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ingui isitive fellow. that can poss sibly be imagined. He ks; partly to you, and partly to the knob on the dep ‘enlar years, The moving fasts and feasts are shown a by an 
never spoke otherwise than interrogatively. He was an of h his pik, that ‘ Yankees are reckoned to be consider extremely ingenious process. On the 31st of = te 
embodied in nguiry. Sitting down or standing up, still or | of a go-a-head people too ;’ upon which you say ‘ en at midnight, Easter-day and the other moving feasts for the 
moving, walking the deck or taking his meals, there he | and then A e says ‘ Yes’ again (affirmatively this time); | year appear on the calendar, The third division is we 
as ea i u i ist’s ski 
€ e esented. The 
nd the largest one of all in his hair, which was brushed | he expects you haye con-cluded to step. Your answer in | earth is shown ace mpanied by her satellite, the moon, 
ad i e i ion i mon he 
partly off his forehead in a flaxen c P ery button | the negative n leads to more questions in reference | whic accomplishes her revolution in ene . 
in his clot hat's that? Did you speak ? | to your intended route anes pronounced rout); and | different phases of the moon are ifferen’ 
ay that again, will y ays wide awake, | wherever yo » you invariably learn that you | and separate globe, Another globe represents the ap- 
like the enchante who drove her husband frantic; | can’t get there without immense difficulty and danger, and vement vens, making one revolution 
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whe ught : ¢ are so ton, t pe isi ora 
what fur it was, and what it weighed, and what it cost. | avoid the question of the Presidency, for there will be a | definite period, so that the rising and setting of the sun, 
Then he took notice of my watch, and asked what that new election in ee ears and a half, and party feeling | its passage to the meridian, the: Ber og of the sun and 
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cost, and whether it was a French watch, and where I got | runs very hi reat srapeatiene) feature of thisin- | mo n, &e., are all marrrone om ace of the apparent 
it, and how I got it, how. it went, and where t key- stitution yr ot that direct] cr y of the last elec- | time ina most ingenious enious manner. 
e€ was, and when wound it, every night or every | tion is ove er, the acrimony of ‘, next one begins; which 
morning, an her I ever forgot to wind it at all, a isa speakable comfort to all strong politicians and true ‘Baw. 
if I did, what then? Wh had been to last, and where | lovers of their t at is to sa ety-ninemen | Srarrorn SexciaL Commission.—Since our last notice of 
was I going next, an here was I going after that; and | and boys out of every ninety-nine a q tr. the commission the following results have been published :—Of 
had I seen the President, ae what did he say, and what n American Booimaker.—I wanted a a pair of boots at | the whole nipher J is ; As no fewes h pts Bare bes 
did I say, and what di say vex I had said that? | a certain town, for I had none to travel in but those fe cars—g a  capad Willies fils oe Ut tee Chart i 
‘Eh z Tt ow! o te a with the memorable cork soles, which were too hot for the | leaders in the Potter 9 for )5 years, 18 for 10 veer, & 
Boston.—The following is Mr. Dickens’s characteristic fiery decks of a steamboat. 1 therefore sent a message cars. A very large proportion o ainder n 
acoount of the external appearance of this ¢ ity"! When in| Socom: -aatiat -in> boots; importing, with my compliments, pei Aa ar Je this kind of punis gare in allie 
I got into the streets upon this Sunday morning, the air | that I should be happy to see him, if he would do me the | are sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for the term of 
Was so clear, the houses were so ight an the sig lite favour to call, He very kindly returned for an | 2 years, 1 for 9 months, 9 for 18 months, t 
boards were painted in such gaudy colours, the gilded let- | answer, th emenld * look round’’ at 6 o’clock that 3 Ly hfe ‘ eS, mK try ey A Byte d hy ia Racnees ad | 
ters were so very golden, the bricks were so very red, t enin ying on the sofa, with a book and a wine- for 14 days, and 1 for 10 days. Eight have been sentenced to 
8 was so very white, the blinds and area railings were | glass, at sheet that oa hen the door opened, and a | various terms of imprisonment without hard labour, and amo: 
0 very green, the knobs and p n the street doors | gentleman with a stiff cravat, within a year or two on | these are Linney and Cappur, the Chartist sat ouattorn, Ue the Segoe | 
so marvellously bright and twinkling, and all so slight and | either side of 50, entered, in his hat a d gloves; walked bs Sal ar ag pare  naedive Hac SYEAES 8h i aah BG 
unsubstantial in appearanee— th hfare in | up to the looking-glass ; arranged his hair ; took off is | discharged on ente) izances, 6 were discharged by 
the city looked exactly like a scene in pantomime. It | gloves; slowly a me rom the uttermost proclamation, and 3 by versed ‘i the next asnises, these 3 
rely happens in the business streets that a tradesman, if | de 1s coat-pocket ; and requested me, in a languid being Oia SPO and Richards, The whole number 
I may venture to call t n where every- | tone, to ‘‘unfix”’ m pe omplied, but looked | Shur eis Cosmiyae tabi. —The quarterly session commenced 
body i chant, resides above his store, so that ma y | with some curiosity at his which was sti is+| on Monday before the Resordes and Lady Ages rities. ane 
pat often ne and the | head. ight have been that, or might have been AB ated a list of 288 sreanhen B with few excep- 
whole front is covered with boa d inser the heat—but he took it off. 2 f down ens, the UY an i ae Cot ny Grover, “Martha 
T walked along I kept glancing up at these boards, confi- | on ac PP to me; rested an arm on e nee ; | Grover, and Mary Ann ‘Goatley, were indicted for breakin, ng into 
dently expecting to see of them change into some- | and, leaning forward very much, took from round, dwelling Queen, and stealing therefrom a quautity of 
thing ; an ver turned a corner suddenly without look- bya great effort, the specimen of metropolitan workman- | Silver plate, value 30/., the Bropesty af the Hen, CF Sheridan 
Ing out for the clown and pantaloon, w o had no doubt, ship wh ch I had pulled off—whistling asantly as knowing it to oF omy 7 rticulats of this case wer 
were hiding in a doorway, or behind some pillar close at | he did so, He turned it over and over; surveyed it with giy © Metrapoli in Scars 
hand. As to Harlequin and Columbi ine, I pack vered im- | a contempt no language can express; and inguired if I acquitted; the other ap reners w c vie ae: aba sentencads 
mediately that they lodged (they are always looking after wished him to fix me a boot like that? I gertonesyy ed sll ‘was hey ee gt ie ew Feepited i order 
gings in a pantomime) at a very small clock-maker’s replied, that provided the boots were large enough, to give her time to produce her custitients, ay prove her mar. 
oa story high, near the hotel; which, in addition Bi would leave the rest to him: that. if convenient apo riage to the as prisoner. This was proved at the maxt sitting, 
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various symbols and deyices, almost covering the whole | practicable, 4 should not ayes to their pores some re- | and the prisoner was diacharged. 
great dial nib 
front, had a great di lhanging out—to be jumped through, | semblance t 2 the model efore him; but that I inilintes for emstegaling te the bel Pit: bleh he be fo received 
f co bs are, if possible, even more would be itirely gui a ss a a leave | on account o ‘ewington and Sander, glass dea 
stantial-looking than the city, he white wooden houses | the whole subject to his judgme: tand discretion. ‘* You | was emplo oyed asa clerk. Another indigent ee | - 
(so white, that it akes ir look at them), with | an’t partickler about thi scoop in the heel, I suppose, sones, wibb. The aling f peri peti "e on She Bro Ateadid 
their green jalonsie blinds, are so sprinkled and dropped | then?” says he; we don’t foller that here.”” Terepeated | Copan ke erje Heh) the prosecutor if he had anythin 
about in all directions, without see ming to have any root my last observation. He looked at himself in the glass i favour of -Mr. Newington replied that 
at all in the ground_and the} small churches and chapels | again ; went closer to it to dasha grain or two of dust | ince the pris been.in | ; 
are so prim, a ight, highly varnished, that I al. | ont of th r of his eye; and settled his cravat All es ee Fost ptg reacting sd and 
most believed the whole affa up piece- | this time my and foot in the * Nearly | that the present ease was one which @. 
meal jike a child’s toy, and crammed into a little box.” eat nr ES J “ at ss W » pretty pine’ be 2 » | Plary. Panigh ray ae “ne seekars ute 
Ra ‘ e acquaintance,’’ says | ‘‘ keep steady ept as steady as I could, ‘oot € pl +, The 
Boz, ‘*w merican railroad, akg ae : n for and face ; and having by this t got the d ut, and Poa ae a a path gl Tespeoneg ig 
he first time, these works are pretty found his Plage he mea: psi ie 4 : the |'s re Tansport aan ice seven. anv’ 
through the States, their general characteristics are easily | necessary n e nished, he fell into his ¥, a: 
describe, There ie no first and second class FR old attitude, and, aes up the boot again, mused for | More severe. span 14 years ssruecerintien inficteget i Gnes 
as with us; but there is a gentlemen’s car and a ladies’ | some time. And this,” he said, at lattes “is an Peglieh for having in th ession 100 forged bank notes, value 500/. 
ecar—the main Getinetion between which is, that in the boot, is it? This is a London t, eh?’ Tha t, Sir,” | e well knowing thesame the fenged. The A -Ge 
first ‘everybody smokes, and in the second nobody does. | I replied, ‘‘is a London boot.” He mused over it’ again, state a the one f05 toe nal cgay eo BE gate ake poles. enaes to 4 
As a black ma "never travels with a whi > there is | after the manner of Ha ith - Yorick’s skull ; nodded | Groce waiabe on | court, eng found the two prisoners there, and 
also a negro car, which isa great blundering clumsy chest, | bis head, as who should say, “I pity the institutions that b ebig tity of Bank nd notes, and an An 
such as Gulliver put to sea in from ingdom of Byob- | led to the production of this boot !” rose, put up his pen- | graved plate in the mobell.; bat agro and he pe 
dignag. There - grea Ld deal of f jolting, a great deal of | cil, notes, and paper—glancing at himself in the glass all | * —e pe papel Heap Leigh apes | af He aot going to da 
noise, a gread deal o wally indow, a locomo- } the time—put on his hat, drew on his gloves bans Fypiaa . with them.’? Witness next d the desk 
tive engine, a shriek, and a ‘yell The ne are like shabby and finally walked out. ~When h had been about | and found a quantity of papers, fe wednrgen ne tanpie napnemeent, 
omnibuses, but lar, er—holding thirty, as fifty meee a minute, the door eas rw and his his, hat and Sg nister ards aid, * He ; to em to a vd % 
as a kind of attraction.” Witness m into custody 
The seats, instead of s ing from end to end, reappeared. He looked r the room, and at the b The agreement alluded to was produced and read. 
placed crosswise, as oe holds two persons. There i is neat! “he still lying pa onthe Sloor—appeared thought ~ | undertaking to print a fac-simile of a Bank of England whos 
a long row of them on each side of the caravan, a narrow | ful for and then Well, arternoon.” | Joshua Freeman, an inspector of notes at the Bonk of England. 
passage up the middle, and a door at both ends. In the | ‘ Good « Dacha on, Sir,” said. T ; and that was.the end # Pi erga on note vem per ewtelols the Boek ce ine 
centre of the carriage there i usually a stove, fed with | the interyiew.— Zo land or any one else. With the exception of the signature, it was 
charcoal or anthracite coal, which is for the most part red- The Strasburg Clock.—At the present moment, when | a rescmblenne of a bank note, word for word, and such a ress 
ak It is insufferably close, and you see the hot air flut- | public attention has = attracted to the wonders ‘of Stras- hands tm = be calenbates ace Sereive il pope > me 
g between yourself and hd other object you may ha ap- | burg, by to the fact thak the prisoner Campbell called on and ag! eed 
ee yA look at, like the ghost of smoke. In the ladies’ car city, ‘the ions ‘Particulars of the famous astronomical with him for printing the plate, which he said was to be sent to 
there are a great many ad sae who have ladies with | clock may be ing. For many years the traveller New Zealand. ae ness communicated with shim he we one 
them. There are also a great many ladies who have no- | in Alsace has iooken upon its immense dials with wonder —? ctr fo a -_ i ‘the  businest araenkes ed him if he was. 
body with them ; for any lady may travel alone from one | and regret—the dust of ages accum upon it, negative, as they were not signed. H 
end of the United States to the ot » al ce of | its hands d to move, and it wa ter, of Grocers oes 
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he conductor or ch k-taker, or gu or whatever he | /erior of the celebrated dr ecently Witness said that wer greens kes 
ears no u ; dow e | cleaned and restored, with great skill, by 
car, his funcy dictates, leans against : 8, respectively indicating the called to substantiate this ev 
the door with his hands in his pockets and stares at you, | time of the day, the day of the month and year, and the jury ets behalf of the prisoner Banister, and 
if you chance to bea stranger ; or enters into conversa- movements of. the constellat tions. ¢c i ves ; 
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terrogatively), and Picts ° 
¥ Fespect tl te the heads o day 
rence, one by one, and ne aor vt Yea?" fe ee atl the Catholic calendar, showing every Saint’s day 
ogatively) ee each. Then he guesses t u don’t se The plate or face on which Ehese 
2 faster ica ‘- nd on your ing’ that you 6b arb one “se ie aa Big! 
Thal aol line sake a tae 
‘believe it. Afte pause is | aba 3 three 
