inquiry was opened at Rouen (roo'äng); on sixteen different days she was brought to the bar; the questions, with her answers, were laid before the University of Paris; and the opinion of that body concurred with the judgment of the court. Still the sentence way delayed from day to day; and repeated attempts were made to save her from the punishment of death, by inducing her to make a frank and explicit cou fession. 8. But the spirit of the heroine continued undaunted; she proudly maintained that she had been the inspired minister of the Almighty. The fatal day, however, arrived; and the captive was placed at the bar; but when the judge had prepared to pronounce sentence, she yielded to a sudden impulse of terror, subscribed an act of abjuration, and, having promised upon oath never more to wear male attire, was remanded to her former place of confinement. 9. Her enthusiasm, however, revived in the solitude. of a prison, and her judges condemned her, on the charge of having relapsed into her former errors. She was led sobbing and struggling to the stake; but tha expectation of a heavenly deliverer did not forsake ter though she saw the fire kindled at her feet. She then burst into loud exclamations, protesting her in 10cence, and invoking the aid of the Almighty; and just before the flames enveloped her, was seen embra ir.g a crucifix, and calling on Christ for mercy. This cruel and unjustifiable tragedy was enacted in the marketplace of Rouen, before an immense concourse of spectators, about twelve months after her capture (1431). Nothing was gained by this ruthless execution of the "Maid of Orleans." The Duke of Bedford died (1435), and Charles was enabled to re-enter his capital, after having been excluded from it for twenty years (1437). The English continued to suffer defeat, until, finally, this long war was interrupted by a truce (1447); and subsequently the French gained all their possessions except Calais (1451). XXIX.-WORK AND REST. ANON. 1. Home! Is this home, where she sits cold, and lonely, Working, still working, morning till night? Life! Is this life, which is pain and pain only— Only dark shadows, not one gleam of light? 2. Pale, haggard cheeks, frozen, comfortless fingers; Eyes wild with watching, head yearning for rest. Working, still working, each moment she lingers Takes bread from the baby she warms at how breast. 3. Gazing at palaces through the dim casement, (Palace so splendid through casement so mean!) Nothing but work in the garret and basementNothing but rest and enjoyment between! 4. O ye rich happy ones, give her your pity, 5. Could you be patient, and good, and enduring, If your high station was bound to her doom? Earth is so sweet for you-fair and alluring; Earth is so hard for her-shrouded in gloom. 6. Open your hearts to her, open your purses, From your abundance give money and love; Let not your happy homes prove to you curses, Dragging you down from the heaven above. 7. What! Were you sent to this earth for your pleasure? Stewards of His riches, awake and bestir; You shall be judged by the measure for measure 2. 3. 4. 5. Yet, in the gloom there, Hurling despair at us, Out of the tomb there! Curse every one of them! Kiss, clasp and token, Vows vainly spoken, Hearts bruised and broken Have we not done with them? Are we such slaves to them?- Dig deeper graves for them. Must we still stir amid Gleams of life's morning truth, Seal up the pyramid ! 6. Be still, my heart, beneath the rod, And murmur not; HE too was Man-the Son of God And shared thy lot. 7. Shared all that we can suffer here, The bloody sweat, the scourge, the sneer 8. The final terror of the Tomb. His guiltless head Self-dedicated to the doom We merited. 9 Then sigh not for earth's Edens lost, The heart that suffers most, the most XXXL-A DESCRIPTION OF THE BANISHMENT OF THE ACADIANS FROM THEIR RURAL HOMES IN NOVA SCOTIA. BANCROFT. 1. By a general proclamation, on one and the same day, the scarcely conscious victims, "both old and young men, as well as all the lads of ten years of age," were peremptorily ordered to assemble at their respective posts. On the appointed fifth of September, they obeyed. At Grand Pré, for example, four hundred and eighteen unarmed men came together. They were marched into the church and its avenues were closed, when Winslow, the English commander, placed himself in their center, and spoke : 2. You are convened together to manifest to you His Majesty's final resolution to the French inhabitants of this his province. Your lands and tenements, cattle of all kinds, and live stock of all sorts, are forfeited to the crown, and you yourselves are to be re |