flood of tears. When she became more composed, she stated, that upwards of twenty years since, she had been a boarder at a highly respectable boarding school in that neighbourhood, which school Mr.- -had for nearly 40 years supplied with pastry, &c.; and while there she had been in the habit of abstracting small articles from his tray, unknown to the person who brought it. She had now been married some years, was the mother of six children, and in the possession of every happiness this world could afford; but still the remembrance of her youthful sin had so haunted her conscience, that she was never happy. Her husband, perceiving her unhappiness, had, after many fruitless endeavours, at last got possession of the cause, when he advised her, for the easement of her conscience, to see if Mr. alive, and to make him or his family a recompense: and as she was going to leave London on the following day, perhaps for ever, she had then come for that purpose. on being informed of the object of her visit, told her not to make herself any longer unhappy, as she was not the only young lady who had acted in that manner. After begging his forgiveness, which he most readily granted, she insisted on his acceptance of a sum of money, which she said she believed was about the value of the articles she had stolen; and, after remaining about an hour, she departed, evidently much happier.

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THE PARRICIDE AND HER HUSBAND.

A PERSON whose name was Wincze, originally of Nuremberg, removed to Augsburgh, where he became a lawyer. In this city he became intimate with the family of M. Glegg, to whose daughter he paid his addresses; but the old gentleman not sanctioning his visits, he met the daughter privately, seduced her, and persuaded her, in order to remove the only obstacle to their union, to administer poison to her father. The horrid plan succeeded. No suspicions were entertained; and the union put him in possession of the old man's wealth. During a period of twenty-one years they lived externally happy, but, in secret, a prey to the greatest remorse. At length, unable to endure any longer the weight of guilt, the wife made confession of the particulars of the atrocious crime which she had been prevailed on to commit. The husband was apprehended, and both of them executed.

THE JEWELLER AND HIS SERVANT.

A JEWELLER, a man of good character, and considerable wealth, having occasion, in the way of business, to travel some distance from his abode, took along with him a servant: he had with him some of his best jewels, and a large sum of money, to which his servant was likewise privy. The master having occasion to dismount on the road, the servant watched his opportunity, took a pistol from his master's saddle, and shot him dead on the spot; then rifling him of his jewels and money, and hanging a large stone to his neck, he threw him into the nearest canal. With his booty he made off to a distant part of the country, where he had reason to believe that neither he nor his master were known. There he began to trade, in a very low way at first, that his obscurity might screen him from observation, and in the course of many years seemed to rise up, by the natural progress of business, into wealth and consideration; so that his good fortune appeared at once the effect of industry and the reward of virtue. Of these he counterfeited the appearance

so well, that he grew into great credit, married into a good family, and by laying out his hidden stores discreetly, as he saw occasion, and joining to all an universal affability, he was at length admitted to a share of the government of the town, and rose from one post to another, till at last he was chosen chief magistrate. In this office he maintained a fair character, and continued to fill it with no small applause, both as governor and judge; till one day, as he sat on the bench with some of his brethren, a criminal was brought before him, who was accused of murdering his master.

The evidence came out full, the jury brought in their verdict that the prisoner was guilty, and the whole assembly awaited the sentence of the president of the court (which happened to be himself) in great suspense. Meanwhile he appeared to be in unusual disorder and agitation of mind; his colour changed often; and at length he arose from his seat, and coming down from the bench, placed himself just by the unfortunate man at the bar, to the no small astonishment of all present. "You see before you," said he, addressing himself to those who had sat on the bench with him, a striking instance of the just awards of heaven, for this day, after thirty years' concealment, presents to you a greater criminal than the man just now found guilty."

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He then made an ample confession of his heinous offence, with all its peculiar aggravations. "Nor can I," continued he, "feel any relief from the agonies of an awakened conscience, but by requiring that justice be forthwith done against me in the most solemn and public manner," We may easily imagine the amazement of all, especially his fellow-judges. They accordingly proceeded upon his confession to pass sentence upon him, and he died with all the symptons of a penitent mind."

A tradesman at Whitehall has recently received a letter from Cincinnati, enclosing two sovereigns as a compensation for the damage which some 30 years ago the writer had done by hurling a stone at his window.

THE PRESENT TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.

In the year 1611, the present translation of the Bible was published with the following title:-The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the Originall Tongues, and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties speciall Commandement. Imprinted at London, by Robert Barker, Printer to the King's most excellent Majestie. 1611. Folio.

Nothing can be more striking than the care which was taken by our learned ancestors to insure the accuracy of the translation of the Bible, now in common use, at its last revision in the reign of James 1. It seems that at the conference held at Hampton Court, in January, 1603, before that monarch, between the Episcopalians and Puritans, Dr. John Reynolds, the speaker of the Puritans, requested of His Majesty that a new translation of the bible might be made, alleging that those which had been allowed during former reigns were incorrect.

To which motion, says Dr. William Barlow, Dean of Chester, one of the assembly, "there was at the present no gainsaying, the only objections being trivial, and old, and already in print, often answered, only my lord of London (Bancroft) well added, that if every man's humour should be followed, there would be no end of translating." His Majesty, however, formed the resolution of causing a new and more faithful translation to be made, and commissioned for that purpose fifty-four of the most learned men in the universities and other places. At the same time he required the bishops to inform themselves of all the learned men within their several dioceses, who had acquired especial skill in the Greek and Hebrew languages, and had taken great pains in their private studies of the scriptures, for the clearing up of obscurities either in the Greek or Hebrew, or for the correction of any mistakes in the former English translations, and to charge them to communicate their observations to the persons employed, so that the intended translation might have the keep and furtherance of all the principal learned men in the kingdom.

Before the work was begun, seven of the persons nominated for it either were dead or declined to engage in the task; the remaining forty-seven were ranged under six divisions, and several parcels of the bible were assigned to them, according to the several places where they were to meet, confer, and consult together. Every one of the company was to translate the whole parcel; then they were each to compare their translations together; and when any company had finished their part, they were to communicate it to the other companies, that nothing might pass without the general consent. If any company, upon the review of the book so sent, doubted or differed upon any place, they were to note the place, and send back their reasons

for their disagreement. If they happened to differ about the amendments, the difference was to be referred to a general committee, consisting of the chief persons of each company at the end of the week. When any passage was found remarkably obscure, letters were to be directed by authority to any learned persons in the land for their judgment thereon.

The translation seems to have been begun in the spring of 1604, and it is said to have been retarded by the death of Mr. Edward Lively, whose active labours had materially assisted the work. When the translation was finished, three copies were sent to London; one from Cambridge, a second from Oxford, and a third from Westminster. Two from each company were then selected to review and polish the whole; Mr. John Boyse and Mr. Andrew Downes, from Cambridge, with their fellowlabourers, met daily at Stationers' Hall, London. In nine months they completed their important task, and during that time received £30 weekly, from the company of Stationers, having previously received nothing. Afterwards Dr. Bilson, and Dr. Miles Smith, again reviewed the whole, and prefixed arguments to the several books; and the latter was ordered to write the preface.

The highest eulogiums have been passed upon this version by the most competent, and learned men of every country.

Dr. Adam Clarke says "those who have compared most of the European translations with the original, have not scrupled to say, that the English translation of the bible, made under the direction of James I, is the most accurate and faithful of the whole."