Marter at the old established House. If Clack & Son, therefore, have not already taken possession and respectfully informed the vicinity, will thankfully pay reasonable compensation for loss of time and expense incurred by the bargain being off. In case parties agree, I beg you will authorize Mr. Robins to have the honor to dispose of the whole Lincolnshire concern, tho' the knocking down of Middlefen Hall will be a severe blow on Mrs. P. and Family. Deprecating the deceitful stimulus of advertising arts, interest commands to mention,-desirable freehold estate and eligible investment—and sole reason for disposal, the proprietor going to the continent. Example suggests likewise, a good country for hunting for fox-hounds—and a prospect too extensive to put in a newspaper. Circumstances being rendered awkward by the untoward event of the running away of the cattle, &c., it will be best to say-"The Stock to be taken as it stands ;”—and an additional favor will be politely conferred, and the same thankfully acknowledged, if the auctioneer will be so kind as bring the next market town ten miles nearer, and carry the coach and the wagon once a day past the door. Earnestly requesting early attention to the above, and with sentiments of, R. PUGSLEY, SEN. P. S. Richard is just come to hand dripping and half dead out of the Nene, and the two apprentices all but drowned each other in saving him. Hence occurs to add, fishing opportunities among the desirable items. THE DREAM OF EUGENE ARAM.* "Twas in the prime of summer time, An evening calm and cool, When four-and-twenty happy boys Came bounding out of school; There were some that ran, and some that leapt, A way they sped, with gamesome minds To a level mead they came, and there Like sportive deer they coursed about, But the usher sat remote from all, A melancholy man! * The late Admiral Burney went to school at an establishment where the unhappy Eugene Aram was usher, subsequent to his crime. The Admiral stated that Aram was generally liked by the boys; and that he used to discourse to them about murder, in somewhat of the spirit which is attributed to him in this poem. His hat was off, his vest apart, To catch Heaven's blessed breeze; For a burning thought was on his brow, And his bosom ill at ease: So he leaned his head on his hands, and read The book between his knees. -Leaf after leaf he turn'd it o'er, For the peace of his soul he read that book, Much study had made him very lean At last he shut the ponderous tome; Then leaping on his feet upright, Now up the mead, then down the mead, And past a shady nook And, lo! he saw a little boy Of kings and crowns unstable ?" The young boy gave an upward glance "It is the Death of Abel." The usher took six hasty strides, Then slowly back again; And down he sat beside the lad, And talked with him of Cain. And long since then, of bloody men, And how the sprites of injured men And unknown facts of guilty acts tle told how murderers walked the earth With crimson clouds before their eyes, "And well," quoth he, “I know, for truth, Their pangs must be extreme Wo, wo, unutterable wo Who spill life's sacred stream! For why? Methought, last night, I wrought A murder in a dream! "One that had never done me wrong— A feeble man and old; I led him to a lonely field, The moon shone clear and cold; Now here, said I, this man shall die, And I will have his gold! "Two sudden blows with a ragged stick, And one with a heavy stone, One horrid gash with a hasty knife- "Nothing but lifeless flesh and bone, There was a manhood in his look, "And lo! the universal air Seemed lit with ghastly flame- "Oh God! it made me quake to see But when I touched the lifeless clay, My head was like an ardent coal, A dozen times I groan'd; the dead "And now from forth the frowning sky, From the heaven's topmost height I heard a voice-the awful voice |