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We under- ...,/ N..._ \ ::-. / 4 04 r4e \ .<._ \ stand that the tradition of the pine,• sustains its details in - --:------- Ott 1 7- -:- 4 1. 1 t) ( ii\le .j, ..:. -- 2 ~._. . ~,, 7 A , A- c ., /11 There happened a great breach of fall of ground in it4ll-- murtagh, copper mines, in the county Wicklow, on I:n(11y :, ;: j • .......-- - ( ----- j MA 61 -: ‘..;: -%- t , \ 4----1-----Ar4lllll 211 t ---.. rili-i: - . night, the 4th of June, 1731, but nn person was then butt. TODIV '''/) o vIII IOIII4 II/'2i3 The day after we weighed some ore that we thought in d itt- ger of being swallowed, if the groutud should fall in. this 1788. --, _ --,• Hobert Madge, agent for an English company, walking a KEY, MAYOII. A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the CHAMBER of the GUILDHALL of the CITY of LONDON, on THURSDAY, the sect Day of March, 1331. thaotvED, THAT the Right Honourable Lord JOHN Russzn. 1. having been selected by Ms Majesty's Ministers to bring forward :he Bills for a Reform in the Representation of the People in the Com. mons' House of Parliament, this Court offer their most grateful Thanks to his Lordship for the able and distinguished manner in which :le bas introduced and supported the measure in Parliament, and for Sim constant and zealous exertions in the same cause. . ResoLvar : That the Freedom of this City be presented in a Gold - 301, of the value of One Hundred Guineas, to the Right 'Honourable '..ord John Russell, In testimony of the high sense this Court entertains 3f his able and patriotic conduct upon this important °cession. WOODTHORPE. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES •ND GENTLEMEN, fiIHE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the l EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WEDNES DAY, the 13th APRIL next, the Favour of your VOTE and IN TEREST is requested for the following Gentlemen, via : JOHN FORBES, Esq. JOHN LOCH, Esq. CHARLES MILLS, Esq. HENRY SHANK, Esq. JAMES STUART, Esq. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Esq. Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble servams, George Lyall, William Astell, Jahr Msstermar, Rabcrt Campball, John Morris, Josias Du Pre Alexander, John Petty Muspratt, Henry Alexander, George Itaikes, John Baillie, John Coltish. Ravenshaw, James Rivett Carnac, George Smith, William Stanley Clarke, John Thornhill, Neil Beniarnin Edmonstone, William Wigram, Russell Ellice, William Young, Robert Cutlar Ferguson, East India House, Hugh Lindsay, the 30th March, 1831. James Law Lushington. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LAMS AND GINTLISIEN, HAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY, as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION, to be chosen this Year, we take the liberty of requesting the Favour of your VOTE on the Day of Election, WZDNAiDAY, the 13th Aran. next. We are, Ladics and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and most bumble Servants, JOHN FORBES, JOHN LOCH, CHARLES MILLS, H biltY SHANK, JA NIES STUART. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER. East India Houce, the 50th March,lB3l. Just published, price One Shilling, BER DUI) ES.—OBSERVATIONS on the PRO POSED ALTERATION POSED ALTERATION of the TIMBER DUTIES, with REMARKS on the PAMPHLET of Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS. By JOHN REVANS. London : J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornbill. A CARD. STRICTURES CURED ii . A , iINTERNAL MEDICINE. lIENOU'S URETIIRIC POWDERS are an Effectual .1M Remedy for Stricture and all Diseases connected with the Urinary Organs, Liver Complaints, and general Debility of System. Prepared only at 13, Wakefield -street, 13ruswick-square. Sold in Packets 11. 2s. each, or Five Packets in one for M. and may be had of Messrs. Barclay, Farringdon-street, and Mr. Dicker, 233. Strand. See •• Practical Observations on Stricture and other Diseases of the Urethra," de.scr:bing an eff:ctual mode of cure by an Internal Medi. 6:1.!, and proving the application of Instruments unnecessary and ge. il,rdly productive of Injury ; also, on the Origin, Symptoms, and I . ...atment of Stnecere in tile Rectum, by WILLIAM HENOU, Surgeons, Loudon, published by Sherwood and Co. Paternoster-row, Price 3s. 6d. THE 40ya 1 Funiily, Nobility, Ladies, and Gentlemen, are respectfully %formed, that PRINCE'. celebrated RUSSIA OIL is proved the only article that will prevent the HAIR falling of or turning grey, and if begun to change, by using it often, will, in a short time, restore it to its natural colour, and is the best article for dressing, preserving, promoting, curling, and making the Hair look heautitul, at .ss. per Bottle, ora Bottle containing five small, 203. Cat:vow—There are several Hair-dressers who sell counterfeit Russia Oil, which is trash, and to deceive have the villany to put the Proprietor's name, Prince, on the cover and bottle ; therefore the Proprietor begs Ladies and Gentlemen to be particular, when pur chasing the Russia Oil themselves, or sending their servant for it, to have it of the Proprietor, Mr. Prince, 9, Poland-street, Oxford-street, or of the principal Perfumer. and Medicine Venders. Merchants and Captains. who have orders for Russia Oil, will be particular and guard against impostors who go about with base coun terfeits and say it is the Genuine. Several Merchants and Captains, who have been deceived, and have sent it to the East and West In dies, have been blamed for sending Counterfeit, and have bad it re turned, as abroad they are very particular to have a Genuine article. The Public in general ought to be acquainted that there is a man of the name of Asher. wbo was a servant some time ago to Mr. Prince, wit., employed him to do the labouring part (as the principal ingrpdi ...t is kept a secret by the Proprietor, who always mixed it himself.) This same man has the audacity to make a trash which he calls Russia Oil, and the insolence to copy the bill and wrapper, and to put his tormer master's name on the cover and seal. Tice Proprietor is sorry to say, there are several lisir-dressers and others, although knowing it is not the genuine, have the meanness to buy this trash, as they get it for a mere trifle, and impose on the Public by telling them it is the Genuine. This same fellow, some time ago, travelled, and tried to imp i,e Ili! Counterfeits ot, Country Hair-dressers and Shopkeepers ; tut 1.1 Lir igliton, if they had caught him, he world have bad a good .lucking, as he took in several who thought it was the Genuine, as the wr ;,per was made exactly like Mr. Prince's. He had even the vil leny tall on Mr. Jobs Good, Hair-dresser, Brighton, and said he w a traveller from alr. Prince, and was now returning to London. with simile. liuwir Oil on hand ; instead of which, if Mr. Good par ch oi.d it, he would allow him 10s. per cent. extra discount, on which Mr Good bought it. Some ot his cutomers having bought sonic ot halt brought it back, and said they did not think it Ge .ane. on which hit. Good, suspecting something wrong, wrote in tie. Prince. the proprietor, London ; on the receipt of which, Mr. went immediately to Brighton ; and Mr. Good and other., who talti been deceived in a similar manner, went to John Bates, Esq. the I. , agistrste of Brighton, and asked his advice. When the magistrate Heard the case, lie said he could have three months La the tread-mill, —as it waa a fraud—for taking money under fate pretences, and granted a warrant fur his apprehension ; but the rogue netting scent of it, ran airay trim Brighton to London ; and the magistrate signing the war ,ant rec , immentleil it to .1 E. Conant, Esq. the mai s istratc of Marlbo. , augh-strata, London, who set . s officers to apprehend him, yet the rogue tosilageti to keep himself from being taken ; but as the warrant is , 1 :I open against hint, if he does not leave off his roguery he can still tu: punished. To convince Bair-dressers and others it is a fact, the . ...arrant may be seen at Mr. Prince's. Also Bair-dressers, or any one Ise selling counterfeit Russia oil, under arty pretence whatever, with the name Prince on the seal and wrapper, are liable to be punished, id) a dance on Pie treadmill for the fraud. The proprietor also ac .piaints gmtl,itien who are in the habit of going to the hotels in Covent Garden, and its vicinity, that there is a hair-dresser under the piazze woo sells coutiterldt, and has taken in several purchasers, by telling them it is Genuine. Several gentlemen who have bought this trash have come io the proprietor to know if it was the Genuine, as they found it Jul not answer the purpo,e, and learning it was counterfeit they said ;hey would never again employ hint, and would acquaint the proprietor tie hotel of his roguery. No doubt there are some Hair-dressers who think Mr. Prince, the Proprietor, is too severe with them ; but if they conscientiously can .ider the thou..ands Mr. Prince has ' t ient in advertising it, they must actually consider it next to robbery to endeavour to deprive Mr. Prince ut the sale of it by selling Counterfeit ; and besides, Mr. P. al iaws a very liberal discount for selling again. To satisfy the Public in general that Ale. Prince's Russia Oil is ,he original and only Genuine, the tut owing Gentlemen, who are the fit•it Perfumers and Nlicheine Venders in the Kingdom, have "Id it .hive twenty years:—Smyth and Nephew, 117, New Bond sti,et ; Ilendrie and Son, Titchhorne street; Bayley and Blew, Cock quit street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -s treet; Newbury and Son. St Paul's; Dicey and Sutton, Bow Church-yard; Barclay and Son, Farringdon str, et ; Butler and Son, Cbeapside ; Shaw and Edwards, St. Paul's; .2.26. Strand ; Rigge and Son, 65, Cheapside; Johnston, 6s, ; Bolton and I.utt, Royal Exchange ; and of all other prin. sip l Perfumers and Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. N°. 13,747. FRIVAN' EVENING, APRIL 1, IS3I. TIII3 TURF. TATTERSALL'S-Y TAY PRicF: 71). 7 to 4 agst Filagree colt (taken) 7 , o 4 Augusta (taken) 10 to 1 Rhoda (taken) 10 to 1 Postbuma 100 to S Caroline 100 to S --- Cressida 5 to 2 on two agst the field (taken.) DMZ, 7; to 1 Lord Jersey's Filagree 11 to 1 Lord Jersey's Blunder (taken) 13 to I Mr. Beardsworth's Colerick 13 to 1 Lord Veralam's Vareones 1 7 to 1 Lord Sligo's Bras-d•-Fer 22 to 1 Mr. Petre's Rattler 27 to 1 Lord Orford's Merlon 27 to I Brother to Recruit 31) to I Exeter's 13olientillt 40 to i .:..z...)/Plebpotton MO to 50 - Rhoda 1000 to 20 Tears 41 to I apt Circassian 51 to 1 Oxygen 10 to 1 Duldnea (taken) 11 to 1 Delight 16 to 1 Postbunta. OAKS. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM ALBANY.) I have just seen Mr. ---., who has returned from Port Natal, where he has been on a trading journey. An American vessel had touched there, brought up all the ivory, and left a supercargo to collect more; she has also left a considerable quantity of arms and ammuni. don for sale ; the powder was offered at 12a per lb. and the muskets at 22 rds, each. Some time ago a Portuguese slave vesiel was landed at Natal; many of the slaves died. Dingaan, though he disapproves of, and discourages the slave trade, supplied the officers, crew, and slaves. with provisions, and forwarded them on to Delagoa bay ; a number of slaves were left behind sick ; on their recovery, Dingaan gave them the option of remaining among his people, or of being forwarded after their owners to the Portuguese ports, and strange to say, all except two or three chose the latter. Dingaan is described as being a man of considerable taunt, and pace able disposition ; he keeps a large standing army, though lot so nu merous as in Chaka's time; the bands or regiments have all distinct names—are undcr a chief, with subordinate officers, and separate sta. lions for each band. Hogan has given considerable orders for all sorts of goods, and amongst his wives, of whom he has about three hundred, he encourages the use of clothes. The Zoolas, in their houses, arms, discipline, po licy, and habits altogether, are described as incomparably superior to the Caffres. The country about Port Natal is stated to be healthy, ex tremely fertile, well watered, and far superior to any thing he has seen in the colony. Dingaan was about 120 miles beyond Port Natal, and at that place he saw a CAW with Mr. Austin's brand mark; he saw also two other cows branded J. H. and H. H. These were taken from the Amapendas by Chaka, thus establishing beyond doubt, what has long been suspected, that colonial cattle stolen by the Caffres are sold to the tribes beyond them, more especially when branded.—He learned from the missionaries that amongst the Caffrea, when cattle are stolen and traced to a kraal, and the spoor cannot be shown forward, the law authorises a restitution of ten for one.—Here we ought to borrow a leaf from the jurisprudence of savages, instead of tamely submitting to be robbed as we now are, and when, perhaps, once in five times the spoor is followed to a kraal, we think justice is done by taking an equal number of very inferior cattle. Thus, whether traced or not, the Care is sure to gain, and the cob:List sure to lose. Tice Zoolas have sufficient knowl.dge of surgery to perform opera t!env In a march way ; but for want of the saw, they always an:putate at a joit.t ; the arteries are tied, arid the skin brought over the slump. Their laws are of the Draconian cast, and until very lately every chieftain had the power to inflict death ; at present the King reserves that power to himself. LADIES' FASHIONS. BALL DiEss.—A gown of blue Adelaide gauze orientale ; the cor sage low, arranged round the upper part in folds, and crossed in front. Very short beret sleeve, covered with a manclwnie, composed of three I rows of blonde lace. The dress is trimmed round the border, up the front of the skirt, and across the corsage, with a wreath composed of three rows of white gauze ribbon, cut to resemble foliage, and united at regular distances by an ornament of ribbon resembling a flower, with its foliage. The head-dress is a blue crape toque, mounted on I a gold net, and trimmed with a profusion of white ostrich feathers Gl ling In different directions. Everett:et Dazsa.—A dress of rose-coloured mousseline de sot. ; the corsage sitting close to the shape, and trimmed round the bust with a row of palmetto:, composed of rose coloured ribbon, with a weud formed of cut ends on each shoulder. Beret sleeves very full, and with' , the plaits reversed. The skirt is trimmed with white and 11:16C coloured gauze ribbon, draped ala Leontine. These ornaments arc finished by a small knot of the two ribbons at the bottom of each, and by another of the aigrette form at the top. The bead-dress is a beret convoyed of 1 crimson and men gauze. Ear-ring, Lendeets, and-twaselerste dead gold ; the latter have pearl clasps. BALL Dasss.—A dress of rose coloured 941141 de Sole; the corsage Is cut very low, and in crewed drapery ; the beret sleeves are covered by a triple fall of rich blonde lace. A fancy silk trimming intermingled with flowers is disposed en !unique round the border, and up the front of the dress, Tee head-dress is a toque of rose-coloured gauze, trimmed with white ostrich feathers; it is put on so as to dirplay a richly wrought silver bandeau. Diamond neck-laces and ear-rit gold bracelets. AIORN two Dates.—A dress of Chinese green gros de Naples, sew. sage a revers ; the revere is formed of a dark green velvet. Sleeves a la ifedicis with velvet cuff,. The trimming of the skirt consists of • velvet band, from which depends large leaves. The head-dress is a white gros de Naples hat trimmed with rose-coloured ribbon, and birds of Paradise plumes. GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS. WALatwo Daces.—A surtout of olive kersey • the skirts are lined through with white shalloon ; the lappels are cut broad and round, and button close round the neck. The novelty of this cost consists in the skirts, which are cut very fulls it has two rows of buttons and button. holes to confine the coat in front ; the collar Is a regular eurricle. MORNING Dates.—The coat is a single frock, made of fine Bath coating, and bound round the edges ; it has cross flaps, and pockets on the outside ; the skirts have three buttons to fasten in front. Waist coat of buff cashmere, the edges of which are bound with black galleon. Trowsers, green kerseymere, to button up the front, and of moderate width at bottom. _ _ EVENING DaEss.—A bright grass green coat, with buttons of the same colour ; the lappels roll from the top to the bottom, and sit close in at the waist ; it is without pocket-baps at the side; the pockets are inside of the plaits ; it has a velvet collar of the same colour ; the skirts may be faced with serge of the same colour, which is an improve ment. Waistcoat of the Tnibet shawl manufactory ;it has an edging of blue braid, and is made with a small rolling collar. The trawlers are cut to lit the shape to tie calf, from thence downwards; they should be cut to fit easy, without wrinkling on the instep. Dress. trowsers must he made to fit particularly smooth upwards. THE WESTUINSTER HEVIEIV—No. XXVIII. The " Anatomy of Society" is an admirable article, which we recommend to the perusal of all who have leisure for the investigation of truth. " By an examination of the laws of a people, it may be clearly seen which chute has made them. If in the law of high roads it be for'sid den that a plantation should grow by the hedge side, in a common farm, but the same plantation be permitted in a park, to the great injury of the road, it is thence clear, that park-owners have made the law. if privileges are accumulated by any particular set, we may be perfectly sure that it is this set which has been employed in law-making. "Those who have long been in the habit of making laws, become to be considered as the only right law-makers, and as it has been seen that the do-nothings not only make laws, hut also are the chief opinion-fotmers, and esteeem themselves greatly, it necessarily follows that the greater part of mankind view them in their own light, and take them at their own value. This is the plan which has been per. sued ; by means of it a very few have long had the command of the whole world. Being in possession of some power to begin with, they have multiplied it a thousand-fold by means of law and opinion, jot as the mechanician increases his power by the wheel or the lever. " Deference for the do-nothings is nowhere carried to s higher pitch than it is in England : every sign or symptom of doing nothing is re spected; a white hand would be bowed over, whereas the broad and brawny fist, speaking of a vast treasure of labour laid out for the use of mankind, would be sneered at as vulgar; a delicate complexion is genteel ; it being akin to disease is forgiven for the sake of its connec tion with the do-nothings. robustness is low. In Wallachia *and Mol davia the Boyars used to pretend to be unable to walk, for the same reason; a Prince always moved supported by a person on each side, by way of living crutches. "The complexion of the public opinion is, in this respect, suffiused over our literature, and in no department more visibly displayed than in that popular branch of it—the novel. The novel is now read by 211 clerics, and is, perhaps, more relished by those that can read of the lower orders than even the upper ranks : and it may, without fear of mistake, be considered as a tolerably just minor of the popular preju dices. Now, in the rovel, we always lied that the interest of eh. story turns upon the members of the aristocracy ; for the service of the novel, a new batch of peers is always created ; baronets are part of the common stock in trade; and if an untitled individual is ever introduced, he is always a gentleman of a very ancient fiunily, the possessor of a mansion of great antiquity, and descended from many generations of do-nothings. The hero or heroine, if they are tot o: the upper rank to begin with, always turn out to be so at last ; it is a denouement of a sufficient in. Serest, if he who has always been supposed a plain Mister, ends in being proved to the satisfaction of all aMy Lerd. The romance writers would apnea to have followed Terquin's advice, and cut off all the tallest poppies for the composition of their dramatis personas: their , I hands re all trumps : it might be supposed from them, that no thing existed under the rank of a gentleman, were it not that they are obliged to introduce tradesmen and othera ministering to the wants of the true men ; the old story of little china dandled in the arms of crockery. " The newspapers also in this point faithfully represent the national tendency. The most trivial movements o. the do.notttings arc faithfully recorded ; instead of doing nothing, look at the broad sheet, and it might be supposed they did every thing and were every thing. here is a marriage in high life and there is a long obituary of a man loaded with titles, whose distinction seems to have been, that he had freer access to the stnte.chest than any other t in this column we have a list of arrivals, in that a list of dinners, in the next a long enumeration of the horses they are trairdr• to ran for their amusement. If a dc-nothing discovers that a do-nothing who lived a thousand years ago, from wham he is descended, was emir(' Lord Barbecue instead of .Ir. Barbecue, he' proceeds to get himself coiled le ml, instead of Mr. Barbecue, and the newspaper is filled with learned arguments on the subject, and with re ports as to what the isord Chancellor thought on the chain of evidence. If a titled do-nothing has run away with another do-nothing's wiW— for men must be doing something—the noise is far greater than in the . case of a mere lower class man, and the newspaper is especially copious on the subject. " The great and titled do-nothings hare acquired among the %%tiger, that is the many, the name of • Corinthians,' from their forming the capital of top of the social pillar. This is true, not only generally, but particularly. What rociety or institution ext.tt without possessing, by way of ornament, several titled do-nothings ? They are almost enrsi. dered an essential ire every association, of whatever kind : no public meeting is expected to eff I:s objcet without a great do-nothing in the emir : patio; interested do not limit out for a man of the bigots' elia. racter, or the most extensive information, fur a chairman ; tney coos vase among toe House of Lords, and when they Lind an illustrious idler, not too food of other kinds of amusement, to preside like King Log, they ate wondrously pleased, and expect great things from the public meeting. " That Great Britain is the most aristocratical country in the world, has been a received opinion on the continent for some time, hat it was reserved for M. de Stazi, who lately wrote a book on this court. ivy, to find that the • lower . rde.re were proud of their upper class, and, in shott, gloried in their chains. This astonished ehe ynurg Frenchman; but we have long known is, and they who understaed I the nature of opinion, and observe how many means the aristocracy of an ignorant people have of moulding it, need not munel to find that at this moment the annihilation of the privileges and titles of the here. ditary le4ielators, would be generally esteemed the emir destruc i tion of the British Constitution,—and the extinction of ail rational 1 Liberty-" THE ROYAL FAMILY OF SPAIN. The arrival of the king on the Prado, surrounded by a pageantry scarce equalled by any court in Europe, serves to crown the splendour of the spectacle. His coming is first announced by drum and trumpet as he passes the various guard-houses which lie in the way, and pr-- sently by the arrival of the avant-courier, who rides forward without looking to either side, in the road which his muter Is to follow. Next comes a squadron of young nobles of the body-guard mounted on hesu tiful horses front the royal stables, and immediately after a gilded carriage drawn by six milk white steeds, covered with plumes, and with manes and tails that are full and flowing. They arc mounted and controlled by postillions, richly dressed in jockey suits of blue and gold. Within, the Catholic king is discovered seated on the right, conspicuous by his stars, his blue scarf, and the golden Bette which dangles from his neck. He glances round on the multitude with a look of mingled apathy and good humour, and salutes them me chanically by putting his hand up towards his nose and taking it down again, as though he were brushing the flies away. At his left is the Queen, looking too good for this wicked world. Next comes Don Carlos, the heirapperent, drawn by six cream-coloured horses, more beautiful than those of his brother. He grins horribly through his red mustaches, and frightens those whom he intended to flatter. Beside hint is his wife, a large coarse woman, with beetling eye-brows. In the third crotch is Don Francisco and his wife, drawn by six noble blacks. In the fourth, the Portugueza with her young son Don &has lien ; after which come tour or five carriages, each drawn six mules, and which contain the lords and ladies in attendance. The whole is numerously escorted by cavalry of the body guard, and grooms from the royal service.—The arrival of the Royal Family, like the passing of the host or the tolling of the angelus, usually arrests every one in the situation which it may find him. TN: line between the carriages is at once cleared through the exertions of the cavalry, and the vehicles on either side pause until their Majesties have passed. Those who are wrlking turn their faces towards the road ; the gentlemen unrol the capes of their cloaks, and take their hats of, whilst the women shake their fans in parsin g salutation.—A Year in Spain. The following assessments are taken from a Tax Office Return made to the House of Commons, recording the actual value, or rzutal, at which the mansions, hotels, &c. in ratio Marquis of Stafford, at the yearly rental of X 3900 The Bank of England 2506 East India House al surveyors estimate divers them to the King's taxes : Shipton's, Cheltenham ..... Lacy's Hotel, Manchester 600 Woburn Abbey ...... ..... 600 Royal Hotel Cheltenham .. 550 Mansion House United Service Club .. 1500 Parson's, Brighton 5OO Atheneum . Ctockford's .. 1200 Wentworth House ...... :100 York House, Bath lO5O Castle Howard London Tavern .. 1000 Blenheim . • 300 Duke of Wellington .. British 3lusemr. 950 Wilton White Hart, Bath .... 900 Knowsley (Earl Derby) 3OO Plough, Chekenham B5O Nettleden (Cu. Bridgewater) 300 Shucl Old Ship, Brighton 750 Hatfield (Salisbury's) ..... 250 Tare CORK TREE.—This useful production is known in Spain by the mum of ulcornope ; though of a very differ ent appearance from our oak, it furnishes a wood of the saute grain, and produces acorns, which are not so bitter as ot.rs, and which, as an article of food, the poorer classes do not I.lways abandon to the hogs. Thus we are told that Sancho was n great lover of &tiaras. .1 he cork tree grows to the height of our apple tree,. and spreads its branches much in the s ute maouer ; but the trunk is of much greater di mensions, and the foliage of a more gloomy hue. Its teuuk and branches are covered with a thick, ragged bark, which would seem to indicate disease. The trunk alone, however, furnishes a bark of sufficient thickness to be of Use in the arts. It is first stripped away in the month of July, when the !ice is 15 years old ; but it is then of no use, except to burn, and is only removed for the sake of produc ing a stouter growth. In the course of six or eight years, the inner bark has grown into a cork of marketable quality,. end continues to )ieid, at similar intervals, for more than a ceutury.—A Year in Spain. . _ Jailge, agent for an English company, walking a little %say from the triangles, told one John Moore, RA he passed by, that the ground was not sound underfoot. As he spoke the word they went both down; five more lay sate under a great rock which jutted out ; but Mr. Madge was darted down ten fathoms deep. He was lost about noon on Saturday. the .sth of June, 1731, but was not found till Thursday evening &lowing. None of his bones R ere broken ; he smelled very strong when he was found, and swelled when lie was brought up into the air, and continued so till be was buried. But a much greater breach fell in on Saturday, the 7th of August, 1737, at night, when eight men were under ground, drawing water—viz. William Hind, Andrew Bryan, James Gallaher, and Loughlin Connor, they not being above 55 fathoms deep. Hind being well acquainted with the roads under ground, wrought very hard whilst he bad any candle light, and he and Connor wrought in the dark Girt: their shoes, stockings, and breeches were torn to .ra;_.,-.i. Some of our men went down in our engine pit ; they could then hear the poor creatures, but could not get to them : but after they had been five nights and four r'ayellticler ground we got to them at last, but they i nild not give any account of the other four men—namely, Terence Donnelly, John M`Owen, James Ryan, and A. Dwyer. The two last agreed to kill M`Owen, to which Don ne:lv would not *sent. They then threatened to kill Donnelly , hut kept at adi nce. They had made a fire and burned buckets, barrows, staves, and e ing they could find that would burn. Whilst they a he fire, Dwyer stabbed M'Owen in the back with a on which the poor thing ran away, and did not appear sensible of the wound. He went down a water shaft rope. Dwyer and Ryan forowed him to the month of t , haft, and desired him to come up to them, but he told t he would not trust to them, but if Donnelly would gi his word to save his life, It he would return up. Donnelly said he would defend him as lon:- as he was able. M'Owen came . hy the same rope, an I a ttin , ". by the fire among them, a • blood running down, whereof hp raid wit in the le „ mplain, Dwyer stepped back from the fire with a hatchet, came behind M'Owen's back, and broke his skill. Rye called imme diately for hie two ea s, whi c h h e broiled anT eat greedily. They nett cut off his head, arms, and thighs, and threw his head, boy and arms down a water shaft to the deep bot tom's, but first they stripped ail the fat from about his heart, of which they made candles. Thus,"they con tinued eating human flesh, without bread or salt, and nothing to drink but strong sulphur water: which threw them into a flut. There were many bands at work to get to them, but after they had been down 19 days and nineteen nights, their firing being all spent, we found them out. Ryan was found dead in the ashes where the fire had been, and Dwyer laying on the top of him, but alive. There was a bottle of gruel carried down to them, which Dwyer got hold of, but with difficulty it was gat out of his hands. He bad a few peace and a knife, which he desii et to be given to his wife. He died before he could be brought to grass. Donnelly was found in a corner up :o his seises in mud—he leapt with joy towards the li iiit,iiiiil was brought up safe to grass, and is still living. His looks we.e very ghastly ; for several weeks atter, he was' kept in a dark, warm rcom, and fed like a child for a long lime. As Le began to get strength his skin peeled off—all the joints of his back might be counted by feeling his belly, as well as the others that were dead. In about a year afterwards WOwen's body was found end brought up; it was no way tainted, nor had it any offeasive smell. His bead and one hand were likewise found, having been under ground. two years : the hair was fast to the skull, the flesh as hard as any stock-fish, and no ill smell ; his hand rather harder than the flesh of his head. I very be lieve that if the bead and hand had lain near an age in the sulphur water, they would not have 'itrified, and each would retain its form. There is something worthy to be noted in the first four men that were found : —We had agreed with two men, for five pounds. to clear a way from the engine shaft, to get to the men. They wrought very hard for several hours; they put in several eieees of timber coveted with whole deals. Some men were sent down to give some help, but durst not stay one hour; some fainted when drawn to grass : our two masters shouted to he drawn to grass, and one of them fainted when drawn tip ; one of them told me if he durst stay to put in one t air of timber, he believed he could get at the men. I proffered him a guinea to put in one pair of timber, but told me he would not venture down again if I would give a thousand ; but it pleased GOD that the place they were timbering WI in that night, and left room for the poor men to get into the engine shaft. I slept none that night, but came early by day-break to the shaft. I shouted down, and they made answer ; we soon drew them up with joy ; they were 30 fathoms deep. When found they could give no account of the other four men, neither of the days and nights they were under ground, nor Donelly, who is still living, but fancied it not half the time he was under ground; the rea son why he did not take the flux was, after drinking the sulphur water he drank his own urine ; neither did he eat so immoderately of the human flesh as the others. He bad half a quarter of tobacco when he went down, which he be lieves to be a great means of saving his life. It sus said that Dwyer was a horse-stealer, and was per secuted by Ryan to go under ground to draw water, to pre vent his being taken, which night happened to be the first that he was under ground, and was continually cursing Ryan for bringing him down. Ryan told him it was to punish him for his wickedness that they were all lost. Dwyer often said be did nor fear being lost there, he had escaped so many dangers before. From all that has passed in the two Houses, and the formal arrangements of future proceedings, the prevailing notion about an immediate dissolution is abandoned. i• The return of Mr. O'Connell's son for the county of Clive. proves his continued popularity in Ireland. At the same time, his qi.eclies on the reform question, and his parliamentary conduct generally, have raised his senatorial character in England. If the reform did nothing more than create confidence in the Irish people, that effect alone ought to reconcile it to all men of sense. They do not care from whom a good and fostering government proceeds; and an honest Imperial. Parliament will be u satisfactory ra a ric ketty Irish one. All our colonies will experience equal satis faction, for they a'.ove all have been the victims of borough , mongering jobbing. in fact, a reformed Parliament will preserve the integrity of the empire for many additional centuries. Monday evening a Polish Jew, who had previo isly !pf n 'converted to Christianity, was baptised in St. Gitlibert's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Dickson. The umber of pccyle resent c. 38 :tot great, it not having been pa b.ici) kaown that such an occurrence was to take place. -Milk- 1 :t • 4.. ,~ ~" ~. :~~ -mr,4 i 1 I