useless, she was under the necessity of requesting her friends to divide the burthen among them, so far as to lighten her own load; though she had already enriched her convent, of which the Abbess was her distant relation, and had besides retained sufficient for all the purposes of charity. In this emergency she trusted that her dear friends would accept as a marriage gift, the extensive estates of Saint Ouen in Normandy, which had devolved to her in right of her mother, and of which she herself was quite incompetent to take the charge; and referring to the papers in the box, which contained an irreversible conveyance of the property in question, she requested, that if they resided in the mansion, its name might be changed to the Chateau de Compton. As the house in which the nuptial feast had been held, and which she had herself taken pains to decorate, might from those circumstances possess some value in their eyes, independently of its convenience as a Parisian residence, she requested

that they would still further oblige her by accepting it; and after renewing her blessings and good wishes for their happiness, she concluded by stating, that although her resolution never to see them again would remain inflexible, and cemented by a solemn vow, yet she should be happy in still occasionally communicating with them by letter.

At the bottom of the box was a separate parcel for Mrs. Walton, in which was found a most affectionate letter, and a conveyance of property that ensured her a competent provision for the remainder of her life.

Thinking it might have a soothing influence upon Julia's agitated mind, Jocelyn read to her the letter addressed to himself; but its effect was far from tranquilising, for these affecting proofs of her friend's unbounded generosity and tendernesss, only melted her into a fresh flood of tears, and increased the pang of separation by showing the inappreciable value of what she had lost. Jocelyn, too, upon this second

perusal, made a discovery that still added to the incalculable obligations she had conferred upon him, for he recognised, by the hand-writing, the munificent friend who had some time before sent him a box of gold to extricate him from his difficulties, and an anonymous monitory letter for the regulation of his conduct. By far the most welcome part of her communication, and that which they both valued above all her gifts, lavish as they were, was the promise of her still allowing an interchange of their minds by means of correspondence. To Julia, especially, this was a consolation that much alleviated the bitterness of her grief. Constantia was not now so utterly dead to, and severed from, the world, as she had previously seemed to be. Their spirits could still meet and embrace one another; their hearts could sympathise to'gether; their intellects could participate in the same ideas: it was a privilege too estimable not to be immediately exercised, and both Jocelyn and Julia availed themselves of it

without delay, by writing an answer to her communication, couched in such terms as the most unbounded gratitude and affectionate devotedness could suggest.

On the day after his marriage, our hero despatched an epistle to his father, giving a full account of that happy event, and of the unexpected generosity by which he had become so suddenly enriched, expressing a hope that his fortune might assist in accelerating the decision of the Brambletye cause, and restoring the dilapidated mansion of his ancestors. To his friend Tracy also he communicated the happy change in his destiny, explained the nature of his connexion with Colonel Rathborn, and requested his advice as to the best mode of proceeding for the establishment of his innocence, and the public clearance of his character from all imputation. From the latter he speedily received an answer, congratulating him on his good fortune, and informing him that although the whole of the conspirators, both at the time of trial and place of execution, had completely ex

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onerated him from any participation in their. desperate plans, it might be highly adviseable for him to return immediately, and offer himself, for form's-sake, to justice, lest his escape and continued residence abroad, should be assumed by his enemies as a confession of guilt. The proceedings against him, he added, had all been withdrawn, but still the legal proof of his innocence could only be established in the manner he suggested.

This advice our hero deemed it expedient to adopt without delay, and accordingly, after writing a letter to Constantia, detailing the motives of their return to England, and promising to acquaint her with the result of their expedition, the party commenced their journey to London, taking with them the faithful and phlegmatic Winky Boss, who, though he seldom removed the pipe from his mouth, except for the purpose of supplying its place by a draught of Schiedam, or some equivalent compound, was, from his methodical habits, quiet