Oh, agony! for the loving confiding sister, to see this, and to know that Eugene was deceiving his own soul! Through many a scalding tear did she watch them, till at length Victor approached-whispered a few words to Grace-she rose-Eugene pressed her hand, and in a moment more, she was standing with a deep and fluctuating blush upon her cheek, as the partner of Victor Earle!

With sickening heart, did Hannah seek her almost idolized Eugine, and trembling with the dread of hearing her suspicions confirmed, spoke to him of the attention which Victor paid to their sweet friend.

"You are mistaken, Hannah, she was obliged to dance with him, but if you had felt her tremble as she left me—but it was better thus,— in another moment, my sister, I had claimed her as mine own for ever."

She loved him not-what could hide it from him, now that his passion took its avowed form?-She loved him not;-his poetry was treasured as the transcript of her own heart for another—she courted his society, for thus could she unsuspected gaze away her young heart's idolatry: - Victor Earle was to her as a God! she dared not approach him, but through the afflicted.

Even as the fair star throws itself from its peaceful heaven, into the glittering sea, and finds in its depths nothing but a dark and restless grave-so was the knowledge of his fate, to the sightless one; yet none knew the abyss in which he was sinking, for his light shone through the dark waters that o'erwhelmed him, and spread happiness around. was his whispered word that made Victor look upon the fair girl, and learn to love her, it was his work to place one hand in the other, and then turn away to die.

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But death came upon him in terror, the broken chord of life, in snapping, jarred back upon his brain, and phrenzy added to the darkness that had been his fate-and fearful were the ravings of the once gentle spirit.

"Give me light!-light!—I have heard her voice, and it was sweet as the dream I cherished-I have touched her-give me light!—Oh, there is darkness upon my soul-she is not dark, for the brightness of her face once shone into my very being-give me light!-tear open mine eyes!-give me light that I may see my brother's bride!-Oh, God! this is not light!". -And Hannah's suffocating sob was alone heard, she looked up-and he was gone-the darkness of the grave had closed upon the sightless one.

S. L. H.

LINES.

"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."

" VIRGIL.

HAPPY the Man who skill'd in Nature's laws
Can trace effect to true and proper cause;
Can mark events diurnal in their course,
And track each current to its fertile source:
To him in blest intelligence is given
To hold high converse with the vaulted heaven
To view the varied planets as they run,

And tell earth's revolution round the sun

He sees the path the Almighty foot hath trod,

And "looks through Nature up to Nature's God."

RECOLLECTIONS

OF THE

DEATH-BED OF AN INFANT.

Sweet Sleeper! from thy breast,
Are earthly sorrows fled,
And thou has found thy rest,

Among the holy dead;

And flowers their silky arms shall twine O'er that peaceful form of thine.

I stood beside thy bed,

I watch'd thy feverish sleep,
I held thy throbbing head,
And turned away to weep,

I thought upon the curse-and Him
Who came to save us from our sin.

I thought-oh! may the thought
Long in my heart remain,
Of the salvation He had wrought,

Through care, and grief, and pain,
And death-and in my deep distress
I breathed a pray'r of thankfulness.

I watched thy burning eye
Once full of laughing glee,
All dimly fixed upon the sky,
As if it there could see
The prospect of eternal rest,
Upon a glorious Saviour's breast.

I kis't thee, 'twas the last,
My lips e'er gave to thine,
And now the conflict's past,

Nor shall my soul repine,
But bow to the afflicting rod,
That calls thy spirit, up to God.

That ruddy lip of thine,

Hath lost its crimson now,
And laughing curls shall shine
No more upon thy brow,
Nor thy shrill cry of joy impart.
Peace to thy Mother's broken heart,

Thy pilgrimage is past,
Thy little race is run,
The world's hehind thee cast,

Thou hast the victory won,

And early reached that peaceful shore,
Where pain and death are known no more,

I leave thee to thy sleep,
Holy, and calm, and pure,
And should I ever weep,

Beholding thee no more,

To heaven I'll lift that tearful eye,
Sinless,-like thee to live and die.

S. J.

ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAORDINARY.

It has lately occurred to us, that it is not improbable but that many of our readers are devout believers in the doctrines inculcated by the supporters of the noble science of Phrenology. We, therefore, have thought it advisable to lay before all such persons the following Advertisement, with which we have been favoured by a correspondent, as we think that it would not only be useful to any one wishing to procure a “better half,” through the medium of the press, but that it will also serve as a hint to all phrenologists to examine well the development of of the "crania" of those with whom they intend to sail in partnership down the ocean of life.—Ed. “Matrimony! The advertiser, being a disciple of Dr. Gall, wishes to enter into a Phrenologico-Matrimonial alliance with a lady, who is an advocate of the system. For a Phrenologist to enter into the various minutiae of other Hymeneal Candidates, would be superfluous :—to the developement of the brain alone we must direct our attention when seeking for an union from which we expect to emanate Unity, Peace, and Concord.

“Enough then to state that the Advertiser is between thirty and forty,* moving in the middle circles of life, and is anxious to while away the succeeding years of his existence with a lady in similar circumstances, whose configuration of brain is compatible with his own. The Phrenological description of the Advertiser is as follows:-Animal Propensities:-philoprogenitiveness, large-adhesiveness, large-concentrativeness, large-self-esteem, full-love of approbation, full-destructiveness, small. Moral Faculties: firmness, large-veneration, large-hope, large-ideality, large-conscientiousness, large. Intellectual Faculties: time, large-causality, large-comparison, large-language, moderate-mirthfullness, full-number, small. The other organs of the regular size.

"With the knowledge that the above development occurs in one whose temperament is stiled nervous,' any phrenologist will easily recognise his character, qualifications, and incapacities. Lady Phrenologists answering this advertisement, must suffer a craniological examination by a competent analyst, in order that the Advertiser may be assured that the development of the brain is similarly constituted to his own.”

F. W. B.

• Of course this can be altered to the real age of the Advertiser.

ESSAY.

"Sæpe utile vinei

Victoris placidi multis dementia fecit."-OVID.

THE original barbarous and ignorant state in which whole nations have been primarily sunk, has in history, been generally found to have remained unaltered through many ages; until some intercourse with a people more civilized and refined than themselves has fanned the latent spark of patriotism, has inspired them with a true sense of the value of liberty, and has implanted in them a feeling of enjoyment in the pursuit of the arts and sciences. Hence it is, that innovations from distant, and from hostile lands, may sometimes sow the seeds of the most beneficial results to savages and barbarians. For, indeed, it is not natural that a race of beings, sequestered from intercourse with any others of their own species, should be able to make any progress in civilization, or should gain that knowledge which an extensive acquaintance with the nations of the world would give them. Man is a creature of imitation. Almost all his discoveries, all his inventions are grounded upon the labors of others; and by the faculty of intelligence he reasons on, improves upon, and deduces conclusions from facts, which have been established by others who have gone before him; till the result of his enquiries and his speculations assumes a perfectly novel form, and dazzles with the appearance of originality. If then what appears to be most new is for the most part merely the perfection of an hitherto unimproved principle, how can it be expected that a nation, whose habits and views are from education the same in every breast, can, without mixing with other nations, progress in civilization? And that intercourse is in. general brought about by conquest; for the “humane and placid conqueror" sees in his prostrate foe much that can be transferred to his own country as politic and beneficial; whilst the conquered are often induced readily to adopt many of the customs and manners of their generous victors.

Thus was Britain originally sunk in the grossest state of barbarity: above the brute creation, it is true, yet scarcely worthy to be classed in that of man; regardless of laws, disdaining all restraint, ranging about. uncurbed, like the beasts of the forest; the painted natives, half covered with a rude skin, slung carelessly across the shoulder, hastened to join in the chase, their usual exercise; they were bold and courageous as the lion, yet was their courage stained with a wild and ferocious cruelty. War was their chief occupation, and

"Their's was the science of a martial race;

To shape the lance, and decorate the shield ;
E'en the fair virgin stain'd her native grace,
To add new horrors to the tented field."

But let us mark, how, when the Romans led their forces victorious to Britannia's shore; how, when the foreign foe struck for the freedom of their native land; let us mark, how then the seeds of patriotism were sown, how then the spirit was roused which was to tear the Britons from their savage state of life, and render England in after times the mistress of the world! Then were they excited to defend their country against the invader; then was the love of freedom rooted in their breasts never to be erased; and in future times it was to burst

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forth in powerful and overwhelming flame! The intercourse which then subsisted between Rome and Britain, (though, between the conquerors and conquered) inspired those who were once barbarians with an equal desire of pursuing those objects which were worthy of them. Every brave and courageous feeling that burned within the breast of a Roman, soon spread itself amongst the Britons. A fire was kindled in their hearts, from the flashes that burst from those of their conquerors. Every British captive that was led to Rome, with admiration surveyed the progress of the arts; he was no longer the barbarian, but he felt the power of civilization gradually gaining ground upon him; and we may safely say, that this was the remote cause and origin of England's glory. And thus,

"Bloom'd forth in all their charms

The arts of peace, more strong than those of arms,
Like mists, dispersing at the dawn of day,

Barbaric ignorance refin'd away;

The sword was sheath'd, the trumpet heard no more,

And the lyre tried its humanizing power;

Religion came, the idol to explode,

And rear'd her altar to the living God :

In place of deities, with frowns pourtray'd,

Cherubs appear'd, with heav'n-born smiles array'd:

Hence wise and potent, awful and humane

The Christian system holds the guiding rein.”

These, then, are the advantages derivable from the intercourse of barbaric with more refined nations; and from hence we may fondly anticipate, what great benefits will be conferred upon our fellow creatures, by our present system of colonization; that is, how the diffusion of knowledge, and the blessings of the revelation of Christianity, may visit the savage nations of the world, and render them fit to become members of the great community of man.

A B.

SCIENTIFIC VARIÆ.

Dr. Arnott, who long since by his scientific labours and useful inventions, placed his name on the list of the benefactors of mankind, has lately contrived a stove, which, among other advantages,―saves `seveneighths of the fuel heretofore consumed-keeps the room always in the same temperature, preventing unpleasant draughts, and without risk of the fire going out. It only requires to be attended to once in four-andtwenty hours, for the coal, once placed in the stove, needs no more attention than does the oil poured into a lamp. For comfort, safety and economy, this discovery must rank high in public estimation; and it will add to the doctor's claims to the gratitude of his countrymen.

ACOUSTICS.-MM. C. Latour and Demonferrand have invented an instrument, which they propose naming the Acoustic Pyrometer, and which will emit sounds according to the temperature in which it may be placed.

EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.-We have attended the first three of a series of lectures on this subject by Mr. Pettigrew, which were richly illustrated with drawings and curiosities, and afforded a high treat to the admirers of this fashionable and interesting study.