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LARGE HALL is connected with this Hotel for Assemblies. Balls. Concerts, Meetings. doc. ' A STAGE leaves this Hotel every morning for Toronto, at 7 a.m. : returning. leaves Toronto at half-past 3. . ‘ [113” Good Stabling and a careful Hostler in waiting. ‘ - ‘ Richmond Hill, Nov. 7. 1861. mflfiflfllt arms EUWI, RICHMOND HILL. GEORGE SIMSON, PROPRIETOR. ( : OOD Accommodations and every attention shown to Travellers. Geod Yards for Drove Cattle and Loose Boxes for Race Horses and Studs. The Monthly Fair held on the Premises first Wednesday in each month. The Subscriber in calling the attention of the public and his Old Friends to his establishment, feels satisfied he can administer comfortably to their wants and with mutual satisfaction. Richmond Hill. April 20. 1860. 73-tf 'White Hart Inn, aiCHMONi) mLL. <22.“ DY THE DEAN Ol‘ CANTERBUIY. Drifting away . Like mote on the stream, To-day’s diseppointmet’r’f Yesterday’s dream ; Ever resolvingâ€"- Never to mend: Such is our progress: Where is the end? 145-1132 Whirling away Like leaf in the wind, Points of attachment Left daily behind, Fixed to no principle. Fast to no friend ; Such our fidelity: Where is the end? a, . ‘ Til-Fr YORK HERALD {jjB'ook‘ and Job Printing 3,,” ESTABLISMENT. RDERS for any of the undormentioned « ' description of P‘LAtN and FANCY JOB WORKwill be promptly attended to :aâ€" nooxs. FANCY BILLS, nvsmnss mans, music ' ' AND SMALL l'OS’l‘ERS,ClRCUl.ARS.LAW FORMS, BILL HEADSJMNK ()HECKS,URAFTS,AND I ‘ PAMPHLETS. And every other kind of :~ LETTER-PRESS PRINTING ‘done in the beststyle, at moderate rates. :3‘1-“Our assortment of JOB TYPE is entirely . , Jew and of the latest patterns. A large variety of new Fancy Type and Borders, tor Cards, Circulars .dch. kept always on hand. Floating away Like cloud on the hill, Pendulous, tremulous, Migrating still; Where to repose ourselves? Whither to tend? Such our consistency: Where is the end ? THE Subscriber bch to inform the Public that he has leased the above Hotel. where he will keep constantly onhand a good supply of first-class Liquors. &c. As this house possesses every accommodation Tra- velers can desire. those who wish to stay where they can find every comfort are respectfully in- vited to give him a call. CORNELIUS VAN NOSTRAND. Richmond Hill. Dec. 28. 1860. 108-1y Crystal the pavement, Seen through the stream: Firm the reality Under the dream : We may not feel it, Still we may mend : How we have conquered Not known. till the end. I . itusiucas militants. W-/\,\.N\A rtsx/ \.; y/V~/\j\d\l\r\~i MEDICAL CARDS. NAAAAAA râ€" AwMWfiMW I = “FDR. HOSTETTER, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons England. Opposite the Elgin Mills, RICHMOND HILL. . 1‘27-1yp YONGE STREET HOTEf, AURORA. G001) supply of Winesaiid Liquors always on hand. Excellent Accommo- dation for Travellers. Farmers, and others. Cigars of all brands. D. McLEOD. Proprietor. Aurora. June 6. 1869. 25 1y Bright leaves may scatter, Sports of the wind. But stand to the winter The great tree behind : Frost shall not wither it. Storms cannot bend : Roots firmly clasping The Rock at the end. May 1. 1861. l. BOWMAN, M.D, , Physician, Surgeon & Accouclicur . H 'One Door South of Lemon’s llotel THORNHILL. flunter’s, Hotef. mutants waistband THE Subscriber begs to inform the Public that he has leased the abOVe Hotel, where he will keep constantly on hand 0. good supply of first-class Liquors, &c. This house possesses every accommodation Travellers can desire, those who wish to stay where they can find every comfort are respectfully invited to call. , W. WESTPH'AL.. ‘ Corner of Church and Stanley Sts.," ( Toronto, Sept. 6. 1861. 145-1y Albion Hotel, EAST MARKET SQUARE, TORONTO, C.W. J - SMITH, Proprietor. Toronto, April 19. 1861. 125-1'; TH E WELL-K040 W N BLACK HORSE HOTEL. Formerly kept by William Rolph, Cor. of Palace & George Sts. [user 013‘ THE mummy] Tonosro. WILLIAM C011, Proprietor, [Successor to Thomas Palmer]. Good Stabling attached. Trusty Hostlers always in attendance. Toronto. April 19, 1861. JO. H. SMITH. St. LA Wiaiitvcio INN, 1 42 KING STREET, OPPOSITE THE ST. LAW-EltNCE MARKET, Calm is the firmame‘lit Over the cloud: Clear shine the stars, through The rifts of the shroud. There our repose shall be, Thither we tend : Spite of our waveriiigs Approved at the end. f"_"May‘i.ltsoi. m.” " LAW CARDS. ' me - WWWWWVWVMV WWWV . M. TEEF Y, COMMISSIONER IN THE QUEEN’S BENCH CONVEYANCEK, AND DIVISION COURT GENT, RICHIWOND HILL POST OFFICE. GREEMEN'I‘S, Bonds, Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, &c., &c.-, drawn with attention and ,. promptitude. p, Richmond Hill. Aug ‘29. 127-1y illihruiurr. 1444f. A, CA RD- . C KEELE. Esq, ofthe City of Tor- 0 onto, has opened an Office in the Vil- lage ofAurora for the transaction of Common .1411 and Chancery Business, also. Convey- ancing executed with correctness and despatch ' ,Division Courts attended. ,Wellington St. Aurora, 62. Queen St. Toronto November 20. 1861}. 104-ly v .MATHESON 86 FITZGERALD, Barristers, Attorneys-at-Law, SOLICITORS IN ‘C'HANCERY, &c. l i I A OFFICE :â€" CORNER OF KING AND TORONTO STREETS ' Over Whitmore do Co’s. Booking Oflice, TORONTO- Agency Particularly attended to. _â€". ‘I‘IlouAs a. MATHESON. ' Toronto, July 1, 1559, Atlantic. me on the wild coast of the North of Ireland, where in stem defiance to say 125-1,, . he stayed.’ ' my heart to reflect in calmness on the only time in whichl saw that threatening coast. I was a total stranger in that part of the world, and wanted to get to Scotland. I TORONTO, - was told a Glasgow steamer called Choice Liquors and Good Accommodation atlal a small town or village on the rpasonable charges. Good Stabling and a[coasi; and [ took an Irish car. and altdfiiiiiance' 123.1,. set all on a Journey of about tWenty --__*.. miles to meet the said steamer. 1 am not going to record any witty sayings of my droll Irish driver; they say wrotchedness in Ireland has greatly passed away, and LunCh every day from 11t1u2- somehow, it appears to me that Ir- llj’Soups,Games, Oysters, Lobsters, &c 'Sh w” and hu,m0r. have grea‘ly a'ways on hand: passed away Wllh It. Years ago, Dinners and Suppers for Private Parties got when the road I was travenjng (wel- Xis:ifti‘;°‘1861 1254“ was very bad, and the Irish miles _ ’ ’ ' [were nearly half as long again as they are made now to measure, an Englishman. borne along on the ATE Clarendon Hotel, No. 28. 3t) and 3:2. . . J Front Street, Toronto. Board 331, per Same SIDgUlal‘ klpd 0f Conveyance day. Porters always in attendance at the Cars as] was, complained 10 the driver and Boats. . . . ‘ w. NEWBIGGING, most bittein concerning the state of the roads and the length of the - Proprtetor. ' miles in his unfortunate country.â€" JAMES FITZGERALD 31 -tf ,- ‘ .JIIr. 3-17”. J./1R iris. BQHHISTER-APLAW AND SOLICITUR ,, m CHANCERY, Office removed to Gas Company’s Buildings, ' " Toronto Street. ' Toronto, January 9, 1851; _ * ms: maidens Fountain Restaurant! 69 KING STREET. EAST, Toaos'ro'. lll-Gm Charles .0. ‘Keller, ATTORNEY-ATiLAW, SOLiCiToa iii Chancery, Conveyancer. die. Office, :1 Victoria Buildings, over the Chronicle olfice, Brook Street, Whitby. . Alcoa Branch Office in the village of Bea- vertoii, Township of Thorah, and County of Ontario. ‘ ‘ _ The Division Courts in Ontario. Richmond , Hill, and Markham Village regularly attended. Whitby, Nov. 22. 1860. 104-1y Toronto, April 8. 1861. 124-ly . - 'Ahl sure then your honor that’s . . 7 Eastern Hotel, ’ t . " BOULYOA, Esq. ORNER of King and Georga Stream, the yery reason the, miles be so ' Barrister, Toronte,C.W. WM. MONKHOUSE, l’ro- I long, was the answer ; because prietor. Good accommodation for Travellers Large Stabling, and a Good Hostler always in attendance. Toronto, April 10, 1861. Law Ofliccâ€"Corner of Church and King Sts. Toronto, March 8. 1861. llQ-tf - EDWARD Em ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor , in Chancery,Convemncer, doc. Money advances procured on Eortg es, No. 3, Jordan StrcetJl Toronto. December 13. 1860. A. MACNABB‘. BARRISTER, Attorney, Solicitor, 610. King Street, East, [over Leader Office,] Toronto, C.W. ‘ Toronto, April, 12,1861, they‘re bad we give you good mea- sure.’ But now the roads are made better, and the miles shortâ€" ened, so that travellers do not so much require to be kept in good humor. Arrived at a poor-looking small town, lying flat on the sea-shore. my driver announced the object of that arrival to a man, who at once informed me I must ‘go round the corner’ in a boat, to get to the steamer. Seeing a white wall in the direction he pointed] concluded that that wall concealed the steamer from sight, and only took the pre- caution of bargaining for the sum to be paid for putting me on board of it. That, indeed, was speedily settled ; it was not a great sum.-â€"-â€" An autumn afternoon was drawing on, and i had no inclination 123 1y YORK MILLS HOTEL, YONGE STREET, HE Subscriber begs to intimate that he has leased the above hotel, and having 1(‘8-3’ fittod it upin the latest style travellers may “"‘ rely upon having every comfort and attention at this first class house. Good Stabling and an attentive Hostler al- ways in attendance. WILLIAM LENNOX, Proprietor. York Mills, June 7. 1861. 13‘2-1y wellington llotel, Aurora ! OPPOSITE THE TORONTO HOUSE. 193-]y C H William Grant, .. TTORNEY AT-LAW, SolicitorinChan- tr , * wcery Conveyancer,&c.'l‘oronto. ()tlice indie “ Ldader” Buildings, King Street. GE(I)'A J 1 8. a : ll'lmm'Apm 12’ ’861‘ 1'23"” , improvements have. at great expense, ' i been made so as to make this House the largest land best north of Toronto. Travellers at this » . A'. I RS’ A‘ lionse find every convenience both for them- T'I‘ORNEY - AT-LAW, SOLICITOR 'selves and horses. ' ' in Chancery. Conveyancer, 6w, Main N.B.â€"A caretulostler always in attendance. Street. Markham Village. Aurora Station, April 1861, 125.1,, I the man seemed anxious to, make.â€" HILL, Fm _.___._..,__. M A Lady’s Adventure on the A SINGULAR adventure once befel the Atlantic heave: its billows against the giant ‘ ' - ' it: as . barrier of black rock which seems,‘?f ["3 hand- ‘1‘ Fear not, to the ,n_ for I am With thee: be not dismay. vader: ‘Hcrc shall thy proud waves ed’ for] am my I, brings a shudder to passeth through the waters, [ Wlll to ' check the hurried departure which I ‘V_ ........ ~u»...- M Teefy. Esq - as tram-m lith ‘- H A ' l v.4, smut-Ner w “Liaâ€"u:- ' Q; z u. -., raw ' :he took fire once more ,« and enforc- ed, with-redoubled energy anda‘ich- mess, the freeness, the simplicityfihe , . security, the sufficiency of the great :method of justification; How asto- -, robbed, and impressed, we all Were! » He. wasat thefull thunder of his power i. the whole: man: was in an 'ag-ony of earnestness. - drove! was weeping like a child, the tears running down his ruddy, coarse ' ch'éeksâ€"‘â€"his face opened out and ,smoothed‘ like ' an". infant_’,s';‘; his ,whole body stirred"with-oinotioh.â€"- _ We all had insensibly been difawn out of our seats, and wereconiierg-v ing towards the worderful speaker. And when he sat down, afterwarna ing each one .ofus to remembergwho it was, and what it was, that follow~ ed deathon his pale horse,- and-how alone we could escape. we' alliiunk back into'our seats. How beautiful toi our eyes did-the .-thun'der'look-â€"â€"- ' w : $1 50,11irfjlgdvance. . FEBRUARY 919 1862.- Without entering shame. I follow‘ But singular, almost unlike realitv, haul up and lay it on'de‘cli,"s‘aysthe. ed him to a boat, where he left me, it seems. to add that aim-est aim.ul- mate. Now, 1 had a-small basket to hasten away in search ofan'othcr taneously,â€"-at least, before they and an umbrella in the ghost, and I passenger. He secured two rather were well endedâ€"Athere Was a cry ‘wished to save them with myself; young men and an old widow; from the boatman : ‘.Th,e"rc she'is! ‘ _ _ _ so, .wben the hepe of'i‘doing 39 re.- they were all Scotch, and strangers Praised be the Lord ,l’ . I vive‘d, 1 took up my basketand um~ ,eximugted__bm sweet and pure; like myself. ' Poor fellow I he Was an Irishman, , o _ bl’ellay and before lg"?t W3” 0" m8 - How‘he poured out hissoul before when we g0, Wound the corner” and half-Witted as he must have , , ladder; I let the male Who gave his God in ivina thanks'for sendin . the aspect of " mat‘era begafi to been to have brought‘himself and us those orders see that I‘had them in the Aboiisfier 3f “Death; Thén’ E look strange. The”, was no into such imminent peril,.he uttered _ ' . y _ , V. ,Charge, and the“ Said: ‘Wlll you short psalm, and all, was endéd.â€"-- ~steamer to be seen; but on went a thanksgiving not 90 Oftenheard be so good as to. let me go» up by Spare Hours.- - w " , .me boat out jmo thexopen sea ; on from, more enlightened'men: among myself, if you please?’ _ ' I and 0,, it wentpwhnher bound .1 those who go down. to the seam They did s0; .and the captain POISONOUS PROPERTIEswoF knew not, nor do I believe the man ships. himself gave me his'hand and drew I BRINE, " himse“ did. The wind had been . the men started up. in the twi- me up on deck, saying: ' You are ‘ ' ' high a” day, though the sun was light Was seen a 'trail of smokeâ€" a brave woman 2 your life is worth bright, it rose highe, and higher; then a white chimneyâ€"then the saving 1’ I r the black wall of mm, was-seen a, great. dark hulk; and soon the ‘Ah, captain, you might to be a a distancefihafed by the whim surge tampmgpaddles. walking through good judge, but not half so brave that tossed agamst it. The Waves the clashing billows, in whichlor am I as that good ScotchtvOman “fled up our fragile skiff, and from 31:: hours we had been tossmg, still whom you have just hauled up and their summit we leaked in“, gulfs spared, while still almost ready to land on your deck, clinging to a from which it seemed impossible we perish. Now, all our fears was that morself of rope.’ could ever re.ascend_ Seriously we should not be seenâ€"abs hidden Idid not say those words: un- alarmed, loaned to the bomman. it. the trough of the sea Just as our deserved praise perhaps overcame entreaung him to put back, I life-preserver passed us by. The me, for l burst into tears, and show~ tpointed-13,,dwa,.d__perhapstoward, men held red handkerchicfs 'alolt, ed the silent captain I was anything the rocks and the breakersâ€"gand and the ooatman shouted. But the but a. brave woman oragood'sailor, begged him to land us over there, roar of the mud was louder than or indeed, at all worthl'saving, His answer was: i We Wm keep their shouts ,- and, as the means of though I could climb up a ladder of he, afloat as long as we can} But safety approached, sodid the tor- rope by the side of a steamer rolling his perplexed 100k, his wandering. menu oftear and'suspcnse increase heavily on the billows of the do anxmus eye {figmened me more in intensity. I recollect holding up Atlantic. ' than his words, The storm in. a while handkerchief, that wassoon creaseduiand disam,eared__,he an- rent from my feeble hand, and borne tumn afternoon drew on. No sign away 0" the Wings 0f ""3 Willdi of a steamer in Sight. Terror took and as l "neer a cry that had 190‘ hold of our souls; the men were escaped me before, the Old SCmCh‘ . , . white with fear. Beside me satthe woman murmured 1 'The Lord is mg Dr‘ Chalmers.” Vile were m a little old Scotchwoman,her widow’s my “8m and my Sal'allo“ 3 Whoms inpgriand dlsmcl m Tweeddale’ .m- cap closely circling her small face, me“. “he” Ifea” The Lord is lmcmg '." the colmtry’ an" "me We know from experience St S her “and Claasped 0“ he" bosom. the Strength 9f myme; 0f Whom months m the High SChOOL . we the Valley Farmer that bribe yif’ her eyes looking neither at the sea Shall I be afra'd -" hear: that “mar-"3:: pr-eaCher was swallowed by hogs' and otherviinii nor sky, but immovany direCted On comes the gleat steamer“ w e at a ne'g outing pans mats. will rove fatal “let we do b: . , b f , , , - - . . _ ’ church and cfl'Wc set acartfulof ’ p ’y “ strmg it e ore ier, her lips inccs- her name is heard, her paddles are irre re’ssible voun “6;” .01 if the subject is susceptible of the santly repeating, in a clear, steady seen - but can she see us? Shout p . ' g 1‘ a m d {init results as statcdb M R - - h .d d- - - ’ . was al. nature as a resting wheel.’ e e l y ' ey "0'03, 3f“ Islmctly amid the â€"-shout louder will We who can- Th crows » s, d f k- - nal, for the degree of the poisonous roar Of ‘Vllld and waters, an aCCU‘ not Shout, cry 10 those Who can. i e o ’ In ea 0 ma lng Wing, r0 erties of brine de ends [1 on I [.0 f t t h. h . . Wore impudent and sat “111' the P p . p " P m“ EU,“ 0 ex 5 W f” n seems The SIIOUIS “'0 “Oi heardi the ones 0 ,1er a w t, d- I ' - various Circumstances. We have Surpnsmg “Wt her mmd 009M at are bOrn away with the howling {Se davszt thzrge‘jdfinagf’ ionoiwgng known a much less quantitv’ to opce collect on the same subJect.-â€"â€" wind; the waves appear to rollover d 1" -d, if, I ’ g S? p fig prove fatal than that stated above. ‘I‘he mice of the Lord is on the and bury them, But Mercy is an g‘mng’ I e .a” “WY; 1 e ,_ . deep; the voice of the Lord is on d W T: moor wa? stremhmg awav m the arena us. e are seen. to I I h, , d .l , many Waters" SUCh Words came steamer stops; and amid‘and above pg? “11-11% mvas ’ . 1m; me an- calmly soundmg 0‘1” am'd lhe roar the roar of wind and Wave, comes foobi’ éeg: stehae’ )ere "elm of the elements With a Wonderful the deepqoned voice ofihe captain’s , ,‘k, ’ f fine g mop ‘3; power. at least on my own troubled speaking-trumpet. in sailor fashion, Sp'm mgs .0 me commny’ minds When 001‘ 118'"ng boat demandingwith the csualexpletive: [he countrywide seemed movmg.m rode on the crest of a mighty billow, 5 Who the devil are you! and what one centre“ As We emged me “'1‘ and the valley of the shadow of are you doing there ’t’ Eve saw : flotgnous, “Fife?” 3, t , . _ rover w o is muCio to ruin death. seemed to open to us from be Om. boa, nears the vessel, that look 0’, Wh_t h k d . .th low it, that calm devout votcc , a ' - a e wor e m‘ w' i , , looks a levmthan beside it; and a we know- f f h brouaht me thatsense ofreltefwhich - - - - . mg ey? o a man 0 t e b. , storm Of furious objurgations is c" as t {B p, . B u .. one leels When knowmg that Y“ showered by the certain on our y, or 0 lg e e] e “- are not in dormer of meeting death ~ _ I - He ""1 “ “mm” in “13 °-"°5- _ , o , lucklen boatman. A rope-ladder 18 He had a hardnean his cheek. in the midst of godless companions. - « ' > ' . , hastily let down; the bulwark: are He wag our terror and w t “1‘ ‘He holdeth the Winds in the hollow ,- d b a“ O b rd f N f d ’ . e no 0 y me y _ P 0‘1 u 0 W011 er wondered, but were afraid when We and compasston; up jump our two _ saw him going in. The kirk Was "7'16 companlonsi and '7‘ ""3 fir“ full as it could hold. How different eagerly to ascend the ladderof . in looks to a brisk town congregas safety, leaving the two Women to , _ , tion! The minister comes to, follow “may Please‘ .Idelermmed homely in his dress and gait,- but 10 {OHOW the SC'OlCh Widow; lbw-18h having a great look about him, like she was not the first to use, I made ‘q , , ' a mountain among hills. The High he" go hero“ "‘9‘ The PllChmg "l School boys thouuht him like a ‘big the beat alongSIdc of the steamer “ , . what a strange'sublimity was added, was frightful. The firm voice of the 32:“? Sggidzfss’alfiiéizts by 330.1"! a “SIM? commemafyv 0f captain and Sailors above Us. by dr‘ saw in it one real ob 'ect itot m’an words in themselves so sublimc.â€"â€" lering safety, seemed to make each We 31],,“ flier forge-[his smneyi Never did at all fully Conceive the instant of danger more sensibly felt. ,is genial be“; nitv__§,0w he let the welght Of those e’FPressmns um“, Bl” l0l the calm. Piou‘b sleadfil“ light of his cogiimdnance fall on us' while our mortal life seemed almost bean of the old widow fails at the He read a felw verge, 0,6,1 , the". the playthmg of the raging ocean. 1 final moment; she has crept about prayed ‘brjeflv soile‘mz] .. 32,“, his heard llmlqmet 91d Widow saying: llall'way uP the ladder: and there eyes wide opeh all the time but not 'Fezirful m praises; domg Wond- she sticks, flat againstthe side ofthe séeing Then he gave out ’his text- ers. He llOldeth our soul In life.~7â€" tossing steamer. In vain the cap- We {0, at it but its sub-em wan He arose and rebuked the wind,and tain commands, the mate entre-uts, s Deathgrei' m1.) He ,mefl Slow] , said unto the sea ‘Be still 1’ the sailors encourage ; there she g . i Y, . _ _ calmly, the simple meaning of the That our strange boatman was Willis. 88 If fastened ‘0 the 5019’s Words; what death was» and how now thoroughly terrifiedmnd indeed Side- Her hands have grasped» and why it: reigned; theii‘ suddenlv at his wits’ end (which, I believe, it With a 50” Ofdealh'Clm'Chi “’3 3‘91) he started, and looked like a mail was not very hard to reach,) be- 0f lhe ladder 0f ropeiand "Olhlng 03” who had seen some great sight and Came Clune “idem ; and his eXCld- “nelasp “mm, "or can Shell” moved was breathless to‘ declare it,' he mation, after another survey of Helm) 0" dOWD- 1“ Vain l'ursed he!“ ‘0 ’ ‘ AY, indies). u...“ ;....‘~ .__._._.._. Brine, in which our meat or fish hasl‘been salted, is poisOnous to do-« mestic animals. If left to their own way, they will partake as freely of it as they will of pure s‘alt, when it very often prOVes fatal. ' The” Union Jlledicale', a French ’ publication. gives an account of the" researches of M. Reynal in regard to the disco- ous properties of brine. Pilot!) 3 series of experiments detailed he draws the following conclusions : First, That three or four months after its preparation it acquires pOisonous properties. -'. Second,.That the-mean poisonous se for a horse is about four'pints; for ahog, one pint; and for a dog. four or five gallons. Third. That in less doses it pros duces vomiting in the dog and hog. Fourth, That the employment of this substance. mixed with the food, continues for a certain time. even in small quantities, may be fatal. DR. CHALMERS. â€"_ We remember well our first hear- CHARLES 11. AND THE BISHOP.-â€"-' On one occasion. Charles II. asked Bishop Stillingfleet ‘ how. it was that. he always read his sermons before‘ him, when he was informed that he‘ always preached without a book clsewhe’re.’ Stillin‘gfleet answered something about the awe of so noble a congregation,- the presence of so‘ great and wise a prince, with which the King himself Was Very well contented. ‘But, pray,’ continued Stillingfleet, ‘ will your Majesty” give me leave to ask you a ques- tio‘nl Why do. you read your: speeches, whenyou have none of the same reasons ?’ ‘ Why, truly,- Docto‘r,’ replied the King, ‘your' question is a very pertinent ‘one, and so will be my answer. I have asked the two Houses so often, and for so much money, that I am" ashamed to look them in the face‘.’ God. Vthn thou be with the’e.’ There is something in the retros- pect of a storm at sea so terribly magnificient, that those who have ever witnessed such can imagine Ah’ Aristocratic ‘Sell.’â€"â€"Tliis is the" age of practical joking; and what are vulgarly termed ‘sells,’ seem to interest all alike. Au amusing instance has lately been perpetrated by several of our West~ End jewelers. A rich morocco case. of the size and form of an Ordinary photos graphic miniature, is lettered outsider-in! gold, ‘portrait of the Goroilla.’ It islaid carelessly upon the drawing-room table, with scrap-books, SEC. The unlucky Victim beholding it for the first time Seizes it with impatience ‘Ah 1' I have not soon1 that’-0pens it with eager haste, and be- hold a portrait of himself reflected in a palpable piece of looking-glass. 1f b'e-r wliiskered and bearded, the joke tells amazinglyâ€"he drops it with speed and the . _ _ told us how death rei nodâ€"ever - ‘ . ' '. dark horizon, gave as additional let me save myself“ There I am m g y gonna mes w emoy It. the pitching boat, the unhappy boatsl man urging me from below, and the sailors urging her frOm abovc.-"-= The men were wise to save them- selves first ; they are looking down on us now. perhaps, and thinking what foolish, helpless creatures wo- men are. ‘At last the words ‘ Haul up the ladder l’ are pronounced by the cap- tain; comfortable for me to hear, without knowing if it will ever be lowered again. The smiling good- naturcd sailors repeat ' the order, an I up goes the rope-ladder. ' Lay it flat on the deck’ is the word, and ladder and clinging Scotchwoman are laid prostrate thereâ€"she on her face, with hands closed in that death-clasp round the rope. sense- less and cold as if life had indeed where, at all times, in all places; how We all knew it, how we would yet know more ofit. The drovcr, who had Sat down in the table seat opposite, was gazing up in a state of stupid excitement; he seemed rest- less, but never kept his eye from the speaker. The tide set inâ€"every- thing added to its power, deep call- ied to deep, imagery and illustration poured in ; and every now and then theme-â€"-Ihe simple, terrible statementâ€"Was repcaed in some lucid interVal. Afteroverwhelming us with proofs of the reign of Death, and transferring to us his intense urgency and emotion; and after shrieking. as if in despair, these words : ‘ Death is a tremend- ous neocssity,’ he suddenly looked beyond us as if into some distant re» gion, and cried out : ‘ Behold a mighticrmwho is this? He cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah,glorious in his apparel, speaking in righteousness, travel- ling in the greatness of his strength, mighty to save.’ Then, in a few plain sentences, he stated the truth as to sin entering, and death by sin, and death passing upon us all. Then cause of fear, as We gathered from it his own apprehension that the steamer he had so madly come out to look for might have already pass- ed on her way. A murmur of hor- ror, and, from the two male pas- sengers, ofrage against him, broke forth as the fearful doubt arose; but on my part it Was somewhat quieted by the voice beside me :â€"-a ‘He maketh a path in thy Waters. He rideth on the wings of the wind. His footsteps are not known.’ There was a short interval ofdoep silence. Evening was fast closing in; the sky was darkening and darkening. My Old comforter was perhaps silently praying; for I could still see the hands clasped on her black dress. The eyes were now closed; but. after some mi- nutes of such silenccwâ€"whether it departed- If they 0‘” mat Step 0f was the conclusion or not of her lhe ladder away to WHO“ She “lungs prayer, I do not knowâ€"she uttered Olifoufld _50me Ollie? means or ex‘ the words : ‘ For thine is the king-‘ lrlcalmg ‘1 from her grasp. I know dom, the power, and the glory, for not. ballast as 1 W38 believing my- cver and evcr. Amen} now en- self abandoned, I hear a sailor's epgeticr how real. seemed such up“ cheery VOICGI ‘ Another woman in ascription of praise, such an ack- the boat? ‘Lower me ladder; nowledgment of divme powct'Jâ€"v and as 500" 35 She PMS a foot 0'1 it. Doctors and the Ladies.â€"-The ladies have been always great admirers of the doctors, and have married two or three of the more fashionable ones, in spite of themselvos. St. John Long scarcer sav- ed himself upon the plea of having a wife already; Sir .Iohn Elliott painted a death’s- head on the panncls of his carriage to scare away his patroncsscs, in vain; and Dr. Cadogan was espoused to a lady he did not like. She was; very jealous, of course, and entertained hesdes the agree- able idea that her husband would one day poison her. On one occasion, when Siir‘a rounded by her friends, and in the presence of her lord and master, she fell on h'c‘r back in a state of physical spasms, eit- claiining: ‘ Ah' he has killed me at last. I am poisoned'l’ ‘Poisoned!’ cried the lady friends, turning up the white of her eyes. ‘ Oh, gracious goodness lâ€"you have done it, doctor 1’ ‘ \Vhat do you accuse me 012’ asked the doctor with surprise. ‘ 1 accuse vou-â€"-ofâ€"~kilhng meâ€"«eel’ re- sponded the wife, doing her best to imitate a death-struggle. ‘ Ladies,’ answcred the doctor, with admirable nonclialancc, bow- ing to Mrs. Cadogan‘s bosom associates, ‘ it is perfectly false. You are quite wei- come to open her at once, and then you’ll discover the calumny l’