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mammmasm : - m - C ning'him thri pany. The e body before the corn- day his Lordship sent a poetsyT The following Lines addressed to Lady Byron, are considered byJSir Walter Scott, as the finest produc tion of Byroft. There is a mystic thread of life, So dearly wreath’d with mine alone, T/iat. destiny’s relentless knife At once must sever both or none. There, is r. form on which these eyes % Have often gazed with fond delight; By day that form their joy supplies, And dreams restore it through the night. There is a voice whose tones inspire .Such thrills of rapture through my breast, I would not hear a seraph choir Unless that voice could join the rest. There i • a face whose blushes tell ‘ Affection’s tale upon the cheek; But. pallid, at one fond farewell, Proclaims more love than words can speak. There is a lip which mine hath pressed, And none had ever pressed before.—; It vowed to make me sweetly bless'd, And mine—mine Only press’d it more. There, is a bosom—all my own— Hath pillow’d oft this aching head: A mouth which smiles on me alone, Ati eye whose tears with mine are shed. There are two heart s whose movements thrill In unison so closely sweet, With pulse to pulse responsive still— That both must heave or cease to beat. There are two souls, whose equal How In gentle streams so calmly run, That when they part—they part! ah no! They cannot part—these souls are one. Th FROM THE TIORRI3TOWH PALtAEXCM. lie Lyre I touched—when on my view Young fancy first had birth— lyiien thought was innocent and new, Nor felt a stain of earth : poured a wild and blithesome lay -Vithout one note of sorrow; all the joys of yesterday 'ere mirrored on the morrow- Lyre I touched—in love’s green bowers, irgin beauty’s shrine; e was blissful as the hours a constant love-beams shine; ? and truth were plighted then dryland- fond ombuon, fpKslbright and joyous, when paid the heart’s devotion. yre I touched—when -the rude storm laid tire blossoms low youth had twined round beauty’s form “decked her happy brow : — i in altered numbers fell— he a pensive feeling, n within the loafiess dell winds are stealing! touched—when the seard wjyath d from joy’s bright crest, f ~ itook it from the heath eon challenge to Sidney. The former ch' his second a tall, fupou$ adroit swoi named Dillon ; and the latter s young gentleman, named Rawli come in possession of atrei sand pounds a year. Sidney two or three places, whilst hi run through the heart, and left dead on the field- The unfortunate Duke of Shrews bury became afterwards so irritated as to challenge the infamous Buckingham for in triguing with his wife, and Buckingham ran him through the body.—it was known that the Dutches of Shrewsbury in the disguise of a page, attended her paramour to the field and held his horse whilst he fought and mur dered her husband. The unprincipled diaries in spite of every remonstrance from the Queen, received the Duke of Bucking ham, with open arms, after this brutal mur der. , . In the last sixty years we have collected a list of 172 duels, comprising 344 indivi duals. Of these 69 persons were killed ; "in three duels neither of the combatants sur vived ; 96 'persons were wounded, 48 desperately, and 48 slightly; and 183 es caped ii>«uu't. Thus, rather more than one fifth h « ioir lives, and nearly one half re ceived the bullets of their antagonists. It ap pears also, that IS trials took place, 6 of the arraigned were acquitted, 7 found guilty of manslaughter, and 3 of murder; that 2 were executed, and 3 imprisoned for different pe riods. In America and the West Indies, duelling has been carried to a greater extent than even in Ireland. We remember about thir t v years ago, there was a duelling society held in Charleston, South Carolina, where each gentleman took precedence accordin to the number he had killed or wqunded in duels. The president and deputy had kil led many. In 1763, the Secretary of our Treasury, Mr. Martin, notoriously trained himself as a duellist, for the purpose of shooting Mr. Wilkes, whom he first insulted in the House of Commons, and afterwards wounded in the Park. This gave rise to Poem of “ The Duellist.” Commons ordered his attend Mr. Wilke.? considered to ha' vice. At tl that duels, grower gymen. killed in fi dueJ bj Cornet G; C arihineers.—Rev, M r. two duels, arid^iras Knight by the'Iving > * Herea “ Hallo-o-o-o~o !”~Murder !”-Murder!” had now rose upon all ears, as if the voice 11 into strong were at the bottom of the sea. The Welsh- hours. Capt. man fell upon his knees, end begged forgive- _.. ed. In 1797 ness of his injured and departe^Jfriend, Da rned maij. eloped vid Jones : the rest of the crej^caught a s cousin, the daughter slight tinge of his fears, and paced about in ingston. * Cot. King, couples to and fro; some declaring the voice htiCol. Fitzgerald in Hyde was below the, rudder, and others that it was They fired’six, shots at each other at the mast head. The passengers, one without effect, and the powder being exhaus- and all, hurried on deck ; in short,mono on ted, King called his fppbaent “avillain,” and j board, not even the captain and the oldest 'A** they resolved to figat this next day. They were however, put under, arrest, when Col. Fitzgerald had the audacity to follow Lord Kingston’s family to Ireland, to obtain the object of his seduction from her parents. Col. King hearing of this' repaired to the inn where Col. Fitzgerald bad locked him self m his room, and refused admission to Col. King who broke open the door and run ning to a case of pistols, seized one and de sired Col. F. to take the other. The par ties now grappled, and were fighting, when Lord Kingston entered the room ; and per ceiving from the position of the parties that his son must loose his life, fie instantly shot Col. Fitzgerald dead on the spot. In 1803, a very, singular duel took place in Hyde Park, between a Lieut. W. of the Navy, and a Capt. I. of the Army. Captain I. had se duced the Lieutenant’s sister. Lieut. W. seemed impressed with a deep sense of rao- seaman, were free from alarm searched every Habitable place in the vessel without discovering the cause of their ter rors, and the hold, it Ivas evident, cc uld not have contained an extra cat, it was so cram med withluggage, &c. “ Let me out, you d d rascals ! let me out—let me out iancholy. He j should be only e | insisted that the distance paces. At this distance they fired, and the shot ofCapt. I. struck the guard of Lieut. W.’s pistol, and tore two fin gers off his right hand. The Lieut, delibe rately wrapped his handkerchief round the wound, and locking solemnly to Heaven, exclaimed, “ I have a Ifefbhand. which nev er failed me.” They again took the gro < nd. Lieut. W. looked stedfastly at Captain I. and casting his eyes up to Heaven, %vas heard to utter, “ forgive me.” They fired and both fell. Capt v I. received the ball in his head, and died instantly. The Lieut, was shot through the breast. He inquired I say !” screamed the voice with increased vigour. These exclamations the Welshman declared were addressed to the devils, that were tormenting his deceased enemy David; and uttered a fervent prayer for the peace of the wandering and unhappy soul; but a different idea was awakened in the mind of the captain by the words “ Let me out.” ‘There is somebody packed up in the hold,” exclaimed he ; and instantly ordering the men to follow him down, all began to re move the upper layer of articles ; which be ing done, the voice became louder and more distinct. “ Where are you ?” roared the Captain. “*I’m here in a coach cl —n you ;” if Capt. I.’s wour swered m the affir ici'on my brcas'tj^ the jksTn^'m’ry’a store, lich erst were freshly glowing, deemed I pleasure reigned.no more, while its notes were flowing. Phe Lyre I touched—-I’M touch no tnorf— Its chords shall ever sleep; And o’er its song shall Lethe.pour, 1 ler watdTs chill and deep: <7 And when some lone, but hallowed spot An added mound discloses, Minstrel and song will be forgot, Who there in peace reposes. g cler- Hill was ardner, of the Bates fought afterward# created a The Rev: Mr. Allen mortal. Being an- if he thanked heaven He then took his r, ana said to his iy sister, and tell moment I ever scarcely finished the last when a quantity of blood gushed from his wound, and heinstantly expired. From the Providence Literary Cadet. DUELLING.—We copy from a late number of the London Obseryer,the annexed melancholy,yet interesting account of numer ous duels which have been fought in Eng land ; and the reader will bo surprised to learn, that Clergymen have been known to indulge in the practice.—-In no quarter of the wide world, have duels been more fre quent than they have be'en in the U. States; and in the sduthern and western States, they are so common that they are but little thought of, and regarded as essential to the maintenance of one’s dignity. Some few years since a duel was fougbj on an Island opposite St. Louis, Missouri, by two officers of the United States Army, whose names it would be improper to men tion, which was signalized by an almost un- paraded degree of blood-thirsty ferocity. It was agreed by the parties, that they should fight until one or the ether was killed. The one was a captain, the other a surgeon, and on the first fire the captain received his an tagonist’s ball in his left breast; whilst the other escaped uninjured. The pistols were again loaded, and on the second fire, the cap tain was shot through the abdomen. The pis tols were loaded the third time, and the cap tain was shot through the centre of his body, and though incapable of standing, demand- ' ed another fire, which was granted ; and as he was not capable of supporting himself, he was placed in a sitting posture against a tree when he received a fourth shot through the heart, and instantly expired. - A full detail of all the duels which have been fought in this country, would furnish a tale of horror, at which the soul would sicken and revolt. And who, that remembers the untimely fall of the illustrious Hamilton, the gallant De catur. and fate of the eloquent and patrioic Mason of Virginia, will not deplore the ex istence of a practice which too often cuts off the most promising flowers of the land! In the reign of the latter Charles, the seconds always fought as well as their prin cipals; and as they wero chosen for their courage and adroitness, their combats were generally the most fatal- We read of Lord Howard of Carlisle, in the reign of Charles II. giving a grand fete champetve, at Spring Garden, near the village of Charing Spring Garden was Vauxhall of that day, and the fete in question was given to facilitate an intrigue between Lord Howard and the pro fligate Dutchess of Shrewsbury. But the gay and insinuating Sidney flirted w ith the Dutches, and abstracted all her attentions with his^Lordship ; and ridiculing the, fete his lordsLip was hardly restrained fromrun- TO killed a Mr. Dulariy in a duel in Hyde Park, without incufring any ecclesiastical censure though Judge Butler, on account of the ex treme bad conduct of the Clcrgymtuf strong ly charged the jury upon his guilt of murder. Whilst our King knighted the Rev. Sir Bates Dudley, after his two questionable duels, one fought in 1780, we find that in 1769, the French King, to suppress at the least, dishonourable duels, and condemned the Sieur Chelais, member of Parliament in France, to be broke upon the wheel, for the murder of Captain Roquin, the Sieur Chelais having covered himself with armour under his clothes, and stabbed his antago nist, whose sword broke against his breast plate. In 1765, occured the famqi\?;c^uel in which the father of our late transc-iwlant poet Lord Byron killed the tamousVduel- list, Mr. Chaworth. They quairelleOat a club dinner at the Star and Gartc ) j*-Tall- Mall, about game, Mr. Chaworth being a great game preserver, whilst LoYd' JWroo argued upon the cruelty and impolicy of the Garne Law’s. They agreed to fight in an adjoining room, by the light of only one can dle. Lord Byron entered first: and, as Mr. Chaworth was shuting the door, turning his head round he-beheld Lord Byron’s sword half undrawm. He immediately whipped his own weapon out, and making a lounge a! his Lordship, ran it through bis waistcoat, conceiving that his sword had gone through his body. But Lord Byron closed, and, shortening his sw ord, stabbed Mr. Chaw orth in the belly. The challenge had proceeded from Mr. Chaworth. Lord Byron read his defence to the House of Lords, and was found guilty of manslaughter ; and upon the privilege of his peerage (for Peers are licenced homicides) he was discharged on paying his fees. In 1772, a Mr. M’Lean was challenged and killed by a Mr. Came ron, and the mother of Mr. M’Lean when she heard of the shocking event, instantly lost her-senses whilst Miss Leod, who was to have been married to the deceased, was seized w ith fits, and died in three days. In Mr. Sheridan’s duel with Mr. Matthews, the parties cut and slashed at each other a la mode de Theatre, until Mr. Matthews left a part of his sword sticking in Mr. Sheri dan’s ear. In the famous duel in which Mr,, Riddell w as killed, and Mr.Cunningbam very severely wounded, the challenge by mistake had fallen in the first instance into the hands of Sir James Riddell, father to Mr. Riddell who haid it delivered to him, and did no more than provide surgeons for the event In 1789, Colonel Lennox was insulted by From the Military Sketch Book. ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE ; OR, GONE SEA IN- A COACH. of the regiments he found a sort of ;ed oddity,—who brethren of the who pockets every the best possible In general, the individuals pf this description are designated in the mess*room vocabulary, “ Good-tempered Old Stagers.” and, “ Old Stickers,” meaning thereby, that they can “ go” af die bottle, and “ stick” at the table fill “ all’s blue.” One of these, a Quartermaster of infantry with a nose of the genuine Bardolph com plexion, a rosy and eternal smile, a short figure, and a big.head, having dined with party of brother officers at the Three Cups Harwich—the day on which his regiment m; ched into the barraVks of that town— broker, who was sitting before shoulder, /md said to him, half whispering, “ A pretty scrape you are in, sir—but would not be advised, and you must now gel: out of it as you can.” The sergeant dntlfk in thq sounds with greedy ears, poun ced upon the4ialuckly stock broker, thus clearly denounced to him, and, in spite of his affirmations ofhjnocence, dragged him, mighty loth, tojtho bar. The Charles Waynne of that^^ay immediately began to put the inquisitorial power of the House in fer they had to operation against him ; hut a few ques tions soon convinced him that the party was more “ sinned against than sinning.” The House saw the folly of prosecuting its in quiries farther, and dismissed the frightened stock broker, with a sort of apology for the needless trouble which it had occasioned him. With wings, “ swift as mediation, or the thoughts of love,” he swept back to the gallery to wreak his vengeance on the wag gish reporter who had pointed him out to the Executive authorities of the House ; but the reporter, knowing the better part of valor to be discretion, had fled amain, and left his colleagues to sooth the resentment of the' exasperated stranger. was in the best possibly spirits ; so much so, that he gave the bottle no rest until about eleYc/no’clock ;,ajfid became “glorious,” I ust wr as th^comga the place where passengers and goods are j was-eyei : all his hopes rested upon a quick usually embarked, the Quartermaster be came totally overpowered, and sank sense less into a snore. The officers whom lie accompanied could not think of carrying his coi'pus back to the inn ; nor were there any persons near whom they could employ for the Duke of Y- who told him, before answered the Quartermaster. The mystery was now solved, and the Welshman made easy; but no one could imagine bow a human being could have ot into the carriage. However, satisfaction on this point was not to be waited for ; so the men fell to work, and after about half an hour’s hard exertion succeeded in disencum bering the vehicle. They then proceeded to unpack the quarter master, whose aston ishment amounted almost to madness,when he found that he had not only been confined in a coach, but in a ship, and that the said ship was then in the middle of the German Ocean! It was impossible to put back to Harwich, so no remedy was left the little fat gentle man buf to proceed to the end of the voy age, and to take a passage back from Ham burg as soon as possible. This was bad enough ; but his hopes of an earthly return were almost destroyed by the setting in of adverse winds, which kept the vessel beat ing about in a most bile-brewing and stom ach-stirring ocean, for ten days and nights ; dbrini: which time, when not sea-sick, the Quartermaster was employed in profoundly meditating hoio he could have got into the coach ; and even after having taken the opinion of the captain, the crew, and all the passengers, upon the matter, he felt himself as much in the dark as ever. The last thing he could recollect of “ the land he had left,” was that he had dined and wined at the “ Three Cups,”—what followed was chaos. But the Worst of the affair, decidedly, was that the day on which he had been put to sea was the 22d of the month, and as it was im possible for him to make his appearance with his regiment on the 24th, he knew he must, as a matter of course, be reported u Jibsent without leave,” at head quarters, and that he would most probably be superseded. This reflection was even worse than the wea'lher to the Quartermaster, though the rough sea had already almost “ brought his heart up.” However, he had great hopes of being able to join his regiment on the 10th of the following month—the next return day .—and, by due application, he thought he might contrive to prevent supersession Ladies Dresses.—This is a delicate sub-'' ject for bachelors to touch upon, for it is in- dubitable that they have no right to any thing beyond a mere theoretical knowledge; , of the matter. There is ouc cardinal rule,-., however, which they can refer to without infringing the prerogatives of their initiated and therefore happier brethren. A lady’s dress should be in-^ome sort of keeping with her age. Not that Indies do ever grow old,, hut they occasionally, cease to be young. We protest ^gainstfour grandmothers wear ing the san\d style of frock and pin-a-fore with our little niece of twelve. Yet what is more common than to pursue some grace fully tripping fair one along Broadway, all flounce and feathers looking like a budding beauty of eighteen. When you approach the fugitive, with an imagination pregnant with visions as brilliant as youthful poets fancy, when they love,” how vast is your wonderment and horror to find you have been chasing not a Yenus, but a Medusa. ^any n broke up—right or & lie ivould go along with three of the g subalterns to ramble by the sea-side in the moonshine, having been “ so lonsr i ? . the sun.” They permitted him reluctantly ;‘/Ten days of his lime was, however, consum- perhaps, indeed, because they could not pre- j pel before he seta foot upon the German vent him ; butwheh the party got down to jfejiore, and then only half of his excursion Many a disappointment of this kind befel us in our earlier day=>, but now non sumus quahs eramus. Though bitter experiment taught us to look before we leap; yet^the re are those whom no deception of this sort can teach wisdom. One of our baccalau- rate friends was hugely taken in the other night at the French play bv such a “ false presentiment and clear illusion.” He had been dexterously working his way towards what seemed an elegant and sylph like crea ture of seventeen, and after much ingenious contrivance got so near as to be able to peep under an enormous Bolivar. Wrinkles, paint, and mustachios flashed upon his gaze, and he rushed from the “ unreal mockery” into the park in a state of utter bevvilder- meht. So at Joconde, we saw another lady whose age might fluctuate between fifty-fire and sixty—whose corrugated features were crowned with a caxon of flowing auburn ringlets, and this was surmounted with a tiny little satin chapeau in the Gipse^ style, studded all over with wreathes, flowers and ribbons. All this is decidedly in bad taste. As members of the body politic, we have a right to remonstrate against these outrages upon septimept and the fitness of things. No body is justified in levying^ such enor mous contributions on the pubueschivalry as to aqk us to endure these wicked amalga mations of the ornaments of youth, with the melancholy realities of age. The Honora ble corporation should appoint an officer (with a suitable salary) to watch over these improprieties of female dress.—Noah’s En quirer. passage back to Harwich. This, however, the Fates denied him : for having drawn on the ageijt;—got the cash—engaged his pas sage to fi'n^land'—laid in sea stock, and all things neressary—the packet, just as she was leaving Hamburg, was run foul of by a the purpose ; one of them, therefore opened ! five-hundred-ton ship, and so much injured the door of a private carriage which stood ; that she was obliged to put back, and the un- near, “ unshipped” from the wheels—ready fortunate Quartermaster was thus compelled for embarkation, and in a moment the sleep- to wait a fortnight for another opportunity of er was bundled into it, where he was left to his repose with the door fast shut upon him. Next morning at daybreak (about three o’clock) the coach, with its contents, was put on board the Hamburg packet, and stow ed away at the very bottom of the hold : in half an hour aftef this the vessel put to sea. $6r the whole of the day the packet had a brisk breeze, and at midnight was a good hundred miles away from Harwich ; a dead calm set in. It was a beautiful night in July, and the passengers were not all gone to bed: some wqlked the deck, and others sat be low at cards—every thing was silent, ex cept the rattling of the ropes as the ship yielded to the smooth and gentle swell of the sleeping North Sea. About this time, returning to England. He not only was delayed beyond the ISth, (return-day) but beyond the following 24th and when he did arrive, he found that he had been not only superseded by the Commander-in-Chief, but considered' dead by all his friends and relations! However, on personally applying fo re instatement, he obtained it, and once more joined his old corps at Harwich, where he many a night amused the mess with the re- cital of his trip to sea in the coach ; which was always given with most effect when he was half-seas-over. Parliamentary Anecdote.-Any person who is ht all conversant with the proceedings of the Quartermaster, it is supposed, awoke ; [the British House pf Commons, is aware at least he had not been heard before to ut- ! that a long pause sometimes occurs between ter his complaints, probably from the bustle j the conclusion of private and the commence- Novel application of Electricity, or a new wivy to pay old Debts.—A certain Physician, who possessed a powerful Electrical Ma chine, discovered a sheriff making rapid strides towards his house, and suspecting, from circumstances, that he had some de sign on his personal liberty, the worthy M. D. made preparations accordingly, to ward off the anticipated attack. ■ Attaching a con ductor (from his electrical apparatus) to the knocker on the front door, he then charged the machine to a very high degree, and waited the result. The steps which ascen ded to the front *door had an elevation of fourteen feet. Clothed in all the importance of the law, the Sheriff ascended, and, with a firm grasp, seized the fatal knocker." In stantly he found himself at the bottom ofihii steps. After having recovered in some mea sure, from a blow given by an invisible power, and having collected bis scattered writ? and executions; together with his scattered senses, he made a second attempt, wonder ing at this strange method of paying debts. Meanwhile, the Doctor had again charged his faithful conductor. No sooner had the sheriff again dared to touch the fatal knocker than he found himself twelve feet nearer the centre of the earth a second lime. Re consequent on the managing of the vessel; ment of public business. On one of these in a stiff breeze. However, it was at this i occasions, when a heavy debate was ex- . _ J _ 1 l I.. J : i ~ J . all the, officers on the parade of St. James’s, that he desired to derive no protection from his rank of Prince. The Colonel according ly fought his Royal Highness, it is said with cork bullets.: but be that as it may, he con trived to disturb one of the huge rows of ciirls which it was then the fashion to wear on the side of the head. In 1790, a Cap tain Macrea fought and killed Sir George Ramsey, for his refusing to dismiss a faith- servant who had insulted Captain Sir George urged, that even if time that his cracked and ( buried voice first; pected, and A‘ c house was crowded, and a fell upon the ears of the crpw; and for about j dead silpnee prevailed, and every body, was twenty minules the panic it created is indes- expecting to hear the name of “ Mr. Pitt” cribable. The whist company in the cabin, ! issue from the lips of the Speaker, a i A. A. lL . .. L-A Z A. - — — — I? A L _ * ^ Z ■ ../MAA n,A A 1. AAM J 4 V» A L i.nl. M A ...A A l at first thought it was one of the sailors in a! voice was heard from the back row s of the iul ol Mac the servant were gqjjlty, lie had been suffi ciently punished by the cruel beating that d called the captain ; who declared . ,. v __»en that minute examining into the of the unearthly sounds, and had mus- licrew, all of whom were on depk, tered as much astonished as he was—nay, so, for one of them, a Welchman, felt 4 vinced. that fii© voice proceeded froi speaking trumpet of the ghost of Jones, bis former shipmate, “ who ’ in ill will with him.” 'm gallery, calling on Mr. Speaker for a : Excessive was the consternation and laugh ter of the House. The .Speaker calle'd, but in vain, for,order, and it was jwt,unfit! some are^' >uld lodionsly the MM the : offender into custody. As the jsergeanf en- avid tered the gallery to hunt him oqt, a reportfer died j tapped a grave, demure, quaker-like stock ass IV..VIMVI) ****** S* UVl UUIU UUUH moments had elapsed, that directions coulc ; be given to the sergeant-at-arms to take flit membermg the old adage, “ beware of the third time,” he immediately quit the premi ses, leaving the Doctor in full possession of the “castle” he.,had so weil defended.— {Mass.) Monitor. t Reading; Pa. the following appears to have flowed from the Ups, of some one whoso heart 'E . H consrolafion in* co , ,11 as to leaye his head empty Sex. Man’s HpH. .hour,^ anxiety, and de- ® the smiles 1 as. nectar and emphasis mfRw ^ m harmony of Or** phfjus, may chastity and veracity bo their occular demonstration ; and may they never, be assumptioned egress by the pomp p KUtterb>g>superficialitws.! !! ’ ! _ _ . %