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      ^ - nvkrn or m . d'ossoli ; axd nis "wife fi ? TO 5 DEA MARCARET FULLER . ncerhis millions Death haa lawful power . ? a over thee , brave D'Ossoli ! none , none . 5 S longer struggle in a fight $ « rthY of " Italy to youth restored , trhmi isrfrom home , art sunk beneath the surge nf the Atlantic ; on its shore ; in Teach nf Lelo in t " * re { u Z ' ' su : ik with a 11 Twious on earth to thee . . a child , a wife ! Prou d as thou wert of her , America to her how high

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      t , wonder , showing sons dwells woman ' s courage in a virtuous breast . the « atW EQfc * eave ^ hind tQ 0 £ e sae ^ ' ^ Inch solitary safety might become OtfceB not her ; nor her who stood beside The pallet of the wounded , when the worst Of France and Ftrfidy assail'd the walls Of unsusp icious Rome . Rest , glorious soul , R enowned for strength of genius , Margaret ! Ke * t with the twain too dear ! My words are few , And shortly none -will bear in ? failing voice , Bat tfie same language with more full appeal Shall hail thee . Many are the sons of song . Whom thou hast heard upon thy native plains Worthy to sing of thee ; the hour is come ; Take we our seats and let the dirge begin . Walter Savage Laxdob

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      - 11 an « e when independence of principle consists in having no nrindple on which to depend , and free-thinking , not in thinking freely , hut in being free from thinking;—ia an age when men mil hold any thing except their tongues , keep anything except their wora , ana lose nothing patiently , except their character ; to improre such an age must be difficult , to instruct it dangerous ; and he stands bo chance of amending it who cannot at the same time amuse it .

      Mr Life axdActs in the Teaks 1848 and 1849 . By Arthur Georgy . Leipzig : Broekhams . London : Williams and JJorgate . THE'Times' newspaper—tbat beastly pauderer to crowned assassins and regal murderers—the dastardl y Times , ' which , has fought the hattles of Kingcraft and Despotism more strenuously and more cruell y with the pen than those butchers , Haynau , Radetzky , Windishgratz , and Filangieri , ever did with ihe sword!—The ' Times , ' which seldom uses the Eng lish name bat to degrade it—exhausted all its powers of wit , sarcasm , and rhetoric , to lie down the reputation and sully the glory of Kossutb . But we lave held his name all the dearer for the abuse and 1

      { helving accusations of the atrocious'Times . To taU forth such attacks from that paper is sufficient passport for any man ( save Bonaparte ) to our goodwill and affection . "We have often wondered what our brethren of other lands must think of us if they read the ' Times . * How they must loathe us for slavish , eirile things ! The crimson worshippers of War , -shorn vre have singled out , be they devils incarnate , at least they did their work outright , and'killed their victims ; hut the ' Times' is the apologist of torture , the murderer of liberty , and wounds the image of God in the very apple of the eye ! It must havebeen from the * Tunes' that the miserable traitor Georgy las derived his inspiration and sufficient courage to launch his indictment of Kossuth . Here we have the

      dastard who sold the noblest cause that patriotism could battle for—who blasted the bravest hopes the hnman heart could beat with—and handed over a gallant country , exhausted in its struggles for life and liberty—like another Samson shorn and betrayed into the hands of the Philistines—for those ' wolves , with theheart 3 of devils , ' the despots of Eussia and Austria totorture , ar > d wound , and make horrible sport with ! lie—this Georgy—has now come before the world to vindicate his act 3 and to plead his cause . He maintains that , from the first , his conduct was based en his devoted adherence to the old

      constitution of'Hungary , and bis intense hatred to the Earolutionary principles . Georgy -wields the pen rift a subtle vigour , can command the most litter and fierce sarcasm , and fights with all the coolness he manifested in the field—hut fee things are insufficient to make Eight "Wrong , Or Truth into a lie ! Indeed , he proves himself more of a recreant than ever . He endeavours to show that throughout the Hungarian war , the Eoldiers who » nobly combated for fatherland and freedom were ill-disci plined , ofteu cowards , and seldom to be relied co . He points out all Hungary's weaknesses ,

      doubtless fur the gratification of Her enemies . If tbe Hungarian troops were composed of cowards , what most the Austrian and Russian have been ? But Georgy give 3 no illustration of their cowardice so potent as we have of their deathless patriotism , and liar glorious bravery , individual and national . As a specimen of their spirit , Madame Pulszfc y relates that on one occasion an Hungarian General , previous tohazardiug a battle , thus addressed his troops : — 'Heroes , we have not only met the enemy we were in Karcb . of , but many times the number ; shall we sive them battle ? ' c In what proportion do we fight

      them 1 ' asked an old hussar . They are five to one , ' * asthe answer . ' Then , have at diem , ' replied the old hero—one of the unnamed demi-gods !—* for so long as they are not ten to one , we spurn them ! ' On another occasion , an old Peasant remarked to an Officer with exultation , 'I have sent my three sons fo the field of battle , but have kept back our best none , which I shall now take , and join the boys my self : ' And hundreds of such touching instances * % ht be adduced as characteristic of the heroes of Hungary . At the earliest stage of the war Georgy complains of Eossnth , who was then President of ™ 'Committee of Defence , ' for his interference in « e army promotions . He alleges that KobsuUi's ambit

      ion was to obtain the supremacy in military as * el ! as civil affairs . Would to God that he had objamed it ! Here the serpent slime of his jealousy begins « coze from the black depths of his hearfc , which was aTerY nen of tojingnj to hij ^ because of the « « wss of Kossuth . He represents Kossuth as a fctte orator , strong in words , but weak in deeds , and arery coward in combat ! The great blow given to beorgy ' a vanity appears to have been in KosBUth ' a . appointm ent of DembinsMto the post of Comniander-^ Cuief . This officer , Georgey says , was fitter for a fca lhouse than for the command of an army . About j ^ time , Georgy seems to have got an inkling of & > ssath ' s grand scheme of an Independent Hungary , * ad a solidarity of the Peoples , and began to form

      p plans accordingly . It has been related , that in tittle Georgy always fought like a man , who , having totbing to lose , Eonght out death , that his bravery * as the abandon of desperation , rather than the inspiration of his cause , and the manner in which he ! P eala of his victories warrants such conclusions . He js [ ilase on the battle field I And , as it were , flings 'inistlf with such reckless force against the scythe of JJftrfJ , as to Hunt the edge of it > He is blase in the * j J ' - a cold , careless , used-up man . Speaking of "ffi battles won under his command , some of the j ^ st illustrious in all history , he coolly says : ' They ere more owing to the incompetence of the enemy , 7 ^ to the conduct of his own troops ! ' LlAB , ^ ardl t axd Ciiuel ! A thousand pities that r ^ SSUth did tint , hnrn iha fraitnx oV . n . i- no Tin » v . ;~ T , i

      * Te done , on several occasions , for dereliction of duty £ « was one of his gravest errors . Granted , that eorav wasanaoje . general ; he was the enemy of president , the Revolution , and the Future Ret ' -r S a a friena » th ™ Z a fool » OTen , were bet-% ef 7 ? ? ffice-kdeed , the abler the man the fcirv f ^ enem y- Geor fiy asserts ; , that on the * jimh . he Eu 5 sians » Kossuth was cheating hia ffi ? fIlllopi ! StiiatEll S lan (| . Francejandthe * W r ^ 5 woald foterfere on their behalf , which W ^ jST * we reposed in us ' hwtit-*¦* ££ » / X ° -. e fook the oath ° t »«? r ^ ctO th © rfirnlnfinnarir ffnTOrnmant «* . it . every eserfion

      S * t ^ l ^ 'T ^^ S to sap it—to V ? ^ Pd todestroy it ; andthis oath , he now Wl !^ ms incei % - Can wo award any sen"Wft "" roatoiy ? Georgy accuses Kossuth of ^ otsSl ! . 10110 ^ 1611113 for the relief of the SSpnfe ^ , ^^ ^ 1 ' ^ h jwhat Hedi ! i b . avebeeQ done 1 Couldtheyhave i ^ ne ^ n . n 2 ht ^ me to the assistance of the S < SfSJ" ! i thiiUlB » bw at the £ ^ " lT i ^ ^^ BlHm Md v ^ SCft ? * asBDmeAeresponsibUity of S S « K 7 r , 8 af 0 rmalinvitati 0 n - ^ us ^ 2 SS ? ^ . ^ ***** ever §?«* deS ^ f S ^ their courage a ^ d as-Uo iTw ^^ ^^ the agent nem *> P lead to Messenhauser for

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      ' S 40 , 000 stand S of « arm « The Viennese wiseacres were sending deputations of students and Workmen to . Fnnce Swartzenburg , who was encamped outside \ lenna , which deputations never returned , and whose mutilated remains were found days afterwards . They had been put to death , and their poor bodies hacked inpieces b y the brutal soldiery . And when Kossuth had at length prevailed on the Hungarian troops to march , Heading them himself , they were met by the combined forces of Windishgratz and Jellachich , and a terrible battle ensued , and through all that long and dreadful day of carnage the Viennese made no sortie to assist the Hungarians . All that Georgy asserts in this book , in our eyes , tends to his own degradation aud to the exaltation of Kossuth . Of other notable 221 * * . * -. m aw * , ? & ****

      persons beside , the Governor , Georgy speaks of Aulich and Damjavics , as the most distinguished generals . Perczel , he says , is a mere boaster , vehement as BhalW . Bern he saw but once , and thought him very like an adventurer . Guyon he describes as daring , but without a head . He hates Austria , and condems Haynau . Many persons will mistake the cool indifference of this man for an heroical stoicism , and innumerable enmities will rush to battle round his book . We look upon him as a cold-blooded , disappointed , cynical Egotist ; the pet of the ' Times , ' the protege of Ernest Jones , and the man who sold a

      nation to be revenged on one whom he considered to be his enemy . In spite of what he urges , in spite of the devilish dealings of the * Times' how this man Kossuth lifts up his noble brow , a King of Nature ' s own grand crowning ! Akin to our own Cromwell for his heroism ! How the dwarfed idols of superstition , and the gods of kingcraft shrink into utter insignificance in the worshipful presence of such as he . Let the reptiles spit their venom , it shall not harm him . Let them bite the file . They cannot strike out of history the record of Ms noble struggles . They cannot make him otherwise than a great good man . They cannot blot out the fact that Kossuth won the

      topmost place in his country ' s estimation , by simple grandeur of soul , and his genuis to be loved . They cannot blot out the fact that he inspired a whole nation , wrought it into a subline and all-sacrificing enthusiasm—transformed the Magyars into a race of mighty heroes , and led them to marvellous and miraculous victories . That he emancipated the four million serfs , and made them masters of the soil which they had tilled as slaves ; and that he gave to Hungary

      that greatest of national blessings—a free press at the cost of martyrdom for himself ! And when the pen-bludgioned rufiians of the ' Times , ' and this traitor Georgy are rotting in the dust of oblivion , or remain only on the gibbet of infamy , in History ' s Chamber of Horrors , Kossuth and the proud memories of his words and deeds , shall live on , the delight and admiration of a thankful and rejoicing world .

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      HlSTOIHEDE LAEEPUBLIQUE BE VeNISB SOUS MANIn , Par M . Anatole de la Forge . Vol . I . Paris : Am yot . 1852 . ( Concluded from our Third Number . ) A scene at the Literary and Scientific Congress of Venice will interest our readers : — The governor of Venice , Count Palffy , and counsellor Beltrame , were present at all the sittings . * , The first trembled every time that Manin opened hia mouth ; The orator often remarked it , and , Venetian as he was , he took a malicious pleasure in tormenting his powerful enemy . One day that there was a talk of the depoti of mendicity at Milan , Manin , hi 3 eyes fixed on the face of his excellence , cried aloud , "We have all this at Venice , and better still ! " Palffy , little accustomed to gentleness in the mouth of Manin , looked beaming with pleasure . He could have embraced the

      orator , when he continued , " we have all this , and better than this , it is trae , but in theory , not in practice . " The face of the poor governor became dark as if by enchantment , and assumed his much discontented aspect . Manin continued ; " According to the law , a workman out of work , can go and knock at the door of a charitable institution and say , ' Give me work . ' Ha can do this as often as he want 3 work , without any prejudice to his honour . But , according to practice , to enter a depot of mendicity , he must have a certificate from the police declaring that his misery ia real . The poor workman , then , is at the mercy of the police . He enters , then , to come out no more , and you see there a fnghtfnlspeotacle ! Four generations have grown up and married in the same establishment : I have seen them , " said Manin . Speaking thus , Manin had his eye fixed unceasingly on the face of the governor , purple with rage ; pp . 89 , 90 .

      Previous to recording the overthrow of the Austrians by Manin and his heroic proclamation of the Eepublio , we must translate a narrative illustrative of Austrian brutality : — Our readers have not forgotten tho last words of the Marquis Monpiani , on leaving Venice , to Manin , " 1 recommend to you my poor deaf aud dumb children . " Addressed to such a man such a prayer could not be without result Faithful interpreter of the will of Mb honourable friend ' Manin went to the hospital of mad people to ask of the good monks news of his unfortunate proteghs . They \ fW 0 brought before him : there were many of different ages but the wandering of their eyeB , the shape of the iknll ' and other certain aigna , indicatod a complete want of in '

      telhgencD . Some , however , seemed to understand their Bad position . Forjthose there was hope of cure . On examining their papers it was found that a declaration , signed by one doctor , was sufficient for the admission of these unfortunate beings into a hospital . Evidentl y on the part of certain poor families it was a means of getting rid of children whom they could not feed . This is painful to say but it was true . The law offered , nevertheless , means of repressing this monstrous abuse—these people could be forced by assisting them to take away their children Manin asked the reverend fathers if , in their opinion there was any guarantee that a cabal , a hatred , or political motives , might not send a man health y in mind to a madhouse . " We have here , " said the monks

      extraordi-, nary madman , who , if you consent to see him , will be the best answer to your question . " This man named Padovaui , wag born at Rovigo . He was soarcely forty years of age . At the first moment embarrassment gave to his handsome face a wild look . He soon recovered , however , and touched by the interest shown towards him bv Manin spoke to him as follows :- " An orphaa from my infanov I never knew either my father or mother ; the private charity of some kind individuals caused me to be apprenticed to k tailor . -Weakened by assiduous labour , and attacked by a disease of the eyes , which struck me almost blind . I was forced to abandon my labour and seek another means of earmngmy bread . Too young to enter a house of refuge I was not considered strong enough to turn a handmiii '

      « m i was tow that 1 was notblind enough to be assisted br the parish . Wandering , pressed by hunger , scarcely able te distinguish the threshold of the door where 15 U to ask for alms , I dragged myaelf along the streets of Roviro imploring m a loud voioathe pity of thenassew-nv a « agent of the . police . arrested me , U WdSHJ&h £ was aboliBhed-thatlhadno right to importune anybody -and he pushed me brutally with his hand . " HerePadn vani stopped , ueeking to teadin tneeye 8 of Manin if the narrative did not fatigue him : then he continuedi £$ ? " Everywhere rejeotod , abandoned by all , reduoed to despair , delinum took posneBsion of me . I was wrong-I knew it-but what would you have me do ? I ffa 8 80 unhapT that , seizing a sheetof paper , I wrote , trembling with raee these words in large fetter * :- « Shame on t £ f ShS S ^ S l ^ W" ^ ^ « $£ JJLIS&& * 6 ! ef ? w !«?* on » tree in the midst of

      _ the publicplace and waited the result patienUy ; reflecting that m priHon at all events , I should eat . I was awe ted and thrown into an obscure dungeon of the central prison As I oould scarcely see , the nrivation , nf KM ) lil ™ 1 rf ? a ^ wh hat ^ the Pleading days . TKay 1 ' £ M J om they said was aWtor , entered mv cell , addressed me some questions without fieSg to S ? answers , and went out as hurriedlyfas he came n ThS T . ft "TEirt ? th ? T ' * y W 5 & a carstopped before the hospital of Th ^ toTn . llt ^ tS they were granting me a favour when they put S bed ' j twasso long smcelhad 8 lept Bo well , that I felt anita

      nappy , xav was u * wnen i awoke , I read upon a board nailed over my pillow , the words-Mental Alienation Tn describe to you the effect produced upoi ? me would b « im possible - addedPadovani ^ I protested and prayed , in vain the doctor of the hrwnirni declared that I had full possession of my ? ea 8 On . Tey bade me be silent , and they put me in a c ed carriage full of real madmen , amongst whom some were fur ofs Think of the tortures of this voyage for m 7 Ken I was terribly afraid of madmen , " said AdovaS ' hise , full of tears ?; "but now it isdifferent-I pity K ThisiB thl way I arrived for the first time in this hospital , amidst the goodmonkswhospoketoyouofme . " Here Manin , much moved , rose , and pressing affectionately the hand of tha poor narrator , said to him , "My labours call me elsewhere ; aw revoir . 1 will goon come back . " " Ifo ! not a « revoir , say rather adieu , —Hike that better , "

      saidPadovani , " for your visit has done me good ; and I am so little used to happiness ; I have all my life been so abandoned that I fear to make illusions to myself . Here is my name , " said Manin , giving him his card ; " ask the TOiests if I over failed when I gave my word . " And thereupon he went out , his heart deeply touched at tbe words he hui heard . A few days later he returned to San Servigho ¦ when Padovani delighted to see him again , ended hii recital in the following way :- " Thanks to the active steps taken by the priests , who saw directl y that I was not mad—I was set at liberty . It was with a soul full of joy that I stepped over the threshold of this hospitable bouse . But everywhere I went the police followed me like a Bhadow . What could they fear from an unfortunate being like me ! I know not ; but they watched me like a criminal . If I walked , I was followed UI slept , a ibirri watched at my side ; my slumber—my

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      I ^ as reducfc " f ^ ^ . suspicious . At last , gain one ' s nvin ^ rK t l ' ^ A ™ * ° ^™ K to thus watched ? S ^ ft , « ld Iea ™ an existence ask for w ^ V I tbe tallors worksbops where I went to Sained . Wh *^ ™™ fOt T ' ' * Mine ^ ™ theysUted Jba ?? WOuld tl i f not ha J ! fn S . htened - since fSyins I rearf anw ^ of a madhouse ? In despair , ' 3 t » , on ever 7 face tneir rePUgnance fov mv ? win es olved to exile myself . Then , tKt I ohU f , ™ £ 0 lon er "y after mo . « The madman escaSed & , 5 a * Ser ? W Women will no longer " tw ! 35 Af r many i 8 ' ^ nd tb ? P ° li 0 ( \ wi 11 Oea 9 ° Sw rne ! onW ti \ Z »^ t walkin & along unknown roads , gtopping ? 'Jr ° 2 dlstances to beg a bit of bread , and permis-Fe ? rm A ££ , * J ^ WiT " **? f ^ rea S f erra ™« tailor , touched by my misfortune , offered me shel . *« . a * consented to give me work . This pity rSed me-. 1 tnougut I had reached the end of my misfortunes but thn same evening , when proud of my z ? al . I offered ' him ti , « ^ ^^ sufw ^^^

      nrst results of my labours , my host begged mo to go and have my passpor ( i eignei by the pontifieal p 0 noe . « a f 0-reignerlikeyouatFerrara . lam watched , ' said he , ' and if you do not obtain a license to reside to-morrow , we shall both be arrested . ' What had I left to do ? I ask of you . I had put to dia at once , or choose between a prison and an hospi-} 'J ^ ained Venice , where , lying down upon the benches of the Place St . Mark , I tried to sleep as long as possible to deceiva my hunger . At the end of three daya exasnerated by horrible sufferings , I had recourse a second time to the means which had caused me to be arrested at Kovigo and I stuck up a second complaint against the Austrian io ' yernment , in the Place San Leon . The police , who did not leave me , arrested me again , to bring me back to this hospital , where , in all probability , I shall end my days I resign myself , for what have to I regret in this world ? Never

      since i was oorn did I feel the embrace of a mother Never has a woman loved me , and , except you who listen tome to-day , no one would ever have occupied themselves about the poor madman of San Serviglio . " While pronouncing these word 3 , tears inundated the pale face of Padovani but , surmounting his grief by a sublime effort , he took the hand of Manin , pressed it warmly , and said " I have no means of showing my gratitude ; but I will pray God from the bottom or my soul to proteofcyouin all future time " There waa , in this recital , Buoh an accent of truth a tint of melancholy so gentje and so profound , that Manin , moved by such touching resignation , hastened to the doctor of the hospital to obtain the freedom of poor Padovani " Are you Jus relation or his guardian , to take so much interest m his fate , " said the doctor quietly . "No , " said Manin , I simply act as a citizen and a Christian : and T ukTim !

      on your soul , and on your conscience , is thiB man mad ?" " No , he w not mad , but this man is dangerous : and it is better he should be thought mad-id is his own interest he should appear so . If he be not mad , he is criminal . The hospital of San Serviglia is better than a State prison . " Manin , indignant , addressed himself to hia oldcomnanwa and friend , the Commissary of Police , in vain . Time passed ; it was nearly November , 1847 , and he had , as yet . received no answer . Manin then addrsssed an energetic note to the government , in which he asked , in the name of outraged public morals , if a man whom the doctor de-Swi'S ? i' and ei W ' ng all Ws intellectual faculties , can be condemned to pass his whole life in a madhouse . These words remained without reply .

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      BOOKS AND PERIODICALS RECEIVED . German Liieratdeb . By Joseph Gostick . Edinburgh-W . and R . Chambers . Fibsilings . By William Whitmoro . John Chapman , London . r ' Mr Lifb asd Acts i » 1848 akd 1849 . By Georgy . London ; „ . Williams and Norton . Verdicts . London : Effiingham Wilson . KiDD s Own JocaxAii . London : Spooner .

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      THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Consuelo . " ] Br George Sand . THE TBIBUNA 1 OF THE INV 1 SIBLBS . When the hood waa taken from Conmelo ' s head , he was at first dazzled by the brightness of lightB , which , arranged upon the same spot in front of her , formed a luge flaming cro 30 upon the wall . When her eyes could bear this transi - tion , she saw she was in a vast hall of gothio style , the 5 L i 7 f * , ¥ int 0 eIli P ti 0 arches re-TS ? tl 1 de (? p dungeon . or of a subterranean chapel ; At the extremity of this chamber , the aspect aud illumination of whioh were really ominous , she distinguished seven persons enveloped in red cloaks , their faces S 3 JE Zlih masI m , of a livid white > whicfl made them resemble corpses . They were seated behind a long table of black marble In front of the table , and ou a lower K form , an eighth spectre , dressed in black , with a white mask , was also seated . On each Bide of the lateral walls about twenty men , in black masks and cloaks , were arranged in profound Bilence . Consuelo turned , and Raw h * .

      hind her other black phantoms . At each door there were two standing , eaoh with a long shining sword in his hand . Uuder other circumstances , Consuelo would perhaps have said to herself that all this gloomy ceremonial was but a play , one of those trials of which she had heard at Berlin respecting the Free-mason lodges . But , besides , that the Free-masons did not constitute themselves a tribunal , or claim the right of causing uninitiated persons to apoear h "»? n e l o e f & ? Semblies i' "J Was di 8 ^ - from all that had preoeded this scene , to find it serious , even terrifying She perceived that she trembled visibly , and without tne five minutes profound silence ia whioh the assembly remained , aha would not have had strength to recover herself and to prepare to answer . At last , the ei ghth judgerose , and madea sigfi to the two introducers , who stood sword in hand , on the right and left of Consuelo , to lead her to the foot of the tribunal , where she remained standing iu a somewhat foread attitude of calmness and courage .

      f Who are you-and what is your request ! " said the man in black , without rising . "IamConsuolo , by profession a singer , called somotimes 'La Zmgarella ; ' sometimes' thePorporina ' " " Have you no other name , " urged tho interrogator . Consuelo hesitated , and then said , "Icould claim another , but I have pledged my word of honour that I will nover do so . " B ' " Dost thou hope , then , to hide anything from this tribunal ? Dost thou consider thyself in the presence of common judges , elected to deoide cases of common interest by laws which are equally gross and blind ? Why art thou here , if thou wouldst Beek to deceive us b y vain aubterfuge ? Give us thy name , introduce fchyselfsuchasthou really art , or retire . 11 You , who know who I am , know also , without doubt , that Bilence is my duty , and you will encourage me to perl sififcin it .

      Oneofthe red-mantled judges , leaning forward , made a sign to one of those m black , whereupon all the black mantles left the room , with the exception of the examiner , who still retained his placo , and continued in these words-« Countess of Rudolstadfc , now that thiB examination is private , and that you are alone in the preBence of VOttr 3 dEe * ' A ^ ^ yW , u aro lawfu l ' y married to the fiflmifr ? " Podiebrad ' called deRudolatadt by right 3 "Before answering thai ; question , " said Consuelo , "I demand to know what authority controls me here , aud by what law I am bound to acknowledge it ? " y " What law wouldst thou desire to invoke ? A law dime or toman ? The Booial law would place the again under the absolute control of Prederiok II . King of Prussia Eleotor of Brandenburg , from whose domini *™ «^ £ Z 3

      thee , to relieve thee from an indefinite oaptivity , aad from dangers even more dreadful still , aa thou knowest . " "I know , ' said Consuelo , bending on her knees , "that tC ftl * . ^ / ? " f eterna * PMtofo- I desire , then , to invoke the divine law only ; and I would pray you to define ma that of gratitude . Does it commandmd . to bless you , and to devote mysslf to you from tho bottom of my heart ? Iacceptit ; but if it requires me to transgress the diotates of my conscience in order to please you , ought I not to challenge its authority ? Judge for youraelvei •' " May you ever think and act in the world , as you HOW speak . But the circumstances which plaoe you under our care , aro exceptions from all ordinary rules . We are ^ . L . ^ J ™ » as u have discovered from the

      power we exwoua . We are equally independent ol all worldly considerations . The prejudices of birth , of rank and fortune , the scruples and etiquette of position , tho fear lS « i ™ : tto »» peotfor engagements contraoted under the opinwns and with persona of the world : nothins of all this has any weight with us , or any value in our eyes , when met together far away from mortal observation and armed with God ' s sword of justice , we weigh in tho hollow of our hands the toys and trifles of your timid and frivolous existence . Explain yourself , therefore , without evasion before us , who are the support , the family , and the living law of every free being . We cannot listen to you unless we know in what quality you appear here . Is it the Zingarella Consuelo , or is it the CounUss de Rudolstadt that invokes us ?"

      " The Countess do Rudolstadfc , having renounced all her rights in society , has none to claim here . The Zinearella CoaBuelo- " 6 " Stop , and weigh the words you have just uttered If your husband were alive , would you have the right to withdraw your faith , to abjure his name , to reject his fortune in a word , to beoome again the Zingarella Consuelo , in order to gratify the childish and senseless pride of his family and caste ?" " Ko , certainly . " " And do you think that death haa forever broken your ties ? Do you owe neither respect , nor love , nor fidelity to the memory of Albert ? " ' ConBuelobluBhed . andwas troubled , then again became pale . The idea that they were about , like Caeliostro and Count de Saint Germain , to speak to her of tho possible resurrection of Albert , and oven to show her an apparition filledher with such terror that she could not answer

      . "Wife of Albert Podiebrad , " rusumed the examiner " your silence condemns you . Albert is entirely dead to you , and your marriage is in your eyes only an inoident of your adventurous life , without any consequence , without any obligation for the future . Zingara , you may retire . We were interested in your fate only on account of your connexion with the most excellent of mon . You are not worthy of our love , for you were not worthy of his . We do not regret having restored you to liberty : for every reparation of evils inflioted by despotism is a duty and dei . ght to us . But our protection will go no farther . Tomorrow you will leave the asylum we Bad granted you . in the hope that you would issue from it purified and sanctified . Tou will return to the world , do tho obimera of

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      glory , to the intoxication of vain passions . May God hav pity upon you ; we abandon you without recourse . " Consuelo remained for some moments overpowered by this sentence . A feir days earlier she would not havo received it without appeal ; b « t tho words vain passions which had been uttored , brought before her eyes at this instant the senseless love she had concoived for the unknown , and which she had cherished in- her heart , almost without examination and without a struggle . She was humiliated in her own eyes , and the decision of tho " Invisibles " appeared to her just in certain respects . The austerity of their language inspired her with respeot mingled with torrov , and 6 he no longer thought of rebelling against the right they claimed of judging and condemning her as a person subject to their authority . It is very rare

      whatever may be our natural pride or the blamelessness of our life , that we do not feel the ascendancy of a serious word , which unexpectedly accuses us ; and that instead of discussing it , we do not examine ourselves hefore all , if wo do not deserve the blame . Consuelo felt herself by no means free from reproach j and the chilling and strange effoot of all the imposing ceremonial around her made her position singularly painful . Promptly , however , shorefleeted that she had not asked to appear before that tribunal without being prepared to submit to its severity . She had come there to invite admonition and even chastisement provided that by receiving it she oould procure release and pardon for the chovalier . Laying aside , therefore , all personal resentment , she accepted the reproof without bitterness , and considered for some moments how to frame her

      reply . "Possibly I may deserve this hard judgment , " said she , at length ; "lam far from satisfied with myself . But I came here with a certain idea of the Invisibles , which I will describe to you . What little I had heard of you from Public rumour , and your generous act in restoring me to liberty , led me to think that you were men equally pre . eminent in virtue , and powerful in society , if you be such , as I am well pleased to believe you , how is ifc that you repulse me so roughly without directing me to the path _ which I should follow in order to escape from error , and to become worthy of your protection ? I know that , lor the sake of Albert de Rudolstadt , whom you rightly designate the most excellent of men , ' his widow deserves some interest . But were I not the wife of Albert , even t ! K 5 £ n Ud De 7 er been ™ rthy of that title , has not the Zingarella Consuelo , a girl without name , without family .

      rXnSnJS ? ' she no clainw <> n your paternal care ? Granting that I am very sinful , are you not like tho King-£ S ? f Tfc *!? ' Where ^ is ' morejoyoverone sinner that repentetb , than over ninety and ninejuat persons who need no repentance ? ' Ia short , if the law which uniteB you all in one assembl y be a divine law , then are you transgressing that law by rejecting me . You undertook , you say , to purity and sanctify me . Endeavour , then , to raise my soul to a level with yours . I am ignorant , not headstron g . Prove to me that you are holy , by showing yourselves merciful and patient , and I accept you for my mastera and tfly mouols . There was a moment ' s silence . The examiner turned towards the judges , who appeared to consult fora few moments . Then one among thou apoke thus : — Consuelo , thou camegthero with pride , why wilt thou not retire m the same spirit ? We had the ri ght to blame 2 KS ? t 0 u . > 8 t - t 0 q ^ stion us . Wo have not the right to direct thy conscience and thy life , unlesa thm . tw .

      self bestow it upon us , freely and voluntarily . Can we ask this sacrifice of thee ? We are unknown to thee . This tribunal . whose scantity thou invokest , may be the most corrupt , or at least the most audacious , that ever worked tol ! j" 5 against the princi ples which govern the world . What dost thou know of it ? But , allowing that we could reveal to thoe the profound soience of a new and perfect virtue , wouldst thou have the courago to devote tlmelf to so long and arduous a study , without being acquainted with the object of it ? Could we ourselves feel confidence in the persevering faith of a neophyte , so ill-prepared as tbou art-we might , perhaps have important secrets to confide to thro , and our only guarantee would bo thy eenerous in .

      spinets . It is true , wo know we could trust to your discretion ; but it is not discreet confidents we want ; we have plenty of them . We require to fulfil the law of God . fervent dwoiples , free from all prejudices , from all selfishness , from all frivolous passoins , from all worldly habits Descend into yourself-can you make all these sacrifices for us ? Can you model your actions and guide your lifo upon the instincts which you feol , and upon the prinoiples which mu ?^ yo j t 0 d 0 7 ° P tbem ? w ° man , artist , child would you dare reply that you can associate your ' so If with serious men to labour at the work of the acee ?" Consuelo , « and I hardly understand it . Will vou rive ma to

      time . renew upon it ? De not drive me from your bosom without haying interrogated my heart . I know not if it be worthy of tho light which you can shed upon it . But what sincere bouI is unworthy of tho truth ? How can I be useful to you ? I am terrified at my impotmo . Woman and artist , that is to say , child ! but to protect me as you have done , you must have foreseen something in mo . And ^ T \ , Somothin 8 f 'ells mo that I ought not to leave you without having attempted to prove my gratitude . Do not banish me ; try to instruct me . " < " We grant you ei ght daya more for reflection , " said the judge in a red robe , who had already spoken « but you must first podge your honour that you will not mffihn

      least attempt to know where you are , or who are thenerbou 8 whom you see here . You must ' also pledge yo rS not to leave the enclosure reserved for your walks , even Sw frl /\ 1 . on » ° P" >» and the spectres of your flnv nlSf , 1 ? kOmn ? J Y 0 U ™ not add « 6 S any questions to the people who wait upon you , nor to any one who may clandestinely obtain admittance to you » "T Ilptf i n ? Je -r happ 8 D " j epliedConsuelo , earnestly ; I pledge myself , if you wish , never to receive any one rhefavour- " ° nSent ; ia retUm l humbl y ask of y ° " nn ' , 7 AlHii ™ 7 0 Ur to . of U 8 ' conditions to pro-E jasti-i ^ i determine , will be your Jot with us . "

      of viSmZa * V ae ]( V . c l have beett told ^ one of your friends , one of your disciples , or servants ( for I am ignorant of the rank ho may hold among you , ) was subjected to a aevere punishment on my account ! I am ready oaccuse myself of the faults imputed to him , and it was for £ purpose that I requested to appear before you " " Is it a sincere and detailed confession whioh you offer to make to us V ' "If necessary for his acquittal ; though it would be a strange moral torture for a woman to confess herself aloud before eight men . "Spare yourself that humiliation . We should havo no guaranty of your sincerity , and , besides , we have not as yet any right over you . What you said , what you did an hour Bince enterB , for us , into your past . Bnt , rofleot , that from this instant it is our prerogative to fathom the most secret depths of your soul . It is for you to keep that soul pure enough to be always ready to unveil it before us without suffering and without shame . "

      Your generosity is delioate and paternal . But this refers not to me alone . Another expiatea my fault . Ought I not to justifiy him ? " 6 "That is not your province . If there bo any one to blame among us , he will exoulpate himself , not by vain excuses and rash allegations , but by acts ' of courage , of devotedness , and of virtue . If his soul has faltered we will raise it up , and help him to conquer himself . You speak of severe punishment ; we inflict onl y moral punishment . That man , whoever ho may be , is our equal , ou ? friend , our brother ; thero aro among us neither masters , nor servants nor subjects , nor pnncea : false reports have doubtless misled you . Go in peace and sin not . " At this last word the examiner rung the bell ; the two men in blaok , masked , and armed , entered , and plaoing tha hood upon Consuelo ' s head , they reconduoted her to the pavilion by tho same subterranean windings throuch whioh she had passed on leaving it . B ( To be Continued . )

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      The Siux bes Tuip » iBs . -It was in this hall that Voltaire appeared when he came to Paris from Ferny to enjoy the triumph that was soon followed by his death . An im . £ ?" rt tade welcomed with enthusiastic shouts the S ? 2 SSi ? Ji p ratia 8 s . ? ) he . monient hi 3 carriage wag seen near tho Carrousel deafen ng cries of " Vive Voltaire " burst forth , and were repeated ^ hours . VoltS was ™ 1 h r ° ^ nage by the Mar ( * d ° vSette ? who supported him on his arm as he entered the theatre . The Sr . flL ^ or T ' ^ ^ 08 fc enthusiastic shouts hailed him ; flowers were flung m his way aB ho passed andhishhthaSToffifr W \ flPr ° udt 0 ffffi-Stoffii mi hands . Voltaire sat in a box appronriatfld + r > fhn iron . tlemen of tho chamber , opposite toTOSVArtofa 8 ?! terwards Charles X . At the summousof Se audience an actor placed a crown on his head , and t »»™ i ? T ™

      , iiouut u Artoia sent a man of tha hi ^ nnst mmi * »« ^^^« i : s ^ r ^ aw ^ ft ^ aaMl qaivsafakslS

      tb . t of Unity ; ami tto t « muUuonT « & ' t ttat ° ™ HS or menaced too various orators had theiWn ™ in th « n « phitteato . The OonventiSlcupi 3 ^ L , S ola 5 tffit MMdiouht . The Anolm . i » B "Jra Ilfofr * * % * £ & snaSi tswat ssa 'Sa * r "» S £ hvllfor the same low fare , may now be considered . aft « r six months' trial through tho worst season of the vcar to be firmly established in the favour of tho pub ! £ Isffil $ Ss wSi * mSllvS ^ . «^ e Sol'Vmnf ST . fi V ? fares . have been started on the ! l ? h . D i- e f ro" ? ^ tmmster to King's-oross , and tho ommbuseB on the Hamnstead ™** Lt . nnw'r ,, n . <¦ low

      SKL 5 SS * # S » butonarge one penny only for the whole distanoe from tho oorner of New Oxford-street to tho Camdon . town . gate , thus affording unprecedented opporh-SU !» fw ridlng t 0 toe waidents of that populous part of the town .

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      \ nt ge T ?" e down " e' » ster lias invented a new Kind Of dvrell-Z vn lhe / "remade of India-rubber , and are so portable hat . " ° arry a rovv of turee-storey houses in 70 UC " atete nf ^ mnifn I ? of ° P inion tna * E ° S lish 8 Ociety i « m « tion" ° kc Progressing to a "state of conflagrathere ™ hi iu * exl ^ usted . Within her fertile boaoui S Sta ^^^ r ' , " " * " "" Jet ^ known as pre . would bVorSil Jr eotta-peroba . To doubt this , the whole his 2 S 0 " ftj LT P ° gical i , nf ? rence afforded ^ nearly all our stapleVin v ? Jehh ?™ r ? the g ? p 0 Koepte < l tively modern discorerv ? s £ h ? od , are of . comparaout tea , coffee , cotton , cocoa Li = d a lo"g existence withshall say thero is not a more nutS , nl ?? i Btoo t Wh ° cane-a finer root than the poSoS nf ^ SU , Sai : the cotton ? Buried wealth WSK ? W u " ^ the earlh , whioh needs but the true divining Zut bowe ^ ° l action for its recovery .- ^/ icnccHm g od of orgai » sed

      "What to Eat , Drink , axd Avom" ^ v r Dowxs .- ( As defined by a rither "k nS " ^^ " of' acquan , tance . ) -Eat-Chickn or lobster safad whe Zyou can get it . Drink-Sherry er champagne , JmS mt »( upon the same conditions . And init-vJ ^ Sl back , ng your opinion a g t 0 which of h ^ » " >« r » y " httle pea" is hidden under .-iW * . ° . Apkw days ago , as some workmen were making repairs m tho parish church , Crowle , they found in the organ a nest of youn ? redbreasts nearly fledged . This circumstance may bo considered somewhat singular , when it is known that this organ is used every Sunday for divine service . buoAu phom STARCH .-Starch is easily converted into sugar by boiling for several hours in dilute subhurifi n ^ irf

      ana water , lhe acid may afterwards be separated from ifc by neutralising with chalk , and the solution in evaporating nWtfo " "If su ? ar than the 1 " antity of starch empiojecl . bugar thus made is extensively used on theconti * ^ T ^ ftATKsriarawa .. ^ . 'SrfSS" ? " 7 " J ? " ™ " lik 8 l 0 * i « ' ' «» '' « S *« SVStfiSL 5 a ? »> 1 » " ' " * fc' ^ a ^ asffiscftisw-rjj

      ^ National Oaard-for , as he has never served in either it is fatkTu tie ° F n h Which Ft ™ ^ WOrC > w "» ^ ^ lant in the French army he has gained at all , beyond that , from never having been in it , of a Rank Impostor . Aa these tuft" ? r VGry inconvenie » t toknow whit miuES ? ^ &te js ea ^ sst £ ^ ffsifsxissis ^ henceforth kno ™ -

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      THE THEATRES . OLYMPIC . » ii n ^™ at lilt le theatre we witnessed tho other evening S ^ ttS ' /* one act farce entitled "The Languag e nLILS Ifc s fems to have been written for the pur-Ifll ft M « ^ aint ' dro 11 humour of that Brnea inT ei ^ M r * ? ' ComptOD > who Personifies an old gentleman , Martin by name , who imagines himself to be a double person-who thinks he is no * other than two Mr Martins , who are boon companions , and who are always talking to each other , and enjoying the social qualities of ona another in a neighbouring tavern . Mr . Martinhas a shrew of a Wife , and a pretty ward . The lover of this young ladv writes a letter of love in a mystical languago-the language of flowerB , which many of our lady readers ( and we hope we are honoured by many ) will understand as

      allusions to the meanings of the various flowers The worthy Mr . Martin gets this flowery effusion , and believing it to he destined for Mrs . Martin , by an invisible admirer , ha substitutes for it a most ridiculous burlesque . The fair ward receives this instead of the original—feels it aa an insult , and a few scenes ensue till the matter is explained . The singularly dry humour of Mr . Compton drew forth roars of laughter , and upon the whole the piece gave great satisfaction . Those who wish for some amusement to relievo tho dull , tedious , and harassing cares of business , should not fail to see Mr . Compton . We can only remark ; that if ho does not tickle them to laughter their case is hopolese . AYhen we can again escape from our editorial sanctorum , we aro determiaed to go and laugh at him : again .

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      CORONATION OF THE "NIGGER" EMPEROR-THE EMPEROR OF HAYTI . A correspondent of the " New York Herald , " writing from Pott-au-Prince on the 19 th ult ., says : — " For the last six monthB great preparations have been going on here to crown Faustin Soulouque . After several postponements , the grand event at length took place yesterday ( Sunday , the 18 th . ) For the last two monthB the troops were pouring in from every quarter of the country . In they came , helterskelter

      - , some with sticks , guns , a great number of the latter without locks ; some with coats , but » he majoritj without them . The soldiers that had been lueky enough to procure shoes were more fortunate than their officers , but vjould von betieve that many of them had not their lowec humanities covered , or , in other words , were innocent ol breeches ? In fact , no one but those who reside here , oc have resided , weuld believe the ludicrous figure they presented as they marched into town ; hut certainly it is no fault of the unfortunate Blaves that they are in such a

      miserable and starved condition , as their daily pay amounts ta about four Hayiien dollars , or equivalent to " twenty . eight cents . As there waa no dwelling here sufficiently large foe the coronation , there was a large tent erected on the Champ de Mars , capable of containing from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 people . At a distance of about 400 yardB there was ano . ther erected immediately behind the Government Palace , which served as a robing chamber for the Imperial family . On the eaBt end stood a platform , on which there was a Catholic altar ; the rest of the tent was partitioned off foe the deputies , nobles , ladies of honour ( black ) , consul ? , and foreign merchants . Aa early as two o'clock a . m .

      the troops asBembled and formed into a square , and a double line was stationed along the route lead-> ng to the Palace , thus protecting their ebony Majesties from violence . Then came the senators ' , and deputies , dukes , earls , and ladies of honour who were led to the place assigned for them by the master Of the ceremonies . Their Majesties were to make their appearance at six o ' clock a . m ., but with true negro ) punctuality , they did not arrive until nine . They were announced by the discharge of artillery , music , and long vivas from the spectators , and none shouted more lustily than tha foreign merchants , while at the Bame time thev inwardlw

      cursed him and his government for ruining the commerce 08 the country ., Their Majesties were preceded by the Vicae Ganeral ( whom the Pope -would consecrate bishop at the request of Soulouque , after all the concessions he promised to make ) and about twenty priests . Her Majesty first made her appearance , attended by her ladies of honour , under a canopy l . ke that which is seen at Roman Catholic ceremameB on the occasion of the procession of the Koly Sacrament . She wore on a head a tiara , and was robed in the ™« ™^»* : *» !? aware that previous to he ? a dPent 8 he 8 vender of fi

      LthiSn « S-i ? Waa ^ and had the reputation ol being a correct woman ( a miracla nthu place ) . But Soulouque resolved ( as the Irish hava , t to make her an honest one , by marrying her on Saturday Sait ' n ° f C 0 UU mi ' your W city , produce S . S » y of yo « *«*»»• » bo could walk with auch a itately step , or play the part of Empress better than she did on the occasion . Soulouque then followed , accompanied bs all the distinguished nobility , under a simiar canopy , weaEng a croAYn that , i t isaaid eoat thirty dollars . hS TSi

      nanaiwusuTO ineir Majesties were led to the orfe-? "' where they first said their prayers , and were then conducted to the throne . The ceremonies then commenced by tbe vicar pronouncing a solemn benediction on the crown sword , sword of justice , sceptre , cloak , ring , collar , and imperial cloak of the Emperor , after which were blessed tha crown , cloak , and ring of the Empress . Then came tha President of the Court of Cassation ( the Supreme Court of Hayti ) , accompanied by the deputies , and presented to Soulouque the constitution of Hayti , domanding of him to swear not to violate it ; and he then placed the crown on Ha head , ana placed the Bible on the pages of the Constitution and then said , ' I swear to abide by the Constitution ana ta maintain the integrity and independent of the Emnwe nfi Hayti . ' Then the master of the ceremonies cried alouS « Long live the great , glorious , and august Emperor Fauathi sawus * ¦ ' •^ -wss

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      , Wotsob ELHOKOK .--Thisoontest on Saturday resultei m the return of Mr . Greenfell , the Free-trade candidate * SL » , ° . . *« Mr . Greenfell , 330 ; Mr , YansitWrt , 230 ; Majority , 100 , ^ ^ M

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      SURREY . Wo never spent a more agreeable evening than Monday evening last at this well conducted thoatre en the occasion of Miss Glyn ' s benefit . Miss Glyn , who has deservedly earned for herself a high reputation , performed the two difficult characters of Julia in the " Hunchback , " and Beatrica in Shakespeare ' s comedy , " Much ado about Nothing . " Dissimilar as theso two characters are , wo were astonished afi the success whioh Miss Glyn achieved in their performance . The reading of the part of Julia was not such as we have been accustomed to from other actresses . We allude mora particularly to the third act , after Julia has been slifrhtnl

      by Sir Thomas Clifford . This haa usually heen made a heart-rending soene ; but in this instance , Miss Glyn depended on the originality of her genius , and where tba audience might have expected her to exhibit a scene o £ mental affliction , she portrayed only the effects of ft pique . Miss Glyn boldly sacriSces " points" to her original con ception of a character , and in this , as in most other cases , she met with success . Those outbursts of emotion , however , which are justly associated with the character , were admirably worked out by this distinguished actress . The house was extremely crowded , and Miss Glyn wan repeatedly called for by an admirinz audience .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1680/page/3/