while the fruitless search went on! Young Watson's escape having no doubt reached the ears of government, Mr. Holl was liberated, after enduring much anxiety of mind and body. Young Watson reached America in safety, and strange as it may appear, Mr. Holl never heard from him but once, and that "his best remembrance conveyed to him in some letter to a friend. He lived but a few years, and died in exile, and we believe in distress. His family-who ever testified the greatest gratitude for his preservation-remained some years in England, but the Doctor's patient industry in the carrying out his schemes for political freedom, and Parliamentary Reform, removed him in a great measure from the practice of his profession, in consequence of which he made but a scanty living. After some years of hardship and endurance, he left with his family for America, and no communication has ever been received to tell if they are dead or living. The good genius that seemed to wait upon Young Watson's steps is evidenced by the number and singularity of his escapes. That he had great presence of mind, and strength of nerves, is instanced by the readiness with which he availed himself of the young woman's fainting on board the vessel, as a means to take suspicion off himself, and it is still more worthy of remark, that of the many persons in whose power his life was trusted, none betrayed him, although tempted by a heavy reward-—a fortune to a poor man— -and nearly all were poor. In the midst of poverty and distress, he found fast friends, who sheltered-aided -and finally assisted him in his escape. There is no fable mixed with this narrative. It is homely truth, and a sense of duty, and a justice to the dead, has alone imposed the task. The agitation of the times in which these occurrences took place has passed away. The ends for which so many toiled, in later days have been achieved; and we are now reaping the full harvest of what was sowed by patient toil in struggle with misrule, which viewed with jealous eye encroachments on its policy and power. The times are gone when agitation for political reform was met with cord and scaffold. Quietly and steadily it has kept its march, and the still growing murmur of a people's discontent, has carried out its purpose and its will. And we now look back, almost with distrust, to times so little passed, when treason could be gathered from a household gossip, and a man's hearth be no security from a minister's suspicion, or a spy's mistrust. And without wishing to uphold the rashness and intemperance which brought upon this young man, whose adventures have been detailed, so much sad consequence, we must still make some allowance for oppression then endured, and the necessities which in part led to the nine days' wonder of Young Watson, and the Riots of 1816." 66 H. HOLL THE TWIN BROTHER. THE Brothers of La Trappe were allowed no intercourse with the world that lay beyond the walls of their Convent; they had hardly learned the demise of one king when they had lived several years under the rule of another. The death of their kindred was only announced by their religious Superior requesting the prayers of the congregation for the soul of a brother or sister who had passed The dead were not mentioned by name. The labour allotted to the Monks was peculiarly severe; they were hewers of wood and drawers of water. All loves beyond that of Heaven and God were banished their domicile; they were laid to die on a bed of dust and ashes. The scenery around was of the most dreary kind, consisting of dark woods and a stagnant lake. away. FATHER! spread out mine ashy bed, Tho' I have fasted, watched, and wept, When dimly in the soul's dark skies Father! I had a brother born With me, on one fair summer morn; Were formed and fed in one dear breast. and prayer, Wild gleams of joy, then Scourge Faith like this Father! when settled on my soul On my horizon's gathering night From whose pure courts all thought was driven, Thee of my penitence and pain; I've wrestled with my heart in vain : The face of my twin-born they wear- To tame my spirit to the yoke: Father! I may not paint my dread, And did he whisper, from yon star, Father! 'tis years since I have heard Yet should I know him were the change There, on Heaven's threshold, in the light, To enter in Eternity! MRS. ACTON TINDAL. CLUB-CROTCHETS AND CHEAP COMFORTS; BEING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WHITTINGTON FUND. No. IV. OUR BEHAVIOUR. A FEW paragraphs on the behaviour of full-grown men and women, may be thought by some to savour more of the fopperies of Aywyos, with his precepts how to sneeze, which leg to put foremost, what compliments suit teens, and what belong to ties, &c., than befits the plainness of the Shilling Magazine, or the dignity of a popular assembly, like our Cheap Club. And yet, seeing |