... EXTRAORDINARY EXPEDIENT OF AN I IMPOSTOR. Of all the expedients ever resorted to for the purpose of i extracting money from the pockets of the charitable, by in-t posing on them through fictitious cases of distress, those adopted by a fellow, a few years since, were incomparably I the most extraordinary. Will it be helieved that this rogue who was an excellent swimmer, was in the habit' of pre ...

... Archibald Macdonald was perhaps the most perfect master of his hazardous protiftson of any who ever prac- tised it. Arehibald. wes by birth a gentleman, and pro. prietor of a small estate in Argyle, which be, however, lost early in life. He soon distinguishdd himself as a cattle. lifter on an extensive scale: and weak as the arm of the law might then have been, he found it advisable to remove ...

... TIME CONTRADICTORY COUPLE. CT ,1A; 1-i 4-, 1 I. A- I. A * 1-1.- I.At ?? A L - - i I )m 'I do believe,' lie says, talring the spoon out of his gass, le mr and tossing it on, the table, ' that of all the obstinate, posi. tes Ise tive, wrong-headed creatures that ever were born, you are in an the most so, Charlotte.' an ' Certainly, certainly, have it your own way, pray. You of see bow much I ...

... J U L I E; A ItO3rANCVE. After partaking of a slight refreshment, they left the chateau amidst the shouts of the villagers, who had assembled on the occasion, and winding through the rocky paths at the base of Mont Blanc, soon arrived at the church of Chamouni-once indeed, even in so short a distance, Frederick saw, or fancied fie sawv, the tall figure of the stranger who had given hini so ...

... TIlE WORLD WE LIVE IN. V NO. LXVII. THE ROMP. A wild, beautiful thing is the Romp. On her cheeks a there mantles the blush of health; her hair is bright and luxuriant; in her voice there is a ringing melody; and every movement of her form shows a grace that all the D posture-mastors and mistresses in the world could not teach. Y Motion, continual motion does the dear young lady love. v So ...

... AN EPISODE IN THE LIFR. OF A STUDENT. Mrastrr of mortal bosoms, Love,- 0 L.ve Thou art the essence of the universe ! Soul of the visible world ! arid caiist create 1ope, joy, passion, arblijess, or despair, As 8uiteth Lily high will! TIo some thull bUriirest A balm, a lenitive forevery wound The unkind world inloicts onl tbeii. To e:Ojiqrs Thy breath but breathes destiuction, arid Lb iilvsd ...

... Tat, tilt, thou art all icc; thy kindness freees.'-R1CHAD 11ll. It was evening, towards the latter end of autumn, when the warmth of the mid-day sun reminds us of the summer just gone, and the coolness of the evening plainly assures us that winter is fast approaclsing, that I was proceeding helnewards on horseback, fortified by a strong great coat au ainst the weather without, and refreshed ...

... PRESENTIMENT 0F DEATH. We wvere dispatched from the squadron in erder to draw I the attention of the American troops from Baltimore, while d our army advanced upon Washingtn ; and, consequently, k we were engaged in sotue annoying und offensive operations d every day and night. We Lad, on tile morning of' the day I on Which the following evcnt occurred, not only burnt, hut ?? robbed, a house, ...

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... -- . -4 2G jIi-- SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1842. THE AFGHAN BUTCHERY, B ________ st Thirteen or fourteen thousand British soldiers W have been butchered in Afghanistan. We are not St aware how many of the Afghans were killed-not i to say butchered--by the British, in the endeavour n to place Shah Soojah on the Afghan throne, J' against the wishes of their fellow countrymen. to Being a free people ...

... The following circumstance first unfolded those peculiar talents for mimickry by which this gentleman was afterwards so much distinguished:- Being at his father's house during the Christmas recess, a man in the parish had been charged with a bastard child. The family were conversing about this affair after dinner the day before it was to be heard before the justice, and making various ...

... TNTIi&NC rN -AS1tACE- Itis incon divtbleoto te varta ua~tnd p eW~vvrhtyptft~ - o6f ?? wfo have bfien. bbrn ian bred to ?? idleness, 'what eribefh strifit$ are the lt of those, -scadalotis rogues who Loilftdiie hagi lefti to h ft' fo thmevs Sidh was my fei M jacalstifn wiahen fulo itnefrth 'am of uragent naecesiaty, Iwended mywyt h tonay-f whohadswettgeteranid, -for thufftstlit, pecked up th, ...