who has this night remembered you. In truth, The next morning saw the prelate and his cortege depart. Sir Raymond accompanied them for some distance on their journey, and parted at last from their guest. Years again rolled on, and Sir Raymond's fortunes still prospered. His eldest son had become a warrior, like himself; and, carried away by the spirit of the times, he joined the crusades, while his younger offspring was the abbot of a neighbouring monastery. At last an hour of adversity came. France, in consequence of the confusion attendant on the crusades, had become throughout its territory the scene of anarchy and social discord. The weak were frequently forced from their possessions by the arms and artifice of the strong. So did it befal the lord of Breteuil. A powerful and ambitious noble coveted his broad lands, and contrived to bring a false charge of treason against him. The noble was a favourite, and, without further investigation, the accused was attainted and his property granted to his enemy. Sir Raymond made a desperate defence, but without avail. The Castle of Breteuil was stormed, and he became a prisoner to his foe; but his lady made her escape, and flew for protection to the con Such was the scene that the lady of Sir Ray" mond and her son witnesssed as they entered Rome; but what was their astonishment when in the Sovereign Pontiff they recognized their quondam visitor the Friar of St. Albans ? True it was, indeed, a churl from barbarian England had willed for and won the tiara-Nicholas Breakspeare was now Adrian IV. The purple robes sat gracefully upon him, and in his countenance, mellowed by age, there was still the same thought and dignity, enlivened by the same benignant smile. In a few days after the mother and son applied for an interview on their names being given their request was immediately acceded to. It is scarcely necessary to describe the meeting and its result. All that affection could say was expressed by the Pontiff, and all that his power could accomplish was instantly done; yet he prayed them to remain in Rome until an answer to his command should be brought from Paris. On the day it came, the lady and the abbot summoned to his presence, found his Holiness engaged in business, giving audience to three English bishops, who had come, on the part of their wily sovereign Henry the Second, to congratulate the Pope on his accession, and to obtain a great boon. "John of Salisbury," said he to one of them, as he dismissed them, "my blessingbe with your King. The purpose he professes of spreading the light of the gospel amongst a benighted "There is but one resource," said she to the people is a pious one. Ireland shall be his." abbot: "I will go to Rome, and see the Car-He then, with the utmost kindness, received his vent of her son. dinal Bishop, who perhaps may recollect us still," "It is a chance I fear no stronger than a reed; but I will accompany you thither," dutifully replied his son. * Why does Rome teem with joy and revelry? Why is this mighty conflux of priest and noble? The whole breadth of Italy's fair land has sent forth its magnates. The gorgeous vestments of dignified churchmen and glittering armour of nobles, with their retainers, break on the beholder's view, who now enters the Eternal City. It is holiday, and the numerous concourse of strangers gives life and bustle to the scene. Why is this-what is it that with one im pulse now excites all men? It is the ceremony of the Papal installation. Anastatius the Fourth is gathered to his fathers, and the chair of St. Peter has become empty. "Padre Santo! Padre Santo!" shout a thousand voices, and then all is hushed to the stillness of the tomb. The new Pope gives his blessing to the kneeling multitude, and the news spreads throughout Christendom, that there is another successor to St. Peter-another vicar of God, at whose frown the greatest of earth's potentates would often tremble. two distressed friends, and announced to them that the knight was restored and his enemy punished. "My son Louis of France has been rapid in the execution of my will. You can go back to the worthy Sir Raymond in safety and peace, the knight has my benediction. Abbot, perhaps you will visit me again. You, lady, I pray you tell your husband this: I have just now given a kingdom away, and my suitor has been the powerful monarch that sways the best realm in Christendom. I say not this in pride (for the experience of those before me has proved that the tiara, although a splendid, has to its wearer often proved an irksome crown); but I wish your husband" continued he, smilingly, "now to acknowledge the probable greatness of my country, since he rested it on my advancement. I entrust the fortunes of England not to chance, but to aid, which is certain, if our prayers procure it-I mean the favour of that God, who can raise up the lowliest amongst us, and put them, as He has placed me, even among the princes of his people. OUR LIBRARY TABLE. ODD FELLOWS' QUARTERLY. No. 34. Manchester. The editor leads off a very capital number with a clearly-written, clever article on the subject of "Insolvent Sick-clubs, and Sham Insurance Societies;" a subject of important interest to the working man, who too often, led away by glib promises and the seeming security offered by the appearance of well-known aristocratic names (used without the sanction of their owners at the head of a flowery prospectus) trusts his small savings, without knowing anything of the management of the concern, to a sham insurance society or bubble sick-club. The imposters who get up these heartless speculations know well the materials with which they have to deal; the credulity, greed of large returns for small outlays, and general ignorance of financial calculations which characterize the majority of their dupes. The members know nothing of the managment; and, dazzled by the "tempting low rates of contribution in proportion to benefits," continue to believe in the illogical system, till some day the secretary is missing, or the whole thing breaks up. We cannot forbear quoting an amusing, but very pertinent anecdote with which Mr. Hardwick illustrates the working of such schemes. An old woman in some line of business -the toffy, stocking-needle, or tin-tack trade, it matters not which was in the habit of recommending her wares to her customers by an emphatic assertion, that she sold every article in her stock at something less than prime cost to her! She was reminded of the fact, that as she contrived, on the whole, to make a rather respectable living, there existed an arithmetical paradox in the matter, and which paradox it was politely intimated she would doubtless be good enough to explain. "Oh!" said the old lady, with dignified condescension, "I don't mind telling you, though it is a secret of the trade. The fact is we may lose some trifle on each separate transaction, but then you see it is the large number of the articles we sell that makes up the profit!" The practice of many of these Friendly Societies [continues the writer] would almost induce one to think that the members thoroughly believed in the old lady's logic, notwithstanding its palpable absurdity. painting here and there, that reminds us of her special_faculty of scenic description. “Clothing and its Materials," by W. Aitken; a second instalment of an excellent subject, is agreeably treated and calculated to impress readers with the importance of common things, which from their familiarity are too often slighted or unthought of except in the most limited and personal way. The rest of the number is occupied with matters chiefly interesting to members of the order of Odd Fellows. We are glad fron month to month to observe the practical tone of this magazine, which inculcates valuable lessons, and teaches important truths, without becoming either didactic or unamusing. By THE OCEAN WAIFS: A STORY OF ADVENTURE ON LAND AND SEA. Captain Mayne Reid, author of "The Desert Home," "The Boy Hunters," &c. With illustrations.—One of Captain Mayne Reid's characteristic stories for boys, in which the natural history of the ocean is interwoven with an exciting though somewhat improbable narrative of accidents, incidents, perils, and escapes. The originator, we believe, of this attractive mode of conveying information to the young, Captain Reid, still maintains his position as probably the most captivating and reliable of teachers in this particular style of instruction. QUEENS OF SONG. By Ellen Creathorne Clayton. This volume gives brief sketches of the lives of the prominent prima donnas which have astonished and delighted the world during the past two centuries. Portraits of Mesdames Pasta, Sontag, Malibran, Grisi, Goldschmidt, Piccolomini, and others of equal celebrity, embellish the pages of the book. These sketches give an insight into the private life of those whose public life is so familiar; revealing many noble traits of character, and recording many beautiful incidents, which will make their heroines seem all the more worthy of the crowns which the all but worshipping public have bestowed upon them, and entitling them, in some instances, to be called Queens of Goodness as well as Queens of Song." A chronological list is also given of all the operas that have been per formed in Europe. THE LIFE-BOAT; OR, JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. Vol. v, No. 56, April 1st, 1865.-This quarter's number of the Journal is chiefly occupied with the annual report of the committee, lists of donations, annual subscriptions and other matters relative to the working of this grand scheme of active benevolence. Amongst many signs of appreciation and encouragement, we notice with pleasure the magnificent gifts and bequests with which its funds have been enriched during the past two years; and the yearly lengthening catalogue of subscribers, showing that even in inland places the cry of the perishing sailor has made itself heard, and generous hands have answered the impulse of pitying hearts, and are astruly engaged in the work of succouring our seamen as are the bold crews of the life-boats themselves. The French and other governments have become impressed with the importance of the labour with which the Institution has charged itself, and the mode in which it is carried out, in the admirable construction of the boats, and the management of them. Three self-righting life-boats, fully equipped, have been built for the French government, and others for societies, at Marseilles, Bremen, and Holland. The Institution has provided during the past year no less than 34 new life-boats, the whole fleet under their management at present numbers 144; and the lives saved during this period amount to 432, chiefly "under circumstances when no other description of boat, than a life-boat, could have been employed with safety." Though the shipwrecks upon our coast average 2,000 anuually, and the lives of from 5,000 to 6,000 persons are thus imperilled, the actual loss of life in 1864, out of this number, did not amount to more than 450. Four hundred and fifty souls within sight of land, sometimes upon the very shore; but even this great number is a reduction upon the victims of past years; and it may reasonably he hoped that the yearly increasing number of life-boats will continue to annually lessen the number of the drowned by shipwreck. In the matters of bequests and contributions, it is pleasant to notice the prominent position occupied by ladies. One benevolent gentlewoman, whose name does not appear, has transmitted to the Institution £5000, untrammeled by any restrictions as to the manner of its use: and of 25 new life-boats, the cost of which has been defrayed by special gifts for the purpose, seven of them have been provided by ladies. Not a little interest appertains to some of the gifts, such for instance as £500 from the munificent Parsee, the Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetgee Jeejebhoy of Bombay; the savings of two little sisters; contributions from 150 employees of the West Indian Docks, in sums varying from threepence to five shillings; of the St. John's Sunday Schools, Manchester; of Lucy Palmer, and her three fellow-servants, and many other offerings. It is gratifying also to see influential bodies and associations coming forward to the help of this truly national and beneficent Institution. The cost of two boats has been defrayed by the commercial travellers, and one by the Ancient Order of Forresters. Looking over the list of rewards for saving life from wrecks &c., gilding even the bravery of such deeds, we meet with memorandums like the following Norway, struck during stormy and thick weather, off New Biggin, in the night. The New Biggin life-boat put off, and brought safely ashore the crew of 14 men and 1 woman. Expense of serving £16 10s. The owners of the vessel forwarded to the crew of the life-boat a reward of £5 for their to the secretary of the Branch, towards defraying services. The men generously handed the amount the expenses of their life-boat establishment. April 16.-The Southwold 1 fe-boat went off during stormy weather, and rescued from destruction two fishing-boats and their crews. The crew of the life-boat made no claim for helping the fishermen. Not without good cause are these money rewards and gold and silver medals given by the Institution. The paragraphs whereof the six pages enumerating them are made up, are each an epic in epitome: "At risk of life" is a frequent entry on behalf of the rescuers; and amongst the recipients of the silver medal, we notice the name of a young lady of Bath, Miss Alice B. Le Geyt, who, when two boys fell from the outer pier at Lyme Regis, in Dorset, on August 4th, happening at the time to be out in a small pleasure-boat with a lady friend, immediately rowed through the surf, "at the risk of her life," and rescued them. This makes the sixth woman, who during the 41 years of the establishment of the National Life-boat Institution has been similarly decorated. But it it falls to the lot of few women to exhibit such heroism and intrepidity, it is still in their power to effectually aid the purposes of the Life-boat Institution, and even where the power of contributing largely to its funds is denied them, much may be done by co-operation, and the cause is well worth whatever personal trouble, the collecting for its funds, or the endeavour to influence friends on its behalf may occasion. If we remember aright, every pound given to the funds of the Institution represents the cost of a life; and in proportion to the increase of these funds must be the increase of life-boats; and other means of saving life from shipwreck in the narrow seas, and on the dangerous coast of the British Islands. Before we may possibly touch upon this subject again, or receive another "Life-boat Journal" for notice, many of our readers will be idling on the sands, or climbing the rocks at many a life-boat station; let them by all means turn aside to the boat-house that shelters on summer days the boat, and imagine, if they can, the scenes in which the craft and the suspended life-belts on the walls have figured, and read the prayer upon the door panel, and add their mite to the furtherance of the grand scheme of mercy represented by the Life-boat Institution. Donations and Subscriptions are received by all bankers, in town or country; or by the secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the office of January 11.-The barque "King Oscar," of the Institution, 14, John Street, Adelphi. EXHIBITION OF THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, AT THEIR GALLERY, 53, PALL MALL. 66 Those who were present at the private view, Devon" (47). The quaintness and quiet of the of the thirty-first exhibition of this Society," Deanery Wells" (44), which Mr. B. R. Green on Saturday, the 22nd ultimo, will not be surprised, if, in our notice of its opening, we leave out all comments on the pictures. The pleasure of describing them is still to come, for, while conscious of a pictorial feast, we are quite unable to individualize, much less criticise, the various and varied dishes. We are conscious of having coveted and desired to be under the shade of E. G. Warren's smooth-boled, wide-branched beeches, listening to "The first notes of the Cuckoo" (70), and feasting our love of flowers with the budding cowslips and purple ochises in the long grass of the meadows in the foreground. Of lingering with Philip Mitchell at "Windermere" (75), and by "The Derwent" (61). Of something akin to gratitude for Mr. J. C. Reed's reflection of the "Conway Valley, looking towards Corwen” (29), and of admiration at Mr. E. Richardson's "Berncastel on the Moselle" (34). We remember also pleasantly Mr. Shalders "In the Shade" (64), Bennett's "Green Woods at Horningham, Wilts," and Mr. J. Fahey's "Watermouth, near Ilfracombe, has daintily transposed to his canvas; and Mr. THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, them, and that the faithful performance of that work will be for the benefit of both. If he has made one the priestess of the inner temple, committing to her charge its unrevealed sanctities, why should she seek to mingle in the warfare that may thunder at its gates, or rock its torrents? Need she be again tempted by pride or curiosity, or glowing words, to barter her own Eden? There is much clamour in these days of pro-is work enough in each department to employ gress respecting a grant of new rights, or an extension of privileges for our sex. A powerful moralist has said that "in contentions for power, both the philosophy and poetry of life are dropped and trodden down." Would not a still greater loss accrue to domestic happiness, and to the interests of well-balanced society, should the innate delicacy and prerogative of woman, as woman, be forfeited or sacrificed? "I have given her as a helpmate," said the Voice that cannot err, when it spoke unto Adam, in the cool of the day, amid the trees of Paradise. Not as a toy, a clog, a wrestler, a prize-fighter. No, a helpmate, such as was fitting for man to desire, and for woman to become. Since the Creator has assigned different spheres of action for the different sexes, it is to be presumed, from his unerring wisdom, that there The true nobility of woman is to keep her own sphere, and to adorn it; not like the comet, daunting and perplexing other systems. but as the pure star, which is the first to light the day, and the last to leave it. If she shares not the fame of the ruler and the blood-shedder, her good works, such as "become those who profess godliness," though they leave no "footprints on the sands of time," may find record in the "Lamb's book of life." LADIES' PAGE. HEARTSEASE PATTERN LADY'S PINCUSHION. MATERIALS:-Boar's Head Crochet Cotton, No. 24, of Messrs. Walter Evans and Co., Derby, and crochet needle, No. 9. RAISED FLOWER IN THE MIDDLE.-Make 10 ch, close in a round, work 20 sliding de in the round, make 11 ch, work 1 dc on the dc of last round, repeat all the round. Next round: one single cr on the dc of last round, 1 ch, 1 single cr on the next dc, repeat all the round, and repeat the 2 last rounds twice more; then 5 ch, 1 de in the 3d loops of 2 ch of 11 in last round, thus joining them; repeat all the round. Next round: 5 ch, 1 sliding de on the ch of 5; repeat, break off, and work on one of the ch of 5, 3 tr, 5 ch, 2 tr, turn the work to the wrong side, work 2 single cr on the last tr, then 3 tr, 5 ch, 3 tr, repeat this 3 times more, break off, join on the next 4th ch of 5, repeat the 3 tr, 5 ch, 3 tr 4 times. Repeat all the round. HEARTS-EASES.-Make 1 ch, close in a round, 10 ch, close in a round, work on the 1st ring 16 sliding dc, and as many on the 2nd, make 9 ch, close, work 16 dc, close the round; work 12 single cr, join on the left side to 1 of the leaves, make 4 more single cr, work another eyelet-hole somewhat larger, joining to the ch between the leaves; another eyelet-hole on 9 ch, join to the leaf on the right side, repeat the flower between all the leaves. Second round.-5 ch, 1 dc between the 2 top leaves of a flower, 5 ch, join on the side of the flower, slipping the 5 ch at the back of the flower, 5 ch, 1 dc on the side of next leaf, 5 ch, 1 dc on the other side of the leaf, repeat all the round. Next round: 5 ch, 1 dc on the 5 ch of last round, repeat. Work two more rounds like the last, except that you make 6 ch and 7 ch, instead of 5; then repeat the round of leaves and flowers, placing the leaves on every 4th instead of 3rd ch. LACE.-Trim with crochet lace. KNITTED ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.-YELLOW JESSAMINE. Four or five flowers for each branch. Five petals for each flower. A pale, delicate shade of yellow looks best, and the wool must be split. Cast on one stitch. Knit and pnrl alterLately, increasing one stitch at the beginning of each row, till you have five stitches, then knit and purl alternately four rows without increase; continue to knit and purl, decreasing one stitch at the beginning of each row, till two stitches only remain, purl these two as one, and fasten off. Sew a fine wire neatly round each petal, twist the five wires together closely, and cover them with split yellow wool for about the length of a quarter of an inch; cut off all the wires but two, and cover this little stalk with green wool. BUDS. Cover the middle of a bit of wire, by twisting one thread of yellow wool round it, put this wire across three or four pieces of yellow wool, split, fold the wire down, and twist it very tight, thus confining the wool in the middle; turn down the end's of yellow wool, and fasten them about a quarter of an inch down the wire, by twisting green wool round; cut the ends of yellow wool that remain quite close, and cover the stem with the green wool. The jessamine leaves are generally placed in little branches of five in each branch, one larger at the top, the smaller ones placed on each side of the stem. FOR THE TOP LEAF. Cast on three stitches. 1st row. Purl row. 6th. Make one, knit two, purl one, knit two. 8th. Make one, knit three, purl one, knit three. 9th. Make one, purl the row. 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th. Knit and purl alternately, purling one stitch in the middle of each knitted row. 14th. Decrease one, knit one, purl one, knit three. 15th. Decrease one stitch, purl the row. 16th. Decrease one, purl one, knit two. 17th. Decrease one, purl the rest of row. 18th. Decrease one, knit the rest of row. Purl the last two stitches as one, and fasten off the wool. The four smaller leaves must be made in the same way, but without the purled stitch in the middle, and beginning with one stitch instead of three, as for the larger. Sew a wire round each leaf, and mount them, covering all the stems with green wool. |