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mediate activity. Parliament also might be applied to. The government 

 which gave Sir William Adams 6,000/. for his presumed discoveries in 

 couching, and Dr. Carmichael for the revival of the fumigation in hos- 

 pitals, a discovery as old as his grandfather, would probably assist ; and 

 we should at length see a new element gained to the triumph of British 

 science. 



We are well aware that the locomotive railway engine has been long 

 in use in the collieries, and that twenty years ago one of them was run 

 against a race-horse, and actually distanced it. But the use of this 

 engine on a public road is a great step to its adoption through the 

 empire. The stage coaches that are left behind three fourths of their 

 journeys, will soon be abandoned for the engine ; its enormous power of 

 carrying will soon supersede the waggons; and its cheapness will at once 

 increase the intercourse of the country, invigorate trade, and multiply 

 the number of the engines. 



In this we must not forget that the great triumph of the art is still 

 Gurney's engine, which requires no rail-road, but dashes over hill and dale 

 with a speed that no horses can match, and with a security and steadiness 

 hitherto supposed incompatible with steam. 



We have long been of the celebrated opinion of old Maynard, that " all 

 foreigners are fools ;" but we would make an addition to his idea, and 

 include all the English travelling dilletanti among them— s-all our lispers 

 of sonnets under " stars much brighter than an English moon," and by 

 sea-shores where every wave is milk of roses; We have here a pretty 

 specimen of the results of sending our " men of taste and ton, the elite 

 of the earth," to sip delight in the myrtle bowers of that land of monks 

 and mistresses, thieves, Jesuits, swindlers, and assassins, la bella Italia. 



" The topic in the circles of supreme ton, both here and in France, is 

 that of a noble lord and his lady who have recently arrived in Paris. 

 The lady, then a supposed widow, was manied in Italy to an English 

 nobleman — by courtesy so called. She is the daughter of a branch of an 

 extinct dynasty ; is beautiful, and highly accomplished. Her second 

 husband possessed personal attractions also, but was poor in worldly 

 wealth. A certain celebrated duchess, now claiming near affinity to the 

 family, taking into consideration the circumstances of the new married 

 couple, liberally settled two thousand pounds per annum on the husband. 

 They went to Paris ; and when in the enjoyment of the gay festivities in 

 those regions of delight, were apprised of the approach of her first hus- 

 band — a Hungarian Count, long an exile in Siberia for political offences, 

 and supposed to be dead." 



This was the first version of the story, the first peep of the flower of 

 sentiment blushing at its own sweets. Then came the opening of this 

 fine exotic. 



" ' The English nobleman, by courtesy so called' — is presumed to be 

 Lord Dudley Stuart, youngest son of the late Lord Bute, brother of the 

 beautiful Lady Francis Sandon, and grandson of the late Mr. Coutts. 

 The ' daughter of a branch of an extinct dynasty," is understood to be a 

 daughter of Lucien Buonaparte, and sister to ]\Irs. Wyse : the ' certain 

 celebrated Duchess,' the Duchess of St. Alban. It is understood that 

 Lord Dudley Stuart at the period of his seeing and being fascinated by 

 the lady, was engaged to an English lady of high rank, a relation of his 

 own ; and that in case of this latter alliance taking place, the Duchess had 



