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CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROnERT CII.\JIRIZJIB, EDITORS OF ' CIIAMDERS'S INFORMATION FOR

TIIE PEOPLE,' 'CIIAMUERS'S EDUCATIOSAL COURSE,' kc.

No. 365. NEW SEBIER. SATURL)AY, --

TIIE h f O N K E Y ' A T R O M E ! TIIE camworn manikins, in faiitnstic dresses, met with in the society of men wearing earringn and carrying barrel-orpans, or thc snug, nutcracking inmates of Zoological Oordens, givr? a very poor itlcn of what the monkey is 'at home.' Quadnimanity, to bc studied with advantag, must he hen in its native forcsts, leading tlie c a y vagnlmnd cxistcncc it has cnjojcd for countless pnerntions: tliem only arc d l its fwulties called into full play. Tlic monkey in cnptirity is no nion! tlie monkey a t home than the ovtrf~d pauper is tlie enterprising E:nglisliman: to bc out of tlic reach of want or dangcr, is to have no niotivc for exertion-a condition equally injuriol~s to nicn and monkeys.

111 the wide-sprcd forests of Inriia the monkey hns duties and conditions attached to 11is existence which the poor captive knows nothing of. As an intlividual, he must s e~ rch for ltis own food, and kccp a shnrp look-out that neither tigers, Icopnrd~, nor pytlions makc a meal of him ; lie must look nftcr his wife nnd child, and protect or warn them of similar tlnngcrs ; and tlien, ns a member of a community mom or lcsa extensive, he must bc preprrcrl to dcfmd the common hunting-ground ngainst the iuc~usions of alien tribes. His information, too, is cxtcnsive: he is well q u a i n t a l with all thc vcgvtablc productions of tho country; lle has cvcn an idea of t l ~ c rotation of crops; lic knows t l~nt at such a time, and in such n plscc, the juicy calyx of the moliwa blossoni will just be in s e w ; that the mangoes in another plncc will bc beginning to bc edible; Ilc knows when? tlio 111ost cxtcnsire and least-protcctcd ficltls of sagnr-canc an. to bc met with; and when tho dry renther has a t in, w d

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on the grass inliding the frcsli b m z c of t l ~ c morning, others wen! eanntcring nbout ; and crll l i d tlmt indc- scribable air of citizendlip about them thnt made mc feel that I wns the only stranger. 'll~c old fellows wcrc ugly mough; but thc fcmslcr, pai-ticulnrly. sue11 na llhcl babiea at the breast, h d n kindly look of matcr- nity about them which it wns impossible to avoid liking. Aa tlic day wom on, I was getting dcepcr into tlic jungle, aiid there wen, legions of monkcys. Some- times I cncountercd a party of bctwcctn thirty and forty sea td in the midtllc of the road, and looking at tlic aclvandng cortGgc of my palanquin, just as a group of villngcrr, regnrtl a coach-and-six wl~cn it happens to disturb the quiet of tl~cir every-dny existence. Some- times my route lny tluough thc cmtm of a village, and here a p h Uie monkeys sccmcd as mucli at home as in the forcst, wandering n h u t from one house-top to a~iotlicr, and cros~ing thc streets with the caay Gnii- liarity of inhabitants. Curious it wn~ , too, to behold a crowtl of nuked childmn running n h u t under the sl~alow of n mango-wvc, md, almost jostling them, a party of yonng monkeys chasing encli othcr tl~rougli tlw chqucrcd sl~edc; or at tlic root of some big tm, to come upon thrcc or . four natire women, s ca t4 tho one bchind tllc othcr, eacl~ en@ in scrutinising her ncighbour'~ head ; and a little fartlicr on, an old nlonkey lying on lus back, with his legs stmtcl~nl out in the sari, and naothcr overhauling him with that look of d o u s respodbility which only a monkey can c~lpress when engaged in ~ u c h a pursuit.

From the many religious traditions connected with tlicir inonkcys, tho natives of Hindooutan arc averse from killing or injuring them, cvcn when forbcarancc costs them dear. The mserluence of this immunity

water seelns to have disnppcard froni tho fncc of tlic coulitry, IIC knows when! the quick freslics an..

Tlicn! arc people who profcva nn utter want of sympathy with monkeys. 'Nasty, disgusting carica- tures of humanity,' thcy say: for my part I never could feel or imagine disgust at their drolleries, and I don't think my pride was cver hurt by the caricature : on the contrary, I linvc always fclt great pleasure in studying monkey character wherever I could find an opportunity.

I sliall never forgct my surprise wlicn, for thc first tin~e, I saw nionkeys at 11omc. After a weary unwm- fortnhlc night of jolting, I opcnd the shutters of my pa l~qu in , in thc dim grny light of nn Indian day- b m k , and on tlic roadside, not pix yards fro111 me, wen, about n score of monkeys, with s~lcli an air of mlf-posscs~l frcdom almut them, that I felt mthcr abaslld at n ~ w t h i ~ , in negligee costllme, the p , e of cu, many mpectable aborigincr. So~nc wen! sitting

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is a clebvee of reckless impudence on the past of tlic monkeys t l~nt would ncvcr bc tolerntccl elsew-here. They crowd togctlier on tho roofs of the bnzanrs, and if tlic sliopkcepers bc not on the watch, thcy make no scrr~plc of helping tlicmselves (without a thougllt of pajmmt) to all tho diblcs thcy can lay thcir hands on.

The only means of keeping them at a distnnce, is to cover thc roof of the shop with the branchc~ of n snlall thorny shrub, the bnrM prickles of whicli cling to the flesh like fish-hooks. \VIiile living in a bungalow which overlooked one of tl~esc bacsnrs, I on onc o c w mon witnew1 n ludicrous cnsc of nionkey thieving. On a roof fronting u, swcetmcat shop rcclinnl a large red-11ipM bnndnr. He pmte~ld~xl to bc aslc~p, but cvcry ]low nnci tlicli raised 11iu licxtl to gct a glirupsc a t the 1)iles of sxc~tmrr ts below. I t W:LS of no use; tlm nichtai-wnlln was sitting bcsitle Iris nicrchandisc smoking his 11ubblc-bubble, a well-scnsoncd spccimen of bambba in liis right h a d , and Iwking most pr-

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I * ~h~ flower *b ha" of cloainR on wll , l t~ 8101~~. Tfirr, in like n~ntinm-thc t.lcctricity of thc 1 mvrr i m ~ t alight8 on it, until it ia atancd or htflcd in I I ~ ~ em. heart-nu i o n p trnnsmitted in pecnliar and m m I

eltanncls, giving n c h r m t c r of scliishncss c rcn to ar I

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404 CRAMBER8'8

is R ~ t a t ~ ' n r p t i v c with r m w l to nttmtion, not nf positive m p ~ t l h n ; hc 1s not nctivcly nail ro t~nr ior~ ly imlwn~trnl,lr, hut pa~qively irrcaponslw; not 4c1d to the culls un11 cries of I~i~mnnity. I)r~t untllinkin~, un- knowing until it crllp and c r ie~ . A ncntraliaing ntmo- spl~crc srrrnntu~ls him ns he wencln his way thrungh the world ; 1te cn t~ excite no a r n ~ p t h y , ttnd condu~% 110

attrction ; the lnngua~v of love. or S r i ~ ~ d s h i p mny p n c - trate his ll~wrt, but tlwrc i t s t o p e i t rnnnot pass on to motl~cr's. That heart is lint hnd-it ia only s l n ~ ~ s l r , I nnd wants the q d c k e ~ ~ i n ~ imp~~lnc of mental p e m p t i r j ~ ~ . I t ronniclers itself n ~kstinntion, m d not n medium: I t in n tlrostm,* t l ~ a t fillda o r m tlte honi4cl nlmwngm of lovr, an11 ntiflra him in tlte cold m w h a n h l cmlrrace, Tltc aw~vtnccls c~f nffwtion, cilst illto it, pink* to tllo bottom. nnd tnny l r rcrovmwd tit will in n mtntc! of prc- aervntion ; but it cnnnot flont itt en~pmsion, ns if n Imr- tion of the fonntain. Whi~ntr? nrircs thir phenome~lon of nocinl rxistentr ? As we raid, not h ~ n n ball heart, but from a i1:irrow mind. *If-lrre~cnntion is ~ ~ a t n w ' e flrst law: it actuntea us in r?.iscs, in extn>tniiiea-in fact, in t l ~ c cxccptionnl rirmm~stnncca of life; but llct~lthy n~ir~tls soon Ic:lrn tltrt tlrcrc arc. other laws wllich preaitle in the ltonrly ant1 daily detail, in t l ~ r min~itiac nnd trivin-in n word, in nine-tenths of the prncczs nnd rurrmtt of our Iring. ' I l ~ w c the non-wn- tlnctor knows nut: his mind ltus ncrcr p m p s s c r l beyonil the f ln t law.

\Vi*mnnt Iw nnderntml an cot~flniw ormclvrs strictly to that c u m t t t of syn~pnthy we have r%Ud lovr. I n tlte , other rclntiona of lifc the non-conductor lnny present IIO

; points for cxcrption. IIc nlay be ttn cxccllent mnn of bnsincss, or n skilful mi~chnnir, thougl~ it nlny be do~~btccl / whctl~rr 11e could c w r he n p n t d i r t ; for nrt is tho privilege of pn ina ulonc, nntl gvili~ta intldics sympnthy. ! nueinrss wnnta but hlvnt, akill requires but el)plicn-

, tion, and thcsc arc not hryontl hia cotnpnss. I t is crcn i probnblc! that he nlny :~ttain to acnlth, respectability, , und a ccrtnin station; for cvcrytliinp within him works towards this consumtnation. hfnny of thc Inow tlnn-

I grrous ~ o m i t o r i c ~ of tlte l~rlmnn heart nrcs in him clo~crl up; nnd if 11c is inrnpablc of transmitting spnq~nthy, Ilc I i~ for the annlc rcnsoti 8nfe from t l~nt xnrtc d f w l i t ~ ~ and withering of h o p which so often lcnrc kindliei

I nuturcs n n ~ i n . ITc ir proof ngninst mnny of thc / 8crluctio1l*, and from m u r l ~ of the twntngion of tlirg~isryl deprnvity. Hc has tllc rcrnrity of thc n ~ k , wit11 its hsnlrrrsr, colrlnesr, ant1 i t~nulnti~,~~.

I not n c,t)rnntorl c-ltarncter. Nost nirtl IIIIYL' their t!011- I B a t an nhsol~ite non-eontlur.tor, 1w it nntlt.ntwl. is

' duits of ~y111p~tl1.v. ltowi.ver PIIIHII an11 nnt~oti t~nl~lc. / A mnn will lovc! Ilia dug or c:tt who is incnpnblc of loving thc hrlmnn kind; or IIC will c~xpcn~l Itis zym- pntllioa rqrrn o t ~ c of Ilia cllildrcr~, wl~ile the rlsst nrc strangers to his 1ir:trt ; or hc r i l l fmtcr his own fui~tily

I with the tcw~lrrcst caw, whilr nh~olrttc~ly itttliticrmt to tllc fitn~ilicr of otllcrs; or 11c will Iw tllc IInn~~ulcn of 1 llis rillam, without n p i n of I m r of c u u ~ ~ t r y ; or 11r s i l l stand up for t l ~ c in tcmts of his own rlcpnrttnmt of ba~incrs, cvrn nt thr sacrifice of the rest of thc nntionnl tmtlr; or lie will ~ ~ r i ~ l c himself on the 1l;lrnc of Englis11- mnn, nnd lonk with coldness or dirlikc u ~ w n thc othm. ' t r i l n of mnnkind. In nll thcsc .c;lacs he ia n p:~rtinl

I contluctor: his sympnthics rnn only in onc cl~unnc~l. Thcn wc 11n1-c our slow cuttductom : men who look

I with s~rspirion or n l m upon n kindly fwlinp ns i t wells up in their bosom ; with d ~ o m lovc is 11,r I m impol~a, but n filcnlty; wlto clmc up thcir 11cnrts

' an they button up thcir pockcta, nnd opt1 ncitl~cr to i the rnlls uf r p p n t l t y till thcy see good rcnson w l p ' These nrrc pnidct~t, wire, rcslwtnlrle mcnibms of svcicty ;

nntl their love. wlrim it cnrnes, is worth having; h t it -

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rnrcly mccts with a d u n 1 i n kind. 1'~oplo will uot a n i t for it. 'l'hav acc only tho ori(Sid mldru?ss; ml the thaw ie so siou, that they IUC inse~bib 1.T tie chmpo. When this is nt b g t 1 i utanife~d in o L~DUI nctio~q i t axcitos mure surprise &an h a . ' 1 b - h rOdd : hnrc thought it P' poplc cry, .ignornnl t1l.t it i* r , natural ant1 n c c e h r y result 0f .n . SW (R mbd t l ~ t had been ionu tendiug towards ite p d u c t h S b r oondnctus ur cstmmd, but m d y bvd. EIQI t 1 ~ I ,

ins i~ht into chnracter poasasscvl 1 q chdcb hat fddt i 8 with thm. Littlc g k l ~ nm ..ilcnt, . d liuk h p s I I I@ in w l l i s p when thcyarc p l rad . '. Tbcy wi l l I ;

tlot e n m u a g e their dvanocq for tha prorniad qlu- ; i pntlty is too fnr off Eor t l d p m p t i o n s , d t h ~ % ;I ill tlae t n w t i n u : only tlic cold wor- af a mint1 intu ulliisI1 IOYO u a y enter, but ~ L c r u lte id ~t h r n .

But non-co~~cluctil~ility in the ]>resent c o n l p i t i ~ ~ n bf

society IIM i h anrrr. Ermy ihstnirtwnt must bc tmc : pcrcrl for its crnft ; lull1 n t Icnet n plrtial infusinn 14

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this elctttcnt is fmluently found t o makc the man fit I

fm the work he h w to do. I t Iony form exwlkut rRB ! ' fm instmw? in the mt~pori t ivn of a militarg dtkf: it I,

rnrrr him a t once frnm all thono thournnd petty incur- siona to wliicli thc frclinpp of o t l ~ e r me11 RIV rnlljw; ; and i t acts ns R 801% of ntarnl 6 l i n L ~ r to t h e 111in1, shut- ' tittg out the worltl of light and motion tllot rrnd~l : I otllerwi~e prms t w etrnngly o n hid seirrw. Anunl : ,

u i t l ~ this defcnm~, he looks eh-night fonranl. and w.w 1 nothing but tluty-tllr duty of tlic captain untruubW I

11y thc syn~pnthies of the nun. At1 efficient mini* d I stntc coriltl not 1w witlirn~t some portion of thie elcmnt. 1 ' A Iarhw s l t ~ r c of it is indispnsnlile t o t h e compwifiou , I

of t l ~ c stnncl~ partisan and t l ~ c r u l h c m t e f a fwocth~. T r n r i n ~ it to nnother s*, we fl1111 i t in the bailiff. the priuon turnkey, nnd the pu1115c. e x m t i o n e r : aurl ,

(111 thcsc nrc plnnta of nrccssary a n d inevitable I '

under thc present coditions of uociety. Thedirtinctb-11 , , in m c l ~ cnsea bctwnm noncottductilrility a d tlw mem 1;

wnnt of 1111tnnne freling is olivious. 1\11 thc fonctivn- I '

nricv wc l~nvc mcntionrd linvc tllcir own inlet* an11 out- :: letn of spn lu~t l~y , their o m affwtinns, mid friendship rind family instincts; but the principle of nnirtml :

love ntust Ix either wanting in t h e i r natnro, or fetal to thcir mcccsr.

Ii I It. may IJC n u p p o d thnt the n d r a n t a p nml dind- ' ,

v:tntnpr~ of no11 -conductibility nn? p t t y iqtllr~~ll?. ' I)nlanrctl; I ~ u t this is not our idcn. T11c -id el-- trit.ity RC nll~ldc to ia an n b ~ t i t on w11it.h the arlhw ,

r ~ ~ n t ~ n i t t ~ l to the hidlest and tioblcrt n u t u n a : orll (11--. ,

ant1 Iial~pinc-ss of mnilfircl dcpmd. I t s trans~uirilia~ i ,

cxcrcitic of tltn function-nprtfron~ nll material malrr -ia in itself n wuwc of such divine felicity as r c .: sul~pusc to lw the portioii of In~c.riiflcc1 opiritr. B m u ,, 18 iio univc.mn1 ryml~nthics a t n hat-c n o nnivrmvll en- joyn~ent. I l e ntny h! ~uciwsfir l i n wnr. or pdicr. f r , '

trntlc-IIC nlay fill tltc world with h i s m o a n : but Ili!

monl lrrinl: i3 incmplctc, anrl Iro passes awaj f a : anlong innnkind without 1tn"ng known what it wm t3 :, cacrcisc the loitier functions of human nntnre.

0 n c mom nnnlogy, nncl this brir4 excursion d t b , fiutcy is nt nn cntl. T l ~ c prncticnl unefulncrs of M!I I

pritrciplca-that of the m o d nncl t h a t of the matmid world-ii~mases with the ndvwcemmt of runnkiml iu I knowplctlgc pend refinement. Electricity, fbrmerly rr nwfirl nnd nncontmllohh. m i n i m of nnture, hcard d y in thc ronr of the thunder, nnd seen only In t h o M M d ' onk, tlw burning ple, ant1 the M w l r m ~ c d o>ye,.b nm I tnrnerl, ns it nerc, into our mice, M n n h l , , obedient to o ~ r r command. I t i s m t r o d u d illto rmr ;

h m ; i t f l u h e our m c s s a m fmm imp cnd d Un , carmtrj- to thc other; it t r n w m s m s i n cmplo? 8

nlrnt; and i t will o ~ t c dny mn. as n lilenns of dmffi I instnntnncous intcrronununion for t l ~ c whole t r m t h v l ,

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wux etart ld nntl dclightd lrcr coueinr, nnd h n k awny. At flrst tlre dazzling bcnuty of Ismnp D m -

T~)vcl too; but 1)y 11rgrcc.s Iamny's cnpricil,us and violent temper ulicnntctl lrer ftom tlrcnr : elro mns ro exncting nntl sclflsl~, and such n fwlislr, vnin, little thing, thnt Frunk, w11o at firat hnil Iwcn cnmptrlmtl wit11 the lovely doll, \vns nlwnys foremost to qnnm4 wit11 Ircr-rnin~ickhg lrcr cl~ildlslr wny~, nnd ilrclnring to his tutor t l~nt Iami~y wns wortl~v of 11cr nrothcr-a p d n t d 0111 Jezcbcl! Tl~cn? wtre tnrth in Frank's nsscrtion, tlrough no improlwrly cxprc-uscd, for >Ire 1)cvcwux'a rlrolc b c i ~ ~ g wna nl)sorlrtl in her toilct tievotions; rind she ~vns in~lcc~l nn empty-hcndcd nnd extrcn~cly tksomc liuly. Everything 1111tst bc ~<,.iren up to Is~nny-her lauutiftrl Ismny; a d the lovely hut disngrccnblc clrild wns pnmlwrc~l and pcttel, and essayal to rulc tlrc otl~cra with soclr iron swny, thnt nlthol~gl~ the gcntlc Winny succunrbcd Ix~nratlr the tyrnnnii-111 inflnmrv, tlrc lloys fnirly rr.1wllml. Thus nrosc do- n~cstic ~lisconl so grc:rt, tlrnt Sir Lu~lolf, ~ v l ~ o lrntl r u l d in tllc cnmp, fo1rn11 IIC coultl do so no lon~wr, rind lrmrtily n y w n t ~ ~ l Irnvin~ rwrirctl hlrs ~ c r e r c u x k- nvnth his roof. Tl~nt filntnsticnl preo~rnbv, tlroufil~ crcrlnstin~ly compl:~i~ring of tlullress nnd ennui yrt c~rdcnv~~nrcvl strc~rr~ouely to ~~~n in tn in Irer fontinp in hcr l)mtl~cr '~ mnlfunnl~lc nnol wdl-nppoint~d nlm- air111 ; stmnnou~ly, nlro. s l~c err~lc:~vouml to unitr lrcr rcfrnctory dnugl~tcr n11d F ~ r ~ r k 1,ovcl in the 1m1)rla of nffwtion. \\'lr:rt ~rnticil):rtionu t l ~ c sorltlly -mindd morlrcr clrerishccl fur the f i ~ t ~ ~ r c , c-oultl illis cnd be I)rv~l#l~t about, lnny c-:~sily hc tlivin~ul. I.'rnnk wns scnltlry-lxn~ny pwnilcse. But Iamny wns atill too young to be mndc to conrprclrcnd t l ~ c im rtnnce of Iwing rnin1)le rind winning in t l ~ c e p s o!?Irc Irnnd- ~ n r c 1)oy wlror~r ~ l ~ r provoked dnily, until tllrir squnbl)lcs e n ~ l ~ t l ill pcrfrct 11atrc.d of czc!l~ otl~cr.

At this juncture, Irow t n ~ l y tlrnnkf111 waa Sir Ludolf w11cn nn inritntion, couchnl iu t l ~ c moat pressing tcr~~rs, :~rrivnl fmnr Gvnernl l)cvereux, n confimrd hypo- chorrtlrinc, l r svccl~i~~g his ristcr-in-law to join him with- ont tlclny, n8 11c W:IS nl)or~t prncceuling to Itnly for tlrc winter, nnd nec~lc~l fe111:tlc s o ~ i ~ t y . T l ~ r grncr:~l wne ~lmf, ant1 ncnrly I)lin~l. but 11c 1l;td rnolrcy to l~cqurntlr ; nnd, Illorcover, tllc I~nhits of t l ~ c pnir \wrc well suitcd. hIrs 1)c~vcrrux dclidrtal in foreign lrnhits nn11 nrnnncrs, slre snid; Irri~lcs, on lrcr d:~rling girl's ~icrol~nt, s l~c rnurt ~ncriflcc 11~:r own wishea of hcing useful to Sir Lo~lolf. 1~1n:ry lrlust bc duc i r td nnd l~ ro r~g l~ t fom:mnl: ' t l ~ c plnn of 11onr~: ctlucntiun,' snit1 fifrs I)cvcn.us, ' rvitlcnlly dill not answer.' Fir Lullolf, ~vitlr sc:~rcrly- c.onc.c.nletl plrasurc, 1)cggtrl his sistcr on no ncrount to Ict I I ~ I I I or his Y ~ ~ I I I ~ in l1cr \v:ry; t11:1t it \v:~s right nn11 ~)rolnmr to t ~ ~ ~ l t i v i ~ t r C:t-~rcrnl I)cvcrr~~~s'o rcgnnl, ~vllrn Ire rvinccd socl~ n w:trlrl 11isl)osition to~\.nnls his nict,~,, 11) I\-ho~n, dvllbtler~, 11c woul(l cvcntunlly lcnvc his pro- p r ty . Ncrcr \VCR fnrc\r.clls rpoktm with lcss regret I)II l ~ o t l ~ aitlcs ; by all cxc~pt thc tCr~tlc~r-lrcartcil Winny, who c-uulrl rot u:iy L;.uxl-I)y' witl~out n pang. Even 1zn1:l.v. wl~o \v~)ul~l not til~i~kc 11nr11l~ wit11 citllcr of t l ~ c yorrtl~u, ~ 1 1 ~ 1 1 rllc allnc to \\%my, put llcr nlolrtlr np fLr n kiss, sayiog, ' I tlo Iovc goo, Cormin JYirr~~y: you arc tuo g1m1 fur tlli~llr ;' crstill_rr 11 uc*nrft~l glnncv on tho Ii~ughing torn~c~~tr . :lnd \visl~inp, :nu slrc hntl often to111 tl~ctn~, ' to ecrtdcll tl~c!ir eyes out !'

"JIc fonu of :III :rugcl, Ilnt tlte sot11 of n'-- Hcrc Frnnk el~c-c:kcd l~i~i~sclf, k a ~ u s c his swc~-t II'inny W:IS I)y, nnd t111.11~1 ro~rtcmptuously OII his heel, wl~istlhrg ~8 11e M L U I L ~ P ~ C ~ oft:

Pence \r.u rcstorrd to filontfor~l nncr tlrc dcpnrture of Blra 1)cvercus nntl 11c.r daug11t1.r; hnt al:~q! it xns not to bv of long conti~~uirncc. A fc:rrf111 clooln ovcr- I I I I I I ~ t11;rt ilcvotd lure: t l ~ c Crtllcr's idol, the siatcr'e Ilol)~? the yourig anel g:~llnnt I,u~lolf, ~lrct with a wntcry grnvc vl~ilst batllin:: in tllr ~.ivc.r, ~vitl~iir sight of his , p:~tcr~r:~l 11on:c. Ilc was hntlrill:: nlo~lc, ngniust tlrc cxl)nas comrn;u~~lr iorlasid "11 11in1, vlwn l r got out

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cralnp, an& to rlsc uo mow. of his depth, and, it wns surmised, &ing s e i d ri&

Fro111 the date of this lnmcn~?ble eatastroph~ :L!

nffectil~g chnngc rras ubsrwnble In Blr LudoVMontfd: 1 1 %*hen he rccovt~rcd in some d c p e ftcnn the flmt m- alrelming shock, Ilia fnmilinr nswciatca M ~ W wit11 d9.p I sympnthy nnd mnrpnssion thnt h e llud bewm an a@. I )

hora l mnn, ss if the weigl~t of y m hr: TRY too 'I much for p o r humanity. T l ~ e hale gm-n d d h e of ; I life 114 vminl~cd, nnd he tnttcrerl about. snppor(d a I the weeping Winnfs f-le %,m, mi l ing rwnntl~; ' 1 nnd ahcdtling pitreus tcnrs w h m nny familiar &jvt I c o n n d in anyway with his lnrnentrrl Ron pmtd I itself to his notice. IIir solidtndc nnd lore for h n r k 1 ' Im-el w e m d mlonl)ld; on him IIC Icant, boy a- be ,; w.q for support and consolation ; and i t wss a rortcbing bight to hholl Rnnk's de~otion towards hia amicd I punlinn, nnd the pntience wit11 whir11 the Wtd I

gonth tolmted, nay, fostered, the peculiariti~a of qr. I As the timc nppronclrd fir h n k t o leave Montfid, .I and pursue his ncndcmicnl routinc, so did thc wcwimm of Air I,~~dolf i n ~ m a c ; R I I ~ me t l ~ c fin111 moment of ! rl~pnrturc nrrivml, thc knight h d confl~lal to him rar4 ' I tlrc wish ncnrcst 111s I~err t -whj~~l UBS no Im thrn I Fr:~nk's solmun htmthnl to Winny, now the mlc , , I~eiresn of the noble M o n M poawsrinn.. Rant I yicldcd n rcady and chcerfnl wmpliancc, for IVinifml wns rcry dcnr to him, and he rcdily chmtcd hirnatlf I into tho Lwlicf that Ilc loved her ~ t h all t l ~ p i o n a t e .I '

nnlour of flmt love, though nt the s a m e timc YRYL m m r l l d at hcnring thnt passion described in su& ) glowing coluur~ wl~cn he felt so c ~ h . At ci$tcm, \\'iuifml wns n thoughtfill, fr-ling womnn; at thc I

snme period h n n k %-ns mtlll a mere boy; but Winn? , lovcd t l ~ c boy Ki~lr more tlrnn even the ordinary d ~ r h ,

of woman's pure sffition. W n n y am not ah whm the nvownl \rna mrulc, and she knew thnt her fite and ; I~appincss wcre no longer in her cm?l handb thcy rrpnl I in h b . W:w he nwam, n h ! of the a n d trrut ~ p * l in lrim when he so rcndily cntntcml in to the engnprnmt 1 wit11 this ewwt an11 guileless t~> inxP I t is to he fc3n.l i ]lot, tl~ough, n u time pmgnvml, Itr b r w c fr~lly wnei!~le .I t l~nt 11c ans loved wit11 no common love, nncl thn! wrrc ,I 11e to dcuert her, Winny lrnd no latent prialc to ad hcr, but \vould most pro1)nbly sink broken-hrxrtecl h m : h ) t l ~ c blow. I t was Sir Ludolf's own e x p m a rirh thnt ,

Frnnk d~ould tnvcl whcn Irc lcft college. cn: tllc mnr- I r i n p took plrcc: they ncrc Rfiln~~wd, nnd the doting I fntl~er wna entisflcd, ncvcr contcmplnting the positdity , of cIr.ulgv in ritl~er of tllrrn.

Since thc tlcprturc of Mra Drvcn,ux from Mfintfml, I

~l rc hml only mitten briefly, nntl nt distant i n t m d s . : ~ i hrr Lnltl~cr. nnd thcn l ~ c r lcttrrs wen? fillnl with d&lr I of 1sn1a~'s won~lruus bcnutr nntl ncrco111plia11mc.nt~. anel , at len$h wit11 Inmny'a innmncmblc co~lqursts; fnr it npprnrcd that the bcnutiful girl was i~~trorluctd in!,) I public nt the cnrlicst ngc x l ~ c n misses in tlr~=ir tc*n.r ,

nrc toleratd. Wl~cn the t id inp m c l ~ c d Montftn! of Tsnlay's mzrringe at efxtccn with a rich r.ol~l:- '

Innn of risty, no onc wna natonisllnl. o r rrpw-<*I surprise or irnxictr ns to the rcsnlt : 3Tm Drri-w:r tlwclt wit11 rnphlre on her dn~~gl~ter ' s ' ,gv~t Ill?);

nnd hrilli:rnt lot'-ndding with M ~ l r md d t n l i n I?. '

that ' al~crr rer shc m n t nothing wnn thought d n r z the c:~ptirnting Lady l*herlin, who cnrrinl hcnrt:. 11:

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storm.' I I ' Slrc must be cxtrcmcly nltcmcl to Kin l~mr t s thnc.' ,

ohscrvrrl l h n k , smiling as IIC pen~snl the lcrtcr put ' into his hnnds by Sir 1,ndolf; ' ibr of an tlw lilrli. vicious vixens T ewr cncountcred, Miss 1m:ry Ikw- I wu., now Lady Emmlin, wns the most a t d o u ~ ! I

'Sny, nnr, tlcnrcst Fnmk,' rMs-1 Tl'iniCn-1; ' l r not ro hnnl npon my lovcly consin ; mmcmbcr how I childrcn nltcr.' I

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wine, with a poprhtion of 29,000,000, ts now lees than i t was with 14,500,000, and that the revenue i t dllring the dint ten y e ~ a of this centuq averaged L.700,000 morc thnn dmhg the k t thirty ywm.

'The conmpt ion lnlrt year was G.?61,8G3 gallons, but if i t llnd gone on with the pnpulation, it would now 1 1 : ~ ~ been 18,000,000; and if wit11 the means of oxpen- d i t l ~ h n g to the rating of the incomctax, at ~.21,500,000 in 1812, nnd L.67,000,000 in 1849, it allould h 23,000,000 gallon8 ; and, including Irelnml, about 80,000,000, while the revcmo should be about T,.6,000,000, in6tead of L.1,707,562.

s1U w h o hnve t:rkcn an intercat in the qucetio~q aycc that thc heavy dulies during many y w s , nnd ?en now, liave not only c n u d this tnule to remain stationary, but cvcn to rc t robdc. But they appenr to lx iguomit of, or to overlook, tlic irnpnrtnnt fnct, that dthongl~ the duty on a p i p of port (wllicll has long formed the great proportion of the wino drunk in this country) is now L.83, instead of L.17 in 1788, being an increw of L.16 on the pipe, the wine itself at tllnt pcriod cost abnut L.20, and now costs double nnd treble thnt sum. This arises from the tendency of a Ilixl~ duty to cncourngc the import of nrtiflcidly-priced wines, nnd of course lins the same effoct to the con- sruncr ns if tllo duty h.d been incrcnsnl in those prolwrtions.

I t is wit,lLin the ml lcc t ion of many thnt tho usnnl rctail price of the flncst old port was one guinea a dozcn, nnd tlicy arc probably corrret in nsscrting that it was a finer nnd mntlircr wine thnn is now gcncrnlly nlct with. l'ricca vnrial thcli very little, and tllc poww of bonding not then existing, only vine flt for 1)ottling \w iniportcd; nntl ns tho nniount of it and tlic duty wna conlp:lrntively small, wine-mrwl~nnts con111 afonl to kwp it longer in bottle, nnd otllcrs could mom easily lay in l m g quantities to acqnin? tho p u l i n r qualities which time alone c,m give to port. ' Shemes about the m e time cost from L.24 to

L.40 pcr butt, but now L.60 is a nmd price, nnd crcn L.80 or L.lOO nm often pit1 ; but tllcrc bciug no rwtrictions on the grovth or sale of slicrry, nn tllcre is on port, sherries, or mtlicr Hines from the Sews district, nrr, iulprtml nt very low pritrs.

' I t is probably no cxngprntion to statc that gencrnlly pny twice as much for our Ekncli winm ae tlic Germans, Belgians, or Dutch, simply bccnridc tllchy have a co~lstnnt .uxl l ~ g c dcmnnd for tho &cap winc3 of that country, nnd pnwl~nac thc produce of wlio!c vineyards in the stnte of grape, or just fcrmcutcd, ant1 cliarter vcssel~ to cnrry it to thcir own cellars, wllilc nn 12nglisli willr-mcrthnnt dnres only vcntum tu inlport a fca liofisl~e~llq and tllese gencrnlly at price* thnt

I forcip~era nevcr hear of. I t can bc uhown that tlic allnrc of wine in this country falling to m c l ~ individunl t1111.ing the lnst ycar wils one bottle m d a fifth. 111 Hamburg, where the drity is nlmost nominal, it is cstimntctl that the sllam is twenty-nine bottles. Tkt UP, tiowcver, suppose tho consumption withus mcrcly to b r a i a ~ l to twelve, and we aliall And that this would require G 3 , 0 , 0 0 0 gallone. Such r i r h n n p might f:~irly Ia lookd for under n n~lllction of duty Born the prc- writ mtc to la. per gnllon, or 2d. per bottle (which wooltl still l)c from 60 to 70 per cc11t. on tlio cost of niuch tlmt xoultl bc drunk), and this \rouL1 give all i111nu:ll rcvcnuc of nccrrly L.Y,000,000. Tlic coneequencc of tllc increased demnnd \vould he, that Spain, lJortugld, and Pr.ulcc would vie with each other in supplying our market with all that was m n t d for tlioso of the nlost motlemtc mcans, and for common use, xs vell na with tho inost costly nncl rarc qualities. Wu shonltl tllcrt hnvo a good wholesonic wine at 10d. or 1s. a bottle, ns \vcll as o t l l r ~ 011 wlii('11 tho duty evcn tiow forms Imt a emdl part of the cost.

' Thmc who fear the mord e f h t of sucli an influx of wine, have only to go abroad where wine and q i r i t s arc

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procurable by even the poomt, and they will perceive that where tlda is the case e x m s in either is very unueual; nnd they will nlso h m e aware of the fnct, that, owing to the cxpcnsiveness of wine in this counhy, R much etnmgcr and more mpitlly-intoxi- cntilig kind is drunk. To t l l m remarks niu~cli miglit lx, added illustmtivc of thc cllnngcs that hnve occurred / in the uae of tho vnrions kinds of winc for many v c m I pqst, the cause of which it would bo intereatiig to tnrce ; but tlds would lend into a very sitlc flcl~l.'

We hnve nlwn~s thou@ i t wry unfortunnte thnt, from nny con~itlerations whatever, nnd espcci~tlly from any inerely flscwl considcrntions, thc introduction of light Frcnch wines into this country shoultl I)e to so I m a t .m extent prohibited. I t is h d l y possiblr, ill ) trnvclling on tho continent, nnd w i n g the peasantry intlrllging without vicious excvss in the rcftcslling nu- intoxicating liquors of tlicir own country, to a\.oid tlre conviction tlmt theso Liquors midit help in efftcting a reform of the habits of thc hun~blcr clnsscs of our own ppulntion. Climate mny hnvc somctlling to do with the nlnttcr, and habits arc not to be chnngcd in a day; but we should certainly like to see tlic experiment of cheap wine ns an antagonist of spirits fairly t r i d .

N T S T E R I O U S P O I S O N . T l r ~ rtlrflre is a vidcnt poison, prcparcd by somc of tho tribes, cl~iellycnnnibals,whoinhxbit t l~c fomts tmdcr i~~g on thc Orinoco, the Ilia-Nc~m, and tlic Anl.von. I t is a noli~l h1nc.k inattcr, of a rcsinous appcrtrnncc, and pcr- fivtly ~olnblc in mtcr, rultl is suppnscul to hc pmcurcd f1n111 a ~pccicrr of thorn abnndmt in tlic country. Such at. lcnst is tllc orih~n ~ s s i ~ , l e d to i t by Biuon von Hum- boldt. '171is illustrious philosopl~er hna given a relation of the few& of the Indiana upon their going cncl~ ycnr to gather tho plnnt, Lusiosloma curure, w11icl1 pFOdu~vs tlie poison in tllc forests of Jnvitn. ITc alm rnil~ritely dcecrilnq the nictliod of cx tmt i r~g the curare, nntl tho dngnlnr efictn of tllia poison, wl~icll rimy bc taken I illto tho eto~iineh with inlpunity, wllile, if intmduccd i 11y a prulcturo under tllc skin, it cariws almost i~umc- : tli:~tc tlc:itli. New detnila linve siucc bccn give11 by ,

travcllrrs, hut much doubt and unccrtninty still rest upon tho su1)jwt. 'l'llc recent cx]wrinlcntu of a Iewmcd Prcncl~maii go fi~r to mrlflrm the ~nnrvels wlatcd of the poiron, nt the snmc time thnt they qlpear to cvlil- plctc ita history.

Upon infusing a liquid solution d cur;m into the I ~ c i n s of a11 nnimnl, dmtli ensues instnntnncously, j without the cwnture uttering n cry, or manifesting nlly a

rpccics of convol~ive nb4tation. If the poison Ix in- t m l u m l undcr tllc skin, its cfects mnllifcst tltmucl\~re . nltmre slowly; but tlrath itlvnrinbly solrrvencs with i similar nnd very s i n ~ l n r qvnlplonrs. Tllc nni111:rl / apln,:lrs riot to feel tllc wol~n~l : a bin1 s i l l fly ns usual ; I)rit at tho cntl of n fCw .seconds it fnlls dcid

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without rlttcring a cry, or dvlng tllc lcnst sign of sntttrinp. A rnl)bit or n dng will nntl wmc, nftcr tho infiction of t!~c fnt:d prlnctnrc, in its ortlinn~y nlnnncr; I)ut it F~H, I I appears f n t i p d , and lies doww ns if to nlecp. 'J'hen mpimtion cr~lncs; scnaihility xlrl life disappnr; nnd it clics \r-ithout a strll:.glc.

In gv?'ncml, when life wlws eufl~lt.nly, tllc nemca retnin for some time thc power of rrnction under tllo illflucnce of mwllnnicnl or chetniwl stimnlnnts. If tt ncmc of motion bc cxcitetl, co~ivl~lsit)l~s supcnrcnc in tlic corrcs~nn~lin% mlrsclrs ; if tlic skin bc pinched, certai~l ~lh*!'clial nlovcnlcnts follo\r. Aftcr dent11 hy cunrc, none of tllcar ~)hcno~nrnn cnn bc it~ducctl : there is :r complete nl~nihilxtion of :111 (111- ~)nq)crtica of thc nerpnns systcm. Ths ncn7cs of l l ~ c still w:!nn nllilllnl tllnt dicd I)11t n minute ngo nrc? inert :IS thosc of olle thnt hna loll!: been cold nnd stiff. Tllo b lwl is coln- pletely black, and so mnch altered, tliat i t coagu1:ttcs with dificulty.

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