she looked up at the market clock for a mo ment and strolled up brickfieldhill for a short distance she retraced her stops and passing along the northern side of the market turned into one of the streets which branch northward from that large area and immediately facing that highrailed prisonyard where stray animals are impounded and only recalled from the verge of starvation by the auctioneers hammer


a wise and humane regulation in this im pounding act equally creditable to those who framed it and their myrmidons who carry it out


it solves the great problem upon how small a possible quantity of food quadrupeds can exist for a given time that is how near they may be brought to deaths door without enter ing the house


amongst bipeds union work houses have long settled the point


infinitesi mal portions of flint soup and bone bread admi nistered at long intervals were the means employed in solving this charitable enigma


but the act has a wider scope a more desirable ten dency it keeps the police in constant employ and leaves room for the burglar and the pick pocket to pursue their laudable avocations boldly and uninterruptedly


is not the remark jus tifiable that the act is both wise and humane


little annie gray was playing with some children on the pathway of the street as mrs naillit approached


for some minutes the latter avoided her sight being fearful of recog nition by the playmates of the child but when they had left her she hurried to her victim


the child turned its innocent face up to hers and received the kiss of the serpent


the cab was now seen at the bottom of the street


gently and by degrees the tempter lured the child away from her home


a moment more the cabdoor opened and closed again rapidly and went off at a quick pace towards mrs naillits house


the whole was managed so instanta neously that no one was witness to the act


in a few hours there was a stir and hum in the street neighbours were hurrying hither and thither wondering speculating hoping and fearing some endeavouring to soothe the be reaved parents some proffering advice and as sistance


placards were posted on the walls through every street and alley of the city went the bellman heralding the loss daylight fled midnight came morning dawned the sun sped on his course and the stars came forth again and waned still there were no tidings of the lost one


there was desolation in that house the blight had fallen on the bud and withered it the pa rents bowed down their heads wept for their child and refused to be comforted


at a late hour on the day of the abduction mrs naillit was startled from her slumbers by a loud knocking at the door


she trembled for guilt engenders fear she slunk down the stairs with a tottering and unsteady step she placed her hand upon the key and hesitated open the door open the door quickly exclaimed the wellknown voice of sharkey


mrs naillit did so he rushed in breathless and panting


one question carryis the job done


yes the child is now asleep up stairs


then by g we are undone the infer nal ship wont sail for three weeks


to be continued


thli life of hugh oneill by


john mitch el esq


continued from our last


j chapter vii


o


y neill at courtbagnalls sister escape of odonnelltrinity college


a b io


hugh na gaveloch son to sliane oneill by odonnells wife appears now for a moment upon the stage


he bore a deadly hatred hgainst hugh of dungannon as an usurper of the name and honours of oneill and this ear we find him denouncing his chieftain to the deputy niid council as a traitor informing them that certain nolile spaniards from the fleet of medina sidonia had been entertained at bunpaunon had received presents from oneill and also letters for the king of spain soliciting assistance against the queen of england and promising support all which he hngh of the fetters would prove cither upon the body of the accused by way of combat or by evidence on oath as the deputy should seem meet


fitzwillinm prohibited the combat but set a day for the production of the evidence and prepared with much dignity to hold solemn inquest upon so important a criminal


but before that day arrived


oneill had the prosecutor arrested as a foul conspirator against his lawful chieftain had him tried in a most summary manner and condemned to be strangled a sentence which was forthwith executed though not without difficulty for no man in all tyrowen would be the executioner of one who bore the honoured name of oneill and hugh himself it was said had to end the difficulty and his prisoners life together with his omi hand


it would seem that the prince of ulster was not a man to be given in charge to the juries ofan english deputy


but to dissipate these clouds of suspicion and even direct accusation which began to mselipn his name in the court of england oneill proceeded to london in his saxon character of earl and having left ireland without leave asked of the deputy which it seems was uncustomary for irish peers


he was on his arrival placcd under a kind of nominal arrest as matter of etiquette but soon we find him high in favour as usual minpling with the court at the honour of greenwich says camden as noblemen use to do


deliberating weighty affairs of state with the chancellor sir christopher hatton


and entering warmly even eagerly into all elizabeths views for the civilizing of ireland


as fortheterri tonof tyrowen he wouldhave it formed into a shire or twowith gaols for holdingsessions fand for the name of oneill if that displeased so fair a princess he would nerer bear it more


my name dear saint is hateful to myself because it is an enemy to thee


he protested that he had assumed that name only to prevent some other of the tribe from usurping itand would surely renounce it yet beseeching that he mipfit not be urged to promise that upon oalhx amongst other articies gravely agreed upon by oneill as the basis of a final settlement were that he should not foster with any neighbouring chiefs should give no aid to the scots and receive none from themshould not harbour monlts or friars nor have intelligence with foreignersnor levy black rentnor suffer his people to wear glihbex


or other irish spparelnnd finally that he would live at peace with old tirlougli lynnogh and other neighbouring chiefs yet all this upon condition that tirlouih and the other chiefs of ulsrer should in like manner engage themselves to keep peace with him lest when he was quiet and thougfit no harm he should be exposed to the injuries of those turbulent persons


surely one of the fairest conditions which he seems to have been well aware could not be complied with


his old ally the earl oformond and the lord chancellor hatton having become sureties for oneills performance of all he had undertaken he returned to ireland and was to enter into formal indentures with the deputy binding himself to nil these articles by the st of august in the same year but as he steadilv required that all the other chiefs of ulster should come in and take on them similar engagements the iudentures were never executed the st of august came and passed and the settlement of ulster was indefinitelv deferred by cianv subfile shifts whereof bays moryson he had plenty


he returned to prosecute his grand project of northern confederation and to perfect the organization of the kineleoghain


but matters were still unripe for nn effectual effort against english power one main limb of the enterprise was wanting while the present feeble chief of tyrconnell ruled that potent sept and voung bealdcargw odonnell still pined in the dungeons of fitzujlljam


forthe present he could only bide his time and for another year there is nothing to record save an incident ofarather domestic and tender nature


the marshal sir henry bagnal and his english garrison in the castle and abbey of newry were a secret thorn in the side of oneill


they lay upon one of the main passes to the north frowning over tveagh and the ohanlons country and he had deeply vowed that one day the ancient monaster de viridn tigno should be swept clear of this foreign soldiery


osullivan


this author says fitzwiliam summoned okeill to strajjdally


t moryson


t ibid


i camden


quoen elij


red mouth


hut in that castle of newry the saxon marshall had a fair sister a woman of rarest beauty whom oneill thought it sin to leave for a spouse to some churl of an english undertaker


besidestwas pity so sweet a soul should sit in darkness of protestant heresyrather than so he would undertake her conversion himself and make her the bride ofan irish chieftain


and indeed wc next hear of him ns a love suitor


with that piersuasive tongue of his at the feet of the english beauty llow or where he met and wooed twd won thismaiden or by what legal or ecclesiastical process he divorced ills lawful wife to make way for her wc have unhappily no record


but that he sped in his wooing mid also in his divorce suit is plain for the lady fled from her brothers castle and was borne in triumph to dunannon wlierp she speedily became reconciled to the church and was duly wedded to the prince of ulster


sir henry conceived his honsc dishonoured by this alliancc because oneill as he said had another wife alivepulling little faith ps it seemed in the divorce


he had been sufficiently unfriendly to the chief before but from that hour there grew up the deadliest enmity between them which afterwards bore fruit as we shall see


but the time had arrived when hed hugh odonnell was to see his native mountains once more


a year before this he had escaped from dublincastle with a noble lagenian youth of the ocavanaghs


tliev fled southwards and made for that long extensive mountain the boundary between the gathelians of the lagenian province and the english of dublin f traversed the lulls all night and before morning had passed the red mountain hotly pursued


they took refuge with felim otoole who was unable to protect them and gave them up to the english


for thai time they liaa to return to their dungeon where cdonncll was loaded with heavy iron fetters and languished there fm another whole year until the feast of christmas


when it seemed says the chronicle the son of the virgin time for him to escape


again he found an opportunity to fly accompanied by henry and art two sons of shane oneill anil made once niore for the glens of avicklow


the mountains were covered with snow and all that night the storm beat fiercely upon them


they did not howeier again trust themseves with the otooles but struggled still southwards to reach the pass of jlenmalur gleann manlughni where the gallant fiach mac huh victor of glenaalough would be sure to protect them against all the forces of the pale


three days and nights lliey wandered through themountains feeding upon leaves and grass and famishing in the savage winter weather and at last obyrnes people found two of them for poor art had perished stretched under the shelter of a cliff benumbed and nearly lifeless


the obyrne brought them to iis house end revived and warmed and clothed them and instantly sent a messenger to hugh oneill with whom he


was then in close alliance with the joyful tidings of odonnells escape


oneill heard ii with delight and sent a faithful retainer tir lough buidhe ohagan who was well acquainted with the country to guide the j young chief into ulster


after a few days of rest and refreshment odonnell and his guide set forth and the irish chronicler minutely details that perilous journey how they crossed the liffey far to the westward of fitznilliams hated towers and rode cautiously through fingal and menth avoiding the garrisons of tfie pale until they arrived at the boyne a short distance west of inver colpa drogheda where the danes had built a noble city how they sent round their horses through the town and themselves passed over in a fishermans boat how they passed by mellifont a great monastery which belonged to a young englishman attached to hugh oneill and therefore met no interruption thererode right through dnndalk and entered the friendly irish country where they had nothing more to fear


one night they rested at eadh mor the fews where oneills brother had a bouse and the next day crossed the blackwaterat moy and so to dungannon where oneill received tliem right joyfully


and here the two hughs entered into a strict and cordial friendship and told each other of their wrongs and of their hopes


oneill listened with such feelings as one can imagine to the story of the youths base kidnapping and cruel imprisonment in darkness and chains and the impetuous beal dearg heard with scornful rage of the english deputys atrocity towards mac mahon and attempts to bring his accursed sheriffs and juries amongst the ancient irish of ulster


and they deeply swore to bury for ever the unhappy feuds of their families and to stand by each other with all the powers of the north against their treaoherous and relentless foes


the chiefs parted and odonnell with an escort of the ty rowen cavalry passed into mac gwires country


the chief of fermanagh received him with onour eagerly joined in the confederacy nd gave him a black polished boat in hich the prince and his attendants rowed hrough lough erne and glided down that pleasant salmonbreeding rivcr which eads lo ballyshannon and the ancient eats of the clanconol


osullivan is tlio only writer who tells of this ladys beauty


tiroilus bagnalis soroicm fominam forma conspicuamspecici pulchritudiuc enptus rapuerat matrimonio sibi conjunxerat et a protestante convert


ad fidum catholicam fecerat


to


tliore is a novel founded this story and entitled the adventurers lively witi incidentbut wanting ilia colouring and character of the period


t mtrnnblarionofiifcofodonneliplo j osullivan ms life of qdocnell


a new series


the mysteries of sydney or the revelations of sin shame and sorrow


chapter xi


mrs


osqueeze gives a grand entertainment which she deno minates a swarrythe pre parationsthe result


the flutter and excitement in migration lodge were intense and overwhelming when the lady of the mansion avowed her intention of giving a swarry the brilliancy of which should throw the entertainments at government house entirely into the shade


grave and frequent were the consultations of mrs osqueeze and her daughter as to the best means of doing the thing in style and raising the envy and malice of mrs regan who kept a rival boardinghouse in the vicinity of the lodge and was considered highly successful in attracting customers


the principal difficulty was in issuing the cards of invitation mrs osqueeze and miss katie holding entirely different opinions upon the age and quality of the guests


however as the latter was the better tactician she managed by yield ing here and insisting there to fill up the roll nearly to her own satisfaction


now katie my darling said mrs osqueeze during the momenteous sitting of the council of two put down miss winifred scrym gours name for a card


la mama how can you


a nasty crabbed old thing that would turn all the milk in the jug sour with a face like a nut cracker a voice like a coffee mill and a mouth which she never opens except to shoot forth spiteful sayings


thats thrue for yez katie but she has money galore and sorra a soul to lave it too but us


and as your poor father used to obsarve a full chist is a constant frind


let papa be at rest it was little comfort he had here replied the young lady tartly


ive put down miss scrymgours name and mr ticklelass melsoms


katie ive an objection to him


in what does it consist mama enquired the daughter in a mingled tone of pertness and irony


hes bould and you are susciptible


your system of moral training has left little to be feared from my susceptibility rejoined katie scornfully


do not play the hypocrite with me mama in private leave such things to public exhibitions


the mother felt the bitter sarcasm but its truth taught her to suppress the angry retort which sprang to her lips


the spell was begin ning to work the instructress feared her pupil


who is next on your list mama dr blarney


the young lady emitted a faint scream not dissimilar to a mild touch of hysterics


and what have you to say against him miss osquaze asked the dame irately


nothing mama his rank and station are undoubted medical gentlemen who charge five shilling fees and go down on their knees to elderly iadies to to do what miss to make love


to cut their corns mama must necessarily be rather low in the faculty


but he was in the arrmy cried the ex asperated matron


which accounts for his being old soldier enough to have weight with my own dear dar ling mama


as you would be a little puzzled without it ill put down this bit of the blarney for the evenings amusement


ill not put up with this any longerput down whom you like miss osquaze


i thank you my sweet mama for your kind permission and you may confidently believe ill not invite any one i do not like


mrs osqueeze bounced out of the room mut tering certain somethings which sounded more like bans than blessings


miss katie then pro ceeded with her task making certain running commentaries as she went on


ensign tigers of her majestys foot just arrived from india knows but little of the colony devotedly attached to music the fair sex and abstruse sciences


mema full dress party that will ensure his red coat


i must practise my favorite songs and read a little about geology and such things


and yet it is hard to be compelled to hoist ones flag for an ensign


mr wester the great poet delightful man brings me beautiful bouquets and writes charming verses in my album


how sweet is his last contribution commencing with flowers in your loveliness gracefully bending by the bright glassy stream rainbow hues lending whisper in voices low mystic and holy if my adored one love me and me solely


how nice it is to make love in poetry


yes mr wester your pale face dark eyes glossy locks and byronic air must decidedly grace our soiree


miss chittles


heavens what a name


polly chittles as her father invariably terms her but he is rich and can afford to do as he likes whilst she is ugly and good tempered never excites ones jealousy nor refuses any favour that may be asked


ill make my curtsey to you miss chittles for as my pious mama teaches inclination must be sacrificed for in terest occasionally


the precocious lady having added a few other names to her catalogue including those of kitely and stunner quickly made up her despatches after which she summoned her familiar nips on whose shoulders devolved the responsibility of delivering them in due form


the bell was thrice pulled before that important functionary condescended to answer it and when he made his appearance he was clad in attire consider ably more airy than elegant


it was an undress suit consisting of the remnants of a regatta shirt discarded by one of the lodgers for super annuation six months previously and a pair of dark somethings which had once been trousers but constant wear and tear had literally meta morphosed them into inexpressibles


one might have offered a premium for a name and been unsuccessful in obtaining it


how he steered his way into them was a problem which nobody but himself could solve


nips was a peripatetic rag shop


miss katie was in a high state of fever at the delay of cupidon and this ran up to boiling heat as she looked at the amiable scarecrow


surely she began at this time of day you might have thrown off those disgraceful gar ments and adopted something similar to the costume of a christian


i never heerd miss that clothes had much to do vith religion cos you see the parson tells us rags werry often gets the best of purpul and fine linning


miss katie was slightly bewildered by the scriptural allusion of nips


as she attended church for the sole purpose of parading her own figure and criticising the appearance of her neighbours it could not be expected that the eloquence of the pastor made much impression upon her mind


nips continued his line of defence


besides you see miss everybody ought to keep their proper station as vun railway train said ven it was runned into by another


these are my allvurks and suits unkimmon vell for cleanin boots and bilers


dont think as lm a goin to make your mas best green livery the colour of a sootbag


i could not do it miss it vould be agin my conscience altogether


nips then gave his bosom a thump as a sort of safety valve to let off the steam of virtuous in dignation


his generalship was too much for the young lady who contented herself with politely requesting him to deliver the soiree mis sives at his earliest convenience


for a boy who could not read ritin he performed the duty remarkably well although he did ring half the medical night bells in sydney at ad vanced periods of the evening before he could ascertain where the real doctor blarney lived and did also astonish the sentries at government house pickets patrols and fatigue parties by his endeavours to find out ensign tigers


he even ventured visits to beaumonts menagerie and the museum to ascertain if the animals there were the tigers alluded to but having thoroughly satisfied himself that they were not fit to be introduced into genteel society nips obligingly condescended to thrust the invitetoa feed into the paw of the veritable ensign tigers who blushed a deep scarlet as he read it


the days flew by on the wings of timethat mysterious spirit ever old over young ever buried ever born a past a present and a future of which may truly be said whilst mortals gaze with listless eye the yesterday is past and as they murmur at its flight the present flies as fast


the future with unnoted pace comes swiftly surely on and lightninglike receives at once existenceand is gone


time thoubut whither are we straying when our time is up


the evening of migration lodge soiree came at last


in order to make the affair pass off with due eclat a proper division of labour was instituted


miss osqueeze and fanny assisted by the poetical wester superintended the floral and arboretical decorative arrangements a thin french person monsieur jampot from straw berry hills left his pastry cooks shop for the day to watch over the interests of the culinary department nips took upon himself the light ing up shewing up and general attendance line the venerable inspector of hackney carriages consented to attend for the purpose of prevent ing horses from running their heads into posi tions where their tails ought to be and serjeant gawkey of the b blue battalion volunteered to overlook the crowd


mrs regan watched the preparations with an evil eye and malevolently prophesied notwith standing appearances there would be a blowup before the affair was over


cruel mrs regan to vaticinate that disenchantment would come over such a fairy scene


as nips ignited the last spermaceti he gazed with the complacency of an artist who has just put the finishing touch to a favorite picture


thats vot i calls a plummy job


them ere sperms is varranted to last five hours arter vich they blows out as a matter of coorse


the company comes at nine oclock and goes avay at two


nothink like keepin good hours in reglar famlles


musher jampot give us your opinion of this ere


domain garding touch


not jampot but shampo monsieur neeps replied the individual addressed bowing pro foundly low


oh werry vell musher shampoo vat do you think of it


lt is superbe magnifique


that means rumptytum with the chill off i spose


nothin like this in the french bull yards you vas a tellin me of just now


de boulevards non dere is certainment noting like him dere


i should rayther think not ven ve make up our minds to come out strong it is a reglar stunner


its only vunce a year as the young uns said ven they let off the firevurks on the fift of nowember


down you go shampots heres carridge number vun a comin


missus be alive the companys beginnin for to tumble up


thus eloquently and elegantly called upon mrs osqueeze bustled into the room and had scarcely time to take her station for reception when nips bawled out the name of miss ginger bread scrimmage


a smart box on the ear followed this malannouncement and miss wini fred scrymgour effected an entrance in a curry powder and cayennepepper mood


how keyind of you to come so arly ex claimed mrs osqueeze at the same time open ing her ample arms to enfold the threadpaper form of miss winifred


that will do replied the scrymgour re pulsing the friendly offer


you know i detest all these halfirish halffrench huggings


i am a plain woman


the veriest sceptic could not deny that fact with any show of reason miss winfred scrym


gour was a plaina very plain woman


but under a vinegary verjuicy aspect and rough shell reposed a sound kernelan excellent heart


during this short colloquy katie and fanny stole in noiselessly


to describe the dresses of ladies is not our particular forte all we shall say is that the former in a pink satin slip with blonde skirt low body sleeves a la grecque and hair a la corkscrew curls looked infinitely inferior to the latter in a simple crape dress which developed the contour of her exquisite form


miss winifred scrymgour entertained a similar opinion for turning from katie with much asperity of manner she greeted fanny with proportionate kindness


in mourning


so young so modest and re tiring


poor thing murmured miss scrym gour to herself then raising her voice she con tinueddont be afraid of me my dear ill not harm you though most folks call me a cross patch


i have heard much about you and feel well inclined to love you


if you do not think it a waste of time sit down and have a chat with a lone old woman


the last words were uttered in so melan choly a tone that fannys eyes filled with tears and she felt irresistibly drawn towards the elderly lady


the bonds of sorrow are the strongest


miss winifred scrymgour had drunk the bitter draught of grief


it is impossible to depict the feeings of the osqueeze harpies as they saw the scrymgour banquet snatched from their rapacious grasp


fanny at the same instant secured a friend and raised up two deadly enemies


neither mrs osqueeze nor katie had much time to think upon this sudden reverse of fortunehunt ing as the company poured in fast and furious and their whole attention was required for the other guests


mr tickllaess melsom was completely in his element he bustled about from one to another retailing the jokes of the day occa sionally doing the serious with reciting the details of a disastrous wreck in which every body perished with the excep tion of a solitary pig that swam safely to shore


a singular fact was connected with this story said mr melsom the animal was supposed to have been in the trough of the say for sixteen weeks


and do you believe that exclaimed his hearers


faith and i do


i ate part of the pig after it was fresh killed and better pickled pork nivir came out of brine


an irish pig maybe said dr blarney a yellow drumhead faced little man who looked rhubarby and had a physicky scent about him


as the vessel was iaden with bottles which live next door to cork perhaps so


but what ever counthryman it was it got cured without making a miraculous escape through your hands docther


at this particular juncture ensign tigers who had been doing the devoted to miss katie led the young lady towards the piano


she went through all the usual pleadings of inability influenza c but these pretty bashfulnesses unfortunately for the romance of the affair were stopped in mid career by the bluff mr thomas chittles the rich grocer and own father to miss polly chittles


this gentleman not having the fear of good society before his eyes sang a por tion of a popular ballad bearing particular re ference to the affected hesitation of breadand butter drawingroom vocalists


instead of setting off they say theyve got a cough but that is all my eye and betty martin oh


ensign tigers looked a whole file of bayonets at the vulgar chittles who sat in the most feli citous unconsciousness of having incurred any extraordinary danger or done any thing at all out of the way


the observant mrs osqueeze flew to the rescue and requested katie to sing the iatest and most fashionable ballad music by mr milksop words by mr turtle dove


after running over the keys in the most approved style she began in tho affetuoso manner loves questionings


if i said i loved thee wouldst thou believe


if such accents moved thee wouldst thou deceive


if despair should seize me wouldst thou be near


if kind death should ease me wouldst drop a tear


whether ensign tigers or any other unmar ried gentleman in the company was expected to answer this string of interrogatories is not a matter of history but it is clear that mr chit tles put an end to the harmony by declaring so many woulds in a song warned them it was time to cut their sticks to the supper table


chittles chittles thou demon of desolation thy hot breath hath passed over all the scene like a simoom the oasis of the desart is now only a sandbank


the flowers dropped from mr westers hand witheredblightedblasted


the head of ensign tigers drooped like a red poppy on a hot day


the jokes of melsom fell dull and heavy like molten lead on unbaked dough


miss chittles who saw something had gone wrong which was beyond her power to set right played at crisscross with her fingers in a corner


mrs osqueeze thought not of muckanmuddy castle but of those rially constructed ones which were so ruthlessly and chittlesesly de molished


katie thought of herself


dr blarney thought of his supper


the announcement of that meal was received with satisfaction by all and they hastened to the gastronomic scene with the exception of miss winifred and fanny who still were in earnest converse now my dear said she tenderly to fanny the thing is settled


i need some kind hand to tend my footsteps to the gravesome true heart to soothe my sorrows


i am not so selfish as to demand all your time but so much as you can spare me


i really must claim


not a word my dear it is i who have to be grateful


call on me tomorrow without fail


good bye my dear


miss winifred kissed the fair forehead of fanny and departed whilst the latter retired to her chamber full of thought and thankfulness


meanwhile the party below were resuming some of their pristine gaiety the culinary crea tions of monsieur jampot gave unlimited satis faction and combined with the wines exhi larated the guests to an extraordinary extent


mr chittles committed all sorts of extravagan cies and finally insisted that polly should asto nish the company by her pianistic performance of the battle of prague


an adjournment was agreed to nem con and miss chittles without any hesitation plung ed into the intricacies of that grand military movement


scarcely however was she describ ing the sharp rattle of musketry and rolling of cannon when fizfizfizpoppoppopfizpopfiz poppoppop went the candles and left the party in utter darkness


screams groans curses deep though not loud were mixed up with mind my dress stand off my corns be quiet mr melsom i know you hush my angel wheres the door


the portal was at last discovered but the inflictions of the visitors were not over


each step they took occasioned the explosion of divers detonating balls which singular to relate nobody had placed there and indeed it was never clearly defined how the powder came into the candlesticks


nips was of course accused


say its me mem


oh


certingly


non sense mem


my opinion is that them mirak less candles vas a varnin


agin keepin late hours and them detternatuz was dropped by that ere incendiwerry miss gingerbread scrim mage


mrs regan watched the departure of the guests and as mrs osqueeze was about to close the door screamed outfaith


i sid there wud be a blowup and it came thrue the devil a regan iver tould a cracker


this was the nightcap to the miseries of mrs osqueeze she felt all that exquisite anguish described in the old ballad of chevy chase earl percy saw her fall


to be continued


chapter


v but if


that avilecrant shall sayin his hacrt


my lord is longaco aridsliahcghh btriko his ffllowservantbi and sitlf fp andrlif suit drunkards ihe lor of that servant shall come in a dayufliathlc wupcd


udt aid at an hour athat ie kiii eth not


and shall separate him and appoint his portion with the hypocrites there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth


t


hmatt


xxv ti s ut fitherare hot wtine hand spiritd and the otiher drinks that intoxicate man ti creature oft god and madelfor our use i and beneft


f


i f


true my son the grape the hops abd thei other thing frobn which aleohol is xtnaetted kethe bek aturehof god but i hn sure lthat they werc hot all mado with tleir


present qualityfor mans use and benefit unless when used medicinally


you know that water


as made for our use and benefit so was fire so weai light yet see how often these things aie nhade by inanihinself the cause of his ruin


how often do youihear of men destroying their own lives by plung ing themselves into the water


how bften by shooting themselves howoftenby com wiitting erimesin the day light which they plotted in the darkness of night andhow often have yoiuheard of one man making use of those things to destroy his neighbours life and property


i understand your umeaning and i am just thinking that those persons who are called distillers and brewers though they may he rtoall appearances very honest and respectable men ere guiltyof agreat sin by conierting the wholesome corn whiph god had destined to be thefood ofmaiq into those liquors which make men drunk ards


now father would it not be a great good if there were no distillers or brewers


f indeed my son


though you are but a child your language is thatof the wisest of maen


s why father idont see what great wisdom is inmy words for you know it is


the very same thing to kill men by giving them poison in alcoholio drinksemadeby distillationextracted from corn as by


giving them poison made from minerals or herbs


chapter vi


lbe hot among winebibbers


prov


uxiii s


s


but father i was one day speaking to the workman you turned away because he was in the habit of getting drunk and he told me that he had the authority of the bible for taking s drop as he called it


f


yes my child have no doubt but the unhappy man would even endeavourto profane the word of god in defendinghis wicked practice and there are too many like him in the world


s he told me that st paul told a very holy man to drink wine


f he told you the truth so far but did he tell you that st paul told this holy man to become a drunkard or that total absti nence was not better than moderate drink ing


s oh no father but he saidnow sure when a holy apostlo of god spoke in the way he did what harm can there be


in a drop now and then


f alas my son such is the false system of reasoning adopted by the drunkard


like those who say that jesus christ justified gluttony in eating when he said what goeth into the mouth defileth not a man latt xv so the drunkard says that st paul justified drunkenness when he said to timothy drink a little wine for your stomachs sake as a medicine for such is the perversity of a depraved mind that it seeks for a vindication of iniquity in the very word of god


life of hugh oneill


by john mitchel esq


continued front our last


chmteb vi pe inning of the ulster confederacy


a l


losi


north of slievc gullion lie venerable rrehous still arbitrate undisturbed the causes of tlie people tlie ancient inws riviiziion ami religion stand untouched


ispy it is credibly rumoured to the dublin deputy mint tins noble earl forgetful ap ireiuly of his coronet and golden chain mid ofliis high favour with so potent n princess does about this time jet recognized and solemnly inaugurated as chieftain ofbis sept bvthe proscribed name of the oxeiu and at the rath oftulloghoge on the stulie of royalty amidst the circling warriors amidst ihe bards and ollamlis of tyreoglmin receives an oath to preserve nil the auncient former customs of his conntrey inviolable and to deliver up tlie succession peaceably to his tanist and then hath a wand delivered unto him by one whose proper office that is after which descending from the stone he turnelh himself round thrice forward and thrice backwardeven as the oneills had done for a thousand years altogether in the most unenglish manner and with the strangest ceremonies wliich no garter kiiiatarms could endure


tlie foreign policy also of the northern chiefs received some strength at this period


in the year ss the mighty remnants of king phillips vast armada storm tost and sorely builelled by the wild sea of tile orkneys and hebrides came sweeping past the northern coast of ireland j and the clanconil beheld with wonder those portentous floating fortresses such as the voninrian and phoenician navigators of the northern sens had never sailed


hut as the spaniards made the headlands of anfnm a storm came upon them from the northwest and with the iron coast of iiiisliowen and ilornhead upon heir lee villi rrkveus


toil and danger the poor mariners had to struggle westward and double those terrible dills


many were dnshed to pieces and ulterlv lost both shins and men but some were driven into the harbours andreceived from the neighsuring chieftains relief and hospitalitv until luv found means io return into their own country


the odomell indeed fathorto our imprisoned hugh hoe who seems to have been a weak old man and much under he influence of two englishmen named hovendenwhom he permitted to reside in his country was led to regard the unfortunate spaniards as enemies and invaders forgetfulthat ihe enemies of eng land must needs be his friends and when a large shin was driven into lough foylc and staved to pieces on the inishowen rocks odonnell and the hovendens atj taiiledthe shipwrecked crew at elagh near divrv killed some of tliera and salt the rst as prisoners to the deputy


oh that lied iugh had but been there


but the mnc swyres and other chiefs of tyrconnell were more humane or better knew their natural allies


a ship under the i of don antonio de levva was the coast between sligoand d oltuarc prince of ileliui uflbrded them not only an aylum but protection against bingham an english oiiicer whoheld some places in connaught nnd who presumed to demand from oliuare bis shipwrecked guests as the jneons prisonerst iiut above all the vwfill who foresaw advantagesto be dcrived from a spanish alliance was most distinguished for the kindness shown to ihoso fugitives


he received them with honour at dungannon treated them with high consideration conversed with them on the policy of king philip and the catholic powers and doubtless explained to them for the information of their master the situation of the north how the old irish haled the queen of england and hoped in king philliphow the spanish landing at smenvick had proved unavailing by reason of tlie powerful english faction in monster and how differently a band of auxiliary spaniards would be received amongst the aboriginal sepls of the north


and now the new deputy fitzwilliam assisted the views of oneill by his treatment of a northern chief w ho was weak enough to trust an english governor


hugh mac mahon on the death of his brother the chieftain of tlmt sept found himself opposed by several other branches of the family who alsu aspired to the chieftaincy


tlicse were patrick soil of art ebliir or ever chief of farncy aud


brieu of dartry


singly he could not cope with his powerful rivals and supplied in an evil hour to eitzwilliam requesting his allirnee and the assistance of the pale to establish liini in his inheritance as lie called it for the deceased mae mahon had been one of those who surrendered his country to the queen and took a regrant of it by english tenure to him uid his heirs with remainder in default of heirs male to his brother hugh which was the reason of the threatened war for monaghan like tyrowen and thoniond could not abide regrdnts estates tail or english tenures


mae mahons application was right welcome to the english who desired nothing so much us an opportnnity of interfering between the irish chiefs and so of strengthening foreign influence at the expense of all the contending parties


fitzwilliam in the first place demanded a present of cis hundred cows foruch and no other says moryson j arc the iribh bribes


and then thedepiiiv march ed northwards pretendiiieti consider the whole matter referred to his decision and that he might adjudicate with dignity took possession of monaghan which lie garrisoned for the queen and then awarded to his ally mac mahon the nominal chieftaincy over a small part of his territory and to his rivals the exclusive rule over certain other portions thus dividing iceording to mi immemorial english maxim the following of a potent chieftain amongst several hostile claimants and so breaking as he hoped the power of their resistance i to foreign encroachment


then poor mae mahon


having failed in some part of


the stipulated payment as feeling perhaps that he had nor received value was arrested bv order of filzwiuianl who immediaiely proceeded once more to monaghan with considerable forces to settle that country finally


a charge was soon found


against the prisoner


he had lately raised his tribute in the usual manner from his s s


c d


i s a


d


inf awav tlie spoil which if it were not a lcvying of a war against the queen the deputy could not tell what it was


yet not to condemn without hearing or refuse a subject the benefits of english lawand perhaps with a view of shewing the northems what was that happy system of polity which they contumeliously rejecteda jury was to be empanelled to try mac mahonthe first jury in ulsterthecomposition and arrangement of which deserve study as affording a model in that kind


spenser has informed us of the difficulties which attended trial by jury in ireland at that time for most of the freeholders says irena


us are irish which when the cause shall fall betwixt an englishman and an irish or between the queen and any freeholder of that country they make no more scruple to pass against an englishman and the queen though it bee to slrayne their oathes than to drinke milke unstrayned the inconvenience of which he thus laments i dare undertake that at this day there are more ct tainted lands concealed from her majestic than she hath now possession of in all ireland and it is no small inconvenience


forbesides that she


icoseth so much land as should turne


to her fe p r


te sbe besides looseth so raa


n good subjects which might be as ro hfr s hose lands would yeelde inhabitants and living unto


and when udoxus suggests that all this might be f helped m the judges andebeele magyrates which have the choosing and nomination of those jurors if they would ave dare i li


hctnost men or such irishmen as were of the lament and iretf u


immediately objects then would the v s


h pf tle cr


i e olu of d complainc he hath no jusucehe is not usci as a sul j cct kow in arranging this jury to try mac mahon it is too clear thai the deputy was not so well acquainted with the delicate theory of juries as subsequent officers became yet in his own rude way he attained the end very well


twelve soldiers were empanelled on the shortest notice of whom four being englishmen were suffered to go and ecire ut pleasure and the other eight behg ot irish birth by close confinement and the simple process of starvation were compelled to find the prisoner


guiltyf


and so within two days after litzwilliams arrival in the countrv his unforiiinaic chief was indicted arraigned ennvicled and executed at his own door


iiie deputy forthwith divided his country amoiigjt some english oilicrs of whom the principal were marshall sir henry jiagnail and cue captain liensilower


and the irish says moryson spared to say that these men were alt tile contrivers ofbis death and that every one was paid something for his share


t


those english ollicers did not indeed at tliat time enter upon the enjoyment of their


monaghan estates for mac mahons rival brien lord of dartry a more active and resolute character was elected by his sept themacmahonandchieftainof monaghan and held his country against the stranger for a time


space would fail us to recount all the villaiiies which both english and irish historians tell of this greedy deputy riir william fitzwilliam how he made strict search through such parts of the north as he dared to enter for spanish treasure left there it was said by the shipwtecked armada and how finding no gold he took means to seize upon two chiefs mac toole and odoherly and imprisoned them in dublin castletill odoherty bribed him with manv herds of cows io release him


on tile whole his transactions with tile north had little tendencv to make ulster in love with english laws or governors rather indeed a loathing of englisii governlnent says morvson begun to grow in the northern lords aud they shunned as much as they could to admit any sheriffs or any english among them


so when the deputy informed file mac giiire of fermanagh that his country being now shire ground must prepare to admit a sheriff to execute the writs of the queen of england to empanel juries aud do other sheriffduty there your sheriff said mac guire shall he welj come but let me know his cricl how much his life is worth that if my people should cut off his head i may levy it upon thc country


bpemer s view p


t b l t t o n l n hove been construed as bringing the english tribunals into contempt but in such cases always prefixes ihe wotds the irish say


he docs rot contradict l ie statements wliidi fcms are uuontovertible on the authority


of other histoiians


i uoryjsoi oneill from his house in dungannon calmly regarded ali these things but his heart swelled befcreuy with hope and joy for he knew that the time was not far off when the banner of tyrowen should wave in the van of the banded septs of ulster and the haughty battle shout of lamjt dear affright those traitor deputies of dublin castle to be continued in our next


a new series


the mysteries of sydney or the revelations of sin shame and sorrow


chapter xii


the coming stormthe water police office


but little mention has been made of late of frank earle nor indeed was it necessary he performed the duty required of him in kitelys office with undeviating regularity and no horse in the mill could have been more constant in the monotonous round of daily avocations


not that kitely felt grateful for this sedulousness no rather would he have seen him plunge into every species of dissipation and pleasure and give way to every kind of extravagance


vainly did his numerous agents spread their snares for the young man the simplicity which they expected would be easily sapped by their insidious attacks was so firmly fixed on the rock of rectitude as to defy all their efforts to shake it


the allure ments of women the pleasures of the table the fascination of gambling were each presented in turn to him in the most attractive shape but the penetrating eye of virtue saw through the hollow mockery and tore away the flimsy veil which was thrown over its ghastliness and defor mity


one lapse from the broad path of honor and kitelys task had been comparatively easy a libertine or a gambler were readily moulded into any shape he wished frank was not of these and kitely was puzzled how to act


it is true he held the game in his hands and by play ing one card could have concluded it but it was dangerous nor was it his custom to resort to extremities on such occasions until all lesser means had experienced failure


franks honesty of purpose baffled and con founded him his profound knowledge of roguery was useless and he felt it


this however did not cause him to swerve one hairs breadth from his design on the contrary it only rendered him more keen in the pursuit and yielded him a sort of fierce and exciting joy in overleaping the impediments which crossed his path


but in the ardour of the chase the passion of excite ment often overrules caution


was it so with kitely


time will show


he was sitting in the room already described reflecting upon the slight advances he had made towards the accomplishment of his project


the convulsive movements of his features indexed the wild struggles of his heart and the dark shadow on his brow betokened the storm within


i will wait no longer he soliloquised all zigzag means have failed and the direct one alone is left


i could have wished it otherwise but the girls coldness her illdisguised aversion amounting almost to contempt have precipitated the fate of both


when she sees her brother about to be branded as a felon and no hand to save him but mine the scene will be changed


frowns and rebuffs will give way to tears and supplications and the haughty beauty must bend and sue where now she might command


it is strange they should have fallen in my way i did not seek them but having met their aye our weird must be fulfilled


sometimes strange and unnatural misgivings steal over me and warning voices whisper me to beware


psha


they can but be the fevers of overstrained desire


to the devil with them i am not a boy to be frightened at shadows


i need action to restore my coolness and that serenity of soul which the immaculates of earth so continually din into ones ears


kitely emitted a sardonic chuckle at this last idea and touched the bell which was beside him


the same elderly person whom we have intro duced to our readers promptly attended the summons


mr quelch said kitely in the mildest and calmest of tones be pleased to inform mr earle that i need his presence


mr earlei thought sir you were aware that he was compelled to attend at the water police office today replied mr quelch obse quiously


kitely knew it for frank had informed him of a certain subpna being served upon him to identify a runaway sailor


oh indeed


no matter mr quelch you will answer as well


take this money to the bankers and this letter to which you will bring a reply


i will see to the office until your re turn


the ancient mr quelch hurried on his errand kitely watched him down the street and then bolted the door


he took from his pocket a roll of notes they were twenty in number and were those manufactured by knuckler which had come to his hands through the medium of forky jem


they were ones metamorphosed by the former cunning artificer into tens


kitely proceeded to frank earles desk which was locked but as he possessed a masterkey although that fact was unknown to all but him self he found no difficulty in unclosing it


he touched a spring and a secret partition flew open in the hollow of which he deposited fifteen of the notes


he then closed the partition locked the desk unbolted the door and resumed his seat


the first decided step was taken and he concentrated all his energies to the full per formance of his task


a stoic could not show more imperturbability of manner than hawk kitely did a philanthropist might have envied the mild placidity of his countenancehe looked like a really good man after the performance of a virtuous action


ninetenths of the world judge by looks


meantime poor frank unconscious of the plot in embryo against him was wending his way towards the water police office to testify all he knew concerning one jonas brown whom the yellow gold fields had attracted from the blue water


the water police office of the important city of sydney is a little low building at the bottom of georgestreet north which lies behind a long high wall like a nut in a shell


it certainly does not give strangers a very imposing notion of the mercantile marine as it is difficult to conceive how anything like business can be done in such a bandbox but a great deal is per formed there nevertheless and not unfrequently of a highly unpleasant and unsatisfactory nature


at the end of the wall you take a sharp turn down a flight of steps and then the whole extent of the edifice and its dependencies is before you


the latter are a row of cottages the domiciles of the constables semisailors in blue jackets white trousers and tarpaulin hats ornamented with a band on which is marked the name of the establishment and a watchhouse about the size of a coalbin


the latter is a beautiful solution of the problem of how to crowd the largest possible quantity of matter into the smallest possible space


many silly folks were accus tomed to argue that as it was only calculated to hold six individuals no more than that number could be put into it but the folly of their assertion was shown by a careful packer having put six times the quantity in without any inconvenience to himself


the packees no doubt suffered a little calied for water continually and talked of the black hole at calacutta but persons in their situation having no right to complain very llttle attention was paid to them


the main building is in the same fairy style and comprises a small court a small magistrates room a small clerks room and something else equally small which is undefinable


it com mands a fine view of the harbour and the atmo sphere is impregnated with a compound mixture of the briny pitch tar and tobacco smoke highly relishing to those who are accustomed to it but conveying an extremely seasicky sort of feeling to those who only roll about on shore


when frank entered the maritime hall of judgment there were not the slightest symptoms apparent of the business of the day being pro ceeded with and this pause enabled him to take an uninterrupted survey of the scene which was peculiarly novel to him


shipping agents licensed seamen hirers captains mates warrant officers men before the mast touters for crimps and police constables were all mixed together into a sort of human olla podrida


newspaper reporters lounged about in studied carelessness with ears wide open to catch the flying rumours in order to manufacture them into food for the hungry expectants of the morrow and many a memorandum was jotted down in sly corners to be enlarged upon when far beyond the ken of professional brethren


frank was peculiarly struck by the manner and conversation of some of the parties and despite his chesterfieldian ideas of politeness found himself listening to their colloquies


did you board the scrimmage this morn ing inquired inspector blowwell of mr charles flook a careless looking customer of the gen teel order who hailed for the shipping business of a daily newspaper


i flatter myself l did rather went into her slick after the board of health turned out


any bad cases aboard lots of damaged pickles diseased arrow root measly pork mahogany bull weevilly bis cuit and limejuice like verjuice thats about the sum total of the bad cases replied flook nonchalantly as if used to such things


selp me vat a burnin shame chimed in several nautical voices whose owners were await ing the decision of the court for threatening languagetrying to impede a voyagegeneral discontentbolting c i beg you gentlemen distinctly to under stand that i was not addressing my conversation to you said mr flook drawing himself up to his full height of five eight inches and a half but increased to another halfinch by a little toepoising


silence there you raggednuffins cried inspector blowwell in a tone which rude boreas employs when he wishes to be particularly blus tering and disagreeable


vell ve only spoke


silence or ill be a spoke in your weeel rejoined the inspector cutting short the excul patory appeal


whats the captain like mr flook


like in person like a pursers shirt on a handspike in disposition the indifferent tack soojee and samarang


this cabalistic criticism seemed to be per fectly understood by the worthy inspector who shrugged his shoulders and emitted a slight grunt like the expiring effort of a blacksmiths bellows


flook turned away towards a dark headed gentleman who sat in a box immediately beneath the magisterial dais and was busily engaged in decorating a sheet of paper with ornamental penmanship


any irish orphian events coming off today bullins enquired flook


faith


charles replied the addressed one with that bland and harmonious tone which be speaks a milesian descent theyre all gone departed and to use the words of my illustrious countryman tom moore heaven rest his soul


i feel like one who walks alone


im devilish glad to hear it bullins nothing like being firm on your pins old fellow


this infernal influenza has given me a touch and so hard a one that i thought it was a go


i had my throubles with it charles but i took it in time strangled it in its birth as it were


i almost regret i did so for the benefit of science i should like to have seen how far it would have gone


ill tell youit would have gone off with you and no mistake


never play with edge tools mullins they are too keen for you


the influenza is a horrid nuisance and is like his worship


silence


shouted inspector blowwell as the judge of maritime misunder standings entered and took his seat on the throne


he was followed by mr parlours who having found the land police office too dry an affair thought he would have a dip into the water by way of an invigorator


shortly after wards captain frowns entered took a chair and unbuttoned his waistcoat for the purpose of being perfectly unimpeded in adjudication


then came a rush of legal gentlemen into the court below amongst whom and the most prominent were mr bobjonson mr bobbits and mr whisk all


the bench having complimented each other on good looks inquired into the sanatory state of each others family and gone through all the formulas which politeness demands from persons who cordially wish each other at the antipodes or some other remote locality the presiding magistrate mr shannon ordered the first case to be called on


i beg pardon said mr whiskall rising suddenly but before the business of the day is commenced i have to request your worships to review a judgment which you delivered three months ago


was l in it mr whiskall inquired mr parlours


no your worship only mr shannon and captain frowns


i thought not murmured mr parlours my judgments never require revisionnever


and mr parlours leant back on his chair with that happy serenity which a thorough knowledge of law and pure administration of justice yield


review a judgment given three months ago said mr shannon that is absurd mr whisk all our business is with the law magazine not the quarterly review


and the speaker smiled faintly as though he fancied he had uttered a good thing


perhaps your worships will go on with the business there are some people here to whom time is precious suggested mr bobjonson


i am engaged in five courts said mr bob bits promptly following on the same side


while the bench is anxious and every ready to study the convenience of legal gentlemen it expects that the consideration be reciprocated remarked mr parlours dignifiedly


whats the hour mr blowwell said cap tain frowns


close on eight bells your worship


call on the first case


mark mainsplice shouted the inspector and that offending individual was handed into a small box resembling a coffin which fronted the small bench


mr bullins then proceeded to read the charge which went to state that mark did on a certain day on board the barque bar nacles threaten to choke captain kedgeanchor keelhaul with a piece of slackboiled duff con trary to the act of her majestys victualling office and admiralty general good behaviour


captain kedgeanchor keelhaul thereupon squeezed himself into a place which looked like a rabbit hutch and was sworn by a waterpolice officer who up to that time had been busily engaged in entering imaginary births and deaths in the sacred volume with a dry pen


who is in this inquired mr shannon


i am your worshlp replied mr bobjonson


and i worse luck for myself growled mark mainsplice


have you brought the log book captain enquired mr parlours


no sir i forgot it replied mr kedge anchor keelhaul but i can get it in ten minutes


a consultation took place on the bench which lasted about a quarter of an hour the result was that the time required be granted to the captain and pending his absence another case be called on


benjamin bunting of the clipper wings displaced mark mainsplice


he was charged with having attempted to fly off from his duty and captain caleb clawem contrary c


the captain then went through the swearing cere mony and was going twelve knots an hour in his statement when he was pulled up all stand ing by mr parlours


have you the ships articles captain


not at all


who wants them


we the bench replied mr parlours


lt is impossible to do without them


i thoroughly understand mercantile law and as long as i hold a seat here i will sift these things to the bottom


send for them


cant send for em must go myself theyre locked up with my private signals grumbled captain clawem


private signals must give way to public bu siness


well allow you ten minutes


cant get to the ship in the time the tide is against me replied the captain


your worships said mr bobbits i ob ject to this


time and tide wait for no man surely then it cannot be expected that my client should be compelled to wait the turn of the tide


it may be all plain sailing for the captain for what i know but surely my client who is innocent is not to wait here to be run down by superior craft


your argument will scarcely hold water mr bobbits remarked mr shannon who thought it necessary to say something in order that he might not be completely swamped by the flood of parlours eloquence


good morning gentlemen said captain frowns retiring hastily evidently fearful of be ing dragged into a discussion which would end in nothing


allow me your worships to suggest as amicus curi that the defendant be dis charged ejaculated mr whiskall


but presuming your advice were taken that would not give him a discharge from his ship and if it did he would be liable under the va grant act for having no visible means of em ployment replied mr parlours dogmati cally


he is willing to take his chance of that said mr bobbits quickly


that shortens the affair materially re joined mr parloursyou then agree that we give him three months imprisonment at once


i dont agree to nuffin of the sort bawled out ben bunting


silence sir you have no voice in the mat ter said mr shannon


fetch the necessary documents captain clawem


inspector


blow well whats the next case


lt is similiar to the last your worship


and the next lt is similiar to that


and the next similiar to em both your worship


and the next


thats the last your worship


very good


then i order that this court do stand adjourned till tomorrow morning at ten oclock


clear the court exclaimed inspector blowwell in the most authoritative of tones and it was cleared in a jiffy


frank earle was hur ried out with the rest and before he was aware of it found himself standing at the bottom of the entrance steps up which mr parlours whisked like mad swinging a blue bag which contained the concentrated essence of the fa mous vagrant act with a slight dash of the mercantile marine


to be continued


the story of the old wolf


translated from the german


chapter i sir isegrim the wolf was grown old


the years that had passed over his head too had brought with them changes hardly to be expected in a wolf at any season of life


all his fierceness and ferocity were gone he was no longer the slayer of sheep and terror of shepherds no he had lost his teeth and was now a philosopher


to superficial observers perhaps the alteration in his character might not have been very obvious but he himself knew that he was no more what he had been that his lupuline prowess had departed from him


he resolved accordingly on showing mankind what a reformation had overtaken him


one of my brethren says he once assumed the garb of a lamb but he was still a wolf at heart


i reverse the fable i seem outwardly a wolf but at heart i am a lamb


appearances are deceptive whatever prejudices may be excited agailst me by my exterior with which i was born and for which i aim not accountable i have that within which passeth show


i trust that i feel an exenplary horror for the bloodthirstiness of my juvenile instincts and the savage revellings of my maturer years


i am determined there fore to accommodate my way of life to the usages of society to march with the spirit of the age to cut no more throats to become in short quite civilized and set an example which may have the effect of eventually bringing all the wolves of the forest into the same reputable position as my own


full of these thoughts and possibly some others which he kept to himself he set out upon a journey to the hut of the nearest shepherd which he soon reached


ah


my worthy my excellent friend cried he i have been looking for you the whole day


i want to communicate a piece of news to you


you must know that i have been struggling des perately of late to regenerate my character


the enormity of my past career haunted as it is with phantoms of blood and massacre is for ever before my eyes and humbles me oh dear


how much nobody can guess


i have grown very penitent and very very softhearted altogether shepherd


here isegrim hung his head over come for a moment by his emotions


still shepherd still and this is what i want you to understand i find i can make after all but slight progress by myself


i go on smack smooth enough for a while and then my zeal flags


i re quire encouragement and sympathy and the com panionship of the good and the gentle who could give me advice and point out to me the path of rectitude continually


in short you see if if you would be but generous enough to allow a sheep or two of enlightened principles to take a walk out with me occasionally in the cool of the evening along some sequestered valley sacred to philosophic musings i feel that it would prove of the greatest advantage to me in a moral and in tellectual point of view


but all


i perceive you are laughing at me may i ask whether there is any thing in my request that strikes you as ridiculous


permit me to answer your question by another said the shepherd with a sneer


pray master wolf how old are you


old enough to be fierce enough exclaimed isegrim with something of the ferocity of old days in his tone and eye let me tell you that master shepherd


and like all the rest you have been telling me it is a lie was the shepherds response


you would be fierce if you could but to your mortification you are grown imbecile you have the will but want the power


your mouth be trays you if your tongue dont old deceiver


yet though you can bite no longer you are still i dare say able to mumble and on the whole i shouldnt faecy being a sheeps head and shoulders in your way just now


whats bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh says the proverb and i believe you are one of the last animals one coull expect to falsify it


ill take right good care to keep you at crooks length my crafty neighbour make yourself certain of that


in addition to the list of donations to the me chanics institute already published they have received leybourns mathematics a valuable work years old from captain westmoreland of the arab


the interest thus manifested in one whose occupation deprives him of the privileges of those who constantly reside on shore while it does honor to the individual affords an example worthy the imitation of every captain that visits our port


also the manners and customs of all nations fromn mr gibllin


communicated


by the will watch we have adelaide journals to the th ultituo


the followiug are the prices at the mills flour s a fine per lbs s


seconds ditto thirds ditto s


bran per lbs s


d


pollard ditto s


wheat s a s


indian s


but our private advices state that the flour market was on the rise we have elsewhere noticed the demand for flour for south aulstralia


a great number of houses and shops are unoccupied and instead of building the pro prietors of town allotments are cultivating them


john snook a h davis co john new man and several others have failer


the case of the ville de bordeaux was still exciting consider able discussion in the newspapers


the governor left on the th on a visit to wellington and the country around lake albert


the sayings and doings of the municipal corporation of purely local interest occupy a large portion of the jour nals


several murders had been committed by the natives at port lincoln mr brown and his hutkeeper mr biddle his housekeeper and a shepherd had fallen victims in two attacks made by the same party of natives


three blacks in the charge of a portland bay policeman arrived front port fairy in the essing ton they proceed to port phillip by the first opportunity


one of the blacks named roger is said to be the murderer of mr codd who was killed about two years ago the other two natives are in custody on the charge of killing cattle and molesting the settlers


these blacks will be tried for their respective offences at melbourne


the vansittart cutter arrived here on wed nesday last having on board lieutenants forsythe and pasco of h m sloop beagle who have been surveying bankss straits


they report the coast from the bay of fires to swan island to be much out in its latitude the eddistone point being alone nine miles to the northward of the position assigned to it on the present charts


the cutter will leave here on sunday the th to join the beagle at kents group when the survey of banks straits will be resumed


goose island where the lighthouse is erecting is four miles to the northward of its present position on the charts the william the fourth barque of ho bart town was at preservation island last month having been sixteen months out she had four hundred barrels of oil and was bound for kanga roo island


the boat of the thomas crisp schooner was found on preservation island com pletely broken to pieces


communicated


capt


gwatkin of the scott while at port phillip was robbed by four armed bushrangers


the particulars of the robbery will be found in another column


as captain gwatkin was about to sail for launceston he received the letter from which we extract


the party which went out last night caught them at mr hunters station on the plenty they shot one of the bushrangers and bailed the others up in a hut they must sur render


express has just been received for more force they have gone out to burn the hut down


the bushrangers shot mr ogourlay in the ear and mr chamberton in the arm most likely they will be brought in tonight dead or alive


th april


insolvent court wednesday may


mrs harvie mr atkinson appointed permanent as signee


the commissioner proposed that the meeting should be adjourned to st june as there was a similar case in progress through the court at hobart town and he should wish to be guided by what passed there


w henniker and r greenhill a number of debts proved and mr atkinson appointed per manent assignee the creditors relinquished all claim upon the furniture of the insolvents meeting adjourned for further proof of debts and discharge to th may


james roberts a few debts proved meeting adjourned to th may


h wilmot meeting adjourned for proof of debts and discharge to th may mr atkinson appointed permanent assignee


c roach discharged


s smillie meeting adjourned to th may


insolvents to meet on wednesday th may


thomas jordan first meeting of creditors jas rolls adjourned meeting and on discharge john fleming first meeting of creditors james bar clay adjourned meeting and on discharge


we observe by the papers that a society for the suppression of vice has been established at hobart town an asylum for the reception of unfortunate females is to be opened


we hope the society may be productive of good


mr twinning the contractor is proceeding apace with the erection of a chapel in the rear of the gaol for the use of the prisoners confined there and where the town gang will in future be congregated on sundays


supreme court


on friday his honor mr justice montagu passed sentence upon murphy and polbrook who were convicted at last crimi nal sessions the former for the robbery at mr mudies store the latter for stealing a wood chain which he sold to a shopkeeper in elizabethstreet


murphy was sentenced to be transported for seven years and polbrook who is a mere lad two months imprisonment with hard labor and to be once privately whipped during that period


this is the first sentence of the kind in this colony which we remember to have been passed although with young offenders it used to be a very common one rep colonial times


coals


we learn with pleasure that the pump for keeping the port arthur colliery clear of water which has been for some time the grand obstruction was sent down from hobart town about ten days ago


we trust the authorities there will exert themselves in its erection and application


we regret to learn that after it was readly it lay at the ordance store above a week before it was dispatched to its destination at which we are surprised as the characteristic of that department is punctuality and dispatch


ib inquest


another inquest was held on thurs day week at the jolly hatters upon the body of mrs smith wife of the man who expired so sud denly about ten days before


it appeared from the evidence that the deceased was addicted to very intemperate habits not having we were in formed been sober since her husbands death


a verdict was returned of suffocation from drinking


ibid


money expected


it is rumoured we do not vouch for its truth that there are private let ters in town by recent arrivals stating that a large sum of money is on the high seas from lon don to this colony to be invested on colonial se curity at a moderate rate of interest on no account to exceed ten some persons say eight per cent


we will only add for the sake of the colony we wish the report may be true


secondary punishments


we have been favoured with a copy of a pamphlet published in london entitled the merits of a home and of a colonial process of a social and of a separate system of convict management discussed of which our old townsmen mr f m innes for merly editor of the tasmanian is the author


we have not as yet had time to peruse it but shall do so forthwith and report accordingly ibid


bushranger


on friday afternoon last that notorious bushranger martin cash who has been so long at large and committed so many depre dations having with his usual recklessness ven tured into town was apprehended in harrington street and lodged in custody by constable kirby and another constable whose name is we believe williams colonial times


the critic again


mr watson and mr thompson are already known to the public as par ticularly adapted for the melodramatle acting than which nothing is better suited to the tastes of the launcestonians


they are fond of scenes of blood anl death and are particularly partial to anything that savours of the terriflc


thats a beauty this is new


the mysteries of sydney


not by the author of the mysteries of paris or the mysteries of london but by one of ourselvespart ii chapter iii


mrs


turner conceives the idea of giving a ball etc


to the authors imagination time and space are no boundaries a single stroke of the pen like the wand of a magician can change the scene from the fiery summer of the torrid zone to the chilling winter of the frozen regions the mind traversing the illimitable realms of space with more than lightning speed leaves earth and its dulness far behindthen laden with its re searches in starry spheres turns to earth again as swiftly


old time is in its grasp centuries are exhumed from the gloomy mausolea of the past to warn the present and improve the future


open the volume behold the child the seal of virtue and innocence stamped on his fair and open face the rosehue of health on his cheek laughter on his lip and unpolluted freshness in his heart


turn over the pagethere stands the man crimestained vicefronted prema turely wrinkled and traces of the scorching iava torrent of passion indelibly impressed upon his brow


turn over yet another and readseni lity in imbecile dotage warming itself i the sun casting its rheumy eyes downwards list lessly to its last long home and feebly tottering to rest


truly time and space are to imagina tion as nothing


we will look back a little and reintroduce some of the early characters of the mysteries to the stage of life pourtayed therein


on the southern side of the racecourse staring that redbrick tallspired architectural anomaly the church of st james and the not less goth and vandalic cathedral ot st mary full in the face rises a row of elegant mansions


in the centre the name of the founder was ori ginally placed somewhat pretendingly thus


but the baptismal prefix was sam lyons


subsequently erased as not being quite consonant with the aristocratic feelings of the tenants who from time to time inhabited the dwellings


it now stands at the end of this terrace


lyons terrace


a road extends to the village of paddington and it is in this vicinity that the scene of the present chapter is laid


the character of the south head road is va rious but the military predominates


this of course arises from the victoria barrack which springs from the sandheaps at the paddington extremity and is so scientifically constructed and admirably situated as to be entirely com manded by the huge mounds of sand that sur round the building


these hills freighting the slightest breeze with myriad minute particles of dust waft the seeds of ophthalmia continually over the walls


numerous small hucksters shops and publichouses are ranged on each side of the road whose owners principally derive their means of subsistence from the patronage of the soldiery


many of these suburban ta verns add to their attraction by enlisting them selves under the banner of military commanders well known to fame whilst others hang out the signs of loyalty amongst which kings heads


queens arms and intact victorias figure most prominently


mrs turner presided over one of these estab lishments but her disposition being somewhat more amorous and her taste a trifle more refined than her neighbours she adopted as her sign the youthful sportsmana name which evidently had reference to the archer boy by whose darts the greatest warriors have been struck powerless


not that it is attempted for a mo ment to be insinuated that mrs turner had ever acted thais to the alexanders of the barracks but by some unaccountable coincidence her house was constantly resorted to by the commis sioned heroes of h m gallant th


even the illustrious sir blazes potts had not escaped the infection and although he ascribed his visits to the brightness of her ale yet some persons were found who attributed the magnetic influence considerably more to the sparkle of her eyes


but whatever the cause it is a fact that the potts did patronize the californian widow


nay even the staid mr slapman occasionally indulged in a call upon the iady but scandal was dumb with regard to his visits which par took of the friendly professional character and exhibited nothing more than a highly praise worthy philanthropy to prescribe for mrs tur ners little ailments


but it was not by redcoats alone that mrs turners domicile was frequented the steady going customers sober black the fastmans newmarketcut green and the bushmans slop made tweed were alike welcomed by the pleas ing landlady and were mixed up motley fashion in her carnivals


in fact her personal charms insinuating mannerand wonderful tact enabled her to do a rare stroke of business and as she never discountenanced her admirers but kept hope alive in their bosoms they still fluttered iike moths round the candle singeing their wingsshe was too considerate to let them pe rish in the flame


she also with an utter ab sence from envy invariably had some charming female friend to assist in the management of her house to aid her with advice and to be the con fidante of various little plans for the amusement of her visitors


fanny


my dear said the widow one morning as she was discussing a muffin ren dered piquant by the slightest tinge of anchovy paste while a small cup filled with mocha re posed at her elbowfanny


my love


ive a thought in my head


any one who had the slightest acquaintance with the speaker would not have felt inclined to doubt the assertion nor did the young lady to whom the observation was addressed she merely lifted her eyes enquiringly towards her friend for an elucidation of the idea


but while the thought is maturing in mrs turners brain we will ven ture to give a slight description of fanny


miss fanny dunboe was rather above than below the middle height of woman she possessed a grace ful figure and that full swelling bust which not only gives additional value to a slim waist but is remarkably gratifying to the eye of the volup tuary


her face was oval her eyes dark and brilliant with a dash of merry mischief in them and her hair black as the ravens wing


it might be said by cavillers that her mouth and teeth were a trifle too large still the former was al luring and provocative and the latter were white and regular


add to these a wellturned ancle a small foot and a very agreeable manner and it must be confessed that fanny dunboe was anything but an undesirable companion


and what is this wonderful thought en quired fanny that you seem poring over like a philosopher


are you waiting till i offer you a price for it


nonsense


my dear


have fully made up my mind about itill give a ball


now really will youthat is delightful


and we can do it all so nice


i suppose you want me to assist in selecting the invites


precisely


and that will require some care


we must collect agreeable persons not a parcel of jealous fellows looking as black as othello if a poor simple body happen to turn ones eyes in any other direction than their precious faces


the very last party we had my dear i did but leave the room for a minute when ned vowed he heard something that sounded like the smack of a kiss and my gentleman was in the sulks for a week


now you know the idea of my allowing any of that horrid sex to kiss me is quite ridi culous


yes for any other of the horrid sex to hear or see it replied fanny laughing it is truly absurd


ned is jealous then


horribly


therefore it wont do to ask him


as many lovers as you like but no bluebeards


hes struck off the list


now emma to begin what do you say to sir blazes


oh iud replied mrs turner with a faint scream worse and worse


he fancies all the women are dying in love with him


besides my dear potts has seen rather too much service for us and his martial cloak would only act as a wet blanket im certain


potts wont do thats poz


well then


mr floss


yes indeed


floss is a darling fellow such a shape though it is a little stout such a com plexion though it is a little brown and such a ducky pair of whiskers not a bit too black


oh


floss fanny by all means


good


down you go mr floss no and fanny proceeded to honor that gentlemans name with a note in her tablets


no mr brayman


what


squeal brayman


no


hes ano ther of the vanitystruck


he thinks too much of himself to be amusing to any body else


he spends half his life before a lookingglass ad miring his precious person and


in all probability interrupted fanny will pine away like narcissus over some waterhole


no i must try again for you


any objection to the other brayman


none at all he is a decent fellow let him be no


now for a bushman fannyno


your friend lammy


lammy ejaculated fanny the blood in stantaneously rushing over her cheeks and rubi cundizing her lily white browlammy


why you see emma that at presentthat is i am not exactly aware whether it would be advisable tototo whats in the wind now said mrs turner in surprise at the agitated appearance and hesi tating manner of her companion


not advis able at present tototo nonsense my dear if youve had a tiff this is the very thing to remove it


leave all to me lammy shall come and i promise to make him ask forgive ness for the past and vow better behaviour for the future


these wretches of men what trouble they do give us innocent harmless little souls


mrs turner accompanied this questionable piece of moral philosophy with a most expres sively meaning sigh and shrug


poor thing


no doubt she had had her full share of such troubles yet she did not seem to have been utterly overcome by them


in all probability she was a wonderful woman and possessed of more than the ordinary firmness of her sex


well my dear


she resumed we will not go further with the list today as you are a leetle out of sorts but when your sighing is over perhaps you will decorate yourself and make a call with me upon mr algiers without whose permission the ball cannot be held at all


there now dismiss your serious looks and bring back your smiles for i dont scruple to tell you that we shall need them to smooth down algiers who is a regular turk


but first ill try on my ball dress said fanny


oh truly and ill be your ladys maid for once


the ladies then sought their tiringroom to perform this important decorative operation and after considerable lacings and loosenings fittings and refittings fannys garb for the ball was adjusted and she appeared thus they then attired themselves in morning call costume stepped into a cab and desired the driver to set them down at the policeoffice


the distance was very expeditiously performed for the cabman well knowing mrs turners anxiety to do the thing in slapup style ad ministered an extra feed of whip cord to his animals which produced the desired effect and the pullup short at the gate of the policeoffice was an extraordinary piece of eightpence per mile jehuship


down went the steps wlth a clang that caused the eyes of fortyseven blues who were being drilled by inspector tearin to be turned right instead of left contrary to the commands of their stoutbodied commander a dereliction from duty which occasioned the docking of sundry sixpences from their weekly pay


as mrs turner and fanny stepped through the yard they excitcd general atten tion and the intrusive stares which were fixed on them so shocked their modesty that they were actually obliged to drop their veils and to shrink back like sensitive plants as they en countered the rude touch of the loiterers who were collected in the porch of the hall of sum mary jurisdiction justice


at this moment mr bowlis the chief in spectors clerk in the most polite and consider ate manner stepped forward to rescue them from their dilemma and handed them to a seat while he instituted the necessary enquiries as to the engagement or disengagement of mr penny algiers the great serang of the establishment


that illustrious individual was seated in an easy chair in his sanctum employed in the laudable and highly publicbeneficial avocation of picking his teeth


now although it is a weilattested fact that ninetenths of the gentle men who condescend to receive government salaries do very little else but pick their teeth yet mr penny algiers was not one of that class


if he had a fault mind if he had a fault far be it from us to say he had it was that of being too busy and of labouring under an overwhelm ing anxiety to look too narrowly into other peoples affairs


he considered himself the natural defender of the city but unfortunately in his ardour he occasionally mistook the citi zens for foes and pricked them with his lance


he was protean and ubiquitous he would be seen on horseback in the north and lo


in a minute he might be encountered on foot in the south everywhere and at the same time his eyes were restless prying searching and his auri culars open listening and greedily sucking in information


in addition to these character istics mr penny algiers had a brusque and authoritative manner which spread an atmos phere of terror round him and a protruding staring eye which gleamed like an ignited coal


an extraordinary man


a very extraordinary man indeed was mr penny algiers


whos there said mr algiers loudly as he heard a faint tap at the door at the same time putting down his toothpick and burying himself in the midst of a huge pile of depositions and unsigned warrants which were lying before him


whos there i say added he in a louder key


its only i replied mr bowlis entering two ladies wish to see you if you are quite dis engaged sir


ls it on businesspublic business i mean


if not i am engaged sir in the service of the public as i invariably am


it is on publichouse business which i pre sume is good mr bowlis admit them


mr bowlis retired with a most deferential bow and immediately afterwards ushered in mrs turner and fanny


the illustrious official glanced at them and superciliously motioned them to be seated


his pantomimic directions having been complied with mr algiers after scanning his visitors narrowly and suspiciously condescended to put a question in this wise now young women


mr algiers used the terrifying tone


my name replied mrs turner meekly construing the interrogatory as conveying a wish to be informed on that pointis i know it i know every thing it is a duty i owe to the public whose sworn servant l am


then perhaps sir you know what i want said mrs turner faintly


of course i do tis my business


you want to keep your house open all night


it cant be done maam it cant be done


mor ality method order rule reputation shutup toaminute is my doctrine with nine oolocks


yours is a nineoclock maam


elevens may have a little latitude nines none


but upon an occasion suggested fanny darting a lucifer match look upon the george street stoicbut on an occasion sir with all the respectability of the town sir


theres no respectability of the town with the exception of myself out of bed after nine miss


i presume you are unmarried


alas


yes replied fanny sighing


such a lass ought to have had a lad long be fore


here mr penny algiers smiled as only a penny algiers can smile at his little joke fanny noticed it and pursued her advantage the ice was broken and the snowball was be ginning to melt


oh mr algiers mr al giers beware women are dangerous foes


her cules spun yarns for omphale


coriolanus died for a womans tear


anthony lost a kingdom for a female smile


melbourne his character for a wellturned leg


but upon an occasion resumed fanny surely you cannot have an objection to vio late i never violated any thing yet miss and i am too old to begin now


the legislature cer tainly have wisely very wisely l may say con ceded to us the power of making occasional ex ceptions to general rules and if you can con vince me that the company you are about to entertain are select mind select i will not say that i refuse to grant your friend the favor sought


the most select of the select replied the ladies in a duet and if your worship will only do us the honor of dropping in you can satisfy yourself upon the point


in fact there is no one on earth we should be so glad to see as your worship


good good ruminated mr algiers i think it may be done


yes


ladies for once it shall be done


but no noise no con fusion no cabs hanging about all quiet as dormice


all mumpromise that


of course your worship replied the ladies once more in concert well both give you pledges never mind pledges said mrpenny al giers hurriedly


ive had enough of them you may retire ladies your request is granted


mr algiers touched the bell which was answered by bowlis


see these ladies out mr bowlis and tell mr tearin their hour is extended for once onwhen monday night your worship


monday night


you can go


mrs turner and fanny hurried out after this summary dismissal entered their cab and drove home


what do you think of algiers now en quired emma of fanny


a bit of a brute my dear but cupid can tame a lion


if all we read of an ancient mythology be true fanny was not very wide of the mark


to be continued


widow smashpipesthis remarkable mo


dern malaprop who some time since was immor talised by the pennsylvanian has arrived once more in our city according to the in quirer visited robinsons picture and looking glass establishment in chesnutstreet below third the other morning saying as she was shown a iarge and superb pier glasmarcy to me


when i was a gal we thought ourselves right well off if we had a bit of lookinglass no bigger than a pistareen to derange our locks in


why would you believe it when my good dead andgone first husband commenced akeeping company with me he made himself infamous all about our neighbourhood by giving me a lookinglass not bigger than a muffin


afore that time i used to comb my hair and curl it too with nothin in the world for a lookinglass but the leetle duckpond behind the house


these are the days of califernal gooldmines how somedever and i take it all the flowers on this frame dont cost more than the labour of pick ling um up and pasting um on


cnarieu xx


view or thf wojiks


the works of the besiegers taoagh extra ordinarily diffuse and extensive had now assumed the appearance of regular scientific attacks


the batteries no longer isolated nor confined to one lino were connected


by parallels j and those in odvanoo wcro up proached by regularly constructed boyaux or zigzag trenches


if tho read


r will accom pany mo to a oommonding point will endeavour to set beforo him a view of the siege operations


in front of tbe light division camp near tho woroneoff road is a building marked on the plans as tho piquethouse


down tiic slope beyond and a little to tho riglit of it is a mortar battery and a hundred yards beyond he battery is small breastwork of stone covered with earth from a ditch in front and of sufficient thickness to resist a shot


a few spectators with telescopes were generally stationed here watching tho desultory firfof the opposing batteries and from hero a more compendious view of tho siege could be obtained than from any other point


the town of kobostopol is naturally the first object that attracts attention in the view of which it occupies tbe left centre


first in a basin of tho slopes below you appenr three long wlite lines of building nearly two miles and ahaif distant dotted with numerous windows regularly placed


the two nearest are a great barrack and dockyard both on our side of the inner harbour the third separated from them by the inner harbour the entrance of which is just visible contains arched win dows and terminates in fort nicholas a low solidlooking round tower the outer harbour rises blue and clear above tho third lino of building to where the low north shore juts out terminating in fort constantino a round tower of muoh larger circumference than fort nicholas


the horizon of the now blue and brightlooking kuxine rises high into the picture abuvc the landscape


to return to the town


behind tho great barrack rises a tall building witli a turret surmounted by a lead roofed dome aud spire and close by it a short column like a piece of the monument with a balcony round the top


beyond near the sea in a garden is another low white column


to the left is the town built on a rounded eminence halfway up the slope of which is a wall fencing a road which passes above the inner harbour


a largo solid building faces the road to the left of it arc large gardens and wellbuilt streets and houses


con spicuous among the latter it a white building covered with sharp white pinnacles


all the roofs and walls are clearly relieved against the sea


again as you turn to tbe left sepa lated by a dip in the ground is another emi nence with houses of a meaner and more suburban description to tho left again are earthen batteries surrounding the town and parallel to these run the french lines fur rowing yellowly a greenish ba


tenlooking plain which in the distance seems more level than it is in the lightblue water rising bcyoud are a few linoofbittlc ships


in the middle distance on our left the first parallel of our left attack runs towards the french lines from which it is separated by the great ravine


in tbe continuation of the parallel tlie rijjlit extremity of chapmans battery is viiible descending tho side of a knol with its men guns and enrbrasures dotting darkly he earthcoloured space of tho interior


behind the guns the ground for a short distance rendcis tho enemys practice against it more uncertain and difficult and a little in rear a green mound rises which partially protects from the russian fire those entering the bat tery from the camp


this may close the left of tho picture the foreground of which con sists altogether of green descending slopes sprinkled with stones


next in the middle distance towards the right is our right attack right and left attack are the names given to our two sets of batteries and trenches divided by the ravine the one superintended by major gordon the other by major chapman whe e gordons battery is seen traversiog the crest of a graen knoll and terminating in a long trench des cending out of sight into a ravine in tho middle of tho picture where it joins the french lines


the suburban portion of sebastopol forms the bickground to our right attack


to the right of it having the best built portion of tlio city for a back ground is seen a long line of embrasures iu an earthen parapet seemingly forming part of our own advanced works but in reality separated fiom them by a hollow fivo hundred yards across


this is tlie redan one of the formidable russian outworks


t


en on the right comes the green basin through which tho harbour and thu three long lineb of build ings arc visible


to the right of those build ings and intersected halfway by tbe rise of the ground is the square tower called fort paul terminating tbe mole which juts out on the bide ot the inmr harbour opposite fort nicholas


a low battery fallows the ascent of he slope which forms one side of tho malakoff lull a prominent object constitut ing with tbo mammelon on its right the centre of the view


the ruined tower of tho matakoff half of which is pulled down con tains two arcbed apertures around stretches an earthen parapet pierced with embrasures and surrounded on the slope outsido with a dark line of abattis or obstacles made of felled trees and pointed stakes between the spec tator and tho malakoff can be traced the winding courso of tho ravine which after separating our lines from those of the french in front of the mammelon turns to the left towards the inner harbour


in the dip between the malakoff and mammelon the mask of two large ships lying in tbo great har bour arc seen


tlie mammelon is a low bill buttoned at the top crowned like tho mala koff with batteries but having tho embrasures wider apart its slopes sweeping towards the spectator are dotted with the screens of stonti behind which the llussiau riflemen arc posted and arc crossed by the advanced french parallel lined with tirailleurs