great as to nearly take away the breath. We here took
in a great deal of water, which was mostly bailed out
again before we hurried on to what the Canadians call
the "grand buillow," or great boiling. In approaching
this place, the Captain let go the helm, saying," By
God! here we fill." The barge was almost immediately
overwhelmed in the midst of immense foaming breakers,
which rushed over the bows, carrying away planks, oars,
&c. About half a minute elapsed between the filling

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND EXTRAOR- and going down of the barge; during which, I had suffi

The horror of this scene, and the unlooked for escape, at such a critical moment, have seldom been surpassed even in the fictions of romance.

Since the manuscript came into our hands, we have been told, by a particular friend, that a near relation of his, who is recently arrived from Canada, had frequently heard of this adventure from persons residing on the spot, where no doubt is entertained of its truth in all the particulars here related.-Edits.

cient presence of mind to strip off my three coats, and was
loosening my suspenders, when the barge sunk, and I
found myself floating in the midst of people, baggage,
&c. Each man caught hold of something; one of the
crew caught hold of me, and kept me down under water;
but, contrary to my expectations, let me go again. On
rising to the surface, I got hold of a trunk, on which two
other men were then holding. Just at this spot, where
the Split-rock rapids terminate, the bank of the river is
well inhabited; and we could see women on shore, run-
ning about, much agitated. A canoe put off, and picked
up three of our number, who had gained the bottom of
the barge, which had upset and got rid of its cargo: these
they landed on an island. The canoe put off again, and
was approaching near to where I was, with two others,
holding on the trunk; when, terrified with the vicinity of
the cascades to which we were approaching, it put back,
notwithstanding my exhortations, in French and English,
to induce the two men on board to advance. The bad
hold which one man had of the trunk, to which we were
adhering, subjected him to constant immersion; and, in
order to escape his seizing hold of me, I let go the trunk,
and, in conjunction with another man, got hold of the
boom (which, with the gaff, sails, &c. had been detached
from the mast, to make room for the cargo) and floated off:
I had just time to grasp this boom, when we were hurried
into the cascades: in these I was instantly buried, and
nearly suffocated. On rising to the surface, I found one
of my hands still on the boom, and my companion also
adhering to the gaff. Shortly after descending the cas-
cades, I perceived the barge, bottom upwards, floating
near me. I succeeded in getting to it, and held by a crack
in one end of it: the violence of the water, and the falling
out of the casks of ashes, had quite wrecked it. For a long
time I contented myself with this hold, not daring to en-
deavour to get upon the bottom, which I at length effected;
and from this, my new situation, I called out to my com-
panion, who still preserved his hold of the gaff: he shook
his head; and when the waves suffered me to look up
again, he was gone. He made no attempt to come near
me, being unable or unwilling to let go his hold, and
trust himself to the waves which were then rolling over
his head.

a distance, a canoe, with four men, coming towards me, and waited in confidence to hear the sound of their pad dles: but in this I was disappointed; the men, as I after. wards learnt, were Indians (genuine descendants of the Tartars) who, happening to fall in with one of the passe ger's trunks, picked it up, and returned to the shore fer the purpose of pillaging it, leaving (as they since at knowledged) the man on the boat to his fate. Indeed I am certain I should have had more to fear from their avarice than to hope from their humanity; and, it is more than probable, that my life would have been taken, to se cure them in the possession of my watch and several halfeagles, which I had about me. The accident happened at eight o'clock in the morning; in the course of some hours, as the day advanced, the sun grew warmer, the wind blew from the south, and the water became calmer. I get pe my knees, and found myself in the small lake St. Louis, about three to five miles wide; with some dificulty 1 got upon my feet, but was soon convinced, by cramps and spasms in all my sinews, that I was quite incapable of swimming any distance, and I was then two miles from the shore. I was now going, with wind and curent, to destruction; and cold, hungry, and fatigued, was obliged again to sit down in the water to rest, when an extrartnary circumstance greatly relieved me. On examining the wreck, to see if it were possible to detach any pers it to steer by, I perceived something loose, entangled n a fork of the wreck, and so carried along: this I found u be a small trunk, bottom upwards; which, with s difficulty, I dragged up upon the barge. After near t hour's work, in which I broke my penknife, whilst trying to cut out the lock, I made a hole in the top, and, way great satisfaction, drew out a bottle of rum, a cold tags, some cheese, and a bag full of bread, cakes, & d Of these I made a seasonable, though very moden, w and the trunk answered the purpose of a chair tot up, elevated above the surface of the water.

After in vain endeavouring to steer the wreck, or did its course to the shore, and having made every signal ( my waistcoat, &c.) in my power, to the several headland "On the 22d of April, 1810, our party set sail in a which I had passed, I fancied I was driving into a bar large schooner from Fort George, or Niagara Town; and, which, however, soon proved to be the terminatione in two days, crossed Lake Ontario to Kingston, at the lake, and the opening of the river, the current of wh head of the river St. Lawrence, distant from Niagara was carrying me rapidly along. I passed several s about two hundred miles. Here we hired an American uninhabited islands; but the banks of the river appearing barge (a large flat-bottomed boat) to carry us to Monto be covered with houses, I again renewed my signal treal, a further distance of 200 miles: then set out from with my waistcoat and a shirt, which I took out of de Kingston on the 28th of April, and arrived the same trunk, hoping, as the river narrowed, they might be p evening at Osdenburgh, a distance of seventy-five miles. ceived; the distance was too great. The velocity vil The following evening we arrived at Cornwall, and the which I was going convinced me of my near approach succeeding night at Pointe du Lac, on Lake St. Francis: the dreadful rapids of La Chine. Night was drawing here our bargemen obtained our permission to return up my destruction appeared certain; but did not distar the river; and we embarked in another barge, deeply very much the idea of death had lost its novelty, and v laden with potashes, passengers, and luggage. Above The cascades are a kind of fall, or rapid descent, in the become quite familiar. I really felt more provoked at Montreal, for nearly 100 miles, the river St. Lawrence is river, over a rocky channel below: going down is called, ing escaped so long to be finally sacrificed, than a interrupted in its course by rapids, which are occasioned by the French, "Sauter," to leap or shove the cascades. at the prospect. Finding signals in vain, I now at by the river being confined within comparatively narrow, For two miles below, the channel continues in uproar, just cry or howl, such as I thought best calculated shallow, rocky channels: through these it rushes with like a storm at sea; and I was frequently nearly washed a distance, and, being favoured by the wind t great force and noise, and is agitated like the ocean in a off the barge by the waves which rolled over it. I now en- although at above a mile distance, reach the cas storm. Many people prefer these rapids, for grandeur of tertained no hope whatever of escaping; and, although I people on shore. At last I perceived a boat m appearance, to the falls of Niagara: they are from half a continued to exert myself to hold on, such was the state to wards me, which being very small and white botone mile to nine miles long each, and require regular pilots. which I was reduced by cold, that I wished only for speedy had for some time taken for a fowl, with a white beas On the 30th of April, we arrived at the village of the death, and frequently thought of giving up the contest, as and I was taken off the barge by Captain Johnstate, Cedars; immediately below which are three sets of very useless. I felt as if compressed into the size of a monkey; being ten hours on the water. I found myself at the dangerous rapids (the Cedars, the Split-rock, and the my hands appeared diminished in size one half; and I cer- lage of La Chine, 21 miles below where the s Cascades) distant from each other about one mile. On tainly should (after I became very cold and much ex- happened, having been driven by the winding of t the morning of the first of May, we set out from the Ce-hausted) have fallen asleep but for the waves that were current a much greater distance. I received no other dars; the barge very deep and very leaky; the Captain, a passing over me, which obliged me to attend to my situa- jury than bruised knees and breast, with a slight co daring rash man, refused to take a pilot. After we passed tion. I had never descended the St. Lawrence before; but the accident took some hold of my imagination, the Cedar rapid, not without danger, the Captain called for knew there were more rapids a head (perhaps another set seven or eight succeeding nights, in my dreams, some rum, swearing at the same time, that God Almighty of the cascades) but, at all events, the La Chine rapids, engaged in the dangers of the cascades, and surre could not steer the barge better than he did. Soon after whose situation I did not exactly know. I was hourly in by drowning men, &c. My escape was owing to ad this we entered the Split-rock rapids by a wrong channel, expectation of these putting an end to me; and often fan-currence of fortunate circumstances. I happened to and found ourselves advancing rapidly towards a dreadful cied some points of ice, extending from the shore, to be the hold of various articles of support, and to exchange watery precipice, down which we went. The barge slightly head of foaming rapids. At one of the moments in which article for another, 'just at the right time. Nothing grazed her bottom against the rock, and the fall was so the succession of waves permitted me to look up, I saw, at the boom could have carried me down the cascades o

I

out injury; and nothing but the barge could have saved me below them. I was also fortunate in having the whole day; had the accident happened one hour later, I should have arrived opposite the village of La Chine after dark, and, of course, would have been destroyed in the rapids below, to which I was rapidly advancing. The trunk, which furnished me with provisions and a resting-place above the water, I have every reason to think was necessary to save my life; without it, I must have passed the whole time in the water, and have been exhausted with cold and hunger. When the people on shore saw our boat take the wrong channel, they predicted our destruction: the floating luggage, by supporting us for a time, enabled them to make an exertion to save us; but, as it was not supposed possible to survive the passage of the cascades, no further exertions were thought of, nor indeed could they well

Jave been made.

It was at this very place that General Ambert's brigade of 300 men, coming to attack Canada, were lost: the French at Montreal received the first intelligence of the invasion, by the dead bodies floating past the town. The pilot who conducted their first batteau, committing (it is ard, intentionally) the same error that we did, ran for the rong channel, and the other batteaux following close, all ere involved in the same destruction. The whole party, ith which I was, escaped; four left the barge at the cedar illage, above the rapids, and went to Montreal by land; to more were saved by the canoe; the barge's crew, all customed to labour, were lost; of the eight men who ased down the cascades, none but myself escaped, or tre seen again; nor indeed was it possible for any one thout my extraordinary luck, and the aid of the barge, which they must have been very close, to have escaped; other men must have been drowned immediately on tering the cascades. The trunks, &c. to which they hered, and the heavy great coats which they had on, ty probably helped to overwhelm them; but they must e gone at all events; swimming in such a current of ken stormy waves was impossible; still I think my wing how to swim kept me more collected, and rened me more willing to part with one article of support gain a better; those who could not swim would natuy cling to whatever hold they first got; and, of course, ny had very bad ones. The captain passed me above cascades, on a sack of woollen clothes, which were, btless, soon saturated and sunk.

The trunk which I picked up belonged to a young man Upper Canada, who was one of those drowned; it tained clothes, and about £70 in gold, which was pred to his friends. My own trunk contained, besides hes, about £200 in gold and bank-notes. On my arat La Chine, I offered a reward of 100 dollars, which eed a Canadian to go in search of it. He found it, e days after, on the shore of an island on which it had driven, and brought it to La Chine, where I hapd to be at the time. I paid him his reward, and erstood that above one-third of it was to be immediately led to the purchase of a certain number of masses, th he had vowed in the event of success, previous to his ng out on the search. When a regular pilot is emed, accidents seldom or never happen in passing the ds. For the purpose of making inquiries about my ak, which contained so much money, I went by land to Cedar village, situated, as I before observed, on the Lawrence, 40 miles above Montreal, and the place a which our barge set out on the day of the accident. eard nothing of my trunk, and returned by water, pasdown the same rapids under charge of a pilot, in persafety. I was much entertained in going to the Cedars, the conversation at the different Canadian houses, which nusual an accident had given rise to. At every house re was a different version of the story, and my own tation on arriving at a place of safety was variously resented; at one I was informed of the man saved, that on arrival at La Chine, "qu'il etoit fou, fou, tout fou," in er words, that I was quite out of my senses, &c. To this

was invariably added the Christian maxim, that it was
"Le bon Dieu" who especially interfered to save him (me)
a conviction which would be highly flattering, as I should
live in expectation of some high destiny proportioned to
the special miracle wrought in my favour.

NARRATIVE OF AN EXCURSION TO LOCH LOMOND.

[Continued from our last.]

CHAPTER THIRD.

331

fish for perches here, ran the boat in where it was marshy, and dropped anchor; which being done rather quickly, it unfortunately slipped from the cable, and disappeared, causing a good deal of trouble to recover it. We then tried the perches, but in vain; not a fish could be caught, although we removed the boat to different places.

Seeing a man upon the hills, we hailed him, and, on his coming to us, we asked him if ever there were. fish caught here; to which he answered, that with a net we might have found plenty, but that he had seldom seen any fished with the rod. This made us regret the want

Here stood the remains of an old house, which we sur

Thursday, June 5, about half past seven in the morn-of a net; and supposing further trial needless, we gave it ing, we all got up, much refreshed with such a long and up as a bad job, and rowed over to a small island on the good night's rest; and as we intended to reach the head other side, where we landed. of the Loch this day, ordered breakfast to be ready for us as soon as possible, and, while that was preparing, we went to the loch, and drew the line set the preceding evening: we caught some perches and eels on it, mostly at the end of the line, where the water had been deepest; hence we thought of placing the line further out into the loch, that it might be all in deep water, with the intention of drawing it on our way home the next day. This done, we returned to the inn, and after breakfasting heartily, and clearing our score with the landlady, shouldered each of us a gun, and set off again for our boat. We were desirous of being on the top of Ben Lomond, from which we would have had a delightful view of the surrounding country, but having little time to spare, we deferred it till some other opportunity.

Having mounted our guns, and loaded them, we hoisted
sail, and bore away up the loch, firing several guns,
which had a grand effect; the echo sent back from the
hills, some time after we fired, was awfully pleasing.
This day was exceedingly fine, and the wind, though
gentle, still continued favourable; so that we had nothing
to do but sit and look around us, and admire the passing
landscape. Nor did we allow our guns to be long silent;
every now and then peal after peal rent the air, particu.
larly when we observed a cottage, or any persons on shore:
they appeared always so much astonished, that we enjoyed
it highly; if within doors, they immediately came running
out to see what was the matter; or if at work in the fields,
they desisted instantly, and stared at us. Their cattle and
sheep, as much alarmed, ran to and fro upon the hills,
and all seemed to be in a general consternation.

We now drew nigh a small village, lying on the west
side of the loch, a few miles from its head, called Tarbet:
here we landed, and after walking about for some time,
directed our course to a small public-house contiguous to
the loch, which had, indeed, a very paltry appearance:
however, we ventured in, and found the accommodation
tolerable. Whiskey, sugar, milk, and raw eggs being
ordered, we made a large bowl of what is vulgarly called
"Old Men's Milk," which is very palatable and nourish-
ing. We filled several bottles with it, to take on board
as a cordial; and having finished what remained in the
bowl, we again proceeded on our journey. D. A., before
leaving Tarbet, wrote his friends that we were all well.
As we glided along, the prospect every now and then
varying, we were highly pleased with the objects around
At one time, the mountains shut close in upon us;
us.
at other times they expanded wide, and allowed us a more
extended prospect: smoking huts here and there ap.
pearing, and frequently the mountains' sides clad with
flocks of sheep and their tender lambs. Again we fired
our guns, the sound of which ran along the tops of
the hills, then revibrated upon us with increasing noise:
sometimes, owing to our situation, the echo was returned
in one dreadful peal: so much did we disturb those peace
ful regions. One man, as we passed along, whom we sup-
posed to be a shepherd, returned several musket shots to

our guns.

The loch began now to get narrow, predicting to us our nigh approach so its source; and soon after we found ourselves as far up as we considered it necessary or safe to go, the water getting shallow. We, therefore, intending to

veyed with the eye of curiosity; we also discovered a very
large nest upon the top of a tree, very high; however,
D. A. climbed up with the agility of a squirrel, but found
it empty: we supposed it to be that of an eagle, or of some
other very large bird. We cut some very fine sticks from
a holly tree; and being quite satisfied with examining
this extremity of the loch, again bent our course home-
ward. In returning, we touched at many of the islands;
indeed, scarcely did we omit one that we had not previ-
ously been at in going up: we generally remained on
each a considerable time, so enchanting were they, crown-
d, for the most part, with trees and shrubbery, and
decked with innumerable groups of wild flowers; also re-
taining, many of them, the ancient remains of some house

or castle.

Leaving now the head of the loch behind us considerably, though we were obliged to row, there being little wind, and that unfavourable, we saw that Tarbet would be the farthest point we could fetch that night, it getting late; we, therefore, to quicken our progress, put on four oars, and pulled manfully. The above mentioned place we reached about ten o'clock, and noored our vessel in a snug situation, having in the first place fired several guns to warn the natives of our return; and shouldering our pieces as before, (which, by-the-bye, we always carried along with us, lest they might be stolen,) set off in quest of a lodging for that night, and were fortunate enough to find a rather better house than that which we had visited in the fore noon: this was, indeed, the best to be had in the place, and lies close upon the Inverary road. Being introduced into a pretty large room, (up stairs, too) we gave orders to have supper immediately; and during the time this was preparing, it came into our heads to write a kind of journal of our proceedings from our first setting out in this excursion, and so to continue it until we returned home. D. M. being appointed clerk, paper, pen, and ink were furnished, and, without loss of time, this said journal was commenced with eagerness: but supper coming on put a stop to it for the present, and, owing to an unlucky accident that afterwards befel the writer, (to be mentioned in its place) was not again resumed till some time after our return home.

We again cheerfully placed ourselves around the social board, and made a hearty supper, entertaining ourselves with remarks on the rambles of the day. Now the bowl, with the necessary materials, were produced, which being quickly filled to the brim, was served about copicusly. All cares were forgot; joy and the utmost hilarity ruled the night; every now and then another gill was called for, to supply the rapid ebbing of the bowl. J. C. and A. A. jun. who had been, particularly the former, all along, (that is, since our first setting out on this expedition) very recluse and silent, now began to display their eloquence. Indeed, all was mirth and conviviality; toasts were pushed round with alacrity; the King-our friends and sweethearts in succession: sometimes the want of a song ending in a general chorus.

Thus did the night pass away in innocent glee; and it now being pretty late, we deemed it time to retire to bed. D. A. and D. M. having taken possession of one bed, were highly entertained at the farce going on in the other, (it being in the same room) into which G. M., I. C. and A. A. jun. had crept together; but such a din did they make,-quarrelling, singing, and laughing alternately, for about an hour, without ceasing, that one might have supposed the d-1 had got possession of them, so powerfully did the toddy raise their spirits. At length, however, the fascinating powers of sleep took hold of us all, and when we awoke, beheld the light of a new day beaming full into our chamber.

[To be concluded in our next.]

The Kaleidoscope.

MECHANICS' LIBRARY.

Gymnasia,

We never witnessed any feats of strength either e

To Correspondents.

recep

fore a woman perceived him. She concluded he must be the thief, and immediately gave alarm to her neighbours, to these or to compare with them. The house ran LECTURES FOR THE LIVERPOOL APPRENTICES AND who instantly collected, bringing with them pokers, sho-tect entrustastic applause, which so unexpected and 401 vels, &c. &c. to enable them to secure the victim. The he experienced on this his first appearance amongs a treat elicited; and we shall be glad if the man perceiving he had no chance of preserving his secret, induce him to gratify our townsmen by a repetition of t We hope our readers will not forget the recommendation or escaping their fury, fled; but was eventually taken, wonderful efforts. we formerly gave them, to ransack their stores of literature and would, no doubt, have suffered materially, had he not and science, and send to the Apprentices' Library such books made himself known; which he did, by exclaiming, as they can spare, without loss to themselves. The appetite" You have spoiled all." The aggressors have, within for knowledge still grows with what it feeds upon. We are these few days, been apprehended, and are now in custody. happy to learn that Mr. Dancer, the optician, with great liberality purposes to deliver (gratis) three lectures, on electricity, pneumatics, and optics, to three or four hundred of the readers in this library. He intends to deliver them on the 4th, 11th, and 18th of April, at the Harrington Free-school, Stanhope-street, and he has authorized us to give tickets of admission to such of the young men as by their regularity in reading have shown themselves most likely to profit by them. We doubt not they will receive much instruction, as well as amusement, and the opportunity thus about to be offered, will afford some criterion by which to judge how far the labouring classes in this town are disposed and prepared for the establishment of the Mechanics' Institute, which is now contemplated, and which, whenever the public mind is ripe for it, will receive our cordial support.

Correspondence.

SUPERSTITION.

TO THE EDITOR.

SIR,-As you occasionally publish narratives of foreign superstition, I send you the following statement of facts, to show that we are not free from it in England. Your inserting it in your interesting paper will greatly oblige Your obedient servant, G.

Bury, 19th Jan. 1825.

AND

MISCELLANEOUS RECREATIONS.

How often have I bless'd the coming day,
When toil remitting, lent its turn to play;
When all the village train, from labour free,
Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree;
While many a pastime circled in the shade,
The young contending as the old surveyed;
And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground,
And sleights of art, and feats of strength, went round
Goldsmith.
"It is a call to keep the spirits alive.'-Ben Jons on.

NO. XXI.

EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES.

RECENT ENLARGEMENT OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE-We tal this opportunity of reminding those of our readers who my not have noticed the circumstance, that we have, with the last month, presented our readers with no fewer than four extra quarter sheets. By this arrangement we have been enabled to give advertisements and lon letters, without introducing them into the body of the work, as the additional pages are so amazed that they will admit of binding up either in their proper places in the weekly numbers, or at the end of the volume, if any f our readers deem subjects of such ephemeral interest werth preserving beyond the period of their immediate utility. ERRATUM.-An error in the number of the Kal last week passed unnoticed through several epithe number instead of being 246 should have been s CHESS.-Simion, of Ashton-under-Lyme, is perfectly fitt.-—-The error which he notices did not originate with h it is to be found in the large work of Lolli Wedale amine the moves carefully, and, next week, put a where the error lies, and how it is to be rectified by a pet.

POUNDS. The proposal of our Manchester correpent
shall be conveyed to the individual for whom it is t
We are of opinion that the Liverpool player vil én
playing for money; and we take this opportunity
ing, that we shall neither directly nor indirectly tr
tenance to gambling, which we destest in every stra

script, to the article under this head, came too late pear in its proper place:

On Friday evening last, Mr. Goore, the scene-painter,
took his benefit at the Circus. It was the last night of the
season. His bill of fare was very attractive; and a very CHALLENGE TO DRAUGHT-PLAYERS FOR A SUN OF THE
respectable audience crowded the place. Der Freischutz
was performed as well as could be expected, in the absence
of any very great musical talent. Mr. Elton did full jus-
tice to the part of Rodolph. A concerto on the clarionet
was admirably performed by Mr. Gibson; and the eques.
trian exercises and attitudes of Paul Pietro were, as usual,
the most graceful and pleasing imaginable. An oriental COUNTRY WAKES AND RUSHBEARINGS-The following pe
spectacle, called El Hyder, was as splendid, as long, and
as dull as need be: but the performances which we are de-
sirous of recording in our columns are, the extraordinary
dexterities and feats of strength of MONSIEUR DECOUR.
This astonishing performer, who has exhibited, we be-
lieve, in the principal theatres of Paris and London,
paralleled degree. He first goes through most of those
appears to possess agility and muscular power in an un-
admirable feats of dexterity with brass balls, knives, rings,
&c. for which the Indian Jugglers were so celebrated.
He accomplishes these tricks with the utmost rapidity,
precision, and ease. He then proceeds to feats which are
throughout, to the very letter of the following accurate
truly herculean and wonderful; and he performs them
description. Indeed, had we not been eye witnesses of EULER, the Mathematician. We owe an apology
the facts, we should have deemed his pretensions in the
bills of the day altogether incredible.

thumb, turning them about his head, and then holding
First. He raises from the ground a 56lb weight on each
them out with his arms fully extended!

Secondly. He raises himself between two perpendicular
ropes, suspended from the top of the stage, turns his body
over his arms, and bears a 56lb weight on his back!
raises his body into a straight HORIZONTAL POSITION,
Thirdly. He lays his hands on the backs of two chairs;
his face to the ground, and in that attitude bears two 56lb
weights on his back!

A respectable mechanic, occupying a larger house than his family requires, in order to lessen the burden of a heavy rent, accommodates three or four young men with lodgings, his wife performing the various duties of cooking, washing, &c. for them. A few weeks ago the linen belonging to the inmates was collected and washed (to be ready for Christmas) and laid upon the hedge to dry. When the good woman went to gather them in they were missing, consequently it was inferred they were stolen. An account of the theft was given to our deputy constable, who immediately adopted measures to detect the offenders, but without success. One of the lodgers, not satisfied with the constable's endeavours, and determined to ascertain who the depredators were, applied to a celebrated conjurer, residing at Haslingden, who, hearing the circumstances, engaged to give the wished-for information. The man, anxious to recover the lost property, promised the strictest observance to his directions. After obtaining the fee, and much time spent in preparation, the wonderful glass through which the robbers were to be seen was produced; but owing to a trifling deviation from the instructions given, the conjurer was unable to perform his promise. Another plan was then resorted to, which was sure to lead to the apprehension of the thieves:-The cunning man wrote something upon a piece of paper, not intelligible to any one but himself, Sixthly, and lastly. A single rope being suspended from which was buried in the evening, near the place from the top of the stage, and made fast through the floor, and whence the clothes were taken; the man was to lay him- tightened, he grasps it and ascends a few feet; when, self upon the buried paper, and remain there for three with one hand at some distance above the other, he raises hours, for three successive nights. During the time the his body, legs, and feet being fully extended; an attendant himself into a straight and perfectly horizontal position, charm was working, he was not to speak to any one; on then touches him for a moment, giving him a revolutionary the third evening the lost goods would be replaced by the impulse, and the performer then swings several times round individuals who took them. The man returned, and did his axle (the rope) as finely as a weathercock in a slow not neglect to act agreeable to his instructions: he, how-whirling wind. He then lowers himself as gradually as if ever, had not been long watching (which, I should think, then, by his muscular power, again recovers his horizontal he were of no weight, till he is nearly perpendicular, and was fortunate, considering the dampness of the earth) be- position.

Fourthly. Two bottles being placed, without any fasten-
ing, on the table, he places his hands on the tops of them,
horizontal position above them!
and raises himself by his arms to a perfectly straight and

Fifthly. With two 56lb weights, one attached to each
arm, he grasps the two ropes before mentioned, advances
his feet, and raises himself to a straight horizontal position,
his breast!
his face upwards, and then bears another 561b weight on

Hence to his neighbours he is dear,
And pot-companions all;
But, oh what grief, that jovial cheer
Compels e'en Priests to fall.
Right joyfully they now return
The kindness shown above;
For on their shoulders homeward borne
He proves their faith and love.
Thus ends the venerable scene
Of Catholic dedication;

And who can doubt so choice a theme
Well worth commemoration.

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necessary; but it is now in the hands of our pri
Immediate publication.

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communication is preparing for immediate publicis
The song from Rushton's Poems, set to music
chester, cannot be introduced into the Kaleidomy
a departure from our pledge to abstain from
BIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS WAYTE, Esq.-We shall,

present our readers with a brief sketch of this p
which will be succeeded by a vindication of his cha
from certain aspersions that have been cast upou
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query of Sifter until next week, in order to accom
with a comment, for which we have not room
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which are intended for publication in our next.
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can recollect the commencement of the two lins, **
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