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      „ ,, with his resistance to the wrongs that had at last subdued him Th * *? Xaft * * ob J ectfuU of fom aud «** * such a picture of ™ ' aft ^ 2 « m » from Shropshire whom wehad spoken with befere ' he « incline liis liead to Richard and me « and sPoke to my guardian . L Jarndyce , it is very kind of you to come and see me . I am not 1 ™ a ^ e ' , I <¦** . I " » ™ V W to take your hand , 8 ir . You are a 2 11 -merior to injustice , and God knows I honor you . " g : n Se v W liands earne 8 tIy » and m guardian said some words of comfort "JfJW seem ^ strange-to you , sus" returned Gridley ; "I should not have rf l 0 ^ you , if tins had been the first time of our meeting , But you know 5 , a ftM to it , you know I stood up with my single hand against them J ; Icno * 1 «« ld them the truth to the last , and told them what they were , and U they Il ! ld tlone t 0 me ; 801 don fc mind your seein S me this wreck . '' •^ T ^ ith to wrongs at subdued him T ^ T hi 5 a = ' , nfnn nbiectfuil of farm mid nni n * :, n .. i . . . . * Ane

      . ^ oh have beeu courageous with them , many and many a time , » relumed ,, triiariliaa . ' / sir . I Have been ; with a faint smile . " I told you what would come of it w i censed to be so ; ah ! see here t Look at us—look at us I" He drew a ta na M « . Kite held , through her arm , andhrought her something nearer W » Tli * is ends it . Of all my old associations , of all my old pursuits and hopes , ,. all theliviug and dead world , this one poor soul alone comes natural to me and j ara fit for . There is a tie of many suffering years between us two , and it is tf . < . only tic I ever llad on earth tbat Chancery had not broken . " "Accept my blessing , Gridley , " said Miss Hite , in tears . "Accept my Hesflng - " - . . _ .

      < -I thought , boastfully , that they never could break my heart , Mr . Jarndyce j ff 3 s resolved that they should not . I did not believe that I could , and would ' imc Hiem with being the mockery they were , until I died of some bodily disorder . But I am worn out . How long I have been wearing out , I don't know I kerned to break down in an hour . I hope they may never come to heav of it 1 hope every body , here , will lead them to believe that I died defying them , contMently and perseveringly , as I did through so many years . " Here Mr . Bucket , who was sitting in a corner , by the door , good-naturedly uttered such consolation as he could administer .

      " Come , come ! " he said , from his corner . "Don't go on in that wav Mr R idley . You are only a little low . We are all of us a little low , Vome-! inies , I am . Hold up , hold up ! You'll lose your temper with the whole isantl of ' em , again and again ; and I shall take you on a score of warrants yet jflliaveluek . " ' ' He only shook his head . Don'trfuke your head , " said Mr . Bucket . « jN ' od it ; that ' s what I want to tee you do . Why , Lord bless your soul , what times we have had together I Haven ' t . I seen you in the Fleet over and over , again , for contempt ? Haven't I amie into Court , twenty afternoons , for no other purpose than to see you pin the Chancellor like a bull-dog ? Don't you remember , when you first began to ihreafen the lawyers , and the peace was sworn against you two or three times a * eek ? Ask the little old lady piere ; she has been always present . Hold up Mr . GrWley , hold up , sir 1 "

      "What are you going to do about him 2 " asked Mr . George in a low \ oice . "I don't kuow yet , " said Bucket , in the same tone . Then resuming his encouragement , he pursued aloud : " Worn out , Mr . Gridley 1 After dodging me all these weeks , and forcing me to climb the roof here like a torn cat , and to come to see you as a Doctor ? That ain't like being worn out . I should think not 1 Now I tell you what you want . You want excitement ,, you know , to keep you up ; that ' s what you want . You ' re used to it , and you can't do without it . I couldn ' t myself . Very well

      then-, here ' s this warrant , got by Mr . Tulkinghorn of Lincoln's Inn Fields , and backed into half adozen counties since . What do you say to coming along with me , upon this warrant , and having a good angry argument before the Maghtrates ? Ifll do you good : it'll freshen you up , and get you into training for another turn at the Chancellor . Give in ? Why , I am surprised to hear a man of your energy talk of giving in . You musn't do that . You ' re half the fun of the fair , mtlie Court of Chancery . George , you lend Mr . Gridley » hand , and let ' s see mw whether he won't be better up than down . " -He is very weak , " said the trooper , in a low voice .

      "is her * returned Bucket , anxiously . "I only want to rouse him . I "ion ' tlike to see an old acquaintance giving in like this . It would cheer him up more than anything , if I could make him a little waxy with me . He ' s welcome to drop into me , right and left , if he likes . I shall never take advance of it . " . . The roof rang with a scream from Miss Flite , which still rings in my ears . " 0 no , Gridley !' ' she cried , as he fell heavily and calmly back from before iitr . " Xot without my blessing . After so many years I " The euu was down , the light had gradually stolen from the roof , ond the shdow had crept upward . But , to me , the shadow of that pair , one living and m dead , fell heavier on Richard ' s departure than the datkness of the darkest "i glit . And through Richard ' s farewell words I heard it echoed :

      " Of all my old associations , of all my old pursuits and hopes , of all the living aid tiio dead world , this one poor soul alone comes natural to me , and I om fit * or . There is a tie of many suffering years between us two , and it is the only ' : « 1 ever had on earth that Chancery has not broken !"

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      hteR ° l ™ FVA letter has been addressed SsSS- ^ a eontemnomrv wWiT i * hlefly oi the lmmemis fragments of Art t BatasLtt iftsrjtfi TkSJp ? ' v f }?* " * ' t 0 rn ° Ut Of a MSare t 0 the bo ° itselt fig ure whSr T )*** $ ' « " « ° 1 ) oth kneesand a »» agine , winch Mr . Newton-and Mr . Lloyd both a « ree to he those of S !? 5 ? ***** Sieving th fi in the M ^ h

      ^ gure M ^ um 8 meSf 1 ^ V i ? are v ^ finely preserved , and the same great ^ whl ? h we find h the Theseug b ^ ^ ' izabk w ^ lVnT fi r ° r f ' m r , unnin - llorfchand south in the front of tlie lc lV ? J ? The Whole cellav is m of frag ^ nts perect ^ unarranged , but some of them of inestimable valSe . Among t W'I ?? , 101 < Se n heads , ' quifce worthy of tll 0 se in ^ Elgin Boom ; a hoof with holes all round inside , showing where a metallic shoe had been fastened to it . All these fragments exhibit a remarkable grandeui of style sustamed throughout . They are what we might expect expect from Phidias as a conception of the horses of Pallas . In trie same cistern , or in one near it , is a large wing , which M . Pittakys , the curator , considers to belong to the figure of Nike or Iris from the east pediment , —now in the British Museum . It has square holes in the back behind for the insertion of wings . . Mr . Newtonhowever

      , , states , that he should rather have supposed this to be the wing of one ot the horses m the car of Poseidon in the west pediment , for it is more consonant with the art of Phidias that his car should have been drawn by winged horses than by hippocampi , as Welcker has supposed . 3 . At the east end of the Acropolis , a temporary museum , in which several fragments of the freize are preserved . 4 . At the entrance of the Acropolis , near the lodge of the curator , a fragment of the frieze representing , i figure with a bull . 5 . In the building on the left in ascending the Propylpa , —which is described by Pausanias as

      an edifice containing pictures , —are a number of fragments of all styles , among which is part of a chariot-wheel , and a fragment of a horse ' s head . These are the principal torsos and fragments of which Mr . Newton took note . But everything , he says , is of interest which relates to the smallest fragment of the great design of Phidias . If the scholars of Europe have thought it worth while to edit every relic

      , however insignificant , of the lost' plays of Sophocles , why are we so indifferent to the remains of the art of Phidias ? It seems of great importance that good casts should before long be made of all the remains still existing at Athens—and this for several reasons . 1 . The sculpturesin question are for the most part not at present accessible . No archaeologist or artist can see them without a journey to Athens , and whon on the spot none would know of their existence unless from

      previous study . Even then they can be seen only by making a special appointment with the curator ,- —and the visit must , therefore , be a huried one . 2 . They are not only difficult * > f access , but they are also in great clanger from mutilation and depredation . Already has the beautiful group of the six seated deitie . ^ lately discovered , sustained irreparable injury , the hand and the foot of one of the male figures having been broken off . The cast now , in the Elgin Boom is the only record of this hand and foot . 3 . In the present unsettled state of Greece the sculptures are necessarily insecure ; and iu the

      event of another revolution , what is there to prevent the Acropolis from being again a fortress , and again a mark for the cannon of the besieging party ? The shells which in 1833 destroyed the roof of the Erechtheum would not be wanting to complete the destruction of the sculptures of Phidias . 4 . To the artist and the archteologist—to all who make the design of Phidias , viewed as a whole , the object of their study , and do not regard the sculpturesin the Eglin Room as isolated fragments , but rather as parts of one great poetic compositionthe addition of these casts would be of infinite service . Neither

      Carrey ' s drawings , nor the remains of the temple wi situ , nor the sculptures in the Elgin Room , are singly sufficient for the interpretation of the great compositions of Phidias ; but when brought into immediate juxtaposition , they give unity and significance to that which appeared isolated and hopelessly mutilated . To persist in keeping apart what Phidias had . once united , seems very like keeping the book in one

      place and a few torn leaves m another . Besides the sculptures above mentioned , which belong to the ' Parthenon , there are also at Athens , says Mr . Newton , several other collections of great value . 1 . Numerous fragments from the Temple of Victory , which , viewed as parts of one composition in alto-relievo , are of great interest , and present the same rich variety of attitude which we find in the coins of Terina .

      2 . Portions of the frieze of the Erechtheum recently discovered—many of the pieces very well preserved , aud interesting examples of Art of which we know the precise date . Most of'the slabs of this frieze are engraved in Rangabe ' s' Antiquites Helemques , ' Athens , 4 to . 1849 . 3 . in the building on the left of the Propyl « a , opposite the Temple of Victory , are a number of bas-reliefs and fragments provisionally built into frames . Some of them arc very beautiful compositions , with

      much of the manner of Phidias about them . 4 . On the right of the entrance to the Propytaa are other frames with bas-reliefs . One of these is very curious , as bearing great resemblance to the earliest coins of Syracuse . It is a figure of archaic character in a car . The wheel has four spokes imitating a rose . The figure is seated , The horses are two in number , moving slowly . 5 . At the entrance to the Acropolis , near the lodge of the curator , is an archaic seated figure of Athene , which Muller supposed to represent the Minerva Polias .

      The » gis fells like a tippet over the breast to the waist , and has in its centre a Gorgon ' s head . All round the edge are holes , to which metallic ornaments have been attached . Lastly , in the temporary museum of the Temple of Theseus are collected all the most remarkable sculptures found in and about Athens , excepting those found on the Acropolis itself . A large number of these are sepulchral bas-reliefs , the inscriptions on which generally determine their date . The bas-reliefe often present very beautiful designs , exhibiting the same

      kind of relation to the higher art of Phidias which the vase paintings of the best period must have had to the paintings ' of Polygnotus , or the terra cotta figures to the great works in bronze or marble . Shortly before Mr . Newton left Athens , he was enabled to visit Mavrodhilissi , near Kelamo , to examine some inscriptions which had been observed there . Ihe chief interest of the place is , that it is believed to be the site of the Temple of Amphiaraos , which Pausanias and other authors place near Oropus . Mr . Newton considers , from per-

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      r ^ il ^ t " / *?* re can be no doubt that Movrodhilissi does nS ^ l ^ tl 0 U ° the Amphiaraon . Mr . Newton observed the 8 T 21 a ! T - ' \ clearIy ^ fin ed by ancient foundations , aud the ground strewed with large slabs of marble , covered by inscrip-JS , * 1 g u ? was mi altar dedicated t 0 Amphiaraos , St ! rr se ^ questi ° as to the nan * « f * i » ^ > - and four or five inscriptions granting Proxenia to individuals in the Zll C 1 - ' i ^ W-Hri * a curious list of the victors in the n ? Z l { I ' ? eymnasto contests , being a record apparently ^ n ^ fr T ' * eWtOn discove ^ also > ] W across i Xw t < t A 1 U a J V fine statl *> "hich he thought was very ? n tS ni Amphiaraos himself , described by Pausanias as being In rnl ^ ^ f T ^ ^ * st ^» ^ ^ "he * » STffiiHl ^ " ^ H" *> PM *> > vas the sacredfounam mentioned by lWias and others . The description of Livv , fontibus nvisque circnm temhmm" is perfectly applicable to this picturesque spot at present .

      Mb . Roach Smith ' s Museum—Mi- . Roach Smith ' s collection is principall y Romau-BrWah , but it is also continned down Sgh * JwTJ ^ i the T ? ages * The taan antiquitie « s ale muchh ^ ™ fhi ° T- f ° ' ^ P alth « ^ mu 8 t lao ) e t to * Zf ^ oi ? f - ' \ ? Ue t 0 he ^ sverance of that gentleman fl , S -n n T * > tOr « T « 2 ta «« ting ^ tory of that wonder . 2 L ? £ \ 'J ' efficient indication of the transeendant , oSt ii V" thMe . f ? 1 Her < J one «» y-look on statuettes , the grace and beauty of which the greatest masters worthily might hare owned ; fragments of vases , the modelled figures in whose elegantly curved sides sculptors might take a lesson from ; pieces of glazed tiles rescued from the cart of a dustman , with the colours as bright as the day they were adorned . One of the statuettes has

      an amusing history attached to it The body was picked up in the Thames , below London-bridge , minus a leg . For some time the divine Apollo had to lie in the cabinet to which he was promoted without this necessary appendage , but his good genius watched for him , and one day the missing leg was lighted on at Barnes , where it had been shot out from a barge laden with rubbish and ballast . A very perfect glass vase , ornamented with pillar mouldings , is a prooi or the high condition of that branch of manufacture in Koman days . It has been eulogized by a well known glass manufacturer as being m the highest style of art which we are only now reaching . On lookiug at Roman or Greek art developed , in even the commonest forms , one cannot fail to be struck wiih the aptness ot each ornament to the use to which the article was to he

      subservient . A jar or a lamp made from the coarsest clay exhibits a Beauty oi iorm and simplicity , or rather subservience of ornament , which has been completely lost , and is only now again beginning partially to revive . We are glad to learn that Mr . Roach Smith is about to present the public with an illustrated catalogue of these ltomanandmedKBval antiquities discovered within the precincts ot the city of London . The collection we believe is beyond comparison with anything else of the kind , and many of his treasures are unique . It would occupy too much space to do more than notice a lew more of its most striking features . A brooch , which a

      Saxon Princess may have worn , is a perfectly unique work of art . ihis gem represents the head of Christ or a laint , io mosaic work , only instead of being formed of pieces of stone , the framework of the feature * , go to speak , is made of gold , and different coloured glass has been poured into the cavities . Tnis medallion is set in the most exquisite tracery of gold net work , and was further ornamented with four pearls , one of which is perfect . The workmanship could hardly be equalled in the present day . Thire are some elegant specimens of shoes in stamped leather ( called , from the process , " « rir . fowilK , ) of the middle ages , highly ornamented with scroll mottoes and medallion figures . This art is now reviving

      among us , as every one must have noticed , in the application of stamped leather to imitate carvel oak for book covers , and a variety ot other things . Roman sandals in leather , large flint axes , spears , knives , ornaments in silver and gold , and other curiosities hue the Cabinets and load the tables and floor of the museum . A ehoice selection of coins , from theRoman emperors , down to the lead and brass tokens which tradesmen used to issue , current as small change in the 17 th century , add to the value of the collection . In

      the medal line there are some very interesting examples which nave lately been found , throwing light on passages in authors which have hitherto been unintelligible . Many of these are medals in honour of St . Thomas A'Becketfc , and wers worn by pilgrims as evidences of their having visited his shrine , and also for their supposed healing virtues . Although made of lead , many exhibit very elegant devices , and they are of great variety in shape , and doubtless when

      new were considered very ornamental by tiieir worthy possessors . Among badges , the scallop-shell , worn by the palmers from the Holy Land , must not be omitted , as it has representatives among the antiquities . These few Hues can ouly be offered as an indication of the treasures iu Mr . Roach Smith ' s collection ; antiquaries aud amateurs who are interested iu the ' subject should Btudy the catalogue which will shortly be published relating to its valuable contents .

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      Population op thb United States , Past , asd Fdtcrb . —William Darby has communicated to " The National Intelligencer" the following synopsis of the Population of tha United States , according to the aeveral Censuses hitherto taken , with the probable aggregate at each decennial numbering during tho next century—viz .: Table I . —Population of the United States , aa recorded in the Tabular view of the Seven Enumerations made by the Deuonnial Census . 1700 to 1850 . inclusive : , 1700 ... ' 3 , 029 , 872 1800 5 , 305 . 952

      1810 Vi 7 , 239 , 8 H 1820 . ' 9 , 838 , 131 1830 ,. 12 , 860 , 020 1840 . .: 17 , 0 tf 3 , 358 185 l ) ---- 29 , Ui , V 28 Table II . —Prospective View of the Population of the United States from 1860 to 1 D 50 , inclusive , on the ratio of one und a third decennially , as found bs Table I , very nearly : . 5 J" "" 30 , 958 , 000 22 "V 41 , 145 , 000 22 .-. 84 , 859 , 000 1 JS - 73 ' . ° JS ? 97525000

      ,, ! S 2 120 , 034 , 000 25 - . 160 , 045 , 000 ™ 7 213 , 360 , 000 JJ 284 , 430 , 000 1050 379 . 307 , 000

      Death of Mr . Barnes , the Engineer . — We regret to announce the death of Mr . John Barnes , director of the construction of steam-engines and vessels for the service of the Messageries National of France . His decease took place ou Friday , the 24 th ultimo , at La Ciotat , near Marseilles , France , in the fifty-fourth year of his age , after an illness of about six weeks . Cork , Oct . 5 . —The Lord Auckland transport , Captain Thorap . son , having on board 260 pardoned convicts , from Spike Island depot , with a major and fifty rank and file of the 11 th Regiment , left Queenstown on Friday , for Van Dieman ' g Land .

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      ™ g to the rain guage of a scientific gentleman in this place no less wan two inches of water fell during the 24 hour ? . At an eaTly hour this morning the effects of so heavy a fall oecame evident in the rapid descent of the water from the hills , *> a its rising throughout the meadows that surround the town , jy 10 o clock a vast body of water had accumulated in the mea-; ? Ws near Offhatu and Hams ^ y , and for a considerable space had " sen to a level with the embankment of the Lewes and Keymer «* uway , part of which , in fact , was under water . All traffic over j ne hue was judiciouslysuspended d thtraito and

      GREAT FLOOD AT LEWES . Lewes , Tuesday , 5 o'Cock , p . m . Lewes has this day been visited by the heaviest flood it has experienced—so say competent authorities—since the memorable ^ nter of 18 H , when the breaking up of the frost produced an universal deluge throughout the country . During the past few % s a quantity of wet had fallen , out yesterday , from morning all night , and throughout the night , the rain poured down in incessant torrents , accompanied by a perfect hurricane of wind . To f ay that it came down in bucketfulls is no exaggeration .

      Accord-, very , , an e ns ° m Hastings and London were sent round via Brighton . In jj wes an unwonted scene presented itself . At the lower porint « f town in Mung-street a » d the Cliff » the wa burst jo the cellars and warehouses , and one small street , consisting J irooi 20 to 30 houses , leading to Messrs . Hilltnan s brewery , ff \ complete river , all the lower rooms of the houses on each 2 a i ° mundated t 0 a considerable depth . The street itself s only passable by means of planks laid across barrels placed on end

      « . A little further on , the main street was under water for d ie * yards . At the back of this part of the town the meadows s re c » oipletely under water , and presented the appearance oi a sta V ts We ! G Iowm ff an ( * sailing about ; here part of a hay-W ti ^" atui S off , there faggots and planks were carried away with sfcream * At the bridge the current was running down ana lmmense force , bursting its way into cellars and warehouses , 4 off timber , &c , lying on the wharfs . At half-past j-m . tne tide began to ebb . and it was hoped that the flood had

      Bev a ^ ^ Shest , and would rapidly recede as the tide ran out . ^ e h ? dama ge caused by the inundation in the houses , &c ,, to th noti heard of any serious injury beiog sustained . Owing and \ Tk ^ occurrin g itt the daylight , people were forewarned , tion s w towi 1 as we ^ m tne surround ra 8 country , precau-Renorf * ^ t 0 remove property and secure ic from damage , ev er * I trom the neighbouring villages speak of heavy floods in Vf ** La tlon « Suc ^ a day of incessant torrents of rain as fell JWter day we rearcely ever remember . ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 9, 1852, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1699/page/13/