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      TUE BATTLE OF SASEBY . , -B » D-iirera Kiso 3-is-cnuss-ASD-THEi B . XoBLEs . Jj 0 BAM « " ^ xK . usKS-OP-lMW . Sergeant in Ireton ' s Regiment . . , ofMe come ye forth , in triumph from the Korth , o ^ iTb e voSS * y ° feet » and yo »" aimenfca 11 / SJUre doth your rout send forth a ioyousshqut ? A d whence he the grapes of the wine-press which ye ? fejd ? -i <« = < the root , and bitter was the fruit , ° 6 f SS is the jnice of the vintage that we trod ; ^ ifS pkd on the throng , of the haughty and the

      tn £ 3 S in the high places and slew the saints of God . iui . it tie noon of a glorious day in June , 3 t l £ wB saw their banners dance , and their cuirasses tadS sb" of Blood was there with his long es 3 enced ^ d ^ stley , and Bir Marmaduke , and Rupert of the Rhine . Tike a "ervant of the Lord , with his bible and Jus sword , Tfee General rode along us to formuafor the fight , _ Kten a murmuring sound broke out , and swelled into a imomj the godless horsemen upon the tyrant ' s right . itid hark ! like the roar of the billows on the shore , The cry of battle rises along their charging line ! ra God ! for the Cause ! for the Church ! for the Laws For Charles King of England , and Rupert of the Rhine 31 b furious German comes , with his clarions and his drams

      , . .. . .. His bravoes of Alsatia and h * B pages of "Whitehall ; They are bursting oa onr flanks ! Grasp your pike 3 : —close Yourranfa : — for Rupert nerer comes but to conquer or to fall . They are here : —they rush on . We are broken—we are Onir left is home before them like stubble on the blast . 0 Lord pot forth thy might ! 0 Lord defend the right ! Stand ' back to back , in God ' s name , and fight it to the " fort . Stout Skippon hath a wound : —the centre giveth grousd : — Hark ! Bark!— "What means the trampling of horsemen on our rear ? ¦ fthose banner do I iee , boys ? "lia he , thank God , 'tis he , boys . Bear op another minute , Brave Oliver is here .

      Tiieir heads all stooping low , with their points all in a rrtW Like a whirlwind on the trees , like a deluge on the Our Cuiras 3 iers have burst on the ranks of the Accurst , ind at a shock hate scattered the forest of his pikes . last , fast , the gallants ride , in some safe nook to hide , Their coward heads predestined to rot on Temple-bar . And he—he turns , he flies : —shame to those cruel eyes , That bore to look on torture , and dare not look on war . Fools , your doublets shone with gold , and your hearts were gay and bold , ¦ W hen ye kissed your lily hands to your lemans to-day , And to-morrow shall the fox , from her chambers in the rocks , Lead forth her tawny cubs to howl above the prey .

      Were be your tongues that late mocked at heaven and hell , and fate , And the fingers that once were so busy with your blades ; lonr perfumed satin clothes , your catches and your Oiths—IourBta £ e-p ' ays and jour sonnets , your diamonds and your spades ? Sown , down , for eter down , with the mitre and the

      crown—^ lth the Belial of the Court , and the Mammon of the Pope ; There is woe in Oxford Halls ; there ia wail in Durham ' s Stalls , The Jesuit smites Ma bosom : the Bishop tends Ms cope . And She of the seven hills shall mourn her children ' s ills , And tremble when she thinks on the edge of England ' s sword ; And the Kings of earth in fear ^ shall shudder when they hear What the hand of God hath wrought for the Houses and the Word .

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      Uemoibs of Alexasdek Beihtjite . By W . M'Combie . Aberdeen . We love at times to shut our ears to the din of party politics , the strife and bickering of personal fends of the mere ephemera , that , gnat-like , dance and flutter b the sunlight of to-day , and to-morrow are no more . We love to turn at times from these things , and , with taut eyes , make pictures in the mind , and win a cup of blessing to refresh us on our weary pilgrimage , from the toil and heroic endurance of some unknown

      martyr of the poor . We quit the surface of things , and go down to the deeps of Human Nature , which are as rich in hidden treasures as the unexplored depths of old Ocean . After all the hymns of praise and triumph snug to the World ' s Heroes , the uninown heroism , the unwritten poetry , and the unchronicled greatness of the world , are its proudest possessions , and its most glorious graces . "What grander spectacle can we contemplate than that of a Stable Life , wrought out and buUt np amid suffering and martyrdom , between mud walla , and beneath a

      ( oof too low to stand upright under ? Mont Blanc , fte Pyramids , St . Peter ' s , in Home , have no such significance , they are dwafted in such a prevailing presence . Many such of God ' s own lion-hearted heroes have lived , and are living this noble life in the frequentl y foodless garret , or fireless cellar , whose moral glory gilding their lives , sheds a divine radiance , Such as eclipses the splendour of their heroiBm , whom we world persiBts in calling great . We have known Euch , bora in tmtoward cixcumBtances , where light never corneaand where birth means a sepulchre for

      , we soul , who have possessed the true metal which resists the blows of adversity , and who seemed to rise from the deep waters of sorrow and affliction , like the « nds of Egypt from the overflowings of the river £ ile , all the more fertile and fruitful . Surrounded by scenes which might well appal the bravest heart , where the children of labour are born and baptised , m the tears of misery—born to be used up like Machines as surely as corn is grown to be eaten—born to

      be sapped of all the finer human feelings , in the spring of fife , and to be crusht out of existence in the workhouse , that last article in the catalogue of a poor man ' s miseries ! Bountiful Nature , like a kind mother with her silent magnimity , hares her beautiful bosom , and invites all her children to the bounteous banquet of life , but they may not share . *> hei bnnga the beautiful spring mornings to bless the world , and all is life and beauty ; sue sendB the soft

      summer nights clad in the beauty of a myriad golden JW 3 , but brighter is the gold they have to coin from fleart and sinew to fill the money till of the taskmaster . Toilistheirteaureoflife—Bpffering their inherik j ace : And , in circumstances like these , we have « to wn wno nave flared to be noble , and to whom oeroism seemed the natural way of living . God ' s me ssing on them , though the world never heard of r *® * though their names were never blazoned bv the of

      j ^ npet Fame . Surely , they have not lived their j ^ oism in vain !—surely , it is gathered up to a life « yond life ! « It ia difficult for pride to put its ear * ° the ground and listen to the teachings of lowly ff ^^! ' but > if ifc W 0 l " » uow mach ifc might learn . flat a picture to weep exulting tears over , is that of « e poor seamstress in 'Alton Locke' ( copied from eiife ) , rejoicing , vMe starving , that her deformity d&J mmarktable among those who purcliase the of > i T ** ° ^ ' And wiiat a sweet » sad story E «« T hero ! sm is contained in the life of the brothers haV ? v lt is teautiful twin music . One in their gJJJpMi their sufferings , and their joys ; the one ^ » mu g the other only just long enough to write to t w 01 rs ' - AkMnaw is set at the age of fourteen sfcZjJ * oat of a ditch ao deep that it needs the q =. of a grow n man ; he is twice blown up in ^ ei ^^ . ^ d left for dead , recovering slowly with to bw i aD eye " JonD ' before he is tnu-teen , has W ^ m ™ by &e way side » darin S the most inj _ WJlfl . He tfllrPQtrk tVlQ-ivnn-oinrf traAa anA W ,.

      W \ rt exertions , saves ten pounds , wherewith to pr 4 S ™* tegin work with -his brother as ap-S siluiwTfT ? outlay Js rendered abortive by the their o U iS " in their trade ; so they return to ^ seh i a at foarteen-pence a day . John , in a ^ % iHnn f taskworli : ' overexerfc 8 llimself ' andra'ns ***** duri ife " He next works knee-deep iu ^^ atiou of it 3 ) eceml ) er frost » wMca Ia ys the S ^ theynp eonsamp tion which destroys him . ^ ftey di ; ? n \ ' Mdpoeby they will write . l ab correct !^ ? t , ? which lets in the ^ nd and the tul their Bpelling with an old copy of the

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      ^ ——iM ^————[ Christian Remembrancer . ' The only thing which tempted them to fret , being 'kept at home by rain and snow . John himself dying , has managed to save fourteen pounds out of his miserable earnings , to be expended on his brother ' s recovery from the second quarry accident ; yet , in this poor hut , lighted by one single pane of glaBs , in the long summer evenings they write poetry , and ' Tales of the Scottish peasant life , ' and a work on practical economy , This last work was published without a sale , perhaps owing to their Edinburgh mentor , who castrated the work , which had too many ' violent political allusions , ' though Alexander , in the following passage , pleads for their retention — ' Christian Remembrancer' Thfi onlv t . Wncr which

      Talk to many of religion , and they will put on a long face , confess that it is a thing of the greatest importance , and go away and forget the whole . Talk to them of education , they will readily acknowledge that it is " abraw thing to be weel learned , " and begin alamentation . ' . which is only shorter than the lamentations of Jeremiah , because they cannot make it a 9 long , on the ignorance of the age in which they live , but they neither stir hand nor foot in . the matter . But speak to them of politics , and their excited

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

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

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

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

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

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      HlSTOIRE DE IA RePUBIIQUE DE VeNISE SOUS Maxi . st . Par M . Anatole de la Forge . Vol . I . Paris : 1852 . The historyof theheroicstrugglesof theoppressed peoples of the earth since 1848 has yet to be written . The general attempts already made have been rather glorifications of individuals than records of the acts of tho people . Nor is the present an exception . Though a deeply interesting narrative , and a valuable contribution to contemporary history , if is mere the story of D aniele Manin , than of the people of Venice . But this will alwayB be the case until the people become , as they should be—everything . They will find historians enough then .

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

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

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

      At a meeting of shareholders in the railway , at the Breza Palace , Manin showed great civic courage . He asked , in order to discover fraud , the verification of the deeds of all members present . A frightful explosion of cries and murmurs greeted his words . Calm in the midst of the tumult , Manb , his arm 8 folded , remained standing . During this time , a commissary of police put bis hat on , and , approaching the orator , bade him be silent . " Is this an order or a piece of advice ? " said Manin . " If it be advice , I do ; not accept it ; if an order , it is unjust , and I will yield only to violence . " Electrified by these noble words

      , the pnblio rose . Cries of " No violence" were mingled with murmurs of indignation against the commissary . Confused rumours circalated through the hall with regard to the inclination of the crowd without . The agent * of the government knew not what to do . Manin , motionless on his bench , complete roaster of his thoughts , repeated , -with imperturable sang froid , " I claim to ' be heard . " The right ¦ was given him , and , in the midst of the most majestic silence , he maintained his right . Emilia Bro glio , after him , spoke ou the same side ; their motion was adopted ; pp . 41 , 42 .

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

      The arrival of Cobden in Yenice was a great event . He had just made a triumphal voyage through all Italy . Everywhere he had been received with honours usually ' accorded to Sovereigns . Pezzata had , from Milan , requested Manin to receive well the illustrious chief of English Reform . Cobden had been fifteen days st Venice , and was about to depart , and nothing had been done . The wife of Manin , an ardent soul , full of patriotism , said constantly to her husband , " It i 3 a disgrace to Venice , if she does not make a demonstration in honour of such a guest . " Manin went to the Cabinet de Lecture , of which Parana was the President , and where m et the patriots of the town . He found no one there , sare the President , to whom ho explained the object of his visit . By common consent , the two friends went out , at ten o ' clock at night , on to the Place St . Mark . Going from group to group , they obtained , in an hour , a considerable number of signatures . Prinli , who waa

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      ^¦¦¦¦¦ IM— - — - one of the commissaries of the meeting , took upon himself to ask of the police permission to celebrate a banquet . It was granted , on the-express condition that Manin should not speak . The Austrlans began to know the value of this intrepid enemy . Scxt day an imposing multitude was present at this banquet , prepared in the island of Guidecci . Toramasi fi gured amon" the subscribers ; but , faithful to his solitary habits , he did not come satisfied with sending a magnificent address , full of noble and serious thoughts . LacatelJo , the editor of tho " Official Gazette" of Venice , to the great astonishment of the spectators , read a very energetic speech . Cobden answered , in courteous and eloquent language , lie thanked tho Venetians with effusion , for the hospitality offered him ; and said flattering thing of tho Italian population and particularly of Venice , while lie roused their enthu ' . siasm , when speaking of the part he expeotod them to & ? . ^'" ITli - AJW concluded ! a" Present ^ one of the commissaries of tbe meeting fZZiT

      . , .. . rose , and took back Cobden to his hotel , following the great canal to the sound of music , and by the li » ht of torches . That nighfc the whole town was alive ; the windows hung with carpets , and adorned with flags - > " days of great ceremonies , were lit up , formed a vast garland of lights , reflected under a thousand vivid forms in the mirror of the water . Venice seemed like a vast globe of fire , impended as if by enchantment between two immensities—the sky and the sea . Old men never re collected having been present at such a spectacle Such was " the homage rendered by the people of Venice to science courage and talent , in the person of Cobden Certainly ' when going back from this splendid fete , when the last songs had ceased to resound , when the last light of their llummations were extinguished in the thickness and silence of the night , more than one inhabitant , before he went to sleep , might justly say to himself , that a people who would thus receive an illustrious euest . nnnU ™ t- L

      as Austria pretended , a people dishonoured and dead to all sentiments of liberty and nationality . Some days after Manm went to see Cobden . "I have been all rhrnm / h Italy" said he " and everywhere I have been Sffnt ceived , but nowhere have I received so solemn an impression as at Venice . Questions of political economy are well studied ; at every step I have mot men well instructed and versed m these matters , less foreign than in many countries of Europe , but , what haa struck me above all , is the mortal hatred felt towards Austria . A Neapolitan lady said to me , I would give the blood of my four children to see them expelled from Ital y . ' » Cobden did not appear to understand the ardour of this sentiment in independent States , such as Naples , Florence , Rome , " Who , " said he , l ^ I Ve , ?? - ng l . - . l h Vienna > and can , consequently , nil- /* u- affili ru ? ««» tt « & «* in « of Austria . " Manin Observed to him , that people , in appearance free , lived under the empire of laws more retrogade , and more repres-S 5 SSK 5 Winces submLd ( To be Continued ]

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      THE COUNTESS OF RTJDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to « Consuelo . " ] Bx Gkorob Sand . liwfL /^ ^! ^? ! , ' after 8 omo houra of half liberty , sad and agitated . I do not desire to leave it again at such a price . And yet I might , perhaps , escape ! I thmk of nothing but that , now that I think myself in the power of a villain , and threatened with dangers worse than death , worse than an eternity of Buffering . ° I must think of it seriously henceforth , and who knows but I may succeedi ? They say that a determined will always succeed at last . Oh , my God , proteot me I" ' COUSDELO ' S JOUBNAI , —THB INVISIBLES ! This morning Gottlieb secretly brought me a note thus conceived : — *

      "' We are working for your deliverance ; the moment approaches . Bat a now danger threatens you , which will retard the Bras of our enterprise . Distrust all who urge you to flight before we have given you certain counsels and precise details . A snare is laid for you . Be uoon vour guard , and persevere in your strength . ; "' Your brothers , "' Invisibles ' " This note fell at the feet of Gottlieb this morning as he was crossing one of the courts of the prison . He firmly believes that it fell from heaven , and that the robin has something to do with it . By making him talk , without seeking to oppose his singular ideas too forcibly , I have learnt strange things , which are , perhaps , grounded upon truth I asked him if he knew who the Invisibles were , "« No pne knows / he replied , though every one pretends to know . ' r " « How , Gottlieb ! you have then heard of people who are thus called V v

      " During tho time I was apprenticed to the master shoemaker of the town , I heard a great deal of these things , ' ' \ m ?? y . L 8 pok 6 n of » then ? The PWple know them V "' This is how I oame to hear about it , ' he replied , ' and of all the words I ever heard , these are among the few which are worth listening to and remembering . A poor workman among our comrades wounded his hand so badly , that it beoame a question whether it should be out off or not . He was the only support of a numerous family whom he had assisted up to that time with much courage and affection . He came to see us , with hia hand bound up , and said to us sadly , as he watched us working , ' You are very happy to have your hands at liberty ! As for me , I think I shall soon be obliged to go into the hospital , and my old mother must bog to prevent my little brothers and sisters

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

      Franz"' In your place , 1 know what I should do , but perhaps you have not the courage V "' It is not courage I want , ' BaidFranz ; ' whatmust I do ? c « * You must address yourself to the Invisibles . ' " Frapz appeared to understand what he said , for he Bhook his head with an air of repugnance , and made no rej ly . Some young men , who , like myBeif , knew not what this meant , asked an explanation , and were answered on all sides . " « You do not know the Invisibles ? It is easy to see that you are but children ! The Invisibles are people who are not seen , but who nevertheless act . They do all sorts of good , and all sorts of evil . No one knows where they live , but there are somo of them everywhere . It is said that

      they are to be found m all the four quarters of the globe ; they assassinate many travellers , while they assist others against the brigand , as these travellers are iudged by them worthy of chastisement or protection . They are the instigators of all revolutions ; they frequent every court , direot all affairs , decide upon war and peace , redeem prisoners , relieve the unfortunate , punish the wicked , make kings tremble on their thrones ; in short , they are the cause of all the happiness and unhappinesa in the world . They may perhaps have been mistaken more than once , but they say that their intentions are good , and besides , Who can say . that which is a misfortune to-day shall not be the cause of a great happiness to-morrow . "' As for Franz , he hesitated to appl y to them , ' heoause , ' said he ,. ' when once any one has accented a benefit

      from them , he finds himself bound to them for this life and the next , to the great injury of his salvation , and to the great peril of his relations . ' Nevertheless , necessity overoame fear . One of our comrades , he who bad given him the advice ; and who was strongly suspected of belonging to the Invisibles , though he as strongly denied It , gave him in secret the means of making what he called the signal of distress . We have never learnt in what this signal con . Bisted . Some say that Franz traced a cabalistic sign with his blood on his door ; otherB that he went at midnight to a mound between four roads , at the foot of a cross , where a cavalier in black appeared to him , Finally , there were some who spoke simply of a letter which he had deposited

      in the hollow of an old weeping willow , at the entrance to a cemetery . One thing is certain , that he received assistance , that his family were enabled to wait for his cure without having recourse to begging , and that they had the means of consulting a skilful surgeon , who saved his hand . Of the Invisibles ho never said a word , except that he continually blesses them . And this , ray sister , is how I learned for the first time the existence of these terrible and benevolent beings . ' "' But you , who are hotter taught than these young workmen , ' I said to Gottlieb , ' what do you think of the Invisibles ? Are they sectarians , charlatans , or conspirators ?'

      " Here Gottlieb , who until this had expressed himself with perfect clearness , fell back into his customary incoherences , and I could draw nothing from him , but that they were beings ol a truly invisible and impalpable nature , who , like God and the angels , could not communicate with men , save through borrowing certain appearances . " May 12 . —The prodigies are indeed beginning , and my destiny is in the hands of the Invisibles . Like Gottlieb , I ask , Are they of God or the devil . ' To-day Gottlieb waa called by the sentinel who guards the esplanade , and who keeps hia round upon the small bastion which terminates it . This sentinel , according to Gottlieb , is no other than an Invisible , a spirit . The proof is , that Gottlieb , who knows all the sentinels , and who talks with them freely , when they amuse themselves by ordering shoes , has never

      seen this one before , and then , too , appeared to him to be of a stature more than human , while his f ace wore an undefinable expression . "' Gottlieb , ' he said to him , speaking in a very low voice , ' La Porporina must be delivered in three nights . This depends up you ; you must take the keys of her chamber from the pillow of your mother , lead her across your kitohen , and bring her here , to the end of the esplanade . There I will take oharge of the rest . Give her notice that she may be ready ; and remember that if you are wanting in prudence and zeal , she , you . and I are lost . ' ' " This is the point to which I am arrived . This news rendered me ill with excitement . I have been in a fever all through the night ; all through the night , I have heard the fantastio violin . To fly ! to quit this gloomy prison ! to escape , above all , from the terror this Mayer causes me !

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      Ah ! if my life alone were to be risked for thiTTTT " ready ; but what will be the eo nae 4 ueno 2 of if M Gottlieb , to this sentinel whom I fc ^ not an 7 w h 0 ° gratuitously devotes himself to my service ; in short tl those unknown accomplices who are about to take « nnn them a new charge ? I tremble , I hesitate , I can decide upon nothing . " May 13 .-Oh ! decidedly , I shall trust to destiny to the Providence which sends me unhoped-for aid , I will * en I will lean upon the powerful arm which offers to protect me ! As I was walking this morning upon tho esplanade where I ventured , in the hope of receiving from the mint ' s who surround mo some new revela ion , I looked towirds ., , 7 , i : r » . 7 _ . " . " .. . ' T ~

      the bastion where the sentinel is . There were two one on guard , his musket upon his shoulder ; the other , ' coming and going , as though he wero searching for something The large figure of the last attracted my attention ifc did ' not seem altogether unknown to me . But I could only look at him by stealth and at every turn in my walk I was obliged to turn my back to him . At last , as I was Mm * towards him , he also came towards us , as though by chance ; and though bo was upon a glacis considerable than ours , I completely recognised him , and could scarcely refrain from crying out . It was Karl , the Bohemian , the de . sorter whom I saved from the claws of Mayer in the forest of Bohemia ; the Karl whom I had afterwards seen at Ko 8-wald , m Moravia , at the house of Count Haditz and who sacrificed to me a project of formidable vengeance . He is a man devoted to me , body and soul , and whoso large face flab nose , red beard , and glassy eyes , appeared to me today as beautiful a * the features of the angel Gabriel Ifc is he

      '" , ' said Gottlieb , in a whisper , ifc is the emis S AT of ? u Invi ] , . an Invisible himself , I am certain ! At least he could be if he would . It is your deliverer , it is he who will take you hence to-night . ' « ' My heart beat so quickly that I could scarcel y stand tears of joy escaped from my eyes . To hide my emotion from the other sentinel I approached the parapet , withdrawing from the bastion , and feigning to contemplate tho herbs in the moat . I saw , .-however , by stealth , Karl and Gottlieb exchanging a . few words which I could not catch . Atter a tew moments , Gottlieb returned to me , and said rapidly—J' L i . ? , omin ? ? own here ; he is going to our kitchen to drink a bottle of wine . Pretend to pay no attention to him , My father is gone out . Whilst my mother goes to fetch the wine from the eantoen , do you enter the kitchen , as if to return to your own room , and you can speak to him fora moment . ' " This scheme sucoeeded , and Karl communicated to me that all was ready for my liberation , destined to be effected to-morrow evening . "

      TflB PEHir ,. —TnE KNIFE . " -ere finishes the journal of Consuelo . We renew the faithful recital of her adventures . Ifc is necessary to tell the reader that Karl made no vain boast , when he said that he was assisted and employed by powerful personages . Those invisible cavaliers who laboured for the deliverance Of our heroine had freely bestowed their gold . Several turnkeys , eight or ten veterans , and even one officer , were engaged to remain quiefc , to seo nothing , and in case of alarm , only to run after the fugitives for fovm ' s sake . Upon the evening fixed for the escape , Karl had supped with the Schwartz famil y , and protending to be drunk , had invited them to drink with him . The mother Sohwartz had an

      ardent throat , like most womeu given to tho cullinary art Her husband had ho hatred to the eaude-vie of his own canteen , when he drank ifc at the expense of another . A narcotic drug , secretly introduced by Karl into tho bottle , assisted the effect of the strong liquor . The Schwartzes gained their beds with difficulty , and snored so soundly , that Gottlieb , who attributed everything to supernatural influences , did not fail to think them enohanted as he an . proaohed them to steal tho keys ; Karl had returned a * A&m , i ^ hi 3 watch ' Consuelo arrived without difficulty with Gottlieb as far as this spot , and courageousl y mounted the ladder of cords which the deserter threw to her . But noor Oottlish . wlm n » .

      sisted in sharing her flight , in spite of all her remonstrances , was m great embarrassment at this junoture , He who in UlS attacks of somnambulism , ran like a cat on the roofs , was moapable of making three active step 3 upon tho most even ground now he was awake . Sustained by theoonviotion that he was following a messenger from heaven , he had no fear , and would havo thrown himself , without hesitation , to the bottom of the ramparts had Karl advised him to do bo . But his audacious confidence increased the dangers of his awkwardness . He climbed at random , disdaining to aee or calculate anything . After having made Consue o tremble twenty times , as twenty times she thought him lost , he at last attained the nlatform of ths haatinn . and

      from thenceour three fugitives directed their steps across the corridors of that part of the citadel where the sentinels initiated into their seent ware lodged . They advanced without obstacle , when they suddenly found themselves faoe to face with the Adjutant Nanteuil , otherwise the ex-recruiter Mayer . Consuelo gave herself up tot lost ; fat Karl prevented her from flying , sayin ? , j >»« interest " ° thiD 2 ' gn 0 ra Monsieur l'Adjutant i 3 in your JllH & ' i '^ Jan teuil , hastily , " there is something wrong . L Adjutant Weber has taken ifc into his head to come and sup in pur ouarten with the old fool of a lieutenant iney are in the room you must cross . Wo must find a means of setting rid of them ; Karl , ntncnquiokly to your post , i will fetch you when the time comes . The lady will take shelter m my room . Gottlieb shall come with me . I w pretend he is walking in his sleep ; my two simpletons 51 T wf It K > and once the room is empty , I will take the key so that they shall not return to it . "

      bottlieb who did not know that he was a somnambulist , Stared With astonishment ; but Karl having signed to him to stay , he did so blindly . Consuelo felt an insurmountable repugnance to entering Mayer ' s room " What do you fear from this man ? " said Karl , in a low voice . He has too large a sum to gain to think of betraying JL «\ i"is advice is good . I return to the bastion . Too much haste would ruin us . " it T ?? 5 ) ucl 1 coolnesa and Prudence may ruin us also , " thought Consuelo . Nevertheless sho yielded . She had a weapon m her possession . As she crossed the kitchen of the bchwartzes , she had possessed herself of a small knife , which somewhat reassured her . She had given Karl her money and her papers , retaining an a 1 f nwflx which she was not far from regarding as

      Mayer locked her in his room for greater security , and r « SSsrr . n - At theend ° ftenminutes > wM ° appeared an age to Consuelo , Nanteuil oame back . "Signora , he said to her , in Italian ; " you have yet half-an-hour to wait . The rascals are drunk and will not raise the siege till the clock strikes one ; then the gaoler who has the care of this quarter will turn them out . " And what have you done with Gottlieb , monsieur ?" "Your friend Gottlieb is in safety hehind a bundle of faggots , where he may sleep if ho pleases , when he will , perhaps , walk all the better as he follows you . "

      Irt ave notice iven hira » wil 1 no not ?" " Unless I would have him hanged , " replied tho adjutant , with an expression which appeared diabolical to Consuelo . « ' I must take care not to leave him thore . Are you satisfied with me , signora V "I cannot prove my gratitude to you now . monsieur ;" replied Consuelo , with a coolness under which she vainly sought to disguise her disgust ; "but I hope shortly to aoquit myself honourably towards you . " " Pardieu ! You may acquit yourself at once , " said Mayer ; " onekiss is no suoh great matter ; and that I think I have earned a right to , " added he , approaching vOnsuoio *

      'Pardieu , you can acquit yourself at once ( Consuelo Shinfat ^ rZ " ° / , hSrr . 0 /) by . testing a little friendship towards me , " Mded Mayer in a ton ? of heavy and gross cajolery . "Now , look you , if I were not a passionate lover of musio , and you were not so pretty a person I should be very culpable for neglecting my duties so far as to let you esoape . Do you believe it is the temptation of gam that has induced me to do it ? Bah ! I am rich enough to do without you and your friends ; and Prinoe Henry is not powerful enough to save me from a halter or perpetual imprisonment , if I am discovered . In any event , my poor look-out will occasion my disgrace , my transfer to a lass

      agreeable fortress , one further from the capital . All this requires some consolation . Come , do not be so prudish . You know well that I am in love with you . I havo a tender heart . That is no reason why you should impose upon my weakness . What , the devil J you are no nun , no bigot lou are a charming girl of the stage ; and I'll bet you have not . made your way to the first rank without bestowing the charity of a little tenderness upon your directors . Pardieu ! if you have sung before Maria Theresa , as they say , you have passed through the door of tho Prince de Raunitz . You are here in a less splendid apartment ; but I Hold your liberty m my hands , and liberty is much more precious than the favour of an empress . "

      dipSion'sSgusr ' repIied Conmi 0 ' ° * itbin"No , it is aprayer , beautiful signora . " I hope that it is not a condition " « i 3 Mi Fye , never ! That would be an indigcSWftgigSi 1 Kpudenfc ^' W ™^ mE ™ ^! ' tT , ified ' | l ed t 0 the extremity of the chamber . siteis \ * sh - ? sa * , eu that she ™< iost > if sb ° ei ' edi b ? t ? K 5 hW t ? h ? nour - and - suddenlyimpei . ea by the terrible determination of the « 5 tvurish women her kffiUP' ft \ Mayer b ^ uryinTsome C ! f her knife m his body Mayer was very fat . an * the wound was not dangerous ; but on seeing his blood flow ! as he was as cowardly , a ? he was sensual , he thought himself £ d m ^ mSl ^" . ?? ' with hi ^ fac ° ^ ownwafds , on his bed , murmuring , -- " I am assassinated-I am lost 1 " Con-%£ * * $ ' " ° killed him » "MS * faS SpJhi , 5 f SomeTOOm 6 n 69 , silen * ^ rror , sho neverthe ess dared to approach , and finding him m /> M nnio « aha

      M . » o JPP » rt «''« tJ . topiek up thekey of the chamber which had fallen at his feet . Hardl y had sho obtained pos-^• Hhl t h f » ? befelt J her ootiraSe revive ; she went out without hesitation , and rushed at a venture through trtrtS ' i } - f 0 Und aU tho doorsopeTbeforeher , ™ i ? m w % ? l f . Wlthout knowing where ifc would hSnll * H Buhfer linb 8 benfc « h her , when she te ^ i rn « T « . i alam belI « and shortly afterwards li yV A drum ' and tha * cannon which had so hTJ Lf - S n the Di SDt * hen Gottlieb ' s somnambulism had occasioned an alarm . She fell upon her knees ^? fcf n A » clasping her handsf invoked th protection of God for poor Gottlieb and the generous Karl . Separated from them after tAWing them to expose themselves to death for her , she no longer felt any strength , any desire for safety . IToaw nnH hmwinir nffins sounded

      m her ears-tho glare of torches flared before her haggard eyes , and sho already did not know if this was reality , or the effeot of her own delirium . She sank into a corner , and lost all COESoiousness .

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      _____ „ m n ™ ESCAPE ~ A villain ' s deatu doom . Dorlnni i ns"ol ° 11 Gtui'ne < l to a sense of existence , she exffiJSt to S T lbrtto , fceiillg of Jmi ' pineS 9 ' withoufc led her H , I ! rcca 1 whei < e sho was » or llie C " ^ which had without SfflK' Sho was rec lining in the open air , and the night si ° , 7 '" convenience from the coldness of hoavona abov- W « eo _ V ° st ! U ' 3 sll ! S ia tho ™ st pure Succeeded theBono , r , " ? lumtln S P d ' arfj quickly noise of oars irti " ot ra I liJ but a 2 reGable motion . The to understand t , ° . Wators . at marked intervals , gave her moat . A gentlo I Sh \ in a boafc > aml crossing the was something i » th ™[? Penetrated her limbs , and there was rustling Z t ' JlnQss of the waters , while the wind called tho V nnmnfv "um . erousaq « atic herbs , that re-Consuelo raised her dLi ™ V n the tair nights of spring , saw two rowers exorS aiifel '( ^ ™ ** , and ui

      mo uou . sue ooked fa . 7 i 7 . " , ? luatoneextremitr far in the distance , gloomv ,. Cltadel > and 8 aff it already transparent framework of ,, ? l no untain of stone , in the herself saved ; but immediatel y "" 1 ^^ ' She thought ^ rs ^ rsr ^ rsJ ^ found t a . r Kan , ' « £ JS 5 ? J 3 J 5 Consuolo took the other rower for Gottlieb , bj i . to torment herself longer , sho fell back In W « * tooweak A hand drew around her the warm foldinSlS ? in ^ Vh she was enwrapped , but she moved it genfly SmherSi hatshemight contemplate the itanyUlJfflSSS

      « f hoE ° f - she foIt her stren " ' and th ° elaaticity of her limbs returning , paralysed as they had been by a vin . lent nervous crisis , she collected her thoughts and th « IKSTi * ' ^ layer P re 5 ente 1 itself before her ! ghB £ . » ° ^ ris e 0 Dce more < as shf > Pe ^ eived that heS ShT ff W ^ e knees , while her body was s ! S rt £ _ « IT of i third . ri ? ' whom she wl K £ Ei J ^ u ei > whom shehad taken for a I ale of goods , iSAxntssssiss ^ " reioted ° SSr ° T ' " ^ fi # s SBhluJ » ° ^ TKY , , eshock of landil ) gthreVher S , ^ i ^ d l hefe « bMkintothaarm 8 oft 1 ieiny 8 terious person . Then she saw him standing and . hv f hnWlA

      S ^^^ -sb ^ vks S ' gS r ?^ " ^ ' ^* bvBSnsr 6 nPw d A Kar andan ° « w individual , who had Tho „« l 8 newed the injunction not to speak a single word . S S y 7 vE ? h *¦?] aDd desefted ; no movemJSt S @ ^« affBsa ^ solemn naste of her deliverer . nn < i » , » « o »» :-- » _ i .: « i .

      « f * KH tawgt T . ? D 0 I 8 e of the wheels . « d " « m gallop SAofoH : m - ert : favouraWo to conversation . Con-S herft « f ?? , latinudated , and even somowhafc alarmed , ttatw 2 im . fi ? - u ?? knovfn . Still , when she saw her duTv to fi r a 5 erJ n brea ^ gtbe silence , she thoughtifi X »! l J Thifl 8 bCT g !! , ituae and Joy : ^ t she obtained fn Sen J ^^ V" 1 had laced nlmself opposite to her twMnhtai * n - khe , no » took her hand , pressed ifc beintoa corner 'J ^ ° Ut Say - a word > and then d ™ w back Smart » o ^«™ v oamage . *' - » le Conauelo , who had . dficrflf& ^ \ T er 8 ation - dared not penirt ia to wE iJlf W ; , S'eatly desireS to know but shfi ilf T u d . l votcd frie " d Bhe ° * her safety , afiSvnf ° v i thoufcacknoffled 8 ing ifc to herself ? L £ fiTe . ? B e . . « : of . rwpeot mingled with fear , and her ZToSi , n nt ° thiss ™ g <> travelling companion all Af hSSnS Sl ltl 6 S whl J ch befittGd the circumstances . At last the thought occurred to her that he waa j-nmn tmh .

      whnL&fT WH periuip , a faithful servanfe ! w tim . iA ° fel 1 ln the dutiea of ^ condition by permiO ting himself to converse with her at night , and mam . pfntnS in fh ^ o » rs '« ipid movlmenfc , the carriage SK , ' ?* i JW gIoomy wood ; the relay they hid expected to find had not : « t arrived . The unknown withdrew to Borne distance , either to see if it were approaching , ° Jf « ° ^ i " neas iJ iess ai > d impatience . Consuelo de-Thih £ ' wa | ked » P and " down a nei ghbouring to ask bad a thousand Vationa fai fchfu ? ln G dtt . 8 fgDOra i Iiere y ° U ai'OaUve ! " Saidtbia " And Gottlieb , how is he ?" u t P , os umo h is « L « it © well in his bed at Spandau . " « Saven and wa 3 Gottlieb left behind , then ? Ha will suffer for us all .

      "He will neither suffer for himsell nor for any other . ' Ihe a arm given , I know not by whom , I ran to join you at all risks , seeing that the moment had arrived to dare all or lose all . I met the adjutant , Nanteuil , that-is to say , tha recruiter Mayer , who was very pale " « wh "Sit r "' Earl ? standiD & ' walkin £ ?" " He was not wounded , then ?" " Ah i yes , he told me ho was slightly hurt by falling ia & 5 S . T ? J and , f But X did nofc P ay much attention to it , and asked him hastily where you were . Ha knew nothing ; he had lost his sonses . I thought I saw grounds for suspicion that ho intended to betray us ; for the alarm bell , which I had just heard , and whose sound I well Knew , was that in his room . But he seems to havo changed his purpose ; for he knew , the rasoal . that he had

      a great deal of money to gam by helping you to escape . He assisted me , therefore , to allay the storm , telling all those we met the somnambulist Gottlieb had again caused a false alarm . In fact , as though Gottlieb desired to bear us out in this , we found him in a corner , in that singular Bleep with whioh he is sometimes overtaken in tho middla of the day , wherever he may happen to be , on the parapet or esplanade alike . One would have said that the agitation of his flight made him sleep Btanding , which is too marvellous to believe , at least , vinleBB he had unwittinely drunk at supper a fewdrop 3 of the beverage with whioh I had supplied his dear parents . What I know is , that they shut him up m the first chamber we came to , to prevent his walking upon the glacis , and that I imteed it . h <« t . tn i « m

      him there till further orders . He can DO accused of nothing , and my flight will sufficiently explain yours . Tha bchwartzes slept too well to hear the alarm bell in their quarters , and no one will have thought of seeing whether £ T T !? * w ? ,, Op \ n or sbut ' Jt wil 1 nofc be till to-morrow , then , that the alarm will become serious . M . Nanteuil assisted me to dissipate it , . and I began seeking for you , while pretending to return to my dormitory . I had tha good fortune to find you a few steps from the door wa f ^ L-A ° Pass * hro . S our flight . The jailers oa that side were all gained . At first I was greatly alarmed at finding you almost dead . But dead or living I would not eave you behind , so I carried you without difficulty to the boat which waa awaiting us iu the moat . And then there

      happened to me a disagreeable little adventure . Jusfc as I was passing with you in tho boat under a low arch , and l , uK J- ry slo ! y , l at x "Jjgto not make too much noiaa imCT N v l T ^ S P ° t . there at the end of a small pier , which runs half the length of the arch , I waa stopped by three men , who , jumping into the boat , seized me by the collar . I must tell you that the person travel-. 17 ^ ^ in tbe oarria ge i and who is already one of us , " added KarL lowering his voice , " had the imprudence to give two-thirda of the promised sum to Nanteuil as he cama tnii £ Vn « , . P 08 . ^ - . Nantueii , thinking that he mighfi well bo contented with this and gain the rest by betraying us , had posted himself thore with a couple of villains lika himself , m order to catch us . He honed first of all to eat

      rm oi your protector and mine , so that no one might speak ii ? ? i iey h . J had received . This is why , doubtless , hia rascalB attempted to assassinate us . But your travelling companion , signora . all peaceable as he seems , is a lion ia a combat . I can tell you I shall long remember it . With two strokes of hia arm hB got rid of the first fellow ' by throwing him into the water , the second , intimidated , sprung back on the pier , and stood aloof to see how my struggle with the adjutant would end . My faith ! signora , I did not acquit myself so graoefully as his brilliant lord ' Bhip , whose name I knew not . M y contest lasted half a minute , which is not at all to my honour ; for this . Nantueil who is usually as strong as a bull , appeared weak and feeble , as though he were frightened , or as if the wound of JB& he had spoken to me gave him pain . At last , feeling thai : he was giving way , I raised him in my arms and plunged him in the water . Then his lordshi p Lid to me , « Do not K ^ n 1 r- T ButI ' ^ o W him , who knew _?" ^ - ?? H sw _™ ' . how Persevering andcruel he was . hovr

      ssfsscri ^ irl Mf ?^ s | gfs « ls inthiinAMV * fu n ° easy thin 2 : the bank is so narrow £ 111 ' ??' tbat tbe one overbalanced" the other , and both Ini i wate / - As they were struggling , swearing at one another , and keeping up a little swimming match , I made the best use of my oars , and soon gained a placa wnero a second rower , a brave fisherman by trade , had promised to come and help mo with one or two good atrokea across tho moat . " be Continued , J

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      « LITERARY CONFIDENCES AND THE « STAR OP FREEDOM . * 'i Vide No . 311 of '' The Keasoner . " What an admirable policeman was lost to the Mayne forca « h < m the Pressgaiie drafted Mr . G . J . Holyoake into the ranks ti tttm ? turo ; whataneje far a Detective lie has « . what a penchant for peccadilloes | and what a keen scent for delinquincies he manUests and his precision ! safe to guide a camel through the eve of a n « 3 i « Mr . noljoakehasfoundadark speck on the luSi * Tsurfi of the « Star of Freedom ' . » It is not a very large one , but , bless vou he would have seen it , though invisible to all the world » HEC discovered " illegitimate literary paragraphs" in it . The last ™ noticed purported to give the names of the writers " of am , the irtipleS in the last number of the Westminster Ravin ? ' l \~ Set nCSK ^^ JtejW ^^ S SSS ^^ s ^ Wi ^ sa "Pmnvcl - » ' , . 1 Utle " appropriation" from our friend " Irank Grave's" clairvoyantrevelationsf we would not have done it . Verily , our 8 ia hath found us out , G . M .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 15, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1678/page/3/