They all stood suspended with amazement while this operation was carrying on. At length, on the instant that the executioner had given the fiftieth lash, "Hold," cried the fisherman, "I have already received my full share of the price.' "Your share!" questioned the Marquis, "what can you mean by that?" "Why, my lord, you must know 1 have a partner in this business. My honour is engaged to let him have half of whatever I should get; and I fancy that your highness will acknowledge, by and bye, that it would be a thousand pities to defraud him of a single stroke." "And pray, my friend, who is this same partner of your's?" "It is the porter, my lord, who guards the outer-gate of your highness's palace. He refused to admit me, but on the condition of promising him the half of what I should get for my fish." 66 O, ho!" exclaimed the Marquis, breaking out into a laugh, by the blessing of heaven, he shall have his demand doubled to him in full tale." Here the porter was sent for, and stripped to the skin, when two grooms laid on him, until they rendered him fit to be sainted for a second Bartholomew. The Marquis then ordered his major domo to pay the fisherman twenty sequins; and desired him to call yearly for the like sum, in recompense of the friendly office he had rendered him. J. C. New Books. THE EVERGREEN AND AMARANTH.*These are very pleasing little volumes. The selection of poetry in the former, and the judicious arrangement of prose in the latter, with the excellent principles they inculcate, make them valuable presents for youth. We extract the following: THE DAISY. Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep, Could rear the daisy's purple bud? That, set in silver, gleams within?— O er hill and dale, and desert sod, That man, where'er he walks, may see, In every step, the stamp of God! ROMANTIC HISTORY. Amongst the numerous individuals who were put to death during the arduous struggle in South America for independence, the Colombians will long remember the unfortunate Dona Apolinaria Zalabarriata, better known by the name of La Pola, who was sentenced to death by Zamano, and shot, together with her betrothed husband.She was a young lady of good family in Bogota, and was distinguished by her beauty and accomplishments. Enthusiastically attached to the cause of liberty, she devoted herself to the hazardous task of obtaining and transmitting to Bolivar secret intelligence respecting the force, disposition, and plans of operation of the royalist army. The particulars of this important information she contrived to collect from the Spanish officers themselves, at the tertulias, or evening conversaziones at her house, which were frequented by inany of them, who listened with delight to her powers of conversation and singing, accompanied by her guitar.From those officers, who could not pos sibly suspect so young, and apparently artless, a female of any dangerous design, she used to inquire, as if merely in the course of conversation, about their respective regiments: and, by asking after their absent companions, she found means of learning where * Darton and Son, Holborn Hill. their advanced posts were stationed.She regularly transmitted all the information she could collect to Bolivar, by means of a trusty messenger; but, unfortunately, one of her packets was intercepted, and the messenger, under the terror of impending death, was compelled to betray her. She was immediately tried by a military court (martial law having been proclaimed in the capital), and was condemned to be shot, together with her lover; although no proofs whatever could be produced of his having been privy to her undertaking. They were placed in Capilla for twelve hours, previous to being brought out for execution; but even this short interval would not have been "granted, had not Zamano considered it of the greatest importance to discover, if possible, who were her accomplices. To effect this, no means were left untried to induce her to betray them. She was on the one hand threatened by the friar who was sent to confess her, with eternal punishment hereafter, if she should dare to conceal any thing from him; and on the other, attempted to be bribed by offers of pardon and rewards, for herself and her betrothed, if she would declare by whom she had been assisted. She, however, resolutely denied having any accomplice except the messenger whom she had employed. The lovers were both led out the next day, and bound close to each other, on two banquillos, surrounded by troops. When the picket of grenadiers appointed to shoot them was marched up close, and in readiness, she was once more offered pardon on the former conditions. She again, without evincing any signs of fear, declared that if she had any accomplices she would scorn to betray them for the purpose of saving her own life; but that as Bolivar was fast approaching, they would be known on his arrival. Having observed that her intended husband was hesitating, as if about to speak, through a very natural dread of the death he saw so near, she implored him, as her last request, if he had ever really loved her, to shew by his death that he was worthy of her choice; assuring him that the tyrant Zamano would never spare his life, whatever disclosures he might make; and reminding him, that he ought to derive consolation from the reflection that his death was shared by her he loved. The friars then retired, and the firing party made ready. She then, for the first time, felt dread, and exclaimed, Conque, verdugos, teneis valor de 66 condemn, If we yield to temptation and do it? In a kiss I replied" I believe them." should cease!" "Ad mensuram aquam bibentes, FASHION is not entirely confined to the costume of ladies and gentlemen; for money appears to partake of its influence, and operates as a useful ingredient in its application with certain classes of society. While the light coins of the Henrys and the Edwards are cherished only by the virtuosi and antiquary as the circulating media of the days that are past, pieces in our reign are of more substantial evidence; and none so much as our copper coins, bran, spick and span from the Mint. The farthing, which is our smallest, and of course of the least value, has never arrived at any degree of popularity, if the rare broad farthing of Queen Anne be excepted; and indeed it has been deemed of so little consequence, as to partake of something of the quality of a derisive epithet, as "I don't care a farthing for it!" The halfpenny, which is the next in degree, has acquired more celebrity. The halfpenny hatchway had a long run, and even to the present day it has played its part in all the characters of the drama of the British dominions, counterfeiting the express image of our fair sex, and the amiably copper-coloured Britannia, and even conveying an attenuated semblance of majesty, which none but die-sinkers can presume to keep in countenance. But the halfpenny is very popular, nevertheless, and finds its audience very acceptably given in the till and the counter. This being more for convenience than profit, the halfpenny retires at the approach of the penny, which is now the most gallant Beau of the day of copper affinities and current consequence; indeed not a fruit-vender in the metropolis; but is enamoured of the heavy-freighted penny. The blushing apples, the florid plums, the balloon-shaped pears, and the mellow gages are parted with at a penny a lot; sweetmeats, and puffed up pastries, allowed by all to be crusty and sometimes tart withal, are never better seduced into civil companionship than when they exchange owners at a penny a dozen, or a penny a piece; and in some instances, with the permission of “taste and try them before you buy them," acknowledged to be making most of your penny and a sure bargain. Go you to a fair who would think of giving sixpence, or even a groat, to see a show? Is not a view fairly offered whether of a beast, bird, fish, wax, or mummy, even King Pharaoh, to boot, for a penny? Are not your letters, containing the most dear, the most painful, or the most trivial, intelligence, regulated by pence? Who ever patronised a threehalfpenny postage? Who ever sanctioned a threefarthing billet doux? No lover could be gratified by so odd a charge; a good round sum void of all fractions, is most pleasing to those who love to fill up their chinks. Formerly, subscriptions were variously made; now, what subscription is so convenient, and therefore popular, as the penny auxiliaries? at the tavern, the coffee-house, or the shades, the waiter's heel is quickened in a view of the ever-grateful dash of the penny-the linkboy follows his own imaginative shadow over against the theatre, in the lightening hope of receiving a penny from his followers. So much this useful little adventurer is in vogue that one may venture to take a peep at St. Paul's, or enter the sacred avenues of Poets' Corner, with a penny for his guide. Though twentyfour grains make a pennyweight in Troy, every thrifty person in England may avoid being pennywise and pound foolish, for a pennyworth of sense is enough in all conscience for any reasonable creature. Would he be merry as well as wise, 250 songs are sold for a penny; while so much is paid for a single match at Gretna, a hundred matches may be had for a penny; in weight, measure, and number, the penny is an acceptable friend; where is the reader of the voluminous folio? -the advocate of the rampart quarto? the powder-mill at Hounslow, or the double elephant at the Military Depot; are there not a Penny Magazine, and a Penny Library to satisfy the most hungry or the most redoubtable bookworm? and if there is royal demy and cartridge, let it be also remembered penny royal is not less worthy of consideration. You are taken over the ferry, a bridge, or attended to your coach by a waterman, for the welcome penny; and in order that a penny loaf may be enjoyed, the sweepers of a sable or light hue, now look up for their penny donations; having discarded a single halfpenny since the public have been divided on the currency question, and they have yielded their dirty labour to those metallic contractors, the scavengers; the butcher that whets his knife as well as his wit, declares he does not get "a penny by it;" Day, Martin, Hunt, Warren, Turner, and Co., may put aside their sables and labels, for blacking is vended with a courtly shine, by Griffiths and Turner, and others, for the penny; theatres are opened at a penny price; the penny-a-liners calculate their advantage, and write their paragraphs cheerfully; the very invalids may throw physic to the dogs, and relinquish their fees simple, for if they run for the "Doctor," they may secure his advice for a penny; hence, seeing the utility of being in the fashion and encouraging the growth of the copper mines, most devoutly desired by shareholders. As we grow with their growth, and strengthen with their strength, may none of us ever live so long, as ever to be a penny-less race, while we are in a peni-tent security! J. R. P, MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR WALTER SCOTT. he besides conducted the Edinburgh Annual Register. Sir Walter Scott obtained his baronetcy shortly after the accession of George IV. Taken all in all, our countryman stands inferior to no name that the world has ever produced-we say this in the highest acceptation of the term and the more that the matter is sifted, this dictum, startling as it may at first appear, will become less and less so. There are some minds, which, accommodating themselves to circumstances, appear great only to their contemporaries, and whose reputations wane in proportion to the distance of time we secede from them; but with the sons of true genius the reverse holds true. If ever, then, a human being could be classed among the latter, Sir Walter Scott must; and, if we write our annals true,' generation after generation will be only, until the end of all time, gathering in to him the harvest of his fame. No writer that ever lived has possessed in his life-time the extent of popularity which has been enjoyed by our countryman-his works have been translated into all the languages of Europe-are to be found in all quarters of the globe-and will cease to delight its inhabitants only when that globe and all that it inhabit shall dissolve;' for they are based on the grand principles of human nature. THE event, for which the public has been for some time prepared, took place at Abbotsford on Friday, the 21st ult. Sir Walter Scott was born on the 15th of August, 1771, and consequently died in his 62nd year; he was the el--in greatness of intellectual capacity; dest son of Walter Scott, Esq. writer to the Signet in Edinburgh; his mother was the daughter of David Rutherford, Esq., an able and popular practitioner of the same, the legal profession. She was the author of some poems, and acquainted with Burns, Blacklock, and Allen Ramsay. Mr. Scott was educated at the High School, Edinburgh, and afterwards served his time to the profession of the law. He was in July, 1792, called to the Scottish bar, and, through the influence of the head of the Scott family, the Duke of Buccleugh, he was nominated Sheriff Depute of Selkirkshire; and in March, 1806, obtained the place of one of the principal Clerks of Session in Scotland. In 1798 he married Miss Carpenter, by whom he has left several children. The Fox Administration confirmed an intended appointment of their predecessors in the person of Mr. Scott, without reference to his politics, which were Tory, by appointing him to the valuable situation of the Clerk of the Sessions. The first production of Mr. Scott were two ballads from the German The Chase' and 'William and Mary,' published anonymously."Goetz of Berlenchingen,' a tragedy, also from the German, appeared in 1799; and about the same time he contributed two ballads, 'The Eve of St. John,' and 'Glenfinless,' to Lewis's 'Tales of Wonder.' His next work was 'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' in 1802, which first established his poetic fame. Sir Tristram' was published in 1804; this was followed next year by The Lay of the Last Minstrel ;' afterwards succeeded by 'Marmion,' in 1808; The Lady of the Lake,' in 1810, the most popular of his poetical productions; The Vision of Don Roderick,' in 1811; Rokeby,' in 1812; The Lord of the Isles,' in 1814; and Waterloo' soon after.These are his principal poetical works. In addition to these, Sir Walter published The Border Antiquities of Eugland and Scotland;' and also edited the works of Dryden, Somers's Tracts, Sadler's State Papers, Miss Seward's Works, and those of Swift; 6 6 Scotland is glorious in the annals of patriotism, as the birth-place of Wallace and Robert Bruce. She is now equally glorious in the annals of literature as the country of Sir Walter Scott. "To make a third he joins the former two ;" and although we had nothing more to boast of, the triumvirate are in themselves a host:-nor has the last been the least of the three in benefitting and adorning our native land. Our hills and vallies, our history, and our manners, are consecrated in his immortal pages. Thousands from foreign lands are yearly visiting our shores, to tread the localities which he has given to fame. Inns have been erected for the accommodation of travellers where, before his day, from the end of one year to the end of the next, the foot of stranger never planted itself, and roads have been opened for communication between districts where formerly were only the mountain path, or the sheep track. This is being a true patriot, and yet the weapon wielded was more delicate than the wand of Prospero. A student in his quiet apartment at Ab botsford possessed a magic capable of charming pilgrims from beyond the Atlantic, of delighting millions who have never looked upon him, and of making the solitary place blossom like the rose! In fact, the henefits which Sir Walter Scott has conferred, and will continue to confer, although in ashes, on Scotland, are incalculable. Never more, while the world lasts, can we be a land unrenowned. In the political scale of nations, we may rise, or we may fall. In his pages, we are a glorious people, and a favoured spot for ever! Cervantes has done much for Spain, and Shakspeare for England, but not a tithe of what Sir Walter Scott has accomplished for us. In each of these great writers we find many localities sanctified by their genius, in their respective countries; but that of Scott pervades every corner of his native land. Edinburgh Evening Post. THE BRAVE PROTECTOR. MALDONADA was a subaltern officer's wife, and one of those who ventured their fortunes with Nunez, when he went upon the discovery of new countries along the great river Plate, in America. This woman's husband was ever foremost in danger, and always testified an aversion to the cruelties used by the Spaniards upon the unresisting Indians; his courage, however, was not sufficient to atone for the mildness of his disposition, with a body of men to whom murder was grown familiar. Nunez sent him out with a party, where he was sure the Indians would be victorious. What this general suspected actually happened; the Spanish party, consisting of twelve men, were set upon by a number of Indians, taken prisoners, and all slain, except the husband of the unfortunate Maldonada, whom they brought away to be sacrificed upon some more solemn occasion. In the meantime, Maldonada began to perceive the general's evil intentions towards her husband, and also guessed at his sad fate. Women, when injured, more frequently give an imprudent looseness to their passions than men. She openly accused the general of cruelty and injustice; and he, to vindicate his reputation, had the woman summoned before a court of soldiers, composed of those who were chiefly devoted to his interests. It is easy to imagine that here she found no pity; they brought her in guilty of Science and Art. J. C. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.-Not the least curious subject of all those which are treated of in Sir David Brewster's Natural Magic is that of spontaneous combustion. A flame may be produced by merely mixing oil of vitriol with oil of turpentine, or aqua fortis with oil of vitriol. Spirit of nitre and oil of sassafras will take fire when mixed. Galen says, that the dung of a pigeon will take fire when rotten. Finely-powdered charcoal will take fire of itself. The burning cliff at Weymouth is another striking instance of spontaneous combustion, and it is very well known that, near the village of Bradley, in Staffordshire, the earth has been on fire for nearly |