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ven pity your poor child, and save her om despair!"The following morning she arose but unrefreshed, she walked as one whose soul was fled, but whose body was doomed to wander in unconsciousness; it yet was but twilight, and the spear and the lance trembled in the cold air; soon the guards paraded, on their posts in a quicker step, and at length all seemed bustle and confusion. She had walked to the battlements, and seated like the genius of suspense, her hair blew about in the air, she started at the sound of the bugle; the chain of the drawbridge rattles, the portcullis rises, and a host of armed men pour out from the keep; they form a procession, Child Edmund is preceded by a page, who bears his favours of azure blue; her lover breatres a sigh to heaven; a train accompanies him and Lord Hildebrand, who are followed by the heralds at arms. This appearance of knightly combat freezes her soul; "He is going," she cries "to sacrifice himself! and for me?" she uttered a scream and fell unheeded on the terrace

she perceives the stiffened corpse of
'one-O God!: the blue scarf is wrap-
ped round his body! an hysteric
laugh bursts from her, she runs to meet
it; it is not her lover's form she be-
holds, but with wounds, stanched by
her lover's scarf, Lord Hildebrand a
victim to his own malice! who dying
confessed the guilty assertions he had
made were false. Even this would
not have procured the consent of Lord
Edric to wed his daughter to the loving
Edmund, had he not received letters
from his king, inviting him to his
marriage banquet, and declaring that
Edmund was his nephew: Edmund
by his royal uncle's consent wedded
the lovely Imma: the bards song was
once again heard in the hall, and the
foeman spoilt not their delight.
Truro.

FROM A MOTHER,

E.

ON THE LOSS OF A LOVELY INFANT GIRL,
BY THE HOOPING COUGH,

on the 24th February, 1827, aged 9 Months,

TO THE FATHER,

fated maid thy sufferings are indeed aente; if this be the punishment of ON HIS RETURN FROM A DISTANT VOYAGE.

- only supposed guilt, what must that

be of conscious depravity? They had met it is true clandestinely; but angels might have been present at the interview they me but to breathe vows of constancy, and to indulge in mutual sorrows; dearer to them than all the jocund hours of mirth. On returning to a sense of feeling, she crawled to her chamber, revived by the blood which flowed from a wound she had met with in falling; the cut she received in her temple was healed by a domestic; but the wound of her heart rejected all mortal medicine, and her attendants, apprehensive for her reason, were fain to let her pursue her inelinations. To paint her agonies of suspense during this encounter is impossible, and the sound of music proclaims, the dreadful truth must soon beknown; they play a mournful theme, and she rushes forward to behold the cause. They are to be seen but ever and anon in the distance; now lost among the hills, and now again emerging nearer to the right: on a carriage

Ah! how my dear, can I transcribe
The feelings of my heart,
How can I sooth the sorrowing mind,
And peace again impart!

My care, and fond maternal arms

Could not our darling save,
Our lovely infant must be laid

To slumber in the grave!

And though the arrow wing'd by fate
Perform'd the part assign'd,

Let us this hour submissive bow
To Heav'n's decree resign'd.

Her innocent and lively eye

Can on us look no more,
Nor all our tears, and all our sighs
The vital spark restore.

The God whose all creating power

Infused the breath of life,
Recall'd the boon, to save her from
All troubles, pain, and strife.

Exempt from all our woe and care,

Secure from ev'ry Storm;
Her spirit's gone to Him who gave
Though earth enshrouds her form.

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J. B.

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OH! Mary, how oft haye 1 mourned o'er thy fate
Till every sigh bore a tear :

Though many a day has darken'd the date,
The willow hangs green o'er thy bier.
Too early iny heart learnt in grief to deplore
The unhappy fate of Mary.

High beats the heart of the Scot for relief
As revenge in his bosom still glows;
But gone is the time, and past is thy grief,
Oh! Mary-in death's dark vepose.
Yet only with life can he cease to deplore
The unhappy fate of Mary.

On the proud shrine of Elizabeth's glory,
Dark shall the record remain,

Till History-dead-shall leave the sad story
To sigh in traditional strain.

While charity breathes mankind will deplore
The unhappy fate of Mary.

And England, the dull callous witness, shall bear
On the brightest page of her fame,

An indelible stain for each hallow'd tear
That sprung from this dark deed of shame.
When tears cease to flow men will cease to
deplore

The unhappy fate of Mary,

BIRTHS IN JUNE.

At Helston, Mrs. W. Symonds of a son
At St. Enodor, Mrs. T. Symonds of a son

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At Truro, Mrs. J. R. Ronse of a daughter
At St. Austle, Mrs. Clemo of a son.
At Truro, Mrs. W. Sholl of a daughter
At Launceston, Mrs. Webber of a daughter

MARRIAGES IN JUNE.

At Penzance, Mr J. Symonds to Miss Pascoe
At St Austle, Mr. J. Williams to Miss M. Rowe
At Egloshay le, Mr. J. Norway to Miss Hawken
At St. Clement, J. J. A. Boase Esqr. to Miss
C. Sholl

MARRIAGES IN JULY.

At St. Gluvias, Mr. J. Palmer to Mrs. Mary
Tresidder

At St. Austle, Mr. Swafield to Miss Walker
At St. Ives, Mr. R. Painter to Miss Thomas
At St. Austle, Mr. J. Veate to Miss Hoskins
At Redruth, Mr. William Hamlyn to Miss
Mary Ann Hocking

At St. Allen, Mr. R. Lanyon aged 80 to Mrs.
Cock aged 57, the bridegroom has 60 grand
children, and 3 great grand children

DEATHS IN JUNE.

At St. Austle, Mr. J. Paul aged 80
At Redruth, Mr. E. Banfield

Mr. J Willoughby aged 45
At Penzance, Mr. J. Cock, Jour.
At Methieigh, Mr. Treweek

DEATHS IN JULY.

At Tregony, Lieutenant J. Commoe aged 51
At Carharrack, Mr. R. Skewes aged 28
At Chacewater, Mr. W. Gill

At Truro, Mr. G. Davey aged 91
At Falmouth, Mrs. May aged 64
Mrs. Wilson
R. Edwards Esqr.
At St. Ives, W. Hichens Esqr.
At Torpoint, Captain J. Nash, R. N.
At Kennall Terrace, Mr. W. H. Tucker
A. Truro, Mrs. J. Bawden
At Falmouth, Mrs Street

At St. Austle, Mrs. J. Hawken aged 39
At Falmouth, Revd. J. Pbitp aged 29
At St Mabyn, J. G. Thomson Esqr.
At Bodinin, Mrs. Luxon aged 33

At Penzance, J. Holt Esqr. aged 19

At Penzance, Mrs. Reed aged 90

At Street-an-Nowar, near Penzance, Mr. T.
Kely pack aged 40

Printed and Published by J. PHILP Falmouth, and sold by most Booksellers in the County.

The Selector.

"WE CULL THE CHOICEST.

No. 21.J

SEPTEMBER, 1827.

SKETCHES OF CORNWALL.

To the Editor of the Selector.

SIR,

In our last little Sketch we rested the town of St. Ives, and can proceed on the Sea coast upwards to

ST. AGNES.

now

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the smelting houses, where the operations of roasting, smelting, and rolling metal are carried on to as great a perfection as in any part of the kingdom; in the parish of Phillack is the Hayle at Copper-house and Angallack or Angarrack Tin smelting-house, this being the first of the kind that was established. The house and grounds of W. Praed Esqr. called Trevethoe, on the west of the harbour are truly beautiful, and the Pine-aster Fir which that true Cornish Gentleman so useful to his native County, first introduced is very fine and flourishing: the view of this pleasant place shews a strong contrast with the land around so covered with the sand. On proceeding inland, are Camborne and Redruth, famous for their numerous and rich mines, which were mentioned in the Selector, No. 14. Near the former town is the antique mansion and extensive plantations of Clowance, the chief seat of Sir John St. Aubyn, Bart., and adjoining are the fine house and grounds of E. W. Wynne Pendarves, Esq., one of the able representatives in Parliament for tais County, and approaching the latter town is Tehidy Park, the mansion and beautiful domain of Lord De Dunstanville, these worthy descendants of a long line of ancestors are in themselves well accounted amongst the riches of Cornwall;-a description of their interesting seats require too large a space for our present sketch to do them justice, therefore must proceed along the coast, to a curious cove or opening of the cliffs, called PORT-REATH OF

It may be well first to observe that from St. Ives with some few interruptions there extends all along the shore by St. Agnes almost to Padstow, a range of SAND BANKS, in many places a mile wide and elevated 150 to 200 feet above the level of the Sea; this range is now generally cover'd with a thin turf affording some pasturage for sheep. These Banks consist in the chief mass of minute particles of shells and are certainly not of ancient formation, for in digging deeply a vegetable mould appears and regular enclosures may be discovered with remains of houses. In listening to Tradition, it tells us that somewhere in the 16th century the dense clouds of sand came over this cultivated land and tenements of Man, shewing on how uncertain a tenure our terrestrial possessions rest! this oral record is likely to be correct by one of the Parishes being set down in the Liber Valorum of Henry viii. much above the value of all the adjoining.

It was mentioned in our last that Hayle or Heyl situate on the river of that name and above St. Ives enjoys a great trade in Iron, Tin, Copper and Welsh coal, there being in the vicinity K

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Bassett's Cove, in the parish of Illogan, about two miles from Redruth, where again you behold the wildness of the rocky coast, the magnificence of the ocean, and within the small but useful aven the lofty masts of many vessels, with the busy scene of industrious men interchanging the coals, lime, timber, and other articles from Wales, for the rich ore from/ the mines. The Pier was built A. D. 1760, with the jetty and some warehouses, and the noble lord of Tehidy (whose property it is) considerably improved it about the year 1781, and in 1782 erected two batteries on the cliffs against the privateers which the war then brought on our coasts;---since then his Lordship granted a lease to those respectable and enterprizing gentlemen, Messrs. Fox and Co. of Falmouth, who have expended a large sum thereon, and made Rail-roads to the mines, and thus have made the commerce of this little port probably of more importance for its size than any other in the County! Pursuing the route northward on our western coast we reach ST. AGNES, an extensive parish in the hundred of Pyder, which Pyder (Hals says) is synonimous with Peter, a British divine in the 5th Century.

The origin of the name of the town is from St. Agnes, a noble Roman lady, beautiful and ardently attached to the Christian cause, who suffered martyr dom for her religion, A. D. 304. It is a small town, and had formerly a good harbour, but not all the works erected at a great expence that for several ages have been attempted by able engineers have proved effectual in preserving it from the violence of storms and the overwhelming spread of sand, for now it is nearly choaked up, and affords but poor shelter.

St. Agnes may well be proud of her native genius, OPIE the Painter, who as a boy in humble life, had his talents unfolded by Wolcott (alias Peter Pindar) the literary Cornish genius, and patronized by him, became a member of the Royal Academy, and besides his pictures, has enriched posterity with his Lectures on Painting, which will greatly facilitate the efforts of any rising genius. The Church is an an

cient edifice, and by usage there is a
weekly market. Now must be related
to the admirer of nature in her won-
drous form, the pyramidical hill named
ST. AGNES' BEACON, which to its sum-
mit measures about 500 feet above the
level of the sea, and the strata are
remarkable, viz: at first the soil and
rubble are about five feet deep; then
a fine clay 6 feet; and then another
such layer, in which Tin particles have
been found; deeper still for six feet,
is only spar or earth; and all below,
firm rock, (killes) where Tin may be
traced towards the sea in thread-like
forms. The bold and majestic rocks
which guard the shore, with the above
beacon so useful to mariners, are well
worthy of inspection; around are enor-
mous caverns, and numerous mines,
which have furnished employment for
ages, to a multitude of our fellow-
creatures. The highly instructive and
interesting scenes and objects that
abound in advancing to Mawgan,
Padstow, and Tintagel, scarcely allow
the pen to stop, but want of space
commands. In preparation for de-
parture to the Continent, it will not
be possible for me to attempt a further
sketch, but I doubt not, Mr. Editor,
many much more able hands will gladly
take up the amusing task, to excite in
young and ardent minds a wish to be
better acquainted with the wonders of
nature and labours of art with which
the County of Cornwall abounds.

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TO A YOUNG LADY WHO ASKED,-
WHAT IS LOVE?

There is a love which lasts a while,-
A one-day's flower,-no more!
Opes in the sun-shine of a smile,

And shuts when clouds come o'er.
There is a love that ever lasts,

A plant that's ever green,
It flowers amid the bitter blasts
And decks a wintry scene!
A cheek, an eye, a well-turn'd foot
May give the First its birth;
That flow ret has but little root,
And asks but little earth.

No scanty soil, TRUB-LOVE must find
His vigour to controul;
It plants itself upon the mind,
And strikes into the Soul!

LOVE'S VICTIM.

She left her own warm home

To tempt the frozen waste, What time the traveller fear'd to roam, And hunter shunn'd the blast, Love pour'd his strength into her soulCould peril e'er his power controul?

She left her own warm home,

When stoue, and herb, aud tree, And all beneath heaven's lurid dome By wintry majesty,

In his stern age, were clad with snow, And human hearts beat chill and slow.

It was a fearful hour

For one so young and fair;

The woods had not one sheltering bower,
The earth was trackless there,

The very boughs in silver slept,
As the sea-foam had o'er them swept.

Snow after snow came down,

The sky look'd fix'd in ice;

She deem'd amid the season's power,
Her love would all suffice

To keep the source of being warm,
And mock the terrors of the storm.
Love was her world of life,

She thought but of her heart,
And knowing that the winter's strife
Could not its hope dispart,

She dream'd not that its home of clay
Might yield before the tempest's sway-
Or judged that passion's power-

Passion so strong and pure,

Might mock the snow-flake's wildering shower, Proud that it could endure,

As woman oft in times before

Had peril borne as much or more.
She went-dawn past o'er dawn,
None saw her face again,
The eye she should have gazed upon,
Look'd for her face in vain-
The ear to which her voice was song,
Her voice had sought-how vainly long!
There is in Saco's vale

A gently swelling hill,
Shadows have wrapt it like a veil
From trees that mark it still,
Around, the mountains towering blue
Look on that spot of saddest hue.

'Twas by that little hill,

At the dark noon of night, Close by a frozen snow-hid rill, Where branches close unite Even in winter's leafless time, The skeletons of summer's prime.

That flash'd the traveller's flame
On tree and precipice,
And show'd a fair unearthly frame
In robes of glittering ice,

With head against a trunk inclined,

Like a dream-spirit of the mind.

'Twas that love-wandered maid, death-pale, Her very heart's blood froze, Love's Niobe, in her own vale,

Now reckless of all woes

Love's victim fair, and true, and meet,
As she of the famed Paraclete.

The mountains round shall tell
Her tale to travellers long,
The little vale of Saco swell
The western poet's song,
And Nancy's Hill' in loftier rhymes
Be sung through unborn realms and times.
New Monthly Magazine,

A few miles below the Notch of the White Mountains in the Valley of Saco, is a little rise of land called Nancy Hill. It was formerly thickly covered with trees, a cluster of which remains to mark the spot. In 1733, at Dartmouth, Jefferson Co. U.S. lived Nancy of respectable connexions. She was engaged to be married, Her lover had set out for Lancaster. She would follow him in the depth of winter, and on foot. There was not a house for thirty miles, and the way through the wild woods a footpath only. She persisted in her design, and wrapping herself in her long cloak, proceeded on her way. Snow and frost took place for several weeks, when some persons passing her route, reached the hill at night. On lighting their fires, an unearthly figure stood before them, beneath the bending brauches, wrapped in a robe of ice. It was the lifeless form of Nancy.

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O sink to sleep, my baby dear,

A little while forget thy sorrow, The wind is cold, the night is drear,

But drearier it will be to-morrow. For none will help, tho' many see

Our wretchedness, then close thine eyes, love, Oh, most unbless'd on earth is she

Who on another's aid relies, love. Thou hear'st me not! thy heart's asleep Already, and thy lids are closing, Then lie thee still, and I will weep

Whilst thou, my dearest, art reposing,
And wish that I could slumber free,

And with thee in yon aeaven awaken,
O would that it our home might be,
For here we are by all forsaken.

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