lins worked in silk and gold, from the looms of Decca, brocades, velvets, and rich silks, of various kinds and colours; a state palanquin from Travancore; elephants' trappings; carvings in stone and wood; singular musical instruments from Bengal; the model of a Hindoo Temple'; chairs, some carved in stone; specimens of Native work, in the shape of modelling, representing the mode of making a revenue settlement with the Natives, in the open country. Natives at their various occupations; representations of public spectacles; and a numerous collection of toys and ornaments. Here were the Lahore jewels, consisting of diamonds, emeralds, and some remarkable pearls, mounted in various ways, and on different ornamental articles. In the Indian department was an ivory throne,-probably like Solomon's,-presented to Her Majesty, from Madras. India has ever been noted for its valuable gems and jewels, and here might be seen the Durria-i-Noor, or Sea of Light, a diamond set as an amulet, with ten smaller diamonds surrounding it; a pearl necklace, consisting of 224 large pearls; a shorter one of 104 pearls; a short necklace of four very large spinelle rubies; pearl robe and emerald girdle of a Sikh chief; chain ornaments for the head, ear, nose, and thumb rings; ear and neck ornaments; pendant; armlets; and ornaments for the feet.-Read Isaiah iii. 18-22. Models of spinning-wheels, from Lahore, spinning-wheel for making pine-apple thread, models of a machine for twisting together silk threads used in weaving, and of a hand machine for spinning cotton; model of a weaver's loom, and of other machines connected with weaving; Piccotah model for drawing water from a well; specimens of bookbinding by natives of India; combs from Scinde ; clay figures, manufactured in Kishnaghur, and representing the various castes and professions of Hindoos. This case excited great attraction, and at times it was difficult to get a peep at it, the crowd being so great. There was the model of an European and Native court of justice in the provinces, made by a native modeller; state umbrella, and a state fan with silver sticks; porcupine pen-holder; bam boo bow, with iron chain in place of string; carved couches in black wood; ivory chairs, and a thousand other things from the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, showing that India possesses a great variety of valuable productions. But I must come to a close, and would remind my dear young friends, that not the Great Exhibition merely, but― "The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits shall dissolve, And would therefore urge them by everything solemn and sacred, to seek a preparation for a better world, by forsaking their sins, and humbly trusting in the mercy of God through Christ, for pardon and acceptance. This, God waits to grant. But now, not to-morrow, or some future period, is the accepted time, this is the day of salvation! THE INQUISITION. A correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, writing from Italy, gives the following thrilling description of the horrors of the Inquisition : "In Turin I met the American Consul of Rome, who had passed through the entire revolution in the Eternal City, and who was present when the doors and dungeons of the Inquisition were opened by the decree of the Triumvirs, its prisoners released, and the building converted into an asylum for the poor. It was interesting to hear from the lips of an intelligent eye-witness the most ample confirmation of the published statements relative to the condition and appearance of this iniquitous establishment. The Holy Inquisition of Rome is situated near the Porta Cavalligeri, and under the very shadow of the sublime dome of St. Peter's Cathedral, and is capable in case of emergency of accommodating three thousand prisoners. The Consul was particularly struck with the imposing dimensions of the Chamber of Archives,' filled with voluminous documents, records and papers. Here were piled all the proceedings and decisions of the holy office from the very birth of the Inquisition, including the correspondence with its collateral branches in both hemispheres. Upon the third floor, over a certain door, was an inscription to this effect 'Speak to the first Inquisitor.' Over another- No body enters this chamber, except on pain of excommunication.' They might as well have placed over that door the well remembered inscription of the poet Dante over Tartarus -'Abandon hope all ye who enter here.' That chamber was the solemn Hall of Judgment, or Doom Room, where the fates of thousands have been sealed in death. Over a door directly opposite another inscription we read, Speak to the second Inquisitor.'-Upon opening the second door of that department, a trap door was exposed, from which the condemned, after they had left the Hall of Judgment, stepped from time into eternity. The well or pit beneath had been built in the ordinary eylindrical form, and was at least 80 feet deep, and so ingeniously provided with projecting knives and cutlasses, that the bodies of the victims must have been dreadfully mangled in the descent. At the bottom of this abyss quantities of hair and beds of mouldering bones remained. Not only at the bottom of the pit, but also in several of the lower chambers of the building, were found human bones. In some places they appear to have been mortared in the walls. The usual instruments of torture in such establishments were likewise manifest. -The Consul presented me with a bone which he brought with him as a memorial of his visit. The Pope filed from Rome on the 28th of November, 1848.-The Roman Republic was proclaimed on the 11th of February, 1849, and, immediately after its installation of the Assembly, solemnly declared the abolishment of the Holy Inquisition, and by a special decree charged the Triumvirate with the duty of erecting a lofty column to commemorate the overthrow of one of the greatest evils that ever darkened the face of the earth. But the scenes of this world change. On the 1st of July, 1849, the Roman Republic, after a brief existence, capitulated t the French, andin May, 1850, Pius IX after one year and six months, returned to his capital, proscribed the Triumvirate, and re-established the Inquisition in all its former power." A HIGHWAYMAN SUBDUED. THE following we copy from the Greenville (South Carolina) Patriot. The other day, in conversation with Miss Dix, the philanthropist, during her visit to Greenville, a lady said to her— "Are you not afraid to travel the country alone, and have you not encountered dangers, and been in perilous situations ?” “I am naturally timid," said Miss Dix," and diffident, like all my sex ; but in order to carry out my purpose, I know that it is necessary to make sacrifices and encounter dangers. It is true, I have been, in my travels through the different States, in perilous situations. I will mention one which occurred in the State of Michigan. I had hired a carriage and driver to convey me some distance through an uninhabited portion of the country. In starting, I discovered that the driver, a young lad, had a pair of pistols with him. Inquiring what he was doing with arms, he said he carried them to protect us, as he had heard that robberies had been committed on our road. I said to him, give me the pistols-I will take care of them. He did so, reluctantly. "In pursuing our journey through a dismal looking forest, a man rushed into the road, caught the horse by the bridle, and demanded my purse. I said to him, with as much selfpossession as I could command, 'Are you not ashamed to rob a woman? I have but little money, and that I want to defray my expenses in visiting prisons and poor-houses, and occasionally in giving to objects of charity. If you have been unfortunate, are in distress, and in want of money, I will give you some.' While thus speaking to him, I discovered his countenance changing, and he became deadly pale.-' My God,' he exclaimed; that voice'-and immediately told me that he had been in the Philadelphia penitentiary, and had heard me lecturing some of the prisoners in an adjoining cell and that he now recognised my voice. He then desired me to pass on, and expressed deep sorrow at the outrage he had committed. But I drew out my purse, and said to him, 'I will give you something to support you until you can get into honest employment.' He declined at first taking anything, until I insisted on his doing so, for fear he might be tempted to rob some one else before he could get into honest employment." Had not Miss Dix taken possession of the pistols, in all probability they would have been used by her driver, and perhaps both of them murdered. "That voice was more powerful in subduing the heart of a robber than the sight of a brace of pistols. MAGGY'S BABY, &c. By T. S. Arthur. "OH, dear, dear me! I wish I knew what to do with myself," sighed Mary Page, as she closed the book she had been trying to read, and threw herself in a lounging position on the sofa. "Put on your things and take a walk. You need fresh air and exercise," said the young lady's mother. "I don't care about walking," replied Mary, listlessly. "Your health requires it, my dear," urged Mrs. Page. Seated in the room with the mother and daughter, was a quiet looking girl, busily employed with her needle. She did not appear to observe what had passed between Mrs. Page and Mary, nor in fact did she, for her mind was as busy as her fingers, and both were usefully occupied. Without responding to her mother's last remark, Mary, whose eyes had rested for a moment or two on the form of the young girl, as she bent over the work that lay in her lap, said, with some impatience in her voice and manner"For mercy's sake, Alice! do stop. It makes me nervous to look at you. Nothing but stitch, stitch, stitch, hour in and hour out. What can you be doing?" The person thus addressed, raised her head, and fixed |