From the AIetropolitan. sNARLEYYOW; OR, THE DOG PEND. BY CAPT. MARRYATT.

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Even at this period of the English hlsto- ry, it was the custom to put few soldiers on board of the vessels of war, and the Yungffau cutter had been supplied with a corporal and six men, all of whom were be- 1 longing to the Dutch marine. To person who was so unpopular as MT. Yanslyper- ken, this little force was great protection, and both Corporal Van Splitter and his corps were we'll treated by him. The corporal was his purser and purveyor, and had Il ve- ry good berth of 1t, for he could cheat as well as his commandant He was, moreover, his prime minister, and ah obedient execu- tor of all his tyranny, for Corporal Van Splitter was without shadow of feeling on the contrary, he had pleasure in adminis- tering punishment; and if Vanslyperken had told him to blow any mans brains out be- longing 10 the vessel, Van Splitter would i'm mediately have obeyed the order without the change of a muscle in his fat, forid counte- nance. The corporal was an endrmous man, tall, and so corpulent that he weighed nearly twenty stone. Jansen was the only one who could rival him; Ire was quite as tall as the corporal, and as powerful, but hs had not the extra weight of his carcase. About five minutes after the summons, the huge form of Corporal Van Splitter was seen to emerge slowly from the hatchway, which appeared barely wide enough to per nit the egress of his broad shoulders. He had fiat foraging cap on his head, which was as large as buifalo's, and hia person was clothed in blue pantaoons, tight at the ankle, rapidly increasing in width as they ascended, until they diver5ed at the hips 10 an sxpagse which was something between the sublime and the ridiculous. The upper part of his body was cased in a blue jacket with leaden buttons, stamped with the fam- pant lion, with lltle tail behind, which was showed up in the air by the proiuberance of the parts. Having gained the deck, he walked to YanslyPerken, and raised the back of his right hand to his forehead.

 "Corporal Van Splitter get your cats up for punishment, and when you are ready fetch up Smallbones."

 Whereupon, without reply, Corporal Van Splitter put his left foot behind the heel of his right, and by this mahnuvre turned his bo- dy round like capstern, so as to bring his face forward, and then walked of in that d- ACALi0Als 1AO o0Cil Altti ktll iiiC necessary implements of torture, laid them down OH one of the lee guns, and again de- parted to seek out his victim.

 After a short time scuffle IVES heard be- low, but 1t was soon over, and once more appeared the corporal with the spare, tall body of Smallbones under his arm. He held him, grasped by the middle part, about where Smallbones' stomach ought to have been, and the head and heels of the poor wretch both hung down perpendicularly, and knocked together as the corporal pro- ceeded aft.

 As soon as Van Splitter arrived at the gun, he laid down his charge, who neither moved nor spoke. He appeared to have resigned himself to the fate which awaited him, and made nc resistance when he was stripped by one of the marines and stretch cd over tho gun. The men who were on deck, said nothing; they looked at each other expressiyely as the preparations were made. Flogging a lad like Snalbones was too usual an occurrence to excite sur prise, and to show their disgust would have been dangerous. Smallbones' back was now barred, and miserable was the specta- cle; the shoulder-blades protrudod so that you might put your hand sideways under the scapua, and every bone of the verte- brn and every process was clearly defined through the skin of the poor skeleton. The punishment commenced, and the lad re- eeiyed his three dozen without murmur, the measured sound of the lash only being broken in upon by the ba5lng of SnarEey ,...,, .,ao rooo oll, ,.5C.,iI ha v, noao af the victim, had he not been kept off by one of the marines. During the punishment Mr. Yanslyperken walked the deck, and turned and turned again as before.

 Smallbones was then cast loose by the coyporal, who was twirling up his cat, when Snarleyyow, whom the marines had not watched, ran up to the lad, and inflicted severe bite. SmallboEes, who appeared at the moment 10 be faint and listless-not having risen from his knees after the ma rine had thrown his shirt over him, reused by this new attack, appeared to spring into life and energy; he jumped up, uttered savage yell, and, to the astonishment of ey- CT; body, threw himself upon the dog as he retreated, and holding him fast with his na- ked arms, met the animal with his own weapons, attacking him with phrenzied resolution with his teeth. Every body started back al this unusual couaict, and no one interfered.

 Long was the struggle and such was the savage energy of the lad, that he bit and held on with the tenacity of a bulldog. tear ing the lips of the animal, his ears, and bu- s.ryirq his .faca in the dog's throat, as his