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unaware of his rank , assailed him on his entrance with every sort of abuse . Half-an-hour after this the commandant Mattel entered , and struck with the dignified air of the captive , rendered him the same homage he would have offered to him had he still been on the throne of Naples . " Commandant" said Joachim" look around you ; is

, , this a fitting place for a king ?" The commandant , after making some excuse , requested Joachim to follow him to a more fitting place of confinement . On his way he passed within si g ht of the crowd assembled without , whereupon he threw a handful of goldwhich he found in his pocketto the people

ex-, , claiming" Here , take this ; never let it be said you have received the visit of a monarch , though captive and dethroned , without obtaining laryesse from him . " " Long live Joachim ! " shouted they . Joachim smiled bitterlyand muttered" 0 you

wor-, , , shippers of filthy lucre ; the few pieces thrown to you has opened your mouths in my favour , which all my pleadings of friendship and regard could not do . The same expressions an hour ago might have again placed me on the throne of Naples . " General Nunziante now arrived at Pizzo in command

of 3 , 000 men . Jaochim was deli ghted to hear it , and felt sure he should find in him a friend and a brother . The general soon called upon the ex-king , who discovered , from the cold look of the former , that he had come to perform a duty , rather than on a visit of friendship . He candidly told him his duty was to question him upon several matters connected with the state , and whatever he said ivould be reported to his sovereign , Ferdinand , to whom he was bound in obedience .

At Joachim ' s request he ordered him to be supplied with books , pens , ink , and paper , and promised to see him afterwards . These were immediately forwarded to him , when he penned letters to his wife and other friends . Tired of his task , he went to the window of his little room ; it overlooked the spot on which he was captured . He threw it open ; the shades of evening were just closing ;

he saw two men digging a hole in the sand . Presently they entered a cottage , and returned bearing ivith them a dead body . Joachim in an instant ( though the corpse was perfectly naked ) recognised the handsome features of Campagna , one of his friends that had been shot . The scene viewed from a prison window by the fast

closing shades of evening—the thoughts of the captive as he saw one so young , who had died to serve him , thus ignobly buried , the ceremony unhallowed by the rites of religion , far from his home and all dear to him so much overcome the beholder , that he burst into tears . In this state General Nunziante found him . His

look expressed his astonishment , ivhen Joachim hastily exclaimed" Tes , General , I am in tears . I am not ashamed of dogs scraping up the sand from the grave ivhere the body lay . He watched intently ; they actually reached the body and dragged it away ; the ex-king could bear no more , he threw himself on his couch and wept in agony . The next morning , at six o ' clock , Captain Stratti found him on his bed with his clothes on . He told him he

was to be tried for high treason . Joachim assured him he was careless of his fate ; he had but one sorrow , which was the separation from his wife . He was certain of his condemnation , for he found that every member of the court-martial were members of lodges with which he had been connected , and most of them had been raised to their present rank b y himself . " Naturally , " he said ,

" they will fear being being accused of partiality , if they decide in my favour . "

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them . They are shed for one young , ardent , and generous , whose mother committed him to my care , and who now lies yonder buried like a dog . " The general had come to summon him to dinner . Joachim followed him to another room , ivhere the meal had been prepared . He , however , could touch nothing . The scene he hacl just witnessed had completely overcome the

heart of him who had viewed thousands perish around him without a si gh on the plains of Aboukir , Eylau , and Moscow . Leaving the meal untasted , he returned to his solitary room ; a kind of fascination again drew him to the window which overlooked the burial place of his young friend , and , to his horror , he perceived two large

We pass over the trial and the sentence ; but when Joachim knew that he was to die , he wrote a most affectionateletter to his wife ; left his children his d ying blessing , and cutting off a lock of his hair , enclosed it in his letter . He then sent for General Nunziante . When they met , Joachim said , " General , can I greet you as a brother ? " " Yes ; oh yes , " said he , "my sympathies are with you , but my duty obliges me to be just to my lawful sovereign , and to obey his commands .

What can I do for you ?" " Swear to me , as a brother ; swear to me , general , as a husband and a father , " cried Jaochim , as he folded his letter , "that you will faithfully forward this letter ; and that , as far as lies in 3-0111- poiver , you will protect my wife . " " I swear upon the faith of a Mason" said the generaland well ancl nobly he

per-, , formed his promise . When the sentence was formally read , the condemned prisoner turned to Nunziante , and said , " General , believe me , I clearly distinguish between the author of my fate and the mere instruments . I could never have believed Ferdinand capable of allowing me to be shot

like a clog . But enough of this . At what hour is my execution to take place ?" "Fixit yourself , sire , " replied the general . Joachim pulled out his watch , but by accident the back presented itself instead of the face . On it was painted a superb picture of the ex-queen .

Ah ! look here ! Is it not like ? Look at this picture of my wife . You knew her , and you will yet protect her ; it is my only comfort so to think . ( To le continued . )

Architecture And Archæology.

ARCHITECTURE AND ARCH ? OLOGY .

COLOUR ON STATUES . ( Continued from p . 34 G . ) Having now laid this distinct proposition before you , for you to consider whether it is right or wrong , I will proceed more in detail . Doubtless , there wore many ancient Greek

statues , that at any rate , were not monochrome , but on the other hand , of various colours , ancl in many cases , I believe , painted up to full tints . These , however , were uot , I conceive , usually in marble , but their chief examples come under thc head of the Crusco-elcphaivtino art ofthe Greeks used in the temples . These Greeks , like tho Egyptians , made gigantic statues of their deitiesJupiterJunoMinerva

, , , , Apollo , & c , not , however , in granite , but sometimes in marble . Usually , however , those very large figures were made in metal , either cast or beaten work , or in ivory and gold , that is , with a surface of thin veneers of ivory and plates of gold laid over a framework of wood , so fashioned as just to allow their thickness to make up the substance , form , and surface required . This seems , no doubt , a strange

patchwork way of making up a god , like a piece of upholstery , and vastly inferior in dignity to hewing him out of granite or marble ; and indeed , had we not reliable data for the