the lady's compliance with his request, and an amnesty was agreed on, which lasted until the party were quietly set down at the White Lion, Bath, where we shall leave Lewisham for the present, wishing the reader may feel interested in his fate, and anxious to proceed to the next chapter for the continuation of his adventures.

CHAP. III.

"Mark yon old mansion frowning through the trees, "Whose hollow turrets woes the whistling breeze, "That casement arch'd, with ivy's brownest shade, "First to these eyes the light of heaven convey'd, "The mouldering gateway strews the grass-grown court "Once the calm scene of many a simple sport. When nature pleas'd, for life itself was new, "And the heart promis'd what the fancy drew."

A FEW days brought Lewisham to the place of his destination, which it is necessary to give the reader some account of, as being intimately connected with the thread of our narrative. Bamborough castle is situated on an eminence on the sea coast, in the north of England: it was built by Ida, first king of the Northumbrians, on the scite of an old Roman fortress; a square tower, which is supposed to be still existing, was attached by that king to the build

ing; the hill on which it stands is inaccessible, save only by a flight of steps on the south-east, and the ruins are very considerable : : part of it is kept in very excellent repair, and inhabited by one of the trustees for the estate. This castle and domain was purchased by a bishop of Durham, and by him vested in the power of three trustees; the entire revenue to be appropriated to charitable uses. The resident trustee, before the commencement of this history, had been the unfortunate lieutenant before - mentioned; through him the poor obtained raiment and cloathing; by his exertions, the hapless mariner had been preserved from shipwreck and death, and in the castle of Bamborough had the weather-beaten tar found refuge and protection in the day of calamity and old age: its hospitable doors had never been closed against the houseless child of necessity. A nightly patrole

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trole had been kept up for eight miles (the boundary and extent of the territory), and signals of distress were ever followed by a cannon which, fired in a particular direction, denoted in which quarter, the assistance of the garrison was required. It was night when our hero approached a spot fondly endeared to memory, by the recollection of youthful sports, and days unclouded by cala-' mity; the enthusiasm which filled his bosom, on again beholding a place which had afforded him shelter and protection from the storms of adversity, and where in the presence of his revered friend, he had spent so many happy hours, was as suddenly repelled by the heart-piercing recollection, that that friend no longer waited his approach with fond parental solicitude; no cheering voice hailed his return to Bamborough; no heart vibrated with affection towards him; the wide world contained

contained no sympathising being, who would pour the balm of consolation into his aching bosom, for cold in the grave reposed the kind friend, whose gentleness of manners and benevolence of character had lent grace to the rugged scene. His heart palpitated; a thousand tender thoughts flashed across his mind; he gazed with unutterable anguish on the scene before him; the lofty turrets were enveloped in clouds. and darkness; a grey mist concealed the extent of the fabric, from which the owl flitted, uttering most piercing shrieks, as if complaining of the intrusion of man. Echo, responsive to her wailings, broke in on the stillness of nature, and the distant rolling of the ocean gave a solemnity to the universal pause, which succeeded every dash of its billows. Lewisham stood a few minutes, to collect his scattered spirits; a

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