the Ingoldsby Legends, there is a most, you travel to Maidstone? Did they take humorous anecdote of himself and Theo- you in a coach and pair?' asked Ned. dore Hook buying a bun of pantomimic Yes, sir,' faltered the lad, evidently nonproportions, and proposing it as a prize plussed. Ah! you can go out, my boy; for the Quaker, who, under these circum- I knew you were not a thief.' The pracstances, should speak first; in the pres- tised eye had spotted him in a moment. ent case it was a lady who would have He lacked, not the white wedding-robe, earned the bun. She delivered a brief but the black qualification of conviction but practical address; after which was for crime, and so was walked out into the more silence. Then suddenly, at the darkness. Ned tells me he has constantstroke of one," hats were reassumed, and ly to be on his guard against this kind of a general shaking of hands commenced fraud. To get one of those paper-bags with animated conversation and every now being handed round, each containappearance of relief from conscious re-ing half a loaf and a bun, with a jorum of straint." soup that is to follow, men and boys will To attend the ministrations of Ned assume a 'virtue' though they have it Wright-unless one is a convicted thief not; but they have no chance with Ned. -requires a special invitation. His con- He has been through it all himself, and gregation is naturally jealous lest, under is still as sharp as a nail." the pretence of curiosity or piety, some After supper commenced the spiritual policeman should attend the service and work, which, though admirable in itself, pick out the man who is "wanted;" but was still curiously mixed up with mateour reverend commissioner contrived to rial and practical arguments. First, a obtain admittance without qualifying him- gentleman from Port Arthur described self for the Old Bailey. He procured a in a graphic manner the miseries of concard of welcome, which ran as follows: vict-life, and how he had been besought 'Mission Hall, Hales Street, High Street, by one who suffered from it "to go and Deptford. Admit the bearer to Ned speak to the Deptford boys ;" and then Wright's supper for men and boys who "Ned" followed with his homely elohave been convicted of felony. Doors quence, the burden of which was, not open at 5.30. Supper at 6 precisely." On only that thieving was sinful, but that it the back of the card was written: "Please never pays. "You thieves," cried he take care that this ticket does not fall boldly, are all cowards and fools." into the hands of detectives, and oblige They need not be offended, since he had yours truly, Edward Wright." Upon been one himself, as he at once proceedreaching the neighbourhood of the Mis-ed to tell them. At the great fire at sion Hall, our author was much impor- Cotton's Wharf, Ned was following the tuned for cards by the male population, calling of a lighter-man, and, coming who, although, alas! with every qualifica- down stream at the time, ran his barge tion to be of the congregation, are much ashore, stole a boat, and filled his pockets too numerous, it seems, for the limits of with money by rowing people at a shilthe pastor's hospitality. In the chapel ling a head up and down to see the fire. were seated about a hundred guests, "What was the consequence?" asked "from the lad of eleven who had served he. "Why, next morning, I found myhis seven days in Maidstone Jail, to the self lying dead drunk in a gutter in Toogray-haired and sturdy culprit who had ley Street, with my pockets empty." He 'done' three terms of penal servitude." next heard from a pal that the fat had Most of these gentry had got very short run down the gratings into the sewers, hair indeed. "A curly-wigged little chap where it had hardened, and was to be of ten was seated on a back bench; and had for the taking. Ned and five others though my unpractised eye did not notice got sacks from a rag-shop, and lanterns, his exuberant chevelure, his cleanliness and worked their way through the sewer, and prettiness led me to say: 'Surely, up to their middles in water, to where the Mr. Wright, that boy is not a thief?' fat was lying thick on the surface, "like 'You shall see,' said Ned. He went to a tub of butter cut in two." In his eagerthe boy, and asked him: Are you a ness to reach it, Ned outstripped the rest, thief?' 'Yes, sir,' was the prompt re- and, just as he was nearing it, one of his ply, with a ready statement of the offence mates opened his lantern to light a pipe. which had got him seven days in Maid- This caught the sewer-gas, and ignited stone jail. Now, what did you sleep on the fat between him and his companions. when you were there, my boy?' Po- He stood there, and vowed to God, if he licemen's jackets, sir.' And how did' got out, he would alter his course; then

plunging into the water, he swam under | scribes the investigations of them as the fire, and got back safely. "Just so," having taught himself, is one of Tolerance he said, "you are brave when being and Charity; and even if missing that, 'jollied' by your pals, but cowards when these revelations of "Unorthodox Lonin the silent cell. You are fools, too. don" cannot fail, as it seems to us, to be You get nothing out of your thieving. interesting to every thoughtful mind.. A lad in this room stole a pair of boots, worth five shillings and sixpence, and sold them for one penny; another, a jug worth one shilling, for which he got a halfpenny." Then a hymn was sung, to

CENTURY.

From Nature.

the tune of "Just before the battle, MINERS' RULES IN THE SEVENTEENTH mother;" and on went Ned again, actually forcing the fellows to listen to him with his tremendous lung-power and peculiar habit of dropping down on any "larky' listener. 66 Look you here!" he said. "There was a fellow kicking at the door just now. I went out, and found a chap as big and ugly as myself, and pinched his nose rather hard. You wouldn't do that if I was along-side you." He ended with a really eloquent though homely picture of Christ crucified between two thieves, and taking one with him to Paradise. "The devil says," he concluded, Can God have such fellows as you in heaven?' Yes, He can. I have been worse than any of you. Before I was seventeen, I fought young Cooper of Redhill for two hours and twenty minutes, was flogged in her Majesty's navy, and tried and convicted at Newgate for felony. I came, like that thief, to Jesus Christ. Take my word for it, thieving don't pay."

On looking over a package of old papers I have found some documents, of which I enclose copies, written by a German miner, named Brandshagen, who was employed by my ancestor, Sir Philip Egerton, to superintend the attempt to work copper in the New Red Sandstone strata of Cheshire in the year 1697. As the rules for miners of that age afford so strong a contrast to the unruly behaviour of that class at the present day, they may perhaps interest some of the readers of NATURE. P. DE M. GREY-EGERTON.

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After all was over, many staid "to speak with Ned," and as it really seemed for nothing more was to be got to eat with sincere intentions of amendment. Some were still strong and hopeful for the future; others "utterly heart-broken at the idea of anybody taking notice of them." At all events, as our author well remarks, these living bundles of rags, dirty and shock-headed though they were, afforded a happy contrast - there, on their bended knees, or recalling from old Sunday-school days snatches of old hymns to the shouting rabble kicking

Worthy & most honourable Sir, —

Your worship give most humbly thanks for employment meself and my countrymen about your Worship mines, which I have enjoyed now above 4 weekes, & not to be att all further unacquainted unto your Worship, I could not forbeare to give a true & plain account of what I have observed in this time about these mines, as good as my smal understanding in ye English linguage would permit, & if it was in any way acceptable then my wishes & desires where fulfilled. Í have this time also endeavoured to blow up ye rocks by guns powder, as the best way to kill them, butt in ye first time I found ye elements as aire & water where against my designe, ye last I have conquered, and hope I shall do so ye other next time when I have occasion for it. I found also some other small things which would not so soon agree with my hands, for there are many years past, that I did work under ground with my owne There are in Dr. Davies's volume many hands, butt all these things are now dismore graphic descriptions, and curious ceased, onely that I was lately too covetillustrations of the variety of our forms ous & would have more rocks blown up of creed: most of these sects seem then my powder was able to; what other earnest, genuine, and well-conducted in blasts for effect have done, your Worship their relations to their fellow-creatures; can be informed of it by Mr. Smith. I the majority of them are confident not shall endeavour all what is in my power only that their narrow formulas contain to serve your Worship with that underall that man's spiritual nature demands, standing I have about mines to which I but that its food is to be found nowhere have employed meself now above 15 year, else. The lesson that our author de-in spending a great deal of money as well

at the door without.

After this every one must goe to his post, & diligently performe to what ye steward shall order him, in doing ye contrary he shall be duely punished, & he who shall leave ye work within ye duely hours & before ye signe is given, shall loose 6d. or for every half-an-hour 2d. as ye steward shall think fitt, & he that is found neglectfull shall every time have forfeited 2d.

for learning as travelling in many places, to ye honour & glory of him, & to ye benin Europe where good mines where, to efit & blessinesse of ye mines Lords & come to any perfection in this art. I their whole familie. have received now my things for examination of ye oare, which I will doe as soon as possibly I can come to it in this desolate place, where nothing in ye world is to be had for any commodities what soever it may be, & whilst we are strangers here, & must buy all things for ready, it is impossible to life of what your Worship has allowed unto us & therefore I doubt not your Worship will make a distinction between workmen & workmen, with which I recommend me into your Worship' favour allways remaining Your Worship most humble Servant, J. A. BRANDSHAGEN. Bickerton, Sept. ye 24th, 1697 For the Right Honourable Sr Phillipp Egerton, Knt., these.

Rules for all Workmen in general. One of every Workmen he may be of what sort he will shall come half an hour before ye duely time & give a certain number of strucks with a hammer on an Iron plate, erected to this purpose, to give à Signe to ye other workmen to come att work, half an hour after he shall doe so att a second time by an other number of strucks & shall streike no more then ye duely strucks by forfeiting 2d., he has ye same signes to give all day when ye miners shall come out & goe under ground again, & this shall doe one workman after an other from day to day, & he who has done ye businesse this day shall remember to his follower that he has to doe ye same next day, & he that wilfully neglected these remembrance shall be punished together with him that shall doe this businesse next day (if he neglect it) for he himself must be careful about ye time & day to doe this, & he that shall give ye signs too late, has forfeited 6d., & he that shall not doe it att all shall loose all his wages, due to him, & by consent of ye mines Lords shall be turned of from ye work.

In ye morning before ye last struck is done on ye Iron plate every workman belonging to ye mines must appeare to ye appointed place near ye work, or he has forfeited 2d., & he that comes half-anhour after, 2d. more, & so following for every half-an-hour 2d., and this is understood of all times when ye signe is given. When they are together they may doe a short prayer that God may give his blessing to their work, that it may raise

When it is pay-day, every workman before he gett money must shew to ye steward his tools and other things what is trusted in his hand by ye lost of all his wages, & if there should want any of such things, he must leave so much money of his wages as it is worthy in ye stewards hand till he restores ye same.

He that hindered one an other in his work it may be in what way it will, either by ill words, quarreling or in other ways, must duely be punished as ye steward thinks fitt, because every one must be quiet with his work; have they any thing one against an other they may bring it before ye stewart, or cleare their things after ye work is done att an other place.

No body shall be permitted without leave of ye steward to take any oare away for a shewing piece, or under any other pretext, but he may ye same aske from ye steward & be content with that he gives him, and if any should doe ye contrary, he is so heigh to punish as ye steward shall think sufficient.

No body shall bring any person or persons not belonging to ye mines, either under ground or at any other place where ye oares or other things are, without permission of ye steward, & that by ye penalty of one shilling.

Every man must be in a Christian-like behaviour, and he that speekes blasphemes, or gives scandales, or does other things near ye mines with which God is offended, shall every time be punished with 4. or more according to his crime.

When it is pay-day every one must be of a modest behaviour against ye steward, and must not murmur against him when his wages is decurted for punishment, butt must bring his complaints (if he has any against it) before ye mines Lord, if nevertheless that he has gotten his wages, he must not go from ye steward away, till ye whole payment is done, & can give witnesse that every one has received his due.

No workmen shall make more holy | shall be punished as one that leaves ye days in ye year besides ye Sunday, then work for a whole day. ye Lords of ye mines shall allow them, or

He that turned ye hour glasse in a wrong way shall loose one shilling.

thin legs. When the Queen had risen from table, and after holding a circle had sat down again to tea, Stockmar would generally be seen walking straight through the drawingroom and retiring to his apartment, there to study his own comfort. That he should sacrifice the latter to etiquette was not expected of him, as for months together he was a guest in the house, and his exceptional position was so well recognized, that these deviations from courtly usage did not give offence, even in public. When the spring came, Stockmar suddenly disappeared. He hated taking leave, and his room would some fine morning be found empty. Then letters would follow him to Coburg, complaining of his faithlessness, and the summer generally brought requests that he would soon return.

CHINESE PHILOSOPHY. - In ancient times his long visits an entire exemption from court there lived a man Shien. During a travelling etiquette. He had a room to himself in every tour he had occasion to rest the night at a one of the palaces at London, Windsor, and road-house. The weather was insufferably hot, Osborne, and thither, whenever they wanted and within the room musquitos swarmed by his society, Prince Albert and the Royal chilthousands. Shien fortunately had provided dren used to come. Stockmar took court life himself with curtains, but unfortunately the very easily. His greatest exertion in this curtains were insufficient to resist the enemy. respect consisted in joining the Royal dinnerHis efforts to keep them out were in vain, table when the Queen dined, and even on these sounds of buzzing in unpleasant proximity occasions he, being chilly from bad health, was still continued, and writhing under the intoler-privileged to wear trousers instead of the able torment of their stings, his thoughts official "shorts," which were ill-suited to his transplanted themselves to his own peaceful home. He reflected on the spacious halls, cool couches, and the crowd of handmaids to fan and wait on their lord; and, continued he to himself, how is it that I should have suffered one moment of ennui in such a paradise? Why leave to seek pleasure and find misery abroad? During these meditations he observed the keeper of the post, who had no curtains, pacing the room with the musquitos swarming around him. But what seemed to him inexplicable was that the man still appeared to be in perfect good humour. Shien, still writhing in misery, exclaimed: "My good fellow, you are one hundred times worse off than myself, but how is it that while I am in torment of mind you on the contrary seem happy?" The keeper replied: "Sir, I have just been recalling to mind the position I was once placed in; when a prisoner, bound hand and foot, I was a helpless prey to these murderous insects, unable to move a muscle, they preyed on me with impunity and the agony was unbearable. It was the contrast of that horrible period with my present condition that produced that feeling of contentedness within me." Shien was startled by the mine of philosophy herein unfolded. Would, he thought, that the world in ordinary life would but daily keep in mind, and carry out such a principle of analogy. Ilow vast then would be the result to man!

North China Herald.

DIVINE BLESSING.

-A good man fearing God shall find his blessing upon him. It is true, that the portion of men fearing God is not in this life; oftentimes he meets with crosses, afflictions, and troubles in it; his portion is of a higher and more excellent state and condition than this life; yet a man that fears God hath also his blessing in this life, even in relation to his very temporal condition. For, either his honest and just intentions and endeavours are blessed with success and com. fort, or if they be not, yet even his crosses and disappointments are turned into a blessing; for they make him more humble and less BARON STOCKMAR AT COURT.Stockmar esteeming in this present world, and setting had a wife and children in Coburg, but if he his heart upon a better. For it is an everspent six months in the year with them it was lasting truth, that all things shall work tothe utmost that he could expect, and some-gether for the best, to them that love and fear times years passed in unbroken separation Almighty God, and therefore, certainly such a from them. But he claimed as a return for man is the wisest man.

Sir Matthew Hale.

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