be more fatal to them than even their miseries. The ravenousness of their appetite could not be restrained; and though cautioned and warned against excess, they devoured the meat provided with such keen avidity, that their stomachs, long unaccustomed to animal food, were incapable of digestion. Captain Wilson was of the number, who could not bridle his cravings; the sad effects immediately followed. He was siezed that night with a violent fever, became delirious, and for a fortnight his life was despaired of. In his prison, under sufferings more than human nature seemed capable of enduring, he had struggled through, and for the most part enjoyed a state of health and strength, but now in the moment of liberty, joy and abundance, he received a stroke more severe than he had before undergone. He was a more wretched being, surrounded by kind friends, and every humane attention, than he had been, destitute, famished, covered with sores, and lying naked on the floor of a dungeon.

Being restored, however, and capable of accompanying his countrymen, he descended the Gauts, and proceeded on to Madras, Lord Macartney had forwarded a supply of clothes to meet them, but there not being a sufficiency for all, some had one thing and some another; to Mr. Wilson's share, a very large military hat fell, which, with a banyan and pantaloons, with many a breach, made his meagre figure very much resemble a maniac. Impatient to visit his friends, he walked on from the last halting place, and the sentries hardly would let him pass. He hastened to a friend whose name was Ellis, and knocking at the door, inquired of the servants for their master and mistress. The footman stared at him, said they were not at home, and were shutting the door against him, when he pressed in, rushed by them and threw himself down on a sofa. The servants were Mahometans, who hold the insane in much reverence, and such they supposed him; without any violence, therefore, used to remove him, captain Wilson was permitted quietly to repose himself: and being tired, he fell into the most profound sleep, in which state his friends found him, and hardly recognized him, he was so altered. They left him thus sound asleep till the evening, when the lustres were lighted, and several friends assem

bled, curious to hear the story of his miserable captivity. When he awoke and saw the glare of light, and the persons around him, he could scarcely recover his recollection, and for a moment seemed as if he had dropped into some enchanted abode. The welcome and kind treatment of his friends, who supplied all his wants, soon restored him to his former life and spirits; and he began to think of new service, as he had as yet obtained but a scanty provision, which his long captivity had not much increased, though he received the arrears of his pay.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE OF A DUTCHMAN.

On a high, steep promontory, called Ladder Hill, upon the island of St. Helena, the height of which cannot be much less than eight hundred feet, an extraordinary accident happened to a Dutch sailor, in 1759. This man, coming out of the country after dark, and being in liquor, mistook the path then in use, and turned to the left instead of the right; he continued his journey with great difficulty, till finding the descent no longer practicable, he took up his residence for the night in a chink of the rock and fell asleep. Late in the morning he waked, and what was his horror and astonishment to find himself on the brink of a precipice one hundred fathoms deep! He attempted to return back, but found it impossible to climb the crags he had descended.

After having passed several hours in this dreadful situation, he discovered some boys on the beach at the foot of the precipice, bathing in the sea; hope of relief made him. exert his voice to the utmost, but he had the mortification to find that the distance prevented his being heard.

He then threw one of his shoes towards them, but it unfortunately fell without being perceived. He threw the other and was more fortunate; for it fell at the feet of one of the boys who was just coming out of the water: the youth looked up, and with great surprise, saw the poor Dutchman waving his hat, and making other signs of distress.

They hastened to the town, and telling what they had seen, great numbers of people ran to the heights over head, from whence they could see the man, but were nevertheless at a loss how to save him. At last a coil of strong rope was procured, and one end being fastened above, the other was reeved down over the place where he stood. The sailor instantly laid hold of it, and with an agility peculiar to people of his profession, in a little time gained the summit.

As soon as he found himself safe, he produced an instance of provident carefulness, truly Dutch, by pulling out of his bosom a China punch bowl, which, in all his distress, he had taken care to preserve unbroken, though the latter must have alarmed the children at once by its noise, and the shoes must have left him to starve, if they had not fallen in sight.

CZERNY-GEORGES.

GEORGE PETROWITCH, better known by the name of Czerny-Georges, that is to say, Black George, was born of a noble Servian family, in the neighborhood of Belgrade. Before he had attained the age of manhood, he was one day met by a Turk, who, with an imperious air, ordered him to stand out of his way, at the same time declaring that he would blow out his brains. Czerny-Georges, however, prevented him from putting his threat into execution, and by the discharge of a pistol, immediately laid him dead on the ground. To avoid the dangerous consequences of this affair, he took refuge in Transylvania, and entered the military service of Austria, in which he quickly obtained the rank of non-commissioned officer. His captain having ordered him to be punished, Czerny-Georges challenged and killed him. He then returned to Servia, where, at the age of twenty-five, he became the chief of one of those bands of malcontents which infest every part of the Turkish dominions, who pride themselves upon the title of kleptai, or brigand, and whom the non-Mussulman population consider as their avengers and liberators. Czerny

Georges encamped in the thick forest, waged war against the Turks with unheard of cruelty: he spared neither age nor sex, and extended his ravages throughout the whole province of Servia. The Turks having, by way of retaliation, condemned twenty-six of the principal Servians to death, the father of Czerny-Georges determined to abandon the banners of his son, whom he had previously joined The old man even threatened to deliver up the whole troop to the power of the Turks, unless they immediately consented to relinquish the useless contest. Czerny conjured him to alter his resolution; but the old man persisted, and set out for Belgrade. His son followed him. Having arrived at the Servian outposts, he threw himself on his knees, and again entreated that his father would not betray his country; but finding him inflexible, he drew out a pistol, fired it, and thus became the murderer of his parent.

The Servians still continued to augment the band of Czerney-Georges. Emboldened by the numerous advantages he had obtained, this chief at length sallied from the forests, besieged Belgrade, and on the 1st of December, 1806, forced that important fortress to surrender. Being proclaimed generalissimo of his nation, he governed it with unlimited power. The principal nobles and ecclesiastics, under the presidency of the archbishop, formed a kind of senate or synod,which assembled at Semendriah, and which claimed the right of exercising the sovereignty. But Czerny-Georges annulled the acts of the assembly, and declared by a decree, that "during his life no one should rise above him; that he was sufficient in himself, and stood in no need of advisers." In 1807, he ordered one of his brothers to be hanged for some trifling want of respect towards him.

The conquest of Servia was accompanied by the massacre of the Turks: no mercy was shown even to those who voluntarily surrendered themselves. Czerny-Georges being attacked by an army of 50,000 Mussulmen, valiantly defended the banks of the Morave; and had he possessed the means of obtaining foreign officers to discipline the intrepid Servians, he might perhaps have re-established the kingdom of Servia, which under Stephen III. resisted the Monguls, and under Stephen Duscian included Bulgaria

Macedonia, and Bosnia. In 1387, Servia, though tribu tary to the Turks, still retained its national princes, who assumed the title of despots; in 1463, they were succeeded by a Turkish Pasha. Their house became extinct in 1560.

Czerny-Georges was tall and well made; but his appearance was altogether savage and displeasing, owing to the disproportionate length of his countenance, his small and sunken eyes, bald forehead, and his singular method of wearing his hair, gathered together in one enormous tress, which hung down upon his shoulders. His violent spirit was marked by an exterior of coldness and apathy; he sometimes passed whole hours without uttering a single syllable, and he neither knew how to read nor write. He never resorted to the diversion of hunting above once during the year. He was then accompanied by from three to four hundred pandours, who assisted him in waging a deadly war against the wolves, foxes, deer, and wild goats, which inhabit the forests of fertile but uncultivated Servia. The entire produce of his hunting was publicly sold for his own profit. He also sought to augment his patrimony by confiscations.

At the treaty of peace in 1812, Russia provided for the interests of Servia. That province was acknowledged to be a vassal, and tributary to the Porte. Czerny-Georges retired to Russia, and lived at Kissonoff in Bessarabia. This was soon followed by his return to Servia in disguise ; his discovery and execution were the immediate consequences.

THE OUTLAW OF NORFOLK ISLAND.

ABOUT thirty years ago, there occurred on Norfolk island (a part of New South Wales colony,) a remarkable case of a human being living, during several years, in a state of complete seclusion from man, in a state of outlawry, and in perfect wildness, both as respects habitation, food and raiment. The relation cannot be read without