children of the soil was returning to the bourn of the earth from which he had sprung. stood a wooden bee-hive chair, and on each side was a long oak seat, with a back to it, the seats The house of the Doves was to serving as chests in which the oaten the east of the church, under the bread was kept. They were of same hill, and with the same brook the darkest brown, and well poin front: and the intervening fields lished by constant use. On the belonged to the family. It was a back of each were the same initials ļ low house, having before it a little as those over the door, with the garden, of that size and character date 1610. The great oak table, which showed that the inhabitants and the chest in the best kitchen, could afford to bestow a thought which held the house-linen, bore upon something more than mere the same date. The chimney was bodily wants. You entered be- well hung with bacon, the rack tween two yew-trees, clipt to the which covered half the ceiling bore fashion of two fawns. There were equal marks of plenty; muttonhollyhocks and sunflowers display- hams were suspended from other ing themselves above the wall; parts of the ceiling; and there was roses and sweet-peas under the an odour of cheese from the adwindows, and the everlasting-pea joining dairy, which the turf-fire, climbing the porch. Over the door though perpetual as that of the was a stone with these letters: Magi, or of the Vestal Virgins, did not overpower. A few pewter dishes were ranged above the trenchers, opposite the door, on a conspicuous shelf. D A Ꭰ 1608. D The A was in the Saxon character. The rest of the garden lay behind the house, partly on the slope of the hill. It had a hedge of gooseberry-bushes, a few apple-trees, pot-herbs in abundance, onions, cabbages, turnips, and carrots; potatoes had hardly yet found their way into these remote parts; and in a sheltered spot under the crag, open to the south, were six beehives, which made the family perfectly independent of West-India produce. Tea was in these days as little known as potatoes, and for all other things honey supplied the place of sugar. The house consisted of seven rooms, the dairy and cellar included, which were both upon the ground-floor. As you entered the kitchen there was on the right one of those open chimneys which afford more comfort on a winter's evening than the finest registerstove; in front of the chimney The other treasures of the family were in an open triangular cupboard, fixed in one of the corners of the best kitchen, half-way from the floor, and touching the ceiling. They consisted of a silver saucepan, a silver goblet, and four Apostle-spoons. Here also King Charles's Golden Rules were pasted against the wall, and a large print of Daniel in the Lions' Den. The lions were bedaubed with yellow, and the prophet was bedaubed with blue, with a red patch upon each of his cheeks: but happily there were no "judges" in the family, and it had been bought for its name sake. The other print which adorned the room had been purchased from a like feeling, though the cause was not so immediately apparent. It represented a ship in full sail, with Joseph, the Virgin Mary, and the Infant on board, and a Dove flying behind, as if to fill the sails with the motions of its wings. Six black chairs were ranged along the wall, where they were seldom disturbed from their array. They had been purchased by Daniel, the grandfather, upon his marriage, and were the most costly purchase that had ever been made in the family, (for the goblet was a legacy.) The backs were higher than the head of the tallest man when seated; the seats flat and shallow, set in a round frame, unaccommodating in their material-more unaccommodating in their shape; the backs also were of wood, rising straight up, and ornamented with balls, and lozenges, and embossments; and the legs and cross-bars were adorned in the same taste. Over the chimney were two peacocks' feathers, some of the dry silky pods of the honesty-flower, and one of those large sinuous shells" so finely thus described by Landor: 66 .. Of pearly hue Within, and they that lustre have imbibed His chariot-wheel stands midway in the wave, And murmurs as the ocean murmurs there. There was also a head of Indian corn there, and a back-scratcher, of which the hand was ivory and the handle black. This had been a present of Daniel, the grandfather, to his wife. The three apartments above served equally for store-rooms and bed-chambers. -The Doctor. THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE HIGHWAYMAN. THE following singular anecdote is preserved in the family of the late justly-celebrated Dr Sharp, archbishop of York, and grandfather of that highly-benevolent, useful, learned, and eminent man, the late Granville Sharp, Esq. It was his lordship's custom to have a saddle-horse attend his carriage, that, in case of fatigue from sitting, he might take the refreshment of a ride. As he was thus going to his episcopal residence, and was got a mile or two before his carriage, a decent well-looking young man came up with him; and, with a trembling hand and a faltering tongue, presented a pistol to his lordship's breast, and demanded his money. The archbishop, with great composure, turned about, and looking stedfastly at him, desired that he would remove that dangerous weapon, and tell him fairly his condition. "Sir! Sir!" with great agitation cried the youth, "no words, 'tis not a time, your money instantly." "Hear me, young man," said the archbishop," you see I am an old man, and my life is of very little consequence; your's seems far otherwise. I am named Sharp, and am archbishop of York: my carriage and servants are behind. Tell me what money you want, and who you are, and I will not injure you, but prove a friend. Here, take this, and now ingenuously tell me how much you want to make you independent of so destructive a business as you are now engaged in." "Oh sir," replied the man, “I detest the business as much as you. I am-but-but-at home there are creditors who will not stay; fifty pounds, my lord, indeed, would do what no tongue besides my own can tell." "Well, sir, I take it on your word; and, upon my honour, if you will, in a day or two, call on me at what I have now given you shall be made up that sum. The highwayman looked at him, was silent, and went off; and, at the time appointed, actually waited on the archbishop, and assured his lordship his words had left impres sions which nothing could ever destroy." Nothing further transpired for a year and a half or more, when one morning a person knocked at his grace's gate, and with a peculiar earnestness desired to see him. The archbishop ordered the stranger to be brought in. He entered the room where his lordship was, but had scarce advanced a few steps before his countenance changed, his knees tottered, and he sank almost breathless on the floor. On recovering, he requested an audience in private. The apartment being cleared," My lord," said he, " you cannot have forgotten the circumstance at such a time and place; gratitude will never suffer them to be obliterated from my mind. In me, my lord, you now behold that once most wretched of mankind; but now, by your inexpressible humanity, rendered equal, perhaps superior, in happiness to millions. Oh, my lord," tears for a while preventing his utterance, "'tis you, 'tis you that have saved me, body and soul; 'tis you that have saved a dear and much-loved wife, and a little brood of children, whom I tendered dearer than my life. Here are the fifty pounds, but never shall I find language to testify what I feel. Your God is your witness; your deed itself is your glory; and may heaven and all its blessings be your present and everlasting reward! I was the younger son of a wealthy man; your lordship knows him; his name was My marriage alienated his affection, and my brother withdrew his love, and left me to sorrow and penury. A month since, my brother died a bachelor and intestate. What was his is become mine, and by your astonishing goodness, I am now at once the most penitent, the most grateful, and the happiest of my species." SPANISH ROBBERS-TRA- THE noise of the hoofs and bells of our mules, and the clattering of the wheels, were silenced. The rapid progress of the Diligence ceasing suddenly, my body was thrown forward with my head against the panel. By the light of a lantern that blazed from the top of the Diligence, I could discover that this part of the road was skirted by olive trees, and that the mules having come in contact with some obstacle to their progress, had been thrown into confusion, and stood huddled together as if afraid to move. A single glance to the right gave a clue to the mystery. Just beside the fore-wheel of the Diligence stood a man, dressed in that wild garb of Valencia, which I had seen for the first time in Amposta. His red cap, which flaunted far down his back, was in front drawn closely over his forehead; and his striped mantle, instead of being rolled round him, hung unembarassed from one shoulder. Whilst his left leg was thrown forward in preparation, a musket was levelled in his hands, along the barrel of which his eye glared fiercely upon the visage of the conductor. On the other side, the scene was somewhat different. Pepe, our postillion, had abandoned the reins, and jumped from his seat to the road side, intending to escape among the trees. Unhappy youth, that he should not have accomplished his purpose! He was met by the muzzle of a musket when he had scarce touched the ground, and a third ruffian appearing at the same moment from the treacherous concealment of the very trees towards which he was flying, he was effectually taken and brought round into the road, where he was made to stretch himself upon his face, as had already been done with the conductor. I could now distinctly hear one of these robbers, for such they were, inquire in Spanish of the Mayoral as to the number of passengers; if any were armed; whether there was any money in the Diligence; and then, as a conclusion to the interrogatory, demanding the purse in a more angry tone. The poor fellow meekly obeyed. He raised him-ceeded to execute their plans. The self high enough to draw a large leathern purse from an inner pocket, and stretching his hand upward to deliver it, said, "Toma usted, caballero, pero no me quita usted la vida!" Take it, Cavalier, but do not take away my life." The robber, however, was pitiless. Bringing a stone from a large heap collected for the repairs of the road, he fell to beating the Mayoral upon the head with it. The unhappy man sent forth the most piteous cries for mercy and for pity. He might as well have asked pity of the stone that smote him, as of the wretch who wielded it. In his agony he invoked all those sacred names held in reverence by the people, and most likely to arrest the rage of the assassin. All in vain: the murderer redoubled his blows,-until, growing furious in the task, he laid Lis musket beside him, and worked with both hands upon his victim. The cries for pity which blows had first excited-blows at length quelled. They had gradually increased with the suffering to the most terrible shrieks, then declined into low inarticulate moans, until a deep drawn and agonized gasp for breath, and an occasional convulsion, alone remained to shew that the vital principle had not yet departed. the lad would have insured him compassion; but, no such thing. The robbers were doubtless of Amposta, and being known to him, dreaded discovery. When both the victims had been rendered insensible, there was a short pause, and a consultation in a low voice between the ruffians, who then pro It fared even worse with Pepe, though instead of the cries for pity which had availed the Mayoral so little, he uttered nothing but low moans, that died away in the dust beneath him. One might have thought that the extreme youth of first went round to the left side of the Diligence, and having unhooked the iron-shoe, and placed it under the wheel as an additional security against escape, opened the door of the interior, and mounted on the steps: I could hear him distinctly utter a terrible threat in Spanish, and demand an ounce of gold from each of the passengers. This was answered by the Valencian shopkeeper, who said they had not so much money, but what they had would be given willingly. There was then a jingling of purses—some pieces dropping on the floor in the hurry and agitation of the moment. Having remained a short time at the door of the interior, he did not come to the cabriolet, but passed at once to the rotunda. Here he used greater caution, doubtless from having seen the evening before at Amposta, that it contained no women, but six young students, who were all stout fellows. They were made to come down one by one from their strong hold, deliver their money and watches, and then lie flat upon their faces in the road. Meanwhile the second robber, after consulting with his companion, returned to the spot where poor Pepe lay rolling from side to side. As he went towards him, he drew a knife from the folds of his sash, and having opened it, placed one of his naked legs on either side of his victim. Pushing aside the jacket of the youth, he bent forward, and dealt him repeated blows in every part of the body. The young priest, my companion, shrunk back shud dering into his corner, and hid his face within his trembling fingers; but my own eyes seemed spellbound, for I could not withdraw them from the cruel spectacle, and my ears were more sensible than ever. Though the windows at the front and sides were still closed, I could distinctly hear each stroke of the murderous knife, as it entered its victim. It was not a blunt sound, as of a weapon that meets with positive resistance; but a hissing noise, as if the household instrument made to part the bread of peace performed unwillingly its task of treachery. This moment was the unhappiest in my life; and it struck me at the time, that if any situation could be more worthy of pity, than to die the dog's death of poor Pepe, it was to be compelled to witness his fate, without the power to aid him. Having completed the deed to his satisfaction, this cold-blooded murderer came to the door of the cabriolet, and endeavoured to open it. He shook it violently, calling to us to assist him; but it had chanced hitherto that we had always got out on the other side, and the young priest, who had never before been in a Diligence, thought from the circumstance that there was but one door, and therefore answered the fellow, that he must go to the other side. On the first arrival of these unwelcome visitors, I had taken a valuable watch from my waistcoat pocket and slipped it into my boot; but when they fell to beating in the heads of our guides, I bethought me that the few dollars I carried in my purse might not satisfy them, and replaced it again, in readiness to be delivered at the shortest notice. These precautions, however, were unnecessary. The third ruffian, who had continued to make the circuit of the Diligence with his musket in his hand, paused a moment in the road, ahead of us, and having placed his head on the ground, as if to listen, presently came and spoke in an under-tone to his companions. They stood for a moment over the Mayoral, and struck his head with the butt of the musket, whilst the fellow who had before used the knife, returned to make a few farewell thrusts,and in another moment they had all disappeared from around us. In a subsequent page, our author says, poor Pepe breathed his last, about eight hours after the attack, long before his widowed mother could arrive to close the eyes of her child. The conductor, after lingering a week, shared the fate of Pepe. The three robbers were taken into custody. One of them was a native of Perpignan, son to a man who had formerly kept the inn where the Diligence put up in Amposta. The other two were natives of the town, and all were acquaintances of Pepe; possibly, the very varlets who were playing at cards beneath our window. My informant could not tell me whether the murderers were likely to suffer for their crime. The fact of one of them being a stranger rendered it probable; but if they had money to put into the hands of an escribano, or notary, to fee him and the judges who would be called to decide upon the case, or to buy an escape, or as the last resort, if they could procure the interposition of the clergy, they might yet go unpunished. Such is Spain!-A Year in Spain, by a Young American. EARLY ASSOCIATIONS. IT is said, that at that period of his life when the consequences of his infatuated conduct had fully developed themselves in unforeseen reverses, Napoleon, driven to the necessity of defending himself within his own kingdom, with the shattered remnant of his army, had |