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HERALD OF
VOL. 1.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
JAMES ATKINSON,
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
Orrice, corner of Thames-street and Sher
man's wharf, a few doors south of the Brick
Market j7>Entrance first door down the wharf.
Price two dollars per annum, if the whole is
paid in advance—two dollars 124 cts if paid in
six months, or two dollars 25 cts. if paid at the
expiration of the year. |
ADVERTISEMENTS
Inserted at the customary prices,
AGENTS,
et @ oo
Mr. George A. Potter, Providence,
Dr. Lemuel W. Briggs, Bristol,
Dr. Thos. P. Moere, Warren,
Capt. George Lawton, Tiverton,
Mr. Thomas Cook, New Bedford.
Mr. J. Southwick, Fall River.
—— @O SOO
c.%élu%ln?nd lo thes .%/a
Are respectfully solicited.
NEW GOODS.
JOHN F. TOWNSEND, has just receiv
ed from New York of the latest importations,
a supply of NEW and FASHIONABLE
GOOODS, among which are :
Elegant Foulard Calicoes—French red Calico,
very fashionable in New York for children—A
large assortment of Merino Shawls, borders work
ed with worsted—Thibet Casshmere and other
shawls much wanted at this time—Black Bobbi
net Lace Veils, cheap—White & Black Bobbinet
Leces—Bobbinet Footing, a great assortment—
Irish Linens, much cheaper tfmn usual—Cotton
hosiery, silk do. good and cheap—Mourning Ging
hams, (fast colours,)—do Calicoes—>s-4 blk Ital
lian Crape for veils—Good blk Italian Lustring
—Ladies horse-skin gloves some of a superior
quality—Black and white Sattin Jean—thin Jack
onet—fiflued do. and Swiss Muslins—superior
yellow Nankins—elegant Swiss Capes—a great
assortment of Batistes—German & English Birds
eye diaper—wide English damask. Also—ele
gant belt Ribbons—Clark’s spool cotton—wad
ding—worsted braids—fancy hdkfs of all kinds—
linen cambric hdkfs—a great variety of shawls, &c
for children—one piece superior steel mixed Cas
slMEßE—one piece superb blue BRoAncrLoTn
The above, with a variety of other Goods not
mentioned, will be sold as cheap as can be pur
chased in Newport. Ap 14.3
NEW
SPRING GOODS.
JO'B SHERMAN, has received from New
York and will open this day, a large assort
ment, of staple and Fancy Dry Goods, among
which may be found a great variety of English,
French and Scoteh Ginghams; Calicoes; blk. &
col’d bombazine; Italian lustrings; gros de Naples;
gros de Swiss, a new article for ladies dresses; bl'k
and col’d levantines; Nankin crapes; furniture
dimity; book muslin; plain and figured jaconet;
furniture chintz, vestings; rich fancy silk; barage
and Cyprus crape hdkfs; fine linens and lawns;
8-4 linen damask, damask table cloths and nap
kins; ribbon; a great variety of cloths for children;
fancy buttons; silk and cotton hosiery; white and
straw colored Navarino hats ; gloves, &e. |
AvLso,—Just received a fresh supply of heavy
Oznaburgh, yard wide tow cloth, and Russia
Diapers. 4th mo 28th 1880.
BOY’S CLOTHES. I
E W. LAWTON, has a few pieces of
o dark blue, claret, dark and light mixed,
bottle g‘roen drab, crimson and scarlet PELISSE
CLOTHS—better than almost any other aniclel
for Bpring and Fall Clothes for Boys, which he is
now nlfi% at about one half the original cost.
j NEW GOODS constantly receiving.
April 21, 1830,
WILLIAM MOORE,
HA taken the store recently occupied by
Charles T. Hazard, 260 Thames Street,
and will continue to carry on the Tailoring Bus
iness, in all its different branches. In addition to
his occupation, he will be happy to serve his
friends with any articles they may want in the
Grocery line, having a general supply of Groceries,
for sale, eonnactla with his establishment, and
which are of the best quality.
Newport, April 7, 1830. Inf.
DR. MOORK,
TENDBRB his services to his fellow citizens
and the public generally, as a practitioner of
medicine and surgery. Office at No. 93 Thames
strect, three doors south of Market square.
May 5, 1830, Bef.
PIANO FORTE.
F()R SALE, a fine toned square Piano Forte
by A. MUNRO.
Ap. 14,
GREAT BARGAINS AT
- NEWTON’S I
‘A GREATER variety of Dry Goobs, and
cheaper than ever offered in this town !
In addition to our fresh stock opened THls DAY,
more of those fine Linen hdkfs, at 26 cts. and 25.1
Bd—More white and red Mermo Shawls—More
very cheap LEGuor Ns—More Navarino hats at
62 cents—so pieces more handsome CALICOES
at 12} cts, yd—A rich lot of (all colors) merino
gauze hdkfs. at 50 cents. ’ '
Broadcloths—Cassimeres—Vestings—Silk Um
brellas—-Italian Silks—Nankin Crapes—-Linens
~Thread Laces—Sewing Siik—Black Lastings
~Russia Diapers, and Carpetings. ‘
Likewise—The very best quality of Bep Ticx-
ING at 25 cts per yard. and a large assortment of
Corron Goops. |
~ Store open evenings until 9 o’clock. Our best
endeavors have been to ““‘please the eye and suit
the fancy,” and it will cost the public nothing to
call and see how far our exertions have proved
successful. April 7.
Cheap Side, corner of Thames and
Church Streets, Newport,
Has just returned from Boston with his
NEW SPRING
SUPPLY
PACKAGES,
OF ELEGANT NEW
GOODS,
NOT inferior in quality and as low price as
at any store in town. Of this truth the cus
tomers will judge for themselves by calling and
examining the same. ‘
AMONG THEM ARE THE FOLLOWING:
AMERICAN GOODS, |
Linen diaper for 124 cts ; good hdkfs. 12} ;
3ood chex 124; ladies white cotton hose 124: do
o real good 25 cts; Indigo stripes and Plaid 12§
Power Loom shirting 8 ; white do 12} ; fine shirting,
and sheetings 14 to 16; blue, black, mixed, olives
and brown f:roud cloths; cassimeres and flannels;
homespun carpeting; real good blue prints for only
124 cts; other colours the same; blue, mixed and
grey sattinetts; Merimack, Taunton and Fall River
prints; a lot of very cheap girls mits and gloves;
elegant flowers and wreaths made by one of the
first rate workmen in America; straw bonnets,
&e.
ENGLISH GOODS,
Broadcloths & cassimeres, flannels, hosiery,
flag hdkfs; linnen do; elegant new patterns French
figured rprintl; silk, cotton, & worsted hosiery, oil
cloths for tables; fine and superfine carpeting;
hearth rugs; green figured bocking; elegant faf
flower prints.
FRENCH GOODS.
Leghorn Bolivar hats; silks, gros de Nap, gros
de India; gros de Zan, gros de China, gros de Ber
lin; levantine, sattin,and lustring figured and plain;
merino, square and long shawls; palmereans, plain
and figured, very cheap.
INDIA GOODS.
Canton and Nankeen crapes; Nankins; sattius
& lustrings; chex 'hdkfs; pongees; silk hose; mull
mull muS'm; flag, bandanna, and black silk hdkfs;
plain, striped and plaid lustrings for dresses; fancy
hoxes together with many articles which may be
found very cheap, in said store.
J. STEVENS, & CO.
North Wing R. 1. Union Bank Building.
HAS JUST RECEIVED—AND FOR SALE,
1 5 HHDS. St. Croix Rum,
5 Pipes Cogniac Brandy,
(Signette Brand.)
3 do. Bordeaux, (Dupuy & Co’'s.)
5 do. Holland Gin,
25 bbls. Country do.
40 Quarter casks and Indian bbls. Madeira, Lis
bon, Colmanar, Catalonia, and Sweet Mal
aga Wines,
40 Chests and Boxes ll{son,
Young llyson, and Hyson
@Skh\ Teas, 20 chests Souchong 3'o.
e’ SUGARS.
80 boxes Havana Brown and White Sugars,
5 do. Manilla do.
10 Bbls. Loaf and Lump do.
5 COFFEE.
» B St. Domingo and
BO Lt
g ) K 50 Sacks Blown Salt,
30 kegs Manufactured Tobacco, No. 1 & 2,
Ginger, Pimento, Pepper, Cassia, Nutmegs,
Cloves, Currants, Figs and Raisins.
( 4 UARDIAN'S NOTICE—"The subscriber
W hereby gives notice, that he has been ap
pointed by the Hon Court of Probate, of the town
of South Kingston, guardian to the person and
estate of John R. Brown (who has heen adjudged
by said court to be incapable of managing his af
faire) and has given bonds according to law—he,
therefore, hereby, notifies all persons to govern
themselves accordingly.
JUMHN W. WATSON.
South Kingston, April 12, 1829,
A. 28. Gw—4,
( 4 UARDIAN'S NOTICE-—The subseriber
W gives notice, that he has been appointed b
the Hon Court of Probate of the town of Soul‘
Kingston, Guardian to the person and estate
of Sylvester Northup, (who has been adjudged by
said Court to be incapable of managing his affiirs)
and has given bonds accordingto lnw—he, there
fore, hereby notifies all persons, to govern them
sclves accordingly.
JOHN W. WATSON.
South Kingston, April 12, 1329,
A2B, bw—4,
“ LIBERTY and UNION, NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPARABLE !”—wEBSTER.
NEWPORT, R. 1. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1830.
l We have spoken of the condition of
jour literature. 'We now proceed to the
iconsideration of the causes which ob
‘struct its advancement; and we are im
‘mediately struck by one so prevalent, as
;to deserve distinct notice. We refer to
the common doctrine, that we need, in
this country, useful knowledge rather
than profound, extensive, and elegant lit
;erature, and that this last, if we covet it,
‘may be imported from abroad in such
variety and abundance, as to save us the
necessity of producing it among our
'selves. How far are these opinions
| Just? This question we purpose to an
‘swer.
’ That useful knowledge should receive
our first and chief care, we mean not to
l‘disputc. But in our views of utility, we
may differ from some who take this po
sition. There are those who confine this
‘term to the necessaries and comforts of '
;lifc, and to the means of producing thcm.l
'And is it true, that we reed no know
ledge, but that which clothes and feeds
lus? Is it true, that all studies may bel
!dispenscd with, but such as teach us to
\act on matter, and to turn it to our use?
Happily, human nature is too stubborn to
I yield to this narrow utility, It is inter
lesting to observe how the very mechani
:cal arts, which are especially designed
'to minister to the necessities and com-
I'ffm.s of life, are perpctually passing these
llmnts; how they disdain to stop at mere
.convenience, A large and increasing
:proportion of mechanical labor is given
to the gratification of an elegant taste,
'How simple would be the art of building,
if it limited itself to the construction of a
Icomfortablc shelter. How many ships‘
Ishould e dismantle, and how many bu-
Isy trades put to rest, were dress and fur-
Inituro reduced to the standard of conve-
In.}ence. This “utility”’ would work great
changes in town and country, would lev
el to the dust the wonders of architec
ture, would annibilate the fine arts, and
lblot out innumerable beauties, which the
’hand of taste has spread over the face of |
|the earth. Happily, human nature is
'too strong for the utilitarian. It cannotl
satisfy itself with the convenient. No
passion unfolds itself sooner than the love
of the ornamental. The savage deco
rates his person, and the child is more
struck with the beauty, than the uses of
its raiment. So far from limiting our
selves to convenient food and raiment,
we enjoy but little a repast which is not/
arranged with some degree of order andl
!tuste, and a man, who should consult
!comfort alone in his wardrobe, would find
himself an unwelcome guest in circles
!which he would very reluctantly forego.
‘We are aware that the propensity to
'which we have referred, often breaks
out in extravagance and ruinous luxury.
We know, that the love of ornament is |
ioflen vitiated by vanity, and that, when
'so perverted, it impairs, sometimes de-'
Istroys, the soundness and simplicity of
:the mind, and the relish for true glory.‘
Still, it teaches, even in its excesses, that
'the idea of beauty is an indestructible |
Iprinciple of our nature, and this single
‘truth is enough to put us on our guard a
!gninst vulgar notions of utility.
I We have said that we prize, as highly
}'r: any, useful knowledge. But by this
|we mean knowledge which answers and
‘iministcra to our complex and various na-’
I ture; we mean that which is useful, not
lonly to the animal man, but to the intel-'
tlcctual, moral, and religious man; useful
‘to a being of spiritual faculties, whose!
:happincss is to be found in their free and"
‘harmonious exercise. We grant, that
‘there is a primary necessity for that in
tformnlinn and skill by which subsistence
is earned, and life is preserved; for it is
'plain that we must live, in order to act
‘and improve. But life is the means; ac-]
:tion and improvement the end; and who|
‘will deny that the noblest utility belongs
j'to that knowledge, by which the chief
‘purpose of our creation is accomplished?
'According to these views, a people should
honor and cultivate, as unspeakably use-|
‘ful, that literature which corresponds to,’
;:md calls forth the highest faculties;
NATIONAL
LITERATURE.
From the Christian Fxaminer.
Iwhich expresses and communicates ener
‘gy of thought, fruitfulness of invention,
force of moral purpose, a thirst for the
true, and a delight in the beautiful. Ac
|'eording to these views, we attach spccial
"hnportnnce to those branches ofliterature,
which relate to human nature, and which
give it a consciousness of its own powers,
/History has a noble use, for it shows us
*human beings in various and opposite
jconditions, in their strength and weak
‘ness, in their progress and relapses, and
ithul reveals the causes and means by
'which the happincss and virtue of the
.race may be enlarged. Poetry is use
ful, by touching deep springs in the hu
‘man soul; by giving voice to its more del
icate feclings; by breathing out and mak
ing more intelligible, the sympathy which
'subsists between the mind and the out
ward universe ; by creating beautiful
forms or manifestations for great moral
truths. Above all, that higher philoso
,'phy, which treats of the intellectual and
:moral constitution of man, of the founda
tion of knowledge, of duty, of perfection,
;of our relations to the spiritual world, and
‘especially to God; this has a usefulness
‘so peculiar as to throw other departments
‘of knowledge into obscurity; and a peo
ple among whom this does not find honor,
has little ground to boast of its superiori
ty to uncivilized tribes. It will be seen
from these remarks, that utility, with us,
‘has a broad ;nenning. In truth, we are
slow to condemn as useless,any research
‘es or discoveries of original and strong
'minds, even when we discern in them no
‘lbearing on any interests of mankind; for
.all truth is of a prolific nature, and has
‘connexions not immediately perceived;
l'nnd it may be that what we call vain spe
lcu\ations, may, at no distant period, link
|themselves with some new facts or theo
ries, and guide a profound thinker to the
}mos( important results. The ancient ma
thematician, when absorbed in solitary
‘thought, little imagined that his theorems,
lafter the lapse of ages, were to be applied.
lby the mind of Newton to the solution of’
ithe mysteries of the universe, and not on
ly to guide the astronomer through the
‘heavens, but the navigator through the
Ipathless ocean. For ourselves we in
lcline to hope much from truths, which are
lpurticularly decried as useless; for the
Inoblest and most useful truth is of an ab
stract or universal nature; and yet the
fabstract, though susceptible of infinite ap
'plication, is generally, as we know, op
‘posed to the practical.
' We maintain that a people, which has
any serious purpose of taking a placel
!among improved communities, should
'studiously promote within itsell every va
:riety of intellectual exertion. It should
'resolve strenuously to be surpassed by
'none. It should feel that mind is the
‘creative power, through which all the re
!sources of nature are to be turned to ac-
Ecount, and by which a people is to sprcadl
its influence, and establish the noblest
'form of empire. It should train within it-‘
'self men able to understand and to use
'whatever is thought and discovered over
‘the whole earth. The whole mass of hu
‘'man knowledge should exist among a
'people, not in neglected libraries, but in'
its higher minds. Among its most cher-'
‘ished institutions, should be those, which
‘will insure to it ripe scholars, explorern:
of ancient learning, profound historinnn|
'and mathematicians, intellectual laborers
devoted to physical & moral science, and
to the creation of a refined and beautiful
literature. |
I “Lire is a fountain, fed by athousand
streams that perish if one be dried. Itis
a silver chord, twisted with a thousand
‘strings that part asunder if one be broken.
FraiF and thoughtless mortals are sur
rounded by innumerable dangers, which
make it much more strange that they es
cape so long, than that they almost all
perish suddenly atlast. We are encom
passed with accidents ever ready to crush
the mouldering tenements that we inha
bit. The seeds of disease are planted in
our constitutions by the hand of nature.
The earth and the atmosphere, whence
we draw our life, are impregnated with
death—health is made to operate in its
own destruction. The food that nourish
es the body, contains the elements of its
decay~the soul that animates it by the
vivifying fire, tends to wear it out by its
action—death lurks in ambush along our
pathe, (V. }.’ Amulet. i
THE TIMES.
] We make the following interesting selection from'
‘tbe first number of the “PHiLADELPHIA MAIL,” |
‘a new paper we have just received, recently issued
by Mr. E. Littell, of Philadelphia. It is credited to
the Museum, a monthly periodical, also publish
‘ed by Mr. Littell. Mr. L. is also the publisher of
several other valuable and entertaining Miscelln-f
‘nies, all of which reflect great credit on his taste
:and judgment. l
SIR HARRY HIGHFLYLER,
A Suicide’s Last Carouse.
l Who was better kndwgabout town, or,
\Who knew the town better, than Sir Har
'ry Highflyer? He was, as the phrase is,
in every thing, and the best man af ev-/
‘ery thing—supreme in each pursuit that
had fashion for its sanction., He was 4
“member of the Four-in-hand-Club; and
it was universally admitted that no gen-|
tleman could drive his own coachman to
‘Salt Hill in better style. He was the
'best dresser in London; and ruined three!
tailors by the disinterested readiness with |
‘which he exhibited their cheicest pro-|
ductions on his own well-formed person.l
His dinters were the most recherches his,
‘wines the most exquisite that money,
‘could purchase—and certainly they had
cost dearly to the tavern-keepers whom:
‘he promised to pay for them., IHe was,
‘celebrated in the Fives Court: and if he,
‘was unable to lick young Belcher, who
from constant practice had the advantage
‘of him; or the boxing coal-heaver, who'
‘was his superior in weight; he had done'
all that could be required of a gentleman’
'—he had tried. He was the best shot
in England. Twice did he brush the
‘morning dew from the grass of Mary-le
‘bone Fields in his way to Chalk Farm,'
‘and on both occasions had he the good
fortune to kill his man. The first was
“Major O’Blaze, a scoundrel, as Sir Har-|
'ry justly termed him, who had seduced |
‘the Baronet’s mistress; the other, a Mr.!
‘Hardacre, a plain country squire, who,
‘had the temerity to call Sir Harry a
'scoundrel for eloping with his wife.—|
|Here again had Sir glarry done all that|
|could be required of a gentleman. But |
those were not his only claims to that ti-|
itle. Ina single night he won seventeen!
I|thousund pounds of a young Lackbrain,|
'a tyro in those matters, at hazard. Find-|
iing_that by selling his commission in
‘the - dragoons, drawing upon his agent
Ito the utmost farthing in his hands, and|
,‘pledging his pictures, his books, and the |
lease of his chambers in Albany, youngl
| Lackbrain could raise no more than nine
‘thousand pounds towards the amount of]
'his loss; he generously, with respect to
'the remaining sum, declared that as he
\should hold it unbecoming a friend and
a gentleman to press for its immediate‘
Ipayment, Mr. Lackbrain might set his|
‘mind prefectly at ease about it, upon,
signing a bond, for principal and interest,
to be payable in twelve—nay, even fif- |
‘teen months. Sir Harry began life with‘
‘a fortune of eighteen thousand a year.— |
‘Having somewhat of a turn for nrithme-II
tic, he at once preceived that it would |
‘be imprudent to spend more than twenty
‘thousand, and wisely resolved to limit his
‘expenditures by that sum, or tw e.xty-fivei‘
‘at the utmost. But circumstances, which
‘might have baffled the wisest cnlcula-I
tions, so ordered it, that thirty was usual
'ly much nearer the mark; and however,
extraordinary it may appear to'persons un- I
'accustomed to investigate such matters,
the consequence of these continued dis
‘crepancies between the income and the
Joutgoing, was, that one fine sun-shiny |
‘morning his debts were found to amount
'to 102,3571. 18s. 93d.—a very complica-l
‘ted and ugly-looking row of figures—
‘whilst his assets were gracefully pictured‘
forth by that simple and (-legantly-formod|
symbol (0) representing Noveur. To
use his own emphatic phrase, Sir I'larry'l
found himself ¢ most magnanimous-|
ly dished.” It was towards the close of
the London scason of 1817, that he made |
this wonderful discovery. What was to!
be done ? He could not at the moment
‘determine. Free air and solitude were
‘necessary to put his mind into a fit state
for reflection : so, calling for his hat and
floves, he sallied forth, and avoiding dear
ond-street, and all the more frequented
avenues, he crossed St. Alban’s-street,
sidled through St. James’ Market, felt
his way along a dirty,dingy defile, called
Swallow-street, andy after passing thro"
sundry dark passages on the north of Ox
ford street, he, at length, found himself
in the Mary-le-bone fields. There he
sauntered about for some time, but to
no purpose: one-hundred-and-two thou
sand and odd pounds, shillings, and
nce, were not to be picked up in the|
R‘iary-lc-bone fields; and what else un-/
‘der Heaven could set him afloat again !
The more he thought, the more desperate
did his position appear to him. But
there is an old French proverb that tells’
us that a force de chercher Pon trouve;!
and so it happened to Sir Harry: for by
dint of thinking and walking, and walk-:
ing and thinking, he all at once fmmdj’
himself on the identical spot where he
had killed his friends Hardacre and Ma
jor O’Blaze. Here, by that fine opera
tion of the mind, called the association |
of ideas, an easy and certain mode of ar-,,
|ranging his affairs occurred to Eim. “Is
it possible!” he exclaimed, ‘“that I can
|be such an idiot as, for nearly two hours,
to have overlooked so obvious an expe
dient! Is it possible that I, a man of un
questionable courage, as this very spot
can attest, should have been, for an n
stant, in doubt about the means of escap
ing from an exposure of my cuf up—an
event I never should have found nerve
to encounter! Is it possible that I, a ra
tional being, should have failed to think
of the very thing that could have occurre«
to any ass in London, at the first blusi
of the aflair!—What! shall I put dowa
jmy four-in-hand? Shall I send my race:»
to Tattersall’s? Shall I break up my
|lsnugr little establishment at Kilburn, and
confess to my pretty Julia that it is all u,
with me? Shall I tell my friends that [
%can squander no more thousands,for the
reason that 1 have no more thousands 1)
squander ? No, no; thank my stars, I
have too much courage to submit to that.”’
It were needless to state in explicit terms
what was the nature of the remedy in
tended to be employed by this “ration«|
being,” for the many ills which this
“man of anquestionable courage” was
too courageous to encounter ; but, hav
ing secttled the question entirely to his
own satisfaction, he, upon his way home,
suddenly put his handkerchiefyto his
cheek, went into an apothecary’s shop,
complained of a racking tooth-ache, and
purchased a phial of laudanum. .
Courage and Rationality! How differ
ently may the qualities implied by these
terms be understood! Had éir Harry pre
sumed to rush uninvited into the presence
of the Prince Regent, his courage would
have been stigmatized as daring & reck
less impudence, his rationality as shecr
insanity. But Sir Harry would not have
done that: he was too well-bred a man:
his conscionsness of the respect duc
from a subject to his prince; his defer
ence to the forms of civilized society;
nay, the very consideration of what was
due from man even unto maN, would have
warned him of the impropriety of commit
so gross an outrage as that! Thisis a
mere passing remark, which, as it is not
necessarily connected with the subject,
the reader may consider, or not at his
discretion,
~ Upon reaching home, Sir Harry gave
strict charge to Eaurent, his valet, not to
come to him till he heard his bell, nor to
allow any one to interrupt him. He
then went into his dressing-room, where
he passed nearly two hours in writing
letters.
He drew the phial from his pocket !
“The ruling passion strong in death,”
he held it up to the light; and muttering
“Bright as a ruby—a cursed bore
though, for all that,” he twisted out the
cork, put the poison to his lips, and—
there was a tap at the dressing room
door.
~ “Who the d—l’s that? Did’nt 1 give
positive orders that no one should disturb
me?”’
“Beg your pardon, Sare, but it grow
late; you remember Millord Dashmore
dine wiz you, and you not tell me how
many I will order dinner for.”
T{:is reminded him that he had invi
ted Lord Dashmore and a party of
friends to dinner for that very day.—
“They’ll look upon it as a sneaking riece
of business,” tglought he, “if 1 leave
them in the lurch in this way: a few
hours later will make no difference, and
I shan’t be in worse condition for my
I i;urney, for a dozen bumpers of claret,”
hen added, aloud, to Laurent, ¢ Order
‘for twelve, and afterwards come and help
me to dress.”’
“Mr. Maxwell is here, Sare; shall
you see him?
“Maxwell!” thought Sir Harr‘y; “what
whimsy has brought him here! (houfiht
I had given him a surfeit of me, at his
last visit, a twelvemonth ago. Beg Mr.
Maxwell to walk up.”
Mr. Maxwell was the son of a cler
gyman who died of a very odd com
rlaint——a broken heart for the loss of
hic wife—leaving this son an orphan at
the age of'two years. As thisis an age
at which a young gentleman is not very
well qualified to take care of himself, the
late Baronet, Sir Harry’s father, thought,
that he might do it much better for him;
and, acting upon this suggestion, took
him into his own house. {ittle Master
Maxwell and the Baronet’s son being of
nearly the same age, they were instruct
‘ed by the same masters, sent at the same
time to Westminster, and afterwards, en
tered at the same collcge at Cambridge.
Upon their return from College, %ir
Robert Highflyer gave youn lauwcll
the choice of a profession; gut as the
{oung gentleman entertained an un
ounded dislike of law, physic, and di-
Ivinity, the army, and the navy, it seemed
a matter of some difficulty how to pro-
Ivide for him.
““Tis a lucky thing for you, Tom,”
gaid Sir Robert, “that I have the com
mand of four votes, and can, ther¢fore,
ohtain from ministers any thing in reason
1 choose to ask.”
Now, although T am certain these
were the very words uged by Sir Robert,
I never, for the soul of me, could under-
NO. 8.