he , " have nothing to do with Vienna , and can , consequently , think of their affairs without thinking of Austria . " Manin observed to him , that people , in appearance free , lived under the empire of laws more retrogade , and more repressive still than those of Austria , in the provinces submitted to Us dominion ; pp . 71 , 72 , 73 . . ( To be Continued )

      The Countess Of Rudolstadt. [Sequel To "...

      THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Conmlo . " ] Br Geohqb Sand . " Hero I am back ia my cell , after some hours of half liberty , sad and agitated . I do not desire to leave it again at such a price . And yet I might , perhaps , escape ! I think of nothing but that , now that I think myself in the power of a villain , and threatened with dangers worse than death , worse than an eternity of suffering . I must think of it seriously henceforth , and who knows but I may succeed ? They say that a determined will always succeed at last . Oh , my God , protect me !"

      CONSUEIO ' S / OUBNAr , —IHE INVKIBtES ! " This morning Gottlieb secretly brought me a note thus conceived : — '" We are working for your deliverance ; the moment approaches . But a new danger threatens you , which will retard the success of our enterprise . Distrust all who urge you to flight before we have given you certain counsels and precise details . A snare is laid for you . Be upon your guard , and persevere in your strength . "' Your brothers , '" Tub Invisiems . ' " Tbis note fell at the feet of Gottlieb thia morning as he was crossing one of the courts of the prison . He firmly believes that it fell from heaven , and that the robin has something to do with it . Bj making him talk , without seeking to oppose his singular ideas too forcibly , I have learnt strange things , which are , perhaps , grounded upon truth . I asked him if he knew who tho Invisibles were , "' No one knows , ' he replied , though every one pretends to know . '

      "' How , Gottlieb ! you have then heard of people who are thus called ?' "' During the time I was apprenticed to the master shoemaker of the town , I heard a great deal of these things . ' " « They are spoken of , then ? The people know them V " * This is how I came to hear about it , ' he replied , ' and of all the words I ever heard , these are among the few which are worth listening to and remembering . A poor workman among our comrades wounded bis hand so badly , that it became a question whether it should be out off or ivot . He was the only support of a numerous family whom he had assisted up to that time with much courage and affection . He came to see us , with his hand bound up , and said to us sadly , as he watched us working , ' You are very happy to have your hands at liberty ! As for me , I think I shall soon be obliged to go Mo the hospital , and my

      old mother must beg to preventmv little brothers and sisters from dying of hunger . ' A collection was proposed , but wo were all so poor , and I , though born of rich parents , had so little money at my disposal , that we could not raise enough effectually to assist our poor comrade . Everyone having emptied his pocket , sought to devise some means to save Franz from this step . But no one could succeed , for Franz had tried everything , and had met with repulse on all sides . They say that the king is very rich , and that his father has left him a large treasure . But they also say that he employs it in equipping soldiers ; and as it was wartime , and the king was absent , and every one was afraid of coming to want himself , the poor people suffered greatly , and Franz could find no sufficient aid among the charitable . As for the uncharitable , they have never one farthing at their disposal . Suddenly a young man in the workshop said to

      Franz'" In your place , I know what I should do , but perhaps you have not the courage V "' It is not courage I want , ' said Franz ; what must I do ?' "' You must address yourself to the Invisibles . ' " Franz appeared to understand what he said , for he shook his head with an air of repugnance , and made no rejly . Some young men , who , like myseit , knew not what this meant , asked an explanation , and were answered on all sides . "' You do not know the Invisibles ? It is easy to see that you are but children ! The Invisibles are people who are not seen , but who nevertheless act . They do all sorts of good , and all sorts of evil . No one knows where they live , but there are some of them everywhere . It is said that

      they are to be found in all the four quarters of the globe ; they assassinate many travellers , while they assist others against the brigand , as these travellers are judged by them worthy of chastisement or protection . They are the instigators of all revolutions ; they frequent every court , direct all affairs , decide upon war and peace , redeem prisoners , relieve the unfortunate , punish the wicked , make kings tremble ou their thrones ; in short , they are the cause of all the happiness and unhappiness in the world . They may perhaps have been mistaken more than once , but they say that their intentions are good , and besides , who can Buy , that which is ' a misfortune to-day shall not be the cause of a great happiness to-morrow . '" As for Franz , he hesitated to apply to them , ' because , ' said he , ' when once any one has accepted a benefit from them , he finds himself bound to them for this life and the next , to the great injury of his salvation , and to tbe ereat neril of his relations . ' Nevertheless , necessity

      overcame fear . One of our comrades , he who had given him the advice , and who was strongly suspected of oelonging to the Invisibles , though he as strongly denied it , gave him in secret the means of making what he called the signal of distress . We have never learnt in what this signal consisted . Some say that Franz traced a cabalistic sign with his blood on his door ; others that he went at midnight to a mound between four roads , at the foot of a cross , where a cavalier in black appeared to him . Finally , there were some who spoke simply of a letter which he had deposited in the hollow of an old weeping willow , at the entrance to a cemetery . One thing is certain , that he received assistance , that his family were enabled to wait for his cure without having recourse to begging , and that they had tbe means o consulting a skilful surgeon , who saved his band . Of the Invisibles ho never said a word , except that he continually blesses them . And this , my sister , is how I learned for the first time the existence of these terrible and benevolent

      beings . " ' But you , who are better taught than these young workmen , ' I said to Gottlieb , * what do you think of tho Invisibles ? Are they sectarians , charlatans , or conspirators ?' "Here Gottlieb , who until this had expressed himself with perfect clearness , fell back into his customary incoherences , and I could draw nothing from him , but that they were beings of a truly invisible and impalpable nature , who , like God and the angels , could not communicate with men . save through borrowing certain appearances .

      " May 12 . —The prodigies are indeed beginning , and my destiny is in the hands of tbe Invisibles . Like Gottlieb , I ask , « Are they of God or the devil . ' To-day Gottlieb was called by tho sentinel who guards the esplanade , and who keeps his round upon the small bastion which terminates it . This sentinel , according to Gottlieb , is no other than an Invisible , a spirit . The proof is , that Gottlieb , who knows all the sentinels , and who talks with them freely , when they amuse themselves by ordering shoes , has never seen this one before , and then , too , appeared to him to be of a stature more than human , while his face wore an

      undefinable expression . ... "' Gottlieb , ' he said to him , speaking m a very low voice , ' La Porporina must be delivered in three nights . This depends up you ; you must take the keys of her chamber from the pillow of your mother , lead her across your kitchen , and bring her here , to the end of the esplanade . There I will take charge of the rest . Give her notice that she may bo ready ; and remember that if you are wanting in prudence and zeal , she , you , and I , are lost . ' " This is the point to which I am arrived . This news rendered me ill with excitement . I have been in a fever all through the night ; all through the night , I have heard the fantastic violin . To fly ! to quit this gloomy prison ! to escape , above all , from the terror this Mayer causes me I

      The Countess Of Rudolstadt. [Sequel To "...

      A h ! if my life alone were to be risked for this , I am ready ; but what will be tho consequences of my lifB to Gottlieb , to this sentinel whom I know not , and who Z gratuitously devotes himself to my service in short to those unknown accomplices who are about ' to take u ' non them a new charge ? I tremble , i hesitate , I can decide upon nothing . "Mayl 3 .-Oh ! decidedly , I shall trust to destinv to tho Providence which sends me unhoped-for aid I wifiYo I will lean upon tho powerful arm which offers to wo ' ocfc me I As I was walking this morning upon the esplanade where I ventured , in tho hope of receiving from the spirit ' s who surround me some new revela ion , I looked towards the bastion where the sentinel is . There wore two one on

      , guard , his musket upon his shoulder ; the other , coming and going , as though he were searching for something . The large figure of the last attracted my attention ; it did not seem altogether unknown to me . But I could only look at him by stealth , and at every turn in my walk I was obliged to turn my back to him . At last , as I was going towards him , he also came towards us , as though by chance ; and though he was upon a glacis considerable than ours , I completely recognised him , and could scarcely refrain from crying out . It was Karl , the Bohemian , the deserter whom I saved from the claws of Mayer in the forest of Bohemia : the Karl whom I had afterwards seen at

      Koawald , in Moravia , at the house of Count Haditz , and who sacrificed to me a project of formidable vengeance . He i 8 a man devoted to me , body and soul , and whose largo faoo , flat nose , red beard , and glassy eyes , appeared to me today as beautiful a » the features of the angel Gabriel . '" It is he , ' said Gottlieb , in a whisper , « it is the emissary of the Invisibles , an Invisible himself , I am certain ! At least ho could be if ho would . It is your deliverer , it is ho who will take you hence to-night . ' "My heart beat so quickly that I could scarcely stand : tears of joy escaped from ray eyes . To hide my emotion from the other sentinel I approached the parapet , withdrawing from the bastion , and feigning to contemplate the herbs in the moat . I saw , however , by stealth , Karl and Gottlieb exchanging a few words which I could not catch After a few moments , Gottlieb returned to me , and said rapidly— . .

      "' Ho is coming down here ; he is going to our kitchen to drink a bottle of " wine . Pretend to pay no attention to him , My father is gone out . Whilst my mother goes to fetch the wine from the canteen , do you enter the kitchen , as if to return to your own room , and you can speak to him for a moment . ' " This scheme succeeded , and Karl communicated io me that ail was read y for my liberation , destined to bo effected to-morrow evening . "

      THE PERU .. —THE KNIFE . Here finishes the journal of Consuelo . We renew the faithful recital of her adventures . It is necessary to tell the reader that Karl made no vain boast , when he said that he was assisted and employed by powerful personages . Those invisible cavaliers who laboured for tho deliverance of our heroine had freoly bestowed their gold . Several turnkeys , eight or ten veterans , and even one officer , were engaged to remain quiet , to seo nothing , and in case of alarm , only to run after tho fugitives for form ' s sake . Upon the evening fixed for the escape , Karl had supped with the Schwartz family , and pretending to be drunk , had invited them to drink with him . The mother Sohwartz had an ardent throat , like most women given to the cullinary art . Her husband had ho hatred to the eaude-vie of his own

      canteen , when he drank it at the expense of another . A narcotic drug , secretly introduced by Karl into the bottle , assisted the effect of the strong liquor . Tho Schwartzes gained their beds with difficulty , and snored so soundly , that Gottlieb , who attributed everything to supernatural influences , did not fail to think them enchanted as he ap . proachfld them to steal the keys ; Karl had returned to the bastion to keep his watch . Consuelo arrived without difficulty with Gottlieb as far as this spot , and courageously mounted the ladder of cords which the deserter threw to her . But poor Gottlieb , who persisted in sharing her flight , in spite of all her remonstrances , was in great embarrassment at this juncture . He who in his attacks of somnambulism , ran like a oat on the roofs , was incapable of making three active steps upon tho most

      even ground now he was awake . Sustained by the conviction that he was following a messenger from heaven , he had no fear , and would have thrown himself , without hesitation , to the bottom of tbe ramparts had Karl advised him to do so . But his audacious confidence increased the dangers of his awkwardness . He climbed at random , disdaining to see or calculate anything . After having made Consuelo tremble twenty times , as twenty times she thought him lost , he at last attained the platform of the bastion , and from thence our three fugitives directed their steps across the corridors of that part of the citadel whore the sentinels initiated into their secret were lodged . They advanced without obstacle , when they suddenly found themselves face to faoe with tho Adjutant Nanteuil , otherwise the ex-recruiter Mayer . Consuelo gave herself up for lost ; but Karl prevented her from flying , saying ,

      " Fear nothing , signora ; Monsieur I'Adjutant is in your interest . " " Stay here , " said Nanteuil , hastily , "there is something wrong . 1 / Adjutant Weber has taken it into his head to come and sup in our quarters with the old fool of a lieutenant They are in the room you must cross . Wo must find a means of getting rid of them ; Karl , return quickly to your post , I will fetch you when the time comes . The lady will take shelter in my room . Gottlieb shall come with me . I will pretend he is walking in his sleep ; my two simpletons will run out to seo him , and once the room is empty , I will take the key so that they shall not return to it . " Gottlieb , who did not know that he was a somnambulist , stared with astonishment ; but Karl having signed to him to stay , he did so blindly . Consuelo felt an insurmountable repugnance to entering Mayer ' s room .

      " What do you fear from this man ? " said Karl , in a low voice . He has too large a sum to gain to think of betraying yoa . His advice is good . I return to the bastion . Too much haste would ruin us . " " Too much coolness and prudence may ruin us also , " thoughtConsuelo . Nevertheless she yielded . She had a weapon in her possession . As she crossed the kitchen of the Schwartzes , she had possessed herself of a small knife , which somewhat reassured her . She had given Karl her money and her papers , retaining only her crucifix , which she was not far from regarding as an amulet .

      Mayer locked her in his room for greater security , and withdrew with Gottlieb . At the end of ten minutes , which appeared an age to Consuelo , Nanteuil came back . " Signora , " he said to her , in Italian ; " you have yet half-an-hour to wait . The rascals are drunk and will not raise the siege till the clock strikes one ; then tho gaoler who has the care of this quarter will turn them out . " " And what have you done with Gottlieb , monsieur ?" "Your friend Gottlieb is in safety behind a bundle of faggots , where ho may sleep if he pleases , when he will , perhaps , walk all the bettor as he follows you . " " Karl will have notice piven him , will he not ?" " Unless I would have him hanged , " replied tho adjutant , with an expression which appeared diabolical to Consuelo . " I must take care not to leave him there . Are you

      satisfied with me , signora ?" " I cannot prove my gratitude to you now , monsieur ;" replied Consuelo , with a coolness under which she vainly sought to disguise her disgust ; " but I hope shortly to acquit myself honourably towards you . " " Pardieu ! You may acquit yourself at once , " said Mayer ; " onekiss is no such great matter ; and that I think I have earned a right to , " added he , approaching Consuelo . " Pardieu , you can acquit yourself at once ( Consuelo made a movement of horror ) by testifying a little friendship towards me , " added Mayer in a tone of heavy and gross cajolery . "Now , look you , if I were not a passionate lover of music , and you were not so pretty a person I should be very culpable for neglecting my duties so far as to let you escape . Do you believe it is the temptation of gain that has induced me to do it ? Bah ! I am rich enough

      to do without you and your friends ; and Prince Henry is not powerful enough to save me from a halter or perpetual imprisonment , if I am discovered . In any event , my poor look-out will occasion my disgrace , my transfer to a less agreeable fortress , one further from the capital . All this requires some consolation . Come , do not be so prudish . You know well that I am in love with you . I have a tender heart . That is no reason why you should impose upon my weakness . What , the devil ! you are no nun , no bigot 1 You are a charming girl of the stage ; and I'll bet you have not made your way to the first rank without bestowing the charity of a little tenderness upon your directors . Pardieu ! if you have sung before Mavia Theresa , as they say , you have passed through the door of the Prince do Raunitz . You are here in a less splendid apartment ; but I hold your liberty in my hands , and liberty is much more precious than the favour of an empress . "

      "Is this a threat , sir' " replied Consuelo , palo with indignation and disgust . "No , it is a prayer , beautiful signora . " " " I hope that it is not a condition . " " By no means ! Fye , never ! That would be an indignity , " replied Mayer , with impudent irony , approaching Consuelo with open arms . Consuelo , terrified , fled to the extremity of the chamber . Mayer followod her . She saw well that she was lost , if she did not sacrifice humanity to honour , and , suddenly impelled by the terrible determination of tho Spanish women , she received the ignoble Mayer by burying some lines of her knife in his body . Mayer was very fat , an the wound was not dangerous ; but on seeing his blood flow , as he was as cowardly as he was sensualhe thought himself

      , dead , and fell fainting , with his face downwards , OB h ' bed , murmuring , — " I am assassinated—I am lost ! " Consuelo thought sho had killed him , and almost fainted herself . After some moments of silent terror , she nevertheless dared to approach , and finding him motionless , she took the opportunity to pick up . the key of tho chamber , which had fallen at his feet . Hardly had she obtained possession of it when she felt her . courage revive ; she went out without hesitation , and rushed at a venture through the galleries . She found all tho doors open before her , and descended a staircase without knowing where it would conduct her . But her limbs bent beneath her , when she heard the d

      sounof the alarm bell , and shortly afterwards the rolling of tho drum , and that cannon which had so strongly affected her on the night when Gottlieb ' s somnambulism bad occasioned an alarm . She fell upon her knees on the lowest stop , and , clasping her hands , invoked th protection of God for poor Gottlieb and the generous Karl . Separated from them after allowing them to expose themselves to death for her , she no longer felt any strength , any desire for safety . Heavy and hurrying steps sounded in her ears-tho glare of torches flared before her haggard eyes , and she already did not know if this was reality , or the effect of her own delirium , She sank into ft corner , and lost all consciousness .

      The Countess Of Rudolstadt. [Sequel To "...

      THK ESCAPE—A VILLAIN S DEATH DOOM . /; ' ^ ' s <; When Consuelo returned to a sense of existence , she ejyt "' perienced an indescribable feeling of happiness , withouft being able to recall where sho was , or tho events which had led her thither . She was reclining in the open air , and without suffering any inconvenience from the coldness of the nighty she could see tho stars shining in the vast pure boa vena-fjliove her . To this enchanting com /> d ' oeil quickly succeeded tho sensation of rapid but agreeable motion . The noiso of oars in the waters , at marked intervals , gave her to understand that siio was in a boat , and crossing the moat . A gentle warmth penetrated her limbs , and there was something in the stillness of the waters , while the wind nili />/ fi g amon £ tno numerous aquatic herbs , that refWain > Sutio 3 of Venice in the lair nights of spring , saw tin ^ ised her looping head , looked around her , and . 7 n , rOWers exortintrnll Hii » iVsfrnriwf . h nf . nnnorfrpmif . V

      far in thp , i , v ! ° lookc , J for the citadel , and saw it already rLsnarent fr ' g , 00 m > - ! 1 S » mountain of stone , in the S \ Kd * w- ° ' k 0 f air Btld water " She thought sheanx ousiyp ^ Vuro 6 ! ^ ^ ^ "'om bering her friends , " I am here' w the natno of Karl « found silence ! " rerLn W signoi ' ' must kec P " her . p var 1 ' ffIl ° was rowing nearest to to tSSfi &^ oJ ^ OT' « Gottlieb , and tooweak A band drew awuid EJ the itttw ^^ ^" C she was enwrapped , but shamS ^ ldlng , cloak > nwhlchl that she might contemp a e theTfttW ? , ""*' above her . ' B starry aad boundless azure In proportion as she felt her strength ™ a h , i i- •* - of her limbs returning , paralysed affi lad £° w S lent nervous crisis , sho collected S StSS ^ JflE remembrance of Mayer presented itself beforohifr t & L made an effortto rise once more , as she perceived that he ? head was vesting upon the knees , while her hod ? wasYu tamed by the arm of a third passenger , whom she had not yet seen , or rather , whom she bad taken for a bale of eoods so closely did he lie muffled and motionless , stretched out behind her at the bottom of the boat .

      Happily , tho boat touched land at this moment , and Consuelo hastened to rise , take the hand of Karl , and 8 P " ng "Pon the shore ; but the shock of landing threw her ott her balance , and she fell back into the arms of the mysteri-° . ® P ; aon - Then she saw him standing , and , by tbe feeblo light of the stars , distinguished that he wore a black mask . He was a head taller than Mayer , and though enveloped in a large cloak , his figure had the elegance of a slight and well-constructed frame . These circumstances completely re-assured Consuelo ; sbe accepted the arm he silently oftered her , and took some fifty paces with him upon the strand , followed by Karl and another individual , who had py signs renewed the injunction not to speak a single word . 1 he country around was silent and deserted ; no movement was as yet visible in tbe citidal . Behind a hedge stood a carmgo with four horses , into which the unknown mounted ninlnS " 3116 , ?' , the ihki individual disappearing before SZiT" obsorve him - She yielded to the silent and solemn haste of her deliverer , and the carriage , which

      1 Sk ! : * TL *& rolled away into tho night with the rapidity of lightning . The noisoof the wheels , aSd the gallop ot tneoorses , were not favourable to conversation . Consuelo felt greatly intimidated , and even somewhat alarmed , at her \ me a tete with the unknown . Still , when she saw there was no danger in breaking the silence , she thought it 5-1 i i Xprea , 8 her g } , atit « de and joy ; but she obtained no reply . The unknown had placed himself opposite to her in token of respect , he now took her hand , pressed it between his own , without saying a word , and then drew back into a corner of the carriage , while Consuelo , who had hoped to engage him in conversation , dared not persist in defiance of this tacit refusal . She greatly desired to know to what generous and devoted friend she owed her safety , but she felt , though without acknowledge it to herself .

      an instinctive feeling of respect mingled with fear , and her imagination lent to this strange travelling companion all the romantic qualities which befitted the circumstances . Lt ^ W T i r « to her that he was some subaltern agent of the Invisibles , perhaps a faithful servant who [ eared to fail in the duties of his condition by permit * ting himself to converse with her at night , and tete a tete . At the end of two hours ' rapid movement , the carriage stopped m the midst of a gloomy wood ; the relay they had expected to nnd had not yet arrived . The unknown withdrew to some distance , either to see if it were approaching , or to conceal his uneasiness and impatience . Consuelo descended also , and walked up and down a neighbouring path with Karl , of whom she had a thousand " questions to ask . ; ' Thank God , signora , here you are alive I" said this faithful attendant . "And Gottlieb , how is he ?" "I presume he is quite well in his bed at Spandau . "

      " Just heaven ! and was Gottlieb left behind , then ? He will suffer for us all . " " He will neither suffer for himself nor for any other The alarm given , I know not by whom , I ran to join you at all risks , seeing that the moment had arrived to dare all Ot lose all . I met the adjutant , Nanteuil , that is to say , tha recruiter Mayer , who was very pale . " "Youmethim , Karl ? Standing , walking ?" "Why not ?" "He was not wounded , then ?" " Ah ! yes , he told me he was slightly hurt by falling in the dark upon a stand of arms . But I did not pay much attention to it , and asked him hastily where you were . H « knew nothing ; he had lost his senses . I thought I saw grounds for suspicion that ho intended to betray us ; for the alarm bellwhich I had just heardand whose sound I

      , , well knew , was that in his room . But he seems to have changed his purpose ; for he knew , the rascal , that he had a great deal of money to gain by helping you to escape . He assisted me , therefore , to allay the storm , telling all those we met the somnambulist Gottlieb had again caused a false alarm . In fact , as though Gottlieb desired to bear us out in this , we found him in a corner , in that singular sleep with which he is sometimes overtaken in the middle of the day , wherever he may happen to be , on the parapet or esplanade alike . One would have said that the agitation of his flight made him sleep standing , which is too marvelloug to believe , at least , unless he had unwittinely drunk at supper a few drops of the beverage with whioh I had supplied his dear parents . What I know is , that they shut him up in the first chamber we came to , to prevent hia the

      walking upon glacis , and that I judged it best to leave him there till further orders . He can be accused of nothing , and my flight will sufficiently explain yours . The Schwartzes slept too well to hear the alarm bell in their quarters , and no one will have thought of seeing whethef ? your rooms were open or shut , It will not be till to-morrow , then , that tho alarm will become serious . M . Nanteuil assisted me to dissipate it , and I began seeking for you , while pretending to return to my dormitory . I had tha good fortune to find you a few steps from the door we were to pass through in our flight . The jailers oa that side were all gained . At first I was greatly alarmed at finding you almost dead . But dead or livine I would not leave you behind , so I carried yon without difficulty to the boat whioh was awaiting us in the moat . And then there

      happened to me a disagreeable little adventure . Just as I was passing with you in the boat under a low arch , and going very slowly that I might not make too much noiie with my oars in that sounding spot , there at the end of a small pier , which runs half the length of the arch , I was stopped by three men , who , jumping into the boat , seized me by the collar . I must tell you that the person travelling with us in the carriage , and who is already one of us , " add * d Karl , lowering hia voice , " had the imprudence to give two-thirds of the promised sum to Nanteuil as he cams through the last postern . Nantueil , thinking that he might well be contented with this and gain the rest by betraying us , had posted himself thore with a couple of villains like himself , in order to catch ua . He hoped first of all to get rid of your protector and mine , so that no one might speak

      ot the money he had received . This is why , doubtless , hia rascals attempted to assassinate us . But your travelling companion , signora , all peaceable as he seems , is a lion ia a ' combat . I can tell you I shall long remember it . With two strokes of his arm he got rid of the first fellow by throwing him into the water , the second , intimidated , sprung back on the pier , and stood aloof to see how my struggle with the adjutant would end . My faith . ' signora , I did not acquit myself so gracefully as his brilliant lordship , whose name I knew not . My contest lasted half a minute , which is not at all to my honour ; for this Nantueil who is usually as strong as a bull , appeared weak and feeble * as though he were frightened , or as if the wound of which ho had spoken to me gave him pain . At last , feeling that he was giving way , I raised him in my arms and plunged him in the water . Then his lordship said to me , ' Do not kill him ; it is useless . ' But I , who knew him , who know how he could swim , how persevering and cruel he was , how

      capable of all evil , I , who had elsewhere felt tbe weight of his fists , and who had a desire to settle with him , 1 could not refrain from giving him a blow with my clenched hand upon his head : a blow which will preserve him from receiving or giving any more , signora ! May God give peace to his soul , and mercy to mine ! He went down in the water straight as a stick , and rose no more than if he had been marble His comrade , whom his lordship had dismissed from tho boat in the same way , had made a plunge , and was already at the end of the pier , where his companion , the most prudent of tho three , was assisting him to his feet . This was no easy thing ; tbe bank is so narrow in that spot that the one overbalanced the other , and both fell into the water . As they were struggling , swearing at one another , and keeping up a little swimming match , I made the best use of my oars , and soon gained a place where a second rower , a brave fisherman by trade , had promised to come and help me with one or two good strokes across the moat . " ( To be Continued . )

      " Literary Confidences And The • Star Of...

      " LITERARY CONFIDENCES AND THE STAR OF FREED 0 M . " i Vide No . 311 of' The Reasoncr . " What an admirable policeman was lost to the Mayne force , when the Pressgang drafted Mr . G . J . Holyoake into tbe ranks of literature ; what an eye for a Detective he has ! what a penchant for peccadilloes ! and what a keen scent for delinquincies he manifests , and his precision ! safe to guide a camel through the eye of a needle . Mr . Holyoake has found a dark speck on the luminous surface of the "Star of Freedom ! " It is not a very large one , but , bless you , he would have seen it , though invisible to all tho world ! HE has discovered " illegitimate literary paragraphs" in it , The last HI noticed purported to give the names of the writers of ai & the artirles in the last number of the " Westminster Review" whereas , the fact is , only thbee were mentioned ( exaggeration is an invaluable talent in your Policeman . ) Now , we did not guess at thenamesofthesa writers , nor did wo violate any Literary Confidences in publishine them , as they had been published already in the " Critic" of thel 5 i & oi April . Though had we known that the eye of Mr . Holyoake would have detected us in our little " appropriation" from our friend » Frank Grave's' clairvoyant revelations , we would not have dona it . Yerlly . oursiahathfoundttBout . >™ mm * navedone

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15051852/page/3/