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LOVE AT COLIN MAILLARD.
. A CIIRIST2IAS ADVENTURE.
Frofn Reminisceiices of J- F- , Esq.
The moment she looked up from her draw
ing, 1 remembered her at once by her eyes.
It was full three years since I had seen them,
during a tour in vacation, on entenng the dili
just
tied by the hideous bray, and amusement suc
ceeded to her surprise, she opened to their ex
tent a pair of laughing blue eyes, j which I felt
certain I hod looked into before, j Yet, of their
splendidly beautiful owner I.ftadj no recollec
tion. At once a thought, an flispiration it must
havphppn. recalled mv former cbniDanion of
the diligence. I was sureitmusi be she. As
I detest ceremony in investigations of this
kind, I at once dismounted, took of my hat,
and accosted the fair artist : j
Madame" (a delightful language is the
rence from St. Omers to Paris. - She was 'French; you can address a lady so respectful
then a mere girl in her teens, but far more interes
lino" than Misses generally pre at that dubious
period; a cuny neaueu, rosy creaiure, arcn i aerangce : Mais, je suppiiciuisyu, cue
ly without knowing her name ! " Madam
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vieui cue bien me pardonner pour ac i avoir
liinl good naiureu, wiin a pair oi Dlue eyes,
which I must describe, for they were abso
lute! y unique. Their color was extremely
lull and deep ; the outline that of a prolonged
oval; and usually seeming half shut, and shaded
with dark eye lashes, they gave a sly or pensive
expression to the curl of a red upper lip; but
if aroused by surprise or mirth, they opened
out beneath her arching brows with such a
brightness of blue as wau quite dazzling. They
were eyes to sit and g"ze upon, as you gaze
upon the sky, for hours. She was travelling,
under her father's escort to Paris, to enter a
pension there ; and a.there were no passen
gers in the diligence besides ourselves, before
:iight fall I was already on good terms with
both. The sire was a gentlemanly old mili
tairc on half pay, as i conjectured, from his
stvle of travelling. As it grew dusk, the shyness
of the little maid gave way to the vivacity of
her spirits; and as papa already gave tokens
of drowsiness, she gradually addressed herself
to me, in that vain innocent communicative
ness which flows so beautifully from young lips
and which is one of the first of their utterances
that the wrfrld perverts:-.' I listened as though
I ha i been a friend of ten years' standing,
while she prattled on of her school friends, of her
iiowers and pigeons at home -in Leicestershire,
.Hi irei 'joys and sorrows upon leaving it, other
aniositv as 10 her new companions. &.-c, so
hat ina tdiorl time I knew most of tier little
'history. When it grew chilly at night, I fold
rd mv rev travelling cloak around her, and
.Iwrrvi'd :ilrt.ost with foncSnc s. her little head ;
began to uoti, and her narrative to falter; until
at length, quite, wearied, she fell into a slumber,
h deep, that it w as not disturbed, when at the
first jolt which occurred, I laid her head on my
shoulder, ail, passing my arm around her,
kept it in that position. I could never sleep in
a stage. In those days, moreover my imagi
nation was iu great force ; so as we lumbered
along, and I sat listening to the queer cries of
the conducteur, and postillion, and the gentle
breathing of my young fellow-traveller, to
which the paternal snore furnished a very tol
lable counterpart, 1 amused myself with vari
ous. reveries concerning the destiny Oi the
pretty creature then slumbering on my bosom.
Sometimes a iancilul idea arose, that our in
tercourse, ao recently begun, and so soon to
terminate, niight be resumed on a future day
and busied myself with imagining the lively
girl expanded tnto the loveliness of woman
hood, and again crossing my path by some ac
cident, such as had already brought us togeth
er. There is, I am persuaded, a truth of "pre
diction in these impressions, especially in those
which visit us in the night season. ' Dreams,"
siys a great poet, 44 come from God." When
day broke, the girl looked so beautiful and
quiet ; nestling in my cloak, that I could not ab
stain from impressing a morning salutation upon
permit dc V engager a decendrc cm plus vite
Tout annonce
She colored and bowed slightly." 4; Rcmer
cie, monsieur,'" then looking around called,
14 George !" The accent was of my native
Innd : I was confirmed in mv coniecture, and
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addressed her in English. j
4 If that be your servant, madam, I fear he
is srarcelv within call. It must have been
the white-headed old person whom I passed,
as he was plucking grapes in the clos of La
Blayc, a full quarter ol a mile from hence.
She gathered up her pencils and appeared per
plexed. At this moment, a few heavy drops
of rain and afar off muttering of thunder, came
on very opportunely.
I assumed a most humble arid respectful
mien : 44 Will you honor my quadruped by
suffering him to bear you home before the
storm descends?" She blushed again, and
seemed to hesitate : but a loud clap of thunder
aided my eloqeuce materially ;and'lhe prepara
tions of a few moments beheld her seated up
on mv mule, wraj ped in the very cloak which
had kept her warm three years before, and me
trotting at the animal'p bridle or occasionally
seizing the apology of a steep descent or a
rough patch of road, for supporting her in the
saddle. However, before we reached her
home, at a short distance from the suburb of
Vevay, the rain. came down with true Alpine
fury ; and I delivered my fair charge, dripping
wet, in the care of an anxious looking old gen
tleman, who was watching for her in the ver-
indah. and in whom I recognized the papa of
the diligence. From her I received a host of
pretty thanks ; and from him, what I valued
more, the permission to call on the morrow,
and inquire whether she had taken; injury from
the exposure.
4 George,' said I to the old blue-bottle, whom
I met hurrying to wnward, 44 how long has Capt.
Denham been at Vevay,"
The man seemed surprised but answered
Sir George Denham, you, mean, sir, he is
Sir George, now that the baronet in Yorkshire
is dead. "
Ah, indeed ! I was not aware of the fact:
and my lady V
4 My lady ! God bless vou, s.ir. sne died be
fore my master came into these foreign parts V
4 Indeed, I had not heard of that, accident ;
and is no one with your rnaster but Miss
Isabella?'
4 iNo, sir the young people were! all Jett in
Licestershire when Sir George came abroad
for health.'
4 Do they see much company V
4 O no, sir, master lives quite retired like:be-
sides, there are few English about vevay.
4 Very good : now go home and dry yourself;'
slipping an ecu into his hand.
Here was full and pleasant information. My
conjecture was assured: no troublesome mam-
nothing could be more delightful ! j I returned
to my quarters in the highest spirits, and in a
rich stream of Utopian visions ; and engaged
my apartments in the town for 4 two months
certain,'
My call on the following day was kindly received ;
my dear countrymen, Heaven bless them ! arc not
quite so surly when yu meet them abroad : especial
ly, if they happen to be in want of assistance or a-
musement. Sir George appeared to me to stand in
the latter predicament; and certainly rather encoura
ged than acquiesced in the approaches I made to be
come an habitue under his roof. I gathered both from
his establishment, and my dialogue with George,
(the blue-bottle,) that with title, fortune had also flow
ed in upon him; aud therefore cautiously abstained
from calling to his memory our former meeting. But
with the fair Isabel, I was not so scrupulous; and as
soon as we became tolerably good friends, and I was
her brow; so lightly, however, as not to dis- ma or brothers Mather invalid, and a baronet;
uiro ner siumoer ; nor aiu sne awane unui me
rattling of the vehicle along the pavement ap
proaching the Barriere de St. Dennis, an
nounced our proximity to Paris., When the
diligence stopped in the Rue de l'Eufer, I felt
-quite sad at parting from my charge ; and as I
lifted" her down the clumsy stps, I asked her
to tell nie her -name, and not to forget me.
She told me that she was called Isabel Den
ham, and said that she had a good memory:
hut I little expected on giving her the farewell
au plaisir, that I should ever see her again.!
f Trifling as was this adventure, I was, at my
then j age of nineteen, so full of the dreamy
visions of youth, and so great a stranger to the
better part of her sex, that during my short so
journ in Paris, and long after returning to Ox
ford, the picture of those rich black curls wav
ing on my shoulders, and the pair of blue eyes
that opened op mine when she awoke in the
diligence perpetually recurred to my imagina
tion. How angry was I at ray stupidity in
neglecting to 44 ask of the whereabouts" of her
Leicestershire home ! Indeed I tormented all
the men from that country with whom I had
any acquaintance, with inquiries concerning
the name of Denham, until silenced by the
ridicule they excited. The dissipations and
studies of college life did not, however, impair
my memory : although, when I re-visited the
Continent, after taking my degree, it was only
at leisure moments that I would ask myself,
'I wonder what has become of that pretty
Isabel ; by this time she must be a full woman,
and, I doubt -not, a fair one? il-should like
to know if she recollects her companion of the
diligence", r , . '
A delightful summer, ramble had terminated
amongst the slopes and vineyards of the Pays
deVaul. On the afternoon of a dav too sul-
was such a soft, bright ereature, with nil th mnf
a.brencngtrl, and the pensive .sweetness of an En-
gnsn mamen; giao, nut . deep-nearted, and now and
then disposed to be tyrannical: with Email hands ana
inppmg leet ; ana tnose lnaescrinaMe eyes'. I wonder !
how I was enabled to keep r silence: for there was
something in Isabel's manner that whispercAat times.
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as ii sne would naveiorgiven my presumption, had
I broken it. ' ' H
But autumn was nearly past ; its close recalled
Sir George, with restored, health to England: and
me to the fulfilment of a promise made to an invalid
lnenl at Naples. At parting, the old baronet gave
me a kind invitation to his seat, when I should return
to England: and when, in his presence, I essayed to
uiu miu huh mo iiaulltci. Ill V ooiriwccviwiuu cJ
nearlv left me, that 1 could barely say, 'Good-bye!'
1 hat last day was a miserable one ; and when even
ing came, and I had completed ray arrangements for
departure on the morrow, I could not restrain my de
sire to say one kind word to Isabel before leaving
the place. It was in vain that reason hinted the fol
ly of indulging a pursuit, that, in my then circum
stance?, appeared hopeless : equally vain was the ap
peal of conscience, urging that it wa3 using a young
creature unfairly to suggest a clnim that I could not
prefer before the sun had quite set, I was standing
once more at the gate, from whence we had so often
looked down upon Leraan. Would she come ? I
was sure of it. j
I stepped aside for la moment ; she slowly approach
ed the wicket, and stood leaning for a few instants on
the espolier, gazing bn the water; and then she bu
ried her face in both; hands. I stole to her side, and
whispered Isabel !' At first, I (eared that she would
faint, so pale did she: become; but the color directly
turned to her complexion, until cheek, brow, and even
neck, were glowing with a crimson flush. She held
out her hand, smiling, but with eyesiTull of tears.
' I could not bear to leave you, rnjsweet friend,
without taking a kinder farewell than the few cold
words spoken this morning.5 She looked downwards,
and I could see her lip quiver, but no answer came.
4 It will he a long, long time ere I see you again ;
will you let me thank you for these happy months, or
wili you add one other treasure to all your gifts of
gentleness and condescension ? Will you repeat that
promise you once gave me as a child? Say, that
yoo will not forget me, brtautiful Isabel Denham!'
4 Did I break that promise?' she replied, in a low
voire. j
'Ah! but you are now to enter the world, where
you will be sought, and caressed aud loved ; but no
one will love you therje so fondly as an old friend, dear
Isahel!' (What would not I have then given, for the
power to ask her to bej mine !) She made no answer
but wept. At that moment, the voice of Sir Geofge
was heard calling Her name : she slightly pressed
my hand, in which I still held hers, and whispered
hurriedly. 'Good-bye;? 1 will not torget vou!' Had
Mcphistophiles himself then stood at my elbow, I could
not have abstained lrqm kissing tne lips that uttered
these kind musical words. She. struggled, escaped
from my embrace, and ran towards the house.
r or two long yearsj 1 remained. on the. Continent,
busied with projects vyhich I need not relate, or enga
ged m ad ventures that- would little interest you. IVeed
I pay what was now the pole-star ol my endeavors i
Those dear words, 'I tvill not forget you.' were lorev
er in my ear, and supported me in moments of anx
iety and disappointment, of which, God knows I had
full share. But I kept my resolution to avoid Isabel
Qenham's presence, until I could appear before her
in the character of a decided suitor, yet how dearly
did it cost me ! How! could I expect that her memo
ry, to which I had preferred no direct claim, would
survive the effects of absence, silence, and the assidu
ities of others ? j
In the winter of IS'- I returned to England. My
difficulties, at last, were smoothed away ; and away
did I post to Yorkshire, the moment I was free from
the importunities of agents and papers. I have al ready
hinted, that of Sir George, or his daughter, I
head not heard since their departure to Vevay-Chac;
Ibrtune however directed me to an old friend in the
neighborhood of Beverley, from whom I obtain
ed an invitation to j pass my Christmas under his
roof, and the welcome information that Sir George
Denham was his neighbor and acquaintance. I arri
ved at Thornton's on Christmas Eve. 'You areeome
at the right moment,' said my friend. The party
from Denham Hall iom our merry-making.to morrow:
and you will have a :good opportunity for renewing
your Swiss acquaintance.' .Between lear ana expec
tation I had no sleep that night.
In this fair district. ;the dear old English custom of
hearty Christmas rejoicings, and the genuine ancient
hospitality, are retained in much of their original glo
rv. Under anv other circumstances, the cheerful
hum of preparation throughout the night; the carols
chaunted by the village choristers under the hall win
dows: and on the morrow, the chambers green with
laurel, and variegated with holly; the holiday fiwes
ol the tenantry, and a certain Dienaing oi soiemimy
and joy in the performance of church service in the
stately old minister, would have affected mc power
fully after returning from so long a sojourn abroad :
but," in church, I was devoured by impatience, vainly
attempting to delect ohe familiar face amidst the con
gregation ; and returned to drees, nervous and disap
pointed. A few words to Thornton, indeed, would
level with the
i zrt .1 r
lv muuiiudicu jiuih lviiuiu. -a iic luriiun WHS nar.
tially drawn aside, and the ringing sounds of youth-
lul laughter attracted me nearer, i stepped on to the
flower-bed, and looked in upon, a scene which Wilkie
or Jan Srcen's rare fancy could not have embeLisbed.
was a long room, mtea up wim ncn oanen pa neis, al
ternating with portraits in the antique style, and now
micttiy oung, witn evergreens, me cniei ugni pro-
-
thfn-K
within. , 1 he curtain wsa'par-li. .w-n Jii , kA;;i'M, ,ui
the law, so far is 'the ffuilt 6tl innocence of
the prisoner is connected with, or dependent '
upon those rules and nrihciDleW- r-r :
I; Soon tlje fate of the prisbijer'rivUJ cbnl-'
I tnittcd. t6 ronr hanrtnrl nhrin vtorr YSfiict f
J hahffstKe issni ftrnfuaK-nttir'frwbi H
ceeded from a ywf Yule log. which lay glowing and and so lar as hqrmtn actions can influence oifff
flickering nra wide chimney. The place waaful! future Pn;ffon u .a .Jt.
' . ay oe, nis iniuiuriai ou
eternal destines are rto bfrirtefbc:ablf fixed by
your decision. Not, gentlemen, tW either:
yoti or the court have hny power txtepV ih
cidentally, over the life or death' of the -prist)-.
ner.1 You and we are delegated ith no iicb
authority. We have been selected operforni
of boys and girla from twelve to seven vcars bid : two
stout little fellows had just succeeded, by the help of.
-jire, in attaching a hunch of Christmas to the,
cluindelier m the centre taking advantage, . as it
seemed, ot the moipent, while a girl ofabout ten years
ol age was busy binding up the eyes of a young lady
(the only grown up person of the party ;) who was
seated upon a stooT, with her back turned towards the
window,-amidst shouts of merry laughter. I drew
closer and as soon as she rose to begin the- game, I
rijcw uy uivmuo wnuonanas extended to catch the
fugitives, the elegant form the rich black locksi and
the dthipled chin, even though her eyes were cover
ed, the person of sweet Isabel Denham.
From an involuntary impulse I tried the clasp of
mc vyiuuuw, ii ujjruu, aim tnere i stood within the
curtain, gazing with tremulous delight and en fTP.rnpb
upon my beautiful mistress. I It required a pause of
cvciai niiuuicb uriorf i couia summon courage to in
trude upon this scene of innocent meriment. The
little folks, the while, skipping about in the fire licht,
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another and a' specific, thouffh l admit.1 a so
lemn duty, namely ;! to ascertain'the guilt or
innocence of the prisonei1 and there our duties
and bur power terminates, so far as we are res
ponsible .The law makes no appeal to bor judg
ment, oh, the expediency of the punishment it
annexes to crime : nor to our religious twtry
or feelings, on the moral -fitness oi legality
of thatjnihiskment. What follows ourdecision,
whether it be innocent or guilty, ike xtct citd
judgment 'of the law, and not ours.
The privations and confinement you have so
like so many brownies, shouting with rapture; and! ln ' Wcl so patiently endured the fixed land
uiiwiiug aiieiuion you nave paia 10 ineeviaence
and the arguments of counsel, are, I am sure, a '
sufficient pledge to the country and to the pri
soner, that your verdict, whatever it may be. f
will be the result of your cool and deliberate
judgments the honest convictions of your
minds ; the true answer of your consciences in
the sight of God, and not the expression of pre
judice of excitement, on the one hand, or oflie .
unrestrained and controling influence of sym
pathy and compassion, on the other. N
There is danger, gentlemen, that the claims
of justice may be overlooked and left to suffer,
amidst the conflict of contending passions, alike
honourable to our natures, and yet alike dan-i
gerous to our reason The cry of nidfder -'
the death struggles of the expiring victim the
reeking dirk and the garments rolled in blood,
are well calculated to rouse our feelings and fill
our souls with a holy indignation against Khe v
perpetrator. , Instinctively, almost, we wish to
see the glittering sword of justice strike the
avenging blow, and vindicate her cause. 'Tis
right we thus should feel, and men we should
not be, if we could look; unmoved, on crime
like that with which the prisoner stands charged.
But we must guard against these emotions when,
we enter the sanctuary of justice, whether in the
character of judges or jurors. We are not,in
deed, to banish them from our bosoms; but we
must take care that we do not transfer our
righteous indignation of the crime, to the ac
cused, and thus deny him the benefit of Our so
ber reason and our powers of discrimination.
Sa, on the other hand, sympathy for the ac
cusedtender and compassionate feelings to
wards a wretched perhaps an hmocent, oral
least unfortunate, man, standing in the attitude
of the prisoner at the bar is a laudable nay,
an honorable attribute of our nature. But here
again we must take care, that we do not suffer
our humanity to degenerate into weakness, and
deny to justice and the majesty of the laws
their just claims.
If, however, gentlemen, you err at all, let it,
I pray you, be under the influence of the latter
feelings ; for it is the benignant spirit as well
as the language of our -law, that many guilty
had better escape, than one innocent man be
punished;
The prisoner stands before you charged with
e crime of murder murder committed on
the person of Mrs. Mary W. Hamilton.
The crime of murder is committed, when a
reasonable being kills with malice aforethought
another reasonable being, in the pease of Gpd
and of the State. Your inquiries, therefore; !
will be in the order and as follows i-
1. Was Mary Hamilton killed?
2. Was it done by the prisoner?
3. Was it done with malice aforethought?
The two first interrogatives involve nothing;
but pure and unmixed matters of fact, and to
Isabel bounded aaiougst them as gracefully as though
she had been Titania herself. She had little success
in'the game; the mischievous crew, who seemed to
take especial delight in pullihg about her curls, e?ra-
fed from her gentle hands, whenever she essayed to
ay. hold upon any of her assailants. ! Atlastshe came
running towards my hiding-place, with both hands
outstretched, crying, 'I am sure there is some rogue
hiding here, who shall not escape quite so easily as he
did the last time !' I cannotj describe how this ran
dom speech affected me: but I internally blessed the
omen, and coming forward as she approached, quietly
possessed mysell ot her two hands, and pressed them
to my lips. Startled -if not klarmed, by a touch so
unexpected, she gave a sudden cry, exclaiming, Pa
pa ! it is not you !' and, freeing one of her hands, hur
riedly removed the bandage, jtrom her forehead. It
was a nervous moment lor me: the unwarrantable
liberty I had taken just flashed upon niy mind at the
instant when l nad lully committed myself. On re
cognizing my face, Isabella almost shrieked, changed
color, tried to speak and burst into tears. I was ter
ribly alarmed; the little people stood aghast, as though
Satan himself had stepped from behind. the curtain.
I supported Isabel to thesofa and knelt at her side.
'Forgive me, dear Isabel ! I little thought I should
alarm vou so much. I was. not master of myself on
seeing you so near me ! will you suffer me 'to entreat
your pardon ?' Her eye lowlv unclosed, and rested
on mine, troubled, but full of sweetness. : ;
' Oh, Mr. Vernon ! It was not kind to frighten me
thus. I do not know whether I shall ever forgive
you for causing me such a shock.'
' I shall never forgive myself if I have distressed
you; but hear my excuse ; I hoped to have met vou at
Thorntou's, you came not ; 1 hastened hither to find
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you ; I neneid you through the window, and could
not restrain my eagerness to appxach you ! and now,
have you not forgotten ; will you forgive me !'
i do not know, she said, blushing deeply, 'whether
I ought to listen to yon at all or no. You deserve
that I should send you away at once.'
'You would not be so unkind, did you know how I
have longed to cast myself on your mercy
k Wed, 1 lorgiveyou!' 1 was in the seventh hea
ven ! I he blindman's butt party appeared solely
disconcerted. 'Had we not better set the little people
to play again ?' said I ; and without more ceremony,
seizing upon the biggest boy of the party j I bound up
his eyes : and utter a lew minutes romping with them,
the merry uproar became as Joud as ever. Return
ing to Isabel's feet, I then told my tale, explaining as
well as I could, my past silence, sued for her pardon
and her fair hand She was too naturally sincere,
perhaps too much hurried, to tyrannize over me at
such a moment ; and when, after an ardent expostu-
have Dut an enn to mv suspense; but I had resolved
to conceal every indication of peculiar interest, until
I had learned how Isabel would receive me. I was
actually trembling when! entered the drawing-room,
half an hour before the early dinner: the guests
were nearly all arrived, but still the face I sought for
installed in the place of ciceFone, and permitted to was not there. A carriage dashed up to the door
escort her to views, which papa could not reach, I
took an opportunity of approaching the subject, al
though cautiously at first. The moment, however,
that I touched upon it, the expressions in Miss Den
ham's eye, and perhaps a little heightening of color,
convinced me that she had not forgotten the circum
stances of our previous meeting : and L ventured to
speak of it, and of the many recollections I had left,
without reserve. Why I had hitherto hesitated to
make the inquiry, I should fail in attempting to ex
plain : those alone who have been fascinated, as I
then was, will understand the reason. Henceforward
we became as old friends, and I need not add constant
companions. Never did I pa&? a' moref blessed sum-mer-7"it
was, indeed, a happiness almost too keen, to
ramble day alter day, without a thought of the future,
in that, paradise of a ennntrv. hv the. side of sweet
Isabel Denham : R
lation and entreaty, I raised her from the sofa, and
slyly leading her under the little rogues' Bush of Sa-
luiaiiou, covereo ner eyes, orow, ana nps witn Kisses,
she had already breathed the sweet words that
made her mine for ever.
In thcourse of that evening's converse I learned
how faithfully the dear girl had kept her promise,
although ray silence had so little deserved it; and
how just had been my instantaneous feelings of anti
pathy towards the maiden aunt, from whom poor Isa
bel had suffered a long persecution on behalf of a pro
tege of hers recommended as a suitor to my peerless
mistress.
It was very late ere I regained Thornton's Priory.
The revel, fortunately, was not yet over, and I found
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Sir George in a charitable mood ; so that before his them the jury must respond; and that answer
must unhappily in this case, be in the affirma
tive. Mrs. ifamilton was kitted, and she was
killed by the hand of the prisoner. I would,
gentlemen, that you and we had room to doubt
on this point. But we have all had exhibited
to our view and to our ears, but too certain and
too painful evidence of the fact. She was kil J
carriage drove away, I had obtained from him a per
mission which completed the happiness of the most
exciting, yet most delightful Christmas day I had
ever spent, or may hope ever to spend again. V.
Sir Georcre and Mis Denham ! I started forwards.
Cent mille lonnerres ! The old gentleman was, in
deed, the same ; but instead of the beautiful girl I ex
pected, there appeared la thin aged lady, with all the
vinegar look of a maiden sister.
Sir George greeted me heartily. I forbore to in
dftpr his daughter: it had. in
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deed been needless, for he was hardly seated before,
"Where is Miss Isabel?" rained upon hirn from all
sides.
'Poor Bell! I was afraid to bring her out on a bitter
day like this, even to a Christmas revel, she has been
so delicate of late.' Here he looked at the villainous
old sister in the lace cap and spectacles, who nodded
assent I could have strangled them both.
The dinner, mauffre all its abundance and solem
nities, 'right merry arid conceited,' its flowing healths,
ample cheer and gay faces, was a bitter ceremony to
TRIAL OF CLOUGH.
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
With considerable exertion, we are enabled
this afternoon to present our readers with the
charge of Judge Hornblower to the Jury, in
the case of Clough the murderer, and the sen
tence of Death passed upon the prisoner. ,
Thus has ended a trial whose results have
been confidently anticipated, and are now re
garded as sternly just. The prisoner's act
may be deplored, but the iate which awaits
him, cannot be seen in any 'other light 4than
that of righteous .retributionl Under the cir-
iuu, in tne very spots where they were , me, moody taciturn as tne disappoiniraem uau jjup
composed, and which they describe; or1 to sit at her me. One (;termiriation;engrossed all my thoughts;
feet throughout lone? summer f tninrro rowno- nm nnrt in tt. Tuicfto ra'uspd bv the ladies' departure, I
those strange blue eyes, as she sang to hguitar, for 1 proceeded to execute iit; slipping quietly into the hall,
papa, whole garlands of ?av Tittle Frprtr.KWd Swiss izinrr the firs Imt mat I could" find, and running
romances. Yt I never snokp in hnflAv !ltluirh r,Avbn.?h v.nnrf na fast as the frozen snow allowed
my heart was Almost oppressed with its sweetness, me. Show ' me Siri-George Denhara's,' said I to a
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I1' . 7KS '1" aescenomg, on ine But our intercourse grew so entire and affectionate, r child at the folge.-'tt'B the big white house yonder,
, a. OH v p 11111 111 migllVUIIIWVU
Va' by an unfrenuerited'road which overlookVr
the lake. The clouds !egah topjreep hqavily
upwards from behind tiler western ' Alps Tand I
urged roy lazy.beast in the - hope :of regaining
quarters before the storm shbnld tfreak.
Ut mules are imnrar tirahlr antrrtalsf atd
..... "wrimrflen to-watentneor nrv. rfrlhn windows 01
o an Alpine sunset that npthinir hue a rising nse ' Thp necessity of s
oi seu-reuroacn, wnen 1 consider
aswe read, oi sailed, or sat together, or loitf redamidst across .the fieldX In three, minutes I was haltmg.ub-
a pause to takebreath, a consciods-
mTT vfMiktrnYhiw.' ' wJj Af wriv nfftpppninrt1 beitfffTather a nnppc mid -vl
. wc-v.j.ajib, nKewise, a tear to tnsTorb,- ded to an riabituanove oi reconnonenng.Delore any
eyen with a word, a relation so delicious as had silent onslaughV arrestekl my hand as it wasalready npn
ly esbhshed itself between rne and this fair girl, : the bell. I therefore: began to encompass the feopse,
minf niK, - l , . I , . . "" wihbwu ana ine enxreaxy juter tne manner vj ujts pcsiegiers oiericnoi oniy inai
"sttww application of tttewhip,came j which at times actually quivered onrny lip?. ; 0,she I used no trumpptj util I reached a bawin,
led on the" 6th dav of April last, in th& house of
her mother, by the' hands of the prisoner. 1 1
is not denied by him, or by his counsel.
Nothing, then, remains. to be answered but.
the third interrogatory " Did he do it, with
malice aforethought?" Upon your answer to
this question must depend the fate nfthe.pris
onerT and God grant, that I may be enabled
rightly to understand and so toexplainthe
law to you, that is involved in or Connected
with this question, that I may not beinstru
mentalin doing injustice to the prisoner. .
What then is meant l?y "malice afore
thought?" It is a wicked and unlawful design
.vonh'nn tndo a wronff or imurv to anoth- '
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cumstances, he is oeprived of the commissera
tion which would otherwise attend his untimely originina spirit of hatred and revenge to the
auu iguuuiiiuJUSUISSOIUllOn. XVllStaKinga gruoar
vindictive, and selfish passion, for the yielding
and pure imnulses f invki ivhirh can neither
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plan or perpetrate anv actaffalnst ' the happi-
ness of its obiect. Which suffers J
vetrpneoe "nsn Ji UoL-Kehas hurried an
nd
mnoceritand amiable' victim to ine -sacrifice
to his unholy flame. His fate is a sad
Wno U u ?c IrH:now. The ends of justice
must be f.nswcrcd.W the .najesty of the lajr
sustained, . ! V:
CHARGE TO THE JURY. M-
rtrwTT.iRMES : -Afier a severe; close and
painfiil investigation of .this J?; Ibr jseveral
person, or in tne grauncauon oi any -other pas
sion of the human mind, it is malice -afar e-
that It should
thoughts nor is it necessary
have been a previous, deliberate1 and - fixed
purpose, j to , do ; th e act) for malict- is oin&
timcsv expf ess or positively proved ; and Some
times implieduizi isi infeTreli:QT deduced
from h$ cic
saction. " Nalict'ik express; rtvhere a pre
vious apd deadly quarrel J existed, and ha
tred ensued Detween ' the parties; 1 ojt, where
threats4; were made' previous r ngemeJtts
concerted, or the deceased trayIl7V,n
the absenee bf socfr proof it JSSwS
irorn a variety oficircurostancesi sna
Says, we hiive itwte 'ttat; p; wSflinrl- ' - ihitCP :Wre?.
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