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Akthosy Caxqva .. Italy is not dead , fa epfceotf the fends , the cruelty , and oppressions ^ her tyrants , there still arise some signs of thenobfe life within her , some rays of that g lorious gemas which shall yet light up the onward path of flie regenerated peoples . The celebrated sculptor Anthony Canova "was horn atPassagno , a village ofTreTisan , in the Venetian
States , in 1757 . It is said that at twelve . years of age he formed , for the talrie of the lord of Possagno , a lion in butter , which attracted his attention , and induced him to encourage the naturar disposition of the joang artist . At seventeen , Canova made an 'ISnrydice' in . soft . marble , a workin which it was djfficulfc to detect any germ of those great talents sthichhe afterwards displayed . Being admitted to the Academy of the Fine Arts of Venice , he there gained several prizes ; and when lie departed for Borne , the Sianate accorded him a pension of 300 ducats , as an eJJS $ aragenaent and reward for a group of ' ^ Daedalus and Icanis , * which , . notwitnstanding , is only
remarkable as a perfect imitation , but "without grace ,, of a b $ Sy chosen nature ,. and . such only as might be expected . of a model . taken at hazard from a sufiering class degraded by poverty and hnnger . It is not known whether Canova attached some importance to thjawork ; bat it serves only to mark the point of hiftdepartnre , and the immense distance , at which lie lefii behind him his first attempt ? . The composition of the Mausoleum of Pope CJemeut XJV . ( GanganeUi ) at Rome , is in general rafter mediocre . Religion was not , perhaps , the subject feest calculated to give fall scope to the genius ef Caesra ; but his talent already manifested itself itttbe *« Hrtifiil cftisaafi ' * head on tbe burfiT of the Pope . lEhis Mausoleum was , made in 17 &-5 , and has ¦
been -engraved by Yifolii . Beneath the engraving defeated to Jerome Zolian , Ambassador to the Ottoman Port , Canova task the title of' Sculptor of Pessagno . 'jnfd to Zoliaa , wborahecalledtfra < Pericles of modern days / he expressed his gratitude in extravagant terms . In after times , iowever , his graStodetooktnore fitting language . In 1785 , he composed Hie grenp of * € ap& aad Psyche , ' adapted from the fable of Apoleus . This groap also is -wanting in grace . Almost &H the works which , afterwards issued from the chisel of Ganova are exempt from that bad taste . Of these the -following are the principal : —' 'Psyche , upright , holding the wings of a butterfly lying on her hand . It 1 b of the natural height , and is beautiMly executed . Of this statue Canova said—* It is one of the Bins of my youth . '
• Venus and Adonis . ' This group was engraved by Ber&ri . ? Mary Magdalen repentant . ' This small statue is one of the most celebrated works of Oanora . It became the property of U . Samtogrrea of Paris . ' Cupid and Psyche . ' upright . This group Canova repeated for the Emperor of Russia . * Perseus holding the beadof Medusa , which he is about to cut off . This statue , dedicated to Joseph Bosio , a pamter of Milan , who had bought it , was at last acquired by Pope Pius VII . ' Ferdinand IV ., King of Naples , in Roman costame , a helmet on his head , and enveloped in a large mantle which covers the shoulder and left arm . ' This colossal statue is seventeen hands &igh .
'Krenjan and Damoxenes' wrestlers . These two statues of the natural ; height are in the museum of the Yatican . * Hebe spilling aecfear . ' This work became the property of the Emperor of Russia . * Hercules throwing Lycus against a rock . ' / Napoleon holding'a sceptre . ' During the tins statue fell into the hands of the Duk Wellington . * Mansolenra of the Archduchess of Austria . ' This is one-of the best of Carnora ' s works ; it has been placed in the church : of the Augustins at Vienna . * 3 ? heHother of Napoleon , ' of the natural height , an imitation of the Agrippina , in the Capitol . It became the property of the Duke of Devonshire ,
* Venus victorious . Itis a remarkable circumstance that the features of ' Venus victorious' are thosp » f Pauline Bonaparte . ' Venus owning from the bath ; ' in ^ hich the character and movement of the head are almost the same as in the ' Venus de . Medicis . ' Theseus , conqueror of the Centaurs , ' a colossal group , formed of two blocks , which may be called two rocks of marble . It was destined for the town of MUan . ' The three Graces . '
' Religion crowded and jauiateti , sustaining a cross and a shield , on which are , in relief , the figures of St . Peter and St . Paul . This is a colossal statue sixteen hands high . Conova offered it to the Pope , as a testimonial of his gratitude . Difficulties having been , raised as to where it should be placed , the author sold all the goods he possessed in the Roman States , and had a monument for his statue constructed in his own country . It is a rotunda , whose frontispiece is strictly copied from that of the Parthenon at Athens .
Amon g the other works of Cauova are * Mars and Venus , ' Peace and the Graces f ' Hector , ' holding a naked sword ; ' Ajax ; ' « St . John . the Baptist , a child ; ' 'Polymriia'V ' Terpiechore ; ' 'Peace , ' winged , trampling upon a serpent . She has in the tight hand an olive branch , and in the left a sceptre . £ Concord , ' holding a sceptre and a disk ; « Piety , ' a statue veiled , with the hands joined , but onl y by the extremities of the fingers ; the statue of Washington , dedicated to the great American nation , ' &c Also , ' the Mausoleum of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz ; ' a ioml > ordered by that iady for her daughter , and which became also her own , as the epitaph states : * Mater infdicisslmafilim el sibV the mo 3 t miserable of mothers to her daughter , and to herself . )
The tomb of Alfiera , where he represents Italy weeping over the ashes of that celebrated writer . That of Volpato , on which ho is himself represented weeping for the loss of his friend . Those of Count Sonza , ambassador of Portugal at the Court of Rome ; of Frederick , Prince of Orange ; and a cenotaph raised to the memory of John Fallieri , a . Venetian senator . The latter is a tribute of the author ' s gratitude . Among the works of Canova , there" was , also , a model for a Mausoleum for Admiral Nelson ; and a horse destined to carry the statue of Napoleon . War and the troubles of Italy drove Canova thence for some time ; aud during the years 1798 aud 1799 , he travelled in Austria and in Prussia .
In the month of September , 1802 , he went to France , on the invitutiou of the First Consul ; where he was admitted a member of the Institute . It was at this period that he made the colossal bust of Napoleon . Canova again visited Paris in August , 1315 , in order to reelaiui the works of Art carried away by the French armies from other countries . Having accomplished this mission , Canova went to England , " where he received from the Prince of "Wales a snuffbox enriched with diamonds . Upon his return to Rome the Academy of St . Luke went in a , body before him .
% talent of Canova gained for him other distinctions . The Pope named him Superintendent of the Y Arts at Rome ? knighted him , created him Marquis of Ischia , with a pension of a thousand Roman crowns ; and in a solemn audience , on the 5 th of January , 1816 , delivered to him a letter , announcing the inscription of his name on tho book of the Capitol . This was well : it is Canova who is Ooble , and not the Marquis of Ischia .
The talent of Canova was wanting in that deep Stud y of nature which gives the first rank to works of Art . ps figures have almost always some fault in conseqaenee of his having devoted too little time to their study , and , perhaps , beeause his knowledge of anatomy was not over perfect . But he had snirit energy and grace ; and he possessed the secret of givmgto h , s works acertain charm , which was ap ecu har character of his talent . ™ Canova sometimes attempted painting but r , ;« access in this art was so small that his attempts irould o % have rendered any other man ridiculous- and J * he absolutely preferred his bad pictures to his r ctHpture' ! Canova honourabl y used the wealth which he « honourably acquired . He established prices for «* meritorious , and endowed all the academes of
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Rome , He founded a fund for the assistance of young artists , an 4- = for penfliqaiag fte old and unfortunate ones .,, Accessible , to every noble sentiment of generosity amd ^ affection ,- he associated ; with , himself . , hisold . friaad D' ^ tfc formerly the foreman of in « w . ) rks M > B ... , Qa ^ the evening of-tha 4-th of October , 1822 , Unofa- arrived with his brother at Venice , aud they preceeled-t ogether to that houaetof Anthony Fjranciawmi , with whose fijmjly heih ^ d . longjbeen ^ nrierais of mtitnate friendship . But when h& reached the house ha was so ill , that he ww almost unable to go upstairs to ibis bedroom .. Qo | th * t night hfi ^ waa . atg ; . He , founded a fapdior tbB ap ^ eepc
tacked by a viqleat vomiting , which recommenced a * often , as fee ,, took Any ( food , and whichwaarsoon followed by a continual and violent hiccough . The ablest physicians of Venice were summoned to Jus assistance ; but they were unable to do , more . than slightly 4 imiaiahtheinten « fcy of Uio symptona . ; Ee graduall y * unk ,. aud . oa the llih , towards mid-day , the approaching end of the great artiat was no longer doubtful . One of hia vfrie . nda , Concillor Ag h ' etti , acquainted him ; , \ vith thei " atal news , which Canova received witb-cakanesB ani resignation , and . dictated
hk last wishes with a clearness and > intelligence that proved . thai his , pure soul was untroubled-.. iy the thoughtofthe near approach of death . After having rallied a Uttieoa theeyening of the llfcb , he feU into asoriof lethargfe , slumber , and . expiredabou . fe .. BeTen o ' clock , on the morning of the 12 th of October . Thus departed the great scul ptor ^ regretted not afoneby Ital y . but by aH Europe ; for as- rit has been truly remarked , , when « man arrives at the degree of glory attainad by Canovay he no loager-appertains to saeh or eueh a uatjon ; his geojoa beoomeathe common ireasuce of all humanity .
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' - . * ^~* THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Qonmeh . " ] Bt CicosaxiSAXo . HIE . SCBISRBAHEiS iUSQEON . At first Conauelo , passing from ah ' apartment blazing with the lustre of a hundred torches , to a place lighted only by ttie small lamp she heldi csaid £ stinfa \ sh setfaiBg ' bat a lutainotx » niist * roantl * er ,. tbroagh vwhich J » er siglrt could sot pierce . Bvtby degrees her eyes grew accustomed to the gloom , * nd as , she serceised . nothing ; but . an apartment in size and form , exaotly . lifce that abe had jogt
qnitted , sho gathered courage to approach and ' examine tfie strange charsBtera pn the-walls . . -Ife was one long iuseription , arranged in sCTenlcircular liaasrfiich . extended around the . hall , the , wiUa of which prraented no opening . Afshe madeAhis observation , Consuelodid not ask herself how s"he should get out- of thia dungeon , but what could have been the use of such s construction . Gloomy thoughts , which ¦ she at firBt- repulsed , pressed upon her minpV and wood these ideas were con . firmed by . the . insewptwn which-she read , waiking slowly , and lifting her lamp to a level with the characters .
"Contemplate the beauty of , these wallg , formed out of the rock , four-sind-twentjr feet in thickness , and standing for a thooaand years . Neitlerthe actienof-timo . nor the laboars trf workmen , hiveiieanableto injure them !' This eief ^ i ' . ceuvreoi architectural . masonry was raised b y tha hands of slave ? , doubtless to . conceal the treasures , of some , magnificent master ? Yes ! to secrete in the bowels of the mountain treasures of hatred stad Tevenge . Here bare perished , here ha ? e suffered , here have wept , rxvea , and blasRbemedi t ' eaty generiatkmjrof menj the greaterpwt lnnecent , some -heroic , . all victims or martyrs ; prisoners of war , revolted aesfa too hemly taxed to pay . new . 4 aies , religious reformers , sublime heretics , the unfortunate , the conquered , fanatics , saints ; also villains , men inured to the ferocity of the catrip ; totbVaaw of mm ^ er and Dill » M .
subjected , m their turn , ito . y terrible retribution . Here are the catacombs ¦•• of feudality ,, of military or reli gkma despotiara . Here the Jiabitations which men in power caused to be constructed for their oppressed fellow-beings , that they might sfiflei ' ne cries irid ' conceal the corpse ' s of their conquered anS enslaved brethren . " Mere , with scarce air to breathe , * tiere not * > a ' y- 'of daylight penetrates , where there is not a stone' an which to ky tha . iead , only iroaruiff 8 fa 8 tened . to the wall through wiiichto pass the prisoner ' s chains , and prevent him from choosing a place of repose on the , damp and chilly soil . ' Air , light , and nouriahment admitted-onl y when it pleaBeo the sentinels to open tho ewern for a moment tfithrow in a pieceof bread among a hundred unfortunate creatures . heaped upon one anotherihe day after a battle , and wounded or bruised ifor the moat part . Sometimes , still more horrible , one alone remained alive , dyingin suffering and despairin the mfdst
of the patrified corpses -of his companions , not unfrequently * a » enbyiihesame womis / beibredeath i andfallingintopuirefaction himself before the feeling of life and the . horror of reflection were anuihilatediu his brain . IIere , « h ha « - phyte ! is the source of human grandeur , which you have perhaps contemplated even with admiration , in the worldof : tlie powerful ! Fleshle « s skulls / withered arid bjrofeen ¦ humsn iboifflg , teara , drops « f blood ; tlieseawj ^ hesignittealiion ^ of your armorial bearings , if jour . ifathers baye bequeathed to youihablot o £ patriciaaaoip ; thia is . , what alwuW . be Tepresentedas the eacutcheon of those princes whom j « ou ihava served , or whom you aspire to serve , 4 f you iiavo sprung from the people . Yes , here Is tho foundation of all titles of nobility ; bere tbe source « C the hereditaay . iglaiaes and riches of . this world : it is thus that a class Sag ii \ msea ! and been preserved whom all other classes dread , yet . fiattfir and caress . Behold here . what menihave invented to raise themselves from father to son above their fellows !"
Haviaj read tlda inseriptibn while thrice making the tour - of the dungeon , Consuelo , overwhelmed with grief and terror , placed her lamp upon the ground and kneeled nown to Test . herself . A profound silence rei gned in this gloomy place , and fri g htful reflections crowded upon her . The lively imagination of Ctonsuelo evoked around her gloomy visions . She thought she baw livid shadows covered •* ith hideous wounds gliding about the walls . or crawling on the ground by her side . She thoneht sho heard their lamentable sighs , . . their groans of agony ! , their , feeble ireathiugs , the rattling of their chaih % She resuscitated in her thought tha life of the psst , such aa it must have been in tlie-niiddleages , sachasit had bee ; i evenof late in the religions ~ wars . She thought she heard above her , in the guard-house , the -heavy , - . ind-ominous steps .-of
ironshod men ; the sound of their pikes on the pavement ; . their irutiil laughter ; their drunken songs ; their . threats , and oiths Vben the lamentations of their victims , ascending even to them , interrupted their horrible sleep , for they bad slept , -these jailors ; they were obliged to sleep ; they had been . able to sleep over this dungeon , over this abyss of infection , whence exhaled the miasma of the tomb , and the groans anO bowlings of the infernal regions . Pale , her eyes fixed , and every veiu . thrilling with horror , Conauelo no longer heard or saw anything . When ^ he returned to ithe consciousness of existence , and strove to shake off the chill ¦ which was gaining upon her , she perceived that a stone in the pavement had been raised during her painful trance , and that a new path was open before her . She appvoached , stnd saw a . narrow and nbruyt flight of stairs , which she
descended with ditB : uH ; y , and which conducted her into a fresh cave , more confined than the first . As she touched the ground , which was soft at ; d damp beneath her feet Consuelo lowered her lamp to seo if Bho were not sinking in tho mud . But she found only a gray dust , finer than the finest sand , and here and there showing , like flintstone ? , the top of a thigh-bone , the remains of a skull , a jaw still furnished with white and solid teeth , in evidence of . the youth and strength suMeuly destroyed by a violent death . Some few skeletons , almost entire , Lad been drawn ifroni this dust and ranged against the wall . There was one in perfect preservation , stauding chained by tho middle of the body , as if it had been condemned to per sh there without being able to lie down . The body , instead of yielding
and falling forward , bent aud dislocated , bud stiffened , and was thrown back in an attitude of superb pride and implacable disdain . The ligaments of the frame and members were ossified . The head , upraised , appeared- to be looking at the vaulted roof ; and the teeth , clenched by contraction of the jaws , appeared to langh with a terrible expression , or in a transport of sublime fanaticism . Above him , bis name and history were written in large red characters upon the wall . It was some unknown martyr of religious persecution , and the last of the viotims immolated in that place . At his feet was kneeling a skeleton , whose head , detached from the vertibra , lay upon the pavement , but whose stiffened arms still embraced the knees of the martyr : this was his wife . Among other details , the insetiittion set forth : —
"X ¦ perished here with his wife , his three brothers , and his two children , because ho refused to aVjure the faith of Luther , and becauso he persisted , even under torture , to deny the infallibility of the Pope . lie dk-d standing an 4 withered—petrified , as it were , and unable to look upon his family dying at hia feet , on the ashes of his friends and forefathers . "
Opposite this inscription was to be seen the following : — "Xeopbyte , the friable soil you tread is twenty feet deep . It is neither sand nor earth ; it is human dust . This spot was tue cemetrry of the chateau . "It was here they threw those who expired in the dungeon above , when ; there iras no more room for fresh comers . This is the dust of twenty generations of victims . Happy and fortunate the patricians who can count among their ancestors twenty generations of assassins and executioners V Consuelo was less terrified with the appearance of these funereal objects than she had been * in the dungeon by the suggestions of her own fancy . There is something too grave and too rolemn in the aspect of death itself , to allow tbe weakness of fear and the heart-Tendings of pity to obscure the enthusiasm or the serenity of strong and
believin" sonla . In the presence of those relics the noble adeptof the religion of Albert felt more of respect and charity than terror and consternation . She kneeled before the remains of the martyr , and feeling her moral courage returning , she cried , kissing ShafcSeSbkss hand : — " Oh ! it is not the august spectacle of a glorious destruction ¦ which can excite horror and pity ; it is rather the idea of life struggling with the torments of agony . It is the thought of wh « t must have passed in those deaolate ^ souls , which fills with bitterness and terror the thoughts of the living ! But thoa , unfortunate victim , didst die standing , with thy head turned towards heaven ; thou art not to be p itied , for thou didst not give way , and thy soul exhaled in a transport of fervour which fills me with veneration ' . " Consuelo rose slowly , and with a kind of calmness detached the wedding veil which was fastened to the bones
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of tlie . wpman IcneeW by her ; side . ' ' ' £ low and narrow not « o turn , entered a dark . and narrow passage witb aabrupt descent On her right and left ahc SL &onTrL « sonSff *' » top- « W « t !* ' «» nWh thftmss . ot . atnu > scpujqhral . architectnr . e .. ; Thmipn 8 oM , wei , ' too-low . to aWpw . ofany anastandingupr . ght within them , and scarcely SSjmS ^ ^ " ?^ *!« " WStom . They appeared S ^ S ? } ° fo * fWWi : «> Wrongly wemthey conweinaWBrs , a ? if to serve aa den » fqr fcr , ooioUs 8 ud ( danceroaaaniauk Jut Coasuelo . was not to . be deceived :. aW hadacfin the . . arenas , of Teroiia ; pas knew that tfo&en ^ f ^^^ L y ' /^ fPC'l ^ or the . amusements of the S '' fo ' tb V 2 J at *« ' *« M'jt Or 8 , were a thousand tunes bettor lodged . Moreoter ,. she Bead upon ; the iron tf ^^^^ - ^ LU ^ - -v .-
i < WW 8 stfetrtuW 8 . daing 8 ons had ieen Jcese *« aiocjcon qu « ed princeg , for ! vahant captaiijs , ; for ) 1 i . pri 8 ji ) Qefft tho . most imper-: tant aR 4 powewul . iitbe ' rfwm . r ^ nk , iRteHigence , or energy , noenrormwawe precautions against their escape evinced the low or respect with which : they had inspired'their par-; twansi Hero had been silenced' the roaring of those lioai ; whJeahadcausad therworJdto ; tramhteat theirohallaie ^ : Their power and fortitude bad been crushed , against ; an i angle of the wall ; theJrJBejtcnlB 9 n _ brea 8 t 8 had become exjhausted while searclung . ifprra . brcath ,. of . air through an I almost imperceptible openin ? , cut ,. in s Wanting direction ; through twenty-four feet of- « troe . Their eagle glance had i damned while KeJoog , for » rayt ^ f light in . the . eternal i gloom .. Here had b een buriedalhw . those men , whom they j dared not destroy openly . . IHustripus heads , magnanimous
nearw , lnaa here expiated tho exercise , and ! doubfltja ' aalso , the abuse of power . " - " ¦ • ¦ : . ' Having wandered for gome fim& in thewdamp and 6 b ! ecwe galleries out- in the' rock , ' 'Qdnsoelo heard a noise of ; rBnnmg ; water , which , reminded her of ; tbe terrible subtler-I ranean torrpflt at iRiesenbutg ; bat she was too much orei occupied iWith tbe . Crimea . and misfortuneaof humanity to ; think long of herself .: She was obliged to slacken her pace ! for a time while making the circttK of a , well' whiob tvss on latovel-with thetnrfacei and lighted by ai'torch . Beueatn taa'torch ^ shetead on a . post ! thewfew-words , iwhichre-, quired no oomraeht :: " It waa / tore tl *^ . drowned thea . " Consuelo leaned oser to look at the iBside > of the we )] . ; Tfle . water ; of . lha : rivulefc ,. 6 ver . which , she had ' elided so j peacefully ' but an hour before ; was eiigulphed here at a ; frightful depth , and whirled roaring ; as thiDugb ' cawr'to i selw avictkn . The' red ¦ iigbt of'tbe torCh Save to-these
I gloomy-travosthettjiourw Wood . ^ tiast Gonsualoiarriyed befo te X masswoidoor ^ iwhich ; she ^ ainly , endeavoured to open . - § oeaskedharaelf whether , as in the . initiations of . the . Egyptian pyramids , sheiwas ; about to "he raiseff Jnio the air by invisible chains , whue a I gall would open beneath her feet ' ; aha a-surfdert and Violent wind would extinguish' her 'Tainp . Another - fear moraseri . . onslymneetedher . ' EversiDceenteringthe gidiery- « hehad iperceiTedthatfSh »< Btas uot alone j-some one followed on ; her stem so softly ^ tjiat . she ; could , not . catch tho slightest ( noise ; butahe thought she had feltt&o rustle 6 f , a ckesslagainsther . own ; and as ' she had ; passed the well , " the'light of the towh'bfchin * haa tnTOwn . on tfre wall two vacillafe ^
shadowsWBteau % f one . Who , then , was tfciB . ^ onmdab& compaaion otiwhora . she . was , forbidden to ^ ook , undw pen » fty of . loawg : 'Uio-fraits ofriher labour .-and of never orosiung ^ thieshold of the te m ple ? "Waalt some frijrhtful spectre , whose hidepuBness would have frozen her courage and uisturbed her reason ? She no longer saw ^ he shadow , out she imagined that she heard' the aoundof breathiDgclosetoher . And this fatal doortrhiehrefosed to open ? The two ; or three minuteB which now . passed appeared to heranage . Thisdumbacolyteterrified herisho fearedtlest he should tempt her by speaking , or force her by some trick , to look at him . fter heart beat violently at last she saw that an inscription still remained for her to read above the door : —
"Hera the last trial awaits you ,, and it is the jnost * ruel of all ... If your , courage ia . exliausted , strike-two Wowa upon , the left panel . of this door ; if not , strike . thnee upon the right . . Remen » berthat ; the ( dory of your , initiation will 4 e proportioned to your eflforts . "; ¦¦ ' ¦< Consuelo did not hesitate , . but struck three blows upon the tight . The *» r opened aa if of its « tf , » nd'abe entered ja V 38 tijall lighted 5 Mth jiumerotts torches . Tiero waano one . in ifc ; , andj » t first / she understood nothing of the grange Objeote . 8 ^ M ^ tricaily . arrai ) . ged ; around , i ' -hey conBUted of machines of wpodf > frpn ) and bronze , the use of which iwas unknown to her ; of strangei arms 'spread upcntables or hung-against the . wall . For a moment she believed
herselfin an-aTtHjery museum , for there were indeed muskets oannom , culverins , and a whole , assemblage of instruments of war . All the means of de » tructioii , invented by-men for the-imroolation . of their fellow beings appeared to bejthero jgatheredI together . But when the neophyte had advanced a few steps across the arsenal , she saw other objects of a more refined barbarity ; wheels , saws , melting tubs , pulleys , hooks , a whole museum of instruments of toriure , and upon-a large boardin tbe centre , Burmountiog . itropliy formed of stakes ,., pincers , : ohinels , files ., saws ,, and all the most abominable . implements of torment , was written : " They are all prtcious , all authentic / they have all been nied . " ' " . : ..- ..... , . . .
At this Conauelo felt her vrhol&tieing sink . A cold sweat moistened itbe . tressos of . her hair . Her heart ; ceased to beat . " . Jncapable ( -f , escaping from the horror of this spectacle , and tho cruel visions which crowded iipon lier , she ex-Brained wKai was before her with ; that stupid , and fatal curiosity ' which takes possession of us in the excess of terror . ' Instead'oT > closing her eyes , she contemplated a kind of bronze bell , -with a monstrous bead and a found helmet , placed upon a large hvi ? -sljapefl . body , witbou t ikgs , and cut oS upon , a . level with the . knees . It rctembleil a colossal atatue of rough workmansiiip , destined to ornnttient a tomb . By degrees , Consuelo , recovering'from' the iorpor which had stolen over her , understood , as by
insroluntary intuition , ' £ hat tho sufferer was planed stoopmg beneath'this belU Tho weight was ao terrible , that by no effort of human . power could he raise it . Tho inward dimension was so exact as to forbid all movement . Still it was not with the design of stifling , tho victim that he ftas pat' there ; For the visor of the helmet covered the place for the fade , and the'whole headipiecewas pierced with small holes , in somcof which'were still ^ planted long : 8 tilettoe 3 : ' Sy the assistance of these cruel darts they tormented the victim to draw from hhu the avowal of his real or ima » inary crime | rtao confession of . his religioua or , political faith .,. A tuft of har torn aw .-iy in the agony ; and glued , doubtless , with blood , issued from one of the holes opened'with the Bttletto . It was a look of'white hair ! ¦ •• •
Suddenly Consuelo saw no raone ,: and . ocasedHo . suffer . Withoutreceiring any warning of physical exhaustion , for her . Boul and body no loncer existed but in the soul and body of violated and mutilated humanity , she sunk to the jjround stiff and cold iw a'statue from its pedestal' ; but aa her head was about to strike-the bronze of this infernal machine , she was received into , the arms of a roan whom ahe did not see . It was Liyerani .
8 QLUIIQN . OF A MYSTERY . . . , As she returned to consciousness , Consuelo found herself Beated upon a purple carpet , which . coverrd . the white marble steps of an elegant Corinthian peristyle . Two masked men , whom she recognised by the oolour . of * thnir cloaks for Liverani and him whom she had reasonably sup ; osed to ( be Marcus , held her in their arms , and wero doing their utmost to revive her . Forty other persons , cloaked and masked , the same whom she hud seen nround the bier of Jesus , were ranged in two tiles along the steps , and sanir in chorus a solemn hymn-in an unknown tongue , waving ; it the same time chaplets of . roses and \> alm , and branches of flowera . The columns were ornamented with garlun'lB , which wore crossed in festoons , so ; is to form a triumphal arch above Consuelo before the closed door of the temple . The full moon , shining with all its brilliancy , alone lightod ; tliis-white building , " while on the outside , around this -sanctuary ,-ancient yews , cypresses , and pines , formed an
impenetrable thicket , a sacred grove as it were , beneath which murmured a mysterious stream , bright as silver . " My sister , " said Marcus , assisting Consuolo to rise , ¦ " you have issued from your trials victorious . Do not blush because you have suffered and physically yielded to the weight of your griefs . Your generous heart was broken with indignation and pity in presence of those palpable evidences of the crimes and evils of humanity , llad yon arrived here undaunted and without assistance v / e should have felt less inspect for you than we did whilst currying you in faintim ; and overwhelmed . You have seen the cypts of a lordly chateau , not purposely selected , nor distinguished from others by the crimes of which it has been the theatre , but , like nil the vo > t whose ruins cover a large partof Europe , frightful remains of that vast net-work by whose aid , for so-many centuries , feudal power enveloped the c vilised world , oppressing men with the crimes of its ferocious dominion and the horroraf civil wars . Those
hideous abodes , these . savage fortresses , jiavo necossarily served as dens for . all the crimes which humanity jvas obliged to witness , before : iniving , by religious wars , 'by the labour of emancipating sects , and by the martyrdom of the chosen among men , at-thoitotion-oF'tirut'h . Go-Mirouuh Germany , 1 ' raneo , 'Italy , England Spain , the Sclavonic countries , yuu will find no valley ., you -will ascend no mountain , without pcrceiving . abbv . o you . the imposing ruins of some-terrible manor house , or , at luast , - without discovering at your feet , amongthe grass ,, some remains of fortifications . These aro the bloody traces of the right of conqueat , exercisDd by the-patricians ..-over the . enslaved classes ; and were you to explora these vuins , were you io raise the soil which has . closed over them , and which unceasiiii-ly labours to eff . icc their traces , you wouhl find in
all the vestiges of what you have just seen iere : a dungeon , a cave for the too numerous dead , narrow and frotid oells for prisoners of importance , a corner for noiseless assassination ; and at the summit of some old tower , or in thedepthsof some subterranean construction ,, an instrument of torture for rebellious serfs or refractory soldiers , a gallows for deserters , and cauldrons for heretics . How many have perished in boiling pitch?—how many havedisappeared beneath the waves ?—how many have heen buried alive within the ruins ? Oh J . if the walls of the chateaux , if the-waves-. of the . lakes . and rivers , if thecay . es of the rocks could speak , and relate all that they have seen and concealed of iniquitous deeds , the number would be too
great for history to register the detail ! " Moreover , is tyranny yet overthrown ? Do kings and princes no longer ravage the earth ? Does not war carry desolation into . opulent . cities , as well as into the cottage of the peasant , at the leaBt caprice of the smallest sovereign ? Does not serfdom yet flourish over the half of Europe ? Are not the troops almost everywhere subjected to the regime of the cane and lash ? The finest and bravest soldiers in the worW , the Prussian soldiers , aro they not drilled like animals , by the blow of a whip ? Are not tho serfs of Russia governed by tho knout ? Are not the negroes worse treated in America than the dogs and horses ? If the fortresses of the old barons are dismantled and converted into inoffensive dwellings , are not those of kings still atandin" ? Do they not oftener sem as prisons for the
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innocent than for the guilty ? And you , my sister vm the Aost gentteand ^ noble of ; women ,. iww ^^ ymttwt been 'L captive at . Spandau ? . We know you . ace generous W ? raly up on your sense ofjiistice and charity ; but aeein ? vou attlie swne time . destmed , like . some of , those now Breaeat to return to : tbfr > world > to frequent ita courts , to apntMoh the persons of its sovereigns , to be , in your case more oar ticalariy ; th *« tje « tTrf tfaeir reductions , - whare ^ feoaefet it our duty to put youon your uard against . the intoxication of this life of dazzling dangers ; we have thought it our duty not t <> sparo you even thfrinogi terrible teachines We have spoken to your mind in the solitude to which we ' con denined you , and : by the beoks v& placed ,- . a » your hands wo have spoken , to your heart-by wards of paternal exhortation , by turns severe and tender ; we have-, spoken to your eyes by , trialsnM ) regrrevo . ug , and more profound than
those of the ancieat -jnjjueues . flow , n you . persist in receiving . the initiation , yoa can faarlesaly . present yourself be ^ ra those incorruptible hut paternal . fodges , whom , sou already , know ^ and whoara waiting taerownyou * or toTrestore you tbe -liberty of quitting us for eret . " As he spoke thus , Marcus , ratflinf his arm , showed rjon-. suelo the door of the temple , above wbiot the three sacra-; mental words—livbwty , © iju ^ yy FrtteraHy ~ nej 8 written in letters of fire . Consuelo , physically , weakened an 3 overcome , lived no : longer but in spirit . She had been unable to listen stand . : ing to the discourse of "Marcus : oWigedtoi seat herself on ¦ the ^ baft of a column , aha leaned oo Liverani , but without ; Beeing , without thioking of ; him .. Ne «« : thete 88 , sho had i not lost a single word of the initiator , - Pale as a spectre i here ^ sfiwdyhervoiefffeeble , shVbaduotthatiewibjrted i air wnicli succeeds a nervous crisis . A concentrated I enthusiasm Mediw-breast , whoae . feeblB ' DToathing waa no ; longer .. perceptible , to liverani . ; ller Hack eves . " wJiiuh
I fatigue and suffering had somewhat deepened , burned-with ; adarklre . Asliglitfrownonthe-fcrowbeteayedaii : imiuo-• vabferesblntrbn , the first of '' her life . ^ Her beautyat that : moment filled those . asaistuntg -with terror who" had hitbt-rto I seen her invariably geotle and benerobani . Liverani trembled tike the jasmine-leaf -which the aight AitfagitatwJ { on the brow of his . beloved . Sheroeewitbgwateratrength i tlianhecoaldiave « xpeo ( ted i , -buther % nee » 4 juicklyfailed i her , and to . ascend . the stops , - ^ ahsr allowed herself to be : almoBt cairieiiy Mm , without the pressure of his arms , ! which once had so moved her , oriha contact « f , his .. beart ¦ ¦ with hers , diattacting her . for a moment from , her inward . ; meditation . Be placed between his hand and that of Coni suelo the silver cross , that talisman which- invested him : with . rtghts uver ' v har , ' . and / which servo * tfo ' ltoke ; him i known . But € brisueIo ; . aj ^ red . OTfthBr ^ g » g » aorthe : iiaiHi which | prasentadli . Hee ' tswaicontraeted : by suffering ; -nai . pTeasure WM .., raeehaaioal , as when one i seizes a brimch to save onewdf upon the : bKisik of an iabX 3 Bjbut _ the heart ' s blood did not reach that frozen hand . " " """
. " Marcua ' !"• said 1 Liverani , in a-low votce ^ sa the latter was passing him to ; knock at the door of the temple "doriot leave . w . 'The . 'tria 4 '' naB been , too-great : I am terdfletf . " : - ' . . . ' 11 She loves jou , V rep'Ittf . 'Sfarcus . "Tea , ; . l « ifr she . jmay , pjerhap 8 '' dioT' replied , Liverani shuaoarimj ,, . - ¦ ¦¦¦••¦ - ^ .. .. ¦ Marcua struck , thrfie . times on tbe door , which opened , ami shut again , aa booh as ' , he . had entered with Conauelo and Ltrerani . : The rest of the brethren remained . beneath the peristrle , awaitinf to be introdaced for the ceremony of the initiation ; for , between ; this initiation and tb « fiB ^ l trials , there was ., always a private conversation-between the invisiblechiefsaanithe « inilidate .
The interior ofithe psvilien , whioh served as atemple on the occasion of these imtiatione , in the Chateau de - was nwgBificently ornamentea , and deeorated betwetn each column with statues of the greatest friends of humanity . But GoiHmelo-did-net p »« 9 ft-to -cottsider . exterior objects . Wholly engrossed with herself , she . saw without surprise or emotion those aamejudges-who had so deeply sounded her heart . She no longer felt any trouble in the presence of those men , whoever they miglit oe , and awaited their sentence witb . apparent calmness . ,. The eighth personage ,. who , seated below the seven judges , always spoke for them , now said to Marcus , ' " ¦ Brothor Iutrodueer , what person is it you bring hither ? Whatishepflame ? " . ... . ¦ ' "Con 8 ueIoPorporinii , " replied Marcus . " That Js notswhat you , arft ! asked ,: my . brother , " replied ; Consuelo . ' De you not see that I am * kere in the dress of a bride , and not of a widow ? Announce the Countess Albert de lludolstadt . " .
"My daughter , " aaid tho tvother orator , "I speat to you in the name of . the'council . You ao longer boar tho mame you have invoked ; your marriage with the Count de iRudorstadtiajgokfif t . " , " By what right , and in virtue of what authority ? " asked iConauelq , in a Ktrpng abrupt-. voice , likerihatof a person in . fever , ; ' lirec ^ gnise no , ; theocratic . ^ pf twer . You have yourself taugliime to recoghiao . no other rights than those I freely accbrd you , and to submit myjelfonly to a paternal lauthority . Yonis will not be such if jou break my marriago without the consent of my husband aixlmyself , TnisTt < fet : neithBr , ; he nor I have given you . " . " You are deceived , my daughter . Albert has given us the right to dispose of your fate and his ; you also have driven us this right by opening-to us your heart , and confessing your love for . anotker . " "I . have . confessed nothing to you , " replied Conhuelo ; "and I , deny the confession * yqu would extract from me . " " ] j » trpduce the . sibyl , " said the orator ' 'to "M arcus .
A woman of tall '" stature ; clothed in white , with her face concealed "beneath a veil , entered , and * eat 6 u ; l » rsel { in the icetrtre of the . balf circleformed iby the judges . By her nervous trembliiig , ) Consuelo recognised Wanda . ' . SfteakjPriestesa of Truth ' . " aaid the orator ; " speak , interpreter andreyealer of the most private secrets , of the imost ui-licate emotions : ' . ofHhe'heart . Is this woman the wife of Alburt 3 e Rudolstadt V ' " She is his true ; and faithful wife , " , replied Wanda ; < f but at ; thisi . momentyou ougbtto prononnce her divorce . You see by whom she is conducted hither ; you seo that he of our children whose . iiind she hoi " s ia the man whom sho loves , and to whom slio ought to b&lpng , in virtue of the imprescriptible right of lc-ve , in marriage . " 'Consuelo--turned with surprise towards Livwani , and llooked . at her own hand , which lay as if it were stiff and deadinJjis . vSlie appeared to , be under . the influence of a dreannand making . efforts to awake . At last she withdrew herself energetically from his clasp , and looking at the palm of her hand , saw tho impression of . her mother ' s
cross . . ? ' This , then , \ % . the man whom I have loved ! " said sbo witli the melancholy smile of-a holy . ingenuousness . " Yes ! I have loved him tenderly , madly ; but it was a dream ! I thought that Albert was no move ., andyou told me that this man was worthy of my esteem ami confidence . Then I saw Albert ; and I thought I understood , from his language , that he no longer desired to ; be my . husband , and I did not defend myself from lov . in « this unknown , whose letters and cares intoxicated me . But they tell me that Albert h-is iilwnyB loved me , . ind that ho renounced me from virtue and generosity . And why , then , did Albert persuade himself that I should yield to him in dovotion ? Of what ci-imiivil action hnve . I hitherto been guilty , that I should
bo believed capable of breaking . his heart by accepting a hellish happiness ? No ; I will never sully myself with such a crime . If Albert deems me unworthy of him because I have cherisl ed another love in my heart—if he scruples to break this love , and does not daairetoinspiveanoblor—I . will . au . bmit . to Urn vdecree . I will , acoept thia sentence of divorce , against which my heart and conscience nevertheless revok ,-I > ut I will neither ho the wife nor the lover of nnotheri Ad ' ea , Liverani , or whoever you may bo , to whom 1 conrided the cross of my mother in a day of abandonment , which leaves me neither shame nor remorse . -Restore me this pledge , that there may be nothing between us but a remembranoo of . mu'ual esteem , and the conscio usness of a duty accomplished without effort or bitterness . "
The ci . thusinsm of Consuelo was at its height ; words no longer sufficed for expression . A sort of vertigo seized her ; ; tnd as the Pythonesses ofold , in : theparoxysm ofitbeir divine cries , save way to cries and strange furies so was she led - toimanifi- 'st the en . otion which overwhelmed her by the . expression moat natural , to her . She commenced-dinging lin a loud voice , and in a transport at " l >)» st equ . -, l to that ; slic'had experienced while singinj ; t ' ue same air at Venice , for the first time in her life , and in the presence of Marcello and Porpora : —
I ciiiH immensi mvvano Del gran-le iddio la gloria ! This 3 < w ? came t <> her lips , because it is perhaps . tie most artless raid thrilling expression which music bus . ever given to religioui enthusiasm . ] j » t Cousuelo w . is not sufficiently calm to restrain and direct \ wv voice . After tlit'so two verses tho intonation boctmc : i > j tiH- »« l aob , aiid'burstiii- ; into toaM , she fell on her knees . Tim Invisibles-eleetri " fied by her f rvoiu-, had risen simultaneously . ; as if to'hear , stand-in-riii-mi aitiLuiletof ve ^ peet , ili . is , insjm , Bvl sonjr . J ^ ut » 8 they 8 iw bar : fall-beiMja , th har eurouon , they all ¦!« - scendod a-id . iip-nruaclic . d her , while Wanda , seiziiiir her in ln-. r arms , ami . plncii'g her in those of Livcr . ini . eric " ' !—
" Look at him , then , and know tha God accords you the power of recorrcilbg lovo and virtue , happiness and duty . " Consuelc , for a momen t < loii , f , aiid iih it wero rapt in'o another -world , looked at lust on Liveranj , whose mask Jiarcus . Uad just moved . fjUo utterel a piercing cry , and fell fainting on his breast as sho recogaiicd Albert . Albert and Liverani were the -saniu . ( To he Continued j
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A Gallant Aciion . —On Tuesday , the 13 th inst ., while the handswere aloft , . ateleven » . m ., furling sails on board her Majesty ' s ship Prince Regent , lying at Queenstown , one of the seamen , named Henry Rouse , let go his bold in the main rigging and fell ; alighting on his head on one of the lower deck ports , ho went overboard insensible . Commander . CaWwell , who witnessed the acoident , immediately plunged after .-him from the main chains , and had it not been for this most timely assistance tho poor fellow would have sunk to riso no more , as he was sinking very fa , st . The blow on the head was most severe , but hopes are entertained of his ultimate r ecovery . This is the second timo this commission that the commander has fearlessly rescued his men from a watery grave , having once before been instrumental in saving tho lives of two men in like manner at Lisbon .
The Collision ok the Thames . —Among the passengers by the Meteor , when the collision took place on the Thames , was Mr . Blagroye , the celebrated violinist , and hia wife ; the former , while rendering essential service to those who were in danger , was missed by his wife , wtio for Bometiino sought him in vain , and the fear th . it her husband was drowned had such an effect upon her nervous system , that she was tnkon on to Oravesend in an alarming condition , where she gradually got worse , and paralysis oJ the brai-n has ensued .
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" i ^^ >^^^ ^^^ ^*^*^^^^ £ l ££ riST **' THE WOKKSlOF . FOURIER . '" PROPOSAL FOR PTJBL ^ ii yGf FOURTER OS THE HUMAN SOUL IN HOTTHLY NUMBERS . „*»* The workoof Charles Fourier , the > Frea « h SoeiaUs ^ dlre oi great interest to whoever weuld understand tl » waekhTO ^^ ftdal Europe , in which . the id « u propouade * oy , this head of tho leading Socialist school , mingle ara * . most important element . No doubt also those works con- orl ? 5 f * 1 ) racti Urier ¦ * ** f : l ^^^^^^^ s ^ s ^ ,,
, « «™ -to aocmty : on man , iratus abstracted'b y the mofe PtysicmnBj hot aB sfiampij ^ 'bimBelf , uow . andheiatofore . MMi ^ fefM- " ? ^ ? Saian ' »» 4 - -fc » l «' tcItiMn :: to truth , ? i . ?^ tlOn ° / l ? P ^ Pienoy of the order oS . ition ; , to the world , aa the power of the five senses , wit * Ithwranous developments rtothe-IHvinityi orthe-KMtS j he ff htof ^ eat betng as a mi ro-image of His f w £ iSSbw * ' "' a 80 od -h « : m » 1 « hhQ ,: « r > Any thing so much . aiming to eonvertall philosophy inW : Rood sense , by referring it to facts , has not appeared before m Europe . In . this respectFourior looks at every subiect ' from a neirpomt of view ; His path becomes most nmrf Itive ; and-it cannot fa « Lto be a boon to England , to aM » i fowMfwf W »^» rk 8 tathoseof oU ^ gr ^ t , pbH BaopheM ; ; with mneot to . ihe work . menUoued below , it views mani kind collectively as one historical , anf social beinir mad * < U P of many parts- or organs ; a human universe annmrfn ^
ro- tne physioal , fullof kinijdoms , atmoapherea , and distinct ' 'appreiaailesubstMices . It isthos . a natural history bf ^ i ! 30 ttl ,. deBivfid < not from , individual Bpeoimeoa ,. like the pri * me small monograms of other philosophers , but from the , : scope , . and . teaohing of the wliole earth , broad , deea and ¦ long , or national , social , and historical : an integral source of ; mformath )! i which'has been so fruitful in tbe positire - Bownce , * nd which promises to convert philosophy itself imtfttbemoat positife , matter-of . fact . and hence / ubluae . of . tnemall ; . into aa « ience that , will be the spiritual or social oouiiterpart ot ttiemundane sciences ; and free from the ' ' voids or abstractions that ar , e the weakness and the soul of " metaphysics . : > Thestyte of Fourier in tbi » work is distinguished fop ' three quaUties , each sufficient : to entitle it to the eatent and consideration of all inquu-ing and truthful minds . Itia remarkable for , that manly , honest , and unscrupulous bluatinesBso conspicuous , in our own Cobbett . yet without BvBr
loewayingthe author into bad ' taste ; it is moreover distmguisbed Uyaracy humour and caustic sarcasm that rv mniioi » . Kiw 8 ly . oSBwift , « ndby that lucid -transparency wluch coasts the peculiar glory and- . excellent i rench writers oa philcwphy . Fh ,, Vi ^' n ^ wef < l - f ni l 08 edt 0 P nbll 9 h bv subscription , : ™ A ^ I i ? - Treaties ' ™ n"LaTbalauge'' Rel *^ % X £ " ^^ - ™^* TrSs ^^ gas : be wnt to ^ ^ o ^ 2 , twStJVumbe ™ " ""^ *™ ' ^ CoB > plete itt
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The present Mayor of Carlisle , Mr . Neilson , set out in Hie as a journeyman mason . Rbpairiso of . Oxford strbbt . —The portion of this-important thoroughfare situated between Duke and North Aualey-str « eta . has been closed for repairs . Death op Sir J . L . Lwbaine , BARi . —This gentleman died at St . Heliers , in the island of Jersey , on the 11 th instant . ¦ Employment of th « Pohck atSovbrnment Owices . — Constables are in future , t « perambulate- the covernmeat offices night and day . Liverpool . —The local papers state that the election . for this town ooBttbe Ministerial party upwards of £ 23 000 andihe Free Traders £ 4 , 000 . ' ' Completion of the Tobulah Bridge ovbb the Wtb At CH « p . sT » w . —Thi 8 Rreat aational undertaking was happily ibrought to a completion on Wednesday week . Macbbth ' s CA 8 xi , B .--Lord StratUmore is rehabilitating Glamis Castle , in Forfarnhire , the traditionary seat at least of the first Lord Glamis—Macbeth .
London Philanthropic Society . —The annual feBtival in aid of the funds of this sooiety waB held at the London Tavern on Tne ida ^ At Boston ( United States ) the claws of a lion had heea extracted whilst he was under the influence of * ther , a pound and a half of which had to be administered . _ Tue English Language . —According to recent calculations it i& probable that Englml is already the language of sixty millions of human beings , and that number is augmenting at a . continual increasing ratio . Turnpike Acts in Great Britain . — Several turnpike acts , which would otherwise expire , are continued by an net of * he late session ( 15 th and Itith Victoria , chap . 58 V , until October and November 1853 .
Dkaih of J . N . Fazakkblt , Efq —This hon . genileman , who formerly , sat for Peterborough on tho Whi g interest ,. died at . bis seat , Burwood-park , on Friday last , in his sixty-Bixthyenr . Tub Glasgow Screw Stbamku . —This ship sailed from the Clydo on Saturday last with eighty pasfen « e ' a , and one of the largest cargoes of fine goods whioh hus ever left the , part . ... . . CnARiso-CROJS HosriTAL . —The thirty-first annual meeting of the . governors of the above hospital was held on Tuesday in the board-room of the institution , Major Lyon , one of the vioe-preHident 8 , inthe nbair . . •> Deaiu of . Mr ,. yiscKNT , the Subgbon . —This esteemed member of the medical profession expired suddenly at hia country residence , Woodlands , near Wrotham , Kent , on Saturday evening , at » n advanced age . An M . P . ' a Piuvilkgk . —At the West Riding election , on Saturday . Mr . Cobdon-said that ho received , on an average , from ; 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 letters a-yeav , and endeavoured to answer them all .
Tmk Appointment ofOversekrs . —There is an act now in force , passed on the 30 th of June , by which justices of the peace having jurisdiction in other matters ' in any city or place may . act in cases relating to tho rolief of th » poor . Sus . Strokes . — A gunnor of the Royal Artillery and a convict almost at the nme time fell to the earth a few days ago in the Arseual , w \ wvo they wereeroploveu at tbeii * reBpoctivc duties under a scorching sun . —Kentrtk Jtbrtunj . Tuk Cutting ov tub Kon . i-soon . — The fust step-¦ w : » 3 taken on Friday afternoon in the progress of an operation intended to bring the beauties of this celebrated idiam < n »« l into a greater prominence than they have hitherto exhibited . Adulteration of Curry Powder —The last investigation of the " Lincet , " commissioners has been directed to ; curry powder , which is found to bn extensively adulterated , ; some of the ingredients being highly prejudicial to tho iliuman svstprn .
Antidotk fou Pri . 'ssic Acid . —It has been state I , upon the Hu'iioriry of a German j'hvsician , that suspension of life uansed by ,, pnis ? io acid is -t-jily . ipp .-ircnt , and that . life may bo . immediately . restored by . pouring , acetate of : pi > iash and common salt , dissolved in water , on tho head ami spine . Saii . ixo on Land . —The "Preston Chronicle" says that a Vnnd- 'bont , nith sails and » lie * i ? , is no-w in operation ab Sauthport .. It ^ ops at the rate of fifteen miles an hour alonsr , tho -Bitud ^ , ,-a . nd ,. . inay . bo . stterod and stopped by arudder . As "ELEcmic Telkobai'ii Kxpkkss — Duriu (» U ; e tran 3-missron of the late electric returns fir jrovernment , tho Post olficp , ami the newspapers , the extraordinary rate of 150 words and forty-night stops \ v .-in attained in two minutes by an .. improved , . ioatuioieat . Miss IIealey . —J ! ary Anno Prinna , who about twentyfive yunrs ago \ v ; as Miss UenU > y ,: acU ' . vev oomic actro 3 S and voujilist , nas , a few . lays ago , sentenced to a week ' s imprisonment in the House of Correction for being drunk anddisorderly .
Abjlition of Poiwpatbick LiGHTHof-sE . —On Saturday by command of the Lords of her Majesty ' s Trrasurj , it was ordered that the lightlwu ^ o » t the harbour tf Port-Patrick ., Wigtonsliire , be idiolishel on and after J , anuarv ' l , 1333 *
. The Stohm at Lkiohtos UazxAUD . -In the late storm upwards of ten foet of tho -steeplo of the ohuroh at Lei"h ton Buzzard was struck down ; some portions wf . ro forced throu gh the roof of the church , which is closed fjr the present . The Great Exhibition- . —a circular has been reeeatb issued by i be Royal Commissioners to the secretaries * f the local comninteos , announcing tha- the distribution of medals , certificates , and jurors' reports to exhibitors -will probably commence on the 1 st of Augast . Best Peruvian Guaxo . —Ou one of our northern rivers theiM ) is a loamy promofttory often visited Uy an extensive vendor of guano among farmers fond of " cheap bargains . " His
repeated draughts upon this "bank" aro so notorious that it is now known ( and has been kid down upon a chart ) as " Ichaboe Point !"—Qctteshead Observer . An Uhwelcome Visit . — During tho thunder-storm in the south of England , on Friday last , the lightning entered the Electric Telefraph office at Southampton on the wires , and played round the instruments in such an , alarming manner that the telegraph clerks rushed from tto office in a fright . In noticing the rejected M . P . ' s of the last parliament the " Times" commends Mr .-Chisholm Anstey for his manifest improvement as a speaker and politician and advhes him , during his ostracism , to road and d ' igest Tacitus , and employ his pen in writing advertisements for poor persons .
Smuggling . —On Friday , the 16 th instant , the "Vigilant revenuo cutter , Captain Gowlland , captured off the Isle > of Sheppya large river skiff filled with half-ankers of foreign , spirits of Geneva and brand y , eighty-four in number whlck seizure was delivered at the Queen ' s warehouse , London on Saturday . ¦ - l cZJUV'y ^ T ™* *** ? Po 0 R - -At one of the Poliia tourtg a fe * days ngo , a miserable woman , with bar Wo children , wero brought up by » nofficer ,. who said he : M found , them perishing or iUneas and exhaustion . It appeared that the parochial authorities had rcfussd to * etiwo them on tho plea that the woman was a > h bitual drunkard .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1688/page/3/
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