Bussy, who, having heard of the condition of the fort, would not go into it, but remained in his tent, where he received the sacred captives with the humanity of a guardian appointed by the strongest claims of nature, and immediately commanded patents to be prepared, appointing the son lord of the territory which he had offered the father in exchange for the district of Bobilee; and ordered them to be strictly guarded in the camp from the malevolence of enemies.

The ensuing night and two succeeding days passed in the usual attentions; especially the care of the wounded, who were many; but in the middle of the third night, the camp was alarmed by a tumult in the quarter of Vizeramrauze. Four of the soldiers of Rangarao, on seeing him fall, concealed themselves in an unfrequented part of the fort until the night was far advanced, when they dropped down the walls, and speaking the same language, passed unsuspected through the quarters of Vizeramrauze, and gained the neighbouring thickets, where they remained the two succeeding days, watching until the bustle of the camp had subsided; then two of them quitted their retreat, and having by their language again deceived those by whom they were questioned, got near the tent of Vizeramrauze; then creeping on the ground, they passed under the back part, and entering the tent, found him lying on his bed, alone and asleep. Vizeramrauze was extremely corpulent, insomuch that he could scarcely rear himself from his seat without assistance: the two men, restraining their very breath, struck in the same instant with their poniards to his heart; the first groan brought in a sentinel, who fired, but missed; more immediately thronged in; but the murderers, heedless of themselves, cried out, pointing to the body, Look here! we are satisfied!' They were instantly shot by the crowd, and mangled after they had fallen; but they had stabbed Vizeramrauze in thirty-two places. Had they failed, the other two remaining in the forest were bound by the same oath to perform the deed, or perish in the attempt.

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MISTAKEN REMORSE.

Simon Brown, the dissenting clergyman, exhibited a striking instance of the operation of remorse upon wounded sensibility. Brown fancied he had been deprived by the Almighty of his immortal soul, in consequence of having accidentally taken away the life of a highwayman, although it was done in the act of resistance to his threatened violence, and in protection of his own person. Whilst kneeling upon the wretch whom he had succeeded in throwing upon the ground, he suddenly discovered that his prostrate enemy was deprived of life. This unexpected circumstance produced so violent an impression upon his nervous system, that he was overpowered by the idea of even involuntary homicide; and, for this imaginary crime, fancied himself ever after to be condemned to one of the most dreadful punishments that could be inflicted upon a human being.

The singular imagination of Brown was, that for this involuntary crime, his soul had deserted his body, the latter being allowed to exist in that wretched state as an awful warning Under the influence of this malady, Brown sent to Queen Caroline, the consort of George the Second, a book written with great acuteness, accompanied by a letter, the conclusion of which alludes to himself as a monument of divine wrath in the loss of his soul.

ASTONISHING INSTANCE OF NOBLE GENEROSITY IN A LION.

THE lion has been famed in all ages for a generosity and noble-mindedness which is possessed by no other animal whatever; and although Dr. Sparman endeavours to detract considerably from this character for magnanimity, numerous instances may be adduced to prove that this monarch of the woods possesses that quality in an eminent degree. Of these the following is well authenticated. We shall confine ourselves solely to the simple narrative of the incident as it really occurred, because we are certain no language of ours could increase its powerful interest and effect. This pathetic trait was made the subject of a most beautiful painting by Mons. Monseau, a celebrated French artist; and which, during the exhibition some years ago at Paris, attracted most particular attention, no less by the talent displayed by the artist in the arrangement of his figures, than the heart-touching interest which the subject conveys.

In the early part of the seventeenth century, the menagerie of Florence contained some of the rarest specimens of the animal creation, and among them a lion of untameable disposition. No caresses, no kindnessess, no favours, could render him in any way tractable. One evening, having burst the bars of the cage that held him, he leaped a window two stories high, and furiously ran through the streets of Florence, roaring in the most hideous manner, and spreading every where the utmost terror and dismay. Death and desolation followed in his track; and the people of the city secured themselves from his fury. Those of the inhabitants who happened to be in his path fled before him like chaff before the wind, and many were trampled to death, ere they had time to escape.

A woman flying from his fury with her infant in her arms, stumbled, and dropped it, when it was immediately seized by the enraged animal. Frantic at this horrible disaster, she threw herself on her knees before the lion, and, without knowing what she did, implored, with all the energy and expression

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of a mother in despair, for the life of her child. The noble animal stopped, fixed his glaring eye-balls upon her with a peculiar expression, regarded her for an instant, and immediately dropped the infant lightly on the ground, without having done him the smallest injury; then with a look of indescribable nobleness, quietly returned to his own habitation, and with the greatest docility suffered the keeper to replace him in his den.

THE CAPTIVE'S FRIEND.

During one of the wars in India, Major Gowdie became Tippoo's prisoner, and was confined with many other gentlemen in Bangalore, where they suffered every species of insult and barbarity. A humane and beneficent butcher, whose business led him often to the prison, saw and felt for their sufferings, for they had been stripped of their clothes, and robbed of their money before they had been confined. It would have cost the butcher his ears at least, and perhaps his life, had he discovered any symptoms of pity for the prisoners before his countrymen. They were allowed only one seer of rice, and a pice or halfpenny per day for their subsistence; but the butcher contrived to relieve their necessities. Upon opening the sheep's heads which they frequently bought of him for food, they were astonished to find pagodas in them. In passing the yard of their prison, he often gave them abusive language, and threw balls of clay and dirt at them, as if to testify his hatred or contempt; but on breaking the balls, they found that they contained a supply of money for their relief; and this he did frequently for a long time, until the prisoners were released.

In the following war, Major Gowdie was destined to attack Bangalore; and he had not long entered the breach, when he saw and recollected his old friend the butcher. He ran to embrace him, saved him from the carnage, and led him to a place of safety.

TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF REVENGE.

It is commonly said, " revenge is sweet," but surely it can only be so to those weak minds who are incapable of supporting an injury. Revenge is the vice of children, women, and fools. An elevated mind is superior to injuries, and pardons them.-The emperor Adrian, meeting a man who had insulted him before he had obtained the government of the empire, said, Approach, you have nothing to fear from me-I am an emperor."

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The fanatic Felton, who killed the duke of Buckingham, was so revengeful, that when he once called a gentleman out who had offended him, and was fearful that the superior rank of his enemy would make him refuse the challenge, he sent him at the same time one of his fingers which he had cut off himself. I would have him know,' said he, of what that man, who can cut himself to pieces, is capable to revenge an injury.'

An Italian, who had quarrelled with one of his neighbours, became dangerously ill; his physicians gave him over. It was told to his enemy, who immediately went to his house, and asked to see him; when he was informed that he was dying, he ran quickly into his chamber, saying to himself, He shall not die but by my hands.' When he came near his bed, he stabbed him and ran away. The sick man lost a great quantity of blood, but it produced the most happy effects, for it restored him to life and health.

Another Italian, at the period of ten years after receiving an injury, was informed that his enemy, whom he had been seeking, was gone to the East Indies. He immediately went after him, and finding him in a situation unable to defend himself, assassinated him.

An Italian nobleman, who had a large park, wherein he kept a number of stags, ordered his servants not to kill any of them. One of them was so unfortunate as to break this order, for in endeavouring to get some other game, he, without the least intent, killed one of the stags, which had concealed itself in the bushes. The poor fellow, dreading his master's anger, ran away, embarked for Genoa, and was taken prisoner by the Algerines. The Italian being informed some time after, that his servant was a slave at Algiers, went immediately to Cardinal Janson, who was then at Rome, and desired him to write to the French consul to ransom this unfortunate man, let it be whatever sum they asked. The Cardinal, delighted with this generosity, wrote immediately to the consul, who ransomed the slave directly, and sent him to Rome. The nobleman thanked his eminence, paid him the money for the ransom, and some days after, ordered his miserable servant to be killed, whom he had only emancipated from the shackles of slavery, to be revenged on him for his disobedience, involuntary as it was.

Muret gives an account, in his letters, of an English lady, who, when she found herself dying, sent for her husband; and after endeavouring to excite his sensibility by a recital of her sufferings, she begged of him to pardon her in her last moments for a crime which she had been guilty of towards him. The husband promising to grant her request, she acknowledged to have been unfaithful to his bed. I forgive you,' replied the husband, and I hope I shall obtain forgiveness from you for the harm I have done to you.' The wife readily promising this, 'It is,' said the husband, that knowing you to have been guilty of what you have acknowledged, I have given you poison: it is the cause of your death.'

A Frenchman passing through Damascus in his return from Jerusalem, met a judge, who without the least cause, gave him a violent slap on the face, and knocked him down. The Frenchman seemed to put up with the affront, but was resolved to be revenged. For this purpose, he absented himself from this city for three years, applied himself to the study of the Turkish language, and when he had obtained a thorough knowledge of it, he disguised himself as a dervise. The dervises carry a cimeter on one side, and a knife in their belts, saying, it is to enforce the observance of the commandments of their great prophet. Our false dervise returned to Damascus, where he assisted every day at the judge's audiences; this he continued for three years, waiting an opportunity to strike the final blow. One day, hearing the judge pronounce sentence on an orphan, of whom some one had unjustly demanded an estate, he approached the judge, and struck him so violent a blow on the forehead with his knife, that he fell dead at his feet. He then, without the least emotion, placed himself on his seat, observing that the judgment which had been pronounced was unjust, and he would examine and judge the cause. Every one present consented, from the respect which they had for him, and he gave judgment in favour of the orphan. The corpse of the judge was carried to his house, and every body praised the assassin. The Frenchman, satisfied with his revenge, retired without the least interruption, and went to Tripoli, where one of his countrymen, upbraiding him for wearing the habit of a dervise, he confessed what he had done, and inconsiderately told him the reason. The circumstance being told to some Turks, they seized him,

and examined whether he had been circumcised. On finding he was not, they conveyed him to Damascus, where the narrator, Vincent Leblanch, saw him executed.

In the apology of Herodotus, we read of an Italian, who, though apparently reconciled with his enemy for several years, always retained a violent and secret hatred against him. One evening, when they were walking together in an unfrequented place, the Italian seized his companion behind, threw him down, placed a dagger to his throat, and threatened to kill him, if he did not deny the existence of the Almighty. The other, after some time, and with much menacing, did as he was required, in order to evade the death which awaited him. The Italian no sooner heard the avowal that he demanded, than he plunged the dagger into his heart, and retired, vaunting that he had taken the most terrible vengeance in the world, for he had caused both his enemy's body and soul to perish at one time.

EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF A POLISH COUNT.

Count Benyowsky, magnate of the kingdoms of Hungary and Poland, was born in 1741, at Ferbowa, the hereditary lordship of his family, in the Nittria, in Hungary.

The history of this nobleman is very extraordinary. At the early age of fourteen years he fixed on the profession of arms. He was accordingly received in the regiment of Siebenschien, in the quality of lieutenant; and joining the imperial army then in the field against the king of Prussia, was present at the battles of Lowoschutz, Prague, Sohweiduitz, and Dramstadt. Soon after this period, he quitted the imperial service and hastened into Lithuania, at the instance of his uncle, the starost of Benyowsky, and succeeded as his heir to the possession of his estates. His tranquillity, however, was soon interrupted by intelligence of the death of his father, and that his brothers-in-law had taken possession of his inheritance. These circumstances demanding his immediate presence in Hungary, he quitted Lithuania with the sole view of obtaining possession of the property of his family; but on his arrival, he found the whole in the hands of his brothers-in-law, who by force opposed his entrance into his castle. Attending in this conjuncture to the justice of his cause, he repaired to Krussava, where, after having caused himself to be acknowledged by his vassals, and being assured of their fidelity, he armed them, and by their assistance gained possession of all his effects; but his brothers, thus defeated of their usurpation, represented him at the court of Vienna as a rebel and disturber of the public peace; and, in consequence of this false information, the empress queen issued a decree in chancery against the count, by which he was not only deprived of his property, but compelled to withdraw with the utmost expedition into Poland. This expulsion from his native country, joined to the active disposition of his mind, made him determine to travel; after taking several voyages, he received letters from the magnates of Poland, which induced him to repair to Warsaw, where he joined the confederation then forming, and entered into an obligation, upon oath, not to acknowledge the king, until the confederation, as the only lawful tribunal of the republic, should have declared him lawfully elected; to oppose the Russians by force of arms; and not to forsake the colours of the confederation, as long as the Russians should remain in Poland.

Leaving Warsaw, he attempted to make his rights known at the court of