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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1848-02-11, Page 1via s VOLUME I - Iht §axon Signal, resumes) recur r ends+ r ren I HARLEfi DOLSEE, - saatIr.,QDaas, 000katcn. THOMAS MACQUEEN Editor eat. "-."•^"' bads of Book and Job Ptds is the sreeted with maga. sad French langeaates, t asetness sad dispatch. THE BROKEN HEART - " THE GREATEST POSSIBLE GOOD TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE NUMBER. • O'ODERICH, HURON DISTRICT, (C. W.) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, r848• tire arm) of the Duke of Cumberland arrived o before Carlisle,lisle, and took possessiontb of fortifications that commanded it. Ile com- mended the garrison to surrender, and they answered him by discharge of musketry.— They had withstood a tetge of ten days, during which time Cumberland bad erected batteries, and procured cannon from White - haven ; before their fire the decaying and neglected wells of the city gave way ; to hold out another day was Imposalble,"and there was no reat:urse left f" tihe s.On ted bband, but to surrender, or pa e 301,b, a white the was hoisted on the ram- parts. On its being perceived, the cannon ceased to play upon the Lowe, and a mes- senger was sent to the Duke of Cumberland, to inquire what terms he would grant to thet "Tell " be replied haughtily, "1 ll them, he offer no terms but these—that theyshall not be put to the sword, but they sall be reserved for his Majesty to deal with them as he may think proper.' and these There was no alternative, doubtful and evasive terms were aceepted• The garrison were disacdred, and under • numerous guard placed In the cathedral. James • Dawaen and seventeen others were conveyed to London, and cast into prison, to wait the will of his Majesty .— Till now his parents were ignorant of the fate of their son, thought they heard of his being compelled to flee the university, and feared that ho had joined the standard of the Prince- and soon truths woret revealed fears to were realized, them. But there was another who trembled for him, whose heart felt keenly as a pa- rent's—she Who was to have been his wife, hearths vten.s Fannyhand wLester waa and his yo ng and gentle being, and she had known James Dawson from their childhood. tt hearts were e ripened to' effectioD, twined toge ber. On the day on which she was made acqnainted with his imprison- ment, she hastened to London to co t the mfort him—to cheer his gloomyo foot of the throne to sue for his poidon• She arrived at the metropolis—she as conducted to the prison - house, and ad- mitted. On entering the globe s my apt- meet aloud, she raised meat in which hewas er lauds, and spring - Ins rorward, toll upon his nock and wept. " ..r -wn Fanny t" he c-eiaimed, "you here !—weep not, my sweet one—come be comforted—there is hope—every hope—I „hail not die -m}' dint Fw! forted " • Tel.* OF 1d aaaRLLtotr. Tared is the November dge hat Charlea,the news tStuart at reached Cambridge the bead of his hardy aaddevotedo Highlan dere, bad crossed the Borders, ,beinhabitants gazed possession of Cashel.. gaud upon each otlier with terror, for the swords of the clansmen had triumphed over alb opposition ; they were nd dad y aatao, e by the multitude ss savages, a e ignorant u cannibals- But there were others who rejoiced in the success cdangerous he young Adventurer, took butr small as it was to confess their joy, was paint to aw500, it. Amoogst the son of a gentleman in the north of Lancashire, enithen a student at St. John's College. That nigh he bin- vited a party of hiends to sup with who e0tertaiood sentiments similar to ois s own. The cloth was withdrawn, and b roes and gave, as the tout of the evening— " prides Cs, fired with higligel s own enthusiasm, !"— His guests, eyed The sod received the toa—hewmounng°men The bottle went round 7 drssk deep and other tossup of a similar sates followed. The song succeeded the toast, and Jad nes Dawson sang the follow- ing, - o o ing, which seemed to be the comp f lb' dsy: ., Two, o'er the Borden, the tartar is 'creaming, The dirk is unsheathed, and the claymore • gleaming, in triumph ad - The prince and his elaasmen N.a weeds he th.loag-fuomise tseeovs et Fran the(:ombenand mountains, and \\.- Foreland lak., g ra sword for Each breva ma shag sp bis sake ; had the ' Lancashire !Fitch' on ber Loser- ekeIl waxlits lover placed The elbow -white cockade, by there." "Fear not, my own Fanny," be would say : "your apprehensions are idle. The Elector" And here his father would interfere.— " Speak not so, my dor," said the old man earnestly, " speak not spinet princes in your bed-cLetuber, for a bird of the air stn carry the tiding". Your 104'54 the be}nds of a Kieg—of a merciful ono, and it is kafc —only speak not tiles !—do not as you love mo—as you love our Fanny, do not." Then would they chase away her fears, and speak of tate arrangements for the bri- dal ; and Fanny would smile pensively while James beld her hand in his, and, as he gazed on her finger he raised it to his lips, u though he took the measure of the ring. But, "hope deferred maketh the heart sick ;" and though they still retained their confidence that he would be pardoned, yet their anxiety increased, and Fanny's heart seemed unable longer to contain its agony and sespeoee. Moro than six months had palmed, but still no pardon carne for J.imes Dawson. The fury of the civil war was spent. -the royal Adventurer had escaped —the vengeance of the sword was satisfied, and the law of the conquerors, and the scan'olds of the law, called for the blood of those whom the sword, had saved. The soldier laid down his weapon, and the exe- cutioner .M Iris. On the leaders of thoancheaterregiment the vergence of the blood -thirsty' law first fell. It was on the evening of the 14th of July 1'746, James Dawson sat in his prison, Fanny sat by his side with her hand in his, and his parents were present also, when the jailer entered, and ordered him to prepare to hold himself in read:nese fur his trial, in tho =ourt-house at St. Margaret's, Southwark, on the fol- lowing day. Ills father groaned -his mo- ther exclaimed "my son !"—but Fanny sat motionless. No tear was in her eye—no muscle in her eoentenatece moved. flex 'fingers grasped his with a firmer pressure —but she evinced no other "postern of hav- ing heard the mandato that was delivered. They rose to dopart, and a low, deep sigh isiued from her bosom ; but sho 'hewed no sin of violent grief—bee gs re already exhausted --her heart ( coin e bear no papers and his hat among the multitude;— She saw the fatal signal given, and the h ho shout, ho beard the :rid drop fa I1—e P yell that bunt from the muludue, but oaf a muscles of thgr flameh moved. been oSbeie a bridal calmly, g ceremony. She beheld the executioner begin the barbarities which the law awards to treason—the clothes were torn from the victims --ore by one they were cut down ; and the f nigher of the law, with the horrid knife in his band, eroceeded to lay open their bosoms, and taking out their hearts, flung them on the faggots that blazed around the ecaflotd. The last spectacle of barbarity was James Dawson ; and when the executioner bad plunged the knife in but breast, he raised his heart in bre hand, and holding it a moment before the horror- stricken and disgusted multitude, he cast it IMO the flames, exclaiming, as he flung it from him—"God ave King George!"— Fanny beheld this—her eyes becameblind —she leant not the shout of the multitude —she drew bath her bgad into the coach— it dropped upon the shoulder of her commie- ion--" My dear ! 1 follow thee !—I follow thee!" she exclaimed, clasping her hands together—" sweet Jesus 1 receive both our souls together !" They attempted to raise her head, to support her m their arms, but she sank back lifeless—her spirit had ac- companied him it loved—she died of stifled agony and a broken heart. RELIGION AND LOYALTY. OT .J. R. DDNI►a aaOODIB. -No teethe in the English language are more uscertai:t, indefinite and circumscribedbed in the etgeificatioo attached to tare ,terms wwhich . eetn to hLoyalty. ve, the peculiar property of ea ting of exciting the worst paeiooa of mankind— when they are distorted by the conflicting me°tr nge that inded antwo int° lerant men. 11 seems s words Which should convey the idea of something good and desirable, should unba itypro- duce such effects. Wo are ready enough to admit that religious and loyal feelings are highly praiseworthy when directed tow )hat what we =insider the proper obj.ets,— . is toward' our Religion and our Govern- ment ; bet very few can extend theinliber- ality so fax a re to believe that thetivnye intrinsic merit in such feelings, ,rr 1"c e TWELVE ANI) IIIA h \Cn• AT Tea SAD Or Trill Vasa. elfishly to leave them in ig orence 1 and they hold the truth, how are wo to tied It , mt a- think of the should wo What l out. \\ h smeary, who, distrustful of the reaeanable- ness of his own faith, would bo unwilling to mix freely wtth the people be was Bent to convert t Yet each a the conduct of those who obet.nately rctuse to meet their oppo- nents on the common ground of rtescoo.— \Ve are all missionaries, for as christ:ans it is otir duty to do all in our power to Lenetit others. if we tbir.k that our faith wilt not benefit others, we aro insincere in our pro- of' it. Alen In their narrow -mewed - Bat while be yet sang, and as he completed but too first germs, two constables sod three soldiersOT four room, nounced them as traitors and as their p► - senna. u Dow° with them !" exclaimed James Dawson, springing forward, and snatching down a sword which was suspended over the mantelpiece. The students vigorously wa resisted the attempt to make gthemn prison- ers, and sevens of them, enter - tuner, escaped,„ Ile concealed himself for a @bort tt tme, when, his horse being brought, he road towards Manchester, in order to juin the ranks of the Adventurer. It was about midday, on the 29th, when he reached the town which is now the emporium of the manufacturing world. On proceeding down Market Street, he perceived a confused crowd, some utteting threats with`tpnster- nation expressed on their countenance Sergeant; ithe midst of the multitude, s drummer Dickson, a young woman, boy, beating up for recruits. The white cockade streamed frobn the hat of tho ser- (eant ; the populace vented their indigna- tion against biro, but no man dared to seise Dim, for withcon blunderbuss nued to ? in rhea dhaud, andand routhreatening to agent the first man that approached, who was not ready to serve the Prince, and to mount the white cockade. The young woman carried a supply of the ribbons in her band, and ever anon waved them in triumph, exclaiming—" Charlie et !" Some dozen recruits already fol- lowed at tie heels of the sergeant. James Dawson spurred his hone throthe crowd. "Give me one of your favours," said he, addressing th! sergeant. "Ay, a dealer, your honour," replied Dick- stns• He resnkved the ribbon and tied it to his breast, and placed another at hie boree's heed. His coaduet had an efbct open the multitude ; numbers flocked around the ser- geant, his .favours became exhausted the and when the Prince and the army entered town in the evenieg, he brought before him an hundred sad eighty men, which be had Eat dayminuted. The ittle bead we raised were formed in- to what was celled the Manchester sou mess, of which CoenTownly rnade Colonel, and J,vmve Dawson one of the C•pt.ia•. Oar business at peewit is not with the movements of Charles Edward, air need we describe his daring swell towards DDeer- 1104 bmidtines wfor a, eeter tueessii 10 'bake the threes and its dywty ; see dwell epee the porttcelan of his masterly retreat towatde Scotland—.omos 4. to gay, that es the 1911 of December, the Highland army again so - toted Cutlets. " Yes !—yea there is hope'.—ilia King will pardon you," sbe exclaimed, he will spare my James—I will implore your life at his feet !" "Nay, nay, love --say not the king," interrupted the young enthusiast for the house of Stuart ; " it will be but imprison- ment till all i• over—the Elector cannot seek my life." Ile strove long and earnestly to persuade, to allure her, that his life was not in dan- ger—that he would be saved—anitiler entered, wished, she believed,. The j and informed them it was time that sho should depart, and again sinking her head upon his breast, she wept good night" But each day she revisited biro, and they spoke of his deliverance together. At times, too, she told hiiri with tears of the efforts she had made to obtain his pardon—. of ber attempts to gain admission to the King—of the repulses she met with—of w her ieh applications to the nobility connected the court—the compassion she experienced from others—the interest t that he totoo i. i s his fate, and the hopes Upon tense hopes which they held out. L P and those promises she fondly elt. Ste tho hope looked into his eyes to perceiven beampe that they kindled there, and u) y . from them, she half forgot that his life hung upon the word of a man. hers But his parents came to visittheir efforts followed her, and they joined to hen and anxiously, daily, almost hourly, UMBER 2. In tee present day, and among gent peopli, no religteus sect require pccu!uar support on the part of the state, which is not extended to others. If ws • that r ucu- losparticu- lar any take upon ourselvesy lar religion to the only true one—that all .;there are to error, and, therefore, require the stale to uphold our religion alone,— need we wonder that ll otier sect. wili ectuat"d by•covered ahostihty to us and too our institutions. Oe^ of the strongest teguments for mu- tual foibearance and charitable feelings to- warile our opponents In suligi0n in a coun- t as Canada, is the difficulties re - fosaton 7 r nese seem to fancy that true religion is like hgioue prejudices create in the ave govern- ment he bestowed of the country. This will readily be 'milted by ail who have obeerved the on others without itnpovertslung Its owner. Religion, on the contrary, Is inure like tlio wtdow'e cruse, which, the more it is used, dmmore it is replenished. AYedo not re- act that in thus selfishly boarding our trea- sure, like misers we inipeWerish ourselves. In all Its various forms, ante however dieter - ted, there is still one common feeling of re- ligion consists rather in the. lute of that, and in gratitude for ell flus mercies, than to the groveling fear • of future punt.hment, and in that intolerance towards other twits, which so often disgraces the-pru(eason e l religion. There is an exclusive feeling Iti all sects towards othero, which pnitakes but two much of the mterceted jealouwy ob- servable to worldly pursuit?, weer° r, am is the main object. We aro too mugh dist- posed to cunfine our eympathles and iuter- of eer own sects. , It s no doubt, no mopwithin the narrow e than natural' that we saould'gtve them the first place in our affeeuons ; but while we loco our own parts ular friends, we should not forget that ell men are our brothers, whether they aro gh ri•tiaos or heathens ; and we should en- deavour to hold that (uondl), intercourse with them which will be most likely to pro- duce that conformity of opinions which is so much to be de iced. 'This can otily be done by a direct appeal to that reason which is the universal guide given to all men by the Author of our being. '1'be jealousy, 00 commonly observed on the part of teachers and parents, of their flocks gottuog nixed with the thickset another fold, is a proeY-or symptom of • latent dustreet of the religion they profess, or at lent it shown that they regard human mason as a claogerou■ oppo- neet of their faith. There 1e a stage in the history of true religion when such 'Caliae reasonable and justifiable ; that re, when mOTe• On the following day eighteen victims, with the gallant Townly at their head, were brought forte. fur treat before a grand jury. Amongst them, and as one of the chief, was James Dawson. Fanny had in- sisted on being present. She heard the ave.' +truly prunoenced will. a -,-a'_' Ap=z apatlhan Mato bail evinced at the an- nouecement of his trial. She folded her hands upon her bosom, her lips moved as in prayer, but she plied not a single tear, she breathed not a single sigh. She arose, she beckoned 'o heratlendabta, and accom- panied them from the court -house. Still his friends entertained the hope that the Pardon Power might be moved—they redoubled their exertions -they increased their importunities—they were willing to make any sacrifice so that his life might be but saved band even inst hoe. But day after en, at the eleventh hour,they hoped g P day she at by her lover's side, and she, (a ber turn, became his comforter. She no longer spoke of their bridal—but she poke of eternity ; she spoke of their me eg where the ambition, the rivalry, an/ the power of princes should be able to yet no clod over the happiness of the soul/ Garin Fourteen days bed passed, a g that she betrayed no sign of t ,or; she She. evinced noon have i woctau'e wed seemed to have mastered her gr ft, and her to be in the wrong etre. it may leeem to soul was prepared to rncet en• Yet, I some ttat we are treading on dangerous cave only when ?•1e spoke to m her soul ground, when wo venture to discues such appeared entranced, and' ber My lifclees. exciting topics u these : but haepily_ rya On the £9th of tel} ee order ,as brought live in a country where rational and roleraht the execution of the vidivs on the fol- opinions pervade all classes of tho commu- for Hones a bowed his net in a de ree sur aased b no country in lowing day. deDalis d the war- the world, and where,rwo may add, wo are hand to the alkly ns delivered I am pro- ee cisll bound to respect the opinions and rant, and calmly terowertd 1 prejudice of others fore the common good. pared r, + through e it la not our intention to dwell o the pece- The dies of his melba ah g prison -house.. hair—she sank ear doctrines of any religious sect or of any she t ercimtted Heaven to party in politica. our objects simply to survey the common grounds on which all do or should agree for the good of all. We wish to promote peace—not to stir t ar. in saying that the minds of men have pae- lively adopted. in most cases, the opinions impressed on them in early infancy, whether true or false, we are fax from looking upon this as an evil. On the contrary, we hold that a most any religion s better than no religion, and the sooner the idea of moral restraint are impressed o the mind the better. Taking an extended view of all the ent forms of faith professed by mankl 1 it—I )eel it. the members of etch sect believing coosei- firmly. Vie shall mea soon. - entioesiy that they are walking in the true riling the prisoners were to be land only road to salvation, and using their sledges to Kensington Cels- utmost efforts to spread the doctrines which fluence ouch feelings have in aggravating the evils ,elf political antagonism. In the Minces of their self-eutfiapacy, each sect • may say—" Uur's is the true religion, and let others conform to the faith which is taught by the Holy Scriptures:" Yes ! all chriruan$ appeal to the Scriptures, but no two sects exactly agree a to their Interpre- Interpre- tation! The members of one.great branch of christian„ believe that -their clergy are ittnely authorised to interpret scripts's, nd thus a great degrt% of untformity of faith ,e insured. Ail the othereects,agsln, disagree, in all manner of ways. It is not for us to venture to say w hicleeect a right; but it appears to us, that while the minds .f men conyode-to differ in'eapacity and eeptibllity 01 cultivation, it is vain to ex- pect anything lite entire uniformity in religious faith, wm(hout the soul degrading sacrifice of all freedom of thoeglrt and ac- tion. The state has a groat duty to per- form in those matters. It has no right, we contend, to make a selection 0a yf poarticu- lar lar edict or sect., to the prejudice All human governments are intruded for the protection of ell their subjects alike In their Ines end property, as well as inwtr - dom of action in every, direction, may rot bo injurious to others. If otfr lives and property are protected by the state, why should not our religion, whatever that may be, receive the genie protects's. Our cbu:ce of • religion is the result d< W as; tun) freedom et thoogbt. 11 is a treats ut property, to many, dearer Wan life itself. 1s it not, thee, the sacred duty of all gov- ernments to protect all their subjects dukes in the free enjoyment of their reegtea• It is n"t eaag.to break through long e.taIllshe ed useges, and all gnveren.ents bave it nut Li fates of yit- - of such li ;tattoos- With regaata --}h of men, s considered as worse than none by another. The same may be said of Loyalty. No one will deny that there must be one true religion, though perhaps no portion of the human race have yet pro- fessed it in its purity ; and there must be some one form of government superior to all others. In forming our opinions on the religion professed by ourselves and on that professed by others, we are placed in --the yorplexing position of being judges in our own cause, and, of course, the decision will be in conformity with our prejudices. Our religion, in ninety-nine cases in a hundred has been stamped on our tender and peewee minds by our parents, long before we were capable of forming any opinion of our own. tel, and miracles were more especially re - The family seal was inherited by our parents 1 sorted to a the surestmteans of producing from their ancestors, and wo know not entire conviction on the minds c. the lgno- whether it bears the s-.nilitude of the Iamb I rant multrtedo, of the Divine mission of the or of the Devil. Wmitt the wisest and best, Saviour. . lhacneeteacles ceased, we have the qucrtton is simply reduced to this : no positive testimony to tell vs , wah any \Ve believe ourselves to be to the right path, cettautty. Tine much, however, ie certain, and all ethers who profess a different faith that aruung civilized nations, to whom tee leading ductrunes- of the chrietian religion have long been preached, and who are capa- ble of welding rho testimony of tho Old ' stamro and of profane historians, where suchedtatunoy should tali to brtug convic- tion to their minds, miracles would also fail. \V hen a certain degree of kne :ledge tae taken root in a country, an enlightened• reason- takes the -place of miraclys ; and when this is the case, it can nu lunger be overthrown by imposture. Religion 15 never so safe, or m so healthy and vigorous condition, as when it is establi•hed m the hearts and utinds of an educated and intelli- gent people. Should such a people by any means be (educed to desert their old path ; wo should not think it improbable that they have found a better one. intolerance ui every form is unjust and unwise. It is un- just bccausc we may bo persecuting those who hold the truth, and unwise, because it prevents improvement without serving truth. By During rho narrow prejudices of sects, and declaiming ngain't 0111 nppu- named wo only dunfirtn them in their rr.,r5, if they are in error—for the pntic of the mind is aroused by every epeetes ofintoler- ance, and conversion beron,ue impuaaiblc When these things are duly considered, it appears suflictently that rcuaua is the best friend to religion, and can ucver be Its ene- my. Reason, certainly, ee,1 not explem those truths of religion, which aro abort human reason ; but the Al i.ighty has given rt to us to direct us m our choice of a faith ; sod we are no where required to tretNTe what is contrary to reason. When Itnuw- ledge and seasw extreme their lull sway, and when the rzkmenu of uncharitable prejudice are one a swept away, it will be put as natural for truth to prevail as ter water to End its level. As religion 15 given us to produce certain effects, we eha11 be in the most favorable position in judge of each retiree by its practice) results. Sooner in later all religiose will have to submit to this test. in a country -like Canada, where few d flees artrllciai embankments have been raised to pbstruct. the tree passage of truth between different sects, and a greater tntermizture hath taken place. many un- charitable prep,d,ce• Have already diear- •" ti, -se of thezeple erect .y. 1;ne • ran ---, nrtlye a..;.$r e — P6TIt Ten y _ _ Tarsi, an hive rtKeivoindnsir `Zr n by ' t i t IP0ti i:cd :canon. lo Ibis r.apeet new means of sincere but indiscriminating faith. 1 cutemes enjoy a glorious privilege which In the earl] days of tian.t] 1t would I they 01.ou10 guard as a sacrad deposit. In have been in vain to have trusted to seated alone, ae s moans of establish;r.g the new old countries it settee happens that.eknow- retIgion,—s religion so unlike all others, m 'edged ev,ie have spread so wide and taken the lace of such an impenetrable host of so arm a root, that they ca000t be removed tangled prejudices as then existed in .the with "stet] 10 other insutuuons, thieh are minus of men. With the learned Jews, our known by experience, to be good, that the Saviour appealed to their reason, and to the azures cannot be removed without uproot - prophesies of the Old Testament, which u'g the grain. In d new country which they all believed. 'L'keir want of faith wan eojoye a liberal government, the interest of not in the prophesies thumaelvel, but in the thy rules and of the governed should be interpretation giver, of them by Chalet.— tdeutical. If the people do their duty to 1Vuh the made of the people, on the con- themselves and their posterity, the govern- trary, reason and history were lest power- meat, whatever party may be in power, will perform theirs. A love of freedom, and a praiseworthy zeal for religion, will do a great deal., finch iodindyal and sect will contend for its own interest in the benefits of freedom and toleration ; but without cbrtsuan charity and brotherly love between differing sects, what ere ail the divided ef- forts of militaries!' and sects bet a rope of egad. Instead of coking net subjects of - difference, and perpetuating the prejudice of a barbarous age, it is erne that all sects. should "agree t0 disagree," and unite in t'.,o common cause of religious liberty to alt. happily every thing in the world now indicates a disposition in the minds of men to caet away the religious prejudices that have hitherto enslaved us, and the absurd and uncharitable opinion so prevalent among all "ecce, that imputed insincerity to their opponents, is -now - last duappeartug. It mo a common remark that there is more hosti- lity between sects whose doctrines are nearly ,nnilar, i han between religions whose doctrines have no resemblance to each other. On the other hand, when a heathen or Mlahomerlan stranger comes among us, all sects rte with each other In acts of do.- pitality and kindness towards him. 1.1u religion is forgotten, sad next to the dcnro of pleasing barn, each sect seems desirous of showing bow amiable and liberal they cau bo when they chto.e. Now let u• „appose for the sake of illustration, that some calm and phloeophical traveller from roma neighbouring planet should be per- mitted to visit our world, in order to ob- serve tl?o ways of its uibabita°ts, what a' spectacle would be prevented to his admir- ing oyes in civ, ward Europe and America 1 Sect arrayed against sect In bitter and un- qucochabio bostehty, or like tumid snaps distrustfully stretching gut their feelers to all difectioDL, or hastily withdrawing them- selves within their hard shells tit InaIncible twejudice, lest their tenderly orthodox or-. gams should be wounded. Yet all these sects professing to worship one- Goo, who Tooke into the krarts of men ;—not esdss- vounng to i cmr minor ?units o difference fur the sake of the great and gholes* cause in wh.ch they are engaged, t carping abunt irides and querretung about straws : each an61011 toe",.vert true others to bet they believe to be tiro truth, but afr to Crotch cut th haoels to save thein from nrdtunn, lest trey themaetvss shod d lees heir fooling nd be drawn in the rams gulph. Sone „mete make a great bout of the undormu1v of • As kith held by their members. Ws have iso 'wino to detract from the merits of arch seem 1 heli we eue- u on the floor a eller groaned, he they exerted their energies to obtain arse) spare her child. Ilia lime, and We lean is father possessed an influence held the hand of his mom cheeks. Fanny gun c o Ais fuer alone woe tranquil. t e was silent --el pardon. }I in electioneering matters ;n Lancashire, hers could exercise the same i an adjoin- ing county. That influence w a now urged the had au ported were idip--the m ed y prnmised to employ The their beet ezertion'. Whatever the feel- ings - ings or principles of the elder Dawson might b0, he bad never avowed disaffection open- ) to the family ofd never Stuart—he a had (supported the goverment of the day ; and the father of Fanny Lester was an upholder of the house of Hanover. The influence of all their re- latives, and of all their friends, was brought into action ; peen and commoners were eepptmcated, and they pled therr in4r- cession. Iden high in office took an in- terest in the fate of JanneDawssoon, or pio- (eased to take it ; pro al, were beld oat—and when his yooth,the short jn the ne- trete that he had been engaged hed down :done swelled her bosom, No to roe of sfloonance, er gamed io be, ey eel her ca calm, speechleee, ro- bes eye. She w her -to ht■ bosom, am segued' Ile pre farewell- " took iii fare y own !" he cried "• Adieu !lit ,rewell !—an eternal fare - _only, , well "' .sbe rc ted, "say not Iter - J t Na ' ° meet again. 'T1s a short farewewll s Adieu love' t n Os the fellewieg meesieg they evacuated it ; bot the bleaehe.4r wkiett erns sew composed of about -them ►asdred tis., was left as a harrier* b Mead the cuss,belest the satin may off posed They were drwtrd as a CiN eaeeiftse► that the Prises teed the oasis away be ted, Tim dauntless Trimly, Zheoosad gallant Dive" wire tt5M sbew a.Tuf the d.spereteness and tte of situationelesir e10ss i the t theY .rete , sod to asked the tows to the Mi 0* Mia MAW d lb* $iM, ti. e. - ►allies, and the situation t army of the Adveetnrer w se one doubted but that certain—that he would soi be trial. Even bee pa was Dot passed. the word of the Karo the d ']tidy Inas to look forws of his deliverasee with impstiesee, bet s vitt eertaierty. Tien wad bet oee b abet feared, wand it throbbed 1. aha hoed pow ?easy. She wen l4 Mart •lcrying—t' (lace hits l. Mee ab. floured she Is boll them hist to ezeeetioe- Ir MEIN Is her p.,eat • and hie. ' e the nadide smilesM that thedayof bi. liberatieS .b day of their bridal. She keew stet,d hes Wert etregg►ad is hol..isv. W " flattering to imam tried else N chess ed tbst Ws Sib vvesN be deavoeMi Ilsm& ser to old in the considered, pardon was brow ht to the afiae- Mn ball.'- w- -adios ! Next dragg their the vi N in their hearts they believe will hand to fu - tare happiness—the question naturally oc- curs to the reflective mind, Is tt possible that only one of these sects can receive the reward ptomised to those who faitbfejly 14 - low the path of duty and rectitude. while all others 'hail be swallowed up in one common destruction 1 We may, God forbid that we should entertain such an opinion of 11,s mercy and justice. Should such an ex- clusive idea Continue as of old, to hold possession of the minds of mon, the conse- quence neees rily follows, that each sect will be arra in permanent hoeuluy to all other', an the more sincere the profes- sor of any rel gion may be, the more will they Irle actuated by this mutually repelling power in their ,ntereouse with their leilow- ,ace of another faith. Ilowever secure they may feel in the saving nature of their own faith, they with dread any intercourse with toms whom they consider a. i0Adele, lest, maybap they sbonld be drawn into the dark vortex of unbelief. Shoot! we cosueue to surge our prejudices apart from thou of a different faith, hew, it may be asked. wuhl h was the place appointed for °non. in the Ant sledge was Witter, tilting over bus pinioned with a dratln sword in his hand.— est—no mierster of rc'ie'on attended and around the sledges followed sands, some few expressed sympathy, the majority following from curiosity, otkers venting their execrations against traitors. In the midst of the multitude as • heekney coach, following the sledges, nd id it wu the gentle Fanny Lester, ac- companied by a relative ands female friend. Tbey had endeavoured to pQe retuade ber from the fearful trial ; but she wile calm, resolute, ad sot to he moved, and they yielded to ber wish. The coach drew ep witbu thirty yards of the scaffold ; Fan- ny pulled he beheld the thedo lessof faggots over it, lighted ironed the eeaflold—she saw the Hades aseeed, and the soldiers form a circle mead them, She raw the victims leave the sledge !!• sbe looked upon gem whom her heart lovele s be mooetwd the place of death, sed bis . ep was Oren. hie use truth ever penetrate the dark masses of t Macs ttesso'ed. She saw him M be dug pared,, Here, perbapee, more than in any fees we cannel sive any t m such coo y 1, lin world, ars we ,n a p,silion receive uniformity art they bust et, whom"' lasso rs tae ow reason Irmo play ; rad Mss, of the people yield ep rite liti * 10p Tomo a if et iec duty sad oar bear with I whleb fins) ba give» etrefar Ie 1N4 to promote free d nest ermine ten to ewith by the heads of their church, who alts too Weenie but honest eptetocw of ethers. ,